Trusted by over 5,000 explorers. Become a Partner.
Happy Wednesday my friends,
Does today not feel like we are in a sci-fi movie? The colours, the smoke, all of it, so crazy! Stay safe while having a great time.
I promise I’ll share about Dinner Club and more next week. Until then, enjoy the rhythm of our region.
with love,
your friendly neighbourhood goose 🦆
A neighbour forwarded you this? Join here to get the next one in your inbox.
Do you have something launching soon?
We care deeply about where we live and like to support local. WRR partners with businesses we’d actually recommend to a neighbour. So if you’re a business owner or decision maker of a local business, reply to this email and let’s have a quick chat.
ON THE RADAR
YOUTH FOOD MARKET
Some local high schoolers spent their spring planting vegetables in six school gardens, and now they're selling them. Not a fundraiser table with a parent hovering nearby. The teens run the whole thing, from setup to the cash box.
You pay what you choose. There's no set price, so a bag of beans costs whatever you've got that week. Good food shouldn't depend on which week of the month it is.
They're out every Wednesday July 15 through August 26, here’s where to find them:
Eastwood Collegiate Institute, 760 Weber St. W, Kitchener, 4:00 to 6:00pm
Victoria Hills Community Centre, 10 Chopin Dr, Kitchener, 4:00 to 6:00pm
Fiddlesticks Community Centre, 71 Cowan Blvd, Cambridge, 3:00 to 5:30pm
OUR SKY TURNED ORANGE
If you stepped outside today and the air tasted like a campfire, you weren't imagining it.
Our air quality warning went orange this morning and the health index hit 10+, the top of the scale. Not a chart you want to top.
None of it started here. It's blowing in from 148 fires in northwestern Ontario, 69 still out of control. Like a neighbour's barbecue smoke, if the neighbour were a thousand kilometres away and the barbecue were the size of a province.
Windows closed, workouts indoors, a proper N95 if you have to be out. Cloth masks don't catch these particles.
If you're older, pregnant, very young, or living with asthma or a heart condition, take tonight and tomorrow easy. Should clear by Friday morning.
ROLL OUT ROOTS
Work: multiple roles open, Dare Foods Ltd.
Volunteer: Event Volunteer, Rhythm & Blues Cambridge
House of the week: 2003 build, A Signature Deer Ridge Estate
Adopt a pet: Even if you hide, Mary will find you!
AT HOME IN THE REGION
Here’s a fun one from Cheryl Goetz, Real Estate Agent, REAL Broker Ontario Ltd. It’s summer so why not let 🍹 pick home styles 🏡
What’s your drink of choice? And what does it say about your dream home aesthetic? (image links to house styles)
RIDDLE ME
Last week’s trivia: only 46% got it right! My FIFA watching friends Kitchener Market is closed but the common World Cup viewing stays open.
Kitchener Market made headlines this week after a vendor-stall fire (no injuries, ~$50K damage). How long has this market been serving Waterloo Region?
RIFFS & RIBS
The image below has all the eateries I found playing live music this week.
If you are an artist playing in the region
or you have a restaurant / cafe / brewery that invites musicians
reply to this email and I’ll include you next week.
ROAM & RAZZLE
So many things-to-do in the region!
FEATURED EVENT
Grab your walking shoes and head to Mood Yellow Gallery in Cambridge for the opening of Human Condition, a new exhibition placing the human figure front and centre. Fourteen local artists, including Annamaria Vasco, Elizabeth Forrest, Trent Bauman, and Wendy Zhang, explore life drawing and figurative work in all its forms. Swing by opening day for light refreshments and a chance to meet the artists, then come back anytime through August 23 to take it all in.
Got an event coming up? Share it here.
MULTI-DAY EVENTS
Festival: The Sun Life Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival fills Uptown Waterloo with free, all-genres jazz for its 34th year running (all ages) Fri, Jul 17 - Sun, Jul 19, various times, Waterloo Public Square info
Theatre: Peggy Sawyer chases Broadway stardom in this Tony-winning tap-dance spectacular (all ages) Thu, Jul 16 - Sat, Jul 18, 2pm, Hamilton Family Theatre Cambridge tix
Theatre: Matt Cage channels Elvis through his greatest hits, from "Hound Dog" to "Suspicious Minds" (all ages) Thu, Jul 16 - Wed, Jul 22 (no show Mon), 2pm, St. Jacobs Country Playhouse tix
Food: The 23rd annual KWRibfest fires up barbecued ribs, craft beer, live music, and a kids' zone in Victoria Park (all ages) Fri, Jul 17 - Sun, Jul 19, 12pm, Victoria Park, Kitchener tix
Have you ever visited any of the events, restaurants, or businesses we've shared?
⏩️ Forward this to someone who wants in on all the good stuff 🪩
