Arts events
Friday, September 28
Final Fridays, on the last Friday of each month, everyone is invited to explore the exciting arts, culture and cuisine of the city’s core; www.waterloo.ca/en/living/ finalfridays.asp, costs vary according to event, city of Waterloo, 100 regina St. S., Waterloo, 519-747-8769
Culture Days, a three-day celebration that aims to raise awareness, accessibility, participation and engagement of canadians in the arts and cultural life of their communities (to Sept. 30);, free, 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., various locations in Guelph, guelph.ca/living/arts-andculture/special-projects/culturedays/
MAST: Mary Allen Studio Tour 2018, 29th annual; continuing the tradition of celebrating art in Waterloo; 40 artists open their doors for self-guided tours: Sept. 28, 7 to 9 p.m.; Sept. 29: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sept. 30: noon to 4 p.m.; visit website to download map, free, maSt Studio tour, 71 claremont ave., Waterloo, maryallentour.com
Saturday, September 29 Wellesley Apple Butter & Cheese Festival, pancake breakfast, marketplace, cider mill and farm tours, smorgasbord dinner, horseshoe tournament, food, entertainment, kids activities, and more; see www.wellesleyabcfestival.ca/ for schedule, free, Village of Wellesley, Nafziger rd., Wellesley
Elora-Fergus Studio Tour 2018, 40 centre Wellington artists open their studios for self-guided tours Sept. 29 and 30; get your map and start the tour at the centre or download from website, free, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., elora centre for the arts, 75 melville St., elora, elorafergusstudiotour.com
Snyder’s Farm Fall Fun, attractions include corn maze, petting zoo, pirate ship, haunted house, hay ride, and more; open weekends in Sept. and oct., including statutory holidays; open weekdays in october; tickets: www.snydersfamilyfarm.com/fall-fun.html, $14.99 plus tax; free for ages two and under, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Snyder’s Family Farm, 936685 blenheim rd., bright, 519-632-7356 LUMEN, where light, art and tech meet; showcasing new media, media art and projection-based installations; in uptown Waterloo; for schedule and venues, visit www.waterloo.ca/en/living/lumen. asp, free, 6 to 11 p.m., Waterloo public Square, 75 King St. S., Waterloo, 519-747-8769
Saturday, october 6
Family Fall Festival, join us as we celebrate community and diversity in families; music by the hillbrook connection and erick traplin; bouncy castle, face painting, carnival games, free, 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., central park, 615 King St. e., cambridge, 519-240-1497, immanuelcitychurch.org
WedNeSday, october 10
Poe & Vincent Price Film Series, just in time for halloween, join us for a spook-tacular film, “The Pit & the Pendulum (1961),” featuring the works of edgar allan poe, starring the inimitable “master of menace” Vincent price, free, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Kitchener public Library, central branch, 85 Queen St. N., Kitchener, 519-743-7502, www.kpl.org/
thurSday, october 11
Fall Colours Trains, bring your cameras and capture the beauty of Southern ontario’s fall colours; train departs at 10:10, 12:10 and 2:10 p.m.; thursdays, to oct. 25, $14.99-$19.99, Waterloo central railway, 878 Weber St. N.,
St. Jacobs, waterloocentralrailway.com
20th Anniversary of CineSeries, Grand river Film Festival celebrates with these film screenings: Oct. 11: “anthropocene: the human epoch”; oct. 25: “transit”; details and tickets at grff.ca, $12 plus hSt, 7:30 p.m. Galaxy cinemas, 355 hespeler rd., cambridge