DOWNTOWN KITCHENER
  
JANUARY 2017

From here on in, the sun will shine on longer and the layers of another year will begin to peel back. While the impulse to hibernate is at least as strong as the snow is deep, the best way to tackle another calendar is to fill it up with local culture. Thankfully for all of us, DTK doesn't go to sleep when it's cold outside. 

(Image by Kitchener artist Trevor Ewert, whose work is at City Hall this month.)
 
    
  

MAYOR BERRY'S COMMUNITY CARNIVAL

City of Kitchener council warmly welcomes their neighbours and a fresh new year with vintage carnival games, inflatable hose hockey, face painting & balloons, KPL's crafting table, live magic & music, plus free hot chocolate & treats. | DETAILS |
  DTK'S WEEKLY LIVE SHOW CRAWL
 
From nightly music at Rhapsody Barrel Bar to Lone Wolf Wednesdays at The Guild to Saturday night salsa at Guanaquita to three weekly comedy shows at sweet DTK watering holes, here's your 7-day nightlife entertainment buffet. |DETAILS|
  
AN ASTOUNDING PHOTOGRAPHIC TRIP 
The 3rd annual FLASH basks in award-winning contemporary photography on the Tannery Event Centre's sumptuous triple-walled widescreen on Friday, Jan 27th, headlined this year by esteemed Magnum photojournalist Larry Towell. | DETAILS|
  COSTUMES & CREATIVE TANGENTS
 
THEMUSEUM's 1-day convention boasts Sword Building 101 at The Underground Studio (sourcing, shaping and reimagining EVA foam), plus special guests Tamsen McDonough & Thom Allison from Canadian TV show Killjoys . |DETAILS|
  
+ MORE AWESOME DTK EVENTS!
THU JAN 5th |   Once Upon A Tree exhibit opening  
Tree cross-sections by Trevor Ewert (+ his gorgeous charcuterie boards serving food).

The Kitchener-based hybrid image-maker explains what inspired his latest series.

A collection of 27 local artists explore the idea of change created by exterior forces. 

MON JAN 16th to THU JAN 19th | The Imaginative Body
Lucy Rupert's four-night movement workshop aims to align physicality and vitality.

Apollo Cinema pairs Simon Pegg's epic pub crawl flick against a six-flavoured flight.

SAT JAN 28th |  The (6th annual) Brush Off
20 artists compete for audience votes in 4 rounds of live painting at THEMUSEUM.

+ FIND MORE EVENTS on the  Downtown Kitchener BIA's facebook page

 
HELP SHAPE DTK ON TUES JAN 17th
 
The Downtown Kitchener BIA & City of Kitchener are partnering to develop new strategic priorities between now and 2020, and we want your direction. |DETAILS|  

Share your vision for Downtown Kitchener at our community forum on Tuesday, January 17th! Register a seat at our stakeholder tables at THEMUSEUM.

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