The folks of Sudbury Burlesque are at it again! They’re here to steam up your Valentine’s day with all the sultry moves and teasing vixens you can handle! The troupe has found a new home at the Grand after the massive success of their Monster’s Ball this fall, adding more elevated staging this time around so you won’t miss a beat. This time around burlesque is taking you back in time to the days of funk, soul and disco with Funk Me Sideways, February 10th and 11th at the Grand! The doors to your funkadelic fantasy open at 7pm......
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Monday, February 6 Cooking With Wine – We love to drink it…but have you actually COOKED with it? Wine has been used as a flavourful ingredient across the globe for centuries. We will pour many a bottle into such classic recipes as Boeuf Bourguignon, Chorizo in Red Wine, Mushroom Risotto and a Champagne Mousse for dessert. 6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. @ Kitchen Bits – 1390 Kingsway Sudbury Trivia Night at Taphouse – 3 rounds of 15 questions, and one bonus question per round. Pages are marked a-la grade 5 math class by passing them to a friend. Teams of 2-8. Get there......
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The Northern Ontario Microbrew Festival is an annual event hosted by Stack Brewing. It is meant to showcase Northern Ontario craft beer as well as local restaurants, businesses, and musicians. Attendees have the opportunity to sample craft beer from all over Ontario and in many cases, meet the person who brewed their favourite beer! Not a fan of beer? That’s totally okay, (we’ll try not to judge you) Rheault Distillery will also be onsite both days mixing up some delicious concoctions with their Loon Vodka and Sinful Cherry Liqueur. This year the Northern Ontario Microbrew Festival to a two......
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Monday, January 30 Mark Smith Climbing Clinic – Join us January 30, 2017 as we welcome Mark Smith to ARC Climbing Yoga Fitness! Mark is making his way up to Sudbury to spend the evening running climbing clinics with our climbing community. Mark will be running a 2 hour clinic, from 6:30-8:30pm for anyone interested in learning more about developing their climbing, and learning how to improve their climbing techniques.Bring your gear, and be ready to climb! Mark will also be putting on a slideshow presentation about his climbing career, followed by a Q+A sessions. Cost: $15 for members | $20 for......
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Monday, January 23 Understanding Your Hydro Bill – Is your business electricity bill too high? Find out why, and learn what you can do to reduce your consumption and save money! We have invited Greater Sudbury Hydro Inc. to help you better understand where the fees come from, and which parts of the bill you can directly control. We will also discuss how to save big through incentives for retrofitting. Green Economy North members will be on hand to discuss renewable energy, and energy management techniques and technology. 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. @ Green Economy North – 176 Larch Street......
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Art, Campus, Events |
January 17, 2017
THE MCEWAN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE OPENS ITS DOORS FOR NUIT BLANCHE
Over the past few years Sudbury has seen a revitalization in the downtown core. New businesses have set up shop, older businesses have seen more excitement and popularity. A key role in this new age of Downtown Sudbury is the newly completed McEwen School of Architecture – the big glass housing structure attached to the old marketplace has become a symbol of change and prosperity in Sudbury. Earlier in June of 2016, Rob and Cheryl McEwen invested $10 Million in Laurentian University’s School of Architecture. At that point, the structure was starting its final stages of construction. It’s exciting......
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Monday, January 16 It’s Chili Outside – Join us Downtown Sudbury at Memorial park for a dinner that pushes for change! It’s Chili Outside! Dinner will include chili and hot beverages. Don’t miss our guest speaker Joe Roberts! This event is free of charge. Joe Roberts, a former homeless youth who lived on the streets of east Vancouver made a promise that if he ever escaped his fate, he would do something to pay it forward. The Push for Change is his promise realized. Beginning May 1, 2016 Joe began pushing a shopping cart, (a symbol of chronic homelessness) across......
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Monday, January 9 Sudbury Trivia Night at Taphouse – 3 rounds of 15 questions, and one bonus question per round. Pages are marked a-la grade 5 math class by passing them to a friend. Winner takes home bragging rights and some awesome prizes are given out throughout the game! Points scored for being awesome and promoting awesome things! Find a funny answer on someone’s card, even if its not the right answer you can still nominate them for an awesome star. We also reward jokers and pranksters and all those who don’t cheat! Cost: $5 – 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. @......
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Friday, January 6 SGDC Pre-Challenge Unity Workshop – Bone up on your Unity skills in the weekend leading up to the SGDC! The SGDC’s own fiendishly handsome Mike Daoust will be teaching a semi-guided workshop on how to use Unity to make a very simplistic game. And by that, mostly he means he’ll be swearing a lot and hoping things work out okay. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. @ NORCAT – 1545 Maley Drive Ödora Unplugged Live – 10:00 p.m. @ The Durham Social – 80 Durham Street Saturday, January 7 Christmas Bird Count for Kids – Are you and your family always wondering......
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Do you think you could create a video game in just 48 hours? The Sudbury Game Design Challenge is the largest interactive media design competition in the north. This years competition takes place January 13-15 and 20 teams will be working together to create a video game on the platform of their choice. We spoke with the event organizers to find out more about the Sudbury Game Design Challenge. What is the Sudbury Game Design Challenge? The Sudbury Game Design Challenge is a 48 hour competition between teams of programmers, artists, musicians and writers who must all work together......
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