Weekend Roundup: November 11-13

Friday, November 11

Best of Hot Docs-Sudbury Film Festival – A 4 day downtown walkable film festival bringing top award winning and audience favourites in this year’s documentary films- hot from Hot Docs International Film Festival and Sundance. With 20 feature doc screenings plus artists talks, Live Filmmaker Q and As and Industry events- this will be an exciting 4 days for cinema lovers from across the region. November 10 @ 4:30 p.m. – November 13 @ 6:00 p.m. @ Sudbury Secondary School – 154 College Street

Lo-Ellen Christmas Craft Show 2016 – It’s coming soon!!! The biggest craft in Sudbury, bigger than ever with more than 150 vendors this year! Three days of shopping fun. Come out and support all your local artisans. Cost: $3 – Friday the 11th 5-9, Saturday the 12th 10-5 and Sunday the 13th 12-4 @ Lo- Ellen Park Secondary School – 275 Loaches Road

Straight Jacket Winter – Presented at the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario November 12th with English surtitles at 2pm and 8pm. Hoping to start a new life on the West Coast, a couple travels 5000 km from Montreal to Vancouver in the dead of winter. As they attempt to integrate their adopted city, Esther and Gilles find themselves quickly confronted with the language barrier, and their inability to create a social network. Bit by bit, they retreat, inwardly, shielding themselves from the rain and the outside world, the four walls of their apartment becoming the boundaries of a universe understandable only to them. But for how long can two people who love each other live so marginally? Tickets: $32 – November 10 @ 8:00 p.m. – November 12 @ 8:00 p.m. – Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario – 21 Lasalle Blvd.

Party for Paul: 17 yrs. as NLFB Artistic Director – Come celebrate with us, and pay tribute to Paul Loewenberg’s inspiring 17 year run as Artistic Director of Northern Lights Festival Boréal. The evening will be a diverse musical revue of Sudbury’s finest players and songwriters. Roots, rock, soul, and a few surprises of course. We know Paul won’t be able to help but get up on stage and jam!While Paul transitions into new roles with the festival, we want to celebrate the artistic vision, the diversity, and the daring programming choices he has shared with us over the years, through each festival lineup. Programming the Northern Lights Festival is like creating a fine piece of art, each one unique and beautiful in its own way. Paul has created 17 great ones (plus countless concerts, fundraisers and other events), each with their own special memories. Of course, Paul continues his major contributions to arts, culture and music in Sudbury as: the force behind numerous other NLFB projects, a musician, the booker of The Townehouse, an organizer, the brains behind the Elgin St. Craft Beer Festival, a skilled woodworker, a pro knitter and more. Come celebrate with us! Cover: $5 – 8:30 p.m. – 1:30 a.m. @ The Townehouse Tavern – 206 Elgin Street

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Saturday, November 12

Walden Ski Swap & Open House – Join us at our annual ski swap and open house! Sell your gently used xc ski equipment and clothing, and find some new-to-you gear! Discover our trails, tour our facilities and enjoy a hot drink and a tasty snack while you shop. Register for our youth programs. Our Jackrabbits Coordinator will be onsite to answer all your questions. Drop off your skis for a pre-season wax. $20 All proceeds go to our Youth Ski Development Programs. Saleable items can be dropped off at the club on Friday between 5:00 & 8:00PM or Saturday morning between 8:00 and 9:00. 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. @ Walden Cross Country Fitness Club – 1 Denis Ave, Naughton

National Girls Learning Code Day – Girls Learning Code is excited to combine the power of play with basic design and programming skills for a full day, game-making workshop! This experience offers girls the opportunity to brainstorm modern day game ideas with others in a super fun environment, and learn basic design principles, character interaction techniques, as well as appropriate audio integration. Using Scratch, a beginner level programming environment that encourages mathematical and computational skills, imagination will come to life throughout the day in a new and digitally engaging form. Girls will also be introduced to Scratch’s amazing online community sloganed: “Imagine, Program, Share,” where they will have the opportunity to upload their game for anyone on the web to download and play. 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. @ Cambrian College – 1400 Barrydowne Road
Book Launch of Mary Ann Leclair’s Moments of Reflection – Local artist Mary Ann Leclair is launching her debut colouring book – Moments of Reflection. 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. @ Taphouse Northern Grill + Pub – 1500 Regent Street

When Two Worlds Collide – film screening – This documentary of an intense struggle over land use and industry between the government and indigenous people in Peru is an universal story that resonates with the on-going struggle at Standing Rock, as well as Canadian struggles such as Site C and Muskrat Falls, and local struggles such as Benny Forest. Join us for a discussion after the Saturday screening. Bruce McComber and Clyde McNichol will speak to the issues and why they matter to all of us. Tickets: $10 – 2:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. @ Imagine Cinemas – 40 Elm Street

Partner Yoga with Jamie & Sarah – Join Sarah and Jamie for Partner Yoga, a wonderful opportunity to deepen the impact and experience of your yoga practice. Human contact in the form of traction, pressure, and leverage is used to support you through the postures. With the help of your partner you are empowered to go deeper with less effort, to explore your balance more than usual, and receive external feedback about body alignment through touch. It helps you relate and communicate not just with your yoga partner, but with others in general. Partner yoga is the physical exercise of compassion, listening, understanding and trust. Partners may be couples, friends, parent and child, etc. Cost: $40 per pair – 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. @ ARC – 1981 Old Burwash Road

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Sunday, November 13

Christmas Shopping & Family Fun Expo – Come join us for a fun day of shopping and family fun at The Steelworkers Hall on Brady in Sudbury. FREE ADMISSION WITH THE DONATION OF A NON PERISHABLE FOOD ITEM FOR THE FOOD BANK. This event will feature many local vendors and artisans. We will have lots of great entertainment which will be updated as things are confirmed. We will also be giving swag bags to the first 100 customers through the door. We will be having a gift wrapping station as well as story time and caroling. This will be a great event that you don’t want to miss. 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. @ Steelworker’s Hall – 66 Brady Street

IODE Tour of Homes – This year’s IODE City of Lakes Chapter Tour of Homes will feature 4 unique homes of interest and 3 homes beautifully decorated for Christmas, plus a complimentary Tea and Bake Sale. Proceeds will support the chapter’s education, community service and citizenship programs in Sudbury. Cost: $20 – 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.