Weekly Roundup: February 20-26

Monday, February 20

Strong Kids Family Day Carnival – Join us for swimming, face painting, obstacle courses, TRX Strong Kids Challenge, carnival games, prizes and more! This event is free for members and open to the public via a donation to our 2017 Strong Kids Campaign. For child protection purposes we ask that all non-members 16+ please sign in with photo I.D. Strong Kids is the YMCA’s charitable mission. This campaign makes it possible for all members of our Sudbury community to learn and grow at the YMCA despite any financial barriers one might face. Together we are building healthy communities! 10:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ YMCA – 140 Durham Street

Family Day Skate – Please join me for my 2nd annual (free) Family Skate. Bring your family, friends, and neighbors for some ice time, pancakes, and refreshments. All are welcome! 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. @ Sudbury Community Arena – 240 Elgin Street

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 early seats fill up and we don’t take reservations! Winner takes home bragging rights and some awesome prizes are given out throughout the game! Cost: $5 – 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. @ Taphouse Northern Grill + Pub – 1500 Regent Street

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Tuesday, February 21

Night Lights Race Series Event #4: Headlamp – Our last event of the series. Test your speed at our Night Lights Race Series. Open to everyone – fast or slow, young or old – ski one event, ski all four, just ski before you sleep! Registration: takes place in the chalet from 6:15 – 6:30. Races start at 7:00 PM. Prizes awarded following each race, and for the overall series winners. The big hardware is handed out tonight!!! Contact us at program@waldenxc.ca for more information. Entry Fee: $10/race | Half price for those 12 and under. 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. @ Walden Cross Country Fitness Club – 1 Denis Ave, Naughton

STN: Oscars Night –  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 early seats fill up and we don’t take reservations! Winner takes home bragging rights and some awesome prizes are given out throughout the game!  Cost: $5 – 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. @ Fromagerie Elgin – 80 Elgin Street

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Wednesday, February 22

Fernandez The Hypnotist – Live in Sudbury – Tickets: $10 – 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. @ The Asylum – 19 Regent Street

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Thursday, February 23

Free Dance and Pole Fitness Workshops – Join us Wednesday, February 22 and Thursday, February 23 to sample our Dance Fitness Programs. We are offering two free one-hour sessions taught by our dance and pole instructor, Seija Cassidy Eskola and Melissa T. 4:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m. @ Zen Fitness – 158 Durham Street

Dinner & A Show with Sarah MacDougall – For someone who now calls Whitehorse, Yukon home, award-winning singer-songwriter Sarah MacDougall sure gets around!  In November she was touring the UK. Now, having just left Australia, she is performing this weekend at a Canada 150 event at Ottawa’s Winterlude festival. Then on February 17 she will be featured at the Burlington Performing Arts Centre. In May she performs in Denmark. But most importantly to us, on Thursday, February 23 she will take the stage here in Sudbury as part of The Motley Kitchen’s popular Dinner & A Show series. Cost: $50 for dinner & entertainment | $20 for show only – 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. @ The Motley Kitchen – 70 Young Street

Bingo with Balls – Do you have the Balls for this Bingo? – Enjoy an evening of regular BINGO with a twist of games of fear, cunning and skill. You have a chance to WIN $1,000 in cash jackpot and a White Water Rafting Adventure for 2 (value $500). Tickets: $25 cash – 6:15 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. @ Boardwalk Gaming Sudbury – 940 Newgate Avenue

Hot Mess: Future – Robots. Holograms. Apocalyses. Hot Mess presents a night of comedy. 10 comics. 1 theme. Hopefully it’s funny. 7:00 p.m.  – 10:00 p.m. @ Fromagerie Elgin – 80 Elgin Street

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Friday, February 24

Essential Oils with the Wendys – Join us for a FREE, inspiring and informative evening filled with the warmth of good friends, snacks and refreshments, laughter and loads of fun. With a combined 30+ years of Essential Oil love and knowledge, we, the Wendys, want to share our love and knowledge with you. Learn what oils work with your body holisitically to provide what it is you need to stay healthy, happy, balanced, uplifted, strong and without worry.  Enjoy the scents of the most popular oils and come to understand why they are so popular. Learn why doTerra is the leader in the Essential Oil business with their therapeutic and culinary grade oils that are far superior to any you’ve ever experienced before. 6:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. @ Pura Vida Holistic Wellness – 259 Eve Court

DIY Spa nights – Pizza and drinks served – DIY yummy dessert  – DIY take home bath bomb – DIY mini mani with nail design lesson. Cost: $39 per friend plus h.s.t. – 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m @ Glama Gal Tween Spa Sudbury – 2140 Regent Street

Spies and Bowties – The theme for this year’s Lockerby Senior Semi-Formal is “Spies and Bowties!” Join us at Sudbury Steelworkers Hall at 7:00pm on February 24 to eat, dance and have a goodtime. Tickets: $45 – 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. @ United Steelworkers Hall – 66 Brady Street

Sudbury Wolves vs. Barrie Colts – 7:00 p.m. @ Sudbury Community Arena – 240 Elgin Street

Trio Tangere – Trio Tangere is an exciting new ensemble with the uncommon combination of two guitars and violin. The three members, Marc Djokic, violin, Jérôme Ducharme and Louis Trépanier, guitars, were already established virtuosi when they started performing together; from the first notes of the first rehearsal, they knew they had a magical simpatico in their playing. This ensemble performs exciting repertoire from the select body of works already in existence for this instrument grouping, as well new commissions and transcriptions. Tickets: $20 – 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. @ Cambrian College – 1400 Barrydowne Road

Falsifier, Filth, Behind These Eyes, Inherent live at The Asylum – Tickets: $10 in advance | $12 at the door – 9:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m @ The Asylum Sudbury – 19 Regent Street

He Said, She Said Comedy Show – It’s a special show for Love month. We are bringing back the passion and laughter with TWO! special Headliners, Sudbury’s favorite duo, The Italian Stallions themselves, Phil Luzi,and Sandra Battaglini!! Thats right! thunder and Lightning!! Pesto and marinara! I cant think of a more iconic duo, we also have a slew of comedians battling it out as always for your love and adoration and votes , to be crowned the funniest of Love Month. Tickets: $10 – 9:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. @ Little Montreal Bar & Deli – 182 Elgin Street

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Saturday, February 25

LLC Build an Online Resume (with HTML & CSS) – In this workshop, you will be applying your new found CSS knowledge into creating a beautiful HTML resume. You’ll also learn how to incorporate techniques for creating maintainable CSS to make it easier to keep your resume updated and looking polished. This workshop is for Adults (18+yrs). Cost: $55 – 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. @ The Open Studio – 93 Cedar Street

Beaver Lake Loppet & Volunteer Pancake Lunch – 10:30 a.m. @ Beaver Lake Trails – 45 Club Road, Worthington, Ontario

Cosplay Event – Come into the store dressed up as your favorite anime, sci-fi or video games character and enjoy a day of meeting new people and connecting with friends! Bring your 3DS to play and to Street Pass! Mojoverse will be supplying refreshments and snacks! 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. @ Mojoverse – 1252 Kingsway

Rumble In Rayside, Brought To You By OPSEU Region 6 – Rock Solid Wrestling is bringing their action packed family friendly wrestling event to CVDCS as a fundraiser for the school’s extra curricular activities! Doors open at 3:00, with a 4:00 bell time. Tickets: $10 in advance | $15 at the door – 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. @ Chelmsford Valley District Composite School – Hwy 144

Coldest Night of the Year 2017 – 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. @ Rainbow Centre – Food Court – 40 Elm Street

Winter Patio 2017 – Last year in response to the Maclean’s Magazine article stating that Canadians had become a nation of “Winter Wusses” we decided to prove them wrong and throw a dinner party out on our patio in the middle of winter! Well, you all responded so well that we decided that we must make this an annual tradition! So plan on donning your best parka and join us out on our (heated) patio on Saturday, February 25th – We are still finalizing details for our menu and other details, so please stand by! We do plan on including, even MORE, LOCAL products and ingredients on our menu this year! AND Justin is already in the lab working on some killer, “warm you up” and make you glow cocktails…..we look forward to seeing you. To reserve a table please call 705.523.2794…more details coming soon! 5:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. @ Ristorante Verdicchio – 1351 Kelly Lake Road

Lads ‘N Lashes 2017 – The Final Show! – Réseau ACCESS Network presents: Lads ‘N Lashes Drag Troupe. Lads ‘N Lashes returns to Sudbury on February 25, 2017 for their FINAL year! Music! Comedy! Drag Show! Dancing! Lads ‘N Lashes is a professional, renowned drag troupe from Toronto and the performers offer spot-on impersonations of your favourite stars like Cher, P!nk, Adele, Katy Perry, and Lady Gaga! Tickets: $25-$55 – 8:00 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. @ United Steelworkers Hall – 66 Brady Street

IceBurgh Invitational Performance League: #705Live – With the continued success of the IceBurgh Invtational Performance League: Performance Championship Tournament and the Soundclash Tournament, IceBurgh Society Entertainment is proud to announce that they will be bringing the event up North! We are proud to present to all artists in the 705 region to the IceBurgh Invitational Performance League: #705Live! There will be 5 events (4 Rounds and 1 Finals) throughout 2017 in Feb, April, June, Aug, and October! Each event will host 6 Performers competing to win the Best Performance of the Night. The winner of the night will win an IceBurgh Prize Pack plus win entry into the #705Live Champions NIght, where all the winners of the first 4 events will compete to become the #705Live GRAND CHAMPION plus Prizes! 10:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. @ The Asylum Sudbury – 19 Regent Street

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Sunday, February 26

Find your inner voice – Find your inner voice and use it to master your purpose in life! Would you like to tap into an amazing year 2017? Would you like to listen to your inner voice and take action Now! Do you want to see yourself achieving your goals in 2017? If you answer yes to these. Then come and join us for a fun afternoon with some great learnings and lot of fun!  Your solutions for 2017 begins with me! 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. @ La Casa Mexicana – 49 Elgin Street

Giuseppe the MC LIVE! World Tour SUDBURY! – Join me as I share funny stories about my mother! The show will be performed in English and Calabrese! So if you do not understand, bring a translator!! And more importantly, if you can, BRING YOUR MAMMA! or ZIA! or NONNA! They will love it! Tickets: $25 – 7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. @ Caruso Club – 385 Haig Street