🦝 Elves, Curling, and Skating In Your Underwear

Merry Christmas West End!

Whether you celebrate or not, I hope you’re all having wonderful mornings full of sugar plums and cinnamon buns. Below is an abbreviated West End Raccoon with a selection of cool events happening in the next couple of days.

Thank you so much for reading and supporting the newsletter this year, my raccoon heart goes out to you and all yours.

Let’s get into it.

Events

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Thursday and Friday and Saturday and Sunday

Orphan Christmas @ The Wych - Thursday 6PM
"On Christmas Day, if your family is far away, complicated, imaginary, or simply unavailable — you are invited to join us for Orphan Christmas" Details

X-MAS Comedy @ Backroom Comedy Club - Thursday 8PM
Take a break from playing with your new toys to enjoy this Christmas Day comedy show. (Idk why I'm writing event descriptions like Jeopardy clues now) $12

Snow Tubing & Snowshoeing @ Dufferin Mall - Friday 8AM
A bus trip up to Snow Valley for two authentic Canadian activities. How come snowshoeing gets to be one word but snow tubing doesn’t? Not really fair for us 'tubers. $179

Jewish Comedy Festival @ Comedy Bar Bloor - Friday 7PM
"The sharpest, wittiest Jewish comedic minds in the 6ix to turn your typical 'Jewish Christmas' experience into pure comedic gold." $30

Pressure Drop @ BSMT 254 - Friday 9PM
"All-vinyl night of JA sounds featuring some of the city's top selectors." $15 donation

Holiday Burlesque @ The Painted Lady - Friday 10PM
DJs and dancers. $10

Museum of Bad Gifts @ 420 Roncesvalles - All Weekend
A art exhibit featuring terrible holiday gifts: "The exhibition features bad gifts loaned or donated by the public, alongside works by local artists who have transformed bad gifts into new artworks or created pieces inspired by them." Details

Holiday Hills @ Stackt Market - All Weekend
Nice holiday set-up at Stackt with a few pop-ups, art displays, and curling. Details

Boxing Week Special @ The Garrison - All Weekend
The Garrison and the Baby G are having a mini-music festival of sorts for this holiday weekend. 13+ acts from all sorts of genres, tickets are $10 and will benefit the Parkdale Foodbank. Details

Find the Elf @ Bloor West Village - All Weekend
Scavenger hunt run by the local BIA where participants will have the chance to win prizes. Details

Swing Dancing @ St Wencesclaus - Saturday 615PM
A lindy hop lesson followed by a swing dancing party, with live music provided by the John Collin Jazz Band. $20

Dark Eighties Dance Party @ Dance Cave - Saturday 10PM
Dance like nobody's watching and Bill Davis is Premier! $10

Polar Bear Skate @ Bentway - Sunday 12PM
It's like a polar bear dip but instead of jumping in the lake you skate a lap in your underwear. Rentals available (of skates, not underwear) Details

Care Bears Movie @ Revue Cinema - Sunday 1PM
A screening of the cartoon classic for its' 40th anniversary. Or, for all the parents out there, a chance to sit quietly in the dark for about an hour. Details

Catweazle Club @ 1033 College - Sunday 730PM
Live music event from a reader: "Based on the original Catweazle Club in Oxford, England, our gathering is all about intimate engagement. It’s a completely unplugged evening, and everyone piles together at the front on pillows, rugs, and couches for an up-close, participatory experience of artistic sharing and warm-fuzzy community!" Details

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Have a great weekend, and talk to you next Thursday!
Xavier