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Practice and improve your English through conversation at St. Andrew Centre (73 Simcoe St, downtown Toronto), while making new friends! \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- How to Get to the Event: By TTC, exit at St. Andrew Station. Walk west on King St. West to Simcoe St. Do not enter through the church building; the large church front doors will be closed. At the corner of Simcoe St. and King St. West, turn south and walk on Simcoe St. Enter through St. Andrew Centre, which will be behind the church building.

Holy ESL This group is an advanced and intermediate English learners who are interested to learn English language as a second language (ESL) using the Bible. Holy ESL is free and you DO NOT NEED to be a Christian. All and any faith is welcome, so come ready to engage in thought provoking conversations and deeping your understanding of both language and faith. Light refreshments are provided.

Join us for friendly American MahJongg! Bring your 2026 card and let’s have fun 😀 For 2026, I am requesting $15 dues for the year, payable to Sabie by e-transfer to sgallo6877@gmail.com or cash. *Not sure if our events are for you? Come on down and join us a few times (before paying dues), we’d love to meet you.* **NOTE: The Guild House charges a $10 table fee per person to play each week. The drinks and food you purchase will count towards this so if you buy a latte for $5, then you will just pay $5 more (+ HST) for the table fee. See Sabie for details on discount available if this is a burden.** The Guild House has a great cafe! [Here's their menu.](https://theguildhouse.ca/pages/menu) Last but not least...PLEASE cancel your RSVP on Meetup if your plans change.

Cet événement comporte des frais de 3 $ afin de compenser le coût de l'hébergement sur la plateforme Meetup. This event has a 3$ fee to help offset the cost of hosting on the platform Meetup. **[PAYER ICI PAY HERE](https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/KSPACXU2YRG66)** Bonjour tout le monde! Soyez des nôtres au prochain French meetup au Madison Pub. Venez passer une soirée conviviale et rencontrer des francophones et francophiles de Toronto et du GTA. Tout le monde est bienvenu peu importe votre niveau. C'est une excellente occasion de parler en français à Toronto. Nous serons au deuxième étage. La réservation est sous Le French Meetup de Toronto. Si vous ne souhaitez pas que votre photo soit publiée sur le site Meetup, veuillez informer Pierre. Merci, Christopher et Lemonte **Pourquoi ces frais de 3$?** Pour compenser le coût de l'hébergement sur la plate-forme Meetup de l’année courante et des années précédentes. Nous vous demandons de payer $3.00 à chaque événement. Christopher et Lemonte seront présents pour recueillir vos contributions. Nous vous prions de bien vouloir apporter de la monnaie. Vous pouvez payer en ligne sur ce lien:[ ](https://square.link/u/S6dAAKd1)[PAYER ICI](https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/KSPACXU2YRG66) Ou utilisez ce code QR  Si vous préférez, vous pouvez payer par Interac à cette adresse: pierregilbert@bell.net ............................................................................................................................... Hello everyone! Join us for the next French Meetup at the Madison Pub! Enjoy a friendly evening and meet Francophones and Francophiles from Toronto and the GTA. Everyone is welcome, no matter your level. This is a great opportunity to speak French right here in Toronto. We will be on the second floor, and the reservation is under *Le French Meetup de Toronto*. If you prefer not to have your photo posted on the Meetup website, please inform Pierre. Thank you, Christopher and Lemonte Why the $3 fee? It helps cover the cost of hosting our group on the Meetup platform — not only for this year, but also for previous years. We kindly ask everyone to contribute $3.00 at each event. Christopher and Lemonte will be there to collect your contributions, so please try to bring exact change. You can also pay online using this link:[ ](https://square.link/u/S6dAAKd1)[PAY HERE](https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/KSPACXU2YRG66) Or use this QR code If you prefer, you can pay via Interac at this address: pierregilbert@bell.net Votre soutien est grandement apprécié ! 😊 Your support is greatly appreciated! 😊

🎱 **New Year, New Events, TBC Tuesday Socials Are Back for 2026!** 🎉 Kick off **2026** by getting out of the house, meeting new people, and enjoying a relaxed night of pool with **Toronto Billiards Club** at **Shoxs**. This Tuesday evening social is all about **good vibes, community, and accessible pool**. Whether you are brand new to the game or have years of experience, you will feel comfortable here. **What to expect:** ✅ friendly, inclusive, and welcoming social atmosphere ✅ beginners welcome ✅ instruction and guidance from TBC hosts ✅ casual pool games, conversation, drinks, and food ✅ no pressure, no leagues, no egos if you have ever thought *“I want to play pool but don’t know where to start”* or *“I don’t want to walk into a pool hall by myself”* this event is made for you. many of our regulars first showed up solo. 💬 **First time attending?** Our hosts will introduce you, help you get a game going, and make sure you are comfortable throughout the night. 💵 **Event Fee:** $15 per person Payable by cash or e-transfer (dean@tbcpool.org) Please contact the event organizer if you have payment questions 📋 **House Rules:** All attendees are expected to follow TBC Meetup Rules during the event. If you have questions about rules, fees, or the format, feel free to message an organizer. 👉 **Call to action:** Bring a friend or come solo. show up curious. Leave with new connections and more confidence at the table. See you Tuesday and welcome to the TBC community! **TBC Admin**

St. Timothy's is excited to offer support to newcomers in Canada. Our goal is to provide conversational language practice through informal instruction and feedback in a welcoming and diverse community. We invite all new immigrants, English language students, visitors to Canada, parents of children temporarily attending schools in Toronto, foreign university students, and anyone looking to enhance their language skills. We aim to build community where friendships can flourish, in order to help participants establish meaningful connections, learn about life in Toronto, and access practical resources as you settle in to this new city and country. We begin every Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. with a time to socialize and connect. Our formal program begins at 10:30 a.m., and each week we will have different activities and topics, including practicing English conversation, reading short articles, learning about common pronunciation and grammar mistakes made by ESL speakers, etc. Our volunteers would love to get to know you and offer gentle and constructive feedback to help you improve your English! We also offer Individual career mentoring, including job search, mock job interviews, and helping you improve your resumes and cover letters.

**SPDY MEETUP 005** Welcome back! Following up on last week’s announcement, we are thrilled to schedule **SPDY MEETUP 005**. As always, we’ll be joined by incredible engineers who are ready to share their latest research and insights. Here's an updated list of presenters and topics: **🔸 Annie Sullivan**, Senior Staff Software Engineer at **Google** *"The latest data on soft navigations in Core Web Vitals"* 🔸 **Michal Mocny**, Sr Software Developer, **Google Chrome**, Speed Metrics *"InteractionContentfulPaint: a new Performance API for measuring UX."* 🔸 **Bas Schouten**, Performance Tech Lead at **Mozilla** *TBA* We have an incredible evening lined up featuring expert-led sessions sharing the latest in web performance research. As always, there will be dedicated time for Q&A following the sessions. **Interested in speaking?** Slots are available for lightning talks. If you’d like to share your work, please reach out via DM or email at **henrihelvetica@gmail.com**. Beyond the presentations, come enjoy some great networking with our vibrant community. We recommend **RSVPing as soon as possible** to secure your spot, as we are expecting international teams from both Google and Mozilla to also attend. With that, we look fwd to seeing everyone May 13th. -Henri

Pottery Night at Orkid Gallery! All tools included. No experience needed—just come create, connect & sip tea with us! 3-hour workshop.

Join us on Wednesday, May 13th, 2026, at 6:30 PM for a session presented by **Aidan Foster** on using Claude Design, Anthropic's new AI-assisted design tool, to vibe design web user interfaces. **Event Details:** * **Location:** CSI Spadina - 192 Spadina Ave., Toronto, ON M5T 2C2. Viola Desmond room on the 3rd floor * **Date and Time:** May 13, 2026, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM * **Topic:** Experimenting with Claude Design. **Location Note:** This meeting will be held in the **Viola Desmond room on the 3rd floor**. Access will be via the door to the stairs, not the usual main entrance to the basement area. We will send the building access code on the morning of the meetup, via email and chat. **Session Topic:** Claude Design starts as code and grows into design software, the opposite direction of Figma. We'll look at: * Generating a design system from a Figma file * Iterating with the tweaks panel and edit mode * Prototyping UI from existing code and screenshots * Where Claude Design fits alongside Figma and Claude Code **Your Voice Matters:** Got ideas for future presentations or want to be a speaker? Reach out to Pierre or Aidan – we're always looking for speakers and new insights! **Drinks & Discussion:** Stay after the presentation for drinks and more Drupal talk at [Hotel Ocho](https://maps.app.goo.gl/4HF9ooz2Ki9B8o577) **Special Thanks to our Sponsor:** A big shoutout to[ Kalamuna](https://www.kalamuna.com) for providing the CSI space for our meetup. Looking forward to seeing old friends and new faces alike. Let's make this a great meetup for Toronto's Drupal community, going strong since 2006!

Join us for some **fun** and **friendly** **CASUAL HITTING TENNIS** at Fountainhead Tennis Club - University Heights (couple of blocks from FINCH WEST subway station). This is a TENNIS AND TUNES event 🔊🎵🎶📻 (**music will be played during the meet up**). Hope to see you there! :) **BEFORE** confirming your RSVP, please review the following meet-up guidelines and group rules. General Rules and Guidelines: 1. This is a **CASUAL HITTING** meet-up. It is **NOT** a competitive tennis gathering. Due to limited court availability we will only engage in **casual rallies**. 2. Upon arrival, please check in with the event organiser. This is important for attendance purposes and assigning hitting partners for the session. 3. Should you decide to bring your own tennis balls, please make sure they are distinctively initialled. If not, a meet-up Sharpie will be available (at the event) for you to do so. 4. **GTA Racquet Player members are expected, at all times during the meet-up, to observe a courteous demeanour and a positive sporting spirit towards fellow players.**

We’re thrilled to invite you to an exciting meetup! We'll have one talk presented by an Elastic employee and one presented by a community member. Bring your questions and come support the community! **Agenda** **5:00 PM** – Doors Open Come in, say hello, grab some food, and settle in for an engaging evening. **5:45 PM** – **"Lessons from evaluating production AI Agents for over a year", presented by** Susan Chang, Principal Data Scientist at Elastic **6:15 PM** – Q&A **6:30 PM** – "**Elasticsearch Journey – Working in Different Industries", presented by** Yasir Zaid, Elastic Certified Engineer **7:00 PM** – Q&A **7:15 PM** – Networking & Event Wrap-Up Stick around to chat, connect, and share insights with fellow attendees. **When:** Thursday, May 14th 5:00 - 7:00 pm **Where:** [Centre for Social Innovation - Spadina](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=43.650017%2C%20-79.397156) 192 Spadina Ave. · Toronto, ON 3rd floor, The Viola Desmond Room **Abstracts** **"Lessons from evaluating production AI Agents for over a year"** This talk covers methods of evaluating AI Agents, with an example of how the speakers built evaluation frameworks for a user-facing AI Agent system which has been in production for over a year. We share tools and frameworks used (as well as tradeoffs and alternatives), and discuss methods such as LLM-as-Judge, rules-based evaluations, ML metrics used, as well as selection tradeoffs. **Bio:** Susan Shu Chang is a Principal Data Scientist at Elastic, where she leads work on production-grade machine learning, including generative AI and agentic workflows. She is also an internationally recognized speaker, O’Reilly author, and keynote presenter at major global technical conferences. **My Elasticsearch Journey – Working in Different Industries** This talk explores Yasir Zaidi’s hands-on experience using Elastic products to deliver strategic solutions across banking, insurance, and telecommunications. Through real-world examples, the session will cover how Elasticsearch and the broader Elastic Stack have been used for search architecture, security, SIEM, and observability, along with some of the newer and more exciting projects now being built with Elastic. The talk will also highlight recent Elasticsearch features and innovations, and how they are opening up new possibilities for modern enterprise use cases. **Bio:** Yasir Zaidi is the Owner of ZD Inc. ([https://zd-inc.net/](https://zd-inc.net/)) and Elasticsearch Experts ([https://elasticsearch.expert/](https://elasticsearch.expert/)), and Co-Founder of 360metrics ([https://www.360metrics.io/](https://www.360metrics.io/)) and Certified Elasticsearch Partner Solution Architect. He has delivered hundreds of Elasticsearch projects for organizations around the world, with experience spanning Observability, SIEM, Enterprise search, Cloud deployments, and AI-powered search solutions, Serverless and much more. His work includes engagements with Ericsson, SAP, Intact Insurance, Videotron, RONA, Geotab and Desjardins Bank, just to name a few. Backed by three master’s degrees and Elastic certifications, Yasir brings deep technical expertise and proven global delivery experience. Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasirzaidi/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yasirzaidi/) Spots are limited, so don't miss out!

Welcome to **TENNIS AND TUNES 2026 edition!** Join us for some **fun** and **friendly** **CASUAL HITTING TENNIS** at Fountainhead Tennis Club - University Heights (two blocks form **FINCH WEST STATION / right across from SENTINEL STATION TTC -LINE 6**). This is a TENNIS AND TUNES event 🔊🎵🎶📻 **which means loud music will be played during the meet up**. Hope to see you there! :) **FRIENDLY REMINDER : BEFORE** confirming your RSVP, please review the following meet-up guidelines and group rules. General Rules and Guidelines: 1. This is a **CASUAL HITTING** meet-up. It is **NOT** a competitive tennis gathering. Due to limited court availability we will only engage in **casual rallies**. 2. Upon arrival, please check in with the event organiser. This is important for attendance purposes and assigning hitting partners for the session. 3. Should you decide to bring your own tennis balls, please make sure they are distinctively initialled. If not, a meet-up Sharpie will be available (from the host) for you to do so. 4. **GTA Racquet Player members are expected, at all times during the meet-up, to observe a *courteous demeanour* and a *positive sporting spirit* towards fellow players.**

**Join [TILE.]** at the **most popular Saturday Language Learning Social Event & Party in Toronto! 🍁** **[TILE.] = Toronto International Language Exchange [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/tilelearning/)** **[TILE.]** now has a **2-for-1 special event,** which includes: **1.** From **[6:30 - 7:15 PM](https://www.meetup.com/english-class-with-certified-award-winning-teacher):** An optional new $5 small group 45-minute **[English language class](https://www.meetup.com/english-class-with-certified-award-winning-teacher)**[ ](https://www.meetup.com/english-class-with-certified-award-winning-teacher)led by a certified language teacher **2.** From **[7:15 - 11 PM](https://www.meetup.com/biggest-language-party-event-social-in-toronto):** Our usual huge group **[BIGGEST LANGUAGE EXCHANGE SOCIAL EVENT AND PARTY IN TORONTO](https://www.meetup.com/biggest-language-party-event-social-in-toronto)** (Cost: *$5, unless you already paid for the same day 6:30 English class right before, in which which case the 7:15 social is FREE)* Both events happen Saturday on the 2nd floor of the Madison Pub (14 Madison Avenue). ***Attend either or both events for $5!*** Meet Toronto locals and international friends. Talk to language teachers and speakers to learn English, French, Korean, Japanese, Spanish, and much more! Join us for board games, conversation, dancing, singing, and more! Make sure to get a nametag from one of our helpers. *You **must** read the full event description below before attending. By attending, you agree to all the terms listed.* **[TILE.] Toronto International Language Exchange** event details: * We are on the 2nd floor of the Madison pub on the patio with all the international flags! *The dance floor opens around 10 PM, and the live piano bar singer start around 10:30 on the 1st floor.* **PAY** **$5** right at the event by **CASH, CREDIT, or DEBIT**, or **SEND $5 E-TRANSFERS** to: **TILETORONTO1@GMAIL.COM**. You can also support the bar by buying a drink or appetizer. \-\-\-\-\-\- **IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER – Meetup Group** By attending any TILE events, including these ones, you acknowledge and agree to the following: * *The organizers and hosts of TILE events are are not liable for any loss, injury, damage, or other unforeseen outcomes that may occur before, during, or after any event.* * *Participation in TILE events is entirely voluntary and at your own risk. You are solely responsible for your own safety, personal belongings, transportation, behavior, and well-being. It is your responsibility to assess the risks involved in any activity or location and to act accordingly.* * *TILE and its organizers do not provide insurance and cannot guarantee the safety, accuracy of information, or quality of venues, third-party services, or other attendees.* * *By attending, you release TILE, its organizers, and affiliates from any and all claims or liability, and you agree to conduct yourself respectfully and in accordance with local laws and venue rules.* * ***If you do not agree with this disclaimer, please do not attend TILE events.***

Our monthly PHP meetup. A virtual shindig courtesy of Zoom. Check back here for the details around 6:15 pm

WQC has weekly Thursday night social nights at the Westerville Java Central. Come and grab a coffee and connect with the community: low stakes, chill environment, and tasty drinks. No registration is required; come as you are.

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** TBD **YouTube Link** TBD

We meet to learn and practice American Sign Language and to grow our familiarity with Deaf culture. Facilitated by hearing folks (with a connection to a professional interpreter) using Deaf-created content. People of all ASL skill levels are welcome! As we learn, we hope to connect more with the Deaf community in Central Ohio. Join us as you're able! Come regularly or just once - whatever you're looking for! Each meetup will explore different topics related to ASL/Deaf culture, and will feature time to practice conversation with one another. Just bring yourself and a willingness to learn!

**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Topic: This month John Lairson will share a notebook describing the Alpaca (Paper) Trading API and discuss different algorithms for evaluating stock trades. We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com

It's official, submissions for "Resistance, Resilience, Utopia" are are on their way from being independent pieces to becoming the second volume of gINKgo. This year we are going to have a launch party at Birdie Books on May 15th from 6-8pm open to the whole community! Come on over and help us support the creators with food, drinks, art, writing, open mic, music, community activities and more.

**Latest Dojo Location!** **Knotty Pine Brewing** 1765 W 3rd Ave, Columbus, OH 43212 We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead. We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community. https://forms.gle/ehSfUAC2WgR34Crq9