Neighborhood Watch

**Please read ALL details before joining:** **Info:** 2 hours of 5v5 indoor futsal at the East Bayfront Recreation Centre in Downtown Toronto. **Cost:** $4.75 **Note:** This venue/event is run by the **City of Toronto.** Upon arriving, please check in with the front desk! I do not take any payments. **Make sure you arrive early, their check-in process is really slow sometimes.** **Setup:** * 2 Teams (or 3 if we have 15 players) * 7 min games * Subs rotate between games / two games on, one game off (if there are 3 teams)

We will be going to the Sugar Shack festival at Harbourfront Centre where they will be having many activities OUTSIDE relating to maple syrup including entertainment, a lumber jack show, maple taffy tasting, and food. This is a free event. We will first meet OUTSIDE the Tim Hortons at 55 York Street this is beside the Royal York hotel and across the street from Union station subway. Dress warmly. Check it out at: www.sugarshackto.ca

**Looking for something different this weekend?** Join us for a cozy night of **board games, great coffee, and good vibes** at **Chaffé Coffee Corner** — a hidden gem inside Lazeez. Whether you come solo or with friends, this is the perfect place to: ✔ Meet new people ✔ Play fun, easy-to-learn games ✔ Relax with coffee & desserts ✔ Enjoy a laid-back, welcoming atmosphere No experience needed — we’ll have games ready and help you get started. *** ☕ **What to expect:** * A variety of board games (easy + social) * Fresh coffee, smoothies, desserts & breakfast options * A friendly, chill environment (no pressure, just vibes) *** 📍 **Location:** Chaffé Coffee Corner (inside Lazeez Shawarma) 2060 Ellesmere Rd, Unit 11 *** 🕒 **Time:** Every Saturday, 6:00 PM *** 💡 **Good to know:** * Just grab a coffee or snack to support the café * Limited seating → smaller group = better vibe *** 👉 **RSVP now & come hang out — spots are limited**

Come on out and join us for dinner and drinks at Scotland Yard😊 “Nestled along The Esplanade, Scotland Yard Pub stands as a venerable Toronto institution, proudly independent since 1978. A cherished landmark in the St. Lawrence Market neighborhood of Old Town Toronto, our establishment has been a hub of hospitality for over 45 years. Providing a comfortable and casual setting, we invite our guests to unwind and savour the moment. Our diverse selection of draught beers, featuring international varieties and the finest local brews, ensures there’s a libation to suit every palate. Additionally, our skilled mixologists craft a tantalizing array of cocktails, adding an extra layer of sophistication to your experience.” Afterwards if people wish we can wander around the neighbourhood. Please note there is a $3 charge for this meetup. Payment Options:
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 Hope to see you there! Jess

Hi everyone! We're doing an afternoon impromptu hangout at the MaRS Building food court tables- Enter MaRS from Collage Street where the statue of two men are sitting by the glass doors. Turn left and head down the escalator. Turn left at the bottom of the escalator and head down the hall past another escalator and Foosball table the event will be held at the far end of the food court. **First time meeting us and still not sure about the vibe?** Check out photos from **[past in-person events of 2023](https://www.meetup.com/artsrecto/photos/34212927/)** Bring your art supplies (mainly dry medium or small watercolour set), and order a warm drink and snacks. \*Note the food court is closed but there are a couple of coffee shops in the area at street level. **Where to meet exactly?** MaRS Discovery District at 2pm **How to get there?** \- Public transit \- get off at Queens Park subway station\, walk East along Collage you should see glass doors with a statue of two men sitting at a table outside\. Instructions stated above Looking forward to meeting you all :) === ================ **Support This Group 🥰🤩** We hope you're enjoying the Arts & Rec events! If you'd like to give support, please consider making a small Ko-fi donation of $5-10 USD at [https://www.ko-fi.com/artsnrectoronto](https://www.ko-fi.com/artsnrectoronto.) . This helps cover meetup and miscellaneous expenses with hosting events! For more inquiries, please PM me for more info! Thank you all so much!

Let’s do some coding together at a cafe! No more working alone in the weekend. Here, we write code together. And I mean together together. Not occupying-the-same-space-but-separate together. Here’s how it works: Jennifer brings her mobile app project, tells everyone that it is like Pinterest for recipes and she’d like to work on the nav bar. Paul and Chloe think Jennifer's project is fascinating, and they join the group. They gather around Jennifer’s laptop and work on the nav bar for 2 hours. Jennifer is the one typing out the code while Paul and Chloe research, brainstorm, and offer suggestions. If you’re feeling stuck on your own project or need a motivation boost, bring it to mob programming! Want to learn by watching how others code and solve problems? Join someone else’s project at this event! Oh and we love your half-done projects that you are a bit embarrassed to share. Absolutely bring those to the event! **Discord**: We use Discord to share screen & code snippets during the event. Also feel free to share your projects here before the event! https://discord.gg/Da9fZFxPfs **Event policy**: * We have 0 tolerance for harassment. * We don’t allow the projects that are not meant to be shared in public such as school assignments, interview tasks, or trade secrets. * The goal is to write code. We discourage you from pitching business ideas here, doing code reviews, or spending the whole event on planning what to do. * Please buy a drink, and tip the barista well.

Note: members can meet at the initial meeting spot to go in together, as this will not be hosted. On **Sunday March 15th,** be part of the **The 98th Academy Awards Oscar Watch Party and Toronto Trivia Show at TIFF Bell Lightbox.** Join members at TIFF Lightbox for a special Oscars Watch Party, hosted by comedian Alice Rose! Celebrate Hollywood’s biggest night, live on the big screen, with your fellow film lovers. And get ready: before the show, there will be movie trivia from Toronto Trivia. **BEST PICTURE NOMINEES** Bugonia F1 Frankenstein Hamnet Marty Supreme One Battle After Another The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sinners Train Dreams **COST** Free: for TIFF Members **SIGNING UP** * **Simply RSVP Yes** * **RSVPs close three days prior.** **MEETUP TIME** **Meet members at 6:30pm**: **Outside Auditorium 1 inside TIFF Bell Lightbox at 350 King St. W. to head inside together** **Red Carpet starts**: **6:30pm** Enjoy and please post your comments in the event after!9

## **Get Lucky — St\. Patrick’s Weekend Party \| Toronto** --> [https://www.eventbrite.ca/](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1983276289771?aff=oddtdtcreator) Get ready to turn luck into **movement** and energy into **connections** — because this St. Patrick’s Weekend, Let’s Nacho is bringing you the ultimate night out. \*\* Get Lucky\*\* isn’t just a party — it’s a *vibe.* A celebration of: ✨ Good fortune Fire music across Afro, Latin, and global sounds Dancing that starts the moment you walk in Connections that last long past last call Whether you’re here to dance like you don’t care who’s watching, meet someone new, or just make this the weekend you *actually get lucky,* we’ve got the rhythm, the room, and the crowd to make it happen. **Toronto** *St. Patrick’s Weekend* ️ Tickets available now — don’t let luck be the only thing you’re counting on!

Are you actually wearing green this Saturday? 🍀 Its St. Paddy’s Weekend and We Are Getting a Party Going at Oria After Dark (220 King St West) from 10PM – 4AM. Expect music, dancing, and a packed St. Paddy’s GREEN atmosphere all night. This event will follow the Latin dance classes and social. Please purchase your tix here: [Click here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1983276289771?aff=oddtdtcreator)

## **Get Lucky — St\. Patrick’s Weekend Party \| Toronto** --> [https://www.eventbrite.ca/](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/1983276289771?aff=oddtdtcreator) Get ready to turn luck into **movement** and energy into **connections** — because this St. Patrick’s Weekend, Let’s Nacho is bringing you the ultimate night out. \*\* Get Lucky\*\* isn’t just a party — it’s a *vibe.* A celebration of: ✨ Good fortune Fire music across Afro, Latin, and global sounds Dancing that starts the moment you walk in Connections that last long past last call Whether you’re here to dance like you don’t care who’s watching, meet someone new, or just make this the weekend you *actually get lucky,* we’ve got the rhythm, the room, and the crowd to make it happen. **Toronto** *St. Patrick’s Weekend* ️ Tickets available now — don’t let luck be the only thing you’re counting on! ***

By popular demand, we're reserving a special meeting to watch the Oscars at Studio 35...

Join us as we get together for a Discount Tuesday / Choose Your Movie event to see your choice of the top-reviewed indie drama TOW or the action-comedy-horror THEY WILL KILL YOU! A winner either way! Here are details, trailer and plan for this event: TOW: This drama follows a homeless Seattle woman who fights her way out of tow-company hell to reclaim her life and the car that held it all together after receiving a tow bill for $21,634. The film is directed by Stephanie Laing and stars Rose Byrne, Dominic Sessa, Demi Lovato, Ariana DeBose, Octavia Spencer, Simon Rex, Elsie Fisher and Corbin Bernsen. Tow premiered to rave reviews at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival where critics declared, “Tow is a winner” and called the film “a story of perseverance, heart, and real fight, the kind of small human story we see less frequently these days, but need now more than ever!” TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiUtqgeDVI8 THEY WILL KILL YOU: A woman takes a job as a housekeeper in a NYC high-rise, unaware of the building's history of disappearances. She soon realizes the community is shrouded in mystery. The film is directed by Kirill Sokolov and Zadie Beetz, Myha'la, Paterson Joseph, Tom Felton, Heather Graham, and Patricia Arquette. The film is being released immediately following its premiere at this year’s SXSW Festival earlier this month. TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYqQPiXpi4w PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm-ish showing of both films and will meet in the upstairs lobby area about 30 minutes before showtime! Once showtimes are announced, advance ticket purchase via the GFC website is advised! Once you have yours, please list your movie of choice and seat number in the Comments section of this event. Complete details will be confirmed/announced as the date gets closer. PARKING: Close, convenient parking is available in the nearby garage (located between 9th and 11th, just off High St). Bring your ticket with you and have it validated at the theater and for $2, you’re covered for the night! Look forward to seeing you there, Dan

Join us as we get together to see Ryan Gosling and Sandra Huller in the highly anticipated sci-fi adventure, PROJECT HAIL MARY! The film is based on the best-selling novel of The Martian and follows a man who awakens on a spacecraft before realizing his mission to save Earth. Here’s a description, trailer and plan for this event: DESCRIPTION: A science teacher wakes up on a spaceship, light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission to save the Earth. The film is directed by the filmmaking due Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (21 and 22 Jump Street, Into and Across the Spider-Verse) and is based on the 2021 novel by Andy Weir (The Martian). The film stars Ryan Gosling, Sandra Huller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest), Lionel Boyce, Milana Vayntrub and Ken Leung. TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VYsnngkS_U BUZZ AND REVIEWS: The buzz and reviews for PROJECT HAIL MARY are off-the-charts good! The film is earning a 95% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where critics call it an “old school blockbuster crowd-pleaser” and “a new sci-fi classic!” It’s “deeply hopeful,” well-acted,” funny,” “dramatic,” and “exceptionally rousing throughout!” Others call it “something truly magical” and one that “we’ll be talking about this one for decades to come!” And I believe Slashfilm says it best: “It will lift up and squeeze your heart, crack you up with laughter, and give you a sense of hope and wonder in a way that few movies have been able to inspire.” MOVIE PLAN: Please purchase your ticket for the 2:30pm SuperScreen DLX showing and meet in the lobby area between 2:05 and 2:15pm! Tickets already on sale and will likely move fast for this hot ticket / opening weekend showing so advance ticket purchase as soon as possible is advised! Once you have yours, please list your seat number in the Comments section of this event. As a head’s up, this is a longer movie at 2hrs 36mins. DINNER PLAN: Dinner immediately following the movie at 5:30pm at group favorite, FUGU SUSHI, located just next door! Separate RSVP required for the Dinner / Movie portions of this event. An RSVP here means you're signed up for the MOVIE! This portion will be open as long as seats remain. If you also plan to join for dinner, please also RSVP in the separate event listing for the dinner portion of this event. Should be a good one, Dan

***Okay, call me crazy but you have got to try their chip n dip!*** Club 185 is a true hidden gem in German Village! Seriously, old school, good comfort food and drink. We will try to gather in spaces near the windows. While we'll share Chip n Dip, you'll want to order a sandwich, too. **Where the Chip Began (1817)** Potato chips can be traced back to an English chef, William Kitchiner, who includes ‘crisps’ in his bestselling cookbook, “The Cook’s Oracle.” **Chip and Dip Popularity** The popularity of chip and dip skyrockets at the end of World War II with new entertainment fads and the introduction of Lipton’s new advertising campaign for their famous French Onion Dip. (Club 185 doesn't openly admit it, but I'm pretty sure that's their dip recipe!) **[Club 185](http://club185.com/)**—a true neighborhood bar serving since 1954, when it was known as a local 'speak-easy'. Located in German Village, Club 185 features a menu of quality casual comfort food and full bar. From politicians to lawyers, hardhats to hipsters—all find Club 185 the perfect place to tame their hunger and quench their thirst! **PARKING**: I know, brick street parallel parking can be a pain. Two other choices, metered parking along Livingston heading towards Children's Hospital or across the street in the large church lot (park in spaces farthest away from the church entrance doors, closer to the street). **PRE-EVENT**: **HAPPY HOUR (3-5pm)**: Italian drinks and bites at [Cento's happy hour](https://centogermanvillage.com/menus/), nearby.

A great movie deserves a great dinner! Join us after PROJECT HAIL MARY for another fun and tasty dinner at a CMG-favorite restaurant, FUGU SUSHI! RSVPs are limited for the dinner portion of this event! Here are complete details: FUGU SUSHI: Fugu Sushi offers a truly authentic experience that keeps customers (and the Movie Group) coming back for more. They offer an extensive menu with a delightful array of options and something for everyone! From their top-rated sushi, to tasty appetizers, soups, salads, bento boxes, tempura, delicious teriyaki dishes (including chicken, shrimp, salmon, tofu, vegetable and more), and vegetarian and vegan options, you’ll be certain to find something you love! MENU: https://www.fugusushicolumbus.com/menus RSVP: An RSVP here means you're signed up for the DINNER portion of this event. Seating is limited. If you also plan to join for the movie, please also RSVP in the separate event listing for the movie portion of this event. For the movie, we'll meet in the theater lobby at 2:10pm for the 2:30pm SuperScreen DLX showing. Advance ticket purchase for the movie is advised. Please RSVP in both events, if you plan to attend the movie and dinner. Look forward to seeing you there, Dan