September Cookbook Club at Newtown Bookshop
The group cooks from one book a month, and September is My Harvest Kitchen by Gesine Bullock-Prado. Members pick a recipe, make it at home and bring it in to share.
More at Newtown Bookshop
September Non-fiction Book Club
Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods gets the discussion this month. Second Wednesday, one o'clock, in the shop on South Eagle Road. No membership required to sit in.
September Monthly Poetry Group at Newtown Bookshop
An hour of poetry and discussion in the shop on South Eagle Road, and the first meeting of the fall for this monthly group. Poets and listeners both welcome.
September Daytime Book Club
The Wedding People by Alison Espach, discussed in store at eleven on a Thursday morning. An hour, then you are back out with the rest of your day.
Around the same time
Cold Pheet, Bars, Kick Stand Dismount and Lonesome Crow
Four bands on a Saturday at the Nail. Food is served until 1am and drink specials stop at 11, which sets the shape of the night.
Bingo After Dark: Book Edition
An evening bingo at the firehouse with books on the prize table. The department has not posted a start time yet, so call before you drive over.
Back to the Basics Comedy Show
Stand-up headlined by John Moses, the Toronto comic who works dark and honest and spares nobody. On the Colonial's stage rather than in a bar back room.