Special Events

Classic Movie Nights

Every second Thursday of the month

Come and join us every second Thursday of the month for a different classic movie. Movies start at 7pm, and they are all pay what you can.

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Retro Movie Nights

Every fourth Wednesday of the month 

Come and join us every fourth Wednesday of the month for a different retro movie. Movies start at 7pm, and they are all pay what you can.

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We Lend a Hand

Wednesday, July 8, 2026
7:00 pm | Pay what you can

We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of the Ontario Farmerettes is a 49-min documentary which reveals the true and forgotten story of the Ontario Farm Service Force. It put 40,000 volunteer teenage girls to work between 1941 and 1952, arriving from different parts of Ontario and Quebec to many locations in Southwestern Ontario. Their job: to ensure critical food production during the most perilous period of modern history. Join us for this inspiring film, followed by a panel discussion.

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Wildhood

Thursday, July 16, 2026
7:00 pm  |  Pay what you can

In a rural East Coast trailer park, Link lives with his toxic father and younger half brother, Travis. When Link discovers his Mi’kmaw mother could still be alive, it lights a flame as the siblings embark on a quest for a better life. 

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Beans

Thursday, August 20, 2026
7:00 pm  |  Pay what you can

In 1990. two Mohawk communities enter into a 78-day armed stand-off with government forces to protect a burial ground from developers. 

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Earth Loving Talks: Permaculture and Land Art

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Pay what you can - $10 donation suggested

DJ Lewis will present and talk you through the basic Ethics and Principles of Permaculture and how they form the basis of a holistic approach to soil health, land management and sustainable living. Nell Tenhaaf will look at some iconic works of land art from about fifty years ago that were part of the Conceptual Art movement, artists who rebelled against the way art is institutionalized both in museums and as a commodity.

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Yuk Yuk's Comedy

Thursday, September 24, 2026
7:30 pm  | Doors open at 7:00 pm


Join us for a night of comedy at the Aron Theatre Co-op, featuring Jeff McEnery, Dom Paré and Ben Bayfield.

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Earth Loving Talks: Zooming out and Zooming in

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Pay what you can - $10 donation suggested

Dimitri Papatheodorou will talk about The Constructed Environment. He will zoom in and zoom out, from his encaustic sculptures (based on pigment and melted beeswax that solidifies) and other art-works that are intimate pieces, to community (architecture). Jan Thornhill has been studying the amazing fungi she finds around her home in southeastern Ontario (Canada) for more than 30 years. Jan’s talk will focus on Myxomycetes, or slime molds.

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Earth Loving Talks: Landscapes in Perspective

Wednesday, November 11, 2026
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Pay what you can - $10 donation suggested

Dorothy Caldwell will present the talk Mapping Land and Stitching Cloth. She will talk about her projects in the Australian Outback, the Canadian Arctic, and explorations of local land and home territory. Graham Wilson will present the talk Natural Materials. This talk will offer a brief review of rocks and minerals in space and time, roughly divided between local (Trent Hills) geology and a wider overview of planet Earth.

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