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Weekend Trips Activity Calendar - September 2019 You must sign up for all activities www.studyquest.net/studentarea.htm Day Date Name Description Cost Meeting place Mon 2 The Rec Room redefines the meaning of fun with over 40,000 sq. feet of great games, Wed 4 Arcade Games at Rec Room PYOW Quest Lounge @ 4:00PM mouth-watering eats and amazing entertainment Toronto International Film Let’s be part of the Opening day of the TIFF. We will stroll around the Toronto's Thur 5 FREE Quest Lounge @5PM Festival (TIFF) theatre district to spot famous actors! The whole day live performances welcomed more than 40 Chinese and Canadian Fri 6 Toronto Dragon Festival FREE Quest Lounge @3PM performing arts groups. Dragons, drums, acrobatics, King Fu and much more. It's independence day in Brazil and we are going to celebrate this date in a party with Sat 7 Brazilian Day Party $20 St Andrew Station @9PM Live Brazilian Carnaval drums and samba dancers Try Toronto’s best and unique veg products from over 160 vendors. The Veg Food Sun 8 Veg Food Fest FREE Union Station @1PM Fest is North America’s largest celebration of all things veg. A Toronto's washroom-themed restaurant. This place offers a generous range of Tues 10 Poop Café PYOW Quest Lounge @ 4:00PM various Asian desserts, from Thai rolled ice cream to Hong Kong egg waffles. Her Chef restaurant is a friendly neighbourhood fast-casual place specialize in rice Wed 11 Asian Fusion restaurant PYOW Bathurst Station @5:45PM box. The real-world games imprison participants in a room and force them to hunt for Thur 12 Escape Room $40 Quest Lounge @4:40PM clues around the game environment. 5 - 6 people per room Visit the Greektown on Danforth Ave and try the authentic Greek food at the Messini Fri 13 Lunch in Greek Town PYOW Quest Lounge @1PM restaurant! (APP $15 -$25) The festival welcomes you to come and enjoy everything the Ukrainian culture has to Sat 14 Ukrainian Festival FREE Runnymede Station @ 1PM offer. Enjoy great local and international music, including Polish folklore, Polka and Euro Sun 15 Roncesvalles Polish Festival FREE Dundas West Station @1PM dance bands, and entertainment from near and far on multiple stages. St. Lawrence Market & Tour one of Toronto's most historical neighborhoods - Local and specialty foods, Tues 17 FREE Quest Lounge @ 4:00PM Sugar Beach antiques, arts, crafts, and more! And, walk to Sugar Beach! Wed 18 Art Gallery of Ontario Free Admissions at AGO on Wednesday evening! FREE St.Patrick Sta.@ 5:50PM A great canoe tour on Lake Ontario with free time on Toronto island. A must Thur 19 Canoeing on Lake Ontario $12 Quest Lounge @ 4:00PM experience in Canada! (Ferry boat $8) Go behind the scenes of beer making at Steam Whistle! It includes 30min factory tour Fri 20 Steam Whistle Brewery Tour $15 Quest Lounge @2:00PM and lots of beer sampling! Spend your summer at Canada's premier amusement park! There will be thrills, Vaughan Metropolitan Station Sat 21 Canada's Wonderland $45 splashes and so much more. Price includes a day pass @ 9AM The Distillery District Sunday Toronto's best-curated weekly market! Cured meats, organic preserves, artisan crafts, Sun 22 FREE Outside Quest @ 1PM Market ready-to-eat treats and handmade gourmet chocolates and much more Kensignton Market & Graffity Walk through one of the most colorful neighborhoods in the city and enjoy ethnic Tues 24 FREE Quest Lounge @ 4:00PM Alley food from different cultures. So many picture spots! Wed 25 Blue Jays Game Toronto Blue Jays vs. Baltimore Orioles. Buy your tickey by Sep 20th $20 Outside Quest @6PM Sing your heart out to your favourite songs with friends. 19+ LLBO Thur 26 Karaoke Night in Koreatown PYOW Quest Lounge @5:00PM (Appx: $15/Person) With over 80 illusions, holograms, installations and exhibits, the Museum offers an Fri 27 Museum of Illusions $30 Quest Lounge @ 2:00PM intriguing visual, sensory and proprioceptive experience. Join to celebrate German culture. Food, beer, music, and a fun fair modelled after the Sat 28 Toronto Oktoberfest $18 Union Station @12:00PM original Munich event. The world’s biggest celebration of drawing is coming to Toronto Historical Museums. Sun 29 The Big Draw Festival FREE Union Station @10:00am Help set a new world record for longest & biggest drawing. Weekly Recurring Activities Special and recommended activities of the month: Welcome/Farewell Fridays: Say goodbye to departing students. Drinks, Oktober Fest: Spend a day celebrating German culture. Join thousands laughter, friends. See flyers for details. dressed in lederhosen and dirndls. It's a festival of food, beer, music, and fun Free Conversation Club: Meet up with a Canadian buddy and brush up that will make you feel that you are attending the original Munich event. your English in a casual environment. Museum of Illusions: Unleash your inner curiosity at the Museum of Illusions Soccer Club: Every Thursday to run as fast as you can with teacher Coach Toronto! The museum offers an intriguing experience of visual and sense of Denis. More info at reception. self-movement activations. Weekend Trips: French Canada with ISX or TNT: Every weekend. Starting Price: $285. Includes transportation, days in Montreal, Ottawa and Quebe City, hotel accommodation, guided tour and party at the best nightclubs. New York with ISX: Sept 13th-16th, Starting price $409. Includes coach transportation, 3 nights hotel accommodation, 3 breakfasts, tours of Manhattan neighborhoods and sights. Plus lots of free time to explore Manhattan, where you can see the bright lights of Broadway, Central Park, Times Square, SoHo, Greenwich Village, Rockefeller Center, Fifth Avenue, Chinatown and Little Italy. Algonquin Park Day Trip with ISX or TNT: Starting Price $99. Includes entrenace to Park and access to trails, a canoe lesson and guided hike and lunch. PYOW= Pay Your Own Way TBA= To Be Announced APPX=Approximately .
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