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🌳 Prison Mike, Urban Agriculture, Northern Lights
[3 Minute Read] Murder Mystery, Pokemon
Enrique Banuelos
March 24, 2025 • Read Time: 9 minutes
Welcome to Forest City Digest. We’re the local newsletter with more golden nuggets than a McDonald’s drive through. 🍟
This week, we highlight the transformative Orchard Program at Hutton House, empowering adults with disabilities through urban agriculture.
Plus, explore your knowledge of Dunder Mifflin, start communicating with your babies, and taste the best butter tart on this side of the province.
Let’s jump in!
— Enrique Banuelos
NEWS
Urban Agriculture Program Supports Community 🍅 (Info)
At Hutton House, the Orchard Program is taking root, offering a transformative opportunity for adults with disabilities to grow personally and professionally. Over the course of 15 weeks, participants embark on a journey that combines three weeks of intensive pre-employment workshops with a 12-week paid placement in urban agriculture or hospitality.
Through hands-on learning at locations like Nathan’s Urban Farm and the Cavendish Community Food Hub, participants cultivate valuable skills in gardening, food security, and workplace readiness. The program also emphasizes career exploration, resume building, and interview preparation, empowering individuals to enter the workforce with confidence.
This initiative is more than just skill-building—it's about fostering inclusion, strengthening community food security, and helping participants cultivate independence and pride. By connecting individuals with meaningful work opportunities, the Orchard Program is planting seeds for a brighter, more inclusive future.
THINGS TO DO
GENERAL EVENTS 🏛
Learn Infant Sign Language ✌️ Patti Vandenbroek, RECE, CIMI 2, will teach participants the benefits of infant sign language. Hosted at 265 Maitland on Monday @ 6:30PM. (Info)
Repair Cafe 🔧 handy volunteer "Fixers" help repair your household items - for free! Broken lamp? Jeans with a hole? Don't toss it - bring it to Repair Café and learn how to fix it yourself! Hosted at Fanshawe College on Wednesday @ 6PM (Info)
Free Family Night @ London Children’s Museum 🧸 Enjoy a free night exploring the Museum, preregistration required, Wednesday @ 5PM (Info)
Champions of Magic 🧙 Following a decade touring the world as one of the most successful magic shows in history, the Champions of Magic team is back with an explosive all new show featuring thrilling and mind-bending illusions. Canada Life Place on Wednesday @ 7:30PM (Info)
The Office Trivia night 💼
Take a break from being The World's Best Boss, your classes at art school, or your beet farming to prove you know the most about the Dunder Mifflin family. Hosted at The Canadian Brewhouse on Thursday @ 7PM. (Info)
Hot As Heck Comedy Tour 🤣
The Hot As Heck Comedy Tour is bringing three rising comedians—Max Sheldrick, Mitch VK, and Doug Koning—to London. Hosted at the Poachers Arms on Thursday @ 7PM. (Info)
Mr. Lewin & Friends Comedy Show 🤣 Performing in London for the first time, come join Mr. Lewin and laugh the night away. Laserquest on Saturday @ 7PM. Leave your lasers at home. 🔫 (Info)
Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre 🔫 Set on the maiden voyage of a luxury cruise ship, this interactive mystery features a reckless captain, quirky crew members, and plenty of intrigue. Will the ship return safely, or will someone "go overboard"? Marienbad on Friday @ 7:30PM (Info)
International Book Club 📖 Are you a bookworm that loves to read? Want to better connect with your international peers and colleagues on campus? This is your event. Hosted at the Grad Clun on Friday @ 10-11AM (Info)
Pokemon and Collectors Con ⚡️ A wide array of collectibles and will spotlight Pokémon merchandise alongside video games, comics, Funko Pops, Transformers, Hot Wheels, sports cards, non-sports cards, and much more. Located at the Dorchester Community Centre on Saturday @ 10AM-3PM (Info)
London ButterTart & Hot Sauce Tour 🍮 ButterTart bakers, top hot sauce creators, boutique of handmade artisans, and a few surprises. Westmount Mall on Saturday @ 11AM-4PM. (Info)
Free Cooking Classes 🍔 Join Chef Nancy Salamanca for a free cooking demonstration featuring Chicken Pot Pies. Pre-registration required. Covent Market, Saturday @ 11AM. (Info)
Macaron Baking Workshop 🧁 Join us for a hands-on Macaron Baking Workshop where you'll learn the essential techniques to create beautiful and delicious French macarons. Covent Market on Sunday from 10AM-3PM. (Info)
Myth of the Ostrich (Play) 🦚 While struggling with writer’s block, Holly's routine day is interrupted by a very conservative visitor, Pam. The Grand Theatre March 26-30. (Info)
LIVE MUSIC 🎵
Balanced Breakfast Brewery Blow Up 🎵 🍺
A Hardy Heap of Hip Hop! Arc up the grill, grab a plate full of Scrambled Eggs with a side of Soul Vibe. London Brewing Co-op Saturday @ 8PM. (Info)
Bry Webb and Cots 🎸 Bry Webb, formerly of The Constantines, returns to his hometown, after a musical hiatus, performing alongside Steph Yates' solo project Cots, marking a new chapter in his career with the release of his album "Run With Me." The Root Cellar @ 7PM. (Info)
Wing Night: The Band🎤 Throwback covers in a club like setting. Find them at the London Music Hall on Saturday @ 8PM. (Info)
SPORTS 🏅
London Lightning 🏀 (Info)
TUES London Lightning vs. Jamestown Jackals
LOCAL ARTIST SPOTLIGHT
Artist: Thérèse Grawey
Title: Hommage
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Hommage was inspired by the rocky coastal islands in Lake Superior. The trees are ragged, but persistent and will stand their ground under all types of challenges. There is beauty and serenity in the scene which speaks of strength, but invites quiet reflection.
COMMUNITY PHOTOS
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FACTS & LAUGHS
DAD JOKE
For my birthday this year, I can only celebrate for half a minute.
It’s my thirty second birthday.
WORD ORIGINS
Whiskey 🥃
The word "whiskey" comes from the Gaelic phrase "uisce beatha" (Irish) or "uisge beatha" (Scottish), meaning "water of life." This was anglicized to "usquebaugh," then shortened to "usky," and finally evolved into "whisky" or "whiskey."2
TRIVA
Question: Which European country has the highest number of official languages recognized at the national level?
A) Belgium 🍫
B) Switzerland 💰️
C) Luxembourg 🏔️
D) Liechtenstein ⛷️
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B) Switzerland 💰️ recognizes four official languages at the national level: German, French, Italian, and Romansh.1
🌡️ LONDON WEATHER FORECAST
MON 🌨️ 4 / -1
TUES ⛅️15 / -4
WED ⛅️ -0 / -4
THUR ⛅️7 / -4
FRI 🌦️7 / 0
SAT 🌦️12 / 3
SUN 🌦️11 / 4
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