Museum After Dark

Museum After Dark was built for you and your friends – young professionals, creatives, and culture supporters with a shared passion for engaging with the community and immersive experiences. From the Beer Series to the Brush Off, and engaging dance parties to dialogue Series, Museum After Dark is more than just a membership.

MAD Programming

The Brush Off | 6th Junior Edition

Free Ticket for MAD Members!

THEMUSEUM is happy to be continuing with our Brush Off | Junior Edition event for the 6^th year in a row, dedicated to artists ages 14 to 19, and presently in high school. This fundraiser for THEMUSEUM will be held on Friday, April 27, 2018 at 7:30pm. During this ticketed event ‘Junior’ artists are invited to participate in a friendly painting competition, creating art live in front of an audience. Young artists will be able to showcase their talent on a community stage and network with the local arts scene.

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An Evening With Rick Mercer

$10 Off Tickets for MAD Members

RICK MERCER chronicles, satirizes, and ultimately celebrates all that is great and irreverent about this country. Known as “Canada’s Unofficial Opposition,” Mercer is our most popular comic, a political satirist who knows exactly what matters to regular Canadians and what makes them laugh.

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A Night at THEMUSEUM | Sofar Sounds

Members Recieve an Exclusive Invite!

Be still and listen. Join us at THEMUSEUM on May 6th for an exclusive collaboration between Sofar Sounds Waterloo and the Museum After Dark.

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Movies for Mental Health

Movies for Mental Health is intended to create a safe space for members of the community to have an open and honest conversation about mental health. This free workshop includes short films by OLIVE Film Collection that focus on a variety of issues, causes and coping mechanisms. Join us for a powerful, eye-opening and inspiring evening focused entirely on shining the light on these complex and prevalent issues within our community.

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Male Allies Training Session

Want to learn more about the role of men in ending sexual and gender-based violence? Male Allies, a program of the Sexual Assault Centre of Waterloo Region (SASC), is offering a free, introductory community workshop to have a constructive and open dialogue. We will talk about gender, masculinity, sexual violence and bystander intervention.

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Beer& Beyonce – May 30, 2018, June 6, 2018

Free for MAD Members!

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Beyography is the Beyonce tribute dance class, where all Naughty Girls and Baby Boys come to release their inner Divas. In this intensive two-hour class you’ll learn the complete choreography to a Beyonce song. As seen on CBC, CTV’s Canada AM, Globe & Mail, Toronto Life, Breakfast Television and more!

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Open Ears @ THEMUSEUM

In collaboration with Open Ears, True North Waterloo, and Quartetfest, prepare for an incredible evening of technology, sound and electronics. THEMUSEUM open it’s doors at 7pm for an exclusive preview of the new exhibits and sound installations. At 8pm Open Ears presents “Hard Wired”. Featuring two of Canada’s hottest contemporary ensembles, Penderecki String Quartet and TorQ Percussion Quartet, in an evening packed with 50 different musical instruments and electronics on stage. Repertoire will feature the Canadian premiere of Augusta Read-Thomas’ Selene, Mason Bates’ Bagatelles, Daniel Morphy’s Thrown from a Loop, and the world premiere of Nicole Lizee’s brand new octet. The music bridges classical contemporary with electronica DJ/club culture in a dizzying array of percussion an strings.

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