Brain Teasers Toronto

Freestyle Socials: Dazed and Confused

Watch a comedian summarize important science. Badly. Dozens of new papers explore how to fix trust in media/polarization. But who's got the time to read all that?! Instead, we had host of Dirty Science Comedy [Lexa Graham](https://rfrtpc7s.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Flexagraham.ca%2F/1/010101a0d3f296c0-e2f2a81a-5e69-408d-b54b-e3544b34afd7-000000/5tnH1hJzE_Lql76TNClYt27ZUTs=474) skim through the most important ones and put together hilariously half-baked PowerPoints. Have a laugh as Social Scientist/CBC Host [Anthony Morgan](https://www.anthonymorganscience.com/) and Misinformation researcher [Aviva ](https://rfrtpc7s.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.avivaphilippmuller.com%2F/1/010101a0d3f296c0-e2f2a81a-5e69-408d-b54b-e3544b34afd7-000000/YxkEMgvOQcgQiE8Y20A1jup9xto=474)[Phillip-Muller](https://rfrtpc7s.r.us-west-2.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Fwww.avivaphilippmuller.com%2F/2/010101a0d3f296c0-e2f2a81a-5e69-408d-b54b-e3544b34afd7-000000/r5k0CdUQy49PoRqAbw4E2wCwwlY=474) correct her most egregious errors. Then help them decide the merits of each paper in Freestyle Socials fashion! Never tried Freestyle Socials? They're[ simple](https://freestyle-socials-marketing.base44.app/view/6ab52aa6606d598d180b9047). **THE HOST:** Asks a question like "Should we pee in the shower?" **YOU:** Pick a side. **THEN:** Share ideas about why your friends might switch! **THE ONLY RULE?** Switch sides anytime you're surprised or laughing! **THE GOAL?** Better conversations in 3 easy steps: Disagree. Laugh. Repeat! Example Questions: * If it turned out most food had spiders in it, would you wanna know? * Health Canada stars recommending eating dirt. Eat it? * Should we sit or stand to wipe our butts? (We swear all related to the research believe it or not!) Help a comedian, TV Host and a misinformation expert explore science's newest ideas about why the world is falling apart (and how to fix it) for a night of interactive comedy! **[>>Get Tickets<<](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/dazed-and-confused-divided-we-laugh-tickets-1998797717780)** This game is supported by the [RCIScience](https://www.rciscience.ca/) **Event Agenda:** **\*\*6:30 PM — 7:30\*\*** Pre-event Social hour **\*\*7:30 PM — Welcome\*\*** A quick hello, then we get into it. **\*\*7:40 PM — Warm-up\*\*** Funny questions, audience participation, and a playful introduction to the theme. **\*\*7:50–8:25 PM — PowerPoint Round One\*\*** Two surprising research ideas, translated into comedy, conversation, and weird questions for the room. **\*\*8:25 PM — Interactive Break\*\*** Grab a drink, meet someone new, and try a question from the card game. **\*\*8:50–9:25 PM — PowerPoint Round Two\*\*** More science, more surprisingly fun questions, and more chances to hear how other people see the world. **\*\*9:25 PM — Final Interactive Moment + Closing\*\*** One last question together, followed by closing remarks. **\*\*Expect:\*\*** comedy, actual science, small-group conversations, audience participation, and a throwable microphone.

Watercolour Painting Meetup

Join us for watercolour painting meetups at a local cafe. Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced painter, all skill levels are welcome. Each session will begin with brief introductions, a short overview of watercolour techniques, and ideas to spark inspiration. From there, we'll settle in to paint, chat, and enjoy cafe drinks together. We’ll wrap up each meetup with a show-and-tell, where anyone who’d like can share their work and see what others have created. The meetup is free if you bring your own supplies. If you need materials, $5 cash will cover basic watercolour supplies. Each meetup is limited to 10 attendees.

Are you Smarter than a Scottish Guy Trivia - One Eyed Jack's Richmond Street

Our favourite trivia host, Simon from Are You Smarter than a Scottish Guy, is at One-Eyed Jack's (287 Richmond Road - between Spadina and Peter Streets). The beer selection is starting to improve, with several KLB selections; their food menu is very good [https://www.oneeyedjackpub.com/torontomenu](https://www.oneeyedjackpub.com/torontomenu). They have a set of Trivia Night specials, including wings with lots of flavours. The trivia starts at 7:00pm with first question around 7:15 pm. We have a set of pair of tables reserved under Steve. Serious RSVPs only as no-shows prevent us from fielding a complete team. Top prizes is a gift certificate for the next visit. Other prizes are a free round for the table and nachos. There is also a small prize for best team name, so put on your creative hat; the host seems to like puns and prefers short team names. Let's have some fun, eat some wings, and hopefully win!

🍜 Asian Background Social: Lounge Asia Tronto (Easy English) @6pm

🌏 Make new international friends in Toronto. Come alone, practise your English, and enjoy a relaxed social night. 😊 A friendly meetup for networking, language exchange, and real conversation — open to everyone. Why People Love Lounge Asia 🍜 **Asian-focused event** 🤝 Many guests come alone 💬 No need for perfect English 🌏 No games or forced introductions — just enjoy the conversation Lounge Asia began within the Asian community, so people from Asia often feel comfortable and at home here. At the same time, everyone is welcome — locals, expats, travellers, students, returnees, digital nomads, and globally minded people. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Join 1️⃣ Tap "RSVP" on this page 2️⃣ Show your Meetup QR code at reception 3️⃣ Collect your name tag and start meeting people ✅ Entry: CAD 7 when you RSVP at least 24 hours before ✅ Limited capacity — please RSVP early Many people attend alone, so don't worry if it's your first time. ━━━━━━━━━━ How to Find Us 📍 Venue The Fortunate Fox 280 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON M5S 1V8, Canada ⏰ Start Time — **Toronto Local Time** **6pm** ⚠️ Important: This is the local time in Toronto. Meetup may display Brisbane time or another time zone, so please follow the local time shown above. 🚶 Getting There Please use your preferred map app for directions to the venue. Our Lounge Asia organisers will be there to welcome you 😊 ━━━━━━━━━━ 🍺 Please Support the Venue This event is free or low-cost because the venue supports our community. Please purchase at least one drink during the event. Your support helps us keep organising events at great venues. ━━━━━━━━━━ 💚 Please Be Respectful Lounge Asia is a friendly social event where everyone should feel comfortable and welcome. 🚫 This is NOT a pickup or dating event. Anyone who makes others uncomfortable may be removed immediately. Not allowed: harassment, unwanted attention, MLM / crypto / religious recruitment, or anything that makes others uncomfortable. Organisers reserve the right to refuse entry or ask anyone to leave. 🪪 A valid government-issued photo ID is strictly required for entry. No photo ID, no entry. Driver's licences must be issued by the government of the country where the event is held. 📸 Photos and short videos may be taken for community and promotional purposes. If you prefer not to appear, please let an organiser know when you arrive. ━━━━━━━━━━ Lounge Asia is already growing in Australia and is now expanding across Asia — Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Our goal is simple: More friendship, more understanding, and more genuine connections across cultures. 📱 Instagram: @_lounge_asia 🎥 Watch Event Video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNak_cu9CXw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNak_cu9CXw) 👉 GET VIP ACCESS: [https://forms.gle/t6GXAjTNFECetVuZ8](https://forms.gle/t6GXAjTNFECetVuZ8) ━━━━━━━━━━ 🌏 Come say hi! Hey, come hang out! 来一起玩吧！ 一起來聊天吧！ 気軽に遊びに来てね！ 편하게 놀러 와요! มาเจอกันนะ! Tới chơi nha! Tara, sali ka na! Yuk, gabung! လာပြီး အတူပျော်ကြရအောင်! មកលេងជាមួយគ្នាណា! ມາພົບກັນເດີ້! Хамтдаа цуглацгаая! Komm einfach vorbei! Jom join kita! See you at Lounge Asia!

TRIVIA NIGHT @ AXIS! (Dundas St. W) $5 event fee. 3 prizes + 2 Jackpot Prizes

***TRIVIA NIGHT AT AXIS CAFE - MONDAY, OCT. 19TH 2026*** ***$5 event fee + $5 minimum purchase (hopefully more) from the Axis Cafe.*** ***$3 from everyone's $5 event fee will go to the 1st place team.*** ***$2 from everyone's $5 event fee will go to the 2nd place team.*** ***For instance, if 25 play, the 1st place team gets to split $75 between them and the 2nd place team gets to split $50.*** ***Three*** ***other food voucher prizes from the Axis Cafe will be in play as well.*** ***TRIVIA QUESTIONS BEGIN AT APPROX 7:15 PM.*** ***The Axis Cafe, located minutes N of High Park, on Dundas St. West. There's lots of room and we will have most of the restaurant to ourselves.*** ***As always, we'll be able to set up multiple teams of 4-5 max per table. If possible, try to sit with other group members you've never met before. This way you'll be able to "meetup" with some possible new friends!! That's what it's all about!!*** ***Look for us near the front stage. This is where our emcee, Tony Krolo will be doing his thing.*** ***Please bring exactly $5 cash. Thanks.*** ***After our own grand prize The Axis Cafe's normal prize structure is $20 $15 and $10.*** ***Just see me (Alex) when you arrive and I'll get you set up!!*** ***IMPORTANT NOTE*** ***Outside food or drink is an absolute NO-NO!!*** ***The (no pressure) Trivia consists of 3 parts, music, visual and general knowledge. Playing on a team is a great way to break the ice with other members of our group. It's all for fun and we always have a lot of laughs at our Trivia events.*** ***IMPORTANT NOTE*** ***The Axis Cafe is mainly made up of low tables, unlike what we had at Kramer's.*** ***The Axis Cafe is accessible. Use the side entrance ramp.*** ***There is one washroom located at the back and 2 more downstairs.*** ***Our Quiz Master Host, Tony Krolo is also a stand-up comic with Yuk Yuk's, so this makes it even more fun!!*** ***TRIVIA START TIME is approx 7:15pm, so do your best to get there early!!*** ***Trivia ends at around 9:15PM and after that we'll all have a chance to hang out together and socialize a bit more if you wish.*** ***TRANSIT*** ***From Line 2 take the #40A or 40B Dundas W bus to Pacific Ave. The Axis Cafe is located about 2 minutes west of there.*** ***PARKING*** ***There is street parking on McMurray Ave. right by Axis. There is a Green P Lot on Pacific Ave. S of Dundas St. W., a short walk east of Axis.*** ***As always, let's come with a positive attitude and a great big smile. I'm sure that we'll have a lot of laughs!! We always do!!*** ***WE WILL HAVE SEPARATE CHEQUES*** ***LET'S ALL HAVE A BLAST TOGETHER!!*** ***WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU @ THE AXIS CAFE!!***

Speaking English language class with Certified Award-Winning teacher@Madison Pub

SPACE IS LIMITED! This is a much smaller class than our 7:30 pm event and we can only accept a limited number of students. Key areas of focus: Practicing oral communication (speaking languages), for conversations, presentations, interviews and job skills Schedule: 1. 6:30 - 7:15 pm : 45 -minute language conversation class with certified award-winning language teacher John Dias. 2. Language exchange social (7:30 - 11 pm): includes Free access to the Toronto's BIGGEST Language Party and Social Party also in the Madison Pub led by teacher John Dias (same location) **Cost: just $5 while we have this promo.** \*\*PROMO (Limited Time): $5 fee will give you access to both events (\*\*usual rate would be: $15 total) Feel free to message us if you have any questions! \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Get your $5 ticket at the class OR buy a [$5 digital ticket online here](https://www.tilelearning.com/events).

Practice English with board games!

平日の午後にボードゲームをしながらカジュアルに英語を練習しましょう！North York Centre のフードコートでやります。公共のスペースなので、料金はありませんが、周りに配慮をお願いします。 私がボードゲームは用意しますが、もしやりたいゲームがあれば、持ってきて貰って構いません。 会えるのを楽しみにしてます！ Let's have a casual weekday evening playing board games and practicing English. We'll play in the food court of North York Centre. This is a public space so there is no cost, but please be kind to other people in the area. I will bring my own board games, but if you have any you would like to play feel free to bring them as well. I look forward to meeting you!

The Corpse with the Ruby Lips by Cathy Ace (Kris)

7 books, 8 ebooks

Free event. CBC Because News . Quiz show taping

I took the group to a few of these already. Great times always. [Because News](https://www.cbc.ca/radio/becausenews/about-because-news-1.4344480) is Canada's funniest news quiz. Host and award-winning comedian Gavin Crawford makes games out of the headlines, along with a panel of comedians and celebrities. It's also become [somewhat of a TikTok hit](https://www.niemanlab.org/2023/10/wait-wait-dont-tell-me-how-this-canadian-radio-show-became-a-tiktok-hit/) Note - very limited, sold out event. **Only sign up if you can 100% commit to attend.** Meet 6PM Doors open 6:30PM Taping should end around 8:30PM. **THIS GROUP IS OPEN TO THOSE THAT WANT TO BE SOCIAL, MAKE FRIENDS, THAT ARE SINGLE OR NOT SINGLE. WE ALSO HAVE LOTS OF OTHER EVENTS LIKE, MOVIES, WALKS, HIKES, ARTS & CULTURE AND RESTAURANTS. WE LOVE TO SUPPORT MEMBERS TO SOCIALIZE AND TO FORM LONG LASTING FRIENDSHIPS.** **Rules:** [Click Here!](https://www.meetup.com/toronto-movies-and-social-group/events/293241263/) **Getting The Best Out Of MeetUp:** [Click Here!](https://www.meetup.com/toronto-movies-and-social-group/events/293241269/) Consider [joining our Whatsapp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/JpUbpvfPcNuFzTJ1VqTLZO) to discuss this and future events too Don't Forget to join our email list (Meetup does not send out emails to everyone in a group) to get our weekly news later about upcoming events: [http://eepurl.com/hKt76f](http://eepurl.com/hKt76f) Facebook group @ [http://www.facebook.com/groups/502945113062739/](http://www.facebook.com/groups/502945113062739/)

🧠💡❓Trivia Night @ The Frog: A Firkin Pub

## 🧠🎉 Trivia Night @ The Frog: A Firkin Pub 🍻 **Think fast, laugh hard, and make new friends!** We’ll be meeting at **The Frog: A Firkin Pub**, conveniently located just steps from **Yonge–Sheppard Station** — cozy - great food and fun! ### 🕖 About the Event Trivia starts at **7:00 PM** and runs until around **9:30 P**M— just **ask for Colleen’s group** when you arrive! Expect a lively mix of **pop culture, history, music, sports, and random fun question.** Whether you come solo or bring a friend, we’ll make sure everyone’s part of a team. 🧩💬 ### 💸 Cost & Policy Everyone must spend at least **$10 (plus tax & tip)** at the pub. **NEW POLICY:** * 🆕 *First-timers* must send a **$5 deposit** by e-transfer to **tommills@rogers.com** and message Colleen right away on this page or the sign-up page. you'll be refunded in cashif/when you show up. * 💌 There will be a **$1 reminder charge** if you don’t send the deposit promptly, for each reminder. * 👥 You may bring **1 guest**, but please e-transfer **$10** in advance. You’ll be refunded once your guest arrives. ### 🧠 Why You’ll Love It Trivia night isn’t just about questions — it’s about **connection, laughter, and teamwork**. Come test your wits, cheer on your tablemates, and enjoy the buzz of a pub full of friendly faces. Whether you’re a trivia pro or just in it for the fun, it’s always a great time! 📱 **Don’t forget to join our WhatsApp group** – [CLICK HERE!](https://chat.whatsapp.com/H59mSCbsAi018gYANrKAnc?mode=ac_t) ### ⚠️ Notes * Please don’t just “show up” without RSVPing — seating is limited, and teams need to be balanced. * Occasionally, the organizer may need to rearrange teams if one is *too stacked* (e.g., all the sports or music experts together!). * Sometimes things happen — events can be canceled or adjusted, so keep an eye out for updates. 📩 **Questions?** Contact **Colleen**, your organizer, by posting on the event page.

North York Board Games Speed Dating (Ages 30-40)

Frisbee and Tennis at Withrow Park