Exhibits and programs

Home Routes | Artists-in-Residence | Life Upstairs

Home Routes

Join us for our 2025-2026 Home Routes folk concerts at Brubacher House and Emmanuel United Church in Waterloo.

Trio of folk musicians playing stringed instruments

Sunday, May 3, 2026 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Home Routes folk concert: V. Poulsens Kapel

Danish trad music. More info to come!

Home Routes poster with profiles of Onna Lou and Keri Latimer

Friday, March 6, 2026 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Home Routes folk concert: Onna Lou and Keri Latimer

Onna Lou and Keri Latimer bring together two powerful voices in contemporary folk and roots music for an intimate Home Routes experience at Brubacher House.

Artists-in-Residence

This season, we are thrilled to host University of Guelph PhD candidate and community-based researcher Janna Martin, together with Renison University College Faculty member, theatre scholar, and practitioner of Theatre of the Oppressed Amir Al-Azraki as our 2025-26 Artists-in-Residence. Learn more about the artists.

More information to come about their upcoming publications and Forum Theatre performances braiding Indigenous and Mennonite histories in Waterloo Region!

From Shore to Shore book cover pictured with various fruit pies

The old summer kitchen of Brubacher House was filled with warmth and excitement on Sunday evening, February 1st, as local Mennonite history enthusiasts, members of the literary community, and friends and family of Hannah Gardiner and Jakob-Michael Stephan gathered to celebrate the launch of their first book, From Shore to Shore: Ukrainian Mennonite Poetry in Translation.

Janna Martin and Amir Al-Azraki rehearse for reconciliation through Forum Theatre.

What would it be like to live in a museum?

"Life Upstairs" is a digital exhibit that tells the fascinating history of Brubacher House's live-in hosts through personal stories, photos and videos from past and present hosts.

Curated by Brubacher House 2021 Digital Historian-in-Residence Bethany Leis in partnership with Web Designer Chris Steingart. Supported by the J. Winfield Fretz Publication Fund of the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario and Conrad Grebel University College.

Explore the Life Upstairs digital exhibit!

Watch the event recording from our exhibit launch on YouTube.

We loved to bring sledders hot chocolate and meet people out on the winter hill, encouraging them to come visit us again in warmer days.

Jacquie and Karl Reimer (2013-2017)

Photo of Brubacher House host apartment living room