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Maxwell’s–big new house for music in Waterloo
Well, it’s been a while since I’ve made the rounds of Maxwell’s Music House, but I bumped into Paul Maxwell at the last Hub Unplugged and asked him how the new venue was progressing. He said drop around some time … Continue reading
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So long, Phil
It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that WR’s arts and cultural good guy, Phil Bast passed away last night. I met Phil years ago in my cultural explorations here and always loved catching up with … Continue reading
DIYDAY2–making faces
On Saturday a bunch of us makers got together to sell our wares at Marc Lecompte’s second DIYDAY. I sold a few prints and spent any earnings buying work from Branko Vranic, as predicted. Win! What surprised me was … Continue reading
DIYDAY2 Saturday Chainsaw–get there!
Hey, so there’s a lot going on this Saturday, Nov 1! I got the first item for your to-do list right here: 1. DIYDAY2 at Chainsaw. Marc Lecompte is back with his zine-making, music-loving band of merry makers. Lots of … Continue reading
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Larry Towell provokes at WLU
“I want to provoke you” said kickass world-renowned photographer Larry Towell, speaking to Professor Sara Matthews’ Global Studies class at Wilfrid Laurier University this morning. Alternately called artist, photographer, musician, activist through his career, he now prefers the term photojournalist. … Continue reading
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1shot #199-Thursday is Brother Night
At Howard and 4th back in May, these are the streets of San Francisco. DW
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VOTE tomorrow! Let’s stay on track
Hey citizens! Tomorrow, Monday October 27 is our municipal election. Please get out and participate. The people we put in the drivers’ seats tomorrow will either set us up for an awesome future or completely derail the Region. I’m putting … Continue reading
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Most important WR art show of 2014 on now
The TL;DR: Dear Reader, I need you to do something for me. I don’t ask for much. I don’t show you ads. I bring the scoop as hard and fast as I can. I need you to share the shit … Continue reading
Visited the future at Christie
My good friend George Tsintzouras took me on a tour to the future yesterday. Seeing the tech on my 2-hour extended tour of Christie blew my frickin’ hair back. Case in point above: this is my arm with vascular system … Continue reading
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Reverse engineering a TORCAM CNC lathe controller
About a month ago, I connected with Arden’s high school tech teacher to see if we could get the CNC lathe and mill going in SJAM’s shop. It had been inherited from another school and as far as we knew … Continue reading