Category Archives: event
Never grew up: love the parade!
Oktoberfest parade down King St. in Waterloo Region is a happy ritual. For front row seats you need to roll out at 07:15 for the 08:30 start. The temperature is a roll of the dice: shirt sleeves one year and … Continue reading
Ignite Waterloo #6–great energy, great venue!
Rockin’ good time last night at Ignite Waterloo #6 down at Whistle Bear Golf Club! With frequent updates on Game #7 and the LRT vote, plus picture-perfect weather, cold beer, great art, and lots of friends, we had a great … Continue reading
Toronto Maker Faire… Wow!
It’s been a (very busy) week since the inaugural and totally freakin’ amazing Toronto Maker Faire and I’m still pumped up from the experience. Here’s a 147-pic photo-essay of the experience of the show. Going to follow it up with … Continue reading
Art Movement at The Button Factory–19 from Art Allies
May 3-28 there are 19 regional artists from the Art Allies posse showing in The Button Factory. Reception on May 13, 5-7pm. This is a great show. Deets linked from the Art Allies Visual Arts Events page. Now look who … Continue reading
3 Amazing Painters Under One Roof
It was a banner night to see great paintings at The Tannery. Amy Ferrari (her work above: shazam!) and Soheila Esfahani opened a display of their work at The Hub in an Art Allies show sponsored this round by Machteld … Continue reading
Melissa Doherty–open studio Friday and Saturday-Apr 29-30
As Hilary always says: “you’re going to this, right?” Last night the preparations were cooking at Melissa Doherty’s studio in The Tannery. As mentioned earlier this month, this fabulous painter is having her first open studio showing of her amazing … Continue reading
Cinq à sept–your KW social connection
On Thursday nights after work around 5’ish, I often head over to The Bauer Kitchen for a drink with an eclectic and dynamic social group of interesting people. Cinq à sept (Québécois for “five to seven”) in its KW manifestation, … Continue reading
Open Studio with Melissa Doherty–April 29 & 30
My very good friend and fabulously talented painter, Melissa Doherty is opening her new studio to the public on Friday, April 29 and Saturday, April 30 from 10am-5pm – Studio 430B, The Tannery in Kitchener (use the entrance off Charles … Continue reading
TEDxWaterloo 2011–in a word: fantastic!
This was a great event. Met a ton of people and reconnected with lots of friends too. I didn’t know if it was possible to top last year, but the team took it up 120%. Venue was perfect, production quality … Continue reading