Category Archives: event

Hespeler hits the streets

Posted on August 26, 2014 by dw

Last Saturday Hespeler mashed up the art, music, and people out on Queen Street for A Day & A Night festival. I got down there after dinner to see what artists David Hoover and Woody Woodfield had painted up. I … Continue reading →

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Big balloon build at kwartzlab

Posted on August 7, 2014 by dw

You know what makers do when they have a major life shift? That’s right: they keep on making. The same day I turned in my BlackBerry badge last week, kwartzlab artist in residence Drew Ripley was running a group build … Continue reading →

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Hall’s Lane tamed–street music FTW

Posted on July 11, 2014 by dw

One of the unexpected benefits of Kitchener’s 11 days of KWAWESOME is that I’m getting in some pretty good cardio biking from northwest Waterloo to DTK on a daily basis. Thursday night was Tame the Lane with a short lineup … Continue reading →

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Street riffs

Posted on July 6, 2014 by dw

This guy was shredding with max distortion on King Street in DTK on Friday. Sounded so good echoing off the buildings. “Who do you shoot for?” “I shoot for myself.” DW

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Days of KWAWESOME runs through to July 11

Posted on July 4, 2014 by dw

  Downtown Kitchener was rockin’ Friday night. King Street was packed with people of all sizes for the Night Market. Seems like everybody is getting the hang of a pedestrian mall in the core. This type of gig is so … Continue reading →

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Grand Porch Party 2014-umbrella edition

Posted on June 21, 2014 by dw

It’s been a couple of weeks since the Grand Porch Party, but I still have that slight post-GPP buzz from the mash-up of music and mid-town community. I had to bail out of the afternoon at 4:30 to get to … Continue reading →

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The Prime Minister at Communitech-not even kidding

Posted on June 20, 2014 by dw

I work Fridays down at the BlackBerry space at Communitech. It’s a good way to stay connected. And this particular Friday, I connected (at least optically), with The Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada. Mr. Harper (third from … Continue reading →

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Grand Porch Party–the bands played on

Posted on June 8, 2014 by dw

You wouldn’t know it was raining except for the umbrellas.  Music lovers showed up in force for Sunday afternoon’s Grand Porch Party in mid-town Waterloo. The TL;DR: great bands, great crowd, great music. Another GPP win. More pics later. This … Continue reading →

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BikeFest in Kitchener–maximizing community

Posted on June 2, 2014 by dw

There’s an interesting, delightful, and maybe somewhat obvious thing that happens when people get out of their cars and onto their bikes: they talk more with each other. There was a whole lot of talking going on at Kitchener’s BikeFest … Continue reading →

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Grand Porch Party band–The Short Films

Posted on May 15, 2014 by dw

Only 3 weeks away, on Sunday June 8, is the ever-awesome Grand Porch Party, and y’all know that (and you’ve told two friends, right?) but some of may not know some of the bands playing at GPP. Last weekend I … Continue reading →

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