Tag Archives: Kitchener
Community experiments in DTK
If you know me at all, you know I love experiments. Especially social experiments. Brohemus and I dropped by Goudies Lane in DTK on Thursday for what was billed as “First Thursday at Goudies Lane People-only Pocket”. The general idea … Continue reading
Another Tri-City Stopgap art popup starts today
What: 40 artists showing work in the back of ZM Cycle and FitnessWhen: today+ Tue-Sat (see facebook for hours, I will be tending the show Wed 3:30-6pm)Party: May 27, 2017, 7pmWhere: 131 Strange Street, Kitchener (map link) Really where: go … Continue reading
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Tagged exhibit, Kitchener, tricitystopgap
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My new co-working space has hammers and fire
“How about I just work here at the bench?” I think I first met Sandra Dunn of Two Smiths on a tour of the old Double R Steel facility down on Ardelt in Kitchener. Her business, specializing in both blacksmithing … Continue reading
Photogs passing it on
Passing what on? Why, the love of photography and the encouragement that fuels the pursuit of the image for the youth of Waterloo Region. My friends, three great photogs, taking their marks for a photo and chuckling when I told … Continue reading
My blue period in DTK–Blue Dot 2017
Last Friday I went to church… the church of techno, art and social experience. I finally made it to my first Blue Dot party, which just happened to be in the former Zion Presbyterian Church on Weber at Ontario in … Continue reading
Problem-solving products and beer at IoTW
On Thursday I hit the latest iteration of the Internet of Things Waterloo meetup at Descendants, specifically to hear my pal George Tsintzouras talk about about his startup Alert Labs. Regular readers know I geek out on hardware and in the … Continue reading
More beer from here
I stopped by Abe Erb’s new (additional) digs at the Tannery today. A social media post noted they had beer “up for grabs” which I completely misinterpreted as “free beer”, but that’s another story. I rolled in just as Tony … Continue reading
My happy 7-hour weekend wandering: Night\Shift
My friend Eric Rumble runs Night\Shift, which for the uninitiated is a (now) multi-day installation/expression/performance of art/music/food/theatre. That went off Saturday night in downtown Kitchener. Between feet-on-the-street at 7pm and my delightfully exhausted collapse back into the car at 2am, … Continue reading
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1-hour film challenge: making filmmakers
Last Saturday I got down to the Apollo Cinema to catch the screening of nine short films made by filmmakers in one short hour. My friend Duncan Finnigan (left) put out the call in October, inviting anyone to come up with … Continue reading
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1shot #264-Centre stage
With only a single floor lamp on stage and an empty house, I thought of every Fellini movie I’ve ever seen. Thanks to Adam Qualter and Debbie Currie for a peek on stage at Centre In The Square. At Queen … Continue reading
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Tagged Centre in the Square, Kitchener, stage, theatre
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