BOOK REVIEW: Ray Robertson – I Was There The Night He Died
David Worsley CO-OWNER, WORDS WORTH BOOKS I Was There The Night He Died Ray Robertson When I was considerably younger, I buried my head in books to figure out my place in the world – how it worked,...
View ArticleEncore! Encore!
Bob Egan CCE CONTRIBUTOR When Blue Rodeo came through Kitchener recently to play Centre In The Square, they were accompanied by a film crew from the National Film Board documenting their life on the...
View ArticleThese Streets are Royal
Gregory O’Brien CCE CONTRIBUTOR Hailing from Kitchener-Waterloo’s paved cityscape and fresh off the release of their first studio album Kings and Queen, The Royal Streets are buzzing into Canada’s...
View ArticleA Lens-Eyed View of Kitchener
Anna Beard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR From disposables and early digital cameras to his favourite Canon 60D and 17-40mm wide angle lens, Waterloo Region’s latest up and coming photographer has high...
View ArticleThe Steep Cost of Creativity
Anya Lomako CCE CONTRIBUTOR Waterloo Region seems like the perfect place to foster a creative and involved community. For example, according to the City of Waterloo, the Uptown Public Square hosts more...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Future – Honest
Scott Glaysher CCE Contributor Honest Future A-1 Recordings (2014) What do you get when you mix T-Pain’s auto tune with James Earl Jones’ vocal range and Juicy J’s swagger? What about when you mix the...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: Steven Galloway – The Confabulist
David Worsley Co-owner, Words Worth Books The Confabulist Steven Galloway Knopf Canada (2014) There have been many books written about magician and showman Harry Houdini, but not as much has been...
View ArticleFILM REVIEW: Only Lovers Left Alive – Jim Jarmusch
H.G. Watson CCE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Only Loves Left Alive Dir. Jim Jarmusch Sony Pictures Classics (2014) Some might consider it ironic that a movie about creation is centered on a pair of dead characters,...
View ArticleUWAG Showcases MFA Success
Anna Beard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Artistic talent is something that can be developed through dedication and hard work but it’s harder to develop the backbone necessary to survive critiques from an...
View ArticleMaxwell’s Moves House
Laura Buck CCE CONTRIBUTOR Maxwell’s Music House is saying farewell to its current location in Waterloo as the popular music venue moves on to bigger and better things. Paul Maxwell recently announced...
View ArticleWith Age Comes Wisdom
Anya Lomako CCE CONTRIBUTOR Turning 30 is always an eye-opener, but if you’re a business, it’s a whole other cup of tea. That’s why Word’s Worth Books is going all out for their 30-year anniversary...
View ArticleThe Beauty of Porches
Bob Egan CCE CONTRIBUTOR Take a walk through the neighborhood behind the Waterloo Town Square and you will find quiet streets with well-kept homes and nice porches. Take that walk on Sunday, June 8 and...
View ArticleHip-Hop Gets Sweetened
Scott Glaysher CCE CONTRIBUTOR Contrary to popular belief, hip-hop culture has grown exponentially in the tri-city area over the past few years. From the fields of Elmira to the suburbs of Cambridge,...
View ArticleCAFK+A and Open Ears Team Up
Anya Lomako CCE CONTRIBUTOR This will be a year of firsts for Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area’s (CAFK+A) biennial exhibition of modern art. Working under the idealistic theme and title It...
View Articletri-Pride Celebrates Community
Anna Beard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Edging on their 20-year milestone, the 19th annual tri-Pride celebrations kicked off on May 9. With events ranging from bingo, fundraisers, baseball and dance...
View ArticleBOOK REVIEW: Alessandro Magno – Bound in Venice
David Worsley CO-OWNER WORDS WORTH BOOKS Bound in Venice Alessandro Magno Europa Editions Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and Eli Whitney are readily noted inventors of tools that have been ubiquitous...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Jimmy Johnson – In God We Trust
Scott Glaysher CCE CONTRIBUTOR In God We Trust Jimmy Johnson (2014) OVO-Sound So far, 2014 has been a banner year for hip-hop. With major tours, releases and singles being dropped left and right, it’s...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Lily Allen – Sheezus
Juliana Gomez CCE SOCIAL MEDIA COORDINATOR Sheezus Lily Allen (2014) Parlophone
View ArticleEncore Records moves shop
Cristina Almudevar CCE CONTRIBUTOR Downtown Kitchener record shop Encore Records is getting a second run in a new location. The shop is moving to King Street from their current Queen Street location,...
View ArticleElections call for digitized information hub
Anna Beard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR In terms of municipal election years, 2014 is to be exactly like every other election year past. The first half of this year has been heavily consumed by...
View ArticleDeltron 3030 is back at it
Scott Glaysher CCE CONTRIBUTOR 2000 was a banner year – Y2K proved to be nothing more than a fatalist’s excuse, George Bush took over the white house to the despair of the much of the free world, and...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Community
Anna Beard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Folky, alternative, pop is one way to describe the musical styling of Kitchener based artist, Luke Michielsen. With two albums under his belt, and his third full...
View ArticleReclaiming Urban Spaces
Anna Beard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Making something new again, fighting demons, putting your mark on the world – content creators turn to art for a variety of different reasons. For Kitchener visual...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Trap Tiger – Maker Changer
Kurtis Thomas CCE CONTRIBUTOR Maker Changer Trap Tiger (2014) If you’re someone who participates even the smallest amount in Kitchener-Waterloo’s local music scene you’ve probably been fortunate enough...
View ArticleBook Review: Edan Lepucki – California
David Worsley CO-OWNER WORDS WORTH BOOKS California Edan Lepucki(2014) Hachette/Little Brown There’s something to be said about picking your battles, but when the right book by the right author comes...
View ArticleHometown Polaris Nominees
Jamieson Cox CCE CONTRIBUTOR Since its establishment in 2006, the Polaris Music Prize has become more than a lump sum award and a series of big parties — it’s a celebration of Canadian music and...
View ArticleArt markets take to the streets
Anna Beard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR Waterloo Region isn’t short on local, independent artisans. Summer street festivals have turned both business cores into entrepreneurial hubs for those looking to...
View ArticleFour years of A Day & A Night
Anya Lomako CCE CONTRIBUTOR It’s difficult to picture Waterloo Region without its artistic backbone of street festivals like Open Streets, Night\Shift, Days of #KWAwesome and Cambridge’s upcoming A Day...
View ArticleK-W comedian rising
Dave Emrich CCE CONTRIBUTOR It is commonly referred to as “the best medicine,” but for Waterloo-born comedian Ben Stager, laughter is much more than medicine — it’s a life force. “It’s really fun to...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs – Gates of Hell
Dave Emrich CCE CONTRIBUTOR You may remember Sam Coffey and the Iron Lungs as the beer-soaked foursome that promised high-energy country twang to a crowd of sweaty 20-somethings dancing and chanting...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Run Coyote – Youth Haunts
Kurtis Thomas CCE CONTRIBUTOR The word zeitgeist means ‘the spirit of the times’. Various items exist in a snapshot of an era, like Pepsi Blue in the early 2000’s, or Tiffany Amber Thiessen during any...
View ArticleFrom sea to cross-stitched sea
Anya Lomako CCE CONTRIBUTOR If you listen closely, you can hear the sound of a dozen sewing machines stitching simultaneously somewhere in the region. That’s because artists of all trades are getting...
View ArticleYukYuk’s and the Walper go under the knife
Built in 1893, the Walper Terrace Hotel in Kitchener has been a mainstay of the downtown Kitchener landscape before it was even known as Kitchener. Back then, it was know as the Town of Berlin, and the...
View ArticleAlbum Review: Lowell – We Loved Her Dearly
Jamieson Cox CCE CONTRIBUTOR Elizabeth Lowell Boland, the performer who records as Lowell, makes palpably ambitious, socially conscious music that strives to strike a balance between the overtly...
View ArticleBearface on Beer: Pumpkin Ales
Craftoberfest is a series of events that are being presented as an alternative to the Molson-Coors sponsored main event, and way to highlight the growing number of craft brewers in the region, and...
View ArticleFilm with a Design Twist
Anya Lomako CCE CONTRIBUTOR As a consumer of art, you know the familiar thrill of escaping reality with visits to art galleries and festivals like Nuit Blanche, an instantaneous departure from the dull...
View Article#GamerGate: The State of Gaming
Kurtis Thomas CCE CONTRIBUTOR A group of gamers aligning under the banner #GamerGate have started a targeted campaign against females in gaming, as well as those involved in the rise of independent...
View ArticleLighting up the ecosystem
“Art has been a lifelong pursuit in a variety of mediums,” explained White when asked how he got involved with the arts. “Communicating through art just made sense with the way I was naturally wired.”
View ArticleUnder the tree, under review
Dave Emrich & Kurtis Thomas CONTRIBUTORS The Community Edition gives a low-down on top albums and books for gifting this holiday season. Album aficionados: For your pal: Bomb the Music Industry –...
View ArticleBehind the scenes at Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre
The Community Edition ventured backstage to bring you the performance behind the curtain at Kitchener-Waterloo Little Theatre. From rehearsal to opening night, the little space brings big-time heart to...
View ArticleStitch ‘n’ Kitsch turns 10
As Stitch ’n’ Kitsch craft show approaches its tenth year, this crafty collective is stronger than ever.
View ArticleWelcome to 2015, Waterloo Region!
Arts Editor, Anna Beard, reflects on our makeover and sweet talks you into joining our awesome team.
View ArticlePhotography in a Tech World
In a way, FLASH WR is much more than an attempt to uncover talent in the region – it’s an opportunity to celebrate the intersection between Waterloo Region’s thriving technology sector and it’s ever...
View ArticleWILL SING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
Singing your name to 30 or so strangers is a really great way to jump into the fire.
View ArticleBridging history through arts
Four pylon-style gas lights have appeared atop Weber St. bridge, donned in art work representing the industrial heritage of the area.
View ArticleION DIALOGUES: KIMBERLY MOSER
Every month, TCE will be sharing a conversation with someone affected by LRT construction. To start, we caught up with Kimberly Moser, manger of community relations for the ION.
View ArticleION dialogues: Jay Walljasper
TCE is sharing an on-going discussion series on ION impacts. This month, we sat down with Jay Walljasper, award-winning community builder, journalist, author, and city collector.
View ArticlePlan B Co-operative seeking support
What started out as a longing for a feminist sex toy store has morphed into the desire to create an intersectional trifecta of support. Plan B will focus on creating a space for all members of the...
View ArticleION DIALOGUES: DOWNTOWN DUST
TCE chats with Tina Riddell, owner of Living Fresh Flower Studio & School and Helena Kwiecinski, owner of StylFrugal, to hear how small, independent businesses are fairing during ION construction.
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