ALBUM REVIEW: Janice Lee & the Free Radicals – Drown the Earth
Gregory O’Brien CCE CONTRIBUTOR Drown the Earth Janice Lee & the Free Radicals Janice Lee, when not too busy reimagining communities through art, speaking truth to power, or just plain indulging in...
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Community-based artist showcases untold stories Anya Lomako CCE CONTRIBUTOR Walking away from fifteen years of photojournalism with the Waterloo Region Record may have been a difficult choice for...
View ArticleNo room for artists
Studio space and resources are few. What’s an artist to do? Cristina Alumdevar CCE CONTRIBUTOR With Kitchener’s healthy reputation as a growing arts community, and the region actively supporting the...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Beck – Morning Phase
Anna Beard Arts & Culture Editor Morning Phase Beck Just when Beck falls of the radar, something like Morning Phase comes along and he ends up right back in the centre. Too many other reviewers...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: ScHoolboy Q – Oxymoron
Scott Glaysher CCE CONTRIBUTOR Oxymoron ScHoolboy Q 2013 launched a plethora of quality hip-hop albums into the mainstream. Fans grabbed LPs from rappers like A$AP Rocky, Kanye West, Drake and the...
View ArticleExploring criminal minds
Notorious criminals from the past make a stop in Waterloo Rebecca Allison CCE CONTRIBUTOR Photographs have always been able to capture a feeling of mystery and intrigue. Each photo holds unknown...
View ArticleA grizzly take on design
Anna Beard ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR For local artist Jon Johnson, becoming a graphic designer wasn’t always his plan – but a combination of opportunity and a DJ gig gave rise to a career, as well as...
View ArticleWho is that girl?
Mystery art looks to change perceptions of K-W Cristina Almudevar CCE CONTRIBUTOR The most interesting art is shrouded in mystery, such as the true identity of Banksy, a popular United Kingdom-based...
View ArticleALBUM REVIEW: Mr. Little Jeans – Pocketknife
Anna Beard Arts & Culture Editor Mr. Little Jeans, aka Monica Birkenes, debut album Pocketknife officially dropped for public consumption on March 25, but like many Nordic songstresses before her,...
View ArticleBOOK 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...
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