The 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...
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