Open Sesame: More Than Just a Downtown Store
Open Sesame’s owner, Lauren Weinberg, did more than just open an art store. Though the shop has been open for only two and a half years, it’s hard to imagine wh...
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Full Circle Foods: The New Kids On the Old Block
The Kitchener-Waterloo Region is undergoing a huge facelift in the next year or so. The construction of the LRT, an $80-million development happening underway i...
Midtown Chalkboards Bring Low-Tech to High-Tech Community
A little love letter to the neighbourhood
Carl Zehr Square Revamp Is Underway
The square's facelift is more than just a construction project. It's a strengthening of community.
If Video Killed the Radio Star, Who Killed Video?
If the 1979 song “Video Killed the Radio Star” has taught us anything, it’s that when new entertainment technologies arise, they can be extremely unforgiving to...
WR and Howe: What is Schneiders’ Fate?
27.6 acres of land was just sold in KW. Now what?
Live Local Lives On In KW
Where was your last cup of coffee from? Where do you get your weekly groceries? Which theatre did you choose for your last movie night ? Live Local challenges y...
WR And Howe: What Will Become of the Mayfair Site?
The recent sale of 48 Ontario Street in Downtown Kitchener brings attention back to the undecided fate of the empty lot left behind after the Mayfair demolition in 2015
The Black Man’s Sanctuary
I have not always considered my Blackness to be beautiful. For years my brothers and I, the only Black males at a small Lutheran school, were the subject of our...
Opinion: Expecting More Than Lip Service
If you walked down King Street in downtown Kitchener in the last few months, you likely noticed the giant Canadian flag hanging down the front of THEMUSEUM. Unt...