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RE: General Arts and Culture News - taylortbb - 04-22-2019
(04-22-2019, 09:29 AM)tomh009 Wrote:(04-22-2019, 09:25 AM)jamincan Wrote: Considering how flexible they seem with the truth, do we actually believe what they say?
In any case, I read speculation (maybe on /r/waterloo?) that it had something to do with renovation work related to the brewery.
So, do you think the anonymous posters on reddit are more believable?
If it was just the anonymous posters on Reddit, I'd be skeptical. But I've heard the same rumours since long before Reddit was a thing. A friend that used to work there basically said the same thing too. At this point the number of independent unconnected people that have told me about shitty experiences with the Heuther makes me pretty inclined to believe the rumours, and say they haven't been negotiating in good faith with the Princess.
RE: General Arts and Culture News - jgsz - 05-01-2019
Tonight is Comedy @ The Registry.
Quote:Hometown host Nader Mansour offers himself up as comedy fodder with his original take on the middle east and growing up as a Christian Arab.
Quote:Amy Bugg is a stand-up comic with a penchant for inactivity, mild-mannered jokes about pizza, and dogs who look like people. You’re likely to find her featured on comedy stages across the country or at the back of a rural Alberta bar practicing her very questionable karaoke skills.
You’ll remember Amy Bugg’s deadpan delivery from festivals in Calgary, Vancouver and Boston, or from CBC’s “Grown-ups Read Things They Wrote as Kids”. Your mom might have also read her short story in Canadian Living.
Quote:Nour Hadidi is standup comic and writer. She has appeared at Just For Laughs, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, Kevin Hart’s LOL Network, and CBC’s The Debaters. Last year she filmed a half hour comedy special for Comedy Central in the Middle East. Nour has written for CBC’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes, and Comedy Network’s The Beaverton.
RE: General Arts and Culture News - jgsz - 05-04-2019
We went to see Comedy @ The Registry on Wednesday. I was shocked to hear this racist bigot make Islamophobic comments in the last five minutes of the show. It was not the way to end an otherwise fun and funny evening. I felt really bad for Nour Hadidi. Yesterday, CBC took up this story:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/nour-hadidi-comedian-racist-comments-the-registry-sam-varteniuk-1.5120181
RE: General Arts and Culture News - jgsz - 05-31-2019
2019 tri-Pride Live Music Festival
June 1, 2019 @ 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm at Victoria Park, Kitchener.
RE: General Arts and Culture News - jgsz - 05-31-2019
Kitchener-Waterloo Film Festival
This weekend, independent films are taking over the silver screen for the first ever Kitchener-Waterloo Film Festival.
RE: General Arts and Culture News - panamaniac - 05-31-2019
Although it doesn't take place until September 24 - 29, 2019, passes and tickets are now on sale for the Impact 19 Theatre Festival. - 23 international, Canadian, and local performances plus other events.
http://mtspace.ca/impact-festival/
RE: General Arts and Culture News - panamaniac - 05-31-2019
(05-31-2019, 07:13 AM)jgsz Wrote: Kitchener-Waterloo Film Festival
This weekend, independent films are taking over the silver screen for the first ever Kitchener-Waterloo Film Festival.
A link to the K-W Film Festival website https://www.princesscinemas.com/event/kitchener-waterloo-film-festival
To note - a documentary on Kitchenr architect John Lingwood https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/finding-john-lingwood-documentary-dwight-storring-1.4980546
RE: General Arts and Culture News - jgsz - 06-01-2019
The 2019 tri-Pride Live Music Festival in Victoria Park was well attended. I really enjoyed the Drag Queens and Drag Kings. Art.
RE: General Arts and Culture News - panamaniac - 06-05-2019
I wasn't sure what thread would be appropriate for this, but if you want to own a piece of Kitchener industrial history, this weekend in New Hamburg could be your chance. Even with antiques being out of fashion these days, this is really cool!
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/pequegnat-clock-collection-auction-1.5160075
RE: General Arts and Culture News - robdrimmie - 06-05-2019
I'd never heard of Pequegnat Clocks before! Does anyone know where the factory was located? Are any remnants of it still around?
RE: General Arts and Culture News - tomh009 - 06-05-2019
(06-05-2019, 12:44 PM)robdrimmie Wrote: I'd never heard of Pequegnat Clocks before! Does anyone know where the factory was located? Are any remnants of it still around?
53-61 Frederick St -- where the regional courthouse is now.
https://historicallyspeakingkitchener.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/the-hands-of-time/
RE: General Arts and Culture News - robdrimmie - 06-05-2019
That's a wonderful link, thank you!
RE: General Arts and Culture News - Acitta - 06-05-2019
My mother bought one of those clocks at at a garage sale in the Montreal area sometime in the 60's for $5 and sold it I think in the '80s for $25. Unfortunately, I found it listed in an antiques catalogue for around $300, too late to tell her. I assume that they were the only clock manufacturer in Berlin, Ontario. It had the same lion head handles as some in the picture in the article.
RE: General Arts and Culture News - panamaniac - 06-05-2019
(06-05-2019, 01:59 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(06-05-2019, 12:44 PM)robdrimmie Wrote: I'd never heard of Pequegnat Clocks before! Does anyone know where the factory was located? Are any remnants of it still around?
53-61 Frederick St -- where the regional courthouse is now.
https://historicallyspeakingkitchener.wordpress.com/2016/01/25/the-hands-of-time/
I've seen that clock at the Library and the penny never dropped that it was a Pequenat. I don't know that there are any reminders in town, other than Pequegnat Ave.
I hope the Regional History Museum picks up a few of them.
By the way, am I correct in remembering that, in Kitchener, the name is pronounced "PEG-uh-nat"? Or is it PECK-wuh-nat?
RE: General Arts and Culture News - panamaniac - 06-08-2019
Just in case anyone has always wanted to be a sculptor - tomorrow's your chance!
https://www.kitchenertoday.com/local-news/kitchener-residents-invited-to-help-complete-public-art-sculpture-1496971