Tribe.net. Local Connections shanmonster http://kw.tribe.net/thread/bf5b049d-b880-4076-980b-e47e18eb838f 2008-06-22T23:20:01Z 2008-06-22T23:20:01Z

<div>http://photos-f.ak.facebook.com/photos-ak-sf2p/v256/202/15/705976202/n705976202_1369069_454.jpg <br/> <br/>Stitch in Time will be taking place July 4-6 in Acton (not too far out of Toronto/Kitchener). <br/> <br/>http://www.underworldlarp.ca Underworld is a fantasy, medieval, live roleplaying system. Its complex and intelligent rules allow for broad character development including aspects of race, culture, socio-economic background, and faith. <br/> <br/>It's a helluva lot of fun....</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

shanmonster 2008-06-22T23:20:01Z shanmonster http://kw.tribe.net/thread/a0a68333-3ca7-4f14-864b-1d098c09c6e5 2008-05-22T16:36:30Z 2008-05-22T16:36:30Z

<div>We've been very busy here at DSoL. The 3rd annual KW MetalFest kicked ass, and we're in the process of planning next year's. If you'd like to have your band considered for the lineup, let us know. <br/> <br/>In the meantime, we've got a busy season ahead of us. <br/> <br/>Here's what's coming up in Toronto at the Savage Garden Nightclub (550 Queen St. West): <br/> <br/>May 30: Left Spine Down and H-427 <br/>June 6: Johnny Hollow and guests <br/>June 13: Metal (TBA) <br/>June 20: Retro DJ set <br/>June 27: Delica and Sorrow Has a Perfect End <br/>July 4: Metal (TBA) <br/>July 11: Schizoid and Scrape <br/>July 18: DJ set <br/>July 25: Burn to Black <br/>August 1: TBA <br/>August 8: The Blue Hour and Nocturnal Divinity <br/>August 15: DJ set <br/> <br/>And we also have another Toronto event coming up next month. <br/>DSoL Productions and No Official Capacity are proud to present 16 Volt, Bella Morte, Defence Mechanism, DYM, and Virtigo at the Reverb (651 Queen St. West) on June 25. <br/> <br/>Not in Toronto? No matter. We've got other regions covered, too. Left Spine Down and H-427 are coming to the following cities: <br/> <br/>May 31 – Hamilton, ON. @ Club Absinthe <br/>June 1 – Kitchener, ON. @ Circus Room (with Stephen Thrasher &amp; Age of Misconduct) <br/>June 3 – Ottawa, ON. @ Zaphod Beeblebrox's <br/>June 6 – Montreal, QC. @ Saphir <br/>June 7 – London, ON. (with Robin Black) @ Call the Office <br/> <br/>We've got a few more surprises up our sleeves. Just you wait and see..... <br/> <br/>Yours truly, madly, and deeply, <br/>Shan <br/>dsol.promotions@gmail.com</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

shanmonster 2008-05-22T16:36:30Z Safiya http://kw.tribe.net/thread/1ba5713c-9459-47ae-8a21-67236d46570d 2008-05-21T18:38:42Z 2008-05-21T18:38:42Z

<div>Saturday, May 24th, eat great Indian food and see the lovely Rhaehana perform at Masala Bay in Waterloo (Erb &amp; Regina, www.masalabay.com). Performances at 7pm &amp; 8pm, reservations recommended.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

Safiya 2008-05-21T18:38:42Z Safiya http://kw.tribe.net/thread/1e9d457e-0b05-47c6-8361-1cbe7f80f4cb 2008-05-20T16:42:02Z 2008-05-20T16:42:02Z

<div>Three Spring/Summer events from Neruda Productions: <br/> <br/> The first event is Carnaval! <br/> A Brazilian Extravaganza with Sambacana <br/> 7:00pm Friday, June 6 <br/> The Gig Theatre <br/> 137 Ontario Street, Kitchener <br/> Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door <br/> and can be purchased at Earthwinds in Uptown Waterloo, Eco-Coffee at <br/> Your Kitchener Market and the Sweet Dreams Teashop at the UW Plaza. <br/> For mor info and to buy tickets in advance: <br/> Call: 519-502-9677 <br/> or e-mail: info@nerudaproductions.com <br/> ( use attached file: Carnaval Flyer) <br/> <br/>The second event is; Dancing in the Street: A Celebration of World Dance <br/> Tango, Salsa, Bellydancing and Hip Hop performances <br/> 7:00 pm Friday, June 13 <br/> Kitchener City Hall Plaza <br/> This is a free event! <br/> <br/>and also <br/> Dancing in the Street - Kids and Youth Edition <br/> Brazilian Capoeira, Hip Hop, Tango and other performances <br/> 12:00 pm Saturday, June 14 <br/> Kitchener City Hall Plaza <br/> This is a free event for kids of all ages and for the whole family! <br/> <br/> <br/>www.nerudaproductions.com <br/></div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

Safiya 2008-05-20T16:42:02Z shanmonster http://kw.tribe.net/thread/e6d51b04-97e5-4420-baed-2f48d6de8668 2008-05-16T05:19:55Z 2008-05-16T05:19:55Z

<div>Yes, KW MetalFest 2008 is almost here, and here are a couple more notes to keep you in the loop. <br/> <br/>1. Tickets are available in advance for the special rate of $30 for both days. Remember, if you buy ‘em at the door, they’ll cost you more. To get the advance discount rate, you must purchase your tickets at The Catacombs on 90 Queen St. South in Kitchener. <br/>2. KW MetalFest doors open at 3:30 pm each day. <br/>3. Hellmass will now be playing on Saturday at the Howard Johnson Hotel at 1333 Weber Street East. <br/>4. Remember, Sunday’s performances have changed venue. They will be held at The Gig Theatre on 137 Ontario St. in Kitchener. <br/> <br/>For more information, visit http://www.kwmetalfest.com <br/> <br/>See you there!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

shanmonster 2008-05-16T05:19:55Z shanmonster http://kw.tribe.net/thread/71fd4794-2656-4f04-90e2-2b0b3c9ece25 2008-05-15T00:11:51Z 2008-05-15T00:11:51Z

<div>KW MetalFest has had a change in venues. Although Saturday, May 17 is still at the Howard Johnson (1333 Weber St. East, Kitchener), Sunday, May 18 will now be held at The Gig Theatre (137 Ontario Street, Kitchener). <br/> <br/>For more information, visit http://www.kwmetalfest.com or http://www.myspace.com/kwmetalfest <br/> <br/>See you there!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

shanmonster 2008-05-15T00:11:51Z Safiya http://kw.tribe.net/thread/420b5dd3-f556-4f06-9c18-460e80d992d3 2008-03-29T20:34:20Z 2008-03-29T20:34:20Z

<div>Just a reminder of Earth Hour, Saturday at 8pm, your local time. Turn your lights off for an hour and watch the stars come out! www4.earthhourus.org/</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

Safiya 2008-03-29T20:34:20Z shanmonster http://kw.tribe.net/thread/e002b68d-3cec-405c-bcc6-29f558ae6ecb 2008-01-30T19:14:58Z 2008-01-30T19:14:58Z

<div>Glenn Love is an excellent electro-industrial musician based out of Toronto and Germany, and he'll be playing at the Ren this evening. Doors open at 9. I'm not sure what time he's going on, but it won't be before 10. <br/> <br/>Anyhow, please come out and support the local scene! The beer's cheap ($2.50), there's no cover (but donations to help pay the artist are always appreciated), and there's no reason you shouldn't come out and share the joy. <br/> <br/>So what do you say? </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

shanmonster 2008-01-30T19:14:58Z Nott http://kw.tribe.net/thread/423d0435-5ec7-48f8-b5ea-82cd0ca62a0e 2007-12-11T05:15:54Z 2007-12-11T05:15:54Z

<div>Last Week I went to the IBI group's presentation discussing a sample planning for a sample rapid transit station neighbourhood downtown Kitchener. <br/> <br/>Ok Before anybody gets excited this is a meta-meta thing. Basically the government of Ontario says the population in KW will double in aprox the next 25 years. In keeping with the green space planning for the areas between the existing cities population in the city will become more dense. Some form of rapid transit is suggested to relieve the burden of traffic. Based on that and that stations will be needed to handle transfers of mode etc. a study group was put together to ponder the question what would that look like, what kind of symbiotic relationship would be needed between the city and the rapid transit line to make it all work. They picked a location and have worked with residents and business owners to produce 3 possible neighbourhood plans. <br/> <br/>It's an exercise taking necsesarily abstract goals and painting them with concrete plans so they can be communicated. <br/> <br/>Anyway I liked their principles. They seemed trendy but (I hope) sound. I liked them too. There were 17. <br/>interconnected streets, compact development, mixed land uses, walk-ability, natural open spaces, public realm, comercial centre, transit station/stop, streetscape design, mixed use buildings, architectural variety, narrow and calmed streets street facing buildings, relaxed parking standards, bicycle friendly streets/parking, market acceptance, public art. <br/> <br/>The presentation had interesting things to say. I didn't like that they suggested that the city could choose a plan and make carbon copies of it up and down the line. No. Follow the principles but different neighbourhoods should have different characters. On the most basic level the percentage proportion of living:working:shopping space need to be varied along the line. For example, if one area has 70% living space where would 70% work if all areas had the same proportion? Their would need to be either about an even split in the line over-all or some folks living on the line would still need cars to get to work. Of course there will always be folks with cars into the foreseeable future but if the proportions are not allowed to balance then those cars would be required rather than optional. <br/> <br/>Rather it's the principles that are copied up and down the line. each area would need to find its own character. <br/> <br/>I'm looking forward to continued improvements downtown. <br/> <br/></div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

Nott 2007-12-11T05:15:54Z Safiya http://kw.tribe.net/thread/9f1d0107-2bb1-40c2-b30b-2260b55bb86e 2007-11-05T14:39:39Z 2007-10-24T17:38:26Z

<div>Saturday, November 17th, 2007 <br/>Ktichener Downtown Community Centre, Weber St (in the old St. Mary's School) <br/>Haven't a clue who or what else will be there, but I will be, selling art, holiday cards, and some lovely stocking stuffers. Come check it out! <br/>-S-</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 1 reply </div>

Safiya 2007-10-24T17:38:26Z Safiya http://kw.tribe.net/thread/bba398da-51c4-4e33-a01f-d4bd66178231 2006-12-18T18:08:10Z 2006-11-20T15:28:12Z

<div>We all know things actually do happen here in Kitchener... So let's post events, whether they're run by us, attended by us, or just something heard in passing that seems interesting. I'll start:-) <br/>-S-</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 2 replies </div>

Safiya 2006-11-20T15:28:12Z Safiya http://kw.tribe.net/thread/3f74f779-6809-4ce7-ad4a-1001dc3c4765 2006-12-18T17:55:42Z 2006-12-18T17:55:42Z

<div>anyone know a good dry cleaner in the area?</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

Safiya 2006-12-18T17:55:42Z Dharlene http://kw.tribe.net/thread/d8a6b6a8-9095-4420-97a4-ce984ceadad1 2006-11-16T16:57:22Z 2006-07-07T18:35:56Z

<div>There's a new Mexican cafe (well, it's been there a while but is under new ownership). It's called Kokopelli something. It's on Victoria just "west" of Charles, kinda hidden behind the Chinese place. They have a nice-ish patio, and it's an internet hot-spot. We tried the burritos and like them. Their hours aren't wonderful, but it might get better as more people start going there.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 9 replies </div>

Dharlene 2006-07-07T18:35:56Z Dharlene http://kw.tribe.net/thread/d0e94ff0-15f2-4128-97f6-195f903c4edb 2006-10-13T13:19:24Z 2006-10-13T13:19:24Z

<div>Yesterday I went to Ye's Sushi. I'll give you directions in Kitchenerese: beside Shakedown Street, across from where the Lyric Theatre used to be and the library was supposed to go. <br/>Anyway, I had a wonderful entirely vegan lunch there. It's a "buffet", but there's no physical buffet. You just can order as many different little dishes as you'd like, for $13 at lunch. I don't like fish and seaweed, but I ate very well avoiding both. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

Dharlene 2006-10-13T13:19:24Z Nott http://kw.tribe.net/thread/d25ae5b1-364d-42d9-b255-50da0f24d5d4 2006-10-13T04:00:13Z 2005-07-23T02:30:46Z

<div>We were out for a walk tonight. That's something we do regularly. Tonight we walked in a city park we had never been in. Guess what. Not many others go there either. <br/> <br/>We saw a veritable menagerie of animals. Owl, deer and two fawns, bunnies (cottontail). Wow, it was so special to see all that in one park right inside thge city. Magical.</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 5 replies </div>

Nott 2005-07-23T02:30:46Z Sheldon http://kw.tribe.net/thread/09a1a68b-52b2-4c89-94b0-433863ddcd0b 2006-08-29T13:55:42Z 2006-08-29T13:55:42Z

<div>I'm often surprised by the adaptability and resilience of nature. My tiny yard is bordered by big factories on two sides (one of them, Boemer Box Co, is now a bunch of studios), the train tracks behind, and a road busy with trucks in front. From a satellite view you can see that it's a very tiny patch of green in a sea of industry. Yet in my little backyard zoo we've seen an opossum, skunks, mice, a frog, rabbits, copper's hawks (twice feasting on a pigeon; there's still pigeon remains in my yard now...), racoons, a duck, squirrels, and bats. The night before last we woke up at 3 am with our four cats bouncing all over the place, oddly unified, chasing a bat in our bedroom! It's the second time we had one trapped in the house. The first one I caught, and released; but this one eluded me. When I returned from the shed with a net, the cats were scattered and the bat was nowhere to be found. I think it might reappear in the near future...</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

Sheldon 2006-08-29T13:55:42Z Dharlene http://kw.tribe.net/thread/3d1f7c9a-36b7-426a-829f-cf2440923c77 2006-07-04T23:03:56Z 2006-07-04T21:01:53Z

<div>I'm most excited about the renovations of old warehouse and industrial space happening downtown in Kitchener (Kaufmann, Eaton, Mansion street). We've had (and continue to have) a horrible problem with suburban sprawl, but it's very heartening to see the number of housing spaces going in now. Not to mention that the universities are making an effort to put some faculties into the heart of downtown, rather than spreading out into farmer's fields more. I'm looking forward to more restaurants and fresh food shops going in to support the new density. Food shopping in walking distance of downtown! Yes please!</div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 1 reply </div>

Dharlene 2006-07-04T21:01:53Z Safiya http://kw.tribe.net/thread/e015227f-5b3f-4ecf-afba-9548ca8c02dc 2005-07-13T20:50:15Z 2005-07-13T20:50:15Z

<div>One of my favorite recent finds in Kitchener is the Monarch Woods, a small park in Kitchener, at the corner of Fischer Hallman and Highland. It's a beautiful park, hidden in a somewhat industrial city. It was cool and green and a little mysterious, with its tall trees coming right up to the busy intersection, the first few times I drove past. I finally went to explore it, not long ago, and was rewarded with the experience of a deep, peaceful place, filled with a surprising assortment of woodland flowers, and a cool stream. It connects to other parks, too, so you can go for kilometres through green spaces in the city, avoiding highly trafficked roads and crowds. Kitchener has several beautiful secluded spots like this, calm and peaceful despite the traffic that is only a few blocks away. </div> <div> posted in <a href="http://kw.tribe.net">Kitchener-Waterloo</a> - 0 replies </div>

Safiya 2005-07-13T20:50:15Z