Waterloo – The Gaza House solidarity encampment at the University of Waterloo continues to gather support while negotiations with the school’s administration have stalled.
First, a letter of support from faculty, staff, and librarians from UW and Wilfrid Laurier University. Secondly, a statement of solidarity from the chairman of PSAC 902 which represents graduate students and teaching assistants at WLU. Then on May 25th Gaza House hosted a rally which brought out over two hundred supporters.
This show features Sarah, a student member of the encampment’s negotiating team. Sarah has requested partial anonymity due to safety concerns. CKMS News also spoke with Law Professor Irina Ceric about students’ protest rights and reactions to encampments from administration at different universities.
CKMS News requested comment from UW administration and was told no one was available but that they “will look to see what we can do later this week”. The University has not responded to further communication.
What’s up, y’all? First up, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:
Unquiet Nights
Seasons in Exile
Blues
No
AMBER
Waters of Love – Single
Pop
No
Mattmac x Stella Standingbear
Imposters – Single
Hip Hop
Clean and Explicit versions available
CanCon
William Thomson
Lighthouse
New Age
No
Wayne Gillespie & Famous Blue Turncoat
Seconds – Single
Rock
No
Sam Jr
Inner Shadow
Rock
CanCon
Rivherside
Instrumental Cheap Fuzz Blues EP
Rock
No
Gabriel Evan Orchestra
Island Hopping
Jazz
No
103 Cubic Inches
Songs With Static
Rock
CanCon
Jared Adams
Mystic Humanism
Rock
CanCon
Melissa Fortin
Prismacolore
Instrumental
CanCon
Lola Blu
Good Ole Days – EP
Country
No
JR Rhodes
What I Gotta Say – Single
Hip Hop
Instrumental also available
CanCon
Ricardo Gomes
Low Tide
Pop
CanCon
Sean Briehaus
I Didn’t Know How to Leave
Alternative
CanCon
Tyler Del Pino
The Drugs Still Work – Single
Rock
CanCon
Acid Mothers Temple & Reynols
Vol. 3
Psychedelic
No
FevaDreams
Lose Sleep – Single
Pop
No
Alex Cuba
Voces De Mi Familia
Traditional
CanCon
Madeline Doornaert
Take Time – Single
Alternative
CanCon
Mark Tisell
Midnight Munchies – Single
Pop
No
CHARLOT
Underground – Single
Pop
No
Keenan Mundane
Molasses – EP
Hip Hop
NSFR
No
Lov3less
High Life – Single
Pop
No
MELL VF
Queen of my Castle – Single
Pop
No
HALF CAB
Rearview
Punk
No
Burnstick
Made of Sin
Country
CanCon
Caravan Jake
Living in a Simulation
Rock
CanCon
Phased Out
First Loves Blues – Single
Rock
CanCon
Phased Out
What You Can’t Get – Single
Rock
CanCon
PRCHR
Rabbit Season – Single
Pop
No
Hope Street House
Song for Clayton – Single
Electronic
No
Various Artists
Turkish Back Porch Scene EP Vol. 1
Blues
No
Jay Williams
Electro Psychotronic – Single
Electronic
No
Pierre
Bliss – Single
Instrumental
CanCon
Pierre
By the Boats – Single
Instrumental
CanCon
Pierre
Simplicity – Single
Instrumental
CanCon
Pierre
Mad Taxi – Single
Instrumental
CanCon
Pierre
Saturday Service – Single
Instrumental
CanCon
Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Jared Adams – South End Kids
Melissa Fortin – Violette
FevaDreams – Lose Sleep
JR Rhodes – What I Gotta Say
Keenan Mundane – Molasses
Lov3less – High Life
Mark Tisell – Midnight Munchies
DUTE – Slowly
Jay Williams – Electro Psychotronic
Charlot – Underground
Hope Street House – Song for Clayton
AMBER – Waters of Love
Benjamin Russell and Greg Fraser – Rain Collapsing
Pierre – By the Boats
Caravan Jake – Gasping for a Cappuccino
MELL VF – Queen of my Castle
Ricardo Gomes – Happy Days
PRCHR – Rabbit Season
Phased Out – What You Can’t Get
Acid Mothers Temple & Reynols – Kicking Air Bricks
The Old Ramblers – Saturday Blues
Alex Cuba – Tiene Sabor
Gabriel Evan Orchestra – Habana Hammock
William Thomson – Driftwood
John Kameel Farah & Nick Fraser – Insect Mountain
Natasha Blackwood – Melita
The Dan Kirouac Band – Work Around It
Giuseppe Accardi and Pietro Baudanze – Joll
Just a reminder that we are continuing our fundraising drive, please donate if you can! See y’all next time.
by: dan kellar
Kitchener – Spectrum, an organization that serves local 2SLGBTQIA+ folks has been busy ahead of Pride 2024, planning many initiatives including participation in Tri-Pride Summerfest on June 1st, Pride Ride on June 7th, and Spectrum’s 3rd annual gala on June 13th.
“Kicking things off” on May 31st, Spectrum’s executive director, Scott Williams will join Waterloo Mayor Dorothy McCabe and others to unveil a new “Rainbow Crosswalk” in uptown. Speaking about the importance of projects like the crosswalk, Williams told CKMS, “we need to be very visible in order to remind people that we have always been here and will always be here.” Mayor McCabe also provided CKMS a statement about the crosswalk.
This show features an interview with Scott Williams on Spectrum’s activities, Pride 2024, and the new rainbow crosswalk. Williams also speaks about ongoing effects and efforts related to the June 28th 2023 hate-motivated attack in a gender studies classroom at the University of Waterloo.
What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s latest Clean Up Hour, in which I ask y’all to donate to your favorite public radio station (aka CKMS 102.7), and also complain about streaming services a bit.
Tracklist:
Schoolboy Q – Yeern 101
Raekwon, Jadakiss, & Styles P – Broken Safety
Bad Lucc & Problem – Bobby’s World
Nickelus F – Bars on I-95 (Freestyle)
Redman – 8 1/2 Mile (Freestyle)
Redman – Brick Intentions (Freestyle)
Conway, Method Man, SK da King, & Flee Lord – Meth Back!
Dessy Hinds & Nyck Caution – Vinyls
Primordial Emcee – Comic Relief
Tachichi – Artificial Intelligence
Cities Aviv – Earth Remain
Blu – hip hop
Charles Hamilton – Jack
Main Source – Time
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib – Situations
Ab-Soul & Punch – Goodman
Mach-Hommy & Black Thought – Copy Cold
Navy Blue – Free Jesus
jerry – Not what keeps you
The Streets – Blinded By the Lights
Logic – 2am on tour (2018)
R.A.P Ferreira & Fumitake Tamura – hereing color, green
steel tipped dove & Harvey Cliff, MC – measure each step
Wiz Khalifa, Chevy Woods, & Juicy J – Bombay & Lemonade
Kota the Friend & Statik Selektah – Maybe So
Rapsody – Stand Tall
TiRon & Ayomari, Nonchalant Savant, & Skye Louise – As We Go
Jhene Aiko & Casey Veggies – In Love We Trust
Childish Gambino – The Violence
Bob makes pitches for the Spring 2024 Fundraiser throughout the show. We’re raising funds to keep Radio Waterloo on the air — money raised will go towards maintenance of our equipment, offsetting increases in rent both for the studio and our transmitter, and generally dealing with inflation. There are prizes of T-shirts from Radio Waterloo, Street Hop, and All Weather Haulage, and CD compilations of music from local musicians.
Jax Rula
Bob speaks with Jax Rula of WEFT Fest, the Woolwich Expressions in Fibre Traditions about the name “WEFT Fest”, events taking place, the Vendors’ Market, and some of the other events.
Bob speaks with Jax Rula of WEFT Fest. Jax explains that on a loom the “warp” are the strings that go on the loom, and the “weft” are the strings that make the pattern. But WEFT is also the Woolwich Expressions in Fibre Traditions. Jax created a venue, the TriSisters Art House and wanted to be part of the Quilt and Fibre Arts Festival. But the ladies that ran it were retired, and to continue the festival Jax had to change the name. Jax tells us about the TriSisters Art House. It’s busy at the Vendors’ Market; Jax talks with some customers. Talking about some of the other events taking place during the ten days of the festival. Jax tells us about the items in the auction. Jax’s fibre art is dollmaking, and she tells us of alternate fibres, for example, paper. And Jax tells us about the Vendors’ Market in the Timber Barn, and some of the other events.
Megan Brady, Communications Lead for CMHAWW, the Canadian Mental Health Association of Waterloo Wellington talks to Bob Jonkman about the work of CMHAWW, the Run For Women fundraiser on Saturday 11 May 2024, effects of the pandemic on people’s mental health, and the operations of CMHAWW.
The interview starts at 5m21s.
Here 24/7 mental health crisis or immediate assistance:
Megan Brady explains what the CMHA is and does. She explains the 24/7 crisis line, and what it’s used for. Not all services are available in all areas of the region, it depends on what’s needed. CMHAWW has merged with sever al other organizations.
9m21s
Talking about the fundraiser, Run For Women, which took place on Saturday 11 May 2024 at Conestoga College Doon Campus. It’s the biggest CMHAWW fundraiser of the year. The runs are organized by Shoppers Drug Mart and take place across Canada, some for CHMA, some for other organizations. CHMAWW has participated for the past seven years.
13m38s
Over the pandemic, Megan thought that people might have gained a different perspective on mental health, but things are still going on below the surface. There has been a 40% upswing in calls for support. People call in for crisis counselling, or to find the next steps in getting help, or even to get assistance for other people. Talking about sources of funding, both provincial and federal, and how it’s allocated.
Talking about the locations, and the programs available at the different locations. Also talking about training progras for corporate or community organizations. CHMAWW is the partner agency in 9‑8‑8, the Suicide Crisis Helpline. Talking about the structure of CMHAWW. And the new building! Discussing corporate donors, and political support.
40m02s
Talking about future fundraisers. CMHA is a registered charity, donations are tax-receiptable. The Run For Women is specifically to raise money for women’s mental health. Other activities are online, several every month.
44m30s
Repeating the details for Saturday’s Run For Women, and some details of other events.
Megan Brady is the Communications Lead for CMHAWW. Reviewing the upcoming Run For Women. The past week has been Mental Health Week. Talking about issues specific to women’s mental health. CMHAWW has been the lead agency for mental health support for ten years.
55m56s
Bob gives the end credits.
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
What’s up, y’all? First up, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:
Dignatian
Hopelessly – Single
Pop
CanCon
Morgan Faith Hendrix
Devil Gonna Rattle His Chains – Single
Country
No
Morgan Faith Hendrix
Every Now and Then – Single
Country
No
Phistojamandra
The Walls
Reggae
No
Phistojamandra
A Crippled Mother – Single
Reggae
No
Bobby Henson
Dancing Like the Devil With a Honkey Tonk Angel – Single
Country
No
New Collision
Picture This… – Single
Rock
No
Angelique Francis
Train Coming – Single
Blues
CanCon
Ryan Wayne
Ready My Love – Single
Rock
CanCon
Natasha Blackwood
Love Songs for Good Machines
Jazz
CanCon
Erin Gavin
Love for the Game – Single
Pop
No
AC Vini Vince
My Own Lane – Single
Hip Hop
No
AC Vini Vince & D Medly
Love Yourself (House Version)
Hip Hop
No
AC Vini Vince
Let Her Werk – Single
Hip Hop
No
AC Vini Vince, Izabela
In My Head – Single
Hip Hop
No
AC Vini Vince
If I Go Platinum
Hip Hop
No
Catharine Cary
AIR CAKE and other summery occupations
Spoken Word
CanCon
13 Seconds
Time Flies
Rock
No
Martyrs
Where Did You Go – Single
Electronic
No
Bring on the Storm
Visionary
Rock
CanCon
James McGowan Ensemble
Reaching Out
Jazz
CanCon
Various Artists
Italy – Sicily, Folk Music
Traditional
No
John Kameel Farah & Nick Fraser
Farasher
Experimental
CanCon
Morgan97
Faith – Single
Reggae
No
Morgan97
I Pray – Single
Reggae
No
Morgan97
Lion of Judah
Reggae
No
Morgan97
Mr. Reggae Music – Single
Reggae
No
Andy Gorwell
Lying in Ruins – Single
Singer-Songwriter
No
Robbie Harte
Heart in 2 Places – Single
Country
CanCon
Guido Meyer
Superial – Single
Electronic
No
Hungrytown
Circus for Sale
Folk
No
Fleur de Peau
Contre-Sens
Pop
CanCon
The Koalaz
Ripped and Twisted – Single
Alternative
No
Seake
Ngoni
Electronic
No
Wouter Hamel
Rosy Day – Single
Pop
No
Andy Gorwell
Forlorn – Single
Singer-Songwriter
No
Kelly-Ann
Breakup Songs Vol. 1
Folk
CanCon
Various Artists
On the Road – Kawawachikamach (Deluxe)
Traditional
CanCon
The Dan Kirouac Band
Work Around It – Single
Instrumental
No
Dump Babes
Known Liar
Rock
CanCon
Norine Braun
Journey Toward Wholeness
Easy Listening
CanCon
Jose Lobo
In All Good Hope
Folk
CanCon
Alana Yorke
Destryoer
Rock
CanCon
Garrison Parker
Spring Back – Single
Rock
CanCon
Lookout Tower
First Class Raft
Rock
CanCon
Rayna
Gameboy
Pop
CanCon
The Radiant
Formulaic – Single
Rock
CanCon
Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Meela – Empty Nights
Franc O’Cher – Hey Beautiful
Erin Gavin – Love for the Game
Guido Meyer – Superial
Dignatian – Hopelessly
Rayna – Gameboy
Wouter Hamel (with SJF) – Rosy Day
Seake – Bloom
Fleur de Peau – Mishka
The Koalaz – Ripped and Twisted
Phistojamandra – I Asked A Man
AC Vini-Vince – Let Her Werk
Electric Religious – Stole My Money
Morgan97 – Lion of Judah
Andy Gorwell – Forlorn
Morgan Faith Hendrix – Devil Gonna Rattle His Chains
Antenna93 – Unemployment Anthem
Bobby Henson – Dancing Like the Devil with a Honky Tonk Angel
Angelique Francis (feat. Eric Gales) – Train Coming
13 Seconds – Middle School Breakup Song
Bring on the Storm – Trainwreck
Robbie Harte – Heart in 2 Places
Norine Braun – Gradma’s Jig
Demi Jordanae – Smell Like You
Alana Yorke – All the Flowers
Jose Lobo – Meteors
James McGowan Ensemble – Blue Lament
Catharine Cary – Weaving Leaves
Garrison Parker – Spring Back
Episode V of Readers Delight – features authors: Taylor Graham, Vanessa Ricci-Thode, and Caroline Topperman.
Taylor Graham read from 2 different plays, “Cottage Radio” & “Post Alice”. Taylor’s work is available on Talonbooks and you can find her on Instagram as Taylor Marie Graham. Vanessa Ricci Thode read from, “The Young Necromancer’s Guide. to ghosts” You can find Vanessa’s books on Amazon. The Genre for this book is: Fantasy & Magic for Children. Her Socials are under her name Vanessa Ricci-Thode Caroline Topperman read from “Your Roots Cast a Shadow”. This book will have its world premiere on December 17th. It will be available to purchase on Amazon as well as her website and Socials under Caroline Topperman.
Kitchener City Council is addressing the issue of excessive road signs to combat clutter and visual pollution on city roads by changing its sign bylaws.
The changes are meant to discourage the use of roadways for marketing purposes. Only special event directional signs, such as signs advertising open houses and portable signs for new home developments, are allowed on city boulevards.
Key revisions to the sign bylaw include regulations on the timing and duration of sign placements, mandatory inclusion of dates on signs, the relaxation of distance requirements from buildings for certain signs, and the removal of the City’s 30-day sign hold provision.
City of Kitchener Councillor Paul Singh and the city’s Coordinator for Planning and Zoning Services, Joanne McCallum, emphasized that in addition to cleaning up the roadsides, the new regulations will help city staff police these nuisance signs.
Waterloo – On May 14th Waterloo council unanimously approved a recommendation directing staff to move forward with community engagements over the future of the Eby Farmstead within Waterloo Park. The farmstead consists of an equipment barn and several fenced animal enclosures which house a small herd of farm animals for 5-6 months each year.
Robin Milne, Waterloo’s Director of Parks, Forestry and Cemetery Services told council that they want to have a plan for the Eby Farmstead, whether that be “improved amenities to keep the farmstead, or reimagining the space” by the end of the summer, ahead of the process for the 2025 Waterloo Park Plan. Staff noted they may bring in an outside consultant to help with the engagement process.
Details on the Eby Farmstead public consultation process are available on engagewr.ca.
This show features an interview with Waterloo mayor Dorothy McCabe discussing the Eby Farmstead.
What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour:
Tracklist:
RiTchie – WYTD?!?!
Ghostface Killah & Nas – Scar Tissue
G Perico – Troll Patrol
The Game – Freeway’s Revenge
Flo Milli & Anycia – New Me
El Camino, Benny the Butcher, & Real Bad Man – Champagne P****s
Conway, Jay Worthy, 2-Eleven, T.F., & Ab-Soul – Surf & Turf
Remy Banks & Domo Genesis – Game Winners
Blu, Shafiq Huysan, & Skye Louise – In Living Color
GG Grand – Jive Turkeys (RIP MF DOOM)
Jehst & Asaviour – People Under the Weather
DJ Moves, Buck 65, Hubcity, & Birdapres – Remember the Old School
A-F-R-O, EKYM1536, Blind Toxic, Felcon, SuperBrownBum, 60 East, PulseReaction, & DJ E-Dub – Battle Royale
Pink Siifu – ** U Mean/Hold Me Down
Concrete Boys, Karrahboo, & Camo – HIT DIFF
J.U.S – Winnipeg
Gangrene – Cloud Surfing
Photograph Your Aura – Shadowerk
Berner, Paul Wall, Devin the Dude, & DRODi – Need It
Tiron & Ayomari – If You Feel Like We Do!
Childish Gambino & Young Nudy – Little Foot Big Foot
Pharrell – Come On Down
Matt Champion – Slug
Slum Village & Fat Ray – Keep Dreaming
Meechy Darko – The Slaughter Tab #5
Dom McLennon – Russian Cream
David Dallas – Better in Real Life
Chuck Strangers & Erick the Architect – Flatbush ******
Ol’ Burger Beats, Lil B, & Vic Spencer – How I Live
Tiron & Ayomari, Blu, & Hollis – Paramour
Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Taj Austin, & Ras Austin – Asha the First
Skyzoo & The Other Guys – 100 to One
People out for their daily walks in the Waterloo Region may have noticed a tall plant with the clusters of white flowers. It’s the garlic mustard plant — and it’s invasive, destructive, and spreading.
Garlic mustard may not be the most egregious of the invasive species, but it is the most widespread. The plant spreads quickly through seed dispersal and dense stands of garlic mustard can produce more than 60,000 seeds per square meter and can double in size every four years.
Ron Wu Winter of the Grand River Conservation Authority describes Garlic mustard’s spread, the challenges it poses for removal and control, and its ability to release chemicals that inhibit the growth of native plants.
Pedestrians and cyclists in Kitchener are at a disproportionately high risk of serious injury or fatality due to aggressive and inattentive driving, according to the latest City of Kitchener Vision Zero Annual Update Report.
This year’s report update was presented at the City of Kitchener’s Community and Infrastructure Services Committee meeting on Monday, May 13th. Adopted in 2021, the Vision Zero strategy aims to eliminate severe injuries and fatalities on Kitchener’s roads, with the 2024 report outlining over 40 action items for street safety improvements. The report highlights the problems of aggressive driving behaviours and the inadequacy of road designs to ensure the safety of vulnerable road users.
Delegates to Council discussed lowering speed limits, increasing the number of traffic cameras, and implementing infrastructure changes as potential solutions. Other delegates detailed the successes they have found in educating young students on road safety and encouraging alternative modes of transport.
Waterloo – Dozens of people converged at the University of Waterloo’s main campus on Monday morning to launch a Gaza solidarity encampment. The group’s “OccupyUWaterloo” Instagram page calls the encampment “Gaza House”
The group says the university is complicit in the current siege on Palestinians by the Israeli military, which has resulted in over 35,000 people dead, tens of thousands more injured or missing, and the majority destruction of Gazan infrastructure, including all universities and hospitals. The group is calling for divestment from weapons manufacturers and institutions which support the occupation of Palestine, and “an end to UW’s financial and academic ties to the genocidal and apartheid state of Israel.”
These demands share similarities from the demands from encampments set up at over a dozen other universities in Canada.
This show features an interview with Gaza House encampment spokesperson Nick Joseph. Also included is the statement UW provided, and Waterloo mayor Dorothy McCabe reacting to the encampment.
What’s up, y’all? Posting a day early because my schedule for tomorrow might get a bit goofy. Here’s what I have added to Libretime since last Sunday:
Yester Daze
Nothing, Perfectly
Rock
CanCon
Lynne Hanson
Just a Poet
Singer-Songwriter
CanCon
Jon Gordon
7th Ave South
Jazz
CanCon
Gabriel Genest
As It Is
Jazz
CanCon
Brandi Behlen
Bad Boy, Good Man – Single
Country
No
Roalie James
Soft Target – Single
Pop
No
Cheyanne Summer
Please – Single
Country
CanCon
Jade Turner
That Wind – Single
Singer-Songwriter
CanCon
Jake Vaadeland
Retro Man… More and More
Singer-Songwriter
CanCon
The Anti-Queens
Disenchanted
Punk
Track 13 labelled as NSFR out of an abundance of caution
CanCon
Kari Van Der Kloot
Window
Jazz
No
Antenna93
You’re Not Made for This Business
Punk
CanCon
Demi Jordanae
How Did We Get Here (Acoustic Version) – Single
Pop
CanCon
Demi Jordanae
Smell Like You – Single
Pop
CanCon
Demi Jordanae
I Never Do – Single
Pop
CanCon
Marika Lejon
Forbidden – Single
Pop
No
Alex Henry Foster
Kimiyo
Alternative
CanCon
Tom X. Chao
Statement of Intent
Rock
No
Clay Hazey
Clay Hazey EP
Folk
CanCon
The Mirrors
The Mirrors
Punk
CanCon
Steve Purcell
I’m Ready – Single
Rock
No
Lori Yates
Matador
Country
CanCon
Franc O’Cher
Hey Beautiful – Single
Pop
CanCon
Meela
Empty Nights – Single
Pop
CanCon
Meela
Intoxicated Love -Single
Pop
CanCon
Meela
Paris Nights – Single
Pop
CanCon
Meela
Slip Right Pass – Single
Pop
CanCon
The Wesleys
The Wesleys
Rock
Track 4 labelled as NSFR out of an abundance of caution
CanCon
Mary Frances Leahy
First Light
Classical
CanCon
Lizard the Bird
Close the Curtains – Single
Rock
CanCon
Lizard the Bird
Is It My Body? – Single
Rock
CanCon
Lizard the Bird
Who Told You? – Single
Rock
CanCon
Lizard the Bird
You Don’t Own Me – Single
Rock
CanCon
Axiome
Tse – EP
Indie Rock
CanCon
Axiome
Axiome
Indie Rock
CanCon
Andrew Sue Wing
Violet Skies
R&B
No
DUTE
Slowly – Single
Pop
No
Brad Strang
Tripping Off to Mars
Folk
CanCon
Soleil
Searching – Single
Jazz
CanCon
Soleil
Time of Darkness
Jazz
CanCon
Here’s tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Tom X Chao – Moving Back to Hollywood
The Wesleys – Radio Circus
Yester Daze – Hanging by a Thread
The Mirrors – Oarfish
Clay Hazey – As Long As You’re Beside Me
Stephen Hamm/Theremin Mann – Star People
Marshall Jacklin – Salt
Ruth Moody – Michigan
Lizard the Bird – Is It My Body?
The Silverbeets – My Utopian Dystopia
Cam Blake – Russian Roulette
Garrett Neiles – Heaven in my Hands
Pixie Moonshine – Aphterbirth
Needrock – Pretty Babe
Alex Henry Foster – Autumnal Processions
Brad Strang – Tap Your Toes
Soleil – Time of Darkness
Brenda Earle Stokes – Loose Tooth Blues
Sarrah Jerom – Part IV: The White Elk
Dan Loomis – Centaur of the Plains
Ruth Saphir – Hand-Me-Down Clothes
Anthony D’Alessandro – Blues for the Down and Out
Jon Gordon – Ed’s Groove
Gabriel Genest – Kairos
Kari Van Der Kloot – Sprout
Daniel Janke Winter Trio – Man of Constant Sorrow
Mary Frances Leahy – Dinner at 8
To commemorate its 40th anniversary, the only independent bookstore in Waterloo, Wordsworth Books, has revived the Wordsworthy Literary Award. The award, presented for the first time in several years, recognizes outstanding literary contributions from Canadian authors and is intertwined with the bookstore’s history.
One of the owners of Wordsworth Books, Mandy Brouse, explains why the award has been revived and how it connects with the store’s history. Over the past 40 years, Wordsworth Books has weathered the challenges to its business, including recessions, the ION LRT construction, and the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to the loyalty of its customer base.
The winner of the 2024 Wordsworthy Literary Award will be announced at 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 at the store’s Uptown Waterloo location.
What’s up, y’all? New Clean Up Hour tonight — I talk about the Drake vs. Kendrick beef, and then play a mix that is half the beef, half music that reflects my general feelings about it.
Tracklist:
Future, Metro Boomin, & Kendrick Lamar – Like That
J. Cole – 7 Minute Drill
Drake – Push Ups
Rick Ross – Champagne Moments
Drake – Taylor Made (Freestyle)
Kendrick Lamar – Euphoria
Kendrick Lamar – 6:16 in LA
Drake – Family Matters
Drake – Buried Alive Parody (Interlude)
Kendrick Lamar – Meet the Grahams
Kendrick Lamar – Not Like Us
Drake – The Heart Part 6
Joe Budden – Who Killed Hip Hop?
Macklemore – Hind’s Hall
A7PHA, Buck 65, Self Jupiter, Aesop Rock, & ShrapKnel – Many Headed (Controller 7 Remix)
RiTchie & Amine – Dizzy
Chris Orrick & P.O.S – Your Ambition
Classified & Ian James – Wonder
Cadence Weapon – tl;dr
Waterloo – Waterloo’s annual State of the City was delivered on May 2nd by mayor Dorthy McCabe at Wilfrid Laurier University, and was full of celebration of the current work the city is doing, and enthusiasm for the future.
The mayor focused significantly on the work the city is doing on housing, climate action, community building, infrastructure, service delivery, and affordability and she noted the interconnectedness of these topics throughout her speech.
McCabe also celebrated the youth of the city and the students of the region’s high schools, post-secondary institutions throughout the speech, saying of the “council for the day” students “Waterloo’s future looks very very bright”.
The State of the City was organised by the Rotary Club of Waterloo and raised over 15,000$ for Supportive Housing of Waterloo, an organisation which helps people who have experienced long periods homelessness with housing and other support services.
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