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Behind the Scenes with Alex Mustakas

Steven Karcher March 1, 2014

Alex Mustakas is a theatre impresario with a passion for shining a spotlight on Waterloo Region. His hectic schedule is a balancing act, requiring him to assume the role of director when helming productions that tour across North America; shrewd negotiator when securing rights to the hottest shows on Broadway; and talent scout when scouring the country for the best talent to appear on Drayton Entertainment’s seven stages throughout Ontario.

The Passionate Heart of Fiction

Leslie Morgenson December 1, 2011

Sometimes we are in the fortunate position of having work that is inextricably linked to who we are and how we move through this world. I observe this in my Outreach coworkers as they strive to define the community they work with and at the same time define who they themselves are. Stories play a large part in the work of outreach by slowly giving us a picture that leads to a deeper understanding of the person.

Community Art: A Roadmap for Human Connection The Tile Project

Rachel Wunder June 1, 2011

Walking past The Working Centre in downtown Kitchener you may not notice the art installation on the Charles Street side of the building amidst the construction that is transforming our roadways and city blocks. Fixtures that were once new gradually become unnoticed as we keep our city in a constant state of flux. Buildings and roadways are brought forward from the past to be changed or altered in response to shifting social dynamics and needs, so as we navigate our journeys in these engineered landscapes, we must ensure that the projects that keep our communities enriched and connected do not become fragmented or forgotten.

Music for the Community

Alison Feuerwerker September 1, 2009

Several members of the Waterloo Chamber Players volunteer at St. John’s Kitchen. Just as the Waterloo Chamber Players is more than an orchestra, we see St. John’s Kitchen as more than a place to get a free lunch. It is a place where everyone is valued and can have input, where everyone can be productive, whether or not they are in the workforce or have a home.

The Music Between the Words – The Art of Andy Macpherson

Christa Van Daele June 1, 2005

What did the pages of Good Work News look like before Andy Macpherson came along?

For most of us – new readers or old-time subscribers to the paper – that would be hard to say. Fact is, the intricate body of black and white drawings featured in Good Work News over the past decade’s issues have constituted a full bodied “music be-tween the words” that have ex-pressed the heart’s core of The Working Centre for a growing body of subscribers, volunteers, visitors, and project staff.

Word on the Street

Margaret O’Shea Bonner September 1, 2004

Word on the City is an introduction, through stories, poetry and pictures, to a variety of secondary communities within Kitchener-Waterloo, and to the agencies and individuals who act as a buffer between these communities and the wider city. We all associate with secondary communities – sports groups, neighbourhoods, churches, etc., but how familiar are we with other groups within this community we call home?

What does ‘Proof’ Prove?

Riko Winterle December 1, 2003

After attending a production of PROOF by Pulitzer winning author David Auburn at Theatre & Company, I am writing this review for three reasons: I am a mathematician, I suffer from mental illness and I also aspire to create art.

Rootedness

Leslie Morgenson December 1, 2003

It seems a paradox that the fluid nature of music can ground us; or that the haunting ballad of a lost ship, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, could anchor us in the midst of a life storm. Instinctively, music for all of time, across all cultures has been what we turn to in good times and in bad. “The need to make music and listen to it is universally expressed by human beings,” says biologist and essayist Lewis Thomas. Music fills our souls and transports us; it is a constant friend allowing us to wade through a full range of emotions in the safety of musical measures emerging as predictable patterns. According to Plato, music is “the essence of order.”

Proof’s Social Commentary

Leslie Morgenson December 1, 2003

Proof, the 2001 Pulitzer Prize winning play by David Auburn, was staged at Theatre and Company this fall. And thanks to CKCO and Bell, one of the evening performances with approximately 200 people in attendance was in support of St. John’s Kitchen, raising $2,000 in ticket sales. Whether by coincidence or design, Proof was a highly appropriate choice: the script of this insightful story reflected a synchronicity with St. John’s Kitchen.

Edna Staebler – A Writer’s Life Rooted in Community

Joe Mancini March 1, 2003

In 1997, the Kitchener-Waterloo Arts Awards presented Edna Staebler with its highest distinction: a Lifetime Achievement Award. She was honoured as a prolific writer of national and international stature and as the founder of two endowed programs designed to encourage writers just embarking on their own careers. She was, at the time, a sprightly 91.

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