Midtown Conversations

<p>Conversation with performers in the Treading Theatre Festival, to be held at Schneider Haus May 28-June 1, 2025.</p>

<p>Host Danielle Deveau chats with Cosmic Fishing Theatre founder Viktorija Kovac about the need for more theatre for young people in the Waterloo Region. </p>

<p>Panelists:</p>Mitchell Cohen, President & CEO at Daniels Corporation; Author of Rhythms of Change: Reflections on the Regent Park Revitalization; a<br>strong advocate for the roles that creativity and connectivity...

<p>Guest host @allisondyjach chats with Kitchener punk-rockers @redoutput about releasing their first new single in 2 years, "Rafters," and they look back at the incredible 2023 the band had. We also sit down with Owen...

<p>Join host Danielle Deveau, live from the SDG Idea Factory in Kitchener, for this music cities talk featuring Shain Shapiro (author of This Must be the Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better). With guests Betty...

<p>Host Danielle Deveau chats with playwrights Maria Colonescu, Steven Elliott Jackson, and Ciaran Myers about:</p><p>-how they found careers in theatre<br>-what it’s like working in this region<br>-the challenges of...

<p>This week on Midtown Conversations, host Danielle Deveau visits KWAG for a tour of the new exhibition SOS: A Story of Survival, Part II - The Body.Curator Darryn Doull walks us through the works, which collectively...

<p>Host Danielle Deveau interviews STEPHEN PREECE, President of the Grand River Jazz Society and founder of The Jazz Room in Waterloo, Ontario.</p><p>We talk about:</p><p> -how The Jazz Room found a home<br> -the...

<p>Host Danielle Deveau chats with Danny Michel about his new album: Ghost Town.</p><p>Interview discusses:</p>the process of writing and recording this album (spoiler: it was really hard)what inspired himhow many times...

<p>In this clip from Midtown Conversations, host Danielle Deveau sits down with KW city builders Melissa Bowman and Sarah Marsh to discuss some of the most contentious issues facing our cities and how we can solve them...

<p>In this episode of Midtown Conversations, host Danielle Deveau is joined by local author, music historian, and CKWR radio host Coral Andrews for a feature conversation.</p>

In this episode of Midtown Conversations, host Matt Rappolt sits down with community activist Kamil Ahmed, one of the organizers Community Fridge KW. Kamil talks about the genesis and growth of the project, how it...

Host Danielle Deveau discusses "Neighbourhood Character" with our Cities Panel. What is it? It is a reasonable concept for planning conversations? With guests Melissa Bowman (Citified Substack); Sam Nabi (TriCities Hip...

Danielle Deveau interviews Mike Morrice (MP Kitchener-Centre) about what he has seen and heard in his community this summer, and what he hopes to achieve when he returns to Parliament this Fall.

Melissa Bowman of the "Citified" local politics blog catches up with activist and municipal council candidate Brooklin Wallis. Wallis is running to represent ward 10 in this year's municipal election and is also...