Waterloo art scene
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Sasha Tease brings the joy of drag
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This article was cross-published with The Community Edition. Mattie James is a community facilitator and local drag artist known as Sasha Tease. When James moved back to Waterloo region in 2021, they found a thriving queer community. “I just wanted to come home and reconnect to family and friends from high school, so I didn’t…
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Bridging the Gap unveils new Friendship Bench at Laurier
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On Jan. 31, 2018, Bridging the Gap, a student run club at Wilfrid Laurier University, presented their newest mental health initiative: the Friendship Bench. The Friendship Bench was made possible by the efforts of Bridging the Gap with the additional support of Sarina Wheeler, coordinator of Wellness Education at Laurier, Leanne Holland Brown, dean…
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Building a community in a snake pit
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In every city there’s two kinds of art scenes. There’s the obvious one, with the bands that play in the public square — you can bring your own lawn-chair and your kids can play with the puzzles drawn in to the concrete. It’s nice and idyllic, the type of art scene that helps build a…
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