When: Sunday, May 5, 2-3 p.m.
Where: Begin at Idea Exchange Old Post Office
Walk Leader: Idea Exchange volunteers
Whether you are new to Cambridge, or wish to help us welcome those who are, this is the stroll for you.
Join us as we share stories, secret haunts, and the lovely vistas of our home town. Idea Exchange volunteers lead this walk through downtown Galt as we all share our favorite places, memories, and stories.
How Downtown Kitchener Turned into a Coffee Lover’s Paradise
When: Saturday, May 4, 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Where: Begin at Fresh Ground (256 King Street East), end at Show and Tell Coffee (30 Ontario Street North)
Walk Leader: Anna Beard
Indie coffee shops – they’re intimate spaces, designed for feet, flirtatious conversations, collaboration and idea generation. They’ve become pillars of education and design. And downtown Kitchener loves them.
We’ll take a wander along King Street between Eby and Ontario, pausing outside four fab java huts, sharing stories of how they came to be and swapping our own tales of how coffee is so much more than a drink.
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When: Sunday, May 5, 1:30-4 p.m.
Where: Begin at 200 Frederick Street (corner of Frederick and Lancaster), end at 85 Frederick Street (corner of Frederick and Duke)
Walk Leader: Trent Bauman
Join Urban Sketcher Trent Bauman on an urban sketch walk. This walk will be much more sitting and sketching than walking.
We will start by observing and sketching the subtle beauty of John Lingwood’s brutalist courthouse building. At first it may look like a solid lump of concrete but observe it for a while and you will start to see the variations of colour and texture. We will then move on to 20 Weber Street with its precast concrete facade and arched concrete entry cover. Finishing at the new courthouse at the corner of Frederick and Duke St. East.
Bring your own paper, drawing and/or painting instruments, maybe a stool to sit on and an umbrella for rain or sun.
No drawing experience needed just a willingness to observe and sketch the environment right before your eyes.
When: Thursday, May 2, 7-8 p.m.
Where: Begin at Idea Exchange Queen’s Square, end at Millrace Park
Walk Leader: Idea Exchange Volunteers
Learn the forbidden history of our town before it became part of The Republic of Gilead. Our handmaidens will escort you to the locations used in the hit Hulu show The Handmaid’s Tale, and share the history that we don’t speak about ‘Under his Eye’.
When: Saturday, May 5, 2-3:30 pm
Where: Begin at Queen and Schneider (adjacent to Joseph Schneider Haus), end at The Boathouse
Walk Leader: Mila Wiggins and Elyn Lin
We will walk through one of Kitchener’s most historic neighbourhoods appreciating its natural features, residential architecture, and history. After a brief tour, we will take a break so all participants can sketch a space they enjoy.
The purpose of this walk is to not only appreciate our local history, but to also have a recorded memory in the form of a sketch. We will meet up at the end of the walk to share our sketches.
Please bring your own drawing materials. A sketchpad or sketchbook is recommended.
Please note this walk is weather dependent.
