• EDITOR’S NOTE: BEAUTY, BEAUTY, LOOK AT YOU

    When Qays, unable to marry Layla, wandered the wilderness composing poems in her memory, he eventually became known as Majnūn—loosely, Insane One.   Hearing his poetry, the Caliph sought and married […]

  • A BRIEF HISTORY OF A SECOND LOOK BOOKS

    John Poag and Rosemary Tait—partners in both business and life—opened A Second Look Books & Movies on Apr. 28, 1986. Since then, the store has become a local cultural icon […]

  • ISRAEL BREAKS CEASEFIRE, COMMUNITY PROTESTS

    On Mar. 18, 2025, Israel recommenced their attacks on Gaza after a tenuous two-month ceasefire. This comes after Jan. 15, 2025, when Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal with Israel, […]

  • LONG WEEKEND BAND CRAWL TAKES OVER WATERLOO

    On Feb. 16, 2025, over 200 people gathered despite the ongoing snowstorm in Uptown Waterloo to attend the Long Weekend Band Crawl. Although many musicians cancelled due to the weather, […]

  • CAMBRIDGE’S FASHION HISTORY MUSEUM HONOURED WITH MEDAL

    Jonathan Walford believes that fashion is one thing that ties everyone together which interests and concerns each person.   “[…] it’s identity,” Walford said. “It’s everything. It reflects what the […]

  • TO JOURNEY, SEARCH AND FIND

    KW AUTHOR PAMELA MULLOY EXPLORES THE INTROSPECTIVE AND SOLITARY ASPECTS OF TRAVEL The COVID-19 pandemic and its accompanying years of varying quarantine forced the world to slow down. It confined […]

  • BREAKING THROUGH THE MONOTONY OF ONLINE DATING

    As the COVID-19 pandemic hit businesses and individuals alike, Samantha Bendo made the effort to help her friend’s business and regular folks connect.    “I started it because, one: that […]

  • PIECES OF BABEL IN MYSTERY PACKAGES

    All people have an innate drive to learn, a curiosity that drives them to new revelations.  Olivier Szczepaniak, founder of Box from Babel, is a believer that everyone has this […]

  • TINY LOVE STORIES 2025

  • EDITOR’S NOTE: WHY BOTHER WITH HOLIDAYS?

    I have never quite understood holidays—I know which ones people celebrate and, for the most part, how. But the actual reason for celebration usually escapes me.  I grew up here, […]