Here are some more details about this coming Saturday:
Only noon to 7 pm? Seven measly hours to watch the parade; buy jewelry, prints, T-shirts, hats and ceramics; listen to music on four stages and watch improv theater on another; take in the Annual Members’ Show at the Arts Collinwood gallery (plus Bruno Casiano’s rather gorgeous paintings in the Café); be diverted by strolling performers; shop the Beachland’s Rock’n’Roll flea market; watch your kids creating Lego sculptures; make your very own buttons; and eat, oh my lord, eat? All that, after arriving at 11:45 to catch the unveiling of Jake Kelly’s mural on the north wall of the Arts Collinwood building? Better start training now.
The music, of course, is the big attraction for many; the art shopping is extremely tempting; but for me, this year, it’s going to be the food – Blitz BarBque and the Dim and Den Sum food truck. Dim and Den Sum is the creation of two former employees of Fire Food and Drink on Shaker Square; they roam the city in their truck, dispensing – for instance – the Banh taco (pate, ham, slaw); crispy tater tots with Amish cheese curds and gravy; pulled pork with kimchi slaw, smashed tots and Bourbon-soy bbq sauce in a Po-boy wrap. Blitz makes the best pulled pork I’ve tasted yet; this will have to be put to the test.
For a lot of Fest detail, go to www.waterlooartsfest.com or pick up the June Collinwood Observer – it contains an insert combining the Fest program with the Summer Guide (in small print, because this is such a happening neighborhood).
Oh – nearly forgot to mention – the highly individual businesses that populate Waterloo (arts, crafts, tattoos, smoking accessories, vintage, vintage, vintage, music, music, music) will be open for business.
And only seven hours. You may have to come back.
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