Welcome to. . . INDIE CANADIANA: KINGSTON, ONTARIO

MAPPING THE SCENE IN CANADA'S SMALLER TOWNS AND CITIES

Is there a burgeoning indie scene in your town? Pitch the places you love to assisteditor(p)brokenpencil.com and get your town mapped here.

* In order to cover indie culture outside the urban scene, we're excluding all provincial and territorial capital cities, as well as Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Hamilton, Ottawa, Moncton, Saint John and Saskatoon from this column.

1 AKA AUTONOMOUS SOCIAL CENTRE

75 Queen Street, akakingston.org

Co-op space that hosts events and houses the Miasma Infoshop: a "radical literature distributor" and lending library.

2 THE ARTEL

205 Sydenham Street, the-artel.ca

Arts centre, performing space and home to rotating group of live-in artists.

2 THE SLEEP LESS GOAT

91 Princess Street, thegoat.ca

Workers-run caf� and hangout spot for alternative Kingston folks.

4 CFRC RADIO

Lower Carruthers Hall, Queen's University, cfrc.ca/blog

Community radio station that trains newbies in broadcasting great Canadian air waves.

5 NATIONALGROCERS BUILDING STUDIO

12 Cataraqui Street notyoumormalschool.blogspot.com

Warehouse studio for potters, metal smiths, ceramists and other craft artists.

6 THE MODERN FUEL

21 Queen St. modemfuel.org

Gallery that specializes in showcasing young artists. Bonus - it rents out recording equipment.

7 IDE CHITHALEN MEMORIAL MUSICAL LENDING LIBRARY

559 Bagot Street, joesmul.org

Registered charity that lends out guitars, drums, keyboards and other instruments - some for up to six months.

8 THE FRUIT BELT

Named after a cluster of fruit and treetitled streets, this 'hood just north of Kingston's main drag, Princess Street, has become home to young artistic types over the last decade. (Laura Trethewey)