This year, the steady stream of events at Water Works Park may swell into a full-on river. The park’s foundation and the party-planning gurus with In Any Event announced this week that the park will host a leisurely new sporting event called the Nice Tri, as well as the annual Oktoberfest, which is moving to the park after 18 years

When Chris Boeke takes a photo, it’s almost always in black and white as he views the composition, lighting, shapes and patterns as the most intriguing aspects of buildings and objects. Just because something is pretty and colorful, he says, doesn’t always mean it becomes a great image.