ERA Architects is hosting a fundraising party for Spacing magazine and [murmur], two projects that capture what makes Toronto so good. The night will feature a number of unique presentations, including a short talk from Pier Giorgio DiCicco, Toronto's poet laureate. You can play the "Name That Toronto Intersection" game, help create a giant map that will show where Toronto lives and works, or gaze up at over 1,000 images of Toronto (collected by Spacing's award-winning photography team) projected on to the exapansive walls of the Fermenting Cellar.

about ERA Architects
ERA Architects is a well-known heritage architecture firm and is widely recognized for its thoughtful and expert advice on matters relating to existing buildings.  ERA specializes in conservation, restoration and adaptive reuse of heritage buildings within a cultural context. Recent projects include the Distillery Historic District and The Carlu at College Park, and the firm is currently working on the AGO and the ROM.
website: www.era.on.ca

about [murmur]
[murmur] is an archival audio project that collects and curates stories set in specific Toronto locations, told by Torontonians themselves. At each of these locations, a [murmur] sign with a telephone number and location code marks where stories are available. By using a mobile phone, users are able to listen to the story of that place while engaging in the
physical experience of being there. Some stories suggest that the listener walk around, following a certain path through a place, while others allow a person to wander with both their feet and their gaze.

[murmur] was first established in Kensington Market in 2003, and spread to the Annex neighbourhood in 2004. This year [murmur] will, as part of the City of Toronto's " Culture Capital" program, collect stories along Spadina from Bloor down to Queens Quay and will launch in October. [murmur] believes interesting things don't just happen at SkyDome and
Nathan Phillips Square -- the city is full of stories, and some of them happen in parking lots and bungalows, diners and front lawns. The smallest, greyest or most nondescript building can be transformed by the stories that live in it. Once heard, these stories can change the way people think about that place and Toronto at large..
website: www.murmurtoronto.ca

about Spacing
Spacing magazine was launched in December 2003, and has quickly become an integral voice in the ongoing discussion around Toronto’s public spaces. Spacing makes space for public space. The magazine explores the city's urban landscape and isn't afraid to say what's right or wrong with it. Themes range from transit to pedestrianism, ad encroachment to graffiti, and our parks right down to those in between places like alleyways and small-but-important details like manhole covers.

Spacing draws on the talents of a core group of the city's best young writers and visual artists. In December 2004, Spacing was nominated for "Best New Title" in Utne magazine’s Independent Press Awards. In January 2005, Spacing's second issue was awarded "Best Single Issue Design" by Applied Arts magazine, and the National Post has called the success of Spacing's line of Toronto subway buttons the "civic pride fashion statement of the year".
website: www.spacing.ca