By Shawn Micallef
-
TIFF Locative Media Innovation Day this friday — special discount for Spacing readers
Our friends at TIFF Nexus are hosting a day-long conference this Friday looking at locative media — that is, all those devices and apps that help us...
-
On to the case for the City of Toronto’s museums and culture funding
While the vision for Toronto’s waterfront may have been saved in the last day by the massive public and professional response to the Rob and/or Doug...
-
Event: A discussion on the value of public spaces Thursday Sept 22
The intrinsic value of public space will come as no surprise to Spacing readers, but the last few weeks when Torontonians rose up to, well, defend public...
-
Introducing our new friend, the Toronto Review of Books
Long time Spacing readers will know the name Jessica Duffin Wolfe — she’s written for us and until recently was our reviews editor...
-
Still a few days to cast your vote in the Toronto Urban Film Festival
Our friends at the TUFF — the Toronto Urban Film Festival — have 63 silent, one minute films for you to vote on. Go check them all out here...
-
Nuit Blanche participation wanted: be a part of Leitmotif in Parkdale
There’s likely a variety of ways you can participate in Nuit Blanche, but here’s a specific Parkdale project looking for help now. On the...
-
EVENT: SUBTEXT Multi-Arts Festival in Scarborough this weekend
Our friends at Scarborough Arts are throwing an art festival this weekend. You know, it’s not that long of a bike ride out (if you live west). When...
-
Jack Layton in 1982, winning his first Toronto City Council election
Memories, memorials and raw thoughts are flowing across the city and country this morning remembering Jack Layton. Here’s the moment where it all...
-
Why is biking in London a pleasure and biking in Toronto sometimes a pain?
I spent the weekend plus a few days rambling around London. I was there during the first 3 days of the riots, but apart from a Vauxhall house music DJ...
-
There’s a big ride for Toronto cyclists on Wednesday. Here’s why you should go.
On Wednesday July 20 at 6:30PM the Toronto Bike Union is planning a “Ride for Jarvis” beginning in Allen Gardens (here’s the Facebook...
-
Church Street and Pride don’t matter anymore? Listen to some [murmur]s that suggest otherwise.
It’s been an interesting few weeks for Pride and Church Street. An article in The Grid that used a small and isolated hipster perspective to declare...
-
Calgary’s residential modernist mix
Photo by ecstaticist. Western cities are built in this neat way where the downtown parts, middle parts (say, streetcar suburbs) and farther-out parts...