By Shawn Micallef
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Good reads: winter issue of Fort York’s free newsletter, Fife and Drum, is out
The December issue of the Friends of Fort York’s quarterly newsletter, Fife and Drum was released just before the new year. The articles include: An...
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EVENT — The Andrew Project book launch Saturday Oct 23
You may recall seeing posters around town of a hand drawn gentleman with the name “Andrew” underneath a few years ago. I took a photo one of...
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Event & exhibition: Telling — An audio survey of Parkdale
A new exhibition curated by Gallery 1313 has set site-specific audio art works throughout Parkdale until November 30th. Stop by the gallery on a Parkdale...
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Crowdfunding Queerstory — a free app that will tell Toronto’s LGBTQ history
A new project started by Year Zero One YZO, some of the folks behind the award-winning TXTilecity project (stories about Toronto’s textile heritage...
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Ghoolish Event: Tonight Church Street is Toronto’s biggest trick or treat pageant
Should you find yourself, for whatever reason, in need of a Toronto boost tonight, head over to Church Street. Each year on Halloween night the street is...
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Happy 40th Birthday Robarts Library!
Happy Birthday Robarts Library! Today you are 40. The more time I spend in you, the more I like you. 40 years of watching over the U of T campus and...
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Double Event: Toronto the Good party & a Detroit + Toronto Symposium Friday Oct 25
It’s Toronto the Good time again, the annual party that celebrates Toronto for the sake of Toronto. This time it’s a little more serious as...
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Toronto Public Library’s Writer in Residence, Shawn Micallef, wants you walking and writing your city
This fall I’m honoured to be the Writer in Residence at the Toronto Public Library. One of the things we’re hoping to encourage is more...
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EVENT: Land|Slide: Possible Futures — massive public art installation in Markham until Oct 14
WHAT: Over 30 works of public art, outdoors and indoors WHEN: Until Oct 14 Tues, Wed, Sun: 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. Thurs, Fri, Sat: 12:00 – 10:00...
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Instaflaneur: late night bike rides, Toronto flooding, & following the water
In lieu of a vacation trip this season, it has been a summer of long long bike rides, mostly at night, around Toronto and sometimes up into the 905. This...
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Event: The Bridging Festival this weekend in Scarborough
If you’ve ever wanted to get to know Scarborough better, but didn’t exactly know how, head to the Bridging Festival this weekend in the...
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New project — Track. listen.local. — set to collect and map songs about Toronto with your help
There’s a neat project in the works called Track. listen.local. that’s looking for your Toronto contributions. Here’s more infomation on...