Culture
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The Ultimate Guide to the Best Songs About Toronto
In the Fall 2023 issue of Spacing (coming soon to a store or mailbox near you), we shine a spotlight on five “Toronto Troubadours” — musicians “dedicated...
By Todd Harrison -
Reimagining Chinatown: In conversation with the Toronto Chinatown Land Trust
Chinatown has always reimagined. Rooted in a history of racialized exclusion, Chinatown communities dared to reimagine who gets to belong within Canadian...
By Linda Zhang -
EXCERPT: The Letters, postmark prejudice in black and white
The Letters is based on actual correspondence my mother received before her interracial marriage in Toronto in June, 1947. Her family implored her “not...
By Sheila White -
EVENT: Cross-Canada book tour for Larissa Fassler’s Viewshed
Last year I had the pleasure of visiting the Berlin studio of Canadian artist Larissa Fassler. I’ve been following her work for some years and...
By Shawn Micallef -
The promises and perils of AI at the Provocation Ideas Festival
This weekend sees the launch of more events from the fine folk at Provocation Ideas Festival. “Our mission is to be a new public square of civic...
By Joseph Wilson -
Space for Grief: A public space model for community connection and healing
Tucked behind shelves holding books on suicide, financial literacy, and farming, on the third floor of the Toronto Reference Library, I see an arch. A...
By Yasmin Afshar -
Take me back to Happiness: an art show about Hanlan’s Point beach
What: Take me back to Happiness: paintings of Hanlan’s Point art show by Zach Rosen When: March 9-14 Opening Reception March 10 6-10PM Where...
By Shawn Micallef -
Black History Month: Making space for Black music in Canadian radio
By Cheryl Thompson and Francesca D’Amico-Cuthbert In 1983, Toronto radio personality Ron Nelson introduced local audiences to the program “Fantastic...
By Cheryl Thompson -
PODCAST: Spacing Radio 068, Looking for the bright side of Toronto’s election
We’ve had some time to make sense of the Toronto election, and what it might mean for the next four years in this city. Is there a silver lining to...
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Will Bill 23 kill heritage protections?
The Ontario government has proposed new legislation called the More Homes, Built Faster Act (Bill 23). But I’d prefer an act called More Affordable Homes...
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Movie Review — Trash Day: a dumpster diving documentary
People are buying and using more things than they ever have before and, with this, creating more garbage than a city can sustainably dispose of...
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ELECTION: ART vs Art — when artists enlivened a walkover campaign by a bland establishment mayoral incumbent
As far as Toronto mayoral elections go, 1982 was a snoozer. With no prominent competition, Art Eggleton was assured a second term. Utilizing his dull...
By Jamie Bradburn