Culture
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TTC launches sale of vintage posters!
The TTC is slowly — finally! — getting into the merchandise business. Today sees the launch of two very attractive vintage posters: one is a print of the...
By Matthew Blackett -
Event: Vertical Urban Factory
The Breathing Factory, Osaka What: The Vertical Urban Factory project explores the structural, social, and economic implications of multi-storied urban...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Event: Toronto Urban Photography Festival
What: The inaugural Toronto Urban Photography Festival is a two-week series of exhibits, speaking events, workshops, and walks happening across the city...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Factory Theatre: From family to church to modern playhouse
When you pass through the tattered brick and iron fencing on Adelaide and Bathurst Streets — home to Factory Theatre — the lights don’t have to dim...
By Kayla-Jane Barrie -
Urban Planet: New York street artists team up with ballet company
Street artists Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller have been putting up public art – often colourful urban themed collages – all over Brooklyn...
By Jonathan Zettel -
Short film winner from Toronto Urban Film Fest
This fall, Spacing was the sponsor of the Canadian Urbanism Award at the Toronto Urban Film Festival. The silent (and winning) films from TUFF are shown...
By Matthew Blackett -
Event: Herman’s House at the Bloor
After living in solitary confinement for four decades, how would you imagine a home? For Herman Wallace, sentenced to life in prison in 1974, it would be...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Spacing co-presents “Gut Renovation” documentary
Gut Renovation by Su Friedrich – Trailer from Images Festival on Vimeo. WHAT: Screening of “Gut Renovation” followed by on-stage...
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New geographic eReader called nomad from Spacing editor Shawn Micallef looking for your support
Have you ever read a book set in real-life places and then looked at, say, Google Earth or Streetview to see where the story and action takes place? If...
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Introducing ByoLogyc CEO Chet Getram
Editor’s Note: To coincide with our Disaster issue, Spacing Toronto has teamed up with the transmedia, apocalyptic sci-fi project ZED.TO. Playing...
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NO MEAN CITY: the Brick Works’ Design by Nature
Cross-posted from No Mean City, Alex’s personal blog on architecture This weekend I headed to the Brick Works for the market, and also to see a...
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Instaflaneur: Scarborough’s hidden arts scene revealed tonight & tomorrow at the Bridging Festival
Here’s Scarborough’s Kingston – Galloway neighbourhood as seen from a helicopter back in July. There’s lots of stuff down there...
By Shawn Micallef