Culture
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Hot Docs: Those Who Remain
Watching Those Who Remain, a doc about the Mexican families who lose loved ones to American immigration, I kept thinking about a Mike Davis book called...
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Hot Docs: Diary of a Times Square Thief
Like a strange peering glance through a keyhole into a world of rooms rented by the week in New York City of the eighties, Diary of a Times Square Thief...
By Jessica Duffin Wolfe -
Hot Docs: Invisible City
The street-length rush line awaiting my arrival outside the Royal testified to the amount of buzz Hubert Davis’ “Invisible City†has been...
By Max Ritts -
Hot Docs: A Back-breakingly Good Time
I caught one of the NFB 70th Anniversary retrospectives Saturday afternoon that featured three short films from the NFB vault — “Streetrailway...
By Max Ritts -
Hot Docs: When We Were Boys
Editor: Hot Docs is on and Spacing will be reviewing documentary films during the festival that are urban or city related. – – – –...
By Jacqueline Whyte Appleby -
Al Purdy Memorial
The “Alfred Purdy Memorial” was created by Edwin and Veronica Dam de Nogales, and is located at the North-East corner of Queen’s Park...
By Shaun Merritt -
dandyhorse Launch Party April 29!
dandyhorse Launch Party! Come celebrate Toronto on Two Wheels! The Spring 2009 issue of dandyhorse has hit the presses, and we’re celebrating...
By Tammy Thorne -
Parkdale Bike Rack Sculptures
The first time I saw Parkdale’s new bike posts, or “bike rack sculptures” according to their creators, I immediately though how boring...
By Shaun Merritt -
Events guide: Keep Toronto Reading April 21 – 25
Don’t pull your nose out of that book just yet, Keep Toronto Reading is still going on and here are some of the events going on next week. As...
By Mike Bulko -
TUFF call for submissions
This year’s Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) got its start last Wednesday as a call for submissions was issued from the Dundas subway station...
By Mike Bulko -
Businessman on a Horse
The University of Toronto boasts a large collection of public art and “Businessman on a Horse” by William McElcheran might be one of the most...
By Shaun Merritt -
Wiarton Willie is Everywhere
One of the joys of passing through small towns is seeing how the celebration and/or marketing of a local icon shapes the landscape. Often the signs and...
By Jamie Bradburn