Culture

Building Storeys: Long Live the Guild

The Guild Inn, 2008, by Olena Sullivan. EDITOR’S NOTE: This is Heritage Toronto’s Gary Miedema final post in his series on at-risk heritage...

Sidewalk graffiti, hydro-style

Never mind avoiding stepping on cracks in the sidewalk — look out for the hydro covers! As many Torontonians are aware, Hydro Toronto has a problem...

Experiments with creating walking maps

I recently had the privilege of observing a fascinating exercise in mapping walking routes in St. Jamestown. Youth from the high-rise district marked up...

More on David Mirvish Books

More info on the closing of David Mirvish Books in an email from Eleanor Johnston, the store’s manager: “I think the most succinct answer to...

Fun with Photoshop, But Not the Way You Think

News: David Mirvish Books to Close

Sad News: David Mirvish Books on Art, a Toronto art-and-lit institution (with a Frank Stella painting to boot) told employees earlier this week that it...

The Call of the (Art) Mall

Whenever I visit my dad in South Florida, we go to the Aventura Mall. It’s a long story, but basically my dad loves shopping. Love might be too weak...

Eating in Toronto 1830-1955 exhibit at Reference Library

Stuffed from the holidays? Never want to eat chocolate and brie again? Got the “muffin-top begone” mentality? Great! Then it’s the right...

New Art of Suburbia — thoughts from Scarborough

ED: Tim Whalley, Executive Director of the Scarborough Arts Council, contributed the following reflection on the New Art of Suburbia panel that took place...

Events Guide: Urban Canoe Trip, Buy Local Week, LEAFy Drinks, and more…

What: Urban Canoe Trip Exhibition When: December 3 – 14, see times below Where: Arcadia Gallery (680 Queens Quay West) Spacing readers should...

Coach House Books show at the AGO

Spacing’s Shawn Micallef is the Blogger-in-Residence at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Art Matters blog for the grand re-opening of the new AGO...

An interview with Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable on their 10th Anniversary

ED: Spacing is pleased to publish this guest post & interview by Montreal writer Alexandra Redgrave. This year marks the tenth anniversary of...