Culture
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My favourite Mississauga space
Two weeks ago I was a member of Mississauga’s 2008 Urban Design Awards jury. I got to tour around the sprawling city — in a Mississauga...
By Matthew Blackett -
Dept. of Funny Signs: allergic to art
I find the idea of that it’s possible to be allergic to a piece of art inherently funny, but it seems particularly apt at a time when the Prime...
By Dylan Reid -
NUIT BLANCHE: impressions, part II
I found this year’s Nuit Blanche a little underwhelming, but that could be due to my plan of just winging it. I didn’t have a schedule or...
By Matthew Blackett -
NUIT BLANCHE: impressions
Words on steel drums (Euphemisms for the intimate enemy, Ruark Lewis), Liberty Village For Nuit Blanche this year, I focused on Liberty Village...
By Dylan Reid -
NUIT BLANCHE: Open call for Yeahs & Nahs
So according to Toronto Special Events almost a million folks apparently took in Nuit Blanche last night. At first to me that seemed a little hard to...
By Leah Sandals -
Nuit Blanche: Behind the scenes with Blinkenlights
I had occasion to be up in one of the City Hall towers today and got a behind the scenes peek of Blinkenlights’ Nuit Blanche installation...
By Shawn Micallef -
Events Guide: Nuit Blanche preview
Toronto is staying up late tomorrow night for the third annual Nuit Blanche. With so many exhibitions in all the galleries and museums around the city, we...
By Mike Bulko -
Enlivening downtown London at LOLA
LONDON, ONT. — After a summer spent in Toronto where art festivals abound, I headed down to a city whose arts festival is a recent and exciting...
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When theatre and architecture merge
EDITOR’S NOTE: Sana Samanian, the editor of Ryerson University’s 325+ architecture magazine, took in the unique theatrical-architecture...
By Spacing -
Nuit Blanche performance looking for zombie participants
If walking around the city all night during Nuit Blanche is not enough for you, the Zombies in Condoland performance by Canadian artist Jillian McDonald...
By Shawn Micallef -
Public space design in Portugal
Calà§ada pavement in Figueira da Foz. For as long as I can remember, my family has been going to Portugal for family reunions and vacations. Every few...
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Function at the Junction!
Ward 13 Councillor Bill Saundercook, dressed to impress This weekend, Dundas West from Keele westward to Quebec Avenue was the stage of the Junction...
By Chloe Ellingson