{"id":41,"date":"2005-07-15T01:02:34","date_gmt":"2005-07-15T05:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=41"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:12:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:12:44","slug":"get-to-know-the-city-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/07\/15\/get-to-know-the-city-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Get to know the city this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/graffiti-wire.jpg\" alt=\"graffiti\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This weekend there are a number of excellent public space related events that are worth checking out.<br \/>\n<strong>1. Sorauren Park Summer Festival. Saturday.<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\" target=\"_blank\">Spacing<\/a><\/strong> is test-running <em>Stories In Toronto<\/em>, where a number of people share their true tales of life in public space. We will begin our own event in August. Lots of things to do from 1-11pm. More on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myneighbourhood.ca\/festivals\/\" target=\"_blank\">their website<\/a>.<br \/>\n<strong>2. Art exhibit at King Station. Starts Saturday.<\/strong>  For his exhibit <em>Wednesday January 5, 2005<\/em>, artist Michael Brown collected a total of 69 individual transfers on a 10-hour trip on the TTC that took him to every subway station on the system. Each transfer is accompanied by a pencil sketch of a subway rider at each station. Check it out at the Melinda Street exit.<br \/>\n<strong>3. Re-painting Queen Street Alleys. Sunday.<\/strong> Style in Progress organizes the yearly event where the alley from Spadina to just east of Bathurst is reimagined by 100 graffiti artists. More info on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.styleinprogress.ca\/SIP05.php\" target=\"_blank\" >their website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend there are a number of excellent public space related events that are worth checking out. 1. Sorauren Park Summer Festival. Saturday. Spacing is test-running Stories In Toronto, where a number of people share their true tales of life in public space. We will begin our own event in August. 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