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Weekend Planner: October 5-6, 2013
Forever Bicycles, by Ai Weiwei, will be on display in Nathan Phillips Square for Nuit Blanche 2013. Photo courtesy of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
Weekend Planner: October 5-6, 2013
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Extra, Extra: Ford in Texas, Subway Shutdowns, and Antique Chairs
Every weekday’s end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
Michael Hollett and Mayor Rob Ford. Photo from Mayor Rob Ford’s official Twitter feed.
- Mayor Rob Ford’s music-business mission to Austin has been a weird time. Above, a picture of the mayor and Michael Hollett, editor and publisher of Ford-hating NOW Magazine, under the Texas sun. New friends! (Hollett is also a founder of the NXNE music festival, which presumably is why he went on the trip.)
Keep reading: Extra, Extra: Ford in Texas, Subway Shutdowns, and Antique Chairs
Extra, Extra: Ford in Texas, Subway Shutdowns, and Antique Chairs
Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
cityscape
Vandalist: Bespectacled
Art that makes a spectacle of itself.
| BY: | Unknown | |
| LOCATION: | Unknown | |
| PHOTO BY: | Mark Beauchamp | |
| FIELD NOTES: | These bespectacled characters sure make the wall look smarter. We don’t mean IQ smarter—it’s but a myth that glasses make people more intelligent (also, it’s a wall, so no amount of glasses-based graffiti will impact its thinking ability). We mean smarter looking. Gosh they look nice. (Also, it will really smart when these guys are removed from the wall.) |
Once a week, Vandalist features some of the most interesting street art and graffiti from around Toronto. Find something great? Email vandalist@torontoist.com.
Vandalist: Bespectacled
Art that makes a spectacle of itself.
Crash Confronts the Aftermath of Sexual Assault
Pamela Sinha's Dora-winning one-woman show is powerful.
Poll Position: Ontarians Split on New Funding for Transit
Your Guide to Nuit Blanche 2013
Newsstand: October 4, 2013
Urban Planner: October 4, 2013
Extra, Extra: Graffiti Panoramas, Mysterious Lines, and Interest Rates
Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
A Tour of the New Toronto South Detention Centre
Toronto's new super prison is impressive, but also a little disturbing.
Articulating the TTC’s New Bendy Bus
We took a test ride on one of the TTC's new articulated buses.
How to Handle a Gumergency
Dave Bidini Talks About Hockey, Canadian Identity, and Childhood Heroes
The 50-year-old writer and musician's latest book, Keon and Me, may be his most personal to date.
Newsstand: October 3, 2013
Urban Planner: October 3, 2013
Extra, Extra: Deceased Leaders, Controversial Mayors, and Health Inspectors
Every weekday's end, we collect just about everything you ought to care about or ought not miss.
Mayor Rob Ford is “Very Surprised” by His Friend’s Arrest
"He's a good guy, and I don't throw my friends under the bus."
Duly Quoted: Julian Hitner, Wine Critic
Is $168,000 too much to pay for a really, really rare bottle of wine?
Sound Advice: Lost The Plot by Fiver
Simone Schmidt's new solo project goes right for the throat.
Mayor Rob Ford’s Occasional Driver Charged With Drug Offenses
Alexander "Sandro" Lisi was arrested for alleged pot trafficking, among other things.
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