Tag Archive | "montreal"
Porte Parole at Pecha Kucha
Annabel Soutar, co-founder of the amazing Porte Parole, will present at Pecha Kucha Montreal tonight. Care about democracy? Citizen engagement? Clear your schedule and be there!
Continue reading...Naada Yoga: Something for my nothing
Monday, October 19, 2009
So somewhere in June everything fell apart. I was falling and falling. Shattered. Scattered. Lost. Yes, that's the main feeling: loss. Layers upon layers of it — some new, some old. Accompanied by self-loathing, deep deep sadness, hopelessness, and rage. All combining into a perfect dizzying downward spiral.
Continue reading...Liam beatboxing
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Liam and I went for a walk in the Maguire District meadow. It was snowing. He started beatboxing. Good thing I had my camera already set to video. He went back to DC early Sunday morning. Took the plane all by himself and did a great job. I miss him so much already. Liam beatboxing [...]
Continue reading...Designer wanted for book on urban ecology, activism, local history
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Artefatica is looking for a print designer to create a 40- to 70-page book to be published in April 2009. The book, Memorial of Weeds: Wildest Dreams for Our Urban Cores, will document “Sprout Out Loud!” (an environmental art project) alongside community reflections about a controversial piece of land soon to be developed by the [...]
Continue reading...Contribute to the Memorial of Weeds
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Memories, stories, dreams, visions, photos, newspaper clipping, city plans, archives — you name it, we want to include it in an upcoming book: Memorial of Weeds: Wildest Dreams for Our Urban Cores (working title). I’m (through Artefatica) helping Montreal artist Emily Rose Michaud, the force behind the Mile End’s Roerich Garden, to produce a book [...]
Continue reading...Montreal
Friday, November 14, 2008
Almost 3:30AM. Instead of sleeping I read the thoughts and followed the connections between the people I’ve been meeting in Montreal. I am so aware of coming in to the middle of a conversation. Into the middle of something that’s already busy and vibrant and been going on for a long time now. And what [...]
Continue reading...Audio 
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Nathan Englander reads Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Disguised” for The New Yorker’s monthly reading and conversation with Deborah Treisman. Englander’s voice couldn’t be more perfect.
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Early in his career, professor Mark Rowlands had two loves: philosophy and Brenin, a wolf he was forced to bring along to his lectures. Through their relationship, Rowlands started examining his work and life. Listen on CBC’s Ideas, via EarIdeas.
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Every month, The New Yorker’s fiction editor, Deborah Treisman, hosts a reading and conversation with a well-known writer. August 2009 featured Joshua Ferris reading George Saunders’s “Adams.” The rhythm is magnificent.
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- Omar Azfar
- An open letter to Bluehost: Your values matter
- Rite of passage for Liam as he turns 13
- (B)log On at the Canadian Centre for Architecture
- WordPress: Blog not on home page
- For my American friends: the Elite Escape Plan
- Naada Yoga: Something for my nothing
- Sherman Williams paints has worst logo ever
- Designer wanted for book on urban ecology, activism, local history
- A comic annual report
- L'accompagnement
- Jim Jarmush: Nothing is original
- I believe in open: Take a stand for government transparency
- Hugh McGuire: Books Versus Ebooks
- Montreal
- Alex: If you need any more reasons to have a cold hard look at sustainability, have a look at this: http:/...
- Alex: Maybe music IS something mostpeople do, maybe even everypeople. Maybe this is the tyranny of compar...
- Kirsten: Having troubles getting the blog posts to show on another page. Followed the steps and like Matt, I ...
- BeyondOKC: Thanks Kawika, that explained it for me!...
- Christine Prefontaine: Response to this has been super positive. Hugh is encouraging me to create an online home for the Bo...
- Stefan: Thanks, i feel really dumb now. I've tried to get the blog showing up on a different page to the def...
- Bruce: Putting a note here so I remember as I think this through some more to look at Tonya's theory of cha...
- Yannick: My favourite!...
- Christine Prefontaine: Hi Lauren — You're not the only person who's asked. I'll start compiling the list. Ohhhh... so much ...
- Lauren Thompson: Hello -- I found your blog as I was researching books to give to MY boy as part of a rite of passage...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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