Archive for January, 2009

[35] CUPE 3903 Queen’s Park Rally

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On Sunday January 25th, CUPE 3903 held a rally in front of Queen’s Park in Toronto to protest back to work legislation announced by Ontario premiere Dalton McGuinty. The event was attended by several hundred union supporters, including members of other unions, York U. students who are unaffiliated with CUPE 3903, and NDP city councillor Howard Moscoe.

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Also, please pardon the sound quality. It was not only very windy, but there was a lot going on, sound-wise. Pump up the voluuuume!

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[34] Max Dean

Canadian artist Max Dean’s work focuses heavily on the performance and interactive aspects as well as the experience that the viewer gets when approaching his work. Perhaps best known in Toronto for his Robotic Chair which briefly was on display during Luminato in 2007, Toronto now gets a the chance to take a closer look at Max’s work. Until January 31, more than 40 years worth of his work is on display at the Nicholas Metivier Gallery (451 King St. W) in Toronto. I stopped by on the opening night to experience some of Max’s work. Music by Stars.

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[33] Seen Reading

It’s been at least a year since I first came across Seen Reading, a blog run by Torontonian Julie Wilson that I once called “the Gossip Girl of book readers.” Since then, Julie has spotted hundreds of readers on the TTC, blogging them in her very unique fashion. Just before Christmas, I tagged along with Julie along the Bloor West subway line to get her take on readers in Toronto. Music by Caribou.

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