Editor’s Note 2013
With your help, and two new managing editors on board, we hope to have CanCulture back in full swing by summer 2013, covering music, film, festivals, art, and food in Canada.
Book redesign brings Toronto to life
Graphic designer Mariangelica Forero breathes new life into Toronto's popular landmarks with her redesign of Leon Whiteson & S.R. Gage's 1982 book The Liveable City
Hot Docs: Editors’ Picks
Hot Docs ends May 6—plan your schedule for the last week of screenings with CanCulture reviews and our editors’ picks. Scroll over the image below for more info on our 2012 Hot Docs recommended films.
Mayfair joins movement to save New Brunswick’s Paramount Theatre
Earlier this month, the Mayfair raised funds to purchase and restore New Brunswick’s Paramount Theatre, and those involved will learn March 31 if the theatre will return to its former glory. Photo courtesy of Greg Hickman.
Environmental mockumentary Skylight an Oscar qualifier
David Baas said he was inspired to create his mockumentary Skylight, about the ecological hardships of penguins in Antarctic, after drawing a one-panel cartoon in high school.
Excerpt: By The Time This Reaches You
An excerpt of By The Time This Reaches You by Deonte Osayande, "I love you but it will be too late when this reaches your ears. I will be headed back into the mouth of the beast."
CanCulture: Best of 2011
It's been an amazing journey thus far, and looking back we've compiled a list of the best features, reviews, q&a's, photos, illustrations and more. We can't wait to see what 2012 has in store.
Tweetwall: Occupy Wall Street protests hit Canada
Follow our tweetwall for coverage of the Occupy Toronto and Ottawa protests.
Storify: Over 200 people expected to attend Occupy Ottawa
Started as a call-to-action from Vancouver-based anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters, the protests which began Sept. 17 will now be spreading to Canadian cities such as Vancouver, Montreal, Toronto and Ottawa Oct. 15. Photo courtesy of Blaine O'Neill.
Happy Thanksgiving!
From the staff here at CanCulture, we want wish you a happy Thanksgiving. And most of all, that you are enjoying delicious turkey and pumpkin pie with friends and family. Illustration by Carolyn Frank.
