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State of the Arts Opinions Sought

ArtsVote is a coalition of artists, arts workers, and arts supporters, working together to raise the profile of arts issues in the upcoming municipal election, and to ensure that arts friendly candidates are elected. Founded in 1993, the coalition describes its main goal as “raising awareness among the cultural community of the importance of their [...]

We Swear More Than Those Piece-of-Shit Americans, Asshole Brits

According to a dumb stupid study by a bunch of butts at Angus Reid [PDF], which was reported on today by the idiots at the National Post, 56% of Canadians “admit that they frequently or occasionally use swear words when talking to friends,” while only 32% of us “abstain from swearing at the office,” and [...]

The World Forgetting, by the World Forgot

Did you vote in the last election? You sure? Really? Positive? Are you absolutely, 100 per cent certain? Fine. We don’t believe you. You see, you actually didn’t vote in the October election. It was all in your head. You visited Rekall and had a false memory implanted. Why would you do that? We dunno, [...]

Libraries Put Under Surveyance

The Toronto Public Library is an undeniably important public space in this city. Beyond offering a sanctuary for quiet study and learning, library branches provide after-school programming for youth as well as settlement information and language resources for newcomers. It’s little wonder that this fall, even as he was threatening budget cuts, David Miller remarked: [...]