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Weekend Planner: February 5–6, 2011

In this edition of Weekend Planner: literary funds are raised; football fans tailgate at the Drake; more Wychwood trivia; Steven Page performs Shostakovitch, Leonard Cohen, and himself with The Art of Time; and the Toronto Women's Bookstore is just Shameless.

Celebrating Common Ground

Photo courtesy of Open Book. In 2007, Open Book Toronto produced its Words With series that featured interviews with twenty creative Canadians. Because these videos were so well received, the literary website has now come back with a new set of conversations that they’ve titled Type—only this time there’s a slight twist in the format. [...]

Sign Language

Signs should communicate quickly, efficiently, and effectively. Traffic signs are standardized, eliminating all guesswork, allowing motorists to glean the required information in as little time as possible, so they can focus on the road. Images further this concept and, when executed properly, relay more information in a fraction of the time. For example, it takes [...]