Love lockdown
Despite the graffiti and the locks, Ponte Milvio itself seemed no worse for wear. If Garibaldi couldn’t destroy it, then how could something as innocent as love?
Tag Archives: Arts & Culture
Journeys in Literature: Alice Munro’s Dance of the Happy Shades
Like Alice Munro, my grandmother came from small-town Ontario, and my memories chime with Munro’s tales of passionate girls and women with stifled passions
Lego: Can this kid’s toy help us build better cities?
Lego wants to be taken seriously by architects, urban planners, even MIT. Can these pricey kids’ toys teach us how to build better cities, or is it all just brand hype?
The film that makes me cry: Wild with Reese Witherspoon
I was worried that Reese Witherspoon’s desert odyssey would be mawkish – but with sarcasm and shared history, it punched me in the gut
Memory Cabin
A visit to one abandoned community in Newfoundland finds that perhaps you can go home again
Behind the Olympics: The Spectacle of all Spectacles
Technology and elaborate storytelling have made opening and closing ceremonies increasingly grand. After the mind-blowing extravaganzas of Beijing, Vancouver and London, can Sochi go to new levels?
Storytelling 2.0, enRoute
The traditional tale gets a digital makeover in Wales, where techies – and grannies – are transforming the life story. By Craille Maguire Gillies Published in the March 2007 issue […]
The Exhibitionist
The art world could learn a thing or two from curator Scott Burnham as he takes the traditional gallery to the streets. By Craille Maguire Gillies Published in the October […]
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