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How is it that I just heard about Nuit blanche tonight, halfway through the all-night art event in Toronto? It's the 7th annual sunset-to-sunrise celebration of contemporary art in the city. Other cities in Canada and in Europe also celebrate Nuit blanche, though not necessarily the same night. It was two weeks ago in Calgary, last Saturday night in Ottawa, and in Paris on October 6th. Montreal does it in March!
But tonight, tonight I wish I were in Toronto.
I'd love to be part of Andrew Kearney's Skylum, 2012 and to see Daniel Barrow's Telling Stories. I'd love to hear Katie Patarson's Earth-Moon-Earth (Moonlight Sonata Reflected from the Surface of the Moon>, 2007, and to see as many more of the 150+ projects as I possibly could, all the while enjoying the night in the city.
Maybe next year. Or maybe in New York, if the 2013 Nuit Blanche plans there come to fruition, and especially if the date coincides with Gavi's fall break. Probably not; the break is scheduled for mid-October in 2013. But NYC is close enough to Northampton and the timing is such that we might be able to make it work anyway.
Speaking of making things work right here and now in 2012, come the weekend of November 9-11, I'm going to be in Toronto running the consuite at SFContario 3. Diane Lacey & Catherine Crockett are co-chairing this year's convention, and the GoH line-up of Jo Walton, Jon Singer, and Chris Garcia is so totally worth the trip to Toronto well before Geri-style hospitality is added to the mix.
So, hey, think about it, okay? If you're coming (yay!), be sure to reserve your room at the Ramada Plaza Toronto soon. The hotel sold out last year.
But tonight, tonight I wish I were in Toronto.
I'd love to be part of Andrew Kearney's Skylum, 2012 and to see Daniel Barrow's Telling Stories. I'd love to hear Katie Patarson's Earth-Moon-Earth (Moonlight Sonata Reflected from the Surface of the Moon>, 2007, and to see as many more of the 150+ projects as I possibly could, all the while enjoying the night in the city.
Maybe next year. Or maybe in New York, if the 2013 Nuit Blanche plans there come to fruition, and especially if the date coincides with Gavi's fall break. Probably not; the break is scheduled for mid-October in 2013. But NYC is close enough to Northampton and the timing is such that we might be able to make it work anyway.
Speaking of making things work right here and now in 2012, come the weekend of November 9-11, I'm going to be in Toronto running the consuite at SFContario 3. Diane Lacey & Catherine Crockett are co-chairing this year's convention, and the GoH line-up of Jo Walton, Jon Singer, and Chris Garcia is so totally worth the trip to Toronto well before Geri-style hospitality is added to the mix.
So, hey, think about it, okay? If you're coming (yay!), be sure to reserve your room at the Ramada Plaza Toronto soon. The hotel sold out last year.
