EDIT is a design and technology exposition with big aspirations to change the world. Installed recently for a week in a huge derelict soap factory the intention was to inspire, connect, demonstrate, and share solutions to global problems. Continue reading
Category Archives: Outposts
MUSIC IN THE BARNS: The moment that spark hits the stage
Carol Gimbel, founder and artistic director of Music in the Barns, generates the visionary experiential concerts performed in a repurposed transit carbarn at Artscape Wychwood Barns. Continue reading
CENTRE FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION: Can a bit of real estate change the world?
The CSI creates and animates co-working spaces, connecting and supporting people who are trying to make the world they want to live in. Continue reading
OUTPOSTS: Ventures Beyond the Box
We live in the constant, ruthless flux of job and housing markets, of family and relationship reconfigurations and career impediments. As circumstances or conditions change, how do we respond? This issue presents a few examples of alternative ideas and practices, both new and old. Continue reading
COUNTING SHEEP: A play, a dance performance, a concert?
This original performance by the Lemon Bucket Orkestra is part concert, part sing-along, part play, part dinner theatre and puts the audience in the middle of Kiev’s Maidan Nezalezhnosti during the 2014 uprising in Ukraine. Continue reading
GETTING AROUND TORONTO: Look Ma, No Car
Suzanne Long’s dream is to own a folding bike. In the meantime, she gets around the city with the TTC, car2go, walking, her regular bike and new apps that let you plan the best way to get places. Continue reading
STREETCARS: Visible History
A visit to New Orleans evokes reminders of the city’s rich streetcar history and prompts contemplation of the construction frenzy in Toronto that has demolished much of our urban history leaving us to suffer from antiquities envy. Continue reading
THE FEATURE WALL
Painting a creatively designed wall in a child’s room inspires a sense of freedom from traditional gender constraints and has an unexpected effect on how the author perceives her own life. Continue reading
MAKING IT NEW: For these Toronto start-ups it’s not business as usual
These new businesses are led by young entrepreneurs – in their 20s or 30s – who are passionate about their work and innovative about how they run and promote their companies. Continue reading
TRANSITIONING TO MY TRUE SELF: Christine Newman’s Story
Christine Newman is a transgender woman in her 50s who has experienced sadness, fear and tragedy in her lifelong quest to become her true self. She is finally on the road to achieving that self and being happy. Continue reading