Tag: Montreal
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public art as public policy
Read more: public art as public policyStreet art — in particular murals — are prominent in Montréal. As this murals 101 will tell you, in addition to an annual mural festival, there are mural projects and walking tours, street art galleries and graffiti bloggers. Less known, I suspect, is that a policy in place since 1961 has contributed to the art…
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green. house. greenhouse.
Read more: green. house. greenhouse.No matter where you are on the spectrum of feelings about the weather in Canada (or beyond) during the cooler months of the year, find yourself a greenhouse, if you can. As you may know, a growing body of research shows that a little of that green — 120 minutes per week, according to this…
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a little awkward, fine and dandy
Read more: a little awkward, fine and dandyPersonal grooming alert: this post is about paying someone to take care of your hands and feet. Writing about such things, I feel a little awkward, just as I do when I get a manicure or pedicure, to tell the truth. Someone I don’t know very well, holding my hands and feet for an hour?…
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