What: Unbuilt Toronto: The city that could have been When: May 9, 6 - 8 pm Where: Urbanscape Architectural Gallery, 2959 Dundas Street West   Urbanscape Architectural Gallery, in partnership with the Toronto Society of Architects (TSA) presents Unbuilt Toronto: The City That Could Have Been. Juried images of unbuilt projects from practising architects and designers are juxtaposed against historical images of unrealized building proposals drawn from Mark Osbaldeston's book, Unbuilt ...

Thanks to all those who came out and celebrated the release of our Grey Spaces issue with us last Monday at the Canadian Corps Legion Hall. Spacing's good friend Yvonne Bambrick from the Toronto Cyclists Union was around taking photos all night and you can check them out on her flickr page. Rannie Turingan (of photojunkie.ca)'s portrait set is still to come, we'll let you know when it's available on our flickr page.

  Don't pull your nose out of that book just yet, Keep Toronto Reading is still going on and here are some of the events going on next week. As  well, Spacing Toronto will be participating in the month-long One Book activities, reading Glen Downie's collection of poetry Loyalty Management, partially set in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood. What: Eastern Edge: Storytelling Magic with Adà¨le Koehnke When: April 21, 6 pm Where: Agincourt Branch, 155 Bonis Avenue Join storyteller Adà¨le Koehnke for an evening of fun and entertainment. Adà¨le creates original interactive stories that engage the listener's heart, mind and soul. - - - - - - - - - - What: Art Bar Poetry series When: April 21, 8 pm Where: Clinton's Pub, 693 Bloor Street West Canada's longest running poetry series hosts an evening with Glen Downie. - - - - - - - - - -

This year's Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) got its start last Wednesday as a call for submissions was issued from the Dundas subway station. TUFF runs coinciding with the Toronto International Film Festival and features minute-long silent features displayed on over 270 of ONESTOP media's subway platform—level screens across the city. The press conference, which had TTC Chair Adam Giambrone as well as TUFF's guest judge Don McKellar, announced the festival's call for submissions where selections can be displayed in the only festival of its kind in North America. “One minute to silently seduce a weary commuter,” said Don McKellar, writer/actor/director. “It's a challenge that distills cinema to its essence.”

April is Keep Toronto Reading month at the Toronto Public Library and they have tons of events going on all month around the city. Here are a few of the events happening in the first two weeks of April. As  well, Spacing Toronto will be participating in the month-long One Book activities, reading Glenn Downie's collection of poetry Loyalty Management, partially set in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood. Stay tuned for more on this soon. What: Emerging Poets When: April 1, 1:30 pm Where: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street Meet tomorrow's literary stars, as finalists for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Prize for Emerging Writers read from their work. Featuring Michael Johnson, Jeff Latosik and Emily McGiffin. - - - - - - - - - - What: Lit City: Celebrity Picks! When: April 1, 7 pm Where: Toronto Reference Library, 789 Yonge Street Actor Cynthia Dale, Metro Morning's Jill Dempsey and writer ShyamSelvadurai read from their favourite books about Toronto. Cynthia Dale reads from In The Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje.  Jill Dempsey reads from Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels. Shyam Selvadurai reads from What We All Long For by Dionne Brand.

WHAT: 2008 Toronto Bike Awards WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009 WHERE: Gladstone Hotel, doors at7pm, $10 RSVP the Facebook event listing As part of Bike Winter, the Toronto Cyclists Union and the City of Toronto are co-hosting the 2008 Toronto Bike Awards at the Gladstone Hotel. The City will present their annual Bicycle Friendly Business Awards, while the bike union will be presenting their very own Golden Spoke Awards. Spacing publisher Matthew Blackett will be the MC. Some of the party features will be valet bike parking, skits, Clay and Paper theater performance, cool raffle prizes from Mountain Equipment Co-op and Crumpler, ...

What: LIFE in the Cemetery, group exhibition of paintings and photography When: January 18 - February 20 Where: Sidespace Gallery, 1080 St Clair Avenue West Prospect Cemetery is the largest greenspace in our neighbourhood.  It is a stop along the flightway for migratory birds.  It is an arboretum where trees mature uncrowded, and expand to their natural shape. Within it are gravestones with slowly fading inscriptions, fading silk and top-heavy plastic flowers inclining toward the grass, a beech grove, stilled artillery and candles fizzled in the rain. Enter its gates, and we are invited to consider life amidst the ...

Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We'll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto. • Bollards, those big poles used to separate motor vehicles from pedestrians, usually are an over-looked piece of infrastructure that functions without any style or flair, but take a look at what Taipei has done with theirs. • Just like the PATH here in Toronto, the appeal of Montréal's Underground City is hampered by all the stores and advertisements, not to ...

Each Monday, we bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We'll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto. •As a downtown bus that mirrors Metro routes and travels through sparsely populated neighbourhoods, the 515 route in Montréal has not been living up to it's expected potential. Since this route is a pilot project for a possible tramway, how will the bus's failure affect the possibility of the new, tourist-friendly tram? • Though it may bring back some unpleasent memories of the ...

Check out some more photos from Spacings fifth anniversary/release party last week. These candid photos were taken by Spacing's good friend Yvonne Bambrick from the Toronto Cyclist Union. You can also see the portraits taken by Rannie Turingan on our flickr site.