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London PhotoWalk: Take 2

Now is a great time to get together again for another installment of the London PhotoWalk…

London Photowalk: A Success

14 photographers met at an East London coffee house for the first London Photo Walk yesterday.

Hidden Secrets

The latest in a series of posts about London Ontario eating establishments describes the Budapest Restuarant.

London PhotoWalk

UPDATE: The first London PhotoWalk took place on April 5th, 2009.  To find out the results CLICK HERE.

It’s “official.” After a week of community input and hearing what everyone has to say about where and when they would like to participate in a PhotoWalk something has now been “scheduled”.

After taking into consideration the input that people gave in regards to time, place etc. it seemed as if the following was the most appropriate for London’s “first” (?) Group/”Official” (?) PhotoWalk.

Date: Sunday April 5th, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM
Place: East London
Meeting Place: East Village Coffee House Continue Reading

London PhotoWalk

Wouldn’t it be great to have a PhotoWalk here in the Forest City? If you’re interested, read the rest of this article and leave your comments at FromMyBottomStep.com .

Nuit Blanche London?

Is it possible that sometime in the near future London, Ontario will be bustling with activity as thousands experience a full night of contemporary art and performance in zones across the city ((Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Toronto)), I sure hope so.

Just moments ago I received an email from Museum London stating the following:
Introducing….

Nuit Blanche London.

Please plan to attend a community meeting on Thursday, March 12 starting at 7:00pm in the … Continue Reading

Ideas Generated

Last Friday saw the wrap up of a week long design charrette that focused on re-developing and re-imaging the downtown core of Wallaceburg, Ontario. Working with the students of Fanshawe College’s GIS & Urban Planning Program, the Wallaceburg Community Task Force (WCTF) hoped that this collaboration between the students and community would help to provide some ideas, provoke interest and bring some youth back into Wallaceburg, a town … Continue Reading

Students Generating Ideas

It started last Friday and is almost half over, but by the end of this week the Wallaceburg Community Task Force will have some ideas of ways in which to improve the small town on Wallaceburg, Ontario.

Thanks to Ryan Jacques, a Planning Technician with the Municipality of Chatham-Kent (a former Fanshawe College graduate) and Fanshawe College’s GIS & Urban Planning ((The GIS  and Urban Planning program offered at Fanshawe College is a 2 year program which offers students a unique blend of urban planning concepts and modern industry based computer applications.  To find out more about the program please CLICK HERE.)) program, some unique, creative and feasible ideas for urban community renewal will be presented to the Wallaceburg Community. Continue Reading

What’s Next?

With the news in today’s London Free Press of the Children’s Museum having their grant doubled I began to think about recent decisions that the City of London has made and how appropriate these decisions have been.

Most if not all of these decisions involve “hand-outs” in the form of large sums of money to the numerous failing attractions that can be found within the City of London. I had mentioned in the past about the issue of the City of London backing the $500 000 loan that Orchestra London took out, a loan that already has 80% of it eaten up just a short time into the loan period.  ((Orchestra London strikes up public pitch)) One of the initial ideas of giving a monthly “allowance” to the Orchestra was rejected, an idea that I believe would have been a more responsible one. Continue Reading

Come for the Popcorn, Stay for the Film

New this season, Museum London is launching a series of feature files and shorts highlighting the work of Canadian filmmakers, in partnership with the Toronto International Film Festivals’ Film Circuit. We will screen six films, each preceded by a surprise Canadian Short. And, yes, popcorn will be served!
The above is the rather long ‘tag line’ for the upcoming film series Come for the Popcorn, Stay for the … Continue Reading