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Nuit Blanche Festival coverage 2012
The Nuit Blanche Festival is about to get underway for 2012, so in anticipation of the setting sun, I thought I'd gather together all the pre-coverage we've done this year, so it's easy to find when you're out wandering the city looking at art (and sometimes thinking of food). We'll be active on Twitter throughout the night, so stayed tuned for updates, photos, and sleep-deprived observations.
WHAT TO SEE TONIGHT
CURATOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EACH ZONE
UNOFFICIAL EXHIBITS
WHERE TO EAT LATE TONIGHT / THIS MORNING
HOW TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR COVERAGE
We'll be all over the city tonight, but we'd love to make your experiences a part of our coverage as well. Here are a couple of ways that you can participate:
Lately we've been really active on Instagram, and we plan on keeping up the trend throughout Nuit Blanche, so follow us on Instagram for updates about which exhibits are worth hitting up and which you can skip. We'd love to feature your stuff, too! If you'd like your photos shared by us and considered for inclusion in a post-event roundup, please add the hashtag #blogTO (along with #snbTO or whatever tag you're using for the event itself) so we can easily find them.
Flickr
If you're out shooting with your DSLR during Nuit Blanche, please consider adding your photos to the blogTO Flickr pool. Our photo roundup on Sunday afternoon is always an extremely popular post, so lots of eyes will be on your work (obviously we credit all photos to their source).
TRANSPORTATION INFO
The subway system will be up and running until 7 a.m. in the central portion of Toronto — e.g. Between Keele and Woodbine stations on the Bloor-Danforth line and on the Yonge-University-Spadina subway between St. Clair West and Eglinton stations. Outside of this area, you're looking at the Blue Night Bus as far as TTC vehicles go. The good news is it's not going to be as cold as last year, so cycling is definitely an option. Pick a safe place to lock it up, and then explore each zone on foot.
OFFICIAL SITE
Just in case you want to jump over to the official site from this post, here's the link you need. This year there's no dedicated app, but so far the mobile site has been working well. Let's hope it stays that way throughout the night and morning.
UNSOLICITED ADVICE
Nuit Blanche is best enjoyed when you don't take it too seriously as a high-art event. And when you're decisive about skipping exhibits with long line-ups. Stay safe and enjoy tonight, guys!
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Fuck you, Toronto.
And my bike wasn't stolen. Because I left it at home, and used my feet! I walked 60 minutes to get to one of the edges of nuit blanche activity, and continued to walk for the remainder of the evening, from project to project. Had a good time. :)
Was irritated even more so this year by the vast hordes of underage douchebags who descend on NB and treat it as an excuse to get shitfaced drunk, scream WOOO PARTYYYYYY ad nauseum, push, shove, puke on the street etc.
Yeah, I'm old fart, get off my lawn, I know ...
We walked 15k (thank you g-maps pedometer) last night from Spadinas stn., down through both U of T / Yonge st. / Rye-high, covered zone C and the financial district, then back up through NPS/Eaton Centre area (which was the centre of the high school drunk-fest). The best, for us, was closing out the night (starting) at Bickford park where everyone was having fun. I didn't hear one person not enjoying the exhibit because it was so interactive. As the night went on and the balls were tossed further around it made the park look even better. As we made our way across Bloor to Lansdowne the birds nest were a nice, cute finale to our night.
So, with my rant said, this year's Nuite on whole kind stunk compared to previous years, but our 2 final exhibits sorta redeemed it a bit.