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Contemporary Humoresque-Folk: Kevin Myles Wilson

by ALEXANDRA SERRANO for urbanemagazine.org
Urbane Magazine’s Editorial Director Alexandra Serrano sat down with Kevin to gain insight into the Toronto indie music scene, his musical inspiration and, most importantly, beards. [...]

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In Person with: John Kirton

By CEECEE LU and SARAH JANE VASSALLO for urbanemagazine.org
Professor John Kirton is the founder and director of the G8/G20 Research Groups, an organization of scholars, students and professional researchers who are dedicated to independent analysis on the G groups. He is currently a professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto. [...]

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The Haute Couture Documentary

by EMMA ZALTZ – FASHION EDITOR for urbanemagazine.org

Lauren Weisberger, author of the New York Times bestselling book, turned major motion picture, The Devil Wears Prada, used her own experience from a stint at Vogue magazine to present a deliciously scathing portrayal of the fashion industry. She reimagined notoriously ruthless editor-in-chief Anna Wintour through the fictitious persona of publishing powerhouse Miranda Priestly. [...]

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Work in Practice

by FARHAD MANOUCHEHRI for urbanemagazine.org Photography: Art Work is Hard Work To the naked eye, it was just an office space; one setup with cubicles comprised of desks, filing cabinets, plants, stationary, and printers -a conventional work area, except that it was not. When I got my admissions ticket to the Art Gallery of Ontario [...]

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Pop-Post Modernism

by JAMES WATKINS-STRAND for urbanemagazine.org

The Internet has permitted the dissemination of massive quantities of user-generated content, most of which takes the form of what could be referred to as recordings, or products, of the quotidian, including, but evidently not limited to: writing, photography, and music. The most wildly successful websites to date, such as MySpace and Facebook, have fundamentally been hubs for interconnecting, distributing, and documenting daily occurrences. The trend is a progression towards [...]

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