For nearly 70 years Japan treated dancing after midnight as a threat to morality. But as of this week – when a legal revision went into effect – nightclubs are now considered separate from other forms of adult entertainment…
The shorter evenings and bonfires on the horizon cheer no one but there are silver linings to those approaching autumn clouds. One of them is the new record from Ryley Walker, who started small in Rockford, Illinois, and…
A two-week stand-off between the Singapore Fringe Festival and government media authorities has finally come to an end after the organisers of the annual celebration of art, theatre, music and dance pulled two performances…
Last week the German Ministry of Finance was enlivened by an evening of Slovakian song, dance and art as part of its biannual event The Sound of Europe. The showcase celebrates the musical and artistic heritage of a chosen…
Much has been made about Toronto’s ethnic diversity being the secret ingredient in its especially thriving culinary scene but what about the city’s exercise landscape? A team of researchers from the University of Toronto…
From Paris to Melbourne, the idea of Nuit Blanche – an all-night-long art festival – is not a novelty for most cities. But Toronto is the rare metropolis with Nuit Rose. The nocturnal extravaganza sees the neighbourhoods…
Sydney’s lock-out laws may have dampened the city’s nightlife but since the annual Vivid festival – the world’s largest celebration of lights, music and ideas – launched its eighth edition over the weekend the city’s str…
If you go down to the woods today you’ll be in for a mighty fine musical enterprise: Belle and Sebastian, Laura Marling, James Blake and Kamasi Washington playing hits, offering sly asides to the crowd and getting used to…
When it comes to city living it’s important to establish how to be a good neighbour. And a newly released version of the illustrated children’s book The Brownstone, revised from the 1972 original, is available to do just…
This could be the perfect gift for the person who has everything: Sharp’s new RoBoHon. Primarily a mobile phone in the guise of a talking bipedal robot, this new gizmo was shown as a prototype last year. Some wondered if…
This year’s winning cities in Monocle’s Quality of Life Survey all have one thing in common: the fun doesn’t stop at sunset. London proves a strong contender with the introduction of this evening’s Art Night, a new annual…
As faithful readers of the Minute will know, Saudi Arabia planned to send a contingent of more than 100 cultural ambassadors to Ottawa to charm Parliament Hill with song and dance this week. Well, plans for the Saudi Cul…
Pickpocketing, fare-dodging and assaults are problems that you might expect on the mass-transit system of a major metropolis. But in Tokyo – a city with efficient trains and law-abiding commuters – it’s the breaches of…
Where is Canada? It’s not a question that’s just being asked of primary school students by geography teachers in the far corners of the world but also of millions of Canadians who are about to head to the polls. As the…
