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In The Future Everyone Will Be a Pinata for 15 Minutes

Spins & Needles - Pinata Party - May 2010

There were some fierce pinatas at the Post-Cinco de Mayo installment of S&N – we were so [...]

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A Neighbourhood Garage Sale Worth Getting up At 6:00 AM For

Rolling Rack Alternative

During the last weekend of May, you’ll find most of the residents in my city (and lots of out-of-towners) concentrated in one neighbourhood for one the big events of [...]

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The Fiercest Piñata Fiesta in the Barrio

Spins & Needles - May 2010 - Pinata Party

Back to our regular scheduled programming! We’re excited to be back this month with a new installment [...]

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Nobody Puts Baby (Jesus) in the Corner

Promdemonium 2010

This past Saturday I attended the 2010 Promdemonium edition in Ottawa, partly for nostalgic reasons (I fell asleep during the afterparty the night of my high school prom), [...]

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Spring Has Sprung: Guerilla Knit Graffiti in Ottawa – March 21

Flower Bombs at Museum of Civilization

To celebrate the first day of spring this weekend, here’s some news from Greta Grip, one of the urban cozy artist [...]

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Tagging the Cozies

Tagging the Urban Cozies

Winterlude 2010 has arrived! It’s been busy behind the scenes, so we’ll be giving you little photo montages of what happened pre-festival in the next few posts [...]

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The Urban Cozy Project at Winterlude 2010 Press Conference

Winterlude Press Conference with Cozy

The Winterlude 2010 press conference took place last Tuesday at noon at one of the festival sites, Confederation Park. One of the highlights of this [...]

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Walking in a Winter Wonderland: Winterlude Site

Confederation Park 

It snowed for about six straight days in Canada’s capital, starting last week. (And I mean straight – each time you looked out the window it was snowing!) So that means [...]

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Call for Participation: The Urban Cozy Project at Winterlude 2010

winterlude_urbancozyproject

We are SUPERexcited about this upcoming project next year, especially since we’re calling on you to be part of an international public art/craft installation that will transform Canada’s national capital during the Continue reading Call for Participation: The Urban Cozy Project at Winterlude 2010

Spins & Needles Jewellery Remix + Remake Party Tonight

 Spins & Needles - Jewellery Remix + Remake Party - December 2009

We’ve been so busy the last few weeks planning holiday events [...]

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