Will Straw

J’y serai!

Nights in Fairyland In 1925 the publishers of Broadway Brevities were tried for running an extortion operation targeting New York’s social and cultural elites. While the first version of the magazine whispered gossip in ...

Publication date moved up to January 13th! Pre-ordernow. Nights in Fairyland www.mqup.ca/Books/N/Nigh...

Start the presses! New York Post will expand to LA with launch of The California Post - Editor and Publisher The New York Post is going Hollywood.. The nation’s most popular tabloid will launch The California Post early next year — delivering its brand of fearless, common-sense journalism and legendary headl...

What?!

This is published today, with my article on spaces of collective sleeping in the cinema.

People I know keep telling me it's a happening place now - I still can't shake off the prejudice that it's for people looking for work (which I'm clearly not!)

Métro à Paris 24h/24 : révolution ou folie ? Métro toute la nuit à Paris : une promesse de mobilité ou un défi logistique ?

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Sorry you can't make it to Montreal, but the University of Ottawa is in Ottawa!

YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity! The Weird Political System That Built a Better City

This explains Montreal's complicated system of municipal politics better than anything else I've read or seen.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpFp...

1965 - Scopitone machines come to Des Moines, Iowa.

Behind the screen: How NTVB Media helps publishers engage readers and grow revenue - Editor and Publisher When The Villages Daily Sun launched a nostalgia-driven insert called Classics, they sold out ad space for the entire year and signed up 46 brand-new advertisers. At Lee Enterprises, a partnership wit...

Kind of interesting article on the success of newspaper inserts offering information on television programming. The secret, it seems, is getting rid of the old programming grid.

The dinner of Oct 20th would work fine! Where are you staying?

HI Tom. I'd love to, but am available only on the 20th. I have a thesis defense on line running over lunch on the 21st, then am in Sherbrooke for a conference 22-25th. It's my busiest week of the term (though I'm retired.) Will you be here at lunch on the 20th? Would be great to see you.

Canadian food and hospitality industry magazines (1952-1971) Click image to enlarge. Issue date is in image file name.

Last week, I acquired a collection of 175 Canadian restaurant and hospitality industry magazines from the years 1952-1971. I'll donate them to a food studies research centre, but, in the meantime, I did a quick gallery of the covers.
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Échecs et Soft Clubbing : La nouvelle nuit européenne entre jeu et bien-être Découvrez comment les échecs révolutionnent le soft clubbing en Europe : du Knight Club aux Pieces Chess, des événements hybrides avec DJ set et des matchs pour une sociabilité inclusive. Un boom de +...

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oh, very sorry to hear this

13 | 2025 - Les scènes culturelles à l’ère de la découvrabilité numérique : reconfigurations et tensions au sein de la F/ francophonie – Revue internationale des francophonies L’équipe de la Revue internationale des francophonies est heureuse de vous présenter ce numéro spécial intitulé « Les scènes culturelles à l’ère de la découvrabilité numérique : reconfigurations et te...

Very happy about this special issue of the Revue internationale des francophonies (on « Les scènes culturelles à l’ère de la découvrabilité numérique") with an interview with me by Hela Zahar and translation of my "Scenes and Sensibilities" from 2001!
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Thanks for the announcement - I downloaded and read this smart, lovely book this morning.

From the excellent Miguel Cavarubbias exhibit in Mexico City, "United Nations," 1942.

From the excellent Miguel Cavarubbias exhibit in Mexico City, "William Shakespeare and Metro Goldwyn Mayer," 1936.

Brigada Nocturna CDMX: de qué trata esta jornada de trabajo en la alcaldía Cuauhtémoc Alessandra Rojo de la Vega, edil de la demarcación, participó en el arranque de este proyecto local

www.infobae.com/mexico/2025/...

Mardi 12 août 2025 : La vie nocturne en ville, avec Will Straw et Misstress Barbara | OHdio | Radio-Canada Écoutez l’épisode de l’émission L'heure d'été : Mardi 12 août 2025 : La vie nocturne en ville, avec Will Straw et Misstress Barbara

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The rise of noctourism: The truth about travelling after dark From night markets in Chiang Mai to stargazing in Dubai, discover how exploring after sunset is changing the way we travel.

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Earlybirds Club, a dance party for ‘middle aged-ish’ women, is headed to Philadelphia Many describe the party – which ends at an appropriate 10 p.m. – as a form of therapy and a rare chance to exhale and reconnect.

billypenn.com/2025/08/07/e...

Scorching heat fuels China's booming nighttime tourism

global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202507/31/...

Artist-led night walks aim to make Louisville safer for women There have been two walks this summer; more are planned for the fall, when the sun sets earlier.

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I can't wait to read this!

A big congratulations to my friend and former post-doc Jamie Jelinski, for this very interesting look at how transit systems document graffiti and the bureaucratic means by which they do so.

www.jamiejelinski.ca/scene-of-cri...

Jean-Pierre Faye a 100 ans (Le Corps miroir) Alors que deux des principaux poètes ayant activement participé au Collectif Change, ce rassemblement d’écrivains en rupture avec Tel Quel et Sollers qui s

Jean-Pierre Faye a 100 ans (Le Corps miroir) diacritik.com/2025/07/19/l...