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The City of Toronto's Livewithculture.ca has relaunched as a
blog with a cause. The goal is to create a city-wide
conversation about culture in Toronto by featuring a constantly
changing cast of culture workers - from the subway busker to the
opera diva, from the puppet maker to the National Ballet's shoe
manager.
Singers, dancers, artists, production people, box office ticket
sellers - all will have a voice on livewithculture.ca. These
personal stories are central to establishing Livewithculture.ca
as the ultimate insider's guide to the Toronto cultural scene.
The http://www.Livewithculture.ca homepage is framed by city
scenes culled from a selection of Toronto photo blogs. The site
includes a sidebar with links to news stories about Toronto
culture appearing in media locally and around the world.
Livewithculture.ca also features a scrollable list of daily arts
events from TorontoArtsOnline.org.
Live With Culture stories are grouped by category (architecture,
art, dance, design, family, festivals, film, museums, music,
reading, street culture and theatre). Recent posts have looked
at long-running indie music showcase Elvis Monday, an art tour
of West Queen West with journalist Betty Ann Jordan and a
discussion of whether skateboard culture is actually culture.
Organizations and individuals within Toronto's cultural industry
are being approached to contribute to the site as guest bloggers.
Toronto's creative industries are growing faster than any other
employment sector; 133,000 Torontonians now work in the culture
and creative industries. Livewithculture.ca provides a window to
the exciting and challenging world of making a living in the
city's cultural community.
Livewithculture.ca is a legacy project of the 2005/06 TO Live
With Culture campaign, which was a 16-month celebration of
Toronto's arts and cultural communities. From September 2005 to
December 2006, Live With Culture showcased the vibrant, diverse
cultural activities happening in the city every day.
Originally conceived as an event listing portal - the result of
collaboration between the City of Toronto's Cultural Services
division and the Toronto Arts Council Foundation - the site has
relaunched to reflect the new demands and interests of Web 2.0
users and the new realities of Toronto's cultural industry.
Toronto is Canada's largest city and sixth largest government,
and home to a diverse population of about 2.6 million people. It
is the economic engine of Canada and one of the greenest and
most creative cities in North America.
Toronto has won numerous awards for quality, innovation and
efficiency in delivering public services. Toronto's government
is dedicated to prosperity, opportunity and liveability for all
its residents.
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