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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 8d

1965 - Scopitone machines come to Des Moines, Iowa.

Behind the screen: How NTVB Media helps publishers engage readers and grow revenue - Editor and Publisher

Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 15d

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.

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...

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 17d

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

Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 18d

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)

Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 18d

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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Click image to enlarge. Issue date is in image file name.

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 19d

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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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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · 27d

oh, very sorry to hear this

Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 5

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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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...

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Sep 1

Thanks for the announcement - I downloaded and read this smart, lovely book this morning.

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 15

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

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 13

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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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 12

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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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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Aug 8

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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.

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 31

Scorching heat fuels China's booming nighttime tourism

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 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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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 31

I can't wait to read this!

Scene of Crime • Jamie Jelinski

Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 31

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...

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Jean-Pierre Faye a 100 ans (Le Corps miroir)

Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 19

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

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

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Crimes et châtiments, vérité et fiction : l’édition de magazines policiers au Québec (1942-1968). Volume 25, numéro 1-2, automne 2024, printemps 2025 – Mens

Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 17

Bravo à Marie-Pier Luneau and Harold Bérubé for this new issue of mens: revue d’histoire intellectuelle et culturelle, devoted to crime magazines in Quebec. I have an article on the magazine Détective (1964-1968.) Accessible via Erudit, if your institution subscribes. www.erudit.org/fr/revues/me...

Consultez le sommaire de ce numéro de la revue Mens sur la plateforme Érudit. Discipline : Études littéraires, Histoire, Sciences humaines et sociales.

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Toronto to hire new dedicated nightlife project manager · News ⟋ RA

Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 11

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Canada's largest city is seeking a new "ambassador and facilitator of Toronto’s vibrant night economy."

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Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social · Jul 5

Döden er et kjaertegn (Death is a Caress), the 1949 Norwegian film by Edith Carlmar, is often considered the first film noir directed by a woman. Tonight we watched a 1953 film by Carlmar, Ung Frue Forsvunnet (A Young Woman Missing), a very good drama about drug addiction.