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Author: Will Straw

Protecting Night Skies from Light Pollution – Door County Pulse

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 26, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Liberty Grove resolution shines a light on keeping Newport State Park’s DarkSky certification  On clear nights in northern Door County, the Milky Way still splashes across the sky – a […] Source: Protecting Night Skies […]

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US: Nashville ‘Night Mayor’ on how night life has evolved beyond Broadway

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 25, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Music City is three years into having an Office of Nightlife with Director Benton McDonough at the helm. Source: Nashville ‘Night Mayor’ on how night life has evolved beyond Broadway

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L’économie nocturne de Hô Chi Minh-Ville ne se résume pas aux marchés nocturnes ou aux pubs.

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 25, 2026
  • Uncategorized

(NLĐO) – Pour que Ho Chi Minh-Ville puisse développer une économie nocturne efficace, elle doit définir clairement « l’identité culturelle » de la nouvelle zone urbaine, en faisant la distinction entre l’économie diurne et l’économie […]

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La clé d’une percée dans l’économie nocturne de Hanoï.

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 22, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Grâce à ses atouts touristiques et patrimoniaux, Hanoï possède un fort potentiel de développement pour sa vie nocturne. Cependant, à ce jour, ce secteur peine encore à décoller. Source: La clé d’une percée dans l’économie […]

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‘They were comparing me to Bonnie Blue’: the disturbing rise of nightlife content | Women | The Guardian

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 18, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Footage of women walking between bars and clubs in UK city centres, often filmed covertly, is proliferating online – attracting thousands of views and profits for those who post them. Can anything be done to […]

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NY could go dark at night one day: Here’s how

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 17, 2026
  • Uncategorized

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The bright lights of New York City that shine in the night sky could dim significantly in the not-so-distant future. A bill proposed by the now Manhattan Borough President Brad H… […]

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Why Dark Sky Tourism and Astrotourism Are Growing

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 17, 2026
  • Uncategorized

From stargazing to aurora hunting, travelers are chasing an increasingly rare resource: natural night. Source: Why Dark Sky Tourism and Astrotourism Are Growing

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Willie’s Clubhouse brings an elevated billiards, darts, and cocktail lounge to downtown Montreal – The Main

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 16, 2026
  • Uncategorized

This swish take on the ‘bar ludique’ creates a new recreational hub inside the Montreal Forum. Source: Willie’s Clubhouse brings an elevated billiards, darts, and cocktail lounge to downtown Montreal – The Main

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Vie nocturne à São Paulo : pourquoi la ville est en train de devenir la capitale mondiale des nuits tardives

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 15, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Quand la nightlife mondiale s’essouffle, São Paulo accélère: bars planqués, clubs créatifs et downtown relancé jusqu’au lever du soleil. Source: Vie nocturne à São Paulo : pourquoi la ville est en train de devenir la […]

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Vie nocturne à São Paulo : le centre-ville revient en force (bars secrets, rooftops, afters)

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on March 10, 2026
  • Uncategorized

Alors que la nuit s’éteint ailleurs, São Paulo rallume le centre-ville: bars planqués, lieux détournés, files d’attente et soirées jusqu’à l’aube. Source: Vie nocturne à São Paulo : le centre-ville revient en force (bars secrets, […]

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  • Hanoï se positionne comme la « ville de la découverte de la culture nocturne » de la région.

    May 12, 2026
  • France: Éclairage public : décalage de l’extinction à minuit – Ville de Tournefeuille

    May 12, 2026
  • Más allá de las discotecas: la nueva economía nocturna de la capital – Diario Libre

    May 9, 2026
  • Barcelona reduce a la mitad las patrullas policiales las noches de fin de semana: «Es cuando más se necesita»

    May 7, 2026
  • À quelle heure éteindre les lampadaires pour protéger la biodiversité ?

    May 7, 2026
  • ‘Nobody’s going out!’ Why is Britain’s nightlife in such decline – and can anything save it?

    May 6, 2026
  • France: Charte de la vie nocturne | Les établissements de nuit du Morbihan labellisés “Label night” – Actus – Actualités – Les services de l’État en Morbihan

    May 5, 2026
  • Colombia: FILBo 2026 abre espacio para debatir la economía cultural y la vida nocturna en Bogotá – HSB NOTICIAS

    May 4, 2026
  • Travelers plan trips around after-dark experiences

    May 4, 2026
  • Kansas City: How a morning dance party offers sober party vibe

    May 2, 2026
  • Nighttime Imaging Grows Landsat’s Science Value – NASA Science

    April 30, 2026
  • Panama: La vida nocturna: El consumo no despega

    April 28, 2026
  • Vichy, France: Tour de vis sur les trottinettes, charte de la vie nocturne, démocratie locale… A Vichy, les 12 premières mesures du nouveau mandat – La Montagne

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Deux nouvelles communes de l’Oise rallument leur lumière la nuit, dont une après une série de vols

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Flagstaff, AZ Travel Guide: Stargazing, Food & Grand Canyon – AFAR

    April 28, 2026
  • US: Denver may let nightclubs stay open later, but leaves last call unchanged | 9news.com

    April 28, 2026
  • France: Pourquoi après les élections municipales, cette ville du Lot a décidé de rallumer la lumière une heure de plus la nuit ? – ladepeche.fr

    April 27, 2026
  • Beyond Brightness: How Lighting Configuration and Urban Context Shape Nighttime Park Use – ScienceDirect

    April 26, 2026
  • Nocturnal Infrastructure | UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

    April 25, 2026
  • Colombia: Bogotá anuncia millonario apoyo cultural para proyectos en Chapinero

    April 25, 2026

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  • Progressive Geographies
  • deviantleisure
  • Armando Silva
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THE SPECTRE LIBRARY PRESENTS: The Pulp and Paperback Fiction Reader

Reading and reviewing rare vintage fiction stories

Urban Audiovisual Festival

UAF

Backlots

Night Time Economy

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Dr. Stephen Luis Vilaseca

Investigating art and politics in urban space

The Urban Night

An interdisciplinary research project on cities and the night.

Progressive Geographies

Thinking about place and power - a site written and curated by Stuart Elden

deviantleisure

exploring the boundaries of leisure and crime

Armando Silva

Just another WordPress.com weblog

Toby Bennett

Urban Sound Space

researching music-making in Wellington and Copenhagen

C'est toi ma Ville

Mon regard sur Montréal

Geografia Crítica

Laboratório de Prática de Ensino para professores de Geografia

nocionescomunes.wordpress.com/

urbanculturalstudies

the culture(s) of cities... space, time and urban everyday life

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