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Edinburgh to introduce night time co-ordinator to help city’s nightlife economy thrive | STV News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 13, 2024
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Charity Street Assist has been calling for a ‘night time co-ordinator’ for several years. Source: Edinburgh to introduce night time co-ordinator to help city’s nightlife economy thrive | STV News

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Why Irish cities and towns are hiring ‘night mayors’

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 12, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Dozens of cities across the world have hired ‘Night Mayors’ to reinvigorate cultural life and Ireland is next Source: Why Irish cities and towns are hiring ‘night mayors’

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‘Shabby’ Hong Kong vs shining Shanghai lights, debate rages online over which city looks better after dark | South China Morning Post

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 12, 2024
  • Uncategorized

It is an argument that will almost certainly never be settled, but a list that places Hong Kong among the top three in the world in terms nighttime aesthetics has reignited the debate over which […]

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Spain: ‘After’, la obra escénica que se adentra en el oscuro y decadente imaginario de la cultura de club

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 11, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Desde el programa de investigación escénica Acento, de La Casa Encendida, este sábado se presenta a las ocho de la tarde la pieza del artista Alejandría, que bucea en los lenguajes y significados de la […]

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Mexico: Conversarán sobre la vida nocturna de San Luis en los 70’s, 80´s y 90’s

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 11, 2024
  • Uncategorized

La cita es el próximo martes 23 de febrero en la Casa de Cultura del Barrio de San Miguelito Source: Conversarán sobre la vida nocturna de San Luis en los 70’s, 80´s y 90’s

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India: It’s time for 24×7 restaurants in our cities

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 10, 2024
  • Uncategorized

BENGALURU: There is a need to keep up with the times. As industry grows and work cultures evolve — as they already have — with advances in technology, logistica Source: It’s time for 24×7 restaurants […]

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Liverpool: Looking for the heart of Saturday night – The Post

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 10, 2024
  • Uncategorized

How Liverpool does dance differently Source: Looking for the heart of Saturday night – The Post

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Ottawa nightlife: City offering salary of $112,000 a year for new ‘night mayor’ position | CTV News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 9, 2024
  • Uncategorized

The city of Ottawa is officially looking to hire a ‘night mayor,’ offering a salary of nearly $112,000 a year for someone to develop the city’s nightlife economy and try to shake off the reputation […]

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Un « commissaire à la vie nocturne » recherché à Ottawa | Radio-Canada

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 9, 2024
  • Uncategorized

La Ville d’Ottawa recherche celui ou celle qui dynamisera la capitale la nuit. Un poste de « commissaire à la vie nocturne » vient tout juste d’être affiché. Source: Un « commissaire à la vie nocturne » recherché à […]

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Vie nocturne – Montréal, festive jusqu’au petit matin : la Ville soutient la 21e Nuit blanche

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on February 8, 2024
  • Uncategorized

Source: Vie nocturne – Montréal, festive jusqu’au petit matin : la Ville soutient la 21e Nuit blanche

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  • France: Les jours de la nuit : Saint-Pierre adapte ses éclairages pour protéger la biodiversité nocturne

    April 4, 2026
  • Spain: Alejandro Zamarro, nuevo presidente de Noche Madrid en un momento de liderazgo internacional del ocio nocturno madrileño – Gaceta del Turismo

    April 3, 2026
  • France: La nouvelle municipalité de Clermont-Ferrand rétablit l’éclairage nocturne dès ce vendredi – La Montagne

    April 3, 2026
  • La oscuridad como herramienta de proyecto

    April 1, 2026
  • France: L’éclairage public rétablit la nuit dans cette ville de Seine-et-Marne, une décision qui divise

    March 31, 2026
  • Chinese cities redefine urban culture in a time of global uncertainty – CGTN

    March 30, 2026
  • Egypt’s early closing order jolts Cairo’s night life as war-driven oil costs soar | The Seattle Times

    March 30, 2026
  • Night glow of Indian cities reveals link between inequality and crime: IIT study

    March 29, 2026
  • Vie nocturne : Montréal autorise 21 établissements à fermer plus tard | Radio-Canada

    March 29, 2026
  • Vie nocturne – L’administration Martinez Ferrada lance la certification Nuits Montréal pour mieux encadrer et faire rayonner sa vie nocturne

    March 28, 2026
  • Une vingtaine d’établissements seront certifiés «Nuits Montréal»

    March 28, 2026
  • Protecting Night Skies from Light Pollution – Door County Pulse

    March 26, 2026
  • US: Nashville ‘Night Mayor’ on how night life has evolved beyond Broadway

    March 25, 2026
  • L’économie nocturne de Hô Chi Minh-Ville ne se résume pas aux marchés nocturnes ou aux pubs.

    March 25, 2026
  • La clé d’une percée dans l’économie nocturne de Hanoï.

    March 22, 2026
  • ‘They were comparing me to Bonnie Blue’: the disturbing rise of nightlife content | Women | The Guardian

    March 18, 2026
  • NY could go dark at night one day: Here’s how

    March 17, 2026
  • Why Dark Sky Tourism and Astrotourism Are Growing

    March 17, 2026
  • Willie’s Clubhouse brings an elevated billiards, darts, and cocktail lounge to downtown Montreal – The Main

    March 16, 2026
  • Vie nocturne à São Paulo : pourquoi la ville est en train de devenir la capitale mondiale des nuits tardives

    March 15, 2026

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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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