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Masters of Revels | BOSS Magazine

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 1, 2022
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To bring the night back to life, cities have been turning to night mayors, nightlife czars charged with getting the party started once again. Source: Masters of Revels | BOSS Magazine

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Weitzman’s Michael Fichman on nighttime economies and a Philly milestone | Penn Today

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on September 1, 2022
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Weitzman’s Michael Fichman discusses how the Night Time Economy Office benefits all aspects of city life, creating a safe, thriving, and creative community 24 hours a day. Source: Weitzman’s Michael Fichman on nighttime economies and […]

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Café-climat : “Pollution lumineuse : mais pourquoi éclaire-t-on ?” – Pau

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 30, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Quels sont les préjugés et croyances associés à l’éclairage nocturne. Comment les déconstruire ? “Trame noire” et programme “La nuit sous un autre jour” : de quoi s’agit-il ? Quels enjeux et quelles solutions d’adaptation […]

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Here Comes The Night Mayor: Q’s With New Orleans’ Director Of Nighttime Economy Howard ‘Howie’ Kaplan – Pollstar News

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 30, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Howard “Howie” Kaplan is an active part of the New Orleans music community. So much so, in fact, that the venue owner (Howlin’ Wolf), manager (Rebirth Brass Source: Here Comes The Night Mayor: Q’s With […]

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China’s Nighttime Economy: Guangzhou revives amusement parks at dusk – CGTN

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 30, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Boosting the night-time economy has been a popular strategy in Chinese cities as part of recovery efforts from the COVID pandemic. Cao Chufeng tells us how one kind of business in Guangzhou has been keeping […]

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Dans les boîtes de nuit de Berlin, l’humeur est morose

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 28, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Source: Dans les boîtes de nuit de Berlin, l’humeur est morose

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Preparing Cities For Extreme Heat: Inhabiting The Night – NIGHTTIME.ORG

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 27, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Lance Jay Brown and Leni Schwendinger‘s latest article for New Cities looks at how countries and cities across climate regions choose to adopt lifestyle patternsread morearrow_forward_ios Source: Preparing Cities For Extreme Heat: Inhabiting The Night – NIGHTTIME.ORG

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Inhabiting The Night – NewCities

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 25, 2022
  • Uncategorized

August 24, 2022 By Lance Jay Brown and Leni Schwendinger    This summer, even more than last, people around the world suffered the consequences of a warming world. From an exceptionally early start to the heat […]

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New Network of Night Trains to Connect Over 200 European Cities – SchengenVisaInfo.com

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 24, 2022
  • Uncategorized

A trans-European network of night trains will make a powerful comeback in urgent action to curb climate change, consisting of 40 international long-distance lines. As a result, by 2030, it will connect more than 200 […]

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France: Éclairage nocturne : le décret contre les publicités lumineuses sera prêt à « la fin de l’été »

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on August 23, 2022
  • Uncategorized

Le décret devant unifier les règles d’interdiction des publicités lumineuses sera prêt d’ici la fin de l’été, selon le ministère de la Transition énergétique La France va d’ici « la fin de l’été » Source: Éclairage nocturne : […]

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Media Links

  • Cities turn streetlights red to protect nocturnal ecosystems | PBS News

    April 22, 2026
  • Mexico: Regresa la vida nocturna: Culiacán se reactiva tras meses de violenciaGrupo Milenio

    April 22, 2026
  • France: Personnes ivres et regroupements la nuit : ce maire de l’Oise prend des mesures fortes

    April 21, 2026
  • France: Basic Fit H24, épicerie, resto nocturne… La nuit existe-t-elle encore en ville ?

    April 21, 2026
  • Light pollution (1/2): “the extinction of nighttime public lighting has no effect on delinquency, opposition is linked to a feeling of insecurity” – Veritas News

    April 19, 2026
  • Wildfires used to ‘go to sleep’ at night. Climate change has them burning overtime | WJHL | Tri-Cities News & Weather

    April 19, 2026
  • Canada: Concordia study finds park design affects cooling differently by day and night | EurekAlert!

    April 19, 2026
  • France – Nuitchâtel : une association mobilisée contre la pollution lumineuse – La Télé

    April 19, 2026
  • Switzerland – Yverdon: des médiateurs nocturnes veillent depuis dix ans

    April 17, 2026
  • France – Bordeaux : le retour de l’éclairage nocturne dans toutes les rues dès ce jeudi 16 avril

    April 17, 2026
  • Barcelona Doubles Tourist-Accommodation Tax, Pushing Nightly Levy to €12–14

    April 15, 2026
  • Spain: Prohibir la venta de alcohol nocturna en las licorerías 24 horas: la propuesta de la FRAVM al Gobierno de Ayuso en la LIDER | Somos Madrid

    April 14, 2026
  • La cultura de la luz

    April 14, 2026
  • ‘It’s not just about the stars:’ International Dark Sky Week in San Diego is a celebration of the night sky – San Diego Union-Tribune

    April 13, 2026
  • France: Comment l’éclairage public est devenu une question politique : pourquoi ces villes rallument la nuit ? – L’Écho Républicain

    April 12, 2026
  • France: Metz. Charte, dialogue… Quelle méthode pour encadrer la vie nocturne ?

    April 11, 2026
  • Ireland: Pilot grant scheme launched to boost night time economy – Donegal Daily

    April 10, 2026
  • Chinese Scientists Made Glowing Plants with Firefly DNA to Replace Streetlights

    April 10, 2026
  • Ants on show at nocturnal City Nature Challenge : Newsline

    April 10, 2026
  • Scientists Want to Light Our Cities With Plants to Glow in the Dark

    April 10, 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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