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Moonlight’s Impact on Pedestrian Safety Shows How Little Work Is Needed For Safer Streets

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on June 3, 2025
  • Uncategorized

With nighttime pedestrian deaths on the rise, new research on the link between moonlight and pedestrian fatalities suggests that even minimal lighting interventions to dangerous roads can save lives. Source: Moonlight’s Impact on Pedestrian Safety […]

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Que trouve-t-on au nouveau marché nocturne de Toronto où tout coûte 10 $ ou moins – Montréal Express

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 30, 2025
  • Uncategorized

La scène culinaire de Toronto ne cesse de s’améliorer et de se renouveler, offrant constamment de nouvelles expériences gustatives aux Source: Que trouve-t-on au nouveau marché nocturne de Toronto où tout coûte 10 $ ou […]

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Ottawa nightlife professionals gather for Canada After Dark summit

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 30, 2025
  • Uncategorized

More than 150 professionals in the nightlife and music industries gathered at the National Arts Centre Wednesday for the launch of Canada After Dark, a two-day summit exploring the future of nighttime economies. Source: Ottawa […]

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Canada After Dark shines light on night life – Apartment613

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 30, 2025
  • Uncategorized

On May 21–22, 2025, Canada After Dark, a two-day nightlife forum, was held as part of Ottawa’s first Capital Music Week (CxMW). Co-presented by Ottawa’s Nightlife Office and the Ottawa Music Industry Coalition (OMIC), the […]

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Toronto to hire a ‘night economy’ manager – TorontoToday.ca

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 30, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Toronto is the latest city to embrace the night mayor movement, which has seen similar bureaucrats pop up in hubs like Ottawa, Paris and Rotterdam Source: Toronto to hire a ‘night economy’ manager – TorontoToday.ca

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Vida nocturna y vitalidad urbana en Shenzhen – CGTN en Español

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 29, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Cada noche, Shenzhen se llena de luces y vida, transformándose en un epicentro de vitalidad urbana. Los espacios gastronómicos al aire libre se colman de jóvenes, mientras los trabajadores terminan su jornada con cenas tradicionales […]

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Nightlife Article #69: The Politics of Nightlife: Why the Industry Keeps Undermining Itself! – NTIA

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 29, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Source: Nightlife Article #69: The Politics of Nightlife: Why the Industry Keeps Undermining Itself! – NTIA

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Hanoï élargit son offre touristique nocturne

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 28, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Hanoï continue de développer son attractivité nocturne en lançant une nouvelle offre touristique : le spectacle “Le son de la cloche de Trân Vu”. Cette initiative vise à enrichir les expériences proposées aux visiteurs une […]

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Vie nocturne : Ottawa étudie la possibilité d’assouplir ses règlements | Radio-Canada

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 28, 2025
  • Uncategorized

Les élus de la Ville d’Ottawa doivent se prononcer mercredi sur une série de modifications aux règlements municipaux afin de dynamiser la vie nocturne. Source: Vie nocturne : Ottawa étudie la possibilité d’assouplir ses règlements | […]

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Québec City: Souvenirs d’une ville qui vibrait et dansait du soir au matin

  • by Will Straw
  • Posted on May 26, 2025
  • Uncategorized

La vie nocturne d’aujourd’hui à Québec n’a plus le lustre qu’elle connaissait entre les années 1980 à 2000. Embarquez dans la DeLorean pour revivre «la belle époque» et comprendre les raisons de son déclin. Source: […]

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Media Links

  • Montreal mayor open to helping La Tulipe, protecting other venues | Montreal Gazette

    February 10, 2026
  • Argentina: Cómo convertir horas “muertas” en ventas adicionales en la tienda y el surtidor? – Surtidores.com.ar

    February 9, 2026
  • Teatro Nacional y Palacio Nacional amplían horario hasta las 3 de la mañana – Noticias de El Salvador

    February 9, 2026
  • Jimmy Kimmel Music Cutbacks Highlight Decline of Late-Night Live Music

    February 6, 2026
  • Exposition : “La Nuit” d’Armand Luciani – Bibliothèque Universitaire – Corti

    February 5, 2026
  • Reopening Montreal concert venue La Tulipe won’t be easy, owners say | Montreal Gazette

    February 5, 2026
  • Ciudad Ho Chi Minh impulsa el desarrollo del turismo nocturno

    February 4, 2026
  • After dark: The successes and challenges of night shift workers – Scot Scoop News

    February 3, 2026
  • China: Proven Night-time Economy Framework | After-Dark Activation & Night Tourism

    February 2, 2026
  • France – La Rochelle : la Ville fait évoluer son dispositif concernant l’éclairage public, ce qu’il faut savoir

    January 31, 2026
  • London Nightlife Taskforce | UCL Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment

    January 31, 2026
  • Urban Nightscapes and the Anthropocene – The Metropole

    January 26, 2026
  • La vie nocturne de Bruxelles en danger : un manifeste appelle à la soutenir

    January 26, 2026
  • A New Generation Gives Up Alcohol but Not the Party – The New York Times

    January 25, 2026
  • Italy: À Trapani, les citoyens obtiennent gain de cause devant les tribunaux contre le chaos de la vie nocturne.

    January 24, 2026
  • France: La Rochelle : dans la nuit des sans-abri, quand la ville ne brille plus

    January 24, 2026
  • How a Small City in Florida Became the Only Certified DarkSky International Community in the Southeast – Garden & Gun

    January 23, 2026
  • Entre cenas, reuniones clandestinas y crímenes violentos: así era la vida nocturna en la antigua Roma

    January 20, 2026
  • UwUAfterDark: la serie de fiestas cosplay nocturnas que conquista la vida geek en Colombia – Infobae

    January 18, 2026
  • Éclairage nocturne : allier sécurité, durabilité et obscurité | WSP

    January 13, 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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