Upending Narratives
The Creator On the cover: Cultural producer Umbereen Inayet provides a new lens for looking at our past and imagining the future.
Block Magazine
Creativity has its place
Fall/Winter 2021 (Issue 23)
10310 102 Ave.
The 1KM Guide Icy cocktails and more wintery fun in downtown Edmonton.
A Vancouver Staple
Now & Then How one man made groceries a growing concern in Vancouver’s historic Gastown.
A Wide Canvas
Make room for the arts Muralist Lindsay Hill celebrates Toronto’s Queen West community.
AE Bench #3 by Susan for Susan
Made Susan for Susan’s otherworldly furnishings (and weird science).
Shoring Up an Icon
Work-In-Progress How a group of modern architecture enthusiasts are working to preserve a Toronto icon.
Zero Sum
The Interior A zero waste office reno is both sophisticated and ‘granola’.
Olia Mishchenko
Fill In The Blank Olia Mishchenko’s urban infill.
Nightlite
Rethink Fire and light warm bodies and hearts.
On the Horizon
The Conversation On Black futures: representation conversation and visionary thinking.
BMC-FCG-1114
Artist’s Block Shaheer Zazai’s coded forms.
The Future of Vintage
The Business Calgary consignment shop The Revente’s Lauryn Vaughn on vintage’s future.
Thurs. 9 September 3:35 P.M.
The Moment Journey to space without leaving a Montreal gallery.
Paint Job
My Space Stuart Semple of Culture Hustle shows off his materials lab in living colour.
Contributors
KAGAN MCLEOD
Ximena Gonzlez (The Interior, p. 20) is a freelance writer and editor who explores the intersections of people and place. She lives in Calgary.
Artist and educator Olia Mishchenko (Fill in the Blank, p. 50) is known for her drawings of public spaces, built landscapes and architecture.
Shaheer Zazai is an Afghan-Canadian artist who works in paint and digital media. He contributed this issue’s Artist’s Block (p. 18).
Linda Hoang is a blogger, vlogger, social media strategist and founder of the Edmonton International Cat Festival. She gave her local recos for 1 KM Guide (p. 46).
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Kristina Ljubanovic
CREATIVE DIRECTORS
Yasemin Emory, Whitney Geller, Berkeley Poole
MANAGING EDITOR
Kristin Germain-O’Donnell
PHOTO & ILLUSTRATION EDITOR
Catherine Dean
ASSISTANT PHOTO & ILLUSTRATION EDITOR
Michael Nyarkoh
DESIGNERS
Raj Grainger, Julie MacKinnon
TRANSLATOR
Catherine Connes
COPY EDITORS - PROOFREADERS
Suzanne Aubin, Jane Fielding, Lesley Fraser
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