
The Sound of Silence
The Creator On the cover: Artist Kara Hamilton works in negative sound. The curatorial collective she founded with fellow cancer survivors explores sound’s impact on well-being.

The Creator On the cover: Artist Kara Hamilton works in negative sound. The curatorial collective she founded with fellow cancer survivors explores sound’s impact on well-being.

The Moment A live recording and conversation at The Grand in Calgary.

Work-In-Progress Ebonnie Rowe and Honey Jam celebrate 30 years of empowering female artists.

The Business Making performance more accessible with the Inside Out Theatre’s Col Cseke.

Artist’s Block Mani Mazinani’s block is a pentatonic scale.


Starting Block Reflecting on this issue’s theme: sound and music.

My Space A Toronto DJ rehearsal space that takes craft seriously.

The Interior A look inside the former RCA Victor’s Canadian headquarters in Montréal.

Fill In The Blank Mitchell Keys’ urban infill.

The Blueprint A professional DJ advises on how to make a perfect mixtape.

Rethink It’s easy to complain about noise in the city, but there’s lots to like as well.

Now & Then How Montréal’s former Read building entered a new era.

The 1KM Guide Ice cream and tattoos in Saint-Henri and recommendations from RCA Victor-adjacent restaurant owner Ryan Gray.

Make room for the arts Students and artists make beautiful music at the Allied Music Centre.

Made Vancouver-based Cree and Métis artist Michelle Sound’s cyanotype drums.

The Conversation An architect and an organizer sing praises for live performance and music education in cities.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY KAGAN MCLEOD

Artist and illustrator Melinda Josie does books, editorial work and freelance commissions (The Business). In her downtime, she enjoys walks in the woods and foraging for mushrooms.

Mani Mazinani (Artist’s Block) is a Tehran-born, Toronto-based artist who makes installations, videos, films, sculptures, photographs, multiples, sounds and music. He is the 2025-’26 Connected Minds Artist-in-Residence, developing his Solar Organ project.

Byron Armstrong (The Creator) is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes about arts, culture and community. His words have appeared in Forbes, The National Gallery of Canada, Esse Arts + Opinions, The Globe and Mail (books) and Whitehot Magazine.

Kristina Ljubanovic is a designer and journalist, the strategy director at Whitman Emorson and the editor-in-chief of this magazine. For Rethink, she wrote about some city sounds she likes.
Kristina Ljubanovic
Yasemin Emory, Whitney Geller
Hilary Riem
Mélanie Ritchot
Catherine Dean
Michael Nyarkoh
Aisling Gogan, Grant Irving
Catherine Connes
Suzanne Aubin, Jane Fielding, Lesley Fraser
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