My “Urban Compass” column appears every Monday in Metro Toronto, and details the lives and stories of Toronto’s many colourful characters.
Lia Grainger’s “Urban Compass” column, for Metro Toronto
Other Newspaper Work
“Alternative School Fosters Responsibility,” The National Post, October 2, 2010
“Making the leap,” Transitioning to university, The National Post, October 1, 2010
“Songs and sovereignty at the Quebec City Music Festival,” Review of the Quebec City Summer Festival, The National Post, July 13, 2010
“Not just idyll chatter,” Poetry blog Howpedestrian.ca, The National Post, July 3, 2010
“Paint Brawl,” Competitive painting at Toronto’s Art Battle, The National Post, May 18, 2010
“Team Macho’s Lauchie Reid goes solo with new exhibit,” The National Post, May 14, 2010
“Reclaiming the land,” Toronto urban gardening, The National Post, May 8, 2010
“Thirty reasons this summer will be wonderful,” Summer cultural events, The National Post, May 1, 2010
“Getting lost in the PATH doesn’t have to be a right of passage,” U of T engineering student showcase, The National Post, April 17, 2010
“For the Sack of Art,” Artist Justin Green’s sackcloth art, The National Post, April 12, 2010
“Summer Festivals,” A survey of Canada’s best summer festivals, The National Post, April 10, 2010
“The Greenhouse Effect,” Concordia’s rooftop greenhouse, The Montreal Gazette, April 10, 2010
“Under the Coverage,” Online arts talk show Late Night in the Bedroom, The National Post, April 3, 2010
“Sonic Rooms,” Artist David Rokeby’s new media installations, The National Post, March 29, 2010
“This Really Happened,” The Dime Store Novels storytelling event, The National Post, March 27, 2010
“Work that plays,” A roundup of Canada’s best creatives, The National Post, March 20, 2010
“Face Time,” A typography exhibition called Creative Type II, The National Post, March 18, 2010
“The Art of Mocking Mobsters,” Artist Giuseppe Barbera, The National Post, March 12, 2010
“Young Artist Warriors,” Artist Jeska Slater, The National Post, February 24, 2010
“Real American Film Heroes,” Homemade war film ‘Viva the ‘Nam’, The National Post, February 24, 2010
“Show & Sell,” Vancouver art sale The Cheaper Show, The National Post, February 19, 2010
“Deerly Departed,” Whole animal butchery at Cowbell restaurant, The National Post, February 5, 2010
“Sound Becomes String,” Artist Mitchell F. Chan, The National Post, January 29, 2010
“Creative Comforts,” ‘Come up to My Room’ design exhibit, The National Post, January 21, 2010
“The Lost World,” Silent film, The National Post, January 13, 2010
“The Big Booooooom,” Blogger Jeff Hamada, The National Post, January 5, 2010
“Herd Mentality,” Artist Thierry Geoffroy, The National Post, December 19, 2009
“Basking in Jason Collett’s Warm Glow,” Musician Jason Collett, The National Post, December 11, 2009
“A Nation’s Restoration,” Willowbank School of Restoration Arts, The National Post, November 27, 2009
“Steve Martin: A Wild and Crazy (Banjo-Picking) Guy,” The National Post, October 14, 2009
“Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno,” The National Post, September 10, 2009
“They Have Confidence,” Understudies for The Sound of Music, The National Post, August 19, 2009
“Debate Over Lyme Disease Lingers On,” Investigative piece on Lyme disease, The National Post, August 5, 2009
Lyme and the Tale of Two Tests,” Part II, The National Post, August 5, 2009
“Kind of Like Spiderman, but Putrid,” The Toxic Avenger in Toronto, The National Post, July 8, 2009
“Cannes: Oh, The Artistry,” The Best of Cannes Film Festival, The National Post, May 22, 2009
“The City, as You’ll Never See It Again,” Artists Dan Bergeron and Gabriel Reese, The Toronto Star, November 6, 2008
