From Burlesque to the knitting, we've seen all just for one sleepless night in Toronto...Nuit Blanche (literally White Night, All-Nighter or Sleepless Night in French) is an annual all-night arts festival. Its exact beginning is disputed between Paris, St Petersburg, and Berlin, but, taking elements from all of these, the idea of a night-time festival of the arts has spread around the world since 1997, taking hold from Toronto to Tel Aviv and Lima to Leeds. A Nuit Blanche will typically have museums, private and public art galleries, and other cultural institutions open and free of charge, with the centre of the city itself being turned into a de facto art gallery, providing space for art installations, performances (music, film, dance, performance art), themed social gatherings, and other activities.
Nuit Blanche, October 2, 2010, from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.
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