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In celebration of Marshall McLuhan's 100th birthday, the McLuhan Legacy Network has events running all this week in Toronto and online.
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CONNECTING THE VISIBLE WITH THE INVISIBLE
The McLuhan Legacy Network (MLN) is pleased to announce the inaugural McLuhan Legacy Network Festival (MLN Festival) programme, Connecting the Visible with the Invisible, a multi-disciplinary event that celebrates and explores Marshall McLuhan's legacy.
The MLN Festival, a new collaborative initiative, has gathered visionaries, artists, architects, writers, musicians, academics and technology experts, business brokers and entrepreneurs for a week-long public celebration, exploration and exchange of ideas about the work and ideas of Marshall McLuhan.
Media installations, panel discussions and special events will take place throughout the city of Toronto from Monday, July 18, 2011 to Sunday, July 24, 2011.
For more information, see: http://mcluhan.net/festival-2011 or join in the events noted below
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Happy Birthday Marshall McLuchan
July 21st, 2011 marks the centenary of the birth of Marshall McLuhan - Toronto's famous citizen, our very own Renaissance man.
Please join us in celebrating our relationship with the man Wired magazine named: The Prophet of the Internet. <https://email.healthnexus.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/07/0721marshall-mcluhan-born/> http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/07/0721marshall-mcluhan-born/
1. Watch new video testimonials http://www.mcluhan100.ca/?page_id=887 and tell us:
What does McLuhan mean to you?
2. Honour his memory. Download CBC Spark host Nora Young's audio walking tour. http://www.cbc.ca/spark/mcluhan/
3. Join us for DesignMeets http://designmeets-mcluhan100.eventbrite.com/ at The Coach House, University of Toronto, 5:30pm on July 21st.
4. Read new coverage of McLuhan in The Globe and Mail & The Star.
5. Listen to CBC Radio One (99.1 FM in Toronto) at 9pm on July 21st for a McLuhan special: Sitting at the Feet of the Master.
If you tweet - please use:
#MLN, #McLuhan - for the McLuhan Legacy Network (www.mcluhan.net) or #McLuhan100 - city wide for the year
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