ELSEWHERE

Places I've been. Places I'll return to. Favorite and frequented places therein and practical and purposeful pages thereby: Chicago, Detroit and Windsor, Helsinki, Montréal.

Chicago

  • Aiko's Art Materials
  • Angelic Organics CSA farm in Caledonia, Illinois
  • Art Institute of Chicago museum and school
  • Berlin dance club
  • Blackhawks ice hockey team
  • Chicago, city of
  • Chicago Comics bookstore
  • Chicago Diner vegetarian restaurant
  • Chicago Historical Society
  • Chicago IMC independent media center
  • Chicago Public Library
  • Chicago Reader weekly newsmagazine
  • Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  • Chicago Transit Authority
  • Coffee and Tea Exchange fair trade certified roasters
  • DuSable Museum of African American History
  • Encyclopedia of Chicago
  • Facets Multimedia video & DVD rentals and cinema
  • Gene Siskel Film Center repertory cinema
  • Hothouse arts center
  • Illinois, state of
  • Metra regional commuter rail transit
  • Metro live music venue
  • Midway International Airport
  • Museum of Contemporary Art
  • Music Box Theatre repertory cinema
  • New World Resource Center and bookstore
  • O'Hare International Airport
  • Old Town School of Folk Music
  • Quimby's bookstore
  • Seminary Co-op Bookstore
  • Ten Ren Tea tea shop in Chinatown
  • WBEZ public radio

    • Detroit . . .

  • Ambassador Bridge
  • Belle Isle site of aquarium, conservatory, maritime museum, and zoo
  • Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
  • Chene Park Amphitheatre concert venue
  • College for Creative Studies
  • Cranbrook, schools and museums, Bloomfield Hills
  • Craigslist Detroit Metro classifieds
  • DDOT Detroit public transit
  • Detroit, city of
  • Detroit Film Theatre repertory cinema
  • Detroit Free Press daily newspaper
  • Detroit Historical Museums
  • Detroit Institute of Arts
  • Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
  • Detroit News daily newspaper
  • Detroit Opera House opera and dance
  • Detroit Public Library
  • Detroit Science Center
  • Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  • The Henry Ford museum and historical village
  • Metro Times weekly newsmagazine
  • Michigan, state of
  • Michigan Independent Media Center
  • Red Wings National Hockey League team
  • SMART suburban Detroit public transit
  • Wayne State University
  • WDET public radio, Wayne State University
  • WEMU public radio, Eastern Michigan University
  • WHFR student radio, Henry Ford Community College, Dearborn
  • WUMD college radio, University of Michigan, Dearborn

    • and Windsor

  • Art Gallery of Windsor
  • Capitol Theatre and Arts Centre Windsor
  • CBE CBC Radio 1, in English
  • CBEF SRC 1c, en français
  • Ontario, province of
  • Spitfires Ontario Hockey League, Major Junior "A" club
  • University of Windsor
  • Windsor, city of
  • Windsor Public Library
  • Windsor Star

    • Helsinki

  • Akateeminen Kirjakauppa bookstore
  • Amos Anderson Art Museum
  • Andorra
  • Ateneum national art museum
  • Avanto media arts festival
  • Café Ekberg and pâtisserie
  • City-lehti weekly newsmagazine (in Finnish)
  • Digelius record shop
  • dtm café and night club
  • Finnish Meteorological Institute
  • Finnish National Opera and Ballet
  • Gloria Kulttuuriareena youth culture center
  • Helka Hotel
  • Hel-Looks Helsinki street fashion
  • Helsingin Sanomat daily newspaper, international edition
  • Helsinki, city of
  • Helsinki City Library
  • Helsinki City Tourist Office
  • Helsinki City Transport
  • Helsinki Environment Centre
  • Helsinki in English from A to Z by Aktivist (a bit out-of-date)
  • Helsingin International Film Festival
  • Helsingin Yliopisto Helsinki University
  • HIFK ice hockey team
  • Hotel Anna
  • Jokerit ice hockey team
  • Kaapeli arts center
  • Kiasma contemporary art museum
  • Kierratyskeskus consumer recycling and re-use shops
  • Lasipalatsi Film and Media Centre
  • Martta Hotelli
  • mbar
  • Nosturi live music venue
  • Popparienkeli record shop
  • Radio Helsinki
  • Robert's Coffee
  • Saunabar
  • Scandic Hotels
  • Sibelius-Akatemia music academy
  • Sokos Hotels
  • Stockmann department store
  • Stupido Records and record shop
  • Suomenlinna sea fortress
  • Suomen kansallismuseo national museum
  • Tavastia Klubi live music venue
  • Taideteollinen korkeakoulu University of Art and Design Helsinki
  • YLE Finnish Broadcasting Company

    • Montréal

  • Aéroports de Montréal both Trudeau and Mirabel
  • un Amour des Thés tea shop
  • Archambault record shops
  • Bibliothèques publiques de l'Île de Montréal public libraries
  • Biodôme museum housing four living ecosystems
  • Biosphère museum of water
  • Café Rico
  • Café Santropol
  • Camellia Sinensis tea house
  • Canadiens ice hockey team
  • Casa del popolo vegetarian restaurant/bar
  • CBC Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
  • Centaur Theatre
  • Chapters and Indigo bookstores
  • Cheap Thrills used books and records
  • CHOQ student radio, Université du Québec
  • CIBL community radio
  • Cinéma du Parc repertory cinema
  • Cinemania film festival
  • Cirque du Soleil
  • CINQ Radio Centre-ville, multi-lingual community radio
  • CJAD news and sports
  • CKAC sports radio
  • CKUT campus community radio, McGill University
  • CMAQ Centre des Médias Alternatifs du Québec
  • Le Commensal vegetarian restaurants
  • Conundrum Press
  • Coop la Maison Verte ecological products and services
  • Craig's List Montréal classifieds
  • Distroboto
  • Drawn and Quarterly publisher of literary and art comics
  • Lhasa de Sela musician
  • Le Devoir daily newspaper (in French)
  • Festival des films du monde World Film Festival
  • Les FrancoFolies music festival
  • The Gazette daily newspaper
  • Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
  • Hour weekly newsmagazine
  • Jardin botanique
  • Librairie Fichtre bandes dessinées
  • Librairie Renaud-Bray bookstores
  • Marmælade Montréal Comic Collective
  • Mirror weekly newsmagazine
  • Montréal, city of
  • Musée des beaux-arts
  • Musée d'art contemporain
  • Musée McCord Canadian history
  • L'Oie de Cravan livres pour la poésie
  • Orchestre symphonique de Montréal
  • Parc Jean-Drapeau
  • La Presse daily newspaper (in French)
  • Québec, province of
  • Sequential comics and arts news & culture
  • STM Société de transport de Montréal: public transit system
  • Tourisme Montréal
  • Vélo Québec bicycling organization
  • VIA Rail Canada
  • Rufus Wainwright musician

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    © Alan Mäkinen