Nuit Blanche — which means all-nighter in French — refers to night-time arts festivals that have become popular around the world.
There's a large one that happens yearly in Toronto — in case you're interested, Nuit Blanche Toronto takes place this year on Sept. 28.
Thanks to the McEwen School of Architecture, Greater Sudbury now has its own Nuit Blanche event. The second annual Nuit Blanche at the architecture school takes place from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Jan. 27.
The event involves art installations, musical and dance performances by architecture students, faculty and community members — special guests include Kevin Closs, YES Theatre and Earthdancers.
Local musician Robert Hall will be playing music to go along with silent films. Some of the art installations will be in odd places – including one in the elevator, and another outside involving ice.
There'll even be a fireworks display by Dream Catcher Fireworks — those take place at 7:45 p.m. in the Energy Court parking lot downtown.
“I would encourage people to come out and bring their friends, bring their families, come experience the event,” said Ra'anna Brown, one of the architecture students organizing the event.
“There's so much going on all around the school, inside, outside and upstairs. There's something for everybody.”
Architecture school director David Fortin said this is a chance for the school to engage with the community. “It's really important for the school to let everyone know that we want to partner with our community and be a real node of activity in the downtown,” he said.