Nuit Blanche is tonight here's what to expect

Parts of Toronto will transform into an art destination Saturday night as Nuit Blanche takes over the city for its 14th year.

The free, all-ages event will run all night from Saturday at 7 p.m.to sunrise on Sunday. It'sset to feature more than80 contemporary art installations in various neighbourhoods from downtown to Danforth East to Scarborough. You can see a map of the art projects here.

The TTC will run all nightand there will be several road closures. More than a million people are expected to attend.

The art

Art will be all over the city on Saturday night.

People can see nearly90 contemporary art installations in various neighbourhoods, such asdowntown, Don Mills, Queen West, Sterling Road and the Waterfront.

For the first time this year, Nuit Blanche will have a hubalong Danforth East, between the Greenwood and Coxwell TTC stations.

Among the dozens of installations,Director X's exhibit Life of the Earth,which is expected to address climate change, will be at the back of the Ontario Science Centre building. The Eaton Centre bridge will depict the northern lights inChasing Red byBekah Brown.Raptors fans can see achampionship sculpture on Bay Street.

A life-size image series will celebrate Scarborough's stars and pioneersat the Scarborough Town Centre (ReConnected STCby Mark "Kurupt" Stoddart).

The theme ofthis year's event is Continuum,showcasingthe "renewal of night into day."

The theme "Continuum" is about working together to survive, said Umbereen Inayet, the City of Toronto'sprogramming supervisor.If we're going to continue"as a civilization, as humans, as people of Toronto," she said, we need to "continue to work at how we're going to serve each other."

In Scarborough, the specific theme is"Queens and Kings of Scarborough."

Curator Ashley McKenzie-Barnes said she wanted to honour and reflect the "bodies of Scarborough,"in a way that isn't typically seen in high contemporary art.

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There are so many first and second generation immigrant communitiesin Scarborough, said McKenzie-Barnes, whowanted to "flip] the script."

Transit

The TTCwill be extending its service for the event and will run all night. Train service will be availableonLine 1 Yonge-University, Line 2 Bloor-Danforth and Line 3 Scarborough RT from 7 p.m. on Saturdayto 7 a.m. on Sunday.

TTC customers checking out the art in Scarborough will getfree re-entry at Scarborough Centre Station, the transit agency's website says.

The Science Centre will offer free parking for the night, though space is limited.Unlike last year, there will not be a free shuttlefrom the subway, which was coordinated by"Nuit Blanche Independent Project partners."

Road closures

Partial and full road closures will be in effect this weekend as the event expects to see high volumes of people attending. Here is a list of road closures:

• Bay Street between Dundas Street West and Adelaide Street West from 8 a.m. Saturdayuntil noon on Sunday.
• Queen Street West between Yonge Street and University Avenue from 4 p.m. on Saturday until 10 a.m. on Sunday.
• Fort York Boulevard between Ianuzzi Street and Fleet Street from 4 p.m. on Saturday, to noon on Sunday.
• Bay Street between Richmond Street West and Queen Street West from 8 p.m. on Friday to 2 p.m. on Sunday.
• Dundas Street East between Yonge Street and O'Keefe Lanefrom 8 p.m. on Friday to 2 p.m. on Sunday.
• Fort York Boulevard between Angelique Street and Fleet Streetfrom 8 p.m. on Friday to 2 p.m. on Sunday.

The following road closures in Scarborough will be in effect from8 a.m. on Saturdayto 10 a.m. Sunday:

• Borough Approach East between Borough Drive and Ellesmere Road.
• Borough Drive between Brian Harrison Way and Town Centre Court.
• Town Centre Court from south of the City of Toronto parking lot to Borough Drive.

Event centres

There will be four event centres that people can visit during Nuit Blanche. You canget a map, ask for information from a volunteer and take a break at these locations.Thecentres willhave washrooms, food vendors and first aid services. Here's where you can find them:

• Nathan Phillips Square, 100 Queen St. W
• Yonge-Dundas Square, 1 Dundas St. E.
• Fort York Visitor Centre, 250 Fort York Blvd.
• Scarborough Civic Centre, 150 Borough Dr.

You can find more information about the event here.

Nuit Blanche has been around since 2006 and is "the city's largest contemporary art celebration from sunset to sunrise,"saidMichele Simpson, the supervisor of special events for the City of Toronto.

"It has featured almost 1,571 art installations by approximately 5,600 artists and has generated more than $398 million in economic impact for Toronto," said Simpson.