Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'northamericans'
July 9, 2007
Pandas is an odd name for anything, and more than a little disconcerting if you're a fan of large, bamboo-eating quadripeds who don't like to breed. Luckily for pandas and those who love them, the No Pandas gallery isn't a radical anti-panda group dedicated to the final destruction of that most endangered of species. It's an art show at Xpace, dedicated to exposing North Americans to China's up-and-coming young artists. Curator Siya Chen, who......
Continue Reading "Fear of a Panda Planet"May 26, 2007
Toronto’s Small Press Book Fair runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today at the Trinity St. Paul Centre, 427 Bloor Street West (just west of Spadina on the south side). Now in its twentieth year, the fair presents about 70 micro to medium-sized publishers and magazines. An archive of some of the fair's past and present exhibitors links to many of Toronto's small presses. You'll find comics, fiction, zines, word sculptures, artist's books,......
Continue Reading "Small is Beautiful"September 7, 2006
No, it's not carpooling. Yes, it can work for TTC users. And don't even mention the word "rental." Car sharing comes with its fair share of misconceptions, and the recent entry of U.S.-based Zipcar into the Toronto market creates further confusion. Once the sole domain of AutoShare, which was established in 1998, both companies offer similar services but with some key differences. Though car sharing has been successfully implemented in Europe for years, it's......
Continue Reading "The Car Sharing Shootout: Autoshare vs. Zipcar"