Come visit us tonight in Kensington Market from 7 until we get asked to leave! Part of the Cross Sections exhibition at Double Double Land.
TSES Season Opener @ Intersections / Cross Sections Conference and Exhibition April 27 + 28
After a dreary winter TSES is thrilled to be opening our doors this week at the 11th Annual INTERSECTIONS / CROSS SECTIONS Conference hosted by the Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture at York and Ryerson Universities.
TSES invites you to check out the conference and stop by for a beverage in the van.
Friday April 27 we will be crashing the Keynotes from 5:30 - 9:00 outside the Ryerson University Student Centre, 55 Gould Street.
Saturday, April 28 TSES will be part of the Cross Sections Multimedia Art Exhibition taking place at Double Double Land, 209 Augusta Avenue from 7:00–12:00
Check out the link to get a full breakdown of the amazing activities taking place at the conference.
Reluctant Hibernation
Like many Northern creatures the TSES is finding these colder winter days a little hard to handle. We opened our doors a few weeks ago on a blustery day in the hopes or coaxing visitors in with tea. Instead we discovered everyone was marching so briskly towards their destination that not a single person even poked their head into our cold, bust cosy interior. Though we are sad to admit it, we too became a little frosty as opening all the doors of the vehicle ensured that the meagre amounts of heat pumping through the vents dissipated into the icy air in moments.
This slow, cold day was compounded by a recent discovery that we have sprung (another!) leak. After a quick rain and flash freeze I poked my head into the TSES to discover a small pool of ice forming on our maple hardwood floor. Sure enough our luxurious ceiling fan/window had responded to the cold by contorting into an odd shape that ensures a steady drip of water has a perfect sized gap to squeeze in through.
In short we have realized that after two years in California we are woefully ill-equiped for a Canadian Winter. We consulted one another, the van, the Farmer’s Almanac and pondered. Could we handle a seasonal hibernation? Was it appropriate to allow the TSES to close shop at a time of such invigorated debate about oil sand and the keystone pipeline?
With reluctance we finally realized that like a bear or squirrel, the TSES needs to hide away for the winter in a warm dry place if it wanted to ensure continued good health in the Spring. The threat of water damage and the potential destruction of vegetation samples are risks we are unwilling to take. Given the fact that attendance at TSES stops has declined in tandem with the temperature, we are somewhat confident that you, our loyal supports will understand this difficult choice.
We will return, a few months from now rested and repaired, ready to meet more people and continue on our journey. We are currently plotting a possible East Coast USA tour in May of 2012 so stay tuned for more details.
Any effort to try to tie Keystone to the payroll tax cut I will reject. Everyone should be on notice.
President of the United States, Barack Obama
