The saga of the Fairland Funhouse has been a bit of a funhouse itself, with twists and turns at each end. Now it appears the adventure has been put on pause until next month.
The controversial art maze that was set to open this Friday and remain until late October has been postponed, because, as any creative person knows, good art takes time.
"Arts projects of this scale take immense time and work, and are dependent on a number of factors," said a spokesperson for the event.
"This is especially true in working with an older building that has been vacant for years. Our team of local artists are hard at work finalizing and installing the maze and we are very near completion."
Organizers came under fire last month after speculation arose that, following the event, a 622-seat venue called Liquor Donuts, backed by a large corporation, would be taking over the old grocery store.
Concerns about the underlying motivations for the exhibition rang out among residents of Kensington Market, claiming the event was a "Trojan horse" and calling out organizers for their lack of transparency.
It appears that the postponement is unrelated to the controversy, however, and the funhouse will instead open on September 14 and run until the end of the year.
In its eleventh year, the indie exhibition filled out the 
Self-proclaimed Luddites, mainly art students, mostly millennial, wandered through aisles of local and international exhibitors with the kind of enthusiasm that futurists like to omit when arguing that young people prefer LED screens to a good old-fashioned print pub.
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Zines — a general name for self-published works — provide art and literature that, while far less widely spread, cover topics previously considered 'too niche' to be published by big media.
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Zines have always been conduit for feelings. Flimsy and finite, there's something extra precious about printing emotions onto page: Toronto-based zine 
By nature less about profit and more about expression, zines are an especially invaluable vehicle for LGBTQ and POC perspectives, whose narratives rarely surface to mainstream. Take 
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As the internet's endless archives of art become increasingly boring, zines have risen to meet the demand for tactile material without bending to the whims of larger commercial entities. It turns out people are, in fact, willing to pay for content, it just has to be worth it. 
This five-bedroom home was built in 1896 and designed by architect 
The house has been preserved for 50 years by the current owners and still has most of the period details from the ceiling medallions to the stained glass windows this house is a canvas waiting for someone to restore it.
The home is very spacious with around 7,000 square feet of living space.
When you walk in the front door it’s like stepping into a university building. With the soaring ceilings, the cherry wood wainscoting and the cathedral-like stained glass windows.
The living room, dining room, foyer and family room are bright and airy and they all have the original fireplaces.
The kitchen, by contrast, is tragic. It will need to be completely ripped out but at least it’s big, so you have plenty of room to play around with. 
The various rooms throughout the house are well proportioned and are bright.
The master bedroom has a beautiful bay window and comes with a huge walk-in closet / dressing room. Unfortunately there’s no en suite bathroom.
Speaking of bathrooms, one has a claw foot tub... but that’s probably the only salvageable piece. 
However, despite the majesty of the house itself, the property doesn’t come with a lot of green space. The house pretty much takes up the entire lot but I guess on the bright side you don’t have a lot of yard work to do.
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The living room, kitchen and dining area are open concept, making it bright and spacious. The factory windows and painted cinder block walls give it a New York vibe.
The kitchen doesn’t have any mounted cupboards so it makes the space feel even more airy, and you get to look out those huge windows while washing dishes. However, this does mean there’s less storage space for all your kitchen stuff.
The master bedroom is very spacious, has a huge walk-in closet and a sky light. Personally, I would place the bed in a different place just so you don’t have the sun shining in your eye when you wake up.
As mentioned before there is the slight oddity of the bathtub being kind of in the middle of the bedroom. That means no privacy, so it’s not for the self-conscious bather.
But fret not, there are two bathrooms (with doors) that each have some pretty funky sinks and one has a shower. The bathrooms also have heated floors, which is so luxurious. 
A possible deal breaker for this two-bed, one den loft is that it unfortunately doesn’t have any outdoor space. That being said it’s super close to Hubbard Park as well as Riverdale Park East.
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