Upcoming local queer and lesbian events in Toronto
Below is our listing of local lesbian events in Toronto for April. These Toronto queer women events have something for everyone, and are updated on a regular basis by someone who lives in Toronto.
Designer Drugs (Michael Vincent Patrick and Theodore Paul Nelson) lead lifestyles of the rich and famous, but are really just poor boys who love helicopters and pop banger music…and a few other things that will not be noted. Currently, Designer Drugs is releasing new material with Iheartcomix Records. They’ve also been found partying on the couch at the Iheartcomix office.
With one member attending med school and the other drinking whiskey across the globe, to keep from going crazy last year – the DD boys produced over 23 remixes and DJ’d over 100 shows around the world. This year, to keep from going crazy, Designer Drugs is putting the focus on original material while continuing to tour the galaxy and party harder than ever.
Most recently, Designer Drugs released their single “ZOMBIES! / Back Up In This” on Iheartcomix Records with Remixes by Nadastrom, Don Rimini, Le Castle Vania and Bird Peterson. Designer Drugs has also completed remixes for labels such as Kitsune, Dim Mak, Fools Gold, Warner Brothers, Ministry Of Sound, Hail Social, Iamsound, Etc Etc, Coco Machette and Calamity Jane for artists such as Little Boots, The Veronicas, Thieves Like Us, Treasure Fingers, Mariah Carey, Jupiter One, Heart’s Revolution, Mission Control, Hail Social, and IAMX.
Both members of Designer Drugs are mentally controlled by ELLE REX (www.ellerex.net), photographer of NYC’s sleaziest and most entertaining electro party – RUFF CLUB. You can find her tagging along to shows, documenting the debauchery that ensues when DD takes the decks. What will happen next? You haven’t partied until you’ve partied with Designer Drugs!
When Couples Become Parents: The Creation of Gender in Transition to Parenthood
by Bonnie Fox
7pm
we regret our washroom is not wheelchair accessible.
all our events and courses are trans inclusive.
When couples make the journey through their first year of parenthood they confront the challenges of their new responsibilities with varying degrees of support and a range of personal resources. When Couples Become Parents examines the ways in which divisions based on gender both evolve and are challenged by heterosexual couples from late pregnancy through early parenthood.
Following the experiences of forty heterosexual couples in various socio-economic positions, Bonnie Fox traces the intricate interplay of social and material resources in the negotiations that occur between partners, the resulting divisions of paid and unpaid work in their families, and the dynamics in their relationships. Exploring the diverse reactions of these women and men, When Couples Become Parents provides significant insights into the early stages of parenthood, the limitations of nuclear families, and the gender inequalities that often develop with parenthood.
Bonnie Fox is a Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto.
and it's my birthday! and i'm turning old! so come party with me!
this is like joy layered with joy...almost unheard of!
your favourite residents welcome the boombastic DJ CJ into the mix this month. known for her infamous HOTMESS parties, CJ always brings it huge with super danceable indie mash ups. mash up, bash up!
KISH KASH holds the fort down with some heavy and hard electro/dutch house. the kind of stuff that makes you feel like you're on drugs even if you're not...unless you are...whatever...all good.
the lovely DELICIOUS is stacked with her arsenal of smooth and sexy house beats. always sexy times with a little bit of hip hop flair.
rounding off the night is STICKY CUTS bringing urban goodness to your feet and hips. shit to make you grind up on people - even complete strangers... even complete strangers that you've seen around and don't really like. it's just got that kind of power. expect to hear a lot of reggae and dancehall because it's my birthday and i'm gonna play what i want, bitch. ya!
If you Free Your Mind a little too hard down the street, seek shelter at LSP's >>The Gospel House of Everlasting Radiance<<
Transcendent progressive
Redemptive rhythms
Deep Soul
Virginal Minimal
Repressive Celibate Ass Bass
It's going to be 29 degrees this weekend. We have a big patio.
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Cozmic Cat and Denise Benson are excited to present the largest gathering of queer (and queer friendly) hip-hop and club music talent this city has ever seen. The 3 MCs all step with razor sharp flows, rapping 'bout love, sex, community and politics. The 2 DJ crews will keep both floors bouncing. Come early for the live shows, stay for the afterparty, grind all night long.
STARRING:
* INVINCIBLE * (Detroit) http://www.EMERGENCmusic.net
"One of the most talented emcees I've ever heard, black or white. male or female." -Talib Kweli
* BENNI E * (Philadelphia) http://www.myspace.com/bennipanama
Back by popular demand, the OUTspoken star of our Pride 2009 party returns to tear it up!
TORONTO reprezents with
* LA BOMBA * http://www.myspace.com/labombs
The Chilena MC brings lyrical fire with her bi-lingual rhymes!
* AIRHEART * http://www.airheartmusic.com
This local jazzy breakbeat duo performs an opening set at 10:30pm sharp!
PLUS...
2 DJ CREWS to make you DANCE SWEAT and CRUISE all night long:
Upstairs in REVIVAL * CHERRY BOMB resident DJs *
COZMIC CAT + DENISE BENSON
spin before, between and after the live sets!!!
While downstairs in the sexy, spacious STONE LOUNGE * YES YES Y'ALL DJs *
ELLE NINO, HOLLYROCK, J-ILL + SAMMY D
keep things bumpin' with their trademark blends of hip-hop RnB and dancehall.
This is the kind of party DB + COZ have wanted to produce since starting CHERRY BOMB in 2007, bringing together an amazing cross-section of talented, outspoken queer performers in a large venue with proper LIVE sound! It's an unprecedented live hip-hop event for Toronto's queer community. We invite you to make history with us!
it all goes down at REVIVAL . 783 College Street (at Shaw)
http://www.revivalbar.com . 416.535.7888
$12 ADVANCE TICKETS available from FEB 24th at:
Glad Day Bookshop 598A Yonge Street
Soundscapes 572 College Street
Toronto Women's Bookstore 73 Harbord Street
+ ONLINE AT Milkaudio.com (events/shop)
$15 AT THE DOOR.
This is a licensed (19+) inclusive event for queer women and our friends (meaning guys, trans folks and our straight allies are WELCOME!).
After a North American run last fall with a sold out show at Wrongbar that left fans and critics clamoring for more, MIIKE SNOW returns to for another show at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre on Saturday, April 3, 2010.
Although MIIKE SNOW was born in Stockholm in 2007, the group is actually made up of New York City-based songwriter Andrew Wyatt and Swedes Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg. Karlsson and Winnberg's backgrounds in the DJ scene and punk bands alongside experiments in progressive electro and new rave led to a series of writing/producing stints with Madonna, Kelis, Jennifer Lopez, Kylie Minogue and Britney Spears — culminating with a Grammy win for Best Dance Recording with her song "Toxic".
MIIKE SNOW'S self titled debut is a full band collaboration, showcasing their deft mastery of the studio while acknowledging each members unique talent for songwriting, production, arrangement and performance. Recorded in Stockholm in the 400 year old home used to house King Gustaf III’s mistress, MIIKE SNOW bristles with confidence. It’s intelligent pop music that has the ability to cradle taste making purists and reach anthemic heights. Showcasing melodic songs built for the anything goes environment of the club, MIIKE SNOW will make anonymity an impossibility.
MIIKE SNOW'S sound is instantly accessible and its pop synths, slick guitar riffs and tender lyrics make the group a perfect fit for a party.
Don’t miss MIIKE SNOW live at The Phoenix on Saturday, April 3, 2009 followed by the exclusive afterparty with an exclusive DJ SET by MIIKE SNOW at Wrongbar!
IT'S GOING TO GET MESSY on SATURDAY with DJ Ychuck.
Featuring $6 Godiva Chocolate martini's & $3 Chocolate Shooters.
PLUS chocolate BODY SHOTS, ohhh girl its going to get sticky!
$5 cover and Lots & lots of chocolate!!
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Will Munro presents....LOVE SAVES THE DAY
Maximal DISCO Maximal HOUSE
w/ separated-at-birth DJ duo Alex McClelland and Jaime Sin!
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Open mic - anyone can come play off the street. Food and drink specials: $7 mini pitchers of Keiths and Buy One, Get the 2nd 50% Burgers
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FLEETWOOD MAC with Miss Margot + DJ http://www.facebook.com/l/76ca7;OMGBLOG.COM
Featuring a performance by our soon to be elected mayor, Keith Cole, and a special private screening of Gentleman Reg's new video for Wild Heart!
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Washed Out is Ernest Greene, a young guy from Georgia (via South Carolina) who makes bedroom synthpop that sounds blurred and woozily evocative, like someone smeared Vaseline all over an early OMD demo tape, then stayed up all night trying to recreate what they heard.
There’s a sense of longing and distance in Greene’s somber, filtered vocals, but it’s what he does compositionally that makes Washed Out stand out. Backed by gently pulsing, Balearic-tinged disco, Greene’s voice takes on a new dimension. Reminiscent of groups like The Glass and the Chromatics, Washed Out is the music to end your night with, when the city is quiet and the walk home, long.
After disappearing into the attic of Uncle Matt’s house on Long Island for a long winter with their casios & samplers, Josh Kolenik and Ryan Heyner emerged with pop songs melding strange beats, dreamy synths, tape hiss & laid-back melodies. Teaming up with longtime collaborators Juan Pieczanski and Jeff Curtin, the band fleshed out the bedroom sound for live performance, combining a full drum kit with sampled drums, live bass, keyboards and samplers. After tearing through nine shows in under a week for CMJ, the band was asked to play in a wide range of places, from small art spaces to big venues and everything in between.
Described by Pitchfork as “absurdly addictive” and “soul-stirring,” Small Black released their self-titled EP on CassClub on October 13th. After completing a split 7-inch remix project with Washed Out (out soon on Lovepump United), as well as a UK single for “Despicable Dogs” (out now on Transparent), the band is gearing up to finish the full LP in an empty house in Delaware over the next few months.
Don’t miss Washed Out & Small Black live at Wrongbar on April 7, 2010!
By "popular demand" The Trans Inclusion Group hosts a FREE screening of "Kinky Boots" – Thursday Apr.8th 6pm.
About the Night:
Are you feeling nice and airy from spring weather?
Are you looking for an excuse to procrastinate from school/exams?
Are you looking for candy and smiles?
Are you scared of what these questions may be asking?
. . . then plan to attend the next trans film night: the sugar, sweet and fluffy edition!
Join us to watch "Kinky Boots" – a comedy (gasp!). Plan to show up, relax, and indulge in sweets (maybe even laugh a little). Simple.
About The Film:
Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Yet, the untimely death of his father places him in that position, left to take on a failing, traditional, old-men, shoe business. What could possibly revive the business? Perhaps the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer, Lola can show them how it’s done with some trans-entrepreneurialism! Her complaints about the inadequate footwear for her work leads to a suggestion to change the product to create a desperate chance to save the business: make men's fetish footwear (you know, diversify the product). Lola is convinced to be their footwear designer and the transition begins. Now this disparate lot must struggle at this unorthodox idea while dealing both the prejudice of the staff, Lola's discomfort in the small town and the selfish manipulation of people without vision. Imagine fetishism footwear’s power. Kinky Boots is a British comedy (and borderline cult classic) based on the real-life story of the Northamptonshire shoe company "Divine".
Or maybe the film will make you think through the politics of trans identities and capitalism’s commodification practices, maybe you think through labour movements and the historical exclusion of sex workers as workers, maybe you will think through how to complicate the narrative of stepping into a father’s "shoes", etc. – but you don’t have to – it will be a fun, pressure-free, no expectations evening. Still, if the popcorn inspires a critical awareness do share it!
Starting dreaming of popcorn, oreos, sugar cookies, coffee cake, macaroni, rice krispies squares – all vegan. Or bring your own social snack-creation to share (but no need; its a no pressure night). Arrive early and play some yahtzee.
Come join us for a fun filled event featuring these four fabulous bands:
Charge of the Light Brigade
The Fantasy Defender
The State of Things
Evil Farm Children
We also have:
Door Prizes, Booze and Rollergirls!!
You must be 19 +
Entry fee is $5 with non-perishable food item
or $8 without
Kick off the Good For Her Feminist Porn Awards with a screening of scenes from Tristan Taormino, Shine Louise Houston, Nica Noelle, and April Flores. Followed by a roundtable discussion about porn and feminism, five years after the first Feminist Porn Awards, moderated by CoCo La Creme, with all directors/performers in attendance. Audience members will also be able to vote in our first ever Viewer's Choice Award.
Tickets: $12 advance/door
$25 for combo tickets to awards + screening
SPRING FEVER in the air, you know what that means.
HOT
SEXY
BEAUTIFUL
GORGEOUS
TOPLESS
SWEATY
WET
.... GIRLS READY TO PLAY!!!
Only a few words to describe what you will experience on this one night
DJ RIA on the decks playing the best in house, hip hop, basically everything :) get ready to move cause thats exactly what shes gonna makes you wanna do
Paparazzi ALERT also in effect, so look your best
Door open at 10 pm
get there early, no one want to wait in line....Right?
Our special Fifth Anniversary celebrations are guaranteed to be unforgettable! Join us as we welcome adult performers and directors from far and wide including Nica Noelle, Shine Louise Houston, Tristan Taormino, April Flores, Dylan Ryan, Courtney Trouble, Astrid Glitter, Judy Minx, Jiz Lee, Madison Young, Tina Horn, and many more. Featuring awards in categories including Hottest Kink Film, Sexiest Straight Movie, Steamiest Trans Movie and many more! Hosted by Morgan Brayton, this evening also includes entertainment from Bollywood Burlesque babe Masti Khors, searing dance troupe Ill Nana, and the high-energy sex bomb CoCo La Crème. Don't forget the silent auction and raffle, refreshments and more cuties than you can shake a stick at.
Tickets: $15 advance/$20 door
$25 for combo tickets to awards + screening
Sure you've been bad, but not THAT bad. Come make up for lost time with us.
Mistress Frostitution and I have a Rock and Roll secret. They're called DENTATA and they are fully, fully bitchin'. If you haven't seen them play it might be cuz you were busy visiting some Disco, but now's your chance. Basically if we wanna party we wanna do it at VILE and if we wanna see a show, we wanna see DENTATA. And we want you there with us.
LISTEN:
http://www.myspace.com/dentata666
MISTRESS FROSTITUTION AND DEAD COPS PLAY ROCK AND ROLL...
...Until we wanna play something else.
PUT ON YOUR LEATHER AND NOT MUCH OF IT.
and its FREE FREE FREE
See you next weeeeeeeek..............................
For one special night you get an extra dose of your fave threesome at the Beaver.
Colin, Dustin and John will take turns at the DJ booth while you find a few good men to take turns on you.
As always there's NO COVER and no reason not to come and get some!
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Okay, so last time mother nature screwed us over with negative 20 degree weather on the first day of Spring...but heck we are going full force into Spring now!
So as the cutting danger of ice cold nipples is over, we are ON for the Ultimate Wet T-shirt contest THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! Hosted by the ONE, the ONLY ,Ms. Frankie.
Her pink bra which was scheduled to co-host, but as this is a nipple contest, it has been put aside for the fabulously drunk, Ms. Captain Morgan. She will be guest bartending and promised to show ALL.
Email Frankie if interested in being a part of the fun. Wife beater tank tops provided AND win Slack's CASH, sex toys AND the winner (as voted by you) will take home a WET T SHIRT TROPHEY!! Finally you'll have something to put up proudly on your parents mantel, next to your brother's baseball awards.
Urban Beats by DJ Ychuck. Summer Inspired Giveaways, and due to the delay, everyone will get some of Slack’s own SPIKED PUNCH. Mmm.
$5 cover after 11pm, so get in here EARLY for dinner before the line-up.
Sleigh Bells are just a duo -- Derek on beat production, guitars, and songwriting; Alexis Krauss on vocals -- but their tracks ram together many sonic worlds. Derek Miller and Alexis Krauss have come out of nowhere to form the outfit on everyone's CMJ breakout list. But there are roots, dug deep and spread far: Past members of Sleigh Bells went on to form buzz-band Surfer Blood. Derek's old hardcore band Poison The Well toured with Give Up The Ghost, the defunct hardcore outfit of Cold Cave's Wes Eisold. Alexis Krauss is a school teacher with a pop-singer past. All of which gives certain strength to their reinvention in this excellent new outfit.
Believe the hype. Sleigh Bells recently signed to MIA's new label imprint, NEET Recordings and will taking a break off the Major Lazer tour to debut tracks off their forthcoming album at Wrongbar!
Open mic - anyone can come play off the street. Food and drink specials: $7 mini pitchers of Keiths and Buy One, Get the 2nd 50% Burgers
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The ultimate hip house experience with Phil V and Kris Steeves playing dirty house til you die a glamour-induced heat-exhaustion death.
HOSTED BY MISS MARGOT AND DIZZ!R
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VOGLIE turns 4 THIS FRIDAY and we're doing it huge!
PATIO LAUNCH!
2 FLOORS of SERIOUS MUSIC
CUSTOMER (YOU) APPRECIATION DAY!
NEW MENU LAUNCH!
we're making some changes at the Mansion all week in anticipation for our 4 year anniversary party and of course, we want to thank YOU for making it all possible!
THIS FRIDAY:
two floors of sounds!
the one and only DJ DELICIOUS is on the decks downstairs flooding your ears with all the house music you know and love! nobody rocks a downstairs party like DELICIOUS. noooobody!
upstairs we welcome DJ RECKLEZZ for her Voglie debut! this sexy kitten has all the urban jams you want to hear under her belt and she's ready to do it big!
since we're turning 4, everything you want to drink is $4 all night. $4 domestic beer (canadian, coors light and bud) and $4 rail (vodka, rye, rum and gin). drink cheap and party hard!
the back patio launches this friday too!
for those of you who don't know...VOGLIE SERVES FOOD. we're not talking bullshit crappy food, either. Voglie serves the best food on the strip. rustic, non intimidating, trattoria style italian made with love at seriously reasonable prices. so come for dinner after 4pm.
Come to Goodhandy's (120 Church Street) on Friday, April 16 for the seventh round of Queer Idol competition. $9 cover ($5 before 10pm). Doors open at 9:30pm. Hosted by Jessexy. Between rounds of competition DJ K-Tel will spin retro classics.
Here's the schedule for Round Seven:
11pm
GROUP C/D NUMBER
12am to 12:30am
Theme: "80s Music"
GROUP C/D Elimination Round (in the following order):
Featuring a raffle with proceeds going to local QPOC supporting charity
A QPOC event. All allies welcome!
What is SWAGGER all about?
SWAGGER Productions is Toronto’s Premiere Production Company specifically for urban queers is all about having a good time while also giving back to the community!
Our next event is Friday March 26, 2010 and look out for our HUGE Pride Bash Friday July 2, 2010.
2nd Annual Inside Out Screen-A-thon - Divas Doing Damage!
Time: 1:00pm - 7:00pm
Get your friends, family and co-workers to pledge you to suffer through an afternoon of over-the-top diva classics in support of Inside Out.
DIVAS DOING DAMAGE!
Do you love Inside Out enough to endure six hours of non-stop diva drama!
PROGRAM FEATURES:
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988, director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Antonio Banderas)
Body of Evidence (1993, starring Madonna)
The Wiz (1978, starring Diana Ross and Michael Jackson)
With host Fay Slift and other special performances
Delicious movie treats provided and cash bar!
Tons of fundraising awards offered!
WHAT TO DO:
- Participate as an individual or BETTER YET put together a cast of your friends, family or co-workers!
- Register online at insideout.ca or contact Winnie at winnie@insideout.ca or 416.977.6847
- Registration fee $25 (charged at the door of the event or waived with a minimum $75 raised in pledges)
- Start collecting pledges!
INDIVIDUAL FUNDRAISING GOAL $200
Thank you to our event sponsor: Xtra and University of Toronto LGBTQ Resources.
Djs Cozmic Cat and Denise Benson want to thank all of you for making SHELL TOE live a Phenomenal success...
Thanks to Invincible, Benni E, La Bomba, Airheart and the Yes Yes Ya'll Crew for a great show that will go down in the history books as soooooo slammin!
and
we're not done yet!!
We invite you to all to get Frisky Sat April 17th with the Cherry Bomb Squad as we take the dancefloor action to the next level !
djs Cozmic Cat & Denise Benson!
Great Music! Sexy Vibe!
Cherry bomb Hotties everewhere!
What more could you ask for??
See you there..
9pm – 3am . FREE before 10pm . $6 cover after
A LICENSED, 19+ INCLUSIVE EVENT FOR QUEER WOMEN + OUR FRIENDS
Concert includes Free Admission to Afterparty with DJ Vaneska and Famous Players:
http://bit.ly/cNOwlp
WRONGBAR | 1279 Queen Street West Toronto
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TORO Y MOI | Carpark Records
With Toro Y Moi, South Carolina’s Chaz Bundick has created the sound the world has been waiting for. This multicultural juggernaut gathers up the best musical elements from around the globe: R&B, Indie Rock, Electronic Dance and Psychedelia, and creates something original, unique and altogether out of this world! Over the course of his first groundbreaking full length “Causers Of This”, Toro Y Moi turns the aforementioned music genres upside down with his breathtakingly innovative approach to songwriting. The incendiary power of Toro Y Moi’s funky synth and guitar play, pumping digital rhythms and gorgeously bright vocal harmonies make for a formidable combination. A soon to be masterpiece of a currently unnamed genre.
Open mic - anyone can come play off the street. Food and drink specials: $7 mini pitchers of Keiths and Buy One, Get the 2nd 50% Burgers
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Limited $10 Earlybird Tickets Available at Rotate This, Soundscapes and online at wantickets.com
http://www.wantickets.com?e_id=108279
WRONGBAR | 1279 Queen Street West Toronto
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HOT CHIP | DJ Set
Hailing from London, Hot Chip entered the picture with the release of their 2000 debut, Mexico. The EP was released by Victory Garden Records, a label owned and operated by members of London's resident lo-fi psychedelic rock institution, Southall Riot. The Mexico EP was a hypnotic wash of subtle -- nearly subliminal -- pulse-like techno beats, acoustic guitars, and plinky pianos, but the vocals were the true star of the show (no small feat in a musical climate overrun with disaffected Lou Reed-esque mumblers and bland Eddie Vedder impersonators). The voices of Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard are a fine study in contrast. Taylor offers dreamy, effortless falsettos that cut to the heart of the beauty of performers like Jeff Buckley and Nick Drake (minus any of the pretentiousness of Radiohead or even Coldplay or the bland vocal acrobatics of Remy Zero). Meanwhile, scattered throughout the record (and in the occasional duet), Goddard offers a tone that sounds a bit more world-weary and at times almost gruff in comparison to Taylor, calling to mind Damon Albarn's cool monotone tendencies. 2002's self-released Sanfrandisco E-Pee showed the band dabbling in more playful sounds, from the beatbox dubbing of the title track to the closing notes of "Fanta," in which Taylor pleads with the listener to "make sounds of the summer." There are moments of gorgeous melancholy as well, but on the whole the album feels a bit more hopeful than Mexico had. The group signed to revered N.Y.C. record label DFA in 2005 and released the Over and Over EP, as well as the excellent 2006 release The Warning. Hot Chip kept busy in 2007 by supporting The Warning with singles and consistent touring, and released a DJ Kicks mix album. Late that year, the single Ready for the Floor heralded the arrival of Made in the Dark, which featured some of the band's most focused grooves and poppiest melodies to date.
For all trans, Two Spirit, intersex, genderqueer self-idendified folks, regardless of age.
It's free!
The Trans Swim Night is a night for trans-id'ed folks to have the opportunity to go swimming in a safer environment. Please join us on Wednesday, April 21st at the Benson Pool at the University of Toronto Athletic Centre, located at 55 Harbord Street (located south of Bloor on Spadina, near Spadina subway station). It is wheelchair accessible and completely private. We will be the only ones using the space, and there will be queer/trans positive lifeguards there to make sure everyone is safe.
We will meet at The 519 Community Centre (that's at 519 Church Street) promptly at 8 pm, and travel as a group to the pool by bus (tokens provided.) If you would rather meet us there, that is cool too, you can meet us at the Athletic Centre at 8:30 pm. We will be hitting the water at 9 pm and staying till 11 (but you can leave before that if you want).
Wear whatever you feel comfortable swimming in, so long as it involves something covering you on the bottom.
If access to a bathing suit is a barrier issue, please let us know.
If you are interested in attending or have any questions, please RSVP to tyt@the519.org
Calling all nasty girls, rude boys, true funk soldiers, sexy MFs, and purple hippies!
DJ doctor BAGGIE spinning hi-NRG Prince. Purplelectricity is a video dance party and Canada’s only recurring Prince tribute party. The party is entering its 7th year, and this is its 23rd edition. Purplelectricity features music and videos that span Prince's entire career right from 1978's "For You" until 2010's new track "Cause and Effect".
This party is legendary and hosted the official label release parties 4 Prince’s "3121", "Planet Earth", and "21 Nights".
Door prizes (Prince CDs and DVDs). Glam Slam Cocktails at the bar.
11 pm doors
Links:
Purplelectricity
http://www.purplelectricity.com
DJ doctor BAGGIE
http://www.doctorbaggie.com
http://www.myspace.com/doctorbaggie
Toronto Prince Fans Facebook Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2239519373
Drake Hotel
http://www.thedrakehotel.ca
Please extend this invitation 2 anyone U know who likes Prince or who's looking 4 a funky dance party on April 23rd.
The "Club Purplelectricity" rewards program was launched in July 2007 and continues! Don't forget your membership cards on April 23rd, or read on 4 details. Under this program, it's possible 2 earn a lifetime membership card into all future Purplelectricities. Basically, come 2 7 Purplelectricities, and get your Club card stamped at each 1. A completed card equates 2 a lifetime of no cover at Purplelectricity (except ticketed events). Cards are non-transferable. Anyone who didn't pick up their card at the last party should ask the doorgirl about it this time and/or get your 1st card from DJ doctor BAGGIE (on-stage).
Line by-pass guestlist closes at midnight; get on it by emailing (before noon on April 23rd) your full name and number of accompanying guests: purplelectricity@gmail.com . Cover is still $5 and the list closes at midnight.
Ladies, come on out to this one time only special event! There will be 2 floors, 2 DJ's, 2 bars, and most importantly, lots and lots of women! $20 in advance, $25 at the door. You can get your tickets online at www.singingout.com, or at any of the following businesses: Copy Cat Productions, Toronto Women's Bookstore, Out on the Street, or This Ain't the Rosedale Library. This is going to be an amazing night!!
Moments in love, soft lights of the metro night. The dream and the illusion. In the city concrete dissolves into dust, metal to rust, and from the empty darkness...
Performance by the one and only Ladybear Extraordinaire Fay Slift
Hosted by Mary Messhausen
DJs das hussy and produzentin
Doors: El Bear Ho
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You can purchase your tickets in advance at the gym during regular gym hours (www.torontonewsgirls.com) or they can be mailed to you once payment is received by cheque or $ email transfer for no additional charge.
Guaranteed to sell out so git yer tix in advance!
8-10 bouts
Come and see our 'newbies' and our 'Canadian Champions' in action! Bring any 'peeps' who need to be inspired.
At the show we will be making the announcement of our newest Sistering Gym, Kartini Sejati, in Jakarta, Indonesia. ('Kartini' is the name of a woman who did a lot of activism in Indonesia during the Dutch Colony era......and 'Sejati' means "real".) So our new friends in Jakarta say that they are the "real Kartini who punch patriarchy'.
Networking Session One: Training for Community-Engaged Work
What kind of skills sets do facilitators need? What training opportunities are missing? What impacts does training have on the field as a whole?
Neighbourhood Arts Networking Sessions allows us to connect in person and discuss interesting topics in a relaxed atmosphere. This is a great opportunity to meet new colleagues, so we encourage you to bring flyers, cards, and other promo materials.
Networking events are FREE - please register by contacting skye@torontoarts.org or call (416) 392-6802 x212.
It's the April edition of Queer Social, A new Gay-Friendly West end pub night for local artists, music lovers, assorted eccentrics and their fun loving Friends.
Come early and enjoy the sprawling, secluded back patio during the first part of the evening. Or come inside and pull a stool up to the bar, and enjoy the musical stylings of DJ Peachy Keen, as he spins the best retro treats and current beats from punk rock, new wave and Britpop to disco, electro and hip-hop. DJ
'Sub Rosa' Book Launch at This Ain't the Rosedale Library!!
Come out for an intimate night of readings as Amber Dawn travels from Vancouver to launch her debut novel 'Sub Rosa' (Arsenal Pulp Press) — a speculative fiction narrative about an underground society of ghosts and magicians, missing girls and amnesiatic sweethearts: a place called Sub Rosa… happening on Friday, April 30, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Debra Anderson will also read from a work-in-progress and share some Toronto love.
"Amber Dawn's 'Sub Rosa' is a masterpiece of imagination. It's haunting, chilling at points and then just so sweet. Her writing is stealthy and seductive, wise and witty and clever. Lock Mary Gaitskill in a closet with Francesca Lia Block and they might emerge with a map to 'Sub Rosa': a glorious mystery that creeps you out and then totally enchants."
—Michelle Tea, author of 'Valencia' and 'Rose of No Man's Land'
8 p.m.
Authors will have books for sale and be available for book signings.
Amber Dawn is a writer, filmmaker and performance artist based in Vancouver. She is the editor of 'Fist of the Spider Woman' (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2008) and co-editor of 'With a Rough Tongue: Femmes Write Porn' (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2005). Her award-winning, genderfuck docu-porn, "Girl on Girl," has been screened in eight countries and added to the gender studies curriculum at Concordia University. She has toured three times with the infamous Sex Workers' Art Show in the US. She was voted Xtra! West's Hero of the Year in 2008. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia. Currently, she is the director of programming for the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. 'Sub Rosa' is her first novel.
Debra Anderson is the winner of the Dayne Ogilvie Grant (2009), a grant awarded to an emerging gay Canadian writer for a body of work. Debra's writing has been anthologized in 'Brazen Femme: Queering Femininity', 'Geeks, Misfits and Outlaws', and 'Bent: On Writing'. She recently read at Word on the Street (2009), facilitated a Creative Writing Workshop at Word on the Street (2007) and in 2007 was the guest author at Pink Ink, a SOY Writing Group for queer/trans youth. 'Code White' (McGilligan Books) is her first novel, which Herizons Magazine described as "…a book that meets your eye, has a good handshake, and looks killer in a pair of fishnets." For more info visit www.debraanderson.ca or join her on Facebook.
BOTTIN | Italians Do it Better, Bear Funk, Venice, Italy
Bottin (Guglielmo Bottin, 1977) is producer, DJ and sound designer based in Venice, Italy.
After two albums (Chill Reception in 2002 and I Love Me Vol. I in 2004) and more than 20 compilations for Italian label Irma Records, he started working as producer and arranger for major Italian pop artists like Lucio Dalla, Donatella Rettore, Sergio Caputo and arranged a platinum-selling album by Chambao (Sony-BMG, Spain)
As sound artist he was selected for Fabrica, the Benetton creative research center founded by Oliviero Toscani. For Colors Magazine he curated the Color Music series, presented at the Sonar festival in Barcelona. For the Biennale of Venice he designed audio for Spanish Pavilion by Antoni Muntadas. He has also written original music for the feature films "Once And Future Queen " and the upcoming "The Boy With The Sun In His Eyes" both directed by Todd Verow (Bangorfilms, USA).
His work was featured by many cultural institutions and performed at venues such as the Cannes International Film Festival, the Biennale of Contemporary Dance in Venice, Speak Truth To Power, Kennedy Foundation (Usa), Nouveau Casino (Paris), Fabbrica del Vapore (Milan). Villa Manin Center for Contemporary Arts, Centro Internazionale d'Arte e Cultura Palazzo Te (Mantua), Circuito Off Festival (Venice).
As a nu-disco producer he recently released "Fondamente Nove" on Eskimo Recordings and "No Static" for Mike Simonetti's cult US label Italians Do It Better.
2009 saw Bottin release a 14-track album titled "Horror Disco" on Steve Kotey's Bear Funk label as well as two 12" singles for Italians Do it Better.
"Hot Ring" produced together with Stevie Kotey/Chicken Lips (Deep Freeze UK); a remix of Tosca's new single Elektra Bregenz (G-Stone, Austria), a couple of new projects on Italians Do It Better, as well are remixes for Friendly Fires' Wax Stag (People In The Sky, UK), Codebreaker (Disco Demolition, USA), The Emergency (Metal Postcard, Australia), Jupiter (Valerie Crew/ESR, France) and more...
His sets are an impredictable journey into space disco, italo rarities, deep funk and deep house. A reckless blend of retro-futuristic sounds and contemporary electronica that always sets the dancefloor on fire!
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