What's on: in Queer Toronto Feb 19 to 28, 2010


Listings compiled by Michel F. Paré, Gang of Souls Collective
FEBRUARY EVENT LISTINGS - SHOTGUN REVIEWS - HOT PARTIES, HOT SHOWS and HOT SPOTS IN QUEER TORONTO
Friday February 19 - Queer Latin America Mix and Mingle Party @ Naco's. NACO's Queer World Music and Latin Rhythms night. Great environment at the bottom end of Dundas St. West. Just West of Brock. Bringing a night of dancing for the cultures and queer diaspora of Toronto, Friday February 19th come to NACO and BURST your HUEVOS DANCING with Dj. NoLoves! will spin enough salsa, cumbia, R&B, Hip Hop & top 40 to sweat the rhythm out of you. No Lo Ves aka Alvaro Giron is a Colombian-born, Toronto based visual artista and DJ that digs deep into the crates to drop the finest in Latin Funk, Salsa, Cumbia and House. No Lo Ves has played regularly at Not My Dog and Tinto and is the Latino community’s choice selector for all the hot partiesNO COVER! CHEAP DRINKS! AWESOME PEOPLE! Come and Support ♥ 1665 Dundas St W. | www.nacogallery.com Queer West, Toronto Ontario
Friday February 19 - Toronto's biggest, dirtiest, sweatiest, queer hip hop/dancehall jam is back @ The Wreckroom. We're doing it up LARGE!!! Featuring the one and only **TOM WRECKS** (STYLUSTS) With his DJ battling success, club scene shows, and production skills, Tom Wrecks is one of the most anticipated DJs and producers in Canada today. Friday, February 19, 10:00pm. Bloor & Bathurst. www.theannexwreckroom.com Queer West, Toronto Ontario
Friday February 19 - Youngblood w/ DVAS live! & Dinamo Az @ The Supermarket. Youngblood - Ragers with class. DVAS (Upper Class Records, Valerie) play their own flavour of hard-hitting live post-disco w/ a french touch as they are under the wing of the Parisian Valerie collective. These guys layer on the love one beautiful synth and beat at a time. 268 Augusta Avenue, Doors @ 10 $5 before 11. theyoungbloodblog.tumblr.com Queer West, Toronto Ontario.
Saturday February 20 Northbound Leather presents their 20th Anniversary Edition of Fetish Night. Performances, demos and a full dungeon space all set to the beats of DJs Matt C, Lazarus and Jimi Lamort. Fetish dresscode in full effect. 9pm. Revival, 783 College St. $20 advance, $30 door. 416.535.7888
Saturday February 20 - DJ Jerus with Cozmic Cat and Denise Benson @ Cherry Bomb explosion of fun, flirty, and filthy party . 10pm. Andy Poolhall, 489 College St W. No cover before 10pm, $6 after. andypoolhall.com416.923.5300
Monday February 22 - DJ James Duncan spinning the greatest in disco hits every Monday at Sweaty Betty’s. 10:30pm. 13 Ossington Ave. No cover. 416.535.686
Tuesday February 23 - The Pride Uganda Alliance International Fundraiser @ Bright Pearl Restaurant. Already has 105 refugees wanting help escaping the pending anti-homosexuality laws and this Dinner Reception & Fundraiser will help raise some of the funds needed. Featuring incredible dim sum, a silent auction, Uganda African dance performances with live music and a tax deduction. 6-10pm. Bright Pearl, 346 Spadina Ave. $100+. pua-int.org 416.979.1103
Tuesday February 23 - The Graduate Centre for Study of Drama, Sexual Studies and Cinema Studies, UofT present Harsh Light, @ Innis Town Hall, a screen and lecture series with queer stage-to-screen adaptations of Il Était Une Fois Dans L'Est and Acting Up, Acting Out: Staging & Screening Queer Canada. 6pm. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Ave. No cover. graddrama.utoronto.ca

Tuesday February 23 - Punk, Goth, Angst Night @ The Beaver spinning all your punky junkie favourites is DJ Matt Carroll, 1192 Queen St W. Queer West, Toronto Ontario


Sunday February 28 - Fundraiser for Toronto Women's Book Store @ The Garrison. The Toronto Women's Bookstore is in crisis and we need your help!
Over the past few years, our sales have not been enough to sustain us and this is why we are coming to you, our community, for help. If every one of you donated $10 we would raise enough to keep going for 3 months, $20 each would keep us in business for 6 months, and $30 each would be enough for us to keep our doors open, hopefully for good. All donations will go directly towards covering the bookstore's costs, and are a part of a larger plan of action and structural change to make the business sustainable in the current economy.
In the past, when feminist bookstores were closing down all across North America, the support of the community is what kept TWB alive. You are the reason that we are still here today, and we believe that with your help we can once again work together to save this organization where so many of us as readers, writers, feminists, artists, and activists have found a home.
Thank you all for your support, The Toronto Women's Bookstore Board, Staff & Volunteers http://www.womensbookstore.com/
The Details This Important fundraiser to help us out will be An eclectic night of readings, art, dj's, raffles and live bands. Readings from author Lorette C. Luzajic, Alec Butler, Lisa Foad and Kristyn Dunnion . Band music from Random Order Filth. www.myspace.com/randomorder and Heavy Filth www.myspace.com/tomboyfriend DJ sets from SHE-la Bink, Shane MacKinnon, May, 4est.Host/mc Dana Alexander. PWYC. The Garrison 1197 Dundas St. W. www.garrisontoronto.com Queer West, Toronto Ontario


Once and for all we're gonna tell who we are so shut up and listen is an uncompromising look at the joys and agonies of being an adolescent. From Alexander Devriendt, the artistic director of Belgium's Ontroerend Goed theatre performance group, and co-created by the 13 teenagers in the cast, it's on stage
Venture into the twisted and complicated teenage mind.....these kids have nothing to hide. Once and for all we're gonna tell you who we are so shut up and listen is a powerful and unforgettable piece of performance from Belgium.
This show has critics and fans alike in Europe and North America at the edge of their seats - all cheering with enthusiasm! Wicked and wild, "Once and for all..." comes at viewers without being apologetic for being honest about the emotional and physical jungle of adolescence.
*For more Info visit :www.harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage0910/onceandforall/
The Details: Showing at Harbourfront Centre/LAST SHOWS OF ENTIRE TOUR: February 16th - 20th, 2010 @ 8pm. Tickets $30 ***Buy tickets online: http://tickets.harbourfrontcentre.com/production.aspx?id=8835 416-973-4000). Enwave Theatre, 231 Queens Quay W. www.harbourfrontcentre.com/worldstage

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