CultureLink’s Newcomer Youth Centre presents: Objects of Identity: Things that make me, Me.
A 2010 Youth Theatre Production. The NYC Theatre Group consists of 8 newcomer youth, who came together to write, direct and perform in a play about their own experiences of settling in Canada. This year’s show focuses on objects, memories and the balance between missing back home and the making of a new home. The show is original and inspiring.Event Dates and Locations: Tuesday August 31st, 2pm at the CultureLink office (2340 Dundas St. W. Suite 301); Wednesday September 1st, 4:30pm at the Bloor/Gladstone Library, Thursday September 2nd, 7:30pm at The Stop Wychwood Barns (601 Christie St.); Friday September 3rd, 7pm at the CultureLink office (2340 Dundas St. W. Suite 301);
If you are interested in having the group perform at a community centre, school, library or other venue, please contact Rebecca Butler, Youth Program Worker, Newcomer Youth Centre, rbutler@culturelink.net, Tel: (416) 588 - 6288 ext. 221, Fax: (416) 588 - 2435 www.culturelink.net This video will help you find your way to CultureLink Settlement Services.www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXORpyQ1wDg
Wednesday September 1 - Granny Boots @ The Gladstone Granny Boots is early evening entertainment for queer folk who like to be in bed by 11.This week Granny Boots hosts a hilarious live edition of MATCH GAME with superstars Kitty Neptune (The Scandelles), Mark Shyzer (Fishbowl), Dainty Box, Ryan G. Hinds and more! 1214 Queen St W, Queer West Toronto, Ontari.
Wednesday September 1- Following Granny Boots - Vitamin G a Queer Dance Party hosted by Kaleb Robertson and Shane @ Gladstone Hotel.. This week the dance floor is going to get serious as we bring in the PWR BTM crew, DJ ALZKA & leather DATA! Vitamin G is a weekly, queer-friendly, neighbourhood dance party! 10pm, every Wednesday & always free, make your way to the Melody Bar to hear your favourite djs play alongside new ones and dance, converse, make out, whatever you feel comfortable doing! 1214 Queen St W, Queer West Toronto, Ontario.
Thursday, September 2 - The Judy Monologues @ Buddies in Bad Times / Tallulah's Cabaret. The Judy Monologues is a new one-act performance piece, based on rare voice recordings that Judy Garland made in the 1960’s for her never-written autobiography. Conceived and directed by Darren Stewart-Jones,the piece also features vintage film footage and some of Garland’s music. The cast includes Philip Cairns (Philip is Member of Queer West Board of Directors and put on Sexy Words poetry night during Queer West Arts Festival), Ryan Fisher, Darren Stewart-Jones and Kimberly Roberts as Miss Judy Garland. The production will be presented in a workshop format at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre on September 2nd at 8:30pm. Doors open at 8pm. Tickets are $10 and are available at Buddies box office or by calling 416 975-8555. Buddies in Bad Times / Tallulah's Cabaret, Doors 8pm., 12 Alexander St Toronto, Ontario
Thursday September 2 - We invite you to be part of an exciting new project inspired by Mexican muralism @ Naco Gallery, an art movement that took place primarily in the 1930s. The movement's influence subsequently spread throughout America and today we bring it to NACO. “Positive Style” will be a mural party. on Thursday September 2nd. At 8pm. Through September, NACO will host HANNA HUR with her "Positive Style." HUR'S artistic practice stems from personal experience and background. Her creating work is revealing and uncomfortably honest, altogether vulnerable; creates a sort of tell-all narration of her inner psyche. This vulnerability allows viewers to move into the work, experience it, and project themselves onto it, which makes for an exchange of vulnerabilities between artist and looker. Dj. Kevin knows will be spinning the good tunes for the ARTS, the FAGS their friends and lovers. No Cover. Naco Gallery Cafe, 1665 Dundas St. (between Dufferin and Lansdowne) www.nacogallery.com
Thursday, September 2 - Cocksucker Blues @ Parts & Labour in Parkdale. New Homo Hangout wih Matt, Travis and Richard, with special guest Ryan McGinley, will be playing your favourite rock, punk, glam and disco tracks from the 60s to today. Parts and Labour, 1566 Queen St. W., 416-588-7750, partsandlabour.ca Queer West Toronto, Ontario
Thursday September 2 - New World Order Video Release Party. @ Beaver With Abstract Random, Ayo Leilani, DJ Luke Perry. Midnight vid screening, raffle. 11pm. 1192 Queen St W. PWYC, $5 sugg. beavertoronto.ca Queer West Toronto, Ontario
Saturday September 4 - No Pants No Problem w/ Special Guests - Glam Gam Burlesque @ The Garrison. No Pants No Problem = a super, fun dance party where people get down to guilty pleasures in their underwear, perhaps smooch a person or two in the kissing booth and fill their pockets full of free condoms and safer sex info. Also the Glam Glam Burlesque troop from Montreal will be joining us for some extra special fun! Cover ??? The Garrison 1197 Dundas Street West ( west of Ossington, southside) Queer West Toronto, Ontario.
Saturday September 4 - Tuff Disco@ Wrongbar. DJ Cozmic Cat and Orly bring the tuff disco jackin’ sound. 10pm. 1279 Queen St W. No cover Queer West Toronto, Ontario
Sunday September 5 - Pick It Up @ Annex Wreckroom. . Friendly battle from the hottest DJs in the city. DJs Craig Dominic, Sumation, Cozmic Cat and Sticky Cuts. 10pm. 794 Bathurst St. Cover $5 Queer West Toronto, Ontario
Sunday September 5 - Toronto International Poetry Slam Dwayne Morgan hosts a night of competition by North American poets. Doors 8 pm. $15-$20. Poor Alex Theatre, 772A Dundas W, info@upfromtheroots.ca.Queer West Toronto, Ontario
Sunday September 5 - Toronto Laneways Walking Tour Tour the laneways of Queen West, Trinity-Bellwoods and Little Portugal. 1 pm. Aug 22, Sep 5 and Sep 19. Free. Outside Pizza Pizza (Queen and Bathurst), info@graemeparry.com.
Monday September 6 - Denim Boy Modelling School. @ Beaver. Punk, garage and new wave. 11pm. 1192 Queen St W. No cover. beavertoronto.ca Queer West Toronto, Ontario
Tuesday September 7 - Brockton Writers Series Readings by Adebe D.A., Angelica LeMinh, Lana Pesch and Kenji Tokawa. 7-9 pm (networking session 6:30 pm). Free. St. Anne’s Church, 270 Gladstone, 416-536-3160. Queer West Toronto, Ontario
Thursday September 9 - The 5th Annual Patsy Cline Birthday Show! @ Lula Lounge. Heather Morgan hosts a stellar evening of top notch performers doing their favorite Patsy Cline songs. Now in it's 5th year!
The performers will be backed by an all star backing band lead by Steve 'Bebop Cowboys" Briggs, Dennis Pendrith (Vinyl Cafe) on upright bass, Nichol Robertson on guitar, James Gray (formerly of Blue Rodeo) on... piano and Cam Giroux (By Divine Right, Oh Susanna, Luther Wright) on drums.
Special guests for this year's show include:
Russell DeCarle (Prairie Oyster), Kathryn Rose, Lori Yates, Alex Pangman, Alejandra Ribera, Paul Reddick, Treasa Levasseu,r Kirsten Jones Bradley, Harder (Bradley and The Bouncers), Laura Hubert HOTCHA! Caitlin Hanford, Ginger St James, Jadea Kelly, Rosita Stone, Sonya Cote, Michael Brennan, Helen Stewart, Lady Sarah Heather Morgan And guitar goddess Margaret Stowe!
The Details: The Lula Lounge Toronto, 1585 Dundas Street West, (Between Dufferin and Landsdowne) When: Thursday Sept. 9 2010 Showtime: Please note this is an early show starting at 8:30pm sharp. Doors at 7:30pm Cost: $15 Tickets available at the door the night of the event. Dinner reservations guarantee seating. The Lula offers an excellent menu prepared by their in-house chef. For dinner reservations please call (416) 588-0307. Also visit the Lula at www.lulalounge.ca Queer West Toronto, Ontario
Thursday Sept 9 to Sunday Septermber 19 - 35th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) September 9-19, $20 each. Including it's 10th Wavelengths Series New avant-garde films & videos, September 10-13, including by James Benning, Nathaniel Dorsky, Ken Jacobs, Paolo Gioli, Peter Tscherkassky, T. Marie, Rebecca Meyers, Oliver Husain, Kevin Jerome Everson, Tomonari Nishikawa. Many of the artists attending! Curated by Andrea Picard. $63 for all 6 shows.www.tiff.net
September 10 to 25 - Allende Arts Festival 2010 @ Various Locations in Toronto Time to celebrate Latin American Arts in Canada with the 2010 Allende Arts Festival. The festival is in its seventh year of programming and is in its second year at the revitalized Artscape Wychwood Barns. This year’s festival is filled with an exciting and diverse array of artists that continue to broaden the appreciation of Latin American art in Canada and continue to promote and support our culture in this city. Start: Sep 10 2010 - 7:00pm End: Sep 14 2010 - 10:00pm Location(s) Artscape Wychwood Barns 601 Christie Street
The Details: Opening Reception, 7PM-10PM When: Friday September 10th, 2010 Where: George Brown College Address: 230 Richmond Street East (view map) Exhibition: September 10 to 25, 2010 Hours: Monday to Saturday 9AM-5PM.All Events are Free. Closing Party When: Saturday September 25th Time: 9PM Where: Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas Street West Cover: $ 15 www.allendefestival.com
Exclusive Hear Prince's brand-new album "20TEN"
Friday September 10 - Calling all nasty girls, rude boys, true funk soldiers, sexy MFs, and purple hippies! VIVA PRINCE! @ Vida Lounge on Corso Italia.Come celebrate the release of Prince's brand-new album "20TEN". So far, this album has "sold" over 3 million copies in Europe since its July 2010 release, though it was released as a covermount on 4 European publications: Daily Mirror/Record, Het Nieuwsblad, Rolling Stone Germany, and Courrier International. Prince also played 8 concerts in Europe in July. Purplelectricity is a video dance party and Canada’s only recurring Prince tribute party. The party is in its 7th year, and this is its 24th edition. Purplelectricity features music and videos that span Prince's entire career right from 1978's debut album "For You" until 2010's brand-new album "20TEN". DJ doctor BAGGIE spinning hi-NRG Prince.
This party is legendary and hosted the official label release parties 4 Prince’s "3121", "Planet Earth", and "21 Nights". Door prizes (Prince CDs, including a whack of import copies of "20TEN"). Glam Slam Cocktails at the bar. www.purplelectricity.com
The Details: Friday, September 10 Vida Lounge 1345 St Clair Av W (at Lansdowne), Toronto 10 pm doors $7 cover, 19+ Vida Lounge is conveniently located at the corner of St. Clair Avenue West and Lansdowne. Notable landmarks: Vida is right next door to the TD Canada Trust branch, and just half a block east of the legendary La Paloma Gelateria (delicious since 1967!), Earlscourt Park, and the Piccininni Community Centre. There is plenty of free street parking on St. Clair. TTC service to Vida Lounge is slick: 512 St. Clair streetcar (312 St. Clair Blue Night bus) and the 47 Lansdowne bus (329 Dufferin Blue Night bus).
Sunday September 12 - Naked Girls Reading Dr Seuss Skin Tight Outta Sight burlesque performance to a reading of Green Eggs And Ham. 7 pm. $15, cpl $25. Painted Lady 218 Ossington, 647-213-5239.
Sunday September 12 - Vegetarian Food Fair Presentations, cooking demos, workshops, vegetarian cuisine and more. Sep 10 4-9 pm, Sep 11 noon-9 pm and Sep 12 noon-7 pm. Free. Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W, 416-973-4000, www.veg.ca.
Saturday September 18 - Queen West Art Crawl Outdoor art show and sale, a crafters’ market, performance art, workshops, gallery walks, a kids’ zone and more. Sep 18 11 am-6 pm and Sep 19 11 am-6 pm. Free. Trinity Bellwoods Park (Queen and Strachan) and W on Queen, queenwestartcrawl.com.
Saturday September 18 - Sodom Enchanted Toronto's Decadent Dance Party @ Goodhandy's Sodom resident DJ Sumation spins decadent dance and all your favourites, plus takes your requests. Show starring the Queen of Sodom, Mahogany Browne, who demonstrates what it takes to be a man, and the innocent Ivory Towers, who has magical powers. Hosted by the Prince of Sodom, Woodrow Monteiro, the General of Sodom, Myles Sexton, and the Duke of Sodom, Aeryn Pfaff. Glitter & glam makeup station by Andrew Randall.Fantasy outfits encouraged: think fairies, pixies, elves, trolls, orcs, witches, dragons or mythological forest creatures like centaurs and satyrs. Doors unbolted @ 10pm Cover $7 b4 11pm, $10 after • $5 student rate all night @ Goodhandy’s 120 Church Street (at Richmond Street)
Tuesday, September 21 - Trans Film Night: "Cruel and Unusual @ The Centre for Women and Trans People Uof T. We offer this night in recognition of Prisoners’ Justice Day (August 10th) and in opposition to a summer (and history) of police violence. This specific night’s plans are still growing so please check-back for additions or get in touch if you want to be involved. CRUEL AND UNUSUAL This documentary follows five trans women incarcerated in men's prisons across the U.S. Ashley, Linda, Anna, Yolanda and Ophelia describe their experiences undergoing inhumane and violating treatment including rape, violence, solitary confinement and denial of medical care. Their stories raise very important questions about the prison system, the criminalization and institutionalization of particular bodies, and the relationship between human rights and gender identity. The film asks if the punishment for their crimes is indeed cruel and unusual. These women are not criminal in the way the public understands them to be. This unsettling documentary exposes harsh realities and pain - please be aware that the film may be triggering. dir. Janet Baus, Dan Hunt, Reid Williams (2006) rated: unrated Everyone welcome. Allies welcome. Light vegan meal/snacks (ingredient list available). Open discussion afterwards. * This screening is part of Queer Orientation 2010 Date and Time: Tuesday September 21, 2010 6pm-8pm FREE at The Centre for Women and Trans People at U of T 563 Spadina Ave. North Borden Building rm. 100 wheelchair accessible entrance through Bancroft Ave. womenscentre.sa.utoronto.ca womens.centre@utoronto.ca 416-978-8201
Thursday September 30- Last Ride for ART SPIN 2010 season (An Easy Roller) cycling tour of west end galleries @ Trinity Bellwoods Park. Art Spin is an art crawl style bike tour of art galleries, occurring in site specific locations and visits to artists studios. Discover galleries that you may not know and see art of all kinds including glass, painting, fabric, and sculpture as we cycling back-alleys and side streets to each gallery and musical interludes in other, mystery locations .(An all ages & orientations event.
Fun Things on cycling Tour This Month: Gallery selection, other performances TBA .Great video by Neighborhood Arts Network created about Art Spin: http://bit.ly/9pc2zb
The Details: The tour is a free event, and anyone regardless of age or cycling ability is welcome.) arrive in park between 6:30 & 7 PM tour starts 7 PM Sharp -ends around 9 pm.Trinity Bellwoods Park gates, Queen and Strachan, Homepage: ARTSPIN.
Thursday October 21 to Sunday October 31 - 7a*11d Toronto International Festival of Performance Art. 8th International Festival of Performance Art takes place in Toronto from October 21 to 31, 2010. Organized by a non-profit collective of artists, 7a*11d offers a professional venue for new and progressive performance art works. The artist organizers select emerging and established artists of the highest quality from around the world to showcase the breadth and depth of contemporary performance art. Various locations TBA. www.7a-11d.ca
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