Monday March 1 - Toronto Film Society presents The Film Buffet, a Mae West double bill: Night After Night (1932) D: Archie Mayo, and Sextette (1978) D: Ken Hughes. 7:30 pm. $15. Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex. 416-363-7222, interlog.com/tfs.
Tuesday March 2 - Brockton Writers Series Anthony De Sa, Jenny Sampirisi and Lesley McAllister. 7-9 pm. Free. Zoots Café, 1438 Dundas W. 416-536-2233.
Tuesday March 2 - Art Bar poetry reading series has Asa Boxer, A.F. Moritz, Adrienne Gruber and an open mic, Tues. 8 p.m. (free). Clinton's, 693 Bloor St. W. http://www.artbar.org/
Tuesday March 2 - Whiskey Bars is Bremner Duthie's one-man show featuring a selection of songs by Kurt Weill. The cabaret production runs every Tues. 8 p.m., to Mar. 21 ($15/$12 at www.totix.ca). Bread and Circus, 299 Augusta Ave. http://www.bremnerduthie.com/
Tuesday March 2 - “Sex Work is Real Work” workshop @ Centre for Women and Trans People at U of T. Delivered by Kara Gillies and Jen La Fauci Gordon from Maggie's: The Toronto Sex Workers Action Project. Why is decriminalizing sex work integral to human and labour rights? Did you know Ontario sex workers have taken a lead on challenging discriminatory laws in Canada? This workshop will also explore current issues facing the diversity of sex workers, including how some feminist movements have further stigmatized sex workers and how we can create sex worker positive spaces in student organizing.
Maggie's is an organization run for and by sex workers. Their mission is to assist sex workers in their efforts to live and work with safety and dignity. They are founded on the belief that in order to improve their circumstances, sex workers must control their own lives and destinies.
The Details: The workshop will be from 6pm to 8pm on Tuesday March 2, 2010 at the Centre for Women and Trans People at U of T. Light meal will be provided. 563 Spadina Ave, Room 100 (North of college, east side of Spadina). Wheelchair accessible via Bancroft Avenue. For more details, please contact Margaret at staff.womenscentre@utoronto.ca or call 416 978 8201.
Thursday March 4 - Photographer Rick O' Brien Reception @ Naco Gallery - Below The Beneath. Photography by Rick O’Brien Show Runs through the month of March For photographers opportunity is key; for the most part we document the moments presented before our very eyes; sometimes with planning, traveling, or study, we can capture images outside of ourselves, of a dream, of memory, of history; sometimes false, and sometimes the truth, but even that is left up to the viewer to decide.
The Details: Reception March 4 at 7 pm Exhibition runs till March 31 Naco Gallery and Cafe 1665 Dundas St. W. http://www.nacogallery.com/ http://www.rickobrienphotographer.com/ Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario.
Thursday March 4 - The Street Youth Artist Project Party (SKETCH) An opening night party with art, music and treats raises funds for art programs for street-involved youth. 7-10 pm. $25. Queen Elizabeth Bldg, Exhibition Place. theartistprojecttoronto.com.
Friday March 5 - Speakeasy with queer film, then Cosmic Cat rocks the night away @ Margret on Dundas. We all know it. We all love it. Join us for a tantalizing evening of Ally Sheedy and Radha Mitchell loving, learning, fucking, using, breaking... all the things that make for one helluva love story.
Sydney (or simply 'Syd'), age 24, is a woman who has her whole life mapped out in front of her. Living with longtime boyfriend James, and working her way up at the respected high-art photography magazine Frame, Syd has desires and frustrations that seem typical and manageable. But when a crack in her ceiling springs a leak and Syd finds herself knocking on the door of her upstairs neighbor, a chance meeting suddenly takes her on a new path.
Opening the door to an uncharted world for Syd is Lucy Berliner, a renowned photographer, enchanting, elusive, and curiously retired. Now 40, Lucy lives with her once glamorous, heroin-addicted German girlfriend Greta, and plays host to a collection of hard-living party kids. Before Syd's caught her breath, she's caught Lucy's fascination and is drawn into the center of Lucy's strangely alluring life upstairs.
When Syd's bosses at Frame catch wind of her acquaintance with Lucy, they suddenly take interest in Syd and pressure her to bring Lucy to the magazine. Soon a working relationship develops between the two and a project is underway which promises a second chance for Lucy's career. But as Syd and Lucy's collaboration draws them closer together, their working relationship turns sexual and the lines between love and professionalism suddenly blur. As Syd slowly discovers the darker truths of Lucy's life on the edge, she is forced to confront her own hunger for recognition and the uncertain rewards of public esteem.
The Details: Margret, 2952 Dundas Street come... enjoy... grab a drink... share some snacks... indulge yourself in HIGH ART with Margret, Jen Neales and meet the West Side Stories Video womyn. Film at 8 pm. DJ Cosmic Cat at 10 pm.
Saturday March 6 - International Women's Day March and Rally. Rally - 11:00am (OISE Auditorium, 252 Bloor St. W @ St. George Subway Station) March - 1:00pm Fair - 1:30pm (Ryerson University, 55 Gould St.) Venue: OISE Auditorium
Address: 252 Bloor St. W Website: http://www.iwdtoronto.org/
Monday March 8 - Feminist Book Sale (Resources for Feminist Research) Used feminist texts, fiction, reference books, journals and more. Mar 8 and Mar 9, 1-6 pm. Free. OISE Centre for Women Studies in Education, rm 2-227, 25 Bloor W. cwse@utoronto.ca.
Monday March 8 - Musical Fundraiser (Toronto Women's Bookstore) International Women's Day Celebration with Evalyn Parry, Raging Asian Women, Belladonna and others. 7:30-11:30 pm. Donation. Tranzac, 292 Brunswick. 416-922-8744.
Monday March 8 - The Power of Us: A Celebration of Women International Women's Day @ YMCA Auditorium: 20 Grosvenor. Jessica Yee – youth activist, Indigenous hip-hop feminist, author of two books, founder and Executive Director of the Native Youth Sexual Health Network, recipient of the 2009 YMCA Young Woman of Distinction Award – and just 24 years old. d’bi young – musician, dubpoet, actor, teacher and storyteller – and one of Canada’s most celebrated artists. She is currently playwright-in-residence at CanStage theatre, author of two plays, producer of five albums, and recipient of countless arts awards. Tickets: $17.50 at 416.978.8849 or http://www.uofttix.ca/or $15 at Women’s College Hospital Ankh Gift Shop (cash and pickup only) Event location: YMCA Auditorium: 20 Grosvenor St. Toronto, 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto.
Tuesday March 9 - Exploring Your Inner Showboat Six-week introductory course on burlesque dancing with CoCo La Crème. 6:30-9 pm. $69. Toronto Women's Bookstore, 73 Harbord. Pre-register 416-922-8744.
Tuesday March 9 - Picturing Genital Embryogenesis: Accurate Discriminations And Adequate Frames Talk by artist Jack Butler. http://www.fatemaps.ca/ 3 pm. Free. U of T Art Centre, 15 King's College Circle. Pre-register 416-978-1838.
Thursday March 11 - Steers and Queers Spring into Action @ The Dakota Tavern. "Our saddle.. is waiting, come on, jump on it!" Grease up your chaps pardners, it's another round of Steers & Queers, Starring Miss Fluffy Souffle, The Pining, Shane McKinnon and a real live Jolene. DJ's Sigourney Beaver & Joe Blow will help you Brokeback that ass up. Doors at 9:00, Gay Olde Oprey at 11:00, $5. Cowboy couture highly recommended. The Dakota Tavern (Dundas & Ossington) 9 pm to 2 am.
Thursday March 11- Hip hop culture: Dalton Higgins @ Toronto Women's Book Store. Why have women’s stories become obscure, rarely mentioned footnotes in rap lore? And why do a few select rap temptresses get all the glory? Is hip hop the last bastion of heterosexuality in the music industry? And does LGBT living exist on a separate island from hip hop?
Hip hop culture journalist Dalton Higgins explores these and other questions, taking his analysis beyond North American parameters to consider the social and political uses of hip hop around the globe. Featuring an a cappella performance by local female hip hop artist. 73 harbord street. We regret our washroom is not wheelchair accessible. all our events and courses are trans inclusive. ph: 416-922-8744/ 800-861-8233 info@womensbookstore.com http://www.womensbookstore.com/
Friday March 12 - New Movements and Markets in Pornography is a Conference presented by the Sexual Diversity Studies Student Union. The event will feature Tristan Taormino, Bruce LaBruce, Sherrie Quinn & Brenda Cossman. It all takes place at the Medical Sciences Building 1 King's College Circle. Admission $25 includes after-party. from 7-10pm, http://www.sdssu.com/
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