Event list compiled by
Pride Toronto Community Advisory Panel holding public meetingsin December 2011
Meetings will be held at: The 519 Church Street Community Centre, (Thursday). December 2, from 7pm to 9 pm; Gladstone Hotel (Saturday). December 4, 12.30 pm to 2.30 pm; Bennett Lecture Hall, Flavelle House, University of Toronto Faculty of Law (Monday) December 6, 7 pm to 9 pm and the Trans - Pride: Community Advisory Forum, The 519 Church Street Community Centre, (Thursday) December 9 from 7 pm to 9 pm. UPDATE: New panel session added - December 11 (Saturday)- Focus on deaf issues - 2 pm to 4 pm at the 519 Church Street Community Centre.
The Community Advisory Panel is composed of 9 people: Rev. Dr. Brent Hawkes CM, Chair, Angela Robertson, Michael Went, Nichola Ward, Andre Goh, Douglas Elliot, Lorraine Weinrib, Kavita Joshi and Raja Khouri. PRIDE Toronto has asked CAP to consult with the communities and recommend back to Pride Toronto ways to move forward in a variety of issues. Consensus reached in panel discussions are not binding Pride Toronto Board of Directors.
Online Survey is being developed with detailed questions on various issues. The Panel is looking forward to receiving your input and creative ideas for moving forward. For More information and full details visit: http://www.communityadvisorypanel.ca/
Queer West Arts Centre, will not be attending or making any submissions to the panel at the Gladstone Hotel for their own reasons. Individuals directors and arts collective members are free to do online survey if they wish.
Wednesday December 8 - Clashing Temporalities: Gender And The New Corporate Glass Ceiling In Hungary Csilla Kalocsai presents a lecture on gender inequalities in post-socialist Hungary. 12:30-1:30 pm. Free. Centre for Women's Studies in Education, 252 Bloor W, rm 2-227, cwse@utoronto.ca
Wednesday December 8 - Brockton Village Writers Series RG Thomson, Jefferson Guzman, Maria Pia Marchelletta, Sherry Isaac and others. 7-9 pm. Free. St Anne's Church, 270 Gladstone. 416-536-3160. Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario.
Thursday December 9 - Let Him Be (Daily Bread Food Bank) Screening of the Peter McNamee film about John Lennon. 7:15 pm. $10. Innis Town Hall 2 Sussex, lethimbe.com.
Thursday December 9 - Inanna Book Launch @ TWB Launch Launch of Maura Hanrahan's Sheilagh's Brush, Adebe De Rango-Adem and Andrea Thompson's Other Tongues: Mixed-Race Women Speak Out, and Diane Driedger's Living The Edges: A Disabled Woman's Reader. 6:30-9 pm. Free. Toronto Women’s Bookstore 73 Harbord, 416-922-8744.
Thursday December 9 - Social Planning Toronto “Can We Talk?” The relationship between the nonprofit sector and the Ontario government. Join us for an important discussion of current opportunities and challenges for the sector in its relationship with the provincial government.Speakers: Lynn Eakin, Lynn Eakin and Associates, and Ontario Nonprofit Network, Margaret Hancock, Family Service Toronto, Ontario Nonprofit Network Steering Committee, and the Community Social Services Campaign and Kathy Johnson, CUPE and the Community Social Services Campaign. Social Planning Toronto, 2 Carlton Street, Suite 1001, Thursday, December 9, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. All are welcome. As space is limited, registration is required. Register online at www.socialplanningtoronto.org or call Mary Micallef at (416) 351-0095 x251.
The HOUSE CALL conversations have three purposes: Record, Relate & Renovate. Record - We come together to build a record of our histories & hopes. Relate - We come together to build a movement and make new friends and allies. We respect and listen to each other, even if it’s uncomfortable or scary. Renovate - We come together to build a new shelter that reflects the needs and dreams of lesbian, gay, bi, trans, transsexual, transgender, two-spirit and queer youth.
We really want to give people different ways to Record & Relate their experiences, their passion, their fears and their hopes. You can choose to of these options - Art & Craft Area (hosted by The People Project)Video Booth (hosted by Deviant Productions: Lali Mohammed & Vivek Menon with Leo Zuniga) Audio & Podcasting Corner Blogging, Endorsing, Writing and/or Online Surveys Focus Group Discussion: Why we need an LGBT youth shelter (facilitated by Aniska Ali)Focus Group Discussion: Dreaming & Prioritizing Possibilities (facilitated by CC Sapp)Focus Group Discussion: Logistics like Location, Size, Partnerships and More (facilitated by Curtis Norman)
The Details: Thursday December 9th 7pm – 9pm Harbord Collegiate Institute,286 Harbord Ave, (South of Bloor, between Christie and Bathurst. Enter at the northeast corner, go down the stairs or use the elevator)Wheelchair accessible, including bathrooms, ASL interpretation has been requested but not confirmed.And there will be snacks! Check out the Facebook group here:www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159749064066355 For more information: SYNCtoronto@gmail.com
Friday December 10 - Women's Arm Wrestling Championship for Red Door Shelter Charity @ Club 751 At this event, wrestlers with names like LumberJackie, Alison Hell, Brittney "Body Bag" Townsend, Lindsay "DOA" Darling, Jacqueline Hyde, Pussy Galore, The Marvelous Madgeisco and Scarlett O'Terror duke it out to the tune of their own theme songs, and they don’t do it alone: each girl brings her posse, as back up.
Entrance Music. Fake names & Costumes are highly Encouraged Championship Belts up for grabs. THIS IS AN OPEN SIGN UP, ANY LADIES MAY JOIN Create your own character and theme and throw down! $2 to wrestle, $3 to watch all proceeds go to the Red Door Womens Shelter www.reddoorshelter.ca/Donations also accepted at the door
The Details: Registration starts at 8:00pm, but you should Pre Register by emailing: classyladiesarmwrestling@gmail.com Club 751 (751 Queen Street West, Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario.
Friday December 10 - A Wing Ding Zine Fair @ XSpace Gallery Do you make zines or graphic novels? Do your friends? Do you make small books and have no idea what they are? (hint they are zines) XPACE Cultural Centre (58 Ossington Ave., just north of Queen St., Friday December 10th, from 5-9pm (approximately). www.xpace.info Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario.
Saturday December 11 - AIR art + talks + party @ Toronto Free Gallery. Alphabet City is celebrating the publication of its 15th anthology AIR – and the completion of its five-part biblioblitz on the environment – with events in NYC + Toronto. ALL DAY – exhibitions and print sale 3:00-6:00 p.m. – MUSEO AERO SOLAR: Help build a giant balloon artwork! 6:00-8:00 p. m. – CITIES OF AIR: Readings and interviews with four AIR authors: Diana Fitzgerald Bryden, Megan Griffith-Greene, Amanda Jernigan, and Lisa Rochon. 8:00-midnight – PARTY-AIR!: Celebrate with the authors, artists, designers, partners and editors of the AIR project. Toronto Free Gallery, 1277 Bloor Street West (Lansdowne subway station) www.torontofreegallery.org Presented in partnership with Toronto Free Gallery and Circuit Gallery www.circuitgallery.com Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario.
Saturday December 11 - Small Press Book Fair Small press books, zines, comics and more. 11 am-4:30 pm. Free. Great Hall, 1087 Queen W, torontosmallpress.wordpress.com.
Saturday December 11 - Illogical Animal Snowpants a one-night film and performance event @ Gallery 253469.
With challenging short art films by: Adam David Brown (Toronto), Henry "Banger" Benvenutti (NYC via Toronto), Eugénie Cliche (Saint-Lambert, QC), Angela Eileen De Crescenzo (Toronto), Robert Ezergailis (Hamilton), Brett Gowlett (Toronto), Guy Hood (Peterborough), Christina Kozak (Toronto), Wesley Rickert (Toronto) and performance by Inverted Space Femme Theatre (Toronto)
Illogical Animal Snowpants is a one-night art event that resists current cold climates, bucks and bellows in the new art ghetto at Bloor and Lansdowne. Filling one small room with large and unpredictable dreams and a window installation entitled "Naked Again".
THE 253469 MANDATE - 253469 is an interdisciplinary art space that is not ruled by commerce, academia, politics or common sense. 1267 Bloor Street West (at Lansdowne) Doors open 8 PM Free admission For more information contact 253469@gmail.com or 416.653.9919
December 12 - Einsturzende Neubauten (Goth Night) @ Lee's Palace. Along with Cabaret Voltaire and Throbbing Gristle, Germany's Einsturzende Neubauten ("collapsing new buildings") helped pioneer industrial music with an avant-garde mix of white-noise guitar drones, vocals verging on the unlistenable at times, and a clanging, rhythmic din produced by a percussion section consisting of construction materials, power tools, and various metal objects. 8pm, $31.25+ from ticketmaster. 529 Bloor St. W. www.leespalace.com Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario.
Tuesday December 14 - Queer Karaoke @ The HenHouse. This is not your parent's karaoke night. We want you to get your drink on, get your outfits made, get your hair did and get obnoxious...let's do SLUTTY-OKE!!! Starts at 10pm. Henhouse 1532 Dundas St. West. just west of Dufferin North side. No cover Note Bene HenHouse closed December 24, 25 and January 1 www.henhousetoronto.com/events.html Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario.
The west-end space an artistic crossroads of sorts, where art of all kinds by emerging and established artist comingles in what is simultaneously a Mexican-inspired Naco Café. It has also evolved into quite the gay hotspot, cemented by the newly established Tapette party, boasting French dance music.
Tapette translates as; fly-swatter, carpet-beater, mousetrap, nancy, poof (UK) and faggot (USA). Facebook ban the word, hence it has to be listed as tap ette note the space.
DJ Phil Villeneuve also spins at these monthly events FIT on 3rd Saturday of the Month! (Beaver Cafe) and BIG PRIMPIN' first Friday of the month (The Wrongbar) Phil is a writer for (Toronto's ChartAttack, fAB magazines) Digital Man About Town (Puretracks.com)
The Details: DJ Phil Villeneuve, spinning all the best in French dance & pop music. Bottles of 50 are only $4 - add a shot of tequila and it's only $9. Starts at 10 pm. until 2 am. No Cover. Naco Gallery Cafe, 1665 Dundas St. (between Dufferin and Lansdowne) www.nacogallery.com | dj-phil-villeneuves | twitter.com/philville Queer West Village, Toronto
Saturday December 18 &19 - The annual City of Craft Fair @ The Theatre Centre. City of Craft is an annual craft event designed to provide handmade alternatives to mass-produced holiday gifts and to provide interactive programs for the community. Workshops, installations, interactive booths, a tea party, a craft fair, raffles, group art shows & more! Can you believe it? The Theatre Centre, 1087 Queen Street West, Queer West Toronto, ON. December 18 & 19, 2010, Saturday 11:00am-6:00pm and Sunday 11:00am-5:00pm www.sweetiepiepress.com Queer West Village, Toronto Ontario.
Upcoming events 2011
What do Queer Neighbourhoods do for Cities? Part 3 of 3 of Queer in City UnConference series sponsored by Toronto Queer West Art and Culture Centre in May 2011Queer West Shout Queer Youth and Young Adult day long theatre and playwriting art workshop. With Jamie Ebbs as Creative Director February 2011
Queer West Arts Festival Call Out for Entertainers in August 2011 The largest dedicated queer arts festival in Canada. The 11th annual ten day Queer West Arts Festival will run from Friday August 5th to Sunday August 15th, 2011, it will include a film festival on Saturday August 13 The Details
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