Toronto Jazz Festival – returns to Yorkville with over 175 free concerts – June 21 to 30, 2019

posted Wednesday, June 19, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Events, Family, Featured Events, Music, Outdoors, Toronto

For those wanting something different than Pride Toronto’s takeover of the city, the Toronto Jazz Festival also starts this weekend, and continues right through to the next with over 175 free concerts and some big name musicians! Film star and The Blues Brothers co-founder Dan Aykroyd, Late Night with David Letterman band leader Paul Shaffer, blues-rock great David Wilcox, Louisiana bluesman Kenny Neal and […]

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre announces 2019/20 season line-up

posted Saturday, June 8, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Montreal, Music, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

Artistic Director Evalyn Parry announced the line-up for Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s 2019/20 season today. After a blowout 40th anniversary season, the theatre company focuses on its role as an incubator for new queer works, with a mainstage production of one of its residency projects, an expanded showcase for its resident artists, and a new curation format […]

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“Tales of The City” debuts on Netflix June 7, 2019 with Ellen Page, Paul Gross, and Molly Ringwald –

posted Monday, June 3, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Film, Lesbian, Pride, Queer, Trans

  The series Netflix’s Tales of the City is a new and original chapter in the beloved and ground breaking Tales franchise of novels and TV miniseries. The series reestablishes characters that fans know and love, while also introducing a new set of characters, storylines and LGBTQ characters a new generation will relate to. Audiences will love and can appreciate […]

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“Cherry Grove Stories” – documentary on this Fire Island hangout releases June 4th

posted Monday, June 3, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Celebrity, Film, Lesbian, Music, New York City, Queer

Breaking Glass Pictures has acquired North American rights to the historically potent LGBTQ documentary CHERRY GROVE STORIES, which entertainingly recounts time in Cherry Grove including queer origins, Tennessee Williams visits, decadent parties, sexual liberation, HIV alienation and the continual swinging of indecent law enforcement…all told through first person accounts and a treasure trove of fabulous, unseen archival […]

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Charlotte: A Tri-Coloured Play – genre-bending chamber musical – June 1, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, May 29, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Music, Theatre, Toronto

After a premiere season in 2017 at the Luminato Festival and World Stage Design “Scenofest” in Taipei,Taiwan, Theaturtle’s acclaimed Charlotte: A Tri-Coloured Play with Music will tour to Jaffa Fest in Tel Aviv, Israel, Theatre on Podol in Kiev, Ukraine, The National Theatre of the Czech Republic in Prague, and other significant European venues. But not before a public performance send-off June 1 at Hart House Theatre! Prior to the tour, […]

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Just Call Me Lady: The Musical – Mandy Goodhandy’s memoir hits the stage June 7 and 8, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, May 28, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Events, Featured Events, Music, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

Mandy Goodhandy is a trans woman stand up comedian, author, and singer.  Her memoirs “Just Call Me Lady” and her CD (of the same name) were both released in 2018, and now she’s combining both into one spectacular stage production for two nights only! Not just another transgender person’s “transition” story. Mandy Goodhandy (aka Amanda Taylor) […]

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“I’m Going To Break Your Heart” featuring Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk – in theatres May 23, 2019

posted Wednesday, May 22, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Music, Toronto

They made headlines in Canada as beautiful, young, rock royalty, but nearly two decades later, Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace) and Chantal Kreviazuk struggle, like most people, with their relationship. I’M GOING TO BREAK YOUR HEART follows Maida and Kreviazuk as they write and record their first album together, I’m Going to Break Your Heart, offering an intimate […]

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Q&A with Nova Scotia’s Rich Aucoin, who releases new album and performs in Toronto May 22, 2019

posted Tuesday, May 21, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Music, Toronto

Nova Scotia’s Rich Aucoin can easily be described as a concept artist. He takes his work very seriously, putting together the lyrics and melodies, connecting with the right individuals to help record and produce, and then creates an elaborate must-be-there-to-experience live performance with visuals and other distractions. He’s releasing a new album this month (May […]

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“Standing By Our Colours” – new website and summer long events to mark the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminlization of homosexuality in Canada

posted Tuesday, May 14, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Pride, Queer, Trans

Today marks the official day that the NPO Grand Canadian Events, in collaboration with Canadian Heritage, launches the activities surrounding the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada with the project STANDING BY OUR COLOURS / AFFICHONS NOS COULEURS. “The Government of Canada is pleased to support projects like Standing By Our Colours because they raise awareness of […]

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Queer Ontario celebrates 10th anniversary with a special film screening – May 15, 2019 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, May 14, 2019

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Queer Ontario, an LGBTQ-specific non-profit, announced that it will be hosting a film screening and premiere of ‘Queer Edge: From Gay to Queer Liberation’ directed by Dr. Nick Mulé as part of its 10th Anniversary celebration. The event including the screening will take place at the Tranzac Club on May 15 from 7 PM to […]

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