Bricks and Glitter – Grassroots LGBTQ+ Community Arts Festival – July 18 to 29, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Monday, July 9, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Charity, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Outdoors, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Bricks and Glitter is a community arts festival, celebrating Two-Spirit, trans and queer talent, ingenuity, caring, anger, and abundance. Centered around the Junction Triangle and Parkdale, sites of multiple queer, precarious, and creative histories, the festival runs from July 18th-29th, 2018. The festival brings together multiple thriving collectives of young queer artists, musicians, culture producers, […]

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Andy Warhol Musical: In Rehearsal – on stage until July 14, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, July 5, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, New York City, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory defined an era and launched a movement in many art disciplines — film, visual art, theatre, music, dance, life in general. ANDY WARHOL MUSICAL explores the ethos of the Silver Factory and the people who created that scene. Based on verbatim quotes — sourced from media interviews, documentaries, journals and other materials — ANDY […]

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“Viva Cabaret” Celebrates 15 Years in Toronto – June 29, 2018

posted Tuesday, June 26, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Drag, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

Viva Cabaret is back at The Rivoli with a tribute show to the greatest divas of stage and screen. Thirty grotesque characters come alive on stage in this bold, fast-pased one-man show of impersonations. Liza, Tina, Cher, Judy, Elvis, Ella, Whitney, Gaga and 30 more larger than life characters will entertain you with favourite songs, extraordinarily […]

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Chhoti Maa performs at Pride Toronto’s Catalyst Event – June 22, 2018

posted Friday, June 22, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Are you a fan of Indigenous music but often don’t know where to start your search for the best artists out there? Behold Revolutions Per Minute, AKA RPM, a global Indigenous music platform, label, and artist collective. This year they present Catalyst, an exciting evening of music showcasing some of today’s most compelling Indigenous voices […]

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Japan Foundation of Toronto presents their free PRIDE Film series

posted Tuesday, June 19, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Film, Hamilton, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Celebrate Pride  this summer by watching some films that look at LGBTQ diversity in Japan.  Free admission, registration required for each film below Hush! ハッシュ！  June 22, 2018 6:30 PM  &   July 12, 2018 1:00 PM  Directed by Ryosuke Hashiguchi [2001] 135 min. Naoya and his partner Katsuhiro  receive a proposition from Asako, who they met by chance: […]

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Pride Toronto – Ch-Ch-Changes

posted Monday, June 18, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Charity, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Toronto, Trans

With a festival as large and as politically charged as Pride Toronto, there’s always going to changes happening, which undoubtedly will lead to disenchantment from some community members, and applause from others. Pride means something different to everyone, and for many it’s a very personal and passionate experience. While many see the festival as losing […]

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Pride Toronto on the Island – “Til Sunrise” Kicks off Pride Week

posted Monday, June 18, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Dance, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Toronto’s very first Pride-style celebrations happened on Toronto Island in 1971, and this weekend Pride Toronto kicked off Pride Week in style with their new ‘Til Sunrise all-day dance party and celebration that took place  on the grounds of Artscape Gibraltar Point.  Hundreds of partiers caught the ferry over to Hanlan’s point, and then connected […]

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House of Filth returns to The Beaver for A Family Reunion – June 18, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Friday, June 15, 2018

by: Bryen Dunn in Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, Pride, Queer, Toronto

The House of Filth Family Showcase, is this collective’s longest standing family tradition, and the whole gang (bang) returns this Pride week with a very special guest. That’s right, the delectably deportable kiwi krusader Judy Virago, returns to take her seat at the head of the table. So bring your button eyes children, she’s here to sew […]

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Free Flicks at Yonge-Dundas Square all summer long

posted Friday, June 8, 2018

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

School’s out for summer, which means it is time to rock on down to YONGE-DUNDAS SQUARE (YDS) for the city’s favourite outdoor screenings, City Cinema, every Tuesday at 8pm from June 26 – August 28. YDS is providing Toronto the ultimate summer soundtrack with Rockumentaries; a lineup of non-fiction films that are sure to cause treble as they explore the life and times of […]

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Rewind Tour, with Aqua, Prozzak, and Whigfield – Sept 8, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, May 30, 2018

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

Danish super group AQUA are thrilled to be heading out for their first ever Canada tour this September, and Toronto queers couldn’t be happier! Facebook and Twitter are flaring up with excitement for this triple-bill, which looks like it’s an immediate sell out for 90s nostalgia music fans who were quick to get tickets. Hopefully a second […]

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