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President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to speak at SXSW Music, Film, Interactive

posted Wednesday, March 2, 2016

by: in Art, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Music

South by Southwest (SXSW) has announced  that President Barack Obama will appear as part of a Keynote Conversation at SXSW Interactive on Friday, March 11 and First Lady Michelle Obama will be the opening Keynote at SXSW Music on Wednesday, March 16. This marks the first time in the 30-year history of SXSW that a […]

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Outsiders: American Photography and Film, 1950s – 1980s – March 12 to May 29 at AGO

posted Wednesday, March 2, 2016

by: in Art, Art Gallery, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Film, Gallery, Lesbian, Photography, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Outsiders, a special exhibition of unforgettable images opening at the AGO March 12, 2016, and highlights photographers and filmmakers working in the United States from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s in a time of intense political and cultural turmoil. It’s no accident that artists at the time turned to photography and film — mass […]

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Foxfinder at the Village Playhouse until March 19, 2016

posted Wednesday, March 2, 2016

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

  FOXFINDER is  a gripping and unsettling parable, a darkly comic exploration of belief, desire and responsibility, set in a world both strange and familiar. William Bloor, a ‘foxfinder’, arrives at Sam and Judith Covey’s farm to investigate a suspected contamination. He is driven by his education and beliefs to unearth and destroy an animal […]

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Bloor Subway Turns 50 – Celebrates with Art – February 25, 2016

posted Monday, February 22, 2016

by: in Art Gallery, Events, Family, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Bloor-Danforth subway line, The Artists’ Newsstand at Chester Station will host a Birthday Party on Thursday, February 25 from 4pm to 7pm featuring live performances, music and complimentary cake, balloons and prizes. The previously dormant Gateway newsstand was re-imagined in May 2015 as an artists’ hub to benefit both commuters and artists. […]

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Pride Month Toronto – June 1 to July 3, 2016 – Trudeau, Wynne, and Tory

posted Monday, February 22, 2016

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

  Pride Toronto unveiled today its 2016 Pride Month theme, announcing to the world that this June, “YOU CAN SIT WITH US.” The campaign for Canada’s first-ever Pride Month, kicking off in 100 days, features Canada’s top political leaders: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and partner Jane Rounthewaite and Toronto Mayor John […]

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Mouth Congress (Paul Bellini/Scott Thompson) Perform February 21 at The Rivoli in Toronto

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2016

by: in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Music, Queer, Toronto

  MOUTH CONGRESS, a reference to oral sex found in the Sir Richard Burton translation of the Kama Sutra, was founded in 1984 when Paul Bellini rented a beatbox from Long & McQuade so he and Scott Thompson could jam around the big freezer in their basement. Today, they reference themselves as The Original Gay […]

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Jane Sibbery CD Release Party – February 17 and 19, 2016 at Hugh’s Room Toronto

posted Tuesday, February 16, 2016

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Queer, Toronto

The long-awaited Jane Siberry recording is finally ready to be released. It is called Ulysses’ Purse with twelve songs and Siberry once again at the helm as producer. She is joined by many of her musical friends, including her singing ‘sisters’ Rebecca Jenkins, k.d. lang, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Ali Hughes and Maria Doyle Kennedy; guitarists […]

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A Night With Janis Joplin onstage at Panasonic Theatre (Toronto)

posted Monday, February 15, 2016

by: in Celebrity, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

      A Night With Janis Joplin is now playing at the Panasonic Theatre in Toronto, with a very limited engagement until February 21st only. After this Toronto engagement the show will tour to 34 cities across the U.S. and Canada for a total of 70 shows. It’s a little bit rock and roll, […]

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Cyndi Goes Country

posted Friday, January 29, 2016

by: in Celebrity, Music, Queer

Cyndi Lauper’s next album is going to be her unique renditions of a dozen classic country songs, that she recorded in Nashville alongside a band comprised of the city’s top session players. DETOUR features hits from the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s, and has guest appearances from country music stars Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, […]

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“Mauritius” Now Playing at Village Playhouse in Bloor West Village

posted Tuesday, January 19, 2016

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

The plot line for the current Village Playhouse production of Mauritius reads as follows – “The genteel hobby of stamp-collecting? Not when you mix together siblings at war with each other, and a couple of thugs with an unscrupulous offer.” The two-penny “Post Office” stamp from Mauritius is also known as the “Blue Mauritius”, and […]

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