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International Diaspora Film Festival – November 6 to 8, 2015

posted Thursday, November 5, 2015

by: in Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Toronto

The 15th International Diaspora Film Festival (IDFF) brings a unique selection of films from around the world with many award winning works. The festival theme is “Iranian Diaspora Revisited” to celebrate the roots of the festival in its Quinceañera. The Festival opens with the Canadian premiere of The President by renowned Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. […]

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TIFF BOOMBOX fundraiser November 5th

posted Wednesday, November 4, 2015

by: in Art, Celebrity, Charity, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

  TIFF’s annual charity fundraiser BOOMBOX will celebrate the highly anticipated exhibition Andy Warhol: Stars of the Silver Screen, that explores his lifelong fascination with fame and celebrity. This event is going to be off-da-hook, so you better grab your tickets early! Taking place on Thursday, November 5, BOOMBOX offers an all-out blast of film, […]

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Sherlock Holmes on stage Oct 27 to Nov 8

posted Monday, October 26, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

David Arquette is set to play the title role in SHERLOCK HOLMES, an original adaptation inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic tales by the late Canadian playwright, Greg Kramer. it’s playing Toronto’s Ed Mirvish Theatre from October 27-November 8, 2015. Thrilling, humorous, full of head-scratching crimes and dazzling deduction in the face of cunning […]

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Naked Heart LGBT Festival of Words – Oct 16 to 18, 2015

posted Thursday, October 15, 2015

by: in Books, Events, Featured Events, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto, Trans

Glad Day Bookshop is thrilled to present the first year of NAKED HEART – The LGBTQ Festival of Words. The vision for NAKED HEART is to establish a yearly Canadian LGBTQ literary festival that amplifies love, language and freedom. This year, over 120 writers are presenting at 47 panels, workshops and readings during the weekend […]

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Pride Toronto announces new five year Strategic Plan – 2016-2021

posted Wednesday, October 14, 2015

by: in Events, Featured Events, Pride, Queer, Toronto

This new community-driven Plan offers strategic directions, revised mission, vision and values for organization, the result of a years worth of community engagement and consultation which will guide the organization over the next five years. The Strategic Plan, Beyond 20/20, introduces a revised mission, vision and values for Pride Toronto, as well as strategic directions and […]

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Rendezvous With Madness Film Festival – November 6 to 14, 2015

posted Tuesday, October 13, 2015

by: in Activism, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Toronto

The first and largest mental health film festival in the world, Rendezvous with Madness (RWM), presented by Workman Arts (WA), returns to TIFF Bell Lightbox alongside the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema and Workman Theatre from November 6 – 14 for its 23rd edition. The nine-day festival showcases 20+ programs with almost 40 feature and short […]

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Mirvish Announces 2015/16 Productions

posted Sunday, October 4, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Comedy, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

David Mirvish announced additional shows and new details about his 2015-16 theatre season. Consisting of seven shows in the Main Subscription and three shows in the Off-Mirvish Subscription, the season also has eight shows that will be presented outside of subscription. In total, Mirvish will produce and/or present 18 shows in four different theatres – […]

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Upside Downton…Abbey

posted Sunday, October 4, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Comedy, Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

Upside Downton is one-person stand-up comedy show in Toronto that’s a parody of a popular UK based television show Downton Abbey. The Edwardian-era period-piece series began late 2010 in the UK, and was broadcast on PBS this side of the pond starting early 2011. It depicts the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their […]

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Kinky Boots is (sort of) Kinky

posted Wednesday, September 30, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

Sometimes it’s best going into things, not knowing everything. .or anything at all. Such could be the case with the Mirvish production of Kinky Boots. If you’re going in thinking it’s all about kinks and such, then you’re wrong (sort of). However, it is about being Kinky, in a Lola (sort of) way, but it’s […]

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Get Down with Motown (The Musical)

posted Tuesday, September 29, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Music, Theatre, Toronto

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL is currently playing at the Mirvish Prince of Wales Theatre on King Street West, and it has audiences dancing in their seats, and out on the streets. It’s a story about music, passion, race relations, and love. Motown founder Berry Gordy had a dream to bring the predominately black performers from the […]

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