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For your Pride needs check out the iconic Dudley’s Paint & Decor!

posted Tuesday, June 18, 2019

by: in Business, Pride, Toronto

Dudley’s is as old as our Village. One of the first stores I remember when I lived and worked downtown Toronto at Church and Wellesley intersection. I thought I would have a quick chat with owner Steve Dawson about how ready he is for Pride. What are your plans for Pride 2019 and the rest […]

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Chatting up Striker Sports Bar, and looking at plans for Pride!

posted Friday, June 14, 2019

by: in Bar/Club, Gaming, Pride, Queer, Sports, Toronto

I love this little bar with a BIG heart. Great food, great drinks, and great vibe, and the owners are friendly and very community oriented. I have enjoyed attending many events there.  Leading up to Pride I thought I would chat with Vince De Carvahlo one of the two owners (co-owner is Oliver Williams). Vince, […]

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A chat with Mariposa Cruises about their upcoming Pride Cruise!

posted Thursday, June 13, 2019

by: in Dance, Entertaining, Events, Outdoors, Pride

One of my highlights of my last year’s pride celebrations was the “Sip and Sail Pride Cruise” by Mariposa Cruises. Great music, great scenery, dancing and laughter, and many smiling faces from our community, made the couple of so hour on the water very enjoyable.  It’s happening again, so needless to say I got my […]

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

posted Saturday, June 8, 2019

by: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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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