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Book Launch and Signing with General Idea’s AA Bronson – March 28, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, March 27, 2018

by: in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Toronto

    Join Art Metropole at the Gladstone Hotel for the Toronto launch of ZIGGURAT: GENERAL IDEA 1968-1994, with artist AA Bronson.This monographic catalogue, published to coincide with the recent exhibition at Mitchell Innes & Nash, illustrates the pervasion of the signature ‘ziggurat’ form in General Idea’s body of work and contributes to the long lineage of artists’ books in […]

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“Bloom” on stage at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre until April 8, 2018

posted Tuesday, March 27, 2018

by: in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

  Twelve years since its debut, Modern Times Stage is pleased to bring renowned Argentinean-Canadian playwright Guillermo Verdecchia’s BLOOM back to Toronto with a new production.  Inspired by T.S Eliot’s celebrated modernist poem The Wasteland, BLOOM is once again directed by award-winning Iranian-Canadian theatre artist Soheil Parsa featuring a powerful and diverse Canadian cast on stage at Buddies and Bad Times Theatre. […]

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Chantel Marostica is GD excited about their new Comedy Album!

posted Monday, March 26, 2018

by: in Comedy, Entertaining, Events, Queer

Some of My Most Favourite funny people is Chantel Marostica. They were part of a comedy special episode of our talk show “On the Couch” last season, people were telling me beforehand how great Chantel is, and I fell in love instantaneously. They had me in stitches with the stand up bit they did on […]

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AGO’s “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” – new block of tickets available March 27, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Monday, March 26, 2018

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

Organized by the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, this is the first institutional survey exhibition to explore the evolution of the celebrated Japanese artist’s immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms. The exhibition continues until May 27, 2018 at the Art Gallery of Ontario, and will be the only Canadian stop after drawing large crowds in Washington, Seattle, and Los Angeles […]

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“Trust” takes a candid look at the Getty family – Premieres March 25th on FX

posted Saturday, March 24, 2018

by: in Celebrity, Film, Television

Inspired by actual events, Trust delves into the trials and triumphs of one of America’s wealthiest and unhappiest families, the Gettys. Equal parts family history, dynastic saga and an examination of the corrosive power of money, Trust explores the complexities at the heart of every family, rich or poor.   Told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the […]

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REVIEW: “I Cook, He Does The Dishes” (While The Audience Sorts The Laundry)

posted Saturday, March 24, 2018

by: in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Written and directed by Sky Gilbert, I Cook, He Does The Dishes is as much about the value of relationship as it is a questioning of how we relate to being in, out of, or enmeshed in it. The play is a modern take on the real-life love affair between John Cage and Merce Cunningham who were […]

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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre – A Legacy of Queer Celebrations

posted Friday, March 23, 2018

by: in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Bar/Club, Charity, Comedy, Disability, Drag, Events, Fashion, Film, Gallery, Music, Queer, Theatre, Toronto

I remember several years back, going to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre when it was at the first location, in a converted auto detailer with a pink leopard spots paint job, and you walked south from Queen St. past Britain and Bootlegger Lane. The original Buddies is an auto detailer again, which goes to show, […]

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Sky Gilbert’s “I Cook, He Does the Dishes” – March 22 to April 1, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Wednesday, March 21, 2018

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

Whenever composer John Cage was asked about his relationship with choreographer Merce Cunningham he would say ‘I Cook, He Does the Dishes.’ In fact they were a gay couple who remained together for more than 50 years. And oh — by the way — they also managed to create the American Avant-Garde. Their sexuality is […]

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“Yoko Ono: The Riverbed” exhibition at the Gardiner Museum- Until June 3, 2018 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, March 20, 2018

by: in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Toronto

The Gardiner Museum is pleased to present a three-part installation by Yoko Ono entitled THE RIVERBED. Yoko Ono is a forerunner of Conceptual art who frequently involves collaboration, audience participation, and social activism in her artwork. YOKO ONO: THE RIVERBED invites visitors to collaborate with the artist, the museum, and each other, participating in the artwork through […]

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“Let Nina Prosper” comedic QPOC lesbian webseries

posted Monday, March 19, 2018

by: in Comedy, Featured Events, Lesbian, Queer, Television

Let Nina Prosper is a comedic web series about Nina, a creative-type without a steady source of income and Laila, the well-to-do, semi-supportive girlfriend. Each episode tackles a different issue on a non-linear structure. Each episode is 7-15 mins and calls action to participate in social media discussions. Eboni Sade is the writer, director, producer and plays Nina in “Let Nina Prosper”. Born […]

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