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Indiana singer-songwriter Matt Gold discusses his music and religious freedom

posted Saturday, April 11, 2015

by: in Events, Music, Queer

The Sonic City chats with a very special guest internationally renowned singer-songwriter Matt Gold. As an openly gay artist, Matt has forged a career in the music industry, rising to the Top of the Adult Contemporary music charts of Amazon and the FMQB. With enthusiastic reviews from The Mirror and The Huffington Post, Matt’s career […]

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Last Call for “Hairspray”

posted Thursday, April 9, 2015

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

Most everyone knows the story, whether by way of John Waters or John Travolta, or the really cool kids by way of Divine. It’s toured live on stages everywhere, and was a feature film box office hit. The 1950’s are so in the past, and change is in the (h)air! It’s 1962 in Baltimore, and  […]

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Sassy Gals & Dapper Guys

posted Wednesday, April 8, 2015

by: in Art, Music, Photography

    Burlesque is an unique art form in that it can be funny or political.   The performer is able to express themselves with their choice of music and costume about any subject matter: it’s not just about watching T & A. After falling to the wayside in the 1960’s there has been a resurgence of Burlesque […]

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Spiegelworld presents EMPIRE, a true vaudeville experience

posted Wednesday, April 8, 2015

by: in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

After unanimous rave reviews, sold out performances and standing ovations in New York and across Australia, Spiegelworld is proud to bring its all-new show EMPIRE to Toronto starting September 1, 2015. Produced by Spiegelworld and presented by evenko, EMPIRE smashes the boundaries of circus, cabaret, variety and burlesque, reinventing the genres for a 21st century […]

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Review: The Muffs return to Toronto

posted Monday, March 30, 2015

by: in Events, Music, Queer

When I had the opportunity to see Los Angeles based band The Muffs this past weekend, I was rather excited.  The band had their heyday during the 1990s, and as someone who was born in 1984 and lived though a 1998-2003 era of music during high school, I always felt that I grew up through […]

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Tranny: A Musical Comedy

posted Friday, March 27, 2015

by: in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Events, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

This evening I attended the opening night of Tranny:  A Musical Comedy.  I immediately found the title somewhat offensive and held little hope for the show in its entirety.  Despite being a Trans* woman reviewer, I couldn’t quite comprehend how an offensively titled “musical comedy” about one Tran* woman’s  professional transitions as an entertainer was […]

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Canada Pride 2017 in Montreal

posted Monday, March 23, 2015

by: in Events, Featured Events

According to a press release from Montréal Pride , the organization will be presenting the first edition of Canada Pride from August 11 to 20, 2017, as a nation-wide celebration of Canada’s LGBT movement, reaffirming the position of Montréal and of Canada as leaders in LGBT human rights. Montréal Pride, the largest Pride festival in […]

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Canadian Music Week 2015 – 10 days / 1000 bands

posted Sunday, March 15, 2015

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

Canadian Music Week (CMW)  has an amazing line up of artists performing at the 2015 edition. From May 1st – 10th  2015, the newly expanded 10-day festival will present hundreds of bands from around the world. Headliners include The Jesus and Mary Chain: 30th Anniversary of Psychocandy, Kiesza, GoldLink, LIGHTS, FIDLAR, King Tuff, Billy Talent, Noel Gallagher’s High […]

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Brendan Healy steps down as Artistic Director at Buddies

posted Wednesday, March 11, 2015

by: in Queer, Theatre, Toronto

After six successful years as Buddies in Bad Times Theatre’s Artistic Director, Brendan Healy will be stepping down in September of 2015. Mr. Healy has programmed the 2015-2016 Season at Buddies, which will be announced April 29 and he is thrilled to be directing the first show of the year. Healy first joined Buddies in […]

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Dad’s Night Out

posted Sunday, March 8, 2015

by: in Events

On the evening of Sunday, March 1, 2015, I had the pleasure of attending (and performing at) a fundraiser. “Dad’s Night Out”, for The Imperial Court of Toronto, organized and hosted by King Father James Pawley with real-life spouse, Queen Mother Divinesque, with MC Morgan James (sans drag) at Erotico Lounge, 461 Church Street in […]

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