posted Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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 […]
posted Sunday, March 8, 2015
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 […]
posted Thursday, March 5, 2015
When I recently had an offer to attend Lorraine Segato’s launch party for her upcoming album Invincible Decency, I enthusiastically jumped at the opportunity. In case you didn’t recognize the name, Segato is one of the founding members of the groundbreaking Canadian music group, The Parachute Club. While many may recall her group’s memorable hit […]
posted Wednesday, March 4, 2015
“Who knows who we could be if we weren’t so afraid of being who we are?”. ~Lorraine Segato I had the distinct pleasure of attending Lorraine Segato’s “Invincible Decency” CD release party, which was not just great music and fun, but an opportunity to see her influence on others as the inaugural Artist-in-Residence at Regent Park. She […]
posted Tuesday, March 3, 2015
I got word of this show well in advance, and having heard the vocalist do a quick number at the drop of a hat at another show, I made sure I was going to check out this night’s show. I’m SO glad I did! I arrived at 120 Diner on Friday, February 27, 2015, shortly […]
posted Monday, March 2, 2015
As I sashay my way through a crowd of joyous queens partaking in a line dancing lesson on the famous dance floor of Zipperz/Cellblock on a chilly Wednesday night, I land myself in a seat of general manager Harry Singh’s office to get the scoop on one of gay T.O’s most enduring and longest running […]
posted Thursday, February 26, 2015
Welcome everyone to my new queer music blog The Sonic City for theBuzzMag.ca. Drawing on my past experience with musicology and LGBTQ issues, this column will explore the queer musical landscape around the globe, illuminating its vast spectrum of artists from common names we know, to those those who are underground or recently emerging. From […]
posted Friday, February 20, 2015
Pre-Screening/Post Screening Reception The pre-screening of the Toronto premier of the documentary film “Matt Shepard is a Friend of Mine” took place last night at the Carlton Cinema and was attended by a bevy of Toronto LGBTQ community and allies, along with the film director Michele Josue, and the parents of Matthew Shepard. I can’t […]
posted Thursday, February 19, 2015
The Cabaret Company presents My Dinner with Casey Donovan, the newest work by Sky Gilbert (Hackerlove), running at Theatre Passe Muraille Backspace from March 12-22, 2015. What happens when you bring a porn star to dinner? Find out as a young gay man in the early 1970s, who’s afraid to come out to his parents, […]
posted Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Toronto set new records in tourism by welcoming 14.3 million overnight visitors in 2014. Key drivers were a fourth consecutive year of growth in visitors from the U.S., and the highest number of overseas visitors ever in the destination. According to a report released by Tourism Toronto, 2.3 million U.S. citizens arrived in the city […]
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