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Robert Mapplethorpe’s “Fluid Beauty” exhibition opens April 29, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Monday, April 24, 2017

by: in Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, New York City, Photography, Queer, Toronto

The Olga Korper Gallery is pleased to present Fluid Beauty, an exhibition of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. The exhibition will open on Saturday April 29th and will remain on view until Saturday May 27th. The opening will take place from 2-5pm on Saturday April 29th at  17 Morrow Avenue Toronto, Canada M6R 2H9 Robert Mapplethorpe’s […]

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Fashion Art Toronto, presents Fashion Evolution, April 18-22, 2017

posted Friday, April 14, 2017

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

  Fashion Art Toronto presents its annual, five-day celebration of provocative, avant-garde and cutting-edge fashion and art. Expect to be awed and inspired through 50+ runway shows and performances, photography exhibits, interdisciplinary art installations and a selection of curated fashion films. In its 12th year, Fashion Art Toronto continues to be Canada’s foremost platform for […]

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Wayhome 2017 is WayCool – July 28–30, 2017

posted Sunday, April 2, 2017

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

The third edition of Wayhome Music and Arts Festival is shaping up with a stellar line up, although topping a three hour set by Neil Young at its inaugural year might still be tough to top! 2015 Other headliners in that first year included Kendrik Lamar and Sam Smith, along with Decemberists, St Vincent, Passion Pit, […]

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Salah Bachir appointed Chancellor of OCAD University

posted Friday, March 24, 2017

by: in Activism, Art, Charity, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Salah Bachir has been appointed as the Chancellor of OCAD University, effective June 1, 2017. A successful entrepreneur, Bachir began his career in publishing, and is currently president of Cineplex Media. An avid art collector, Bachir’s diverse collection features many works by Canadian artists and as a patron of the arts, he has supported numerous […]

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Boutique Bar Not Only a Lively Summer Terrace

posted Monday, March 13, 2017

by: in Art, Bar/Club, Events, Fashion, Gallery, Music, Queer, Toronto

The little Boutique Bar is promoting their place with guest DJ’s and encouraging more people to drop in. Local DJ Relentless has spun there, along with the likes of djadamt and DJ Vinny daVinci, with more DJ’s on the horizon. You might think of Boutique Bar at 506 Church St. as a summer place, as in the warmer weather the terrace […]

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Donnarama and Mamarama

posted Monday, February 6, 2017

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

I love Donnarama, there I said it. Years ago I asked her to work for an event that I was doing for what back then was Dominion grocery stores. She wasn’t as well known as she is now, but I knew of her and thought she was really unique. She showed up to the event on […]

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Star Wars, Celebrity Deaths, and Dictators

posted Wednesday, January 18, 2017

by: in Activism, Art, Celebrity, Film, Uncategorized

It’s officially 2017, and while most of us are excited about the “new year, new me” narrative, I can’t help but notice how current global affairs are emulating the Star Wars movie franchise in a “same old mistakes” kind of way. Star Wars and its chronicles seem so paralleled to our own universe, it’s as […]

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“Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures” held over until Feb 10 at the AGO (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, January 17, 2017

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

Using two retrospectives at LA’s Getty and LACMA museums as a backdrop, this definitive portrait profiles the controversial artist from early childhood, to his beginnings in New York City and his meteoric rise in the art world, to his untimely death in 1989. The only thing more outrageous than Robert Mapplethorpe’s photographs was his life. […]

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“Love is a Drag” – Man-to-Man Love Songs (1962)

posted Friday, January 13, 2017

by: in Activism, Art, Bar/Club, Celebrity, Drag, Music, Pride, Queer

A once shocking 1962 LP of love songs… by men, for men. A long lost treasure featuring the cool & sophisticated vocals of Gene Howard and a cast of prime studio jazz musicians, performing a set of standards sung to a male suitor. Ahead of its time in every way. Reissued for the first time […]

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Glad Day Books: Literature with Flavour

posted Thursday, January 5, 2017

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

Glad Day Books, Toronto’s longest-running bookstore and always an awesome place to drop around and visit, has turned overnight into one of the hottest places to hang out in all of Toronto. With an espresso machine, many metres of red granite bar surface, talented bartenders, bright new tiles with neon pink grout, tables with a […]

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