Performance Art Party at AGO kicks off Pride Month June 2, 2016

posted Thursday, June 2, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Art Gallery, Celebrity, Drag, Fashion, Featured Events, Lesbian, Music, Photography, Pride, Queer, Theatre, Toronto, Trans

Join Toronto-based artist, filmmaker, writer and photographer Bruce LaBruce tonight as he takes over AGO First Thursdays to celebrate the beginning of Pride Month in Toronto. LaBruce invited four internationally celebrated queer performers, all leaders in their fields, to participate in this special edition of AGO’s First Thursdays. Highlights include: Performance artist Ron Athey, who has been at the forefront of his field […]

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The Prancing Elites Project: Gender Mentors

posted Thursday, June 2, 2016

by: Raymond Helkio in Activism, Art, Celebrity, Pride, Queer, Trans

Hailing from Alabama, The Prancing Elites are stars of the reality television series, The Prancing Elites Project, and despite the show’s glittery veneer there’s a very real and political gender battle being waged. The term reality TV’ typically suggests a cast of caddy characters each trying to outdo the other for witty comebacks and mean spirited attacks, but with this show it’s […]

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David Bateman: Performance Poet & Butter Tart Police

posted Wednesday, June 1, 2016

by: Raymond Helkio in Art, Art Gallery, Books, Celebrity, Drag, Uncategorized

Part of our theBUZZ Pride Toronto 2016 coverage. David Bateman is an internationally recognized performance poet, and last year he co-wrote the music and starred in thirteen public presentations of Brock Hessel’s hit Hamlet In A Hot Tub starring Paul Bellini, Amy J. Lester, plus a host of cameo appearances by notable queer Canadian starlets. Photo taken by Ben […]

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Faux Girls at Joy Bistro

posted Tuesday, May 31, 2016

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

Joy Bistro, located on the corner of Booth and Queen St. East, is an elegant example of historic architecture at 884 Queen St. East now hosting FAUX GIRLS on selected Sundays. After only three shows which began back in April, “Toronto’s only fine dining and drag experience with celebrity lookalikes, traditional drag and live performances” […]

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NO GIRLS ALLOWED: Bio Queens, Boy Drag & Belonging

posted Tuesday, May 10, 2016

by: Raymond Helkio in Activism, Art, Celebrity, Drag, Lesbian, New York City, Queer, Theatre

RuPaul is no stranger to controversy, and her latest comments have exploded all over social media. When asked about allowing biological females on RuPaul’s Drag Race she responded with “That show already exists. It’s called #MissUniverse” and while her comment is humorous, it’s also insensitive to those who are seeking acceptance. We are witnessing an […]

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RuPaul’s “Bob The Drag Queen”

posted Friday, April 15, 2016

by: Raymond Helkio in Art, Celebrity, Charity, Comedy, Drag, New York City, Toronto

In the current issue of theBUZZ Magazine I spoke with the Bob The Drag Queen who is taking over RuPaul’s Drag Race. You can read the official interview here, but off-the-record we talked about a number of pressing issues like left boobs, God and the merits of a thin waistline. What follows may not be pretty but it is funny. Ray: What is […]

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Robert Mapplethorpe biopic on HBO Canada

posted Wednesday, April 6, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Celebrity, Featured Events, Film, Photography

HBO DOCUMENTARY FILMS presents MAPPLETHORPE: LOOK AT THE PICTURES “Look at the pictures,” said Senator Jesse Helms, denouncing the controversial art of Robert Mapplethorpe, whose photographs pushed boundaries with frank depictions of nudity, sexuality and fetishism, igniting a culture war that rages to this day. More than 25 years later, the HBO Documentary Films presentation […]

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Spur Toronto – April 7 to 10, 20-16

posted Wednesday, April 6, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Books, Events, Featured Events, Toronto

Join fellow citizens and great thinkers for some serious fun at Spur 2016 and add your voice to the national conversation. The 21st century has brought unprecedented change when it comes to personal freedoms. What were once distinct, assigned roles are inhabited more freely. Many greet this fluidity — whether it be cultural, sexual or […]

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Tough As Nails: Transgressive Queer Glamour at YTB Gallery (Toronto) – April 5 to 23, 2016

posted Monday, April 4, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Art, Art Gallery, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, Lesbian, Queer, Toronto

Tough As Nails: Transgressive Queer Glamour Alchemy, drag, flash, haunting, shade, wild, glitter, shame, sex, violence, trash, fame. Tough as Nails brings five emerging Toronto based artists together to flaunt the glamorous side of queer resistance. Seeking to complicate ideas of marginality, Tough as Nails explores the relationship between glamour and agency. Drawing on the […]

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INsulator – April 13/14, 2016 at Artscape Sandbox in Toronto

posted Saturday, April 2, 2016

by: Bryen Dunn in Art, Events, Featured Events, Music, Toronto

Long Winter & Heretical Objects Cooperative proudly presents Insulator: a giant audio-virtual maze installation that takes place inside the Sandbox, Artscape’s new, 6000 sq ft performance space at Adelaide and Widmer. 2 nights of different Improvised collaborative performances by Yamantaka // Sonic Titan, Holy Fuck, Lido Pimienta, DOOMSQUAD, Mary Margaret O’Hara, Not the Wind Not […]

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