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Drag ON! The Fabulous Miss Fame

posted Friday, June 19, 2015

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

Season 7’s Drag Race glam queen extraordinaire Miss Fame sashay’s and shantay’s to Toronto for Drag ON!, the incredible action packed drag extravaganza taking place Saturday June 27th from 2:00 PM- 11:00 PM at Yonge-Dundas Square, smack dab in the middle of the city. Famous for her high fashion stylish personae, Miss Fame is set […]

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Bestival wasn’t gay…

posted Monday, June 15, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Drag, Events, Music, Outdoors, Queer, Toronto

…until I ran into Judy Virago and Allysin Chaynes, who were brought in with a few other local performers (Ryan Boa, Sapphire Tithi-Reign, Eve Summers) to add some glitter to the mix of festivities.           Bestival UK chose Toronto to launch their North American version of the same fabulous event, hoping to add some […]

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Micah Barnes “New York Stories” Summer Tour

posted Thursday, June 11, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Events, Featured Events, Theatre

The better something is, the more challenging it is to write a fitting description.  This has been the case for me and the recent CD launch concert of Micah Barnes’ “New York Stories” at Glenn Gould Studios, Toronto.  With thesaurus laid out beside me, I have battled to find the words that will do justice.  […]

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Drag On! Loud and Proud with Anahi Batista

posted Tuesday, June 9, 2015

by: in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Drag, Featured Events, Outdoors, Pride, Queer, Toronto

Our countdown to one of Toronto’s greatest festivities continues as we step closer to Toronto Pride‘s 35th anniversary in our cha cha heels. On Saturday June 27th,  Yonge-Dundas Square transforms into Canada’s largest drag show extravaganza with 35 queens and kings taking centre stage with 35 years of music. And what’s a party without a […]

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What Makes Me a Documentary

posted Saturday, May 30, 2015

by: in Activism, Bar/Club, Celebrity, Drag, Fashion, Music, Trans

This week has been the Inside Out Film Festival‘s 25th year in Toronto. Each year, the festival delivers a showcase of fabulous local talent – Mixed Shorts:Local Heroes. Vince Racanelli’s short documentary “What Makes Me a Woman” made this years official selection for Local Heroes. His film poses a simple question, and receives a simple […]

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Top Five Picks at Toronto’s Inside Out LGBT Film Festival

posted Tuesday, May 26, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Family, Featured Events, Film, Lesbian, Pride, Queer, Toronto

It’s been 25 years since the Inside Out LGBT Film Festival made its debut, and this quarter century milestone proves that the caliber and representation from a wide spectrum of topics continues to flourish. The team behind this festival work hard to make it happen, and it shows with creative and diverse programming, and of […]

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We Got The Beat! – A Chat With The Legendary Jackie Beat

posted Monday, May 11, 2015

by: in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Drag, Featured Events, Pride, Queer

She’s rowdy and she’s outrageous, the defining queen of live comedy and satirical parodies. She’s Jackie Beat! Her musical renditions and parodies of top pop hits, both unique and hysterical, have redefined the art of drag as we know it with boundary breaking lyrics and over the top scenarios, garnering her world wide acclaim and […]

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CMW: It’s all about the music…the movies…and meet ups

posted Thursday, May 7, 2015

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

Canadian Music Week (CMW) is in full swing across Toronto, with about 20 different venues hosting performers from across the globe. Beyond the music aspect, there are also a slew of conferences and networking opportunities taking place at the host hotel, Sheraton Toronto, and movies about music playing at the Royal Cinema. For anyone wanting […]

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PANAMANIA coming to Toronto

posted Wednesday, May 6, 2015

by: in Art, Celebrity, Events, Family, Featured Events, Music, Outdoors, Theatre, Toronto

Major Music Headliners and Entertainment Schedule Unveiled for TO2015’s 35-day Arts and Culture Festival Culture enthusiasts and music lovers can start making summer plans — the entertainment schedule is now available for PANAMANIA, presented by CIBC, the 35-day TORONTO 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games arts and culture festival. Unprecedented in scale, PANAMANIA will feature more than 1,300 artists in 250 performances and […]

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Hot Docs: Music Lessons

posted Wednesday, April 29, 2015

by: in Activism, Celebrity, Film, Music, Trans

I can do nothing but praise this documentary. It was short, sweet and to the point. It also was unexpectedly very emotional. Especially for someone like myself with a music background who perhaps in getting older has forgotten the power music can have on youth. It really tore away at my cynicism and that is […]

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