Human Rights Watch Film Festival – March 29 to April 6, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, March 23, 2017

by: Bryen Dunn in Activism, Events, Featured Events, Film, Queer, Toronto

Bravely bearing witness to human rights violations worldwide, the documentary and fiction features at the annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival tell extraordinary stories of struggle, survival, and hope. The festival presents documentary feature films from Afghanistan, Canada, China, Egypt, France, the United States, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Syria, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. […]

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Touring Production of “Hamilton” Coming to Toronto

posted Thursday, March 23, 2017

by: Bryen Dunn in Celebrity, Featured Events, Hamilton, Theatre, Toronto

  Mirvish Productions has announced that the touring production of HAMILTON will be coming to Toronto as part of the 2019-20 Mirvish subscription season. This will be a limited engagement and more details, exact dates and a venue location will be shared at a later date. HAMILTON is the story of America’s Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, […]

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ACT’s “SNAP” fundraiser March 30, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Monday, March 20, 2017

by: Bryen Dunn in Charity, Events, Featured Events, Gallery, Queer, Toronto

SNAP is a photographic art fundraiser and gala with all proceeds supports ACT’s (AIDS Committee of Toronto) crucial HIV prevention, education and outreach programs within the communities most affected by HIV in our city. Since 2002, SNAP has raised $3 million dollars. Photography for the auction is solicited by a volunteer-led Curatorial Committee who represent […]

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Gene Kelly: The Legacy an Evening with Patricia Ward Kelly – March 23, 2017

posted Monday, March 20, 2017

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

Kennedy House Youth Services Inc. is excited to announce a special fundraising gala, Gene Kelly: The Legacy an Evening with Patricia Ward Kelly. Gene Kelly was a legendary dancer, director and choreographer. His work continues to be an inspiration to artists and athletes around the world. His vision and artistry, in such films as An […]

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Canadian Film Fest – March 21 to 25, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, March 16, 2017

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Film, Toronto

Canadian Film Fest (CFF) is expanding from four days to five, and all screenings and workshops will be housed under one roof at their new headquarters, the Scotiabank Theatre located at 259 Richmond St. W. This year’s CFF will showcase a total of 10 feature films and 21 shorts. CFF opens with the Toronto premiere […]

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“A CITY” world premiere on stage March 16 to April 2, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Tuesday, March 14, 2017

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

  “A City” is presented as a gallery installation or tableaux vivant, an intimate, personal study of four artists/friends who tell the story of a famous friend who died under mysterious circumstances, and how he transformed them. The story is revealed through direct address in a disarmingly casual atmosphere, as if the audience were eavesdropping on […]

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WE THREE QUEENS of (dis)Orient Are

posted Monday, March 13, 2017

by: Raymond Helkio in Bar/Club, Celebrity, Comedy, Drag, Events, Featured Events, Music, New York City, Pride, Queer, Toronto

A broke writer and his rent-boy lover move in with a scrappy old widow and discover that inter-generational living is anything but easy. Based on the article in GUTS Magazine, We Three Queens show creator’s Michael Young and Tom Cable Rees were inspired to turn their story into a web series and share the eccentricities of such […]

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“Sousatzka” World Premiere in Toronto – Until Apr 9, 2017

posted Thursday, March 9, 2017

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

Based on the original novel Madame Sousatzka, written by Bernice Rubens, SOUSATZKA is set in London, England in 1982 and tells the story of a musical prodigy torn between two powerful women from vastly different worlds: his mother, a political refugee from South Africa and his piano teacher, a brilliant eccentric with a shattered past. These two proud, iconoclastic […]

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“The Man Who Married Himself” on stage March 10 and 11, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, March 9, 2017

by: Bryen Dunn in Events, Featured Events, Theatre, Toronto

  The world premiere of The Man Who Married Himself, created by Juliet Palmer and Anna Chatterton, a masque inspired by Indian and Baroque traditions, featuring choreography by Hari Krishnan. Inspired by an Indian folk tale, The Man Who Married Himself considers ideas of sexual identity. Dancers Jelani Ade-Lam and Sze-Yang Ade-Lam are proud members of the queer community who explore and […]

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“CDJ Show & Conference” – March 10 to 12, 2017 (Toronto)

posted Thursday, March 9, 2017

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

  The CDJ Show & Conference is in Toronto this weekend, and its the place to be if you’re involved in anything to do with the music or nightclub industry.  On Friday, March 10 until Sunday, March 12, the 8th annual CDJ Show and Conference happens at the Toronto Hilton Hotel for three days of back to back seminars, […]

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