posted Wednesday, February 1, 2017
I was only nine years old when I came face to face with a ‘racist’. The sad thing about this encounter was not only what was happening to me, but the other person, who had no idea that they were actually inciting racial hatred. That person was another nine year old girl. I remember the day like […]
posted Monday, January 30, 2017
A spark of attraction, a budding romance, a dark family secret: tender first love between a pair of college freshmen is put to the test when a tragic connection from their past is unexpectedly revealed. AKRON offers a gay coming-of-age tale with a refreshing twist-none of its characters are in search of self- or familial acceptance, […]
posted Thursday, January 19, 2017
It was reported on January 12th that Superstar DJ Keoki has been arrested for drug possession stemming from an incident where NBC producer Thomas Felty was found dead a few weeks back in a New York City apartment. Keoki is still reportedly in jail, and while friend Patrick Walsh was also charged with the same […]
posted Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Can you tell if a painting is a work of fiction? Can you spot a non-fiction sculpture? What about theatre, do you know when it’s based on reality? And if reality is subjective, does it even matter? Could reality be whatever we take away from an experience? This combination of fact and fiction, what author Alec […]
posted Monday, January 16, 2017
Hello BUZZies, and welcome to my new monthly blog “Some of My Most Favourite People”. The name of the blog says it all, the idea is to interview folks whom I either know in the community, or admire from the work that I have seen them do. Some of theBUZZ readers may recall I did […]
posted Friday, January 13, 2017
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 […]
posted Thursday, January 12, 2017
Christeene is a human pissoir of raw unabashed sexuality; a gender-blending, booty-pounding, perversion of punk fully equipped with an arsenal of ferocious music intertwined with raw moments of strained intimacy and fiery stank. Reports from live shows describe Christeene appearing alongside two sexually distinct ‘Backup Boyz’, macabre scenes involving butt plugs tied to bouquets of […]
posted Tuesday, January 10, 2017
TIFF rings in the New Year with the 16th annual Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival™, presenting public screenings of 2016’s 10 best features, shorts and student shorts. The 14-day festival kicks off at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto with an Opening Night party on January 13, and features two special onstage events: In Conversation With… Zacharias […]
posted Saturday, January 7, 2017
Amanda Roberts will be celebrating 50 years of age this July and she’s done it all; Pride stages, Miss Canada Continental, fundraisers galore, including the Queens Cares for The 519, The Monster in NYC, and working on Queer As Folk. Her local shows have included Crews & Tango, Woody’s/Sailor, and the roving French space Tapette, where she performed at […]
posted Thursday, January 5, 2017
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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