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Pride Toronto Announces Full 2015 Programming

posted Wednesday, May 27, 2015

by: in Art, Music, Photography

  Pride Toronto announced its 2015 full festival line-up yesterday morning, the headliners and schedules were presented at a major press conference event. WOW, it has been 35 years of T Dot Pride, now this is something to celebrate! It’s right around the corner too so I suggest you get your Glitter ready because the […]

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CMW: Interview with Cairo’s Caitlin Grieve

posted Friday, May 8, 2015

by: in Events, Music, Queer

Casey: Today, I have Caitlin Grieve, violinist of the Toronto band, Cairo.  Welcome Caitlin, great to have joining me on The Sonic City! There’s a lot to discuss today, but to begin, tell our readers a little bit about how you came to develop your eclectic sound, and how the band decided on the name […]

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CMW: Interview with Diamond Bones (Caveboy)

posted Tuesday, May 5, 2015

by: in Events, Music, Queer

Casey: Today I have Michelle Bensimon from the Montreal-based band, Diamond Bones.  Often described as “Electronic Tribal Space Rock”, Diamond Bones has gained a strong following in recent years throughout Canada and the United States.  We’re very exited to have Michelle with us today.  Welcome Michelle!  Great to have you joining me on The Sonic […]

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New York Stories with Micah Barnes

posted Wednesday, April 22, 2015

by: in Events

I’m usually somewhat loathe to venture in to the Queen West neighbourhood; hipsters, over-priced boutiques and horrible parking are among my least favourite things on earth.  After a drive of slightly less than 90 minutes, through crush hour traffic from western suburbia (land of plentiful and expansive parking lots), I entered Dark Horse Espresso Bar to […]

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Jeanne Beker Made Me Cry

posted Monday, April 20, 2015

by: in Events

Yes, on the evening of Thursday, April 16, 2015, Jeanne Beker made me cry.  She made a lot of other people cry.  And, she was crying by the end of her acceptance speech as one of the honourees at the DAREarts (Discipline Action Responsibility Excellence) Leadership Awards Gala at the Allstream Centre on the CNE […]

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Going “Down the Rabbit Hole” in Alice’s Queer and Sexy Wonderland

posted Monday, April 6, 2015

by: in Art, Bar/Club, Books, Fashion, Film, Music, Theatre

“But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat. “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, “or you wouldn’t have come here.” ~ Alice in Wonderland I couldn’t resist quoting […]

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Dad’s Night Out

posted Sunday, March 8, 2015

by: in Events

On the evening of Sunday, March 1, 2015, I had the pleasure of attending (and performing at) a fundraiser. “Dad’s Night Out”, for The Imperial Court of Toronto, organized and hosted by King Father James Pawley with real-life spouse, Queen Mother Divinesque, with MC Morgan James (sans drag) at Erotico Lounge, 461 Church Street in […]

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Marilyn: Forever Blonde, or forever bland?

posted Thursday, February 12, 2015

by: in Celebrity, Events, Theatre

Wednesday afternoon I got VERY last minute notice that I had complimentary tickets to see the opening night of “Marilyn:  Forever Blonde”.  Of course I went in to high gear to make myself at least reasonably presentable to the world, and fought my way through (thankfully) less than usually tragic traffic, which normally separates my […]

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DIRTY BINGO

posted Thursday, September 4, 2014

by: in Events

So, Fall is here… all the summer festivities and parades and things to do are slowly coming to a close… But where there’s a Gay, there’s a way. Church Street still offers a wide range of events throughout the week, and one such event, that has been going for quite a while, is Dirty Bingo. […]

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