posted Friday, April 8, 2016
The Canadian Centre for Gender & Sexual Diversity, formerly Jer’s Vision, is celebrating the International Day Against Homophobia & Transphobia with our Annual Gala! The event will bring together 250 guests to Toronto to celebrate the work the community has done across Canada to address herterosexism & cissexism. Join host Andre Morriseau & Kelly Kyle, alongside key community and […]
posted Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The Transgender Day of Remembrance or TDOR for short, is an annual event held every November. In Toronto we had a vigil in Allan Gardens, organized by Trans filmmaker Mirha Soleil Ross in 1997 for the three people, two of which were Trans women, that were slain in that area. The first officially recognized Trans […]
posted Thursday, September 17, 2015
Sometimes the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition is pooh-pooh’ed by the established Toronto art world, but this is a genuine crucible for emerging artists and crafts people, and is a great opportunity for both exhibitors and the buying public. This outdoor fair features over 300 artists in a dazzling array of media including photography, mixed media […]
posted Tuesday, June 23, 2015
I personally try not to get into political discussions or debates, no one wins, and people just get mad. However, I recently came across a Facebook post on my wall, by a friend. This is the image she posted… Personally, I found this incredibly offensive and infuriating. I would put this type of image along […]
posted Monday, June 22, 2015
While Toronto has many great local artists that will be performing in this year’s Pride Toronto festivities, I’m also excited to discover talent from the many other regions across the country who will be joining us between June 26th and 28th. Today, I have Louis Butterfield of the Montreal-based band, Saturn Alien joining me. Described […]
posted Friday, June 19, 2015
Greetings from your “Taste Buds” team Natalie and Joie Lamar. Welcome to our new blog, where we bring you the latest and greatest dining news from the Toronto area and beyond. Let’s begin by giving you a bit of background on us. We first met in Feb. of 2000 and it has been a whirlwind […]
posted Saturday, May 30, 2015
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 […]
posted Wednesday, May 27, 2015
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 […]
posted Sunday, April 19, 2015
Today I have Julie Brown with us; the singer and lead guitarist of the Queens, New York-based classic rock band, Chaos and Lace. Welcome Julie! Great to have you joining me on The Sonic City. Casey: Tell us a little bit about your musical influences, your band, and its history. Julie: I pretty much picked […]
posted Friday, March 27, 2015
This evening I attended the opening night of Tranny: A Musical Comedy. I immediately found the title somewhat offensive and held little hope for the show in its entirety. Despite being a Trans* woman reviewer, I couldn’t quite comprehend how an offensively titled “musical comedy” about one Tran* woman’s professional transitions as an entertainer was […]
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