O-M-G

22nd
Aug. × ’10
By Karen

Picture 27Exciting news, everyone: Margaret Cho is in town on October 2, performing live at the Winspear.

But that’s not all! When you purchase your tickets, use the password ‘exposure’ and receive 10% off the ticket price.

But wait!

Use the discount password and be entered to win a chance to MEET MARGARET CHO with the members of the Exposure board! For freakin’ real.

Rad.

Get on it:
Winspear Box Office link

If you are not familiar with Margaret, check out youtube.
Get ready to laugh. And see you all in Novemeber!

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You’re a superstar at the gay bar

17th
Aug. × ’10
By Karen

Picture 24From the official press release:

HIV Edmonton Announces the BIG GAY BAR CHALLENGE

Edmonton LGBT Bars Work Together to Raise Funds for 2010 AIDS Walk for Life

Edmonton – HIV Edmonton is proud to announce the first-ever Big Gay Bar Challenge. Funds raised from the challenge support the 2010 Scotiabank AIDS Walk for Life, held September 12, 2010.

All three (3) bars that celebrate the LGBT community will participate in the challenge, held over three nights Labour Day weekend. This challenge has been established by HIV Edmonton to not only raise funds for the 2010 AIDS Walk for Life, but to also demonstrate the generosity of Edmonton’s LGBT community.

In addition, HIV Edmonton has partnered with Gay Calgary & Edmonton magazine for the challenge. The bar that raises the most money for HIV Edmonton will receive a free colour ad in the October issue of Gay Calgary & Edmonton magazine.

“We are thrilled to launch this friendly competition here in Edmonton,” said Debra Jakubec, HIV Edmonton Executive Director. “The beauty of this challenge is the spirit of solidarity by the LGBT community.”

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Join Fairy Tales!

16th
Aug. × ’10
By Karen

Picture 23Do you have what it takes to be an Operations and Resource Development Manager for the Fairy Tales Presentation Society? Alongside a passion for queer culture, duties will include:

  1. Working with the Board to secure adequate funding for the operation of the organization, including planning for fund development management, managing fund development budgets, funding proposals and organizing fund development activities
  2. Assisting on all project management details for all special events and the Film Festival proper
  3. Overseeing the efficient and effective day-to-day operation of the organization including database management, office systems management, communication with the membership and answering the phone
  4. Administrate and staff the Casino for the organization
  5. Filing and completing all paperwork as it relates to the Society’s charitable status with Revenue Canada Agency; ensure that the organization complies with all legislation covering taxation and withholding payments and issue tax receipts to donors following all stipulations as set out by Canada Revenue Agency
  6. Employing sound bookkeeping and accounting procedures
  7. Providing administrative assistance to the Board of Directors
  8. Volunteer management and recruitment

Download to read further posting details.

Please email your resume and cover letter to: Mairead Walsh, President of the Board of Directors
info@fairytalesfilmfest.com

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Art from the unknown

15th
Aug. × ’10
By Karen

Picture 21A message from MLA Rachel Notley’s office:

‘Art From the Unknown’ is a free art gallery for new and emerging artists being hosted by Rachel Notley, MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona. The events provides an opportunity for new and emerging artists to display their work and connect with community patrons.

The event will occur from October 22-24  at the Old Strathcona Centre for the Performing Arts, 8426 Gateway Blvd. The submission deadline is September 10th, but space is distributed on a first-come, first-served basis so artists are encouraged to submit their work as soon as possible. If you’d like more information, contact 780-414-0702.

Visit Rachel’s site to receive a submission form.

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Fringe Time

8th
Aug. × ’10
By Karen

We recommend seeing Brown Girl in the Ring. Details from the Facebook event below:

Brown Girl In The Ring is a tragic-comic monologue, a regal meditation on racism from a Royal Highness with a difference. The possibility that black people could be biologically connected to the European royal families is outrageously explored and exploded. This marauding mornarch is a connoisseur of champagne, poutine ‘n’salad. Be part of the Buzz and decide for yourself if Regina the second is a part of the British Royal Famil…y, and indeed if she should be the new Queen of England.

Ticket Price: Adult: $12 Student/Senior: $10
Website: www.valeriemason-john.com

Facebook fan site

Schedule:
Fri. August 13 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sat. August 14 2:15 pm – 3:15 pm
Mon. August 16 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Wed. August 18 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Thurs. August 19 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Fri. August 20 10:45 pm – 11:45 pm

*Monday’s show ASL/SLI by Fern

If you miss the Edmonton shows watch out for details for Vancouver Fringe beginning September 8th.

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Sideponytail vs. The G20

28th
Jul. × ’10
By Karen

Picture 18So proud to be part of this with my DJ Crew, Sideponytail. A dance party and fashion show with all proceeds going to the G20 legal defense fund. See you Saturday!

From the Facebook page:

July 31 at 9:00pm
The Hydeaway, 10209-100 Ave

For our friends who are still in prison on trumped up charges. For our family who were arbitrarily arrested and stripped of their rights and dignity. For all our allies who took to the streets to resist the brutal policies of June’s G20 Summit in Toronto. For our right to speak, resist, protest, be human and find justice…

WE BUST A MOVE.

A dance party featuring the Sidepony DJ Crew & friends:
smallcaps, Campos, Doubletights and Jesse Gado

Black bloc fashion show at midnight!
$5-10 suggested donation but no one turned away! All proceeds go to the G20 Legal Defense Fund.

Email g20.vs.sideponytail@gmail.com for questions about venue accessibility or how to get involved in G20 solidarity.

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Slow Bridges

27th
Jul. × ’10
By Karen

Picture 17Vivek was in town a couple of months ago promoting the release of his book God Loves Hair. He was recently asked by Gaysi to contribute to their blog. Following is an excerpt from his post. I highly recommend it as it explores the complexities of being a queer artist of colour in a predominantly white culture—being proud of your art and your accomplishments but unable to share with your own.

To share something so personal with everyone except with the ones who made me feels like a betrayal. So does the book itself: exposing our family, telling their stories, stories which aren’t mine. “What happens in the home, stays in the home,” my mom would warn us. Which betrayal is worse? Which betrayal weighs more?

Read the rest here.

And of course, pick up the book.

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Listen

13th
Jul. × ’10
By Karen

Picture 9Queers, Sex & Prison: Listening Party!
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
6:30pm – 8:30pm
Stanley Milner Library Room 7, 6th floor
7 Sir Winston Churchill Square

Selections from the Prisoner Correspondence Project CD. Public Listening Event

(transit- LRT: Churchill Station, BUS: 1, 2, 5)
FREE – will be accepting donations for the Prisoner Correspondence Project.

Sharable Snacks will not be turned away!
Bring writing / drawing tools if you want.

From the Shannon Barry case, to G20 activism – Queers, our sex, and how it all relates to the prison system has become for some people more real and more in focus.

What do we know about prison?
What is it like for queers in jail?
What are alternatives to prison?
Why should we care about the prison system?

What to expect: Join as we listen to first person accounts from queer prisoners, information from people both within and outside the prison system, and audio art – from the Prisoner Correspondence Project CD.

Casual community discussion will follow.

Everyone is welcome. You do not have to be a Community Response Project member to attend.

http://www.prisonercorrespondenceproject.com/
event art comes from: just seeds
for good reading: http://www.againstequality.org/ (prisons)

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Exposure 2010 Call for Local Artists

7th
Jul. × ’10
By Karen

Exposure: Edmonton’s Queer Arts and Cultural Festival is seeking applications from independent artists and collectives from the greater Edmonton region for its fourth annual festival. This nine-day festival happens 12 – 20 November 2010 and will feature a mixture of emerging and established artists exploring, examining and questioning queer culture through a filter of humour. We want to program work that examines the power of humour to transform us, to anger us and to challenge us. We are seeking smart, sassy, sexy work that moves you and others exploring queer issues that make us laugh, cry, feel uncomfortable in our bodies and unite communities. Set against the dynamic backdrop of Edmonton, Alberta, Exposure festival is an excellent opportunity to connect with diverse communities and interdisciplinary art.

The deadline for application is 22 July 2010. Mailed submissions must be postmarked no later than 22 July 2010.

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HIV Edmonton Job Posting

7th
Jul. × ’10
By Karen

Community Education Facilitator – Gay Men’s Health

  • Do you thrive when juggling multiple tasks and meeting various deadlines?
  • Are you an educator, a support worker and a planner?
  • Are you committed enough to work the occasional evening or weekend for the cause?
  • Do you revel in working for an organization that may raise eyebrows around family or friends?

HIV Edmonton is a dynamic and open-minded community-based organization devoted to meeting the needs of people at risk of HIV and people living with HIV and AIDS. The Community Education Facilitator – Gay Men’s Health provides direct support to theCoordinator, ensuring that the community education targets of the organization are met.

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