The Roof, The Roof…

22nd
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

Edmonton’s Queer Arts and Culture Festival will be holding it’s AGM on June 24 at 5 pm at Latitude 53.

Stick around and enjoy a drink on the rooftop as part of the summer series:

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Team Edmonton, Exposure Festival, along with Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture invite members and guests to The Rooftop Patio Series 2010 this Thursday June 24th from 5pm to 9pm.

Latitude 53 is located at 10248 – 106 Street

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Going Down

16th
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

A_single_white_feather_closeupTheater lovers, don’t miss the chance to catch the makings of what is sure to be a big hit next season:

Running In Heels Productions Presents:
The workshop production of Going Down…
By Lana Hughes

The Living Room Playhouse (Azimuth Theatre) (11315 106 AVE NW)

Thursday, June 17th @ 8pm
Friday, June 18th @8pm

BY DONATION AT THE DOOR, CASH ONLY.

Come play a role in helping to develop this new script. This workshop production will be part staged reading, part performance. After each performance there will be a short talk back, where you will get your chance to talk about the work and help to prepare it for it’s full production during the 2010/2011 theatre season.

Going Down… is about going down the aisle, going down a new path in life, going down the road not taken. The story, explores the ideas of boundaries, both in terms of the kind of space where women feel safe, and the sexual boundaries that are so dominant in our culture. It examines the lives of seven women who are all dealing with love and friendship in the modern world. Asking the question if it’s safe to follow your heart when it can get you into trouble–either with you friends, or with the world around you.

Running In Heels Productions is a non-profit, exclusively female, theatre collective endeavoring to create a strong female artistic community that works together to create bold theatrical works exploring women’s lives and the issues surrounding them. Currently the only feminist theatre company in Edmonton, Running In Heels is committed to providing an avenue for women to tell their stories, recognizing the social, political, economic and ethnic diversity among them.

Featuring: Mari Chartier, Samantha Duff, Kayla Gorman, Jenny McKillop, Jessica Peverett, Caley Suliak, Laryssa Toroshenko. Directed by: Michelle Kennedy

Questions? Email: lana.hughes@gmail.com

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Queer Images 2010

15th
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

queer images picBrought to us by Edmonton Pride and Teddy Kerr. This one of my favourite parts of Pride every year:

Queer Images 2010
Metro Cinema, in the Citadel Theatre – 9828 – 101A Avenue

feat films by/with/about:
XAVIER DOLAN
SYLVIA RIVERA
The TOPP TWINS
CHARLOTTE COOPER
The CHUBSTERS
RYAN CONRAD

Wed June 16 @ 8pm
J’ai Tue Ma Mere (I Killed My Mother)

Thurs June 17 @ 8pm

The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls
with Changing House and Fat Queer Harvest Hymn

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The Boyfriends Are Dreamy

14th
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

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The Boyfriends “Lead & Follow” CD release show
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at 8:00pm
The ARTery, 9535 Jasper Avenue

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THE BOYFRIENDS with MASS CHOIR

A VERY affordable $5.00 Cover
Door @ 8:00ish, Bands @ 9:30ish
Dancing and great times @ ∞ (aka FOREVER !!!) with DJ Campos (aka ME!!)

BUZZ:
“Madonna stole her early incarnations from the gays and now The Boyfriends are stealing back, basking in the glowstick aura of club-sound hooks, glittery synth flourishes, and hip-shimmy beats. Pete Shelley is their fairy godfather, bequeathing The Boyfriends a post-punk futurist guitarscape edged in rhythmic urgency.Ebullient golden-era indie popsters like Beat Happening, Talulah Gosh, and Cub are touchstones, while nostalgia for their 80s childhood manifests in energetically percolating video game bleeps and chirps burrowed into Boyfriends’ songs. A prairie hometown gives them a love of handclaps and the unruly mayhem of garage bands held together with spit, hope, and sheer delight. Their lyrics reflect a sense of humour as broad as their sense of justice.” – Mary Christa O’Keefe

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Proud Sunday

13th
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

Picture 66You still have some time to recover from the big Parade celebrations to make it to the Pride Awards at 7:30 tonight. Follow it up with dancing at the Common. Check it out:

Pride Awards Sponsored by HIV Edmonton
Sunday, June 13, 2010
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Ceremony begins at 7:30pm

Art Gallery of Alberta
Free Admission

Honoring:
Bellerose Composite High School, MLA Laurie Blakeman, Garrick Burron, Clarke Cameron, Michael Cursio, Edmonton Vocal Minority Choir, Michael Harding, Kelly Ireton, Christopher Parsonage, Charles Rusnell, Students’ Association of Grant MacEwan University, Will Sutherland, Bryan Mortensen

HIV Edmonton Youth Leadership Award – Jay Bodnariuk
Larry Sand Award recipient – The Empress Ale House
Edmonton Police Service Sexual Minorities Liaison Committee
- Superintendent Danielle Campbell
Maureen Irwin Award recipient – Colleen Sutherland
Michael Phair Award recipient – Ken MacDonald
Mickey Wilson Award recipient – Jan Buterman
Sheryl McInnis Award recipient – Michelle Thomarat
Todd Janes Award recipient – Alex Bailey

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Solid Gay Sundays
June 13, 2010 at 9:00pm
The Common, 10124 124st

Hosted by the fabulous Teen Jesus Barbie & Mr. Eddie Toonflash

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Repair-a-Thon!

12th
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

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Edmonton sure comes alive in the summer. June is also Bike Month. Many great events to enjoy but one that’s pretty spectacular is the 24 Hour Bicycle Repair-a-Thon. Hello, you can get your bike fixed any time of day this weekend at Bike Works.

From Facebook:

24 Hour Bicycle Repair-a-thon

Start Time: Saturday, June 12, 2010 at 12:00pm
End Time: Sunday, June 13, 2010 at 6:00pm
BikeWorks (10047 80 Ave, entrance through back alley only)

The EBC crew is on a mission: 24 hours of bicycle repairs. Stop by, hang out, bring your bike down, learn some mechanical magic, get dirty, have fun!

The regular shop fee for BikeWorks ($2/hr members; $5/hr non-members) will not be charged for this event as all Bike Month and Bikeology Festival events are free! This event is sponsored in part by the Edmonton Community Challenge held by Next Gen Edmonton and the Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues.

(And yes, we’ll actually be going for 30 hours.)

http://www.bikeology.ca/

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Happy Pride!

11th
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

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It’s going to be a beautiful weekend in Edmonton just in time for Pride. I will be posting events throughout the week. Saturday is the big parade. One very special thing to note is that the Edmonton chapter of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid will get to be part of the celebration. As some of you may know, there is big controversy over the group in Toronto and their denied entry into their parade. Read xtra.ca for great coverage on everything going down and for a story on those Edmontonians.

See you on the Square!

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Drag Kings & Other Phallic Things

7th
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

This Thursday! I’ll also be providing the tunes…

Drag Kings & Other Phallic Things
Thursday, June 10, 2010
7:30pm – 11:00pm
The ARTery, 9535 Jasper Ave

Kick start Pride week with an evening of

Queer Performance by:
Rheanna Sand, solo acoustic guitar
Nadine Kellman, solo electric guitar
Laura West, belly dance fusion

& Drag Kings:
Tom HaAt
Ben Sover
Muff Daddy
Justin Time
Bif Tek
Jackie Twist (Queen)

$5 at door
Doors: 7:30pm (come early seating is limited)

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God Loves Edmonton

3rd
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

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So this is super exciting: Exposure alumni, Vivek Shraya, will be in town this Sunday to promote the release of his first book. Check it out!

God Loves Hair And Edmonton
Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 7:00pm

The ARTery
9535 Jasper Avenue

WITH Ted Kerr, Karen Campos and Derek Warwick
Free admission.

ABOUT THE BOOK

God Loves Hair is a collection of 20 short stories following a tender, intellectual, and curious child as he navigates complex realms of sexuality, gender, racial politics, religion, and belonging.

Told with the poignant insight and honesty that only the voice of a young mind can convey, each story is accompanied by a vivid illustration by Toronto artist Juliana Neufeld.

BUZZ

“A touching, poetic exploration of budding sexuality, the mysticism of religion and family dynamics.”
Brian Francis, author of Fruit

http://godloveshair.com/
http://vivekshraya.com/

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NextFest is NOW

2nd
Jun. × ’10
By Karen

NextFest begins this Thursday. Check out their site to find out about the many many happenings in the city. I’m particularly excited about Friday night’s event:

Picture 70New Edmonton Artists, NextFest Visual Arts Opening Party!

Nextfest and VASA are proud to present: New Edmonton Artists, a group exhibition featuring 28 emerging visual artists in 20,000 square metre gallery space.

Video, Painting, Print, Sculpture, Drawing, Photography, and Installation Art by:

Jaye Benoit, Rachelle Liette Bowen, Caitlin Boyce, Philip Chan, Micheal Cor, Mandy Espezel, Daniel Evans, Jenna Frost, Tim Grieco, Victoria Stan Harold, Mindy Heins, Daria Hirny, Aryen Hoekstra, Ashley Huot, Emanuel Ilagan, Mariya Karpenko, Amy Karunavai, Martina MacFarlane, Jes McCoy, Brad Necyk, Gabrielle Paré, Lisa Rezansoff, Nancy Schulz, Elizabeth Scott, Nicole St. Jean, Alexander Stewart, Jennie Vegt, Lift by focusProject

Curated by Josée Aubin Ouellette

Opening Party: Friday June 4th, from 7-10 pm.

The exhibition is open June 3–13, 10am–7pm. The gallery will occasionally be closed for private events, check http://nextfest.ca/ for updates.

*image by Martina MacFarlane taken from NextFest site

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