Exciting 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 [...]
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Join Fairy Tales!
Do 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: 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 [...]
Fringe Time
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 [...]
Poems and Beats
Come down and enjoy some hip hop and spoken word from local artists Nerdalert, Joshua David and DS9. Expect a diverse range of auditory expression. From the four memebered hip hop stylings of Nerdalert to the spoken word inspired sounds of DS9 and on to the poetic layed back music of Joshua David there is [...]
Thank you, Ted
Compiled by Ted Kerr, published by Vue Weekly In 2010… I resolve not to forget where I came from and hope that the memory will not stop me from going where I want. I will remember that the New Year will be that of construction. I won’t second-guess myself so much; I will eat like [...]
December 1, 2009
WORLD AIDS DAY // EDMONTON, AB Jeffrey Keller, Board Chair of HIV Edmonton Thank you all for coming tonight. I know AIDS Vigils can be difficult so I truly thank you for coming and sharing this evening with us. There has been lots of talk this year of holding festivities and celebrations marking 25 years [...]
Pump It!
Sorry for the absence. Remember how we put on a lil ol’ festival last month? Well, it made us a little tired, etc. Do you know about The Edmonton Bicycle Commuters’ Society (EBC)? EBC runs or supports a variety of programs to make cycling in Edmonton easier, safer and more widespread From the Facebook invite: [...]
If you weren’t already our girlfriend…
Thanks again, Rachel Maddow.
Under our umbrella
This is officially the final post documenting Exposure 2009. But please know that coverage continues on great events around the city and news from all over the planet. In case you missed it, this was Queers in the Hood. What an attractive planning committee! Our great photos come courtesy of Shirley Tse. Follow the Flickr [...]
World Aids Day
HIV / AIDS is proof of the injustices and inequalities that exist locally and globally. HIV / AIDS is a testament to the resiliency of marginalized communities around the world who have fought back and made a difference in their own lives and everyone else’s. I think about those who passed away and honor those [...]
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