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2008 OFFICIAL
PRIDEGUIDE
PuBLIsHEd By PrIdE tOrONtO
We can all take pride in who we are.
We’re honoured to be a part of Pride Week in Toronto.
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human rights
Amnesty International defends
the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and
transgendered people all over the world.
We believe that every person has
the right to be who they are and to
live their lives with love and dignity.
Happy Pride 2008!
If you’d like to get involved with Amnesty International’s
work to protect and promote human rights for all
people, visit www.amnesty.ca or call 1-800-AMNESTY
(1-800-266-3789). To join Amnesty’s LGBT group in
Toronto, please contact [email protected]
On behalf of the Ontario Liberal Caucus
Congratulations
on another successful
Pride
Week
Hon. Dalton McGuinty
Premier of Ontario
Authorized by the Ontario Liberal Caucus
Pride Toronto
Toronto Pride
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I am delighted to welcome everyone attending Pride Week in Toronto.
Pride Week brings together the gay, lesbian, transsexual and transgendered communities for a
week of amazing festivities, leading up to the Dyke March and the Pride Parade on Pride weekend.
To everyone visiting the city, I am confident that Toronto’s hospitality, vibrancy and diversity will
exceed your xpectations. Best wishes for a fun and happy pride!
Honourable Peter Fonesca, Minister of Tourism
As Minister of Culture, it is my pleasure to extend my best wishes to everyone attending Toronto’s Pride Week
celebrations. Pride Week is a time to reflect on the many important contributions the gay, lesbian, transsexual
and transgendered communities have made to Ontario’s dynamic cultural intstitutions and to the diversity and
creativity of our culture. I wish everyone a very enjoyable and entertaining Pride Week!
Aileen Carroll, Minister of Culture.
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Ladybug Florist in the Village 513 Church St.
this aint The Rosedale Library 86 Nassau St.
Veda Healthy Indian Takeout 506 Church Street, Suite 100
O’ Grady’s on Church 518 Church St.
Rainbow Body Yoga 473A Church St.
basic
Pop Bistro– 686 Queen St. East.
Motion Specialities – www.themotiongroup.com
Canadian National Institute for the Blind– cnib.ca
Pusateri Fruit Market – 497 Church St.
Village Rainbow Café – 477 Church St.
Stag Shop – 449 Church St.
Future Optical – 473A Church St.
Adam and Eve Chocolatier– 97 Maitland St.
Timothy’s World Coffee on Church – 500 Church St.
Lettieri Espresso + Bar – 77 Wellesley St.
Brownstone Bistro & Grille – 601 Yonge St.
The Village Centre – 65 Wellesley St. E
Sobey’s Ontario – 530 Yonge St.
Chiropractic Walk in Clinic – 447 Church St.
Tract Parking Management – 1 Yonge St.
Village Pharmacy – 473 Church St.
Toronto Compassion Society – 95 Maitland St.
welcome
FATIMA LETTER GOES HERE!!!!!!!!!!
Now in our 28th year, Pride Week has grown bigger and better yet again this year. With the addition of our
first ticketed event - featuring none other than Sandra Bernhard - to the multitude of new official events and
programs, Pride Week is more spectacular than ever.
We are grateful to our dedicated community partners and corporate sponsors and who truly embody the spirit
of “Unified!” Your support speaks to the increasing celebration of queer life in Canada and of Pride Week as
one of Ontario’s premiere arts and culture festivals.
Pride Week could not happen without the remarkable dedication and passion of our staff and volunteers.
Thank you to these incredibly hard working and talented people for making our organization and festival so
dynamic and unique, for generating respect and admiration both at home and around the world and enabling
Pride to be a unifying force in our communities. You are simply amazing.
Have a happy and safe Pride Week 2008!
Lenore McAdam and Mark Singh
Co-chairs, Pride Toronto
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Kevin Borden
Francois Blais
Iris Talamor-Ciccione
Steve Ireson
Alison Harvey
rosemary
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Tammy Rassmussen
Diana Dickey
Marg Robinson
Nicole Dufour
Jim Cullen
Richard Snook
Rick Julien
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Robert Bain
Karen Lake
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All proceeds go toward making
Pride Week 2008 happen.
Tickets available at Ticketmaster (416) 870-8000 www.ticketmaster.ca
Massey Hall (416) 872-4255 www.masseyhall.com
Limited tickets available to post-show
champagne and dessert meet & greet reception
www.pridetoronto.com www.SandraBernhard.com
Design: Jonathan Kitchen, jakcreative.com Photo: Jason Odell
June 4 - 20
wednesday, june 4th
The Youth Awards promote youth achievements by proudly recognizing the remarkable work and outstanding contributions
of lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) youth
and LGBT youth services that are making a
difference in our communities throughout
the province.
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Bright Pearl Restaurant
346-348 Spadina Ave
www.youthline.ca
416-962-2232 ext. 223
True colours tour
Doors: 5 p.m. Show: 6:00pm
Ticket Price: $50.50 – $90.50
Molson Amphitheatre
909 Lakeshore Blvd West
www.truecolorstour.com
416-260-5600
10th Annual Youth
Line Community
Youth Awards
FREE!
thursday, june 5th
sexy pride:
the beauty salon
salon, with a bevy of talented and courteous
attendants offering a variety of special
treatments, just for you. Buddies is proud
to present the perfect pre-Pride tune-up.
Environmental theatre? You’re soaking in it!
Thursday June 5 to Saturday June 14, 2008
8 p.m.
$ 15 to $ 20 in advance and at door
Buddies in Bad Time Theatres
12 Alexander Street
www.artsexy.ca
416-975-8555
[email protected]
Sexy Pride kicks off with The Beauty
Salon, a large-scale interactive event that
transforms Buddies’ main space into a retro
The Palais Royale
presents
PalaisPride08
See and be seen at the biggest, the hottest, the lesbian
event of the year
Doors: 8pm
Tickets: $25 in advance or $30 at the door (if available)
Go to www.ticketweb.ca or www.palaisroyale.ca
Shuttle from Union Station starting 7:30pm
Proceeds to support lesbian health initiatives at
Women’s College Hospital
Proudly sponsored by TD Bank
Friday June 27
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June 4 - 20
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Shir Libeynu Shabbat
Pride Service
Celebrate LGBTTIQQ Pride at our inclusive
Torah service, featuring innovative liturgy
for queer Jews and the people we love.
Everyone is welcome! Free childcare
available during the service. Kiddush held
immediately following the service.
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m
The Miles Nadal Jewish
Community Centre
750 Spadina Avenue at Bloor (across
from Spadina Station) in the Michael
Bernstein Chapel
(3rd Floor)
www.shirlibeynu.ca
416-465-5488
[email protected]
sunday, june 8th
Families in TRANSition:
a guide for parents of
Trans youth
The premier book launch of “Families in
TRANSition: a guide book for parents of
FREE!
Snatch Your Undies
Come to Voglie’s and indulge in an afternoon of tasty BBQ and drinks, and dance
to the scene’s hottest DJ’s, following
which is Voglie’s signature Saturday night
event, Snatch...with a twist! Come on out
and get geared up for The Underwear
Affair, a 5k walk 10k run for cancers
below the waist.
Noon - close (around 2 a.m.)
Voglie
582 Church Street
$ 5 at advance
Maria Papadimitriou
(Underwear Affair Contact)
416-888-9871 (cell)
416-777-2873 (work)
m.papadimitriou@uncoverthecure.
org
Niki Tsourounakis (Voglie Contact)
[email protected]
FREE!
saturday, june 7th
June 4 - 20
saturday, june 14th
The gallery’s first exhibition as representative for the Estate of Robert Giard, the
exhibition will feature a selection of vintage
works from three genres, concentrating
on landscapes of the South Fork of Long
Island, portraits of friends, and the nude.
Saturday June 14 – August 2, 2008
11am – 6pm - Open Tuesday to Saturday
Stephen Bulger Gallery
1026 Queen Street West
416-504-0575
[email protected]
www.bulgergallery.com
Are you a gay/bi/queer/trans dad or granddad? Planning to have kids? In a care-giving
role? Connect with others, share stories,
and have fun with your families! Cake and
refreshments served. Bring a picnic lunch.
Activities for young and old alike. All welcome. Sponsored by the LGBTQ Parenting
Connection.
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The 519 Church Street
Community Centre
519 Church Street
FREE!
Women Flirting with
Women Workshop
Women are generally socialized to wait
around for someone to show interest, but
if we all do that, nothing happens. Just
in time for Pride and the Pleasure Palace
Bathhouse… a workshop for women who
want to gain skills and confidence in verbal
and non-verbal flirtation techniques to
pick up other women, regardless of sexual
orientation. With Dana Shaw.
7:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Come As You Are
www.comeasyouare.com
416-504-7934
[email protected]
$ 30 at advance; $ 30 at door
wednesday, june 18th
QUEER EARS
FREE!
Portraits: Nudes
and Landscapes
monday, june 16th
FREE!
The Fabulous Fathers’
Day Picnic: Celebrating 5
years of Daddies & Papas
2B, and 30 years of Gay
Fathers of Toronto
ww.the519.org
Chris Veldhoven
416-392-6878 ext. 109
[email protected]
FREE!
trans youth” hosted by the multi-talented
artist and icon Nina Arsenault. Featuring Dr.
Nicola Brown, youth and parent speakers,
entertainment by Gender Play and I Furiosi.
After event networking and social. Music by
DJ Nik Red.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Speakers and entertainment at 7:00
p.m.
After event music and networking at
8:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Tallulah’s Cabaret, Buddies In
Bad Times Theatre
12 Alexander Street
www.ctys.org
For more information contact the Pride
& Prejudice Program of CTYS at 416924-2100 ext. 231 or email Janis Purdy
at [email protected]
Triple-X Productions celebrates Queer West
Fest at the Gladstone’s weekly neighborhood queer night. Featuring live music by
GIRAGIRA An edgy electro-pop trio, with
funky costumes, unconventional instruments, and high energy music that will
make you dance, scream, and cheer plus
Vivek Shraya and DJ 4est and DJ Triple-X
spin electro, alternative, indie and unknown
pleasures all night long.
How did four blue-collar kids
become one of the
greatest successes
in pop music history?
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7pm – Close
Gladstone Hotel – Melody Bar
Address: to come
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SEXY PRIDE: PrideCab
PrideCab is the culmination of the Queer
Youth Arts Programme at Buddies, in which
12 young artists are brought together for
two months to create an all-original cabaret
inspired by TO’s queer history and by their
unique perspective on what it means to be
young and queer today.
8 p.m.
Mainspace
12 Alexander Street
www.artsexy.ca
416-975-8555
[email protected]
Free Tickets for Youth (25 or younger)
and $ 10 for Adults.
Both are in advance and at door.
thursday, june 19
FREE!
[email protected]
www.myspace.com/vivekshraya
www.myspace.com/giragiragif
www.themarsbar.com
http://gaywest.905host.net/files/queerwestfest.php
www.gladstonehotel.com
416-531-4635
[email protected]
FREE!
June 4 - 20
Bustin’ Buns to
Sell Boobs
An evening of music and fundraising in support of The Weekend to End Breast Cancer
benefiting Princess Margaret Hospital. Appearances by T.O.’s Hottest Firefighters! Live
Rock ‘n Roll featuring Rock Bottom followed
by Toronto’s Best Karaoke.
7pm – 10pm
June 4 - 20
Matters of the Heart –
a celebration and
relaunch of the
groundbreaking lesbian of colour anthology Piece of My Heart
HOMODIGITAL: A censor’s
worst nightmare
An intimate Leif Harmsen exhibit, featuring
his latest large-scale paintings and sculpture. Opening in Toronto at the Fountain
Contemporary gallery.
Opening Event:
Thursday June 19, 2008
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Fountain Contemporary
Palmerston Ave at Queen
Street West
www.harmsen.net
Gallery Director: Maggy Perry
647-519-0420
[email protected]
PG08
Matters of the Heart is a re-launch and
celebration of the groundbreaking anthology,
Piece of My Heart, the first lesbian of colour
anthology published in North America.
Guests & performers include Makeda Silvera, Debbie Douglas, Nalini Singh, Courtney
McFarlane, Michele Chai, Dianah Smith and
Janet Romero.
7pm to 10 pm
Revival Bar, 783 College Street
$8 in advance; $12 at door
www.aisfororange.org
416-533-4263
[email protected]
Ticketing Information: Tickets available
from Toronto Women’s Bookstore at 73
Harbord Street and Good for Her at
175 Harbord Street.
FREE!
$20 Donation at the door/
$15 in advance
Address: to come
Website: www.endcancer.ca
Phone: to come
RSVP to [email protected]
Bring in this coupon to receive 30% off one item. Valid
at the Church St location only. Not valid with any other
promotion. Not applicable online. Some restrictions apply.
Expires July 15th, 2008.
Toronto, 449 Church St.
P.416.323. 0772
Three years of sponsoring Pride Toronto.
The story of Frankie Valli
and the Four Seasons
is coming to Toronto.
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June 4 - 20
The B-Girlz are going west this summer in
search of big hair, low gas prices and the
occasional cow-poke. This is their only pretour Toronto engagement. These “the Beastie
Boys of Drag” perform colourful medleys
in a unique multi-media revue. Remember,
what happens at a B-Girlz show…stays at a
B-Girlz show!
Thursday June 19 to Saturday June 21
8 p.m.
Tallulah’s Cabaret , Buddies in Bad
Times Theatres
12 Alexander Street
www.artsexy.ca
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friday june 20th 2008
Pride Week 2008
Official Launch Party
Join Pride Toronto at the world famous
Woody’s Bar on Church Street, as we kick
of Pride Week 2008 in style. A not to be
missed event, the Launch Party will feature
performances by Toronto’s best drag artists,
inspirational speeches and giveaways, and
ofcourse, the famous Trojan boys! Proudly
sponsored in part by Trojan.All are welcome
to attend this free event!
7pm
Refugee Pride: a forum
in celebration of
World Refugee Day
Canada is one of top three countries that
LGBTQ people look to for asylum, but the
struggles that these refugee claimants face
are countless. This forum will examine how
current immigration laws affect and prevent
LGBTQ refugee claimants from settling
in Canada.
6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Community Centre
519 Church Street
FREE!
SEXY PRIDE: the b list
Woody’s Bar
465-467 Church Street
www.pridetoronto.com
416-975-8555
[email protected]
$ 20 in advance and at door
FREE!
Artist: Leif Harmsen
647-827-0546 [email protected]
“ THE MOST
June 4 - 20
EXCITING
MUSICAL
IN YEARS!”
– Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune
Begins August 21
TORONTO CENTRE FOR THE ARTS, 5040 Yonge Street
(Formerly The Ford Centre for the Performing Arts, located beside the North York Centre TTC stop)
(416) 872-1111 • JerseyBoysToronto.com
Photo: Chris Callis
Groups (20+) and gift certificates: (416) 644-3665
Original Cast
Recording On
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June 21 - 26
FREE!
Pride Matinee
SEXY PRIDE:
Madonna Saved Me
Triple X Productions and Gladstone Hotel
present live music matinees.
7pm – 10pm
1214 Queen St. W, Toronto ON M6J 1J6
416-531-4635
[email protected]
“Gagging Gays
on Glitter”
As a gay boy growing up outside of Blyth
(in rural Ontario), Buddies’ crowned prince
Shane MacKinnon drew strength - as did
many a fag - from our dear Madge. Buddies
proudly presents Shane & Co. for a sexy night
of cabaret performances paying tribute to
queer icons that helped save the day!
Friday June 20, 2008 8 p.m.
$ 15 in advance; $ 15 at door
Mainspace
12 Alexander Street
www.artsexy.ca
416-975-8555
FREE!
www.the519.org/programs/
amongfriends
Diego Macias, Among Friends
Volunteer Coordinator
[email protected]
CiRCA’s always glittery Mirror Ballroom
presents the shiny happy beats of DJ
Jamal plus a special sparkly performance
by Rolyn Chambers and his Manhunt.net
Glitter Boys! Style suggestion: gold, silver,
glitter! In the main space, Randomland
presents, “YOU GOT GLITTERED.” Featuring Posso The DJ, LA’s most sparkely dj
duo and a SUPER special surprise guest.
This party will glitter you good and give
you some of the best house and electro
coming out of lala land!!!
http://www.circatoronto.com
4416-531- 5042
[email protected]
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Saturday June 21, 2008 – July 26, 2008
This Ain’t the Rosedale Library Upstairs Gallery
481 ½ Church Street
www.thisaint.ca
416-795-4247
[email protected]
Queer Muslims…..
and Reflections
Joanne Mackell and
the Paradise Rangers
FREE!
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Saturday June 21
6pm-9m
$5 in advance; $7 at door
The 519 Community Centre
Auditorium
www.salaancanada.com
416-925-XTRA ext.2209
Joanne Mackell is a veteran singer/songwriter with a voice that could stop a mack truck
and songs that make you remember the first
time you fell in love. Her outstanding vocal
range and commanding stage presence consistently raise the roof and rock the house.
6pm – 9pm
1214 Queen St. W
http://joannemackell.com/about.html
music
arts
416-531-4635
[email protected]
Opening Reception
YASHODHARA - A FORGOTTEN
PRINCESS Exhibition
[email protected]
This is my Home
FREE!
Bill Bissett and
Paul Gilroy – Paintings
and Assemblages
FREE!
Saturday June 21, 2008
The series of paintings are inspired by Princess Yashodhara 506 BC. It is a tale of grief
and tragedy of awakening, of joy and contentment. Within his art, Samuel focuses on
the use of erotic and spiritual playfulness to
create a sense of sacred. Samuel is inspired
by two of India’s most traditional techniques kalamnakari and madhubani.
7pm – 11pm,
Gladstone Hotel – 2nd Floor
Exhibition Hours 12pm-5pm
June 22 &23,
1214 Queen St. W
Free
www.samuelcrowther.com
416-531-4635
[email protected]
Swamperella
You never know who you are going to find
on the dance floor at a Swamperella show.
Rockin’ Cajun and Zydeco, join the multigenerational and gender-bending crowd
waltzing and two-stepping the night away.
Dance lessons: 8:30pm; Band: 9:30pm
8pm – Close
Gladstone Hotel –Ballroom
$10 cover
1214 Queen St. W
www.swamperella.com
416-531+4635
family/youth
culture/political
Join us at a choral concert celebrating our
home and native land and our place in it, with
all music selections composed, arranged or
performed by Canadian artists including Joni
Mitchell, Gord Lightfoot, Jane Field, John
Schrag, The Arrogant Worms, and more.
8 p.m.
Glenn Gould Studio
250 Front Street West
www.SingingOUT.com
$ 23 at advance; $ 25 at door
SEXY PRIDE:
Sharron’s Big Gay Party
To kick off Pride Week, Sharron Matthews
is bringing her iconic “Party” home – to
Buddies. She will serve up her singular show
full of pee-your-pants comedy and over-theshoulder naughtiness, and guests include the
fabulous B-Girlz, the not-to-be-missed Miss
Conception and the beautiful Jennie Burke.
8 p.m.
Mainspace
12 Alexander Street
www.artsexy.ca
www.sharronsparty.com
416-975-8555
[email protected]
June 21 - 26
Kick start Pride Week with a boom! Learn
Japanese taiko drumming basics with the
Raging Asian Women (RAW). Get into stance;
grip your bachi (drumsticks), pound loud &
strong with us on our handmade wine-barrel
taiko! Advance registration and payment.
Wear comfortable clothes and running shoes
or go barefoot.
Sunday June 22, 2008
Session 1 - 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Session 2 - 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
(offered based on demand)
$ 40
Cabbagetown Community Arts Centre
454 Parliament Street (S of Carlton)
Karen B K Chan
www.ragingasianwomen.ca
416-568-2426
[email protected]
sandra bernhardt
For one night only, Sandra Bernhardt,
the Queer Diva herself, and her ban, the
Rebellious Jezebels, come to Toronto for a
special appearance for Pride Week 2008. An
electrifying fusion of lethal satire and sizzling
rock n’ roll, Sandra’s brilliant unity of hilarious
diatribes on the state of modern culture and
her classic rock attitude burns smart. And
for a lucky 100 fans, limited tickets are available for a post show champagne and desert
meet and greet reception with Sandra.
Toronto International
Pride Cup Soccer
Finals presented by
bmo canada
TIPC is hosted by Downtown Soccer Toronto,
Toronto’s gay and lesbian summer co-ed
recreational soccer league. Our aim is to
host a FUN, COMPETITIVE, INCLUSIVE AND
AFFORDABLE soccer tournament to bring
together Pride through sport. The Gold Metal
matches in the Open and the Women’s
Divisions will be played.
Women’s Division Gold Medal Finals:
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Open Division Gold Medal Finals:
4:15 p.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Medal Ceremony: 5:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Lamport Stadium
1151 King Street West
www.tipc.org
[email protected]
www.downtownsoccertoronto.org
MANOS Y LENGUAS
LIBRES 2
The second annual pride event celebrating an evening of poetry, dance, sculpture,
photography, and paintings, drag king
performances, theatre and short films.
music
arts
7pm – Close
1214 Queen St. W
[email protected]
SEXY PRIDE: Free Jane!
Jane hosts an evening in two parts. First is
a reading of a new queer play (this year, Til
Rain by T Berto), after which is Open Mic,
where you can rant, sing, strip, do drag,
recite, or do whatever tickles your fancy. Jane
will be pleased to introduce you, and she’ll
even do a little act of her own.
7 p.m.
Tallulah’s Cabaret
12 Alexander Street
www.artsexy.ca
416-975-8555
[email protected]
monday, june 23
Rainbow Flag Raising and
Pride Week ProclamatioN
FREE!
Beat to your own DrumTaiko Drumming Workshop for Queer Women
and Trans people
8pm
Massey Hall
Tickets available through Ticketmaster at
416.870.8000 , www.ticketmaster.ca or
Massey Hall at 416.872.4255
www.masseyhall.com
FREE!
sunday, june 22
Join Mayor David Miller, Councillor Rae
and Pride Toronto, as Pride Week 2007 is
officially proclaimed and the Rainbow Flag is
raised at Toronto’s City Hall. All are welcome
to attend this free event!
12pm
Toronto City Hall, Podium
100 Queen Steet West
family/youth
culture/political
Introductory Remarks by Gareth Henry, Pride
Toronto’s 2008 International Grand Marshal
music
arts
Keynote Speech by Scott Long, Director of
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender
Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
Moderator: IIana Landsberg Lewis
Panelists: Revered Brent Hawkes from
Metropolitian Church of Canada,
Imam Dayee Abdullah, Rabbi TBD
6pm to 8:30pm, followed by a reception
Ryerson University, Podium Room
Address TBD
Gentleman Fest:
A Ladyfest
Toronto fundraiser
family/youth
culture/political
June 23
7pm – Close
Gladstone Hotel –Melody Bar
1214 Queen St. W
416-531-4635
[email protected]
G101.ca
launch party!
FREE!
Join Pride Toronto, as we discuss how a
movement for International Human Rights
for all Queer Peoples can be formed and if
there is a common “queer” or “gay” identity
accepted by all our communities worldwide,
around which to build such a moment.
Panelists will also discuss the role of religion
in creating homophobic and defining “gay”
identity, and the role that religion can play
in combating both. Opening remarks will be
followed by a discussion with the panellists
and the audience.
and the former Chair and Program Manager
for JFLAG (Jamaican Forum for Lesbians, All
Sexuals and Gays).
FREE!
Global Human Rights
are Queer Rights? –
A Panel Discussion
FREE!
June 21 - 26
Come celebrate the launch of G101.ca,
the first secure gay social networking site,
with cupcakes, dancing and cocktails (pun
intended?). We’ll be dancing the night away,
with a cupcake in one hand and a cosmo in
the other, and we expect you to be there (yes,
you!). So come for the delicious food, stay for
the hat jams and hopefully leave because of a
June 21 - 26
This year Second City’s bi-annual Pride
event will have you laughing with Lucifer.
Hosted by the fabulous Sabrina Jalees.
Join us for an unforgettable evening of standup, sketch, music & acrobatics. Happy Pride!
8 p.m.
The Second City Theatre
51 Mercer Street
www.secondcity.com
Shanlee Jackson
416-343-0067
[email protected]
tuesday, june 24
4th Annual
Pride Toronto Gala
Join us for a Journey to Mount Olympus,
a gathering of Gods and Goddesses to
celebrate our community’s heroic achievements. Join host Sandra Bernhardt for an
unforgettable paired dining experience, live
and silent auction and much more. Honour
our communitie’s achievements and toast
this year’s Awards of Excellence winners with
Dionysus and make sweet music with Apollo,
Arts & Culture – Illen Chaiken, creator of
“The L Word”
Human Rights – Arsham Parsi, founding
member of the Iranian Queer Organization
Spirituality – Faisal Alam, founder of
“Al Fatiha”
Science, Medicine & Technology – Rainbow
Health Network
Sports – Michelle Dumaresq, pioneer
transgender athelete
Youth Leadership - Jeremy Dias, founder and
Executive Direcotor of Jer’s Vision
Lifetime Achievement – Douglas Elliot
Pride 2008 Theme Award - Unified! Lesbian and Gay Community Appeal
6:00 pm
Fermenting Cellar in the historic
Distillery District
55 Mill Street Toronto
Tickets are $300 per person, $3,000 per
table of 10
Contact [email protected] for ticket
sales and more information
Diverciudad
(Divercity)
Diverciudad is an art installation in celebration of Pride 2008, and exhibits the talent of
Latin American Queer artists living in Toronto.
Homophobia strongly plagues Latin American
communities everywhere, and Diverciudad
aims to create a safe space where the artists
can be seen beyond gender or
sexual orientation.
music
arts
12:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Community Centre
519 Church Street
416-578-1553
[email protected]
Get Set For Pride
with Reflexology
for Couples
Prepare your feet and body for Pride! In
this hands-on workshop, blend custom
aromatherapy oils and learn Reflexology
techniques to encourage care, intimacy, and
delightful sensory experiences for a partner
or friend. Wheelchair accessible through rear
entrance, all welcome.
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
WonderWorks
79A Harbord Street
www.feetmatter.com
416-317-2124
[email protected]
$ 35 in advance and at door
Ticketing Information: $ 35 per person.
Limit of six couples. Call Kelly Wilk
to register
Java Knights
FREE!
HELLBOUND: Comedy for
the Queer High Holiday
or dance the night away on the Isle of Lesbos,
with the goddess of love Aphrodite herself.
This year Pride Toronto will present the
following awards:
FREE!
boy. But don’t worry- at G101.ca, we’re good
at keeping secrets.
June 23
8pm – Close
1214 Queen St. W
www.g101.ca
Phone: to come
[email protected]
ACT Toronto and the Gay West Community
Network present Java Knights, a monthly
west-end social event presented by ACT Toronto and the Gay West Community Network.
Java Knights brings forth a group of individuals interested in discussions on various topics
of interest.
June 24, 7pm – Close
Gladstone Hotel –Art Bar
1214 Queen St. W
family/youth
culture/political
June 21 - 26
Contact Contemporary Music presents
electrifying performer Lori Freedman in a solo
performance of music written by women.
8 p.m.
The Gladstone Ballroom
www.contactcontemporarymusic.ca
416-902-7010
[email protected]
$ 15.00 (Adult)/ $ 10.00 (Student &
Senior) at advance and door
www.ticketweb.ca
Pride Prom 2008:
Fairy Tale
Triangle Program & SOY present an end-ofyear celebration for LGBTTIQQ2S high school
students and their Allies. With special guest
star host Adamo Ruggiero, DJ Winnie, Prom
Ace, King & Queen contest and more!
Tuesday June 24, 2008
8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
12 Alexander Street
www.soytoronto.org
Supporting Our Youth: 416-324-5077
Triangle Program: 416-393-8443
$ 12.00 at advance and door
Bamboo Shoot Gala
FREE!
wednesday, june 25
Bamboo Shoot is the ACAS Asian short video
contest. The 3 to 6 finalists will be presented
to the jury at the Gala, and the winner will be
music
arts
Video Art is Queer
Art Launch
FREE!
Girl on Girl
announced at the end of the evening. There
will be entertainment between presentations.
Wednesday June 25, 2008
6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Goodhandy’s
120 Church Street
www.acas.org/bambooshoot
416-963-4300
[email protected]
A specially commissioned series of video art
work on the Pride Week 2008 theme “UNIFIED!” by acclaimed artists Deanne Bowen,
Jean Paul Kelly, Nina Levitt, Krys McGuire,
Allyson Mitchell, Steve Reinke and Oliver
Husain gets a fitting world launch in Toronto’s
Queer West Village.
7pm-9pm
Gladstone Hotel, Melody Bar
1214 Queen St. W
JERUSALEM IS PROUD TO
PRESENT – Film
Screening with TalkBack
FREE!
http://gaywest.905host.net/files/javaknights.php
[email protected]
This documentary follows the astonishing
events leading up to the 2006 World Pride
Conference in Jerusalem. The film shows
the planners’ and participants’ courageous
struggles to march in holy Jerusalem’s first
Pride Parade in spite of anonymous threats
and political stalling. A discussion will follow
the screening.
Wednesday June 25, 2008
7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Al Green Theatre at the Miles Nadal
Jewish Community Centre
750 Spadina Ave (at Bloor)
family/youth
culture/political
www.mnjcc.org
Esther Arbeid
416-924-6211 ext.606
[email protected]
Free tickets available only at the door
from 6:30 p.m. First come first served.
Drag Ball on Parade
Watch as the most beautiful transsexuals
in the world take centre stage for a special
encore performance!! The winners of miss
canada world grace the gladstone ballroom
on june 25th. With your host, the incomparable stephanie stephens, 2 amazing shows
8pm & 11pm
$20 at the door/ $15 in advance
1214 Queen St. W
416-531-4635
Stephanie Stephens misstoronto@
hotmail.com
Boxing Event –
Adrienne to supply the text
Time
Circa
Address TBD
Ticket Price
SEXY PRIDE:Cheap Queers
The Hardworkin’ Homosexuals return with
Pride Week’s original all-star performance
event. Local queer musicians, writers, actors
and dancers offer up five-minute masterpieces in three evenings of unbridled cabaret.
Often raucous, always unpredictable,
Cheap Queers is high art at a bargain
basement price.
June 21 - 26
Kick your sex drive into high gear as this
event brings together some of the steamiest
sapphic talents for Pride Week 2008.
Tomboyfriends
and Histrionics
FREE!
JD Samson, Dance Yourself to Death
DJ Nik Red Drops House
Old School Jungle and Hot Electro
Mc Nolan Natasha
9pm-2am, Doors Open at 8:30pm
The Gladstone Hotel – Ballroom
1214 Queen St. W
Tickets $15, from Good for Her, This Ain’t the
Rosedale Library, Pride Toronto Office
Pansexually tenanted, ticklish-terrible,
veritably the low-ends and high-pops of the
rainbow, Tomboyfriend is the art-house sockhop house-band of the surrogate, strange,
detouring, kindersurprise of a future.
With a line up of variant show boats, musicians, writers, visual artists, ingénues, known
for wild performances, dancing pigeons,
marching bunnies, costume parties, gender
inspecifics, and the spraying of Jell-O blood,
they are politics for the end of politics, for
Le Vag
Hosted by DJ Soakes and her partner Nikki of
Snatch Saturdays and Straight Girl. This duo
is famous for their hot girl nights around the
city and this night promises to be the hottest
yet! Dance music only in the backroom.
10:00 p.m.
$10 before 11 p.m.; $15 after 11 p.m.
Levack Block
88 Ossington Avenue
416-916-0571
www.levackblock.com
Queeraoke
All queer karaoke night co-hosted by
Ryan G Hinds and Peter Styles.
June 26
10pm -close
music
arts
Black Queer Resistance:
Are We Unified in the Fight
Against Homophobia?
FREE!
1214 Queen St. W
416-531-4635
[email protected]
Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Community Health Centre, The Black Coalition
for AIDS Prevention and the ACCHO are
presenting our annual Black Queer Resistance Community Forum. Panel members will
discuss “Are We Unified in the Fight Against
Homophobia?”
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Women’s Health in Women’s Hands
Community Centre
2 Carlton Street, Suite 500
Temi at 416-263-4884 and
[email protected]
Canadian Immigration
for Same Sex Partners
FREE!
LIBIDO
FREE!
thursday june 26, 2008
petting parties, something for a lady friend, a
bird to have chirp on your shoulder.
Drawing on influences as far a flung as
cabaret, blues, punk, folk, glam, high cerebra
and art rock, expect them in full ahead
Pride Party Mode, for, sir, to get your freak
off, for, ma’am, (spoiler alert!) a harrowing
re-experience of Mage’s Express Yourself.
O, and subterranean sing-along: The End of
Poverty. Plus the Histrionics, Toronto’s newest post-punk beach
June 26
7pm -10pm
http://www.myspace.com/tomboyfriend
[email protected]
FREE!
Wednesday June 25 to Friday June 27
8 p.m.
12 Alexander Street
www.artsexy.ca
416-975-8555
[email protected]
$ 6.49 in advance and at door
There are two ways you and your partner can
live together in Canada. Family Class Sponsorship is available to one partner when the
other is a Canadian or Permanent Resident.
The Skilled Worker section is for foreign
couples wishing to immigrate here together.
Join us to find out more.
6 p.m. to 8 p.m. - Family Class Sponsorship
8 p.m. to 10 p.m. - Foreign Couples
The 519 Church Street Community Centre
519 Church Street
www.LEGIT.ca
Peter Bernier
416-944—8801 or 416-922-9495
[email protected]
family/youth
culture/political
Tickets available at 647-346-6110 up to
6 p.m. and at the door too.
Lady in Waiting
A gender-bending semi-autobiographical solo
show about a doctor-cum-drag queen struggling to keep his lives in order, it is described
by critics as “a bubbly cocktail of wit and
sass, with a little medical ethics thrown in”.
Don’t keep this “Lady” waiting!
Thursday June 26 to Saturday June 28
8 p.m.
The Salon du Barry at St. Andrew’s
United Church, 54 Hayden St.
(1 block south of Bloor on Church)
647-346-6110
[email protected]
$ 16 adult; $ 13 conc (students, seniors);
$ 13 for anyone in boy or girl drag.
music
arts
Temptation Thursdays
Temptation DJs dig through their crates
and bring us the very finest in classic soul
standards and rare grooves. Both seasoned
veterans of the genre, DJs Anthony and
James heat things up in the lounge with the
finest soulful cuts.
8pm – 4am
The Drake Hotel – Lounge
$5 at the door
1150 Queen St. W.
http://www.thedrakehotel.ca
416 531 5042
[email protected]
family/youth
culture/political
aidS Candlelight Vigil
FREE!
June 21 - 26
The AIDS Candlelight Vigil is a community
memorial event held annually to honour,
remember and celebrate the lives of people
who have died of AIDS, and to recognize and
honour those affected by and living with
HIV/AIDS.
9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The AIDS Memorial
Cawthra Square Park
519 Church Street
www.the519.org
416-392-6874
[email protected]
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June 21 - 26
music
arts
family/youth
culture/political
june 27th
friday
night
10:45AM - 3:00PM
Seniors’ Pride
on the Island
FREE!
CPATH is devoted to the health care
of individuals with gender-variant
identities. We invite all members of the
community to exchange knowledge
and break new ground in improving the
health of Trans-Canadians. There will
be four concurrent workshop streams.
Keynote speakers include Arlene Lev,
Aaron Devor, Helen Kennedy and Dr.
Jamie Feldman.
Fri. June 27, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m,
Sat. June 28, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ramada Plaza Toronto
300 Jarvis Street
www.cpath.ca
[email protected]
Ticketing Information: Physicians
and Psychologists- $150; health
care professionals- $100;
students and non-waged- $50.
Registration available at the
website or in-person at
the Conference.
Sunshine Centres welcome all
LGBTTQQ@S seniors (50+) and their
families and friends for a fabulous
afternoon on Ward’s Island. See the
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beautiful scenery, meet new people,
and enjoy entertainment. BBQ lunch
will be available to purchase
($7; no one will be turned away
for lack of funds).
10:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Parsonage
60 Lakeshore Ave,
Ward’s Island
www.sunshinecentres.com
For information or to RSVP, please
call 416-924-3979 or [email protected]
a starry night
Join all the friends of The 519
as we kick off the weekend’s
festivities under the stars! Mingle
in Cawthra Square Park (beside
The 519), and enjoy an evening of
live music, fancy drinks (made for
you by our magnificent celebrity
bartenders), and summer time star
gazing.
12:00PM - 8:00PM
hot. sexy. cut just right...
and the underwear is
pretty fabulous too!
Join us at The Bay on Bloor
Street for an exciting day filled
with great giveaways,
prizes, exclusive shopping offers
and a sexy underwear fashion
show with Toronto’s hottest
models! Get a sneak peek at the
hottest trends that will make your
summer sizzle and soak up the
sun with the latest in skincare
from our cosmetic queens!
416-972-3333
The Bay - outside the Yonge
& Bloor entrance
FREE!
1st Annual Canadian
Professional
Association for
Transgender Health
(CPATH) Conference
FREE!
9:00AM - 7:00PM
Cawthra Square Park
519 Church Street
416-392-6874
[email protected]
www.the519.org
6:30PM - 10:30PM
women cruising
A three-hour dinner & dance cruise
around Toronto Harbour. There is
room for 80 women who enjoy a
little adventure in their cruising.
Priority given to WRIB members.
Friday June 27, 2008
6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
Queen’s Quay West- Dockside
www.wrib.ca
$ 70 in advance
june 27th
friday night
Pride Matinee
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FREE!
7:00PM - 10:OOPM
Triple X Productions and Gladstone Hotel
present live music matinees
7pm – 10pm
Location: Gladstone Hotel – Melody Bar
1214 Queen St. W
416-531-4935
[email protected]
8:00PM - 4:00AM
congorock (milano, nyc)
+ leif (nyc, palmoutsounds)
Coming all the way from Milano,
Congorock joins us for Pride to head up
the Underground with jackin’ house not
unlike fellow countrymen Crookers and
The Bloody Beetroots. Leif is a barely-legal
rapper from NYC who has been making a
name for himself producing booty-shakin’
tunes in the same vein as Spankrock et al.
8pm – 4am
Location: The Drake Hotel – Underground
Ticket Price: $10 at the door
Address: 1150 Queen St. W.
Website: http://www.thedrakehotel.ca
Phone: 416 531 5042
9:00PM - 2:00AM
Drenched: Women’s
Pride Dance
Join 800 hot women under one roof to
celebrate Pride 2008! With DJ Deb Parent
& guests. Proudly presented by Dames
do Denmark, a non-profit fundraising
organization dedicated to promoting
women’s participation in athletic
and cultural competitions at the
international level. Dance proceeds will
help send women athletes and cultural
participants to the 2009 Outgames in
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Doors open at 9:00 p.m.
until 2:00 a.m.
The Opera House
735 Queen Street East
womenspridedance.com
[email protected]
www.ticketweb.ca or tickets available
at several locations for cash only:
Toronto Women’s Bookstore at 73
Harbord Street; Out On The Street at
551 Church Street
9:00PM - 2:00AM
homme goujon
CiRCA’s Mirror Ballroom begins with
a special queer movie screening in
our Skky Cinema Lounge at 9 PM.
For information on the film and to
reserve seats for this limited screening call 416-979-0044. Following
the screening the night morphs as
the Ballroom explodes into a frenzy
of gooey goodness. Secrecy surrounds as a hush-hush Montreal DJ
conquers Toronto and a shhhh-secret
special live performance by a boombastic Toronto dance band attempts
to win it back. Style suggestion:
Retro metro-sexual with a French
twist! In the main space, Random-
land presents, “ATTACK OF THE
BLOBS”, featuring one of the hottest
house & electro DJ/producers of
now, SWITCH! (who produced MIA’s
last album, and has remixed for artists like Basement Jaxx, The Chemical
Brothers, Armand Van Helden
& Santagold).
10pm – The wee hours
Location: Circa
Ticket Price: $15, advance tickets
available at Priape at the door
126 John St.
http://www.circatoronto.com
416-531-5042
[email protected]
10:30PM
SEXY PRIDE:
Booty Call
d[m
Buddies opens up its entire space for
a full-scale dance party to kick-off
the Pride weekend and welcome the
thousands of partygoers from around
the block and around the globe to
the Church Street Village. A live, hot,
sextacular, multi-media performance
by amateurcanadianguys.com is
sponsored by Cruiseline.
10:30 p.m.
Full Facility
12 Alexander Street
amateurcanadianguys.com
www.artsexy.ca
416-975-8555
[email protected]
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friday night
10:00PM - 5:00AM
BITCHSLAP! - 3 year
anniversary feat.
cedric gervais
Globetrotting Dj Cedric Gervais headlines
the 3 Year Anniversary and final edition of
BITCHSLAP! along side residents Sydney Blu
& Dj TK. House & Electro anthems all night
inside Toronto’s premier intimate nightclub
& afterhours. BITCHSLAP! - Nevermind The
Mainstream.
Friday June 27, 2008
Footwork Bar 425 Adelaide St., West
$20 at the door
[email protected]
416.913.3488
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june 28th
saturday
Established in 1996, the Pride and
Remembrance Association is a notfor-profit, volunteer-run organization
dedicated to supporting Toronto’s
lesbian and gay community. The only
annual athletic event during Pride
Week, the Pride Run promotes and
fosters community spirit, goodwill,
volunteerism and sportsmanship.
Start Time: 10:00 a.m.
After-party to follow
Start line at Church Street
and Wellesley Street East
After party to follow at Jarvis
Collegiate (corner of Jarvis Street
and Wellesley Street East)
www.priderun.org
416-944-9449
[email protected]
For ticketing information, please
go to online registration at www.
priderun.org with the detailed
information
10:45AM - 3:00PM
519 Pride
Beer Gardens
The 519’s Pride Beer Gardens in
Cawthra Park is a party space that
all ages can enjoy. DJ’s will spin
their best for The 519 all weekend
long, and on Saturday, there will be a
section for women and trans people
to celebrate after the Dyke March.
Saturday June 28, 2008 and
1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Cawthra Square Park
519 Church Street
www.the519.org
416-392-6874
[email protected]
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2008 REGISTER NOW!
Please join us on September 14th, 2008 and Walk for Life to
support the AIDS Committee of Toronto.
This year enjoy a new and improved route, and then dance the
afternoon away with the fabulous Boogie Wonder Band live on
stage in our beer garden.
For more information on how to register or become a part of
the AIDS Walk for Life Toronto please log onto
www.aidswalkforlifetoronto.ca
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ALL AIDS WALK FOR LIFE PROCEEDS SUPPORT DIRECT SERVICES FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH AND AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
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FREE!
FREE!
10:00AM
pride and
remembrance run
Advanced Final Cut Pro
Workshop
June 28 and 29
www.artsexy.ca
416-975-8555
[email protected]
$175
Big Primpin’ House
Party
Trinity Square Video
June 28
401 Richmond St. West, Suite 376
8pm – 4am
Create something to be proud of with
this workshop geared for those that have
worked in Final Cut Pro before. If not this
one, TSV offers workshops throughout the
year that support the creation of independent media.
Location: The Drake Hotel – SKY YARD +
LOUNGE + UNDERGROUND
10 am – 5 pm
[email protected]
416.593.1332
www.trinitysquarevideo.com
SEXY PRIDE
special guests. They promise to keep you
moving and celebrating all night long with
the freshest electro, pop and hiphop beats!
This is the hottest weekly in Toronto and it
is partying for Pride on June 28th.
10 pm
Levack Block
88 Ossington Avenue
www.levackblock.com
Ticket Price: $10 at the door
416-916-0571
Address: 1150 Queen St. W.
SEXY PRIDE
Known for their explosive Queen West
dance parties, Big Primpin’ invades The
Drake Hotel for a night of dance floor
debauchery with the Big Primpin’ resident
DJs spinning everything from dancehall,
electro, bling-hop, booty and much much
more. Also featuring Wendy Ho (NYC)
Tallulah’s Sleazy Cabaret with DJ K-Tel
Website: http://www.thedrakehotel.ca
We’re wide open and loving it. A
full-facility, art party featuring naughty
pop-up performances and DJs in the
Mainspace and Tallulah’s Cabaret. Party
sponsor, Cruiseline, brings you a live, hot,
sextacular, multi-media performance by
amateurcanadians.com
Homo Night In Canada
Phone: 416 531 5042
He Shoots! He Scores! is Toronto’s queer
comics’ face-off in a hilarious night of
high-schticking hosted by the one and only
B-Girlz. Book your tickets early, as this
popular Pride Week tradition is always a
sell-out! All proceeds to benefit Buddies in
Bad Times Theatres and Inside Out!
DYKE PRIDE DANCE
– Dykes Supporting
Dykes
A women’s fundraising Dance, hosted by
WRIB.
Full Facility
8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
$20 in advance; $ 25 at door
12 Alexander Street
6 p.m. - VIP Pre-Party at Tallulah’s
Cabaret
8 p.m. - Show
Doors at 10:30 p.m.
Downtown YMCA
25 Grosvenor Street
www.artsexy.ca
$ 75 for VIP Pre-Party & Show Tickets; $
25 for Show Only
www.wrib.ca
416-975-8555
Love is Love- Block Party
[email protected]
Block Party- Pride Edition will be hosted
by DJ Dalia, and features DJ Barbi and
12 Alexander Street
Church on Church Street
All are welcome! Experience the joy of
Church on Church Street with Rev. Dr. Brent
Hawkes, the Festival Choir, and special
guest performances.
Can’t Stop Esther- The
Madonna Marathon…
introducing The Black
Madonna
Pride Toronto South Stage
Suzanne Christie
www.mcctoronto.com
416-406-6228 ext. 103
Stop Esther- The Madonna Marathon is a
hi-NRG multimedia Madonna extravaganza
with DJ doctor BAGGIE spinning non-stop
Madonna music and videos. The lower
floor of the party is The Black Madonna—
Madonna re-grooved and re-imagined
ghetto-fabulously by Rock Steady Drew.
[email protected]
SEXY PRIDE
9:30 p.m.
Pride Day Tea Dance with DJ K-Tel
$ 7 at door
Starting at 3 pm, you can duck into Tallulah’s
for a low-key gathering just off the parade
route. Have a quick one at Patricia’s bar,
rendezvous with the posse, or just meet the
fling from the night before. By nightfall, the
bar will be busy with folk for an evening of
dancing in the cabaret.
Revival Bar
783 College Street
www.cantstopesther.com
[email protected]
LAST DANCE
3 p.m. to 2 a.m.
Tallulah’s Cabaret
12 Alexander Street
www.artsexy.ca
416-975-8555
[email protected]
126 John St
Doors 10pm
11 am to noon
Circa
This first ever Pride Toronto Closing
party features RuPaul, New Wave favourites
Trans-X, Adam Joseph, plus DJs Billy Carroll
and Jamal. In the Ballroom, Denise Benson
brings a Cherry Bomb vibe with Cosmic Cat,
Fierce Helder and Dance Yourself to Death.
Blockorama’s 10-year anniversary party
wraps with House of Munro, rapper Deadlee,
Drag Ball 2008 performers, plus DJs Nik
Red, Carma, Sanfran and Kani. The Washroom Bar hosts Countess Christsmasher,
Andrew Awesome, Leif and DJ Triple X.
19+
$25
Advance Tickets: Priape
family pride!
Now in its 8th year, Family Pride is a peaceful oasis for parents and their children to
enjoy Pride Week festivities together in a fun, safe and relaxed environment. Enjoy
special performances by renowned children’s entertainers on the Family Pride Stage,
participate in arts and crafts or family friendly games, hop onto the VIA Rail train
and go for a family adventure, get your hair styled or cool off in our H2O Zone on a
hot summer’s day. And don’t forget to join us for the annual family picnic on Saturday
or the family brunch on Sunday.
All weekend long!
11am – 6pm
Arts and Crafts, Games, H2O Zone,
Meet Kandoo and the Charmin Bear,
Stroller Valet Parking.
11:00m – 4:00pm (Sat)
and 12:00pm – 5:00pm (Sun)
Face Painting by the School of
Makeup Art, Hairstyling Booth,
Photo Booth, Fun in the Bouncy
Castle and Chuggy Coo-Choo.
Saturday June 28th
12:30pm – 1:30pm Performance by
The Funky Mamas
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4:00pm – 6:00pm Balloons and
Magic by Kwayzee the Clown
Sunday June 29th
11:00am – 12:00pm 519’s Queer
Parenting Program Brunch. Food
Provided by Whole Foods.
11:00am – 2:00pm Balloon Tricks by
Kwayzee the Clown
11:00am – 12:00pm
LGBT Parenting Network Picnic
presented by the Family Services Association at the Sherbourne
Health Network. Food provided by
Front Door Organics.
11:00am – 3:00pm Train Rides on
the Via Rail Train
11:00am – 2:00pm Balloon Tricks by
Kwayzee the Clown
12:00pm – 1:00pm Mask making
with the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for
Yonge People
11:00am – 3:00pm Train Rides on
the Via Rail Train
12:00pm – 12:20pm and 1:00pm –
1:20pm Nia (use Nia Logo instead
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12:00pm – 1:00pm Mask making
with the Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for
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12:00pm – 5:00pm icamp dance
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Kick your sex drive into high gear
as this event brings together some of
the steamiest Sapphic talents,
JD Samson, Dance Yourself to Death.
DJ Nik Red drops house,
old school, jungle and hot electro
MC Nolan Natasha
Thursday June 26, 9 PM to 2 AM
The Gladstone Hotel (Ballroom)
Doors Open at 8:30 PM
Tickets $15 at Good For Her,
This Ain’t The Rosedale Library
and Pride Toronto Office
dyke march
The Dyke March Route
The Dyke March starts at Church and Hayden streets, goes north to Bloor St., west to Yonge St., south to Wood St. and
east to Church St. (please see map on pg __). Individual marchers can come to the staging area at Church and Hayden
after 12pm on Saturday, or join the march anywhere along the route. ALL VEHICLES, including motorcycles, disperse
along Yonge Street, south of Wood Street. Vehicles are not permitted east on Wood Street or north of Carlton on Church
Street. Groups who would like to enter a vehicle MUST REGISTER. The deadline for vehicle registration is June 6, 2008.
Please see the Dis/Ability Resources section [pg __] for information on Wheel-Trans, the wheelchair-equipped vehicle
participating in the March,and information on viewing stands for the Dyke March.
Join us in celebrating our Honoured Dyke Anna Willats and our Honoured Group
Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club
HONOURED
DYKE GROUP
TORONTO NEWSGIRLS
BOXING CLUB
Boxing is defending one’s
rights to the core: the
Toronto Newsgirls started
in 1996 and was mostly
dykes. Straight women
were welcome as long as
they were respectful to queers. In 12 years, over
1000 women have come through the Club, whose
mission is to provide a safe and positive space
for all women to explore the sport of boxing. The
Newsgirls receives funding from the Attorney
General Victim Services Unit, OFA (Opportunity for
Advancement for Women) and Jessie’s Place. All
classes at the Club will be Trans inclusive by
April 2008.
“The common thread for many boxers is knowing
that we have a place to meet up where we can
remind ourselves and each other how blooming
strong we are.”
Savoy Howe ,
Founder, Toronto Newsgirls Boxing Club
HONOURED DYKE
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Named Toronto’s Best
Activist by NOW Magazine in
2006, Anna Willats produces
RISE UP! social justice
newsletter free to over 1,400
subscribers.
Awarded a 2007 City
of Toronto Award for
Knowledge is Power, human rights/community
leadership program Willats developed and taught
marginalized communities.
A professor in the Assaulted Women’s and
Children’s Counsellor/Advocate Program at
George Brown College, member of many social
justice and cultural groups, boards and panels,
mother of two, celebrating 12 years with lover
Helen Victoros.
friday june 27th
DJ Zahra presents Funk Asia:
United and Undefeated
Labatt South Stage
7:00pm to 12:00am
Funk Asia Celebrates its
10th Anniversary!
Pride Weekend kicks off with the 10th Anniversary of Funk Asia, an energetic celebration of
empowering feminist talent! Women of Colour
have been shaking shit up in Toronto for decades
and DJ Zahra has been workin’ it with it her
comrades for over 20 years. She hits the stage
with an ode to the women who’ve inspired some of the city’s
greatest social transformations. Zahra spins our favorite anthems and of course lots of hot and spicy Chutney, Bollywood
and Bhangra. She will share the stage with artistic trailblazers,
setting the night on fire with rich, raw and incredible talent
including d’bi Young, Raging Asian Women, LaBomba, Lengua
Latina, LAL, D’lishus, Faith Nolan, CoCo La Crème and
Private Joy.
spotlight
Cedric Gervais is one of the biggest DJs to ever
come out of Miami. Once resident at Nikki Beach
and Crobar, he now rocks dance floors around the
world. Kncvown for his track “Burning,” his remix
of Alcatraz’s “Give me Luv” in WMC 2007, his own
2007 single “Spirit in my Life” from his highly anticipated debut album, Experiment, for Ultra Records,
as well as his work with Lenny Kravitz and Duran
Duran, Cedric has also recently remixed Delacy’s
“Hideaway” for WMC 2008. Cedric is sure to make
even more noise with his music before long.
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9:30 dragonette
9:00 fritz helder
POP GOES PRIDE
8:00 vivek shraya
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veda hille
ivan coyote w/veda hille
ember swift
ivan coyote w/
lyndell montgomery
dance yourself to death
nolan natasha/
chelsea
the scandelles/
project sugar
denise benson
SOUTH STAGE
white tiger west
w/ dj sumation
vernessa mitchell
cozmic cat
dj barbi
dj $leaze
dj quinces
CENTRAL STAGE
GEORGE HISLOP
STAGE
CPI
Nik Red
Hot Pants & Garter
Belts Cabaret
Drag King Dred
MC Nolan Natasha
GoodHandy's Cabaret
Ivan Coyote
Namoli Brennet
Julia Serano
Tona Brown
Ignacio Rivera
DJ Memphis Sugar
SHOW STAGE
Robyn De Cradle
Divinesque
Ariel
Skin Tight
Outta Sight
Slyvia &The Freaks
Mr.Goodhandy's &
The Gun Street Girls
Drag Ball on Parade
Cassandra
The Shameless Dames
VILLAGE STAGE
transAction STAGE
7:30
the no pussy dolls show
7:00 triple x
divinesque
6:30
6:00 melanie c
5:30
5:00 jeffery straker
4:30 lady x
4:00 hunter valentine
3:30
3:00 cajjmere wray
2:30
2:00
1:30
1:00
WELLESLEY STAGE
PAUL KANE
Forte-Toronto
Mens Choir
QAY
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PARKETTE STAGE
Nalo Hopkinson
Neil Smith
Emma Donoghue
Shani Mootoo
Anand
Mahadevan
RM Vaughan
Joey Comeau
Mariko Tamaki
Ivan Coyote
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10:30 trans x
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9:00 fritz helder
8:30 white punks on dope
POP GOES PRIDE
8:00 vivek shraya
uh huh her
veda hille
ivan coyote w/veda hille
ember swift
ivan coyote w/
lyndell montgomery
dance yourself to death
nolan natasha/
chelsea
the scandelles/
project sugar
denise benson
SOUTH STAGE
white tiger west
w/ dj sumation
vernessa mitchell
cozmic cat
dj barbi
dj $leaze
dj quinces
CENTRAL STAGE
GEORGE HISLOP
STAGE
CPI
Nik Red
Hot Pants & Garter
Belts Cabaret
Drag King Dred
MC Nolan Natasha
GoodHandy's Cabaret
Ivan Coyote
Namoli Brennet
Julia Serano
Tona Brown
Ignacio Rivera
DJ Memphis Sugar
SHOW STAGE
Robyn De Cradle
Divinesque
Ariel
Skin Tight
Outta Sight
Slyvia &The Freaks
Mr.Goodhandy's &
The Gun Street Girls
Drag Ball on Parade
Cassandra
The Shameless Dames
VILLAGE STAGE
transAction STAGE
7:30
the no pussy dolls show
7:00 triple x
divinesque
6:30
6:00 melanie c
5:30
5:00 jeffery straker
4:30 lady x
4:00 hunter valentine
3:30
3:00 cajjmere wray
2:30
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QAY
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Nalo Hopkinson
Neil Smith
Emma Donoghue
Shani Mootoo
Anand
Mahadevan
RM Vaughan
Joey Comeau
Mariko Tamaki
Ivan Coyote
CARDENS
JAMES CANNING
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parade
Come and experience one of the largest and best Pride Parades on the planet, Pride Toronto’s world-class 28th
Pride Parade spectacular! Our theme this year is UNIFIED! and we invite you to join us in this spirit of unity to
celebrate our community, our city and to join our brothers and sisters around the world in calling for equality
for queer peoples around the world at this year’s parade.
The Parade travels west on Bloor Street between Church and Yonge, south on Yonge Street from Bloor
to Gerrard, and east on Gerrard Street to Church.
international
grand MARSHAL
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gareth henry
Enza Anderson, a writer,
activist and media
personality, is a transwoman who works and lives
in Toronto. Best known for
her public persona as Enza
Supermodel, and author of
The Hot Ticket social column
for Metro Toronto, she has been activist in the
LGBTTIQQ2S community, dedicating many volunteer
hours working for various organizations. However,
it’s her political ambitions have put her front and
centre. She garnered headlines in 2000 with a bid
for the city’s mayoralty using the slogan: “A Super
City Deserves A Supermodel”, and surprised many
by finishing a respectable third. In 2010, Anderson
again will campaign to seek office for Toronto
city council. In whatever capacity she is involved
in, Enza “Supermodel” Anderson exemplifies the
courage of what it’s like to be a trans-woman who
works hard to make a difference.
Motivated by his
experience as a victim
of homophobic violence,
Gareth became involved
in the Jamaica Forum for
Lesbians, All Sexuals and
Gays (JFLAG – the only
organization advocating
for the LGBT community
in Jamaica), serving as
its Program Director and Co-Chair until he was
forced to flee Jamaica and seek refugee status
in Canada earlier this year.
Gareth is the recipient of the 2006 Human Rights
Watch Award and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal
Network Award, recognized for his work at JFLAG,
as the former Program Director of Jamaica AIDS
Support for Life and co-founder of the Sunshine
Cathedral in Jamaica.
Gareth believes strongly in the possibility of
change in the Island’s long history of violent
abuse against the LGBT community and invites
you to join him in calling for change in Jamaica
and throughout the world.
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honoured group
friends for life bike rally
As long as there’s a reason… there’s a ride.
Each July, hundreds of cyclists and crew take to the
road in The Toronto People With AIDS Foundation Annual
Friends For Life Bike Rally. This volunteer run event raises
critical awareness and funds to support men, women and
children living with HIV and AIDS in Toronto. Averaging
100KM a day for six days between Toronto and Montreal,
the Friends For Life Bike Rally is the second-largest
fundraiser benefiting an HIV/AIDS organization in Canada.
Going into its 10th year, our goal in 2008 is to raise over $1
million dollars for people living with HIV and AIDS.
For more information visit www.bikerally.org
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blockorama
Celebrating its tenth year, Blockorama celebrates
the spirit of the black-queer community with
performances by artists from throughout North
America. Come down to the Blockorama stage for
fierceness and family and feel the vibes from all
over the African Diaspora, from Trinidad to Ghana,
from Philly to Toronto. Featuring performances by
Deadlee, dj jojoflores and Drag King Dred.
ignite! Incite! Inspire! Unite!
GEORGE HISLOP PARK STAGE
12:00pm Blessings/Opening
12:15pm DJ Memphis Sugar
1:00pm Sharon Mcleod Fauxtet
1:30pm Tona Brown
1:45pm DJ Dr G
2:30pm Michelle Mondesir a.k.a Muza
2:45pm Mecca
3:00pm DJ X-taci
3:45pm Enjoy Troy
4:00pm DJ Carma
4:45pm DJ Verlia
5:30pm Glad Voices: Jackae Baker,Nicollette
Brown, Mandy, Devine, Michelle Ross,
Ignacio Rivera, Deadlee, Drag King Dred
6:30pm DJ Nik Red presents Dance Off: Ill Na Na,
House of Munroe
7:00pm DJ Cozmic Cat
7:45pm DJ Kani
8:30pm DJ Mr Kicks
9:15pm DJ Blackcat
10:00pm DJ Jojoflores
spotlight
DEAD LEE
Deadlee has garnered much press from Rolling Stone, CNN,
and The Advocate, with his groundbreaking, genre-screwing
approach. A key player in gay rap/hip hop, he’s played at
music festivals including the Peace Out Festival (Homohop)
in Oakland, Peace Out East in NYC, HomoAGoGo in Olympia,
L.A. Latin Gay Pride festival, Christopher Street West/L.A.
Pride Festival, and the San Francisco GLBT Pride Main Stage
three times. He also lead the HomoRevolution Tour 2007.
Says Gay.com’s Josh Tager: “Like many of his rap peers,
Deadlee’s albums are intense, writhing outbursts of anger.
The notable distinction here is that when Deadlee bashes,
he’s bashing back. He is a vigilante for social justice,
committed to confronting homophobia wherever he sees it.”
spotlight
drag king dred
Drag King Dred is a gangsta-rapping drag king impersonating the likes of P. Diddy, and Shaft. Dred is one of the
most sought after artists for LGBTQQIA, Black History, and
Women’s History Month events. Through her performances,
she draws attention to society’s domestication of notions of
sexuality, race, and gender.
Using theatre, dance, humor and cultural history, Dred plays
with gender roles and social/racial stereotypes to inspire all
audiences to think about race, gender, identites. Her shows
are not just about imitating the “opposite” sex, they are about
freedom of self-expression and crossing/breaking boundaries
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On Tuesday, June 24, 2008, Toronto’s most daring, most outrageous, and most talented performance poets will descend on the Gladstone Melody Bar for an inspiring, energetic and in-yourface night of poetry. Featuring performances by Sky Gilbert, Tara-Michelle Ziniuk, Kate Leadbeater and host d’bi young anitafrika.
spotlight
sky gilbert
Sky Gilbert is a writer, director, and drag queen extraordinaire. He was co-founder and
artistic director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre (North America’s largest gay and lesbian
theatre) for 18 years. Sky has published five novels, two books of poetry and a memoir
since he left Buddies, and recently won the ReLit award for his novel An English Gentleman.
Dr. Gilbert holds a University Research Chair in Creative Writing and Theatre Studies at The
School of English and Theatre Studies at Guelph University and has recently published
a novella, Wit in Love.
fruit loopz
Fruit Loopz has two stages of fruity fun with
an amazing lineup of youth artists, musicians,
and cool games – perfect for the young or the
young-at-heart. Play the Count The Fruit Loopz
game to win great prizes, try your hand at the
water balloon toss, show your colours with face
and body painting, and get sticky at the cotton
candy machine. It’s alcohol free, wheel-chair
accessible and ASL Interpreters
are available.
Saturday June 28th, 2008. Doors at 1:00PM,
indoor stage begins at 2:00PM, and outdoor stage at 4:00PM.
INDOOR STAGE
OUTDOOR STAGE
Hosts: Jay Stewart and Jesse Stong
Hosts: TAYLOR DEAN WILSON
AND LILY MAMID
2:00 Queer Youth Digital Video Project
2:45 Kenji Tokawa
2:50 Cassy Blackwater
3:00 The Exquisite Corpses
3:20 Compass Group
3:30 Jay Stewart
3:45 Rain Chan
4:00Destinie
4:10 Luka
4:25 Robbie Chauhan
4:40 Doing It On the Ice
5:00 Pink Ink
5:30 SOY 10th Anniversary video
4:00 Alexandra Ribera
4:20 Sarah Keshen
4:40 Marrison Stranks
5:00 Taylor Dean Wilson
5:30Dallas/Marie Spitzer
6:00 John Wayne
6:30 Lila Rose
7:00 Casey vs. Jon
7:30 My Flea Circus
8:00 Romeo
8:20 Nish and Marie
8:40 Jamieson Eakin
9:00Derek W. and Miss Michie
5:30 SOY 10th Anniversary video
celebration
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south
stage
Dyke Day Afternoon!
Presented by
2:00pmDenise Benson featuring The Scandelles,
Project Sugar, Nolan
Natasha and Chelsea
4:00pm Dance Yourself
to Death
4:30pm Ivan Coyote w/ Lyndell
Montgomery
5:00pm Ember Swift`
6:00pm Ivan Coyote w/
Veda Hille
6:15pm Veda Hille &
Her Swell Band
In its fourth year, Dyke Day Afternoon
only gets hotter. Synchro-legend
Denis Benson spins her web of edgy
electro and hip hop. Celebrate the
release of Toronto dance-rocksters
Dance Yourself To Death’s longoverdue full-length album. Awardwinning writer/performer Ivan Coyote
brings Yukon charm to Toronto, joined
by acclaimed musicians Lyndell
Montgomery and Veda Hille. Then be
transfixed by ethereal electro-pop duo
Uh Her Her. And the day wouldn’t be
complete without the latest installment of the wildly popular drag show,
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7:00pm Uh Huh Her
8:00pm Insert Pronoun Here III
Hidden Cameras
Concert
9:00pm - 12:00am
The Hidden Cameras make their
anticipated return to Toronto Pride,
six years after becoming queer-pop
heroes on the Fruit Loopz stage. Now
international stars, they have four acclaimed full-length albums under their
belts, including 2006’s Awoo. Their
anthemic church-folk ballads (with
deliciously idiosyncratic topics range
from gay marriage to golden showers)
are as politically charged as they are
sincere. The 11-member collective,
fronted by Joel Gibb, is joined on
stage by Ian Cooke. His distinctive
style pulls from classical music, pop,
folk, avant-garde, world music, and
jazz. The Denver-based songwriter
and cellist’s latest album is titled
The Fall I Feel.
Right: Veda Hille is quite simply one
of Canada’s finest songwriters.
spotlight
uh huh her
L.A.-based Uh Huh Her is the dynamic pairing of musician/actress Leisha Hailey (Murmurs, The L Word) and singer/producer/
instrumentalist Camila Grey (Mellowdrone). Uh Huh Her’s sound, a
self-described indie-electro-pop hybrid, “… is the evolution from
our backgrounds,” Grey says. “We slammed them all together and
that’s what came out.” Their music’s sultriness is replete with elastic bass lines, ambient synths and backbeats that will seduce to
the core. The band’s first single, “Say So,” put them in iTunes’ Top
20 and resulted in sold out shows in L.A., New York and the U.K.
Be seduced by ethereal electro-pop duo Uh Huh Her
saturday june 28th
WELLESLEY stage
spotlight
Pop Goes Pride!
3:00pm Cajjmere Wray
4:00pm Hunter Valentine
4:30pm Lady X’s Feedback
5:00pm Jeffery Straker
6:00pm Melanie C.
7:00pm The No Pussy Dolls Show
Hunter Valentine will make your heart skip a beat.
Melanie C
With three million solo albums sold , six top 10 singles and
over 200 combined weeks on UK music charts, Melanie C has
solidified her position as one of the most successful British
female artists of the last decade. Her career began in 1996 with
the Spice Girls, and in 1999, she released Northern Star, her
solo debut. It was followed by Reason in 2003, and Beautiful
Intentions in 2005, released through Red Girl Records, Mel’s
own label. Her latest album, This Time, followed in 2007, and is
set to be released on this side of the pond in May by EMI Music
Canada, coinciding with the start of Mel C’s Canadian Tour.
spotlight
Vernessa MItchell
Vernessa Mitchell is the diva who brought
you the smash dance hits “This Joy,”
“Issues,” “Reap,” “Higher,” “Serious” and
“Trouble Don’t Always Last.” Her release
“Took my Life,” the huge club anthem
remixed by Jr. Vasquez, reached #1 on the Billboard Club Play Charts.
Now “Accept Me,” Vernessa’s latest release, is heading to the #1 spot
once again, this time on the Billboard Dance Club Chart.
central
stage
DJ Central
1:00pm DJ Quinces
2:00pm DJ $leaze
3:00pm DJ Barbi
4:00pm Cozmic Cat
8:00pm Vernessa Mitchell
8:30pm
10:30pm W
hite Tiger West
w/ DJ Sumation
saturday june 28th
south
stage
Electro Avenue
2:00pmDenise Benson featuring The Scandelles,
Project Sugar, Nolan
Natasha and Chelsea
4:00pm Dance Yourself
to Death
4:30pm Ivan Coyote w/ Lyndell
Montgomery
5:00pm Ember Swift`
6:00pm Ivan Coyote w/
Veda Hille
6:15pm Veda Hille &
Her Swell Band
In its fourth year, Dyke Day Afternoon
only gets hotter. Synchro-legend
Denis Benson spins her web of edgy
electro and hip hop. Celebrate the
release of Toronto dance-rocksters
Dance Yourself To Death’s longoverdue full-length album. Awardwinning writer/performer Ivan Coyote
brings Yukon charm to Toronto, joined
by acclaimed musicians Lyndell
Montgomery and Veda Hille. Then be
transfixed by ethereal electro-pop duo
Uh Her Her. And the day wouldn’t be
complete without the latest installment of the wildly popular drag show,
Insert Pronoun Here.
7:00pm Uh Huh Her
8:00pm Insert Pronoun Here III
Hidden Cameras
Concert
9:00pm - 12:00am
The Hidden Cameras make their
anticipated return to Toronto Pride,
six years after becoming queer-pop
heroes on the Fruit Loopz stage. Now
international stars, they have four acclaimed full-length albums under their
belts, including 2006’s Awoo. Their
anthemic church-folk ballads (with
deliciously idiosyncratic topics range
from gay marriage to golden showers)
are as politically charged as they are
sincere. The 11-member collective,
fronted by Joel Gibb, is joined on
stage by Ian Cooke. His distinctive
style pulls from classical music, pop,
folk, avant-garde, world music, and
jazz. The Denver-based songwriter
and cellist’s latest album is titled
The Fall I Feel.
Right: Veda Hille is quite simply one
of Canada’s finest songwriters.
spotlight
uh huh her
L.A.-based Uh Huh Her is the dynamic pairing of musician/actress Leisha Hailey (Murmurs, The L Word) and singer/producer/
instrumentalist Camila Grey (Mellowdrone). Uh Huh Her’s sound, a
self-described indie-electro-pop hybrid, “… is the evolution from
our backgrounds,” Grey says. “We slammed them all together and
that’s what came out.” Their music’s sultriness is replete with elastic bass lines, ambient synths and backbeats that will seduce to
the core. The band’s first single, “Say So,” put them in iTunes’ Top
20 and resulted in sold out shows in L.A., New York and the U.K.
Be seduced by ethereal electro-pop duo Uh Huh Her
Main Room:
RuPaul
Trans-X - “Living on Video”
DJ Billy Carroll
DJ Jamal
Performance by Christabel
Ballroom:
Dance Yourself to Death
Denise Benson
Cozmic Cat
Fierce Helder
DJ TK
Tickets:
First 500 - $ 20
Advanced - $ 25
More at the door
Extended service
to 4:00 AM.
19+ event.
Sky Cinema Lounge:
Blockorama 10th Anniversary
DJ Nik Red
DJ Black Cat
Washroom Bar:
Alterna-Queer Stage After Party
Pride Week
d!
DJ Triple-X
unifie
Miss Guy (NYC)
For table reservation and bottle service: [email protected]
Toronto June 20 -29, 2008
126 John St.
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youth
We’re
Bright Pearl Restaurant
This year, we’re taking it to the next level and with a “UNIFIED”
theme. Once again, the Youth Committee is proud to have our
contingent in the Pride Parade, and this year we’re also set to
make our grand debut in the Dyke March!
346-348 Spadina Ave
Join us and other young people for a gathering in the park at
12pm on Saturday and Sunday to prepare for the festivities.
So come alone, and leave with friends, to James Canning Garden (located behind Wellesley subway station) for good times,
good music and good fun and let’s get “UNIFIED” for the Dyke
March and Pride Parade.
PrideCab is the culmination of the Queer Youth Arts Programme at Buddies, in which 12 young artists are brought
together for two months to create an all-original cabaret
inspired by TO’s queer history and by their unique perspective
on what it means to be young and queer today.
Pride Toronto Youth Commitee
Free for youth (25 or younger) and $10 for adults.
Each year, the Youth Committee endeavor to raise the visibility
and inclusion of youth
Buddies in Bad Time Theatre
in all aspects of Pride Toronto, and this year will be no different. So if you want to be a part of the action, come and join us
in the Dyke March and the Pride Parade. We look forward to
seeing YOU!
PrideCab
Wednesday June 18 @ 8 p.m.
Pride Prom 2008: Fairy Tale
Triangle Program & SOY present an end-of-year celebration
for LGBTTIQQ2S high school students and their Allies. With
special guest star host Adamo Ruggiero, DJ Winnie, Prom Ace,
King & Queen contest and more!
INQUIRIES?
Call 416-927-7433, ext 234 (V/TTY). Email [email protected]
To call TTY, call Bell Relay Services at 1-800-855-0511 and
ask the operator for TTY number (416-927-7433, extension
234) The operator will relay the message between TTY and
voice users.
A YOUTH PERSPECTIVE ON PRIDE WEEK
10th Annual Youth Line Community Youth Awards
The Youth Awards proudly recognize the outstanding contributions of lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) youth and LGBT
youth services that are making a difference in our communities
throughout the province.
Thursday June 5
6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Tuesday June 24, 2008
8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
$ 12.00
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Electro Avenue
getically pop
TD Canada Trust Wellesley Stage
Picture Two Text: Electro-soul-dance
meastro Fritz Helder
7:00pm
Divinesque
7:30pmKelly & the Kelly Girls
8:15pmVivek Shraya
8:30pm
White Punks on Dope
9:15pm
Fritz Helder & The Phantoms
9:50pm
Dragonette
10:45pm Trans X
A bevy of innovative electro, ska and punk
outfits hit the street for Electro Avenue, including, Kelly & the Kelly Girls frontman R.
Kelly Clipperton, who is sure to wear more
makeup than clothes (which is totally fine
with us!) Juno-nominated globetrotters
Dragonette bring their cutie-pie electropop across the pond from their current UK
digs. White Punks On Dope is the hardhouse brainchild of producer and FLY DJ
Dwayne Minard and his production partner
Gavin Bradley. And groundbreaking Canadian synth-legends Trans-X return to their
roots. Featuring DJ Triple-X between sets
spinning electro-sexual beats.
Spotlight Artist:
Dragonette
Dragonette makes sharp, sardonically
witty electronic pop music. From the
very start, the concept was unapologetic
“pop”. The results are dirty, hook-heavy,
electro-pop monsters like “I Get Around”
and “Competition,” depicting a world of
guilt-free promiscuity and sexual predators. Their second live show was with New
Order at NYC’s Hammerstein Ballroom,
followed by a US tour supporting Duran
Duran.
Picture One Text: Dragonette is unapolo-
The Parachute Club
Concert
TD Canada Trust Wellesley Stage 11:00pm
The Parachute Club is known for their
socially conscious lyrics and Latin/Caribbean rhythms. They are one of Canada’s
most critically acclaimed and commercially
successful music groups, earning several
gold and platinum albums, and collecting
Casby and Juno wins in the 1980s. Their
hits “Rise Up” and “Love and Compassion”
remain radio favourites. Current members
include Lorraine Segato (vocals), David
Gray (guitar), Billy Bryans (drums), Keir
Brownstone (bass), Chendy Leon Jr.,
Rebecca Campbell and Glenda Del Monte.
Picture One Text: Canadian icons The
Parachute Club reunite on our main stage
Pride Unplugged
Rogers Paul Kane Parkette Stage
1:00pm
Santerias
2:00pmZara Ahmed
2:30pm
Mark Jacob
3:30pm
eMKeh
5:00pm
Tona Brown
6:00pm
Cadence
7:00pm
Tanya Davis
8:00pm
Troy Brooks & Tracey Gallant
8:30pm
Ian Cooke
9:30pm
Amy Campbell
It’s splendor in the grass as performers
ranging from folk to latin to classical descend
upon the Paul Kane Parkette. Catch Latin
fever with flamenco and jazz-influenced
Santerias. Fresh from recording his album
in Nashville, Orillia’s Mark Jacob brings his
country twang to the big city. Toronto indie
darling emKeh breaks girls hearts with her
melodic ballads. Witness the transformation
of Tona Brown from awkward violin prodigy
from the projects to classical music diva.
And Atlantic alabaster songstress Tanya
Davis heads west with her poetic art-folk
tunes.
Pride Unplugged is a Free Zone environment allowing those in recovery a drug and
alcohol free place to enjoy Pride Week 2008.
In addition to live performances, festivities
include holistic services, green grass, a kidz
zone and confidential recovery meetings at
10:00am, 11:00am, 4:00pm, 10:00pm
and 11:00pm in a private tent. Free Zone
provides clean and sober fun in a family
friendly environment. It’s a great alternative
to the beer gardens!
Spotlight Artist: Cadence
Four Men. Four Microphones. No Instruments. A play list covering jazz, popular
music, doo-wop, even classical, plus four
guys who can’t help but have fun equals a
show with instrumental imitation, sophisticated harmonies, and engaging audience
interaction. This winning formula has earned
Cadence international recognition as “one of
the finest quartets to make an appearance
in the a cappella scene”. Cadence has performed for Quincy Jones and the Manhattan
Transfer, and sung with vocal maestro Bobby
McFerrin at the 2003 Montreal Jazz Festival
and in 2005 at Roy Thomson Hall.
Picture One Text: A cappella soars with Cadence also performing Sunday, June 29th at
4:30pm at TD Canada Trust Wellesley Stage
Picture Two Text: Transgendered violinist
and opera singer Tona Brown also performs
Saturday, June 28th at 4:45pm at transAction Stage in George Hislop Park
Alterna Queer
Alexander Parkette Stage
12:00pm DJ Triple-X
1:30pm
Strong Like Bull
2:00pm
Senor Kasio
2:30pm
Mad June
3:00pm
Satan’s Candy
4:00pm
Shitt Hot
5:00pm
Creature
6:00pm
Stop Die Resuscitate
7:00pm
Leif
8:00pm
Ari Up and the True Warriors
9:00pm Miss Guy
10:00pm Duchess Says
An extraordinary cabinet of curiousities that
defies categorization – in terms of music
and sexuality. Strong Like Bull (Albertanative Richard Delamar) blends electronic
music with (no kidding) honky tonk. Señor
Kasio is a Dublin-based electro-punk outfit
and Mad June are three Montreal alt-rock
chicks. With guest collaborations and a
genre-bending style, you never know what
to expect from electro-thrashers Stop Die
Resuscitate. And self-proclaimed “moog
rockers”, Duchess Says, end the night with
an unforgettable show drawing from cinema
and visual arts.
Spotlight Artist: Duchess Says
Duchess Says was created in 2003 by four
members of the Church of Budgerigars,
whose goal was to ensure a faithful representation of the message of the Duchess (or
spiritual budgie, naturally) through a precise
artistic dialog. Comprised of A-Claude (vox,
keytar, guit, programmations), Ismael (keyboard, guitar, programmations), Phil (guitar,
bass, feedbacks) and Simon Says (lo-fi
beats, drums and doubtful noises), Duchess
Says serves up a repertory of “moog rock”
songs influenced by no wave, new wave, and
punk, cinema and visual arts. Duchess Says’
mandate is to decontextualize rock and to
promote their Church on the way.
Picture One Text: Duchess Says serves up a
repertory of “moog rock”
Picture Two Text: Miss Guy, a femme-fox
with a voice (and package) that can’t be
denied. – Rolling Stone
Ho’Mo’Town
TD Canada Trust
Wellesley Stage
2:00pm
DJ Cory Activate
4:30pm
Cadence
5:00pm
MADO
6:00pm
Billy Newton Davis
6:30pm
Pepper Mashay
7:30pm
Adam Joseph
8:00pm
Jully Black
Got soul? These ladies and gentlemen of
R&B, Soul and Urban music certainly do.
Ranging in age from none-of-your-business
to how-dare-you-ask, they’re proof real soul
knows no age. Honourary-Canadian Billy
Newton Davis and Boston crooner Adam
Joseph represent the boys. As for the ladies:
Pepper Mashay, the powerhouse voice
behind the gay anthem “Down in the Pool,”
gives the people what they want, and Canadian R&B superstar Jully Black headlines.
Falling somewhere in between is Montreal’s
diva of drag, Mado, bringing her cabaret act
to Toronto.
Picture One Text: Jully Black’s got DJs playing her songs
Picture Two Text: You can’t help dancing
when Juno-winning Billy Newton Davis hits
the stage
Thelma Houston Concert (featuring ten piece
band)
TD Canada Trust Wellesley Stage - 9:30pm
Mississippi-native Thelma Houston began
performing gospel music in the 1960s.
After signing with Motown Records in 1967,
Thelma claimed the top of the charts with
her high-powered rendition of “Don’t Leave
Me This Way,” and earned a Grammy for
“Best R&B Female Vocal Performance.”
Forty years later, Thelma Houston’s extraordinary career shows no signs of slowing
down. This August, she releases her 22nd
album, A Woman’s Touch.
Picture One Text: Grammy-winner Thelma
Houston brings a woman’s touch to Toronto
Pride
DJ Central
Polar Ice Central Stage
Spotlight Artist: Jully Black
1:00pm Christian Shore
2:00pm
Jully Black first appeared on Canadian pop
chars in 1998 with the single “Rally’n.”
She’s penned songs for Destiny’s Child
and Nas, shared the stage with Jay-Z, 50
Cent, Bon Jovi, Josh Groban and Usher, and
collaborated with Ian Thornley, Dallas Green
and Hawksley Workman. Her compelling
debut, This is Me, put her back on the charts
in 2007, and her audience continues to grow
with her celebrity reporting on CTV’s eTalk
Daily.
3:00pm Mattie Gracie
4:00pm
Sonny D
5:00pm
Geoff Kelleway
6:00pm
7:00pm
Suzanne Palmer
7:30pm
8:00pm
Dwayne Minard
9:00pm
Sydney Blu
10:00pm Billy Carroll
Spotlight Artist (1): Suzanne Palmer (Include
Picture)
Spotlight Artist (2): Billy Carroll (Include
Picture)
Beginning in 1997, Suzanne Palmer’s three
hit singles, “Much Better,” “Alright,” and
“Muscles,” from the Club 69 album Style,
established her as a major star in the club
music scene. Her rousing dance floor followups include the inspirational house anthem
“Stand Up!,” her irresistible “Hide U,” 2002’s
club smash “Show Me,” and the UK breakout
trance/house collaboration with DJ Tiesto,
“643/Love’s On Fire.” Her recent club
classic, “Luv 2 Luv,” along with her first fulllength CD Home, in 2005, featuring “Sound
Of The Drum,” “Fascinated,” and “Free My
Love,” broadened her success. With her
potent blend of musical styles, Palmer’s
spirited, gospel-influenced performances
continue to win converts.
Billy Carroll, a highly accomplished, NewYork based DJ, began his stellar career in
the 1970s. Billy has played venues including
Studio 54, The Roxy, The Men’s Room @
The Building, and now 816 in Vancouver,
Stereo in Montreal, and regular guest spots
alongside Junior Vasquez in New York. He
produced and played his first signature
event, dIRTY bEATS in 2006 and spun at the
Def Mix 20th Anniversary Party at Shine in
Miami during the 2007 Winter Music Conference. A walking encyclopedia of house music
and club culture, Billy is constantly evolving
as an artist and shares his passion with the
brightest young DJs he actively encourages.
Whether he’s headlining a major Circuit party
or playing an underground after-hours event,
he has garnered a loyal, global fan base.
From luxurious accommodations to stylish function space,
The Sutton Place Hotel is the perfect location for all celebrations!
955 Bay Street, Toronto, ON M5S 2A2
Tel 416.924.9221 • Fax 416.924.1778
[email protected]
Reservations 1.866.378.8866
www.suttonplace.com
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For intimate events such as anniversary & engagement parties or
small wedding receptions, The Sutton Place Hotel is home to an
extensive array of individually decorated venues. Rooms such as
our Amsterdam Suite can host up to 40 people for a fine dining
experience for you and your guests.
Trans Stage – One full page (300 words
max)
Schedule and Description (Description =
100 words)
2 Artist Spotlights (80 words per spotlight)
2 Pictures (one per spotlight)
transAction Stage
George Hislop Park Stage
3:00pm
DJ Memphis Sugar
4:00pm
Ignacio Rivera
4:45om
Tona Brown
5:30pm
Julia Serano
6:15pm
namoli brennet
7:00pm
Ivan Coyote
7:30pm
GoodHandy’s Cabaret
8:10pm
Nolan Natasha
8:30pm
Drag King Dred
9:30pm
CPI
10:15pm Nik Red
Transformative. Transfixing. Transgressive.
With hot DJs, classical musicians, political
poets, and cabaret performers, transAction is as entertaining as it is enlightening.
Brooklynite Ignacio Rivera tackles gender,
sex and race issues in hir passionate
poetry. Renaissance woman Julia Serano
is the author of Whipping Girl: A Transexual
Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating
of Feminity. namoli brennet shares her fifth
full-length album, Singer Shine Your Light,
from her own Girl’s Gotta Eat label. And
MC Nolan Natasha shatters the boundaries
of hip hop with his often personal, always
humorous raps. Hosted by award-winning
author, performance artist, and academic S.
Bear Bergman.
Spotlight Artist (1): Ignacio Rivera (Include
Picture)
Activist, educator, and sex worker, Ignacio
Rivera has been performing poetry and
one-person shows across the country. Ze
can be seen in the adult films, Trans Entity:
The Nasty Love of Papi and Wii, and In
Search of the Wild Kingdom. Ignacio is the
founder of Poly Patao Productions, which
is dedicated to producing sex-positive
workshops, performance pieces, films, play
parties, and educational opportunities. Ze
is also a founding board member of Queers
for Economic Justice, a progressive, nonprofit organization committed to promoting
economic justice in a context of sexual and
gender liberation.
Spotlight Artist (2): namoli brennet (Include
Picture)
Tucson-based songwriter namoli brennet
has honed her craft through hundreds of
performances and thousands of miles on the
road. Since 2002, she has produced and
released six CDs on her own label, Flaming
Dame Records, and toured the country many
times over, with stops at the San Diego Indie
Music Fest, DC Pride, Chicago’s Queer is
Folk Fest, countless clubs, festivals, colleges, and house concerts. namoli’s shared
a stage with Melissa Ferrick, Jill Sobule,
Michelle Shocked and spoken-word artist
Alix Olson. A four-time Outmusic award
nominee, she’s been featured in Performing
Songwriter Magazine, The Advocate and the
Chicago Free Press.
Proud Voices Saturday –
One full page (300 words
max)
100 words)
Proud Voices: Authors Reading Series
James Canning Gardens Stage
3:00pm
Ivan Coyote
3:30pm
Mariko Tamaki
4:00pm
Joey Comeau
4:30pm
R.M. Vaughan
5:00pm
Anand Mahadevan
5:30pm
Shani Mootoo
6:00pm
6:30pm
Emma Donoghue
7:00pm
Neil Smith
7:30pm
Nalo Hopkinson
Presented in partnership with The Word On
The Street, Proud Voices’ second year features another eclectic collection of emerging
authors and distinguished veterans.
Ambisexual political pranksters wreak havoc
in Joey Cameau’s Lockpick Pornography.
The Globe and Mail columnist R.M. Vaughan
(check out his G&M piece, “Toronto: Love
it? Hate it?” as a primer) reads from his
latest book, Troubled: A Memoir in Poems.
Mariko Tamaki shares stories from Fake ID
and excerpts from her graphic novel Skim, a
gothic-Lolita-lesbian-love-story (illustrated
by her cousin, Jillian Tamaki). And listen to
Canadian short story-writing sensation Neil
Smith go Bang Crunch.
Spotlight Artist (1): Include Picture
Proud Voices: Storytelling Series
James Canning Gardens Stage
Mariko Tamaki is a Toronto writer and
performer, who has appeared on stage with
a variety of performance troupes, including
fat activists Pretty, Porky and Pissed Off,
The Corporate Wet Nurse Association, and
theatre misfits TOA. She has published two
collections of creative non-fiction, True Lies:
The Book of Bad Advice and Fake ID, and
one novella, Cover Me. Her most recent work
is a graphic novel, Skim, illustrated by her
cousin Jillian Tamaki. Mariko new graphic
novel, Emiko Superstar, will be released later
this summer as part of DC Comics’ MINX
series.
R.M. Vaughan is a Toronto-based writer and
video artist originally from New Brunswick.
His books include the poetry collections
A Selection of Dazzling Scarves, Invisible
to Predators and Ruined Stars, the novels
A Quilted Heart and Spells, and the plays
Camera, Woman and The Monster Trilogy. His writing also appears in over forty
national and international anthologies, and
his short video and film works are exhibited
in festivals and galleries across Canada and
internationally. Vaughan also comments on
art and culture for numerous publications
including The Globe and Mail. His latest book
is Troubled: A Memoir in Poems, a poetic
memoir of a patient/psychiatrist relationship
gone horribly wrong.
3:00pm
Nik Red
3:30pm
Anna Camilleri
4:00pm
David Bateman
4:30pm
Christina Starr
5:00pm
evalyn parry
5:30pmKristyn Dunnion
6:00pm
Ivan Coyote
6:30pm
Rico Rodriquez
7:00pm
Mariko Tamaki
7:30pm
Arianna Pozzuoli
8:00pm
Chris Kay Fraser
8:30pm
Tristan Whiston
Proud Voices Sunday – One full page (300
words max)
The oral sharing of stories, narratives, and
histories has long been a vital part of a culture’s development. But the Sunday edition
of Proud Voices gives traditional storytelling
motifs a colourful, contemporary twist when
queer storytellers impart their wisdom and
experiences. Yukon golden child Ivan E.
Coyote takes listeners on a wild road trip.
Storytelling siren Anna Camilleri (and Coyote’s former Taste This accomplice) explores
gender and femininity. Rico Rodriguez’s
folktales, fairytales, and histories draw from
Latin and Hispanic cultures. Christina Starr
muses on her roles as both queer activist
and “mommy”. And from opera-singing
child prodigy to amateur boxer to trans man,
Tristan Whiston shares his unique view.
100 words)
Spotlight Artist (1): Ivan E. Coyote Include
Picture
Born and raised in Whitehorse, Ivan E.
Coyote is a renowned performer and the
award-winning author of five books. Her first
proud voices cont’d
love is live storytelling and she has, over the
last 12 years, become an audience favourite
at international music, poetry, spoken
word, and writers festivals. Ivan has been
described as a “natural-born storyteller” by
The Globe and Mail, and as a “distinctive
and persuasive voice [with] a flawless sense
of pacing, and an impeccable sense of story”
by Quill Magazine. Ottawa X Press says
that “Coyote is to CanLit what kd lang is to
country music: a beautifully odd fixture.”
Spotlight Artist (2): evalyn parry (Include
Picture)
Gifted with a sharp pen, a quirky musical
sensibility and a wicked sense of humour,
evalyn parry is taking her place as one of
Canada’s most powerful and diverse stage
artists. An award-winning singer-songwriter,
spoken word artist, and theatre creator, evalyn “breathes new life into the folk tradition
with her politics, passion and poetry,” says
Canadian folk magazine, Penguin Eggs.“
And Herizons says, “Engaging, clever and
constantly surprising, Parry evokes tears and
laughter in equal measure.” Her outspoken,
political creations hold out a powerful vision
of social change, while her irreverent wit
holds nothing sacred.
Pride Verses – One half
page (150 words max)
Description
1 Artist Spotlight
1 Picture
Pride Verses
Tuesday, June 24
8:00PM to 12:00AM
Gladstone – Melody Bar (1214 Queen Street
West)
Admission: Free
On Tuesday, June 24, 2008, Toronto’s most
daring, most outrageous, and most talented
performance poets will descend on the Gladstone Melody Bar for an inspiring, energetic
and in-your-face night of poetry. Featuring
performances by Sky Gilbert, Tara-Michelle
Ziniuk, Kate Leadbeater and host d’bi young
anitafrika.
Sky Gilbert is a writer, director, and drag
queen extraordinaire. He was co-founder
and artistic director of Buddies in Bad Times
Theatre (North America’s largest gay and
lesbian theatre) for 18 years. Sky has published five novels, two books of poetry and a
memoir since he left Buddies, and recently
won the ReLit award for his novel An English
Gentleman. Dr. Gilbert holds a University
Research Chair in Creative Writing and
Theatre Studies at The School of English and
Theatre Studies at Guelph University and has
recently published a novella, Wit in Love.
Video Commissioning Project - One full page
(300 words max)
Artist List, Exhibition Site, Launch Party Info
and Description (Description = 100 words)
Video Art Is Queer
It’s here! It’s queer! It’s video art! In its
second year, Video Art is Queer presents
daring new works from some of the queer
community’s most innovative video artists.
Toronto art scene luminaries examine queer
politics in thought-provoking and audacious
ways, including: conceptual artist and
experimental filmmaker Deanna Bowen’s
deeply symbolic and haunting works; Aleesa
Cohene’s found footage exploring capitalism,
immigration, and the body politic; and the
poignancy and wit of Steve Reinke’s ostensibly simple videos.
Participating Artists: Steve Reinke, Nina
Levitt, Robert Lee, Deanna Bowen, JeanPaul Kelly, Oliver Husain, Krys McGuire,
Allyson Mitchell, Aleesa Cohene with Benny
Nemerofsky Ramsay and Tori Foster with
Alexis Mitchell.
Production Support Provided By:
Trinity Square Video, a not-for-profit charitable media arts centre that provides artists
and community organizations with video
production/post-production support and services at accessible rates. Here since 1971,
TSV provides a broad spectrum of services
related to video: workshops, screenings,
gallery exhibitions, artist residencies festival
sponsorships and community partnerships.
Screening/Exhibition Information:
sociate professor of Art Theory & Practice at
Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
Commissioned works will be screened at
the launch party, Pride Weekend on large
screens at our festival site, and through web
streaming at pridetonto.com.
Rave
Video Art is Queer Launch Party
2:00pm
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
3:00pmKids on TV
7:00PM to 9:00PM
4:00pm
MEN
Gladstone – Melody Bar
6:00pm
Robb G
7:00pm
DJ TK
8:00pm
Don Berns aka Dr Trance
9:00pm
Deko-ze
9:30pm
Camille Douglas
Spotlight Artist (1): ALeesa Cohene (Include
Picture)
Toronto-based artist Aleesa Cohene
produces videos and video installations that
seek to explore the polarity between ideas
and emotion, cultural belief and personal integrity, addressing themes of political unrest,
immigration policy, and domestic anxieties.
The work of Montréal-based artist Benny
Nemerofsky Ramsay brings together song,
self-reflexive performance and lyrics from
pop music as vehicles for examining ways in
which emotional expression changes shape
when mediated by technology and popular
culture. Ramsay and Cohene currently work
together in creative partnership.
Steve Reinke is an artist and writer best
known for his videos. His work is screened
widely and is in several collections, including
the Museum of Modern Art (New York), the
Pompidou (Paris), and the National Gallery
(Ottawa). With his videos, he is typically a
diarist, creating collages of autobiographical voiceovers offering his desires and pop
culture appraisals with endearing wit. Born
in Northern Ontario, Reinke is currently as-
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MEN is the new music project created by
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New York feminist punk electronic band Le
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The Ontario Bar Association
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Invites you to the
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Panel Discussion - 4:00 p.m.
Reception - 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Law Society, 130 Queen St. West
East side entrance
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Space is limited. Please RSVP by June 23, 2008
e-mail [email protected] or 416-947-3413
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DIS/ABILITY RESOURCES
Pride Toronto’s Volunteer Dis/Ability (D/A) Resources Committee works year-round to reduce
barriers for participation in festival activities by
providing services for persons living with all types
of dis/abilities. The efforts of this committee ensure that Pride Week in Toronto is one of the most
accessible and accessible festivals in the world.
Dis/Ability Headquarters
A rest, social, information centre and meeting area, the
Dis/Ability Resources Headquarters is located at the
North/East corner of Maitland and Church during the
street festival from Friday June 27th to Sunday June
29th 2008 and will be open at the following times:
Friday June 27th, 6:30pm - 10:00pm
Saturday June 28th 10:00am- 10:00pm
Sunday June 29th 10:00am - 10:00pm
Dis/Ability Viewing Stands along the
Dyke March and Pride Parade Route
& in Entertainment Gardens
Special seating is available along the Dyke March and
Pride Parade routes and at two of our largest entertainment stages and is offered. This seating is offered
on a first come, first served basis. It is recommended
that people arrive very early for performances and/or
to watch the Dyke March and Parade, as seating and
access to the D/A areas may be limited. All D/A areas
are non-smoking.
Dyke March
Saturday 1:00pm- 4:00pm
Location1: TDB
Location 2: TBD
Pride Parade
Sunday 1:00PM- 5:00PM
Location 1: TBD Location 2: TBD
Labatt South Stage
Friday June 27th, 6:30pm- 12:00 am
Saturday June 28th, 2:00pm- 12:00am
Sunday June 29th, 2:00pm- 12:00am
Dis/ability Entrance located behind the stage,
on Maitland Street
TD Canada Trust Wellesley Stage
Saturday June 27th, 3:00pm-12:00am
Sunday June 29th, 2:00pm- 12:00am
Dis/ability Entrance located behind the stage,
on TBD Street
American Sign Language (ASL)
Interpreting Services
ASL interpretation is available at D/A Headquarters
during regular hours of operation, roaming through the
festival site, and during certain events. Please visit the
D/A Headquarters for a complete list of ASL/English
interpreted events.
How to Participate in the Dyke March
and Pride Parade
Meet us at the D/A Headquarters at 12:30pm on
Saturday June 28th to join our D/A contingent for the
Dyke March or on Sunday June 29th to join our Pride
Parade contingent. A fully accessible, air conditioned
vehicle will be available to board for those who cannot
walk the full March/Parade route or those who use
mobility aids.
DIS/ABILITY RESOURCES
Wheel Trans Drop-off
and Pick-up locations
For Wheel-Trans drop-off and pick-up locations adjacent
to the festival site, consult the festival site map in this
guide.
Coming from out of Town?
Tourists with dis/abilities who visit Toronto may use
Wheel-Trans service for a two week period per year.
Tourists must be registered with the specialized transit
where they live (ie. wheelchair and scooter users). Call
Wheel-Trans Reservations to set up your temporary
service after 12pm (noon) at 416.393.4222
Wheel Chair Loans
Wheelchairs are available for loan on Saturday June
28th and Sunday June 29th from 12pm – 8pm. To sign
out a wheelchair, please bring a piece of photo I.D. such
as an LCBO card, Driver’s License or Passport. During
peak hours, wheelchair loans will be limited to 2 hours
at a time.
Attendant Care
We will have an attendant care worker at the D/A Headquarters on Saturday June 28th and Sunday June 29th.
During the Dyke March and Pride Parade, an attendant
care worker will be available at our D/A viewing areas
along the route.
Wheelchair/Scooter Accessible
Washrooms
Wheelchair/Scooter Accessible Washrooms will be available at the D/A Entertainment Stage Viewing Areas, the
D/A Headquarters, the D/A Viewing Stands along the
Dyke March and Pride Parade routes, and wherever a
bank of public porta-potties is located.
Visual Impairment
Large print maps and Pride Guides,
Audiocassette and Braille Lending
Services are available at the D/A Headquarters.
Shade and Water for Working Animals
Shade and water for working animals are available at the
D/A Headquarters.
Deaf Blind Interpreters
For more information on this new resource, please visit
the D/A Headquarters.
Questions?
Tel: (416) 927-7433 (V). For TTY users, please call
Bell Relay Service (BRS) or email us at [email protected]. Updated information is also available at
www.pridetoronto.com/disabilities
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logos under the following title: Supporters of the Pride
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