WEIMAGS launch of…XYZ TRANSFORMATIONS OF URBAN SPACE: TRANSGENDERED AND TRANSSEXUAL EXPERIENCES OF THE CITY

THURSDAY MAY 28, 2009 at 7pm
Toronto Women's Bookstore
73 Harbord Street (southwest corner at Spadina)

We regret our washroom is not wheelchair accessible.
All of our events are trans inclusive.

About this issue...."In this issue, the authors and artists critically consider how two axes of difference, gender and sexuality, intersect in the urban realm. Drawing on feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory, and social theory the contributors consider how the categories of "woman" and "man" are constructed through a critical examination of the lived embodied experiences of transgendered and transsexual people in urban environments." - Alison Bain

About Women & Environments International Magazine: Women & Environments International (WEI) is a unique Canadian magazine, which examines women's multiple relations to their environments - natural, built and social - from feminist and anti-racist perspectives. It has provided a forum for academic research and theory, professional practice and community experience since 1976. Produced by a volunteer Editorial Board, the magazine contributes to feminist social change.

Cowboys & Indians - Opening Tonight!

Onofono, in association with VideoCabaret, presents the acclaimed clown-mime fantasia Cowboys & Indians, an hilarious piece of physical theatre created and performed by Anand Rajaram with music composed and performed by Bob Wiseman.

An Eastern Western, this imaginative showdown is wordlessly expressed by Rajaram’s telegraphic body and Wiseman’s eloquent score.

Awarded the Spotlight Award at the Summerworks Theatre Festival and accolades from NOW Magazine in its “fest’s best” list for Outstanding Production and Outstanding Ensemble, Cowboys & Indians explores the romance of cowboy culture through the eyes of a curious outsider who ventures into the Wild West with dreams of living like a cowboy, only to experience the unimaginable.

Cultural wavemaker Anand Rajaram is Artistic Director of both Onofono and diaspoRadicals. An actor, writer, director, puppeteer and performance artist, he has worked with numerous theatre companies, performing both modern and classical texts. He has been associated with VideoCabaret from City for Sale (2004) to Laurier (2008) and rocked the room at Second City from 2005-7. This summer, he reprises his role in Rice Boy at the Stratford Festival; the fall sees him perform with Puppetmongers in Chris Earle’s adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Hard Times. Upcoming feature films include The Good Friday, You Are Here, Silent But Deadly and Suck; for television, Majority Rules (Teletoon's first live action tv show) and two animated series - The Dating Guy (Teletoon) and Five Boys And A Garden Hose (Disney).

WHEN: Previews from May 23, Opens May 26, Runs to June 7
WHERE: Factory Studio Theatre, 125 Bathurst Street
TIMES: Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30pm to May 31, 8pm thereafter; Sunday at 4pm EXCEPT Sat May 23 preview performance at 7pm
TICKETS: Cowboys & Indians Tickets: $15 Tues-Thurs, $20 Fri, $25 Sat, PWYC Sun & Previews Box Office 416-504-9971 http://www.factorytheatre.ca/

Biography Live! (part of bcurrent's rock.paper.sistahz 9)

learn more about me and my family than you want to know in less than one hour

Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Time: 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: Oakwood Library Theatre (downstairs), 341 Oakwood Ave, just S of Rogers Rd
Toronto, ON

Email: Tanya@HypnoSage.com


You’ve read biographies and seen them on TV; this one encourages you to question one man’s executrix from start to bitter end. Because therapy is expensive! But so is baggage…and this part of the estate was not addresssed in the will. (Last of 4 plays that evening).

Tickets: pay-what-you-can; $8 suggested.

Ticket locations:
A Different Booklist (Bathurst & Bloor) 746 Bathurst St. (416) 538.0889
Toronto Women's Bookstore (Spadina & Harbord) 73 Harbord Street (416) 922-8744Play
De Record (Yonge & Dundas) 357 YONGE ST (416) 586-0380
Nicey's Food Mart (Oakwood & Vaughan) 621 Vaughan Rd (416) 656 5648

You can also get tickets online: www.stubmatic.com/bcurrenttickets

Group tickets - Sedina Fiati, outreach/rAiz'n development outreach@bcurrent.ca 416-533-1500

Bookcamp Toronto

The future of books, writing, publishing, and the book business in the digital age

Description:

BookCampToronto is a free unconference (definition at wikipedia) about the future of books, writing, publishing, and the book business in the digital age.BookCamp Toronto is inspired by BookCamp London.Please visit the wiki for more information and to register.

Date:Saturday, June 6, 2009
Time:9:00am - 5:00pm
Location: MaRS Centre, 101 College Street
Toronto, ON
Email:embalser@gmail.com

LAL and Friends at the Gladstone Hotel

The Gladstone Hotel,
1214 Queen St. West
Saturday May 23rd
10-2am
$6-15 Slideing Scale at the door | 19+
Featuring: Lal, Qr5
DJs: Nik Red, Amita, & Aousheh

Lal & Friends Celebrate at The Gladstone Hotel

Downtempo soul crew Lal celebrate vocalist Rose’s B-Day. Folk/electronic group qr5 bring
some live music, but expect to spend most of the night dancing to DJs Nik Red, Amita, and
Anousheh.

More info: info@lalforest.com
www.lalforest.com
www.qr5.com

Toronto Arts Council at Doors Open Toronto

Toronto Arts Council/Foundation at Doors Open Toronto

Join us on May 23rd and 24th as Toronto Arts Council and Foundation participate in Doors Open Toronto.

In the spirit of our 35th anniversary and the theme of Doors Open this year, Lit City, Toronto Arts Council invites you to visit us this weekend for a special display. TAC will be open 10am-5pm both days as an official Doors Open Toronto location. Visitors will experience a special weekend-long exhibition that features all submissions from our Get Lit! Competition. Get Lit! is meant to celebrate the arts in Toronto by encouraging creative work that includes a literary element inspired by this city. The Get Lit! display will explore text and spoken word and will present new ways of telling city stories.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to learn more about the arts in Toronto by exploring TAC’s roots throughout the city. We are located at 141 Bathurst Street just south of Queen Street West at the confluence of several of downtown’s distinct neighbourhoods and destination areas (Kensington Market, University Avenue, the Garment District, The Grange).

Get Lit! was launched by Toronto Arts Council Foundation in association with Lit City as part of Toronto Arts Council's 35th anniversary celebrations. A special one-time jury comprised of Diana Bennett, Geoff Pevere, Alana Wilcox and Paulina O'Kieffe reviewed all entries and selected the top three submissions. Congratulations to our three finalists Philip Quinn, Goran Boskovic and teenah edan who will also be featured online at Open Book Toronto.

Diaspora Dialogues at Doors Open Toronto

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	Union Station Bursts Open with Artists Writers, actors and performers fill the vaulted spaces during Doors Open Toronto Coming home. Crossing streets, borders, oceans. Encountering the city for the first time. Hellos, goodbyes, departures, arrivals… Journeys – literal and metaphorical – are the focus of Diaspora Dialogues’ two art-packed days at Union Station for the 2009 Doors Open Toronto. Diaspora Dialogues takes over Union Station to present literary and dramatic readings, poetry and musical performances, and delightful theatrical surprises! Saturday, May 23 and Sunday, May 24 10:30 am – 4:00 pm Highlights include: • A reading of The Enormous Radio, a brand-new short play by award-winning playwright Michael Healey (The Drawer Boy), commissioned exclusively for this Diaspora Dialogues event, directed by Ruth Madoc-Jones (Madness of the Square). • Poetry and music from Lillian Allen, Red Slam, teenah edan, and Barbara Hunt. • Literary readings from Howard Akler (The City Man), Joe Fiorito (Union Station), Lina Medaglia (The Demons of Aquilonia), and Michael Ondaatje’s In the Skin of a Lion, read by award-winning actor and director David Storch. • Short "Hello and Goodbye" vignettes throughout the Great Hall of Union Station, by Toronto theatre artists including Fides Krucker (Urge Collective), Convergence Theatre (The Gladstone Variations), Leah-Simone Bowen (Thy Neighbour's Wife), and students from the Humber College Theatre Program directed by Jane Wells (Number Eleven Theatre). Stick around all day if you want to catch them all! WHAT: Journeys to the City: Diaspora Dialogues @ Union Station for Doors Open Toronto WHEN: Saturday May 23 and Sunday May 24 from 10:30 am – 4:00 pm WHERE: The Great Hall in Union Station, 65 Front Street West COST: Free CONTACT: Julia Chan, julia@diasporadialogues.com, 416-944-1101 x 277 Schedule (The same program repeats both days) • The Enormous Radio readings at 10:30 am and 3:30 pm • Readings and performances with David Storch, Red Slam, Lina Medaglia, teenah edan at 12:30 pm • Readings and performances with Joe Fiorito, Lillian Allen, Howard Akler, Barbara Hunt at 2:00 pm • "Hello and Goodbye" vignettes at 11:10am, 11:30am, 11:45am, 12:10pm, 1:30 pm, 1:45pm, 3:00pm, 3:15pm Click here for complete details and full schedule. is produced by and in partnership with