Tuesday Feb 18
TORONTO
Choir!Choir!Choir!, 7:30pm, No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College Street, $5
Tonight is Epic Song Night. The group will sing Toto’s “Africa.” Come and sing your little heart out.
VANCOUVER
Dr. Sketchy’s: Paint It Black, 7pm, HOT ART Wet City, 2206 Main Street, $12
It’s the anti-art school – part art class, part cabaret. Featuring Nicky Nine Doors.
Wednesday Feb 19
TORONTO
Choir! Choir! Choir!, 7:30pm, The Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton Street, $5
Tackle two songs by AMERICA this week, including “A Horse With No Name.”
Henri Faberge On The Lamb, 8:30pm, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, runs to Feb 23
A punk rock opera of existential proportions. Part of the Rhubarb Festival.
ChiSeries Toronto, 8pm, The ROUND venue, 152a Augusta
Hosted by ChiZine Publications. Featuring readings by Nancy Baker, David Keyes and Liisa Ladoucer (and Kari Maaren on the uke!)
Thursday Feb 20
TORONTO
Members of the Mi’kmaq Warriors Society who have been arrested and incarcerated will be on a speaking tour in January and February to raise awareness about their struggle against fracking, their ongoing assertion and exercise of nationhood, and the repression they face from police and courts. Featuring member Suzanne Patles, representatives from Grassy Narrows Asubpeeschoseewagong Women’s Drum Group, the Native Youth Sexual Health Network and others.
Steers and Queers, 9pm, The Dakota Tavern, 249 Ossington
Featuring Ms Judy Virago, Axel Blows, House of Shimmy and DJs Joe Blow, Katie Richie and Sigourney Beaver. Dress code – one-piece long underwear and boots. Yeehaw!
MONTREAL
Diane Obomsawin launches On Loving Women, 7pm, Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, 211 Bernard Ouest
On Loving Women is a powerfully intimate collection of stories about coming out, first love, and sexual identity. Join author Diane Obomsawin for the launch, which will also include a signing. This book is the best. It is so beautiful. Come and buy a copy!
Friday Feb 21
MONTREAL
Queer Slowdance, 9:30pm, MainLine Theatre, 3997 Boul. Saint-Laurent, $10
With a lending library of designated dancers for all you wallflowers, and a dancecard-booklet to set up dances in advance (should you choose to) Montreal Queer Slowdance has all slow songs, all night long.
Sunday Feb 23
TORONTO
Toronto Poetry Slam, 8pm, Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen Street West, $5
This is the last chance for poets to qualify for SemiFinals, so expect a nice crowd of talented poets to grace the Drake stage! With Tanya Davis from Halifax. You might remember her for that hugely popular video How to Be Alone.
Win a Date with Dave Cave, 6-9pm, Tiki Room, Tranzac, 292 Brunswick
Zine-author, stand-up comedian and playwright Dave Cave combines zine reading, comedy and audience participation in a weird performance art/reality show event OF THE DECADE. He will be accepting boyfriend applications, reviewing them live on-stage, and deciding who will win a date with Dave Cave. Applications/sign-up for the chance to win a date will be at the door. Guests are welcome to come witness romance in the making. Special guests Jessica Lewis and Raymi the Minx will open up with some readings. Plus it’s a potluck.