KINGSTON
Purview is a new series of artist talks held at Modern Fuel. Member artists and creators will talk about their projects and also engage with other artists —learning their influences, concerns and questions—and an occasion for artists to gain valuable insight and feedback from their peers. Rodgers and Grady-Smith bring a wealth of curatorial, academic and creative experience to the table as artists and writers and this is a great-sound new series.
TORONTO
Tuesday Sept 24 and Wed Sept 25, Choir Choir Choir! Nights One and Two, No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College Street, $5, night one, night two
Night one is Billy Idol. Night two is ROYAL TENENBAUMS (These Days and Needle in the Hay.) Amazing. Join this choir, open to all voices and singers.
The venerable This Magazine is launching a great new film series featuring political/socially themed documentaries. The first screening is Wal-Town, a look at the chain store’s effect on communities and retail culture across Canada. A panel discussion moderated by editor The panel, moderated by This editor Lauren McKeon, includes: journalist John Lorinc (Spacing, Globe and Mail), Friends of Kensington organizer Dominique Russell and Shahil Thomas, who works with the Metcalf Foundation on Resilient Neighbourhood Economies.
Chip Zdarsky and Matt Fraction launch their new comic Sex Criminals at the sexy Wicked Club, with a Q & A moderated by burlesque/performance artiste extraordiaire Sasha.
Listen to true-life stories told by Amanda Wyman, Bonnie Chan, Lisa Bozikovic, Kimberly Huie and Zebulon Pike.
The delightfully morbid/moribund lecture series continues with a talk on the history of horror in video games!
Meet your fellow lady comics fiends, chat, mingle, etc.
Let’s take over the streets of Hali on our trike-cyclicles, two wheeled implements and other non-car-affiliated modes of transport.
Friday Sept 27, 7pm, Lemon Hound Launch, Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, 211 Bernard Ouest
It’s Lemon Hound’s first anniversary as an online lit journal. Celebrate good times, come on.
Friday Sept 27, 9:30pm, Montreal Slowdance!, 3874 Blvd. St. Laurent, $12
We’re here! We’re queer! We love slowdancing – especially when there’s cute specifically-designated dancers to come and pull us from our wall perch.