This one’s for the weekend warriorz.
Monday March 3
TORONTO
Blue Coffee Reading Series, 7:30pm, Magpie Taproom, 831 Dundas Street West
Blue Coffee is a reading series that invites both poets and fiction writers to read live in front of an audience. For more information, please visit www.lionatnight.com. Tonight’s readers are Jimmy McInnes, Patrick Connors and Jack Howstrawser.
Lizzie Violet’s Open Mic, 7:30pm, Amsterdam Bicycle Club, 54 The Esplanade, PWYC
A new poetry open mic night. Check’er!
Trampoline Hall, 7:30pm, The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street West
This month, all the lecturers are chosen by Xenia Benivolski.
She has chosen the following people to lecture: Thom Gill will speak about Mary Magdalene. James Gardner will give a talk on the subject of lighters. Sue Johnson will lecture about Doppelgangers.
MONTREAL
What does it mean to be a feminist man? Why do men need feminism? How can men support and encourage each other in the struggle to develop models of feminist manhood? Crass will explore these issues.
Tuesday March 4
TORONTO
Mars at Sunrise: Canadian Premiere, 6:30pm, Cinema Politica, Bloor Cinema, 506 Bloor Street West
Mars At Sunrise tells the story of a war waged on imagination. The film abstractly portrays the conflict between artists on either side of Israel’s militarized borders, and explores how a powerful creative mind survives, and even thrives, under pressure. Producer and art director will be hosting a Q & A after the screening.
Choir! Choir! Choir!, 7:30pm, No One Writes to the Colonel, 460 College, $5
This week me and you and everyone we know can sing Haim’s “If I Could Change Your Mind” and the Breeders’ “Cannonball”! LADIES!
Wednesday March 5
TORONTO
Choir! Choir! Choir!, 7:30pm, The Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton Street, $5
Sing Beck’s “New Pollution” and “Lost Cause.” Don’t like it? Why don’t you kill me?
MONTREAL
Frontier College Book Swap and Open Mic, 6pm, McKibbin’s Bishop, 1426 Rue Bishop
Bring a book, buy a book, swap a book, read something!
Friday March 7
TORONTO
Mini-Comics Making Day, 11am, Learning Zone, OCAD Zine Library, 122 St. Patrick
To celebrate the 4th annual Mini-Comics Day, the Learning Zone and the OCAD Zine Library will be hosting a Mini-Comics Making Day in the Learning Zone. Open to students and members of the general public, the event will feature materials for making your own mini-comics. Feel free to collaborate or stop by to make a comic or two on your own. Zine donation encouraged!
Shameless Website Launch Party, 7:30pm, Bike Pirates, 1292 Bloor Street West, $5 admission
Shameless Magazine is having a party! Join us on March 7th to celebrate our brand new website’s launch, as well as International Women’s Day! Come listen to some great music and support feminist media! Featuring performances by:
Tu Suis! sidramatic! & DJ SHEXES!
On Loving Women book launch, 9pm, Henhouse, 1532 Dundas Street West
Toronto launch of this lovely book about sweet animals and queer coming out stories. See our review here.
Toronto Strip Spelling Bee, 10:30pm, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, $10
The game is played a lot like strip poker, but it’s a spelling bee, and it’s played in front of a live audience of hooters, hollerers and hecklers who want to see some smart and sexy skin!
MONTREAL
Gregory Denton: B + F launch, 7pm, Librarie Drawn and Quarterly, 211 Bernard Ouest
B+F explores an otherworldly forest with a woman and a dog as they encounter its denizens, both benevolent and malicious. A wordless meditation on goodwill, hostility, and isolation
Saturday March 9
TORONTO
ith a lending library of designated dancers for all you wallflowers, and a dancecard-booklet to set up dances in advance (should you choose to), Toronto Queer Slowdance has all slow songs, all night long! It’s high school with a happy ending.