NPCC Celebrates Pride
1. NPCC Celebrates Pride
2. Friday, June 14, 2024
3. 6:00 P.M. – 9:00 P.M.
4. Neilson Park Creative Centre
5. Neilson Park Creative Centre
6. 56 Neilson Dr, Toronto, ON M9C 1V7
7. Website – https://www.neilsonparkcreativecentre.com/event/npcc-celebrates-pride-2024/
Social Media – https://www.instagram.com/npccarts/
8. Free Event / Free Parking
9. All-Ages
10. Yes, it is Wheelchair Accessible
11. Join NPCC for a fun-filled all-ages evening of events to celebrate Pride. They’ll be interactive activities like bracelet making, colourful tie-dye t-shirt sessions and face painting.
In addition to that, we will be hosting an award reception for our juried art exhibition featuring the work of local 2SLGBTQIA+ artists. There will be prizes for artists in our youth category (aged 12-17) who will have a chance to win $100 and the People’s Choice recipient as voted by the public attendees will receive a free exhibition in our Emergence Gallery at a later date. Adult artists (aged 18+) will have a chance at winning one of three cash prizes with first place receiving $250, second place receiving $150, and third place receiving $100.
To close out the event, we are hosting an extravagant wearable art fashion show! The first half will be comprised of a competition where fashion school students will share their creations with a chance to win a number of prizes! The second half will be an open runway show where anyone can walk the runway and show-off their style and personality!
Lewdline: Renaissance
[1] Lewdline: Renaissance
[2] April 20, 2024
[3] 10pm-2:30am
[4] Lewdline
[5] Three Dollar Bill
[6] 1592 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6R 1A8
[7] https://ra.co/events/1880192 , https://www.instagram.com/lewdline/
[8] $15 Early Bird, $20 General Admission
[9] 19+
[10] Wheelchair Accessible
[11] Spring is here! A time for revival, a time for rebirth! Get dank on 4/20 at Three Dollar Bill and dance the night away to the sounds of Toronto’s finest disk jockeys. We encourage you to get creative with the theme: Renaissance and be ready to pose for our cameras!
We’re blazing with excitement for the lewd debut of the beloved co-founder of Club Hunhouse, Sophie Jones! Supporting, returning queer icons Zellers and Lewdline founder ESCOBUTT are set to elevate your pulse all the way to the heavens.
This space has been intentionally created for BIPOC LGBTQIA+ communities. Zero tolerance for any kind of harassment, racism, queerphobia, sexism, non-consent. We ask that you are mindful and respectful of the space, and others!
Lessons learned at the foot of the rainbow
– Lessons learned at the foot of the rainbow
FrancoQueer is delighted to invite you to a conference to share the results of the Franco-Ontarian Network for Inclusion 2SLGBTQIA+ project, funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada.
Listening to its community and organizational partners, FrancoQueer carried out community, intersectoral and intersectional research on the inclusiveness of care and services offered to 2SLGBTQIA+ Francophones in Ontario.
This conference will be an opportunity to discover the results, the impactful testimonies and the support tools resulting from this exploratory study. It is open to the general public and professionals from all sectors! In french only.
– Time and place: Tuesday June 11, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Zoom
– Register: https://francoqueer.membogo.com/fr/franco-fierte-2024/detail/lecons-apprises-au-pied-de-lar c-en-ciel-lessons-learned-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow/54682
– Leçons apprises au pied de l’arc-en-ciel
FrancoQueer est ravie de vous inviter à une conférence de partage des résultats du projet de Réseau franco-ontarien pour l’inclusion 2SLGBTQIA+, financé par Femmes et Égalité des Genres Canada.
À l’écoute de sa communauté et de ses partenaires organisationnels, FrancoQueer a réalisé une recherche communautaire, intersectorielle et intersectionnelle sur l’inclusivité des soins et des services offerts aux francophones 2SLGBTQIA+ en Ontario.
Cette conférence sera l’occasion de découvrir les résultats, les témoignages percutants et les outils d’accompagnement issus de cette étude exploratoire. Elle est ouverte au grand public et aux professionnel?le?s de tous les secteurs !
– Heure et lieu : Mardi 11 juin, de 18h à 20h sur Zoom
– Inscription : https://francoqueer.membogo.com/fr/franco-fierte-2024/detail/lecons-apprises-au-pied-de-lar c-en-ciel-lessons-learned-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow/54682
Launch party for Pride month 2024
– Launch party for Pride month 2024
We set the scene for the festivities with an evening and French-speaking Karaoke. The perfect opportunity to sing in unison between 2ELGBTQ2IA+ French speakers and Francophiles, and be the first to discover the program for Franco Fierté 2024.
– Time and location: Saturday, June 1, starting at 6 p.m. at Fox & Fiddle (27 Wellesley Street E, Toronto).
– Register: https://francoqueer.membogo.com/fr/franco-fierte-2024/detail/fete-de-lancement-de-la-franco-fierte-2024-franco-fierte-2024-launch-party/53028
– Fête de lancement du mois de la Franco Fierté 2024
Nous plantons le décor des festivités avec une soirée et Karaoké francophone. L’occasion parfaite de chanter en chœur entre francophones et francophiles 2ELGBTQ2IA+ ! Et découvrez en primeur la programmation de la Franco Fierté 2024.
– Heure et lieu : Le samedi 1 juin, à partir de 18h au Fox & Fiddle (27 Wellesley Street E, Toronto).
– Inscription : https://francoqueer.membogo.com/fr/franco-fierte-2024/detail/fete-de-lancement-de-la-franco-fierte-2024-franco-fierte-2024-launch-party/53028
Intergenerational get-together
Intergenerational get-together
Join us to spend a lovely time with our community!
Queer people have always been here and will continue to be here! So let’s celebrate our rainbow pride and diversity across the generations!
Activity offered thanks to the partnership with the Réseau Réseau Fierté Aîné.e.s francophone de Toronto presented by the Federation of Francophone Seniors and Retirees of Ontario (FARFO) and Action positiveHIV/AIDS.
Time and location: Saturday, June 22, at 5 p.m. at the Fox & Fiddle (27 Wellesley Street E, Toronto).
Register: https://francoqueer.membogo.com/fr/franco-fierte-2024/detail/apero-intergenerationnel-intergenerational-cocktail-hour/55033
Apéro intergénérationnel
Rejoignez-nous pour passer un bon moment en communauté !
Les francophones queers ont toujours été là et continueront de l’être ! Alors, célébrons notre fierté et notre diversité arc-en-ciel à travers les générations !
Activité offerte grâce au partenariat avec le Réseau Réseau Fierté Aîné.e.s francophone de Toronto présenté par la Fédération des aînés et des retraités francophones de l’Ontario (FARFO) et Action positive VIH/sida.
Heure et lieu : Samedi 22 juin, à 17h au Fox & Fiddle (27 Wellesley Street E, Toronto).
Inscription : https://francoqueer.membogo.com/fr/franco-fierte-2024/detail/apero-intergenerationnel-intergenerational-cocktail-hour/55033
Inaugural Jane and Finch Ball
Join us for the Inaugural Jane and Finch Pride Ballroom event, a groundbreaking celebration of BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ culture and expression, hosted by PEACH (Promoting Education & Community Health). This historic event will take place on Sunday, June 23, 2024, at PEACH, located at 127 Eddystone Avenue, Toronto.
This event aims to create a safe, inclusive, and vibrant space for individuals to express their identities and celebrate their culture locally. Historically, BIPOC 2SLGBTQIA+ community members have had to travel downtown to participate in Pride events. This year, we bring the celebration home to Jane and Finch, fostering community connection and providing a platform for local talent.
The Pride Ballroom is co-organized with the Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance (TKBA) and supported by Pride Toronto.
FEAST
[1] Name of your event – FEAST
[2] Date June 23rd 2024
[3] Time 6 PM
[4] Name of the organization STRAPPED
[5] Location (title of the venue) TBA see eventbrite for updates
[6] Location (address) TBA see eventbrite for updates
[7] All the Website links you want to list on the Pride Toronto Calendar (Website/ Ticket Website Address / Social Media) www.pourchoices.ca
[8] Additional information 1 :PAID event
[9] Additional Information 2 : 19+ Mature audience
[10] Additional Information 3 :Yes wheelchair accessible
[11] Description of your event: Feast is an event to awaken your senses through indulgence. We take you on a journey with culinary delights, conscious wine pairings, and sensual performances. Welcome to a supper club for the senses!
A Ritual Feast offered to the Goddess of the Earth. Where we embrace our desires for pleasure, through food, drink and heavenly bodies. Let Chef Marissa Leon-John seduce your taste buds and take you on a delicious four-course journey with wines paired perfectly by Sommelier Jaby Dayle of Pour Choices
Everything Makes Me Laugh (a narrative in six parts)
[1] EVERYTHING MAKES ME LAUGH (A Narrative in Six Parts)
[2] June 24 -28 (Public Opening Tuesday June 25 – 7-9 PM)
[3] 11 am – 6 pm
[5] Inter/Access Gallery
[6] 950 Dupont Street, Unit 1 (@ Dovercourt Road)
[7] Inter/Access: https//interaccess.org
Bruce Eves: www.bruceeves.net
Instagram: @bruceeves4343
[8] Additional information 1 : Free Event
[9] Additional Information 2 : Must be 19+
[10] Additional Information 3 : Not Wheelchair Accessible
[11] Description of your event:
“EVERYTHING MAKES ME LAUGH (A NARRATIVE IN SIX PARTS)”
an Immersive Environment by Bruce Eves presented at Inter/Access Gallery
Everything Makes Me Laugh (a narrative in six parts)” was triggered by Zero Mostel’s
definition of comedy – tragedy plus time; and the genesis of the project was realizing an
odd synchronistic relationship between two side-by-side televisions one evening in the
Black Eagle bar – the scowling/screaming Clinton/Trump debate on one screen and kissing
hard and sucking deep right next door on the other screen. This revelation evolved into a
series of 130 photographic juxtapositions drawn from both the high and the low (and even
lower) and everything was fair game – right- and left-wing propaganda, gay pornography
and its art history doppelgangers, bad fashion, and myopic advertising from over the
course of the 20th century.
These images offered disturbing and peculiar pairs, creepy certainties, and salacious sight-
gags. I suppose this body or work could be described as camp, but not as defined by Susan
Sontag’s idiotic “Notes on Camp” which missed the truism that anger is at the root of
camp. The series starts very light but grows slowly and steadily from dark to darker to . . .
“Everything Makes Me Laugh (a narrative in six parts)” is a work in progress, and its first
public presentation will be on view at Inter/Access Gallery (950 Dupont Street) from June
24-28 (11am – 6 pm) in advance of the launch of a national tour stopping at major Pride
celebrations within the community and those hosted by Art Museums across the country.
The lion’s share of the installation will consist of an immersive 360-degree image
environment of the 130 double-image portfolio. This project will be accompanied by Peter
Dudar’s documentary “Bruce Eves in Polari” – a film that is both a mini-retrospective as
well as an exploration of Polari, the lost language of gay men.
“Everything Makes Me Laugh (a narrative in six parts)” is an endeavour meant to be uplifting
and entertaining – like watching the nightly news or following the trolls on X (formerly
Twitter), but taken together the comic effects of these juxtapositions should be read as a
narrative that insinuates sinister implications.
This project was made possible with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts
‘Explore and Create, Research and Creation’ program.
Bruce Eves is the recipient of the 2018 Governor-General’s Award for Outstanding
Achievement in the Media and Visual Arts. He lives and works in Toronto and can be
reached at bruceeves683@gmail.com
Film screening of PRIDE, the movie
[1] Film screening of PRIDE, the movie
[2] Friday, June 14, 2024
[3] 6:30 PM: Doors Open
7:00 PM: Intro to film by invited guests
7:20 PM: Film screening
9:00 PM: Reception, featuring Q&A with Mike Jackson, founding member of LGSM
[4] Spring Magazine & the Canadian Labour International Film Festival
[5] Innis Town Hall, Innis College
[6] 2 Sussex Avenue, University of Toronto
[7] Book tickets: https://bit.ly/pridefilm2024
Movie trailer: https://bit.ly/pridetrailer
Spring Magazine: https://springmag.ca
Canadian Labour International Film Festival: https://www.instagram.com/labour_films
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/springmagca/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/springmagca
[8] Ticket options: Regular: $15 | Reduced rate: $7 | Solidarity: $25 | FREE: $0
[9] All ages
[10] This event is wheelchair accessible
[11] Join Spring Magazine and the Canadian Labour International Film Festival for this special Pride Month-screening of the award-winning 2014 film, Pride.
Pride tells the inspiring true story of Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), a queer solidarity campaign in England that built support for miners and their families in South Wales during the Great Miners’ Strike of 1984-85.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Miners’ Strike, and the 10th anniversary of the release of the film Pride.
Help mark both milestones by attending the screening and discussion.
Following the film, join us at a reception where Mike Jackson, a co-founder of LGSM, will headline a Q&A about his involvement in the strike, the impact of the solidarity forged between LGSM and the striking miners, and lessons for today’s movements.
Watch the trailer here: https://bit.ly/pridetrailer
Friday, June 14
6:30 PM: Doors Open
7:00 PM: Intro to film by invited guests
7:20 PM: Film screening
9:00 PM: Reception, featuring Q&A with Mike Jackson, founding member of LGSM
Innis Town Hall, 2 Sussex Avenue, University of Toronto | TTC: St. George
Book tickets online: https://bit.ly/pridefilm2024
Ticket options: Regular: $15 | Reduced rate: $7 | Solidarity: $25 | FREE: $0
Foy House Festivities
Discover 92 Isabella, an 1888 mansion commissioned by former Attourney General and MPP James Joseph Foy. One of the few historic buildings in Toronto with Heritage-designated interiors, Foy House will be presenting the work of 2SLGBTQI+ and BIPOC visual artists, poets, performers, and local historians in this elegant urban oasis. Join us in the first floor ballroom and lounges for dancing and performances. Attend queer conversations and workshops in second floor dining rooms, and explore the third floor parlours for small group conversations, board games, and intimate events.
https://www.isabellamansion.ca/
