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“That’s So Gay”

June 25^th-July 18^th (Gladstone Gallery) – FREE

Opening Reception: Friday June 25th

The exhibition assembles work that deals with the queer experience, and is knowing, assertive and even aggressive about it.

Bent International – Human Rights Panel Discussion

Tuesday, June 29^th (Art Bar)

A monthly event that showcases community members who discuss their knowledge and expertise on various chosen topics.

Bent After Party

Tuesday, June 29^th (Melody Bar) – FREE

Come celebrate 30 years of Pride Toronto, as we bring you performances by locals Vivek Shraya and Tomboyfriend, as well as a special presentation of Argentina’s Robot Zonda.

Granny Boots Pride Edition

Wednesday, June 30^th (Ballroom)

Granny’s going to the Ballroom to enjoy some music! Special guests Tomboyfriend, Kids on TV, and Betty Burke will keep Granny’s toes tapping. No cover.

Vitamin G is for Gay

Wednesday, June 30^th (Melody Bar) – FREE

A special night of Vitamin G with 4 DJs and a late night full of dancing. No cover.

Libido – Till 4am!

Thursday July 1^st (Ballroom) – $15 advance at Good For Her, Toronto Women’s Bookstore and West Side Stories. $20 at door.

The Official Dyke March Fundraiser, returns to the Gladstone Ballroom for a sexy pre-march soiree featuring: DJ Memphis Sugar, Cozmic Cat, and Dinah Shore Weekend’s DJ Saratonin, with a performance by Lucas Silveira (of The Cliks).

Thursday Night Confidential Pride Edition – Till 4am!

Thursday July 1^st (Melody Bar)

TNC presents a special Pride edition with local queer bands Heavy Filth and Revenge Pregnancy. No cover.

QUEER LIES – Trashed Queer Dance Party - Till 4am!

Friday July 2^nd (Ballroom) – 10$ at the Door – Advance Tickets $8 at Gladstone Hotel, Soundscape, Rotate This, Glad Day Book Shop

A no-attitude Queer dance party with music that will make you shake your booty! Featuring: Gentlemen Reg and James Bunton debuting their new electronic act Light Fires, DJ Denise Benson and many more!

Queer-e-oke. No cover - Till 4am!

Friday July 2^nd (Melody Bar) – FREE

The Gladstone’s Karaoke has been voted #1 by NOW for like, EVER!

It’s an exciting month at the Gladstone Hotel!  We’re turning our Twitter over to Gentlemen Reg himself!

In celebration of the all the excellent Gladstone Gay Pride events and his performance during one of their biggest Pride Parties, Queer Lies, Gentlemen Reg will be taking over our twitter feed for two weeks!  From June, 18 to July, 2, 2010 look for daily tweets with the Hashtag #GentRegGlad to see what the King of all Gentlemen is up to.

Reg will be posting events, music, pictures and be giving away tickets to the Queer Lies Party.

If we’re lucky he might even leak some music from his new act Light Fires he will be debuting at the Queer Lies party.  Light Fires in an electro-dance act with James Bunton from famed Ohbijou.

Queer Lies Pride Dance Party

Date: Friday July 2nd, 10pm, Gladstone Ballroom
Extended Liquor License until 4am!!!

Featuring:

Gentlemen Reg and James Bunton debuting their new electronic act Light Fires
Denise Benson
Ill Nana DiverseCity DanceCompany
DJ Sigourney Beaver
DJ Winnie
DJ Joe Blow
And Neon Light Art Installations by Orest Tatyrin

Advance Tickets $8 at:

Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen St West (Available June 9th)
Soundscape 572 College (Available June 9th)
Rotate This 801 Queen St W (Available June 9th)
Glad Day bookshop 598A Yonge St (Available June 9th)
www.brownpapertickets.ca (AVAILABLE NOW!!!!!!)

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/114979

$10 at the door

Gladstone Hotel 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto
for more info contact: info@jeremyvandermeij.com

Watch the game on the huge project screen, enjoy a beer and some great local food with friends and root for you favourite players and teams!

World Cup 2010 Schedule

Guided tours will be offered at 11:30 am, 1:30 pm and 3 pm on both days.

TOURS :

Christina Zeidler, Gladstone Hotel President and person responsible for the redevelopment and restoration of the hotel

Alec Badley, General Manager

Jeremy Vandermeij, Gladstone Hotel Creative Director

DEMONSTRATIONS:

Talk with the Restoration Specialists: John Wilcox, Douglas Roberts and Ray Karu who will be giving brief explanations and demonstrations of their processes

John Wilcox, heritage glazier, specializes in heritage glass and glass restoration. John will be available on Sunday from 11am – 2pm

Douglas Roberts, heritage woodwork specialist, specializes in the restoration and recreation of heritage woodwork. Saturday and Sunday 11am-2pm

Ray Karu, specializes in the restoration of interior woodwork as well as faux finishes, especially wood graining.

The Gladstone Hotel is the oldest continuously operating hotel in Toronto. It was originally built in 1889 as a stylish hostelry across from the then existing Parkdale railroad station. It was designed by George Miller, the architect of the Lillian Massey building of the University of Toronto, in red brick with beautiful sandstone carvings. The location of the Gladstone Hotel, just east of Dufferin on Queen Street West, was one considered the western edge of Toronto and it provided accommodations to travelers from the Parkdale train station as well as visitors and exhibitors at the Canadian National Exhibition.The Gladstone Hotel has been described as an example of “unabashed architectural exuberance” utilizing details from the Greek, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance eras.  The hotel was restored over a two year period to reflect the building’s architectural history.

ABOUT DOORS OPEN TORONTO:

City of Toronto is proud to present the annual Doors Open Toronto — one weekend, once a year — when 150 buildings of architectural, historic, cultural and social significance open their doors to the public for a city-wide celebration.

The program allows visitors free access to properties that are either not usually open to the public, or would normally charge an entrance fee. Many locations have organized guided tours, displays and activities to enrich the visitor experience.

Doors Open Toronto invites you to get to know the city, whether you’ve lived in Toronto all your life or you’re visiting for the first time. See Toronto like you’ve never seen it before!

EXHIBITIONS AT THE GLADSTONE HOTEL:

Gladstone Hotel Historic and Renovation Archives on display 10am-5pm, on the second floor Gallery

CONTACT photography Festival:

“Hank” by Nancy Pavia Nancy present between 10am-5pm in the Art Bar

“Nightingale” by Meera Margaret Singh, artist attending, artist talks at 12pm and 2pm

“Disposable Hold”  by Zach Slootsy

Toronto Blues Society Photography Archives Exhibition and Curator’s Tour: Saturday and Sunday  in the main foyer and room 202, 205 and 206

Coeur de Pirate aka french superstar Béatrice Martin is in Toronto (staying at the Gladstone) to perform on Q with Jian Ghomeshi CBC Radio Friday at 10am and 10pm.

She has graciously agreed to play a special set in the Gladstone Melody Bar before TNC on Thursday. This is a rare and unique opportunity because as of right now she does not have any planned Toronto summer concert dates.

Coeur de pirate || Ensemble from Dare To Care Records on Vimeo.

Cœur de pirate, c’est le projet de Béatrice Martin, pianiste dans l’âme au talent incontestable. Au printemps 2008, elle cède à la pression de ses proches et met en ligne ses compositions au travers desquelles elle exprime son trop plein d’émotions, ses expériences, son vécu. Ses influences oscillent entre chanson française et musique folk, deux des sonorités qui ont bercé son enfance.

Après seulement quatre concerts à son actif, c’est par le phénomène MySpace que Cœur de pirate se fait connaître. Un véritable engouement qui, très vite, va au-delà des limites du web. Vite repérée par l’étiquette Grosse Boîte (Dare To Care Records), avec laquelle elle décide de s’associer, Cœur de pirate passe l’été 2008 à préparer un album avec David Brunet (Tricot machine, Daniel Boucher, etc.) pour enregistrer un premier opus aux textes sincères et aux douces mélodies. Elle multiplie aussi les spectacles, dont des participations remarquées aux FrancoFolies de Montréal, au festival Osheaga ainsi qu’à M pour Montréal.

C’est le 16 septembre 2008 que sort son premier album éponyme, salué par la critique et le public. Depuis, l’album se hisse et se maintient en tête des palmarès de vente et est certifié or au Canada.

L’aventure continue outre-atlantique; à peine 6 mois après sa sortie au Québec, Cœur de pirate signe avec Barclay, avec qui elle sort son album en mai 2009. On y retrouve tous ses titres ainsi qu’une version revisitée de « Pour un infidèle », en duo avec le récent vainqueur des Victoires de la musique, Julien Doré. Pour son premier concert en France, Cœur de pirate aura eu l’honneur de faire la première partie d’Arthur H à l’Olympia. Son album est certifié or dès l’été 2009. Elle chantera aussi avec Indochine, au Festival d’été de Québec.

En 2009, elle est nominée au Juno, aux GAMIQ à 4 reprises, en plus d’être en lice pour le prix Polaris. De plus, elle a fait partie de Révélation Radio-Canada de la Musique, qui appuie 6 artistes par année en leur donnant une place privilégiée dans leur programmation. En mars, sa chanson « Ensemble » est choisie pour illustrer une campagne de publicité Telus. De plus, on a pu l’entendre dans un campagne Coke pour les Jeux Olympiques 2010, où elle interprétait « Ouvre du bonheur » en compagnie de Kardinal Offishal et Jay Malinowski. De plus, elle remporte un Victoire de la musique en mars 2010 dans la catégorie « Chanson de l’année » pour la pièce « Comme des enfants. » Elle se produit aussi au mythique Olympia de Paris le même mois.

James’ piece can be seen in the older part of OCAD in room 230.  It’s WILD! And the pictures here do not event giveaway the best part of it, so check it out.  The first three photos below are of his piece. The last photos are of work installed nearby (sorry to the artists who made this gorgeous work, I didn’t remember to write down your name.

On thursday I’ll be heading to the OCAD grad show for around 7pm, and the coming back to the Gladstone for the Triple Opening Reception for Contact Photography Festival (on the 1nd through 4th floors of the hotel).

By: Jeremy Vandermeij

Seating is limited. To reserve please contact Suzanne Carte-Blanchenot at 416-736-2100 ext. 44021 or scarte@yorku.ca by Friday April 9th.

Daniel Barrow: Emotional Feelings

Art Gallery of York University (AGYU)

31 March – 6 June 2010

This magic man traces his descent straight from nineteenth-century magic lantern practitioners, but as there was usually something unseemly happening in those shadows, this ex-Winnipegger throws some pervy curves into his retro-media projections. No sleight-of-hand, this time you, too, can participate in some of the back-and-forth jiggling and hand manipulation of the image! Who can resist getting a hand in and feeling those emotional feelings?

Emotional Feelings expands the dualistic themes of Barrow’s manually animated performance works: good versus evil, shame versus pride, experience versus innocence, and the balancing of one’s belief in miracles with an increasingly bleak and rapidly advancing future in four newly commissioned works for AGYU.

Peter Smith: You May Find Yourself

Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough

3 March – 14 April 2010

Curated by Ann MacDonald

Organized by the Doris McCarthy Gallery in partnership with the Robert McLaughlin Gallery

In Peter Smith’s works, a universe inhales and exhales; domino dots and the heads of screws glisten like stars while oil-painted cars on clogged expressways carry passengers to unknown destinations. Smith is able to coalesce the bombardment of urban commotion and dollar store detritus into intricate harmonies that engage the eye, heart and mind—compulsively, yet gently enticing the viewer to recognize affinities in the midst of chaos, and that the headlights of cars may be enjoyed on the same plane as a multitude of stars in the sky.

You May Find Yourself is comprised of wall assemblages, sculptures, and large-scale prints, as well as a video component in which Smith describes his experience with mental illness, with candour and subtle humour. Consistent with his works, the videos present yet another facet to the diversity of understandings with which viewers may approach the world.

Superviscous: Works in Glass

Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) Professional Gallery

19 February – 28 May 2010

Curated by Charles Reeve and York Lethbridge

Haunted by fragility and an uncertain identity (ultra-thick liquid? amorphous solid?), glass rests uneasily at the intersection between art, design and craft. Including works drawn largely from Toronto collections, Superviscous brings together artists exploring this temperamental medium’s unstable nature. Jon Kuhn’s dazzling cubes are compacted universes full of colour and light. Tim Whiten’s subtle cast broom stands quietly in the corner, contrasting with Sandra Rechico’s satisfyingly crunchy shards on the floor. Through these and other works, the show explores the contradictory associations we bring to glass. Its eye-catching beauty is both strength and weakness. Is this inevitable attractiveness just a cheap — or costly — trick?
 
“The artists here explore the unique properties of glass in works that range from kitsch to conceptual,” explains York Lethbridge, Operations Coordinator at Onsite and Co-curator of the exhibition. “Their works reflect art’s historical use of glass and suggest how its application might continue to evolve as new technologies emerge.”
 Superviscous also encourages connections between generations and locations by mingling mid-career and mature artists like Rechico and Whiten with much younger practitioners such as Tyler Clark Burke and Matthew Eskusche, and by including work from a range of cultural contexts throughout eastern Canada and the U.S.

Featured artists:
  Tyler Clark Burke,
 Do Ho Suh,
 Matthew Eskuche, 
Faye HeavyShield,
 Nestor Kruger,
 Jon Kuhn,
 Scott Lyall, 
Sandra Rechico,
 Colette Whiten, and
Tim Whiten.

Out There

The Art Gallery of York University is a university-affiliated public non-profit contemporary art gallery supported by York University, The Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council and our membership.

The AGYU is located in the Accolade East Building, 4700 Keele Street Toronto. Gallery hours are: Monday to Friday, 10 am–4 pm; Wednesday, 10am–8 pm; Sunday from noon–5 pm; and closed Saturday. Admission to everything is free.

www.theAGYUisOutThere.org