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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120616
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120819
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
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SUMMARY:Law of Proximity Dance Workshop
DESCRIPTION:6-week Contact Improv dance performance creation workshop  &nbsp;  Click HERE to register online. Registration deadline: June 23\, 2012.        Weekend workshops: June 16-July 8    Classes and Rehearsals: July 9-August 10 (Mon-Fri)    Performances: August 15-18\, Scotiabank Dance Centre    &nbsp;    Law of Proximity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for youth to create and perform their own contemporary dance show\, mentored by internationally respected dance company MACHiNENOiSY.    &nbsp;    Contact Improvisation requires no formal dance training. It is a dance of proximity that works with shared weight\, shared choice making and shared physical contact; points of physical contact provide the starting point for movement improvisation.    &nbsp;    Participants will discuss the show's content during weekend workshops. From these\, up to 8 lucky participants will be hired for an intensive creation period of daily classes and rehearsals\, culminating in a 4-day performance run at the Scotiabank Dance Centre as part of the 2012 Queer Arts Festival.    &nbsp;    All are welcome for weekend workshops and for the morning classes.    Youth selected for the performance will be paid rehearsal fees and performance honoraria.    &nbsp;    MACHiNENOiSY is a contemporary dance company that transcends traditional notions of dance and theatre.  Artistic Directors Delia Brett and Daelik have a long and unique history of working together as dancers\, teachers and creators both in North America and Europe. Two of the leading dancer/creators of this art form in Canada\, their approach has marked them as innovators and courageous rule breakers.    &nbsp;    www.machinenoisy.com       &nbsp;    &nbsp;    &nbsp;
LOCATION:Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St., Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/law-of-proximity-workshop-2012
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110805T193000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110805T210000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110602T042617
LAST-MODIFIED:20110802T215610
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SUMMARY:JODAIKO
DESCRIPTION:Festival favorites JODAIKO will rip it up with an evening of Japanese Taiko drumming.    &nbsp;    This international group of women taiko drummers is led by the first  and only female international taiko World champion\, Tiffany Tamaribuchi. High-octane\, high-decibel\, and high-energy\, this show always sells out\, so get your tickets early!    &nbsp;    This event will be ASL interpreted for Deaf audience members.  Please reply to rachel@prideinart.ca  if you would like a seat reserved in front for accessible ASL viewing. Limited seating will be reserved.    &nbsp;    Also check out QAF's taiko drumming workshop on August 6.    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="600"][/media-credit]&nbsp;
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/jodaiko
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T201500
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T220000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110602T004802
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SUMMARY:Clean Sheets 2011: Marla's Party
DESCRIPTION: Co-presented with Screaming Weenie Productions  &nbsp;    Screaming Weenie's Clean  Sheets is the annual event of original queer-themed plays by both emerging and established Canadian playwrights.  Plays were selected from an open\, nation-wide call for submissions. This year's playwrights come from Vancouver\, Toronto and Montréal.    &nbsp;    Playwrights are teamed up with a local team of actors and a dramaturge behind closed doors for a couple of days before they take to the stage to share these original new Canadian works.           [caption id="attachment_977" align="alignleft" width="98" caption="Playwright Darrah Teitel"][/caption]       Marla's Party by Darrah Teitel  (Montréal\, QC)  Dramaturged by James Fagan Tait         &nbsp;
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/clean-sheets-2011-marlas-party
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T183000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T200000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110601T073029
LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T231702
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SUMMARY:Clean Sheets 2011: The Better Parts of Mourning
DESCRIPTION: Co-presented with Screaming Weenie Productions  &nbsp;    Screaming Weenie's Clean  Sheets is the annual event of original queer-themed plays by both emerging and established Canadian playwrights.  Plays were selected from an open\, nation-wide call for submissions. This year's playwrights come from Vancouver\, Toronto and Montréal.    &nbsp;    Playwrights are teamed up with a local team of actors and a dramaturge behind closed doors for a couple of days before they take to the stage to share these original new Canadian works.         [caption id="attachment_973" align="alignleft" width="102" caption="Playwright Christopher Cook"][/caption]         &nbsp;    The Better Parts Of Mourning by Christopher Cook  (Vancouver\, BC)  Dramaturged by Jan Derbyshire    &nbsp;
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/clean-sheets-2011-tuesday-play-workshops
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110803T193000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110803T220000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110601T073003
LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T225557
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SUMMARY:Queer Cross-Border Pollination
DESCRIPTION:Literary readings and conversation with some of the most powerful and innovative Canadian and American writers in our community:  featuring John Barton\, Jen Currin\, Lydia Kwa\, Elizabeth Colen\, Carol Guess and Wayne Koestenbaum\, curated by Rachel Rose.    &nbsp;    With support from the U.S. Embassy\, Poetry is Dead and Simon Fraser University.    &nbsp;    
LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/queer-cross-border-pollination
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110727T210000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110727T223000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110528T174953
LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T223522
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SUMMARY:Wild Women
DESCRIPTION:Co-Presented with The Vancouver Pride Society    The Bobbers present Wild Women - some of the funniest ladies from The Bobbers - queer comedy improv create spontaneous madness in the one time only show.  
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/wild-women
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110809T183000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110809T213000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110528T010702
LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T231846
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SUMMARY:Clean Sheets 2011: Unstuck
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Screaming Weenie Productions  &nbsp;    Screaming Weenie's Clean  Sheets is the annual event of original queer-themed plays by both emerging and established Canadian playwrights.  Plays were selected from an open\, nation-wide call for submissions. This year's playwrights come from Vancouver\, Toronto and Montréal.    &nbsp;    Playwrights are teamed up with a local team of actors and a dramaturge behind closed doors for a couple of days before they take to the stage to share these original new Canadian works.                  &nbsp;    &nbsp;    Unstuck by Evan Tsitsias 6:30pm  (Toronto\, ON)  Dramaturged by David C. Jones    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    Clean Sheets Bonus: SAFE WORDS  8:30pm    Visiting playwright Evan Tsitsias reads one of his plays.    When your only safety is in your words\, what happens when you forget  them?  Two men explore their boundaries inside their very own SAFE WORDS    By Donation
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/clean-sheets-2011-unstuck
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T190000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110727T203000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110518T011411
LAST-MODIFIED:20110713T184320
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SUMMARY:nggrfg
DESCRIPTION:Co-Presented with The Vancouver Pride Society and Small Brown Package  2 shows! July 26 and 27\, 7pm    &nbsp;    Starring Berend McKenzie    Directed by the late  great Denis Simpson    &nbsp;  2 nights only! Don’t miss your last chance to see Jessie nominated\, hit play nggrfg before it moves onto Toronto in November. Every ticket holder enters to win the original cover piece of art by John Ferrie.  &nbsp;  nggrfg is a revealing and hilarious one-man tour-de-force Play about a queer black kid negotiating the bewildering minefield of straight white Canada: from the schoolyard\, to the perils of dating\, to the “glamour” of showbiz. nggrfg is for anyone who has ever felt marginalized.  &nbsp;  Directed by Canadian theatre legend Denis Simpson\, nggrfg a riotous and poignant one-man tour-de-force about being black and gay in a world that doesn’t always have room for either. Inspired by words that are used to oppress\, nggrfg explores the impact of these two words in intimate and humorous ways.  &nbsp;  Since opening two years ago in Edmonton nggrfg has enjoyed sell out theatre and school performances across Canada.  &nbsp;    “Playful and touching. McKenzie is an ebullient performer\, (It) left this crusty old critic in tears\, nggrfg is for anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider.” Colin Thomas\, Georgia Straight
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/nggrfg
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T210000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T223000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110518T003845
LAST-MODIFIED:20110715T170333
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SUMMARY:Darcy Michael: <br />The Gayest Show on Earth; Part Deux, Even Gayer
DESCRIPTION:Co-Presented with The Vancouver Pride Society    Last year Darcy Michael gave us the Gayest Show on Earth.  This year he's back and it's even gayer. The Gayest Show on Earth - Part Deux\, Even Gayer. This year he's skinnier and bitchier.        &nbsp;    Join Darcy as he takes us for a year in a review of his life\, your life and everything in between. Joined by some of Vancouver's top queer performers - Darcy will be taking the audience for a wild and hilarious ride into pride!    &nbsp;    Featuring music\, drag\, sketch\, improv and stand up.    &nbsp;    Starring:  Darcy Michael  Symone!  Peter Breeze  Armstrong Jr  Ryan Steele  Amy Gee  Tops &amp; Bottoms Improv  and more!!    &nbsp;    Check out Darcy's Comedy Now! special online.    &nbsp;    Urban Rush Interview on YouTube.    &nbsp;  "Mix some audacity with a dash of feisty and a generous dose of irreverence and the end result is comedic love child Darcy Michael"  -Xtra  ...  “The Surprise Hit of the Festival!!”  -Uptown Arts\, Winnipeg    “Darcy Michael is Canada’s next break out star!!”  -Talk1410\, Vancouver    “I feel asleep...TWICE!”  -Darcy’s Mother    “He’s portly\, unshaven &amp; not much of a dresser”  -Sean Davidson\, Eye Weekly\, Toronto
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/darcy-michael-the-gayest-show-on-earth-part-deux-even-gayer
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110812T200000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110812T230000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110512T073024
LAST-MODIFIED:20110621T223902
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SUMMARY:Fierce & Fabulous Party
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented annually with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.  &nbsp;    It’s time to let loose your personal fierceness. Vancouver has its own fabulous and under-twenty-five crowd after all. The Fierce and Fabulous party is free and for queers and allies under-twenty five\, only. The night begins with a tour of the Queer Arts Festival exhibition—imagine an art show with 100% queer art on the walls!    &nbsp;    The creativity continues with the premiere screening of the 2011 NO HATE films and Anti-Homophobia PSA competition winners. Next\, there is time for everyone to shine at the open-mic cabaret\, so bring your poems\, your drag costume\, or any short live act you’d like to share. Your audience awaits! The party ends with dance tunes by DJ Extra Feeling.    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="350"][/media-credit]&nbsp;
LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/fierce-fabulous-youth
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110807T193000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110807T220000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110507T073051
LAST-MODIFIED:20110806T183246
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SUMMARY:Short Shorts
DESCRIPTION:A night of miniatures — performance briefs from a bouquet of artistic disciplines.    &nbsp;     Reading by beloved author and radio personality Bill Richardson   Dancer and choreographer Noam Gagnon\, performing his spectacular solo piece Gone...  Contact Improv duo MACHiNENOiSY performing Self Less\, created in 2006 in response to the south east asian tsunami   Violinist Rebecca Whitling (of Vancouver’s premiere contemporary chamber music ensemble Standing Wave) performing Jeffrey Ryan’s virtuoso solo Bellatrix   Tenor Will George singing Love Songs from Powers of Two: The Artist\, by renowned electro-acoustic composer Barry Truax   New work by Mark Sean Kershaw\, titled Heliopause: a public lecture for invited guests only: a mix of stand-up\, interactive improv\, music\, philosophy\, two talking dolls and a sombrero   Aerialists Jillian Deri and Wendy Mendes perform The Doctors Are In: a graceful adagio in the air on single point trapeze\, set to the beguiling live violin music of Kathleen Forrester.    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="630"][/media-credit]&nbsp;
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/short-shorts
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120229T000000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120229T235900
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110506T073036
LAST-MODIFIED:20120229T153209
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SUMMARY:Glitter and be Gay: A Drag Cabaret
DESCRIPTION:Big gay drag cabaret with rising opera stars Joel Klein\, baritone\, and Frédérik Robert\, tenor\, performing with the inimitable Karen Lee-Morlang on piano.  MC'd by Megamouth herself\, Barb Snelgrove.  Guest appearance by pop hottie Zack Singer.    Joel Klein (Maria Toilette / Cherie Pauper)\, and Frédérik Robert\, tenor (and infamous Numbers Idol Judge) bring you the smoky tones of Berlin’s cabaret stage\, famous drag duets from the Great White Way\, and off-kilter (off-colour?) pop-opera-art fusion in this hour-long tour-de-force.    
LOCATION:BC
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/glitter-and-be-gay-joel-klein-and-friends
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110804T193000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110804T220000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110504T073055
LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T225647
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SUMMARY:The No Shit Shirleys
DESCRIPTION:Back by popular demand! The No Shit Shirleys are seven unique women with seven signature\, solo voices\, who have come together to create a jewel-toned septet. They have inspired and touched the hearts of audiences with music that truly celebrates both life’s joys and struggles.    &nbsp;    The No Shit Shirleys are proud to present a concert centering on life\, love and womanhood for the Queer Arts Festival\, featuring original material and gorgeous\, innovative arrangements of traditional pieces from around the world. Whether it be love songs\, music of celebration\, or songs of protest\, the Shirleys’ music is always full of joy\, strength and courage – music to live by.    &nbsp;    Also check out the Singing\, Rhythm and Body Percussion Workshop on August 6\, led by No Shit Shirley Dawn Pemberton.    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="605"][/media-credit]&nbsp;
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/no-shit-shirleys
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110808T193000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110808T220000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110427T032723
LAST-MODIFIED:20110720T040303
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SUMMARY:Queerotica
DESCRIPTION:Founded by Elaine Miller and Afuwa Granger\, Queerotica continues under the chimerical curatorship of writer/performer Amber Dawn. Ten local authors traverse not only the wide breadth of queer sex\, desire and identities\, but also explore how different literary genres and modes of storytelling all make fine bedmates for erotica.    &nbsp;    From the pop-underground songwriting of up-and-comer Leroy Wan to the archival (circa 1970s) counter-cultural journalism of Kevin Dale McKeown to the strange and magical sensuality of novelist Hiromi Goto\, Queerotica offers a robust and racy line-up.    &nbsp;    Readings by:    &nbsp;     Hiromi Goto   Elaine Miller   Amber Dawn   Afuwa Granger   Sigal Samuel   C. E. Gatchalian   Marco Soriano   Kevin Dale McKeown   Leroy Wan   Daniel Zomparelli    &nbsp;    &nbsp;
LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/queerotica
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110731T190000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110731T220000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110427T025918
LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T220520
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SUMMARY:Big Gay Sing
DESCRIPTION:Co-produced with the Vancouver Men's Chorus  &nbsp;    The Vancouver Men’s Chorus marches back into Pride with the second edition of The Big Gay Sing! On the heels of last year’s sell out event\, this interactive audience sing-a-long is the perfect way to celebrate pride. It’s karaoke with glitter!        &nbsp;    The hosts for this fabulous evening of entertainment will be none other than the unstoppable Conni Smudge along with our very own VMC member and actor extraordinaire; Jamie Foster. This dynamic duo will get the show rolling as they lead the audience in song as well as entertaining all with their hilarious antics on stage. Don’t worry about your singing ability or learning any words as they will be projected high above you; while a bouncing ball guides you to sing the words you need to. There will be singing and schmacting galore by various VMC members\, artistically lead by our very own Willi Zwozdesky and accompanied by our own Liberace – Dr. Stephen Smith.    &nbsp;    Keep the Pride celebration going after watching the parade by joining us at the Roundhouse on Sunday\, July 31st.    &nbsp;    Win a prize by coming dressed in your most outrageous outfit; cash bar will be available!    &nbsp;    Buy tickets online at the Vancouver Men's Chorus website\, Tickets purchased online will be available for pick-up at the Roundhouse starting at 6pm.  Tickets will not be mailed.    .
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/big-gay-sing
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110730T193000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110730T220000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110427T025318
LAST-MODIFIED:20110729T114840
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SUMMARY:Electrosexual: SucK iT uP!
DESCRIPTION:A night of music and art with    Bluelight  Hector  SAM  Buzy B  John Anderson  &nbsp;    The best of Vancouver’s out electronic musicians – indie-electro band Hector\, electro-pop sensation SAM\, soulful hip hop MC Beth “Buzy B” Allen\, and headliners Bluelight — share the stage with live interactive video by artist John Anderson.    &nbsp;    HECTOR is a fracas of vigorous bass and drum grooves\, mixed with digital din.  Old-school rock and electro-pop meet with inexpungible lyrical hooks and melodies.    &nbsp;    SAM features Jerome Mandrake’s lyrical writing and vocal performances along with James Sadoway’s musical compositions and lyrical co-writing. Their debut album has been released on itunes.    &nbsp;    Beth "Buzy B" Allen has performed as DJ and MC at Lick nightclub\,The Reef resturant\, the Sista' Hood festival and the Queer Flim Festival. Writing lyrics\, singing\, rhyming and scratching are some of the reason's why she goes by the name Buzy B.  Electronic duo Bluelight formed in 2008\, releasing their debut four track EP on Boomsmack Records. Their full-length album ‘On The Edge’ is set for release in July 2011\, coinciding with their first video ‘I See Fine’\, directed by Lorna Richards.    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="630"][/media-credit]&nbsp;
LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/electrosexual
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T185500
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T220000
DTSTAMP:20120518T182007
CREATED:20110427T014241
LAST-MODIFIED:20110718T123434
UID:383@http://queerartsfestival.com
SUMMARY:Art Party!
DESCRIPTION:The opening night of Queer Arts Festival's Visual Arts Exhibition and multi-disciplinary arts festival.    Art Party!    Opening night celebration of the Queer Arts Festival in a gay\, carnival atmosphere    Proudly sponsored bt Health Initiative for Men (HIM)    July 26\, 2011 7 pm    Performances by:    Dianna David\, as  Meena Mina the Mime Magician    Al Cannon\, trumpet    Kallisto\, a-cappella women’s trio    Bluelight    Games People Play: Curated Visual Arts Exhibition         To celebrate the North America Outgames in Vancouver this summer\, the Queer Arts Festival has chosen Games People Play as its theme for 2011.    &nbsp;    Queer cultures often emphasize elements of game-play: from camp to butch/femme to strictures of "straight looking/straight acting"\, we play around with identity and its shadows of artifice\, passing and trespassing. The curators are encouraging artists to queer the idea of games and play: board games\, bored games\, war games\, mind games\, drinking games\, parlor games\, gender games\, games theory\, game shows\, word play\, gun play\, foreplay\, BDSM play\, playing the fool\, playing by ear\, playing along\, playing around\, playing for the team\, playback\, playmates\, team sports\, blood sport\, water sports... With this exuberance of possibilities we will build a show of divergent investigations; a game for viewers to trace commonalities and conflicts along the through-line of gaming.    &nbsp;    ‘Maturity means to have rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play.’    - Friedrich Nietzsche         Curated by Persimmon Blackbridge\, Jeff Gibson and SD Holman         ----------------    Artists:    Garth Amundson    Patricia Atchison     Kathy Atkins     Dana Ayotte     Angelina Cantada    Rodrigo Cervantes Ramirez    Jen Crothers and !Kona    Amy Dame    Adrian Fehr    Kimberley French    Pierre Gour     Afuwa Granger    Charlotte Hewson    Suzo Hickey    Abegael Jackson    Lizard Jones aka Emma Kivasild    Tillie King    Dzee Louise    Mark McGregor     Steve Middleton    Rosamond Norbury    Sarah Race    Naufus Ramirez-Figuieroa    Sakino Sepulveda    Wendy Sexsmith    Noel Silver    Suzy Stroet    Oscar Sanchez    Entry by donation    ------------------    Pride in Art Community Visual Art Show    July 26 - August 13\, 2011    The Queer Arts Festival 2011 has two visual art shows this year! We are getting back to our roots with the Pride in Art Community Show! In the Great Hall of the Roundhouse\, outside the main Exhibition Hall\, the PiA Community Show exhibits. Artists were not asked to stick to the theme    &nbsp;    Artists:    belle ancell    Cliff Blank    david sandford    Hiiro Prince    Jack Herman    James Sullivan    SD Holman    James Walton    Jeffery Gibson    Joel Levine    Kate Price    Kricket Crow    Persimmon Blackbridge    Ron Kearse    Tom McKenna    Aerlyn Weissman    &nbsp;    &nbsp;    &nbsp;
LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada
URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/art-party
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