BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://queerartsfestival.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Vancouver's Queer Arts Festival BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120818 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120819 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20120515T170532 LAST-MODIFIED:20120515T170532 UID:3130@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Face Your Fears, Act Your Aspirations: Acting Workshop DESCRIPTION:Face your Fears\, Act your Aspirations: Acting workshop with Elaine Carol Co-presented with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival   So you’ve written a script and you’re ready to work with a cast of actors. Whether you are casting amateurs\, professionals\, theatre school students or starring in your own production\, a critical skill for any director is to appreciate the art of acting.   In this three-hour workshop Elaine Carol will introduce you to a brief overview of American method acting\, including her own adaptation “The Acting Road Map” to help you understand and reach the emotional depth\, complexity and courage needed to act.   Open to 8 participants only. This intimate workshop setting will allow everyone time to work with their script.   Deadline to apply: July 30.   Saturday August 18\, 12:30 – 3:30pm   LOCATION:Roundhouse, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/acting-workshop-with-elaine-carol END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120819 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20120427T231327 LAST-MODIFIED:20120515T120448 UID:2548@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Law of Proximity Dance Workshop DESCRIPTION:6-week Contact Improv dance performance creation workshop   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   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.   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.   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.   All are welcome for weekend workshops and for the morning classes. Youth selected for the performance will be paid rehearsal fees and performance honoraria.   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.   www.machinenoisy.com       LOCATION:Scotiabank Dance Centre, 677 Davie St., Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/law-of-proximity-workshop-2012 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20120731 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120801 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20120320T115612 LAST-MODIFIED:20120320T115612 UID:2837@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Events Listings coming soon! DESCRIPTION: LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/events-listings-coming-soon END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110810T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110810T213000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110607T233915 LAST-MODIFIED:20110808T160601 UID:1035@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:DIY Podplay Workshop DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Neworld Theatre and the Vancouver Queer Film Festival Click HERE! to pre-register\, or arrive 30 minutes prior to start time to register on the day. Podplays are short\, site–specific audio play that takes participants on a walk through the geography of a city and the urban obsessions of its residents. Much like you would listen to an audio guide in a museum\, you load podplays onto portable media players and are guided on a walk by narration that combines story\, music and directional cues.   Neworld Theatre\, in association with the Queer Arts Festival and the Queer Film Festival\, is presenting DIY PodPlay Workshops. Try your hand at this unique art form. Put your stamp on it. Tell the story of the place where you live.   Renowned Queer playwright C. E. Gatchalian\, himself a writer of podplays\, will lead you through the imaginative and technological hoops of podplay creation.   Learn how to write a short play in which street corners\, parking meters\, fire hydrants and traffic lights play pivotal roles. Then learn all the necessary steps to record\, edit and present your podplay.   About the Presenter: Neworld Theatre is an award-winning\, Vancouver-based theatre company that creates\, produces and tours new plays and performance events. We tell stories that reflect Canada's diversity in the broadest sense – cultural\, linguistic\, social and economic. We use popular forms to examine our lives in the context of who counts\, who doesn't\, and what our relationship is to the people we may think we aren't.   Since 1999\, Neworld has won more than 20 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards (from over 50 nominations)\, the Alcan Performing Arts Award\, the Vancouver Sun Innovation Award\, the Seattle Times Footlight Award\, the Canada Council Theatre for Young Audiences Award. Neworld's productions have been seen in major festivals across North American and in Europe. These include Ali and Ali and the aXes of Evil\, Mixie and the Halfbreeds\, Adrift\, Crime and Punishment and Asylum of the Universe. In 2009\, Neworld also co-founded PL 1422 a cultural hub in East Vancouver co-managed with three other indie theatre companies. In addition to its mainstage productions\, Neworld produces a range of events\, from cabaret nights to live readings to public lectures and interviews. Neworld also works closely with community groups\, pairing professional artists with non-professionals from different communities to help them create performances that address their self-defined aspirations and concerns.     [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="600"][/media-credit]  LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/diy-podplay-workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110813T143000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110813T163000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110603T183608 LAST-MODIFIED:20110619T201054 UID:1028@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Show Your Film to the World! DESCRIPTION:Artist talk co-presented with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.   You’ve made a film—maybe it’s a short comedy or maybe it’s a feature “tear jerker” or a documentary. Whatever the length\, theme or genre\, you’re bound  to want a wide audience. This panel-style workshop explores the avenues an emerging filmmaker can take to submit their films to Canadian and international film festivals\, find a distributor or post your video for online-viewing\, and more.   [caption id="attachment_1030" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Director Jason Karman"][/caption] Join Mel Prichard\, short film programmer for the Hamburg International Queer Film Festival and film scout for Busk Films; Alex Muir\, distribution assistant and technician\, at VIVO Media Arts Centre; and Jason Karman\, a local\, mid-career short film director who represents his own films. Moderated by Amber Dawn\, Director of Programming\, Vancouver Queer Film Festival. LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/show-your-film-to-the-world END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110806T103000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110806T123000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110602T043921 LAST-MODIFIED:20110802T234841 UID:1015@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Taiko Drumming Workshop DESCRIPTION:Join International Taiko Champion Tiffany Tamaribuchi for one of QAF's most popular workshops.   If you've ever watched taiko and wondered what it felt like to hit those drums yourself\, this is your chance! Click here to register. "Tamaribuchi is an exquisite performer and an inspirational instructor. The depth of her knowledge\, and the range of her background in the art form are unmatched -- and this is complemented by her personable and accessible teaching style. Her love for taiko is readily apparent in her teaching." - Naomi Guilbert of Fubuki Taiko\, Winnipeg\, MB\, Ca. Taiko taught by Tiffany Tamaribuchi is a special opportunity. She is a gifted artist and teacher\, as well as a genuine person. The learning experience includes comprehensive and diverse explanations of technique\, interspersed with deeper personal insights and affects of Taiko. Tiffany infuses wit and humor into her teaching\, bringing the spirit and art of Taiko drumming to a real and individual level. A personal sharing of this type is full and rich. You will become inspired to learn more\, and awed by her relationship with the drum. Working with Tiffany is a rare and wonderful treat. It is well worth it. Open your mind\, body\, and spirit. Take a Taiko workshop from Tiffany Tamaribuchi! - Karen Clark\, Moab Taiko Dan LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/taiko-drumming-workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110805T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110805T210000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110602T042617 LAST-MODIFIED:20110802T215610 UID:1014@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:JODAIKO DESCRIPTION:Festival favorites JODAIKO will rip it up with an evening of Japanese Taiko drumming.   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!   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.   Also check out QAF's taiko drumming workshop on August 6.         [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="600"][/media-credit]  LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/jodaiko END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T180000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T203000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110602T040013 LAST-MODIFIED:20110721T113827 UID:1006@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY: Roxanne Gagnon's 3 Day Youth Visual Arts Workshop DESCRIPTION:3-day youth visual arts workshop: August 2 & 4\, 6:00 pm-8:30\, August 6\, 1:00 pm-3:30 pm Click HERE! to pre-register online\, or register in person 30 minutes prior to start of first class.   Project: Self-Inquiry; Mixed Media   Join rockin’ instructor Roxanne Gagnon in an exploration of self-inquiry through manipulation of mixed media\, including found objects and remnants of pop culture.  This 3-day workshop is designed for LGBT / Queer / Questioning youth with a keen interest in visual arts.   Please note that the workshops are designed to build from session to session\, and are therefore not run on a drop-in basis.   Day 1\,Tuesday\, August 2 6:00 pm-8:30 pm   Day 2\, Thursday\, August 4 6:00 pm-8:30 pm   Day 3\, Saturday\, August 6 1:00 pm-3:30 pm   Bursaries available for all applicants; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Apply for a bursary in our online application form HERE! LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/youth-visual-arts-workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110807T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110807T150000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110602T035032 LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T230722 UID:1005@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Life Drawing Workshop, Day 2 DESCRIPTION:Click HERE! to pre-register online\, or register in person 30 minutes prior to start of class.   Join visual artist Sakino Sepvulveda and models for a 2-day workshop celebrating the beauty of the human form.   The workshop will cover drawing technique with pencil and charcoal\, as well as the theory of line\, mass conception\, light and shade\, and more.   Suitable for all levels of experience.  Please note that the workshop is designed to build from session to session\, and attendance to both days is strongly recommended. Day 1 of the Life Drawing Workshop is Saturday\, August 6 from 3:00-6:00 pm.   Bursaries available for all applicants; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Apply for a bursary in our online application form HERE! LOCATION:Roundhouse, Room B, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/life-drawing-workshop-day-2 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110806T150000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110806T180000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110602T034814 LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T230747 UID:1001@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Life Drawing Workshop, Day 1 DESCRIPTION:Click HERE! to pre-register online\, or register in person 30 minutes prior to start of class.   Join visual artist Sakino Sepvulveda and models for a 2-day workshop celebrating the beauty of the human form.   The workshop will cover drawing technique with pencil and charcoal\, as well as the theory of line\, mass conception\, light and shade\, and more.   Suitable for all levels of experience.  Please note that the workshop is designed to build from session to session\, and attendance to both days is strongly recommended\, though not required. Day 2 of the Life Drawing Workshop is Sunday August 7 from noon-3.   Bursaries available for all applicants; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Apply for a bursary in our online application form HERE! LOCATION:Roundhouse, Room B, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/life-drawing-workshop-day-1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T201500 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110602T004802 LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T231717 UID:976@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Clean Sheets 2011: Marla's Party DESCRIPTION: Co-presented with Screaming Weenie Productions   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.   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   LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/clean-sheets-2011-marlas-party END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T183000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110802T200000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110601T073029 LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T231702 UID:395@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Clean Sheets 2011: The Better Parts of Mourning DESCRIPTION: Co-presented with Screaming Weenie Productions   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.   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]   The Better Parts Of Mourning by Christopher Cook (Vancouver\, BC) Dramaturged by Jan Derbyshire   LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/clean-sheets-2011-tuesday-play-workshops END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110803T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110803T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110601T073003 LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T225557 UID:396@http://queerartsfestival.com 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.   With support from the U.S. Embassy\, Poetry is Dead and Simon Fraser University.   LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/queer-cross-border-pollination END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110806T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110806T143000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110601T010037 LAST-MODIFIED:20110701T084955 UID:856@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Singing, Rhythm and Body Percussion Workshop DESCRIPTION:Clap your hands\, stomp your feet and raise your voice! Join Dawn Pemberton of the No Shit Shirleys to discover the joy of creative expression\, music and rhythm while using one of the world’s first instruments . . . the human body. Together we will groove and “La la la” our way through co-operative\, fun and funky a capella songs\, steps and rhythms from around the world. This workshop is for all levels and we will be learning everything by ear— no experience is required to have a good time.   Click here to register. LOCATION:Roundhouse, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/singing-rhythm-and-body-percussion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110727T210000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110727T223000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110528T174953 LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T223522 UID:923@http://queerartsfestival.com 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110809T183000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110809T213000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110528T010702 LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T231846 UID:982@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Clean Sheets 2011: Unstuck DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Screaming Weenie Productions   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.   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.     Unstuck by Evan Tsitsias 6:30pm (Toronto\, ON) Dramaturged by David C. Jones         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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T190500 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110813T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183314 CREATED:20110518T013510 LAST-MODIFIED:20110805T121554 UID:719@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Pride in Art Community Visual Art Show DESCRIPTION: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 Artists were not asked to stick to the theme.   Artists: belle ancell david sandford Hiiro Prince Jack Herman James Sullivan SD Holman James Walton Jeffery Gibson Joel Levine Kate Price Kricket Crowe Persimmon Blackbridge Tom McKenna Aerlyn Weissman       LOCATION:Roundhouse Great Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/pia-community-show END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110727T203000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110518T011411 LAST-MODIFIED:20110713T184320 UID:709@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:nggrfg DESCRIPTION:Co-Presented with The Vancouver Pride Society and Small Brown Package 2 shows! July 26 and 27\, 7pm   Starring Berend McKenzie Directed by the late  great Denis Simpson   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.   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.   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.   Since opening two years ago in Edmonton nggrfg has enjoyed sell out theatre and school performances across Canada.   “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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T210000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T223000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110518T003845 LAST-MODIFIED:20110715T170333 UID:708@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Darcy Michael:
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.   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!   Featuring music\, drag\, sketch\, improv and stand up.   Starring: Darcy Michael Symone! Peter Breeze Armstrong Jr Ryan Steele Amy Gee Tops & Bottoms Improv and more!!   Check out Darcy's Comedy Now! special online.   Urban Rush Interview on YouTube.   "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 & 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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110813T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110813T140000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110513T020028 LAST-MODIFIED:20110619T172525 UID:779@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:The Charge of the Documentarian DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival. This free artists’ talk explores the passion and ethics of documentary making. Director Susi Graf spent upward of seven years following a group of homeless queer youth in New York City\, yielding the feature film Lost in the Crowd. To make her semi-autobiographic film\, I Am\, Sonali Gulati returned to Delhi\, India to speak with gay and lesbian Indians in a landscape where being queer was until recently a criminal offense.   [caption id="attachment_783" align="alignleft" width="194" caption="Sonali Gulati"][/caption] While their subject matter may differ\, these two women directors have both experienced the tremendous amount of labour and love that goes into developing relationships and documenting under-heard voices. Through this moderated artists’ talk\, Graf and Gulati discuss their process—from first contact with interviewees to using their films as a tool for awareness. This moderated talk\, with an audience Q&A session\, is aimed at documentary filmmakers\, non-fiction authors\, researchers\, outreach workers or anyone with a desire to empower the voices of others.   Moderated by educator and art lover\, Louise Pohl. Hosted by the Queer Arts Festival     LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/the-charge-of-the-documentarian END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110812T200000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110812T230000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110512T073024 LAST-MODIFIED:20110621T223902 UID:403@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Fierce & Fabulous Party DESCRIPTION:Co-presented annually with the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.   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!   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.     [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="350"][/media-credit]  LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/fierce-fabulous-youth END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110807T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110807T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110507T073051 LAST-MODIFIED:20110806T183246 UID:400@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Short Shorts DESCRIPTION:A night of miniatures — performance briefs from a bouquet of artistic disciplines.   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.       [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="630"][/media-credit]  LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/short-shorts END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120229T000000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120229T235900 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110506T073036 LAST-MODIFIED:20120229T153209 UID:399@http://queerartsfestival.com 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: URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/glitter-and-be-gay-joel-klein-and-friends END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110804T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110804T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110504T073055 LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T225647 UID:397@http://queerartsfestival.com 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.   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.   Also check out the Singing\, Rhythm and Body Percussion Workshop on August 6\, led by No Shit Shirley Dawn Pemberton.     [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="605"][/media-credit]  LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/no-shit-shirleys END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20110802 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20110807 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110427T034243 LAST-MODIFIED:20110721T114257 UID:405@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:MACHiNENOiSY's Youth Contact Improv Workshop: Law of Proximity DESCRIPTION:5-day youth contemporary dance workshop: August 2-6\, 4:30-6:30   Click HERE! to pre-register online\, or register in person 30 minutes prior to start of first class.   MACHiNENOiSY Artistic Directors Delia Brett and Daelik offer a 5 day workshop introducing the fundamentals of Contact Improvisation. Contact improvisation (CI) is a dance technique in which points of physical contact provide the starting point for movement improvisation.   CI is unique in that it requires no formal dance training. CI works with simple movement principles like balance\, counter balance\, the force of gravity and the physics of momentum in relation to another body. One of the underlying practices of CI is to develop clarity of intention when communicating through touch. It is a dance of proximity as it works with shared weight\, shared choice making and shared physical contact.  It develops self-awareness and a sense of interpersonal trust.   Contact Improvisation video   Law of Proximity Workshop   We will begin each class by arriving in the space physically\, emotionally and mentally. Through a series of relatively still/slow exercises designed to let go of high-tone muscularity and encourage the release of the joints and connective tissues\, we will build a connection with our body on a deeper level.  Alone\, in pairs and collectively we will explore gravity and the inner energy which comes from our center and moves through our whole body right to the periphery. An emphasis will be placed on how to move with an active/relaxed body.  We will explore varying qualities of touch and pressure and some partnered gentle touch or bodywork that prepares the student to have a dialogue of listening and responding through touch.  All of this will prepare the student to be ready for being in the present moment and moving from the senses.  Through training in Contact Improvisation\, we empty ourselves so that we can learn and receive\, explore and experience\, give and take.   August 2-6\, 4:30-6:30 daily   Bursaries available for all applicants; no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Apply for a bursary in our online application form HERE! LOCATION:Roundhouse, Dance Studio, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/qaf-contact-workshop-law-of-proximity END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110813T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110813T230000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110427T033356 LAST-MODIFIED:20110810T225811 UID:404@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Closing Party DESCRIPTION:It's the final big blowout of the 2011 festival\, Games People Play. Don't miss it!   This may be your last chance to play Lesbian Debauchery in a room full of hundreds of queers and a cash bar; or to fit those final\, dastardly black pieces on the Queeriodic Table puzzle.   Join QAF artists\, board\, staff\, volunteers and friends in the Exhibition Hall at the Roundhouse for a night of food\, drink\, and queer conviviality. Dance the night away to DJ Tapes and DJ Skiddy Smith.   Come celebrate with us our best Queer Arts Festival yet!   All Ages with a licensed bar. Please bring your id if you plan on drinking.         LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/closing-party END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110808T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110808T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110427T032723 LAST-MODIFIED:20110720T040303 UID:402@http://queerartsfestival.com 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.   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.   Readings by:   Hiromi Goto Elaine Miller Amber Dawn Afuwa Granger Sigal Samuel C. E. Gatchalian Marco Soriano Kevin Dale McKeown Leroy Wan Daniel Zomparelli     LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/queerotica END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110731T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110731T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110427T025918 LAST-MODIFIED:20110703T220520 UID:394@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Big Gay Sing DESCRIPTION:Co-produced with the Vancouver Men's Chorus   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!   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.   Keep the Pride celebration going after watching the parade by joining us at the Roundhouse on Sunday\, July 31st.   Win a prize by coming dressed in your most outrageous outfit; cash bar will be available!   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 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110730T193000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110730T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110427T025318 LAST-MODIFIED:20110729T114840 UID:392@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Electrosexual: SucK iT uP! DESCRIPTION:A night of music and art with Bluelight Hector SAM Buzy B John Anderson   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.   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.   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.   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.       [media-credit id=1 align="alignleft" width="630"][/media-credit]  LOCATION:Roundhouse Performance Centre, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/electrosexual END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110813T230000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 CREATED:20110427T024528 LAST-MODIFIED:20110718T201330 UID:390@http://queerartsfestival.com SUMMARY:Games People Play: Curated Visual Arts Exhibition DESCRIPTION:Gallery Hours 11 am-10 pm weekdays 11 am-4:30 weekends   To celebrate the North America Outgames in Vancouver this summer\, the Queer Arts Festival has chosen Games People Play as its theme for 2011.   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.   ‘Maturity means to have rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play.’ -Friedrich Nietzsche Curated by Persimmon Blackbridge\, SD Holman and Jeff Gibson. 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 LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/games-people-play-curated-visual-arts-exhibition END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T185500 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110726T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T183315 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.   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.   ‘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   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       LOCATION:Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, 181 Roundhouse Mews, Vancouver, BC, Canada URL:http://queerartsfestival.com/event/art-party END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR