I went to this last year and had one of the most memorable nights of my year, otherwise known as too much fun. If you like your Fridays a little arty, a little wacky and a lot dancey then I think you should go.
BLOCK IN ONE SPOT
Art Galleries + Music + Theatre + Dance + Film + Performance Art =
A BEFORE HOURS QUEEN WEST ART PARTY ICE-BREAKER
A special event for Earth Day Canada
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30th, 2007
The Theatre Centre – (southeast corner Queen & Dovercourt)
In The Great Hall Downstairs – 1087 Queen St. West
PWYC ($10 suggested)
The evening’s fabulous MC: Shannon Cochrane
7:30pm a carnival of INTERACTIVE BOOTHS and booze
The Human Petting Zoo, Love Note Lady, Regift This, Put Some Clothes On, DYI Pret A Porter, Dancing Fortune Cookies, Looped Out, Eat Some Custard, Speed Dating with Alice and Mathilde and Mapping Natural and Unnatural Disasters
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With works by Daniel Arce, Julia Burton, Erin Cann, Penny Chivas, Ingrid Doucet, Chris Dupuis, Anna Hardwick, Erika Hennebury, Becky Johnson, Stef Lenk, Laura Nanni, Justin Roddy, Mariko Tamaki, Jayne Walling,
and your singing waiter Scott B
All to the backdrop of Andrew Nisker’s documentary GARBAGE!
9:00pm-10:30pm SPONTANEOUS CABARET
Paired up for the first time this night, different Queen West artists will be given only 20 minutes together to create their performance pieces.
Featuring: Aviva Armour-Ostroff, Andrew Bee, Chandra Bulucon,
Ulysses Castellanos, Dan Clark, Melissa D’Agostino, Chad Dembski, Susanna Hood, Bruce Hunter, Emily Huson, Christina Jol, Katie Kehoe, Diana Lopez, Viv Moore, Megan O’Shea, Donna Michelle St. Bernard, Adam Paolozza and Evan Webber
10:30pm BEACH PARTY
Featuring our Life Guard and DJ: Ulysses Castellanos
And fantastical slide show by Philip Cairns
All Evening ART EXHIBTION
Featuring photography by Kotama Bouabane; a melting ice sculpture by Cathy Gordon; and our Gallery Garbage Installation created with contributions from:
InterAccess, Mercer Union, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Planet Kid,
Ontario Crafts Council, Roth Knibb Architects, Style Garage, Cinnamon Girls,
Engine Gallery, The Knit Cafe, Drake Hotel, MOCCA and more…
12 midnight – 50/50 Draw for Earth Day Canada
Curated by Cathy Gordon Assistant Curator: Laura Nanni
Was this party really as great as it sounds?