Heather Hill

It’s my birthday month and things are about to heat up!

July is HOT HOT HOT and is about to sizzle even more!  This month’s Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir has some of Toronto’s hottest talent gracing the stage at The Central AND it’s my birthday month!

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Marcy Rogers is a Dora nominated playwright and published writer. Her short story IMHO is included in the Foreward nominated anthology Friend. Follow. Text which she is excited to say can be borrowed from any Toronto library. She can be seen in Paul Bellini’s Liar Liar a monthly show at The Flying Beaver Pubaret or in her one woman show Lesbians Who Wear Lipstick: The Middle Ages.

Brandon Pitts Prolific novelist, poet, lyricist, and playwright, BRANDON PITTS is the author of the poetry collection, Pressure to Sing (IOWI), the novel, Puzzle of Murders (Bookland Press) and the play, Killcreek (IOWI – 2013 Toronto Fringe). He served as editor and contributor to the anthology The Courtney Park Connection (IOWI). In 2011, he was selected for inclusion in the prestigious Diaspora Dialogues as an Emerging Voice and has been widely anthologized.

For a complete list of publications and performed plays, please visit: http://brandonpitts.com/Publications.html 

Four Winds Collective is a songstorm of musical forces intertwined for the greater good. The diverse creative forces involved are: Arlene Paculan (ArlenePaculan.com) soulful jazzy pop; Heather Hill (HeatherHill.ca) piano pop rock; Kat Leonard (KatLeonard.com) feisty comedic pop; and Meghan Morrison (MeghanMorrison.com) Celtic groove music. The Winds travel together with their unique and charming shows aimed to illuminate life’s joy, heartbreak, inspiration and encouragement through their music and storytelling. They are available for booking traditional venues as well as house concerts and corporate events.

Upcoming for August

I will be featuring a few times in August, please come see me at Jennifer Hosein’s gallery show opening (August 15th/poster below), The Plasticine Poetry  Phanatics (August 17th) and The Beautiful & The Damned’s final show (August 28th).  More info to come…

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Ho Ho Ho HOLY Crap Lizzie’s gonna be a busy, naughty elf!

The only way I know how to celebrate the holidays… be a naughty elf!   Here is what will be happening in Lizzie’s wild and wonderful world for the month of December!  Play your cards right and I might even have a few free evenings for a date or two 😉

Lizzie Logic:  If you aren’t getting coal in your stocking, you aren’t living life!

December 8 – Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir


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December 16 – The Amsterdam Bicycle Club (54 The Esplanade) Presents Lizzie Violet’s Poetry Open Mic


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Everyone loves an open mic and Poet’s LOVE poetry open mics even more!

Join me on the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month at The Amsterdam Bicycle Club for Lizzie Violet’s Poetry Open Mic. Everything starts at 7:30 pm.

7:30 – doors and open mic sign up (come early open mics fill up fast)
8:00 – open mics start

Along with open mic’s we will have one feature. This months feature is Brock Hessell!

This is a PWYC show.

Please stick around for for Open Mic Monday (music etc), which follows my open mic.

December 20 – Holiday Fundraiser for the Children’s Wish Foundation

https://www.facebook.com/events/618456671543798/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming

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Where – Habits Gastro Pub – 928 College Street
When: 8 pm

As part of what we hope will be an annual tradition, independent musicians and spoken word performers are once again gathering at Habits Gastropub in December (Fri 20) as part of the seasonal spirit.

Last year we raised funds for the Children’s Wish Foundation and we are once again helping out for the same.

Please join:
Mark Martyre
Jade Wan (La Vie de JolieJade)
Lizzie Violet
MJ Cyr
Javier Peña
Katie DuTemple
and myself (Ryan Ayukawa)

for this special event.

December 26 – The Beautiful and the Damned.

(Details to follow)

Happy Holidays to Everyone.

 

Wonder Women V and Smashwords!

I’m performing at two events this week!  First up, tomorrow’s Wonder Women V.  This show is going to rock the socks off Mississauga!  Not only that, I get to perform along with Meghan Morrison, Iman Wain, Ellie Anderson, Heather Pirie, Kat Leonard, Arlene Paculan, Cindy Aston, Shannon Butcher, Sophia Radisch, Lily Cheng, Patrizia Dioguardi Pomeroy, Keesha Brownie, Joanna Chapman-Smith, Dorothy Weiss, Roveena, Heather Schiller and abecdarians.  Please come out and see amazing Wonder Women perform at Celebration Square Amphitheatre in Mississauga and it’s FREE!

https://www.facebook.com/events/414638295242268/

Then on Sunday am performing at Toronto Queer Arts and Culture Festival – 2nd Annual Smash Words (at the Press Club) along with Kat Leonard, David Bateman, Philip Cairns, Kirk DeMatas, Brock Hessel, Frank Hull, DM Moore!

https://www.facebook.com/events/332449876838124/

Wonder Women V begins today!

Today is the first part of some of the amazing events that are happening as part of Wonder Women V! I am posting a poster for all of the events. The details are below as well! Make sure you get out to one of the workshops and the FREE concert Wednesday night! And if I haven’t mentioned it before… I will be performing 🙂

Wonder Women – Artistic Self-Esteem Workshop
When: Friday, August 3rd, 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Where: Dixie Bloor Neighbourhood Centre
3650 Dixie Road, Mississauga
Ticket Price: free event

Description: Conducted by the Mississauga Arts Council, the workshop is for young female artists to showcase their creations.

Wonder Women Unite! – Networking/Workshop Event
When: Wednesday August 8th at 3:00 to 4:30 pm
Where: Boston Pizza Square One
35 Square One Drive, Mississauga
Ticket Price: free event

Description: How to promote yourself as an artist.

Wonder Women in Concert
When: Wednesday August 8th at 7:30pm – 9:00pm
Where: Celebration Square – Amphitheatre
300 City Centre Drive Mississauga
Ticket Price: free event

Contacts:
Arlene Paculan
Executive Producer LMG Productions
(416) 458-9721~ imworthitinfo@yahoo.ca

Kat Leonard
Artistic Director LMG Productions
tokatleonard@yahoo.ca

Lizzie Violet
Press Representative LMG Productions
lizzieviolet13@gmail.com