Well… for a few days it was spring, then summer and now it feels like it’s back to fall. Here’s hoping by the time these events come around, it won’t just be the talent on the stage that has the air sizzling!
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Live Music
March Madness!
Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir
Event Invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/479104245532844/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
Amsterdam Bicycle Club Presents: Lizzie Violet’s Open Mic!
March 17 is featuring Brenda Clews.
Event Invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/472852562840707/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
The Beautiful & The Damned featuring, Alec Butler, Lynn Rafter and Brent MacDonald!
(poster and invite coming soon)
OTHER AWESOME EVENTS!
March 6 – MWQ Returns
https://www.facebook.com/events/1391175384481711/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
March 8th – ABabe Saturdays!
Event Invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1410387852547552/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
Circle of Jerks @ The Free Times Cafe
Event Invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/265037580323826/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
I HATE TODD CD Launch Party @ The Horseshoe!
Event Invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1437643549802334/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
Fantastico February
I’m a wee bit behind in getting this post up. I’m still working through the aftermath of how busy January was. I’m not complaining, just need to get all my ducks back in a row! Here is what is coming up!
Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir featuring Heather Babcock, Regina Denata & blueVenus!
https://www.facebook.com/events/203401849864508/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming 
Amsterdam Bicycle Club presents: Lizzie Violet’s open mic featuring Philip Cairns (Feb 17th)
https://www.facebook.com/events/191147387763148/?previousaction=join&source=1
The Beautiful & The Damned featuring Vanessa Smythe, DM Moore and the Four Winds! Hosted by Lizzie Violet.
https://www.facebook.com/events/521797327937203/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming# February 27th at 7 pm. (poster to be added soon)
Other amazing events to check out!
Circle of Jerks – February 13th – https://www.facebook.com/events/517038755081153/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming Arlene Paculan – February 13th – https://www.facebook.com/events/469252466513376/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming I HATE TODD – February 15th – https://www.facebook.com/events/492444387531740/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming Racket the Rocket – February 21st – https://www.facebook.com/events/818441091515505/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming David Hustler and the Trustworthy’s final show – February 27th – Lee’s Palace Every Tuesday of the month at the Axis Bar and Grill is Derek Downham’s Jam (location https://www.facebook.com/pages/Axis-Gallery-Grill/133995006619131?fref=ts) I HATE TODD – residency on the last Sunday of every month at Amsterdam Bicycle Club.
Kicking off the New Year, Lizzie Style!
After an exciting and fulfilling 2013, I am looking forward to an even bigger and crazier 2014! I ended the year and am starting the year Lizzie style. I spent all day yesterday and will be spending today working on the second draft of a play I wrote. I’m looking forward to many more projects like this in 2014, including finishing scripts!
So… let’s get this party started and with some amazing events!
January 6 – The Amsterdam Bicycle Club presents: Lizzie Violet’s Poetry Open Mic featuring Andrea Thompson
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/512585858854340/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
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January 20 – The Amsterdam Bicycle Club presents: Lizzie Violet‘s Poetry Open Mic featuring Greg ‘Ritallin’ Frankson.
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/257656151064135/
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January 8 – WordSpell Spoken Word featuring Cathy Petch and Sabrina
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/699046796795293/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
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January 12 – Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir featuring Brock Hessel, David Bateman and Cap & Kev
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/1433756150176415/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
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January 22nd – Winter Snow Ball @ Urban Gallery – I will be featuring along with Duncan Armstrong, Vanessa McGowan, Brock Hessel and many other amazing Queer poets!
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/792356567447501/?ref=2&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
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January 30th – The Beautiful and the Damned featuring Jill Battson, Brenda Clews and Neil Traynor. At The Central. (more details to come)
Other Amazing Events to check out!
Every Monday at The Amsterdam Bicycle Club is Lynne Rafter’s Music Open mic.
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January 4 – Silver Hearts at Tranzac Club
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/231901116987749/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
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January 4 – Facebook Event – Red Falcon/White Lightning at Global Village Backpackers
https://www.facebook.com/events/1403283439914408/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular
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January 8th – Open Mic at Not My Dog, hosted by Mike Tharin
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/195982480606677/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
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January 9 – Songwriters Circle of Jerks featuring Kat Leonard and the MP3’s
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/619553521415775/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
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January 11, 2014 – Nelson Sobral and Hugh Wilson acousticmania at Relish! 9:30 pm
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January 16 – Big Name Actors at Lee’s Palace
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/236258666533653/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
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January 18 – I HATE TODD at Global Village Backpackers
Facebook Event- https://www.facebook.com/events/1449120628643130/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
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January 23, 2014 – BeatleJerks and I HATE TODD at Amsterdam Bicycle Club
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January 26 – I HATE TODD at The Amsterdam Bicycle Club
Facebook Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/1441868266026876/
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
December 16 – The Amsterdam Bicycle Club (54 The Esplanade) Presents Lizzie Violet’s Poetry Open Mic
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
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.
November, November, NOVEMBER!
Now that we have gotten through the awesomeness of ROCKtober… are you ready for the rustlings of November? I hope so, cause it’s crammed with just as much awesome!!!
Here is some of the amazing stuff going on!
November 6 – Wordspell | Featuring Tanya Neuymeyer and Lamoi.
Doors open at 7pm | Open Mic sign up at 7:30| Show at 8|Free Times Cafe (320 College Street)
Tickets at door: $6 and up
ALL ages & genders welcome in the audience!
Open mic is open to those who identify as women, is held after the feature performances and is limited to 4 minutes per poet.
Find out more about the series at:
Group page: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSpellTO
Website: http://cytopoeticsevents.com/wordspell
Follow on Twitter: WordSpellTO
Email: WordSpellTO@gmail.com
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November 10 – LizzieViolet’s Cabaret Noir | Featuring Dom Pare, Imogene Quest and Giraffe
Doors open at 7 pm
The Central is at 603 Markham Street.
We will have limited open mic spots (for poets, performers and musicians). Sign up starts at 7.
This is a PWYC event. (the door suggested price $5 and up)
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November 14 – Songwriters Circle of Jerks 13 …and the ladies who love them.
Doors open at 8:30pm |Free Times Cafe (320 College Street)
Featured act is Lizzie Violet, Cathy Petch & Vanessa McGowan
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November 18th – Poetry Open Mic | Details TBA
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November 28 – The Beautiful and the Damned | hosted by DM Moore | featuring | Shawn Symms | Lillian Allen | Mark Martyre
Doors open at 7 pm
The Central is at 603 Markham Street.We will have limited open mic spots (for poets, performers and musicians). Sign up starts at 7.
This is a PWYC event. (the door suggested price $5 and up)
RockTober!
October is just a few days away! Everyone who knows me, knows it’s my favourite month AND the month of Halloween. A month that is chock-full of AWESOME and a whole lotta spooktacular events!
I’m especially looking forward to October 15 and I HATE TODD‘s release of Zombie Love AND the premiere of the music video.
My poem “Freedom and Choice” was accepted in The Quilliad magazine! They are having their launch on October 16th at Tequila Bookworm. I hope to see many of your beautiful faces there! Come out to support the arts, buy a magazine and see me read! https://www.facebook.com/events/165885766948879/
October 20th is Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir, featuring Monica S. Kuebler, Pandora La Glamme and Supertash!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1417045665182340/
October 21st, I am featuring at Loose Leaf Poets and Writers.
https://www.facebook.com/events/624464360927258/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
October 31st, I am hosting The Beautiful & The Damned for our Scream Queen’s Halloween Spooktacular!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1419484514930255/
Other rockable events that my favourite people are putting on.
Big Name Actors at Horseshoe – Oct 3 – https://www.facebook.com/events/212312635601645/
Circle of Jerks – Oct 10 – https://www.facebook.com/events/172738849582922/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
I Hate Todd at Amsterdam Bicycle Club – Oct 14
Big Name Actors annivesary – Oct 25 @ Measure https://www.facebook.com/events/658753184137502/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
I Hate Todd at Amsterdam Bicycle Club – Oct 31
Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir featuring Andrea Thompson, Frenchie Fatale and Hugh Wilson
Join us at the new home of Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir. We will now be located The Central.
About the Cabaret
Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir is a monthly event that brings you an evening of indie artistry and cabaret. The mistress of ceremonies, Lizzie Violet will introduce cabaret stylings such as poetry, Spoken Word, music, Burlesque, comedy and a variety of other vaudeville style acts. Inspired by Vaudeville of the early 1900’s, it will be an evening of pure entertainment.
Each monthly event will have three features that consist of one part poetry (spoken word and slam as well), one part music and one part vaudeville (burlesque/magic/comedy). A night of frivolity and entertainment for all. Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir will be the second Sunday of every month at the The Central on Markham Street, from 7 pm to 10 pm. Keeping with the theme of cabaret’s roots, music will be unplugged, poetry will be edgy and the vaudeville will be sassy!
We will have limited open mic spots (for poets, performers and musicians). Sign up starts at 7.
This is a PWYC event. (the door suggested price $5 and up)
https://www.facebook.com/events/285986004872827/
FEATURING!
Andrea Thompson has performed her work at venues across North America and overseas for the past twenty years. A pioneer of Slam Poetry in Canada, Andrea is the co-editor of the anthology Other Tongues: Mixed Race Women Speak Out, the author of the poetry collection Eating the Seed, and creator of the Urban Muisc Award nominated CD, One. Andrea is a graduate of the University of Guelph’s MFA Creative Writing program, and currently teaches Spoken Word through the Ontario College of Art and Design’s Continuing Studies department. Her first novel is due out in the fall of 2014 with Inanna Publications.
Frenchie Fatale – Burlesque and Cabaret Performer is the petite mystique of Toronto.
Producer of award-winning Glamour Puss Burlesque, she finds inspiration from any era, icon, music and culture from all over the world. Frenchie Fatale is trained in dance styles ranging from ballet and jazz to salsa and blues. Any area can become her stage as she shimmies, sways, and seduces audiences with her signature wit and smile.
http://www.glamourpussburlesque.com/
Hugh Wilson Bio coming right up with a side of love.
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For more information, email lizzieviolet13@gmail.com
August will be sizzling with amazing!
Hello all you beautiful people! August is going to sizzle with so much amazing stuff I can hardly wait! There are a couple amazing shows, I’m featuring in or hosting and we are gearing up to shoot a music video for a little ole script I wrote.
Anyone interested in being part of the crew OR being a Zombie contact me at lizzieviolet13 [at] gmail [dot] com. The music video is for the the killer song ‘Zombie Love’ by Toronto’s most hated band I Hate Todd! Check out their page or message me for more info. We also have an invite set up on Facebook if you would like to be notified.
Now onto the Shows!
On August 8th I will be hosting:
The Beautiful and The Damned
Q Space 7 pm
382 College Street
https://www.facebook.com/events/172515529594916/?ref=2
Featuring Brenda Clews, Adam Abbas, Andrea Machette!
August 11 I will be hosting Lizzie Violet’s Cabaret Noir:
Q Space 7 pm
382 College Street
Featuring sol knots, andraya and Tania Joy!
https://www.facebook.com/events/549748458405723/
I will be featuring:
Plasticine Poetry
Paupers Pub – 2nd Floor
Upcoming for July!
Hello all you sexy people! July is gearing up to be another hot and sizzling month of Awesome! Check out these events I am involved in!
July 3
The WordSpell Collective, in conjunction with Cytopoetics, presents the July edition of WordSpell showcase and open mic. The series brings together talented established and emerging female spoken word artists.
We are back with our bi-monthly showcase that features some of the hottest female voices in spoken word. This edition is extra special as it comes right after PRIDE month, so we give a loving shout out to our LGBTTQII2S friends.
We select our features from within Toronto because this city has deep pockets of talent! Come hang out with your poetry fam at the 5th and FINAL show of the FIRST season featuring the wonderfully talented voices of Krystle Mullin and Barbara Erochina.
There will also be an OPEN MIC, open to women, after the feature sets.
Free Times Cafe | 320 College Street
Doors open at 7:30pm | Open Mic sign up at 8| Show at 8:30
Tickets at door: $6 and up
ALL ages & genders welcome in the audience!
Find out more about the series at:
Group page: www.facebook.com/groups/WordSpellTO
Website: http://cytopoeticsevents.com/wordspell
Follow on Twitter: WordSpellTO
Email: WordSpellTO@gmail.com
About the poets:
KRYSTLE MULLIN is a veteran of the Toronto spoken word scene and has been performing her energetic and enigmatic poetry for almost a decade. In 2009 she had the distinct honour of representing Ontario in the CBC ‘s National Poetry Face-Off. She is a 3-time member of the Toronto Slam Team and has been a feature performer at esteemed festivals such as Hillside, The Eden Mills Writers’ Festival and The Words Aloud Festival of Authors.
BARBARA EROCHINA is a queer artist, pastor and community organizer. Grounded in formal training both in creative writing and theatre, she is interested in using Spoken Word as a platform for the weaving together of the broken and the beautiful. Her poetry explores themes of meaning, love, personal and community empowerment, sex, faith(lessness), and family, all through the lens of personal narrative. Though she has been up on stage with the Toronto Poetry Slam, Bill Brown and the Women of the World Slam Qualifier, this is Barbara’s first feature in her journey with Spoken Word. She lives in Toronto with her partner Tanya, and their street-cat George.
** Everyone is encouraged to patronize Free Times before, during and after the show! www.freetimescafe.com **
July 12/13
July 12 – Prelims
Open Minds Respect Events and Cytopoetics present two preliminary bouts on the road to crowning the 2013 Ontario Poetry Slam Champions.
Measure | 290 Brunswick
DOORS 6PM | BOUT 1 @ 7PM | BOUT 2 @ 9PM
AFTERPARTY WITH DJ SOUL CHILD
$10 SLAM & PARTY | $5 AFTER 11PM ONLY
July 13 – Finals
Open Minds Respect Events and Cytopoetics present the slam that will crown the 2013 Ontario Poetry Slam Champions.
Measure | 290 Brunswick
DOORS AT 7PM | SHOW AT 8PM
FEATURE PERFORMANCE BY WHITNEY “WITNESS” GREENAWAY
FINAL SLAM AT 9PM | $500 PRIZE FOR THE WINNER
AFTERPARTY WITH DJ MANIFEST
$20 FEATURE, SLAM & PARTY | $10 AFTER 11PM ONLY
July 14
We will have limited open mic spots (for poets, performers and musicians). Sign up starts at 7.
This is a PWYC event. (suggested price $5)
Location: Q Space on College (382 College Street)
~Trasharella is a Toronto-based actor/writer/visual artist. He has had work published in Resistance Poetry 2, Labour of Love, Excalibur Monthly, Xtra! & The Body Politic. She has featured at Plasticine Poetry, A Space, The Beautiful and the Damned, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto Pride, Lula Lounge, The Gladstone Hotel & the Theatre Centre. She won the Best Actor award at the London One Act Festival for “The Judy Monologues”.
~Toronto-based writer Greg “Ritallin” Frankson is a respected poet, arts educator and media personality. In 2012, Ritallin won the national team poetry slam championship with Toronto Up From The Roots and placed second at the Canadian Individual Poetry Slam. Greg’s debut collection Cerebral Stimulation was published in 2006, and his words have appeared in numerous anthologies, compilation CDs, chapbooks and musical collaborations. Greg is the resident poet for CBC Toronto’s afternoon radio show Here and Now, and appeared on CBC TV’s Canada’s Smartest Person in 2012. Through his creative services consultancy Cytopoetics, Greg works with youth in schools and community as a presenter and performer, and with businesses and social services agencies as a facilitator, speaker and creative services consultant.
~Toronto based musician Marcus Walker is an exceptional singer-songwriter and a captivating artist. He has earned a reputation for engaging and energetic performances that range from sensitive ballads to all out rock and/or roll. His infectious style reflects a dynamicism unlike any other, making it difficult to define his overall sound but the music is grounded in his compelling lyrics and spirited performances.
http://www.myspace.com/marcusdeluxe
http://www.youtube.com/stringerland
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For more information, email lizzieviolet13@gmail.com
https://lizzieviolet.wordpress.com/lizzie-violets-noir-cabaret/
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