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sinceileftyoublog · 9 months

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Calva Louise Interview: Closer to Free

Jess Allanic of Calva Louise

BY JORDAN MAINZER

At the last festival they played before Riot Fest, UK-based rock band Calva Louise were met with a bit of confusion and perhaps a little skepticism. "We're British," they purportedly joked to the crowd, following with a half-hearted, "Innit?" Lead vocalist and guitarist Jess Allanic is from Venezuela, bassist Alizon Taho from France, and drummer Ben Parker from New Zealand, so the seaside town of Blackpool, England, on the Irish Sea coast, is the band's adopted home after "squatting" around London when they formed seven years ago. At the festival, whose lineup skewed folkier, they received more rapturous applause from the metalhead crew than the crowd themselves. "We felt like Marty McFly in the 50s," Allanic told me over a Zoom call earlier this month. "'I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet...but your kids are gonna love it.'" At Riot Fest, on the other hand, the crowd, showing up at the Roots Stage at 12:15 PM, was both ready for and loved the band's hook-laden pop-metal.

Ben Parker of Calva Louise

Calva Louise have gone through a few shifts before arriving where they are now. I first heard them on their pop rock, clean vocal-laden debut, 2019's Rhinoceros, released on Modern Sky UK. The album didn't do as well as the label had hoped, so the band was dropped. 300 Entertainment picked them up next for their sophomore record Euphoric, which featured the more aggressive sound with screamed vocals the band is known for today on songs like "Belicoso". But that label didn't work out either. Calva Louise views their struggles as a blessing in disguise. Now, they self-release, free to take their burgeoning aesthetic in any way they please, learning music and video programs themselves to fulfill their ambitious artistic visions. This year, the band has released four singles, the sneakily thumping "Third Class Citizen", melodic but industrial "Feast Is Over", tempo-hopping "Oportunista", and earlier this month, the dramatic "Square One", each with its own visual-universe-building video. (The songs will appear on an upcoming mixtape, now set for release in December.) Even their live shows are, for lack of a better term, DIY. For instance, when Allanic started recording more intricate piano parts in songs but didn't want to rely on such an inflexible instrument live, Taho bought wood and metal and built her a sliding keyboard so she doesn't have to move from her microphone stand. "I'm not very coordinated when I walk in general," she joked, "So running from one place to another to play a part, I'm gonna fall."

Allanic next to the sliding keyboard Alizon Taho built

At Riot Fest, the band certainly showcased their coordination--at least on their own instruments. Allanic's vocal control, from whisper to scream, on "Third Class Citizen" perfectly meshed with the song's rhythmic barrage and chiming keys. Her fast-picking and Parker's trapdoor stop-starts on "Oportunista" recalled the best of one of the day's later bands, Code Orange. Though they still needed to rely on pre-recorded backing vocals to play songs like "Square One", the band is surely but slowly finding ways to become more efficient with the resources they do have, all the while building in momentum to hopefully allow them some future financial flexibility. "We don't do things for show," Allanic said. "We try to do things that will help us put [out] a clearer image of what we want to express. We don't know how to communicate it yet, because we're just three people and the money is an issue." Calva Louise recently received a grant, which will help and on which they recognize they'll increasingly need to rely as an independent band. And they're even open to being signed again to a label--that is, as long as they're finally given the creative control that every artist deserves.

Read my conversation with the band below, edited for length and clarity.

Alizon Taho of Calva Louise

Since I Left You: Have you been using your live shows to road test the songs you've been writing?

Jess Allanic: When we finish the song, I go through all the possibilities on Logic. Alizon and Ben go over their parts until we figure out the best it can be. We have to rehearse every day to be able to play it physically. If we had more resources and didn't have to work, we'd just be rehearsing 10 hours a day until the song is ready. The gigs really help. 6 months ago, we started playing these songs, and now, we have to think about things like, "Where do I take the mic on stage?" or "When do I breathe?" It's like we have to have a musical director. Gigs are like the experiment, playing the songs constantly and figuring out what we have to change. [For instance,] we'll even change some drum parts [as a result of playing live] and rerecord them. The first time we ever played "Third Class Citizen" live, we knew it was good, but I wore a corset on stage and realized I couldn't breathe the whole song. [laughs] Someone recorded it and put it on YouTube, and it's just me out of breath.

Alizon Taho: There are definitely things playing live teaches you that nothing else can.

SILY: You've been releasing videos alongside the new songs. How important is your visual identity, especially live?

AT: The project is not just music. It's a whole multi-disciplinary project from comic book to the videos Jess makes. It's a big story. The visuals, it's super important they convey that story and make everything link together.

JA: It's hard with the means we have--the availability of gear and computers and knowledge of programs--to get to a level where you make people understand what's happening. We spend a lot of time learning how to do things. Alizon has spent so many hours learning how to program a live rig he built himself. We're really lucky we live in a day and age where technology is available to people like us and we don't have to go through university to study programs that cost a lot. You can get so much out of an online course for $100.

AT: We're still experimenting, too.

JA: How can we DIY something that could cost so much money? How can we trick the system?

AT: The live shows, especially headlining sets, we want it to be more than three people on stage playing music. An actual full visual experience. Every time we've gone on tour, we've tried new things, with projected videos Jess made, DIY lights. I think we're getting better.

SILY: You recently got a grant from The FAC, too.

AT: That will be even more helpful for the videos. You have to make every little detail yourself, otherwise. Now, we can buy some assets.

JA: There was a grant we were applying for for years but never got it. When we did the first video for "Third Class Citizen", we were at the limit. I was really hoping to get some grants because we weren't going to be able to do any more videos. It's such a relief. [Now,] we're hiring a studio.

AT: Usually, it's a green screen in a spare room somewhere. The grant will allow us to step up the production.

JA: And the narrative, because we can work with actors and a scriptwriter. The story is very complex. We're working with a guy in Spain who is a film YouTuber. He's helping us write the script. For the next video, we want to go as far as we can. I love how fast technology is going for videos. I don't know about the rest of [technology], but for art and cinema, the next step will be more studios with LED screens. You'll just need to have the idea and it won't be impossible to accomplish something really good with a small studio. I'm really excited where that's going.

SILY: Is your mixtape coming out this month as planned?

JA: It will be out in December now.

AT: When we started releasing these songs, we got management, which we never had. We got an agent in the US. Plans started changing a little bit with the team growing and more people helping us. We were talking to some labels and things like that, and the mixtape got postponed a little bit because of logistics. The special edition vinyl from the UK is still coming out next week. Good for [those people,] they bought it first. Digitally, it will be December 1st with the videos we are working hard on at the moment. When you're an independent band, things happen like this.

SILY: You have a half hour set early in the day at Riot Fest. How do you go about curating a setlist for people who might not have heard you before? How do you present yourselves in that short timespan?

AT: Just smash the bangers. [laughs] It's probably coming down to what we want to show, the songs we feel are the most representative.

JA: All the new songs, the songs from the mixtape. There's an intro, interludes with bits of the story of the music videos. It's really dense, but in a good way. We're trying to play who we are now. We are kind of eclectic. When we started, we played a different sort of genre of music. That was us, but we were signed [to a label] and had to obey certain rules. We couldn't be 100% free. This set, what we're planning to do for Riot Fest, we've been rehearsing religiously every day. We want to play the heaviest music we have. We want to try to show every little facet of what we do. Kind of like when you have tasters of beers. Hopefully it works.

AT: We have to be really disciplined during the set itself since it's 30 minutes. We have to be as condensed as possible.

JA: We had to time tuning our guitars. We do a mockup every day we practice. We try to time it, and I memorize exactly what I'm going to say. We try to make a good impression. Maybe people will want more. Hopefully, people will like it.

SILY: Can you talk about your most recent song, "Square One"?

JA: The mixtape is extremely DIY. It was the most DIY and cheap thing you can think of. We recorded the instruments in the kitchen. Our friend mixed and mastered it almost for nothing. For us, this is what we can do with no resources. "Square One", most of the vocals are gang vocals because there's not much time to rerecord them. It's one reason we wanted the mixtape to be self-released, to make it the purest form of DIY. I don't think it can get more DIY. It gets clearer and clearer through the process. The next song will be four videos in one, to make a short movie. We're calling it a mixtape and not an album to express that there are no resources put into these songs. That's the best we can do with just us, an interface and getting the stems to our friend. We're really lucky. We have the chance for songs to get into playlists. They're there with bands who have the best production, where you can hear how good it sounds. I feel proud that it's there in those playlists. It's been good.

SILY: Your first two full-length albums were on labels, but the mixtape is being self-released. Why did you go independent?

JA: We started the band in 2016. We're foreigners and didn't know anybody in England. Alizon had to learn English. It was pretty hard. We were squatting in London. When we got an offer to sign, we had to go through the terms. I think we did well in getting the opportunities, because they wouldn't have come otherwise, but because we [initially] obeyed a bit too much, [we didn't end up working] the way labels expected us to be working. We were signed to an English label [Modern Sky], and they were expecting much more reception than we got. We got dropped, which was great for us, and then we got signed by another label [300 Entertainment], but it was the same thing: We couldn't do what they wanted. If people don't understand you, it won't work. It didn't work with the second label. But then we had the freedom to do exactly what we wanted. To us, that was the best thing that could have happened, to have 100% freedom to make our own decisions and strategy, even marketing strategy like Instagram and TikTok. We don't have PR or radio people, but we did what we could and saw what happened. Nothing against labels--and we still want to sign to one--but this wasn't a decision and was just what we had to deal with. We got an offer for a label ages ago, but it was to do exactly what they say, which hadn't worked in the past. We got dropped, owed so much money, and were broke, unable to record or release new music. So we're self-releasing this and will be able to profit a bit from it. We own our publishing, the songs' masters. We can buy food, and that's good!

#interviews #live music #calva louise #riot fest #alizon taho #featured artists coalition #rhinoceros #jess allanic #marty mcfly #modern sky uk #300 entertainment #euphoric #code orange #the fac #ben parker

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jackzarts · 3 months

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✨ Bardic Inspiration ✨

Here's an illustration I did for the "Rule of Cool" zine featuring Cal (tiefling bard) and Quinn (drow/tiefling wizard) as they're traveling in the Underdark.

Half of the earning of the zine will go to the Trans Housing Coalition that helps homeless trans youths, and the other half to artists. You can get your zine here.

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historia-vitae-magistras · 4 months

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Please let us be a part of your thoughts about francis childhood! 🥹

To begin, before the haute frogs get on my case for something, as always my takes are historical fiction or even more accurately historical fantasy and is me fitting together as many of my niche interests into a plotline as possible. It's not me slapping some iconoclast label on myself coming to destroy European values or whatever someone's going to put in the box this time. Yes they probably suck, yes I know I'm some uncultured turnip fucking inbred North American peasant. No, I don't really care. Just keep scrolling and let me post one thing about France without getting a six part message in the box.

So in 52 BC, little baby François pops into existence to his 'mother' (I don't do bio parents but they mimic human relationships) Parisii. She's a somewhat more minor figure, existing as a client-kingdom to the larger Senonii. Some dingbat working for a municipal archive mislabelled a coin as having a nymph-like feature on it and I had the absolutely brilliant idea to link maman up there with Mélusine from whom a lot of noble and royal families would claim descent. Rome, Lucius, has taken Greece, Hélène, to wife and wanted to claim François and continue expanding his role as pater familias. The representative of the Arverni or Gaul, whom I'm now thinking of as a somewhat more rugged version of adult François was trying to build a coalition to coparent the world's most high strung child kick out the Romans. But Lucius won, and Papa Gaul spent the rest of his life chugging Roman wine and being bitter. Parisii (really need a name here) and her bouncing baby boy became a favoured mistress and one of Lucius' favourite protégés.

He grows up the quintessential Roman boy. Bright, brutal and pure bonhomme. He's a handsome, fair boy. The spitting image of Arverni/Gaul but sleek and fair. He could throw a spear, recite Homer and picked out the most stylish sandals from Rome. He was perhaps the best debater of all the sons of Rome, a politician and social butterfly.

And he's a bitter disappointment to Arverni. François has always been able to ride a horse, fight and meet the metrics of cultural masculinity but his heart lay in the abstract and artistic. The arts, philosophy. His mother might be getting railed by his stepfather but François doesn't mind at all because Helene is regaling him with stories about Strabo, Plato, and Diogènes. He had a crush on the memory of Alexander the Great. But in all things, he was sociable. All the sunniness of his Mediterranean shore around people. He could charm his way out of the colleseum if he'd needed too. He's a leader in that way the charming and polished those following hardly notice until subjugated are.

#the ask box || probis pateo #francois || temperee par des chansons #I'd rather talk about current events than François because never in my life have i posted without a European francophone ger #get on my case #sigh #maybe posting this in the middle of the night helps

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dreamings-free · 5 months

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"Taylor-made deals: how artists are following Swift’s rights example"

- The Guardian 9/1/24 [excerpt]

Prince and George Michael are bleak warnings from history, but the moves by Swift, Rodrigo and others can stand as roadmaps for the future. It also means the music industry has had to adapt away from contracts based on ownership. There are two kinds of rights at stake here: the rights to the master recordings of an artist’s work, and songwriting rights, known as publishing. One senior music publishing executive says their part of the business was ahead of the curve, explaining that publishing deals tend to work on exclusive licensing terms or retention periods. “Publishers pivoted from a rights-ownership business to the servicing of rights,” they say. Those retention periods are getting shorter, they add, down from about 25 years three decades ago to between 12 and 15 years today.

David Martin, CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition, says there is “a propensity towards owning rights” for artists, but some acts are still prepared to sign away ownership for what they think might be their only shot at the big time. “We have members who are still signing major label deals,” he says. “Some of the terms in some of those deals are terms that we’d expect artists to be thinking very carefully about.”

Message [,Brian - a partner at Courtyard Management] says he steers acts away from ownership-based contracts. “We have a default position that we won’t advise our artists to do life-of-copyright deals,” he says. “It’s not that we wouldn’t do them, but our strong advice would always be to come up with a licence arrangement of some description.”

This is the ideological underpinning of BMG and AWAL (Artists Without a Label), which is now under the ownership of Sony Music Entertainment. “The philosophy is flipping the relationship,” says Alistair Norbury, president of repertoire and marketing at BMG UK. “There had to be a fairer and more transparent way to work with the creative community.”

Acts on BMG’s roster – notably Kylie Minogue, Suede, Sigur Rós and Louis Tomlinson – are on licensing or assignment deals, so ownership of the recordings eventually reverts to them. “They want to be with a record label where they have creative control and ownership coming back to them at some point,” says Norbury.

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Norbury believes that, with more choices for acts, music companies have to repeatedly prove their worth and think about mutual gains rather than offering one-sided deals that are land grabs for all the rights. He says, “You want something successful in a longterm partnership rather than owning something that failed.”

-> full article at theguardian.com

#not really a lot of new info in this (for me anyway)..#but there's a louis mention and some quotes from bmg #louis #bmg #record labels #music industry #the guardian #09.01.24 #article

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FYI https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/touring-artists-visa-america-musicians-b2290305.html

Musicians are facing a touring nightmare, after it has emerged that the US immigration service plans to up their visa fees from $460 (£385) to $1,615 (£1,352).

The 250 per cent increase will affect thousands of artists and bands who plan to do promotional tours in the states, but are unable to justify or afford the fees.

The Music Management Forum (MMF) and the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC) told The Guardian that the cost of touring has already increased by 40 per cent as a result of Brexit, the pandemic and inflation - but now, things are about to get even worse.

According to the MMF’s chief executive, Annabella Coldrick, 84 per cent of their members had acts intending to tour the US, but 70 per cent of those said they would not be able to if the increase goes ahead, reports The Guardian.

Another 20 per cent of those who had intent to tour said they would have to delay their plans.

The new changes mean that even those who are invited on major support tours, or festival slots may have to turn down those opportunities because of the expense incurred.

The MMF and the FAC have now relaunched their Let the Music Move campaign, which began in 2021, aimed at tackling the issues caused by Brexit rules which made it near impossible for transport companies to move equipment for musicians.

Speaking to NME, the CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition David Martin said: “Following a global pandemic, Brexit and the ongoing cost of living crisis, the proposals represent yet another barrier that will see emerging artists disproportionally disadvantaged, but that also risk ending US touring for more established acts.

“It would be a seismic blow to the UK’s beloved music industry which, since 2015, has seen a 30 per cent decline in its global market share,” he added.

Lead singer of UK band Easy Life, Murray Matravers, who had to cancel their forthcoming US tour due to costs, also spoke to the publication.

“We just couldn’t afford it – it’s literally as simple as that,” he said.

“We’ve done a proper tour of the US once before with a little pretend tour before that, all pre-COVID. It’s all changed so much. The cost of visas is crazy, you have to hire a legal representative to do all the forms and their fees have gone right up.”

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-Full article. Link here.

Damn that will hit smaller artists really hard. I wonder if they have a special class of Visas or if this is an increase across the board for all Visa categories.

#touring industry #touring #music industry #us politics #us visa #:/#for someone with a small crew of non americans who need a visa #say 25 people #that would be over 40k dollars *just* in visas #that's crazy

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lvdbbooks · 9 months

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2023年9月15日

【新入荷・新本】

Various Artists Newspaper, Primary Information, 2023

416 pages. 9.75 x 13.38 Inches. Paperback. Edition of 4500.

価格：7,480円（税込）

1968年から1971年にかけてスティーヴ・ローレンスが発行し、ピーター・ヒュージャーとアンドリュー・ウルリックが編集に携わったニューヨーク発のタブロイド誌『Newspaper』の復刻版。

『Newspaper』は、言葉を使わず、写真だけを掲載した定期刊行物で、14号にわたって40人以上のアーティストの異質な活動を取り上げています。新しい作品と並行して流用された素材を掲載することに編集の重点を置き、1960年代後半の現代社会を象徴するハイカルチャーとローカルチャーの視覚的言語を体系化しようとしました。美術史的な言説からはほとんど見落とされているが、当時のアメリカで活躍し、尊敬されていた多数のアーティストと、新興のクィア・アーティストの仲間たちを紹介しています。

『Newspaper』は、1969年に創刊されたアンディ・ウォーホルの『Interview』や、レス・レヴィンの『Culture Hero』に先駆けるアーティストが発行するタブロイド誌のひとつですが、他のタブロイド紙とは対照的に、『Newspaper』はイメージに特化していました。

その全14号が初めてこの一冊にまとめられています。

Published by Steve Lawrence and edited with Peter Hujar and Andrew Ullrick, Newspaper was published in New York City between 1968 and 1971.

Newspaper was a wordless, picture-only periodical thatran for fourteen issues and featured the disparate practices of over forty artists. With an editorial focus on placing appropriated material alongside new works, the periodical sought to codify a visual language of high and low culture that represented contemporary society in the late 1960s. While largely overlooked in art-historical discourse, Newspaper showcased many of the most revered artists working in the United States at the time, as well as an emerging coterie of queer artists.

The mid to late sixties was a flourishing period for artists experimenting with new media formats such as books, records, and magazines to create or distribute their work. Newspaper was one of the first artist-published tabloids of its era, preceding Andy Warhol’s Interview and Les Levine’s Culture Hero, both of which debuted in 1969. However, in contrast to other tabloids, Newspaper focused strictly on images.

At a time when photography was not being exhibited regularly in galleries, Newspaper provided an alternative exhibition space for the medium and some of the era’s greatest photographers. The publication’s large size and unbound format encouraged readers to take it apart and hang its pages, which was how Newspaper was installed at the Museum of Modern Art’s influential Information show in 1970.

This is not to say that Newspaper only existed within the narrow confines of the art world, far from it. It lived within (and shared contributors with) a robust network of underground and queer periodicals like The New York Review of Sex, Rags, and Gay Power, among others. Yet, unlike many of these tabloids, Newspaper has largely disappeared from the discourse around underground magazines, queer publishing, and artists’ periodicals.

All fourteen issues of Newspaper are compiled in this volume for the first time.

Featured artists include: Diane Arbus, Art Workers Coalition, Richard Avedon, Clyde Baines, Sheyla Baykal, Peter Beard, Brigid Berlin, Richard Bernstein, Ann Douglas, Paul Fisher, Maurice Hogenboom, Peter Hujar, Scott Hyde, Christo and Jeanne-Claude Javacheff, Ray Johnson, Edwin Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Gerald Laing, Dorothea Lange, Steve Lawrence, Jeff Lew, Roy Lichtenstein, Frank Mercado, Duane Michals, Jack Mitchell, Forrest “Frosty” Myers, Billy Name, Stephen Paley, Warner Pearson, Jurgen Warner Piepke, Charles Pratt, Joseph Raffael, Mel Ramos, Lilo Raymond, Ruspoli-Rodriguez, Lucas Samaras, Alan Saret, Bill Schwedler, Leni Sinclair, Norman Snyder, Elizabeth Staal, Stanley Stellar, Terry Stevenson, Paul Thek, Andrew Ullrick, Andy Warhol, William T. Wiley, and May Wilson.

#NEWSPAPER #Primary Information #Steve Lawrence #Peter Hujar

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Finnish President Alexander Stubb's quips on alcohol and double-entendre Estonian words during his state visit to Estonia were not too well-received by some Estonians and Finns, according to an Iltalehti report.

Finnish experts on Estonia suggested to Iltalehti that the jokes were outdated, and hearkened back to the alcohol tourism of the 1990s.

At a dinner on Monday evening at the Tallinn cruise terminal, Stubb mentioned his playlist of Estonian artists like Eleryn Tiit, Stefan and Karl-Erik Taukar. He noted that Taukar has a song called 'Cuba Libre' and Smilers has a song called 'Mojito.'

Stubb then quipped in English, "I wonder when Eleryn Tiit will release a song called Viru Valge?" This remark was met with awkward chuckles, particularly from the Estonians. Viru Valge is a popular Estonian vodka brand.

In his speech, Stubb also mentioned Estonian words that mean something entirely different in Finnish. One of them was 'ämmä' which Stubb explained means a grumpy old woman in Finnish.

Tapio Reini, editor-in-chief of the Finnish-language radio station SSS-radio in Estonia, was among those who felt Stubb's jokes were distasteful and outdated.

"The rule of thumb is that if a Finn starts telling alcohol jokes in Estonia, they always backfire," said Jari Havia, a Finnish non-fiction writer specializing in Estonia.

On Tuesday, Stubb visited the Rakett69 science studio in Tallinn, where Estonian IT guru Taavi Kotka introduced the HK Unicorn Squad, an initiative promoting women in tech. To this, Stubb quipped, "In Finland, the name HK is already claimed by sausage."

This particular HK sausage also represents an unfortunate chapter in Finnish-Estonian economic history, as HKScan, the manufacturer of the HK sausage, owned production units in Estonia for over 20 years but ultimately withdrew from Estonia and the Baltics.

Parties say EU must pay for border fence

The EU should pay for a fence to be built on Finland’s eastern border — this was the opinion of the representatives of all nine parliamentary parties in Ilta-Sanomat’s European election debate on Tuesday.

The debate at Sanomatalo in Helsinki featured several votes where participants displayed their stance on various issues with yes or no placards.

Helsingin Sanomat reported that the question about funding the eastern border fence was the only one to receive unanimous support from all nine parties.

The question read: "Should the EU pay for a fence to be built on the eastern border?"

Those who raised the green placard were Petteri Orpo (National Coalition Party), Antti Lindtman (Social Democratic Party), Riikka Purra (Finns Party), Petri Honkonen (Centre Party), Li Andersson (Left Alliance), Sofia Virta (Greens), Anna-Maja Henriksson (Swedish People’s Party), Sari Essayah (Christian Democrats), and Harry Harkimo (Movement Now).

All parties were represented by their leaders at the event except the Centre Party, which sent former Culture Minister Honkonen.

After the vote, Finns Party chair and Finance Minister Purra said the EU’s border security funding instruments currently do not allow for funding of the fence from union funds, but hopes it could be possible in the future.

Purra added that Finland’s 1,300-kilometer-long eastern border cannot be protected entirely with fences and that such barriers are expensive. Fences are being built only in areas where the Border Guard deems them most beneficial.

The Border Guard plans to build about 200 kilometres of barrier fence on the eastern border from 2024 to 2026. In the first phase, a total of 70 kilometres of border fence will be built at border crossing points and their surrounding areas. The total cost of the project is estimated at 380 million euros.

End of Foodora market

Food delivery service Foodora plans to shut down its online grocery store, Foodora Market, in Finland, as reported by Taloussanomat.

Foodora Market's director Anni Ahnger confirmed to the paper that the company has started layoff talks with employee representatives aimed at ending Foodora Market's operations in Finland. The talks will potentially affect 80 employees.

The company has a total of seven Foodora Market stores in Helsinki, Tampere, Turku, Espoo, Jyväskylä, and Oulu. Products could be purchased from these stores through the Foodora app and then delivered to the customer. The first Foodora Market opened in Helsinki in December 2020.

An Aamulehti report stated several reasons behind the closure of Foodora Markets, with consumers' price consciousness being one of them.

Online grocery shopping has also not developed as hoped in Finland after the boom during the Covid period, compared to other European countries, Ahnger told Aamulehti.

She added that the profitability of Foodora Markets in Finland is impacted by regulation. In Sweden and Norway, Foodora delivers alcohol, tobacco and pharmacy products.

Foodora Market will continue to operate normally in other countries.

Foodora, which is a part of the German group Delivery Hero, has faced significant financial losses in Finland over the past years. In 2022, the company reported a loss of approximately 15.5 million euros despite generating a turnover of around 175 million euros.

Finland among hottest in Europe

Finland is currently basking in some of Europe's warmest temperatures, as reported by commercial broadcaster MTV.

While southern and eastern Europe boast similarly warm or even hotter conditions, cooler air masses dominate in the west.

MTV Meteorologist Aleksi Jokela explains that the reason behind Finland's exceptionally warm May is a high-pressure area formed over northern and eastern Europe and Russia. Continuous cold air flows into Siberia through the high-pressure area, but the high pressure system transports warm heat masses from southern Europe to Finland via eastern Europe.

On Wednesday, some parts of Finland are expected to hit the 30-degree mark.

#nunyas news #updates from up north

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kindheart525 · 5 months

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“Just a couple more finishing touches!”

Triple Threat practically looked like an alicorn princess in her new gown, with its lavender folds cascading down her figure and accenting all her best features, including a tasteful slit by her leg. She felt sexy and ethereal wearing it, like she was about to be the belle of the ball at the next Grand Galloping Gala!

The event she was getting ready for was just as good.

“I just can’t believe you’ve been invited to the Bridleway Ball!” Stockholm gushed on her behalf while she mended some of the seams. “It’s only one of the biggest events in Manehattan. I hear you’ll even get to go to the ballet after, am I right?”

“Yes!” TT grinned. “It’s a very old tradition. They’ve been hosting this particular event for about 120 years, I think?”

“Close, it’s 113 years!” Stockholm corrected her lightheartedly. “And they invited Queen Celestia to the first one so you know it’s a big deal! I read all about it as soon as I found out you were going.”

The conversation flowed so naturally for the two cousins-in-law as they both indulged in their interests over this one topic, Stockholm contributing her history expertise and TT bringing her love for the theatre into their growing excitement for all that laid ahead.

“I’ll bet your older Bridleway friends will really appreciate this dress. You made a great choice! The sleek fit really reminds me of the old movie stars. Probably a little bit before their time, but maybe it’d remind them of their mothers’ and grandmothers’ time. The big and beautiful stars that came even earlier!”

Even though many of Triple Threat’s older friends were “firsts” in their performances, they weren’t the first to ever grace the Bridleway stage while fat. That honor went to ponies before them. This was something that never fully registered to TT with all of her focus on more immediate events, but Stockholm was right. It was like she was honoring the firsts of the firsts by attending that ball.

“You’re absolutely right,” TT said after some pondering. “And they’ll all be there too! We made sure we all got invited, we weren’t about to sit back and take it if only one of us got to go.”

“Being the only fat girl in the room is old news!” Stockholm added playfully. “I know how it is, being the only one of a lot of things.”

“And it shouldn’t stay that way!” TT asserted. “There’s a lot of potential actors of all backgrounds who could really change things up even more. Build a coalition, maybe. Then we’d get even more done than me and my fat body alone could do it.

“Yes, please!” Stockholm grew giddy with excitement at the idea. “You’d literally be making history! They’d be looking at your coalition the same way you looked up to Sugar Shaker and all the others.”

This was true. TT hadn’t quite thought of that either, until Boot and Stockholm told her about their work—how future performers and artists would be looking back on her generation the same way she idolized her forebears as a filly. It was wild to think about and only reminded her of how much she owed to them while she was still in the business.

“How do you think you’d start?” Stockholm inquired.

“Well, the problem is kind of like how Boot said it,” TT posited. “Many would be really good at acting and don’t think they can. That one kid, Skydance, thought that just because they felt they didn’t have the personality for it, but a lot don’t think they have the looks for it. Because all they’ve seen is the same old bodies over and over again! I already hope to show them what’s possible by being in these shows, but I feel like there could be more ways to really reach them.”

Stockholm nodded. “Your old lady friends could help you with that, right?”

“Yes, but not just them.”

TT’s mind suddenly lit up with ideas.

“We could reach the schools! Like the theater program you and Boot work for. Or the School of Friendship. But not just schools. We could invest more in local theater! Create opportunities all the way down the line, you know?”

“Yes! Who says all the changes have to be at the top?”

“You’re right!”

TT suddenly felt herself ready to take on the world in a new way than ever before.

“We’ll reach every corner of theater, every corner of the arts! Whoever makes the rules won’t know what hit them. There’ll a whole new rulebook by the time we’re done.”

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Previous: Damned If You Do

#KindsArt #auraverse #bridleway #triple threat #stockholm #draconequus #story piece #next generation #my little pony #mlp fim #mlp g4

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The Noble Standard is an fe3h charity zine dedicated to the cavalry boys: Lorenz, Sylvain and Ferdinand. With proceeds to be donated to the Colon Cancer Coalition. Pre-orders have been extended until April 30th 2023, so come check us out on the bird site or support us how you can!

The mods and my fellow contributors have produced amazing work for this project. The boys are so beautiful and mostly easy to love. You won’t be disappointed!

I'll reshare the previews for my pieces below the cut:

My platonic main zine piece is modern setting:

“Lorenz! Good to see you.”

He rose with a skip in his step, like an out-of-practice dancer, matching the pep in the unexpected celtic folk music that filled the shop. He winked as he approached. “Working at being my favourite customer, bringing in your recommendations personally like this.”

Lorenz offered Ferdinand a flat, pleading look, although Ferdinand saw nothing objectionable about the statement. Lorenz sighed in mock exaggeration, a genuine gentle smile catching on his features as he returned his attention to the tattoo artist.

“Don’t flatter yourself—”

My polyamorous romantic side zine piece is set post-canon:

A young colt broke off from the horses in Ferdinand’s care ahead of the band’s arrival. He was met by cooing noblemen, impressed with his coat and hounded by his curiosity. Sylvain was forced to hold the dregs of his drink aloft as the horse sought to breathe in its sweet scent.

Ferdinand whistled as he sped up nearby, scaring the colt out of his bad behaviour.

“Sorry Sylvain,” Ferdinand groused, before clicking his tongue until the little horse swung his head towards him. “Stop that.”

Ferdinand hissing in embarrassment tickled a laugh out of Sylvain, and Ferdinand was blushing as he dismounted.

Also! We met our first stretch goal! Which is extremely cool! And it would be even cooler to unlock the standee:

#fire emblem #fire emblem three houses #three hopes #lorenz hellman gloucester #sylvain jose gautier #FERDINAND VON AEGIR #i appreciate you picking up a copy if you can #and i encourage you to share the news even if you can't because someone you know might love a horse boy

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GPB News: Civil rights groups condemn 'Soul Fest' concerts at Georgia park with giant Confederate carving

Civil rights groups are criticizing a concert series with Black performers dubbed "Soul Fest" that is being held at a Georgia park replete with Confederate imagery, including a giant carving of Confederate leaders.

Stone Mountain Park just outside Atlanta is where the Ku Klux Klan marked its rebirth in 1915. Its colossal, mountainside sculpture of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson is the largest Confederate monument ever crafted and has special protection enshrined in Georgia law.

The park has taken steps in recent years to try to soften its Confederate legacy and promote itself as a family site, but civil rights groups have said the moves fall way short of what's needed.

The "Soul Fest" concert series is a way to "normalize and sanitize" the hateful message of the park, said Atlanta NAACP President Richard Rose.

"They're saying, 'This is OK. Get used to it. It's cool,'" he said in a phone interview on Thursday.

Rose said he encouraged two of the bands to pull out of the event, but they told him they were under contract, and their music brings people together.

"The music can't bring people together in front of this icon of the Confederacy," he said.

Emails to the park and its management company, Thrive Attractions, were not immediately returned. In a news release earlier this month, the park promoted Soul Fest as a new event that would allow families to experience a "full day of fun." An ad for the event on the park's website featured a photo of a smiling Black man and Black woman on a lawn.

The event, which runs from Thursday night through Sunday night, features rhythm and blues groups, a gospel singer and a Prince cover band.

It's a "bad faith effort" to distance the park from the Confederacy, said Rivka Maizlish, a researcher with the Southern Poverty Law Center.

"It's an effort to pretend that the park is for everyone while still maintaining this massive symbol of white supremacy," she said. Some supporters of the carving say it is a tribute to their ancestors who fought in the Civil War, not a celebration of white power.

The park 15 miles (25 kilometers) northeast of downtown Atlanta attracts large numbers of tourists and other visitors interested in hiking to the top of the mountain, walking the grounds or seeing a light show. In 2021, the park's board voted to relocate Confederate flags from a busy walking trail and create a museum exhibit that relates the history of the site and the carving, which was completed in 1972 amid resistance to the civil rights movement and desegregation by Georgia and other Southern states.

The changes approved by the board came amid a national reckoning on race that brought down dozens of Confederate monuments in 2020.

The park, however, still maintains the giant carving, which measures 190 feet (58 meters) across and 90 feet (27 meters) tall. The Soul Fest concerts will take place on a lawn that faces the monument just months after a Confederate group gathered there.

"It's just so beyond obnoxious and disgusting and gross that they're hosting these artists now and trying to pull in a different audience," said Brian Morris, a member of the Stone Mountain Action Coalition, an advocacy group that has called on the park to stop maintaining the carving.

#Soulfest #Atlanta #Stone Mountain #confederate statuary #national park #confederate statues #kkk #civil rights #Civil rights groups condemn 'Soul Fest' concerts at Georgia park with giant Confederate carving #white supremacy

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I thought it was normal practice that the venue gets a cut of the artist's merch income. It's not? https://twitter.com/seaninsound/status/1556701700978868224?s=21&t=_xuHLVcdredBOOVcWXcm9w

Hi sweetheart. That’s not what he’s saying. It is normal these days and many people think it’s wrong that they do it.

His article is long, but it’s very interesting (emphasis below is mine).

Above and beyond the setlists and soundchecks, touring is tough and requires a lot of focus on the pennies and the pounds. Whether we're talking about an eleven album deep doom-metal trio trying to make a living, or newbies who are simply trying to avoid making a loss, touring requires the construction of a web of planning, such as savvily pre-booking Premier Inns on their advance rate or deciding between four or seven hours sleep (knowing the difference is often several hundred pounds saved on cheaper flights).

Whether bands play to 500 people or 50,000, being able to predict the right number of medium-sized T-shirts to print so they don't sell out (or get saddled with hundreds of pounds of left over stock) is boring but more important than ever.

Like any small business, understanding a profit and loss spreadsheet is crucial to live music. If you can’t get cancellation insurance due to COVID and fuel prices are continuing to rocket, every single hoodie and hand to hand record sale counts more than ever. So, aside from knowing how to impress a crowd, being able to set reasonable prices for merchandise to generate maximum sales and a decent profit, is more integral to a successful tour than it has ever been.

[…]

At many grassroots venues there’s an independent owner, who is often also the promoter. When you move up to larger venues, it’s far more likely the venue is being hired by an outside promoter (sometimes from an affiliated subsidiary company, who also seem to take some of the mysterious ‘booking fee’) and every penny from the bouncers to laundering the towels, is on a spreadsheet of show costs. It’s at this level where venues tend to charge a commission to sell merch, which is perhaps understandable when there are ten different merch points dotted around The O2 arena.

It’s not just the platforms raking in vast sums: Lucian Grainge, the head of Universal Music Group (UMG) recently received a "stonking" £123 million bonus. Meanwhile, a recent Guardian investigation discovered that UMG receives a share of Academy Music Group’s (AMG) profits from the sales of merchandise. These sales at O2 Academy venues are outsourced to company trading as Concessions Management International Ltd., which is part of Universal’s Bravado merchandise division. The report found that AMG and UMG take a cut, even if the act whose merch is sold is not signed to UMG.

[…]

She explains the maths of the merch desk: “For example, on a £25 LP sale, our label take £13.20 (fair enough, they are trying to recoup their investment, we have a very artist friendly deal with a great label). The venue take £7.50, they have no responsibility for paying for stock, they are only open to profit, no risk. The band then earn £4.30. Almost half of what the venue takes but the band have all the costs to get to the show plus the years of work that goes into that LP.”

“As for tees. If we sell a tee for £15. We pay £6 to print it. The venue takes £4.50. And we take £4.50. Again the venue profit as much as we do but without any of the liability involved in the design, print or delivery costs.” It all adds up doesn’t it? Of course, if you’re a massive act the economies of scale outlined in this BBC piece mean tees get cheaper and artists can consider fair trade & eco-friendly options like vegan inks, re-milled materials, or take the risk of commissioning multiple designs without passing too much extra cost onto fans.

Read the full article here

Featured Artist Coalition (or FAC for short), whose members span from acts playing their first gigs to stadium stars, have long pursued the issue of venues taking a cut of merch, but in recent months this campaign has ratcheted up, causing many venues agreeing to give 100% of the merch money to artists. Over 350 venues have already signed up to the FAC’s directory

#touring facts #touring costs #harry’s merch #Louis’ merch #cost of touring #merch prices #music industry

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QUEER MTL THINGS TO DO: May 2023

Goodbye April showers, hello May flowers! This month, Montréal is stuffed to the brim with events, parties and unique experiences painted in all the colours of the LGBTQ+ rainbow. From drag to community, circuit to underground, here’s some of our picks for the best LGBTQ+ things to do in the city. For further announcements, follow QueerMTL on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! Got an event coming up? DM it our way!

EVENT OF THE MONTH:

😈 The Be!Zarre Ball: The Beastly Edition is the ballroom event of the spring, sure to haunt dreams and ignite imaginations as some of Montréal’s voguing community takes to the runway at Le National on May 13, 2023. Montréal’s ballroom scene—with a particularly strong showing in the Bizarre category—has grown from underground venues to some of the city’s top spots, and this is sure to become one of the communities’s top functions of the season, MC’d by Twysted Miyake-Mugler. Check the list of categories and get yourself ready to walk with pre-event workshop events including a Ballroom History Public Panel and a Hands On Workshop to make your own unforgettable kiki effect.

EVENTS

📚 Librairie Drawn & Quarterly’s Gay Reads Book Club will discuss Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at La Petite Librairie D+Q. No registration required.

✍️ HommeHomo brings Drink & Draw back to Bar Le Cocktail on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, featuring live models and drink specials.

🎤 Lizzo brings The Special Tour with special guests Latto to Centre Bell on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

🚀 Calling all sci-fi queers: Star Strip: Star Wars vs Star Trek takes over The Wiggle Room on Thursday, May 4, 2023. May the (naked) fourth be with you!

🎓 The History in the Making graduate students history conference returns for 2023, subtitled Whose History? / Who’s History? featuring keynote presentations from Montréal ballroom house mother Elle Barbara and artist August Klintberg on May 5-6, 2023 at Concordia University. Free tickets at Eventbrite for day 1 and day 2.

👠 The NYC Asian Burlesque Festival—The Montréal Edition is at Le National on Friday, May 5th, 2023.

🎶 A queer cabaret and rave celebrating Asian History Month, Slaysiatique takes over the Diving Bell Social Club on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Doors at 8, show at 9, dance at 11!

📚 The Violet Hour Book Club will meet and discuss To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Librairie Saga Bookstore.

🐦 Queer Birders presents a Bird Sound Tour at the Technoparc Oiseaux Bird Feeder on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Find further info and more of their events on Facebook.

🎤 The mind-blowing Yves Tumor is sure to surprise at MTelus on Sunday, May 7, 2023.

👠 The Cabaret Queer, featuring Bobépine, Debbie Lynch-White, Fabien L’Amour, Sugar Vixen, Carmen Sutra, Mad Rose and others, guarantees a full night of entertainment at Cabaret Mado on Thursday, May 11, 2023.

🎤 Get your beehive hairdo up for Miss Meow Productions’Amy Winehouse Burlesque on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Café Cleopatra.

👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 The Coalition des familles LGBT+ (CFLGBT+) celebrates their 25th anniversary with the Vernissage Fierté et résilience : 25 and d’histoires de familles LGBTQ2S+ at the Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto on Saturday, May 13, 2023.

🎤 The amazing Yaeji performs at the Corona Theatre on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

🎤 The lovely Feist performs at MTelus on Friday, May 19, 2023.

🎤 Fierté Montréal presents the free Soirée Cabaret Queer featuring performances and DJs on Friday, May 19, 2023 at Pavilion Bois-Papineau.

😆 A Very Pretentious Comedy Show #5, featuring queer and straight comedians and headlined by Dana Saleh, brings the laughs to The Diving Bell Social Club on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

💃 Featuring a full program of comedy, music, poetry and drag in Spanish, Un Micro Abierto is at Notre-Dame-Des-Quilles on Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

🎤 Dance the night away with Hot Chip (and special guest Cadence Weapon) at Corona Theatre on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

🎾 Throughout the month, Tennis Lambda hosts LIGUE DE DIMANCHE outdoor tennis on the courts at Parc Louis-Riel. Check Eventbrite for full dates and details.

👠 Twice a month on every second Tuesday, Bring It! hosts an OTA night of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details.

🎤 Most Tuesdays, check out Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic at Impro Montréal, focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians.

🏒 Feminist hockey collective Hockey pour Poches meets every Thursday for games in Villeray’s Parc de Normanville.

🏃🏾Join the Out-Run run and workout club for people relating to the queer / sapphic experience. Details on their Instagram!

😆 Every Sunday, La Gailaxie improv league hits the stage at Cabaret Mado. Details and times here.

💃 Tango/Salsa Queer’s continue, with Salsa Queer on Monday nights from 20:30-21:30 and Tango (beginners/intermediate) on Tuesdays at 19:00-20:30. Contact [email protected] for prices and location.

PARTIES

🥳 FRKY is back for FRKY || SPRING with DJ sets from Moka, Plastik Patrik and Mario Galego at La Sala Rossa on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

🥳 Light up the dance floor with other lovers of flow art at Club Cosmic—Jam Party Lumineux III—Luminous Jam on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

🥳 Queen & Queer’s LGBTQ Women Party returns with a fundraiser for Interligne on Friday, May 12, 2023 at Fabrik8.

🥳 Love Dumpster, Montréal’s new queer rave and techno night, returns to Cabaret Berlin for its second edition on Saturday, May 13, 2023.

🥳 Cirque De Boudoir brings their Fantasyland Cyberpunk gala to Theatre Fairmount on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Come dressed in your cyberpunk best!

DRAG

👑 Gisèle Lullaby crowns the winner of MX Cabaret Mado 2023 on Wednesday, May 3, 2023.

👑 The legendary Mado Lamotte marks the 21st Anniversary of Cabaret Mado, a mainstay home of drag in Montréal’s Gay Village, with a special party on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

👑 The finale of the 2023 MX Cocktail will crown its winner at Bar Le Cocktail on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

👑 The House of Gahd brings the Lizzo Cabaret to Bar Le Cocktail on Saturday, May 6, 2023, featuring performances by Uma Gahd, Selma Gahd, Miss Dupré Latour, Anaconda LaSabrosa, Envy the Clown and Seyoncé in honour of Lizzo!

👑 Jimmy Moore brings his spot-on recreation of Québec’s pop princess with Jimmy Moore personnifie Céline Dion at Cabaret Mado on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

👑 Rock en Espagnol Draglesque, featuring Velma CandyAss, Salty Margarita, Black Mamba and others, is at Café Cléopatra on Friday, May 12, 2023.

👑 Miss Butterfly brings her one-woman show Out of the Cocoon—featuring 12 costume changes!—to Bar Le Cocktail on Saturday, May 13, 2023.

👑 Putting it simply, KINGS! at Cabaret Mado on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, gives the stage over to some of Montréal’s top drag king talent including Yannick Rockstor, Heaven Genderf*ck, Will Charmer and Clay Thorris.

👑 Sasha Baga hosts Sashalicious on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at Cabaret Mado, featuring Scarlett Paris Evans, Alice Wildflower and Will Charmer.

👑 Oops! Jimmy Moore does it again with Jimmy Moore personnifie Britney Spears at Cabaret Mado on Saturday, May 20, 2023.

👑 Commemorating 35 years in drag, Nana de Grèce hosts the Bal de la reine at Bar Le Cocktail on Sunday, May 21, 2023.

👑 America’s Current Reigning Drag Superstar Sasha Colby is sure to pack the house on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at Cabaret Mado. Advance tickets strongly advised—a 2nd show has already been added!

👑 Practice your français at Excuse My French! 2 with La Big Bertha, Soa de Muse, Elips and Gisèle Lullaby on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at Cabaret Mado.

👑 Every Tuesday, Canada’s Drag Race season 3 winner Gisèle Lullaby hosts Full Gisèle at Cabaret Mado. Tickets and schedule at Cabaret Mado’s website.

👑 Bar Le Cocktail’s regular weekly events include Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly every Thursday, Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion on Fridays, Drôles de Drags with a rotating cast of queens on Saturdays and Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion on Sundays. Check listings for specific details, and pick up tickets here.

👑 Uma Gahd hosts weekly screenings of Drag Race All Stars Season 8 at Bar Le Cocktail on Friday nights starting Friday, May 12, 2023. Come early for a ticket and laugh along all season!

👑 Every Monday at the Diving Bell Social Club, Bambi Dextrous hosts Trivia Night! Be sure to book your team table in advance.

👑 On Friday and Saturday nights, the legendary Mado Lamotte hosts Mado Reçoit at her namesake club, Cabaret Mado. Each week, she shares the stage with a hand-picked roster of queens. Tickets and lineup info here.

👑 Sunday nights brings the amazing Tracy Trash’s Le Tracy Show to Cabaret Mado, preceded by Ligue d’impro Gailaxie at 7:30 PM. Grab combo tickets here.

QUEER MTL : à faire en mai 2023

Dites adieu à avril et ses journées grises; en mai, les fleurs sont de mises! Ce mois-ci encore, Montréal propose une foule d’événements, de soirées et d’expériences uniques qui font briller toutes les nuances de l’arc-en-ciel LGBTQ+. Entre prestations drag et activités communautaires, festivals bien en vue et événements underground, voici notre sélection des choses les plus gaies à faire dans la ville. Pour rester à l’affût de tout ajout, suivez QueerMTL sur Instagram, Twitter, Facebook et Tumblr! Vous présentez un événement? Écrivez-nous!

L'ÉVÉNEMENT DU MOIS

😈 Le Be!Zarre Ball: The Beastly Edition est LA soirée du printemps dans la communauté du ballroom. Grâce à son thème «bestial», l’événement promet de hanter vos rêves et de stimuler votre imaginaire, alors que la communauté du voguing se donne rendez-vous sur les passerelles au National, le 13 mai 2023. La scène ballroom de Montréal (bien représentée dans la catégorie Bizarre) a bien grandi, passant de salles underground à des lieux plus grands, et ce n’est pas près de s’essouffler. Twysted Miyake-Mugler est aux commandes de la soirée. Consultez la liste des catégories en vedette et parfaites vos connaissances grâce au panel (Ballroom History) et à l’atelier (Hands On) présentés avant la soirée afin de participer, vous aussi, au kiki!

ÉVÉNEMENTS

📚 Le club de lecture Gay Reads de la Librairie Drawn & Quarterly s’intéresse au bouquin Our Wives Under the Sea de Julia Armfield le mercredi 3 mai 2023 à La Petite Librairie D+Q. Aucune inscription nécessaire.

✍️ HommeHomo présente de nouveau Drink & Draw au bar Le Cocktail le mercredi 3 mai 2023. Modèle vivant et spéciaux sur les verres.

🎤 Lizzo amène sa Special Tour au Centre Bell le jeudi 4 mai 2023. Latto est son invitée spéciale.

🚀 Avis aux adeptes de science-fiction : la soirée Star Strip: Star Wars vs Star Trek prend d’assaut la Wiggle Room le jeudi 4 mai 2023. Que la force (burlesque) soit avec vous!

🎓 La conférence des finissant·es en histoire History in the Making revient avec comme thème Whose History? / Who’s History?. Au programme, les 5 et 6 mai 2023 à l’Université Concordia, des discours de la house mother du ballroom montréalais Elle Barbara et de l’artiste August Klintberg.

Billets gratuits sur Eventbrite pour les jour 1 et jour 2.

👠 L’édition montréalaise du festival NYC Asian Burlesque se déroule au National le vendredi 5 mai 2023.

🎶 Slaysiatique, un cabaret et rave queer qui célèbre le Mois du patrimoine asiatique, est présenté au Club Social Le Scaphandre le samedi 6 mai 2023. Les portes ouvrent à 20h; le spectacle débute à 21h et la soirée dansante, à 23h.

📚 Le club de lecture The Violet Hour se rassemble pour discuter du livre To Be Taught, If Fortunate de Becky Chambers le samedi 6 mai 2023 à la librairie Saga.

🐦 Queer Birders proposent la Bird Sound Tour aux mangeoires du Technoparc Oiseaux le samedi 6 mai 2023. Pour obtenir plus d’info et consulter les autres événements de l’organisme, rendez-vous sur Facebook.

🎤 Toujours épatant, Yves Tumor en mettra plein la vue au MTelus le dimanche 7 mai 2023.

👠 Le Cabaret Queer, mettant en vedette Bobépine, Debbie Lynch-White, Fabien L’Amour, Sugar Vixen, Carmen Sutra, Mad Rose et quelques autres, promet une soirée bien divertissante au Cabaret Mado le jeudi 11 mai 2023.

🎤 Ajustez votre coiffure pour la soirée Amy Winehouse Burlesque de Miss Meow Productions le samedi 13 mai 2023 au Café Cléopâtre.

👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 La Coalition des familles LGBT+ (CFLGBT+) célèbre son 25e anniversaire lors du Vernissage Fierté et résilience : 25 and d’histoires de familles LGBTQ2S+ à la Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto le samedi 13 mai 2023.

🎤 L’incomparable Yaeji se produit au Théâtre Corona le mardi 16 mai 2023.

🎤 La merveilleuse Feist est en spectacle au MTelus le vendredi 19 mai 2023.

🎤 Fierté Montréal présente la Soirée Cabaret Queer avec prestations et DJ le vendredi 19 mai 2023 au Pavillon du Bois-Papineau. Gratuit.

😆 A Very Pretentious Comedy Show #5, mettant en scène des humoristes queers et hétéros, y compris la tête d’affiche Dana Saleh, dilatera la rate du public du Club Social Le Scaphandre le dimanche 21 mai 2023.

💃 Un Micro Abierto, une soirée d’humour, de musique, de poésie et de drag en espagnol, se tient au Notre Dame des Quilles le mardi 23 mai 2023.

🎤 La soirée sera dansante grâce à Hot Chip, qui visite le Théâtre Corona le mardi 30 mai 2023. Invité spécial : Cadence Weapon.

🎾 Tout le mois, Tennis Lambda présente la LIGUE DE DIMANCHE, du tennis extérieur sur les courts du parc Louis-Riel. Consultez Eventbrite pour les dates et détails.

👠 Deux fois par mois, un mardi sur deux, Bring It! propose une soirée de ballroom et de voguing avec MC et DJ. Consultez la page Instagram pour les dates et détails.

🎤 Présentée presque tous les mardis, la soirée Stand Up Saint-Henri, à Impro Montréal, met l’accent sur les femmes, les personnes non binaires et queers ainsi que les allié·es de l’humour.

🏒 La ligue de hockey féministe Hockey pour Poches se rassemble tous les jeudis au parc de Normanville pour quelques parties.

🏃🏾 Joignez-vous au club de course et d’entraînement Out-Run pensé pour les personnes queers et saphiques. Détails sur Instagram!

😆 Tous les dimanches, la ligue d’improvisation La Gailaxie se produit au Cabaret Mado. Consultez les horaires et les détails ici.

💃 Tango et Salsa Queer se poursuivent : Salsa Queer est présenté les lundis de 20h30 à 21h30 et Tango Queer (personnes débutantes et intermédiaires) les mardis de 19h à 20h30. Écrivez à [email protected] pour les tarifs et les lieux.

DRAG

👑 Gisèle Lullaby couronne la lauréate du MX Cabaret Mado le mercredi 3 mai 2023.

👑 La légendaire Mado Lamotte souligne le 21e anniversaire du Cabaret Mado, repaire par excellence de la drag dans le Village, lors d’une soirée spéciale présentée le jeudi 4 mai 2023.

👑 La finale du MX Cocktail est tenue au bar Le Cocktail le jeudi 4 mai 2023.

👑 La House of Gahd présente le Cabaret Lizzo au bar Le Cocktail le samedi 6 mai 2023, mettant en vedette by Uma Gahd, Selma Gahd, Miss Dupré Latour, Anaconda LaSabrosa, Envy the Clown et Seyoncé!

👑 Jimmy Moore rend hommage à la reine de la pop québécoise lors de son spectacle Jimmy Moore personnifie Céline Dion. Au Cabaret Mado le samedi 6 mai 2023.

👑 Rock en espagnol draglesque, avec Velma CandyAss, Salty Margarita, Black Mamba et d’autres artistes, est présenté au Café Cléopâtre le vendredi 12 mai 2023.

👑 Miss Butterfly présente son one-woman show Out of the Cocoon (comprenant 12 changements de costumes!) au bar Le Cocktail le samedi 13 mai 2023.

👑 KINGS!, présenté au Cabaret Mado le mercredi 17 mai 2023, met en lumière le talent des drag-kings de Montréal. Au programme : Yannick Rockstor, Heaven Genderf*ck, Will Charmer et Clay Thorris.

👑 Sasha Baga anime Sashalicious le jeudi 18 mai 2023 au Cabaret Mado et accueille Scarlett Paris Evans, Alice Wildflower et Will Charmer.

👑 Oops! Jimmy Moore récidive avec Jimmy Moore personnifie Britney Spears. Au Cabaret Mado le samedi 20 mai 2023.

👑 Pour commémorer ses 35 ans de drag, Nana de Grèce présente le Bal de la reine au bar Le Cocktail le dimanche 21 mai 2023.

👑 La gagnante de la plus récente édition de Drag Race, Sasha Colby, mettra sans aucun doute le feu aux poudres du Cabaret Mado le mercredi 24 mai 2023. Réservation chaudement recommandée – un deuxième spectacle a déjà été ajouté.

👑 La France est en visite à Montréal. Excuse My French! 2, avec La Big Bertha, Soa de Muse, Elips et la reine québécoise Gisèle Lullaby, est présenté le mercredi 31 mai 2023 au Cabaret Mado.

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👑 Les vendredis et samedis, la légendaire Mado Lamotte anime Mado Reçoit au Cabaret Mado. Chaque semaine, elle partage la scène avec des artistes différents. Pour les billets et les détails, c’est ici.

👑 Les dimanches, la merveilleuse Tracy Trash anime son Tracy Show au Cabaret Mado après le match de la Ligue d’impro Gailaxie présenté à 19h30. Achetez vos billets pour les deux événements ici.

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What is the 'Dismantling Global Hindutva’ conference?

The 'Dismantling Global Hindutva conference is a two-day event being held in Delhi on March 23 and 24. The conference has been organized by the Forum Against Islamophobia and Religious bigotry. The conference will aim to discuss the rise of Hindutva extremism and its impact on minorities, both in India and around the world.

A brief summary of what global Hindutva is.

The 'Dismantling Global Hindutva conference is a platform for scholars and activists to discuss the rise of Hindu nationalism in India and its impact on minority communities both inside and outside of India.

The conference will explore the ways in which Hindu nationalist ideology is spread, and how it is used to justify violence and discrimination against minorities. It will also consider the ways in which global Hindutva is being resisted, and how we can build solidarity across communities to challenge this dangerous ideology.

What is the 'Dismantling Global Hindutva conference?

The 'Dismantling Global Hindutva conference is a gathering of scholars, activists, and concerned citizens from around the world who are committed to combating the rise of Hindu nationalism. The conference will feature panel discussions on a range of topics, including the history and origins of Hindu nationalism, its impact on minorities in India and around the world, and strategies for countering its spread. The conference will also include workshops on topics such as media engagement and organizing resistance movements.

When and where is it taking place?

The "Dismantling Global Hindutva" conference is taking place on October 20-21, 2018 in Mumbai, India. The conference is being organized by a coalition of Indian social justice organizations and activists, and will feature over 50 speakers from around the world.

The conference comes at a time when the Hindu nationalist movement in India is gaining strength and influence. The goal of the conference is to build solidarity among progressive movements fighting against Hindu nationalism and other forms of bigotry and oppression.

The conference will feature panels and workshops on a variety of topics, including the rise of Hindu nationalism in India and its impact on minority communities; the role of the media in promoting Hindutva; and strategies for building effective resistance movements.

Who is organizing it?

The Dismantling Global Hindutva conference is being organized by a group of activists who are committed to fighting against the rise of Hindu nationalism. The conference will bring together scholars, writers, and artists from around the world to discuss the dangers of Hindu nationalism and how to fight it.

The organizers of the conference are concerned about the growing influence of Hindu nationalist groups in India and around the world. They believe that Hindu nationalism is a threat to democracy and pluralism, and they want to raise awareness about the dangers it poses.

The conference will be held in Delhi, India, on December 10-11, 2016.

What are the goals of the conference?

The Dismantling Global Hindutva conference is a two-day event that will take place in New Delhi, India on November 16-17, 2019. The conference is organized by the Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations (FIACONA) and the United Christian Forum (UCF).

The goals of the conference are to discuss the rise of Hindu nationalism in India and its impact on religious minorities, to strategize ways to counter the violence and discrimination against minorities, and to build solidarity among religious minorities in India.

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Who is speaking at the conference?

The conference will have a number of well-known speakers, including professor and author Gurcharan Das, historian Ramachandra Guha, and lawyer Indira Jaising. Other notable speakers include Dalit activist Jignesh Mevani, human rights activist Teesta Setalvad, and academician Kancha Ilaiah. The conference will also feature a number of international speakers, such as British MP Barry Gardiner and American professor Noam Chomsky.

Why is this conference important?

The rise of global Hindutva is a cause for concern for many people across the world. This conference is important because it provides a platform for people to come together and discuss the issue. It also raises awareness about the dangers of Hindutva and its impact on society.

Conclusion

The 'Dismantling Global Hindutva conference was held in Delhi, India on December 10-12, 2019. The conference was organized by the Indian Association for the Study of Religion and Society (IARS), in partnership with the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies (OCHS). The conference brought together scholars from around the world to discuss the rise of Hindutva, or Hindu nationalist, ideology and its impact on society both within India and internationally.

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