December into 2012!

Dear Lovelies!

According to the Mayan calendar, 2012 is supposed to portend the end of the world. As someone who is a little tired, this actually doesn't sound so bad to me. Sometimes it's nice to know that something has an actual ending to it.

But until then, I am committed to putting on weird & wonderful events! Starting with these:

STRIP SPELLING BEE in MONTREAL: http://www.facebook.com/events/154994664600132
NEW YEAR'S SLOWDANCE in MONTREAL: http://www.facebook.com/events/301602613205124

STRIP SPELLING BEE in TORONTO!: http://www.facebook.com/events/291902410853721
Friday, January 6th, 2012
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
12 Alexander Street
(1 blk east of Yonge)
Toronto, Ontario
Sign-up at 10:30 PM sharp!
Bee starts at 11 PM
$10 at the door
19+

Thank you for watching and for supporting weird events!

NOVEMBER & DECEMBER EVENTS!

We just have a couple of events in November & December, but we hope you will come out to them!

(1) STRIP SPELLING BEE in TORONTO! November 4th, 2011:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161366460624708

(2) The Launch of YOU ARE A CAT! in Toronto. November 5th, 2011
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=284203688261713

(3) The Launch of YOU ARE A CAT! in Montreal. November 10th, 2011
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=170093329744277

For those who don't know what "You Are a Cat" is, it's a book written and illustrated by the organizer of Chat Perdu Production events, Sherwin Sullivan Tjia. It's a Choose Your Own Adventure style book written from the POV of a housecat. Here is more info on it.

(4) QUEER SLOWDANCE NIGHT in TORONTO! Dec. 3rd, 2011.
We don't have an event page yet, but it will be at the Dovercourt House.
Doors at 9:30 PM. Dance from 10 to 2. $10 at the door includes your dancecard!

September Events!

Dearly beloved,

September is AWESOME!
I love September because it means autumn, which is my favourite time of the year.
So in honour of it, I always do a bunch of events. So here they are! I hope to see you at one, or all of them.

STRIP SPELLING BEE in MONTREAL on Friday, Sept. 30th:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=252758504764136

SLOWDANCE NIGHT in MONTREAL on Saturday, Oct. 1st:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167520176664373&

And Finally, while not in November, I am so excited for this I made the event page well in advance. So, alongside creating weird events, I like to write weird books. This past year I'd created a "Choose Your Own Adventure" style book from the point of view of a housecat called "You Are a Cat!", and it's going to launch in Toronto on November 5th:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=284203688261713
The Montreal launch has yet to be decided, but I will certainly announce it here.

Finally, you should all "LIKE" this page, to keep apprised of future quirky events!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chat-Perdu-Productions/223457214331777
Thanks for listening.

AUGUST EVENTS!

Dear Lovelies, here are some events coming up fairly soon:

TORONTO QUEER MIDSUMMER SLOWDANCE on August 13th.
Dovercourt House. 805 Dovercourt Rd. Saturday, August 13, 2011. Doors at 9:00, Dance from 9:30 PM - 2 AM. $10 admission includes your Dancecard-booklet! Regretfully, the Dovercourt House is not wheelchair-accessible. 19+
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=252664738096570

MONTREAL MIDSUMMER SLOWDANCE on August 21st.
Sunday, Aug 21, 2011. Doors at 7. Dance from 8 to 1 AM. Royal Phoenix Bar. 5788 Boul. St-Laurent (corner Bernard) $6 at the door includes your dancecard-booklet!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=193656937363806

QUEER SLOWDANCE IN OTTAWA - PRIDE EDITION! on August 26th.
Friday, Aug 26, 2011. 9pm-2am. The Legion on Kent. 330 Kent St. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Advance tickets available at Venus Envy and After Stonewall. Proceeds go to the Coalition for a Carleton Sexual Assault Centre and Falling Open - a local theatre production on sexual abuse written and performed by queer spoken word artist, Luna Allison.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=259354114078596

June 2011 Events!

So many in June. Spring is indeed here.

(1) Strip Spelling Bee in Montreal as part of the Fringe Festival:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=224366050909616

(2) Slowdance Night in Montreal as part of the Fringe Festival:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=147988301941141

(3) Crowd Karaoke in Montreal as part of the Fringe Festival:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150233351714324

(4) Queer Slowdance in Toronto as part of Queer Pride Festival:
June 17th. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. 10 PMish. $12
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114956385259404

(5) Strip Spelling Bee in Toronto as part of Queer Pride Festival:
June 24th. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. 10 PMish. $10
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205875756123070

(6) Cardboard Fort Night in Toronto:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=169001789825654&

May Events are here!

Hi Lovelies,

So, I have three events for May. I hope you can come out to any or all of them!

(1) The first one on May 20th, Porn Karaoke, is an experiment. It's just weird. It involves 70's funk music playing while porn is projected, and people take to the microphones and simulate sex sounds. Grunts, groans, oohs and ahhs. Here is the Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=217969574881366

And here are the complete details! Friday, May 20th. Doors at 9:30. Karaoke starts at 10 PM The Mainline Theatre. 3997 Boul. St-Laurent (just south of Duluth on the e. side. Look for the black door with flames on it) $10 at the door $5 if you sign up to ‘sing’. 18+ Regretfully, the Mainline Theatre is not wheelchair-accessible.

(2) On May 21st we are teaming up with Montreal's Meow Mix to put on our Spring Queer Slowdance! This is always a huge lovely party and we are happy to collab. Here is the event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=128434053901387

And here are all the deets! Saturday, May 21 at 9:30pm - May 22 at 3:00am. La Sala Rossa. 4848 St-Laurent. $10 at the door includes your dancecard-booklet!

(3) Finally, on May 28th, we are returning to Toronto to put on our Early Summer Slowdance Night! This will be a more mixed crowd than our usual Queer Slowdances. Going forward, we are hoping to do one Slowdance Night in Toronto a month, alternating between queer and straight. Of course all our events are both queer and straight-friendly, that is strictly enforced, but we've found with Slowdance Nights that sometimes it helps to separate queers and straights. But I would say that this is one of the few exceptions. Here is the event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=210368492331391

And here are the complete details: Dovercourt house
805 Dovercourt Rd. (1 block North of Bloor, 3 blks. west of Ossington). Saturday, May 28, 2011
Doors at 9:00, Dance from 9:30 PM - 2 AM. $10 admission includes your Dancecard-booklet!
Regretfully, the Dovercourt House is not wheelchair-accessible. 19+

Two Events Coming Up in April 2011!

Hi Lovelies,

So I have two events coming up in April!

One is a regular event (though none are ever regular) at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto:
Strip Spelling Bee on April 22 in Toronto. Yes, that is Good Friday. We aim to make it Great Friday.
Here is the facebook event page! Please RSVP if you can:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200137566674407
Or, if you're not on Facebook, this link should give you all the info you need:
http://www.stripspellingbee.blogspot.com/

And the second event is a little weirder. We've never done it before. It's very experimental. It's a Dollar Dare Night on April 30 in Montreal. 30 escalating dares given to the audience with cash prizes for doing the dare given to them. All the info is at this Facebook event page! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120817354662814

Thanks so much for reading and for supporting weird events!

Everyone here likes you.

Hello everybody!
Welcome to JaneSheIsAClerk.

This won't really be a blog, per se.
That is, there won't be any long talks about my feelings.
It's because I don't have any.

That was a joke.

Actually, I have a lot of feelings.
I feel for everything, but feelings are
very overwhelming, so I don't talk too much about them
these days. I just feel them.

Anyway, this blog is mostly going to be about events!

For a little while now I've been putting on
weird events.

They're weird because they're very participative.
They're the kinds of events that I would like to go to myself.
I guess I am a little weird.

In some cases I ask people to come and do potentially
embarassing things. But because we're all coming to do them,
I'm hoping that people won't feel too embarassed.
Or if they're embarassed, at least they're all embarassed together.
Which is the best kind of embarassment.

My events aren't really about being witty or cool.
They're about being warm and straightforward.

I've got some coming up!
I'm hoping you will consider coming.


CROWD KARAOKE in Montreal
Thursday, March 24, 2011
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107144192699080
On the Internet: http://www.crowdkaraoke.blogspot.com


MONTREAL SPRING SLOWDANCE
Saturday, March 26th, 2011
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=100542893361255
On the Internet: http://www.slowdancenight.blogspot.com


TORONTO QUEER SPRING SLOWDANCE
Saturday, April 2nd, 2011
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196280927063277
On the Internet: http://www.queerslowdancenight.blogspot.com


MONTREAL QUEER PROM 2011
Satuday, April 9th, 2011
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=171652419537322
On the Internet: http://www.queerprom.blogspot.com