EVENTS FOR JANUARY 2016

Every year I get to put on these quirky events I thank my lucky stars. But most of all I thank all the lovely people I've had the extraordinary honour and pleasure to meet at all the events.

When I started doing these events, I basically wanted to create the kinds of events that I would personally want to go to myself. Events that took into account my very particular predilictions.
I have a hard time going out in the world. And I have a hard time with events where everyone arrives and just watches something, without the opportunity to participate in them.

It's very hard to feel like a participant in the world. Things happen and you feel like you can't do anything to change them. And sometimes the world is so massive, and so much of what trickles down to us is in the news, and in places far off. Sometimes the only life we can affect is our own life. And the lives of those immediately around us. And I have to believe that that's enough, most days. Sometimes that's all I have energy for.

But I want to thank each and every person who has come to any of my events this year and in the years past. You changed my life profoundly. And I hope these weird and quirky events have managed, in some small way, to change your life. Happy 2015, and 2016 and onwards. Thank you for everything you've done for me. 

  EVENT FOR JAN 2016! 

 

TORONTO QUEER SLOWDANCE - WINTER WARMTH 2016 Edition! 

Saturday, Jan. 2, 2015 at the DOVERCOURT HOUSE

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1678944162317344/

You are cordially invited to Toronto's QUEER SLOWDANCE! - Winter Warmth 2016 Edition!

With a lending library of designated dancers for all you wallflowers, and a dancecard-booklet to set up dances in advance (should you choose to), Toronto Queer Slowdance has all slow songs, all night long! (Except for the occasional intermission when we play the fastest songs we can find!)

It's high school with a happy ending. Come and experience why slow is beautiful, and why love is not ironic.

Fabulous and inspired attire, while desired, is not required. But it would be AWESOME and HAWT. As this is our Winter Wamth edition, if it pleases you, wear something RED!

Finally, you do not have to be queer to attend this party, but you must have an open mind, an open heart, and have open arms. Do keep in mind that many of our attendees fall within the LGBTTIQ continuum and may or may not be interested in dancing with the 'opposite' sex, so if you are stridently & adamantly straight, this may not be the most receptive community for you.


★★★

Dovercourt house
805 Dovercourt Rd. (1 block North of Bloor, 3 blks. west of Ossington)
Saturday, Jan 2, 2016
Doors at 9:30, Dance from 10 PM - 3 AM.
$10 admission includes your Dancecard-booklet!

Regretfully, the Dovercourt House is not wheelchair-accessible.
19+

★★★

We are always looking for designated dancers for our evenings. If you are outgoing, warm, and willing to undertake the very serious duty and responsibility of inviting wallflowers out onto the dancefloor - if in fact, such a prospect gives you great joy - then please contact the organizers at inconsolablecat@hotmail.com.

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SNEAK PEEK @ UPCOMING EVENTS further into 2016...

Save the Date! Events and dates are subject to change, but realistically, in all likelihood, won't.


Thursday, Feb 4, 2016: MONTREAL STRIP SPELLING BEE @ the MAINLINE THEATRE

Friday, Feb 5, 2016: MONTREAL SLOWDANCE @ the MAINLINE THREATRE

Saturday, Feb 13, 2016: TORONTO QUEER VALENTINES SLOWDANCE @ the DOVERCOURT HOUSE

Thank you SO MUCH for coming out and supporting quirky events this past year! We can only continue to put on these intimate and odd experimental events because you come out and you tell your friends what wacky thing you did over the weekend and they were intrigued enough to come to the next one. So thank you.

 

OUR MISSION STATEMENT:

CHAT PERDU PRODUCTIONS creates stimulating, quirky, and all-natural events in Montreal & Toronto. We like to put on events that are participatory and lovely. Rather than ironic cool, we are after cat-belly warm. We like it when the people who "attend" are also the people who "perform". We see events as little experiments. We don't know what will happen & we do them to find out. The ultimate goal of everything is for folks to forge new friendships & to make life a little less lonely & manifestly more lovely. LESS LONELY! MORE LOVELY! Take a chance on a Chat Perdu event!

 

 

 

DECEMBER 2015 QUIRKY EVENTS!

Hi Lovelies! So, there's this old Chinese saying. It's more of a curse, really: "May you live in interesting times." Well, I read the news every single day. I'm kind of a news junkie. Anyway, sometimes I think the world could stand to be a little less interesting. I wouldn't mind some wide open days of napping if you know what I mean. But after that, I like to do things. And I hope you do too - So without further rambling, here are some charming and quirky things to do in December! 

 ★★★ MONTREAL STRIP SPELLING BEE - PUNK Edition! ★★★

Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015 at the MAINLINE THEATRE

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1667499350200920/

MONTREAL STRIP SPELLING BEE - PUNK Edition!

WARNING: There may be nudity in this show.

The game is played a lot like strip poker, but it's a spelling bee, and it's played in front of a live audience of hooters, hollerers and hecklers who want to see some smart and sexy skin!

As this is our PUNK edition, any contestant who incorporates a costume, whether half-assed or high-end, will be looked upon more favourably by the judges.

Additionally, we are taking contestant sign-ups in advance! But we are limiting early sign-ups to HALF of the allotted ten spellers so that folks who want to sign-up at the last minute have room to join in on the mad spelling fun. Email inconsolablecat@hotmail.com with XDRESSBEE in the subject line if you are interested in signing up early!
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Thursday, Dec 3, 2015
Mainline Theatre
3997 Blvd. St-Laurent
(Just south of Duluth - look for the sign with flames painted on it!)

Contestant sign-up at 8:30 PM sharp!
Bee from 9 to midnight
$10 at the door
(Contestants do not pay cover and get a free drink!)

Please note that we must cap our number of strip-spellers at 10 to ensure an expedient and entertaining evening.

Regretfully, The Mainline is not wheelchair-accessible, as it is up a steep flight of 15 steps.
18+

★★★ MONTREAL SLOWDANCE - NIGHT IN WHITE Edition! ★★★

Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 at the MAINLINE THEATRE

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/111934915839382/

You are cordially invited to MONTREAL SLOWDANCE! NIGHT IN WHITE Edition!

With a lending library of designated dancers for all you wallflowers, and a dancecard-booklet to set up dances in advance (should you choose to), Montreal Slowdance has all slow songs, all night long! (Except for the occasional intermission when we play the fastest songs we can find!)

It's high school with a happy ending. Come and experience why slow is beautiful, and why love is not ironic.

This event is MIXED and for EVERYONE: queer, straight, bi, poly, non-gender-binaried, those who identify as Complicated and those who are Late-Onset Awesome.

PS. Fabulous and inspired attire, while desired, is not required. But it would be AWESOME and HAWT and up your chances of being asked to dance! Since this is our NIGHT IN WHITE edition, we invite you to dust off your all-white outfits! A gentle reminder that while the personal IS political, we do not mean to suggest or imply any racial reading in the theme. For instance, last Slowdance was our Black Tie edition. These themes are purely for fun, so the dapper and fashion-conscious folks can have a loose guideline. If you are a former goth and don't have any white clothes, perhaps consider wearing something that glows. Wear a light!

★★★

Mainline Theatre
3997 Blvd. St-Laurent
(Just south of Duluth - look for the sign with flames painted on it!)

Friday, Dec. 4, 2015
Doors at 9, Dance from 10 PM - 3 AM.
$10 admission includes your Dancecard-booklet!
Regretfully, the Mainline Theatre is not wheelchair-accessible as it is up a steep flight of 15 steps and none of the bathrooms are accessible..
18+ (as alcohol will be available for purchase)

★★★ TORONTO QUEER SLOWDANCE - BLACK, WHITE & GOLD Edition! ★★★

Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015 at the DOVERCOURT HOUSE

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/455872611264701/

You are cordially invited to Toronto's QUEER SLOWDANCE! - BLACK, WHITE & GOLD Edition!

With a lending library of designated dancers for all you wallflowers, and a dancecard-booklet to set up dances in advance (should you choose to), Toronto Queer Slowdance has all slow songs, all night long! (Except for the occasional intermission when we play the fastest songs we can find!)

It's high school with a happy ending. Come and experience why slow is beautiful, and why love is not ironic.

Fabulous and inspired attire, while desired, is not required. But it would be AWESOME and HAWT. As this edition is our FIFTH YEAR ANNIVERSARY, we encourage everyone to wear black, white or gold in celebration!

Finally, you do not have to be queer to attend this party, but you must have an open mind, an open heart, and have open arms. Do keep in mind that many of our attendees fall within the LGBTTIQ continuum and may or may not be interested in dancing with the 'opposite' sex, so if you are stridently & adamantly straight, this may not be the most receptive community for you.


★★★

Dovercourt house
805 Dovercourt Rd. (1 block North of Bloor, 3 blks. west of Ossington)
Saturday, Dec 5, 2015
Doors at 9:30, Dance from 10 PM - 3 AM.
$10 admission includes your Dancecard-booklet!

Regretfully, the Dovercourt House is not wheelchair-accessible.
19+


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If you know of folks who like these weird events and who might want to subscribe to this newsletter, please send them this link: http://eepurl.com/QHnpb

This email list will become more and more important because every month, Facebook is REDUCING the number of invites I can personally send to folks on my friends list. They are reducing it every month because they are trying to turn a profit with their PAGES system, where they charge you so that your posts will show up in people's feeds. Already I have Facebook friends who aren't getting invites. I don't begrudge Facebook trying to turn a profit, but it's disappointing when they purposefully take away features and abilities to then try to charge you for them somewhere else.

Thanks to you for being part of this email list! It helps a lot!
  

QUIRKY EVENTS FOR NOVEMBER 2015!

Hi lovelies! This is kind of an exciting time for me! I am in the midst of launching my new book, YOU ARE A KITTEN! The final book in my trilogy of Choose-Your-Own-Adventure style books from the POV of a cat. But I am also continuing to put on my intimate & odd events. A couple weeks ago we had the best turnout ever for the Montreal Slowdance, which touched my heart. And in the picture above, this is what it looks like to work on the prototype for a slipcase, which I've never had to do before, and which is a charming challenge. My publisher tells me that a possible box set will be available late next year, so I'm trying to work through its logistical problems. I know it doesn't look like much right now. The fact is, things tend to look like shit for a long time until they don't. Just look at me in high school. Ba dum pssh!

Anyway, haha, without further ado, here are the...

  EVENTS FOR NOV 2015! 

VANCOUVER Booklaunch of YOU ARE A KITTEN!

Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015 at Lucky's Comics

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/861468893951173/

You are cordially invited to the Vancouver book launch of Sherwin Sullivan Tjia's YOU ARE A KITTEN! A choose-your-own-adventure style book from the POV of a KITTEN, and prequel to YOU ARE A CAT, and YOU ARE A CAT IN THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.



Thursday, October 22, 2015
7-9 PM
LUCKY'S COMICS
3972 Main St.
Vancouver, BC

The author will give a short, charming talk and Powerpoint purresentation, and be available to sign books.

 

TORONTO Booklaunch of YOU ARE A KITTEN!

Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015 at Page and Panel Bookstore

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/510041272485208/

You are cordially invited to the Toronto book launch of Sherwin Sullivan Tjia's YOU ARE A KITTEN! A choose-your-own-adventure style book from the POV of a KITTEN, and prequel to the cult hits YOU ARE A CAT!, and YOU ARE A CAT IN THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE!



Saturday, November 7, 2015

At 2 PM The author will give a short talk on the inherent nature and strengths of interactive fiction as part of the WORDPLAY festival, occurring in the main room of the Toronto Reference Library. (more info here: http://handeyesociety.com/wordplay/)

Then at 3 PM he will move to Page and Panel bookstore located Inside Toronto Reference Library at 789 Yonge Street, and give a short, charming talk and Powerpoint purresentation, and be available to sign books. (more info here: http://www.torontocomics.com/tcafshop/?p=9)

Come for either, or both!
  

TORONTO QUEER SLOWDANCE - FOLLOWEEN Edition!

Saturday, NOV 7, 2015 at the DOVERCOURT HOUSE

RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/751628148298141/

You are cordially invited to Toronto's QUEER SLOWDANCE! - FOLLOWEEN Edition!

With a lending library of designated dancers for all you wallflowers, and a dancecard-booklet to set up dances in advance (should you choose to), Toronto Queer Slowdance has all slow songs, all night long! (Except for the occasional intermission when we play the fastest songs we can find!)

It's high school with a happy ending. Come and experience why slow is beautiful, and why love is not ironic.

Fabulous and inspired attire, while desired, is not required. But it would be AWESOME and HAWT. Since this is our FOLLOWEEN Edition (ie. the weekend that follows Halloween), a costume of some kind would be fucking amazing.

Finally, you do not have to be queer to attend this party, but you must have an open mind, an open heart, and have open arms. Do keep in mind that many of our attendees fall within the LGBTTIQ continuum and may or may not be interested in dancing with the 'opposite' sex, so if you are stridently & adamantly straight, this may not be the most receptive community for you.


★★★

Dovercourt house
805 Dovercourt Rd. (1 block North of Bloor, 3 blks. west of Ossington)
Saturday, Nov 7, 2015
Doors at 9:30, Dance from 10 PM - 3 AM.
$10 admission includes your Dancecard-booklet!

Regretfully, the Dovercourt House is not wheelchair-accessible.
19+

★★★

 MONTREAL EXPOZINE

Saturday & Sunday, Nov. 14 & 15

MORE INFO here: http://expozine.ca/en/

THIS IS NOT MY EVENT! This is an annual fair in Montreal that focusses on small-press prints and zines and is awesome and amazing and has been going on for more than ten years and I always have a little table where I sell my random things and sign books if people want and it's nice just to sit all day and talk to your neighbours and get samosas and beers from the kitchen. Anyway, I will be there. Will you?

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If you know of folks who like these weird events and who might want to subscribe to this newsletter, please send them this link: http://eepurl.com/QHnpb

This email list will become more and more important because every month, Facebook is REDUCING the number of invites I can personally send to folks on my friends list. They are reducing it every month because they are trying to turn a profit with their PAGES system, where they charge you so that your posts will show up in people's feeds. Already I have Facebook friends who aren't getting invites. I don't begrudge Facebook trying to turn a profit, but it's disappointing when they purposefully take away features and abilities to then try to charge you for them somewhere else.

Thanks to you for being part of this email list! It helps a lot!

CANCELLED STRIP SPELLING BEE IN TORONTO: So, in my "sneak peek" section (below) I usually put upcoming dates that I haven't made an event page for. Anyway, for a long time I had Nov. 6 marked for a Strip Spelling Bee in Toronto. Unfortunately there was some miscommunication between myself and the venue and I got lost in the shuffle! So if you marked that date in your calendar, sadly I must ask you to erase it. I seldom cancel events. It's not my style and it upsets me that I have to. I am taking steps to ensure this doesn't happen again in the future. Thanks for understanding! 

 

SNEAK PEEK @ UPCOMING EVENTS further into 2015...

Save the Date! Events and dates are subject to change, but realistically, in all likelihood, won't.


Thursday, December 3, 2015: MONTREAL STRIP SPELLING BEE @ the MAINLINE THEATRE

Friday, December 4, 2015: MONTREAL MIXED SLOWDANCE @ the MAINLINE THEATRE

Saturday, December 5, 2015: TORONTO QUEER SLOWDANCE @ the DOVERCOURT HOUSE

 

Thank you SO MUCH for coming out and supporting quirky events this past year! We can only continue to put on these intimate and odd experimental events because you come out and you tell your friends what wacky thing you did over the weekend and they were intrigued enough to come to the next one. So thank you.

 

OUR MISSION STATEMENT:

CHAT PERDU PRODUCTIONS creates stimulating, quirky, and all-natural events in Montreal & Toronto. We like to put on events that are participatory and lovely. Rather than ironic cool, we are after cat-belly warm. We like it when the people who "attend" are also the people who "perform". We see events as little experiments. We don't know what will happen & we do them to find out. The ultimate goal of everything is for folks to forge new friendships & to make life a little less lonely & manifestly more lovely. LESS LONELY! MORE LOVELY! Take a chance on a Chat Perdu event!