“Our new album “Not Deserted” has just been released worldwide!

To hear our online CD release and interview with the lovely Len Rogers in Virginia, USA, go to http://www.rainbowworldradio.com (till Sept 15)

Get yourself a cuppa (Aussie for a cup of tea) and settle in. You’ll hear the first half of the CD, then a nice long interview, then the second half of the CD.

“Not Deserted” can also be heard at:

www.sugarbeachmusic.com & www.myspace.com/sugarbeach

You can also see videos and photos and other info on these 2 sites.

To purchase “Not Deserted” either in disc form or digital, go to: www.cdbaby.com/sugarbeach1 You’ll be able to download the individual songs from iTunes in a few weeks.

Thanks

Marlee & Tully

OXOX”

Sugarbeach's new album cover

Hey Sophia!
Hope you gals are doing well!

We thought we’d send you this as it might interesting to you.
We have just written and recorded this years’ theme song for Vancouver Pride 2008, “Living Out Proud”. Vancouver will be using it for the kick off of events and media liaisons as well as in the parade. So far 7 other major cities around the world have also decided to use it…some have put it on their website already. The cities include, Seattle, Ottawa, Charlotte, North Carolina (where we will be performing at their pride in July), Toronto (it looks like Proud FM may be playing it as well) , Kentucky and Cornwall, UK. We are totally jazzed by the great response we have gotten.

We have given it to them for free to use however they need it and it is also downloadable for free on our myspace page.

“Living Out Proud” is a celebration of Pride as well as an encouragement for LGBT people to come out in every aspect of their lives and we’re hoping it also reaches the ears and the hearts of those in prominent positions whose coming out, we feel, could make such a positive impact on the lives and rights of LGBT people everywhere.

So there you go!
Chat soon…thanks,

Marlee and Tully
from SUGARBEACH

After winning a Grammy Award in 1985 for best new artist and becoming the first artist in history to have five top ten singles from a debut album, Cyndi Lauper continues to win critical acclaim as a singer, musician, actor and writer. Cyndi has released 11 albums, over 40 singles and has sold more than 25 million records worldwide. She has been nominated for 13 Grammy Awards, 2 Emmy Awards, 2 American Music Awards, 7 American Video Awards, and 18 MTV awards.

As an actor, Cyndi has appeared in such features as Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Fine Line/Mirimax), Life With Mikey (Touchstone), Off and Running (Independent), Vibes (Columbia/Imagine) and opposite Christopher Walken in her critically acclaimed dramatic role in The Opportunist (Independent). Television credits include Queer as Folk (2005), Live and Kicking and Noel’s House Party (both for the BBC) and her Emmy Award Winning performance (Outstanding Guest Performance in a Comedy Series) as Marianne Lugasso on Mad About You (94-99). Cyndi also has lent her talents to other film and TV projects, voicing animated projects for Disney and The Simpsons as well as scoring soundtracks for the films Off and Running and Private Property, and the title song for Nick Cassavete7#39;s, Unhook The Stars. Cyndi made her Broadway debut in 2006, in the role of Jenny in The Threepenny Opera.

A devoted advocate for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community for over 25 years, Cyndi Lauper launched the annual True Colors Tour in 2007. In partnership with organizations like the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG), this North American tour brings people together to voice their solidarity for GLBT equality and raise awareness about the continued discrimination the community still faces. From Cyndi and her openly gay sister, Elen, taking part in a highly successful national public awareness campaign for PFLAG to participating in countless events to raise funds and awareness for the fight for GLBT equality, Cyndi is committed to this vital community that has loved and supported her throughout her career. In appreciation for her work, Cyndi has been honored by many organizations including HRC, PFLAG, and the Matthew Shepard Foundation.

Cyndi also is a tireless participant in the struggle to end the HIV/AIDS pandamic that has ravaged the world. Participating in efforts and events for organizations like AMFAR, Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, Cyndi continues to speak out about the need for education and greater resources to fight this disease

TRUE COLORS
WEDNESDAY JULY 2
DEER LAKE PARK – BURNABY, BC
Doors 4:00pm Show 5:00pm
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
http://www.hob.com/go/3pw/1217/tcolors_girlgig/
Ticketmaster or Charge By Phone 604-280-4444
Tickets (incl. GST) $57.50
(plus FMF and service charges)
**general admission lawn**

featuring …

CYNDI LAUPER
THE B52’S
ROSIE O’DONNELL
JOAN ARMATRADING
NONA HENDRIX

plus host …
CARSON KRESSLEY

Young lesbian and queer women artists are quoted as saying they don’t want to be ‘pidgeonholed’ as queer by representing themselves in the media as lesbian or writing about lesbian experience. While not exactly closeted, if the majority of their fans have no reason to know they’re not straight, they will be assumed to be straight. 

Musicians and other public figures passing for straight is nothing new. Queer artists like KD Lang, the Nylons, George Michaels and Elton John also passed for straight in their early careers.  While not needing the deep closet of gay actor Rock Hudson or US Congresswomen Barbara Jordan, who were outed only after their deaths, many young lesbian and queer artists are choosing to represent themselves as straight by not declaring otherwise. Would kd or the Nylons have been as successful as they have been if they had come out early in their careers? We’ll know that gay and lesbian people have reached full equality when creating art about our own experiences no longer reduces our career success.

But why are musicians looking for less mainstream audiences not out and proud? Lesbian musical matriarch Cris Williamson is quoted as saying that it’s all just a part of an artistic pendulum, and that much younger women, currently 12 or 13 have swung back towards being more political, and that gives her hope.  I think she’s got a point here. Cris’ words put me in mind of an 80’s TV show starring Michael J Fox as the Republican teenage son of progressive activist parents. His parents were so political, there was no way to differentiate himself from them without embracing the conservative values they’d fought. Perhaps the current generation of lesbian and queer women artists are reacting to their musical foremothers in a similar way, choosing to be apolitical or pass for straight in order to be nothing like the lesbian musicians who preceeded them. One can only hope that their musical daughters will feel an equal need to do something different.

SATURDAY MARCH 8 CELEBRATE !!! ‘INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY’ with the fabulous … KIM KUZMA and guests …

SUGARBEACH (The band) special installment … featuring 3 dusted off and better than ever!! former  MISTRESS members … the outstanding/powerhouse vocals of  Marlee Walchuk the beautiful harmonies and keyboard stylings of Tully Callender the serious rocker chick guitar licks of Rona Goodman rounded off by the always stellar drumming of Lisa Lambert and a very special…  

MELISSA ETHERIDGE TRIBUTE  by yet another former ‘MISTRESS’ member … JANIS MULLAN opening set with … BONNIE STE-CROIX an incomprable evening of outstanding women’s music and merriment!!! The Fairview Pub … 898 West Broadway Doors: 8:30pm  Show: 9:30pm advance tix $15 available @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St. *get tix early!! always a sell out! http://www.kimkuzma.com/ http://www.sugarbeachmusic.com/   

(Girlgigs productions – girlgigs@yahoo.com) 

Blues Guitarist / Vocalist Jill Newman

Featured in Lesbian Quarterly #5 in March 1st 2005

For more information: http://www.soundsandfuries.com/concerts.html

Excerpted from above site:

HOLLY NEAR & Emma’s Revolution:
“Over 35 Years of Social Change Music”

WHEN: Friday October 30 8 pm, Doors 7:15 pm

WHERE: Unitarian Church, 949 W. 49th Ave @Oak St, Vancouver

TICKETS: $27 advance, $32 at door:
Available at Little Sisters 1238 Davie and Urban Empire 1108 Commercial Dr (cash only)

PayPal tickets coming soon.

Print your own souvenier copy of the concert poster.

HOLLY NEAR

SINGER, PRODUCER, ACTOR, AUTHOR, ACTIVIST & TEACHER!

Nominated for the Nobel Peace prize, Holly Near is known throughout the world as an ambassador for peace, a musician and a global justice activist.

Near’s career as a singer has been profoundly defined by an unwillingness to separate her passion for music from her passion for human dignity. Her voice soars as she sings about that which she knows & has experienced. You can feel and see the passion, the knowing in her voice and in her body.

Holly was one of the first woman artists to start an independent record company when she founded Redwood Records in 1972 which became a major force in alternative music for nearly 20 years. Near’s vision for Redwood was to promote and produce music by politically conscious artists from around the world, a mission fulfilled for almost two decades.

Near worked for world peace and multi-cultural consciousness. The world was her university and social change movements informed her songs. Near helped support the work of artists from Nicaragua, Chile, Australia, Canada, England, Argentina, Cuba, Uruguay, Vietnam, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States. She was outspoken on such issues as gay and lesbian rights, a woman’s right to choose, stopping domestic violence, and opposing nuclear war.

A peace activist and advocate for human and civil rights, Holly has linked the multitude of issues that are our lives, refusing the idea of separate “causes.” When asked how she keeps her energy for this work, she smiles: “I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best efforts as a gift to our children.”

For more information on this amazing woman, visit her web site www.hollynear.com.

EMMA’S REVOLUTION

Dancing on the edge of folk and pop there’s a revolution: Emma’s revolution. The sound of passion in “deftly-turned phrases,” songs imbued with hope, warmth and the “power and drive” to turn tears into laughter, cynicism into action.

EMMA’S REVOLUTION is the duo of award-winning, activist musicians, Pat Humphries & Sandy O, who write songs that become traditions. Their song,“If I Give Your Name” won Grand Prize in the John Lennon Songwriting Contest and their music has been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered” and Pacifica’s “Democracy Now!”. “Peace, Salaam, Shalom” is sung around the world and has been called the “anthem of the anti-war movement.” “Keep On Moving Forward” opened the NGO Forum at the UN Fourth World Conference on Women in Bejiing, becoming the unofficial theme of the Conference.

“The powers that be can control the media but it’s hard to stop a good song… Pat’s songs will be sung well into the 22nd century.”

WE CAME TO SING! is Holly Near & Emma’s Revolution new CD. Get a copy on October 30th!!

Holly and emma’s revolution put their unique vocal stamp on songs from Holly’s repertoire. Eleven tracks include old favorites such as Listen to the Voices, Sky Dances, and Fired Up along with new arrangements of Study War No More and Sail Away Lady, Pat Humphries’ Swimming to the Other Side, and Rick Burkhardt’s (The Prince Myshkins) Ministry.

For more information on Emma’s Revolution, visit their web site www.emmasrevolution.com.

KATE CLINTON, #1 Lesbian Comedienne

WHEN: Thursday November 5, 8 pm, Doors 7:15 pm

WHERE: WISE Hall, 1882 Adanac St @ Victoria Dr

TICKETS: Tickets $27 advance, $32 at door
Available at Little Sisters 1238 Davie and Urban Empire 1108 Commercial Dr (cash only)
PayPal tickets coming soon.

Check back soon for more details. We`ll post them as soon as we have them.

SUNDAY OCTOBER 25

THE DOTS

with special guests …

The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.

Doors: 7pm  Show: 8pm

Admission: $10

upcoming highlights …

TUESDAY OCTOBER 27

ANI DIFRANCO

Centre In Vancouver for The Performing Arts … 777 Homer

8pm Tickets: www.ticketmaster.ca / 604-280-4444

$44.50-$49.50 plus service charges

Vancouver first embraced Ani DiFranco in 1992, when she made her debut appearance at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Audiences fell head over heels for the feisty young singer-songwriter full of dynamic pizzazz. Armed with only a guitar, talent and a brain she kicked in the door for a generation of followers.

Twenty-some recordings (all on her own Righteous Babe label) and innumerable shows later, the little folk singer that could returns to Vancouver with a couple of pals. She’ll play songs from her latest release, the brilliant New Orleans-infused Red Letter Year, and selections from both ones that came before and new songs from a writer who never stops writing.

Whether the subject is politics or the foibles of being human, this is an artist who continues to deliver honesty, excellence and a few surprises. Seventeen years after her Vancouver debut, Ani DiFranco remains at the top of her game – a significant, outspoken and creatively ingenious artist who just keeps getting better and better.

Ani also performs in Victoria on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at The Royal Theatre.

Presented by Valdine Ciwko and Gary Cristall

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 5

KATE CLINTON #1 LESBIAN COMMEDIENE!!

THE WISE HALL … 1882 Adanac St

Doors: 7pm  Show: 8pm

Tix: $27 advance @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St & Urban empire 1108 Commercial Dr. $32 @ door

A Sounds & Furies and girlgig productions co-presentation

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6

PO’GIRL “DEER IN THE NIGHT” TOUR

with special guests …

THE WISE HALL … 1882 Adanac St

Doors: 8pm  Show: 9pm

Tix: $15 advance @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St. & Highlife Records & Music 1317 Commercial Dr. $20 @ door

* ON SALE Tuesday October 6

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15

EVALYN PARRY

*EARLY SHOW

The Railway Club … 579 Dunsmuir St.

Doors: 5pm  Show: 6pm SHARP!

Admission: $10

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28

ISSA formerly (JANE SIBERRY)

with special guests … THE FATES

THE WISE HALL … 1882 Adanac St.

Doors: 7pm  Show: 8pm

Tix: $28 advance @ Little Sisters 1238 Davie St. & Highlife Records & Music 1317 Commercial Dr. $33 @ door

*ON SALE Tuesday October 6

another Sounds & Furies and girlgig productions co-presentation

girlgig productions trigger@girlgigs.com

Message from the editor: Rhizome Cafe is a lesbian owned (and run) cafe with a wonderful community attitude. Because they have so many events of interest to LQ’s readers, I have inserted their entire monthly calendar and events notices below, rather than taking on the daunting task of separating them into separate events postings. Enjoy!

June at Rhizome Café * Community Space * Arts Venue 317 East Broadway, Vancouver

Dear Friends of Rhizome-

Happy summer to all! In addition to hoping you’ll join us for the events mentioned below, we have a few announcements:

- Wireless: Rhizome now offers free wireless internet, available at all times except during weekend brunch (too busy!) and evening events (pay attention!) This is a nice place to sit and work, especially during the afternoons when things are relatively quiet here.

- Volunteer Needed: We’re looking for a volunteer to help us transport our compost. We deliver our compost-able kitchen scraps to a community garden near Commercial Drive, but are finding it difficult to do so regularly. We would be very grateful to any volunteer with reliable transportation who already travels regularly from east to west and back again, and who could come by about three times a week to pick up our veggies and drop them off at the garden. If you’re interested, please respond to this email.

- Office Space for Rent: You may have noticed that the building next door to us at the corner of Scotia and East Broadway is undergoing massive renovations. Part of it has already been rented out to Starbucks (just what we all need!) but the remaining three suites have yet to be rented. We would love it if community groups, arts organizations, creative folk, etc. became our new neighbours, rather than more corporate junk. We have no idea how much the rent is, but the building is slated to open in July and the available suites range in size from 1,100 to 2,800 square feet. Any groups interested in office space should email the developer directly: peteruyassociates [at] shaw [dot] ca.

We won! Rhizome was awarded a HERO Award at Xtra West’s Community Achievement Awards ceremony. Thanks again to all who nominated us.

- Summer Vacation: The Rhizome staff is taking a break from June 28^th through July 4^th. We will be closed that entire week, reopening on Saturday, July 5^th.

We hope to see you at the various events listed below! Also, remember that we’re open for delicious lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, snacks and drinks. Our complete hours are listed at the end of this message. And let us know if you’d like to use our Community Meeting Room for your group’s activities. You can check our website for more information on what we do and how we do it: http://www.rhizomecafe.ca/.

Here’s what’s happening in the coming month:

Art on Our Walls

Illustrated Journey Youth Project:

Comics by immigrant and refugee youth

Events

Kulilu & Nuhkinka Coffee House Night

Friday, May 30, 7:00pm

First Nations Grassroots Arts and Entertainment presents a First Nations evening of culture and traditional sharing. Our elder Kulilu (political activist, poet, writer and performer) has turned 60. We offer this night of entertainment and connection as a way to bring our people together to embrace our oral traditions of storytelling through spoken word and song. Nuhkinka (performer, youth worker and political activist) will deliver a premier performance as a gift to Kulilu and our guests.

Free

EveryBODY Dance Now! A Latin Dance Party for Queer Folk and their Allies

Saturday, May 31, 7:30pm

Whether you’ve only dreamed of dancing Salsa or are already a pro, you are welcome here! From 7:30 to 8:15 we’ll hang out, listen to some music, eat, drink and maybe try out our dance shoes a bit. At 8:15 we’ll learn some moves from Michael Gabriel Rosen of Más Movement. From 9:30 onward we´ll work it to the sweet rhythms of Salsa, Merengue and Reggaeton. No partner necessary.

$5-$10 sliding scale, but no one turned away for lack of funds

Family Sunday: Kurai Mubaiwa and Andrew Kim

Sunday, June 1, doors at 4:30, show at 5

Caravan World Rhythms Society presents this kids’ concert by Kurai, renowned Zimbabwean Marimba master and Andrew, extraordinary builder and performer of string instruments. Bring the kids for fun musical explorations and then stick around for a relaxed family supper.

$6 for adults and $4 kids

Over 40 Women Meet Over 40 Women

Thursday, June 5; registration from 6:00 to 6:30, event starts at 7:00

Join us for a facilitated gathering for single lesbians over 40. This event is slower paced than speed dating and more participatory than a typical meet and greet. This is an opportunity for women over 40 seeking other women over 40 to mix and mingle in a relaxed, fun and interactive space.

$5-$10 suggested donation, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

In Concert: Doug Andrew and the Circus in Flames

Friday, June 6, 8:00pm

Come witness shocking feats of original sheet metal country music! Doug Andrew and his Circus are some of Vancouver’s best, original, wildly creative talent.

By donation

La Candela

Saturday, June 7, 8:00pm

Caravan World Rhythms Society presents authentic Cuban dance music direct from the streets of Havana.

$10 cover

The Writers’ Studio Reads

Thursday, June 12, 7:30

Members of the SFU Writers’ Studio will share their craft and their most recent literary creations.

Free

Snowflake

Friday, June 13, 8:00pm

Snowflake is a one-woman show by resident performer Michael-Ann Connor. An evening of laughter and tears is inspired by song, dance, comedy and visuals. Reminiscent of a theatrical “Daily Show” this piece mixes social commentary, humor, and driving music in a sexy package.

$5-$10 sliding scale

Oaxaca, Mexico: After Two Years of Nightmares

Saturday, June 14, 7:00pm

On the second anniversary of the popular uprising in Oaxaca, Mexico, CIPO-Van presents a screening of the film Un poquito de tanta verdad as well as opportunities to support Oaxacan community media projects. With this event, we will remember that the struggle continues to remove the tyrant Ulises Ruiz and to build people’s autonomy and self-determination in the south of Mexico.

By donation, no one turned away for lack of funds

Film Screening: Security Guards

Thursday, June 19, 8:30pm

Security Guards is a short documentary film by Sarah Shamash shot on location at the Jeu de Paume. The film shows this prestigious Parisian contemporary art centre through the eyes of the security guards. Questioning the role of art in society, the film connects the political context of Paris today with the rising tension between the Sarkozy administration and issues around immigration within an elitist French, white, bourgeois art world.

Free

In Concert: Asani, Aboriginal women’s trio

Friday, June 20, 8:30pm

Caravan World Rhythms Society presents Asani, a Juno-nominated Aboriginal women’s trio with “captivating, breathtaking harmonies and powerful rhythmic style.”

Sliding scale, $8-$12

Un-disappearing the Disappeared

Saturday, June 21, 7:00pm

BC Central American Student Alliance presents a presentation and discussion on the new generation’s struggle for memory and justice in Guatemala. Wendy Mendez, co-founder of HIJOS (Sons and Daughters of the Disappeared) will present on her work and on state violence in Latin America. This is an invitation to reconstruct collective memory.

By donation, no one turned away.

Book Launch: Everywhere, All the Time

Sunday, June 22, 4:30 to 7:00

The book Everywhere, All the Time, edited by Matt Hern, is a collection of alternative school and alternative-to-school writings. It includes classic essays, projects from around the world, innovative schools, and plenty of Vancouver contributors. Join us for a series of short readings, musical performances, and more!

By donation, no one turned away

Community Radio Reunion

Thursday, June 26, 7:00pm

Meet and greet current and past participants in CJSF-FM, CITR-FM, and CFRO-FM (Coop Radio.) Meet CITR’s new General Manager, Brenda Grunau. Hear news from the 2008 Campus-Community Radio Conference in Windsor. This event is open to everyone who loves the medium!

Free

Rhizome Summer Holiday!

We’ll be closed from June 28 through July 4.

Vancouver Film Premiere: Meditate and Destroy

Saturday, July 5, doors at 6:30, event at 7:30

DIY Dharma and 108 Rampage Film Tour present: Meditate and Destroy, film screening and Q and A with Director/Producer Sarah Fisher. Meditate and Destroy provides an intimate and dynamic portrait of unconventional Buddhist teacher and counsellor Noah Levine (Dharma Punx, Against the Stream.) Levine uses his personal experience and punk-rock sensibilities to connect with young people within juvenile halls and urban centers around the US. The film presents a hardhitting look at Buddhism’s place in the world of punks.

$7-15 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds

In our Meeting Room

Many groups use our Community Meeting Room for meetings, workshops and other small events. The following are open to the public:

Love Exiles Get-Together

Tuesday, June 3, 7:00-9:00pm

Meet fellow GLBT bi-national couples at an informal get-together for couples who immigrated to Vancouver because they could not live together legally with their foreign partners in their home countries.

Free

Common-ist Conspiracies Discussion Group

Wednesday evenings, May 7-June 25, 7:00-9:00pm

Join us for a weekly study/discussion group on “the commons:” physical and social relationships based on shared resources, networks of mutual aid, dignity and non-alienated labour. We will discuss examples of how people have built emancipatory ways of living as alternatives to the destructive mode of social organization that is capitalism. Each week we will focus on a specific theme of interest. There will be no formal reading list but readings relating to particular topics will be made available for anyone who is interested. Together we will elaborate on a language and practice of political struggle and social change that connects us with others.

Free

Events We’re Supporting Beyond These Four Walls

Here are a couple of events happening in the upcoming weeks, both of which are part of ongoing campaigns. We think they are important to support, and encourage everyone to attend these events and/or pass on the word.

Rally against Bill C-50

Sunday, June 1, 2:00pm

In Centralcity Shopping Centre (north entrance by SFU Surrey Tower), 13450 102nd Avenue Surrey (between 134th and 135th Street), 1 short block from Surrey Central Skytrain Station.

Recently the Conservative government introduced a series of amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act buried in Bill C-50. Under the proposed changes, even if someone meets the necessary-already stringent-criteria for a visa, the Minister and her department can reject the application without any Court review. The Minister will also have the power to issue quotas and restrictions on the category (including Family Class and Economic Class immigrants) and country of origin of people.

For more info: http://noii-van.resist.ca/

Golden Gag Award “Ceremony” and Protest

Friday, June 6, 12:00

Granville Square, 200 Granville Street

Demand that CanWest drop its groundless lawsuit against Mordecai Briemberg! In a direct attack on freedom of expression, Canwest has launched an unprecedented civil lawsuit against solidarity activist Mordecai Briemberg and 6 other anonymous persons. In June 2007, marking the 40th anniversary of the illegal Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories, an anonymous group produced a parody edition of Canwest’s Vancouver Sun. Canwest is pursuing legal action against Briemberg despite their written admission that they have no documentation connecting him with the production of the parody. Regardless of individuals’ opinions on the Israel/Palestine issue, we are concerned that this lawsuit is an attack on all of us who dare speak out against the status quo. For more info: www.seriouslyfreespeech.ca

Thanks! See you soon!

Rhizome

Café * Community Space * Arts Venue

Where we are:

317 East Broadway

Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish Territory

For more information:

604-872-3166

http://www.rhizomecafe.ca/

rhizome@rhizomecafe.ca

When we’re open:

Tuesdays, 4pm to 10pm

Wednesdays, 11am to 10pm

Thursdays, 11am to 10pm

Fridays, 11am to midnight

Saturdays, 10am to midnight

Sundays, 10am to 3pm (sometimes later if we have an event scheduled)

We’re closed on Mondays

A note on our name:

In the botanical sense, a rhizome is a root system that some plants (like lilies and orchids and ginger and bamboo) use to spread themselves about. While the roots of most plants point generally downward, the rhizome is a horizontal root system that runs parallel to the surface of the ground. The plant sends shoots up from nodes in the rhizome, creating what look like many separate plants. These seemingly unrelated individuals are actually all connected, through a system that’s not immediately visible to the eye.

May at Rhizome Café * Community Space * Arts Venue  317 East Broadway, Vancouver

Events

Stand Up, Sing Out: Expressions of Resistance and Liberation

Friday May 2^nd, 7:30pm 

Streams of Justice presents an evening of music and poetry on the theme of human solidarity, and against the unjust social structures that break us apart.  (http://www.streamsofjustice.org/).

Free

Art Show Opening:  Illustrated Journey Youth Project

Saturday, May 3^rd, 6:30pm

For the past six months, a group of immigrant and refugee youth have worked with established illustrators and comic book artists, learning how to share their personal stories and talk about issues that are important to them as newcomers to Canada.  The comics currently hanging on our walls are the result of this collaboration.  Come see the comics, meet the youth artists, and learn about their journeys, both physical and artistic.

Free

Family Sunday: Caravan World Rhythms Society Presents Boris Sichon

Sunday, May 4^th, doors at 4:30, show at 5:00, supper til 7:00

Bring the kids to experience over 25 instruments, and musical traditions from near and far.  This is a participatory show, part of Rhizome’s Family Sunday series: events, activities and supper for all ages. 

$4 for kids, $6 for adults

Caffeinated Queers:  Youth Week Talent Show

Friday, May 9^th, 6:00pm

Come join a fabulous night filled with wonderful young talents, hosted by GAB, Out in Schools, and the Vancouver School Board.  It will be an evening of singing, acting, stand-up, spoken-word, drag, film and fun entertainment for queer youth and their friends.

Free, donations welcome

Althea Cunningham Duo

Saturday, May 10th, 8:00pm

Sultry, original R&B and soul music sung by Althea Cunningham and accompanied by David Priest and Harry Kalensky. Don’t miss this chance to satisfy your appetite for great jazz tunes!
$5 at the door

Family Sunday:  Will Stroet and His Mom’s Mothers’ Day Concert

Sunday, May 11^th, doors at 4:30, show at 5:00, supper til 7:00

Celebrate Mothers’ Day with children’s musician Will Stroet and his mom Marion!  Will and Marion will sing interactive songs in French and English from their acclaimed album Will et sa maman: Chantons et dansons.   

$4 for children, $6 for adults

Locution:  The UBC Creative Writing Department’s Reading Series

Thursday, May 15^th, 7:00pm

Five writers from UBC’s MFA Creative Writing program read from their latest works, live performances are presented, mystery guests do their thing, and more! 

Free

Claudia Dey Book Launch

Friday, May 16th, 7:30pm

Claudia Dey celebrates the launch of her debut novel, Stunt, which the Toronto Star calls a “surrealist coming-of-age novel, a shot of Catcher in the Rye with a One Hundred Years of Solitude chaser.”  She is joined by local novelist, Teresa McWhirter, who reads from her new novel Dirtbags (Anvil Press), a book FFWD Weekly calls a “search for beauty amid chaos and anarchy [that] resonates long after the last page is turned.”

Free

Caravan World Rhythms Society Presents:  Pe de Cana

Saturday, May 17th, 8:00pm

Pe de Cana, Vancouver’s own choro/chorinho trio band brings us this popular style of Brazilian music and rhythm.

$10 at the door

Family Sunday:  Storyteller Naomi Steinberg

Sunday, May 18^th, doors at 4:30, show at 5:00, supper til 7:00

A little bit of curiosity, a whole lotta heart and a generous heap of fun – all wrapped up in tried and true traditional tales from around the world.  Join storyteller Naomi Steinberg for this evening of stories.  Bring your ears, hearts and willingness to wonder the world into wellness!

$3-$5 suggested donation, but no one turned away for lack of funds.

Palestinian Refugee Film Night

Thursday, May 22nd, 7:00pm

As part of Vancouver-Palestine Solidarity Month, the Boycott Israeli Apartheid Campaign presents an evening of films focusing on the Palestinian Nakba (Catastrophe) of 1948.  The two films, Children of Ibdaa and Deir Yassin Remembered, depict not only the events of 1948 but also the continuing struggle of Palestinian refugees.

By donation, suggested $5-$10 but no one turned away

Café Rebelde

Friday, May 23^rd, 7:00pm

Join us for this monthly informational and social event in support of Latin American social movements.  May’s topic is to be announced.

Free

Board Games are So Gay

Saturday, May 24th, 7:00pm

Bring your favourite games or use ours!  DJ Ruggedly Handsome will keep the tunes coming during this queer-friendly community games night.

Free, donations welcome

Family Sunday:  Disco, Baby

Sunday, May 25th, 4:30-7:00

We’ll be out on the disco floor again!  Dj little d will be mixing the old school and the new.  Bring the kids out for some disco dancing fun.

By donation, no one turned away for lack of funds

Kulilu & Nuhkinka Coffee House Night

Friday, May 30^th, 7:00pm

First Nations Grassroots Arts and Entertainment (A department of the George Manuel Institute) presents a First Nations evening of culture and traditional sharing. Our elder Kulilu (political activist, poet, writer and performer) has turned 60.  We offer this night of entertainment and connection as a way to bring our people together to embrace our oral traditions of storytelling through spoken word and song. Nuhkinka (performer, youth worker and political activist) will deliver a premier performance as a gift to Kulilu and our guests.

Free

EveryBODY Dance Now!  A Latin Dance Party for Queer Folk and their Allies

Saturday, May 31^st, 7:30pm

Whether you’ve only dreamed of dancing Salsa or are already a pro, you are welcome here!  From 7:30 to 8:15 we’ll hang out, listen to some music, eat, drink and maybe try out our dance shoes a bit. At 8:15 we’ll learn some moves from Michael Gabriel Rosen of Más Movement. From 9:30 onward we´ll work it to the sweet rhythms of Salsa, Merengue and Reggaeton. No partner necessary.

$5-$10 sliding scale, but no one turned away for lack of funds

Workshops and Other Small Happenings

 Many groups use our Community Meeting Room and other corners of the café for gatherings, workshops, and more.  This month, the following are open to the public:

Common-ist Conspiracies Discussion Group

Wednesday evenings, May 7^th-June 25^th, 7:00-9:00pm

Join us for a weekly study/discussion group on “the commons:” physical and social relationships based on shared resources, networks of mutual aid, dignity and non-alienated labour.  We will discuss examples of how people have built emancipatory ways of living as alternatives to the destructive mode of social organization that is capitalism.  Each week we will focus on a specific theme of interest. There will be no formal reading list but readings relating to particular topics will be made available for anyone who is interested. Together we will elaborate on a language and practice of political struggle and social change that connects us with others.

Free

Rhizome Café * Community Space * Arts Venue

Where we are:

317 East Broadway Vancouver, BC, Coast Salish Territory

For more information: 604-872-3166

http://www.rhizomecafe.ca/

rhizome@rhizomecafe.ca 

 When we’re open:
Tuesdays:  4pm to 10pm
Wednesdays and Thursdays: 11am to 10pm
Fridays 11am to midnight
Saturdays 10am to midnight (brunch from 10 to 3; kitchen closed 3-5)
Sundays 10am to 3pm (and often also from 4:30 to 7:00 when we have a Family Sunday event scheduled) 

A note on our name: In the botanical sense, a rhizome is a root system that some plants (like lilies and orchids and ginger and bamboo) use to spread themselves about.  While the roots of most plants point generally downward, the rhizome is a horizontal root system that runs parallel to the surface of the ground.  The plant sends shoots up from nodes in the rhizome, creating what look like many separate plants.  These seemingly unrelated individuals are actually all connected, through a system that’s not immediately visible to the eye.