June 20, 2008
This just in—beavers are making a comeback in the mainstream. It's not that they ever disappeared since the days of June Cleaver (at least if you still count your nickels), it's just that the fuzzy, big-toothed creature has emerged from the dam with a little bit of groove, and this time, it's still a little bit wet. This weekend, Moist Beaver Magazine is dropping its summer issue like it's hot—with a summer solistice party. And with this Saturday being the longest day of the year, it's almost a moral requirement to stay up all night in honour of our token Canadian furry friend (and a pretty good 'zine, to boot).
Moist Beaver is a local quarterly dishing the scoop on up-and-coming Toronto art and the artists behind it. The last issue featured interviews dripping with juicy gossip on VND/LSM, Kis Met, Tobias Wang and Ink Mind, and a few of Jen Mann's cartoonish portraits. The latest 60-page edition, which goes for 5 bucks at the release party, takes a close-up look at New Look, Andrew Quaglierello, Yehuda, John Lam, and Tomas Del Baso, with a fashion section on—what else?—summer street style. T-shirts, sneakers, and sunnies are glorified in the magazine, and are required attire for the launch party this Saturday at the Whippersnapper.
The humid times begin Saturday night at 8 p.m. with a 20-artist art show, and at 10:30, a live set from featured hipsters New Look (bound to play the next VICE party), Edmonton DJs DVAS, and Rynecologist, fresh off the Kanye-Rihanna-N.E.R.D.-Lupe muscle tour. This sultry, sweaty, sexy dance party's bound to keep you eager beavers moist all night.
Photo from Tancread.
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"What do you want to sell at my market?" demands a flustered, head-scarved Kealan Sullivan, 69 Vintage owner and entrepreneur extraordinaire. "You want to sell cupcakes? Sure. Homemade ice cream? Sure. Old records? Sure. Just not vintage clothes... because, you know, I do that already. Antique clothes? Sure."
We don't actually want to sell anything at Queen West Market, which opens tomorrow, June 21, in the gallery formerly known as SPIN. (The gorgeous, dramatically lit space has been sitting shamefully empty for months.) We do, however, thrill to the thought of buying cupcakes and ice cream and old records and older clothes, all in one sunlit place. Everyone loves a market, and given that St. Lawrence is practically the east end for Queen and Dovercourt types, it's high time weekend shoppers 'twixt park (Trinity-Bellwoods) and bridge (Dufferin) had one to call their own.
Besides, with the recent, unseasonable shittiness of Toronto weather, where better to shop than indoors? Year-round? Every Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.? Anything else we can squeeze into a rhetorical question? Oh, yes—are 35 art, fashion, craft, and food hawkers enough to satisfy both your capitalist urges and buy-local resolutions?
By the way, if you do want to sell things, QSM is still looking for vendors. Email [email protected].
Photo via QueenWestMarket.com.
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IN AN ALLEY OFF OXFORD, NEAR SPADINAPHOTO BY JOULGER
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June 20, 2008
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