past events

installment # 1 - 05/01/2011

Maura Amadea (visual artist) & Sara Berger (visual artist/writer/photographer)
///presenting a juxtaposition of Amadea’s painting and Berger’s photography, creating a dialogue between two sensibilities. Possible reading/projection show as well! Not ladies to miss.

Suzanne Sutherland
///is a fiction writer and musician hailing from T.O
Suzanne will be reading one of her wonderful short stories for us. She is currently working on the online literary project Gut (http://gutlit.com/), has just had a new story published in Descant 152: Ghost and the Uncanny and is soon to be recording some music with her new, Toronto-based indie band Beatrice Sparks.

Rebe Perez
///is an amateur spoken word poet who has written and performed spoken word poetry in both Ottawa and Mexico City, and will be reading at GRRR! #1. Rebe has “her roots in the forest but gets steely in the city.” She identifies as feminist and is currently researching violence against women, which is informing and inspiring her poetry of late.

E. V. Mary Stephens
//// is an artist and writer. By day, she pushes the envelope slightly to the left. By night, she's usually asleep. She has been published in the U.S. and hopes to one day be published in Canada. She lives in Corktown in Toronto and insists she's not Irish.

Nikkole Stone
///is a musician and writer based in downtown TO. She will be beltin’ out some tunes from her new band, The Nancy Boys, as well as a few old gems from her previous project, First Person Shooter. (http://www.soundcloud.com/the-nancy-boys).

Veronica Abrenica
///is an aspiring performance artist whose work reflect personal experiences such as the intrusion of the male gaze, public vs private and the manipulation of everyday materials. Come see the lady in action!
(http://vimeo.com/verformance/videos)