DUSTY SPRINGFIELD LATEST INDUCTEE TO THE LEAGUE OF LEGENDARY LADIES

DUST’S SECRET WHITE HEAT TORONTO PRIDE HISTORY TO BE CELEBRATED AT SHEROES #11: DUSTY SPRINGFIELD

Thursday, June 28, 2012. 10:30PM.

The Beaver (1192 Queen Street West) Contact: Rea McNamara <totallyeffyeahsheroes [at] gmail [dot] com>

Joni Mitchell. Chaka Khan. Tina Turner. Madonna. Yoko Ono. Erykah Badu. Etta James. Marianne Faithfull. Dolly Parton. Grace Jones. And now, Dusty Springfield.

Sheroes will be presenting their latest event, Sheroes #11: Dusty Springfield, on Thursday, June 28th at The Beaver (1192 Queen Street West).

Related: [Sheroes Stan] Meet Our Dusty Stan: Jeanette Lynes

The second last installment of the monthly, limited-run art party series — which brings together on and offline works that playfully and performatively explore the iconography and fan culture surrounding the League of Legendary Ladies —will be a very special Pride Toronto variety show extravaganza celebrating Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O’Brien’s secret White Heat Toronto history. (Think Dusty/Carol.)

For Sheroes #11: Dusty Springfield, organizer/salonnière Rea McNamara has commissioned an impressive lineup of local and international artists and performers. Inspired by the Queen of the Postmod’s trouble-making perfectionist notoriety, these performances, digital animations and interactive installations will reinterpret and remix for one night only our current muse. Click here to join our Facebook event.

Participating artists:

• Performances by drag cwene Judy Virago (Sodom), sassy soul rock n’ roller Siânteuse of The Sphinxes, Vag Halen’s Vee Stun, returning Sheroes performer Natalia, Dusty avatar Nancy Bocock, guest DJ Aaron Knight (Shake A Tail), emcee extraordinaire Silk Degrees, Sheroes salonnière reeraw and resident DJ NoLoves 

• Digital Animations by The Collective Lesbo Consciousness, a GIF group show curated by Lorna Mills featuring the works of  A. Bill Miller, Andrew Benson, Anthony Antonellis, Chiara Passa, Daniel Rehn, Emilie Gervais, Eva Papamargariti, Francoise Gamma, Gaby Cepeda, Georges Jacotey, Giselle Zatonyl, Grace McEvoy, Haruko Hirukawa, Helen Adamidou, Jennifer Chan, Juan Manuel Morales, Lorna Mills, Malgosia Woźnica, Manuel Fernández, Oz Melo, Rea McNamara, Rodell Warner, Rollin Leonard, Sally McKay, Sarah Weis, Tony Halmos & Yoshi Sodeoka
• Interactive Installations by Trixie & Beever of bbj handmade pop accessories, Smack of the Hand & Rusiko

All Sheroes events are brainstormed and archived online at fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com, uniting digital communities with real-time audiences in an ongoing exploration into fan culture and collaborative content creation. 

Visit the Sheroes Archives for information on past events, as well our upcoming events.