The Friendly Spike Theatre Band invites you to join us at: Mad Pride Weekend And Psychiatric Survivor Pride DayA Community Arts Festival, A Celebration of Liberation July 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 /2003For information and registration call: (416) 516 4740, friendlyspike@globalserve.net All of the events are free or pay what you can Day One - Fri. July 11, 2003Event One (1) 1:00pm to
3:00pm
City Hall Community Room #2, 100 Queen Street W. : "Opening
Ceremonies" Reading of the proclamation, hurrahs from community leaders, entertainment, and the meet and greet. Event Two (2) 3:00pm to 4:00pmCity Hall, Community Room #2: "What's In A Date?" Geoffrey Reaume discusses the history of
Psychiatric
Survivor Pride Day and the significance of International
Mad Pride Day centering on July 14, the
anniversary of the fall of the Bastille in 1789 in the early days of
the French
Revolution. Event Three (3)
4:30pm to 7:30pm at Friendly Spike Event Four (4) 8:00pm to
10:00pm
#210 -2466 Dundas St. W: "A Common Cause" Workshop Performance Come and take part in Friendly Spike's new show based on a real and rather bizarre psychiatric review board hearing. This reality based production encourage audience members to take part - Just N of Dundas West Subway, East Side Day Two - Sat.
July 12, 2003
Event One (1) 10:30am to 12:30noon
St Joseph's House, #6 St. Joseph St.: "Kundalini Yoga and Light Brunch" Come and experience the spiritual side of life. -One bl n. of Wellesley, West of Yonge. Event Two (2) 1:00pm to 5:00pm
City Hall, Community Room #2, 100 Queen Street W.: " Finding Direction: The anti-psychiatry movement takes stock " A workshop to determine the goals and directions of the anti-psychiatry movement for the next decade. Facilitated by Bonnie Burstow and Don Weitz Event Three (3) 8:00pm to 10:00pm
#210 -2466 Dundas St. W.: "A Common Cause" Workshop Performance Come and take part in Friendly Spike's new show based on a real and rather bizarre psychiatric review board hearing. This reality based production encourages audience members to take part. -Just N of Dundas West Subway, East Side Day Three - Sun. July 13, 2003Event One (1) 9:30am to 2:30pmMeet At Old Mill Subway: "Inner City Nature Hike" Street to Trail Executive Director and pro-hiker, Paul Mackle, takes us for a peaceful non-strenuous hike through three major connecting city parks. Event Two (2) 3:00pm to 7:00pm14 Glendale Ave: "Barb-B-Que at the Mythefish Museum" Lady Alexandra hosts this spectacular gathering against the backdrop of the wild and wacky backyard garden at the eclectic Mythefish Museum. She will tell strange tales and encourage you to read a poem, sing a song, or even perform a short monologue. -Roncesvalles and Queen W. Event Three (3) 7:00pm to 7:45 PM "Youth imPATIENTS" (at
Friendly Spike Studio) Event Four (4) 8:00pm to 10:00pm#210 -2466 Dundas St. W.: "A Common Cause" Workshop Performance Come and take part in Friendly Spike's new show based on a real and rather bizarre psychiatric review board hearing. This reality based production encourages audience members to take part -Just N of Dundas West Subway, East Side Day Four - Mon. July 14, 2003Event One (1) 12:00 Noon to 3:00pmParkdale Activity & Recreation Centre #1497 Queen St. W.: "Social Celebration at Parc" Join the gang for a delicious meal and watch musicians, poets, storytellers and comics strut their stuff. Event Two (2) 3:30pm to 6:00pmParkdale Library #1303 Queen St. W.: "Social Activism On The Big Screen"Independent video artists will present their documentaries with a short Q & A at the end of each film. If you are an artist/activist with a cause of your own this event is for you. Event Three (3) 6:00pm to 8:00pmMeet at Queen and Shaw: "Tour Of The Historical Patient Built Wall At 999"Geoffrey Reaume will take people along the length of the historical west, south and east walls which were built by unpaid patients' labour in the late 1800's. This tour is one way of remembering many of these people who are forgotten no more. |