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It's Saturday afternoon. Lucy and I are going to be hosting a Thanksgiving meal here on Monday and I'm already getting nervous. We have a huge organic, antibiotic-free turkey taking up most of the space in our frig. What is it about roasting turkeys that puts me into a frenzied state? The task seems absolutely daunting to me every year. All the recipes I've checked (at least twelve) tell me that I can safely put this bird into the oven in the early afternoon and it will be ready by dinner-time. But I have this overwhelming urge to get up around 5:00 a.m., preheat the oven, throw the turkey into the sink and start searching for those stainless steel 'pins' that one uses to close up the neck and bum once the stuffing is in the bird. I'm always terrified that I haven't cooked it enough...that blood is going to squirt out as soon as I start to carve the damn thing...or that someone is going to get salmonella! Perhaps I worked in a slaughter house in a past life and was guilty of the inhumane treatment of turkeys. This is my karma...to forever get myself into a flap (pardon the pun) when I have to prepare a turkey! Aaaaagh! Maybe I can convince Lucy to help. Then again, yesterday she had to leave the kitchen when I was pounding chicken breasts with a mallet to make cutlets. The girl clearly has a poultry phobia herself! Guess I'll just have to do some deep breathing, approach the bird with positive energy, stuff and truss it with the utmost respect, place it lovingly in the roasting pan, put it in the oven, set the timer and then SLAM THE DOOR and run! Yeah...that's it! Anyway gals, by the time you read this, it will all be over and I'll have a whole year to relax before I have to enter turkey trauma time again. Hope you all had a pleasant Thanksgiving. I'd love to tell you that we've found the perfect venue for the LIX coffee meetings but we haven't. Despite tons of searching and following up on leads that LIX members have sent in, we have come up empty-handed. The search continues and we will send out a special announcement the minute we find a new place. So keep those suggestions coming...even if you know of a place that's a bit out of the downtown core...there are no stupid ideas here...call or email us! In the meantime, there are lots of fun things happening in the Ottawa LGBT community this month. In particular, I am thrilled that we're going to have a queer film festival (See Upcoming Event of Interest #10). Many people were disappointed when the old Making Scenes Festival closed. We're very fortunate that the Inside Out Festival is coming to Ottawa. Let's make sure that we fill those seats at the National Archives Auditorium from October 25th - October 28th! And one last thing...I'm pleased to tell you that our LIX Chicks Want Ads section is actually working! Marie G. found a partner for Ballroom & Latin dancing. And speaking of which, there are so many of us taking classes at the Let's Dance Studio on Colonnade Road, that the studio is starting a queer practice/party night once a month. Our first party is on Saturday, October 13th (See Upcoming Event of Interest #5). If you know how to ballroom dance or would like to learn, come on out and join the fun! Bye for now!
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Canadian twin sisters and indie dyke darlings come to Ottawa on tour with their new album, The Con. Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson. 7:00 pm. Tickets are $24.50 at www.ticketmaster.ca
Grand Salon Crowne Plaza Ottawa, 101 Lyon Street. Tickets are $20 and are available at After Stonewall, mother tongue books, Capital Xtra and Venus Envy. Dessert Buffet included. Cash bar opens at 6:30 pm. Nominate your heroes on-line at www.xtra.ca.
LIX member Laura, an apprentice mechanic, is offering her fabulous car awareness workshops twice again this fall. Join Laura as she 'walks you through' a demonstration car from bumper to bumper and explains all of the components, what they do and how they work together to make a car run. Learn how to change the oil, how important it is to change your car's fluids and have regular maintenance done, the difference between snow tires and summer tires, what a spark plug looks like and how it works, and how to change a tire (and where that tire is)! The workshop takes place at Otto's BMW, 660 Hunt Club Road from 9:30 am.-12:30 pm. The cost is $30 and must be paid in advance to hold your spot. Light refreshments will be served. To register call Laura at (613) 719-9328 or email her at kingla2001@yahoo.ca. Only eight spots per workshop so contact Laura soon! P.S. Laura says to wear comfy shoes!
The gals from Divergence Movie Night invite you to come and see films on LGBT families from three different decades and to participate in community arts activities led by the folks at Around the Rainbow. Snacks will be provided by the Ten Oaks Project. At 1:15 pm. view Homoteens, autobiographical portraits from five young New York queers. At 2:30 pm. watch In My Shoes: Stories of Youth with LGBT Parents. And at 3:15, you can see Choosing Children, a 1984 film about lesbians who choose to have children. Jack Purcell Community Centre, 320 Elgin Street, 2nd floor. Free admission, donations encouraged.
There are now four classes full of LGBT people taking lessons at Let's Dance Studio each week so the management has decided to give us our own practice party night once a month. Our first party is October 13th at the Let's Dance Studio, 60 Colonnade Road (second floor) between Merivale and Prince of Wales. Doors open at 9:00 pm. Cost is $7. Please enter from the west side of the building. For more information about the party and/or about signing up for lessons, please call Paul at (613) 231-2296.
Classes are held at the University of Ottawa pool, Montpetit Hall at 6:00 pm. The session runs for eight consecutive Wednesdays and costs $50 for all eight classes. For more information, call Pam at (613) 224-4629 or email her at lts@rideauspeedeaus.com. You can also visit the Rideau Speedeaus web site at http://www.rideauspeedeaus.com/.
Lesbian singer-songwriter, Melissa Ferrick brings her acoustic guitar and edgy urban lyrics to The Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield. 8:30 pm. Tickets are $12. For more information, go to www.theblacksheepinn.com.
This year's event will be hosted by Ivan E. Coyote and Mikiki. Readers include Ivan E. Coyote, Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco and Joey Comeau. The Auditorium at Library & Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street. 8:30 - 10:30 pm. Tickets are $12/$10 for students and seniors, and are available at Nicholas Hoare Books, 419 Sussex Drive or by calling (613) 562-1243.
In support of Canada's Youth Diversity Initiative. Featuring Matthew Good (Youth Role Model of the Year winner), Kelly & the Kellygirls, Sabrina Jalees, Amanda Rheaume, Bara B., Doretta Charles, Robyn De Cradle, Paul Dewar...and MORE! Capital Music Hall, 128 York Street (rear entrance). VIP reception at 7:00 pm. General admission at 8:00. Tickets are $15 for students, $25 regular admission, $50 for VIP passes. Tickets are available online at www.ticketweb.ca, at After Stonewall, at the Jer's Vision office, 100 Marie-Curie, Suite 341B, University of Ottawa, or by calling (613) 562-5800 x6486. For more information, visit www.jersvision.org.
Open to all members of the GLBT community. The winner of Ms. Gay National Capital will act as a GLBT community ambassador fostering cooperation between the many GLBT and GLBT-positive organizations in the region, as well as conducting and participating in community fundraising events. Dom Polski Hall, 379 Waverley Street. Doors open at 7:00 pm; the Pageant starts at 8:30 pm. Tickets are $15 and are available at Capital Xtra, Wilde's and through the web site www.msgaynationalcapital.com.
The world's third largest queer film festival comes to Ottawa-Gatineau this fall! The line-up boasts films of international flavour, with documentaries, features and shorts. Advance tickets will be on sale October 5th at Arts Court (2 Daly), Venus Envy or on-line at www.insideout.ca. Single screenings are $10/$7 for students; a four day pass is $30. Check out www.insideout.ca for the complete festival listings and ticket information.
The last Sunday of every month is gay night at Heaven Superclub, 400A Dalhousie (at Rideau). $5 cover charge. 10:00 pm. - 2:00 am. $3 Disco Cocktail Hour ALL NIGHT. For more information, go to www.outottawa.com.
The Ottawa Children's Aid Society is actively recruiting adoptive and foster parents in the LGBT community. They hold two information sessions a month. The first Thursday of every month is for LGBT people interested in adoption. The last Thursday of the month is for those interested in fostering. Sessions take place at the CAS offices, 1602 Telesat Court, Gloucester from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. If you're interested in attending, please RSVP to Anik at (613) 747-7800 x2857.
To celebrate her promotion to upper management, an ambitious businesswoman summons a group of “Top Girls” – some of the most compelling women from history and legend – to a banquet. The story of her life, and theirs, gives a painful reckoning of the choices, concessions and compromises that women, in particular, must make to get ahead in the world. Third Wall Theatre Company. Now entering its seventh season, Third Wall has become the leading, emerging professional Theatre Company in Ottawa. Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Avenue. Tickets are $24 ($18 for students). To purchase tickets by phone, call (613) 236-1425 or (613) 564-7240 or in person at Arts Court Reception or the Ottawa Women's Credit Union at 271 Bank Street.
Monday evenings from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. at the Centretown Community Health Centre, 420 Cooper Street. Topics include getting older, dealing with changes, coming out, and more and more and more. For more information and to register, please call Andrea Madan at (613) 233-4443 x2193. Free.
LIX and Carleton University is proud to announce that this year's writer-in-residence at Carleton, Ivan Coyote, will be presenting a memoir writing course as part of the Learning in Retirement Seminars. "Join storyteller and author Ivan E. Coyote in this four week course designed especially for seniors. Please bring your photo albums, journals, recipe books, war medals, old home movies, but most importantly bring your stories and your family's stories." The course will be held in Room 124 Leeds Residence. Classes are three hours in length. Registration is limited to 15 participants. Cost is $130. To download the brochure for registration, visit www.carleton.ca/cie/LinR/index.html.
The "Keep it Simple" group of Al-Anon meets every Sunday evening at 7:30 pm. at the Jack Purcell Community Centre on Elgin Street. Millions of people are affected by the excessive drinking of someone close to them. If you fall into this category and are looking for a safe GLBTQ space to get help and support, this meeting is for you. For more information call (613) 860-3431 or go to the web site at www.al-anon.alateen.on.ca.
...is an Ottawa-based women's literary fundraising magazine...that will donate its proceeds back into various events and charities in the community. The creators are looking for interested subscribers as well as women who wish to submit writing, photography or artwork for upcoming issues. The yearly subscription rate is $18. Find details on advertising, sponsorship, subscriptions, submitting work and more at www.mwdesign.ca/TheVoice.
...takes place on the first Sunday of each month at the Church of the Ascension, 253 Echo Drive, Ottawa at 7:00 pm. Integrity Ottawa is a gathering of gay men, lesbians and straight friends living in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa. They are interested in supporting the lives of LGBTTQ people in the Anglican Church of Canada and abroad in the wider Anglican Communion. For more information, check out: www.ottawa.integritycanada.org.
...regularly holds workshops of interest to women. To see what's happening, check out the web site at www.venusenvy.ca. Venus Envy is located at 320 Lisgar Street. As always, we encourage you to send us news of events and/or workshops that you are involved in so we can add the information to our Upcoming Events of Interest section of this monthly news update. We need to know the who's, what's, where's as well as cost, where tickets are available, if pre-registration is required, and if it's a fundraiser, what organization you're raising funds for. If the organization has a web site, that web address would be helpful. And we'd love to see more of your entries in the Special Interest Groups and Activities section of this e-news. Networking works...for business and pleasure! Send your news and ideas for interest groups to me at info@girlswanttoknow.com. We need your information by the end of the month in order to guarantee inclusion in the following month's issue. So...there you go! For more information about the LIX network, feel free to call Kerry at (613) 237-7133 or Marie at (613) 231-4347. You can also send us an email at info@girlswanttoknow.com or chat with one of the four of us (Kerry, Lucy, Wendy or Marie) at a coffee meeting. And please check out the LIX web site at www.girlswanttoknow.com. Cheers, |
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Happy Turkey Time LIX Chicks, 
1. 'The Ottawa Amazons W.M.C' is a motorcycle club for lesbians. The group was started by LIX member, Molly King. Interest and response has been excellent...there are now 16 official "Ottawa Amazons" in the riding group. The Ottawa Amazons now hold monthly meetings and have plans for social events, trips and a fundraiser for Interval House. If you would like more information, please contact Molly at 
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