New Event!

The Beginning

I just had my first meeting with my fund raising group and this is going to be great! We're still working out the details, but it will take place at the O'Connor Gallery (Queen and Berekely) at the end of July and it will be raising funds for the Nuit Blanche project submitted by the Canadian Center for International Justice. This will be a mixture of art, music and lots and lots of booze! So please, save the date: Thursday July 29th, 2010. It will start around 8pm and end around midnight. So far this is my to do list:

-find sponsors and donors
-find a dj
-pre sell tickets
-figure out the name of the event
-figure out ticket price

This is just the beginning, any help would be great! I also appreciate any ideas you may have. I have to say though that my team is awesome and the gallery owner, Geofferey, is so amazing. He's been doing events for awhile now and has so much to teach me; I'm just absorbing everything he's saying!

Be back soon

Sarah

In Limbo

Seeking Justice event overview:

So the event went well to what I think was a moderate success; we sold a painting, raffle tickets and the speakers were all incredible. Thank you to Starbucks and all the other who donated for our raffle. I have to admit though that the event should have tried to gear it towards a younger target audience because it would have had a bigger turn out.

Upcoming events to think about:

Right now I'm on my last week of school (yay) and then I graduate! (Hear I come world) so not a lot planned however these have been on the back burner so watch out for them!

• Fashion Faux Paws (A charity fashion show with all proceeds going towards an animal shelter) - If you want to help, are a fashion designer or have any suggestions for where to donate please message me
• Music for Meds 3 (The third charity concert with all proceeds going to a hospital in the GTA) - If you have any requests for a hospital to help, or are in a band and would like to play let me know
• 1st annual amateur short film festival - If you have any tips and tricks on how to set one up that would be awesome
• Art show fundraiser in conjunction with the CCIJ - Please let me know if you would like to donate art

This is going to be a great summer and I would love to know if anyone out there would like to volunteer and help. Also, if you are running an event in the GTA please let me know and I'll come and review your event as well as put up advertising and spread the word for you FOR FREE!

Thanks guys,

Sarah

Small Update:

So the facebook group for the next event, Seeking Justice, is up and awaiting responses! This is another great event with experienced speakers who are willing to make time and educate those who may not know some of the horrible things that has happend to these women.

Another thing is that April 11th is the Holocaust Remebrance Day.

Thats all for now, the next update will be the review for the next Thursday Thursday!

See you all there,

Sarah

The Reckoning

Happy Easter everyone, and Happy Long Weekend to those who just wanna drink!
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The Reckoning documentary night was deemed a success, many thanks to those who came out. I had a great time working with the Canadian Center for International Justice Toronto working group and they should be given a round of applause for all their hard work (everyone involved in the working group are volunteers and just want to make this world a better place). Johanna MacDonald took a risk by putting on this movie night but she wants to get the word out about the ICC and the CCIJ as well as other groups who are devoted to helping victims of atrocities as well as others who want to bring peace and justice for everyone.

What I've Learned

This is my 3rd event so far that I've helped out with and although I didn't have too much responsibility, I've learned so much because this was my first movie event.

1. I learned that there are a lot of people out there who have an interest in helping others, it's just sometimes hard to get their attention and come out to events.
2. Print media such as Now Magazine, Eye Weekly etc let you put your event listing for free, you just need it 1 week before publication (such as the Thursday before for Now Magazine)
3. If you do an event at Bloor Cinema, they put your movie in their own newspaper/newsletter

I also want to let you know (if you don't know already) that social networking sites such as facebook and twitter aren't reliable anymore. It's only real purpose now is to let a mass amount of people know about your event, however people forget in about a week. I think I am going to try to use the more traditional methods (newspapers, radio, posters) because it may be as effective, if not more so, than the social networking sites.

Here are some more photos from the event:









So that's it for now, the next event will be Thursday Thursday on April 8th so watch out for that. After, April 11, 2010 will be the next event for the CCIJ and the Sorpotist that I am helping organize as well.

Peace!

Sarah

Thursday Thursday Review - March 25

School work can be such a drag.
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First off I'd like to say that I had an amazing time on Thursday and to all who came and saw the show you can probably say you had a great time too! (Congrats Antony and Blake)

Now on to business. There were some pretty talented bands up there and although I have to admit I didn't stay the whole night, from what I heard the rest of the bands were pretty good as well.

The first band of the night I heard was the Ramona http://www.myspace.com/ramonahq. They were a pretty solid band; they kind of gave me a nostalgic feeling of listening to bands back in high school but with a modern touch. All in plaid, these guys knew how to keep there audience engaged and put on a great performance. Kudos.

The next band up was Bitter City http://www.myspace.com/bittercity. It was refreshing to see these girls rocking it up onstage. They were off to a rough start (there were some technical problems) but ever the professionals, played right through to the end to finish off a solid set list. Their sound was pretty close to the Romona's sound, which made the flow from one band to the other band seamless.

Now, the Dildoniks http://www.myspace.com/dildoniks have been a favourite of mine and I've heard them already before. They are an energetic group of guys with a love for music and always put on a great show. Considered Surfer rock in my books, their music was definitely different from the first two bands but because of the continued flow of energy from each band there wasn't any problems.

I have to say sorry to Reverse Mount Rushmore http://www.myspace.com/reversemountrushmore. Unfortunetly I wasn't able to stay all night and missed your performance. Hopefully I'll be able to catch you guys at another show and write about you!

Here are some more pictures from the night:



If there's anything else you guys would like to add, please write your comments, I'd love to hear from you guys! Hope to see you guys at the next concert! And a very special thanks to Antony and Blake for helping promote my blog as well as putting on great shows. Keep up the great work guys!

Reminders:

• If there are any events you would like me to cover and promote please message me!

• This Wed, March 31 is the documentary night at the Bloor Cinema showing, "The Reckoning". It's presented by the Canadian Center for International Justice and all proceeds will be going towards the charity. For more information please find us on facebook or message me for more details.

Spread the word guys,

Sarah xox

Thursday Thursday

My first event coverage will be for my awesome buddy, Antony East! Thursday Thursdays have been going on for a while now and have always had an excellent turn out. These guys promote mainly Toronto based bands (which is a great way for exposing Toronto talent!) and know how to run a kick ass show. Here's the list for this Thursday, March 25, 2010:

Reverse Mount Rushmore - http://www.myspace.com/reversemountrushmore

Dildoniks - http://www.myspace.com/dildoniks

Bitter City - http://www.myspace.com/bittercity

Ramona - http://www.myspace.com/ramonahq

Doors are at 8:30pm and cover, as always, is $5! It's at Rancho Relaxo (300 College St.) which has a great reputation for showcasing up-and-coming talent. You get your basic bar run by a great bartender but just a heads up, there usually is only 1 guy working the bar. Amazing as he is, there's only so much he can do, so be patient and courteous and remember, Always Tip your server!

The artwork (done by Tommy P) is just one of many different posters for the event so keep your eyes peeled for them around Toronto and if you want more information just leave a message and I'll get back to you!

That's it for this week's event listing. Keep checking for more around Toronto and remember, if you want me to write about your event link me!

Xoxo,

Sarah

The Reckoning

This is an event for the Canadian Center for International Justice (http://www.ccij.ca/) that I am helping organize. I am working with the CCIJ Toronto working group and so far its been a lot of fun. We are organizing a documentary night that will feature "The Reckoning" which is a doc about the international court systems. It will be playing at the Bloor Cinema on March 31
at 7pm. This event will be mainly for gaining awareness about the CCIJ (it's head office is in Ottawa). Join our facebook group The Reckoning.

There haven't been a lot to actually prep for this event: so far we just needed to secure the date/time, venue cost and what our ad would look like. Currently, I am putting up our posters everywhere in the Annex area but also around different school campuses (be on the look out!) This is an exciting event for us because this will be one of the first events hosted by the CCIJ!

Wish us luck!! If you have any ideas or comments please leave =D Oh and if you would like me to feature, promote or write about your event just leave me a message!

Keep me posted