Duane Brown
Passionate Freelance Strategy Director. Connecting psychology, design & gaming with digital marketing.

"Why is it so dark?
In the beginning, it is always dark."

Dir. Wolfgang Peterson (1984)

Directed by Wolfgang Peterson,The NeverEnding Story is surely one of the most enduringly appealing family films of the 1980s. Bastian (Barrett Oliver), a nerdish boy longing to escape the torment of local bullies, discovers a mysterious book called...

It's time to warm our new office!
We moved into Camaraderie on August 1st and after unpacking most of our boxes, hiring an intern and getting to work with that Allen Key, it's time to invite our friends in to make the place home!

The cool part is that all the other new Camaraderie tenants are having one big open house office warming...

Part 2 of the highly successful Food Truck Eats series.
More trucks, More food, More surprises

Saturday, August 20th.
Distillery Historic Distict
11am - 3pm.

See poster for full details on participating trucks and vendors.
www.facebook.com/ontariofoodtrucks

Skip the line at Food Truck Eats tomorrow. Arrive at 10am, donate $10pp to @2ndHarvestTO...

Hey LIkeminders! This month's Likemind is a special event as we bid farewell to our host, Duane Brown, as he embarks on his great Australian adventure shortly thereafter.

Please come! We'll raise a pancake in his honour.

Hi Folks,

The North York Women's Shelter is really, really REALLY hurting for laundry detergent. With a constantly changing flow of 30 residents, including small children, we do a lotta laundry in around here and right now, we're rationing our dwindling supply.

SO- here's what I want you fine folks to do. Buy one (or more if...

eat:Strategy 2011 “eat:Strategy” will be a day long Strategy Conference combining minds from research, psychology, branding and design. Each speaker will share approximately 20 minutes of their story about how their expertise is helping shape and conceive better strategies for clients, ideas and brands across the world. With emerging...

If you don't know what Likemind is, then check out the site: http://likemind.us/

who: people like you

what: an opportunity to enjoy coffee and conversation

why: because drinking good coffee with likeminded people is fun

Night Two...The Main Event !

Featuring:
SSION - Kansas Queer Electro Punk
www.myspace.com/ssion
KIDS ON TV - Toronto Punk-House Queercore
www.myspace.com/kidsontv
LESBIANS ON ECSTACY DJ Set
www.myspace.com/lesbiansonecstasy

W/DJ Kevin H and more to come !

Buy tickets here:
...

International Grand Marshal Contingent in the Pride Parade: Come and Join Us in Showing Our Support for Queer and Trans Human Rights Around the World

Join us as we celebrate and march in solidarity with 2011 International Grand Marshal, Angie Umbac as she will be proudly lead the 31st Pride Parade, highlighting queer and trans human rights issues...

TreeHOUSE Party: A Green Space On Church Event
Sunday July 3 | 1pm – 12pm

Join us for the 3rd annual TreeHOUSE Party with DJ/producers:

Isaac Escalante (Mexico DF)
Stephan Grondin (Montréal)
Ronen Mizrahi (New York)
And local sweethearts Jamal and Jeremy Khamkeo
+ A Surprise Superstar DJ hosted by PRISM

The event is free but donations are...

LET OUT YOUR INNER ANIMAL!

Join us for the LIPSTICK JUNGLE with International DJ/Producers:

ANA PAULA (Rio de Janeiro) + ALYSON CALAGNA (Miami) together at the same event for the first time, along with Toronto's favourites DJ Delicious + DJ Ria!

The event is free but donations are appreciated and necessary
All proceeds to support The 519 |...

A Male Burlesque Show and Pride Party

TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLINE AT:
http://omanada.eventbrite.com

and at SOUNDSCAPES.


This Canada Day--

Boylesque T.O., Canada’s Premiere All-Male Burlesque Troupe, teams up with DJ John Caffery, (Kids on TV) to bring you the biggest, sexiest Pride Event with the most Canadian Content EVER:

O Manada!
Friday,...

Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/search/%23robfordscottage

(While Rob's attendance is an issue, even more important may be how Council votes on critical funding for the community and for Pride itself. To stay on top of this and get involved, enter your email on this site: http://proudoftoronto.com)

A Stop Ford flashmob related to the potential...

TD presents One World:

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE!

Join us in Cawthra Square Park for the best Canada Day party in the village! The Green Space on Church, home of TreeHouse Party and Lipstick Jungle heats up on July 1 with killer music by:

ADDY
JOJO FLORES
DEKO-ZE
GREG GOW
SHAWN RIKER
TICKY TY
and KAYA BONGOS on the drums!

Hosted by Miss...

PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT AND BOOK LAUNCH!

10 Canadian LGBT photographers celebrate 100 Canadian queers in the arts in an group exhibit and book launch set to be unveiled during Pride in Toronto.

During Toronto Pride (a multi-million dollar tourist draw and celebration of queer culture held from June 24 to July 3, 2011), there is an obvious lack of...

Starry Night is an elegant outdoor soirée which reunites artists, activists, politicians, friends and donors of The 519 for an evening of entertainment and intimate connections – an opportunity to take a break before the craziness of Pride weekend begins.

This year, whirling dervishes, belly dancers and derbake drummers will descend on...

For full details and registration, visit: http://mbist.ro/hsAY9c

Putting Facebook to Work: Strategies for Marketing & Development

AF Expo is your inside look at Facebook innovations and technology issues jointly impacting marketers and social developers. Join the world’s most sought-after community of social media leaders for two days of...

After many stressful months of Pride funding uncertainty, I am thrilled to invite everyone to the rainbow flag raising ceremony at City Hall. Please join my council colleagues and I for the official reading of the Pride Week proclamation.

We can never take for granted the social progress and victories secured by the LGBTQ community. This year...

MARSHAL TRAINING INFORMATION!
Marshals are trained volunteers who work as a team to keep the march safe, organized and energized. The Stonewall march does not have a city permit. We are taking our streets. And we need your help to do it.

Come to the training session if:
- You want to marshal at Stonewall but have not had training
- You have...

Back to Our Roots: Breaking New Ground

The 519 Church Street Community Centre & Park
FREE
ASL Interpretation provided


Presented (collaboratively) by Blackness Yes!, Ontario Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf, Ill Nana, Colour Me Dragg, Fruitloopz, Asian Arts Freedom School, Mata Danze, ASAAP, BlackCAP, Pride Coalition for Free Speech, Proud pg...

The AIDS Candlelight Vigil is a community memorial event held annually to honour, remember and celebrate the lives of people who have died of AIDS, and to recognize and honour those affected by and living with HIV/AIDS.

In 2011 the Vigil will reflect the theme of Families – chosen families, biological families, all families living with HIV/AIDS....

Come join us for Tweetgasm, our monthly tweet-up at the Gladstone Hotel. This month we are throwing a PINK party.

The event is free to anyone wearing Pink, otherwise we are charging you a $5 cover.

More details to come.

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If you don't know what Likemind is, then check out the site: http://likemind.us/

who: people like you

what: an opportunity to enjoy coffee and conversation

why: because drinking good coffee with likeminded people is fun

Carlotta Carlisle (the evenings host) and the Glam Squad (Siva, Shafik and Tim) invite you to an evening full of AMAZING drag performances by various Toronto drag queens!!


The event supports our cycling journey from Toronto to Montreal with the Friends for Life Bike Rally in July, so come help us reach (and even exceed) our $10,000.00 goal for...

Mediabistro, SocialTimes and AllFacebook present SMOC: Social Media Optimization Conference.

For full details and registration, visit: http://mbist.ro/gT6Xfx

Social Media Optimization Conference is a two-day event dedicated to the latest social media optimization research and methodology Whether you are looking to boost your visibility in search...