| SHAMELESS PARTY! |
[Jul. 9th, 2006|01:49 pm] |
Shameless is launching our fabulous summer issue — and celebrating our second birthday — in less than two weeks with an all-ages extravaganza of fun. Please strap on your party hat, climb into your dancing shoes, put on your reading glasses and join us as…
SHAMELESS TURNS 2!
WHEN: Friday, July 21, from 7:30pm to 11pm
WHERE: Gibsone Jessop Gallery, in the historic Distillery District (55 Mill St., Building 4, Toronto)
FEATURING: the kalimba stylings of Laura Barrett, cunt rock from The Whoremoans, a performance by the Fat Femme Mafia and, of course, a big ol’ dance party!
AMAZING LOW PRICE: $5, includes a magazine, all-ages!
DIRECTIONS: At www.thedistillerydistrict.com. We promise it’s not as complicated as it sounds.
MORE INFO ABOUT SHAMELESS: Check out our website!
WHY YOU SHOULD COME: We’re launching our best issue yet, with a DIY guide to T-shirt stencilling, a feature on why podcasting will rock your world, interviews with indie-publishing wonder Emily Pohl-Weary and CBC radio goddess Patti Schmidt, and a look at what it’s like to step into the boxing ring, put your gloves up and get the workout of your life.
So mark it on your calendar: Friday, July 21! 7:30pm! Distillery District! We can’t wait to see you! Tell your friends! Post it on your LiveJournal/blog! |
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| Psst! Pass it on! |
[Mar. 16th, 2006|11:52 am] |
p.s. The party runs from 7:30pm to 10:30pm and space is limited, so COME EARLY! |
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[Nov. 29th, 2005|05:49 pm] |
Dear Shameless friends,
Holiday shopping season is upon us, whether you like it or not. Fear not, dear reader, for Shameless has come up with the perfect gift for all the smart, sassy young women in your life. Why shell out your hard-earned cash to big, mean corporations on junk your friends don't need when you can support independent media and liven up someone's life with the best Canadian teen mag around?
For one month only, one-year subscriptions to Shameless are just $9.99 in Canada (only $19.99 for our American friends). Visit www.shamelessmag.com to place your order by Paypal or print out a subscription form and send us a cheque/money order instead (P.O. Box 68548, 360A Bloor St. W, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1X1). You can even print a gift tag to tell your sister/friend/daughter/niece/neighbour/granddaughter/girlfriend/secret crush that her magazine is on the way.
This super sale is also a good chance to renew or extend your existing subscription for one more year. Remember, this offer only lasts until Dec. 31, 2005, so hurry to www.shamelessmag.com and place your order now!
Don't forget to spread the word!
xo,
Team Shameless
www.shamelessmag.com |
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[Oct. 20th, 2005|10:56 am] |
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Join Shameless for an all-ages Halloween-themed afternoon THIS SUNDAY, as we take over the historic Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. Grab a costume — go spooky or funny, dress-up, dress-down, slap on some makeup or a mask — and join us.
When: Sunday, October 23, from Noon to 4 pm
Where: The Gladstone Hotel, 1214 Queen St. W.
Price: $10/$7 (with costume), includes free magazine!
ALL-AGES
Featuring: performances by Republic Of Safety and Cougar Party, screenings of horror shorts and scenes from horror classics by Filmmaker/Video DJ James King, on-site makeovers by our team of professional special-effects makeup artists, prizes and more. |
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| Join Team Shameless and party in Ottawa! |
[Jun. 22nd, 2005|01:25 pm] |
Hello friends,
Thanks to those who came out to launch our new issue last Friday. We had a great birthday party.
1. Join Team Shameless: SUBSCRIPTION MANAGER - VOLUNTEER POSITION
Do you love data entry? Do you get your kicks out of organizing addresses and dreaming up ways to increase circulation? Then we want you to join Team Shameless.
Shameless, Canada's independent voice for smart, strong sassy, young women, is hiring a subscription manager.
We are looking for someone who is extremely organized, reliable and can work independently. Experience with spreadsheets and databases is required. We would love you to have knowledge and experience with small magazines, good communication skills and excitement to help a small magazine grow.
Like every job on this start-up magazine, this is an unpaid, volunteer position. It requires about five hours of work a week. Must be able to work at home, be able to access e-mail and attend occasional meetings in downtown Toronto.
Shameless is an equal-opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications by Women of Colour and First Nations Women.
If you're interested, please e-mail a resume and a cover note to submit@shamelessmag.com by July 11, 2005.
For more information about Shameless, visit www.shamelessmag.com.
2. Party with us in Ottawa!
Shameless magazine and Ladyfest Ottawa present:
A Shameless Nation
Featuring:
Lesbians on Ecstasy (Montreal)
SS Cardiacs (Toronto)
Les Allumettes (Ottawa)
Jayda (Ottawa)
McNabb Community Centre (180 Percy Street at Gladstone)
OTTAWA
Saturday, July 16
7:30 p.m.
ALL AGES
Tickets: $8 adv*/$10 door
www.ladyfestottawa.com
*Tickets available at:
Organised Sound 591-A Bank St.
Record Runner 212 Rideau St.
Vertigo Records 193 Rideau St.
Or from one of the lovely Ladyfest Ottawa organizers/volunteers.
3. Summer issue out now!
The summer issue of Shameless is in stores (and headed to your mailbox) now. For a list of stores that carry the mag, visit: www.shamelessmag.com/about/wheretobuy/
Stay tuned for a Winnipeg event in August. We hope to see you this summer!
Love,
Team Shameless |
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[Jun. 6th, 2005|02:03 pm] |
Dear shameless friends,
We're delighted to announce that our Summer 2005 issue is at the printers right now and will be ready to rock your world next week. Just because you're so darn beautiful, you are cordially invited to attend our issue launch/first birthday party next Friday, June 17 in the historic Distillery District. All the info is below. Please pass it along to your friends. If anyone is interested in flyering for this event, contact melinda@shamelessmag.com.
SHAMELESS TURNS 1!
Friday, June 17
7:30 pm to 11 pm
Gibsone Jessop Gallery (Distillery District, Building 4, 55 Mill Street, Toronto)
Admission $7, including free magazine and free birthday cake!
Shameless celebrates its first birthday and the launch of the Summer 2005 issue. It's a semi-formal affair, so strap on your suspenders, pull on your party dress, take out your tux, bare your birthday suit, or just jump into your jeans. Anything goes. Featuring spoken word from Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Mariko Tamaki, a performance art troupe all the way from Montreal, dancing, two flavours of FREE birthday cake, magazines and much more!
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| HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHAMELESS! |
[May. 19th, 2005|05:22 pm] |
Friday, June 17, from 7:30 pm to 11 pm
Gibsone Jessop Gallery, Distillery District
Admission $7, including free magazine and free birthday cake!
ALL-AGES
Shameless celebrates its first birthday and the launch of the Summer 2005 issue. It's a semi-formal affair, so strap on your suspenders, pull on your party dress, take our your tux, bare your birthday suit, or just jump into your jeans. Anything goes. Featuring Mariko Tamaki, spoken word, performance art, DJs, dancing, birthday cake and more! |
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[Jan. 23rd, 2005|07:20 pm] |
Mark your calendars! Program your Palm Pilots! Shameless will launch its Spring issue on Sunday February 20 with a super-fun all-ages party. It's even in the afternoon, so you don't have to worry about missing your bedtime -- we'll get you home safe and sound before dark!
Here are the details so far. Tell your friends, tell your family, tell EVERYONE YOU KNOW. It's a launch party, a fundraiser, and just somewhere cheerful to be on a winter afternoon. And when we say "all-ages," we mean it. Everyone is welcome.
LOSE YOUR FEBRUARY BLUES:
A Shameless launch party for our Spring 2005 issue
Sunday, February 20, 1 p.m.
Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto
All-ages
$5 includes a free magazine
Featuring:
THE DISKETTES (an awesome pop band all the way from Montreal)
The Shameless Collective Band (our teen advisory board rocks out!)
AMAZING raffle prizes
a bake sale, palm readers, DJs, crafty activities and more!
In case you didn't know:
Shameless is an independent magazine for smart, strong, sassy teenage girls. Our staff and contributors are all volunteers who want to offer girls a progressive alternative on the newsstand. Fundraisers like this help us pay our printing bills. In 2004, we were named Best New Magazine by NOW and nominated for two Utne Independent Press Awards (Best New Title and Best Design). We've also been featured in the Toronto Star, Toronto Sun, Globe and Mail, La Presse, Adbusters, Masthead, Venus, Herizons, on CBC-Radio's Metro Morning, and TVO's VOX. Shameless is available in indie bookstores across Canada and in many Chapters/Indigo stores. Find out more at: www.shamelessmag.com |
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| Good Grooming For Girls |
[Jul. 30th, 2004|11:16 pm] |
Announcement:
Permafrost Records and Shameless magazine present Good Grooming for Girls (an all-girl band/singer compilation).
Coming on Sept. 14: Good Grooming For Girls, a 22-track compilation CD featuring previously unreleased tracks from Kimya Dawson (of The Moldy Peaches), Mecca Normal (Matador), Barcelona Pavilion (Blocks) and Slumber Party (Kill Rock Stars).
The limited-edition, hand-packaged disc also features excellent new and used tracks from: The Arcade Fire (Merge), Controller.Controller (Paper bag), The Blow (K), Rosie Thomas (Subpop), Magneta Lane (Paper bag), Sick Lipstick (Tigerstlye), The Weekend (Teenage USA), Phonemes (Blocks), Domaine D’or (Blocks), Jill Barber (Dependent), Diskettes (Humble Bee), Jon Rae Fletcher & The River (Deer and Bird), Republic of Safety (Johnny D & Maggie M's New band!), Lederhosen Lucil (Hypo), Scandalnavia, Cougar Party and Heidi Hazelton (Die!Venom).
CDs will be available through Shameless and Permafrost (as well as Rotate & Soundscapes). Proceeds will help Shameless pay the printing bill.
There will be a CD release party: Sept. 17 & 18, so cancel all your plans. Bands TBA---but they will all be from the compilation!
xo Shameless + Permafrost
www.shamelessmag.com
www.permafrostrecords.com |
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[Jul. 30th, 2004|11:08 pm] |
The second ever SHAMELESS STORYTELLING will take place on Sunday, August 15th, so mark your calendars! Shameless Storytelling is a reading series that features women we love sharing the stories they love. This event will feature a youth open mic, so please bring your poems/short things to read.
GUESTS: Souvankham Thammavongsa, Zoe Whittall, Maggie Helwig, Maggie Macdonald and Julia Tausch.
LOCATION: Rancho Relaxo (300 College St., downstairs)
August 15, 2004
TIME: 2:30 p.m.
ADMISSION: all-ages, wheelchair accessible, $5-$10 sliding scale
info@shamelessmag.com |
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