UPDATE: This event is sold out!! Only ticketholders will be allowed into the event, as we are at maximum venue capacity. Thank you for your understanding.
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*THE SHABBOS QUEEN*, A Queer, DIY & Dreamy Shabbat Dinner Delight & Extravaganza hosted by Stuart B Meyers, is coming to Vancouver on Friday, November 25, 2022 at 7PM PST
BUY TICKETS HERE: https://chutzpahfestival.com/2022/shabbos-queen
Tickets are $36 per person and include the ritual-performance and dinner (“the whole shebang!”). Only 70 tickets available! Please note that tickets are non-refundable except in the case of COVID-19 illness or self-isolating. Limited sliding scale tickets available for those who reach out to info@jqtvancouver.ca
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Part ritual, part drag show, a five-course vegan meal, and a sparkling communal gathering, *THE SHABBOS QUEEN* is a new, queer take on a deeply meaningful Jewish ritual: Shabbat. With inspirations ranging from Barbra Streisand to Kabbalah, *THE SHABBOS QUEEN* creates a sweet and kind-of sexy stop from the fast-paced world. It's an everybody-welcome evening for unwinding, dreaming, and togetherness, offering a taste of paradise. The evening itself is around 3 hours long, ending in a dance party that can last as long as guests are dancing.
Originally funded by the Berlin Senatsverwaltung fur Kultur und Europa in 2017, *THE SHABBOS QUEEN* has so far been presented in Amsterdam, Berlin, Boston, Brooklyn, Krakow, Miami, Philadelphia, Tel Aviv, and soon Vancouver!
Created & Hosted by: Stuart B Meyers
Developed with love by: Maxwell McCarthy & Laurie Young
Costume by: Claudia Hill
Project Manager: Mimi Abrahams
Presenting Organization: JQT Vancouver
Community Partners: Chutzpah! Festival & Or Shalom Synagogue
Caterer: Planted Love / Kosher Experience
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ARTIST BIOS
Learn more about Stuart B Meyers:
https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/jqt-wall-of.../stuart-b-meyers
Learn more about Mimi Abrahams:
https://www.jqtvancouver.ca/jqt-wall-of.../mimi-abrahams
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WHO ARE WE?
JQT Vancouver is a volunteer-run Jewish Queer and Trans arts, cultural and educational non-profit dedicated to queering Jewish space and ‘Jewifying’ queer space.
www.jqtvancouver.ca
Chutzpah! Festival is an annual festival of world-renowned dance, music, theatre, and comedy, through a lens of Jewish experiences, stories, and values in all their richness and diversity.
www.chutzpahfestival.com
Or Shalom Synagogue is Vancouver's East-side shul – a Jewish spiritual community affiliated with ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Creative, egalitarian, traditional and participatory.
www.orshalom.ca
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Covid policy - JQT strictly follows the recommendations of Vancouver Coastal Health and makes decisions accordingly. Mask wearing is optional, but encouraged in group settings and to protect those in our circles who are immunocompromised.
Accessibility info - All are welcome to attend this event whether they be 2SLGBTQIA+, Jewish, Jew-ISH, Jew-curious or friends! Programming will take place in both the sanctuary and in the social hall. There are stairs to the main entrance and inside the synagogue between these two spaces. There is wheelchair accessibility around the outside of the building. If you need assistance, please email info@jqtvancouver.ca well in advance! There is an all genders washroom upstairs and an accessible washroom downstairs. There will be alcohol, food, lights, music and dancing - this is a show!!
Our work takes place on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sə̓lílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.