This week I have some goodies for you that will get you out of your seat one way or the other.

The FAT = Alternative Fashion Week Casting Call

Toronto Alternative Fashion Week holding a cast call on Sunday, March 27,for models to work the runway. Don’t worry FAT is not looking for supermodels, quite the opposite, they want the usual, bizarre and those who normally would walk the runway. So if you dream walking the runway run don’t walk to this casting call. Then let me know if you make it. You could find your catwalk debut in a future entry of Style Guy.

Where to go: 60 Atlantic Avenue (in Liberty Village dears), 2nd Floor. The call is from 12-6 p.m.

Lady Gaga’s Mugler Music

If you’ve been following me on Facebook all this week you know I’m insane for Lady Gaga’s (I was NEVER a huge fan of Lady Gaga until I heard this so you know it has to be kick-ass cool) music she did for her recent catwalk appearance for Thierry Mugler. The video I’m currently nuts over is the video installation which was done as the background for the F/W 11 menswear show featuring Montreal-based, zombie, performer and tattooed-artist Rico G.Not only is this tres cool, dark, surreal and mysterious it’s got clips of the collection. Trust me, between the music and watching the Rico, you forget there’s actually hot clothes going down the runway. I dare you to sit still when you hear this song and not prance…I double dare you!

FAT 2011 Call For Entries

This week and exclusively on GayGuideToronto.com I am posting FAT aka Toronto Alternative Fashion Week is looking for entries into FAT 2011.  What’s the big deal?

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We all want our first time to be special. And my very first Nuit Blanche was just that. The energy of the city was one of coming together. The big, the small, the fat, the tall. It was nice to see people of all walks of life mingling together in the streets of Toronto taking in the sights. As for the installations, there was something for everyone and I captured some of my adventures in this video. Enjoy! And I’ll see you out next year!

Going to Scotiabank Nuit Blanche?  There’s an APP for that!

This exhibit, from 2009, is called 'Please Do Not Disturb'

It has finally happened people!  This is the year!  FINALLY I’m in Toronto to witness and participate in the Scotiabank Nuit Blanche, an event that sweeps Toronto off it’s feet year after year.  The event takes over Toronto this Saturday night.

Yes, that’s right, I’m a Nuit Blanche virgin, always arriving back in Toronto after the event only to hear how amazing it was.  I’ve heard that the event is so large it can be overwhelming, so I’ve been doing some pre-planning and thought I’d share some of what I’ve learned if you’re in the same boat.

You can check out what the different artists are planning to do at Nuit Blanche on YouTube .  Agnes Winter stands out in my mind.  She’s from Paris, has done similar exhibitions around the world and will definitely make you smile if you are in front of the Holt Renfrew building the night of Nuit Blanche.

Naturally, Nuit Blanche is on Facebook (great pics from previous Nuit Blanche events!) and Twitter (I imagine everyone out Saturday night will be Tweeting pics like no one’s business)

To avoid feeling overwhelmed by ALL of what’s going on, organizers have smartly put information centres in all 3 of the ‘zones’.  Zone A being Yonge & Bloor.  Zone B at Yonge & Dundas.  And Zone C at the Bay Adelaide Centre.

This year, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche wants you to throw in your own two cents, asking you to cast your vote for your Scotiabank People’s Choice favourite art project at any of the 3 information centres.  Check out the art projects all over town, then vote online, in person or at the info centres.  You get a chance of winning an iPad or a $100 Pre-Paid Visa Card – and the artist with the most votes walks away with $5,000.  Get all the voting details here!

Also, this year, Nuit Blanche is sponsoring the Creative Works Studio at St. Michael’s Hospital.  This studio acts as a safe place for creative expression for people living with a mental illness.   To find check out some of the art work, find information about other events and to make a donation, go to their really cool website.

Now that I know all that I do, I can’t believe I waited so long to do it!  See you out there!

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Namaste,

xo -Robert