Monday, October 15, 2007 

BENT over: come dance on our grave!


The rumours are true: This coming Thursday (Oct 18th) will be the last BENT ever!

It's BENT Over!... and what better way to mark the end, than with a funeral? That's right, we really are that tacky.
So come celebrate the last 2 years of homo makeout madness, by going out the way we came in: DANCING!
Dress in black (it's a drama queen competition, so go all out!) or as a ghost of your favorite BENT past and get out there for one last spin on the dance floor and one last makeout in the bathroom stalls.

Thursday October 18th
ANZA club (3 west 8th ave)
Doors @ 9pm
Dancing until 2am
$2 before 10pm
$3 after 10pm

Featuring retro-pop, rock, hip hop and electro by:
DJ artflick
DJ Like the Wolf
DJ Tifilis
DJ Frenchy

19+ only
bring your I.D. or you're fucken screwed.

NEW! We have improved our accessibility!
WE HAVE RENTED AN 8 FOOT RAMP!!! WE HAVE RENTED A WHEEL CHAIR ACCESSIBLE PORT-O-POTTY!!!
Details:
BENT is held at the ANZA club rental hall. To enter this space a person must climb 4 indoor steps (25 inches total height). The walls on either side of these stairs are about 40 inches apart, which could allow a person to brace themselves on either side. WE HAVE RENTED AN 8 FOOT RAMP (with a weight capacity of 700 pounds) which will allow access to the upstairs hall via this same entrance. Once in the hall, there are no rises within the space (the bar, tables area and dance floor are all on one level). The washrooms are down a steep flight of stairs (20+ stairs) or, if you choose to exit the building and enter by the side entrance through the bar, it is down 7 steps. There are no wheelchair accessible stalls in either of the 2 washrooms. WE HAVE RENTED A WHEEL CHAIR ACCESSIBLE PORT-O-POTTY which will be outside the Anza club all evening.

If you have questions about this or resources to contribute to the accessibility of the space, please get in touch: we.are.bent@gmail.com

DANCE IT. SWEAT IT. GET IT.
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BENT is (has been) a monthly non-profit, collective-run party on Vancouver's eastside that is produced by and for queers of all kinds and their allies.

This party is volunteer run. If you would like to volunteer at the next BENT please email us. You'll get into the party for free and get a drink of your choice on us.

The party tends to fill up early so be there early! People get into the party in the order they arrive, no line jumping, no favoritism.

In an effort to make BENT more accessible, we offer parents in our community childcare subsidies. Please email the collective at we.are.bent@gmail.com for more information.

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A NOTE TO ALL PARTY GOERS:
We try our very best to make everyone welcome, comfortable and safe at our parties, so please be respectful of the volunteers, security people and other party-goers. Basically, be nice or just stay home. Also, remember that it's volunteers who clean up after you at the end of the night.



Tuesday, September 18, 2007 

Nerd Bent



Revenge of the homos!

BENT is back, and we're flagging a protractor on the left and some 20-sided dice on the right. Calling all bookworms, geeks, eggheads, dweebs and dorks: get your honor-roll ass out on the dance floor four-eyes! All the gayest geeks in town are out there feeling each other up! This party is going to be more epic than star trek versus star wars...

Nerd BENT
Thu Sept 20
@ ANZA
$2 before 10
$3 after

Featuring DJs artflick, Fagbot and HELLBOTT, and a special performance by Isolde N. Barron! PLUS, we'll be KARAOKE-ing our nerdy little hearts out from 9 to 10, so get there early to sign up.

19+ only
bring i.d. or you will not be assimilated.



Saturday, July 14, 2007 

garden of BENT thursday july 19th

For all you forbidden fruits out there...
Garden of BENT, thursday July 19
it's a summertime garden party full of temptation and sin!


Tuesday, June 19, 2007 

Beastie BENT Thursday June 21


East Van queers go wild as Beastie BENT gets you down on all fours!
Barnyard, jungle, boreal, feathered, reptilian or pre-historic: it'll
be an inter-species mingler and makeout out on the dance floor.... an
animal adventure that'll get your inner furry into a tizzy!

Beastie BENT
Thursday June 21
@ the ANZA club (3 w. 8th, corner ontario)
$2 before 10
$3 after

Retro-pop, Rock, Hip Hop and Electro provided by DJs artflick, F you B, Like the Wolf, JP and a special appearance by former BENT collective member DJ PRAWNS!!!!

plus! A performance by your local animal vigilantees!

**this is a vegan approved event**

19+ only
I.D. required (seriously folks, EVERYONE will be carded).

This party is non-profit and volunteer run. Also we fill up early so be there early!

DANCE IT. SWEAT IT. GET IT.

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BENT is a monthly (3rd thursday of each month) non-profit, collective-run party on Vancouver's eastside that is produced by and for queers of all kinds and their allies.

In an effort to make BENT more accessible, we offer parents in our community childcare subsidies. Please email the collective at we.are.bent@gmail.com for more information.

If you would like to volunteer at the next BENT please email us. You'll get into the party for free and get a drink of your choice on us.

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A NOTE TO ALL PARTY GOERS:
We try our very best to make everyone welcome, comfortable and safe at our parties, so please be respectful of the volunteers, security people and other party-goers. Basically, be nice or just stay home. Also, remember that it's volunteers who clean up after you at the end of the night.



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Tuesday, May 15, 2007 

Cry Baby Bent May 17



This coming Thursday, get oiled up on the dance floor and make your move at Cry Baby BENT. Rock the night away as greasers, preps, jocks and nerds celebrate their common love of guy on guy action in the showers and girl on girl action in the back of your 57 chevy.

Cry Baby BENT
Thursday May 17
@ the ANZA club (3 w. 8th, corner ontario)
$2 before 10
$3 after

Shake, rattle and roll to the sounds of Retro-pop, Rock, Hip Hop and Electro provided by DJs artflick (YES SHE IS BACK!!!!!!), F you B, Fagbot & Hugs! PLUS! a performance that'll put some real power between your legs!

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19+ only
I.D. required (seriously folks, EVERYONE will be carded).

This party is non-profit and volunteer run. Also we fill up early so be there early!


DANCE IT. SWEAT IT. GET IT.

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BENT is a monthly (3rd thursday of each month) non-profit, collective-run party on Vancouver's eastside that is produced by and for queers of all kinds and their allies.

In an effort to make BENT more accessible, we offer parents in our community childcare subsidies. Please email the collective at we.are.bent@gmail.com for more information.

We are currently raising funds to make the venue we use for BENT wheelchair accessible. If you have any resources to add to this effort, please contact us.

If you would like to volunteer at the next BENT please email us. You'll get into the party for free and get a drink of your choice on us.

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Thursday, April 26, 2007 

An important Letter from the BENT collective

Hello Wonderful BENT folks,

Thank you for being so fabulously supportive and for being so fun to party with. BENT is a blast, but it’s also a big challenge to keep going and there have been a number of issues that have come up since the last BENT. We just wanted to put them out there.

Issue #1: the costume lineup fiasco

We reached capacity very early on at the April 19th BENT. By 11:30 we were on the brink of jammed and mildly stressed about the 40+ people gathered outside. Our security person was told to let in 20 more people (to get us just exactly full) and then to hold everyone else in line. At that point a “one out, one in” system would be implemented. The security person, while ordering the collection of people outside into a line, separated out those wearing costumes so that they would get in first (the 20 mentioned earlier). A member of the collective observed this and spoke with some people outside who were upset. The security person was told to not continue this, but to just admit people in the order that they arrived. The separation only existed for about 10 minutes. Damage having already been done, we let in those that had been separated out seeing as re-incorporating them into the lineup would have likely angered a lot of folk even more. It should be said that the security person’s reasons for doing this were noble, though it was not what the collective necessarily would have chosen to do: he felt that those in costumes had spent a lot of time, money and effort to dress up and that they should get in first. This was a system used at other parties that this person had worked at.

BENT’s practice has always been first come, first served and we intend to keep it that way despite this mishap.

Yesterday we received an anonymous comment on our blog from someone very angered by the above-mentioned situation. Having posted anonymously we couldn’t respond directly to the person. Past experiences of livejournal or blog debates have taught most of us that issues do not get resolved well this way, especially when anonymity is involved. Therefore we began working on this announcement that we planned to send out after getting consensus on it at the collective meeting (which happened this evening, Wednesday). In the meantime certain members of the collective deleted the comment because they felt uncomfortable with the anonymity of the message, especially considering (what they thought was) its mean wording. Since deleting it, the person has started a blog about our censorship. Again, it is anonymous. If this person would like to contact us directly, our email is we.are.bent@gmail.com.

Issue #2: Keeping BENT safe & legal

To keep BENT going we have to keep it within the constraints of our liquor license, our rental agreement with ANZA and the capacity limits set out by the city. Lately we have had some challenges in these areas that we would like to make you all aware of.

We have hit capacity at every BENT since January 2006. At first it was only barely, but it has steadily grown and we are now hitting capacity earlier and earlier and having more and more people then have to wait outside to get in. This is a crappy situation for everyone involved. For the people in line: it sucks to have to wait. For the organizers, volunteers and security people: it is extremely stressful. This stress is only made worse by the fact that, at the last 2 parties especially, we have had a lot of people try to force themselves in. There seem to be many techniques: either by sneaking in via the washrooms, faking a hand stamp, lying about being a volunteer, pressuring the collective members personally to let them in, starting fights with the security person or just charging past the door person violently. Sneaking in only hurts the party: going over capacity would be disastrous if the police ever came by. We’d never be granted a liquor license again and the collective would likely be fined a lot of money that would most probably only trickle down to the individual members. Also having too many people in the room only makes the party uncomfortable for the guests and unmanageable for the organizers and volunteers.

We have also had a problem with people showing up to the party already intoxicated. According to our license we are not legally permitted to admit intoxicated individuals to the party. You can arrive sober and drink at the party, but people who show up wasted cannot be let in. Also, if you are drinking alcohol outside (either in the smoking area or in the lineup) you are endangering the party’s liquor license and will not be admitted or re-admitted to the party.

If the cops ever decided that they wanted to, they could come in and ask to see the i.d. of every person there. This is another challenge for us because a lot of people have come with no i.d. or non-picture i.d. and then tried to pressure the volunteers at the door to let them in anyway. This is rather unfair.

The threat of a visit by the police is not too far away either. Two months ago we had a visit from the cops near the end of the night to make sure we were respecting our capacity and within the bounds of our liquor license (which we were). Since then, we have been watched closely. At the last BENT, cops rolled by in their car at least 3 or 4 times, very slowly observing what was happening outside. We suspect that the reason they did not come in was because the outside crowd was in a calm lineup, a security person was present and visible, the door was closed and no one was drinking outside. This is a state that the security people have told us has been a struggle to maintain lately.

As a community we need to remember that BENT isn’t a business run for profit, that it’s a community party run by volunteers who are doing the best that they can and that we need everyone’s help to keep it going.

Issue #3: Security

We chose security people who are queer positive and from recommendations by other people in the east van community. That doesn’t mean that sometimes fucked up shit doesn’t go down, from both sides of the playing field. We have had some difficulty with our security people and the guests (particularly around the outside door and the bathroom access points) not getting along. We deal with every conflict as it is brought to us, we discuss it with both the guest and the security people and we try to resolve things as best we can. We are required by the ANZA to have security and those people need to have the cooperation of the guests. Still we need to keep a balance in check and security people need to be made aware of our community’s own needs and issues. If you feel that you have been treated unfairly, the collective needs to hear about it directly from you in order to handle the situation.

Issue #4 Being Nice

Finally, we’ve had some reports of party-goers being mean to one another. It sucks when friends tell us that their night was ruined by someone who made fun of them for what they were wearing or that someone said something mean/racist/sexist/homophobic/transphobic or otherwise distressful. This is particularly hard for us to deal with because what can we do? All we can do is ask that people be aware of each other, consider other people’s feelings and boundaries and that we respect one another. BENT is all of us coming together to have fun. Don’t be mean and if you see something fucked up take place, please help out your fellow party-er or bring it to the attention of the collective/volunteers.

We thank you all for taking the time to read this.
Responses can be sent to we.are.bent@gmail.com
See you at the next BENT!
Sincerely,
The BENT Collective.

Friday, April 13, 2007 

Fairy-Tale BENT! April 19



Fairy-Tale BENT!

Sometimes Bears are fairies too. Sometimes the glass slipper is a size 14 and has a 7 inch heel. Sometimes you just want some hott prince on prince action! Sometimes the trail of bread crumbs leads to homo-makeout-dance-party-extravaganza! So put on your prettiest ball gown and get your ass out on the dance floor! We'll be ripping up the place with retro-pop, rock, hip hop and electro from DJs Vera, F you B, Rambles and MCdeltaT! Be sure to arrive in time for the performance, which will have you kicking up your hooves...er we mean heels...!

Fairy-Tale BENT
Thursday April 19
ANZA club (3 west 8th @ Ontario)
Doors @ 9pm
$2 before 10pm
$3 after


Please bring your i.d. because EVERYONE will be carded.

DANCE IT. SWEAT IT. GET IT.


BENT is a monthly (3rd thursday of each month) non-profit, collective-run party on Vancouver's eastside that is produced by and for queers of all kinds and their allies.

In an effort to make BENT more accessible, we offer parents in our community childcare subsidies. Please email the collective at we.are.bent@gmail.com for more information.

We are currently raising funds to make the venue we use for BENT wheelchair accessible. If you have any resources to add to this effort, please contact us.

If you would like to volunteer at the next BENT please email us. You'll get into the party for free and get a drink of your choice on us.

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A NOTE TO ALL PARTY GOERS:
We try to make everyone welcome, comfortable and safe at our parties, so please be respectful of the volunteers and other party-goers. Basically, be nice or just stay home. Also, remember that it's volunteers who clean up after you at the end of the night.


Tuesday, March 06, 2007 

Bent at Sea - March 15


Why hello sailor, I've got something i'd like to tell you about....

BENT at Sea!
We're pulling up anchor, so come aboard next Thursday March 15th as we take BENT on an ocean voyage, both above and below the surface. We're hoping that all you love-sick seamen out there are ready to show us your moves on the dance floor because we'll be mixing it up with retro-pop, rock, hip hop and electro from DJs Vera, F you B, Era and Oden! Also there will be a special performance that will have you gasping for air!

BENT at Sea
Thursday March 15th
ANZA club (3 west 8th @ Ontario)
Doors @ 9pm
$2 before 10pm
$3 after


Please bring your i.d. because EVERYONE will be carded.

DANCE IT. SWEAT IT. GET IT.

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BENT is a monthly (3rd thursday of each month) non-profit, collective-run party on Vancouver's eastside that is produced by and for queers of all kinds and their allies.

In an effort to make BENT more accessible, we offer parents in our community childcare subsidies. Please email the collective at we.are.bent@gmail.com for more information.

We are currently raising funds to make the venue we use for BENT wheelchair accessible. If you have any resources to add to this effort, please contact us.

If you would like to volunteer at the next BENT please email us. You'll get into the party for free and get a drink of your choice on us.

*************

A NOTE TO ALL PARTY GOERS:
We try to make everyone welcome, comfortable and safe at our parties, so please be respectful of the volunteers and other party-goers. Also, remember that it's volunteers who clean up after you at the end of the night.



Thursday, February 08, 2007 

B-movie BENT: Attack of the Queer Dance Party!




It came from the depths of East Van….

B- movie BENT! The attack of the killer Queer Dance Party!

This month BENT will be taking our cues from lesbian pulp novels and
B-movies, from the far-fetched sci-fi of the 50s to the cheesy teen
dance flicks of the 80s. So for all you tramps, vamps, sea monsters,
dirty dancers, mad scientists, "sweet transvestites", robots, lesbian
vampires, time travelers, aliens, 50ft women, killer tomatoes and
aspiring ballerina exotic dancers, we'll be rocking out with a bad
script and a low budget, but you know it's gonna be a classic!

Featuring retro-pop, rock, hip hop and electro from DJs Vera, F you B,
Fagbot and Embryon and a special performance of epic battle
proportions!

B-movie BENT
Thursday February 15th
ANZA club (3 west 8th @ Ontario)
Doors @ 9pm
$2 before 10pm
$3 after

Please bring your i.d. because EVERYONE will be carded.

DANCE IT. SWEAT IT. GET IT.

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BENT is a monthly (3rd thursday of each month) non-profit,
collective-run party on Vancouver's eastside that is produced by and
for queers of all kinds and their allies.

In an effort to make BENT more accessible, we offer parents in our
community childcare subsidies. Please email the collective at
we.are.bent@gmail.com for more information.

We are currently raising funds to make the venue we use for BENT
wheelchair accessible. If you have any resources to add to this
effort, please contact us.


If you would like to volunteer at the next BENT please email us.
You'll get into the party for free and get a drink of your choice on
us.

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A NOTE TO ALL PARTY GOERS:
We try to make everyone welcome, comfortable and safe at our parties, so please be respectful of the volunteers and other party-goers. Remember that it's volunteers who clean up after you at the end of the night.



Monday, January 22, 2007 

Lost and Hopefully Found at BENT

Hello Everyone,

A number of people who came to Birthday Slumber Party BENT last week have been emailing us about items that they have lost (i guess that's what happens you have have a party where everyone takes their clothes off...)

Just so you all know, we gather all the lost items at the end of the night and give them to the ANZA to add to their lost and found. So if you're missing something, that is the first place to go.

We have one person who lost a black jacket that had her bus pass and house keys in the pocket. It was not at the ANZA at the end of the night and we think that someone might have mistakenly taken it home. If you have it, please email us at we.are.bent { at } gmail.com .

Thanks and see you on Feb.15th!
The BENT collective



Thursday, January 11, 2007 

Birthday Slumber Party BENT: reaching for you under the covers.....




ONE YEAR later and here we are (flaming fags, dramatic dykes and
queeny queers of East Van!) rocking out into 007... What else to do
but throw ourselves one hell of an effin' birthday bash? So please
dress for (makeout) success in your favorite sleep wear and be
prepared for all your favorite teenie bopper antics at our Birthday
Slumber Party BENT!!! Spin that bottle, fling that pillow, paint
each other's nails and ask yourself: truth or dare???

Thursday January 18th
ANZA club
3 west 8th ave
Doors @ 9pm
$2 before 10pm
$3 afterwards

Featuring retro pop, rock, electro and hip hop by DJs artflick, F
you B, Vera, Like the Wolf and Kookee, some early evening beverage
surprises and performances that'll have you wishing it was your
birthday too.

See you there in your underwear (hopefully).

DANCE IT. SWEAT IT. GET IT.

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BENT is a monthly (3rd thursday of each month) non-profit,
collective-run party on Vancouver's eastside that is produced by and
for queers of all kinds and their allies.

In an effort to make BENT more accessible, we offer parents in our
community childcare subsidies. Please email the collective at
we.are.bent@gmail.com for more information.



Monday, November 13, 2006 

Locker Room Love BENT - make sure you stretch first

locker room love BENT
Get to first, second and third base at the next BENT: Locker Room Love
BENT!

Sweat it out at our sporty queer dance-O-thon and say HELL YEAH to
softball butches and jock(strap)s! We have a beautiful vision of all
you hott people in short shorts, leg warmers, leotards and bathing
suits out on the dance floor, ripping it up to the fabulous retro-pop,
rock, electro and hiphop provided by DJs artflick, F you B, Vera &
Fagbot!


Locker Room Love BENT
Thursday November 16th
ANZA club (3 west 8th avenue, corner Ontario)
Doors at 9pm
$2 before 10, $3 after





NOTE: We're benched in December so this will be your last chance for a
BENT makeout in 2006! We'll be back on January 18th for a big BENT
birthday bash (1 year of dancing homos!)

The BENT collective childcare project: Last month our new childcare
subsidy project went really well and helped make the party more
accessible to parents in our community. If your access to BENT is
limited because you can't find/afford childcare services please
contact us at we.are.bent [at] gmail.com and we'll try to help.

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DANCE IT. SWEAT IT. GET IT.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 

Camp BENT - October 19th

CampBENT: crossdressing boyscouts and girlscouts with facial hair

Vancouver's monthly non-profit queer dance party is combining camp with camp!

You know that the BENT collective couldn't just do a plain ole drag night, no! Instead, imagine John Waters campiness meets sleepaway campiness... That's right homos, you can finally fulfill those fantasies you had about your bunkmate back in your girl guide days. You can finally make that move on your best buddy in your boyscout troupe. And you can do it in a dress and facial hair.


Featuring retro-pop, rock, electro and hiphop by DJs artflick, Dirty Hairy, F you B, towelflick & statutory. Featuring a special performance with a little bit of creepy campfire horror story flair.

Thursday October 19th
ANZA club (3 west 8th @ Ontario)
Doors at 9pm.
Only $2 before 10
$3 after 10


ALSO NEW THIS MONTH: the BENT collective childcare project
We are testing out a new project that would help those in our community who would like to come to BENT but whose access is limited because they can't find/afford childcare services. If this applies to you, please contact us at we.are.bent@gmail.com

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dance it. sweat it. get it. BENT.
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Thursday, September 14, 2006 

hankycode BENT - Sept 21



Welcome back! It's September and BENT is back to the THIRD THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH.

So next week, on September 21st, get out your hanky of choice cause it's HANKY CODE BENT!!!! That's right, we want to see all the asses on the dance floor sporting sexy snot rags of various and unending perversions!

DJs RUGGEDLY HANDSOME, artflick, Pretty huge Dick, BUZY B and HELLBOT will be spinning a mix of retro pop, rock, electro and hiphop for you flagging fags of all genders.
Also, expect a visit from the every wonderful BYO cabaret.

HankyCode BENT
THURSDAY september 21
Doors @ 9pm, we'll be rocking until 2am
$2 before 10pm, $3 after.
ANZA club (3 West 8th ave, corner Ontario)

Dance it. Sweat it. Get it. BENT.


If you have no idea what we're talking about, please refer to the handy dandy BENTified Hanky Code chart attached or google it.

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Gay Hanky Code Bent Edition







Worn on Left Colour Worn on Right
S&M Top Black S&M Bottom
Bondage Top Gray Bondage Bottom
Voyeur White Velvet Performer
Strongperson Top Gold Lame Strongperson Bottom
Tearoom Fetish (pours) Doily Tearoom Fetish (drinks)
Reference Answer Library Card Reference Question
Safe Sex Top Black/White Checkered Safe Sex Bottom
Fister Red Fistee
Picnic Top Red/White Gingham Picnic Topping
Anything Anywhere Orange Nothing Now
Pisser Yellow Piss on Me
Daddy Hunter Green Orphan
Wants Head Light Blue Gives Head
Cock and Ball Torturer Teal Cock and Ball Torturee
I like to Spank Hot Pink I like to be Spanked
Tit Torturer Dark Pink Tit Torturee
Double Fister Dark Red
Double Fistee
Likes Drag Queens Lavender Drag Queen
Head Master Brown Corduroy Student
I'll turn the music up so your room-mate can't hear us Mix-Tape I like music



Thursday, June 29, 2006 

Spartacus Books Fundraiser - July 4


Spartacus Books Fundraiser Dance Party!
This Tuesday July 4th
Anza Club (3 w. 8th @ Ontario)
9pm to 2am
Entrance by Donation.

Come out to support Vancouver's only volunteer-run radical bookstore,
this Tuesday at the ANZA club! A fabulous party organized by members
of the BENT collective and the Spartacus Collective in partnership.
The hott lineup of DJs includes Ruggedly Handsome, artflick, Prawns,
Fucking Object, Era and HellBot spinning an amazing mix of rock, pop,
electro and hiphop. Cheap beverages, surprise performances and
lots of amazing books and zines!


Wednesday, June 14, 2006 

HellBENT - Tuesday June 20th


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East Van's non-profit, monthly queer dance party turns
up the heat! So break out the goth and the glam because here comes
HellBENT. Sinners, flamers, fags, hags, closeted goths, glam rock
gods, those who disgust and are disgusted: it's time to strut.

HellBENT
Tuesday June 20th
ANZA club (3 w. 8th ave, corner Ontario)
Doors @ 9pm
$2 before 10, $3 after

featuring retro-pop, rock, electro and hiphop by DJs:
Ruggedly Handsome, artflick, Era and HellBot.

Show up early to sign up for the GOTH DANCE OFF, which will happen at 10pm.

DANCE IT. SWEAT IT. GET IT.

BENT.



Thursday, May 11, 2006 

Gayest BENT ever! Tuesday May 16



BENT is moving to the third Tuesdays.

To celebrate we're throwing the gayest party ever. So brush off your same sex desire, wrap it in a rainbow flag, put it on a parade float and get ready to strut.

TUESDAY may 16th
ANZA Club (3 W. 8th)
Doors at 9pm - $2 cover
$3 cover after 10pm

featuring DJs Ruggedly Handsome, Artflick, Prawns, Era and FuckingObject spinning a mix of retro pop, rock, electro and lesbo-dance-inducing hip hop.



Sunday, May 07, 2006 

3rd tuesdays

Just to let you know...

May BENT (the gayest BENT ever) will be on a Tuesday.

Tuesday May 16th. More info coming soon.

(june, july and august BENT's will also be on tuesdays)

Tuesday, April 11, 2006 

Degrassi Junior BENT - April 20 2006

There's been rumors. There's been whispers. There's been people breaking down in tears. Friends, the time has come:

BEING GAY JUST GOT GAYER.


East van's non-profit queer dance party, BENT, is busting out canadian 80's nostalgia for a night of excellent music and hott dancing - in very bad clothes - .

And here's how you all can participact:
We're having a (no)TALENT SHOW cocktail hour to start our evening... because what high school experience is complete without a horrible grab for attention that inevitably results in public humiliation?
We're looking for contestants who will lipsynch, air guitar, dance troupe, acrobat and otherwise endear themselves to us. All for the shot at winning coveted mix tapes and free beverages.

if you want to get in on the fun then fill out the form

Wednesday, March 08, 2006 

video BENT March 16