Event

She Said Boom! The Story of Fifth Column

KevinHegge, She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column, video, 64min, 2012

She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Columnis a documentary about the pre-riot grrrl, all women, Canadian, queer, experimental punk band, Fifth Column. Fifth Column was formed in Toronto in the early 1980s by a group of young women who didn't know how to play or write music. Their raw but determined D.I.Y. approach created powerful punk music from their very first album, "To Sir With Hate."She Said Boomtells the untold story of Fifth Column, featuring archival footage, photographs, and interviews with band members and friends, including Kathleen Hanna, Bruce La Bruce, Vaginal Davis, and Anita Smith.

The Spectrum opened its doors in 2011. Situated behind a residential façade in the site of a former dance studio, the Spectrum offers weekly classes in dance, yoga, "queerlates" and "queerballah," aswell as a rich assortment of dance parties and performance events. The brainchild of Gage Boone and Nicholas Gorham, the Spectrum offers all of its event to the queer community on a sliding scaleadmission structure.