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- Jess will be performing and presenting at the Performance Studies International Conference, June 9-13 in Toronto. Click here for complete schedule of events.
- Jess will be participating in the Industry Series Pitch Session at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival in Kitchner, ON. Festival runs June 9-19, 2010.
- Jess will be presenting and participating in a Symposium on Teaching and Learning Performance Art, Presented by FADO Performance Art Centre, Sponsored and hosted by OCAD. Monday, May 10, 2010, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design) 100 McCaul Street, Toronto.
- Performance & Workshop! Jess presents “Everything I’ve Got” at the Edgy Women Festival at Tangente in Montreal March 24, 2010 @ 7:30pm – and will be teaching an intensive week long workshop at Studio 303 with a focus on ideas and actions of intimacy in performance.
- Interview! Monday, March 8. Jess interviewed by Dykes on Mykes, CKUT 90.3fm in Montreal from 7-8pm. You can listen live here or check out the podcast here.
- Performance! Jess presents “Everything I’ve Got” at the Rhubarb Festival, February 24-28 @ 8pm in Toronto.
- Interview! Jess interviewed by Leanne Cusitar on Sex City CIUT 89.5FM. Airs Saturday, Feb 20 5-6pm.
- HOT off the press! a monologue from Jess’ Emergency Exits published in “OutSpoken: A Canadian Collection of Lesbian Scenes and Monologues” Playwrights Canada Press, Ed. Susan G. Cole. Book launch celebration Monday, February 1 at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 7pm.
- Performance! HATCH: emerging performance projects presents “Everything I’ve Got” on Sunday, January 31. 4pm at the Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre. Performance followed by artist talk-back and reception. Tickets $12 regular, $10 student, senior or arts worker. 416 973 4000 or HERE
- December Issue of Curve Magazine features an article written by Stephanie Schroeder about Jess’ performance work.
- Read! Jess’ work included in the Study Room Guide on One to One performances, published by the Live Art Development Agency (UK) ed. Rachel Zerihan.
- Tuesday, September 1 Jess’ performance work featured on re-broadcast of SOCKET on CBC Radio One. 11:30AM ET
- Wednesday, June 24 Jess performs at Cheap Queers! 8:30pm at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, Toronto. Tickets $6.48 at the door(can’t beat the price!)
- Now online! Check out the interview with Jess featured in No More Potlucks Issue #3
- Read Amy Fung’s writing about Jess’ recent Edgy Women performance at Prairie Artsters.com
- Monday, April 27 Jess will be performing at “Who’s Your Daddy?: A Queer Parents’ Cabaret,” sponsored by Pages, This Is Not a Reading Series and hosted by Mariko Tamaki. 7:30-10pm at the Gladstone Hotel, Toronto. A book launch event in celebration of the publication of “Who’s Your Daddy? And Other Writings on Queer Parenting,” edited by Rachel Epstein. Published by Sumach Press.
- April 3 & 4 Jess will perform “Everything I’ve Got” at Dixon Place, NYC. Double billing with Felice Shays’ “The Possibility of Response.” 8pm, $15. Saturday night’s performance will be ASL interpreted. 161 Chrystie Street. Tickets/info: 212 219 0736.
- Monday, March 30, 7-8pm, Radio Interview with Jess Dobkin, by Dayna McLeod on CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal and live at ckut.ca
- Sunday, March 22, Artist Talk at La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse by Jess Dobkin. 11am-1pm, 4296 St-Laurent, Montreal. Free! Info: 514 871 0268.
- Saturday, March 21 Jess performs at the Edgy Women Festival in Montreal. Performance begins at 7:30pm at Tangente, 840 Cherrier. Tickets $15/$10.
- Thursday, March 5 Jess will be performing at the Joyce SoHo in NYC as part of the NDA Performance Mix Festival. Performance starts at 8pm. Tickets are $18 general, $15 students/seniors. 155 Mercer Street. Box office: 212 352 3101.
- Jess will be featured in the upcoming issue of Shameless Magazine in a piece written by piKe krpan. Launch party on Saturday, March 15 from 1-4pm at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroon, 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto.
- Curator Charles Reeve’s “The Kindness of Human Milk: Jess Dobkin’s Lactation Station Breast Milk Bar” is published in the Winter 2009 Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture, published by the University of California Press.
- Anthropologist Penny Van Esterik’s, “Vintage Breast Milk: Exploring the Discursive Limits of Feminine Fluids” discusses Jess’ Lactation Station performance in the Winter 2009 Canadian Theatre Review, Ed. Laura Levin.