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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Heads up, chronically ill theatre artists & arts workers in Canada! A new research project is asking about challenges & experiences in the theatre sector - and what access measures would help make the industry more accessible. Learn more & take the survey by Aug 31: nightswimming.ca/research/col...

Gradient green and teal graphic with white text reading, Survey of Chronically Ill Theatre Artists in Canada. In the corners are logos for Pure Research and nightswimming.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Congrats to Mariposa Benefit + Awareness artist @liapas.bsky.social, who is starring in a new dance film featuring artists with #MECFS, #LongCovid, and other disabilities! Register for the free online premiere, coming July 29: www.eventbrite.com/e/unbound-gl...

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Unbound: Global Premiere & Live Q&A

Join us online for the global premiere of Unbound followed by a live Q&A with the creators!

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

We’re excited to announce the final total from our 2026 Benefit + Awareness Month. 🎉 Thanks to your support, we raised $11,090.91, bringing our charity fundraising total to over $160,000 since Mariposa started!

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Purple text reads, 'Opera Mariposa's Benefit + Awareness Month for the ME | FM Society of BC, May 1 - June 1, 2026.' In a white block, black text reads, ‘Thank you! With your help, we raised over $11,000 for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia and Long Covid.’ At the bottom of the white block, two logos are placed: one for Opera Mariposa, which includes a red butterfly; and one for the ME | FM Society of BC, which includes a blue, purple and teal butterfly.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

✨Last chance to enter! For our 2026 Benefit + Awareness Month, we’re giving away 3 prize packs featuring merch by chronically ill artist @graesalisbury.bsky.social plus amazing gift cards! To enter to win, visit PrizeDraw.OperaMariposa.com. There are 3 different ways to enter:

Rainbow graphic featuring the wording, enter to win: prize pack one. A model with long dark hair wears a blue t-shirt featuring a Blue Sunday illustration by Grae Salisbury, next to a mug and sticker featuring the same image, and a $100 Skip the Dishes gift card.

Yellow graphic featuring the wording, enter to win: prize pack two. Prize items scattered over the background include a tote with an all-over blue and white print featuring a floral design interspersed with chronic illness essentials like a hot water bottle, sleeping mask, headphones, N95 and more. Alongside the tote bag is a mug with the same print; a sticker featuring a sleeping mask surrounded by forget-me-not flowers; and a $75 Lee Valley gift card.

Pink graphic featuring the wording, enter to win: prize pack three. A model with short brown hair wears a blue t-shirt featuring the Blue Sunday title design alongside a teapot and teacup, illustrated by Grae Salisbury. Next to the model is a mug featuring the same design; a sticker featuring the teapot and teacup; and a $75 Redbubble gift card.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

What is #LongCovid (#LC)? LC is characterized by persistent symptoms or new health issues following an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Symptoms can have a delayed onset and last from weeks to years.

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Teal text reads: 'LC is characterized by persistent symptoms or new health issues following an infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Symptoms can have a delayed onset and last from weeks to years.’

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Teal text reads: 'LC can cause over 200 symptoms, including debilitating fatigue and post-exertional malaise, breathing problems, heart problems, blood vessel damage, blood clots, immune system damage, reproductive issues, and neurological issues like memory loss. It can lead to new lifelong conditions, including ME.'

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Teal text reads: 'At least 1 in 9 Canadian adults and 400 million people worldwide have developed LC as of 2024, and numbers continue to rise. The majority have not recovered. The government of Canada has referred to LC as a “potential mass disabling event.” Learn more about LC at Benefit.OperaMariposa.com'

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

What is #Fibromyalgia (#FM)? FM is a complex chronic illness characterized by widespread burning pain and severe fatigue. It’s ranked as one of the 20 most painful health conditions.

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Purple text reads: 'What is Fibromyalgia (FM)? FM is a complex chronic illness characterized by widespread burning pain and severe fatigue. It’s ranked as one of the 20 most painful health conditions.'

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Purple text reads: 'FM can cause debilitating symptoms including cognitive impairment (“brain fog”), digestive issues, severe sleep problems, and autonomic dysfunction. Symptoms can vary from person to person and day to day.'

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Purple text reads: 'FM affects over half a million Canadians and at least 2–3% of people worldwide. It’s one of the most common causes of chronic widespread pain. Learn more about FM at Benefit.OperaMariposa.com'

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

What is #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis (#MECFS)? ME is a complex chronic disease characterized by debilitating exhaustion unrelieved by sleep and symptoms that worsen after even minor activity.

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Blue text reads: 'What is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)? ME is a complex chronic disease characterized by debilitating exhaustion unrelieved by sleep and symptoms that worsen after even minor activity.'

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Blue text reads: 'ME affects many body systems and can cause everything from chronic pain and muscle weakness to heart issues, immune problems, cognitive dysfunction, and malfunctions of the autonomic nervous system. 75% of people with ME cannot work and the illness has the lowest quality-of-life score of all common diseases.'

Graphic with a purple and blue butterfly resting on a purple flower, amidst a misty blue background and green field. Blue text reads: 'Prior to the pandemic, ME affected over half a million Canadians and 17–24 million people worldwide. Around 80% of ME cases are triggered by infectious illnesses and the number of people with ME is increasing exponentially due to COVID.'

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Help us reach our goal! 💙💜💚 Together, we’re raising funds for #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis, #Fibromyalgia, and #LongCovid. All proceeds go to @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social.

A progress bar is centered on a pale blue background, showing that $2470.75 out of $3000 has been raised. Above, dark blue text reads: “Help us reach our goal! Together, we’re raising funds for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, Fibromyalgia and Long Covid.” Below, blue text reads: “Benefit.OperaMariposa.com.” At the bottom of the image, two logos are placed: one for Opera Mariposa, which includes a red butterfly; and one for the ME | FM Society of BC, which includes a blue, purple, and teal butterfly.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Check out our online music, video, and art showcases! 🎭 Watch opera highlights and musical moments from past events. 🎵 Stream or download studio singles. 🎨 Enjoy multidisciplinary art by other chronically ill creatives. 💙 Listen to artists share about their journeys with chronic illnesses.

A colourful four-by-four grid of visual art and musical performances. Below it on a blue background are the butterfly logos of Opera Mariposa and the ME | FM Society of BC.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Shop for a cause! 🛍️ As part of our Benefit + Awareness Month, every item in our store supports @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social. This year’s merch features beautiful illustrations by chronically ill artist graesalisbury.bsky.social. Check out the collection at Benefit.OperaMariposa.com!

Merchandise collection featuring Grae Salisbury’s blue-and-white Blue Sunday illustrations. Items include: a white phone case with blue floral art and chronic illness essentials like a hot water bottle, sleeping mask, headphones, and N99 mask; a blue-on-white sticker of a sleeping mask with forget-me-nots; blue socks with a dark blue repeating pattern of compression socks and leaves; a round blue pin showing a dark blue walker surrounded by leaves; a blue t-shirt featuring the main illustration worn by a model; plus a blue tote bag and card with the same design. The main illustration shows a teapot pouring tea into a teacup next to a spoon, all decorated with forget-me-nots. Victorian lettering reads “Blue Sunday” over a ray-of-light background. A border frames the scene with twining flowers and butterflies, plus spoonie essentials like compression socks, hot water bottle, N99 mask, sleeping mask, headphones, walker, and pill bottle.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Thank you so much for participating in #BlueSunday2026, the #TeaPartyForME2026, today! Whether you hung out with @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social and us over Zoom for tea, had a cup on your own time, wore blue, or curled up in bed, we hope you felt the community support and love 💙

Screenshot of a Zoom meeting featuring people of all ages and genders, some with cameras on and some with cameras off. Those with cameras on are raising mugs of tea with smiles on their faces, many of them wearing blue.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

For our 2026 Benefit + Awareness Month, artist @graesalisbury.bsky.social created this beautiful design for #BlueSunday2026, the Tea Party for #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis.

A delicate blue poster illustration features a teapot pouring steaming tea into a teacup, next to a spoon, all decorated with forget-me-not flower patterns. Victorian lettering reads, Blue Sunday, over a background washed in rays of light. Around the border is a frame of twining flowers, butterflies, and spoonie essentials like compression socks, a hot water bottle, an N95 mask, a sleeping mask, headphones, a walker, and a pill bottle.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Today is May 12th, the International Awareness Day for #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis (ME or #MECFS), #Fibromyalgia (FM), and other chronic neuro-immune diseases. 💙💜

A close-up, cropped photo of two white hands gently holding a blue and purple awareness ribbon from opposite ends. The person is wearing a cream-coloured sweater, and only their torso is visible. At the bottom of the image, two logos are placed: one for Opera Mariposa, which includes a red butterfly; and one for the ME | FM Society of BC, which includes a blue, purple, and teal butterfly.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

For our 2026 Benefit + Awareness Month, @graesalisbury.bsky.social created the beautiful Blue Sunday design!

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Have a cup of tea for the cause with us! 🫖 As part of our 2026 Benefit + Awareness Month, we're celebrating Blue Sunday, the worldwide tea party for #MECFS. On Sunday, May 17, at 1 pm Pacific / 4 pm Eastern, join us on Zoom for an online community gathering hosted by @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social

Light blue graphic featuring an illustration of a Victorian teapot, teacup and spoon decorated with forget-me-nots, surrounded by decorations of flowers and butterflies and featuring the butterfly logos of Opera Mariposa and the ME | FM Society of BC. Text reads, Opera Mariposa cordially invites you to Blue Sunday. Hosted by the ME | FM Society of BC. Join our online tea party fundraiser. Sunday, May 17, 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET on Zoom. Learn more: BlueSunday.OperaMariposa.com

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

When you support our 2026 Benefit + Awareness Month, you're joining us in helping the rising number of people impacted by Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Long Covid and Fibromyalgia (FM), including many of our artists and team members.

Two butterfly logos are shown on a white background: a blue, purple and teal one for the ME | FM Society of BC, and a red one for Opera Mariposa. A speech bubble illustrates that the red butterfly says: "What does the ME | FM Society of BC do?” A second speech bubble illustrates that the blue, purple and teal butterfly says: "We educate, inform and increase awareness of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Long Covid and Fibromyalgia (FM)."

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

It’s finally May! 🌷 Our 2026 Benefit + Awareness Month is now LIVE, honouring the International Awareness Month for #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis and #Fibromyalgia (ME & FM). Join us at Benefit.OperaMariposa.com in support of the #ChronicIllness community and @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social:

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Congrats to our friends at @essentialopera.bsky.social on the launch of their debut album 🎶 We already have our copy - have you checked it out yet? Discover this collection of five one-act chamber operas today: www.essentialopera.com/music

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Music — Essential Opera

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

So excited for the newest premiere from our friends at OperaQ! 'La Maupin' is a bold new musical film exploring the true(ish) life story of legendary queer opera singer, swordswoman, and gender-defying icon Julie d’Aubigny. #opera #QueerOpera #CanadianOpera #NewOpera #QueerHistory #LaMaupinFilm

Against a black background is an illustration of a white woman in a seventeenth century suit and feathered hat holding a sword, in a colour palette of purples, greens, blues and wine red. Text reads, La Maupin: a musical film. Small white logos feature the Community One Foundation, Tapestry Opera, Canada Council for the Arts / Conseil des arts du Canada, and OperaQ.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

[Content warning: loss] Opera Mariposa is saddened to announce the passing of our longest-standing volunteer. Gum Chu Cheong (a.k.a. @itsjacquelineko.bsky.social & @sinistralscribe.bsky.social's maternal grandfather, a.k.a. “Gung Gung”), passed away peacefully on Nov 28, 2025 at the age of 95.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Happy International #DisabilityDay! Today we're celebrating the wonderful disabled creatives we've been blessed to work with at Opera Mariposa - and encourage you to check out our roundup of resources about accessibility in the performing arts at operamariposa.com/resources/! #IDPD

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Resources

Discover some of our top resources for accessibility in opera and the performing arts - plus the new archival home of 'Opera and Disability'.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Ten thousand thanks to everyone who supported our 2025 Benefit + Awareness Month! With your help, we raised $10,626.98 for @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social and people with #MECFS, #LongCovid & #fibromyalgia - which brings our charity fundraising total to over $150,000 since Opera Mariposa started! 1/3

In front of an artistic photo of blue, teal and purple cupcakes, an aqua circle contains the text, Thank you. With your help, we've raised $10,626.98 for ME/CFS, Long Covid, and Fibromyalgia. At the bottom of the circle are the butterfly logos for Opera Mariposa and the ME | FM Society of BC. At the top is a translucent watercolour image of a purple butterfly.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Catch Mariposa co-founder Robin Hahn on a special 50th episode edition of the @artsably.com podcast! Coming June 13th - more info at www.eventbrite.ca/e/artsably-i... Access: Live on Zoom & recorded. Captions & transcript. Audience members can join w/ camera & mic off. Includes Q&A.

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ArtsAbly in Conversation #50 - Special episode - Live online discussion

Let's celebrate episode 50 with talented artists at ArtsAbly in Conversation - an online event celebrating creativity and inspiration!

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Tomorrow (June 1) is the last chance to enter our Benefit + Awareness prize draw! We’re incredibly grateful to everyone who has joined us so far in support of @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social and the rising number of people affected by #MECFS, #LongCovid, and #fibromyalgia.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Huge thanks to Chinatown's Kam Wai Dim Sum 金威點心, who is supporting our Benefit + Awareness Month for another year! This family-run company is donating $100 in gift cards for ready-to-eat takeaway or dim sum classics you can prepare at home.

Closeup of some plump dumplings on a red plate inside a bamboo steamer basket, with a pair of chopsticks resting on them. Other dim sum delicacies can be glimpsed laid out on the surrounding table.

Closeup of wonton dumplings and green onions in broth, in a blue bowl on a red background

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Our #BAMonth2025 prize draw features over $1,000 in gift cards & gift certificates - included from Canadian food delivery service Skip (previously Skip The Dishes) and Lee Valley Tools! Check out all the prizes at prizedraw.operamariposa.com, then #EnterToWin til June 1 in support of charity.

Orange Skip gift card with white text, superimposed over platters of colourful vegetarian food

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Many thanks to Tesla Adrianne for joining us for #BAMonth2025! There are just 5 days left to #EnterToWin over $3k in amazing prizes in support of @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social, including a consultation + 2 hours of remote administrative support from Tesla: prizedraw.operamariposa.com

Closeup of a white woman's hands typing on a laptop, her arms clothed in yellow sleeves.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

NOW ON YOUTUBE ▶️ In honour of #BAMonth2025, join opera artist & researcher @skycameron.bsky.social as they discuss how developing #LongCovid has transformed their artistic practice and their relationship to the opera industry. Check it out: youtu.be/jxFitb1nxyw?...

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How does Long Covid affect an opera singer? | Sky Cameron

How does Long Covid affect an opera singer? @skylarcameron5123 shared their story with us for Opera Mariposa’s 2025 Benefit + Awareness Month. Sky also adde...

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

How does #LongCovid affect an opera singer? Opera artist, educator, researcher, & community care worker @skycameron.bsky.social shares their story with us for our 2025 Benefit + Awareness Month - catch the video premiere tomorrow, May 27, at 12 pm PT / 3 pm ET: youtu.be/jxFitb1nxyw?...

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How does Long Covid affect an opera singer? | Sky Cameron

How does Long Covid affect an opera singer? @skylarcameron5123 shared their story with us for Opera Mariposa’s 2025 Benefit + Awareness Month. Sky also adde...

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Did you know? Our charitable partner @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social is run by & for people with #MECFS, #Fibro, & now #LongCovid as well. Long Covid is an umbrella term for the complex suites of symptoms that can persist or develop after a Covid infection. Learn more: www.mefm.bc.ca/what-is-me-w...

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

As part of our 2025 Benefit + Awareness Month, we’re thrilled to feature opera artist, researcher, & longhauler @skycameron.bsky.social. They’ll be sharing how their experiences with #LongCovid have been shaping their artistic practice. Learn more about Sky at operamariposa.com/artists/#sky...

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

After yesterday's announcement about our project on immuno-inclusivity in opera (and beyond!), we thought we'd spotlight some of the ways that @essentialopera.bsky.social has prioritized immuno-inclusivity in their digital opera productions 🎶 #MakingOperaAccessible

Photo collage of production stills from the opera films 'December' and 'Etiquette',overlaid with a pinkish cream torn paper strip featuring black serif text that reads, Behind the scenes: Immuno-inclusivity in Essential Opera's Digital Opera Films. The collage includes images of soprano Danielle Buonaiuto as the character Natasha, soprano Maureen Batt as a headset-wearing customer service agent and a tipsy Dorothy Parker, soprano Erin Bardua as Julia, and Claire Fraser seen from behind wearing a headstrap mask and operating a camera.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Big news 📢 @essentialopera.bsky.social, @operamariposa.bsky.social, and a group of Canadian artists and researchers have formed a coalition for an exciting new project. We’re developing a resource on immuno-inclusivity in opera spaces (and beyond!), supported by the Canada Council for the Arts!

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Big thanks to @essentialopera.bsky.social for supporting our Benefit + Awareness Month for the second year in a row! Two lucky winners will each snag a Skip food delivery gift card, alongside a household pass to stream one of Essential Opera's digital opera films, 'Etiquette' or 'December'.

Teal graphic with an illustration of a winter cabin, and a rainbow radiating star rates. Text reads, Essential Opera presents December, a new opera by Monica Pearce. Cast: Erin Bardua, Maureen Batt, Danielle Buonaiuto. Directed by Halley Davies, conducted by Tara Scott. www.EssentialOpera.com Logos at the bottom for SOCAN Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, and Arts Nova Scotia

Vintage style illustration with a peach background featuring a crowd of elegantly dressed people in 1920s evening wear, behind a typewriter and a martini glass. Text reads, Essential Opera presents Etiquette by Monica Pearce. A short opera film. Enter to win a household streaming pass!

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Our Benefit + Awareness prize draw features gift baskets & prize packs galore 🌟 Which one’s your fave? Don’t miss your chance to enter to win these & many more prizes, while benefiting @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social & the #ChronicIllness community. Head over to prizedraw.operamariposa.com til June 1!

Against an aqua background is a woven grey gift basket containing noise cancelling headphones, a grey and white plushie shaped like a shiba inu, a colouring book, pot-it fidget toy journal, moon light, fairy light photo clips, lavender heat pack, and aqua migraine ice cap.

Against a light blue background is a rustic chicken wire gift basket filled with bath and beauty items, including an eco-friendly cleansing set, soothing face masks, microfibre face towel, blue rose candle holder with tealight, bath puff, silicon scalp brush, artisanal soap, gua shah, face roller, vegan lip balm, acupressure balls, sleep mask, Raymond Chow art print, and a bottle of bath salts.

In front of a light blue backdrop is an aqua suede tray, filled with a set of bath and body items by Beauty Concepts. Items include a hair turban, plush socks, and vanilla shea shower steamers, hand cream, body oil and body lotion. The entire set is decorated with silver and gold rose designs.

Against a light purple backdrop is a flatlay of a large black zipped tote embroidered with purple, green and teal bird and rose designs; bejewelled purple butterfly sunglasses; Powecom KN95 masks in a rainbow of colours; a stainless steel water bottle; a glitter ring phone kick stand; blue and beaded gunmetal headbands; a small card with a purple butterfly necklace; patterned pink and black socks with birds and cherry blossoms; and an "immunikey" keychain multitool.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Celebrate our #BAMonth2025 in style ✨ One lucky winner will receive a 'Sweet Pea' necklace & 'Artemis' earrings from our charity prize draw, handcrafted by chainmail jewelry designer Donald McKillican. #EnterToWin at prizedraw.operamariposa.com til June 1 in support of @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social!

Against a wooden surface, two pearl earring drops are caged in interwoven pink chainmail rings, hanging from a glass vase. In front of that is a necklace that looks like it's made of intricate pink and gold alternating beads, but each bead is woven out of chainmail rings.

Closeup of the Sweetpea necklace against a wooden surface, featuring alternating pink and gold "beads" woven out of chainmail rings.

Closeup of Artemis earrings hanging from a glass vase, featuring pearl drops caged within interlocked pink chainmail rings.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Thanks you so much for joining us for today's #BlueSunday2025 #TeaPartyForME2025. However you participated - whether you joined the Zoom, hung out in blue PJs, or treated yourself to a nice cuppa tea - we hope you've felt the strength &joy of being in community today 💙 @mefmsocietyofbc.bsky.social

Screen cap of a Zoom meeting featuring people of all ages and genders, some with cameras on and some with cameras off. Those with cameras on are raising mugs of tea or coffee with smiles on their faces, many of them wearing blue.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Happy #BlueSunday2025! Today's the beloved annual Tea Party for M.E., and we're thrilled to join all the people around the world who are raising awareness and funds for #MECFS with their own personal tea parties at home 🫖 💙 #pwME #TeaPartyForME2025

A closeup of Mariposa general manager Stephanie Ko, seen past a screen of out-of-focus blue-purple hyacinth flowers. She is a disabled Chinese-Canadian woman with long dark hair, blue-rimmed glasses and a sea blue top, holding a porcelain teacup with a pink and silver rose pattern, glancing off to the side with a smile on her face. The background behind her is out of focus, with gleams of of light and green foliage glinting through a window.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Thanks to the amazing, community-minded folks at Stong's Market for supporting our Benefit + Awareness Month for the fifth year in a row 💖 One lucky winner from our charity prize draw will receive a $100 grocery gift card to this local independent grocer. #ShopLocal #BuyCanadian

Closeup of Stong's Market gift cards in a clear card rack on a white counter. They have painted images of fish, flowers, fruit and more on them.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Excitement is brewing for #BlueSunday2025, the global tea party for ME ☕ After taking part in our online tea party social (coming this Sunday, May 18th: BlueSunday.OperaMariposa.com), why not replenish your stock with this charity prize from Chai Ghai?

Against a teal background is a gift basket of teas and tea accessories from Chai Ghai, including seven assorted tins of tea, two Chai Ghai t-shirts, a mug, tea strainer, tea ball infuser and dish.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Thank you to ahsta blu for supporting our Benefit + Awareness Month for another year in a row! ahsta is a Black West Coast artist whose textured paintings are inspired by nature, & who creates tactile, accessible art experiences for Blind, low vision & sighted art lovers alike.

In a vibrant, stylishly decorated yellow and white room hangs a vibrant painting of a stylized dawn, with a blue starry sky shading into pink, orange and gold bands of light. In the bottom left corner is a tiny image of a snowy cabin in white. (Note this image is a mock-up, and the painting may not be depicted precisely to scale.)

Over a brown sofa is an abstract textured painting in black, copper and grey, featuring a stylized line of trees silhouetted against a dark sky. (Note that this is a mockup image, and the painting may not be shown perfectly to scale.

Hanging in a white room is a vibrant painting by ahsta blu of a stylized aurora, with brilliant green and yellow streaks of light through a blue starry sky. In the bottom left corner is a tiny image of a snowy cabin in white.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We're thrilled to team up with Cosy Yoga Club for this year's Benefit + Awareness Month! Until June 1, you can #EnterToWin an 8-class pass to their gentle, accessible, mellow-paced online yoga classes: prizedraw.operamariposa.com

Audrey, a white person with brown hair, wears red leggings and a beige top. She’s sitting on a rock with trees around her, her upper body twisting towards the right, with her right hand on her lower back and her left hand on her right knee.

Katie, a white woman with short brown hair and dark oversized glasses, wearing a striped top and sweatpants. She sits indoors in a restful yoga posture on two chairs and a folded blanket, leaning forward with her hands around a soft bolster, bare feet on the ground.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Our Awareness Raiser prize pack showcases work by #ChronicallyIll creatives incl. stickers, postcards, jewelry & more by @berlin-buyers-club.bsky.social, Eileen Theresa Stephens & @christinabaltais.bsky.social, w/ a book by Valerie Free. #EnterToWin til June 1: prizedraw.operamariposa.com

Against a light blue background is a flatlay of the book Lighting Up a Hidden World: CFS & ME by Valerie Free, surrounded by art postcards featuring impressionistic sunflowers painted by Eileen Theresa Stephens, and a colourful assortment of stickers from Berlin Buyers Club with slocans like "Cure ME/CFS" and "Sometimes Long Covid is Forever Covid - we need help now". On the righthand side of the image are accessories, enlarged to show better detail, including a blue bracelet with a blue crystal and silver awareness ribbon; a set of silver spoon earrings by Words as Medicine; small enamel pins featuring a purple awareness ribbon with blue butterfly wings, and a pillow reading Always Tired; and three embroidered patches featuring blue roses.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Today on the #May12th International Awareness Day for #MECFS & #fibro, we'd like to take a moment to honour those who are no longer with us - but whose advocacy & impact lives on. One of them is Eileen Theresa Stephens, a Vancouver writer, artist, & ME advocate whom our community lost in 2023.

Archival black and white photo of a young Eileen Stephens before she got sick. She has short hair and is wearing a short-sleeved collarless polo shirt and jeans. She is sitting on a bench outdoors, grinning.

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Lia Pas @liapas.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

I’m one of the featured artists for #BAMonth2025! Read on in the thread to enter to win some prizes and see more of my work

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Artist spotlight: @berlin-buyers-club.bsky.social is an international art-activist collective founded by a small team of creatives after COVID made them chronically ill. They spend their limited energy seeking awareness, treatments & justice for #LongCovid, #MECFS & other neuro-immune diseases.

Scattering of multicoloured stickers by Berlin Buyers Club, with a couple blue embroidered roses scattered between them. Some of the slogans include, "Cure ME/CFS: I miss my sparkle", "Sometimes Long Covid is Forever Covid", "Cure Long Covid: please don't leave us behind", "Every day I watch as life goes on without me: I have ME/CFS", "I miss listening, I miss seeing, I miss working, I miss dancing, I miss thinking, I miss feeling, I miss myself. I have ME/CFS"

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Today's the #May12th Awareness Day for #MECFS, #Fibro & other chronic neuro-immune diseases. Today we're grateful to the artists, advocates, orgs & community members joining us to raise awareness for these illnesses - and to everyone who works to transform awareness into action year round.

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Opera Mariposa @operamariposa.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

We're thrilled to welcome back multidisciplinary Saskatoon artist @liapas.bsky.social for #BAMonth2025! Lia was an active composer, performer & librettist until 2015, when she was disabled by #MECFS. Since then, she's focused on fibre arts & writing, with some small forays back into music.

A black and white photo of Lia taken from slightly above. She is caucasian, has greying hair in a wavy bob, black cats eye glasses with thick frames, and is wearing a black shirt with a low neckline. She is lying back against a cushion and smiling slightly looking up at the camera.

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