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gaycalgary.com magazine 3 Spread the Love! Letter from the Publisher

By Steve Polyak & Rob Diaz-Marino

Goliath’s Charges Stayed The staff and owners of Goliath’s Saunatel are breathing a sigh of relief today (February 2nd). It’s still business as usual, after the 3 year trial incited by the Police Raid back in December 2002. We received word that the charges had been stayed for 1 year for all parties. We spoke to one of the owner’s of Goliaths, Darrell Zakreski, while he hosted a celebration party at the Texas Lounge to express his happiness with the court’s decision. After the court’s fi nding today, he believes there is little likelihood that charges will ever be laid. One of the key reasons the case was stayed apparently came from a survey conducted by Bruce Freeman, a PhD candidate in Anthropology at the University of Calgary. out, we will maintain a pile of last month’s issues beside The survey was given to residents of the Beltline district, the ballot boxes for your convenience. in the immediate area of the Saunatel. It showed that the Police’s grounds of “intolerable behaviour” were not There was apparently some confusion on our methods founded by public opinion, and therefore demonstrated of choosing people to be listed in several of our questions. that Goliath’s had done nothing to violate community For instance, we asked management of the bars and standards. clubs to nominate one bartender, house queen, and DJ, however we were lax if they happened to give two bartend- This is something that we would have normally left until ers instead. Though this has excluded a number of very next issue since it occurred this month, however the news deserving people, we wish to remind our readers that you was simply too good to pass up! For anyone that’s been can still vote for them by using the OTHER fi eld, and writ- scared of using a bathhouse because of this incident, the ing in their name. As for the Drag performers, we took standard set today should hopefully restore your faith. our list of local performers from 2004. We do realize there Score one for homo-kind!

Continued from page 3 GayCalgary.com Reader’s Choice Survey Distributed by DLRJ Distributions and by GayCalgary.com It’s not over yet – the survey is still going strong! We Deadline for Ad Bookings 25th of the month had 3 very happy winners from our January 22nd Early- bird Draw, and we still have 2 more winners to draw this Deadline for Ad copy 28th of the month March 1st. We have to give away a $50.00 Gift Certifi cate Legal Council Courtney Sebree Aarbo, Barristers and Solicitors for Swirl Body Products and Treatments, as well as a $150.00 Gift Certifi cate for the Bay Downtown! Will one Printers North Hill News of them be yours? Well it won’t be if you haven’t fi lled This Issue Cover Photography by Rob Diaz-Marino. out a survey yet! Grab a copy of last month’s issue, or fi ll the survey out online at www.gaycalgary.com. It only The opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of GayCalgary.com or the contributors takes about 5-10 minutes, so don’t forget! Ballot boxes of the magazine. will remain at all the same locations from last month: The People photographed or interviewed, writers, advertisers, contributors and anyone else involved with Backlot, Calgary Eagle, Detour, Goliath’s, Indulge, Metro this publication are not necessarily gay, lesbian, bi, bi-curious or trans gendered. They can be straight Boyzown, Money-Pennies, The Rekroom, Solar Café, Texas people that are gay friendly. Lounge, Twisted Element, and the Verge. The envelopes No part of the publication may be reprinted without the expressed permission of the editor-in-chief. provided in the side compartment are pre-addressed if you’d rather mail yours in. Even with February’s issue Copyright 2005

4 gaycalgary.com magazine are several that are no longer with us in Calgary this year, Highlights this Month such as the fabulous Bianca LaBouche, however we did not want to discount all the work they did last year simply Now on a lighter note, the ISCCA is hosting “Broken because of that fact. Hearted”, a Bachelor and Bachelorette auction at Twisted Element on the 16th (See their ad on page 46). Also, the Lastly, remember that your survey answers are only Backlot is starting their Minute Man Speed Dating event viewed by the two magazine publishers. If you are still the 2nd Saturday of every month. If Valentines Day is no reluctant to reveal your yearly income, you may choose joy for you, these are excellent opportunities to make up not to answer that particular question. for it! Also, don’t forget to go down and celebrate the Eagle’s 3rd Anniversary on the 19th, and for all you ladies out A Woman’s Place Bookstore has moved! there, Girlsgo is putting on the RED dance on the 12th. Congratulations to A Woman’s Place Bookstore! They’ve There are tons of events this month for Valentines and moved to a new location in a much nicer part of town, and otherwise, so check our Events Listing on page 16, or visit will be opening on February 4th. They were supposed to our online Events Calendar at www.gaycalgary.com to be our business review this month, however due to their make sure you don’t miss anything you’ll regret later! change of address, we’ve had to postpone them for a later date. See their ad on page 20 for their new address and contact information. Happy Valentines everyone!

Equal Marriage Questions or comments about the magazine or other things happening in the community, please E-mail us at With Valentines day coming up fast, do you want to pop [email protected] the question to your beloved by saying “Will you enter into a non-religious civil union with me?” Just doesn’t have the same ring to it… GayCalgary.com has sponsored advertising in our Magazine and our TV screens over the past 2 months for Canadians for Equal Marriage. They are reviewed in this issue on page 10. Most of what the average person knows about this mat- ter is what they have seen on TV. For instance, it’s well known that several religious groups are strongly object- ing to the prospect of allowing same sex marriage, saying that it violates the “Traditional Defi nition” or “Sanctity” of marriage. We decided to do a little research into this topic since they seem to be clinging so vehemently to these words as if they are immutable. One phrase we found particularly interesting was fea- tured in the Tidbits section of www.christiangays.com, which says “Same-sex, same-gender unions have been celebrated in the church throughout history, dating back as early as 514 B.C., long before heterosexual marriages became a sacrament in 1215 [A.D.]!” Even today in sev- eral cultures, “Traditional” marriage is simply a means of transferring the property of a woman to the man that she marries. There’s a huge wealth of facts out there that can punch more holes in these right-wing protests than Swiss cheese – it’s just a matter of fi nding them and educating people about this other side of the story. Some other good places to start are www.equal-marriage.ca, www.samesexmarriage.ca, and www.godlovesfags.com. Arm yourself for the next time your straight buddies go on a rant!

gaycalgary.com magazine 5 Commemorating The Liberation of Auschwitz: The Invisibility of Gay Victims

accusation of being a homosexual would be enough to By Stephen Lock ensure arrest. A disturbing number of Canadians (over fi fty Auschwitz was a death camp, not merely a concentra- percent) are not even aware six million Jews tion camp. It was specifi cally designed to murder and eliminate thousands of people a day, fi rst by gassing them were gassed and cremated at Auschwitz and in what was ostensibly delousing showers, then reduc- other Nazi death camps. Likely even more ing the bodies to ash in huge crematoria on the camp Canadians are totally unaware that amongst grounds. This process happened 24 hours a day, with the Jewish victims of the Nazi machine, there people being immediately dispatched to the showers upon disembarking from the cattle cars that constantly rolled were an estimated 600,000 to 1,000,000 gay into Auschwitz. This was Shoah…the Holocaust, the con- men sent to concentration camps and slave suming by fl ame. labour camps, and worked to death. Those Camps like Sachsenhausen were concentration and who survived that were sent to Auschwitz. slave labour camps. These camps were designed to liter- The pre-Nazi German penal code, which dated from ally work prisoners – be they homosexuals, Poles, Roma the Prussian era, criminalized homosexuality, specifi cally (Gypsies), political prisoners, or other undesirables – to male homosexuality, under Paragraph 175. Lesbianism death through inhuman working conditions, beatings, was never a criminal offence. torture, unsanitary conditions, crowding, and little or no food. This statute called for six months imprisonment for consensual adult homosexual activity and a permanent Homosexuals were never sent en masse directly to Aus- criminal record. When the Nazis came to power they chwitz, like Jews were. Gay men were certainly amongst maintained the existing penal code and used it, along with the hundreds of thousands of non-Jews to die in the gas other programs, to round up homosexuals by the thou- chambers at Auschwitz, of that there is no doubt. sands and send them off to the concentration camps such The fate of homosexual inmates was to die a slow as the Sachsenhausen brickworks. miserable death at the hands of their Nazi masters in the In the three years from 1931 to 1933 some 2,319 ‘death-pit’ of the brick-works, slogging through freezing men had been convicted under Paragraph 175. During mud, sick, starving, and beaten. the years 1937 to 1939, after Hitler rose to power and Sachsenhausen was a Level 3 camp, meaning the aver- was Chancellor, the total number of convictions rose to age life expectancy after arrival was measured in a matter 24,450. In 1935 the Nazis issued a decree that all “degen- of months. Both Himmler and the Reich’s Minister of erates” were to be sterilized. The compulsory sterilization Justice ordered that certain categories of prisoner, includ- of homosexuals, epileptics, schizophrenics, the mentally ing homosexuals, were to be worked to death in these retarded and others was, effectively, castration. camps. On October 11, 1939 the SS-Reichsfuehrer, Heinrich The ‘surplus’ of homosexuals, those who somehow man- Himmler, issued a call for homosexuality to be “elimi- aged to survive Sachsenhausen and Belsen and the other nated” and for the full coercive power of the State to be slave labour camps, these were the men who ended up in used towards that goal. Homosexuality undermined the Auschwitz and the crematoria. strength and beauty of the Aryan race and was an evil akin to the mixing of the races (i.e. Jews and Gentiles). The Nazis were perversely effi cient and categorized everything. While Jews were forced to wear the Yellow If one was convicted under Paragraph 175 it almost cer- Star of David (a yellow triangle point down overlaid by a tainly meant automatic transfer to a concentration camp yellow triangle point up), homosexuals wore an inverted following one’s legal sentence in a regular prison. Tens of pink triangle (point down). Political prisoners wore a red thousands of gay men were sent to camps like Sachsen- circle. Social pariahs, that sometimes included lesbians hausen in this manner, but many more were sent directly but were mainly common criminals and hobos, wore a to the camps by the Gestapo, the Nazi secret police, black inverted triangle. Every category of prisoner had without trial simply on suspicion of being gay or upon the a badge and even in the camps there was a hierarchy Gestapo being informed someone was gay; even the mere amongst the prisoners. Those wearing the pink triangle

6 gaycalgary.com magazine were at the lowest end of the spectrum, even worse than Jews and Gypsies. Other prisoners would abuse them, beat them, report them, push them out of the barracks; even kill them. Unlike the fi gures for the number of Jews killed by the Nazis, we don’t have accurate fi gures for the number of homosexuals the Nazis murdered. Part of the reason for this is, as the Russians and other Allied forces moved into German territory towards the end of the war, the SS be- gan destroying records. We do know, though, that during the 12-year Nazi regime nearly 50,000 men were convicted of homosexuality. The majority of these men ended up in concentration camps, often without any legal proceedings whatsoever. Following the liberation of Auschwitz and the discovery of the extent of the genocide against the Jews, stories and reports and news articles and documentaries were made. The state of Israel exists, in large part, because of the hor- rors committed against Jews under Nazism and Fascism. The story of the Jews was, and is, told. When British (including Canadian), Russian, and Amer- ican soldiers liberated the camps, those prisoners who were homosexual did not benefi t from the largesse shown to Jews, socialists, communists, Jehovah Witnesses, gypsies, and other groups because homosexuality was a criminal offence in Britain, Russia and the United States. Many of the gay men ‘liberated’ from the camps were sent back into prison or carried the stigma of “criminal” for the rest of their lives. Paragraph 175 remained in the German penal code, in both East Germany and West Germany, well into the 1960s, when it was fi nally repealed. Gay survivors of the Nazi regime could not, dare not, speak out. For more information on the gay experience under the Nazis, The Men With The Pink Triangle, by Heinz Heger, published by Alyson Publications Inc., is an excellent source. Stephen Lock is the Regional Director for Egale Canada and the Calgary Representative for The Canadians For Equal Marriage Coalition. He is also the producer and host of a semi-monthly glbt radio show, Speak Sebastian, airing at 9pm on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month on CJSW FM 90.9. We are still looking for contributions to the Goliath’s Defence Fund. Donations can be made by cheque or money order, payable to “Stephen Lock (trustee).” In the memo section write “to be held in trust for the Goliath’s Defence Fund” and mail to: The Goliath’s Defence Fund, c/o The Calgary Eagle, 424-a 8th Ave SE, Calgary AB T2G 0L7. All proceeds go to defray the legal costs of the man charged as a found-in.

gaycalgary.com magazine 7 8 gaycalgary.com magazine Just Ask Nina! The Dish who dishes advice

there is a small town right here in Canada named Dildo? By Nina Tron Located in Newfoundland, population 1200 - that must be one happy town! Dear Nina, But to be honest, it is believed that the term “dildo” Some friends and I were sitting around the other day originates from the Italian word “diletto” which in turn and we were wondering where the term “Dildo” comes originates from the Latin term “delectare” - to allure or de- from, and we thought why not ask Nina? So do you know light. The term originated in America from Italian Ameri- where the term came from? can slang, and as they say, the rest is history. The Dick Dock I must say that “dildo” isn’t the most pleasant sounding word in the dictionary. On the fl ip side the, user of such an item will be making many pleasurable sounds them- Dear Dick Dock, selves – enough to make up for the unpleasantry of the Wow, this is certainly one of the more colorful ques- word itself! tions I have received. I did say I was here to help, so here Happy Valentines Day to you all! we go! I hope this isn’t a sign of your own Valentines celebrations… Love Nina In my research I came (no pun intended) across some I am here for you, and I look very interesting facts. For example did you know that forward to hearing from you all, I can be reached at: [email protected] or Mailed to Ask Nina c/o GayCalgary.com Magazine, Suite 403, 215 14th Avenue SW, Calgary, Alberta T2R 0M2. You can also watch Nina every Sunday night and events through out the week at Twisted Element, 1006 11th Avenue SW.

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gaycalgary.com magazine 9 CANADIANS FOR EQUAL MARRIAGE

The GLBT community’s voice for marriage equality.

By Jason Clevett

It is rare that one hopes to see their own or- liament. Laurie is the Political Coordinator for Canadians ganization disbanded. However in the case of for Equal Marriage and Director of Advocacy for EGALE. The group formed as an offshoot of EGALE Canada’s Canadians for Equal Marriage, there will be Equal Marriage committee in the summer of 2003. no better feeling than the day their existence “After the Ontario court decision in the summer of is no longer necessary. It will mean a long, 2003, our opponents really came on strong with huge hard battle has come to an end, and Gay Mar- resources against equal marriage. EGALE and other riage is legal. supporters of the legislation decided we needed to have a single purpose group who could focus on the legisla- “We can’t wait to close shop,” Laurie Arron told tion and devote signifi cant resources to it. In August of GayCalgary.com hours before Bill C-38 was tabled in Par-

10 gaycalgary.com magazine 2003 we had a meeting [with] the United Church, PFLAG pacted, and the charter of values and how equal marriage Canada (Parents, Friends and Family of Lesbians and fl ows from it. They confi rmed that the lower court rulings Gays), and others to form Canadians for Equal Marriage. are the law in BC, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, The campaign is a coalition of groups focusing purely on Quebec, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and the Yukon...” passing the legislation, and fold after it is passed.” Canadians for Equal Marriage hasn’t been involved in the Provincial battles. “Those challenges have been EGALE. Since then, other groups and unions have joined in. Canadians for Equal Marriage doesn’t get involved in legal Canadians for Equal Marriage has been active on many challenges. EGALE has played a large role in those deci- fronts. sions. “ “One has been at the grassroots level, mobilizing sup- Although at times it may seem that Canadians do not porters to contact their MP’s and using our website to want gay marriages, Arron says the organization’s experi- make it easy to do that. We went out and found other ence has been a positive one. supportive organizations who would join in the fi ght, such as the Canadian Federation of Students, the Canadian “The majority of Canadians support the legislation and Labour Congress, the Canadian Psychological Association, we have heard a lot of positive feedback. However there is the Canadian Association of University Teachers, and the a very loud and strong minority out there, backed largely Canadian Association of Social Workers, among others. by the religious right wing. It is a last ditch attempt on Some have offi cially joined us while others just work infor- their part to take away our right to marry. For them this mally. We have also met with MP’s to provide them with is about maintaining a stigma about homosexuality. as much information as possible to understand the issue You heard Cardinal Aloysius Ambrozic say that the bill and why Equal Marriage is the right thing to do. We were passing ‘will be teaching that homosexual activity and active in the Federal Election in trying to get candidates heterosexual activity are morally equivalent’. In Calgary, who were pro-marriage [elected].” Bishop Fred Henry has said ‘an evil act remains an evil act whether it is performed in public or private,’ compared While the organization is based in Ontario, recently homosexuality to adultery, prostitution and pornogra- moving its offi ce from Toronto to Ottawa, it has worked phy, …undermining the foundations of the family, and across Canada to get its message out. This has allowed expressed the need to suppress homosexual behavior. It them to truly grasp some of the differences among the provinces. “The…country is split in a number of ways, such as religion, but it is a very urban vs. rural divide. There will be MP’s from Alberta who will vote for the legislation, they will be from Edmonton and Calgary. There will be Ontario MP’s who vote against, none from Downtown Toronto or Ottawa. Some provinces are more supportive, Quebec and the West Coast especially, but Saskatchewan, Alberta and Newfoundland are the least. In terms of our focus, it is now on the key ridings, and [we] have had a lot of activity in Edmonton and Calgary.” On December 9, 2004 the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its decision, making clear that Parliament can pass a law extending equal marriage across the coun- try, and that doing so will not violate anyone’s freedom of religion or any other Charter right. It explicitly said religious offi cials cannot be compelled to perform civil or religious same-sex marriages that go against their reli- gious beliefs. It also said that the Charter protects against “the compulsory use of sacred places for the celebration of such marriages” or being “compelled to otherwise assist in the celebration of same-sex marriages.” Charitable tax status is clearly protected. It was a great moment for the organization, although they knew the battle was far from over. “That was a green light for the equal marriage legisla- tion. The Supreme Court affi rmed that Parliament can pass this legislation, that religious freedom is not im-

gaycalgary.com magazine 11 is quite clear that this fi ght isn’t just about marriage but There is a very real possibility when Parliament votes on our place in society. This is by far the biggest fi ght that this legislation that it could be defeated. The Globe and the LGBT community has ever encountered, but we all Mail recently surveyed Members of Parliament. 139 MPs expected that.” said they would vote in favour of legislation, 118 MPs said they would vote against the legislation, and 49 are unde- Other opponents have argued that by changing the cided, or would not state a position. To pass into law, the defi nition of marriage from “a man and a woman” to “two bill needs the support of 154 MPs. persons” could lead to polygamy and incestuous mar- riages. Arron disagrees. “If the bill is defeated we are going to see many years of fi ghting. The opponents of equal marriage will be em- “Those are simply red herrings. In the Ontario decision, boldened and will not stop at the defeat of the legislation, the Metropolitan Church of Toronto, which is primarily they will seek to roll back our right to marry, invoke the LGBT, argued that their freedom of religion was violated notwithstanding clause, constitutional amendments and because Gays and Lesbian’s could not marry in a civil referendums. Groups have already been set up to pur- ceremony, and the court said ‘The two are different things sue these. If the legislation passes this will be over, if it and your freedom of religion is not violated by that.’ So doesn’t we will be fi ghting for a long time.” even though the court agreed with the equality claim they disagreed on that claim. The argument for Polygamy is However, despite that possibility, Arron and the orga- based on freedom of Religion and that some religions sup- nization are confi dent that the bill will pass, and will be port it. The idea…that civil marriage could infringe on that another step further towards equality. was rejected by the courts. Also there are problems with “Our vision is a world where there is no stigma to being polygamy, namely that it suppresses women which goes LGBT. Marriage being exclusively heterosexual is a huge against the charter, whereas equal marriage for same sex barrier to eliminating that stigma. I think once we have couples enhances qualities between the sexes, and the that right, the stigma will not be completely eliminated, courts have found that there were no detrimental effects but you will see a signifi cant increase in acceptance of on anybody by allowing us to marry. They are very differ- homosexuality, bisexuals and trans-identifi ed people. It ent cases.” won’t happen instantly but it will be a major watershed in

12 gaycalgary.com magazine our acceptance by society, and life will improve for us.” Now is the time to root for the LGBT community and their friends, families and supporters, to step up to the plate and ensure that Canadian MP’s, especially those who have not yet decided, hear from them. Information on contacting MP’s is on Canadians for Equal Marriages website www.equal-marriage.ca. “I would say that the vote count is very close, and it is really important that we make our voices heard because our opponents are. We need to contact, phone and meet with our MP’s and respectfully tell them this is the right thing to do.”

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gaycalgary.com magazine 17 Open Thursday-Sunday 10pm-close Metro Boyztown ●8 Open 7 days a week, 4pm-close 7 days a week 4:00pm to close Business review in GayCalgary.com Magazine 213 - 10 Ave SW • (403) 265-2028 Business review in GayCalgary.com Magazine http://www.twistedelement.ca November 2003 - Issue 1 Open 7 days a week, 9pm-close December 2003 - Issue 2 GayCalgary.com Internet Terminal Location* http://www.detourcalgary.com Business review in GayCalgary.com Magazine http://www.therekroom.com The Verge ●11 GayCalgary.com Internet Terminal Location in December 2003 - Issue 2 Solar Cafe ●26 4A, 2500 - 4 St SW • (403) 245-3344 the Loading Dock area* http://www.metroboyztown.com See our ad on page 9 Open Tues-Sun 4pm-close God Save the Queens – Every Sun. two different Money-Pennies ●9 #100, 1011 1st St. SW • (403) 232-6355 Business review in GayCalgary.com Magazine sets, one at 11pm and then at 12:30am. 1742 - 10 Ave SW • (403) 263-7411 http://www.solarcafe.ca April 2004 - Issue 6 For a Gay Time, Take a Detour – Every Saturday, Open Mon-Fri 11:00am-close; Sat & Sun 10: Sunday to Thursday: 10am to 11pm Community Groups and Organizations 2 DJs and 2 Dance floors. 30am-close Friday to Saturday: 10am to 2am ● Girlz Night – Every First Friday night on the Business review in GayCalgary.com Magazine GayCalgary.com Internet Terminal Location* Aids Calgary 2 Arena side. Includes “Best Breast Contest”. January 2004 - Issue 3 200, 1509 Centre St South • (403) 508-2500 Texas Lounge ●6 Kink Night - Every last Friday of the month http://www.money-pennies.com Non-Profit review in GayCalgary.com Magazine 308 - 17 Ave SW • (403) 229-0911 GayCalgary.com Internet Terminal Location* March 2004 - Issue 5 Indulge ●30 See our ad on page 28 http://www.aidscalgary.org See our ad on page 37 Tuesdays - 2 steak sandwiches $9.99 Open 7 days a week, 11am-close 620 8th Ave SW • (403) 229-9029 Wednesdays - 15cent Wing Night GayCalgary.com Internet Terminal Location* These workshops are offered free to all interested Open Friday and Saturdays from 4:00pm to Sundays - Happy Hour All Day Check the GayCalgary.com web site for updated individuals. close Friday’s - Karaoke at 9pm event calendar information. February 7 to 14 - Sexual Health Awareness Monday’s - Open mike on with Chuck 8 to Week Loading Dock ●7 Business review in GayCalgary.com Magazine 10 pm 318 - 17 Ave SW, side entrance • (403) November 2004 - Issue 13 Alpine Frontrunners Club Calgary Saturday - Karaoke, Name that Tune, or Dancing 244-8537 (403) 660-6125 Sunday - Happy hour all day First Monday of the Month - Membership Open 7 days a week, 3-9:30pm [email protected] Check the GayCalgary.com web site for updated Appreciation. All Day Drink Specials on Beer and Business review in GayCalgary.com Magazine event calendar information. Hiballs in the Texas Lounge. Valid Membership The AFCC was formed in 1991 after individuals November 2003 - Issue 1 must be produced. 10:00pm Draw for a voucher who participated in the Gay Games in Vancouver ● GayCalgary.com Internet Terminal Location* The Rekroom 10 for Free room or $20 bar tab decided they wanted to form a club to promote 213a - 10 Ave SW • (403) 265-4749 Tuesdays - Karaoke health and fitness in the gay community. Wednesdays - Hi-Ball Specials The club has a membership of approximately Sundays - Beer Specials (selected brands) 20. These members are active in Team Calgary February 14th, Show your Heart this Valentine’s. which supports athletes going to the Gay Games. Prizes including fun games. Starting at 7 pm. The AFCC hosts a Pride Run as part of Gay Pride Ernestines Movie Matinees Madness Sunday’s Week, every June (on Father’s Day). As well, we 11:30am to 2:00pm, Feb 6th - Super Bowl send teams to the Banff Mountain Ekiden race Party. Feb 13th - Beverly Hill Billies. Feb 20th held the Saturday after Canadian Thanksgiving - Lonnie and Carla. Feb 27th - Loonie Tunes in October. the Movie AFCC Fun Runs: Tuesdays. Eau Claire YMCA. 200 January 18th to February 22nd - 1st Annual Barklay Parade SW (4th street and 3rd ave SW) Karaoke Idol. 7pm every Tuesday. 1st Prize is a June thru October, at 6 pm. Outdoors. $500 Future Shop Gift Certificate. Saturdays. 9 am. Eau Claire YMCA. Brunch follows; location varies. ● The Twisted Element 33 Join our mailing list: calgaryfrontrunners@c 1006 11th Ave SW • (403) 802-0230 oollist.com See our ad on page 11, 13, 38, and 39

18 gaycalgary.com magazine Canadians for Equal Marriage Apollo Calgary Friends in Sports mixed music the rest of the evening. spirited, transgendered, queer and questioning See our ad on page 8 See our ad on page 2 youth. If you are interesting in sharing your July 1-3, 2005 - CRIR Rodeo http://www.equal-marriage.ca Non-Profit review in GayCalgary.com Magazine experiences with other youth, and are available April 2004 - Issue 6 Between Men and Between Men Online We have chapters in Calgary, Edmonton, days, please call us at 283-5580 and ask for an http://www.apollocalgary.com Sean (403) 234-8973 or [email protected] Medicine Hat and Red Deer. If you would like Educator or contact [email protected].. Schedule and events are changing, please check http://www.glcsa.org/ to volunteer contact us at volunteer@equal- Choices website for Fall/Winter activities. Peer support, sexual health education for gay marriage.ca. or bisexual men, as well as those who may (403) 234-8973 or [email protected] CBCA Sexual and Reproductive Wellness http://www.m2mchoices.ca/ Apollo Western Cup 2005 be uncertain or questioning their sexuality. Centre March 24th to March 27th Discussions range from personal relationship or Choices provides tailored prevention and See our ad on page 43 http://www.westerncup.com life issues, to sexual health and well-being. education to Choices is a partnership between 304, 301 14th Street NW GLCSA and AIDS Calgary. Choices employs a Mondays - Meetings at Money-Pennies from (403) 283-5580 Sundays - League Sun Bowling, Regular League harm reduction philosophy to educate men and 7pm to 8:30pm http://www.cbca.ab.ca at Let’s 10 Pin Bowlerama, 2916 5 Avenue NE. HIV/AIDS and STDs, so they are able to make CBCA offers counselling and educational services Starting 2:00pm BrothersTV the best decisions for themselves. that help people consider their sexual and Wednesdays - Rainbow Riders Bowling League See our ad on page 13 reproductive choices in informed and responsible Different Strokes at Let’s 10 Pin Bowlerama, 2916 5 Avenue NE. http://www.brotherstv.com ways. See our ad on page 37 Starting at 6:30pm. League fees are $15.00 per An independent comedy/variety TV series RU a lesbian, gay, bisexual, two-spirited or http://www.differentstrokescalgary.org Night. Shoe rental is $1.25 produced in Calgary. Two real life brothers act queer youth, ages 17-24? RU interested in Swim Club. Double check website for current Saturday - Badminton. 1:30pm - 3:30pm. out skits, play pranks with hidden cameras, helping make Calgary a safer place for people of schedule and locations. Hillhurst Community Center, 1320 5th Avenue poke fun at strangers on the street, and have diverse sexual orientation? If UR, we are looking NW comical debates with each other. Friday nights Don’t Buy In Project for dynamic volunteers for our Anti-Homophobia Saturday - League Curling. Details North Hill at 1:30 on Access Television (Ch. 13) and http://www.dontbuyin.ca Program. Curling Club (1201 - 2 Street N.W.) 2:20 p.m. Saturday mornings on our web site. This Calgary Police Service Initiative aims to This program is intended to raise awareness encourage youth to working towards an inclusive and 4:30 p.m. games Round Robin 1 Calgary Gay Fathers and understanding among students about the environment in which diversity is embraced in Sundays - Inner-city Volleyball, Starts on (403) 777-9499 ext 2090 experiences of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, two their schools and community. September 12, 2004. Drop in: YWCA, 320 - 5th http://www.geocities.com/calgaryfathers Avenue SE. From 4:00 - 6:30PM Peer support group for gay, bisexual and ARGRA – Alberta Rockies Gay Rodeo questioning fathers. Meeting twice a month Association Calgary Men’s Chorus See our ad on page 18 (403) 262-6295 Hotline: (403) 541-8140 http://www.calgarymenschorus.org http://www.argra.org Tuesdays - Rehearsals, 7:00pm to 9:30pm at Non Profit Group review in GayCalgary.com Rosedale United Church, 1317 1 Street NW Magazine June 2004 - Issue 8 February 12 - ARGRA Dance @ 7:30 pm. Camp 181 Dance cost is $6 for members and $9 for non- See our ad on page 31 members. Country music until 10pm and hot http://www.camp181.com/ mixed music the rest of the evening Non Profit Group review in GayCalgary.com March 12 - ARGRA Dance @ 7:30 pm. Magazine January 2005 - Issue 15 Dance cost is $6 for members and $9 for non- Feb 13th and 20th - Focus Groups and Future members. Country music until 10pm and hot Direction of Camp 181

gaycalgary.com magazine 19 GLASS, Gay & Lesbian Association of at the Women’s Place Bookstore, 1404 Centre Shooter Bars Boyztown Feb 2, 10, 16, 24 at Street Festival Sun. June 12 Students and Staff Street S. 11:00 PM More detail to follow soon. PF4255 in the Professional Faculties Building, Heading Out Solar Café Shows Feb 5, 12, 19, 26 at 10:00 Sponsorship Package is now available call 262- University of Calgary Sean (403) 234-8973 or [email protected] PM 3410 to receive your copy. (403) 220-6394 http://www.glcsa.org/ Twisted Elements Shows Feb 2, 9, 16, 23 at Primetimers Calgary Non-Profit review in GayCalgary.com Magazine 10:30 PM Peer group for men who are looking for an Phone: (403) 612-2430 October 2004 - Issue 12 Boyztown Shows Feb 6 at 10:30, Feb 13 at E-mail: [email protected] http://www.glassuofc.com alternative social activity to the bar. Activities 10:30 Redneck Romeos, Feb 13 at 12:30 Jet vary and are fun and entertaining. The group http://www.primetimerscalgary.com Friday, February 4 - Dinner at Twisted Element set Juliet’s meets the 1st and 3rd Friday of every month Money Pennies Feb 27 Oscar Party at 5:00 PM Prime Timers Calgary is designed to foster social at 7pm from 7 pm to 9 pm. interaction for its members through a variety of April 9 - Gender Bender Integrity Calgary Illusions Calgary social, educational and recreational activities. It GLCSA - Gay And Lesbian Community #206, 223 - 12th Ave. S.W.• (403) 234- Worship – Every Second Sunday of the month is open to all gay and bisexual men over forty ● Services Association 1 8973 at 7pm. Meet at St Stephen’s Anglican Church, and respects whatever degree of anonymity that 206, 223 - 12 Ave SW, Old “Y” Centre http://www.glcsa.org 1121 - 14 Ave SW. Christian fellowship for gay, each member desires. (403) 234-8973 lesbians, bisexuals and our friend and family. February 6 - General Meeting at the Old Y Non-Profit review in GayCalgary.com Magazine Social group for Calgary and area transgender New Directions Centre on 12th Ave at 5:00 PM to be followed February 2004 - Issue 4 community members (cross dressers, (403) 234-8973 or [email protected] by dinner at the Solar Cafe http://www.glcsa.org transvestites, drag kings and queens). Illusions provides a safe, discrete and welcoming http://www.glcsa.org/ February 8 – Pumphouse production of Girl Friends “Sherlock’s Secret Life” .To reserve tickets call atmosphere, in which transgendered people Drop in peer/social support group to provide http://members.shaw.ca/girlfriends can meet others of like mind. Illusions offers their Box office at 263-0079. Two-for-the-price- support and resources for individuals who of-one evening so get your tickets early. We will February 5th - Skating and a Bonfire at discretion, acceptance, compassion and a safe identify as transgendered, transsexual or inter- meet for dinner at MoneyPennies for their Tues. Bowness Park - 7:00 pm! Join Girlfriends for a place to express your gender. Cross-dressing is sexed. Social support meetings 1st Friday of night special prior to the show. ‘winter wonderland’ on the Bowness pond. If the purpose of the group, but is not mandatory. every month from 7 pm to 11 pm and peer February 9 - Free Pool at the Calgary Eagle; 7: skating is not your thing come along anyhow to Inside Out support meetings 3rd Friday of every month 45 PM enjoy the bonfire and great company! 206, 223 - 12 Ave SW, Old “Y” Centre• (403) from 7 pm to 9 pm at GLCSA. February 12 - Coffee Hour at the Bad Ass Coffee February 26th - Taste Buds bi-monthly dinner 234-8973 Kitty Group Co. 10:00 AM event - Glory of India - 7:00 pm! Glory of http://www.glcsa.org Phone: Nico (403) 605-6597 February 15 – Pumphouse production of India is located downtown at 515 4th Ave E-mail: [email protected] “Romeo and Hamlet”.To reserve tickets call their SW. For more information visit their website at Peer-facilitated youth group for GLBTQ ages Box office at 263-0079. (Gay play. Sounds like www.gloryofindia.com. 15-25. The group aims to let youth know they A social group for womyn – Every First Saturday it could be fun.) are not alone, and to connect them with their of the month at 7pm. At The Good Earth Café, Girlsgo Productions February 16 - Free Pool at the Calgary Eagle; peers. Every Monday, 7 pm to 9pm at GLCSA. It 1504 - 11 Ave SW (403) 510-2502 is a funky and safe environment with a variety 7:45 PM http://www.girlsgo.ca of resources and activities. Pride Calgary February 18 - Movie Night at Don B.’s. .Please (403) 262-3140 contact Don @ 281- 2430 if you plan to Event production and promotion in Alberta for ISCCA – Imperial Sovereign Court of the Non-Profit review in GayCalgary.com Magazine attend. women. Check online for fun things to do! Chinook Arch May 2004 - Issue 7 February 20 - Solar Café Fundraiser for IOCA February 12 - RED - Calgary’s Hottest See our ad on page 14 and 46 http://www.pridecalgary.ca Charities ; hot buffet brunch between 11am and Valentine’s Party for Women. Inglewood http://www.iscca.ca 2pm. Cost $7.50 June 2005 is Pride Month in Calgary Community Hall, 1740 - 24th Avenue SE. Non-Profit review in GayCalgary.com Magazine February 22 - Bridge Night – please call Neil Pride Dance Sat. June 11 Members: $5 (must give membership # with November 2003 - Issue 1 and December 2003 and let him know you are planning to attend Pride Parade Sun. June 12 order), Non-Members: $10. 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20 gaycalgary.com magazine gaycalgary.com magazine 21 Death by Chocolate Heaven and back at the Palliser By Jason Clevett Review | Food Every Tuesday and Thursday, Executive Chef Yann Blanchard and his staff of seven prepare the enchanting Rimrock Room at the downtown Fairmont Palliser Hotel, as the chocoholics and sweet toothed come to sam- ple the wide variety of chocolate on display. Death By Chocolate has been a tradition at the hotel for over fi fteen years. Pastry chef Karine Moulen took us on a tour of the delights, pointing out some of the more popu- lar selections and making suggestions. “It’s all made with high quality chocolate,” she ex- plained. The staff makes sure that they can offer some- thing for everyone. “We will prepare plates for Diabetics, or those with nut or dairy allergies. I will also go through the buffet with people and explain what they can and cannot have if they have allergies. That way everyone can enjoy it.” The fi rst thing that catches one’s eye is the large choco- late fountain. Using fondue forks, you can dunk pieces of marshmallow, rice krispie squares, strawberries, melon and pineapple, and let the chocolate harden into a shell around it. It’s one of the highlights of the buffet, and cer- tainly lighter than other dishes. The buffet features healthier fare like chocolate ce- real bars, energy bars, and chocolate-covered dried fruit (dubbed “Tree Bark”), as well as an assortment of cakes: chocolate cheesecake, chocolate raspberry cake, assorted cookies, cream fi lled puff pastry and much more! It truly events such as bridal showers and birthday parties. It is is a chocolate lover’s paradise. also very romantic – it may be cliché but there is some- We both really enjoyed the chocolate mousse – three thing very appealing about feeding chocolate to the one different kinds of chocolate layered in a champagne fl ute. you love. Each bite offered a slightly different blend of fl avor; be- Attending Death by Chocolate is something even legend- yond a doubt, one of my favorites! ary chocolate maker Willy Wonka would put his stamp At the same time as Death by Chocolate, the Palliser of approval on. With Valentines Day coming up, why not also offers a pasta bar or full dinner menu, should you surprise your sweetheart with a gift certifi cate, available choose to partake in them rather than gorging entirely at the front desk.. Just make sure you book early – reser- on sweets. The Pasta and Chocolate can be combined vations are required, and such a popular event can fi ll up together, or pick an entrée before indulging yourself. quickly. The ambiance of the Rimrock is a big part of the ap- “Death By Chocolate” peal of attending Death by Chocolate. Cozy chairs, high Tuesdays & Thursdays 5:00 – 9:30pm ceilings, dark wood and roaring fi res make it a relaxed , The Fairmont Palliser Hotel intimate atmosphere. It’s a great idea for a gathering of 133 9th Avenue SW friends, and according to Moulen, has become popular for Phone: (403) 262-1234

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30 gaycalgary.com magazine in Manhattan. Tucked away in the basement he This is “the” 1950’s rock ‘n’ roll musical. Rydell is far from the luxurious world above and keeps High’s spirited class of ‘59‘- gum-chewing, a manic pace of answering calls from desperate hubcap-stealing, hot-rod loving boys with Duck- clients, disgruntled media, V.I.P’s, VVIP’s, his tails and their wise-cracking girls in bobby sox agent, his father, and don’t forget the chef! This and pedal pushers-capture the look and sound one man show is drizzled with over two dozen of the 1950s in a rollicking musical. While hip deliciously zany characters that keep audiences Danny Zuko and wholesome Sandy Dumbrowski filled with laughter. Tickets $16.00 Adults. resolve the problems of their mutual attractions, $14.00 Students/Seniors. Tuesday to Saturday the gang sings and dances its way through such @ 8:00 pm. Sunday 6th and Saturday 12th nostalgic scenes as the pajama party, the prom, matinees @ 2:00pm. the burger palace, and the drive-in movie. Sherlock’s Secret Life The Odd Couple February 4 – 12, 2005, presented by Workshop Feb. 17 – April 24, 2005 Theatre, in the Victor Mitchell Theatre. Sure This renowned comedy inspired the production to intrigue the legions of die-hard Sherlock of the hit TV series starring Jack Klugman and Holmes fans as well as generate new Sherlock the late Tony Randall in the 70’s and the Award fans. The world’s most popular detective’s life Winning motion picture starring Walter Matthau is examined. “...a delightfully entertaining and Jack Lemmon. It begins with a group of the speculation about the emotional scars that boys assembled for card games in the apartment sculpted the intense Holmsian persona” of a divorced fellow, and if the mess is any (Newsday, October 1998 . This play is an indication, it’s no wonder that his wife left him. engaging and involving work that uses Late to arrive is another fellow who they learn characters of legend to say something about has just separated from his wife. Since he is how and who we are as human beings. It will be very meticulous and tense, they fear he might an enjoyable experience for anyone who enjoys commit suicide and so go about locking all a delicious mystery. Though Holmes’ buffs will the windows.... As life would have it, the slob the work a special treat, even those who aren’t bachelor and the meticulous fellow decided to will be captivated. Tickets $15.00 Adults. bunk together - with hilarious results. $10.00 Students/Seniors. Tuesday to Saturday Theatre Junction @ 8:00 pm. Sunday matinee@ 2:30pm http://www.theatrejunction.com Romeo and Hamlet Vertigo Mystery Theatre ●34 February 16 - 26, 2005, presented by Hidden 161, 115 – 9 Ave SE • (403) 221-3708 Insanity Theatre, In the Joyce Doolittle Theatre. http://www.vertigomysterytheatre.com Two of Shakespeare’s best loved plays meet in a tale of forbidden love and deadly revenge. Romeo sneaks into a fateful party, where he If you would like to add your business falls instantly in love with the brooding prince or non-profit group to the list above, Hamlet - but what trouble with rise when please call (403) 543-6960 or E-mail Hamlet’s fiancee finds out? Hell hath no fury [email protected]. You can add your like a Juliet scorned. Tickets $12.00 Adults. information to the GayCalgary.com directory on $10.00 Students/Seniors. Tuesday to Saturday the website for free. @ 8:00 pm. Sunday 20th and Saturday 26th GayCalgary.com endeavors to have the matinees @ 2:00pm information here as accurate as possible. Events and listings can change at any time so it is Robyn Hood recommended to check with the establishment February 18 – March 5, 2005 before you head out. Non-Profit groups free Present by StoryBook Theatre listings. Business receive a listing once an ad In the Victor Mitchell Theatre has been placed. The business listing will Tickets Range $7-15. Wednesday to Friday @ last 3 months after the last ad is placed unless 7:30 pm. Saturday and Sunday @ 12:00pm there is a GayCalgary.com service located at & 3:30pm that location. For Tickets Call 216-0808 Stagewest 727 42 Avenue SE • (403) 243-8642 GREASE November 18th, 2004 to February 14th, 2005

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38 gaycalgary.com magazine gaycalgary.com magazine 39 Canadian Forces Perspective of a Gay Calgarian

By Jason Clevett Community | Spotlight Practically every day we see stories on the seated issues with allowing gays and lesbians into their news about peacekeeping efforts in the Middle Armed Forces but then again they have a lot of deep East. We Canadians tend to get overshad- seated issues with homosexuals [in general]. With Europe owed by our big brother down south, which I don’t know but sometimes I hear positive things, namely makes it all the more interesting to fi nd a par- from the Dutch army, but I guess I’ll fi nd out when I hit the Golan Heights and observe how the Austrians and ticular gay Calgarian in the Canadian Forces. Poles feel about queers.” He asked us to refer to him as “Connal” for Indeed Connal left for his assignment on January 31st, this article, for reasons of privacy. shortly after his interview with GayCalgary.com. “I originally decided to join the army in the spring of “I am going on my fi rst UN tour to the Golan Heights on 1996 when I had just turned 17. …I had some misgivings the border of Israel and Syria. There I will be the second in the beginning about joining the Army, but since it runs in command of a communication centre that sends and on both sides of the family it was highly encouraged that receives messages (radio traffi c) to all members that are I should join up. So in June of ‘96 I was sworn into 746 stationed within the area. I will also be bouncing my Communication Squadron here in the city.” voice off satellites in an attempt to keep radio traffi c open Connal is now 25 years old and has been out since with NDHQ in Ottawa. On top of that duty I can also be 2003, 7 years after he fi rst signed up. We asked him if tasked with being a part of the defense and security team, the army provided any type of social or support groups fi refi ghter, or (the one I want) message delivery boy to Tel for homosexuals, however he hadn’t heard of any. “…my Aviv or Damascus.” friends are my social support group,” he said. “At my unit He returns from his assignment this September, when I’m the only [gay person], and it does get lonely some- we hope to ask him all about his experience overseas. In times. As to other gay guys and girls I have met a couple the meantime, all we can do is wish him luck and hope he but we normally tend to stick to our own group of friends does Canada proud! and co-workers. Rivalries between each trade kinda help keep our kind separate.” “Being a member of the Army has been the greatest thing in my life. It makes for a horrible pick up line at However, his coming out was not as much of a bumpy a the bar, but the amount of fun that I’ve had has not been ride as one may think. “…the weirdest thing about it was equaled. Its not for the faint of heart, and one had better that when I could fi nally come to terms with [being gay], I have a thick skin, a willingness to prove how much better became a better person and a better soldier because of it. one is compared to the heteros, and realize how physically My unit accepted me and encouraged me to be proud of demanding the job can be.” who I was. …if rumor can be believed, my name is known across Canada as ‘that gay guy from Calgary’, and that makes me feel sorta proud.” It’s surprising, considering the popular conception of gays and lesbians not being welcome in the military. But from Connal’s experience, that is not the case at all with the Canadian Forces. “I fi nd that being gay in the army is normally accepted by the larger portion of straight men and women in the Canadian Forces. Since the Forces are nothing more then a microcosm of the general population as a whole, acceptance is the norm, but one does stumble across the [occasional] homophobic types.” “I know that the Yanks (Americans) have some deep

40 gaycalgary.com magazine gaycalgary.com magazine 41 Romeo and Hamlet Hidden Insanity shakes up Shakespeare

By Jason Clevett Preview | Theatre The tragedies “Romeo and Juliet” and “Ham- let” are two of William Shakespeare’s best isn’t the easiest project we have ever done.” known and most read works. However, what Chapman describes the tale as a condensed blend of would have happened if, instead of being torn both original works. between two sides in his love for Juliet, Ro- ”The reason Juliet is at that party is she is engaged meo had instead gone to a party and fallen to be married to Hamlet (Luigi Riscaldino). Romeo (Lee Weselak) and his characters come from a more alterna- in love with the dashing Prince Hamlet? This tive lifestyle, so when Romeo falls in love with Hamlet it’s concept is explored when Hidden Insanity no big deal. He is just in love and that is what matters. debuts “Romeo & Hamlet” at the Pumphouse Hamlet however is betrothed to this woman for political Theatre this February 16th to 26th. reasons. His Uncle has murdered his father and taken the throne, and is pressuring him to marry Juliet. As he “The original idea came out of a meeting where we were strives to juggle the pressures of his new found love, his trying to plan our season last summer. We had talked arch-conservative family, and his quest for revenge, he about in the past, doing something Shakespeare without must also keep his secrets from the woman he is sworn doing an actual Shakespeare play,” director Jonathan to marry: Hell hath no fury like a Juliet scorned. It is a Chapman told GayCalgary.com. “We were joking around tough place because he has feelings he doesn’t know what with names and someone said “Romeo and Hamlet” and to do with on one side, and his family, who is making him started shooting around ideas of what it would be like. conform at least long enough to get his revenge. As the We decided to go for it and write it, despite how crazy that play goes on we waffl e back and fourth between the two was. Kevin Stefan and I sat down and started working plays. We’ve condensed two three-hour plays into an hour on it, and early on we realized that what the issues were and twenty minutes.” in Romeo and Juliet and in Hamlet had parallels to the The show stays true to Shakespeare. Half of the script current political situation – two lifestyles in confl ict, and uses his original words, just spoken by a different charac- a conservative family. One of the Uncles says quite a few ter, while the rest is written in prose and iambic pentam- things that someone like Ralph Klein might say. What got eter. There is poison and tragedy, and many of the best- us excited about this project is the political situation in known scenes are included, such as the play in Hamlet, Alberta. Things are really coming to a head, and it paral- and the Balcony scene from Romeo & Juliet. lels with the play.” “It is a scene that everyone knows, but it’s changed. It has been a whirlwind since the two started writing Romeo says ‘What light through yonder window breaks? It last July. By September they had an audition script, and is the east and Hamlet is the sun.’ and waxes eloquently by October had the concept fully down on paper. Accord- ing to Chapman one of the advantages of a homegrown production is the ability to tweak along the way. That said, there has certainly been insanity behind Hidden Insanity. “We don’t usually work with a cast this big. With nine actors playing eleven roles, scheduling has been a gong show, as well as trying to fi nd things like a Viking helmets and other odd props and costumes. At the same time I think we have really been building excitement in the cast as everything comes together. Although it has been a lot of work it has been fun. We have a wide range of experi- ence in our actors, for someone a little newer to theatre to be speaking what isn’t quite your own language can be a challenge. I am really pleased with how it’s going, but it

42 gaycalgary.com magazine about his passion for Hamlet. We think its funny, because it’s Shakespeare, and so well known.” The pressure was on to put together a play that was fun, yet still respectful of Shakespeare’s original works. Chapman feels they have succeeded in this goal. “It is pressure for certain. However, I think…what was fun about this is that there are still mainstream releases of Shakespeare, these characters are very much alive in our culture. [We] use those things as a language to say something else. We love those plays but we can’t treat them too carefully. We had to rip stuff out, and move things around, and cut down long speeches. People who know those plays will see what we’ve done as clever. It cel- ebrates how we all still love that, but also…someone who isn’t that familiar with the plays will enjoy it too.” Romeo & Hamlet February 16 – 26 at the Pumphouse Theatre 2140 Pumphouse Avenue SW Tickets: $12 regular admission $10 for students and seniors 2-for-1 on Tuesday February 22 Group discounts available Pumphouse Box Offi ce – 263-0079

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