OCTOBER 2011 ISSUE 96 • FREE magazine The Voice of Alberta’s LGBT Community Frankmusik Mixes It Up! Ronnie Burkett Penny Plain marks 25 Years The Gospel According to Kristin Chenoweth PLUS: Weekend Footloose Flogging Molly Photos from Calgary Pride ...and more! Scan to Read on Mobile Devices Gloria Estefan http://gettag.mobi Reaches out to the Gays Business Directory Community Maps Events Calendar Tourist Information STARTING ON PAGE 17 Calgary • Edmonton • Alberta www.gaycalgary.com 2 GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #96, October 2011 www.gaycalgary.com Table of Contents OCTOBER 2011 Publisher: Steve Polyak 5 GayCalgary™’s Pride and Joy Editor: Rob Diaz-Marino Publisher’s Column Sales: Steve Polyak Design & Layout: Rob Diaz-Marino, Steve Polyak 8 Small Film, Big Heart Writers and Contributors Why Weekend isn’t just another gay movie Chris Azzopardi, Dallas Barnes, Dave Brousseau, Jason Clevett, Andrew Collins, Rob Diaz-Marino, Janine Eva Trotta, Jack Fertig, Glen Hanson, Joan Hilty, Evan Kayne, Stephen Lock, Allan Neuwirth, 10 Penny Plain Steve Polyak, Carey Rutherford, Romeo San 25th Year Marked with Apocalyptic Puppet Show Vicente, Ed Sikov and the LGBT Community of 8 PAGE Calgary, Edmonton, and Alberta. Photography 12 Bear Yoga Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino Videography 14 Resumé Padding with Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino a Gay Reality Show Printers Transcontinental Printing Distribution 17 Directory and Events Calgary: Gallant Distribution, GayCalgary Staff Edmonton: Clark’s Distribution 23 Holding Bullies to Account Other: Canada Post Legal Council Courtney Aarbo, Barristers and Solicitors 24 Flogging Molly Sales & General Inquiries 10 PAGE GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine 26 This Year’s Exposure Festival 2136 17th Avenue SW ‘Raucous’ and Affordable Fun Calgary, AB, Canada T2T 0G3 Office Hours: By appointment ONLY 27 ‘Footloose’: So Much Gayer Phone: 403-543-6960 Toll Free: 1-888-543-6960 Than You Thought Fax: 403-703-0685 Director and star on updating a classic, its subliminal gayness and the E-Mail: [email protected] making of a new heartthrob This Month's Cover Frankmusik, photo by: Jam Sutton. Ronnie Burkett, photo by: Sean Dennie. 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On the other hand, I was glad to not be the spikes of community activity that were Calgary Pride hurting so much the next morning. and the AIDS Walks across Alberta. The Street Festival was held at Shaw Millennium Park, rather than Calgary Pride took place on the September long weekend, right at Olympic Plaza where it has been for the past several years. While there the beginning of the month. This year’s focus was inclusion of the T was some resistance to the change during early discussions (as there in LGBT. Along that vein, attendees of the Pride Dance on Friday were always is), it was difficult to argue that it wasn’t a good move after seeing treated to an awesome performance by The Clicks – talented headman the outcome. Lucas Silveira is a trans man. The only bearing that this change of venue had on the Parade was I was certainly excited. I’m definitely a fan of their music, as was that it went the opposite direction along 8th Avenue. We were treated apparent from the glowing music review I wrote on their first album to another healthy length parade with a great variety of colourful floats Snakehouse several years ago. It has been a while since I’ve listened and walkers – in fact, organizers estimate the parade was 50% longer to it, but the tunes and lyrics came back to me quite readily. I was than the previous year. While the Calgary Flames didn’t march as many definitely proud to see how far the group has come, and excited to of us had been told, their street team showed face with a vehicle in the witness them live for the first time. Parade. Mayor Nenshi didn’t disappoint as parade marshal, and had supportive and encouraging words for us all when he made his speech The dance was well attended, with 350 tickets sold, according to at the Street Festival. organizers. It certainly wasn’t a male-dominated event, but that’s okay because the boys got their chance to party the next night at the much The weather that Sunday morning was gorgeous, and Shaw anticipated Pure PRIDE dance. Millennium Park provided a huge open area for people to frolic in front of the stage, or sit and rest on the green grass. The vendor tents skirted the The obvious pun was that Flames Central became FlamERS Central south and west edges of the park, and we certainly gave out a schwack of for the night. A predominantly male crowd packed the dance floor and magazines at our booth. Of all the booths that we operate to promote the surrounding area solid. Those who waited till that day to buy their magazine at different events throughout the year, I seem to enjoy Pride’s tickets were simply out of luck – organizers estimate they had to turn the most – everyone is in such a happy mood and it’s easy to get into away over 700 hopeful people at the door to favour actual ticket holders. friendly conversations even with complete strangers. By the end of the There were some fantastic onstage performances, awesome lights and day my face hurt from smiling so much, but that only made me want to visuals, and hundreds of sweaty shirtless men! I’m not much of a dancer www.gaycalgary.com GayCalgary & Edmonton Magazine #96, October 2011 5 smile more. Organizers estimate anywhere between 13,000 and 20,000 people came out to celebrate that day. Online Last Month (1/2) The new Beer Garden area at the park was a real hit. It consisted Calgary Dyke March - Video Footage of a circular courtyard area with a spiral ramp along its back edge that Video footage from the Calgary Dyke March made for a great viewpoint out over the park and toward the stage. on Saturday, September 3rd, 2011. Organizers were able to get this area licensed for double the number of www.gaycalgary.com/a2458 people from last year’s beer garden, but that still wasn’t enough as there was a substantial line up to get in.