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Gaycalgary and Edmonton Magazine #58, August 2008 Table of Contents August 2008 Issue 58 FREE of charge ZZoogalaoogala 22008008 ““LionsLions aandnd TTigersigers aandnd GGrizzlyrizzly Bears”Bears” - OhOh my!my! CCheerheer Up!Up! IInterviewsnterviews wwith:ith: EEmpressmpress 3333 MMarniarni GGrasras VVillageillage PPeopleeople CCampaignsampaigns forfor CCharityharity HHalal SparksSparks MMargaretargaret ChoCho IIanan HHarviearvie aandnd mmore...ore... >> STARTING ON PAGE 16 GLBT RESOURCE • CALGARY & EDMONTON 2 gaycalgary and edmonton magazine #58, August 2008 Table of Contents Established originally in January 1992 as Men For Men BBS by MFM 5 Excursions Into the Wild Communications. Named changed to Letter from the Publisher GayCalgary.com in 1998. Stand alone company as of January 2004. First Issue of GayCalgary.com Magazine, November 8 Chelsea Boys 2003. Name adjusted in November 2006 to Comic Strip Returns to its Roots GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine. 10 Publisher Steve Polyak & Rob Diaz-Marino, 10 Margaret Cho is coming! [email protected] Queer Comic Makes Alberta Debut Editor Rob Diaz Marino, [email protected] 11 Cheer Up! 16 Original Graphic Design Deviant Designs Empress 33 Marni Gras Campaigns for Charity Advertising Steve Polyak [email protected] 12 Zoogala 2008 Contributors “Lions, Tigers, and Grizzly Bears” – Oh My! Steve Polyak, Rob Diaz-Marino, Jason Clevett, Andrew Collins, Jerome Voltero, Stephen 14 Out of Town Lock, Jack Fertig, Romeo San Vicente, Felice Fire Island versus Provincetown Newman, Dallas Barnes, Brian Pawlak, Mercedes Allen, Joan Hilty, Dave Brousseau, Kevin Alderson, James S. M. Demers, Glen 16 Map & Event Listings Hanson & Allan Neuwirth, and the Gay and Find out what’s happening Lesbian Community of Calgary and Edmonton Photographer 22 Movie Review Steve Polyak and Rob Diaz-Marino Stardust, and Naked Boys Singing 12 Videographer Steve Polyak and Rob Diaz-Marino 23 Presuming To Speak For the Community Please forward all inquiries to: 25 Q Scopes GayCalgary and Edmonton Magazine “Keep your balance, Aries!” Suite 403, 215 14th Avenue S.W. Calgary, Alberta T2R 0M2 26 Adult Film Review Phone (403) 543-6960 or toll free (888) Chainsaws, Bodies, Muscles and Heads 543-6960 Fax (403) 703-0685 28 Deep Inside Hollywood E-mail [email protected] New Projects For Ian McKellen and Gale Harold Print Run Monthly, 12 times a year 29 Whole Lesbian Sex Copies Printed Monthly, Over 10,000 copies. A BDSM Tale with a Happy (Ouch!) Ending Masthead continued on page 4 30 She’s One Kinky “Doll” Barbies Shop Moves to a New Location 31 The 5th Annual Cut-A-Thon AFQOL Proves that One Person Can Make a Difference 32 A Couple of Guys 33 Guys in Disguise at Edmonton Fringe Fest A Whole Different Breed of Theatre Artist Continued Next Page 47 gaycalgary and edmonton magazine #58, August 2008 3 From Previous Page 34 Bitter Girl 35 Village People Gay Icons Come to Calgary 38 Queer Career Decisions Continued from page 3 Does Being Queer Affect Career Decision-Making – Or Should It? Distribution points up to 200 points in 40 Mid-Life! Calgary, largest number of distribution points for any Gay publication in Calgary. Crisis Musical takes over Stage West Up to 150 points in Edmonton, largest number of distribution points for any Gay 41 Fundraising Photos publication in Edmonton. Also distributed coast to coast across Canada in select 42 A Conversation with Ian Harvie locations in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, and other places across Canada and the United 45 Hal Sparks States. Please call us if you would like to Queer as Folk Star on Comedy and Community be a distribution point. Distributed by Gallant Distributions 42 47 A Four Letter Word (Calgary), Clark’s Distribution (Edmonton), A Fun Little Film Canada Post (rest of Canada and USA) and by GayCalgary.com 48 “Boystown” Deadline for Ad Bookings 25th of the month A New Gay Soap? (unless otherwise stated) Deadline for Ad copy 28th of the month 49 Monty Python’s Spamalot (unless otherwise stated) Knights Come Round the Table in Calgary Legal Council Courtney Sebree Aarbo, 50 Gives Good Headline Barristers and Solicitors How the Media Loves its Sex Changes Printers North Hill News This Issue Cover Model Marni Gras, taken 52 Newslets at Foote Field in Edmonton. Photo taken by Steve Polyak. 54 Music Review The opinions expressed in this magazine are Music Club, Rockferry, and Spirit not necessarily those of GayCalgary.com or the contributors of the magazine. 58 Food Review People photographed or interviewed, 45 One Stop Roadhouse writers, advertisers, contributors and anyone else involved with this publication 59 On the Arts are not necessarily gay, lesbian, bi, bi-curious or trans gendered. They can be “Wayne Gretzky Rocks!” straight people that are gay friendly. Sept 2008 Press 61 Chelsea Boys No part of the publication may be reprinted Deadlines without the expressed permission of the 63 Queer Eye - Calgary and Edmonton editor-in-chief. Community Events this Month Copyright 2008 AAdd SSpacepace BBookingooking - MMonday,onday, AAugustugust 225th5th 22008008 Member of Canadian Gay & AAdd SSubmissionubmission - Lesbian Chamber SSunday,unday, AugustAugust 31st31st 20082008 of Commerce Member of International Gay & IInn CCirculationirculation - Wednesday,Wednesday, Lesbian Travel Association SSeptembereptember 3rd,3rd, 20082008 PPleaselease ccontactontact usus rrightight awayaway ifif yyouou tthinkhink youyou maymay havehave missedmissed tthehe BBookingooking oror SubmissionSubmission DDeadlineseadlines Member of Edmonton Rainbow Member of Tourism Calgary. Business Association. 4 gaycalgary and edmonton magazine #58, August 2008 Excursions Into the Wild Letter from the Publisher only thing to do was keep walking in the direction we were By Rob Diaz-Marino, MSc. supposed to go and hope that we eventually would get there. So we trekked across the large fi elds of the golf course, There are two defi nite times in the year when I go sticking close to the trees with our eyes and ears peeled. up to Edmonton with Steve, and they’re pretty close The scenery was actually quite beautiful, if only we didn’t together: the fi rst is for Pride, and the second is for have to be concerned about getting beaned in the head by Capital Ex (formerly Klondike Days). The weekend fl ying balls. We could see the path that we were supposed to I went up with him also coincided with the BEEF! have come along, which angled down the hill toward the east end of the park. We followed a few paths up into the trees Bear Summer BBQ and Dance, and Buddy’s little that we thought would take us to it, but meanwhile ended known 8th Anniversary, both of which I was happy in little plateau golf greens. Damn you golf people and your to be around for. cleverly hidden holes! During the early afternoon of July 19th, Steve and I It was only a matter of time before the hillside path got headed out to the BBQ event which was taking place in Vic- close enough that we could hop the waist-high fence and toria Park, and we had quite an adventure getting over there reach it. We fi nally arrived in a place where they had park thanks to our less than perfect understanding of Edmon- meeting areas, and as we’re looking for #5, we only encoun- ton’s layout. We knew that we needed to fi nd a path from ter 1, 2, and then 6. What the heck? So we headed down the Promenade (100 Ave NW), down the steep and forested another narrow and densely forested path in hopes that it hill to get to Victoria park, but there were a few things that would bring us to the other meeting areas. The path wound we didn’t count on. and split and merged, like a dark maze – I thought it was pretty cool, except for the complement of creepy 80 year-olds The fi rst was that the city of Edmonton would provide a cruising us. But when we emerged, I saw a group of big staircase directly onto an unmanaged pathway. We fol- hairy men playing Frisbee and I knew we had fi nally arrived! lowed it because it did show promise for taking us down the hill, but it meandered on for quite a ways through several By that time we were an hour and a half late, and having homeless people’s camps (thankfully they were out for the held out for lunch, we were starving! We chowed down on day, or I would have been scared), and fi nally down to the burgers (served up by the always sexy Darren, who orga- highway. As we emerged from the bushes, just to add insult nizes the bear events), and had a great time chatting with to injury, we looked back and saw a big City of Edmonton the Edmonton bears, and a few familiar faces from Calgary sign that read “Private Property – No Trespassing”. Further- too! After the event wrapped up, someone was kind enough more, the path had taken us way off course, all the way over to give us a ride over to Capital Ex so that we didn’t have to to Government House Park. Though we were halfway down walk all the way back downtown and catch buses. the hill, we had to backtrack majorly, but stuck to the road this time. Capital Ex is similar to the Calgary Stampede in many ways, but in many ways it is also very different. Granted The second thing we didn’t anticipate was how big the Vic- the Midway and the rides are almost identical, and there toria Park golf course is. We walked along the highway past were a number of the same bands, the same foods, the same the driving range trying to fi nd a place to cross and gain exhibitors etc.
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