Other People (Chris Kelly) Drama centers on a comedy writer Cultural Calendar who breaks up with his lover, struggles with his career, and then is summoned home to care for his dying mother (Molly Shannon). Readers are invited to submit items at no charge. Must have rele- Political Animals (Jonah Markowitz, Tracy Wares) Doc. recounts vance to a North American readership. E-mail to: [email protected]. how four women defied homophobia to win legal recognition for Be sure to allow at least a month’s lead time for any listing. LGBT people in California. Festivals and Events Slash (Clay Liford) Comedy about a 15-year-old misfit who writes erotic slash fiction that attracts attention both wanted and un-. FILM FESTIVALS Strike a Pose (Ester Gould, Reijer Zwaan) Doc. What became of Oakland REVOLVE, Sept. 5–10. the male dancers in Madonna’s 1990 “Blond Ambition” tour? Memphis, TN Outflix Film Festival, Sept. 7–11. Tickled (David Farrier) Doc. probes the weird world of “endurance Austin, TX GLIFF, Sept. 8–11. tickling,” which may or may not have a homo subtext. Long Beach Qfilm Fest, Sept. 8–11. Where Are You Going, Habibi? (Tor Iben) German drama about Chicago Reeling Film Fest, Sept. 22–29. a “straight” friendship in which one man falls in love with the other. Atlanta Out on Film, Sept. 29–Oct. 6. Theater / Dance Tampa Int’l. Gay & Lesbian Film Fest., Sept. 30–Oct. 8. Sell/Buy/Date Off Broadway play features a medley of charac- Portland, OR Queer Film Fest, Oct. 2–8. ters involved in the commercial sex industry. At Studio at Stage II. Ft. Lauderdale MiFo LGBT Film Fest, Oct. 7–16. Falsettos The classic musical about Marvin—along with his ex- Albuquerque Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Fest., Oct. 7–16. wife, his new boyfriend, and his adolescent son—is back on Broad- Seattle TWIST: Queer Film Fest, Oct. 13–23. way starting on Sept. 29th. At the Walter Kerr Theatre. Louisville, KY LGBT Film Fest., Oct. 14–16. Lizard Boy A “comic book musical fantasy” about a boy with mys- New York City NewFest, Oct. 20–25. terious powers and his coming-of-age adventures. At the Diver- sionary Theatre, San Diego, Sept. 29–Oct. 30. EVENTS Casa Valentina NLGJA Annual Conf. National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Assoc. Play by Harvey Fierstein takes place at Catskills will convene in Miami, September 8–11. Visit: www.nlgja.org. retreat where gay men met in secret in 1962. At the New Conser- vatory Theatre Center, San Francisco, Oct. 7–Nov. 6. GLMA Annual Conf. Gay & Lesbian Medical Assoc. will address I Am My Own Wife GLBT health issues in St. Louis, Sept. 14-17. Visit: www.glma.org. Doug Wright’s one-man-show about a man who hid from the Nazis in plain sight by dressing as a woman. At After Marriage: “The Future of LGBTQ Politics and Scholarship” Chicago’s About Face Theatre, Nov. 4–Dec. 10. will be held at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in NYC, Oct. 1–2. Visit: www.clags.org/after-marriage/. Art Exhibitions Out & Equal Workplace Summit Join 3,000 activists working for equality. Oct. 5–8 in Orlando. www.outandequal.org. Stroke: From Under the Mattress to the Museum Wall Erotic il- lustrations in gay men’s magazines from the 1950s to the ’90s. At Left Coast Lesbian Literary Conf. for writers to be held in Palm the GLBT History Museum in San Francisco thru Oct.16. Springs, Oct. 12–16. Visit: www.schileen.wix.com/lclcpalmsprings. I Am Here: The Lesbian Portraits Robert Kalman’s street photos. Fantasia Fair A celebration of gender diversity, annual conf. will At the Stonewall Nat’l. Museum, Ft. Lauderdale, Sept. 22–Nov. 6. take place in Provincetown, MA, Oct. 16–23. No Man’s Land 35 women artists from the Rubell Family Collec- LGBT Int’l. Leadership Conf. will be held in Washington, DC, Dec. tion featuring paintings and sculptures of the female body. At the 8–11. For leaders in government, politics, advocacy, business, and Nat’l Museum of Women in the Arts in D.C., Sept. 30–Jan 8. community organizations. Visit: www.lgbtleaders.org. A Deeper Dive Artists who captured the Zeitgeist of the early AIDS years. At the Leslie-Lohman Museum in NYC to Sept. 25. Feature Films Romaine Brooks Exhibition of her paintings is at the Smithsonian Being 17 (directed by André Téchiné) French drama about two American Art Museum in D.C. thru Oct. 10. seventeen-year-old boys—one bullied, the other the bullier—who Less Than One The art of Jasper Johns, Kara Walker, Joan Jonas, find themselves living under the same roof. and 13 others. At the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, thru Dec. 31st. Front Cover (Ray Yeung) Comedy about an Asian hairdresser who works on a famous Chinese actor, launching a complex relationship. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – THE G&LR Holding the Man (Neil Armfield) Biopic on the life of a gay Aus- The Gay & Lesbian Review accepts unsolicited manuscripts and tralian football star. See review in this issue, p. 46. proposals on all GLBT-related topics. Especially sought are propos- King Cobra (Justin Kelly) Crime drama starring James Franco als on the following themes for issues in development: spotlights the (real-life) career of porn star Brent Corrigan and the • The Dance: past, present, and future. (We’re serious this time.) 2007 murder of his ex-boss at Cobra Video. • Cyber Society: The Internet’s impact on GLBT culture Lazy Eye (Tim Kirkman) Romcom about ex-boyfriends who re- • Your suggestions are invited! unite in the California desert after fifteen years apart. Please e-mail your proposal to the Editor at [email protected].

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