XXL () While not explicitly gay, the Cultural Calendar hunk factor alone justifies a mention for male readers. The New Girlfriend (Une Nouvelle Amie. François Ozon) Drama Readers are invited to submit items at no charge. Must have rele- about a man who begins to assume the identity of his deceased wife, vance to a national (US) readership. E-mail to: [email protected]. befriending her best girlfriend, who has mixed feelings. Be sure to allow at least a month’s lead time for any listing. Sangaile (Alanté Kavaïté) Drama about a girl, 17, whose only love Festivals and Events is stunt planes—until she meets another girl at an aeronautics show. A Sinner in Mecca (Parvez Sharma). The director of A Jihad for FILM FESTIVALS Love secretly documented his Hajj to the Holy City as a gay man. Long Beach, CA Qfilm Festival, Sept 10-13. Those People (Joey Kuhn). A young gay painter in Manhattan is Austin, TX LGBT Film Fest. Sept. 10-13. torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a prom- Palm Springs, CA Gay & Lesbian Film Fest. Sept 17-20. ising new romance with an older pianist. Chicago, IL Reeling: LGBT Int’l. Film Fest. Sept. 17-24. Theater / Dance , GA OUT on Film Fest. Oct 1-8. Tampa, FL Int’l. Gay & Lesbian Film Fest. Oct 2-10. 2nd Annual PlayPride LGBT Festival, a competition of one-act Portland, OR Queer Film Fest. Oct 3-9. plays, will be in Dallas, TX, Sept. 3-13. Visit www.artandseek.org. Sacramento, CA SIGLFF, Oct 8-10. The Boys in the Band Classic drama about a gay birthday party Rochester, NY Image OUT Fest. Oct 8-18. in 1960s New York. Boston Center for the Arts, Sept. 11-Oct. 3. Albuquerque, NM Southwest Gay & Lesbian Film Fest. Oct 9-18. Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown. The 10th annual Dayton, OH LGBT Film Fest. Oct 9-11. event runs from Sept. 24 to 27. Pittsburgh, PA LGBT Film Fest. Oct 9-17. The Nance Comedy about a gay actor in the age of burlesque. At the Seattle, WA Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Oct 9-19. New Conservatory Theatre Ctr. in San Francisco, Oct. 1-Nov. 2. Winnipeg, Manitoba Reel Pride Film Festival, Oct 13-18. My Big Gay Italian Midlife Crisis Third in the series—MBGI Wed- Milwaukee, WI LGBT Film/Video Fest. Oct 15-25. ding and Funeral are still running Off-Broadway. Anthony faces Louisville, KY LGBT Film Fest. Oct 16-18. the end of youth. Opens at Saint Luke’s Theatre, on Oct. 4. New York, NY NewFest Oct 22-27. Dada Woof Papa Hot Drama examines the complications of gay fa- Ottawa, Ontario LGBT Film Fest. Oct 22-26. therhood. Opens Oct. 15 at the Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center. EVENTS Bright Half Life Telescopes forty years in the relationship of Vicky NLGJA Media Summit National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Assn. and Erica through a series of vignettes. At the Diversionary Theatre, will convene in San Francisco, Sept. 3–6. Visit: www.nlgja.org. San Diego, Oct. 29-Nov. 29. Women’s Week in Provincetown offers a week+ of panels, work- Allegiance, a new American musical starring George Takei (of Star shops, entertainment, social events, and much more. Oct. 12-18. Trek fame), will open on Broadway at the Shubert Theater in Nov. LGBT Leaders 2015 Int’l leadership conf. of the G&L Victory In- Fun Home Broadway musical is based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic stitute will be held in Las Vegas, Nov. 19–22. Focus is on electing novel about discovering her sexuality and that of her father. GLBT people to public office. Visit: www.VictoryInstitute.org. Art Exhibitions LGBT Tourism and Hospitality Conf. Dec 9-11, in Ft Lauderdale. Focus on Internet marketing to the LGBT community. FMI, visit: On the Domestic Front: Scenes of Everyday Queer Life raises the www.communitymarketinginc.com. historical question, “What do gay people do when they’re not hav- ing sex?” At the Leslie-Lohman Museum in NYC, Aug. 14–Oct. 25. Feature Films The Lisa Unger Baskin Collection, a vast archive of books and ar- Best of Enemies (directed by Morgan Neville & Robert Gordon). tifacts on women’s cultural history, is now at Duke Univ. Some Documentary goes behind the scenes in the Gore Vidal–William F. items will be on display at the Rubenstein Library. Buckley showdown during the 1968 presidential election. 30 Years of Collecting Art That Tells Our Stories displays gay Do I Sound Gay? (David Thorpe) Documentary traces the direc- and lesbian art produced from the 1960s to the 1990s. At the GLBT tor’s attempt to figure out why his speech is recognizably “gay.” History Museum in San Francisco. Visit: www.glbthistory.org. Everlasting Love (Amor Eterno. Marcal Fores) Drama about a teacher who encounters his young student in Barcelona’s cruising scene. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – THE GLR Fourth Man Out (Andrew Nackman) Drama about an auto me- The Gay & Lesbian Review accepts unsolicited manuscripts and chanic who comes out to his unsuspecting blue-collar friends. proposals on all GLBT-related topics. Especially sought are pro- The Glamour and the Squalor (Marq Evans) Documentary about posals on the following themes for issues in development: the life and times of Marco Collins, a gay DJ who was one of the last • What Is “Gay”? Essentialism vs. Constructionism revisited great tastemakers of the FM radio era. • Beyond Marriage Equality: What’s next for the movement? • The Dance: The GLBT influence from classical to contemporary Grandma (Paul Weitz). Lily Tomlin plays a trash-talking lesbian, newly single, who takes her granddaughter on a wild road trip. Please e-mail your proposal to the Editor at [email protected].

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