SeptemberOctober 2023 47 Festivals and Events Exhibitions Cultural Calendar FILMFESTIVALS San Diego, CA FilmOut Fest. Sept. 710. Honolulu, HI Rainbow Film Fest. Sept. 818. Palm Springs, CA LGBTQ+ Film Fest. Sept. 1424. Atlanta, GA Out on Film Fest. Sept. 21Oct 1. Chicago, IL Reeling Filmfest. Sept. 21Oct 8. Sarasota, FL Fabulous Film Fest. Sept. 23Oct. 2. Los Angeles, CA Queer Film Fest. Sept. 28Oct. 1. Tampa, FL Intl. Gay & Lesbian Film Fest. Oct. 58. Rochester, NY ImageOut Film Fest. Oct. 515. Seattle,WA Queer Film Fest. Oct. 1222. Washington, DC Reel Affirmations Film Fest. Oct. 1922. EVENTS NLGJA Annual Conf. National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Assoc. Professionals in all media will convene in Philadelphia, Sept. 710. For more info, visit: nlgja.org/2023. Workplace Summit Out&Equals annual conf. to promote workplace equality. Sept. 1114 in Orlando, FL. Visit: outandequal.org. GLMAConf. For healthcare providers, researchers, and academics. Online, Sept. 2830. Visit: glma.org/conference.php Provincetown Book Fest. For writers and readers, with panels and events. Sept. 29Oct. 1. provincetownbookfestival.org. Transgender Week The former Fantasia Fair will happen in Provincetown, Oct. 1522. Visit: transweek.org. Readers are invited to submit items at no charge. Must have relevance for a North American readership. Allow six weekslead time for any listing. E-mail: stephen.hemrick@GLReview.org Rustin(George C. Wolfe) Biopic about gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who helped organize the 1963 March on Washington. Shortcomings (Randall Park) Dramedy follows three friends in Berkeley, CAone a lesbian grad student with a serial dating habitas they search for their ideal partner in a crazy world. Theater Camp (Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman) Comedy takes place at a rundown theater camp in upstate New York when the founders macho son takes over, forcing the zany staff to band together to save the campy thespian paradise. You Can Live Forever (Mark Slutsky & Sarah Watts) Drama follows a lesbian teenager whos sent to live in a JehovahsWitness community, where she falls in love with a devout Witness girl. Dragon Mama Drama about a lesbian who gets a chance to start a new lifebut only if she abandons her family and her newborn daughter. At the Diversionary Theater in San Diego, Sept. 14Oct. 8. Before the Sword Play about T. H. White posits that his inspiration for The Sword in the Stone came from a young man who wandered into his life. At the NCTC in San Francisco, Sept. 15Oct. 15. FatHam Hamlet-inspired play about a gay Black man whos trying to break away from his provincial Southern family when his fathers ghost appears and instructs him to avenge his murder. At the Huntington Theatre in Boston, Sept. 22Oct. 22. Breaking the Binary Theatre Fest. A new org. for queer theater in NYC will hold its second annual festival to showcase works by nonbinary playwrights. Oct. 2329. www.btb-nyc.com. Gaylarious Off-Broadway LGBT comedy festival features comedians from across the USA. At the Broadway Comedy Club in Manhattan thru Dec. 31st. Theater / Dance Feature Films All the Beauty and the Bloodshed(Directed by Laura Poitras) Docu. follows photographer Nan Goldin on her personal crusade to expose the Sackler family for getting America hooked on opioids. Barbie(Greta Gerwig) While not agayfilm,the comic fantasy has enough going onall-male dance numbers, Allans androgyny, lots of LGBT actorsto raise the hackles of the religious Right. Hidden Master: The Legacy of George Platt Lynes (Sam Shahid) Docu. about the photographer best known for his celebrity and fashion photos, whose secret passion was photographing male nudes. The Lost Boys (Zeno Graton) Belgian drama set in a juvenile reform center focuses on two young, male inmates who fall in love just as one of them is about to be released. OurSon(Bill Oliver) Drama stars Billy Porter as half of a gay couple thats going through a nasty divorce, including a battle for custody of their precocious 8-year-old son. Passages (Ira Sachs). Drama with Ben Whishaw starring as half of a gay couple whose marriage is thrown into crisis when his partner starts a passionate affair with a woman. Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed(Stephen Kijak) Docu. offers an intimate portrait of the Hollywood ladies man who shocked the world when he died of AIDS in 1985. Rewind: History on Repeat Spotlights the Black LGBTQ+ experience in America with collages by Beau McCall, among other artists. At the Ross Gallery in Ft. Lauderdale thru Sept. 8th. Warhol A Life in Pop features 200+ original Warhol works and more than 150 of his polaroids. At the Cleve Carney Museum of Art in Glen Ellyn, IL, thru Sept. 10th. Peter Hujar: Performance and Portraiture Photographs by the artist include his explorations of theater, dance, and gay identity in 20th-century America. At the Art Inst. of Chicago thru Oct. 9th. The Profane and the Poignant Surveys the work of artist, critic, and curator Christian Walker (19532003), a Black, gay photographer who explored queer sexuality, race, and their intersections. At the Leslie Lohman Museum in NYC, Sept. 22Jan 7, 2024. De Coded: Surviving the Law as a Sexual Deviant The lives of LGBT people in Chicago prior to Illinois decriminalization of sodomy in 1961. At the Gerbert/Hart Library in Chicago. CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS THE G&LR The Gay & Lesbian Reviewaccepts unsolicited manuscripts and proposals on all LGBT-related topics. Especially sought are proposals on the following themes for issues in development: • Freedom Fighters: Risking it all for social justice • The Travel Issue: The role of travel in LGBT culture • LGBT Science: New research on gender & sexual orientation Please e-mail your proposal to: richard.schneider@GLReview.org
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