May 22-June 19
Advocate, The, June 19, 2007
INTERNATIONAL MR. LEATHER, CHICAGO May 24-28 Chi-town hosts this celebration of bovine hides and the men who love them. Maybe it's payback for Mrs. O'Leary's cow? IMRL.com
GAY SQUARE DANCING CONVENTION, DENVER May 25-27 See, all those embarrassing junior high classes did serve a purpose. Denver2007.com
SPOLETO FESTIVAL, CHARLESTON, S.C. May 25-June 10 Inspired 32 years ago by Italy's Two Worlds Festival, Spoleto is ballet, poetry, and more. This year features a staging of Maugham's The Constant Wife.
FRENCH OPEN May 28-June 11 Look for top-ranked gay dynamo Amelie Mauresmo on the red clay at Paris's Roland Garros.
1 ALANIS MORISSETTE We don't love Alanis--turning 33 this day--just for her music and her "humps" spoof. Back in 2004 she was ordained as a minister so she could marry gay pals. And as an actor she's kissed Sarah Jessica Parker and Roma Maffia.
10 TONY AWARDS The Great White Way's big night will be telecast on CBS at 8 P.M. We'll be crossing our fingers for Grey Gardens, Spring Awakening, and Mary Poppins. No emcee had been named as of press time; check with TonyAwards.com for news.
16 ACT UP/L.A. PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW
The activists who shut down the Rose Parade and fought ambivalent health officials are honored in "Silence=Death: Los Angeles AIDS Activism 1987-2007." The exhibit runs until July 21 at L.A.'s Drkrm Gallery. Drkrm.com
OUT AT THE PARK: DOLLYWOOD and DOLLY'S SPLASH COUNTRY June 16-17 The queers invade Pigeon Forge, Tenn., for a 48-hour Dollypalooza. OutatthePark.com
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