Drag Me to the Movies - Queer Prom Edition

Presenting: Grease 2 (1982)

Spring has finally arrived and what better way to celebrate the changing of seasons than with a little spring formal? That's right gather your tiaras, gowns, suits and sashes because this April we're hosting a little spring formal of our own: Queer Prom Night!

We'll be screening a high school camp classic, Grease 2, a perfect compliment to your wildest Prom Night fantasies. Drag Me to the Movies creator Weird Alice will be here once more with special guest Smokey Waters!

Didn't make it to our last event & are thinking to yourself "What is Drag Me to the Movies?" Why, it's only the best way to view a film! There will be drag performances, movie bingo, a mini vendor market, bingo prizes, hilarious commentary, beer from Annex Ale Project, cocktails from Sugar Water, and of course, a fabulous campy movie to enjoy! 

If you require mobility assistance or would like to request wheelchair seating in the theatre please reach out to jamie@contemporarycalgary.com

Want to attend but worried about the ticket cost? No problem! Send us an email at jamie@contemporarycalgary.com, and we will work out a ticket price that is suitable to your needs.

About the host:

Comprised mostly of TV static and a faint memory of late-night feverish movie viewing, Weird Alice is an award-winning queer camp drag artist and film aficionado, and host/curator of the monthly interactive screening series Drag Me to the Movies.  They are also the programmer for other film series including Sleaze Factory, and Evil Women. Weird Alice combines their art and love of cinema to take you on journeys of pastiche, queer kitsch, and anything in poor taste.

Performers

Weird Alice @dragmetothemovies
Smokey Waters @kingsmokeywaters

Bingo prizes + Vendors

STAY TUNED FOR VENDOR ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sponsors

Annex Ale Project @annexales
Sugarwater @sugarwater
Lawrence Interior Design @lawrence_interiordesign

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Drag Me to the Movies Presents:

Frankenhooker (1990)

October 31 | 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

WE'RE BACK!!! October 31st, get ready for our second edition of Drag Me to the Movies. This time around we have an extra special HALLOWEEN screening of a campy horror classic; Frankenhooker (1990).

The one and only Drag Me to the Movies creator Weird Alice will be back, back, back again to host with extra special guests Lilith Fair & DOGIICHOW.

Didn't make it to our last screening and are thinking: What is "Drag Me to the Movies"? Why, it's only the best way to view a film! There will be drag performances, movie bingo, a mini vendor market, bingo prizes, hilarious commentary, beer from Annex Ale Project, and cocktails from Sugar Water. And of course, a screening of Frankenhooker (1990) in the old planetarium-turned-theatre.

This is an 18+ event.

About the host:

Comprised mostly of TV static and a faint memory of late-night feverish movie viewing, Weird Alice is an award-winning queer camp drag artist and film aficionado, and host/curator of the monthly interactive screening series Drag Me to the Movies.  They are also the programmer for other film series including Sleaze Factory, and Evil Women. Weird Alice combines their art and love of cinema to take you on journeys of pastiche, queer kitsch, and anything in poor taste.

Performers

Weird Alice @dragmetothemovies

Lilith Fair @lilithfairyyc

DOGIICHOW @dogiichow

Synopsis

After making horror history with BASKET CASE and BRAIN DAMAGE, the incomparable Frank Henenlotter unleashed FRANKENHOOKER—the greatest transmutation of Mary Shelley’s FRANKENSTEIN that you’ll ever see. After accidentally murdering the love of his life, Jeffrey Franken decides to reanimate her with the help of a drug named Supercrack . . . and the body parts of a dozen streetwalkers. Feeling like a twisted mash-up between John Waters’s SERIAL MOM and Stuart Gordon’s RE-ANIMATOR, FRANKENHOOKER is a bad taste triumph that revels in sublime camp, gloopy gore, and neon-soaked dreamscapes. Plus an iconic performance by Patty Mullen as the eponymous title character.

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