The Seventh Annual Women's Music Festival will take place in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois from May 29-June 1. This year's Festival will include workshops, films, jam sessions, open mikes and evening concerts. A wide variety of music will be represented: everything from jazz to folk to classical

This year's Festival will include 13 featured performers, among them Alive!, Meg Christian, Holly Near, Terry Garthwaite, Julie Homi, Teresa Trull, Robin Tyler and more. Daily workshops will cover various aspects ot music, production, politics, theater and dance.

For more information write: National Women's Music Festival, P.O. Box 2721, Station A, Champaign, IL 61820, phone (217) 333-6443. Contacts: Marj Plumb, Roxanne Walker: (217) 328-4252, Susan Connelly: (217) 333-1020/356-2394.

WOMEN MEAN BUSINESS, a seminar sponsored by WomenSpace, the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor and the SBA, aimed at women owning or contemplating forming businesses, will be held on May 28, 1980 from 9:00a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the Hollenden House, E. 6th and Superior, Cleveland. Speakers will include Sarah Weddington, Assistant to the President, Gertrude Donahey, State of Ohio Treasurer, and Donna R. Harrigan, Regional Administrator of the SBA, Chicago office. The fee is $15.00, which includes coffee, lunch and conference materials. For information or registration, call WomenSpace, 1258 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.

The F.L.O.W.E.R. Fund (For Love Of Womyn Emergency Resource Fund) has been established by womyn to provide community assistance for womyn in need of emotional and financial support. Money is coming from projects developed within our womyn-identified community. Your ideas, energy and concern are urgently needed. Please address contributions and correspondence to: The F.L.O.W.E.R. Fund, P. O. Box F-11, Akron, Ohio 44308.

DIGNITY, an organization for Catholic and other Christian gay women and men, welcomes new members. Meetings are at Hallinan Center, CWRU, the 2nd and 4th Thursday of each month, beginning with a women's meeting at 7 p.m. and Mass and a program at 8 p.m. For more information, call Patti at 321-9456.

Spring party and Micki's 21st birthday party. May 17, 2953 Berkshire. Cash bar. $.50 at door for sound. 9:30 p.m. Women only.

Women Speak Out for Peace and Justice will present Ardis Warcloud, Vice President of Women of All Red Nations (WARN), on Friday, May 16, at 8:00 p.m. at the Cleveland Heights Main Library, 2345 Lee Road. Ms. Warcloud will speak on the problems and goals of the Black Hills Alliance, a program to save Indian tribal lands for future generations. She will be accompanied by representatives of other Indian tribes. There is no admission charge and the public is invited.

Feminist Forums: Discussions the third Friday of each month of books, issues, ideas and controversies of feminist concern. 8:00-10:00 at The White House, 2420 So. Taylor, Cleveland Heights. Donation $2.00.

Friday, May 16: Sisters, by Elizabeth Fishel. About the need to belong and the need to separate, the importance of birth order, the love/hate relationship among sisters and fulfillment of the yearning for sisterhood found in the women's movement.

Friday, June 20: The Wanderground, by Sally Gearhart.

The GEAUGA WOMEN'S CENTER, 11984 Caves Road. Chesterland, Ohio. at the northwest corner of Wilson Mills and Caves Road (Community Church of Chesterland, downstairs), has a Drop-In Center open the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month from 8 to 10 p.m. Offered are support groups, self-help/health, information, and referral service on doctors, lawyers, therapists, social services and divorce, and various speakers. The group needs feedback (good or bad) to expand its referral lists. Come share your experiences. For further information, call 729-1199, or call Nancy at 729-4887, Sue at 338-8398, or Sally at 423-3871.*

The National Women's Studies Association will hold its annual convention at Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, from May 16-20, 1980. The planned program will include panels, seminars, and papers in feminist education and presentations in the arts. Participants can look forward to discussions of Women's Studies Programs in academic institutions and of feminist alternatives to traditional education. For further information contact Elaine Reuben, Coordinator, NWSA, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.

The GEAR Foundation has begun a women's drop-in group on the first Monday of each month. There is also a "women with women" group on the third Monday in the month to provide a safe place to explore your feelings about other women. All meetings will be held in the Gay Community Center at 1012 Sumner at 8:00. For more information, call the Gay Hotline at 621-3380.

Call the Gay Hotline, 621-3380, for Information on the Chita Rivera concert coming up in June.

To My Sisters in Cleveland:

Cleveland will always be a special place to me-here I began my life as a woman.

To all my friends-those who nurtured, supported and loved me during my stay here--my thanks and my continuing thoughts. My future look's so exciting and challenging. But I hope we all meet again. Shirley Aanne

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A National March for Dignity and Justice for better worker conditions will take place in Laurel, Mississippi on Saturday, May 17. Medical personnel and other volunteers are needed to help provide first aid for the march. If you can come, call Joe Castorina at 421-5932.

WomenSpace will hold its annual meeting on May 15, 1980. Dinner (optional $5.50) is at 5:30 p.m., the meeting at 7:00 p.m. Linda TarrWhelan, Deputy Assistant to the President in the office of Sarah Weddington, will be the speaker. For information or reservations, call WomenSpace, 696-3100, or write to them at 1258 Euclid Avenue, Suite 200, Cleveland, Ohio 44115.

A Cleveland Women's Writers Guild is being formed which will benefit all women writers by providing feedback on your writing, public reading opportunities, encouragement, publication information, writing opportunities and membership in The Feminist Writers Guild, Berkeley, California. A writers guild for women only will help us defend ourselves against the sexism of publishers and the media. It will be a flexible organization for women of various perspectives. Meetings will be the second Monday of each month. For further information, call Pat at 791-0311.

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Women: Dall's View will be exhibited at the Dali Museum until May 31, 1980. Please call 464-0372 for an appointment. Organized and researched by Robin Houlas and Joan Kropf, Dali's view of women is a creative blend of contemporary and traditional ideas. 32 lithographs and etchings dealing with women have been selected from various suites of the 1960's and 1970's.

She who waits for the knight in shining armor must clean up after his horse.

The GEAR Foundation and the Buckeye Rainbow Society of the Deaf (BRSD) invite you to join us Sunday, June 1 at 2:00 p.m. for an afternoon of fun and laughter at Fairmount Theatre of the Deaf's performance of "The Half-Baked Bride," a hilarious comedy performed simultaneously in American Sign Language and spoken English for audiences of all ages. Tickets: Adults $4; Students and Senior Citizens $2.50. Call the Hotline, 621-3380, for reservations, or use the coupon in this month's issue of High Gear. Deaf and hearing impaired individuals can call the theatre (voice or tty) at (216) 932-2573 for reservations. Remember to say you are with BRSD so you can get the group discount. Only 50 seats available, so call now.

Cleveland Women's Counsel, a feminist organization whose goal is economic security for divorced women, is recruiting a Director. Responsibilities include planning, program development, staff supervision, project direction and fund raising. Send resume to: P.O. Box 18472, Cleveland Ohio 44118.

We are an inspired group of women: lesbians, heterosexuals, mothers, working and middle class, living in a political community dedicated to non-violent revolution called Movement for a New Society. We are holding a 9-day training program with an optional 4-day group project following to share our skills, visions, and experiences with other women. The program will include: feminist strategizing for social change; naming and nurturing our dreams; analyzing the role of oppression in our lives and movement; creative ways for dealing with the conflicts that arise in our work; and concrete skills for direct action campaigns.

The training program will be held May 2-11 and 11-15, 1980. For more information, write: Women's Training Collective, 4709 Windsor Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143.

Best-selling women's music recording artist CRIS WILLIAMSON will perform at Finney Chapel on the Oberlin College campus Thursday, May 15, at 8:00 p.m. The concert is part of Williamson's first national tour in four years to celebrate the release of her new album Strange Paradise on the Olivia label. The tour will include June Millington on guitar, Jackie Robbins on electric bass and cello, and Cam Davis on drums. Tickets are $5.00 and can be purchased at the door or in advance from Oven productions, Kent GLF at Kent State, and the Oberlin College Gay Union. Free child care will be provided and the hall will be made accessible to wheelchairs. For more information call Marian Allen at 1-774-1408 or Becky Rose at 1-775-5188.

Cleveland Women's Choir. Anyone interested in singing feminist music, drop in at 3178 Meadowbrook on Thursday evenings, 7:30, or call Penny al 932-3326.

We are three Feminists living on twelve acres in southcentral Kentucky. We share skills, most resources, thoughts, labor and strive for collective sufficiency. We are anti-nuclear environmentalists struggling for change on a grass roots level while creating a supportive womonspace, learning new patterns, and reclaiming our self-expression.

Exploring our lives, we recognize how we affect/influence social/political/economic change, and how Feminist theory/action seeks to break down barriers of sexism, racism, classism, and agism which keep us isolated and weak. We base our relationships on collective responsibility and mutual support rather than on competition and in dividual isolation

Womyn, including womyn with children, considering an alternative lifestyle write: Sunnybrook Wimmins' Collective, Sunnybrook, Kentucky 42650. Send SASE.

FEMINIST ISSUES N.O.W. is a radio program broadcast from 7:30 to 8:00 a.m. every Sunday morning on WMMS and from 12:30 to 1:00 a.m. every Friday on WZAK. Ideas are welcome. Contact Julie Patterson at 581-8281 with advertising suggestions.

AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE and Mobilization for Survival sponsor a Vigil for Survival every Friday from noon to 1:00 at CEI, Public Square.

The FREE CLINIC is offering individual and group counseling for victims of incest on Tuesday evenings between 7:00 and 10:00 p.m. To make an appointment, call 721-4010 and say you want an appointment with Joyce Spencer or Jan Felixson. There are no fees or eligibility requirements at the Free Clinic (12201 Euclid Avenue).

WOMEN TOGETHER, INC., Cleveland's shelter house for battered women and their children, is selling beige T-shirts with royal blue printing: "Women are Together". Hanes T-shirts $5.00, French cut $7.50. Available at Coventry Books, 1824 Coventry Road, Appletree Books, 12419 Cedar Road, Sleeping Bee Art Gallery (in Ohlo City), East Side Food Coop, 11628 Euclid Avenue, and at Women Together's administrative office at the YWCA, 3201 Euclid Avenue. Your purchase helps to operate the shelter for battered women. For further into call Jan Ogline at 431-6267.

Make your old newspapers work to support a worthy community agency. Give them to the Head Help Paper Drive. The container will be parked daity at the Geauga-Market House on Rt. 306 just north of Rt. 322.

Displaced Homemakers (women who have lost the support they were dependent upon) can get help through the Displaced Homemakers Program at all campuses of Cuyahoga Community College. The program offers services to help women become "job ready" and self-supporting. No fees are charged. To be eligible, a person must have worked without pay as a homemaker for her family, had not been gainfully employed, and is at least 35 years old. Courses include how to find and keep a job, interviewing, community resources, and budgeting. Call the campus nearest you: Metro, 241-5966; Western, 845-4000, Ext. 250, Eastern, 464-1450, Ext. 275.

NOW Gay Women's Rap Group is an informal fap group meeting the 3rd Sunday of each month at 3:00 p.m. sharp. If you are tired of the bar scene and would like to meet with your sisters in a less destructive manner, contact Joye at 268-4308 or Kay at 761-8971 after 5 for more information. Picnic following the May meeting. All women are welcome.

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Must sell! 1974 Duster, mechanically guaranteed. One owner driver. 826-4264.

2 twin beds, one frame and bedding. Call Jan at 752-4811; 8:30-5:30 p.m., 475-0075 after 6 p.m.

Seventh Annual Women's Music Festival, May 29-June 1. Four days of sharing and learning, featuring concerts, workshops, jam sessions, open mikes, sales of women's merchandise, and a Saturday night dance. Gwen Avery, Meg Christian, Holly Near, Maxine Feldman, Terry Gartwaite, and Teresa Trull will be there. Will you? Write: P.O. Box 2721 wsw Sta A, Champaign, IL 61820.

Feminist Help Wanted to repair, develop farm in southeast Ohio. Goal: Feminist community and gathering place. Older women especially welcome. For information write: Mary, Rt. 1, Box 215, Millfield, Ohio 45761.

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