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The February Women's Open House will be held Saturday, February 28, at 1651 Glenmont Road in Cleveland Heights. Featured this month will be an evening of music with harpist Christine Miller. The doors open at 8 p.m. and music will begin at 9 p.m. The Open House is a chemical-free space, and we will have coffee, teas, juice, and delicious home-made snacks available. For more information or directions, please call 371-0483.

Hard Hatted Women and Coalition of Labor Union Woman will present the Cleveland premiere of the award-winning documentary, "Rosie the Riveter," in a benefit showing on March 1 at 2:00 p.m. in Room 6, University Center, Cleveland State University. For more information call 696-6967.

"'TGIF" Party. The "Thank the Goddess It's Feminist Party will be held on March 6 from 6:00 to 12:00 p.m. at the Georgetown Condominiums Party House, 35 Menlo Park Drive (Off W. Market/Rt. 18) in Akron. Food will be furnished with a cash bar and entertainment will be by Mudslide and Rainsong. This is being presented by Akron NOW and OCAP and the procedes will go to bring Judy Chicago's Dinner Party to N.E. Ohio. Tickets are $2.50.

International Women's Day is March 8. It began in New York City in 1908 when socialist garment workers, fed up with intolerable sweatshop conditions, demonstrated in support of equal pay, childcare, an end to degrading working conditions and for the right to vote. Clara Zetkin, the leading German revolutionary feminist, was so moved by the heroism and struggles of these garment workers that she called upon the Socialist International to proclaim March 8 Working Women's Day. From then on, revolutionary feminists have supported International Working Women's Day as a tribute to women's stuggles of the past, to the movement of today and to our future victories.

In Cleveland there will be a potluck dinner on March 8 at 5:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Society, 2728 Lancashire Road in Cleveland Heights. Please bring a dish for six. Women from People United AgainstRepression will speak about International Women's Day and some of the important strikes and struggles which have taken place in the area. At 8:00 p.m., the highly acclaimed film "Rosie the Riveter" will be shown. A party will follow. The film costs $1.50.

This year it is with special pleasure that we invite women to celebrate both Women's History Week and the anniversary of Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party (to be exhibited in Cleveland from May through July). The anniversary celebration will be held Sunday, March 15, at 4:00 p.m. at 2953 Berkshire Road, Cleveland Heights. It will be a potluck dinner. This is part of the ongoing work of women to create symbols and rituals that will empower us as women.

On April 4 at 8:00 p.m., Oven Productions will present an evening of International Folk Dancing at the First English Lutheran Church, 2419 Euclid Hts. Blvd. (corner of Derbyshire). Mickey Stern will teach easy and enjoyable dances from around the world. The proceeds from the event will go toward sponsoring the Natalle Barney plate in Judy Chicago's Dinner Party. Natalie Barney ran a salon in early 20th Century Paris which provided an important environment for the growth of women's culture. Tickets are $3 at the door and $1 for those under 12 or over 60 years of age. The public is warmly invited, so come and kick up your heels with us.!

Arts

The Ohio-Chicago Art Project, Inc., a non-profit organization, plans to bring Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party to Cleveland in the spring of 1981 contingent on a successful fundraising campaign. The proposed dates and site for the planned Midwest premiere will be May through July at 3130 Mayfield Road (formerly the Temple on the Heights), at Lee and Mayfield in Cleveland Heights. This exciting exhibit has been shown in only four American cities: San Francisco, Houston, Boston and New York.

The Ohio-Chicago Art Project honorary chairperson, State Rep. Mary 0. Boyle, has pledged her support for bringing The Dinner Party to Cleveland Heights. Community support and major fundraising efforts are currently under way and will be critical to the success of bringing The Dinner Party to Ohlo. Volunteers.are needed. For further information oall Mickey Stern, 991-1780, in Cleveland, or Jean Gappert, 375-7325 or 253-9197, in Akron.

"Dances by Diane Gray," a New York based modern dance company, will be performed on Saturday, March 7, at 8:30 p.m. in Kulas Auditorium at John Carroll University under the sponsorship of the Cleveland Modern Dance Association. A native of Painesville, Diane Gray performed with the Martha Graham Company as a principal dancer for eight years and is currently on the faculty of the Martha Graham School. Tickets and information may be obtained by calling the Cleveland Modern Dance 'Association at 231-7316.

On Sunday, March 8. at 2:00 p.m. the Gear Foundation will sponsor a "Theatre Outing" to Fairmount Theater of the Deaf's production of "'The Miser". Call 932-2573 for reservations. Fairmount Theater of the Deaf is located at Coventry and-Euclid Heights Boulevard.

The Tenth Muse, the Women's Coffeehouse of Kent, in cooperation with the All Campus Programming Board of Kent State University, is proud to present Therese Edell for one night only, Saturday, March 14, 1981. beginning at 8 p.m. The evening's program of song will feature Therese Edell's spellbinding performance accompanied by multitalented musician Betsy Lippitt. Edell will sing in the KIVA at the Kent State Student Center. Tickets are on advance sale at the KSU Student Center Box Office, The Tenth Muse, and Coventry Books in Cleveland Heights. Prices are $2.50 for KSU students in advance, and $3.00 for all others and KSU students at the door. The KIVA is accessible to the handicapped. For more information, please contact 1-678-7850 or 1-678-6665.

The Marian McPartland Jazz Trio will perform Saturday, March 28, at 8:30 p.m. in the Cleveland on Stage series at John Carroll University. Ms. McPartland has always been supportive of women in the performing arts and is currently writing a book for Oxford Press on women in jazz. Dr. Rosemary Snow, lecturer of Fine Arts at John Carroll, will give a preperformance lecture on "Women in Jazz". Ticket prices start as low as $4.50 and can be obtained through the box office at 491-4428.

Music by Women, a group of women who have begun to plan monthly drug-free events to share with all women, present an evening of music and dancing on Saturday, March 28, 1981, at the Metro YWCA, 3201 Euclid Avenue, at 7:30 p.m. in conjunction with the Metro YWCA. Cost is $2.50, more if you can, less if you can't. Free child care. Women only. Access for the physically challenged woman. This event is limited to women who consciously choose to come and participate in a drugand alcohol-free environment. The evening will include such local women artists as Deb Adler, Vickie Ganger and Abbie Linhart, plus good dance music.

The Tenth Muse, Kent Women's Coffeehouse, is pleased to announce its spring session of events. The doors open at 8 p.m. and entertainment begins at 9:30. A $1 donation is requested. The Muse is located at 202 N. Lincoln St. in Kent behind the Hillel House. For further information or directions call Bonnie at 1-678-6665 or Pat at 1-678-7850.

Saturday, March 7-Gall Coleman Saturday, March 21-Open Mike!

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Saturday, April 4-Brenda Walker and Jamie Regallis Also watch for special Muse events. More information soon!

Organizational Notes

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

DIGNITY, an organization for Catholic and other Christian gay women and man, 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.

Feminist Writers Guild meets the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Cleveland Heights Public Library, 2345 Lee Road, or you may contact Pat at 791-0311 (eves) or Jan at 475-0075 (eves).

For the seventh consecutive year the FREE CLINIC will unite its efforts with CWRU Medical School to provide an Afternoon Clinic at the Free Clinic. The clinic will provide routine pelvic exams and pap tests, family planning, pregnancy testing, and treatment of vaginal infections and sexually transmitted diseases.

The purposes of the clinic are: 1) to provide people with quality medical care, education and counseling related to their specific needs; and d2) 10 provide second year medical students with an introduction to the 'sensitive issues involved in performing male and female genital exams and talking with people about sexual matters.

-Appointments are available for Monday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons from January 26 through mid-April 1981. Please call 721-4010 after 2:30 p.m. and ask for Martha, Mary or Susie.

The Women's Coordinating Committee of the GEAR Foundation, Lesbians in GEAR Hanging Together (LIGHT), meets on the second Wednesday of every month at the Gay Community Center, 1012 Sumner Court. All are welcome. LIGHT has organized two rap groups: Women with Women (a safe place where women can begin to explore their sexual identities) which meets the 3rd Monday of every month, and an open drop-in group which meets the 1st Monday of every month.

A White Elephant Sale will take place at the Community Center on Saturday and Sunday, May 23 and 24 from 12 noon to 8 p.m. Contact the GEAR Foundation, 621-6546, for more information.

interested in helping to serve the Cleveland Gay Community? The Gay Hotline needs volunteers to help staff the operation. Training for new volunteers consists of four classes, an interview, and on-the-job training with a senior volunteer. If you can help in this important and worthwhile work, please call the Gay Hotline, 621-3380, and leave your name and phone number. One of the Hotline Coordinators will get in touch with you.