November

Rainseng & Mudside will be performing Saturday, November 7, at the Together Coffeehouse, and Saturday, November 21, at the Tenth Muse Coffeehouse. Driginal feminist music combining jazz, pop and blues--also humorous and instrumental pieces. The Together Coffeehouse is at the Gay Community Center, 2841 West 14th St., with music beginning at 8:30. The Tenth Muse is located at 202 N. Lincoln behind the Hillel House near Kent State. For more information call 371-0483.

The Women's Open House series of monthly coffeehouses will open its second season on Saturday, October 24, at 1651 Glenmont Road, Cleveland Heights, from 8:00 p.m. until midnight. Back by popular demand are Janice and Judee Dzigiel from Kent. This Open House will feature a raffle with prizes such as a digital watch, engraving pens, frozen yogurt pies and more. As usual, coffee, teas, juice and snacks will be available from the gourmet kitchen.

The Open House collective is in the process of locating nonresidential spaces for future events. We're interested in hearing from anyone with ideas. We are also looking for women musicians and other artists and performers who would like to share their talents in an informal, supportive environment.

The Women's Open House provides a relaxed, chemical-free social space for all women., A $1.00 donation is asked at the door for the entertainment. For more information, call 371-0483.

Last November 16, 2500 women from all over the Northeast came to Washington, D.C. for the Women's Pentagon Action. We held workshops and on November 17 surrounded the Pentagon. Some 150 women were arrested blocking the entrances.

The Women's Pentagon Action, a growing web of local groups from Maine to North Carolina, has set November 15-16 for our return to the Pentagon. This date is close to the anniversaries of the deaths of Karen Silkwood and Yulande Ward. It's an appropriate time for women to gather again in Washington. We will create new sisterhood confronting the Pentagon with the full range of its crimes through our ritual, our demonstration of our strength, our civil disobedience.

All women in the geographic area are welcome and needed in planning and participating in this action. Women in other areas might want to organize supporting actions. If so, contact the Women's Pentagon Action at 339 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10002 (212-254-4961), or P.O. Box 9306, Washington, D.C. 20005 (202-483-4284).

Cervical Cap (continued from page 11) escape. One woman in the study has had the cap in place continuously for over two years with no ill effects. To become part of the study, you must fit very specific criteria. For more information, write to Dr. Goepp, DDS, the Zoller Clinic, University of Chicago, 950 East 59th Street, Chicago, ILL 60637, or call 312-947-6051. If you would like more information on the cervical cap in general, you may call Suzi Pare, a nurse practitioner at the Cleveland Free Clinic between 3:00 and 10:00 p.m. weekdays (721-4010).

While the cervical cap may not be the last word on birth control, it is a viable option that should be accessible. It is a credit to women's health centers and other concerned medical people that, despite the opposition of the FDA and drug companies, women are asserting their control of contraceptive choices.

day and evening sessions

L.I.G.H.T. will be sponsoring a New Year's Eve Party, for women only, at 3130 Mayfield Road. Deb Adler will perform at 9:00 p.m., disco at 10:00 p.m. Buffet starts at 11:00 p.m. with complimentary champagne at midnight. Cash bar throughout the evening. More details next month..

Events

Cleveland Abortion Rights Action League tal fundraiser will be a hayride-and you have your choice of nights! On Friday, October 2, Friday, October 9, and Saturday, October 31, the hayride will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., followed by a bonfire from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. On Saturday. October 3, and Saturday, October 31, there will be a hayride from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. and a bonfire from 10:00 to midnight. The cost is $6.00 per person, which includes the hayride, bonfire, food and beverage at the bonfire. The hayrides will be at Seidel's Fun Farm, 21819 Westwood Drive, Strongsville. Tickets are available at the CARAL office, Room 439, The Arcade, or call 621-8224.

A Symposium on Feminist Studies in Literature will be held at the University of Minnesota on October 23-24. A lecture by Adrienne Rich on October 23 will be open to the public. For information, write Symposium on Feminist Studies in Literature, Department of English, Lind Hall, 207 Church St., SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455.

A Weekend Writing Retreat will take place October 9-11 on the Massachusetts South Shore. The workshop fee of $50.00 includes writing and recreation, discussion, open reading, good food and softball. Grounds fee is $12. Call Beth Hodges to register Monday through Thursday evenings, (617) 524-3169.

Morning Seminar, an informal discussion group, invites everyone who enjoys controversy, intellectual stimulation, and thought-provoking new ideas to join us. We meet Thursday mornings from 9:00a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the West Shore Unitarian Church, 20401 Hilliard Road, Rocky River, in the Fireside Room. Cost is $1.50 per session. An excellent nursery school program is provided for children ages 2-5 at a charge of $.50 per child. Babysitting for infants and toddlers is also provided.

On October 29, we will meet with Judge Ann McMapamon of the Court of Common Pleas, who will share her experiences as a wife, mother and professional woman. On November 12, Pamela Knight, acting coordinator of Capital University Without Walls, will speak about "Prior Learning, Adult Student Returning and Record Keeping Now for Future Use". This is an opportunity for many of us to learn that there is a flexible alternative for furthering our formal education.

WomenSpace and the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Department of Community Services will offer a series of eight workshops for women thinking of returning to work. October workshops are:

October 15-"Introduction: Women in Employment," WomenSpace, Cleveland Women Working.

October 22-"Career and Family," Prill Goldthwait, RENEW. October 29-"How to Ohoose," Carol Humphrey: Dyke College.

All workshops are 9:30 to 11:00 a.m., at the First Baptist Church, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Cleveland Heights. Daycare available. Fees are $37 for the entire series and $6 for an individual session. For more information call Sarah. Spengler, 696-6967, or Adele Eisner, at Cleveland Heights-University Heights Community Services, 371-7406.

}

•

The Legal and Economic Aspects of Divorce, a workshop given by Cleveland Women's Counsel (CWC) and the WomenFocus Program at Cuyahoga Community College., will take place on Saturday, October 3, at the CCC Western Campus, on Saturday, November 7, at the Metro Campus, and on Saturday, December 5, at the Eastern Campus. The sessions will run from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and cost $10. Information will be presented on a variety of subjects relating to divorce, including basic divorce procedures, selecting and working with an attorney, property settlements, child support, alimony, tax considerations, credit, and the economics of being single. All workshops will be run by an attorney and a social worker. For further information, contact Erma Boykin, WomenFocus, 464-1450, Ext. 3054, or Cleveland Women's Counsel, 321-8587.

Attention: Women interested in playing Flag Football. We will meet through September and October (weather permitting) on Sunday mornings at 11:00 a.m. in the parking lot of Forest Hills Park (near Lee and Monticello) in Cleveland Heights. Come prepared-bring whatever you need (ball, knee pads, a conditioned body). Safety first-we want no injuries. This is a friendly, mellow yet competitive on-going game.

Thursday, October 22, Bond Court Hotel

1981

WOMEN AT WORK EXPOSITION

child care available

call WomenSpace for information and to register + 696-6967

وم