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Cleveland Abortion Rights Action League (CARAL) will once again sponsor an ad signed by supporters of the right to choose, to appear in the Plain Dealer January 22, 1982, the 9th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. The ad warns of the threat of an anti-abortion amendment to the Constitution. Cost to sign the ad is $3.50 for individuals and $20 for organizations. Those who prefer not to use their names may sign "A Friend. Parent, Nurse, etc. for Choice". To Sign, send a check to CARAL, 439 The Arcade. Cleveland 44114. Please print your name as you would like it listed. For more information, call CARAL: 522-0169..

Singers and musical performers are now being sought by The Tenth Muse Collective to perform at the Kent coffeehouse. Interested, women should call 1-678-6665 or 1-673-8074 for more information.

Do you ever have fantasies of acting, singing, dancing on the stage to the cheers of a friendly female population? Can you sew or help contruct props? What about that skif you always wanted to write? Once again, Oven Productions would like to invite women to participate in the Seventh Annual Variety Show. Every year since 1975 local women have performed in a variety show consisting of comedy, skits, music, poetry, dance, and assorted performing arts. No particular skills or talent are required except a desire to perform or volunteer and a willingness to cooperate with a group. We encourage performances that are not too serious in tone and that are appropriate for a feminist audience. Oven Productions supplies the hall and the technical expertise and support, and Cleveland women provide the show, which will be held February 20, 1982. We ask that women who are interested in performing, writing skits, volunteering, etc., attend a series of open planning meetings to be held at 1651 Glenmont, Cleveland Heights, at 7:30 p.m. on January 3, 10 and 24. Please come and tell us your plans for your knock-out act. Groups who are planning ahead need only send a spokeswoman if they wish.

The Second Annual Voices of Strong Wimmin Arts Festival is now in the planning stages in Cincinnati. To volunteer or for more information, contact Phebe or Vic c/o OINAH, P. O. Box 1485, Cincinnati, OH 45201.

Female career workers wanted (age thirties through fiffies) to participate in research on women working full-time outside the home. Write for questionnaire. Responses confidential. Mary Lynn Crow, Ph.D., UTA Box 19359, The University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas 76019.

The Volunteer Projects component of Wemen Together, Inc. is conducting an on-going volunteer recruitment campaign to better serve battered women. Women Together needs volunteers in the areas of childcare, crisis-line phone service, support group facilitation, direct service counseling, and public speaking. Requirements are that volunteers be sensitive to the needs of women, particularly battered women. Experience is helpful, but not mandatory. We offer training in each area of service. Interested volunteers may call Fay Grinage at Women Together, 431-6267. Office hours are from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Deb "D.J." Adler, who appeared as the opening act for Holly Near at KSU, founded Ariana Productions in June 1981 for the purpose of producing her first full-length stereo cassette tape. Deb seeks financial support for production costs. If you are able to contribute or wish to discuss a long-term, low-interest loan, please contact D.J. Adler, c/o Ariana Productions, P.O. Box 91010, Cleveland, Ohio 44101, or call 371-9820.

Literary Opportunities

An Encyclopedia of Cleveland History is being prepared under the sponsorship of several area universities and historical societies. Emphasis will be placed on why and how major changes have taken place, particularly in the twentieth century. The project needs suggestions of significant women in Cleveland or significant contributions involving women in Cleveland that should be covered in the encyclopedia. Some topics being covered include architecture, communications, education, economy, science, arts and literature, health, labor, politics, law, religion and sports. You may direct your ideas, as soon as possible, to Esther Rosenberg, Project Coordinator, Department of History, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

Interested in journalism or helping to serve the gay community?. High Gear is in need of reporters, writers, and layout workers. Classes will be held for those interested in working on the newspaper.

For articles on the lesbian-feminist experience, write to the LasblanFeminist Studies Clearinghouse (LFSC), whose purpose it is to explore and study all segments of the lesbian-feminist community, especially third world lesbians. The LFSC is especially Interested in hearing from women who work and write off campus, or beyond academe entirely. A major activity of the LFSC calls for the sharing of information and publications. New articles are currently being solicited. For a brochure describing available materials, and to submit new work, write to the LesbianFeminist Studies Clearinghouse, Women's Studies Program, 1012 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

A GEAR Foundation Cook Book is being planned. If you have any culinary and epicurean delights you would like to share for publication, please submit them to The GEAR Foundation Cook Book, P.O. Box 6177, Cleveland, Ohio 44101. Include your name and address for contact by one of our food editors. All types of recipes, menu plans, etc., are needed. Any and all contributions are welcomed.

Kentucky Collection of Lesbian Herstory is a committee of the Spiral Wimmin's Land Cooperative. The focus of the Archives is to gather materials and to continue networking. In order to do this, the Archives needs both money and donations of materials. For more information, send a selfaddressed stamped envelope (an extra stamp or two) to: KCLH, c/o iandras moontree, P.O. Box 264, Monticello, Kentucky 42633.

Helen Forelle, author of Conversations in a Clinic, is working on a sequel, recording the thoughts and emotions of women after they have had an abortion. Anyone who has had an abortion is urged to participate by writing her feelings or recording them on a cassette tape and mailing them to Helen at P.O. Box 326, Harrisburg, So. Dakota 57032. Your identity is not needed and you are asked to omit it from your correspondence. The statements will be used at meetings and will be edited for Inclusion in a pro-choice pamphlet to counteract misleading and exaggerated claims by so-called ''pro-life" activists. If you are willing to say, "I had an abortion, I don't regret it, and I've had no adverse physical or emotional effects from it," please take the time to write.

The GEAR Foundation will be publishing a Literary Anthology sometime in the near future. All contributions (prose, poetry, music, cartoons, artwork, etc.) should be sent to the GEAR Foundation Literary Anthology, P.O. Box 6177, Cleveland, Ohio 44101, attention: Lavender Rich. All contributions should carry a name and address for contact by one of the editors and a name to be used for publication crèdits. All material used shall be released to the GEAR Foundation and shall remain the property of the GEAR Foundation.

Volume III of the Guide to Research in Women's Studies in Language and Literature, sponsored by the Modern Language Association's Divison of Women's Studies, consists of annotated bibliographies of women writers in several languages. The annotations are short and must be completed by March 1982. For more information about the Hispanic sections write to Diane Marting, 341 Somerset Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. For information about other languages or the overall project, write to Luciana Csak!, 409 West 62 Street, Kansas City, MO 64113.

Materials are being collected to update the "Childbearing" section of Our Bodies, Ourselves which will be published in a revised edition in 1983. We invite you to tell us about your pregnancies and births. The experiences need not be recent. Phone (617) 547-2749 or (617) 969-8444 or wrile Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Inc.. Box 192, West Somerville, MA 02144.

Twenty-two new articles and reprints are now available from the LesbianFeminist Study Clearinghouse, a non-profit clearinghouse established in 1978 to foster and publicize the study of lesbian experience from a feminist perspective. LFSC functions as an exchange mechanism for the sharing of Lesbian-Feminist vision, perspectives, and scholarship. The Clearinghouse seeks to represent the voices of all segments of the Lesbian-Feminist community, especially Third World Lesbians and women working and writing in settings other than "academia". Most of the Important work and thinking is done in the community, in our political and cultural projects, and in our lives; LFSC exists mainly to share material and writing based on this work. While women's studies or Lesbian-Feminist ''academic" work is still encouraged and solicited, it is a priority for 1981 and beyond that LFSC reflect community-based perspectives and Issues. Highest on the list are materials and articles related to racism.

For a brochure, write to L.F.S.C./Women's Studies Program, 1012 Cathedral of Learning, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

Spinsters, Ink will be reading manuscripts from February 1 to April 30. 1982, for selection of two books to be published by the fall of 1982. We are interested in poetry and prose, fiction or non-fiction, material which could be published either in pamphlet or book form. We encourage women of all races. ages and backgrounds to submit their work. Please include SASE and send to Spinsters. Ink.. R.D. 1. Argyle, NY 12809.

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