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Tenth Muse Productions, Inc. takes great pleasure in presenting Kate Clinton for her first Ohio performance on Saturday, October 16, at 8:00 p.m. at Bowman Hall, Lecture Room B on the Kent State University cam-pus. Kate calls herself a fumerist; that's feminist and humorist combined. Admission is $4.00. The hall is wheelchair accessible and the show will be interpreted in American Sign Language. On Sunday, October 17, at 2:00 p.m., Kate will conduct a workshop on "Women in Humor'' at Hillel House, 202 N. Lincoln. Kent. There is no charge for the workshop.but donations would be appreciated. For more information. phone 1-678-6665.

Á Celebration of Women and the Arts, showcasing talented and creative area women, will take place October 17 at 7:00 p.m. in the Stocker Center, Lorain County Community College, 1005 North Abbe Road. Elyria. The purpose of the Celebration is to benefit the Lorain County Arts Resource Program (ARP). Performing artists, including dancers, instrumentalists and actresses, will produce a 11⁄2 hour program. Food artists will prepare the edible arts for the intermission. Visual artists will display, their works at Stocker Center Gallery. For further information, call 323-7120 (Elyria) or 233-7767 (Lorain)... ..

Cleveland's first major cultural event in support of the growing movement against the nuclear weapons race will take place on October 17 at Severance Hall. Musicians Against Nuclear Arms (MANA) will perform in concert at 7:00 p.m.; Yoel Levi will conduct. Contralto Maureen Forrester, a frequent guest artist with major orchestras across the country, has agreed to perform with the ensemble, which includes more than 80 members of The Cleveland Orchestra who have volunteered their services. Proceeds will support the educational and outreach activities of both Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Cleveland Nuclear Weapons Freeze Campaign. For more information, call the Benefit Concert Office at 231-7221, or write Benefit Concert Office, 11424 Bellflower Road, Cleveland, Ohio 44106.

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Self-defense classes for women are being co-sponsored by WAVAW and the CWRU Women's Center. Classes last six weeks. The next session runs from October 26 to November 30 from 5:15 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. at the CWRU Thwing Center Spartan Room on the third floor. The instructor is Deborah McCormick and the cost is $10.00, more if you can, less if you can't, $1.00 minimum. Pre-registration is advisable. To register or for more information, contact CWRU Women's Center by calling 368-5032 or 368-2679 (leave message), at Thwing Center, 11111 Euclid Avenue. Room 110, or WAVAW, P.O. Box 5624, Cleveland, Ohio 44101.

The October 23 Women's Open House will be Open Mike night. If you have songs, poetry or comedy that you'd like to share with other women, this is the perfect opportunity. A P.A. system will be provided.. The Women's Open House is a coffeehouse held on the 4th Saturday of each month at 2728 Lancashire (off Coventry near Mayfield) in Cleveland Heights. We are open from 8:00 p.m. until midnight with music beginning at 9:00 p.m. Coffee, teas, juice and snacks are available, and a $1.50 donation is asked at the door. The Open House is non-profit and chemical free, and all women are welcome. For more-information, call 371-0483.

Are your ears ready for a change from disco and new wave? Are you ''in the mood to swing? Then come down to Satan's in Akron on Friday, October 22 or Saturday, October 23 for an evening of music with Flashback. Flashback features Swamp on lead vocals and plays a wide selection of swing, jazz and blues from the 1930's and 1940's. Other band members include Lisa Rainsong on piano, Mudslide on bass, and Karen "Flash" Fort on drums. From Billie Holliday and the Andrews Sisters to Bette Midler and the Pointer Sisters. Flashback will make your feet want to move to their up-tempo sound. Satan's is located at 839 Arlington Street in Akron. Taped dance music will be played between sets. For more information, call 221-1933 or 371-0483.

The Tenth Muse, Kent Women's Coffeehouse, will be celebrating our third anniversary on Saturday, November 6. The featured performer that evening will be singer-guitarist Valerie DePreist of Akron. Join us for an evening of fun, song and celebration, as The Tenth Muse heads into its fourth year. Doors open at 8:00. and music begins at 9:30. The Coffeehouse is located at 202 N. Lincoln Street in Kent.

Holly Near will appear in Cleveland on Sunday, November 7, at 7:00 p.m. at the Ford Auditorium, Allen Memorial Medical Library, 11000 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland. Accompanying Ms. Near will be Carrie Barton, bassist, and Adrienne Torf, pianist. The program will be ASL interpreted for the hearing impaired by Susanne Freudlich. Tickets are $7.00 in advance, $8.00 at the door, if available. $6.00 for students, and $3.00 under 12 and over 60. For work exchange, call Becky at 932-0977. Ticket outlets are Arabica at The Arcade, Coventry and Shaker Square, Coventry Books. Berea Books, Kent Community Book Store. Six Steps Down, and Hemming-Hulburt Booksellers. Out of town persons can mail orders to Oven Productions, P.O. Box 18175, Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44118. Checks should be made out to Oven Productions. For further information, call Becky Levin, 932-0977, or Mickey-Stern, 991-1780.

Guyettes. a three-person performance group, will perform at Spaces Gallery on November 13 at 8:00 p.m. Spaces is located at One Playhouse Square in Room 209. A performance by Chicago artist Sandra Binion will immediately follow. A $2.00 donation at the door will include both performances and a reception afterward. Spaces is a non-profit alternative gallery.

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On November 20 an evening of films by and about women and lesbians will be presented, either at the Tenth Muse Coffeehouse or on the Kent State University campus, with local and national film-makers represented. Watch for more details or call 1-678-6665 for more information.

Join with L.I.G.H.T. for Casino Night (cards only) at the GEAR Foundation Building, 2641 West 14th Street, at 8:00 p.m. on December 4. No cover charge. BYOB with mixers and munchies provided. Donations requested. Your hostesses for the evening will be Char, Dianne and Fran. Space is limited, so reserve your spot at the table by calling 621-3380 evenings between 7:00 and 11:00 p.m.

January 22, 1983 will be the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion. PCAC is planning a special Big Event, including the annual January 22 demonstration outside the Right-to-Life Committee's "Memorial to the Fetus". Following the demonstration, Kristen Lems will hold a concert for us at Cleveland Stae University.

Baldwin-Wallace College will again sponsor its Best World Film Series Group for the 1982-83 academic year on Friday evenings at 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. The autumn quarter emphasis is on women. On October 22, the film will be "Gal Young 'Un,'' about a Florida backwoods widow and a young bootlegger/con man who marries her during Prohibition and then gets his comeuppance for betraying her. The November 5 film will be "The Second Awakening of Christa Klages," about an earthy, unconventional woman on the run for robbing a bank to get rent money for her daycare center. For more information, call the B-W Office of College Relations at 826-2325.

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Sweet Honey in the Rock will perform on Friday, October 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom of the Student Union, Bowling Green State Univer sity, Bowling Green, Ohio with Shirley Johnson, interpreter for the hear-** ing impaired. The concert is produced by Women for Women. Tickets are $8.50 general admission, $15.00 contributing and $25.00 sponsor, and are available at the door. For low income tickets contact the Women's Center at 372-2281. Free child care will be provided.

Perfect in her Place, an exhibition tracing the contribution of women's labor, sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution, will begin its national tour at the First National Bank, Fort Dodge, IA from September 4-October 3. The exhibition will be at the Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, MD, from October 23-November 21, and at the Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation, Wilmington, DE, from January 29-February 27, 1983. For further information, contact Elleen Harakal, Public Affairs Officer, or Judith Cox, Exhibition Coordinator, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C. 20580, (202) 357-3168.

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