Gay Pride

Gay and Lesbian Pride Week in Cincinnati will take place June 11-19. This is the fifth annual celebration of Pride Week in Cincinnati, and many events are planned, Including Gay and Lesbian Bay at Kings Island and a Pride Rally. For information, write Pride Week Committee, P.O. Box 19158, Cincinnati, Ohio 45219, or call Joe Uhrig, (513) 381-5354 or (513) 851-3326.

Lesbian and Gay Pride Week will be celebrated in Pittsburgh June 24-26, with a weekend of culture, politics and outrageous fun. All events are open to the public. Overnight accommodations are available to visitors by reservation only. All events are on a donation basis. Contact Rebecca Crystal, 3802 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15260, or call (412) 276-6953.

The Columbus Gay Pride Parade will be held Sunday, June 26, beginning at 1:00 p.m. at Goodale Park. Speakers at the rally will include Larry Bush, writer, Joan Rourke, Ohio NOW, and perhaps some surprises. For information, write Stonewall Union, P.O. Box 8355-A, Columbus, Ohio 43201, or call (614) 299-7764.

Ohlo Lesbian/Gay Network will have a booth at the Ohio State Fair, August 5-21. Donations are needed to cover the cost of the booth, $1,600. Also, people are needed to staff the booth daily, 10 to 10. Send your contribution to OLGN, P.O. Box 8393, Columbus, Ohio 43201. To volunteer time, call the GEAR Hotline in Cleveland, 621-3380, and leave a name and phone number where you can be reached in the evening.

The Yellow Page, serving Greater Cincinnati's gay and lesbian community, will host its second River Cruise August 6. The party boat will depart for two and a half hours of cruising along the Ohio River. The cost is $10.00 per person. Send your name, Complete address and check to The Yellow Page, P.O. Box-5009, Cincinnati, Ohio 45205. For further information, call (513) 851-3326. Tickets will be sent by return mail.

Outdoors

The Land Project is presently a group of 13 women, some of whom came together intially in June 1975 with the goal of owning land in the country. We presently own 20 acres of land in Northwest Pennsylvania (near Pymatuning Lake). It has an unfinished but livable house, a barn, pond, meadow and woods. We are interested in sharing the land with other women. In order to do this, we'd like to have two open weekends this summer. The dates we those are the weekends of June 18-19 and July 30-31. Plans are to leave Cleveland Saturday morning and return Sunday evening. We would provide food, a sleeping space and transportation for a fee of $20.00. There would be structured and free time. We want to limit the number of women on each weekend to 15, feeling that's about all the space could handle. We do not want alcohol, drugs or pets brought to the land, and there is no smoking indoors. Tent camping is available, but you must bring your own tent. There is plumbing, electricity and a phone. Registration deadline is one week before each weekend. Fill out the form below, and mall to Land Project, 2953 Berkshire, Cleveland Hts, Ohio 44118.

Registration

Name

Day Phone

Land Project Open Weekends

Weekend Choice:(June, July) 1.

Can you drive?

Night Phone

How many can you take?

Are you part of a group that would like to come together?

If so, how many in the group?

Return form to: Land Project, c/o 2953 Berkshire Rd., Cleveland Heights, OH 44118.

Mountain Meadow Country Experience will offer a feminist summer camp for girls ages 8-16, July 10-August 5 in South Central Pennsylvania. Write to Mountain Meadow Country Experience, 3736 Kanawha Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20015.

We are forming a group of wimmin to share and learn outdoor sklls. We are feminist and ecologically oriented. For further information as to meeting dates and times, call Maxine, 381-2339, or Judy, 371-5916.

Tower Press of New York City will publish 30,000 copies of the 1983 Lesbian and Gay Pride Guide Resource Directory in June. This free resource directory has been published since 1981 and includes advertising, lesbian and gay resources, an expanded calendar of events and significant editorial content on the subject of "Information Delivery in the 1980's'' A variety of articles will be included addressing the theme as it relates to such topics as health care, legal services, employment, entertainment, relationships, switchboard referrals and political action. Individual copies may be requested for $2.50 (to cover postage and handling). The check or money order should be made payable to Tower Press and sent to Pride Guide '83, Tower Press, 20 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010. For further information, contact Susan Horowitz or Richard Drezen at (212) 989-6615.

Workshops and Conferences

The National Women's Music Festival, to be held this year in Bloomington, Indiana from June 3-5, is featuring some special events for women who are involved in the business aspects of women's music. For performers, a special series of workshops and meetings is planned, some of which will be facilitated by Alix Dobkin. For producers and distributors, there will be a structured series of workshops and meetings. For all participants in the "Music Industry Conference,'' there will be opportunities to meet with various women involved in the various aspects of conceptualizing, promoting, developing, distributing and creating the women's music/culture circuit. Further information about the "Music Industry Conference" can be obtained from Toni Armstrong, (312) 274-2396; 1321 W. Rosedale, Chicago, IL 60660. General details about the music festival, registration materials, list of performers who will appear on the night stage, etc., can be obtained from National Women's Music Festival, P.O. Box 1568, Bloomington, IN 47402, (317) 253-9104.

▼ Lesbians Changing Lesbian Lives, a workshop on your life by Denslow Brown, will take place on Monday, June 20, from 6-10 p.m. sponsored by the Women's Wholistic Center at 3130 Mayfield Road. Denslow has been an organizer and counsellor in the women's community as well as a consultant in time and financial management. She will share successful methods for financial survival, for moving through the stress of major changes, for turning guilt into action and for living a life of personal satisfaction. The fee is based on a sliding scale from $10-$25. To preregister, call 321-8582. The group may continue to meet as an ongoing support group for 5 weeks without a facilitator or fee. The group is limited to 8 women.

Conflict Resolution for Lesbians, sponsored by the Women's Wholistic Center and presented by Denslow Brown (see above), will take place on Tuesday, June 21, from 7-9 p.m. for $3.50 (more if you can, less if you can't). This will be a discussion workshop for individuals and organizations to learn mediation techniques, legal options and psychic skills. Call 321-8582 for more information.

Barbara Hammer, feminist filmmaker extraordinaire, will give an exciting filmmaking workshop at Rootworks, women's land in the mountains of Southern Oregon, from July 7-14. For further information, including the cost for this workshop, send an SASE to Ovular Photography, 2000 King Mountain Trail, Sunny Valley, OR 97497-9799.

The fifth annual National Coalition Against Sexual Assault Conference will take place July 27-30, 1983, at the Sheraton-Ritz Hotel in Minneapolis. Minnesota, and is designed for persons interested in the issues of personal violence or those who work with the survivors of sexual assault. The more than forty workshops will cover such areas as working with the elderly, child sexual abuse, positive use of power in females, health sexuality and religious issues. Approximate cost for four nights lodging. registration, breakfast and lunches is $145.00 (triple occupancy). Basic registration without hotel accommodations is $75.00. Deadline for preregistration is July 1. For futher information, contact Mary Anderson, Conference Planning Assistant, (612) 296-9908.

The 8th International Conference of Gay and Lesbian Jews will be held in Miami, Florida, August 4-7. For registration information, write to The 8th International Conference Committee, Metropolitan Community Synagogue of Greater Miami, 19094 West Dixie Highway, North Miami Beach, Florida 33180, or call (305) 931-9318 or (305) 756-6600.

Lesbians of Color will sponsor a four-day National Lesbians of Color Conference at Cottontail Ranch, Malibu, California, the weekend of September 8-11. The theme of the conference is "Sisters Bonding Together." Lesbians of color was founded in 1978 and since its inception has been self-supporting. However, the conference needs financial support. Women from all parts of the country will be attending, and we need funds for special needs such as transportation and scholarships. For more information or to make a donation, please write to National Women of Color Conference Committee, P.O. Box 2344, Los Angeles, CA 90051, or contact Selket at (213) 738-7078, Ntianu at (213) 701-5697, or Claudette at (213) 291-7950.

The Midwives' Alliance of North America (MANA) will hold its first international convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 7-9. The theme of the conveniton will be "The Birth of an Organization." Workshops will focus on grass-roots organizing, legislative strategies for midwives, and priorities for the development of the profession of midwifery. The keynote speaker will be Barbara Katz Rothman, author of "In Labor". For further information, contact Carole Leonard, 30 South Main, Concord, N.H. 03301, or call (603) 225-9586.