APRIL 16, 1993 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 19

MARCH ON WASHINGTON

Tips for a smoother March weekend

Before you go:

Check with your group and see if you need to bring any kind of matching clothing or accessories.

Make a sign.

Find out where your friends are staying and

make plans to meet. Don't wait until you get to D.C. to "run into" each other, you might never see them in the crowd. Bring this center section of the Chronicle for a list of events.

On the way:

Avoid stopping at unattended rest stops. The Cleveland MOW committee reports that right-wing groups are planning harassment at these locations. Stop at Turnpike plazas with restaurants.

When you arrive:

Pick up an official program. They will be distributed all over town. It contains valuable information about the March and Rally.

Remember that restaurants will be stretched to capacity and may have waits of several hours.

Look for the "I Support the March" signs in the windows of community-friendly stores and restaurants.

The Metro:

Buy a Metro farecard when you arrive! These are dispensed by machines in the subway stations. D.C. Metro also will have portable farecard machines set up at the drop-off points for arriving MOW

buses. The Metro bus and rail system in DC is very easy to use.

If you arrive before Sunday, buy a farecard right away and put enough extra money on it to last you through Sunday. Farecard machines will have huge lines on Sunday.

If you are coming by bus, buy several of the Metro $2 passes at the bus parking lot. If you are driving, park at a Metro station in the suburbs where you'll find easier parking and fewer people on the train. Avoid the Smithsonian Metro subway station, which is nearest to the National Mall rally site. Everyone else will be lined up there. Use another downtown stop such as Federal Triangle, Archives, Judiciary Square or L'Enfant Plaza. Don't plan to rendezvous with someone at a Metro station because of the crush of thousands of people at a time. (But there's no harm in looking for Someone there!) The day of the March

Eat early or plan to bring food. You will probably be at the March until 6 pm. Then it will be several hours wait at most restaurants.

Plan to arrive at the Kickoff Site near the Washington Monument as early as possible. The Kickoff Site will have entertainment from 9 am on. The March is scheduled to start at noon. Although it will take several hours for all marchers to step off, arriving early will avoid the transportation snarl that the flood of marchers will create.

Ohio speakers are scheduled for 11 am at

the Kickoff Site.

When you arrive, look for the signs to locate your contingent. See what stepoff number they are assigned on the list on page 20, or in the March program. The Rally stage near the Capitol will go from 1 to 6 pm.

The Names Project will be open from 10 am to 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday, on the Mall at 14th St.

See you there!

Some weekend highlights:

The display of the Names Project Quilt is going to be different this year. It will start at 10 am on Saturday as 240 sections of signature squares--no panels--laid out in the pattern of the first Quilt display in Washington for the 1987 March. It will grow from zero panels at 10 am on Saturday to the number of new ones that are brought to the Mall over the weekend. More than 2,000 new panels are expected. They will be immediately pinned to the signature squares so that it will become a growing piece of folk art. The new approach is to call attention to the growing number of AIDS deaths, and also to commemorate the first display which contained 1,920 panels.

Bring your finished panel, or come to view the display, between 10 am and 6 pm on Saturday and Sunday, on the Mall at 14th St.

Don't forget the Wedding, an interfaith commitment ceremony, officiated by Rev. Troy Perry of the Universal Fellowship of MCC. It's Saturday at 11 am at the IRS

Building, Constitution Ave between 10th and 11th Sts, just north of the Mall. A reception follows at 12:30 pm at Tracks, 1111 1st St, SE.

The Dyke March leaves Dupont Circle at 7 pm on Saturday night, passing the White House and ending in a 9 pm rally at the Washington Monument; all women are invited.

Several major dances to support the March on Washington committee are being held. "Freedom Reigns" starts at 8 pm Saturday at the DC Armory. The "Gay Rights Dance" is Saturday from 9pm-3 am at the Washington Hilton. "Freedom Rings" dance is Sunday night 8:46 pm2:01 am at the Washington Hilton. Other groups are hosting dances and parties all weekend long; check the schedule of events.

If you bring children, there is an area set up at the Smithsonian Carousel for diaper changing, playing with your child and meeting other parents.

The monthly gay national public television series In the Life will be at the March with five cameras and will broadcast highlights later this season.

Lambda Rising, the premier gay and lesbian bookstore in Washington, will have extended hours on the March weekend. Friday and Saturday the store will be open from 9 am to 3 am; Sunday from 9 am to midnight. Other days it's open from 10 am to midnight. Lambda Rising is in Dupont Circle (take the Q St exit out of the Dupont Circle Metro station) at 1625 Connecticut Ave, NW. 202-462-6969.

Some big, some small; hundreds of events are set

Tuesday to Saturday April 20-24

Queerfest '93, multi-media performance festival. At DC Arts Center, 2438 18th St, NW. Performances Tue-Thur at 8 pm; Fri at 8 pm, 10 pm and 11:30 pm; Sat at 4, 6, 8, 10, and 11:30 pm. 4627833.

April 20 through May 2 Historical Exhibit featuring a diverse collection of storyboards and exhibits. Stables Art Center, 410 8th St; open weekdays 11:30 am to 9 pm, weekends 10 am to 9 pm. 234-3344. Free/donation.

Wednesday April 21

Older Lesblans Organizing for Change, Open House

at Holiday Inn, 3400 Ft Mead Rd, Laurel, MD. 3-5 pm. Free. 301-490-6735.

UUA Service and March Kick-off. Social event and signmaking at All Souls Church, 16th & Harvard St, NW. 301-776-6891.

Robyn Holden's Ain't No Jive Dance Party. The Quorum, 56 L St, SE (Navy Yard Metro stop). 9 pm to 2 am. $5. 543-8257.

Wednesday-Thursday April 21-22 Building Our Future Summit for Lutheran ActivIsts. Workshop at Center for Educational Design and Communication, 821 Varnum St, NE. 5-10 pm Wed, all day Thur. 415-553-4026.

Thursday April 22

Black Gay and Lesbian Lobby Day with Congressional Black Caucus. Sponsored by Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum, at Capitol Hill, 9 am to 5 pm.

People of Color Lobby Briefing, at 2203 Rayburn House Office Bldg, Independence and S Capitol Sts, SW. 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Free. 628-4160. National Bear Gathering, social gathering of bears from everywhere at the Lincoln Memorial, 12 noon. AIDS Cure Now Rally at DuPont Circle at 12 noon

followed by a march to the White House. ACT UP/ Seattle co-sponsor.

NGLTF "Workplace Initiative" Meeting,

Georgetown Omni, 2121 P St, NW, from 2-5 pm. Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance Anniversary Party, at Sumner School, 17th and M, NW. $25.6 to 8:30 pm. 667-5139. Federal G/L/B Employees Reception for federal employees, featuring networking and socializing starting at 6 pm. Free. Location tentatively DC School of Law; call 667-5139 or 703-922-9276 to confirm.

Events are listed by time of day

The March on Washington will start at 12 noon Sunday from the southwest corner of the Washington Monument grounds, head north on 17th St. (see map, page 21), circle around the White House and onto Pennsylvania Ave. toward the Capitol, where it will end at the National Mall in front of the Capitol. Stages with performers and speakers will be at both ends of the route. Ohio speakers will appear at 11:00 am on the kickoff site stage.

The march route takes roughly half an hour to walk; however, it took four hours at the 1987 march for 500,000 people to complete the route.

This list of 235 events is accurate as of March 27. Some events are repeated on a number of days. All activities are in Washington, D.C., and all phone numbers are area code 202 unless otherwise noted.

People of Color Reception, tribute to Audre Lorde,

Bayard Rustin and others. 2154 Rayburn House Office Bldg, 6-8 pm. Free. 628-4160. Anti-Racism Workshop, sponsored by BWMT, at

Sexual Minority Youth Alliance League Bldg, 333 1/2 Pennsylvania Ave, SE. 7 pm. 301-670-6842. "Our Place at the Table" Congressional Dinner,

sponsored by National Minority AIDS Council, 7 pm at the Great Hall, Library of Congress, 1st and Independence, SE. 544-1076

Outspoken Literary Series, entertainment, reception and series with poetry, readings, photography and more starting at 7 pm at the Tibbs Gallery, 1910 Vermont Ave, NW. $3. 718-351-9599.

"Tribute to the Memory of You" musical comedy

about growing up gay in the age of AIDS, by Tribute Players. 8 pm at Market 5 Gallery, Eastern Market, 7th & N. Carolina Ave, NE. $10. 2347387. Cockburn Rituals, gay theater and reception

benefitting the Whitman Walker Food Bank. 8 pm at Woolly Mammoth Theatre, 1401 Church St, NW. $40. 797-3574.

Welcome to Washington Party, sponsored by Black

Lesbian Support Group of Whitman Walker Clinic. 8 pm to 2 am at 516 8th St, SE at the Hill. $7. 4249866.

Meat & Greet social at Bachelor's Mill & Back Door Pub, 1106 8th St, SE. From 9 pm to 2 am. $5.

Thursday and Friday April 22, 23 March on Washington Lobby Days, sponsored by March on Washington, Human Rights Campaign Fund, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and Mobilization Against AIDS. Includes political lobby

training, appointments with members of Congress, and debriefings. Starting at the Bellevue Hotel, 15 E St, NW (Union Station Metro). Every hour from 8 am to 5 pm. Free. 628-4160 or 332-6483.

Thursday to Saturday April 22-24 1993 National Gay Men of Color AIDS Institute, workshop from 9 am to 5 pm; $50. Thur session at National Press Club, 529 14th St, NW, 13th Floor; Fri and Sat at Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill. 415749-6700.

Friday April 23

Park Renovation Project, sponsored by Forgotten Scouts, starting at 7 am at various park sites within D.C. 510-835-2433 or 415-626-8299. Lesbian Action Breakfast. Sponsored by National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, opportunity to socialize and network with lesbian activists. 8 am. 3326483.

BiNet USA Annual Meeting. 9 am to 6 pm at George Washington University, 21st & H St, NW. 7361755.

"Our Place at the Table" Public Policy Institute conference, sponsored by National Minority AIDS Council, starting at 9 am at the Hyatt Regency, Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Ave, NW. 544-1076. Business Fair for Lesbian and Gay Entrepreneurs, social sponsored by Gay & Lesbian Employees' Assn of U.S. Small Business Administration. From 9-11 am at 8th Floor Conference Room of U.S. Small Business Admin, 409 3rd St, SW (Federal Center Metro). 401-3784.

Transgender National Meeting, at Best Western Hotel-Old Town, 625 1st St, Alexandria, VA, from 9 am to 4 pm. 301-977-0938.

Gay and Lesbian Parents Coalition International Board Meeting. 11 am at the Whitman Walker Conference Center, 1734 14th St, NW. 301-7624828.

Legal Picket and Press Conference, rally sponsored by ACT UP Network, 11 am at Dept of Health and Human Services, 330 Independence Ave, SW. National Bear Gathering, social gathering of bears fromeverywhere at the Lincoln Memorial, 12 noon. Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund Board Meeting. 12 noon to 6 pm at Capitol Hilton, 16th & K Sts, NW. 842-8679.

Emergency Health Care Documents Workshop, sponsored by Natl Center for Lesbian Rights. Sharon Kowalski & Karen Thompson share experiences via video; lawyers help participants complete documents. Sessions at 12, 2 and 4 pm in Room 201, Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave, NW (Foggy Bottom/GWU Metro). (Repeats on Sat.)

Lesbians and Gays in Law Enforcement Workshop, for law enforcement people to discuss problems on the job, relations and sensitivity within the department. Sponsored by Miami Beach Police Dept and Dade Action PAC. 2-4 pm. Located at Sheraton Washington, 2660 Woodley Rd, NW, (Woodley Park/Zoo Metro). (Repeats on Sat) Free. 305-6737875.

Victory? in Oregon panel discussion by Oregon activists about the Measure 9 campaign. All Souls Unitarian Church, 2835 16th St at Harvard, NW.25 pm (repeats on Mon). $5-$25 sliding scale. Sing Out on the Capitol Steps, gay and lesbian choruses and friends sing "Together Proud and Strong." Open to everyone. Free. 3-3:30 pm. Lesbian of Color Cultural Event. Exhibit featuring Jewelle Gomez, Canyon Sam, documentary on Audre Lorde, sponsored by Natl Center for Lesbian Rights. 4-7 pm at Tracks, 1111 First St, SE (Navy Yard Metro). 415-621-0674.

No-Host Cocktail Party with cartoonists. The MOW Cartoon Project sponsors this free social at the Wyndham Bristol Hotel, 2430 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, from 5 to 7:30 pm. Meet some of the cartoonists who participated in the project, creating the MOW cartoons seen in the Chronicle and gay papers nationwide. 510-655-4468. Reception Honoring Black Lesbian and Gay Leaders. Entertainment and open bar from 5 to 9 pm sponsored by the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum. $100. 213-964-7820.

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