JUNE 11, 1993

GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 23

CHARLIE'S CALENDAR

Compiled by Scott C. Hare

Saturday, June 12

Bicycle trip to Kelley's Island, sponsored by the Cyclones cycling group, 651-1621. Gay Pride storytime for children. In honor of Gay History Month, Borders Book Shop's "Saturdays for Children" storytime will be devoted to gay and lesbian family stories, 11 am, La Place Center, 2101 Richmond Rd. at Cedar, Beachwood. 292-2660.

Book Signing by Leslie Feinberg, transgender activist who will be reading selections from her novel, Stone Butch Blues, Gifts of Athena Bookstore, 2199 Lee Rd., Cleveland Hts., 2 pm, 371-1937.

In our Own Voices, Transgender Oppression: A Visual History of When and Why it Arose, slide show presented by its creator, Leslie Feinberg, Peoples Fightback Center, 13018 Buckeye Rd., 7 pm, 921-8130.

Be the Star You Are, karaoke night at 5¢ Decision, 4365 State Road, 661-1314. Eighth Annual Clifton Arts & Musicfest, Clifton Blvd. from W. 115 to W. 117 St., 228-4383.

Hot Boxer Shorts Contest, sponsored by the Clitty Cat Club, with tantalizing prize packages, dyke cabaret and leather latex review by Metal + Fiber, deejay Vicky Spliff, Numbers, 620 Frankfort Ave., 10 pm, 621-6900.

"The Time of Our Lives," Human Rights Campaign Fund annual dinner, Karen Thompson and Sharon Kowalski are guests of honor; comedian Reno performs, Ohio State University Wexner Center, info and tickets, P.O. Box 06437, Columbus, 43206, 614-299-7764.

Dayton Gay Pride Dinner, featuring Romanovsky and Phillips, at Hara Arena. Tickets, $21, by mail only, send check payable to Dayton Gay-Lesbian Center to P.O. Box 3511, Dayton, 45401-3511. Deadline is May 31, but it's worth a try; concert-only admission may be available after, call 513-274-1776.

Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13

Cincinnati "Out, Proud and Free" Pride March and Festival, begins at a new time:

1:30 pm, with pre-rally and entertainment at City Hall, 801 Plum St., Cincinnati. March from there to Rally at Fountain Square, 2:30 pm, with speaker Elias Farajie Jones, presentation to Councilwoman Bobbie Stern, mayoral proclamation, and entertainment. At 3:30, march continues to the two-day Pride Festival at The Dock, 603 Pete Rose Way. Festival is from 3:30 to 11:30 pm on Saturday, 2 to 7 pm on Sunday. Call 513-557-2904 for info, or 513-421-2437 for booth info. Sunday, June 13

Brunch Meeting of the Log Cabin Club to meet Richard Tafel, director of the Adolescent Health Program in the Massachusetts Dept. of Health, and Jerry Neal Jr., openly-gay former Ohio House candidate, Snickers, 1281 W. 76th St., 1 pm, Donald Dendziora, 241-3804.

Stonewall Cleveland Pride Dinner, political reception and dinner, keynote speaker is Tim McFeeley, executive director of the Human Rights Campaign Fund, Stouffer Tower City Plaza Hotel, 6:30 pm, $50, advance reservations required. 741-9105.

Odd Girl Out concert, to benefit the East Side Interfaith Ministries, Peabody's Downunder, Cleveland Heights, 7 pm, $7.

Monday, June 14

Pride '93 meeting, join in the organizing for the Pride March and Festival, volunteers are needed, the Chronicle offices, 2206 W. Superior Viaduct 7:30 pm, 621-5280.

Friday, June 18

Our Pride in Ourselves and our God, Chevrei Tikva Pride Interfaith Shabbat service, Unitarian Society, 2728 Lancashire, Cleveland Hts., 8:30 pm, 932-5551. Young Queer Proud Dancing, youth dance 22 and under, Spaces, 2220 Superior Viaduct, 8 pm, 781-6736.

Friday, June 18, and Saturday, June 19

Puttin' on the Ritz, from the Great White Way to Sunset Boulevard, performed by the North Coast Men's Chorus, Lakewood High School Try Out Theater, Franklin & Bunts Rd, Lakewood, 8 pm, $12 ($10 advance), 473-8919.

Saturday, June 19

Cleveland Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Pride March, "We Have a Life ... Not a Lifestyle." Assemble 10 am at E. 22nd St., south of Euclid; step off at 10:30 am onto Euclid Ave. and head west to Public Square; 621-5280.

Cleveland Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Pride Festival, “Family of Pride," 11 am to 4 pm at the Northwest Quadrant of Public Square, Ontario and Superior Ave. Speakers, local entertainment, dancing, information booths, food. Free admission. 621-5280.

Sober Dance at West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River, 9 pm to 12:30 am, coffee and munchies provided, pop bar, $5 donation. 651-5001 or 397-0354.

Fourth Annual Spring People's Rodeo, sponsored by Tri-State Gay Rodeo Assn., at Oakridge Lodge in Mt Airy Forest (off Colerain Ave., Cincinnati) 12 noon-5 pm, $15 includes entry, beer, soft drinks, and dinner, 513-581-2512 or 541-5708. Columbus Annual Pride Cruise and Picnic, picnic at Providence Park in Grand Rapids, 5 pm to 7 pm. The Shawnee Princess casts off at 7 pm for a cruise on the Maumee River. Cruise is $20 (picnic is free); call 419-537-1077 for info.

Sunday, June 20

Cruise aboard the Goodtime III, G.I.F.T. cruise along the Cuyahoga River and Lake Erie, North Coast Harbor, E. 9th St., 6:30 pm, $16 advance, $ 20 gate, 661-2971. Sundays, June 20 and June 27

Past life regression, "The Past Life Most Affecting Your Current Life" and "Meeting Your Spirit Guide," led by David Johns, geared to gay men and lesbians, S.L. Serio/Sundial Metaphysical Center, 8221 Brecksville Rd, Brecksville, 1:30-5 pm, pre-register 351-5761.

Monday, June 21

Gay Town Hall Meeting, sponsored by Stonewall Cleveland, including showing of the fundamentalist anti-gay video The Gay Agenda, as well as gay community's rebuttal video Hate, Lies and Videotape, also a representative from the Campaign for Military Service will speak, Cleveland State University, Room UC1 in the University Center, 7 pm. 281-9205.

Friday, June 25

Weekly Events on next page

Putt-Putt Golf Anyone? sponsored by HUGS East, infoline 974-8909. Columbus Candlelight Vigil Opposing Anti-Gay Violence, Federal Bldg., Columbus Women's and Gay Men's choruses will sing; Phil Martin of OSU Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Services will speak, corner of Spring and High, 11 pm, 614292-0330.

Friday, June 25 through Sunday, June 27

Seventh Annual Golden Threads Celebration in Provincetown, Mass., for lesbians over 50 and their younger women friends, entertainment, banquet, dancing, feminist videos, raps, sing-a-longs, write to: Christine Burton, P.O. Box 60475, Northampton, MA, 01060.

Saturday, June 26

1993 Columbus Gay-Lesbian Pride March and Gayfest, assembly begins at 10 am at Goodale Park, with an ecumenical worship service at the park's gazebo at 11 am. March steps off at 1 pm, and goes to the rally and Gayfest at Bicentennial Park on the Scioto River from 2:30 to 7 pm. Craig Mercer, an organizer against Colorado's Amendment 2, will speak, also music and booths. Two bars, the Garage, 40 East Long, and the Eagle, 232 North 3rd, will have benefits afterward. Bat-n-Rouge Drag Softball Benefit Game, Colmbus Berliner Park, diamond 29, 6 pm after the Columbus Gayfest, $5 advance, 614-444-4687. Pittsburgh Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual Parade and Rally, starts 11 am Saturday, June 26 at the Civic Arena, march to Rally and Picnic at Point State Park, 412-681-3129. Friday, June 25

Lutherans Concerned, Cleveland chapter organizational meeting, 7 pm, 295-1743 or 321-4845.

Saturday, June 26 and Sunday, June 27

A Family of Pride, New York City and Los Angeles Pride Festivals. Year of the Queer, San Francisco Pride Festival. Wednesday, June 30

The Gay Agenda, repeat showing by Stonewall Cleveland of the fundamentalist antigay video, and gay community's rebuttal video Hate, Lies and Videotape, sponsored by HUGS East, Unitarian Church, 8181 South Center St. (Rt. 615), Mentor, 7 pm, 974-8909.

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