GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

JULY 23, 1993

Ohio

Youngstown AIDS Walk-a-thon. The HEAL (Healthy Environment for AIDS Living) Foundation of MCCDP, Inc. is raising funds to help provide emergency housing in the Youngstown area for people with AIDS. One of its annual projects is the Heel for HEAL Walk-a-thon to be held this year on August 28 in Mill Creek Park.

Walker participants raise funds by seeking sponsors to pledge $5 for their efforts. If walking doesn't interest you, perhaps you could encourage business associates to walk and offer to sponsor them; or how about a team of walkers to represent your group, company or organization (or even compete with a rival), or a donation toward one of the grand prizes.

For more information and registration or sponsor forms, please call 797-0070, and ask for HEAL information.

Erie's Labor Day Weekend festival. Bridges, Erie Pennsylvania's lesbian, gay and bisexual network, is putting on a Labor Day Weekend festival on Saturday, September 5 from noon to 11 pm at the Glinodo Conference Center, 6270 Eastlake Rd. in Erie. The site is a beautiful and secluded retreat along the shores of Lake Erie. Glinodo is within eight miles of downtown Erie.

The festival includes a dance from 7 to 11 pm, swimming, softball, volleyball, games, information booths, childcare and children's activities.

Vendors interested in booth info can call Jacquelyn at 814-455-0549. For general information, call Michael at 814-456-9833, or send inquiries to Bridges Festival, P.O. Box 3063, Erie, PA 16508.

"Salon de DLGC" takes place August 28 at the Wegerzyn Horticultural Center, 1301 E. Siebenthaler in Dayton. The Salon

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exhibits arts performed or created by lesbians, gay men and friends from Dayton and surrounding communities. It is the only specifically lesbian and gay arts forum in the area. Conceived in 1987 as an informal evening for six lesbian and gay performing artists to share their work with a small audience, the Salon has grown to a full scale production including visual and performing arts, staffed by over 50 artists and technicians.

Admission to the Salon is $10, tickets are available at the door. The gallery opens at 5 pm and curtain time is 8 pm. For more information call the Dayton Lesbian and Gay Center at 513-228-4875.

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Detroit is the scene for Madonnathon '93, August 14-16. Catch Madonna fever at this fan convention which celebrates her birthday on August 16. Last year more than 1,200 fans from around the world came to Detroit to take part in the event. Activities include a two-hour “Used to be My Playground" bus tour where you can view dozens of Madonna childhood haunts; a preconvention party and all male drag contest at Menjo's (gay) night club in Detroit with proceeds going to the Midwest AIDS Prevention Project; a collector expo at the Plaza Hotel in Southfield, Michigan; a Madonna movie marathon; and the birthday bash at Industry nightclub in Pontiac, Michigan.

Bassline Entertainment is selling tickets for the bus tours ($28 advance) and the expo. Call 313-353-6681. The Plaza Hotel has rooms for $60 per night, double occupancy; call 313-559-6500.

18th Annual Sisterspace Pocono Weekend takes place September 10-12 in the heart of the Poconos. Just 21⁄2 hours from Philadelphia, the weekend offers some of

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Some of the features are: singer Jamie Anderson; Ase, the six women of color drumming circle; comedian Karen Williams; Appalachian singer and story teller Sue Massek; entertainers Anne Seal and Sasha Hedley; keynote speakers Janet Miller, Judith Schwarz, and Robin Hornstein. For the second year, Sisterspace offers the "Womyn of Color Forum," a full day of presentations by and about women of color. Puerto Rican filmmaker Frances NegronMuntaner will show her recent film Brincando El Charco.

Sliding scale is available. Sisterspace of Philadelphia is a lesbian social-political group, serving the community for over 20 years, providing a safe space for lesbians. For information, contact them at 351 S. 47th St., B-101, Philadelphia, PA 19143; call 215-476-2424.

African American lesbian and gay poetry wanted. Kuumba, the twice-a-year journal of poetry dedicated to the celebra-

tion of the lives and culture of black lesbians and gay men, wants to see your work. Submissions of poetry on all subjects reflecting experiences within our community are welcome. Typical areas of interest are: coming out, involvement with family, interactions with surrounding communities, substance abuse, the arts, political activism, oral histories, AIDS, and intimate relationships.

All poetry should be typed with line and stanza breaks clearly delineated. Please include the usual SASE with your manuscripts. Send your work to: Kuumba, Box 83912, Los Angeles, CA 90083-0912. For information call 310-410-0808. Women are especially encouraged to submit.

Kuumba also includes drawings (not photographs). Artists are encouraged to submit samples of their work.

Gay, lesbian senior support. Rev. Charles D. Denton, founder and pastor of Our World Outreach Ministries announces the formation of "Keenager Outreach," a self-esteem building, positive thinking emotional-social support outreach to the gay and lesbian senior aged 50 and up.

Rev. Denton states, "I get letters and phone calls from older gay and lesbian people so depressed and lonely for friendship. It seems once someone gets older people do not want to associate with them. Especially in our community where there is so much attention to the young and beautiful."

Our World Outreach Ministries also offers a helpline at 714-974-0995 for any situation. An outreach to persons dealing with HIV or AIDS including the lover, caregiver, friends, parents and family.

For more information about the Keenagers group or any Our World Outreach group please call 714-974-0995 or write Our World at 116 N. Tustin Ave. #110, Anaheim, CA 92807.

Lesbian, gay writing conference in Boston. The newly-resurrected Gay Community News is hosting OutWrite '93, October 8-10 at Boston's Park Plaza Hotel. Now in its fourth year, OutWrite celebrates and explores gay and lesbian writing, reading and publishing. Keynote speakers include Tony Kushner, playwright of Angels in America; Jewelle Gomez, author of The Gilda Stories; Samuel R. Delany, author of the "Neveryon" series, The Motion of Light in Water, and other award winning works; and Chrystos, Menominee poet, NEA grant recipient, and author of Not Vanishing.

More than 100 panels, workshops and discussions are scheduled for the weekend. For information, write to OutWrite '93, Box 263, State House, Boston, MA 02133.

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