20 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

SEPTEMBER 3, 1993

OUTINGS

Cleveland Cinematheque

In his new film, Strip Jack Naked, British filmmaker Ron Peck recounts the events in his life as a gay man in England that led to the making of his breakthrough 1978 movie Nighthawks, the first gay film to be widely distributed. Strip Jack Naked also includes out-takes from the original 32-hour version of Nighthawks. The movie receives its first Cleveland showings at 7:40 and 9:25 pm on September 3 and 4.

The makers of the Academy Award winning film about the Names Quilt, Common Threads, have traveled through the South, talking to gays in the military and others, in the film Where Are We? Our Trip through America. It's another Cleveland premiere with show times at 8 and 9:35 pm on September 17 and 18.

Tickets are $5. The Cinematheque is in the Cleveland Institute of Art building, 11141 East Blvd. Call 421-7450.

Case Western Reserve University

The Department of Theater Arts presents its annual Alumni Dance Concert on September 9-11 at 8 pm in Mather Dance Center at 11201 Bellflower Rd. The program, entitled Trace, consists of six solo pieces and a collaborative duet with dancers-choreographers Evangel King and Nina Nelson; lighting and set design is by Bruce Keller. The artists met in graduate school and have since established careers in San Francisco, Kalamazoo and Portland, respectively.

Tickets are $8 general admission with discounts available. 368-6262 is the box office number.

Akron Symphony Orchestra

Auditions for the 1993-94 season take place beginning September 14. Open positions include principal horn, second clarinet, section violin, section viola and section

bass. There will be further auditions in November for second bassoon, and in January for second oboe. Call the Symphony between 9 am and 5 pm, Monday-Friday at 535-8131 for the repertoire and to schedule an audition appointment.

The Akron Symphony's season gets underway Saturday, September 18 at 8 pm with the opening night audience choice concert featuring violinist Elmar Oliveira in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto. The evening will also feature Beethoven's Symphony No. 6, "Pastoral" and Rossini's Overture to William Tell; Alan Balter conducts. Concerts are at E.J. Thomas Hall, 198 Hill St., University of Akron. 535-8131.

Cleveland State University

The Third Annual Public Works Perfor-

mance Awards, given by the Levin College of Urban Affairs, recognizes 11 individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the public works field. Reception at 6:30, followed by the banquet. Friday, September 10 at Executive Caterers at Landerhaven, 6111 Lander Rd.; $25; 687-9222 for reservations.

Dr. I. King Jordan, president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., will present a lecture, "Deaf People Can Do Anything (But Hear)." Sponsored by the CSU Office of Minority Affairs and Human Relations, Black Deaf Advocates of Cleveland Chapter 2, Deaf Service of Cleveland, and the Society for the Deaf. $10. Saturday, September 18, 12:30 pm at CSU's Drinko Hall, Music and Communication Building, 2001 Euclid Ave. 687-9394.

Center for Contemporary Art

A year-long 25th Anniversary celebration opens with a party on Thursday, September 9 offering entertainment, food, cake

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"25 Years: A Retrospective" is a personal look at the artists and events that highlighted the stewardship of retiring director and co-founder Marjorie Talalay; on display from September 10-November 7.

Recent works from those artists will be available in the museum store. Supplementing the exhibition will be extensive photodocumentation illustrating the Center's longtime involvement with the community.

CCCA is at 8501 Carnegie Ave.; afternoon hours vary, open to 8:30 pm on Thursday and Friday, closed on Monday; 421-8671.

THEATER SPOTS

by Barry Daniels

The Cleveland Public Theatre opens its season on September 9 with a new play by Elizabeth Anderson, The Water Principle. It is a powerful drama about a woman surviving in a world after a major ecological apocalypse. The rehearsal process has involved extensive improvisations centering on what it would have been like to survive a major environmental disaster. Actors have collaborated with the director to create the junk-filled environment.

The production is directed by Jan Bruml who has worked at the Rabbit Run Theatre in Madison and at the Cleveland Play House. She has also directed plays in the CPT New Play Festival. The production plays Thursday through Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 7 pm, September 9-26. Tickets are $2 on Thursday, $8 for other performances or $5 for students and seniors. For reservations telephone 631-2727.

The Slovak National Theatre will make its American debut at the Cleveland Play House. From Cleveland's sister city of Bratislava in the newly independent republic of Slovakia, the company will present the American premiere of Bockerer, a tragic

farce by German novelist Ulrich Becher and the late Viennese actor Peter Preses.

Performances are at 8 pm on September 16; 8:30 pm on September 17; and 4:30 pm and 8 pm on September 18. Tickets are $21 for Thursday evening and Saturday matinee; and $23 for Friday and Saturday evenings. Subscribers, seniors, students and groups receive a $5 discount. To order tickets call 795-7000.

Misery Loves Company, Inc., “dedicated to keeping the artist in Cleveland," will present Tennessee Williams' modern classic Sweet Bird of Youth, September 17 to October 3, at Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus. The play, directed by the company's artistic director James Allen Ealy, deals in a frank and mature way with racism, greed and modern sexuality and is one of Williams' leastproduced works. This is an adult play, not recommended for those under age 17.

Performances are at 8 pm at Tri-C West's Main Theater Auditorium, 11000 W. Pleasant Valley Rd., at York Rd., in Parma. All tickets are $10; no performances on September 24 and 25. The ticket office can be reached at 987-5536.

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