14 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE JANUARY 28, 1994

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Valentine's Day broadcast goes remote. The Gay 90's with Buck Harris, the first live gay and lesbian talk show in the Midwest, is creating another first. On Monday, February 14, the show will be broadcasting live from Over the Rainbow (9506 Detroit Ave.). The show, which runs from 9 to 11 pm, will feature psychic Julie Ann Stein, who will do readings for callers and patrons of the bar; and Michael Shea, local publisher of the nationally acclaimed Alternative Press. Lesbian comic Karen Williams will co-host the show. Plan to stop by or listen in to WHK 1420 AM.

Planning for Pride. Planning has begun for Cleveland's Pride '94, and your help is needed. Join members of the Pride '94 committee and get involved in planning this year's Pride March and Festival. The initial meeting will be held on Monday, February 7 at 7 pm at the Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center, 1418 W. 29th St.

How are you needed? First and foremost, your creativity. Have ideas about where the festival should be held? Let the committee know. They also need your ideas on how to build upon last year's success. But don't stop there; people are needed for publicity, media relations, march coordination, logistical planning and lots more.

At the Feb. 7 meeting, the committee will be accepting nominations for four board positions. These nominations will be voted on at the following meeting to be held Feb. 28.

To be part of the best Pride yet, be part of the planning.

Rubbers, slams and tricks? Bridge, dummy! The Gay and Lesbian Bridge Club is resuming play on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month at Barbarino's Ristorante in Gordon Square at the corner of Detroit Ave. and West 65th St. Dinner, which includes salad, entree and beverage for $7.95, will be served at 6:30. Bridge will begin at 7:30 and continue until around 10 pm. Call 961-5806 for more information.

North Coast HRCF fundraiser set. Northeast Ohio's gay and lesbian community is throwing its support behind the national battle for gay and lesbian equality by holding its first Human Rights Campaign Fund dinner-dance. Funds raised from the event will be used to assist HRCF in influencing decision makers on a federal level regarding issues of key importance to the lesbian and gay community.

Cleveland's HRCF dinner-dance, "Come Out for Equality," will be held on Saturday, February 26 at 6:30 pm at Sammy's Metropolitan, the 21st floor of the Huntington Building, East 9th and Euclid Ave. Seating is available at $100 or $150; black tie is optional.

Proceeds from the dinner will go directly to HRCF. For more information, to purchase tickets or to volunteer, call 283-0362.

Sshhhh! Toastmasters International, a communication and leadership organization, will present "The Art of Listening” at the Lesbian-Gay Community Service Center on Sunday, February 20, from 1-4 pm. Admission is free, with donations to the Center appreciated. To register, contact the Center at 522-1999 by Feb. 18.

Regional artists' grants available. The Regional Artists' Projects grant program provides funding for individual artists or collaborating artists whose projects challenge and extend cultural traditions and artistic expressions. Proposals for new work in any or all media are encouraged, including interdisciplinary, dance, media arts, performance, sound and visual art. In 1994,

RAP will award a total of $50,000 to artists who reside in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, or Ohio.

This program is co-administered by Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, with the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, Wilberforce, Ohio, in cooperation with a network of local sponsors. The participation of individuals and groups of diverse cultural backgrounds is central to all phases of the project. Workshops will be held throughout the region to assist artists in understanding the program and to answer questions regarding the grant qualifications.

In Cleveland, a workshop will be held Saturday, January 29 from 4-6 pm at Spaces Gallery, 2220 W. Superior Viaduct. Call 621-2314 for more information.

Performance art history exhibit. Outside the Frame: Performance and the Object, which runs from February 11 through May 1, is a landmark exhibition being held at the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art (CCCA). The exhibition will include a historical time-line documenting early performance art events of the 1880s, "Happenings" of the 1950s, and cabaretstyled events of the 1980s. On view in the galleries will be installations, relics, maquettes, puppets, props, costumes, set components, and photographic documentation from performances of Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, Jack Smith and others.

Outside the Frame is being presented in conjunction with Cleveland's annual Performance Art Festival. Special live timebased performances will take place during the exhibition at the CCCA and at various off-site locations. Curators and catalog essayists for the exhibit are New York-based performance art specialists Robyn Brentano and Olivia Georgia. Project director is David S. Rubin. Live performances are being coordinated by the PAF's director, Thomas Mulready.

The CCCA is at 8501 Carnegie Avenue; hours are Tuesday-Wednesday from 11 to 6, Thursday-Friday from 11 to 8:30, Saturday from 12 to 5, Sunday from 1 to 4, closed on Monday.

National

Black gay and lesbian conference. The Seventh Annual National Black Gay and Lesbian Conference is slated for February 17-21 at the Meadowlands Hilton in Secaucus, New Jersey. This year's theme, "Black Gays and Lesbians: From Silence to Celebration... Beyond the 28 Days," will celebrate the past contributions black gays and lesbians have made to the world and the need to focus on the present contributions made on a day-to-day basis beyond the month of February (Black History Month).

The conference draws national and international participants from as far away as South Africa. This year's co-chairs are Vallerie Wagner and Russell Thornhill. Both co-chairs serve as board members of the Black Gay and Lesbian Leadership Forum, which was established in 1988 to strengthen, empower, and provide a network for African-American gays and lesbians. The Forum can be reached at 213-964-7820.

Public school homework. Dan Woog is writing a book on gay and lesbian issues in American public schools and would like to hear from anyone with first-hand knowledge. This includes teachers, administrators and students who are out at their schools; anyone with information about how schools are handling gay-related controversies or problems, and anyone who can point him in a direction or toward an angle he might not know about. Write to Dan Woog, 301 Post Rd. East, Westport, CT 06880, or call 203227-1755.