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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE JUNE 21, 1996

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday June 22nd

LIVE ROCK WITH

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Wednesday June 26th

Live Music from

Michigan

Followed by an evening of illusion with Ruby McEntire & guests!!

Attention Cowboys and Cowgirls...

It's Country Night at the Nickel with DJ Doug!

Friday July 5th

Sat. July 13th karaoke!

Come on Down & Sing Out Strong!!!

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The wit of Oscar Wilde to grace CSU Factory stage

The Cleveland Theatre Company and Cleveland State University Theatre Arts will be presenting a world-premiere, original compilation of the life and works of one of the Western world's foremost wits and notorious bon vivant, Oscar Wilde. Written by Gordon Williams, A Wilde Evening opens Friday, June 28 at 8:00 p.m. at CSU's Factory Theatre at the corner of E. 24th

Scott Plate as Oscar Wilde.

Street and Chester Ave. in downtown Cleveland.

A Wilde Evening features excerpts from Wilde's own works, and from transcripts from his infamous trials, when he was convicted of "indecent behavior" as a result of his friendship with a younger man, the son of an aristocrat. While his greatest theatrical success, The Importance of Being Earnest, played to capacity crowds in London's West End, Wilde was serving a prison sentence of two years' hard labor.

A Wilde Evening will run through Sunday, August 11. Call 216-687-2109 after Monday June 24 for reservations.

New clinical trials

The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda Maryland is recruiting volunteers for HIV and AIDS-related studies to evaluate new therapies and diagnostic strategies. HIV positive volunteers are needed for studies in immunization, antiviral therapy, interleukin treatment, and CMV viral load evaluations. People with HIV or AIDS are also needed to test oral anti-HIV drugs and remedies for Kaposi's sarcoma.

People without HIV are being recruited for vaccination trials. The studies involve experimental therapies of which the risks are not known. Trials are open to anyone 18 years or older, and many have CD4+ count requirements. Payment for participating and traveling is offered in some studies. For more information call the National Cancer Institute of the NIH at 301-496-8959, or call 800-243-7644 for a detailed list of all current trials.

Red hot trilogy

the story of a mother asked to make an unusual sacrifice to save her child. At once comic and dramatic, the monologue explores issues of motherhood, identity, voice, and sexuality. "At the Root" was recently published in the Penguin anthology An Actor's Book of Gay and Lesbian Plays.

Zoe Kiefer as The Also included Woman in Linda are a dance-illusEisensteins' At the trated dialogue Root.

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the struggle to overcome anger, titled "Running from the Red Girl," as well as a one act comedy about four women writers. The triad is directed by Amanda Schaffer.

Tickets are available for $15 by contacting Red Hen Productions at 216-661-4301.

Equality poster

In celebration of Lesbian and Gay Pride Month, San Francisco artist Frank Pietronigro introduced a commemorative print, titled "Equality and Justice For All," which honors the diversity of lesbian and gay Americans. First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, expressing her gratitude to the artist upon receiving a copy of the print wrote, "Thank you for the picture, 'Equality and Justice For All.' Your encouragement and support are especially meaningful to me."

The print presents twelve lesbian and gay couples of diverse cultural backgrounds and ages. Each embracing couple is captioned with words of affirmation including: Honest and Graceful, Caring and Responsible, Visionary and Tender, Strong and Forgiving, Lovable and Free, Creative and Sexy, Intuitive and Humorous, Open and Thoughtful, Just and Honorable.

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Spaces Art Gallery at 2220 Superior Viaduct in Cleveland is the setting for Red Hen Productions' "Red-Hot Summers Night" benefit on June 22 from 8 pm to 11 pm. The evening, which will benefit Red Hen's July production of Linda Eisenstein's Playing with Fire: Three Red Hot Plays about Women, features performances by performance poet Mary Weems, folk singer Toni Dell, and Harpist Jocelyn Chang with composer and soprano Lisa Rainsong. Red Hen Productions, a Cleveland feminist theater dedicated to providing a feminist venue for women artists, demarginalizing lesbian and women's theatre, including women and young girls from all circumstances in theatre, and encouraging men with feminist sensibilities, was founded by Artistic Director Amanda Shaffer in 1995.

Playing With Fire, which runs from July 5 through July 27, is Red Hen's first production.

Eisenstein's trilogy includes "At the Root,"

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Printed in a limited edition, the 18" x 24" full color print is being offered for $35 for a signed copy and $20 for an unsigned copy. Twenty percent of all proceeds generated from sales of the print will benefit Visual Aid, a San Francisco group that gives financial aid to artists with AIDS and other lifethreatening illnesses so that they may continue making art.

To obtain a copy of the print, send a check to Masterworks, P.O. Box 193163, San Francisco, CA 94119-3163 or call 415-695-0933. Orders can also be placed on the world wide web at http://www.webcastro.com.