10 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE FEBRUARY 7, 1997
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Benefit throws 100 Valentine parties across Ohio
Valentine's Day will be even more exciting this year with 100 parties occurring simultaneously across Ohio. "A Night of 100 Parties" will benefit the Ohio AIDS Coalition, a non-profit organization whose members are people with HIV or AIDS.
OAC is perhaps best known throughout the state for their Healing Weekends, Healing Days and weekly Healing Circles. They also publish and distribute a monthly HIVresource newsletter, Wellness Times and offer a leadership training program to give HIV positive people the skills they need to advocate for their rights and needs with government leaders, health care systems and social service agencies. Proceeds from the 100 parties will enable OAC to continue assisting people living with the disease.
Of course, Valentine's Day parties are among the more popular events being scheduled in the many bars, restaurants and other businesses that have agreed to throw special parties to benefit OAC.
There are many ways the community can participate. Individuals and groups can host parties of their own or attend one of the many events scheduled thus far. The following is a partial list of those events:
"A Valentine Cocktail Party” in Ravenna. "Progressive Party Series" and "Expresso Yourself Coffeehouse," in Marietta.
"Fill My Heart With Love" party in Akron. "Wine With Friends-A Wine Tasting" and Celebrity Nite Club's "The Ruby Girls" show, in Dayton.
"Karaoke With Cupid,” a “Valentine Wine Tasting," Elephant Bar's "Two Hearts As One" party, Union Station Video Cafe's "Single and Bitter" party, "A Night of 100 Parties" show at Garrett's Saloon, and Mekka's "Fat Saturday," the official closing party, all in Columbus.
If you don't see your town on this list, call
the nearest gay club or gay-friendly business and encourage them to participate in this worthwhile event for OAC. For a complete listing or to host a party, call 800-226-5554.
Leather-fetish weekend set
Columbus-The dates have been set and the plans are in motion for another weekend of love, leather, and lifestyles. Anything for Love '97, the third annual convention of eroticism, has chosen the Westin Hotel in Columbus as the site for the celebration. The
shops will include how-tos and instructions on the techniques of safe, sane and consensual SM play, as well as timely topics like "Sex and the Law" and maintaining healthy SM relationships.
Seminars and workshops will begin at 3:00 p.m. on Friday and last until 9:00 pm. Saturday workshops will begin at 10:00a.m. and last until 5:00 pm, giving people plenty of time to grab dinner and get ready for the highlight of the weekend: Saturday evening's Fetish Ball, beginning at 8:00 pm. Of course,
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semi-formal, formal or fetish attire is requested for the Ball. If you've never been to this event, you don't know what you're missing. Nearly every imaginable kink is represented, with awards given to the "best" in several categories.
Organizer Holly Teague has worked hard to make the conference appeal to individuals of all sexual orientations. As a result of feedback from last year's event, there will be more workshops and seminars that will cater to a specifically gay and lesbian audience. The conference, however, is a pansexual event, where people from all walks of life can find common ground in their interest in
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dates for Anything for Love are February 14 through February 16, providing couples and singles the opportunity for a perfect valentine weekend getaway.
Individuals well-versed in the leather/fetish lifestyle as well as craftspeople specializing in everything from bondage equipment to fetish wear will present seminars, workshops and hands-on opportunities. Work-
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Registration for the conference is $135 per person or $240 per couple. This price includes everything except lodging. There is also individual event days pricing as well as a special rate for those wanting only to attend the costume ball. Call 614-421-6969 for more information.
The Westin Hotel is located at 310 South High Street in Columbus. There is a discounted rate available for individuals attending the conference. Call the hotel at 614-228-3800 or 800-228-3000 for reservation information.
Black gay writers on TV
Akron-In honor of Black History Month, the February episode of In the Life will look at the emergence of a growing market for gay and
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The February 15 show will feature an interview with playwright Robert O'Hara, whose provocative new play Insurrection: Holding History, places homosexuality at the center of the 1831 Nat Turner slave rebellion in Virginia. Holding History jumps back and forth in time from 1831 to the present, placing a young Ivy League student at the center of the uprising. Also interviewed are actors Robert Barry Flemming, who plays the gay student in search of a great thesis, and Ellen Cleghorne, a former cast member of Saturday Night Live.
In the Life then travels to Savannah, Georgia, to record a day in the life of The Lady Chablis, a drag performer made famous in John Berendt's book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. The Lady Chablis recently became an author herself, with her autobiography Hiding My Candy. In addition to accompanying her wig shopping, In the Life gives viewers a backstage look at The Lady while she gets ready to take the stage at Savannah's Club One.
In the Life can be seen on Saturday, February 15 at midnight on WNEO/WEAO, channels 45 and 49 in Akron and Alliance. Many Cleveland area cable systems also carry the station.
World bowling tourney in 1998
Cleveland—A small group of area bowlers traveled to Philadelphia this past May and made a proposal for Cleveland to be the host city for the International Gay and Lesbian Bowling Association's 18th annual bowling tournament.
Next to the Gay Games, IGBO is the largest gay and lesbian sports organization in the world. The group returned home after having successfully completed their mjssion to bring nearly 1,000 bowlers from around the world to Cleveland to participate in this prestigious event, to be held May 20 through May 24 in 1998.
The Sheraton City Center Hotel in the heart of downtown Cleveland will be the host hotel, and Palisades Palace in Wickliffethe largest bowling center in the countrywill be the host lanes.
In the past, this event has been hosted in cities such as Dallas, Atlanta, Los Angeles and Vancouver. The local group hopes that this event will put Cleveland in the spotlight as a premier place in the world of sports, and give bowlers visiting from other cities an opportunity to experience all that Cleveland has to offer.
The logo for the tournament will be the Cleveland skyline with rainbow colors and the pink triangle in the background. The event's theme will be "Come Rock the House," and phrase "Free to be what you want to be" will become a motto.
Organizers said that putting on this event will take work, cooperation and dedication. They will have general meeting on February 9 at 5:30 pm at the Ambassador Superior Lanes at 1500 Superior for individuals and businesses who may be interested in participating. Call Brian at 216-481-3236 or Jim at 216-941-3983 for more information.