GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE JANUARY 9, 1998

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Red Hen Productions

Cleveland's Feminist Theatre presents

The Second Coming of Joan of Arc

by Carolyn Gage

directed by Jane S. Armitage

and featuring Zoe Kiefer as Joan

A lesbian runaway from an incestuous

and

father this Joan refuses to be a martyr or victim.

Mason-Dixon

by Carolyn Gage directed by Michelle Tomko

Race and class aren't the only issues between a white woman and a formerly enslaved African-American woman.

January 22 February 14, 1998 at SPACES Art Gallery

Info & Tix call

RED HEN

PRODUCTIONS

2220 Superior Viaduct

(216) 661-4301

Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8 PM Tix $12 reg.ular $6 student/senior

LEVEL CALL FOR ART & THEME

ELAND

PRIDE

CASH PRIZES

Cleveland's 10th annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Parade & Festival will be Celebrated in June '98.

The Pride Committee seeks art work and a theme that celebrates our 10th annual event.

Artwork will be used on posters, flyers, t-shirts, etc. $100 cash prize

Theme will be used on posters, flyers, press releases, t-shirts, etc. $50 cash prize

Deadline 2.1.98

Mail submissions to: Cleveland Pride, c/o B. Fish, 3052 Meadowbrook Blvd., Cleveland Heights, 44118. For Information call/fax (216) 371-0214.

CHARLIE'S CALENDAR

■Deadline for next calendar is Tuesday, January 13.

Friday, January 9

Alexis Antes, former member of“Odd Girl Out" performs, 9 pm, Harmony Bar and Grille, 3359 Fulton Rd., Cleveland; 216-398-5052.

Saturday, January 10

Club Alive volunteer drop-in-and-help day, to prepare space for chem-free disco for relationship oriented couples, 10 am to 6 pm, Assembly Hall in the old Northminster Presbyterian Church, 203 King Avenue, between Neil and High Sts., Victorian Village, Columbus; 614-297-8990.

Girth and Mirth New Year Potluck Party, for gay chubby men and their male admirers, 7 pm, Cleveland area; Jim or Fred, 216-521-9456.

Sunday, January 11

"AIDS and Homophobia" part of workshop series for Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Erie Co. becoming a welcoming congregation for gays, lesbians and bisexuals, 10:30 am, Firelands Room, John Frost Recreation Center, Osborn Park, 3610 E. Perkins Ave., Sandusky; 419-626-8233.

Dignity Columbus, new meeting time and place, 6 pm, First Congregational Church UCC, 444 E. Broad St., Columbus; 614-451-6528.

Tuesday, January 13

Open Forum: Foster Parenting and Adoption for gay, lesbian and bisexual people, by Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth, 7 pm, Stonewall Center, 1160 N. High St., Columbus; 614-791-9772.

Thursday, January 15 to Saturday, February 7

The Roar of Silence, Red Hen feminist theater's double bill of one-act plays: Battered on Broadway in which Broadway musical characters plot to fight misogyny, and The Second Coming of Joan of Arc exploring Joan's lesbianism and abusive childhood, $6-$12, Spaces Art Gallery, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland; 216-661-4301. Friday, January 16

The Celluloid Closet, a film history of gays and lesbians in the cinema, Southwest Unitarian Universalist Church video night, 8 pm, Tri-City Senior Center, 16699 East Bagley Rd., Middleburg Hts.; Jane Beckel 440-243-1444.

Saturday, January 17

National Leather Association SM 101, dinner party afterward, 4 pm, Stonewall Center, 1160 N. High St., Columbus; 614-470-2093.

Club Alive Grand Opening Celebration Extravaganza, chem-free disco for relationship oriented couples, 8 pm kick-off concert by vocalist JoEllen Harris-Stearns and pianist Jack Widner, old Northminster Presbyterian Church, 203 King Avenue, between Neil and High Sts., Columbus; 614-297-8990.

Sunday, January 18

Created in th Divine Image, lesbian retreat, $20 for meals, materials and facility, Cleveland area; Lora 216-581-6335.

Gay Skate Party, 5 pm, North Canton Skate Center, 5475 Whipple Ave. NW, (Belden Village exit off I-77), North Canton, $5 admission, $1 skate rental; 330-923-5466. Miss Queen City Pageant, 8 pm, The Dock, 603 West Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati; 513922-5070.

Tuesday, January 20

Insight monthly dinner meeting, personal, social, and business network for lesbians, gays, and bisexuals, at a Cleveland area restaurant; 216-556-0576.

Friday, January 23 to Sunday, January 25

1998 Mr. Ohio Valley Leather contest weekend, Mardi Gras party, buffet lunch, leather contest, post contest party, dungeon party, winner's brunch, $40, Columbus; 614470-0231 or boytoyprod@iwaynet.net, Marriott Courtyard Downtown hotel, Columbus; 614-228-3200.

Friday, January 23 to Sunday, February 8

Virtual Devotion, futuristic play about Armadeddon, post-modern religion and its response to a mysterious plague, Dobama Theatre, 1846 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Hts.; 216-932-6838.

Saturday, January 24

Sisters of Lavender 15th Anniversary Celebration, 6 pm buffet dinner and program, 8:30 pm women's dance, $10 or $2 dance only, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W. Weisheimer Rd., Clintonville; 614-575-9646.

Mr. Ohio Valley Leather Contest, doors open 8 pm, 9:30 pm contest, $7-10 advance, $10-15 at door, Tabu night club, 349 Marconi Blvd., Columbus; 614-470-0231 or boytoyprod@iwaynet.net.

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