CHARLIE'S CALENDAR

FEBRUARY 6, 1998 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 13

Monday, February 16

Leslie Sadasivan speaks about her gay son Robbie Kirkland's suicide, 8 pm, University of Akron Gardner Center Oak Room, 303 Carroll St., Akron; 330-972-6851.

Tuesday, February 17

Pride at Work, meeting to form Cleveland chapter, 7 pm, Lesbian-Gay Center, 1418 W.29th St., Cleveland; Martha Grevatt 216-531-5188.

Wednesday, February 18

Retirement Planning Seminar, Gray Pride gay and lesbian seniors and friends, 4:30 pm, Lakewood Public Library, 15425 Detroit, Lakewood; 216-791-8039 ext. 328.

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

Friday, February 20

Twenty-Something Video Night, lgbt social group for ages 20-33, 8 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 1418 W. 29th St., Cleveland; 216-522-1999.

Friday, February 20 to Sunday, February 22

True Spirit Conference '98, “for people born female for whom that is not an adequate or accurate description of who they are" and friends and allies, Laurel Maryland; write P.O. Box 1118, Elkton, Md. 21922, or transman@netgsi.com.

Women of Color and Allies Summit, Washington National Airport Hilton, Washington D.C.; 330-453-2609.

1998 Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender College Conference, workshops, performances, vendor fair, dances, keynote speakers Urvashi Vaid, Leslie Feinberg, and Michelangelo Signorile, University of Illinois at Chicago; http://www.uic.edu/depts/ quic/mblgtcc, 312-413-8619; special air fares: American Airlines Meeting Services 800-433-1790 for discount AN # 2828UQ.

Saturday, February 21

Second Annual Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Party, $5 in advance, $7 at the door, benefits Miami Valley Lambda Wish Fund; entertainment, dancing, American and Cajun food, cash bar; silent auction, 6 pm, Celebrations Banquet Center, 3119 Stop Eight Road, Dayton; 937-254-4456.

Hiram College Gay Student and Alum Dinner Dance, free to students and alumni, 6:30 pm, Kennedy Center Brown Fall Room, Garfield Rd. near Bancroft, Hiram; 330569-5935. Seventh Annual Cincinnati P-FLAG Banquet, $35 benefits Cincinnati Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays Scholarship/Education Fund, auction, door prizes, music, 7 pm reception, 8 pm dinner, the Phoenix, 812 Race St., Cincinnati; 513-683-6476. Fourth Annual Lavender Ball, by the Case Western Reserve University Gay Lesbian Bisexual Alliance, refreshments, music by DJ Kris Koch, $5 CWRU students, $7 others, 8 pm, Thwing Ballroom, 11111 Euclid Ave., second floor, Cleveland; 216-754-1784. Womyn's Variety Show, 23rd annual benefit for Oven Productions, women only, $18,7:30 pm with party afterward, the Civic, 3130 Mayfield Rd. just east of Lee, Cleveland Hts., 216-321-7799.

Mardi Gras Party, 8 pm, Club Alive chem-free disco, old Northminster Presbyterian Church, 203 King Avenue, between Neil and High Sts., Columbus; 614-297-8990. Moonlight Bowl, International Gay Bowling Organization, $10 for 3 games, 11 pm, Ambassador Superior Lanes, 1500 Superior Ave., Cleveland; Bob 216-226-3471. Sunday, February 22

HUGS East Cross Country Skiing and Hiking, ski rental available, 2 pm, Chapin Forest Pine Lodge, Hobart Rd. off U.S. 6, Kirtland; 216-947-8909.

Highlights of upcoming weeks and months

Thursday, March 19 to Sunday, March 29

22nd Cleveland International Film Festival includes "Ten Percent Cinema" minifestival of gay and lesbian films, Hoyt Cinemas, Tower City Center, downtown Cleveland; 216-623-0400 or www.clevelandfilm.org.

Friday March 27 to Sunday, March 29

Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network Regional Conference, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Stu Eddy, 616-329-2991 or stuepepc@net-link.net.

Friday, April 3 to Sunday, April 5

Fifth International Bisexual Conference, workshops, speakers, panels, and a dance, $24-$72, need-based scholarships and work exchange available, Boston, Mass.; 617424-9595, info@biconf.org, or http://www.biconf.org.; travel grant information: Stephanie Berger, 4231 Montgomery St., Oakland, CA 94611.

Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19

Leather Leadership Conference, $50, New York City, 212-727,9878.

Friday, April, 24 to Sunday, April 26

Midwest Trans Institute, “Social, Political, and Educational Hobnobbing for Gender Transgressors and Our Friends" P.O. Box 2104 Loop Station, Minneapolis, Minn. 55402-0104, 612-362-3581 or MWTrans@aol.com.

Friday, May 15 to Sunday, May 17

BWMT Midland Regional Meeting and Youngstown People of All Colors Together, 15th Anniversary Celebration, $25-$45, Residence Inn, south of Youngstown; John Vivo 330-788-5693 or Bob Tillman 330-534-5904, hotel 330-726-1747

Thursday, May 21

1998 Hate Crimes Summit, Omni Hotel, CNN Center, Atlanta Georgia, sponsored by Center for Democratic Renewal, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and others; 404-221-0025 or 330-453-2609.

Friday, May 22 to Monday, May 25

Atlantic Leather Festival and Rainbow Eastern Region Conference, hosted by Baltimore Leather Association of the Deaf, Baltimore Hilton and Towers, Gary Wolford, P.O. Box 22444, Baltimore Md. 21203 or alfrer(@juno.com.

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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 father this Joan refuses to be a martyr or victim.

and

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 2220 Superior Viaduct

Info & Tix call RED HEN PRODUCTIONS

(216) 661-4301

Thursday, Friday, Saturday at 8 PM

Tix $12 reg.ular $6 student/senior