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GAY PEOPLe's ChronICLE

MARCH 20, 1998

tuna club

Bar & Grill

11 to 4 11 to 9 4 to 7

Hours: Sunday

Monday thru Friday Happy Hour Daily

522 Superior Avenue across from the new Public Library Beautiful Downtown Cleveland 241-CLUB (2582)

CIM OPERA THEATER

presents an innovative look at Purcell's masterpiece

DIDO

A courageous woman flees her tyrannical brother to build the city of Carthage and become its Queen. Aeneas, half-god and future founder of Rome, lands on Dido's shore. What happens next has become a legend. And an opera....

Directed by Gary Race

with The CIM Orchestra

Conducted by Carl Topilow

Movement direction by Kelly Holt

April 1 4 at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets: $10 Adults, $5 Students and Seniors

Call 216-791-5000, ext. 411 Presented at The Institute in University Circle

D.L. Dunkle & Associates

A LESBIAN & GAY PSYCHOTHERAPY PRACTICE

Debra L. Dunkle, LISW

Jane Miller, MSSA, LSW

Martha Webb, CCDC, LPC

John O'Connor, LISW Lisa Gilbert, MD

Offering Professional, Confidential Services To Individuals, Couples, And Groups.

12417 Cedar, Suites 21-24 Cleveland Heights, Ohio 44106 216/229-2100

Free HIV Testing

at Cleveland Treatment Center's

PROJECT SAFE

Carl B. Stokes Social Services Mall

6001 Woodland Ave. # 2121

• HIV Testing is free and anonymous.

• No names are used, clients are given a number

All services offered through Project SA

• Pre and Post Test Counseling

Condoms and Bleach Kits

• HIV Literature

Walk-Ins Welcome. Call 216-991-723

CHARLIE'S CALENDAR

Deadline for next calendar is Tuesday, March 24.

Tuesday, March 3 to Sunday, March 29

Yerma, The Barren Land, by gay playwright Federico Garcia Lorca, Cleveland Play House Drury Theatre, 8500 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, 216-795-7000.

Thursday, March 19 to Sunday, March 29

22nd Cleveland International Film Festival includes “Ten Percent Cinema” minifestival of gay and lesbian films, Tower City Cinemas on Public Square in downtown Cleveland; 216-623-0400 or www.clevelandfilm.org.

Friday, March 20

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

Spring Break '98, substance-free dance party, benefits local student groups, 9 pm, Club Fab East, corner of Joy Rd and Greenfield Rd., Detroit; 313-272-8959. Swamp Boogie Queens all women blues band, $5, 9 pm, Harmony Bar and Grille, 3359 Fulton Rd., Cleveland; 216-398-5052.

Friday, March 20 to Sunday, March 22

Connecting Families Weekend, connections, worship and support for families with gay and lesbian members, Mount Pleasant, Pa., about 25 miles southeast of Pittsburgh; 412-423-2056.

Saturday, March 21

"Naked Man," Columbus Gay Men's Chorus in concert, 2:30 pm, Weigal Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus; 800-494-8497.

SM 101, National Leather Association introduction to safe, sane and consensual sadomasochism, 4 pm, the Garden, 1186 N. High St., Columbus; nlaco@geocities.com or 614-898-6266.

'Ta-Da!' Dinners, fundraiser for Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6 pm and 7 pm at two Cleveland area homes, reservations required; 216-522-1999.

National Leather Association Bar Social, 11 pm, Outland night club, 1034 Perry. St., Columbus; nlaco@geocities.com or 614-898-6266.

Saturday, March 21 and Sunday, March 22

Leather Spring Break, men only, over 21, Trident International Cleveland, $10 to $45, Flex bathhouse, 1293 W. 9th St., Cleveland; 216-696-0595 or www.flexbaths.com. Sunday, March 22

Mark I. Chester reception and book signing for photography book Diary of a Thought Criminal, sponsored by Masterson's Leather, Vulcan Levi/Leather, and Tabu, sign language interpreted for the deaf, 4 pm, Tabu night club, 349 Marconi Blvd., Columbus; 614-444-5070 or jefco@netwalk.com.

Columbus Lesbian Softball League Spring Party, refreshments, entertainment and sign-ups, 2-5 pm, Far Side night club, 1662 W. Mound St., Columbus; 614271-7714.

"Naked Man," Columbus Gay Men's Chorus in concert, 2:30 pm, Weigal Hall, Ohio State University, Columbus; 800-494-8497.

Columbus Lesbian and Gay Softball Association Kick Off Party, 6 pm, Wall Street Night Club, 144 N. Wall St., Columbus; 614-470-0070 or 614-444-1700. Asians and Friends-Cleveland social meeting, $3 member/$6 others, 4 pm, 24851 Ridgeline Dr., Bedford Hts; 216-232-8631.

Tuesday, March 24

Pride at Work Organizing Meeting, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender constituency group of the AFL-CIO, all LGBT workers welcome, not open to supervisors, 7 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 1418 W. 29th St.; 216-531-5188 or 216-631-2415. Wednesday March 25

"Bringing Babies to our Lesbian Families: Alternative Insemination and Adoption," workshop by Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center and Planned Parenthood, 5-10 pm West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River; Sue Bennett 216-881-7742, Holly 313-484-4614 or ppgc@en.com.

Thursday, March 26 to Sunday, March 29

H.I.S. Kings NYC Tour, H.I.S. Kings all lesbian drag king troupe and guests travel to New York for two performances, $215 includes chartered van, hotel and passes to shows, RSVP by March 8 to Sile, 614-294-6088, or Julie, 614-262-3125.

Friday, March 27 MsDemeanor All Women Rock Band, free, 8 pm, Borders Books, Royalton Rd. (Ohio 82) and Interstate 71, across from South Park Mall, Strongsville; 440-846-6622. Alexis Antes, former member of “Odd Girl Out,” sings at Harmony Bar and Grille, $3, 9 pm, 3359 Fulton Rd., Cleveland; 216-398-5052.

Friday, March 27 to Sunday, March 29

1998 Come Together Kentucky Conference, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Hts., Ky.; 606-572-7874.

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

Saturday, March 28

'Ta-Da!' Dinner, fundraiser for Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 7 pm at Hunting Valley home in Cleveland area, reservations required; 216-522-1999.

Pride Happy Hour, for anyone considering participating in the Cleveland Pride festival planning committee, 8 pm, the Grid night club, 1281 West 9th St. (Warehouse District), Cleveland; 216-371-0214.

Sunday, March 29

Post-post modern, eclectic, indie, rock Sunday nights at the Nickel. Hang out in your very own homosexual, lesbionic, punk-rawk tree fort. Sundays. The frivolity starts at 9:30 pm. 5¢ Decision, 4365 State Rd., Cleveland; 216-661-1314.

Church service honoring gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgendered people, Southwest Unitarian Universalist Church Welcoming Congregation committee, 10:30 am, Center Junior High School, 13200 Pearl Rd. (U.S. 42), just north of Royalton Rd. (Ohio 82), Strongsville; Steve Grove 440-960-3327.

Monday, March 30 to Saturday, April 4

Oberlin College Trans Awareness Week, featuring activist Leslie Feinberg, author of Stone Butch Blues and Transgender Warriors, passing workshop, screening of film You Don't Know Dick, drag ball and drag performances, Oberlin; Cara Wick 440775-8802.