MARCH 20, 1998

GAY PEOPle's ChroNICLE 15

CHARLIE'S CALENDAR

Monday March 30

"HIV and AIDS: Privacy, Confidentiality and the Law," Akron Area Ryan White Consortium, Akron Health Department auditorium, Morley Health Center, 177 S. Broadway, first floor; 330-836-4362.

Holly Boswell, transgender activist and Oberlin College graduate, Trans Awareness Week presentation on gender, spirituality, and transgender activism, 8 pm at the college's Wilder Hall room101, 135 W. Lorain St., Oberlin; Cara Wick 440775-8802.

Wednesday, April 1

Cleveland Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual Pride planning meeting, 7 pm, Lesbian-Gay Center, 1418 W. 29th St., Cleveland; 216-371-0214.

Positive Living Support Group, for all in the HIV spectrum, will meet every first Wednesday of the month (see Resource Directory in the back of this paper), 7 pm, St. Mary's Parish Center, Decatur at Central, Sandusky; 419-627-2525.

Thursday April 2

Leslie Feinberg, author of Stone Butch Blues and Transgender Warriors, keynote address for Oberlin College Trans Awareness Week, 8 pm, King Hall room 306, N. Professor at College St. on Tappan Square, Oberlin; Cara Wick 440-775-8802. Thursday, April 2 to Saturday, April 4

Names Project AIDS Quilt display, 11 am opening ceremonies Thursday, display open to public from 11 am to 9 pm Thursday, 10 am to 9 pm Friday, 10 am to 3 pm Saturday, 3 pm closing ceremonies, Campus Center, Heidelberg College, Tiffin; Ronda Meyer 419-448-2193 or rmeyer@nike.heidelberg.edu.

Friday, April 3

Leslie Feinberg book signing, author of Stone Butch Blues and Transgender Warriors, 12 pm, Co-Op Bookstore, Oberlin; Cara Wick 440-775-8802. T-shirts for T-cells at the Terrace Club, Cleveland AIDS Taskforce benefit, $45 and $90, 6 pm, the Terrace Club at Jacobs Field, 2401 Ontario St., downtown Cleveland; Tim Homan 216-621-0766.

Comedian Joyce Scoglietti, 9 pm, Harmony Bar and Grille, 3359 Fulton Rd., Cleveland; 216-398-5052.

Stone Cold '70s Bash at the K-Chalet, $15, DJ with R&B, Hip-Hop and Old School jams, 9 pm, 3840 Kimberly Pkwy., Columbus; PamOhio@aol.com or pager 614-627-2372: enter 10 digit phone number followed by "43."

Friday, April 3 to Sunday, April 5

Anything for Love Conference, workshops, fetish ball, reception, fashion show, contests, vendors, $110 single, $200 couple, Quality Inn, 2401 Needmore Rd., Dayton; http://members.aol.com/anythn4luv/index.html or 513-395-2554

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..

Saturday, April 4

Art for Life Auction, to benefit Columbus AIDS Task Force, reception and silent auction 6 pm, live auction 7:30, $30 ($100 reserved seat), Columbus Museum of Art, 480 East Broad St.; 614-299-2437 ext. 129.

'Can Film Festival' series will be first Saturday of each month, bring a can for food pantry, free soda and popcorn, 7 pm movie, Emmanuel Christian Fellowship Church, 10034 Lorain Ave., Cleveland; 216-651-0129.

Gay and Lesbian Democrats Statewide Meeting, with remarks by openly lesbian Dayton commissioner Mary Wiseman and openly gay Toledo council member Louis Escobar, discussion groups, cocktail hour, begins 9:30 am, all day, Renaissance Room, Out on Main Restaurant, 122 E. Main St., Columbus; 614-265-7444. Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer at Wall Street night club, $16, doors open 7 pm, show 8 pm, 144 N. Wall St., Columbus; 614-464-2800.

Human Rights Campaign Dinner with keynote speaker Rep. Loretta Sanchez, $150, Renaissance Hotel grand ballroom, Cleveland; 216-779-6444.

Oberlin College Drag Ball, $10, three dance floors, "Tent of Consent," and a runway competition with prizes, 10 pm to 2 am, Wilder Hall, 135 West Lorain St., Oberlin; Cara Wick 440-775-8802.

Sunday, April 5

Palm Sunday Worship Service, Liberation United Church of Christ, 10:30 am, Hillel chapel, 11291 Mayfield near Euclid on CWRU campus, Cleveland; 216-781-5822. Monday, April 6

Candidates Reception, candidates for elected office to meet with gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community members, hors d'oeuvres, $20 donation requested, 5 pm, Gordon Square Arcade, 6504 Detroit Ave., Cleveland; 216-221-7056, 216521-2684 or 440-892-1994.

Highlights of upcoming weeks and months

Saturday, April 11

Queer U 1998, third annual intercollegiate conference for Ohio les-bi-gay unions, gaystraight alliances, and students on college campuses, $10 includes lunch, Cleveland State U., corner of Euclid and 22nd; r.gallagher@popmail.csuohio.edu or 216-522-1999. Community Passover Seder, by Chevrei Tikva, $17 to $26, 5:30 pm, Simon lounge, Fairmount Temple, 23727 Fairmount Blvd., Beachwood; reserve by April 3, 216932-5551, scholarship tickets 216-381-6096.

Tuesday, April 14 to Friday, April 17

"Remember Their Names" 1,600 panels of the Names Project AIDS memorial quilt, opening ceremonies 5:30 pm Tuesday; viewing: 5:30 to 9 pm Tuesday, 9 am to 9 pm Wednesday and Thursday, and 9 am to 5:30 pm Friday; closing ceremonies 7 pm Friday; University of Cincinnati Myrl H. Shoemaker Center, University near Vine St., Cincinnati; Deb Rieselman, 513-556-5225.

Wednesday, April 15

Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer to speak, $2 Kent State students $5 others sponsored by Kent Lesbian Gay Bisexual Union, All Campus Programming Board, and Women's Movement Network, 8 pm, Kent Student Center Ballroom, Risman off of E Summit; rconn@kent.edu or 330-672-2068.

Thursday, April 16 to Saturday, April 18

“In Our Own Language,” African American Metropolitan Community Church conference, Washington, D.C.; 310-360-8640 or Info@ufmcchq.com.

Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19

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

National Gay Pentecostal Alliance Spring General Conference, Ferndale, Michigan,; lighthse84@aol.com or 248-544-4442.

Out and Equal '98, lgbt workplace issues, Rochester, N.Y.; 716-234-4646 or 888924-4646 or http://www.outnequal.org; hotel 800-233-1234.

Rainbow Wranglers Spring Round-Up Weekend, Cleveland; 216-961-5817. Friday, April 24 to Sunday, April 26

Midwest Trans Institute, Minneapolis, 612-362-3581 or MWTrans@aol.com. Sunday, May 3

Columbus AIDS Walk, register 9 am, walk 11 am, Bicentennial Pk, 614-447-5050. Friday, May 15 to Sunday, May 17

BWMT Midland Regional Meeting 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, Atlanta Georgia, 404-221-0025 or 330-453-2609. Thursday, May 21 to Sunday, May 24

International Gay Bowling Organization tournament, Cleveland, 216-252-8933. Saturday, June 13

Decked Out '98, dance on the Willis B. Boyer lake freighter, $75 sponsor's dinner, 6 pm, $15 dance, 8 pm, benefits Toledo Gays and Lesbians United, 419-292-1524. Saturday, June 27

Cleveland Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual Pride, Voinovich Park, 216-371-0214. Sunday, June 28

Columbus Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual Pride March; 614-299-7764. Sunday, July 12

Garden Party '98, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center fund-raiser; 216-522-1999. Sunday, July 19

Dancin' in the Streets, AIDS Taskforce of Cleveland fundraiser, 216-621-0766. Sunday, August 1 to Sunday, August 8

Gay Games V, Amsterdam; call 011-31-20-620-1998 or write Box 2837 1000CV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, or info@gaygames.nl, or www.dds.nl/gaygames. Tuesday, August 11 to Sunday, August 16

23rd Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, 510-652-5441 in winter. Saturday, September 12

Ohio Lesbian Festival, east of Columbus, 614-267-3953.

Sunday, September 13

NOCI We Are Family Picnic, Wildwood Lake, Cleveland 216-371-0325.

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