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CHARLIE'S CALENDAR

Deadline for next calendar is Tuesday, May 19.

Calendar listings are free! To list your non-profit group or club's events, send the date, time, location, and contact phone to P.O. Box 5426, Cleveland 44101, or fax to 216631-1052, or e-mail to calendars@chronohio.com. The Chronicle comes out every other Friday. Listings must be received by the Tuesday ten days before an issue date to be included in that issue. See Community Forum page for more info.

Friday, April 24 to Saturday, May 23

Angels in America, play by Tony Kushner about AIDS and homosexuality in the Reagan era, Dobama Theater, 1846 Coventry Rd., Cleveland Hts., 216-932-6838.

Friday, May 15

Lambda Amateur Radio Club hospitality suite for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender ham radio operators and friends, part of Dayton Hamvention weekend, 4 pm, Ramada Inn, 4079 Little York Rd. (at I-75), Dayton; 216-381-4774 or hotel 937890-9500, or larc@net-quest.com, or http://www.netaxs.com/people/skeptic/larc. Rainbow Amateur Radio Association hospitality suite for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender ham radio operators and friends, part of Dayton Hamvention weekend, 4 pm, Huber Heights Comfort Inn, 7907 Brandt Pike (Ohio 201 at I-70) Huber Hts., 440-729-0110 or hotel 937-237-7477, or rara@en.com or http://www.rara.org. Cleveland State University 1st Annual Drag Show, $2 with CSU ID, $3 others, 7 pm, University Center auditorium, Euclid Ave at E. 21st, Cleveland; 216-687-4510. TwentySomething Game Night, lgbt social group for ages 20-29, 8 pm, Lesbian-Gay Center, Lesbian-Gay Center, 1418 W. 29th St., Cleveland; 216-522-1999. Mr. Rodeo Bear Contest, 10 pm, Detroit Eagle night club, Holbrook and Trumbull, Detroit, Michigan; 313-438-1305 ext. 2.

Friday, May 15 to Sunday, May 17

Black and White Men Together 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 330726-1747.

North American Gay Volleyball Championship Tournament, over 70 teams from across North America to compete, Celeste Center Ohio Expo State Fairgrounds, 717 E. 17th St., Columbus; 614-870-7987 eves or 614-299-7764 day.

Friday, May 15 to Monday, May 18

Threats to Democracy Conference, activist training conference, sponsored by People for the American Way, $90 members $115 non-members, speakers include U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer and Edward Kennedy, Mandy Carter, humorist Molly Ivans, Washington D.C.; balcomgrp@aol.com or 202-234-3880, hotel reservations 800333-1234.

Saturday, May 16

Lambda Amateur Radio Club hospitality suite for GLBT ham radio operators and friends, part of Dayton Hamvention weekend, 6 pm, followed by annual meeting and banquet at 7 pm, Ramada Inn, 4079 Little York Rd. (at 1-75), Dayton; 216-381-4774 or hotel 937-890-9500, or larc@net-quest.com, or http://www.netaxs.com/people/ skeptic/larc.

Rainbow Amateur Radio Association hospitality suite for GLBT ham radio operators and friends, part of Dayton Hamvention weekend, 4 pm, Huber Heights Comfort Inn, 7907 Brandt Pike (Ohio 201 at 1-70) Huber Hts., 440-729-0110 or hotel 937237-7477, or rara@en.com or http://www.rara.org.

'Ta-Da!' Dinner, fundraiser for Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, Pasta ala Carte at host's Cleveland home, 7 pm, reservations required; 216-522-1999.

Swamp Boogie Queens band, with opening act Trisha, Heather and Steph, $5, 10 pm, 5¢ Decision, 4365 State Rd., Cleveland; 216-661-1314.

Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17

USFTL Spring Invitational Tournament, United States Flag and Touch Football League, men's and women's, Cleveland location to be announced; 216-741-4095. Sunday, May 17, 1998

AIDS Taskforce Potluck, for people in the HIV spectrum and their friends and family, 2 pm, St. Ignatius Church, corner of West. Blvd and Lorain Ave., Cleveland; 216621-0766 ext. 239.

"Honoring Gay Fathers,” First Unitarian Church welcoming congregation committee forum, guest speakers from fathers' groups in Cleveland and Akron/Canton, 9 am,. room 206-208, 21600 Shaker Blvd., Shaker Hts; 216-751-2320.

AIDS Candlelight March and Vigil, Akron Area Ryan White Consortium, 6 pm march from Morley Health Center, 177 S. Broadway, Akron, returning to health center for 7 pm program and vigil; 330-375-2159.

AIDS Candlelight Vigil, by the Portage County AIDS Task Force, 7 pm, Kent Unitarian Universalist Church, 228 Gougler, Kent; Kat 330-296-3255 or kat(@raex.com. Tuesday, May 19

Insight monthly dinner meeting, personal, social, and business network for lesbians, gays, and bisexuals, at a Cleveland area restaurant; 216-556-0576. Celebrating Our Families, town meeting on adoption, custody, domestic partnership, and marriage, sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Stonewall Union and Out on Main, panel includes representatives from national and local lgbt rights groups, 7:30 pm, Out On Main restaurant Renaissance Room, 122 E. Main Street, Columbus; 614-299-7764 or 202-332-6483 x3303.

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