PRIDE GUIDE 1998 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE B-31
Girth and Mirth Post Pride Party, Legends Night Club, 11719 Detroit Ave., Lakewood; 216-521-9456.
Swamp Boogie Queens band, with opening act TBA, $5, 10 pm, 5¢ Decision, 4365 State Rd., Cleveland; 216-661-1314.
Entertainment Society Club '70s Summer Madness, party, soul food buffet, open bar, $20 advance only, 21 and over, the Watergate Towers (east party room), 26241 Lakeshore Blvd., Cleveland; 216-590-8241.
Sunday, June 28
Gay Day at Casual Male Big & Tall, special Girth and Mirth Cleveland Pride Festival coupons will be honored on this day, open to men and women, 25615 Lorain Rd., North Olmsted; Fred or Jim, 216-521-9456 or store 216-734-9744. Dignity-Cleveland's 25th Anniversary mass and reception, noon, Our Lady of Peace church, E. 126th St. and Shaker Blvd., Cleveland; 216-531-4469.
Saturday, July 4 and Sunday, July 5
BlackOut '98, cultural, educational and entertainment events celebrating African American lesbian and gay culture, 216-462-0257 or outside Cleveland 888-825-5226.
Wednesday, July 8
Annual Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network picnic GLSENcleve@aol.com or 440-585-3293.
Sunday, July 12
Garden Party IX, annual Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center fundraiser, Hillbrook Country Club, Hunting Valley; 216-522-1999.
Sunday, July 19
Dancin' in the Streets, 15th annual AIDS Taskforce of Cleveland fundraiser has live entertainment and continuous dancing from 1 to 10:30 pm, Mall B between Lakeside and St. Clair next to Convention Center in downtown Cleveland; 216-621-0766.
Friday July 24 to Sunday, July 26
Detroit Black Gay Pride
Sunday, August 1 to Sunday, August 8
Gay Games V, Amsterdam; call 011-31-20-620-1998 or write Gay Games, P.O. Box 2837 1000CV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands or info@gaygames.nl Website: http:/ /www.dds.nl/gaygames
Tuesday, August 11 to Sunday, August 16
23rd Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, near Hart, Michigan; info: We Want the Music Co., Box 22, Walhalla, Mich. 49458; 510-652-5441, or 616-757-4766.
Friday, August 14 and Saturday, August 15
Cleveland Black Gay Pride, keynote speakers, vendors, entertainment; Jasper, 216-556-4704.
Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23
Ohio Leather Fest, Cleveland; Ohio Leather Coalition, Box 770222, Lakewood, Ohio 44107, ohlthrfest@aol.com, http://members.aol.com/OHLthrfest, or leave message at 440-835-6949.
Friday, September 4 to Monday, September 7
International Friendship Weekend '98, hosted by Asians and Friends Cleveland, includes "Asian Awe" pageant and talent show, dinner-dance cruise aboard the Goodtime III, gay beach volleyball at Edgewater Park, Cleveland; Howard 216226-6080 or for registration Jeff Y 440-891-9121.
Saturday, September 12
Ohio Lesbian Festival, tenth annual event sponsored by Lesbian Business Association; 11 am to 11 pm at Frontier Ranch near Kirkersville, off I-70 20 miles east of Columbus; $24 advance, $30 gate, send check with SASE to LBA Festival, Box 82086, Columbus 43202, or call 614-267-3953.
Sunday, September 13
NOCI We Are Family Picnic, 20th annual benefit for Northern Ohio Coalition's funding of gay and AIDS programs, 10 am to 6 pm, Wildwood Lake, 11200 East River Rd. just south of Sprague Rd. in Columbia Station (near Cleveland); 216-371-0325.
Friday, September 25
Pride Night at Kings Island, amusement park north of Cincinnati on Interstate 71 will be open only to those buying tickets through the Cincinnati Gay and Lesbian Center or other gay and lesbian centers in Ohio; rides, entertainment, food, “Center Stage" at FestHaus, 5 pm open, 11 pm fireworks, $25 advance, $28.50 from Box Office Tickets 800-494-8497, or $30 at the gate,; 513-651-0040 or www.GayCincinnati.com.
Friday, October 9 to Sunday, October 11
“Out in Akron” Pride Weekend, second annual Akron pride weekend Chris Hixson 330-657-2977.
Friday, October 9
Talent Night, part of Out in Akron Pride Weekend, pm, Shelley McConnell 330785-0844.
Saturday, October 10
Out in Akron Pride Rally, with local and nationally known speakers, noon, Highland Theater, 330-657-2977.
Out in Akron Film Night, $15, 7 pm, Highland Theater.
Erie's First Pride Rally, Noon to 4 pm, Perry Square, Erie; Michael Mahler 814456-9833.
Sunday, October 11
Out in Akron panel discussion on religion, with gay and non-gay religious leaders from around America, live theatrical performance, 3 pm, Highland Theater; 330-657-2977.
Saturday, October 24
Cleveland Couples Together's Twelfth Annual Hayride, 7 pm.
Wednesday, November 11 to Sunday, November 15
Creating Change Conference, 11th annual lesbian-gay-bi-trans activists' convention
sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, William Penn Hotel, Pittsburgh, Pa.; 202-332-6483.
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