AUGUST 21, 1998 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 9

CHARLIE'S CALENDAR

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 216-631-1052, or e-mail to calendars@chronohio.com. It's never too early to send in a calendar item. Listings recieved by noon Thursday will be included in the following week's issue.

Thursday, August 20

Irish music and dance instruction, with Cleveland Irish Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Organization, food or beverage purchase required, 7:30 pm, Red Star Café, 11604 Detroit Ave., Cleveland; 216-521-7827.

Friday, August 21

Alexis Antes, former member of "Odd Girl Out," singing at Harmony Bar and Grille, 9 pm, 3359 Fulton Rd., Cleveland; 216-398-5052.

Beach Party, a Human Rights Campaign membership drive event, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, $20 admission ($10 HRC members) includes one raffle ticket for prizes including airline tickets, Code Blue, 1946 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland; 216-431-3317. Friday, August 21 to Sunday, August 23

Ohio Leather Fest, Weekend Package $70, Days Inn, 12019 Lake Avenue, Lakewood; Ohio Leather Coalition, Box 770222, Lakewood, Ohio 44107, ohlthrfest@aol.com, http://members.aol.com/OHLthrfest, 216-226-4800 hotel, for info leave message

at 440-835-6949.

Saturday, August 22

National Leather Association Dinner and Social, 7 pm Thai Orchid, 7654 Sawmill Rd, Columbus; 614-898-6266 or NLA@geocities.com.

Indigo Girls, $20, 8 pm, Agora Theatre, 5000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland; tickets www.ticketmaster.com or 216-241-5555 or 330-945-9400.

Sunday, August 23

Annual Charleston Pride Picnic, noon, Riverside Pavilion, Coonskin State Park, near Charleston, West Virginia; John Brown 304-343-6974.

Columbus Gay Men's Chorus auditions, 5 pm, 177 Naghten St.; Mike Harbin 614443-1073.

Asians and Friends Cleveland last social meeting before Sept. 4-7 International Friendship Weekend; 3 pm potluck at a member's suite in the Carlyle, 12900 Lake Ave. #1205, Lakewood; 216-226-6080.

Thursday, August 27

Dayton Rainbow Bowling League, Thursday night lesbian and gay league begins with sign-up and pizza party at Poelking Lanes Woodman, 3200 Woodman Dr. in Kettering, men and women, 4-person teams, or come by yourself and the league will find you a team; 7:30 pm, bowling at 8:30; Scott, 937-885-1516 or John, 937497-8601.

Friday, August 28

Friendly Folk, Celtic folk music, 9 pm, Harmony Bar and Grille, 3359 Fulton Rd., Cleveland; 216-398-5052.

End of Summer Patio Party with The Network (of lesbians in business), featuring Dorothy's Wish, pizza and light appetizers, $5, 6 pm, Code Blue, 1946 St. Clair Ave. Cleveland; call 440-962-3662 by Aug. 24 and leave message with number of guests coming.

H.I.S. Kings in Cleveland, female-to-male drag troupe will perform at Code Blue, 1946 St. Clair Ave.; 10 30 pm; $5 cover; club 216-241-4663.

Chevrei Tikva welcomes their new student rabbi Elissa Kohen, at the Shabbat service, 8 pm, Unitarian Society, 2728 Lancashire Rd., Cleveland Hts.; 216-932-5551.

Saturday, August 29

Seventh Annual Polly Hylant Tracy Memorial Pollyball volleyball tournament, featuring Gays and Lesbians United team, proceeds benefit people with cancer, International Park, Toledo; 419-292-1524.

Friends Fest, Muse Women's Choir, Sisterfriends and Drums for Peace will perform at the kickoff for Cincinnati Community Shares fundraising drive for 17 member groups including Muse and Stonewall Cincinnati, $10 includes food and beverage reception, 8 pm, Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, 103 William Howard Taft Rd; 513-475-0475.

Soaring Eagle Casino, coach trip to resort casino on Isabella Indian Reservation in central Michigan sponsored by Nubian Queens, depart 8 am from Cudell Recreation Center, Detroit Ave. at West Blvd., Cleveland, return at midnight, $55, reservation required, voicemail 216-790-1487.

Lesbian Christian vocalist Karen Ann Edwards, the "Warrior for the Lord," will sing in concert, 7 pm, at Metropolitan Community Church Dayton Parish, 1630 East Fifth St; 937-228-4031.

Sunday, August 30

25th Annual August White Party, $25 benefits Leather Archives and Museum, House --of Blues, 330 N. State St., Chicago; 312-923-2000.

Tuesday, September 1 to Tuesday, December 8

“Acting Out: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Lives,” workshop in queer language, culture, identities, and issues, 6 to 8:30 pm Tuesdays, 3 credits, open to students and non-students, fees vary, registration deadline: August 18, Kent State University, 330-672-3100.

Wednesday, September 2

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Stonewall Akron Candidates Night Out, candidates for elected office speak on issues affecting the gay, lesbian, bisexual and allied communities, 6:30 pm cash bar, 7:30 pm program, Martin Center, 105 Fir Hill, University of Akron; 330-869-4006. 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, 440-891-9121.

Saturday, September 5

Women's Coffee House, music by Rev. Mary Grigolia, women-only, alcohol free, $5 donation, 7 pm, Pilgrim Church, 2592 W. 14th St., Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood; 216-522-1999.

Dlugon and Baird, traditional Irish original folk music, food or beverage purchase required, 7:30 pm, Red Star Café, 11604 Detroit Ave., Cleveland; 216-521-7827. Friday, September 11 to Sunday, September 13

Singles Weekend, clothing optional, Roseland Guest House and Campground, gay owned and operated, caters to gay men, 32 miles south of Wheeling, West Virginia, roseland@rcvideo.com or 304-455-3838.

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.

National Leather Association Dinner and Social, 6:30 pm Thai Orchid, 7654 Sawmill Rd, Columbus, followed by a bar night with the Vulcans; 614-898-6266 or NLA@geocities.com.

Lake Cruise on the Goodtime III to celebrate sixth anniversary of Liberation United Church of Christ, 7 pm, $25 includes hors d'oeuvres, cash bar and dancing, 216781-5822.

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); 216371-0325 or 216-476-0820.

Religious Symbolism will be discussed at National Leather Association general meeting, followed by the latest info on AIDS research and prevention presented by the Columbus AIDS Task Force; $2 non-member, 831 Parsons Ave; 614898-6266 or NLA@geocities.com.

Highlights of upcoming weeks and months

For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.cleveland.com/community/gay

Thursday, September 17 to Sunday, September 20

Out Vote '98 lesbian and gay political convention in Washington, D.C. sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign; 202-628-4160, or www.hrc.org.

Friday, September 18 to Sunday, September 20

Brother 2 Brother Retreat, “Refreshment for the Soul," for black men in the HIV spectrum, $150, scholarships available, Malibu, California; 213-964-7834. Saturday, September 19

Dayton Gay Pride Expo, local artists, business and non-profit organization booths, food extravaganza, cash bar, Monte Carlo with blackjack and roulette, and entertainment featuring Rubi Girls, Kathy Sledge, formerly of Sister Sledge, $30 admission; expo opens 5 pm, casino at 6, show at 7; Dayton Convention Center third floor, 22 East Fifth St; 937-274-4297 (937-274-GAYS).

Sunday, September 20

AIDS Walk Cleveland, eighth annual 10-kilometer pledge walk from Edgewater Park to Lakewood Park and back benefits ten agencies, step-off at 1 pm; for pledge info write P.O. Box 461057, Cleveland 44146 or call 440-735-9255.

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.

Sunday, September 27

Race for the Cure, benefits Susan G. Koman breast cancer foundation, 7 am registration, 8:45 am 1-mile fun walk, 9:30 am 5k race/walk, 10:30 am breast cancer survivors recognition, 11 am awards ceremony, Wade Oval off of East Blvd., behind art museum, University Circle, Cleveland, www.nls.net/raceforthecure or 216791-2873.

Thursday, October 1 to Sunday, October 4

National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Assn. seventh annual convention, “Dealing an Open Hand in the Newsroom,” with Lesley Stahl of CBS News, Virginia Apuzzo of the White House, cartoonist Alison Bechdel, and top Hollywood producers and agents; Alexis Park Resort, Las Vegas, Nev.; hotel 800-582-2228, or NLGJA at 202588-9888 or www.nlgja.org.

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