DECEMBER 18, 1998

GAY PEOPle's ChroNICLE

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, Ohio 44101, or fax to 216-631-1052, or e-mail to calendars@chronohio.com. Each week's calendar shows events in the upcoming week only, plus selected later events. But it's never too early to send in a calendar item; listings for months into the future are posted on our web site. Deadline for each week's calendar is noon on Thursday of the previous week.

Friday, December 18

Swing into the Holidays, music of the George Foley Trio, raffle, benefits Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Community Center, 6:30 pm, Code Blue nightclub, 1946 St. Clair Ave; 216-522-1999.

Twentysomething Holiday Gift Exchange and Videos, 8 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 1418 W. 29 St., Cleveland; 216-522-1999.

Saturday, December 19

Sing Out Toledo! Holiday Concert, free, 2:30 pm, Toledo Museum of Art Great Gallery, 2445 Monroe St.; 419-891-7354.

Traditional Anglican Service of Lessons and Music, for GLBT community and friends, presented by Integrity GLBT Episcopalian organization, 5 pm, reception after, Christ Episcopal Church, 3445 Warrensville-Center Rd., Shaker Hts. (Cleveland); 216-939-0405 or 216-691-9372.

Chevrei Tikva Seudah Shlishit (potluck 3 meal) and Havdalah/Latke Party, 6:30 pm, call for Mayfield Heights (Cleveland) location; 216-932-5551. "Night To Remember” Christmas Concert, free will offering, 7 pm, Metropolitan Community Church, 1630 E. Fifth St., St. Anne's Historic District of Dayton; 937228-4031.

"How Does Racism Affect the Gay Community?" chat night, open to all, sponsored by Black and White Men Together, 7:30 pm, Lesbian-Gay Center, 1418 W. 29 at Detroit, Cleveland; 216-397-2968.

Grand Holiday Party, chem-free disco, $2, 8 pm, old Northminster Presbyterian Church, 203 King Avenue, between Neil and High Sts., Columbus; 614-470-5162. Sunday, December 20

"The Amidah” Chevrei Tikva Kesher class, 10 am, call for Mayfield Heights (Cleveland) location; 216-932-5551.

Winter Solstice Ceremony and Celebration, 5 pm, potluck meal after ceremony, Ashe Cultural center, 1861 W. 25th St. at Bridge Ave., Cleveland; 216-556-3316. Winter Solstice Gathering, women only potluck supper and ceremony, 5 pm, Susan B. Anthony Women's Land Trust, Athens, Ohio; ad965@seorf.ohiou.edu or 740448-7242.

Monday, December 21

Columbiana County AIDS Task Force, 7 pm, Columbiana County Mental Health Dept. Board Room, Columbiana, 330-482-2410.

Tuesday, December 22

Noontime Music and Meditation, organist Timothy Robson, carol settings and other holiday music, free, open to all, brownbag lunches welcome, 12:15 to 12:45 pm, Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, E. 96th St. at Euclid Ave., Cleveland; 216791-5200.

Thursday, December 24

Emmanuel Christian Fellowship Christmas Eve Service, candlelight and carols, 6 pm, refreshments after, 10034 Lorain Ave., Cleveland; 216-651-0129. Asians and Friends-Cleveland Christmas Eve Party, $3 member, $6 others, bring gift $15 or less for exchange, 9 pm, 5557 Suncrest Court, Parma; 216-749-2399. Annual Community Christmas Eve Service, 10:30 pm, Metropolitan Community Church, 1630 E. Fifth St., St. Anne's Historic District of Dayton; 937-228-4031. Liberation Christmas Eve Worship Service, Liberation United Church of Christ congregation, 10:30 pm, Hillel Chapel, 11291 Mayfield near Euclid on Case Western Reserve University campus, Cleveland; 216-781-5822.

Saturday, December 26

Potluck Christmas Party and Useless Gift Exchange, HUGS East, 5 pm, 8521 East Ave., Mentor; 440-974-8909.

Monday, December 28

Book reading: Contra/Dictions: New Queer Male Fiction, by contributors Townsand Price-Spratlen, Charles Derry and Jim Provenzano, 8 pm, An Open Book, 761 N. High St., Columbus; 614-291-0080.

Highlights of upcoming weeks

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

Thursday, December 31

Hobbs New Year's Eve Party, over 350 rooms and second floor of Cincinnati Regal Hotel reserved for private lesbian-gay party, includes 8 pm dinner and breakfast in the morning, 150 W. 5th St., info Michelle 513-721-3713 or planetfree@aol.com, 800-876-2100 hotel reservations, request Hobbs party.

"Party Like It's 1999” New Year's Eve Party, dancing, table games, $2.50, under 18 only accompanied by an adult, 8 pm to 1 am, Metropolitan Community Church, 1630 E. Fifth St., St. Anne's Historic District of Dayton, 937-228-4031. Asians and Friends-Cleveland New Year's Eve Party, potluck, 9 pm, 12900 Lake Ave., suite 1205, Lakewood; 216-226-6080.

Sunday, January 10, 1999

Wedding Ceremonies for the Rest of Us, brunch and conversation for same-sex couples considering marriage, Rev. Mary Grigolia, 10 am, The Ashe Center, 1861 W. 25th St., Cleveland; reservation deadline January 6, 216-556-3316.

Thursday, February 11 to Sunday, February 14, 1999

12th Annual National Black Lesbian and Gay Leadership Conference, and Institutes, registration deadline January 21, early registration December 15, Atlanta, Georgia; Kenyatta Dorey Graves 202-483-6786 or ForumConf@aol.com.

Thursday, February 26 to Sunday, February 29, 1999

OutWrite '99, gay and lesbian writers' conference, Boston Park Plaza, Boston, Mass.; http://www.bsef.org/outwrite or outwrite@bsef.terranet.com or 617-262-6969.

True Spirit Conference '99, "for people born female for whom that is not an adequate or accurate description of who they are" and friends and allies, Best Western Hotel, Laurel Maryland; write P.O. Box 1118, Elkton, Md. 21922, or transman@netgsi.com.

Friday, March 5 to Sunday, March 7, 1999

Fifth Annual Anything for Love pansexual fetish conference, Quality Inn, 2401 Needmore Rd., Dayton; http://members.aol.com/anythn4luv/index.html or 513395-2554 leave message, hotel 937 278-5711.

Sunday, March 21 to Saturday, March 27, 1999

“Equality Begins at Home,” a week of events in all 50 states to promote gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender equality sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Federation of Statewide Political Organizations, date TBA for rally at Ohio Statehouse; 216-522-1999.

Friday, April 23 to Sunday, April 25, 1999

Lesbian Rights Summit, sponsored by National Organization for Women, political strategy, coalition building, skills sharing, for lesbian, bay, bi-sexual, transgender, straight, activists, Washington, D.C.; 202-331-0066 ext. 760 or www.now.org. Wednesday, June 2 to Sunday, June 6, 1999

"Be All" international transgender conference, seminars from serious to "just fun," entertainment, Radisson Hotel Cleveland; www.beall.net or host@beall.net or P.O. Box 281, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 44222 or 330-923-3413.

Sunday, April 30, 2000 Millenium March on Washington, sponsored by the Human Rights Campaign and the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches; 202-628-4160.

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