DECEMBER 25, 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.
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.
Sunday, December 27
"Acoustic X-mas," Cleveland Black Poetic Society members to perform, African drums, poetry and singing, 8 pm, The Humidor, 1214 W. 6th St., Cleveland; 216574-9300
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.
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, The Carlyle, 12900 Lake Ave., suite 1205, Lakewood; 216-226-6080.
Friday, January 1, 1999
Chevrei Tikva Shabbat Dinner and Service, lesbian and gay Jewish synagogue, at member's Cleveland area home; 216-932-5551.
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
Tuesday, January 5, 1999
Akron area planning meeting for Equality Begins at Home, Ohio's events for national coordinated marches on state capitals in late March, allies non-Akron folks welcome, 7 pm, Akron Pride Collective center, 71 N. Adams Street (across from City Hospital), Brian Simmons 216-228-8004 or StoneAkron@aol.com. Saturday, January 9, 1999
Akron LGBT Community Center Grand Opening, refreshments, prizes, live music by Horizon, tours, meet board members, 2 to 6 pm, 71 N. Adams St. off E. Market St., Akron; www.rainbow-akron.com/aapc/ or 330-253-2220.
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.
Wednesday, January 20, 1999
"The Royal Procession," female impersonators, drag show presented by Youngstown State University LGBT student organization, $1 donation benefits AIDS organizations, Peabody's at Kilcawley Center, Youngstown; 330-640-2511.
Saturday, January 23 to Saturday, January 30, 1999 “Allies Among Us, ” Ohio State University Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Ally Awareness Week, featuring Buckeye Ally Safe Space program, H.I.S. Kings drag king troupe, Allies in Spirituality, B-GALA Cabaret, Vagina Monologues, community service at Project Open Hand, film showing of Scent uVa Butch, comedian Karen Williams, OSU campus, Columbus; 614-292-6200. Saturday, January 23, 1999
GLBT Community Potluck, 6 pm, 3180 German Church Road, Mansfield; 419756-2977.
Tuesday, February 9 to Tuesday, April 27, 1999
"Acting Out: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Lives,” weekly workshop series, Kent State University; registration deadline Jan. 26: 330-672-3100 or 800672-5782 (800-672-KSU2).
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.
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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