JANUARY 1, 1999
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 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
Chevrei Tikva Shabbat Dinner and Service, lesbian and gay Jewish synagogue, at member's Cleveland area home; 216-932-5551.
Tuesday, January 5
Akron area planning meeting for Equality Begins at Home, Ohio's events for national coordinated marches on state capitals in late March, allies and non-Akron folks welcome, 7 pm, Akron Pride Collective Center, 71 North Adams St., across from City Hospital; Brian Simmons 216-228-8004 or StoneAkron@aol.com. Thursday, January 7
"Beyond Coming Out" workshop series introductory meeting to learn about eightweek workshop series to enhance well-being in gay men, 7 pm, 3250 Henderson Rd., suite 202, Columbus; 614-451-3877.
Cleveland area planning meeting for Equality Begins at Home, Ohio's events for national coordinated marches on state capitals in late March, everyone welcome, 7 pm, Ohio City Oasis, 2909 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, 216-522-1999.
Saturday, January 9
Auditions for B-GALA Awareness Week cabaret, from 1 until 5 pm in Hughes Hall (music building), Room 13, Ohio State University; bgala@osu.edu or 614292-9212 or 614-292-6200.
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 East Market St., Akron; www.rainbow-akron.com/aapc/ or 330-253-2220.
National Leather Association Dinner Social, 6:30 pm, Don Pablos in Lennox Town Center, Olentangy River Rd. at Kinnear, Columbus; 614-898-6266 or nlaco@geocities.com.
Sunday, January 10
Wedding Ceremonies for the Rest of Us, brunch and conversation for same-sex couples considering marriage, Rev. Mary Grigolia, 10 am, The Ashé Center, 1861 West 25th St., Cleveland; reservation deadline January 6, 216-556-3316.
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
Saturday, January 16
“As the Millennium Approaches: Addressing Racism in 1999” chat night, open to all, sponsored by Black and White Men Together, 7:30 pm, Lesbian-Gay Center, 1418 West 29th at Detroit, Cleveland; 216-397-2968.
Wednesday, January 20
"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
"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. Tuesday, February 9 to Tuesday, April 27
"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
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
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, transman@netgsi.com.
Friday, March 5 to Sunday, March 7
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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
"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 Lesbian Rights Summit, sponsored by National Organization for Women, political strategy, coalition building, skills sharing, for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, straight, activists, Washington, D.C.; 202-331-0066 ext. 760 or www.now.org. 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. Compiled by Dawn E. Leach
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