October 15

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Dinner Cruise and Dance aboard the River Queen with national MCC founder Rev. Elder Troy Perry, '50s-'90s music, part of New Spirit Metropolitan Community Church's 25th anniversary celebration; 6:30 pm, Cincinnati, advance tickets only, $50 check to New Spirit MCC, 5501 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati 45224, for payment arrangements 513-661-9090; info 513-681-9090.

Costume Party, with sloppy joes, cider and snacks, if not in costume bring canned or dry food or hygiene item for Violet's Cupboard; $5 adults $3 children, 7 pm, Akron Pride Center, 71 N. Adams St.; 330-253-2220. Cocktail Reception and Dinner with Steve Kmetko, gay host of E! Entertainment News, benefits GLAAD and the Flip Foundation; cocktail reception 5 pm, dinner 7 pm; reception only $20, both $100, Out on Main restaurant, 122 E. Main St., Columbus; 614-2249510.

Octobearfest, 10 pm, sponsored by Arktos, Adams Street, 77 N. Adams St., Akron; 330434-9794, 216-651-0611, or 330-434 4860. Saturday, to Sunday, Oct. 23 to Nov. 7

Cabaret, 7:30 pm Thursdays, 8 pm Saturdays, 2:30 pm Sundays, Leo Yassenoff Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus, 1125 College Avenue, Columbus, 614-231-5223, ext. 260

E! Entertainment News host

dave Kmetko will at a cocktail eception at restaurant

Columbus Saturday,

October 23.

Sunday, October 24

Lavender Browns Backers party, for Browns-Rams football game, LGBT Browns fan club, 1 pm, 5¢ Decision, 4365 State Rd., Cleveland; 216-661-1314 or http:// sport.cleveland.com/sport/lavender.

Pride at Work, Cincinnati chapter of LGBT group within national AFL-CIO labor union is forming, 3 pm, Cincinnati Gay and Lesbian Center, 4119 Hamilton Ave.; 513-591-0200 or 513-624-6963.

Scott Seomin, entertainment media director of GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, will speak at the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center's annual meeting; also community awards and voting on board members, 3:30 pm, Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, 9606 Euclid Avenue, free, 216-522-1999.

Anniversary Worship Celebration to celebrate 25th anniversary of New Spirit Metropolitan Community Church, with national MCC founder Rev. Elder Troy Perry, 7 pm, 5501 Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati; 513681-9090.

Prime Timers Potluck and Social, bring appetizers, side dishes, or desserts to feed eight or more, 3 to7 pm, 434 E. Deshler Ave off Parsons Ave in Columbus' German Village area, $6, RSVP by Oct. 22; 614-444 9473. Monday, October 25

An Evening with Kathleen Battle, concert benefit for the AIDS Housing Council, 8-pm, Allen Theater in Playhouse Square, Cleveland, tickets $25-150 at 216-231-1111 or 800686-1141.

Black Gay Film Festival featuring Among Good Christian People, All God's Children, Two-Spirit People, 7:30 pm, Brother2Brother Program, free, (donations accepted for AIDS Taskforce), Ohio Bell Theatre at Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216-621-0766 ext. 258.

Thursday to Sunday, October 28-31

Healing Our Images of God, interfaith retreat for people with HIV or AIDS at St. Mary of the Springs in Columbus, sponsored by AIDS Service Connection and Spirituality Network, $50 includes lodging and meals; 614-221-7979 or @yahoo.com.

Saturday, October 30

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Absentee Ballot Deadline, applications for absentee ballot in 1999 general election must be received by noon; for information, contact county board of elections, http:// www.ohio.gov/sos/boe.html.

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Halloween Party, potluck dinner and show, costumes encouraged, 7 pm, Asians and Friends Cleveland, 50 Hemlock Lane, Moreland Hills; 216-226-6080 or 216382-5144

Sunday, October 31

Lavender Browns Backers party, for Browns-Saints football game, LGBT Browns fan club, 1 pm, 5¢ Decision, 4365 State Rd., Cleveland; 216-661-1314 or http:// sport.cleveland.com/sport/lavender.

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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 Friday, November 5

Comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer headlines a fundraiser for the Dayton Lesbian-Gay Center, 8 pm, Jessie's Celebrity Nightclub, 850 N. Main St., Dayton; tickets $15-35 advance, $18-38 at door; 937-428-0776

Friday and Saturday, November 5-6 Art from the Heart IV, benefit for Community AIDS Network, Greystone Hall (formerly Masonic Temple), downtown Akron, tickets $40 to $200; 330-375-2000 or www.rainbow.akron.com/can.

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Wednesday to Sunday Nov. 10-14 Creating Change, annual GLBT activists' convention sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel, Oakland, Calif.; 202332-6483, ext. 3329, or www.creatingchange .org; hotel 800-228-9290 (ask for NGLTF discount).

Saturday, November 13

God Save the Queen! Bingo, part of gay bingo series hosted by Dayton drag queens, advance tickets only, benefits AIDS Foundation Miami Valley; 7 pm, Corpus Christi Parish Center, Home Ave. at Forest Ave., Dayton, 937-461-2437.

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