charlie's calendar

Three Mile Hike in the Cuyahoga Valley Wednesday, November 10

National Recreation Area with Cleveland Out and About, meet 1 pm in Brandywine Falls parking area; 216-556-4832, clevelandoutdrs @aol.com or call.

31st Anniversary Celebration of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, 10:30 am, MCC Dayton Parish, 1630 E. Fifth St., Dayton; 937-228-4031, MCCDP@juno.com, http://

users.commkey.net/rebjak/mccdp.htm. Sunday, October 31

"Full Voice in the Balkan Tradition," Muse Cincinnati's Women's Choir with Ethel Raim and Catherine Foster plus local performers Sister Friends, 3 pm, St. John's Unitarian Church, 320 Resor Ave. in Clifton (Cincinnati). Tickets available at Crazy Ladies Bookstore; 513-541-4198.

Monday, November 1

Brotherhood of Bears regular meeting, 8:30 pm, The Stage Door, 44 N Jefferson St, Dayton, Visitors are always welcome; 937-222-2274; BOB_Dayton@juno.com; http://welcome.to/

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Monday to Saturday, Nov. 1 to Jan. 8

Decorating Lester's Christmas Tree with donations of $20 or more to support St. Augustine's AIDS unit in memory of Lester Lee Blount, who died of AIDS; Skin First, 3688 Silsby Rd, University Heights (Cleveland); 216-371-1262.

Wednesday, November 3

Hanson Paddle Company show and sale from 6 to 9 pm with private after hours party and hands on demo from 10 to midnight. Men only, clothing optional, door prizes, refreshments. $5 admission ($1 of each admission donated to the Center). Body Language,11424 Lorain Avenue, Cleveland, 216-251-3330. HIV/AIDS 2000, preparing for Y2K, free, Community Advisory Board of the Ohio State University AIDS Clinical Trials Unit, 5:30 pm reception. 6:30 program, Rhodes Hall Auditorium 430 W. 10th Ave on the OSU campus, Columbus; 614-293-8112.

Pride Planning Meeting, 7 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay-Bi-Trans Pride, Inc, The Center, 1418 W. 29, Cleveland, 216-371-0214 or www.clevelandpride.org.

Thursday to Saturday, November 4 to 6 The Clue in the Old Birdbath, 8 pm, a Nancy Drew musical parody, $12 regular, $6 student/ senior, sliding scale available, Pilgrin

Public Witness for GLBT inclusion in the National Council of Churches, 6:30 pm, sponsored by the Interfaith Assembly of LGBT Caucuses and Affirming Christian Organizations, outside Cleveland Convention Center, downtown Cleveland, 740-593-7301 or aa747@seorf.ohiou.edu.

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.

CONGA Card and Game Night, 7-10 pm, Central Ohio Nude Guys Alliance, Columbus, call 614-291-1696.

Biodeterminism by Ann Pratt, following noon lunch, sponsored by the Humanist Community of Central Ohio, in private dining room of the MCL Cafeteria in the Raintree Center, at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Dublin-Granville Road (Ohio 161), Columbus, 614-470-0811 or www.hcco.org.

Thanksgiving Potluck with the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network, 6 pm at a member's Columbus home; 614-228-8038.

Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 13-14

"With One Voice," Sing Out Toledo fall concert, Saturday at 8 pm at St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 2272 Collingwood; Sunday at 3 pm at Trinity Episcopal Church, Adams and St. Clair Sts., Toledo; $8 advance, $10 door; 419-868-8134.

Sunday, November 14

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

Potluck and Planning Business Meeting, 69 pm, Columbus Asians and Friends, to be held in member's home, call for location 614-228-0786.

Congregational UCC, 2592 W. 14 St, Tremont Highlights of upcoming weeks

(Cleveland), 216-661-4301.

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..

Vigil for Chareka Keys, a transgender woman murdered in Cleveland Sept. 27, 7 pm, Cleveland City Hall, 601 Lakeside Ave.; 440944-8343.

Gallery Hop and Dining Out Night with Asians and Friends Columbus, 6-10pm, 614-228-0786. 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.

Sunday, November 7

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

Tuesday, November 9

Indoor Gay Volleyball, 7 pm, John Bryan Center, Dayton-Yellow Springs Rd. near U.S. 68 in downtown Yellow Springs; 937427-1578 or 937-376-8725 or Skiplang @aol.com.

For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: http://www.cleveland.com/community/gay Monday, November 29

World AIDS Day Memorial Service, Fairmount Temple, 23737 Fairmount Cleveland Hts.; 216-464-8918.

Monday to Friday, Nov. 29 to Dec. 3 "A Week to Remember," Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt display for World AIDS Day, Rhodes Tower lobby, 30 E. Broad St., Columbus; 614-276-8769 or koziolprince @sprynet.com.

Wednesday, December 1

World AIDS Day events, activities and educational discussions, all day, Health Museum, 8911 Euclid Ave., Cleveland; 216-231-5010 or www.healthmuseum.org.

World AIDS Day, Cleveland events coordinated by North Coast HIV/AIDS Coalition; 216-583-1327 www.clevelandpride .org/worldaidsday.

Listen, Learn, Live! World AIDS Day 1999, 6:30 pm, no cost, Portage County AIDS Task Force, Red Cross Bldg.,, 609 West Main Street, Ravenna, 330-678-3006.

Sunday, April 30, 2000

Millenium March on Washington, rally on National Mall includes mass blessing of samesex marriage; 202-628-4160.

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