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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 two weeks, 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, www.gaypeopleschronicle.com. Deadline for each week's calendar is noon on Thursday of the previous week.

Friday, May 19

Craft Night, sponsored by Lesbian Business Association, all women welcome, 7:30 pm, LBA Office, 19 W Brighton, Clintonville (Columbus), 614-267-3953.

Dragdom, benefit drag show for Chicago Dyke March, $10, 8 pm, Circuit, 3641 N. Halsted, Chicago, sponsored by Fast Friday Productions of Columbus, 614-262-3125. TransPride Akron, monthly meeting, 7 pm, Akron Pride Center, 71 N. Adams St, Akron, 330-923-3413.

Friday and Saturday, May 19 and 20 Seventeenth Annual Spring Concert, Muse Cincinnati Women's Choir, 8 pm, Friday, New Thought Unity Center, East MacMillian Ave, Cincinnati, 513-221-1118.

Saturday, May 20

“Garden Party," Sing Out Toledo's spring concert, tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door 8 pm, Maumee Valley Country Day School, 1715 Reynolds Rd, Toledo, 419-868-8134. Twilight Tea in the Garden, sponsored by Cleveland Couples Together, 7 pm, tea and coffee provided, 216-556-5731 for location. Silent Auction and Dance, hosted by New Hope Temple, 7 pm, Akron Pride Center, 50 North Adams St, 330-724-8575. Community Book Sale, sponsored by the Humanist Community of Central Ohio, noon, Stonewall Center, 1160 North High St, Columbus, 614-470-0811.

The Other Prom, for LGBT youth, college students, and allies, 16+, $10, 8 pm, Stecker Lounge, Ohio Union, 1739 North High St, Columbus, 614-688-4898, 614-299-7764. BWMT Chat Night, “HIV and Its Effects on the Way We Feel About Our Self, Our Relationships, and Sex," sponsored by Black and White Men Together, 7:30 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave; 216397-2968.

Saturday and Sunday, May 20 and 21 Celebrating the Body Erotic, two-day workshop for men held by the Body Electric School, $265 for both days, lower rates for those living with special needs, 9 am-7 pm, 216-556-3481 for information, enrollment, and location.

Sunday, May 21

Hike in Headlands Beach State Park with Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, meet on left side of parking lot, Mentor, Ohio; 216556-4832 for directions, or Clevelandoutdrs (@aol.com.

"Garden Party," Sing Out Toledo's spring concert, tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door, 3 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, corner of Adams and St. Clair, Toledo, 419-8680-8134. AIDS Candlelight Memorial, 7 pm, Courthouse Square, Warren, Ohio; 330395-1100.

Center's Grand Opening, the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center invites all to its new offices, donations accepted but not required, 2 pm, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-651-5428.

Tuesday, May 23

Insight Monthly Dinner Meeting, LGB personal, social, and business networking, call 216-556-0576 for time and location. Healing Hearts, the first of a six-week support group for those bereaved by AIDS, 6:30 pm, Hospice of the Western Reserve, 10645 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216-383-3791 for required registration.

Wednesday, May 24

Terry Lee Ousley in concert, sponsored by New Hope Temple, free, 7 pm, 1190 Inman St, Akron, 330-724-8575.

Wednesday and Thursday, May 24-25 Beautiful Thing, co-produced by the Phoenix Theatre and Dayton's Human Race Theatre, Wednesday has sliding scale, Thursday tickets are $10 adults, $5 20 years and under, 749 N Park Ave, Indianapolis, Indiana, 317635-7529.

Friday to Sunday, May 26 to 29

Pittsburgh Outdoors Club Show, with special entertainment, Roseland Guest House and Campground, Proctor, West Virginia, 304455-3838; www.rcvideo.com/roseland.

Friday to Sunday, May 26 to June 18 Beautiful Thing, co-produced by Dayton's Human Race Theatre, Thursday at 7:30 pm, Friday and Saturday at 8 pm, Sunday at 2 pm, $20 adults, $10 youth 20 and under, Phoenix Theatre, 749 N Park Ave, Indianapolis, Indiana, 317-635-7529.

Friday, May 26

"What's in a Voice?", hosted by Ellen Friedman, Trans Pride Cleveland's first meeting, 7 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave; 330-923-3413.

Thursday, June 1

Edge of 17, showing of coming-out film set in Sandusky, as part of Southeast Michigan PrideFest, 8 pm, $7 advance, $10 door, AMC Abbey Theatres, 32000 Concord Drive, Madison Heights, Michigan, 248-547-5878. Friday, June 2

"We Are Not Alone" concert, part of Southeast Michigan PrideFest, 7:30 pm, 248399-7741.

Saturday, June 3

Y2Pride Prom, LGBT youth prom held by PRYSM, 20 and under only, $10 individual tickets, $15 for couples, tickest must be purchased by May 20, 7 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-651-5428.

Comedian Marga Gomez, part of Southeast Michigan PrideFest, 8 pm, $15 advance, $20 door, AMC Abbey Theatres, 32000 Concord Drive, Madison Heights, Michigan, 248547-5878.

Sunday, June 4

Hike in South Chagrin Reservation with Cleveland Out and About, I pm, meet at Squaw Rock Picnic Area off Hawthorn Parkway; 216-556-4832 for directions, or Clevelandoutdrs@aol.com.

Southeast Michigan PrideFest, main event, noon, $5, Oakland Community College, 739 S. Washington, Royal Oak, Michigan, 248547-5878.

AVOC Pridefest, second annual event benefits AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, 1 pm, Food Court between Plum and Race Streets, 513-421-2437.

16th Annual Drag Races, to benefit AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, $40 entrance fee for teams, registration at 3 pm, races at 4 pm, Food Court between Plum and Race Streets, 513-421-2437.

Spring Brunch, sponsored by Chevrei Tikva, 10:30 am, at a member's Cleveland Heights home, 216-371-0964.

Art on the Village Green, fine art show and Highlights of upcoming weeks

sale, proceeds benefit LGBT-friendly Universalist Church of Westfield Center,

10 am, Park Circle, Westfield Center, Ohio, 330-336-3651.

For a detailed list of events extending months into the future. see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com Thursday to Friday, June 8 to 16 Queen of the West, a "satire of Cincinnati history from a rather queer perspective," in conjunction with Gay and Lesbian Pride, College City Town Hall, 513-396-6738.

Friday, June 9

A Matter of Pride conference, dealing with issues of concern to LGBTs of all ages, all-day event, $25, Best Western North, 888 DublinGranville Rd, Columbus, 614-291-3639.

Saturday and Sunday, June 10 and 11

"Among Friends," Cincinnati Men's Chorus joint concert with Columbus Gay Men's Chorus, 2:07 pm and 8:07 pm on Saturday, 2:07 pm on Sunday, tickets $20, $15, and $12, Jarson-Kaplan Theatre, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati, 513542-2626.

Saturday, June 10

Human Rights Campaign Dinner, 6 pm, Al Franken will speak, tickets are $100 to $185 and include HRC membership, Columbus Convention Center, 614-265-7303 or

www.hrc-columbus.org.

Lake and River Cruise on the Goodtime III, sponsored by GIFT Bowling Tournament, $20, boarding 7 pm at the East 9th Street Pier, Cleveland, 216-749-2152 or e-mail Giftcruise 2000@aol.com.

Decked Out 2000, Gays and Lesbians United event on the Willis B. Boyer lake freighter museum moored in International Park, across the Maumee River from downtown Toledo; sponsors' dinner, $75, at 5:46 pm; dance and fair $15 advance, $20 at the gangplank, 7:30 pm, 800-362-1524.

Sunday, June 11

Cincinnati Gay Pride Parade, meet at the Gazebo in Burnet Woods at 11 am for rally, parade steps off at noon, ends at Hoffner Park in Northside with community picnic and information fair, 513-389-9182, http:// home.fuse.net/cincypride/ or billyg (concentric.net for info and to register floats. Saturday, June 17

Dayton Pride, business and non-profit expo at 5 pm followed by dinner and dancing at 7 pm, features vocalist David Gurland, City Commissioner Mary Wiseman and State Rep. candidate Joe Lacey; $26 until May 15, $31 until June 15, Thomato's second floor banquet hall, 110 North Main Street, Dayton; 937-298-1914.

Tri-State Womonfest, woman-only music festival, I am, $12 in advance, $15 at the gate, Cedar Hill Ranch, Dry Ridge, Kentucky, 606-442-5993.

Thursday to Sunday, June 22 to 25

National Women's Music Festival, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, 317-927-9355 or http://www.al.com/wia (that's A and the number 1, not the letter L).

Saturday, June 24

Cleveland Pride Parade and Festival, parade steps off from Cleveland State University, festival at Voinovich Park; 216371-0214, http://www.clevelandpride.org. Columbus Pride Parade and Festival, post-parade festival at Bicentennial Park; 614-299-7764.

"Touching Hearts, Changing Lives," North Coast Men's Chorus concert with Detroit Together Men's Chorus and Good Company, 8 pm, Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University, E. 21st St. at Euclid Ave, Cleveland, tickets available at Body Language, Angel Falls Coffee, and High Tide Rock Bottom, 440-473-8919. Friday and Saturday, July 7 and 8

"Over the Fruited Plain," joint concert of the Columbus Gay Men's Chorus and Cincinnati Men's Chorus, 8 pm, Southern Theatre, 310 S. High St, Columbus, 614-229-2462. Sunday, July 16

Dancin' in the Streets, proceeds to benefit AIDS Taskforce of Cleveland, $15 advance, $20 at gate, pm, Mall B, Franz Pastorius Blvd. between St. Clair and Lakeside Aves, downtown Cleveland, 216-621-0766 ext 335.

Compiled by Anthony Glassman