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Sunday, June 18

Hike the Wetmore Trail in Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area with Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, meet at Wetmore Trailhead off Wetmore Rd, for directions call 216556-4832 or Clevelandoutdrs@aol.com. Gay Day at Cedar Point, unofficial event is on Father's Day each year, when crowds are thinner at the amusement park near Sandusky; wear red or rainbow colors.

BlackOut Productions at Cedar Point, $60 includes transportation from Cleveland and admission, 216-462-0257 blkout@hotmail.com for tickets and info.

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Pride Interfaith Service, sponsored by New Spirit Metropolitan Community Church, 7 pm, Grace Episcopal Church, 5501 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, 513-681-9090.

Wednesday, June 21

Insight Monthly Dinner Meeting, LGB personal, social, and business networking, call 216-556-0576 for time and location.

Thursday, June 22

Janis Ian, with Akron's own Ingy, 8:30 pm, $17.50, Tangiers Restaurant/Sultan's Cabaret, 532 W. Market Street, Akron, 330-376-0164. Thursday and Friday, June 22 and 23 Tribes 2000, an evening of gay and lesbian sketch comedy, 9 pm, $12, Out on Main Upstairs, 122 E. Main Street, Columbus, 614263-9448.

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).

Friday, June 23

Pride Interfaith Shabbat Service, sponsored by Chevrei Tikva, including leaders of Cleveland's LGBT congregations, 8pm, Temple Tifereth Israel, 26000 Shaker Blvd. 216-932-5551.

Friday to Sunday, June 23 to 25

Leather Weekend, Roseland Guest House and Campground, Proctor, West Virginia, 304455-3838; www.rcvideo.com/roseland.

Saturday, June 24

Cleveland Pride Parade and Festival, parade

steps off from Cleveland State University law school at East 18th St. and Euclid Ave., marches to festival in Voinovich Park at Lake Erie end of East 9th St.; 216-371-0214, http://www.clevelandpride.org.

Columbus Pride Parade and Festival, Parade steps off 1 pm at Hubbard Ave. and High St., in Short North, marches to festival at 2 in Bicentennial Park on Scioto River downtown; entertainment, 6 pm commitment ceremony, $5 sliding scale for festival, no one turned away, 614-299-7764.

Dancing in the Streets, benefiting the Ohio AIDS Coalition and Stonewall Columbus, featuring Jennifer Holiday, 8 pm, $12 advance, $15 at gate, in parking lot at Axis nightclub, 775 N. High St., Columbus; 614-444-1683. "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.

Out of the Closet: Lesbians and Aging, workshop on issues related to aging, $25 includes lunch, women only, 10 am, Kimbilio Farm, Holmes County, Ohio, 330-378-2481 or e-mail kimbilio@valkyrie.net.

Pride Party Cruise 2000, sponsored by Cincinnati Lesbian-Gay Center, 6 pm, Celebration Riverboats, Ludlow, Kentucky, 513-591-0200 for tickets.

Sunday, June 25

Brother2Brother Soul Food Sunday, potluck, 2 pm, Upper Pavilion, Edgewater Park, Cleveland, 216-621-0766 ext 238.

Bat 'n' Rouge, 13th annual drag softball game benefits four local agencies, one fan wins a cruise for four, 3 pm, Berliner Park Diamond 29, Greenlawn Ave. exit off Interstate 71, Columbus; 614-444-1700 or batnrougeclgsa@aol.com

Highlights of upcoming weeks

For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com

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.

Wednesday, July 12

GLSEN Cleveland Annual Picnic, Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, 6:30 pm, Lakewood Park, 14532 Lake Ave, Lakewood, Ohio, 216-738-7525.

Friday to Sunday, July 14 to 16

LandFest 2000, women's festival to benefit Egg Moon Farm women's land collective, 10 am registration on Friday, Homes County, Ohio, 216-371-2434 or 330-378-2481 or landfest2000@gurlmail.com.

Saturday, July 15

Erie Party 2000, dance party benefiting AMFAR and the Open House, 10 pm, $30 advance, $35 at door, $65 VIP, Agora Ballroom, 5000 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 800-4948497 to charge by phone, or buy tickets at the Clifton Web, 216-556-0294 or http:// www.erieparty.com.

Sunday, July 16

Dancin' in the Streets, proceeds to benefit AIDS Taskforce of Cleveland, $15 advance, $20 at gate, 1 pm, Mall B, Franz Pastorius Blvd. between St. Clair and Lakeside Aves, downtown Cleveland, 216-621-0766 ext 335. Wednesday to Sunday, July 19 to 23 Gay Men's Health Summit, Boulder, Colorado; registration and information available at http:// www.bcap.org or call 303-444-6121 ext. 122.

Saturday to Sunday, July 22 to 30

GALA Chorus Festival, 125 choruses with 6,000 singers will take over three theaters in San Jose, Calif. for the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses quadrennial convention; GALA, Box 65084, Washington, D.C. 20035; http:// www.galachóruses.org or 202-467-5830.

Friday to Sunday, July 28 to 30 World Conference of GLBT Jews, "Horizons 2000," Hilton Hotel, Woodcliff Lake, N.J.; Box 2575, Edison, N.J. 08818, 732650-1010; conf@njhav.org; http:// www.njhav.org.

Thursday to Sunday, August 3 to 6 Wow 2000, gathering of clergy and lay people from gay and lesbian-friendly "welcoming" churches, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill., 800-318-5581 or http:// www.wow2k.org.

Friday, August 4

Comedy Jam 2000: Healing AIDS with Laughter, part of Black Unity Pride, featuring Slick Rick, Karen Williams and Dana Austin, 9 pm, $10, Strosacker Auditorium, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 216462-0257 or http://www.geocities.com/ bupc2000.

Friday to Sunday, August 4 to 6

Black Unity Pride Celebration, a weekend of African-American LGBT events throughout Cleveland, 216-462-0257 or http:// www.geocities.com/bupc2000

Saturday, August 5

The Exchange, Blackout Productions annual educational and cultural conference, 9 am, American Red Cross, 3747 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216-462-0257 or http:// www.geocities.com/bupc2000.

Sheik 2000, evening of elegance and entertainment, 9 pm, $15/advance, $20/door, Health Museum, 8911 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216-462-0257 or http://www.geocities.com/bupc2000. Sunday, August 6

BlackOut 2000 Picnic, 12 noon, Edgewater Park, upper pavilion, Cleveland, 216462-0257 or http://www.geocities.com/ bupc2000.

Tuesday to Sunday, August 8 to 13

Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, 25th anniversary, featuring many festival favorites, http://www.michfest.com or 231757-4766.

Compiled by Anthony Glassman

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