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PRIDE GUIDE 2003
charlie'scalendar
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Pride Night at the Indians, to benefit Cleveland Pride, 7:05 pm, $25, www.cleveland pride.org; 216-371-0214.
P-FLAG Scholarship Awards Night, 7:30 pm, Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, 103 William Howard Taft, Cincinnati, 513721-7900, www.pflagcinci.org.
Wednesday, June 11
Legal Issues for Lesbians, free workshop presented by Women's Outreach for Women, facilitated by attorney Sheila Clark, 6:30 pm, WOW, 524 South Wall St., Columbus, 614291-3639, 614-242-1284, womensoutreach @aol.com.
Bitch and Animal in Concert, lesbian punk duo, with special guests the Decline, 9 pm, $12, Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, 216-383-1124, www.beachland ballroom.com.
Thursdays to Saturdays, June 12 to 28
Corpus Christi, play by Terrance McNally about a contemporary, gay Christ figure, Know Theatre Tribe, 1425 Sycamore St., Cincinnati, knowtheatreupdates@yahoo.com. Friday, June 13
Melissa Ferrick in Concert, energetic lesbian pop star, 9:30 pm, the Grog Shop, 1765 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, 216321-5588, www.grogshop.gs.
Pride Night at Rockies, benefit for Cleveland Pride, 10 pm, 9208 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-961-3115.
Friday to Sunday, June 13 to 15
GIFT Tournament, Gay Invitational Fellowship bowling tournament in Cleveland, 216-749-2152,216-228-7975, 330-865-9763, www.clevelandgift.org.
Healing Weekend, organized by the Ohio AIDS Coalition, $85 before June 12, $100 after, sponsorships and scholarships available, this one held in the Dayton area, 614444-1683, oaconehope@aol.com, Healing Weekend, P.O. Box 06310, Columbus, Ohio 43206.
Friday to Saturday, June 13 to 21
Scenescapes, debut performance of short plays by new troupe Pantheatrics, 8 pm, $12, Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, 93 West Weisheimer Rd, Columbus, 614-3715684.
Friday to Sunday, June 13 to 29
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, transgender rock and roll musical by James Cameron Mitchell, starring Todd Almond, Weds through Sun 8 pm, $30, $25 season subscribers, Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St, Cincinnati, 513-421-3555, www.cincyetc.com.
Saturday, June 14
Amazing Grace Conference, "Continuing the Dialogue to Reconcile Christianity and Homosexuality," organized by the Shepherd Initiative, 8 am, Adam's Mark Hotel, 50 North 3rd St, Columbus, info@shepherdinitiative.org,
www.shepherdinitiative.org.
Canoe Trip, sponsored by Buckeye Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf, $15 member, $20 nonmember, 9 am meeting time, Hocking Hills Canoe Livery on Ohio 664, Hocking Hills State Park near Logan, Ohio; pre-register by May 31, TTY 614-478-1631, voice call Ohio Relay 800-750-0750, @aol.com.
bradcolumbus
Pride Erie Picnic, 2 pm, bring a dish to pass, Beach 11, Presque Isle State Park, Erie, Pa., info@eriegaynews, 814-456-9833, 814452-6228, www.eriegaynews.com.
Dykes Towatch Out For by Alison Bechdel
reflux redux
SPARROW'S PARENTS HAVE INVADED-NOT TO CONQUER, BUT TO LIBERATE.
MOM, WHAT
ARE YOU DOING?
·JUST TIDYING UP, YOUR FREEZER'S A MESS. I THOUGHT WE COULD HAVE THIS NICE ROAST FOR DINNER.
ROAST?
Sandusky Pride Picnic, inaugural event, bring a covered dish, burgers, soda and hot dogs provided, 2 pm, Lions Park, West Monroe St., Sandusky, 419-627-0867, http://
ajw.freeshell.org/sanduskygaypride.
Decked Out, dinner and dance aboard the Willis B. Boyer, lake freighter museum docked in International Park across the Maumee River from downtown Toledo, sponsored by Gays and Lesbians United, dinner and dance $40 per person, $75 per couple, must be purchased by June 11, dance tickets are $16 before June 12, $20 at the gangplank, dinner 5:30 pm, dance 7:30 pm, 419-244-6438, tickets at Blu Jeans, People Called Women, R-House, Bretz and Eagle's Wing Church.
Dinner in the Garden of Good and Evil, part of the TaDa! Dinner Series benefiting the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 7:30 pm, $45, for reservations 216-651-5428,
www.lgcsc.org.
Cleveland Fusion Home Game, vs. the Detroit Demolition, WNFL season closer, 7:05 pm, $10, $5 students and seniors, Bedford Stadium, 481 Northfield Rd, Bedford (Cleve440-816-1457, land),
www.clevelandfusion.com.
Summer Wine Tasting and Dance, part of the TaDa! Dinner Series benefiting the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 7:30 pm, $25, for reservations 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org. GIFT Cruise on the Goodtime III, boarding at 7 pm, cruise begins 7:30 pm, $20, East 9th St. Pier, Cleveland; www.clevelandgift.org/ ticket.html, 216-631-9811.
The Sissy Show, transgender musical revue reminiscent of The Vagina Monologues, $8, $4 students suggested donations, Venuu OffCoventry, Unitarian Universalist Society, 2728 Lancashire Rd, Cleveland Heights, 216321-1119, crytti@aol.com, www.venuu.com.
Pride Night at M.J.'s Place, performances, raffles and more to benefit Cleveland Pride, 10 pm, 11633 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, 216476-1970.
Saturday and Sunday, June 14 and 15 "Dreaming of the Day," Pride concert by the Cincinnati Men's Chorus, 8:07 pm Sat, 2:07 pm Sun, $16-$24, Jarson-Kaplan Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati, 513-542-2626, cincymenschorus@yahoo.com, http://cmc.bigstep.com.
Big Big Table Conference, on reconciling Christians of all sexual orientations, featuring Dr. Rembert Truluck, author of Recovery from Bible Abuse, events in three Columbus churches: Broad Street Methodist, 501 East Broad; First Congregational, 444 East Broad; and Broad Street Presbyterian; $25, risenregan@aol.com, 740-924-5083, http:// home.earthlink.net/~write ondb/
BigBigTable.htm,
Sunday, June 15
Scavenger Hunt Barbecue, part of the TaDa! Dinner Series benefiting the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 2 pm, $25, for reservations 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.
Gay Day at Cedar Point, unofficial, unsponsored event at the amusement park near Sandusky is every Fathers Day when the crowds are thinner; wear red or rainbow colors; featuring the debut of the "Family Photo," organized by Sandusky Pride, gather at 11 am at the Aquatic Stadium near the Wicked Twister, photo at 11:20 am, sanduskypride01@aol.com, http:// ajw.freeshell.org/sanduskygaypride.
Tuesday, June 17
Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland area LGB personal and professional networking organization, call for location, time and reservations, 216-556-0576.
THAT'S MY PLACENTA! I'M SAVING IT TO BURY IN THE GARDEN WHEN THE GROUND THAWS!
SWEETHEART, I'M GONNA RAKE THE YARD, SO I TOOK THIS RIDICULOUS SIGN DOWN.
WILL YOU TWO PLEASE STOP TRYING TO HELP?I
MAYBE YOU MISSED THE NEWS THE WAR'S OVER AND WE WON. C'MERE TO GRANDPA, BABY.
DADDY, NOBODY WON ANYTHING. A LOT OF INNOCENT IRAQIS WERE MAIMED AND SLAUGHTERED, ALONG WITH SOME AMERICAN KIDS WHO JOINED THE MILITARY BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BETTER OPTION.
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NO WAR ON IRAQ
©2003 BY ALISON BECHDEL
HEY, YOU DIDN'T SUPPORT THOSE SOLDIERS WHEN THEY WERE ALIVE. DON'T INSULT THEM NOW. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM.
JIM!
THEY WERE SOLD A BILL OF GOODS, JUST LIKE YOU. THE ONLY FREEDOM THEY DIED FOR IS THE FREEDOM OF THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY BILLIONAIRES WHO DICTATE OUR FOREIGN POLICY TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
HOW'S MY LITTLE. JIAO RAIZEL?ARE MOMMY AND GRANDPA UP-
SETTING YOU?
FACE IT, KID. YOU'RE
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY ON THIS ONE.
HISTORY'S A LITTLE LONGER THAN THE NEWS CYCLE, DADDY. BE CAREFUL! SHE'S TOO LITTLE TO--
HELL, SHE LOVES IT. WE CODDLED YOU TOO MUCH, THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, YOU'RE GONNA BE A TOUGH LITTLE COOKIE, AREN'T YOU? NOT SOFT-MINDED LIKE YOUR MOTHER.
Splot!
WATCH OUT FOR THAT BLOWBACK, IT'LL GET YOU EVERY TIME.
www.DykesToWatchOutFor.com
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of ETHAN GREEN
Ethan Green in
You're clubbing with your friends. You got seperated from them. Now you've been searching for like, 2 hours.
All the hot latin boys and all the hot white boys and all the
hot black boys and all the hot asian boys are doing crystal and ignoring each other.
by Eric Ornor
The dance floor has become uncool. Only the periphery is cool. You can't find Bucky, you can't find Charlotte, you can't even find Jason Chaing, who you're quarreling with, though what better time to make up than now? When you are alone & adrift. Like Kon Tiki lost at sea, only with a neon sign lashed to your bamboo mast flashing "I have no Friends! I have no Friends"
Club Quest
You squeeze through to the other side.
A couple of dinostroids are
clomping about over
God...
here......
...While tall, trashed
girlfriends own
the floor over
there..
Anyway, your cell's vibrating. Thank
Must
be Bucky calling
from where
your group's moored...
Shit. Its your mom. She and a bunch of radical PFLAGers have been arrested for a SitIn at Senator Santorum's office. She wants you lo come bail her out.
Finally you spy Charl & Lupe, and your best friend's butt. He's making out with Todd, which would be intolerably gross if you felt like wandering around some more...
GAG
...which you don't.
Look you guys, ultimately my Best Friend & my Boyfriend are gonna have to be civil to each other.
www.planetout.com the homeworld of Ethan Green comix, eric_orner@ethangreen.com
Ma, I'M
kinda' busy.
Retch
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