GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE July 4, 2003

PINK PISTOLS ?

Would you like to learn more about self defense? Would you like to learn about firearms and shooting in a safe, supportive, friendly and non-intimidating environment?

Join the Central Ohio Pink Pistols on July 24th at our "social shoot" for food, firearms, and fun.

ARMED PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE THEIR COLORS

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PORTHOUSE THEATRE

The shoot is open to all, regardless of firearms experience or sexual orientation, and you do not have to own a gun to participate!

For more information visit: www.freeohio.us/pinkpistols or e-mail: ohio@pinkpistols.org

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Cecily Cardew (Lisa Marie Schueller) and Gwendolyn Fairfax (Meghan Hanlon) are wooed by the shifty and shiftless Algernon Moncrieff (Nicholas Koesters) and John Worthing (Simon Kendall) in Porthouse Theatre's production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest.

One of Wilde's most famous works, the play also provides many of the persecuted gay writer's most memorable bon mots.

Previewing on July 4 and opening the next night, tickets for the show range from $15 to $22. Performances are at 8 pm, Tuesday through Sunday until July 19.

Porthouse Theatre, a program of Kent State University, produces plays on the grounds of Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls. For more information, call 330-672-2497, or log onto www.porthousetheatre.com.

-Anthony Glassman

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Sisters, my sisters

Nino (Jacob Derwig) is made pretty by his fiancée Bo (Halina Reijg) in Zus and Zo, the Oscar-nominated queer retelling of Chekhov's Three Sisters.

Nino's sisters stand to inherit a beachfront hotel in Portugal. Their brother Nino, whom they have long known to be gay, is the only thing standing in their way: If he marries Bo, he gets sole ownership of the hotel, the sisters' last, best hope for happiness.

Nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards, Zus and Zo will play on Saturday and Sunday, July 4 and 5 at 7:30 pm and 4 pm, respectively. Both screenings are at the Cleveland Cinematheque inside the Cleveland Institute of Art, 11141 East Blvd. in University Circle. For more information, call 216-421-7450 or log onto www.cia.edu/ cinematheque. -Anthony Glassman

As we strive to better serve the needs of the central Ohio community,

Columbus AIDS Task Force

proudly announces its upcoming relocation to

1751 East Long Street Columbus, Ohio 43203-2045

Our present offices will close at the conclusion of business on Wednesday, July 23, 2003 and we will resume normal hours of operation at our new site on

Tuesday, July 29, 2003

During this period, certain means of communications (phone, e-mail, internet) may not be available.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and assure you we will keep these interruptions to a minimum.

Our Board of Trustees, Administration, Staff, Volunteers and Clients thank the community for its support during our first twenty years of service. We look forward to further strengthening this relationship as we move into our new home.