GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

October 10, 2003

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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.gaypeoples chronicle.com. Deadline for each week's calendar is noon on Thursday of the previous week.

Thursday to Sunday, October 9 to 12

Columbus Stompers' Hoedown, annual weekend of country-western festivities, featuring Friday night performance at Wall Street Niteclub, Saturday Hoedown Ball at the Hyatt Regency Columbus, registration required, available online. 614-784-9210,

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Ohio University LGBTA Alumni Homecoming, weekend of events sponsored by the OU LGBTA Alumni Society, oulgbtalumni@ yahoo.com for a full schedule of events. Thursday to Saturday to November 3 7 Blowjobs, play by Mac Wellman about an attempt to blackmail a senator with accusations of homosexuality, 8 pm, $12, $9 students and seniors, presented by ConvergenceContinuum, the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland, 216-687-0074, www.convergencecontinuum.org.

Friday, October 10

Drag Ice Skating, sponsored by Stonewall Columbus, and the Federation of Drag Skating Championships Competition, audience votes for their favorite performer by throwing flowers on the ice after their performance, 7 pm, Ice Haus, 200 West Nationwide Blvd, Columbus, 614-299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.

Ma Vie en Rose (My Life in Pink), film about a transgendered youth, part of the Sappho's Muse LGBT Art Show celebration, 7 pm, Unitarian Universalist Church, 228 Gougler Ave, Kent, 330-673-4247.

One Human Family Dinner, featuring the human rights organization's Diversity Awards, $75 and $100, Banker's Club, 511 Walnut St, Cincinnati, Korb@fuse.net, 513-621-5700. Queer Shorts Film Festival, part of the Out in Akron cultural festival, 7 pm, free, Student Union Theater, University of Akron, 330253-2220, www.akronpridecenter.org/ pcoia.html.

Where We Look is What We Find: The Past and Future of Queer History, free public lecture on gay and lesbian by John D'Emilio, author of Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin, sponsored by the Western Reserve Historical Society and the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, reception to follow, 7:30 pm, Room 309, Clark Hall, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 216721-5722.

Urban Hope Coffeehouse, monthly venue sponsored by Urban Hope Unitarian Universalist Community, featurng singer/songwriter Angie Heimann, 8 pm, 3204 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, 216-631-4981.

Spectrum Hits the Spot Dance, part CWRU Spectrum's Coming Out Week celebration, 9 pm, The Spot on Juniper, North Residential Village of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 216-754-2111, queer@cwru.edu, http://home.cwru.edu/spectrum.

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Friday and Saturday, October 10-11

Santa Claus is Coming Out, or How the Gay Agenda Came Down My Chimney. solo performance by Emmy-nominated gay writer and actor Jeffrey Solomon depicting reactions when the world learns that Santa Claus is gay, presented by Act Out Productions, OSU Theater Department and GLBT Student Services, 8 pm, $8-$14, Roy Bowen Theater, 1078 Drake Hall, 1849 Cannon Drive, Columbus, 614-292-2295, theatretix@osu.edu.

Wait! lesbian playwright Julie Jensen's piece about a woman's quest for identity, 8 pm, $15, $12 students and seniors, Cleveland Public Theater's Upstairs Theatre, 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216631-2727, www.cpt online.org.

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A Voice of My Own, musical looking at the struggles of women authors from Sappho through Virginia Woolf to the present day, presented by the Ovation Theatre Company, $16, $14 seniors, $12 students, Fifth Third Bank Theater, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati, 513-241-7469, ovationtheatrecompany @yahoo.com, www.cincinnatiovation.com. Friday to Sunday, October 10 to 12

Load the Boat Fly-in, weekend of square dancing fun sponsored by Cleveland City Country Dancers, optional brunch cruise and dancing aboard the Nautica Queen, Cleveland, 216-221-6025, www.iagscd.org/cccd.

Saturday, October 11

National Coming Out Day

Coming Out Day Prayer Breakfast, seventh annual event sponsored by Eternal Joy MCC, featuring Rev. Dr. John McNeil, a retired Roman Catholic priest, speaking about gratitude, 9 am, $20, Schuster Performing Arts Center, Second and Main St., Dayton, 937-254-2087.

Poseidon Adventure Brunch and Cruise aboard the Nautica Queen, part of the Cleveland City Country Dancers' Load the Boat fly-in, loading time 10 am, departure 11 am, chemical-free environment, $30, 216221-6025, www.iagsdc.org/cccd. Before Night Falls, screening of biopic vabout gay Cuban poet Reinaldo Arenas, part of the Cleveland Public Library's celebration of Latino Heritage Month, 2 pm, Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium, East 6th St. and Superior Ave, Cleveland, 216-263-2869.

Sukkah Hop, traveling party sponsored by predominantly LGBT congregation Chevrei Tikva in honor of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, 2 pm, for addresses and directions call 216932-5551.

Oral History Roundtable, discussion chaired by John D'Emilio, author of Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin, sponsored by the Western Reserve Historical Society, the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center and Case Western Reserve University, free to Historical Society and Center members and CWRU students, 2 pm, Western Reserve Historical Society, 10825 East Boulevard, Cleveland, 216-721-5722.

Mother/SON, solo performance by Emmynominated gay writer and actor Jeffrey Solomon depicting the relationship between a gay Jewish man and his mother, presented by Act Out Productions and the OSU Theater Department and GLBT Student Services, 2 pm, $8-$14, Roy Bowen Theater, 1078 Drake Hall, 1849 Cannon Drive, Columbus, 614-292-2295, theatre-tix@osu.edu.

Coming Out Day Interfaith Worship, sponsored by the GLBTS Interfaith Clergy Network of the Cincinnati Region, 4 pm, St. John UCC, 520 Fairfield Ave, Bellevue, Ky. (Cincinnati), 859-261-2066, stjohnrev@aol.com. Chick Flicks with Mary Miller, local singer/ songwriter performs, featuring Frida, Lianna, and Thelma and Louise, 6:30 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org. Kaleidoscope Annual Fundraiser, to benefit the Columbus area LGBT youth organization, $35, Urban Gardener, 940 North High St, Columbus, 614-294-7886, www.kaleido scope.org.

Ohio State on October 13. Deirdre McCalla in concert, with opening acts Erika and Akron's own Ingy, part of the Out in Akron Cultural Festival, 7 pm, John S. Knight Center, 77 East Mill St, Akron, 330253-2220, www.akronpridecenter.org/ pcoia.html.

Coming Out Day Party, featuring lesbian trio Frozen Feet, Miss Vickie D'Salle and Antara, $6 advance, $7 door, benefits Cincinnati Pride, 9 pm, Yadda Club, 404 Pike St, Covington, Ky. (Cincinnati), 859-491-5600. National Coming Out Day Kickoff, annual benefit for the Dayton Lesbian-Gay Center, show starts 10 pm, Celebrity Showbar, 850 North Main St, Dayton, 937-461-2582. Burning Sage in concert, lesbian band, with special guest Lisa Gain, 10 pm, $5, Lydia's, 1400 South Arlington, Akron, 330-773-3001. Saturday and Sunday, October 11-12 Out in Akron, main body of LGBT cultural festival, various locations and events around Akron, 330-253-2220,

www.akronpridecenter.org.

Andrew Harvey to speak, author of The Essential Gay Mystics, presenting a workshops on "Mystical Activism: Saving the Planet" and his book A Walk with Four Spiritual Guides, 9 am Saturday, 2 pm Sunday, presented by Unity of Greater Cleveland, 3350 Warrensville Center Rd, Shaker Heights, 216751-1198.

To Saturday, October 25

Sappho's Muse LGBT Art Show, sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent and Pride! Kent, sales of artwork benefit Pride! Kent, the church and Safer Futures abuse shelter, various events are planned to accompany the show, U.U. Kent, 228 Gougler Ave, Kent, 330-673-4247.

Sunday, October 12

HUGS East Breakfast and Bridge Tour, breakfast followed by Ashtabula County covered bridge tour, http://hugeast.tripod.com, 440-974-8909, hugseast@hotmail.com. Out in Akron Brunch, part of the Out in Akron cultural festival, featuring U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown, $18, 11 am, Greystone Hall, 103 South High St, Akron, 330-253-2220, www.akronpridecenter.org/pcoia.html.

Oak Hill Trails Hike, sponsored by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, 216-556-4832, http://clevelandoutdoors.org.

The Sissy Show, transgendered musical for all people, performed as part of the Out in Akron cultural festival, 2 pm, $10, Greystone Hall, 103 South High St, Akron, 330253-2220, www.akronpridecenter.org/ pcoia.html.

Installation of Kurt Wieser, as pastor of Liberation UCC, reception follows, 3 pm, Liberation, 13714 Madison Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland), 216-521-5556.

Cabaret Q, the Out in Akron cultural festival talent show, 7 pm, Greystone Hall, 103 South High St, Akron, 330-253-2220, www.akron pridecenter.org/pcoia.html.