October 29, 2004
GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 11
charlie'scalendar
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 216631-1052, or e-mail to calendars @chronohio.com. Each week's calendar shows events in the upcoming week, 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.
To Saturday, October 30
The Laramie Project, play by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Company about the aftermath of the murder of gay college student Matthew Shepard, presented by the Ohio Univeristy School of Theater, Wed-Sat 8 pm, $12, $10 students and seniors, reception follows Oct. 15 performance sponsored by the LGBT Programs Center, Elizabeth Evans Baker Theater, Kantner Hall on O.U. Campus, Athens, 740-593-4800.
A Bright Room Called Day, play by gay writer Tony Kushner about fascism taking over liberty in the Weimar Republic and the modern day, Thurs 7:30 pm, Fri and Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm, October 16 opening night with afterparty 7 pm, Cleveland Public Theater, 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-631-2727, www.cptonline.org.
To Saturday, November 6
Falsettos, three one-act musicals dealing with coming out and AIDS by William Finn, possibly the first production of all three parts of the trilogy together, In Trousers on Tuesdays, March of the Falsettos on Wednesdays, Falsettoland on Thursdays, with talk-backs about the issues, complete trilogy on Fridays and Saturdays, 8 pm, Kleist Center for Art and Drama, Baldwin-Wallace College, 95 East Bagley, Berea (Cleveland), 440-826-2240.
Girl With a Pearl Necklace: An Act of Love, new show by writer-actor Jeffrey Roberson's drag alter-ego Varla Jean Merman, Thurs 7:30 pm, Fri 8 pm, Sat 8 pm and 10:30 pm, Thurs $19, Fri and Sat $24, Cleveland Public Theater, 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216631-2727, www.cptonline.org.
Friday, October 29
Cheryl Jacques to speak, president of HRC, part of the HRC-Citizens to Restore Fairness get out the vote rally, 5:30 pm, Contemporary Arts Center, 44 East 6th St, Cincinnati, www.hrcactioncenter.org/ct/idaBpWp1xjKL. Halloween Harvest Hayride, organized by the Rainbow Wranglers, benefits the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6:30 pm, hayride begins at 7:30 pm, $15 advance sales only, tickets must be purchased by October 26, Boyert's Farm, 4557 Paradise Rd, Seville (off Ohio 3 south of Medina), tickets at Diverse Universe, the Nickel and the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 216-651-5428, www.rainbowwranglers.org.
A Nightmare on Wall Street, Halloweenthemed show by the Royal Renegades, doors 8 pm, freak show 9 pm, $5, Wall St. Niteclub, 144 North Wall St, Columbus, 614-260-1990. Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Halloween showing of film about transgendered rock star, writer and star John Cameron Mitchell will hold a question and answer session after the screening, presented by Downtown for Democracy and OSU GLBT Student Services, midnight, Studio 35, 3055 Indianola Ave, Columbus, www.downtown fordemocracy.org, 614261-1581.
John Cameron Mitchell to DJ, part of Downtown for Democracy's Halloween costume party, 11 pm to 2:30 am, Club Versace inside Fabric Lounge Night Club, 40 East Long St, Columbus, 614-461-0076, www.downtownfor democracy.org.
Saturday, October 30
Halloween Party, organized by Asians and Friends Columbus, costume required, $3 members, $5 others, 7 pm, group president's home on the west side of Columbus, 614-272-8327, www.afcmh.com.
John Cameron Mitchell to perform, writer and star of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, part of the Get Out the Vote Rally and Bar Raid organized by the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats, 8 pm, Union Station, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-647-7437, www.cleveland
stonewalldemocrats.org.
Halloween Potluck Costume Party, sponsored by Asians and Friends-Cleveland, 7 pm, 2025 Mount Vernon Blvd, East Cleveland, 216-371-6966, http://members.aol.com/ afcleveland.
Ginette's Halloween Potluck, and election of 2005 officers, held by the Network, a Cleveland area social and professional networking organization for lesbians, $3 members, $5 others, BYOB, bring a dish to share, RSVP to 440962-3662 or info@clevelandwomens network.org for location by October 27.
The Boo Ball, BlackOut Unlimited's Halloween bash, costume contest, 9 pm, Robin's Nest, 4059 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, 216-937-2268, www.blackoutunlimited.org.
Rachel Shortt CD Release Party, with special guests Ryann Anderson and others, $7, $5 with donation of two cans of food to St. Herman's, show 9 pm, Winchester, 12112 Madison Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland), 216226-5681.
Monday, November 1
The Opposite Sex: Rene's Story, film shown as part of Ohio State University GLBT Student Service's observance of Transgender Days of Remembrance and Action, 7 pm, Hillel, 46 East 16th St, Columbus, 614-688-8449, glbtss@osu.edu.
No on Issue 1 Rally, 4 pm, corner of Fifth and Keowee in downtown, Dayton, defeat_issue_1 @yahoo.com, rjmckay98@yahoo.com. Underage Drinking, presentation for LGBT youth, 7 pm, Kaleidoscope Youth Center, 203 King Ave, Columbus, 614-294-7886, www.kaleidoscope.org.
dirty dog?
(No...this is NOT another political ad.)
Barney's Place Wants to Wash Your Dog! Sunday, Nov. 7th, Noon to 5pm $5 $10 $15 (Depending on size
and type of coat)
All Proceeds to Benefit PAWS Public Animal Welfare Society Help Out Homeless Pets!
Tuesday, November 2 Election Day
Election Results Viewing Party, organized by HRC Columbus, 7 pm, the Vine, 73 East Gay St, Columbus, 614-221-8463. Thursday, November 4
Tributo a Gloria Anzaldúa, panel discussion by OSU faculty of the work of Chicana lesbian feminist writer and theorist Gloria Anzaldúa, who passed away on May 15, 4 pm, Frank Hale Center Main Lounge, 153 West 12th Ave, Columbus, 614-688-8449, glbtss@osu.edu. Prevention Convention, HIV community forum organized by the Ohio State University AIDS Clinical Trial Unit, 5 pm, Columbus Health Department, 240 Parsons Ave, Columbus, 614-293-8112.
Study Skills Workshop, for LGBT youth, 7 pm, Kaleidoscope Youth Center, 203 King
scope.org.
Boots, Boxers and Jocks Night, hosted by Trident International Columbus, 10 pm, the Serpent, 4042 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, 513681-6969, www.trident-columbus.org. Bears Gone Wild, Arktos bar night, 11 pm, Tool Shed/Crossover, West 29th and Detroit Ave, Cleveland, http://home.neo.lrun.com/ arktos, 330-434-4860.
Sunday, November 7
Hike Mentor Lagoons, sponsored by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, http:// clevelandoutandabout.org, 216-556-4832. Stone Butch Blues, book by transgender activist Leslie Feinberg, to be discussed at the Ohio University LGBT Programs Center book club, dinner provided, 7 pm, UCM, 18 North College St, Athens, books can be picked up at the LGBT Programs Center, 740-593-0239, www.ohiou.edu/lgbt.
Ave, Columbus, 614-294-7886, www.kaleido Highlights of upcoming weeks For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com. Wednesday, November 10
Saturday, November 6
Days of Remembrance and Action Conference, for transgender people and their allies, featuring Shannon Minter, legal director for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Paisley Currah, director of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, 8:30 am, King Avenue Methodist Church, 299 King Ave, Columbus, registration requested, http:// multiculturalcenter.osu.edu/glbtss/Articles .asp?ID=226, glbtss@osu.edu, 614-688-8449. Diva Dazzle 4, benefit for the AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati featuring a variety of divas from various genres, 6:30 pm patron cocktail party, $150, $175 patron, Hilton Netherland Plaza Pavilion Caprice, 35 West 5th, Cincinnati, 513-421-2437, www.avoc.org.
Columbus Women's Chorus Fall Concert begins their 16th season, 7:30 pm, $12 advance, $15 door, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer, Columbus, 614878-3684 www.cwchorus.org.
Lobby Day, part of Ohio State University GLBT Student Services' Transgender Days of Remembrance and Action, lunch and briefing 11:30 am, 1 pm tour followed by meetings with state senators, lower level cafeteria, Ohio Statehouse, South High St at Broad, 614688-8449, glbtss@osu.edu.
Wednesday to Sunday, Nov. 10-14
Creating Change Conference, 17th annual LGBT activists' convention sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Millennium Hotel, St. Louis, Mo., 202-639-6333, www.thetaskforce.org/ourprojects/cc/
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Compiled by Anthony Glassman
Elect Barbara Anne
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to Congress 10th District
Experienced Leadership with a Vision for our Future
*Senior Executive for ten years *St. Charles Grade School *Legislative Assistant to a Member of Congress
*Lourdes Academy High School *Financial Management Consultant *Ohio State University Bachelors *Women in Development Director The Peace Corps
*American University Master's Degree
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*Volunteer Translator XVII Olympics 1996 Atlanta
*Advisor to the U.S. Delegation to the United Nations
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*Peace Corps Volunteer in Africa *Worked in over 100 countries around the world
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