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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE
February 25, 2005
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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 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, February 26
Eric Brouman, gay comedy magician, performing with opening act J.J. Boyd, Weds and Thurs 8:30 pm, Fri and Sat 8 and 10:30 pm, $6-$12, Hilarities in the Rose Room, 1767 State Rd, Cuyahoga Falls (Akron), 330923-1962, www.hilarities.com.
To Sunday, February 27
Black History Month Dance Program, presented by Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theater, includes a new piece by openly gay artistic director Michael Medcalf, Thurs-Sat 8 pm, 3 pm Sun, $25 for VIP seating and preperformance reception on Saturday, $10-18, Jelliffe Theater, Karamu House, 2355 East 89th, Cleveland, 216-791-9211.
Friday, February 25
Sisters Circle Strategic Planning, group for African American same-gender-loving women, open to all women with ideas for topics, meeting locations or the general direction of the group, 6 pm, Talkies, 2521 Market Ave, Cleveland, 216-937-2268 ext. 21.
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Friday and Saturday, Feb. 25 and 26 Raspberry Reich, new film about a gay socialist revolution directed by Bruce LaBruce, with short Sissy Boy Slap Party by Guy Maddin, 18 and over only, 8:45 pm, $6, $4 members, students and seniors, Wexner Center Film/Video Theater, 1871 North High St, Columbus, 614292-3535, www.wexarts.org.
Friday to Sunday, February 25 to 27
North Coast Leather Weekend, includes the Mr. Cleveland Leather competition, dungeon parties, cocktail parties and pub crawls, rooms $49/person, package tickets $70 with meals, $30 without, Cleveland, www.mrcleveland leather.com, 216-961-0544.
Saturday, February 26
Jump Start: OSU Rec Sports Center, women's health and wellness program session featuring a tour and use of the state of the art facility, $10, 10 am, meet at Stonewall Columbus, 1160 North High St, Columbus, 614299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org. Scout's Honor, screening of film about the Boy Scouts' policy against gay members and leaders, followed by discussion, 4 pm, Ohio Center for Social Justice, inside Eternal Joy MCC, 2382 Kennedy Ave, Dayton, 614302-4948, ohiocsj@aol.com.
Romance, Revelry and Rhythm, Sing Out Toledo's third annual dinner cabaret, 6 pm, $35 for buffet dinner and concert, advanced sale only, Grumpy's Deli, 34 South Huron Street, Toledo, 419-352-3002 after 5 pm, www.singouttoledo.org.
Happy Hour with the Network, Cleveland area lesbian social and professional networking organization, 6:30 pm, the Nickel, 4365 State Rd, Cleveland, 440-962-3662, info@clevelandwomensnetwork.org. Touched Closing Party, final look at Wild Plum Productions "Touched: Bodies of Work" art exhibit at the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 7 pm, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.
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Swamp Boogie Band, concert presented by as part of the Girls' Night Out series, 8 pm, Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216357-2997, www.clevelandcocktails.com. Rachel Shortt in concert, with special guest Kill Shawn's Head, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Rd, Cleveland, 216-661-1314, www.freewebs.com/angrychickmusic.
Black, Gay & Proud, evening of performances by Cleveland's top African American samegender-loving singers, dancers, poets, musicians and actors, presented by BlackOut Unlimited in celebration of Black History Month, 8 pm, $10, Cleveland State University Center Auditorium, East 22nd and Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216-937-2268.
All Madonna, Only Madonna Dance Party, annual event, this year benefits Cincinnati Pride, 10 pm, Jacob's, 4029 Hamilton Ave, 513591-0200.
Illusions Variety Show, featuring Flora DeVille, Bella Dolce, Misty Blue, Keagam De Ville and others, benefits Cincinnati Pride, 11:30 pm, Little Bit Bar, 2401 Vine Street, Cincinnati, 513-591-0200.
Sunday, February 27
Toboggan the Chalet Chutes, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, 216556-4832, http://clevelandoutandabout.org. Elliott Fishman to speak, administrative/program officer for the Legacy Fund, on "How We Can Translate Our Passion into Action for Generations to Come," part of the P-FLAG Columbus meeting, 2 pm, First Unitarian, 93 West Weisheimer, Columbus, 614227-9355, kpinkleton@columbus.rr.com. Naked by David Sedaris, collection of humorous essays by gay NPR contributor, to be discussed at Ohio University's LGBT Programs Center's book discussion, 7 pm, LGBT Programs Center, Baker 314, OU campus, Athens, free copies of the book available in the office for students who commit to being present for the discussion, www.ohiou.edu/lgbt, 740593-0239.
Monday, February 28
Just as I Am, novel by E. Lynn Harris, to be discussed at the Ten Percent Book Club, 8 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org. Us, performance by gay artist Tim Miller, dealing with the conflict between the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Services and his foreign-born boyfriend, Marx Theater, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, 962 Mt. Adams Circle, Cincinnati, 513-421-3888.
Wednesday, March 2
Thursday, March 3
AIDS Funding Town Hall Meeting, presented by the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, 3 pm, 2728 Euclid Ave Suite 400, Cleveland, 216-621-0766.
Columbus Idol, LGBT talent contest sponsored by the Columbus Gay Men's Chorus and RoyGBiv Gallery, benefits the chorus, first of two finals rounds, 9 pm, Havana, 862 North High St, Columbus, 614-288-2462 (288CGMC), www.cgmc.com.
Saturday, March 5
Party Like It's 1985, 13th annual P-FLAG Cincinnati Scholarship Banquet, celebrating the organization's 20th anniversary, $40, $25 students, cash bar 6 pm, dinner 7 pm, the Madison, Seventh and Madison, Covington, Ky., 513-721-7900, http://geocities.com/pflagcinci/
Gala Evening with Muse and Ysaye Maria Barnwell, member of Sweet Honey in the Rock, 6 pm wine and cheese reception, 7:30 pm concert and vocal workshop, St. John's Unitarian Church, 320 Resor Ave, Cincinnati, 513221-1118, www.musechoir.org.
Power of Women, photograph auction to benefit Planned Parenthood Greater Cleveland, 6:30 pm VIP reception, 8 pm general public, $35-$300, ArtMetro Gallery, 530 Euclid Ave in the Colonial Marketplace, 216-961-8804 ext. 221.
Free to Be, third annual Translating Identity transgender conference, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt., www.uvm.edu/~tic.
Building a Vocal Community, workshop and concert with Dr. Ysaye M. Barnwell, presented by Muse women's chorus, 7 pm, St. John's Unitarian Church, 320 Resor Ave, Cincinnati, 513-221-1118, www.musechoir.org.
Us, piece by performance artist Tim Miller dealing with the difficulties of bi-national samesex couples, 8 pm, $5, Oberlin College Warner Center, 30 North Professor St, Oberlin, 440775-8169.
Club Maxx AIDS Fundraiser, to benefit Steubenville-area AIDS organizations, 10 pm, Club Maxx, 122 North Sixth St., Steubenville, 740-284-1291.
Sunday and Monday, March 6 and 7
Auditions for Tale of the Allergist's Wife, play by openly gay writer and performer Charles Busch, needs two women 40s-50s, one 60s70s, one man 40s-50s, one young Arabiclooking man, 7 pm, Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron, 330836-2626.
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ing five comedians and three female illusionists, to raise money for P-FLAG Cincinnati's Martha Weyand Memorial Scholarship, appetizers 6 pm, show 8 pm, $10, Carol's on Main, 825 Main St, Cincinnati, 513-651-2667. Ani DiFranco in concert, queer singersongwriter, 7:30 pm, Lakewood Civic Auditorium, Franklin Ave and Bunts Rd, Lakewood (Cleveland), 216-241-5555,
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Wednesday to Sunday, March 2 to 20 I Am My Own Wife, one-person, 40-character play about the life of transgendered German Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived both the Nazi and Communist regimes, starring openly gay actor Todd Almond, play won the Tony Award for Best Drama and the Pulitzer Prize, Weds-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm, $28, $25 studnets and seniors, Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati, 1127 Vine St, Cincinnati, 513421-3555, www.cincyetc.com.
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For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com
Wednesday, March 9
State of the Union: A Debate on Gay Marriage between former HRC executive director Elizabeth Birch and Family and Culture Institute director Robert Knight, 7:30 pm, free, Kiva, Student Center, Kent State University, www.kent.edu/honors/Academics/
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