May 6, 2005
GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 11
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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 Sunday, May 8
Heaven and Hell (On Earth): A Divine Comedy, darkly comic series of short plays examining 20-somethings' views of the afterlife, features gay themes, 11 pm Friday and Saturday, 7 pm Sunday, $7, $5 students, Night Kitchen at Dobama Theater, 1846 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, www.dobama.org, 216932-3396.
Friday, May 6
Mr. Lima All-Star Competition, presented by Brooklyn Steele, registration fee $50, Somewhere in Time, 804 North St, Lima, 419227-7288, brookesnsteele@yahoo.com.
Friday and Saturday, May 6 and 7 "Growing Into Our Roots," spring concert and CD release celebration by Muse, Cincinnati's women's choir, $15 with sliding scale, CDs are $16, 8 pm, New Thought Unity Center, 1401 East McMillan, Cincinnati, 513-221-1118, www.musechoir.org, muse@musechoir.org. Friday to Saturday, May 6 to 24
I Hate Hamlet, play by gay writer Paul Rudnick about an actor haunted by John Barrymore's ghost, $12, Barlow Community Center, 39 Oviatt St, Hudson (Akron), www.hudsonplayers.com, 330-655-8522.
Saturday, May 7
Girth and Mirth Cleveland Road Trip, daylong visit to Amish country in Middlefield, see the cheese factory and other sites, details 216556-0670, www.girthandmirthcleveland.com. East Side Caucus of the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats, first meeting of new sub-group, 11 am, University Heights Library, 13866 Cedar Rd., University Heights (Cleveland), 216-647-7437, www.clevelandstonewalldemocrats.org.
Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, meeting to start Ohio chapter of national group for lesbians over 60, 1 pm, Worthington Public Library, 820 High St, Worthington (Columbus), 216-932-0977.
Bike the Rocky River Reservation, outing organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, 216556-8209, http://clevelandoutandabout.org. Horsing Around for Pride, Kentucky Derby viewing party to benefit Cincinnati Pride, with light fare, bonnet and Derby King and Queen contests, doors 3 pm, Kentucky Derby 6 pm, Woolly's, 828 Monmouth St, Newport, Ky., 513-591-0200, http://prideisalive.com.
Heights Hippie Meal, part of the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center's TaDa Dinner Series, featuring a nutty-crunchy feast for flower children everywhere, $25, 7 pm, limited to 15 guests, RSVP 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org. Sunset with the Network, evening potluck with Cleveland area lesbian social and professional networking organization, 7pm, $5, $3 members, Edgewater Towers party room, 12520 Edgewater Dr, Lakewood, RSVP to 440-962-3662, info@clevelandwomensnetwork.org.
World Outgames Registration Party, presented by Ohio Splash and Team Columbus, for local athletes wishing to learn more about the international sporting event organized as an alternative to the Gay Games; Outgames will take place July 29 to August 5, 2006 in Montréal, Québec; this party 7 pm at Wall Street Night Club, 144 North Wall, Columbus, 614-446-4297, www.ohiosplash.org,
www.montreal2006.org.
Brother to Brother, film about a young gay black man coming to terms with his life by talking with a luminary of the Harlem Renaissance, 7:30 pm, $8, $5 Cinematheque members and CIA students and staff, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/ cinematheque.
Human Heart Release Party, new CD by the North Coast Men's Chorus, with performance by Verb Ballets and food by Grovewood Tavern, $25 general admission, $50 includes CD, $100 includes signed CD, 8 pm, Spaces Gallery, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, 216556-0590, www.ncmchorus.org.
Drag Nation, show by the Royal Renegades drag king, queen and in between troupe, doors 9 pm, show 10:30 pm, $6, Skully's Music Diner, 1151 North High St, Columbus, 614260-1990.
Gatsby's Modern Dream, this year's installment of the Other Prom, an LGBTA formal dance for high school and college students, open to youth 14-22, presented by GLBT Student Services at Ohio State University, 10 pm, Hillel, 46 East 16th, Columbus, 614-688-8449, glbtss@osu.edû.
A Little Bit Country, A Little Bit Rock and Roll, Cincy Pride fundraiser featuring Flora DeVille, Bella Dolce, Misty Blue, Keagam De Ville and more, 11:30 pm, Little Bit Bar, 2401 Vine St, Cincinnati, 513-591-0200, http:/ /prideisalive.com.
Sunday, May 8
Men's Health Fair, presented by Northeastern Ohio Naturists, 3 pm, Cleveland LesbianGay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, www.neonnaturists.org, 216-575-1505.
Monday, May 9
Kate Hubben to speak, executive director of Leadership Cleveland, as part of the Cleveland Stonewall Democrats monthly meeting, 6:30 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-647-7437, www.clevelandstonewalldemocrats.org.
Tuesday, May 10
GLBT Images in the Media, presentation by Ohio State University's GLBT Speakers Bureau, 6 pm, Room 436, Ohio Union, 1739 North High St, Columbus, 614688-8449, haas.168@osu.edu.
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P-FLAG Dayton, meeting starts early this month, featuring a former scholarship award winner as speaker, bring salad or side dish, 6:30 pm, Corss Creek Community Church, 667 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd, Centerville (Dayton), www.pflagdayton.org, 937640-3333.
Wednesday, May 11
LGBT Photography Club, formative meeting of new Cleveland area group, 7 pm, for location contact 216-226-8826 afeo@aol.com.
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Wednesday to Saturday, May 11 to 14 North Coast Chub-Chaser-Bear Weekend, presented by Girth and Mirth Cleveland, Wyndham Cleveland Hotel, weekend@girthandmirth cleveland.com, 216-556-0670.
Thursday to Saturday, May 12 to 28
The Secretaries, play by the Five Lesbian Brothers bringing the sensibilities of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre to office life, directed by Trad A. Burns, Cleveland Public Theater, 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-631-2727, www.cptonline.org.
Friday, May 13
Coffee Tasting and Aroma Lab, Starbucks
Saturday, May 14
Cleveland Fusion at Detroit Demolition, National Women's Football Association game, 7:00 pm, Birmingham Groves High School 20500 West 13 Mile Rd, Birmingham, Michigan (Detroit), 440-816-1457, www.cleveland fusion.com.
"Hearing Voices," spring concert by Windsong, Cleveland's feminist chorus, 7:30 pm, $12 advance, $15 door, Drinko Recital Hall, Music and Communications Building, Cleveland State University, 2001 Euclid Ave, 216-351-6370.
Sunday, May 15
Candlelight Vigil for AIDS, presented by Friends Together for Life, bring a paper or personal hygiene item 5 CHAPS and Violet's Cupboard, 4 pm spaghetti dinner, 7 pm vigil, Colonade Room, 1900 Whipple Ave NW, Canton, 330-477-0806.
Pride Graduation and Community Celebration, presented by Ohio University's LGBT Programs Center, dinner is provided, 6:30 pm, Bromley Hall Dining Room, Ohio University, Athens, RSVP me333801@ohio.edu by May 4, 740-593-0239, www.ohiou.edu/lgbt.
Coffee event to benefit Community Shares, Highlights of upcoming weeks
local fundraising organization that supports the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center and the Greater Cleveland Women's Center among other organizations, 6 pm, $20, $35 couple, Starbucks, 19555 Detroit, Rocky River (Cleveland), reserve by May 9, www.communityshares.org, 216-361-9920. Piano Concert and Dedication, honoring the donation of a piano to predominantly-gay Liberation UCC, features performances by students of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, reception follows, 7:30 pm, Liberation UCC, 13714 Madison Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland), 216-521-5556.
For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com
Wednesday to Friday, May 18 to 20
NTAC Lobby Days, three-day event to push for transgender-inclusive legislation, organized by the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition, Washington D.C., www.ntac.org.
--Compiled by Anthony Glassman
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