GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

May 13, 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, May 14

North Coast Chub-Chaser-Bear Weekend, presented by Girth and Mirth Cleveland, Wyndham Cleveland Hotel, weekend@ girthandmirthcleveland.com, 216-556-0670.

To Saturday, May 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.hudson players.com, 330-655-8522.

To Saturday, May 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 Coffee event to benefit Community Shares, 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.

Saturday, May 14

An Intimate Evening of Wine and Music, featuring gay pianist Stephen Marq, 6 pm, Henger's Garden Center, 775 East National Road, Vandalia (Dayton), 937-890-1380. 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.

Free Yourself, fundraiser for Cincinnati Pride featuring Cassandra Mills-Best, Amanda Ladure, Danielle Desirée, Rickki Lee Tanner, Stacey Alexis and Dana, 9:30 pm, Golden Lions, 340 Ludlow Ave, 513-281-4179, www.prideisalive.com.

Sunday, May 15

Candlelight Vigil for AIDS, presented by Friends Together for Life, bring a paper or personal hygiene item for 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.

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"How Will We Remember? How Will We Shape the Future?" moderated forum to plan public HIV and AIDS events for the coming year, concludes with a candlelight remembrance, 5 pm, First Grace UCC, 350 South Portage Path, Akron, 330-762-8469.

A Night to Remember, annual benefit for BRAVO honoring the life of Brazon, featuring Vivi Velure, over a dozen other female illusionists and half a dozen male entertainers, $4, 10:30 pm show, Columbus Eagle, 232 North 3rd Street, Columbus, 614-228-2804, www.columbuseagle.com.

Jamie Stewart Presents, an evening of performances by Gurrlesque, Royal Renegades, Columbus Stompers, Sunday Night Live, Sizzling Sundaze and others to benefit Stonewall Columbus' Pride Holiday, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, $7, tables $40, Wall Street Nightclub, 144 North Wall Street, Columbus, 614-464-2800. "Dem Bones Gonna Rise Again," worship service presented by the Delaware Gay/Straight Christian Alliance, led by Rev. Margaret Hawk of New Creation MCC, discussion follows service, 7 pm, Asbury United Methodist Church, 55 West Lincoln Ave, Delaware (Columbus), 740-368-1629.

Monday, May 16

Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland area LGB personal and professional networking organization, call for location, time and reservations, 216-556-0576.

Faith Rally, gathering to show support between people of faith and the LGBT community, organized by Diversity Dayton, 5 pm, corner of Lyons Rd and Ohio 725, Dayton, diversitydayton@yahoo.com.

Tuesday, May 17

Equality Coalition Rally, celebrating one year of marriage in Massachusetts and the proposal of May 17 as the International Day Against Homophobia, 4 pm, Market Square Park, West 25th St. and Lorain Ave. across from the West Side Market, Cleveland, 216-651-5428, rally@lgcsc.org.

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.

Friday, May 20

Lesbian Cancer Survivors Group, Cleveland area meeting, 6:30 pm, for location call 440 442-9399.

G2H2 at Sage, gay men's traveling monthly happy hour, 5:30 pm, Sage Restaurant, 391 West 11th Street, Cleveland, 216861-3734, www.g2h2.com.

Suzanne Westenhoefer, lesbian comedian, performance to benefit the Columbus Women's Chorus, $25, 8 pm, First Unitarian Church, 92 West Weisheimer, Columbus, 614-878-3684, www.cwchorus.org.

Friday to Sunday, May 20 to 22

PACT Cleveland 25th Anniversary, coinciding with the Spring Midland Regional Conference Weekend, events highlighting the silver anniversary of LGBT organization, Wyndham Cleveland Hotel, 1260 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 877-233-9479, info@pact cleveland.com.

Saturday, May 21

Separate is Never Equal: The Fight for Lesbian and Gay Liberation, public discussion sponsored by the International Socialist Organization, 2 pm, Downtown Latte, 44 South St Clair Ave, Toledo, 419-466-0797, iso_toledo@yahoo.com.

Milwaukee Momentum at Toledo Spitfire, National Women's Football Association game, 7:00 pm, Rossford High School, 701 Superior St, Rossford (Toledo), 419-310-2255, www.toledospitfire.com.

Tidewater Floods at Columbus Comets, National Women's Football Association game, 7:00 pm, Whitehall Yearling High School, 625 South Yearling Rd, Columbus, 614-322-0568, www.columbuscomets.com.

Cincy Sizzle at Cleveland Fusion, National Women's Football Association game, 7:05 pm, Bedford Stadium, 475 Northfield Rd, Bedford (Cleveland), 440-816-1457, www.cleveland fusion.com.

All Club Bar Night, event to benefit the Cleveland and Akron gay and lesbian centers, presented by Rangers and other leather clubs, 10 pm, Adams Street, 77 North Adams St, Akron, 216-589-8588, www.rangersinc.org. Saturday and Sunday, May 21 and 22 "Go Figure!" concerty by the Columbus Women's Chorus looks at women's interaction with technology and fashion, 7:30 pm Saturday, 3 pm Sunday, $15, $12 students and seniors, Ohio Dominican yUniversity, 1216 Sunbury Rd, Columbus, 614-878-3684, www.cwchorus.org.

Sunday, May 22

Rainbow Eagle to speak, Okla-Choctaw educator and spiritual leader, 12 noon, Unity Church of the Crossroads, 19132 Temple Drive, Strongsville (Cleveland), 440-238-1706,

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Botanical Gardens Outing, presented by HUGS East, lunch at Inn on Coventry, 1 pm, 2785 Euclid Heights Blvd, followed by carpool to the gardens, RSVP by May 15, whitvaik@hotmail.com.

Hike the Lake View Cemetery, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, 216556-8209, http://clevelandoutandabout.org. The Gay Agenda, religious right propaganda film made in 1992 but still widely used today, will be screened at the P-FLAG Columbus monthly meeting, with special guest Perry Sloan, director of the Beacon Fellowship, 2 pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer, Columbus, 614-227-9355,

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Fite for AIDS Walk, annual event to benefit the Lorain County AIDS Task Force; walk, run, bike or rollerblade the Bur Oak area of the Lorain County Metroparks' Black River Reservation on Ford Road in Lorain between 2 and 5 pm, refreshments, guest speaker, 440322-7526 ext. 111, info@familyplanning services.org, donations can also be made to Lorain County AIDS Task Force, 130 Columbus St., Elyria, Ohio 44035.

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--Compiled by Anthony Glassman

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