14 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

July 1, 2005

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To Saturday, July 9

A Chorus Line, classic musical featuring gay characters, Tues-Thurs 8 pm, Fri and Sat 8:30 pm, Sun 5 pm, Weds and Sun 2 pm matinees, $27-$47.50, dinner served two hours prior to curtain, Carousel Dinner Theater, 1275 East Waterloo Rd, Akron, 330-724-9855, www.carouseldinnertheatre.com.

To Sunday, July 10

Rocky Horror Show, gender-bending cult classic play, Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron, 330836-2626, www.weathervaneplayhouse.com. Friday to Tuesday, July 1 to 5

United Church of Christ General Synod, biennial gathering of the pro-gay Christian denomination, one of the subjects discussed will be gay marriage, Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, www.ucc.org/synod.

Saturday, July 2

Fundraising Yard Sale, benefits the Kent State University chapter of Delta Lambda Phi gay male fraternity, 1936 East Summit St., Kent, 330-672-2068.

Sunday, July 3

Hawaiian Holiday, part of the Cleveland LesbianGay Center's TaDa Dinner Series, Hawaiian luau complete with pig roast, $40, 3 pm, limited to 60 guests, RSVP 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org. Wednesday to Friday, July 6 to 9 "Building Bridges in Our Communities and in Our Lives," 25th annual convention of the National Association of Black and White Men Together, Pittsburgh, Pa., www.nationalconvention.info. Thursday to Sunday, July 7 to 10

Dignity USA Biennial Convention, organization for LGBT Catholics, Loews Hotel, 21 South 12th Street, Philadelphia, www.dignityusa.org.

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Friday to Saturday, July 8 to August 6

Tales of the Lost Formicans, anthropological play dealing with humans as the strange aliens they are, by queer playwright Constance Congdon, directed by Clyde Simon, presented by Convergence-Continuum, Thurs-Sat 8 pm, $12, $9 students and seniors, the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland, 216-687-0074, www.convergence-continuum.org.

Saturday, July 9

LGBT Business Expo, presented by the Erie Networking Group, 3 pm, Trance Dance Club, 1607 Raspberry St, Erie, Pa., glbterie@aol.com, 814-456-9833, info@eriegaynews.com.

Bull Roast, presented by the Cleveland Friendship Committee, $35, at a private home in Solon (Cleveland), 216-496-2308, 216269-1900, 216-225-9073.

North Coast Cruise on the Goodtime I, benefiting Agape House and Pantry, pre-party 6 pm at Club X-centricities, 306 W. Water St., Sandusky, boarding 8:30 pm at the nearby Jackson St. pier; tickets $25 available at Club X-centricities or Agape House, 419-624-8118 or 419-626-8011; www.clubx-sandusky.com or www.firelandspride.org/~agape/. The World's Best BBQ, part of the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center's TaDa Dinner Series, $60, 7 pm, limited to 30 guests, RSVP 216651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.

Sunday, July 10

P-FLAG Cleveland 20th Anniversary, gathering to celebrate 20 years of the Cleveland chapter, 1 pm, 2691 Derbyshire Rd., Cleveland Heights, RSVP 216-556-4317.

Forest Hill Progressive Dinner, part of the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center's TaDa Dinner Series, $75, 4 pm, limited to 50 guests, RSVP 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.

Highlights of upcoming weeks

For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com

Saturday, July 16

Garden Party: Sweet Sixteen, annual fundraiser for the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, celebrating the center's 30th anniversary and the sixteenth Garden Party, Signature of Solon, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.

Sunday, July 17

Day in the Sun, annual picnic presented by the Akron Pride Center, 10 am-10 pm, $10, Pine Valley Lake Park, 4936 South Arlington Road, Green (Akron), 330-253-2220, www.akronpride center.org.

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

Friday to Sunday, July 22 to 24

Miss Gay Ohio America Pageant, with Miss Gay America 2005 Raquel Chevallier and MC Denise Russell, Axis Nightclub, 775 North High St, Columbus, 330-453-1055.

Monday to Sunday, August 1 to 7

Black, Gay and Proud Celebration, weeklong Black gay Pride celebration, Cleveland, www.blackgayandproud-cleveland.com,

216-937-2268.

Tuesday to Sunday, August 9 to 14

Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, 30th annual event, featuring Slanty Eyed Mama, Bitch, Ferron, Le Tigre, Tribe 8, Elvira Kurt, Holly Near, Betty and many others, near Hart, Mich., http:// www.michfest.com, 231-757-4766.

Sunday, August 28

Dancin' in the Streets, reinvented outdoor dance party to benefit the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, 1 pm, Clifton Blvd. between West 116th and West 117th, Cleveland. Wednesday-Sunday, September 14-18

Between the Worlds, alternative spritual gathering for queer men, presented by the Green Faerie Grove, registration due by September 1, $70-$90, at a private campground in southeast Ohio, 614343-3681, www.greenfaeriegrove.org.

Saturday, September 17

Ohio Lesbian Festival, 16th annual all-day music festival at Frontier Ranch, 8836 York Rd. at U.S. 40, 1⁄2 mile west of Kirkersville, Ohio, 15 miles east of Columbus; 614562-0577, www.ohiolba.org.

Red Ribbon Walk for AIDS, 16th annual benefit for AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, 513-421-2437, www.avoc.org.

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