November 4, 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 website, www.gaypeoples chronicle.com. Deadline for each week's calendar is noon on Thursday of the previous week.

To Saturday, November 5

Three Tall Women, play by openly gay writer Edward Albee dealing with the life of one woman, won Albee his third Pulitzer, presented by the Chagrin Valley Little Theater, 8 pm, $8, 56 River St, Chagrin Falls (Cleveland), 440-247-8955, www.cvlt.org.

Friday, November 4

Ryan Scarlata in Concert, openly gay pianist, with Stephen Marq and Dayton's Philharmonic Ballet, benefit for A Special Wish Foundation and Think TV Public Television, 8 pm, special benefit tickets for an additional $20 include pre-concert reception with the artists, Schuster Center for the Performing Arts, 1 West 2nd St, Dayton, 937-890-1380, www.ticketcenterstage.com.

Second Annual Charity Drag Ball, presented by Case Western Reserve University Spectrum, 8 pm, Thwing Student Center Ballroom, http://spectrum.case.edu.

Friday to Sunday, November 4 to 6 ReSounding Voices of Feminism, fall concert by Muse, Cincinnati's Women's Choir, Fri and Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm, $15, St. John's Unitarian Universalist Church, 320 Resor Ave, Cincinnati, 513-221-1118, www.muse choir.org.

Friday to Sunday, November 4 to 27 I Am My Own Wife, play about the life of German transgendered woman Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, starring Mark Nelson, Tues-Sat evenings 8 pm, Saturday matinee 4 pm, Sunday matinee 2 pm, weekdays and matinees $42, Fri-Sat eves $49.50, $5 off for seniors 60 and over, $10 tickets for high school and college students with ID, Cleveland Play House, 8500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216-795-7000, www.clevelandplayhouse.com.

Saturday, November 5

Hike the Rookery in Geauga County, led by a park naturalist, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, 216-556-8209, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, meeting for lesbians 60 years old and up, 11 am, Old Worthington Library, 820 South High St, Worthington (Columbus), 614-579-6021,216932-0977.

Pinkadelic, annual benefit party for Spaces Gallery, featuring the Pink Penthouse Party at

7

pm, $125, and the main party at 9 pm, $40, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, 216621-2314, www.spacesgallery.org.

Madama Butterfly, opera by Puccini, 7:30 pm, $25-$90, Toledo Opera, Valentine Theater, 410 Adams St, Toledo, www.toledoopera.org, 419-255-7464.

Those Seven Little Words: I Love You, So You're Probably Gay, performance by Greta Rothman of her cabaret show to benefit the North Coast Men's Chorus, 7:30 pm, $20, patron tickets $30, Old Parish Hall, 6205 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, tickets@ncmchorus.org, www.ncmchorus.org, 216-556-0590. Microbrew Extravaganza, eighth annual fundraiser for the Free Clinic of Cleveland, featuring an all-you-can-eat buffet, music by Punch the Clown and samples from the top microbreweries in Northeast Ohio, $50 ad-

vance,

$55 door, Massimo da Milano, 1440 West 25th St, Cleveland, 216-707-3407. Swamp Boogie Band Katrina Benefit Concert, $5 cover goes to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts, the Nickel, 4365 State Rd, Cleveland, 216-661-1314.

Monday, November 7

Lift-off Meeting, inaugural meeting of LGBT ski club, 7 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-651-5428, love 2 skilgbt@yahoo.com,

www.geocities.com/love2skiLGBT.

Know Your Rights, workshop on ways to fight homophobia at school, work and on the streets, 7 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.

Wednesday, November 9

Creative Connections, networking event for artists of all disciplines and those who hire them presented by Jeon Francis, openly gay president of Artistschair.com, 6:30 pm, 1300 Gallery, 1300 West 78th St, Cleveland, www.artistschair.com, 216-281-7451.

Wednesday to Sunday, Nov. 9-13

Creating Change Conference, 18th annual LGBT activists' convention sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Oakland Marriott City Center Hotel, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, California; hotel 510-451-4000, Task Force 202-639-6333;

www.creatingchange.org.

Thursday, November 10

Moving Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Ahead: What's Next for LGBT Rights in Our Region, presented by Equality Cincinnati, time and location to be announced, www.equalitycincinnati.org, 513-591-3247.

Friday, November 11

Joe Solmonese Meet and Greet, president of the Human Rights Campaign, 6 pm, M. Willis Fine Art and Design, 3235 Madison Rd, Cincinnati, 859-466-3089, hrc-cincinnati@ fuse.net.

Exile at Asterisk Opening Party, art opening for Wild Plum Productions' month-long show, 7 pm, 2393 Professor Ave, Cleveland, 216651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.

Veteran's Day Meet and Greet, presented by the Buckeye Region American Veterans for Equal Rights, 6 pm, Stonewall Columbus, 1160 North High St, Columbus, 614777-4328.

Madama Butterfly, opera by Puccini, 7:30 pm, $25-$90, Toledo Opera, Valentine Theater, 410 Adams St, Toledo, www.toledoopera.org, 419-255-7464.

Saturday, November 12

Holiday Mini-Mart, sale of homemade and handcrafted items and baked goods, 11 am, Zion United Church of Christ, 2716 West 14th St, Cleveland, 216-861-2371.

On the Town, annual A Night Out gala awards ceremony presented by Stonewall Columbus, silent auction, dancing, cash bar, catered food, guest speakers including Columbus City Councilmember Mary Jo Hudson, live entertainment, $75, 7 pm, Miranova, One Miranova Place, Columbus, 614-299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.

Artists for AIDS Awareness, featuring Jesse

Coleman, KGB and Dezire, presented by the Men of Color Project, Inc., $50, 7:30 pm, Zenobia Shrine Hall, 1511 Madison Ave, Toledo, 419-329-2183.

A Night in Bombay: Bollywood, Boogie and Bling, gala fundraiser for AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, black-tie or theme attire requested, ice martini bar, silent auction, dinner, show, dancing, 7 pm, $150, Hyatt Regency Cincinnati, 151 West 5th St, Cincinnati, 513861-3522, www.avoc.org.

An Experience is Not a Lifestyle Choice, cabaret performance by gay theatrical icon Kevin Joseph Kelly, 9 pm and 10:30 pm, Star Bar and Restaurant, 1515 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216-621-8777.

Sunday, November 13

Emily Eastwood to speak, national director of Lutherans Concerned-North America, organization promoting the full inclusion of LGBT people in the Lutheran church, 8:30 am and 11 am, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, 2480 West Dublin-Granville Rd., Columbus, 614-889-2292, www.lordoflifeluth.org.

Hike the Rocky River Reservation, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, 216556-8209, www.clevelandoutandabout.org. Madama Butterfly, opera by Puccini, 2 pm, $25-$90, Toledo Opera, Valentine Theater, 410 Adams St, Toledo, www.toledoopera.org, 419-255-7464.

Modern Love, documentary about "redefining" marriage, shown as part of the Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 6 pm, Stonewall Columbus, 1160 North High St, Columbus, 614-930-2261, www.stonewall kpinkleton@stonewall

columbus.org, columbus.org.

Highlights of upcoming weeks

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

Thursday to Sunday, Nov. 17 to 20

Gay-Lesbian Leadership Conference, presented by the Victory Fund in conjunction with the International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials, Seattle, Washington, www.victory institute.org/conference.

-Compiled by Anthony Glassman

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