November 18, 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 Saturday, November 19
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches, play about life in the early days of the AIDS crisis, 7:30 pm, 2:30 pm matinee on November 13, $12, Weathervane Playhouse, 1301 Weathervane Lane, Akron, 330-836-2626, www.weathervaneplayhouse.com.
To Sunday, November 20
Gay-Lesbian Leadership Conference, presented by the Victory Fund in conjunction with the International Network of Lesbian and Gay Officials, Seattle, Wash., www.victoryinstitute .org/conference.
To Sunday, November 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.
Friday, November 18
McCrackin Award Ceremony, presented by Community Shares of Greater Cincinnati, which funds agencies including some serving the LGBT community, reception 7 pm, awards 7:30 pm, dessert reception 8:30 pm, free, Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church, 103 William Howard Taft, Cincinnati, 513-475-0475, www.cintishares.org.
Reception for Rev. Ruth Garwood, new Coordinator of LGBT Concerns for the United Church of Christ, 7:30 pm, Pilgrim UCC, 2592 West 14th Street, Cleveland, 216-548-0954, heartwing44@hotmail.com.
Gender Cabaret, part of the Transgender Awareness Days, 8 pm, Olscamp 101B, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, joeller@bgnet.bgsu.edu, 419-372-2796. North Coast Volleyball Night Out at Twist, meet friends, join a team, win the 50-50 raffle, 10 pm, 11633 Clifton Blvd, Cleveland; 216314-0401; www.northcoastvolleyball.brave host.com.
Friday and Saturday, Nov. 18 and 19 Exile: Acting Out, collection of one-act plays and monologues by local LGBTA artists, including Maria Miranda, Scott Plate, Linda Eisenstein and Denise Astorino, 8 pm, Asterisk Gallery, 2393 Professor Ave, Cleveland, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org. Saturday, November 19
Transgender Symposium, day-long event featuring panel discussions on topics related to the transgender community, screening of the film Yo Soy Asi on transgender identity in Chile, continental breakfast and lunch included, 9:30 am, Union 207, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, joeller@bgnet. bgsu.edu, 419-372-2796.
College Gay-Straight Alliance Summit, first of a series of meetings to unite area college GSAS, 12 noon, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, RSVP to Mika Major, mmajor@lgcsc.org, 216-651-5428 ext. 22. Thanksgiving Dinner for people living with HIV, sponsored by the Akron AIDS Collaborative and the Minority AIDS Network of Ohio, 4 pm at an Akron area church; for information, reservations and location, call Steve Arrington at 330-376-1972 or Marc Morgan at 937-684-4661, or see www.manoohio.org/ NewsandEvents.html.
Pilgrims and Indians, Thanksgiving-themed LGBT and ally square dance, presented by Cleveland City Country Dancers, potluck at 6:30, dancing with caller Jason Raleigh at 7:30; Archwood UCC, 2800 Archwood Ave., Cleveland, 216-251-1053, www.cccdohio.org. Akron Pride Center Poker Run, $15 entry fee, $500 cash first prize, over $1,500 in cash and prizes, free pizza buffet for players, 8 pm, 71 North Adams St, Akron, 330-972-5976, www.akronpridecenter.org.
John and Kenny's 27th Anniversary, party celebrating the anniversary of John Barlock and Kenny Maxwell of Longevity, free buffet, 8 pm, Longevity, 2032 West 25th Street, Cleveland, 216-781-9191.
Big Boys Night Out, bar outing presented by Girth and Mirth Cleveland, door prizes, 50/50 raffle, Rockies, 9208 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-556-0670, www.girthandmirthcleve land.com.
An Experience is Not a Lifestyle Choice, cabaret performance by gay theatrical icon Kevin Joseph Kelly, 10:30 pm, Star Bar and Restaurant, 1515 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216621-8777.
Sunday, November 20
Friends and Family Concert opens 17th season of the Columbus Women's Chorus; 3:00 pm, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 West Weisheimer Rd, $15 at door or $12 advance at www.cwchorus.org 614-878-3684. Transgender Day of Remembrance, event memorializing victims of anti-transgender violence, 4 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.
Kevin Hallis Specialty Tea Night, charity raffle to benefit NOCI's Hillard M. Smith Memorial Fund in honor of the late Rockies bartender Kevin Hallis, 6 pm, Rockies, 9208 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-961-3115.
Monday, November 21
Women's Domestic Violence Support Group, new weekly group for women who have lived through or are currently experiencing domestic violence, 6:30 pm, Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.
P-FLAG Brecksville, meeting of new chapter of group for LGBT people, their family and friends, 7 pm, Brecksville United Church of Christ, 23 Public Square, Brecksville (Cleveland), 216-741-2314.
Wednesday-Sunday, Nov. 23-Dec. 18
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge, off-kilter sequel to Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol written by gay playwright Christopher Durang, previews November 23 7:30 pm, Nov. 25 8 pm; opening night Nov 26 7 pm, Thursdays 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 5 pm, Cleveland Public Theater's Gordon Square Theater, 6409 Detroit Ave, 216-631-2727, www.cptonline.org.
The Santaland Diaries, one-man show adapted from an essay by gay writer David Sedaris about his experiences as a mall elf during the holiday season, previews November 23 7:30 pm, Nov. 25 8 pm; opening night Nov 26 8 pm, Thursdays 7:30 pm, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm, Cleveland Public Theater's Levin Theater, 6415 Detroit Ave, 216-631-2727, www.cptonline.org.
Saturday, November 26
Bazaar Bizarre, punky underground craft and gift show, 12 noon, 1300 Gallery, 1300 West 78th St, Cleveland, http://bazaarbizarre.org/ cleveland, 216-651-5428.
Sunday, November 27
Ski Club Mixer Meeting, meet and greet with the Cleveland Area Gay and Lesbian Ski Club, 6 pm, Winking Lizard, 6901 Rockside Rd, Independence (Cleveland), 216524-2226, love2skilgbt@yahoo.com,
www.geocities.com/love2skiLGBT.
-Compiled by Anthony Glassman
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