January 13, 2006
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.
Friday, January 13
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Far From Heaven, film by gay director Todd Haynes about a woman who begins an affair with her black gardener in 1950s suburbia and her closeted gay husband, 7 pm, $6, $4 Wexner Center members, students and seniors, Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater, 1871 North High Street, Columbus, 614292-3535, www.wexarts.org.
Beer Bust and Chili Cook-Off, presented by Arktos Bear Club, benefits Cleveland and Akron food pantries, 8 pm, Daddies, 1009 South Main St, Akron, www.arktosonline.com.
Poison, film by gay director Todd Haynes intertwining a number of disparate stories dealing either directly or metaphorically with being gay, 9 pm, $6, $4 Wexner Center members, students and seniors, Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater, 1871 North High Street, Columbus, 614-292-3535,
www.wexarts.org.
Massively Queer Concert, featuring Anne E. DeChant, Alexis Antes and Robin Stone with full bands, the three bands contain the various members of Odd Girl Out, 9 pm, $8, Winchester, 12112 Madison Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland), 216-226-5681.
Saturday, January 14
A Family for Every Child, adoption workshop for the LGBT community, lunch provided, 9:30 am registration, Kaleidoscope Youth Coaltion, 747 Chambers Rd, Columbus, registration recommended mmajor@lgcsc.org, 614-299-7764.
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Snowshoe Holden Arboretum, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, 216556-8209, www.clevelandoutandabout.org. Voices of Freedom, Voices of Truth, winter concert by Windsong, Cleveland's feminist chorus, dedicated to the memory of Rosa Parks, featuring Afi-Odelia Scruggs, $12 advance, $15 door, 7:30 pm, Archwood United Church of Christ, 2800 Archwood Ave, Cleveland, 216-921-7328, windsongchorus@yahoo.com,
www.geocities.com/windsongchorus.
Lesbian Cancer Survivors Support Group meeting and event, 7:30 pm, for location call 440-442-9399.
Jazz Night, coffee house atmosphere with recorded jazz music, presented by the Youngstown Pride Center, 8 pm, 1105 Elm Street, Youngstown, www.angelfire.com/oh5/ youngstownpride.
Sunday, January 15
Akron Pride Center Anniversary Dinner, seventh annual event includes silent auction, doors 5 pm, dinner served by Pride Center board members 6 pm, entertainment by Joyce Elliot, Ingy and Mikel Straka, Akron Pride Center, 71 North Adams St, Akron, 330253-2220, www.akronpridecenter.org.
Prime Timers Cleveland, social gathering and potluck dinner for mature gay and bisexual men, location and time call 216-556-0019 or go to www.ptcleveland.org.
Tuesday, January 17
Pre-Apprenticeship Training Orientation, for women seeking employment in skilled trades and technical fields, 6 pm, Hard Hatted Women, 3043 Superior, Cleveland, 216-861-6500 ext. 254.
Thursday, January 19
Pre-Apprenticeship Training Orientation, for women seeking employment in skilled trades and technical fields, 6 pm, Hard Hatted Women, 3043 Superior, Cleveland, 216-861-6500 ext. 254.
Friday, January 20
Donna Mogǎvero in concert, with Bonnie Hayes, doors 7:30 pm, show 8 pm, $10, Slammers/Club 202, 202 East Long St, Columbus, 614-221-8880.
G2H2 at McNulty's Bier Market, Gay Guys Happy Hour get-togethers are at a different bar each month, 5:30-8 pm, 1948 West 25th St., Cleveland; bar, 216-344-9944, www.g2h2.com. Saturday, January 21
Ski Trip to Holiday Valley, registration required by January 17, presented by the Cleveland Area Gay and Lesbian Ski Club, love2skilgbt@yahoo.com, www.geocities .com/love2skiLGBT.
Pre-Apprenticeship Training Orientation and Testing, for women seeking employment in skilled trades and technical fields, 9 am, Hard Hatted Women, 3043 Superior, Cleveland, 216861-6500 ext. 254.
Trans Health, program featuring Dr. Henry Ng of MetroHealth Medical Center, 4 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.org.
Gay Sex in the '70s, documentary about gay life in Manhattan between the Stonewall Riots and the dawn of AIDS, 7 pm and 8:30 pm, $8, $5 members and CIA students, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/ cinematheque.
Boys Don't Cry, Academy Award-winning film about the life and murder of Brandon Teena, 7 pm, $6, $4 Wexner Center members, students and seniors, Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater, y1871 North High Street, Columbus, 614-292-3535,
www.wexarts.org.
White Elephant Gift Exchange, dance and party presented by Cleveland City Country Dancers, potluck at 6:30, dancing at 7:30; Archwood UCC, 2800 Archwood Ave., Cleveland, 216-251-1053, www.cccdohio.org. Trembling Before G-d, award-winning film tells personal stories of Hasidic and Orthodox Jews reconciling their sexual orientation with their faith, 7:30 pm, bring kids for children's movie showing at the same time; adults $4, children $2, Beth El-The Heights Synagogue, 3246 Desota Ave., Cleveland Heights, 216320-9667, www.bethelheights.org.
Anne E. DeChant in concert, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland, 216-661-1314. Donna Mogavero in concert, with Bonnie Hayes, Jack Quinn's, 114 East 4th St, Covington, Ky. (Cincinnati), 859-491-6699. Big Boys Night Out, Girth and Mirth Cleveland bar night, 9 pm, Cocktails Cleveland (formerly Rockies), 9208 Detroit, Cleveland, 216556-0670, www.girthandmirthcleveland.com.
Sunday, January 22
Go Fish, film by Rose Troche that "begins just about where coming-out films used to end" in the lesbian universe, 7 pm, $6, $4 Wexner Center members, students and seniors, Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater, 1871 North High Street, Columbus, 614292-3535, www.wexarts.org.
Monday and Tuesday, Jan. 23 and 24
Mambo Italiano Auditions, rollicking gay farce about coming out in a traditional ItalianAmerican family, Kent Trumbull Theater, 4314 Mahoning Ave NW, Warren, 330-847-8700.
Tuesday, January 24
Pre-Apprenticeship Training Orientation, for women seeking employment in skilled trades and technical fields, 6 pm, Hard Hatted Women, 3043 Superior, Cleveland, 216-861-6500 ext. 254.
Wednesday, January 25
Financial Planning for LGBT People, seminar for those in need of long-term planning and advice, co-sponsored by the WECO Fund and the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland, 7 pm, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.
Thursday, January 26
Pre-Apprenticeship Training Orientation, for women seeking employment in skilled trades and technical fields, 6 pm, Hard Hatted Women, 3043 Superior, Cleveland, 216-861-6500 ext. 254.
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Widening the Circle for All God's Children, film screening and discussion to inaugurate a series of monthly forums, featuring Bill Moyers' interview with Rev. James A. Forbes Jr., 7 pm, Franklin Circle Christian Church, 1688 Fulton Rd, Cleveland, 216-781-8232.
Friday, January 27
Swoon, film by gay director Tom Kalin about the Leopold and Loeb case, in which two lovers in 1924 kill a child to prove their Dostoevskian superiority, 7 pm, $6, $4 Wexner Center members, students and seniors, Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater, 1871 North High Street, Columbus, 614292-3535, www.wexarts.org. Postcards from America, profile of artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz, 8:35 pm, $6, $4 Wexner Center members, students and seniors, Wexner Center for the Arts Film/Video Theater, 1871 North High Street, Columbus, 614-292-3535, www.wexarts.org.
Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27 and 28
The Conformist, Bernardo Bertolucci's 1970 film about a man in pre-World War II Italy dealing with Fascism and his own latent homosexuality, 7:30 pm Fri, 9:30 pm Sat, $8, $5 members and CIA students, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/ cinematheque.
Saturday, January 28
Pre-Apprenticeship Training Orientation and Testing, for women seeking employment in skilled trades and technical fields, 9 am, Hard Hatted Women, 3043 Superior, Cleveland, 216861-6500 ext. 254.
Asians and Friends Chinese New Year, banquet and show, 6 pm, $35 members, $40 nonmembers until January 14, $45 Jan. 15 to 24, $50 Jan. 25 to 28, C&Y Restaurant, 2222 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland, www.members.aol.com/ AFCleveland, cy_butterfly@hotmail.com. Saturday to Sunday, Jan. 28 to Feb. 19 The Colored Museum, play by gay writerdirector George C. Wolfe, directed by Caroline Jackson-Smith, Karamu Performing Arts Theater, 2355 East 89th St, Cleveland, 216795-7070, www.karamu.com.
Sunday, January 29
Frozen Waterfall Hike at Bedford Reservation, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, 216-556-8209, www.clevelandout andabout.org.
-Compiled by Anthony Glassman
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