January 20, 2006

GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 11

charlie's calendar

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 20

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.

Donna Mogavero in concert, with Bonnie Hayes, doors 7:30 pm, show 8 pm, $10, Slammers/Club 202, 202 East Long St, Columbus, 614-221-8880.

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.

Rent Party, benefit for the Bookstore on West 25th, 3 pm, 1921 West 25th St, Cleveland, 216-566-8897.

TransHealth, program featuring Dr. Henry Ng of MetroHealth Medical Center, 4 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216-651-5428, www.lgcsc.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. 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.

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.

Book Auction, featuring rare, signed and antiquarian books donated by Loganberry Books, Mac's Backs and others, to benefit the Bookstore on West 25th, 8 pm, Inside Outside Gallery, 2688 West 14th, Cleveland, 216566-8897.

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. I'll Just Pick, cabaret show starring openly gay performer Eric van Baars, 9 pm and 10:30 pm, Star Bar and Restaurant, 1515 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216-621-8777, www.cleveland cabaret.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, 43 14 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.

Homo 101-Homophobia Panel Discussion, featuring Lynne Bowman of Equality Ohio, Gloria McCauley of BRAVO and Chris Hetzer, Kurt Keljo and Dr. Michael Torello of Capital University, 7 pm, Kerns Religious Life Center, Capital University, Columbus, chetzer@capital.edu, 614-299-7764.

Wednesday, January 25

Lynn Donohue to speak, author of the memoir Brick by Brick, first of the Women's Community Foundation's 2006 Speaker's Series, sponsored by Hard Hatted Women, registration 11:30 am, lunch 12 noon, $35, corporate tables of eight $500, Windows on the River, 2000 Sycamore, Cleveland, 216-622-0920, www.wcfcleveland.org.

Financial Planning for LGBT People, seminar for those in need of long-term planning and advice, co-sponsored by the WECO Fund and the Cleveland LGBT Center, 7 pm, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-651-5428, www.lgbt cleveland.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.

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. Join Flaggots Ohio, LGBT color guard performs at various events each year, performers and support volunteers needed, 7 pm, Wall Street Nightclub, 144 North Wall Street, Columbus, www.flaggotsohio.org, membership@flaggotsohio.org.

Côte D'Azur, pansexual French sex farce, 9:05 pm, $8, $5 members and CIA students, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/cinematheque.

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.

Côte D'Azur, pansexual French sex farce, 5:45 pm, $8, $5 members and CIA students, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/cinematheque.

Asians and Friends Chinese New Year, banquet and show, 6 pm, $35 members, $45 non-

members until January 24, $50 Jan. 25 to 28, C&Y Restaurant, 2222 St. Clair Ave, Cleve-

Marvelous Motown, Friends Together For Life's annual fundraiser for AIDS, 6:30 pm

Canton McKinley Grand Hotel, 320 North Market St, Canton, 330-477-0806.

cocktails, 7:30 pm dinner, 8:30 pm show, $50, Highlights of upcoming weeks For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com Sunday, February 12

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.

Thursday, February 2

You Can Lie with Another Man: Leviticus 18:22, A Reform Jewish Perspective, panel discussion organized by Keshet of Temple Sholom, an LGBT and allied group for Jews and their partners, time and location to be announced, 513-207-9547, mcomforti@

fuse.net.

Friday to Sunday, February 3 to 5

Family Outing: A Dance Play, Joe Booth's explanation to his father of everything about gay sex, presented in dance, part of Cleveland Public Theater's Big Box Series, Fri and Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm, Cleveland Public Theater, 6415 Detroit Ave, 216-631-2727, www.cptonline.org.

Saturday, February 4

Image/Sound/Image, concert concluding Red {an orchestra}'s fourth season featuring music from and inspired by movies and other visual arts, led by out conductor Jonathan Sheffer, $15-$110, 8 pm, Masonic Auditorium, 3615 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 440-519-1733, www.redanorchestra.org.

Oven Productions Variety Show Benefit, concert featuring Burning Sage acoustic duo, Alexis Antes, and Joyce Scoglietti, $5, 9 pm1 am, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland, 216-661-1314.

Gay Community Endowment Fund Dinner, inaugural event featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz, benefits the GCEF of the Akron Community Foundation, 5 pm cocktails, 6 pm dinner, 7:45 program, $25, Bricco, 1 West Exchange St, Akron, 330376-8522, http://www.gaycommunity fund.org/tickets-gcef.

Saturday, February 18

30th Womyn's Variety Show, doors 6 pm, show 7:30 pm, $20, sliding scale available, limited to 500 tickets, Temple Tifereth Israel, 1855 Ansel Rd. at East 105th St., just north of Chester in University Circle, Cleveland, 216798-0456.

Thursday to Sunday, February 23-26

Winterstar Festival, 23rd annual pagan festival featuring a number of presentations on LGBT people and spirituality, Atwood Lake Resort in Dellroy, southeast of Canton; 216371-1082, www.rosencomet.com/winterstar. Friday to Sunday, February 24 to 26

Mr. Cleveland Leather Competition, new venue, international title holders, preand postcompetition events, main event on Saturday at Twist, 11633 Clifton Blvd, doors at 8 pm, contest at 9 pm, www.mrclevelandleather.com. Saturday, February 25

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? fifth annual benefit for the Buckeye Region AntiViolence Organization, pre-party $30 advance, $35 day of event, pre-party and dinner $100, locations to be announced, 614-294-7867, www.bravo-ohio.org.

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