March 3, 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 216-6311052, 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.gaypeopleschronicle.com. Deadline for each week's calendar is noon on Thursday of the previous week.
To Saturday, March 4
Guys and Dolls, musical based on the writings of Damon Runyon, presented by Center Stage Players, 8 pm, $12.50, Axis, 775 North High St, Columbus, 614-306-0447, www.centerstageplayers.com. To Sunday, March 5
A Beautiful View, play by gay writer-performer Daniel MacIvor of Da Da Kamera, 8 pm, 2 pm Sunday, $16, $13 Wexner members, $10 students, Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 North High St., Columbus, www.wexarts.org, 614-292-0330.
To Sunday, March 12
The Death of Frank by Stephen Belber, play about a pansexual gardener who wants to save the world, presented by Dobama's Night Kitchen, Fri and Sat 9 pm, Sun 2:30 pm, $8, $5 students, Pilgrim Congregational UCC, 2592 West 14th St, Cleveland, 216-932-3396, www.dobama.org.
To Friday, March 31
el mundo no escuchará (the world won't listen), video diary by Wexner Center artist-inresidence Phil Collins documenting Colombian fans singing along to songs by seminal New Wave band the Smiths, runs continuously 7 days a week, the Box, Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 North High Street, Columbus, 614292-3535, www.wexarts.org.
Friday, March 3
Red Zeppelin, 1970s-themed benefit for Red {an orchestra},"groupie" tickets $150, "agent" tickets $300, "backstage passes" for groups of ten $3,500, 7 pm, House of Blues, 308 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 440-519-1733, www.redanorchestra.org.
Swamp Boogie Band Mardi Gras Party, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland, 216661-1314.
Saturday, March 4
LGBT Rights or Lack of Them? featuring Lynne Bowman of Equality Ohio, Gloria McCauley of BRAVO and Dorothy Miller of the Tri-County Family Violence Protection Coalition, presented by P-FLAG Youngstown and P-FLAG Warren, registration 9 am, program 10 am, free lunch, All Saints Church, 4530 State Rte. 46, Cortland, 330-637-1946. Stonewall Democrats East Side Caucus will review endorsement questionnaires and interview Democratic candidates for Ohio House and Senate in eastern Cleveland suburban districts, 12:45 pm, University Hts. Library Room A, 13866 Cedar Rd, University Hts, (Cleveland) 216-371-4472.
P-FLAG Cincinnati Scholarship Banquet, 14th annual event, featuring singer Jamie Anderson and members of the Know Theater Tribe, $40, $25 students, cash bar 6 pm, dinner 7 pm, the Madison, Seventh and Madison, Covington, Ky. (Cincinnati), 513-923-1626, www.pflagcinci.org.
Mardi Gras Party, third annual event presented by HRC Columbus, 7 pm, $40, Downtown New Orleans, 163 North High Street, Columbus, www.boxofficetickets.com/hrc. Dining with Mr. Cleveland Leather, dinner with Mr. Cleveland Leather 2005 Clay Angus and the newly-appointed Mr. Cleveland Leather 2006, part of the TaDa! Dinner Series benefiting the Cleveland LGBT Center, $35, limited to 16 guests, 216-651-5428 ext. 17, www.lgbtcleveland.org.
Club Queen Grand Opening, re-opening party for the Queen of Hearts, featuring the Jäger Girls, buffet, and a gala hosted by Denise Russell, featuring Farrah Fawn, Lady Sayge and Marlana Mink, 1977 Ridge Ave SE, Warren, 330-395-0111, www.royale-hearts.com.
Saturday and Sunday, March 4 and 5 Columbus Women's Chorus and Howling at the Moon collaborative concert, humorous and touching evening of song and monologue presented by CWC and the ensemble of eight women over 60 who perform their lives, Sat. 7:30 pm, Sun. 3 pm, $10, Roy Bowen Theater, Drake Union, Ohio State University, Columbus, www.cwchorus.org, 614-878-3684. Loggerheads, film with three intertwining storylines about an adopted gay man in North Carolina, Saturday 5:30 pm, Sunday 4:15 pm, $8, $5 CIA students and staff, Cinematheque members, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/cinematheque. Sunday, March 5
Gays/Lesbians United Annual Meeting, with special guest Roberta DeBoer, Toledo Blade columnist, 5:30 pm, Madison Bistro in the Spitzer Arcade, 520 Madison Ave, Toledo, www.toledoglu.org, 419-292-1524.
Academy Awards Celebration, part of the TaDa! Dinner Series benefiting the Cleveland LGBT Center, 5:30 pm, $40, limited to 20 guests, 216-651-5428 ext. 17,
www.lgbtcleveland.org.
PACT Cleveland Oscar Party, cocktails 6 pm, dinner 7 pm, dessert and show 8 pm, $15, cash bar, party room at Kirby Manor, 11500 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, RSVP to 216521-0569, info@pactcleveland.com.
Tuesday, March 7
An Evening with Jane Siberry, concert to benefit Cleveland Pride, 8 pm, $22, Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Rd, Cleveland, 216383-1124, www.beachlandballroom.com.
Wednesday, March 8
Get Social for Equality, social event and sociopolitical update presented by Human Rights Campaign of Greater Cincinnati, with presentations by Equality Ohio, AIDS Resource Center Ohio, P-FLAG Dayton and Cross Creek Community Church, 7 pm, Therapy Café, 452 East Third St, Dayton, www.hrc.org/ cincinnati, hrc-cincinnati@fuse.net.
Thursday, March 9
Cleveland AIDS Walk Information Session, 5:30 pm, AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, 3210 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216621-0755 ext. 275, dfearn@atfgc.org. Cleveland Stonewall Democrats Meeting, new day and time, 6 pm on the second Thursday of the month, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, 216-647-7437, president@clevelandstonewalldemocrats.org. Entre Nous, French film starring Isabelle Huppert about two women in postwar France who begin a doomed relationship, 7 pm, $6, $4 Wexner Center members, students and seniors, Film/Video Theater, Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 North High Street, Columbus, www.wexarts.org, 614-292-3535.
Thursday to Sunday, March 9 to 12
The Importance of Being Earnest, by famed gay playwright Oscar Wilde, starring Lynne Redgrave, Miriam Margolyes and Terence Rigby, $37-$57, Southern Theater, 21 East Main St, Columbus, 614-431-3600, 614469-0939.
Best of the Fest, duo of performances by winners of the 2004 Columbus National Gay and Lesbian Theater Festival, Matthew Crehan Higgins' Casual Sex Diary and the PuppetQueers' Innuendo, Thurs Puppet-Queers only, Thurs-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm, $15, Columbus Performing Arts Center, 549 Franklin Ave, 614-263-9448.
Friday, March 10
Arktos Beer Bust, new monthly Akron gathering for Northeast Ohio bear group, Daddy's, 1009 South Main St, Akron, 330-434-4860, www.arktos-online.com.
Holly Near in concert, with opening act Sacred Fiction, part of the University of Akron's "Queer Women Make History Too" celebration of Women's History Month, $15, free for UA students with valid ID, 7 pm, Student Union Theater, University of Akron, 330-972-7008. Karaoke with Singin' Sandy, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland, 216-661-1314. Friday and Saturday, March 10 and 11 New Spirituals: Singing Solidarity, concert by Muse, Cincinnati's Women's Chorus, with Linda Tillery and the Cultural Heritage Choir, 8 pm, $15, House of Joy, 5910 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati, 513-221-1118, www.musechoir.org.
Far Side of the Moon, film about two estranged brothers, one of them a gay television weather man, coming together after the death of their mother, Friday 7:30 pm, Saturday 9:30 pm, $8, $5 CIA students and staff, Cinematheque members, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland, 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/
cinematheque.
Friday to Sunday, March 10 to April 9 Before It Hits Home, play by Cheryl L. West dealing with gay and bisexual men in the African American community, Thurs and Sun $18, Fri and Sat $21, 8 pm Thurs-Sat, 3 pm Sun, Arena Theater, Karamu House, 2355 East 89th St, Cleveland, 216-798-7077,
www.karamu.com.
Saturday, March 11
LGBT Campus Connection, second GayStraight Alliance networking conference presented by the ACLU of Ohio Foundation, lunch provided, free, 10 am-4 pm, Wright State University Student Union, Colonel Glenn Highway at University Drive, Fairborn (Dayton); register at www.acluohio.org/cc/ information campusconnection.htm, campusconnection@acluohio.org, 216-
472-2220.
Rainbow Golf League, informational event for those interested in golfing with other LGBT people and allies, 5 pm, Union Station, 630 North High St, Columbus, 614-327-3222, www.rainbowgolf.org.
Lesbian and Gay Comedyfest, presented by the Triangle Foundation, featuring Poppy Champlin, Ronn Vigh, Dana Goldberg, Dewey Chaffee and Rene Hicks, $25 advance, $30 door, Ford Community and Performing Arts Center, 15801 Michigan Ave, Dearborn, Mich., www.tri.org, 313-537-3323.
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Saturday and Sunday, March 11-12 Network Overnight, overnight regional trip with the Network, Cleveland area lesbian social networking organization, $99.95 includes two beds and 2 brunch tickets, hot tob, pool, game room and exercise room, hospitality suite $3 for members per day, $5 non-members, if interested e-mail info@clevelandwomens network.org, 440-975-5904.
Black HIV Awareness Expo, seven workshops over the course of the weekend on variuos topics, includes two benefit performances of Before It Hits Home, a play about HIV in the African American community, Karamu House, 2355 East 89th, Cleveland, 216-621-0766.
Sunday, March 12
Hike Penitentiary Glen Gorge, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, 216556-8209, www.clevelandoutandabout.org. Messaging in the Media, educational event presented by Equality Ohio and Equality Toledo with Nichole Wicks of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, 2 pm, Room A, Sanger Branch Lucas County Library, 3030 West Central Ave, Toledo, 419344-0045, www.equalitytoledo.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, March 16 to 26
Cleveland International Film Festival, 30th year, featuring Ten Percent Cinema LGBT films, presented by the Cleveland Film Society, Tower City Cinemas, Cleveland, 216632-3456, www.clevelandfilm.org.
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