April 7, 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.

To Sunday, 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. Paula Poundstone, lesbian comedian, Hilarities, 2035 East 4th St, Cleveland; 216241-7425, www.pickwickandfrolic.com. Friday, April 7

Red Hen 10th Anniversary, celebrating ten years of Cleveland's feminist theater, with special performances from past productions, 7 pm, Café Limbo, 12706 Larchmere Blvd., Cleveland, 216-556-0910.

Stonewall Cosmos: Union Station Video Café will donate $3 to Stonewall Columbus for each special "Stonewall Cosmopolitan" sold between 5 pm and 1 am; 630 N. High St., Columbus; 614-228-3740, www.stonewall columbus.org.

David Sedaris, gay author, essayist and National Public Radio correspondent, 8 pm, $32 and $37, Palace Theater, 34 West Broad St, Columbus, 614431-3600, www.ticketmaster.com.

Friday to Sunday, April 7 to 9

20 Queer Years at Miami of Ohio, event presented by the 1809 GLBT Alumni organization to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Miami University's GLBT

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Saturday, April 8

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Lobby Day Training, in preparation for Equality Ohio's May 17 Lobby Day, 10 am, Stonewall Columbus, 1160 North High St, lobbyday@equalityohio.org, 614-202-8869; www.equalityohio.org.

Lakeview Cemetery Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, pm; 216-556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org. HRC Cleveland Dinner and Dance, 13th annual event features Judy Shepard, mother of Matthew Shepard, and Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese, $175; $75 for full-time students and Federal Club members, 6 pm VIP registration and reception, 7 pm general registration, 8 pm program and dinner, Cleveland InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center, 9801 Carnegie Ave., 800790-2538, www.hrc.org.

David Sedaris, openly gay essayist and NPR commentator, $30-$35, 8 pm, Akron Civic Theater, 182 South Main Street, Akron, 330253-2488, www.ticketmaster.com. Flashback to the '70s and '80s, sixth annual GLSEN Cincinnati prom, featuring DJ Flex, food, door prizes, drag show, 9 pm, $1522 and under, $30 adults, Memorial Hall, 1225 Elm St, Cincinnati, 513-245-8211.

Sunday, April 9

2XGM, Girth and Mirth Columbus games and movies outing, 2 pm, Cinemark Carriage Place, 2570 Bethel Rd, Columbus; 614-846-3632, www.gmcolumbus.com.

"Colors of Our Lives" Rehearsal, beginning of practice for the North Coast Men's Chorus' Pride concert, 6 pm, Pilgrim Congregational UCC, 2592 West 14th St. at Starkweather in Tremont, Cleveland; membership@ncm chorus.org, 216-556-0590.

Buddhism and Gay Culture, lecture examining Buddhism's view of same-sex relationships, part of the Miso Soup for the Soul series, presented by Shih Ying-Fa, abbot of CloudWater Zendo, 6:30 pm, 14436 Puritas Ave, Cleveland; 216-889-1393, www.cloudwater.org.

Kooky Tunes, Off-Broadway revue by Keith Highlights of upcoming weeks

Thompson, opening night show benefits AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, 8 pm, $25, Hamburger Mary's,911 Vine St, Cincinnati; 513-421-2437, www.avoc.org, www.newstagecollective.com/ kookytunes.htm.

Monday, April 10

The Color of Pomegranates, classic 1969 film by oppressed Soviet-era gay Georgian filmmaker Sergei Paradjanov, 7 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.

Tuesday, April 11

Protect Your Finances, investment planning dinner and program presented by the Network, a Cleveland area lesbian social networking organization, 6 pm, $15, Mill Creek Community Center, 9301 Mill Creek Blvd., Cleveland; RSVP by April 6 to 440-962-3662 or info@clevelandwomensnetwork.org. Racism in the LGBT Community, lecture by Paul Hawkins, presented by the Cleveland LGBT Center, 7 pm, Max Wohl Civil Liberties Center, 4506 Chester Ave, Cleveland, 216651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Columbus Couples Together, organizational meeting for restarting the group for LGBT couples, 7 for location call 614-915-4307.

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Wednesday to Sunday, April 12 to 16 Jason Stuart, gay comedian, Funny Bone Comedy Club, 145 Easton Town Center, Columbus, 614-471-5653, http://www.gofunnybone.com.

Thursday, April 13

Second Night Seder, Passover meal hosted by the Chevrei Tikva Chavura of Fairmount Temple, reservations requested, 6 pm, Fairmount Temple, 23737 Fairmount Blvd, Beachwood (Cleveland), 216-464-1330 ext. 126.

Friday, April 14

Dream a Little Dream, musical about the Mamas and the Papas singing group, performance with discount tickets benefits the North Coast Men's Chorus, must mention code "NCMC" when ordering for $45 discount rate, reception 6:30 pm, Cleveland Play House, 8500 Euclid Ave; 216-795-7000, www.clevelandplay house.org.

Good Friday Service, presented by Unity Church of the Crossroads, 7:30 pm, Masonic Temple, 19132 Temple Drive, Strongsville (Cleveland); 440-238-1706, unitycrossroads@ sbcglobal.net.

Katie Reider and Donna Mogavero, lesbian singers performing for the fourth annual Camp Sunrise Benefit Show, 8 pm, $7, Wall Street Nightclub, 144 North Wall Street, Columbus; kmckee@atfgc.org, 216-269-3782.

Saturday, April 15

Urban Hike to the West Side Market, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 9 am; 216556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org. Lobby Day Training, in preparation for Equality Ohio's May 17 Lobby Day, 10 am, Sanger Branch Library, 3030 West Central, Toledo, lobbyday@equalityohio.org, 614-202-8869; www.equalityohio.org.

LGBT Community Seder, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's TaDa Dinner Series, $35, restricted to 25 guests, 6:30 pm, www.lgbtcleveland.org, 216-651-5428. Art for Life, live and silent auctions featuring over 300 artworks, benefits the Columbus AIDS Task Force, Canzani Center Auditorium, Columbus College of Art and Design, 614340-6756, www.catf.net.

Big Boys' Night Out, presented by Cleveland Girth and Mirth, 8:30 pm, Cocktails Cleveland (formerly Rockies), 9208 Detroit Ave, Cleve.land; 216-556-0670, www.girthandmirth cleveland.com.

Feminist Drag King Show, benefit show for Take Back the Night, 10 pm, $5 donation, Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland, 216357-2997.

Easter Basket Auction, benefits the NOCI general fund, 10 pm, the Shed, 2901 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-556-0129.

For events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeoples chronicle.com

Tuesday, April 18

Cleveland AIDS Walk Open House, informational meeting about the 2006 Dr. John T. Carey Memorial AIDS Walk and the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, 5:30 pm, 3210 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, 216-621-0766 ext. 275, dfearn@atfgc.org.

Thursday to Sunday, April 20 to 23

Shower of Stoles, display of 100 liturgical stoles in rainbow colors advocating full inclusion of LGBT clergy, St. Sebastian Reformed Catholic Church, 29 South Eureka Ave, Columbus; 614-272-5995.

Friday to Sunday, April 21 to 23

Rainbow Wranglers Round Up, 15th annual weekend of country and western dancing fun benefits the Cleveland LGBT Center, includes dances at the Shed, 2901 Detroit Ave., and Saturday night Colonel's Ball at Grays Armory, 1234 Bolivar Ave.; www.rainbow wranglers.org.

Ohana: We Are Family, annual Qualia Queer Folkways conference, keynote speaker is Joe Goodwin, one of the first folklorists to study gay culture, with Hina Kahanu and Hina Wong leading workshops on Hawaiian storytelling and hula, dances, presentations, screenings, Multicultural Center, fourth floor, Ohio State University Student Union, 1739 North High St, Columbus; www.qualia-info.com.

Saturday, April 22

Gala Evening with the Muses, fourth annual fundraiser for Muse, Cincinnati's women's choir, featuring Latin music by Jackie Rago, wine and cheese reception with private performance at 6:30 pm, $40, includes public concert at 8 pm, concert only $15, St. John's Unitarian Universalist, 320 Resor Ave, Cincinnati; 513-221-1118, www.musechoir.org.

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Rainbow Gala, 30th anniversary of the Dayton Lesbian Gay Center, commemoration talk by Leon Bey, reception with beer, sangria and tapas, full dinner with beef, salmon and chicken, coffe, tea and desserts, $5, 7 pm, El Meson, 903 West Dixie Drive, West Carrollton (Dayton), RSVPs must be received by April 1,937275-3059, john.zimmerman@mvfair housing.com.

Spring Fling, benefit for the Akron Pride Center, hosted by Brooke Daniels and Raven Madd, with Ronnie, Rosita, Ingy, Joyce, Sammy Kaye and others, 11 pm, Lydia's, 1400 South Arlington St, Akron; 330-253-2220, www.akronpridecenter.org.

Friday to Sunday, April 28 to 30

Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend, benefits the Cleveland Lesbian-Gay Center and the Leather Archives and Museum among other groups, Wyndham Hotel, 1260 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, www.clawinfo.org, 216252-2148.

Monday and Tuesday, May 1 and 2

Leadership 2006 Conference, produced by the Ohio AIDS Coalition and the HIV Care Services Division of the Ohio Department of Health, with the founder of Project Inform and the National Minority AIDS Council's congressional liaison scheduled to speak, registration required by April 10, Midwest Hotel and Conference Center, 4900 Sinclair Rd, Columbus, 614-444-1683, 800-226-5554.

Thursday to Sunday, May 11 to 14

North Coast Chub-Chaser-Bear Weekend, presented by Girth and Mirth Cleveland, Wyndham Cleveland Hotel, 1260 Euclid Ave.; info@northcoastweekend.com,

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