GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE May 26, 2006

Cleveland Lesbian Gay Bi Pride Inc.

presents

CLEVELAND

PRIDE

CALLING ALL HEROES

Pride Parade and Festival Saturday, June 17, 2006 Voinovich Park

SAVE THE DATE! SAVE THE DAY!

You deserve to celebrate for living your life with superhuman courage and love every day.

The most compelling play of our time.

Tony Kushner's

ANGE

NGELS-INMERICA

A Gay Fantasia on National Themes

PART TWO: PERESTROIKA

ADULT

language and May 18 June 3

content

Directed by Sean McConaha

Performances: May 18, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, June 1, 2 & 3 at 7:30 p.m. and May 28 at 2:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Margaret J. Dietz

Additional underwriting from the Gay Community Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation

WEATHERVANE PLAYHOUSE

Akron OH In the Valley at Liberty Commons

Charge by Phone 330-836-2626

KARAOKE!

Friday, May 26th

with singin' sandy

nicke!

The Nickel has Free Wi-Fi!

4365 State Road in Cleveland 216-661-1314

eveningsout

Matheu Brooks www.purebrooks.com

Out on the fringe

The Cincinnati Fringe Festival features two pieces by gay performers who are no strangers to the Queen City: Les Kurkendaal, pictured, and Jeffrey Barnes.

Kurkendaal's Color Me Naked took the 2005 Cincinnati Fringe Festival by storm, and now he's back with Color Me Naked Vol. 2: Big, Black and Sassy, an examination of stereotypes. Meanwhile, Barnes, who did a presentation two years ago at the Cincinnati Youth Summit, will perform Remember Who Made You, a message of healing for gay Christians.

Big, Black and Sassy is a one-man show illustrating a series of events in Kurkendaal's life in which he deals with racism, homophobia or both, including a vignette taken from his trip to a Cincinnati City Council meeting last year.

Dealing humorously with painful issues, Color Me Naked Vol. 2: Big, Black and Sassy was met with packed houses in Los Angeles and at the Minnesota Fringe Festival.

Remember Who Made You, meanwhile, casts Barnes as Jesus, a father, a teenager and a minister, all trying to come to terms with the modern church's views on homosexuality. Big, Black and Sassy will be performed June 3 at 10:30 pm, June 7 and 9 at 7 pm, June 8 at pm and June 10 at 4 pm at the Contemporary Arts Center, 44 East 6th Street at Walnut. Remember Who Made You will be performed June 1, 7 and 9 at 7 pm, June 3 and 10 at 5 pm at Mr. Pitiful's, 1323 Main Street.

For tickets or more information, call 513-621-2787 (621-ARTS) or go to www.cincyfringe.com.

-Anthony Glassman

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