June 23, 2006 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

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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, June 23

WoofsFest, outdoor comedy and music festival presented by Woofs bar to benefit Pater Noster House, featuring Shirley Q. Liquor, Scott Free, Elijah Black, Michael West and Carlo Masi, $14 advance, $20 day of show, Woofs, 1409 South High St, Columbus; 614542-0253, www.woofscolumbus.com. Third Annual Trans March, billed by organizers as the largest transgender event in history, featuring activists, political speakers, musicians and other performers at 3 pm, march at 7 pm, Dolores Park, San Francisco; www.transmarch.org.

Asian Film, film night presented by Asians and Friends Cleveland, 8 pm, Garfield Heights (Cleveland); 216-226-6080 ext. 3, http:// members.aol.com/afcleveland.

afcleveland@aol.com

Rockin' in the Streets, annual outdoor music festival, part of Columbus Pride Holiday, featuring Ember Swift, Sister Funk, the Katie Reider Band, the Katie Todd Band, Donna Mogavero and "got kings," gates 6 pm, $10, benefits Stonewall Columbus and girlz Rhythm 'n' Rock Camp, Union Station Video Café, 630 North High St; www.rockinginthestreets.com.

Royal Renegades Pride Show, 8:30 pm, Wall Street Niteclub, 144 North Wall Street, Columbus; 614-464-2800.

Saturday, June 24

Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens Tour, presented by Cleveland Out and About, reservations required by June 22, 10 am, Garman and North Portage Path, Akron; www.clevelandoutandabout.org, 216-

556-4832.

Columbus Pride Parade and Festival, parade steps off from Goodale Park in the Short North at 1 pm, marches on High St. to festival at Bicentennial Park downtown; 614-299-7764, www.stonewall columbus.org.

Garden Tour and Outdoor Games, presented by the Network, Cleveland area social and professional networking organization for lesbians, 2 pm, for location and reservations call 440-962-3662

or

info@clevelandwomensnetwork.org. Summer Dunch, dinner/lunch presented by 20s Together, 3 pm games and socializing, 5 pm food, Brookside Reservation, Ridge Road and John Nagy Blvd, Cleveland; 216651-5428, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ Twenties2gether.

Hawaiian Luau, presented by the Pride Center of Greater Youngstown, 6 pm, 1105 Elm St, Youngstown; http://

pride.americanmetaphysics.org.

Pride at the Ohio Theater, queer benefit for historic theater in Toledo's Polish neighborhood, wine and cheese, coffee and dessert, Spectrum the Band, female impersonators and a film, $10 advance, $15 door, Ohio Theater, 3114 LaGrange St Toledo; 419-241-6785. Songs from the Road, performance by lesbian couple Carolyn Marshall and Pat Grant, 7 pm, Eternal Joy MCC, 2382 Kennedy Ave, Dayton; 937-254-2087,

www.eternaljoymcc.org. Dancing in the Streets, post-Pride outdoor dance party featuring Inaya Day, benefits Stonewall Columbus, dusk to 11 pm, Union Station, 630 North High St; www.columbusnightlife.com, 614-299-7764. Sunday, June 25

Queerly Beloved, sermon about Jesus' ministrations to outcasts, 10:30 am, Eternal Joy MCC, 2382 Kennedy Ave, Dayton; 937-254-2087, www.eternaljoymcc.org.

Pride Blues Brunch, part of the Stonewall Columbus Pride Holiday, featuring Roddy Barnes with Debé, 11 am, $35, $50 for preferred/corporate seating, Hyatt Regency, 350 North High St, Columbus; 614-930-2262, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.

Aqua: An Afternoon of Summer Fun, cruise, brunch, dance and party to support the Cincinnati Men's Chorus, 12 noon, location to be determined;

www.cincinnatimenschorus.org.

For a full year of events go to:

Chronicle.com

513-542-2626, Highlights of upcoming weeks For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com

Tying the Knot: The Union That's Dividing America, film about the institution of marriage in contemporary America, presented by the Northwestern Pennsylvania National Organization for Women, 2 pm, Admiral Room, Blasco Public Library, 160 East Front Street, Erie, Pa.; www.edinboro.com/nwpanow, dausonjls@yahoo.com.

Bat 'n' Rouge, annual drag baseball game, 3 pm, $7, Mohawk Field, Grant and Livingston Aves, Columbus; 614-299-7764,

www.stonewallcolumbus.org.

Luau Party Bar Night, presented by Arktos bear club, 7 pm, Leather Stallion, 2205 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland; 330-434-4860, www.arktos-online.com.

Monday to Wednesday, June 26 to 28

Tapestry, annual national gathering of the United Church of Christ's Coalition for LGBT Concerns, Indianapolis;

www.tapestry2006.org.

Tuesday, June 27

National HIV Testing Day, featuring voluntary testing, couseling, food, fun and entertainment, presented by the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, Luke Easter Park, across from the Zelma George Recreation Center, 3155 Martin Luther King Blvd, Cleveland; 216-621-0766.

Thursday, June 29

Lesbian Cancer Survivors Group, meeting changes day each month, 6:30 pm, for Cleveland area location, call 440-442-9399. Thursday to Sunday, June 29 to July 2 Marla's Devotion, benefit performance of oneact play by Linda Eisenstein about two women whose differing perspectives on life will either doom or strengthen their romance, funds raised will send Wild Plum to the New York City Fresh Fruit Festival where they will perform this play, Friday show includes performances by Slackjaw, Maura Rogers and Mike Skrajner, 8:30 pm, 3 pm Sunday, $10, Cleveland Public Theater, 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Thursday to Sunday, June 29-August 13 Ain't We Got Fun, Tin Pan Alley-themed queer musical by Michael McFaden set in the 1920s, $32.50, June 29 preview $25, 14th Street Theater at Playhouse Square, East 14th Street at Prospect, Cleveland; www.tickets. com, 216-241-6000.

Friday, June 30

Ellis, singer-songwriter from Minneapolis, 8 pm, $10 sliding scale, People Called Women, 3153 West Central, Toledo; 419-535-6455, www.ellis-music.com.

Alexis Antes, full band show with special

Friday to Sunday, July 7 to 9

Miss Gay Ohio Pageant, show 10 pm, presented by Tina Schumacher, Miss Gay Ohio 1974, Club Queen, 1877 Ridge Ave. S.E., Warren; 330-453-1055.

Saturday, July 8

Paul Warner Memorial Cruise, formerly the North Coast Cruise, benefits Agape House and Pantry, 6 pm pre-party at Club X, 8:30 pm cruise on the Goodtime 1, $25, Club X, 306 West Water St, Sandusky; 419-624-8118, www.clubx-sandusky.com.

Saturday to Saturday, July 15 to 22

Gay Games VIL seventh quadrennial gay sporting event, held in Chicago, www.gaygameschicago.org.

Wednesday-Saturday, July 26-Aug. 5 World Outgames, inaugural sporting event intended to be a quadrennial occurrence, held in Montréal, www.montreal2006.org.

Sunday to Saturday, August 6 to 12

World Pride, second international LGBT celebration, held this time in Jerusalem, Israel, www.worldpride.net.

Tuesday-Sunday, August 8-13

Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, 31st annual outdoor event near Hart, Michigan, featuring Melissa Ferrick, Toshi Reagon, Julie Wolf, Barbara Higbie, Bitch, Jill Sobule, Fatu Judy Henderson, Southern Fried Chix Lix and many others, with dozens of workshops, June 22 deadline for discounted registration, http:// www.michfest.com, 231-757-4766.

651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Sunday, August 27

Dancin' in the Streets, outdoor dance party to benefit the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, 1 to 8 pm, Clifton Blvd. between West 116th and West 117th Sts., Cleveland; 216221-2333 or 216-357-2223.

-Compiled by Anthony Glassman

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Saturday, July 1

Vegetarians Are Hot, gourmet vegetarian feast, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's TaDa Dinner Series, $45, restricted to 25 guests, 7 pm, www.lgbtcleveland.org; 216-651-5428. Ellis, singer-songwriter from Minneapolis, 8 pm-10 pm show, $10 sliding scale, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314, www.ellis-music.com.

Sunday, July 2

Open and Affirming Anniversary, celebrating 15 years of Brecksville United Church of Christ being an Open and Affirming congregation, services 10 am, picnic and cookout 4 pm, Brecksville UCC, 23 Public Square, Brecksville (south of Cleveland); 440-526-4364.

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