October 6, 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 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.gaypeoples chronicle.com. Deadline for each week's calendar is noon on Thursday of the previous week.

To Saturday, October 14

M4M, an all-male production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure about a crackdown on vice and freedom in Vienna, Thurs-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 3 pm, $15, students and seniors $12, Thursdays $10, Cleveland Public Theater, 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-631-2727, www.cptonline.org.

Friday, October 6

LGBT Conference, part of Out in Akron Cultural Festival, sponsored by the University of Akron School of Social Work, 6 CEUs available, 8:30 am, University of Akron campus; for registration and specific location, call 330-972-5974.

Dean Hernandez benefit, presented by Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio to help the campaign of candidate for Ohio House of Representatives seat currently held by anti-gay Rep. Linda Reidelbach, 5:30 pm, Club Diversity, 863 South High Street, Columbus; 614265-7444, stonewalldemsoh@gmail.com. Queer Shorts, LGBT film festival, part of the Akron Pride Center's Out in Akron Cultural Festival, 7 pm, location to be determined; 330785-0088, www.akronpridecenter.org/ pcoia.html.

GSA Coalition board meeting, inaugural meeting of the student Northeast Ohio GayStraight Alliance Coalition's board, 6 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave; 216-651-5428 ext. 21, www.myspace.com/ ohgsacoalition.

David Sedaris, show by gay author and National Public Radio commentator, $10-$36, Palace Theater, Playhouse Square, 1501 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland; 216-241-6000,

www.playhousesquare.com. Friday to Sunday, October 6 to 8

Emmaus, retreat for gay and lesbian Catholics, presented by the Gay and Lesbian Family Ministry of the Diocese of Cleveland, $145, Jesuit Retreat House, 5629 State Road, Parma (Cleveland);

http://www.jrh-cleveland.org/ emmaus.html, 440-884-9300.

Barbra Streisand, with special guests Il Divo, 7:30 pm, $152.50-$602.50, Schottenstein Center, 555 Borror Drive, Columbus; 614-431-3600, www.ticketmaster.com, www.schottenstein

center.com.

Friday, October 6 to Friday, October 27

Out in Akron Cultural Festival, seven events through October include the University of Akron LGBT Conference, Queer Shorts film festival, Cabaret Q and a Halloween ball; 330-785-0088, www.akronpridecenter.org/pcoia.html.

Saturday, October 7

Dr. John T. Carey Memorial AIDS Walk, 16th annual pledge walk for eight agencies, Wade Oval in University Circle on the east side of Cleveland; 216-621-0766 ext. 275. Speak to Life: The Power of Words, Eternal Joy MCC's annual National Coming Out Day Prayer Breakfast, featuring Rev. Beth Holten, pastor of St. Paul United Methodist Church, and Cathy Mong, social justice reporter for the Dayton Daily News, $20, 9 am, Wellington Grille, 2450 Dayton-Xenia Rd, Beavercreek (Dayton); 937-254-2087, pastor@eternal joymcc.org.

Bike the River Corridor, presented by Mov-ing Men, 10 am, meet at Island Park Main Entrance, 101 East Helena Street, Dayton; 937603-9753, terranovamedia@hotmail.com. Asians and Friends Business Meeting, planning begins for the 2007 Chinese New Year dinner, 3 pm, at a private home in Pepper Pike (Cleveland); 216-226-6080 ext. 3, www.members.aol.com/afcleveland,

afcleveland@aol.com.

Linda Apple and Khrysso Heart LeFey, works by artist Apple and music by LeFey to be featured during the October Gallery Hop, 6 pm10 pm, Stonewall Community Center, 1160 North High St, Columbus; 614-299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.

Full Moon Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 7 pm, Hickley Reservation, Hinckley (Medina); http://clevelandoutandabout.org, 216-556-4832.

Sunday, October 8

Out in Akron Service, part of the Out in Akron Cultural Festival, Cascade Community Church, 1196 Inman St, Akron; 330-785-0088, www.akronpridecenter.org/pcoia.html. Chicks with Picks and Sticks, benefit for Genesis House for abused women, featuring Swamp Boogie Band, Alexis Antes, Burning Sage, Robin Stone, Becky Boyd, Tracie Marie, Forte, Gayle Pilat, Karen Bates, Debi James and Marlene D'Amico, $10, 5 pm, Savannah Bar, 30676 Detroit Rd, Westlake (Cleveland); 440892-2266.

Lazarus by Rashid Darden, to be discussed in the Ohio University LGBT Center Book Club, copies available at the LGBT Programs Center, receiving a book mandates attendance, pizza and pop provided, 7 pm, lower level of United Campus Ministry, 18 North College Street, Athens; 740-593-0239, www.ohiou .edu/lgbt.

Monday to Thursday, October 9-12

National Coming Out Week, four days of events at Ohio State University in Columbus in honor of National Coming Out Day on October 11; 614-688-8449, http://multiculturalcenter. osu.edu/glbtss.

Wednesday, October 11

Coming Out Stories, in celebration of National Coming Out Day, presented by the Dayton Lesbian and Gay Center, 7 pm, St. John's United Methodist Church, 515 East Third, Dayton; 937-274-1776, www.daytonlgbt

center.com.

Hate Crime Vigil, part of the Qut in Akron Cultural Festival, Cascade Community Church, 1196 Inman St, Akron; 330-785-0088, www.akronpridecenter.org/pcoia.html. Learn How to Square Dance with the Cleveland City Country Dancers, open to everyone and free to new members, 7 pm, Archwood United Church of Christ, 2800 Archwood Ave., off Pearl Rd. in Cleveland; 216 251-1053, www.cccdohio.org.

Thursday, October 12

Meet Ted Strickland and Lee Fisher, Democratic candidates for governor and lieutenant governor of Ohio, with Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese, presented by Cleveland Stonewall Democrats, HRC and Equality Ohio Campaign Fund, 6 pm private reception with photo opportunity, 7 pm general reception, $1,000 donation for the 6 pm reception, $100-$500 7 pm reception, 25423 Halburton Rd, Beachwood (Cleveland); 216647-7437, apshepherd@earthlink.net.

Thursday to Saturday, October 12-14

Emerging Leaders Conference, statewide caucus of LGBT student organizations and college offices, presented by Equality Ohio and the Ohio State University Office of GLBT Student Services, Columbus; 614-688-8449, 614-202-8869, http://

multiculturalcenter.osu.edu/glbtss,

www.equalityohio.org.

Thursday to Sunday, October 12 to 22 The Fighting Days, staged reading of play by Wendy Lill about Canadian suffragette Francis Marion Beynon, 7:30 pm on Oct. 12, 13, 15, 19, 20 and 22, performance free for first-time patrons of Red Hen Productions on Oct. 19, Cleveland Arts Theater, 11619-23 Euclid Ave, Cleveland; 216-556-0910, www.feminist theatre.org.

Friday, October 13

Lynne Bowman to speak, at the meeting of the Miami Valley Transgender Association, 7:30 pm, Cross Creek Community Church, 667 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd, Dayton; 937434-4580.

Friday to Sunday, October 13 to 15

Load the Boat, annual weekend of square dancing and social events presented by Cleveland City Country Dancers, Cleveland; 216251-1053, www.cccdohio.org.

For a full year

of events go to:

Chronicle.com

Saturday, October 14

Race for the Cure, 5K race/walk and 1 mile walk to benefit the Susam G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, 6:30-8:30 am registration, 8:30 pm step-off for 5k run, 8:45 am 5k race/ walk, 9:15 am 1-mile walk, Voinovich Park, East 9th at Lake Erie, Cleveland; www.komenneohio.org, 216-791-2873

(791-CURE).

Two Steps to Humility & Empowerment, fall retreat for Archwood United Church of Christ, includes breakfast and lunch, $20 before October 1, $25 after, 2800 Archwood Avenue, Cleveland; 216-351-1060.

Coming Out of Hiding: LGBT Issues at End of Life, presented by Beth Shapiro and Patty O'Shea, sponsored by Hospice and Palliative Care Social Work Organization, CEUs available, $25 non-members, $10 members, 8 am registration, Gathering place, 23300 Commerce Parkway, Beachwood (Cleveland); RSVP to Beth Shapiro, 216-383-3796.

Grand Reopening and 17th Anniversary, celebrating the new home ofthe Ohio Lesbian Archives, 7:30 pm, Clifton United Methodist Church, Clifton and Senator Place, Cincinnati; 513-256-7695, ohiolesbianarchives@yahoo.com.

Grand Illusions, annual dinner for Insight Cleveland LGBT social and business networking organization, benefits the Cleveland LGBT Center, sit-down dinner, cabaret show with Jerry Zak, Cindy Yu, Heather and Twiggy, dancing with DJ Mike Fedele, for south Cleveland area location, reservations call 216556-0576.

Saturday and Sunday, October 14-15 Reach Out and Touch, Cincinnati Men's Chorus' 15th anniversary concert, featuring "When We No Longer Touch," a song cycle about AIDS, with members of the Dayton's Gay Men's Chorus, the Indianapolis Men's Chorus and the North Coast Men's Chorus, Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati; 513-542-2626, www.cincinnatimens chorus.org.

Hike Englewood Metropark, presented by Moving Men, meet at parking lot near Paty's Sunday, October 15 Shelter, Dayton; 937-603-9753, terranovamedia@hotmail.com.

Carver's Pond Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, Holden Arboretum, 9500 Sperry Rd, Kirtland (Cleveland); http:// clevelandoutandabout.org, 216-556-4832. Semi-Annual Steak Dinner, presetned by St. Paul United Methodist Church, a Reconciling Congregation, includes cubed steak with mushroom gravy, baked potato, green beans, tossed salad or applesauce, roll, beverage and dessert, $7, children 10 and under $3.50, 4:30-7 pm, St. Paul UMC, 101 Huffman Ave, Dayton; 937252-4467.

Dim Sum Lunch and Chinatown Walk, presented by Asians and Friends Cleveland, lunch 12 noon, New Wong's, 3211 Payne Ave, Cleveland; 216-226-6080 ext. 3, www.members.aol.com/afcleveland,

afcleveland@aol.com.

Cabaret Q, talent show is part of the Out in Akron Cultural festival, location to be determined; 330-785-0088, www.akronpride

center.org/pcoia.html.

A Weekend of Open Dialogue & Discussion at First Church, Cleveland

October 13, 14, 15

Conversations Throughout the Journey: Sexual Orientation, Hospitality, & Our Church

Open to all persons who are interested in furthering their understanding of the issues of sexual orientation and the social concerns of the United Methodist Church.

Friday, 6:30-9pm

Small Group Dialogues & Open Table Communion Service

Saturday, 9am-3pm

Joint Session with Rev. Susan T. Henry-Crowe Variety of Workshops, morning & afternoon

Sunday, 11am

Rev. Susan T. Henry-Crowe worship speaker

Rev. Susan T. Henry-Crowe, dean of Chapel and Religious Life, Emory University, serves on the United Methodist Church Judicial Council ecclesiastical court of the church.

Details, registration form, directions and maps available on-line

www.firstchurch cleveland.com (WHAT'S NEW)

First United Methodist Church 3000 Euclid Avenue

Cleveland, Ohio 44115

216.432 0150