November 3, 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 216-631-1052, or email 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 November 18

And Baby Makes Seven, play by Paula Vogel about two lesbians having a baby with their gay male roommate... and their three other imaginary children, presented by Convergence Continuum, Thurs-Sat 8 pm, $12, $9 students and seniors, the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland; 216-687-0074, www.convergencecontinuum.org.

Mondays to November 20

Self-Defense Workshop, six-week class for the LGBT community, 7 pm, 206 Westwood Rd, Columbus; 614-268-1641, 614-657-4907.

Friday, November 3

Developing Transgender Legal Issues, Lambda Legal staff attorney Cole Thaler leads free onehour workshop with one unit of continuing legal education, presented by Lambda Legal and coordinated by Lambda Law Students Association of Case Western Reserve University, lunch served 11:30 am, workshop at noon, Case School of Law Moot Court Room A-59, East Blvd at Ford Dr, Cleveland; RSVP required by Oct. 31, lawflag@case.edu, 216-371-3269.

Happy Hour Calendar Party, presented by the Oldtimers Club of Central Ohio, 6 pm, models available at 7 pm to autograph calendars, show 7:30 pm hosted by Petunia Bloom, calendar sales benefit Pater Noster House, Q Bar, 205 North Fifth St, Columbus; 614256-3768, www.occoclub.org.

Sign Making Party, lead-up to November 6 liberal/radical/progressive rally at Bowling Green State University, 7 pm, Women's Center, 107 Hanna Hall, Bowling Green State University; www.transbg.org/home.html.

Friday and Saturday, Nov. 3 and 4

Heartland in Action Conference, P-FLAG Midwest Tri-regional Conference, Chicago; www.pflag.org, 708-784-1662.

Saturday, November 4

Central Ohio High School GSA Summit, fourth annual gathering of gay-straight alliances from the Columbus area, 10 am, Kaleidoscope Youth Center, 1904 North High Street, Columbus; 614-294-5437, www.kaleidoscope.org.

Brandywine Falls Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, 1 pm; http://cleveland outandabout.org, 216-556-4832.

Sunday, November 5

Come and See Sunday, Emmanuel Fellowship Church's day of welcome for the community, 11 am worship includes the Emmanuel Choir, the Praise Team and Church Mouse, 7 pm presentation "What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality" by Pastor T.M. Hines, Emmanuel Fellowship Church, 60 North Arlington Street, Akron; 330-376-8725.

Dinner with Asians and Friends Cleveland follows 3 pm business meeting at a private home in Cleveland Heights, dinner at Bangkok Thai Cuisine, 216-226-6080 ext. 3, www.members.aol.com/ afcleveland, afcleveland@aol.com. Santaland Diaries, mall tour of Cleveland Public Theater's production of the play by gay raconteur David Sedaris about his life as a mall elf, $20,7 pm, Westfield Belden Village, 4230 Belden Village Mall, Canton; 330-494-8815, www.cptonline.org.

Muskaan, play by Lushin Dubey about HIV in India, presented by the India Foundation, 7:30 pm, $10 advance, $15 door, Kettering Middle School Auditorium, 3000 Glengarry Dr, Kettering (Dayton); 937-433-4879. Monday, November 6

Help Get Out the Vote for pro-LGBT candidates, door knocking and phone calling with Equality Ohio, Human Rights Campaign and America Votes, special guest HRC president Joe Solmonese, 9 am at America Votes, 3631 Perkins Ave. second floor, one block north of East 36th and Chester in Cleveland, call Patrick Metz at 216-432-1410 or e-mail patrickmetz@yahoo.com.

Cultural Minority Visibility Rally, presented by Transcendence, NARAL Pro-Choice BGSU and Quack Like a Fish, to demonstrate unity of minorities and liberal/progressive/radical people on campus prior to the election, 11 am, BowenThompson Student Union (room 314 if rain),

Bowling Green State University; www.transbg.org/home.html.

Tuesday, November 7

Election Day

Wednesday to Sunday, Nov. 8-12

Creating Change Conference, 19th annual LGBT activists' convention sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Westin Crown Center, Kansas City, Mo., hotel 816474-4400, Task Force 202-639-6333; www.creatingchange.org.

Friday, November 10

Pamela Means, lesbian singer-songwriter, 7 pm social time, 8 pm show, $12 online, private home in Colerain Township (Cincinnati); www.womenoutfront.com.

Friday to Sunday, November 10 to 19 A Bright Room Called Day, play by noted gay writer Tony Kushner paralelling the ending days of Germany's Weimar Republic to the modern day in the U.S., Thurs-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm, $10, $7 seniors and CWRU personnel, $5 students, Eldred Theater, 2070 Adelbert Rd, Cleveland; 216-368-4440, www.case.edu.

Saturday, November 11

Celebration of Spain, dine with Asians and Friends Cleveland at Mallorca for lunch then see "Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaudi, Miro, Dali" at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 12 noon lunch, 1390 West 9th Street, Cleveland, followed by museum trip at around 1:30 pm, 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland; reservations 216-226-6080 ext. 3, www.members.aol.com/afcleveland,

afcleveland@aol.com.

Benefit for Richard Meeker, HIV educator and drag performer who was attacked at his home, entertainment by Twila and friends, food, cash bar, 7:30 pm, R House, 5534 Secor Rd, Toledo; 419-474-2929.

Sunday, November 12

Santaland Diaries, mall tour of Cleveland Public Theater's production of the play by gay raconteur David Sedaris about his life as a mall elf, $20, 7 pm, Westfield Franklin Park, 5001 Monroe Street, Toledo; 519-473-3317, www.cptonline.org.

Monday, November 13

Staying Alive Conference Kickoff, first community planning meeting for the 2007 National Association of People with AIDS Conference which will be held in Cleveland, 2 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland;216-621-0766 ext. 286, grichardson@atfgc.org.

Tuesday, November 14

Rubi Girls, documentary about Dayton drag troupe, shown as part of the Dayton P-FLAG meeting, 7:30 p pm, Cross Creek Community Church, 667 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd, Centerville (Dayton); www.pflagdayton.org, 937-640-3333.

Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland area LGBT social organization, call for location, time and reservations; 216-556-0576.

Thursday and Saturday, Nov. 16 and 18 Time to Leave, film by gay director François Ozon about a gay man who hides his terminal brain tumor from loved ones until his grandmother teaches him about acceptance, Thurs 7 pm, Sat 6 pm, $8, $5 Cinematheque members, CIA students and staff, Cleveland Institutue of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland; 216-421-7450,

www.cia.edu/cinematheque.

Friday, November 17

Sex and Sodom: Biblical and Midrashic Contexts of Homosexuality, presentation by gay Rabbi Steven Greenberg, follows services at 5:30 pmand dinner, dinner $8 adult, $6 children 12 and under, Temple Tifereth Israel, 1354 East Broad St, Columbus; RSVP to 614-253-8523 by November 13, www.tiferethisrael.org.

Asians and Friends Film Series, potluck dinner and videos presented by Asians and Friends Cleveland, dinner 6:30 pm, bring a dish to share, movie 7:30 pm, $1 members, $2 general public, at a private home in Garfield Heights; 216-226-6080 ext. 3, www.members.aol.com/ afcleveland, afcleveland@aol.com.

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Friday to Sunday, November 17-19

Sing, Heal, Celebrate! fall concert and health fair event presented by Muse, Cincinnati's women's choir, featuring the breast cancer oratorio "Where I Live" by Diane Benjamin, 8 pm Fri and Sat, 3 pm Sun, $20 advance, $25 door, sliding scale available, St. John's Unitarian Universalist, 320 Resor Ave, Cincinnati; 513-221-1118, www.musechoir.org.

Friday to Sunday, Nov. 17 to Dec. 17 Greater Tuna, play about the third smallest town in Texas, with the entire populace played by two actors (Nick Koesters and Kevin Joseph Kelly), Fri and Sat 8 pm, Sun 3 pm, $28, $25 seniors, $17 students 22 and under with ID, Beck Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland); 216-521-2540, www.beckcenter.org.

Saturday, November 18

Little Mountain Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, Holden Arboretum, 9500 Sperry Rd, Kirtland (Cleveland); http:// clevelandoutandabout.org, 216-556-4832. Halakkah and Homosexuality: A Study of Law, Rationale and Methodology, presentation by gay Rabbi Steven Greenberg, follows 9 am services and kiddush, Temple Tifereth Israel, 1354 East Broad St, Columbus; RSVP by November 13 to

www.tiferethisrael.org.

614-253-8523,

Open Door Coffeehouse, presented by Akron Pride Center and First Grace United Church of Christ, 5:30 pm Go with the Flow get-acquainted time, 6 pm, doors officially open, 7 pm start, First Grace UCC, 250 South Portage Path, Akron; 330-253-2220, www.akronpridecenter.org. Sugar Plum Fairies, party celebrating the release of the North Coast Men's Chorus' holiday CD, general admission $25, $50 includes CD, $100 includes signed CD, 7:30 pm, Spaces Gallery, 2220 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland; 216-556-0590, www.ncmchorus.org.

Sunday, November 19

Queering Questions: Gay Rabbis and SameSex Marriage in the Conservative Movement, presentation by gay Orthodox Rabbi Steven Greenberg, minyan at 9:30 am followed by Men's Club Brunch at 10:15 am and presentation, $3, free for men's club members, Temple Tifereth Israel, 1354 East Broad St, Columbus; RSVP by November 13 to 614-253-8523, www.tiferethisrael.org.

Transgender Day of Remembrance and Celebration, 6 pm, A Better Place, 815 Superior Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428.

Santaland Diaries, mall tour of Cleveland Public Theater's production of the play by gay raconteur David Sedaris about his life as a mall elf, $20, 7 pm, Westfield South Park, 500 Southpark Center, Strongsville (Cleveland); 440-238-9000, www.cptonline.org.

-Compiled by Anthony Glassman

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