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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.

Saturday, January 6

South Chagrin Reservation Hike with Cleveland Out and About meet 11 am at Squaw Rock parking lot off Hawthorn Pky; www.clevelandoutandabout.org, 216-

556-4832.

Keeping A-Breast, breast cancer awareness concert by Windsong, Cleveland's feminist chorus, with special guest Anne E. DeChant and her full band, sponsored by the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's northeast Ohio affiliate, 4 pm, parking $2, the Armory at the Beck Center for the Arts, 17801 Detroit Ave, Lakewood; 216-381-4886 to RSVP. Shortbus, pansexual film by John Cameron Mitchell examining the spectrum of adult relationships, 9 pm, $8, $5 Cinematheque members, CIA students and staff, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland; 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/ cinematheque.

Sunday, January 7

North Coast Athletics Volleyball begins for winter session, games are Sundays 11:30 am at new location, Cuyahoga Community College Metro Campus gym, on East 30th St. between Community College and Woodland Aves., 216905-8005, 216-440-7411 or www.northcoast athletics.org.

Columbus Gay Men's Chorus auditions and first rehearsal for March 23-24 "Saints and Sinners" concert, auditions at 4 pm, rehearsals are every Sunday at 6, beneath the Galbreath Pavilion of the Ohio Theater, 39 E. State Street in downtown Columbus; 614-228-2462 or www.cgmc.com.

North Coast Chorus auditions and social, North Coast Men's Chorus continues their 19th season with 6 pm rehearsals for March 24-25 "On the Radio" concert, begins with coffee social, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2592 West 14th at Starkweather, Cleveland (Tremont); 216-556-0590.

Monday, January 8

Understanding Reproductive Rights, meeting topic for the Columbus chapter of the National Organization for Women, 7 pm, Northside Library, 1423 North Main St, Columbus; www.columbusnow.net.

November Moon, 1984 film about a wartime romance between a French woman and a Jewish woman in occupied Paris, part of the Cincinnati GLBT Center's OutReels program, 7 pm, 4119 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati; 513-591-0200, www.glbtcentercincinnati.com.

Tuesday, January 9

Herb Ascherman Jr. to speak, famed photographer, at the January meeting of Plexus, northeast Ohio's LGBT Chamber of Commerce, 6 pm, Ponte Vecchio Ristorante Italiano, 2100 Superior Viaduct, Cleveland; www.thinkplexus.org.

Wednesday, January 10

Cleveland AIDS Walk Jump Start, preview of the 17th annual Dr. John T. Carey Memorial AIDS Walk next autumn, food and social time, 6 pm, AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, 3210 Euclid Ave, Cleveland; 216-621-0766 ext. 275, dfearn@atfgc.org. Friday, January 12

Arktos Chili Cookoff, soup, stew and chili categories, prizes for winner in each category, benefits Violet's Cupboard, 7:30 pm, Daddies, 1009 South Main St, Akron; rookchuck@yahoo.com to enter, bar 330-

376-2625.

Friday to Sunday, January 12 to 28

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, play by queer writer Tennessee Williams, presented by the Toledo Rep Theater, 16 10th Street, Toledo; 419243-9277, mhill618@excite.com.

Saturday, January 13

Hike or Cross-Country Skiing, 11 am, with Cleveland Out and About, Lake Metroparks Girdled Road Reservation, Concord Twp. east of Cleveland; www.clevelandoutandabout.org, 216-556-4832.

Happy New Queer Dance, for LGBT and questioning youth 20 and under, presented by Kaleidoscope Youth Center, 8 pm, Whetstone Park Shelterhouse, 3271 Wicklow Rd, Columbus; 614-294-5437, www.kaleidoscope.org. Vegas Bar Night, presented by La Fraternité du Loup-Garou (The Brotherhood of the Werewolf), with performances by Mr. Gay Ohio USA FMI 2006 Dylan Gauge and Mr. Dayton All Star 2006 Vincent Holiday, hosted by National Holiday, part of the proceeds benefit Trascendence TG support and rights group, Rip Cord, 115 North Erie St, Toledo; 419243-3412, lagarou@hotmail.com.

Sunday, January 14

LGBT and Ally Victory Lunch Party, statewide event to celebrate Ted Strickland's inauguration as governor and the defeat of other antigay politicians, cost to be announced, 12 noon, Ohio Statehouse atrium, Broad at High Streets, Columbus; www.equalityohio.org, 614224-0400.

Overlook Hike, 1 pm, presented by Cleveland Out and About, South Chagrin Reservation; 216556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org. 50+ Social Group, first meeting of new group for older lesbians and their friends and admirers, 1 pm, College Hill Coffee Company, 6128 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati; www.womenout front.com.

Tuesday, January 16

Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland area LGBT social networking organization, call for location, time and reservations; 216-556-0576. Monday, January 22

Gendernauts, Monika Treut's look at the world of transgender identity through the eyes of San Francisco's leading gender mixers, part of the Cincinnati GLBT Center's OutReels program, 7 pm, 4119 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati; 513591-0200, www.glbtcentercincinnati.com.

Tuesday, January 23

Women's Choice in South Dakota, with speaker Steffany Stern, appetizers, dinner, La Scala, 4199 West Dublin-Granville Road, Columbus; jaime@prochoice ohio.org,

contactus@columbusnow.net.

Thursday, January 25

Religion and Reproductive Rights, presentation at annual Roe v. Wade commemoration presented by Freedom of Choice Cleveland Coalition, with Michelle Goldberg, author of Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, 5:30 pm reception, 6:30 pm program, $10 general admission, $35 supporter level, pay what you can for those with limited incomes, reservations required by January 22, Visiting Nurses Assocaition, 2500 East 22nd St, Cleveland; send check for reservation to FOCC, P.O. Box 443, Berea, Ohio 440179998, 216-472-2220.

Friday to Sunday, Jan. 26 to Feb. 4 The Laramie Project, Moisés Kaufman's play about the aftermath of Matthew Shepard's murder, Fri and Sat 8 pm, Sun 2:30 pm, Zanesville Community Theater, 940 Findley Ave, Zanesville; 740-455-6487, www.zct.org.

Saturday, January 27

Adopt-a-Legislator, volunteer information session and training, presented by the Cleveland LGBT Center, 2 pm, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; RSVP to 216-651-5428 ext. 26, mgish@lgbtcleveland.org.

Sweet Fundraiser, benefits the Cincinnati Men's Chorus, featuring an array of desserts and beverages, $10, 8 pm, for location and tickets call 513-591-0265,

newsfromcmc@aol.com. Queer Prom, 9pm, Walter Hall Rotunda, Ohio University, Athens; 740-593-0239, www.ohiou.edu/lgbt.

Sunday, January 28

Snow-Shoeing or Cross-Country Skiing with Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm at Kendall Lake Winter Sports Center, Truxell Road between AkronCleveland and Akron-Peninsula Roads in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park; 216-556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.