February 16, 2007
GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE
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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 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.
To Sunday, February 25
Equus, play by Peter Schaffer about sexual confusion and longing, directed by William Roudeush, 8 pm Fri and Sat, 3 pm Sun, $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, February 17
Greektown Casino Bus Trip, voyage to Detroit casino benefits PACT Cleveland's NABWMT national conference, $30 includes $20 in casino money and $5 food coupon, 21+, must have photo ID, 7:45 am pickup at Kirby Manor, 11500 Detroit Ave; 8:15 am at Clifton Plaza, 11430 Clifton; 8:30 am at Coleman Apartments, 2025 West 65th St; returns to Cleveland at 8 pm, 216-521-0569.
Kent State vs. Akron U, women's basketball game, meet the Network, a Cleveland area social organization for lesbians, at the game, meet 1:45 pm at the ticket booth inside the MAC Center front door, look for Pat with the green "Dallas" baseball cap, $5, MAC Center, Kent State University; 440-962-3662.
Red Hot and Flaming, benefit for Equality Cincinnati and Know Theater, Universal Grille, 911 Vine St, Cincinnati; 513-381-6279. Hearts on Fire, annual Valentine's benefit for the North Coast Men's Chorus, featuring dinner and a cabaret performance, 6:30 pm, $75, Cleveland Play House Club, 8501 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland; 216-556-0590,
www.ncmchorus.org.
Anne E. DeChant, singer-songwriter with full band for a Valentine's show, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Rd, Cleveland; 216-661-1314.
Sunday, February 18
The Trip North on the Underground Railroad, interactive presentation by Demetrius Lambert, with music celebrating the African American spiritual tradition, reception follows service, 10:30 am, Liberation UCC, 13714 Madison Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland); 216521-5556, www.liberationucc.org. Wigfest, drag pageant to raise funds for the Flaggots Ohio 2008 trip to the Sydney Mardi Gras celebration, featuring Mary B, BB James, Frita Lay and others, doors 8 pm, show 9 pm, $7 advance, Wall Street Nightclub, 144 North Wall Street, Columbus; 614-464-2800, www.wigfest.com.
Tuesday, February 20
Fat Tuesday Pancake and Sausage Dinner, presented by the Archwood UCC Senior High Youth Group, 5 pm, $5, $3 children 6-11, 5 and under free, fundraiser for the youth group's mission to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Archwood UCC, 2800 Archwood Ave, Cleveland; 216-351-1060, archwoodoffice@aol.com.
Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland area LGBT social networking organization, call for location, time and reservations; 216-556-0576. Tuesday to Wednesday, Feb. 20-28
Gigantic Book Sale, benefits the Cleveland LGBT Center, all books 50¢, 12 noon-9:30 pm, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.
Wednesday, February 21
Ash Wednesday Jazz Vespers Service, in honor of Black History Month, imposition of ashes, music by location jazz performers, reception following service, 7 pm, Liberation UCC, 13714 Madison Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland); 216-521-5556, www.liberationucc.org. Thursday, February 22
Spiritual Leaders Group, open to leaders of LGBT-affirming religious and spiritual communities, 9 am, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-272-0622.
All God's Children, screening of film about sexual orientation in the African American community, 7 pm, refreshments and discussion follow, Franklin Circle Christian Church, 1688 Fulton Rd, Cleveland; 216-781-8232. www.franklincirclechurch.org.
Beautiful Men, documentary by Du Haibing about gay life in China, focusing on a drag bar in Chengdu, 8:10 pm, $7, $5 seniors, students and members, Film/Video Theater, Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 North High St, Columbus; 614-292-3535, www.wexarts.org. Friday, February 23
Celebrating Community, Diversity and Service, concert by Muse, Cincinnati's women's choir, and the Wyoming High School Student Chorale, to benefit the Wyoming Gay-Straight Alliance, Brothers and Sisters United, Project Lead and Help Our Planet Earth, $10, $5 students, 8 pm, Pendery Center, Wyoming High School, 106 Pendery Ave, Cincinnati; 513221-1118, www.musechoir.org.
Saturday, February 24
Pink Pistols Shooting Range, first shooting event for the Toledo chapter of national group for LGBT gun owners and enthusiasts, 12 noon, 10306 Airport Hwy, Swanton (Toledo); 419514-9996, toledo@pinkpistols.org.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? annual fundraising event for BRAVO, guests gather at 6 pm in the Venue at Smith Bros., 580 North 4th St. in Columbus, then disperse to area homes for a sumptuous meal; 614-294-7867.
32nd Womyn's Variety Show, doors 6 pm, show 7:30 pm, $20, tickets available at the Nickel, Diverse Universe and the Inn on Coventry, women 18+ only, Temple Tifereth Israel, 1855 Ansel Rd. at East 105th St., just north of Chester in University Circle, Cleveland; 216375-0780, 216-798-0456.
Gay author Kirk Read will be at the Sex Workers' Art Show at Case Western Reserve University on Monday February 26.
Full Moon Hike with Cleveland Out and About, meet 7 pm in Garfield Park Reservation Visitors Center parking lot off Broadway in Garfield Heights (Cleveland); 216-556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.
Tret Fure, house concert by lesbian singersongwriter, 8 pm, $12 advance, $15 door, Mansfield; 419-564-6394, cmoore@richnet.net.
Chinese New Year, celebrating the Year of the Pig, ten-course dinner and show presented by Friday, March 2 Asians and Friends Cleveland, $30 members, $35 others before Feb. 17; $40 afterward or $45 at door, 6 pm, C&Y Restaurant, 2222 St. Clair Ave., Cleveland; www.afcleveland.org. Stay Together, dance performance by the Joe Goode Performance Group about long-term relationships and the effect of AIDS on a neighborhood, 8 pm, $20-$47, Ohio Theater at Playhouse Square, 1501 Euclid Ave, Cleveland; 800-766-6048, www.tricpresents.com. Breast Cancer Research Benefit, featuring Krystal Stone, Alexis Kennedy, Adrian Fox, Melanie Matthews and the Cleveland Kings, 11 pm, Muggs, 3194 West 25th St, Cleveland; 216-398-7012.
Sunday, February 25
Pine Lane Hike with Cleveland Out and About, meet 11 am at Pine Lane trailhead off Ohio 303 just east of Peninsula in Cuyahoga Valley National Park south of Cleveland; 216556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org. Winter Walk at Caesar Creek Lake with Moving Men, at Caesar Creek State Park in Waynesville, southeast of Dayton, meet at 1 pmat visitor center off Clarksville Rd. just south of Ohio 73, hike for an hour ortwo, then perhaps coffee and food in Waynesville; RSVP appreciated, Bryan, 937-603-9753 or terranovamedia@hotmail.com;park info andmapat www.ohiodnr.com/parks/parks/caesarck.htm. Columbus Lesbian Softball League, managers meeting to organize the league's 14th season, 4 pm, Stonewall Columbus, 1160 North High St, Columbus; 614-801-4204.
Baldwin-Wallace College Brass Choir, free concert, light reception to follow, 4 pm, Brecksville UCC, 23 Public Square, Brecksville; 440-526-4364, buccoh@sbcglobal.net. Oscar Night America, annual Academy Awards viewing party, benefits Columbus AIDS Task Force, pick-the-winners contest, Ellen DeGeneres look-alike contest, 6 pm, $25, $7 students, $35 VIP includes goodie bag, Dexel Gateway Theater, 1550 North High St, Columbus; 614-545-2255, www.drexel.net. Academy Award-Watching Party, to benefit PACT Cleveland and the 2007 National Association of Black and White Men Together National Conference, Dream Girls theme, $25, $45 per couple, purchase tickets by February 22, 7:30 pm, A Better Place, East 9th and Rockwell, Cleveland; www.pactcleveland.com, 216-374-8961.
Monday, February 26
Sex Workers' Art Show, touring multimedia event featuring gay author Kirk Read and queer filmmaker Amber Dawn, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland; www.sexworkers artshow.com.
Saturday, March 3
Campus Connection, college gay-straight alliance conference presented by the ACLU of Ohio, keynote speaker Shannon Gilreath, author of Sexual Politics: The Gay Person in America Today, 10 am-5 pm, University of Akron Student Union; campusconnection@acluohio.org, www.acluohio.org/sga/CampusConnection.asp. Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, bimonthly meeting, 11 am, Northside Library, 1423 North High St, Columbus; 614-579-6021, aedwardstutor@columbus.rr.com.
Pink Pistols, inaugural meeting of Toledo chapter of group for LGBT handgun owners and enthusiasts, McDonald's, 6555 Airport Hwy, Holland (Toledo); 419-514-9996,
toledo@pinkpistols.org.
P-FLAG Cincinnati Scholarship Banquet, 15th annual event, features singer Chris Collier and the theme "That's Amoré!" 6 pm, $40, $25 students, the Madison, 700 Madison Ave, Covington, Ky. (Cincinnati); www.pflagcinci. org, 513-721-7900.
Early Girl, band formerly known as Slackjaw, at the Nickel, $3, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314.
For a full year of events:
Sunday, March 4
How to Succeed in Persia Without Really Trying, original Purimspiel (play) by the Chevrei Tikva Chavura Players celebrating the biblical hero Esther's triumph over the evil Hamman, pm, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, 23737 Fairmount Blvd, Beachwood (Cleveland); 216464-1330, www.fairmounttemple.org.
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Highlights of upcoming weeks
For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com
Friday to Sunday, March 9 to 11
Interpride Region 3 and 4 Conference, education and networking for organizers of LGBT Pride events in the Midwest including Ohio, Doubletree Hotel Dearborn, 5801 Southfield Expressway, Detroit, Michigan, $109 Interpride members, $135 others, 313-336-3340 hotel; 313-537-3323 ext. 104 for sponsoring Triangle Foundation; www.tri.org/events/ interpride.
Thursday-Sunday, March 15-25
Cleveland International Film Festival, 31st annual event presented by the Cleveland Film Society includes Ten Percent Cinema of LGBT films, Tower City Cinemas; www.cleveland film.org, 216-623-3456.
-Compiled by Anthony Glassman
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