March 2, 2007

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 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 Saturday, March 3

Out@Wex Film Festival, three days of new queer film and a salute to Strand Releasing, featuring 20 Straws, Wrestling with Angels, Wild Tigers I Have Known, Caravaggio, Love Other, The Man of My Life and Puccini for Beginners, Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 North High Street, Columbus; 614-292-3535, www.wexarts.org.

Friday, March 2

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.

Saturday, March 3

Campus Connection, college gay-straight alliance conference presented by the ACLU ofOhio, 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.

All Aboard: Rosie's Family Cruise, documentary of Rosie and Kelli O'Donnell's first allLGBT cruise, sponsored by Delaware Gay Straight Christian Alliance, free, 2 pm, Strand Theater, 28 E. Winter St., Delaware; discussion follows at Delaware Public Library, one block east of theater; 740-368-1629, http:// delawaregsca.tripod.com.

Pink Pistols, inaugural meeting of Toledo chapter of group for LGBT handgun owners and enthusiasts, 2 pm, McDonald's, 6555 Airport Hwy, Holland (Toledo); 419-514-9996, toledo@pinkpistols.org.

East Meets West Potluck, bringing together the East Side and the West Side in a love of food, presented by the Rainbow Connection, 4 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428, rbcohio@gmail.com. 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.pflag cinci.org, 513-721-7900.

OutLaws Banquet, first banquet held by the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law LGBT Students, featuring Rhonda Rivera, early Stonewall Columbus leader and LGBT rights advocate, introduction by Mary Jo Hudson, Columbus' first openly LGBT councilor, $50, $10 students, 6 pm cocktails, 7 pm dinner, OSU Faculty Club, 181 South Oval Mall, Columbus; outlaws@osu.edu.

Winter Party, held by the Columbus Metropolitan Tennis Organization, open to anyone interested in joining the league, 8 pm to midnight, Olympic Tennis Club, 3480 Indianola Ave, Columbus; www.cmtol.org, cmto lorg@ yahoo.com.

Early Girl, band formerly known as Slackjaw, at the Nickel, $3, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314.

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, 1 pm, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, 23737 Fairmount Blvd, Beachwood (Cleveland); 216464-1330, www.fairmounttemple.org.

Tret Fure, pioneering lesbian musician, 8 pm, $12, Canal Street Tavern, 308 First St, Dayton; www.canalstreettavern.com, 937-461-9343.

Monday, March 5

Girl Play, 2004 film about two lesbian actresses falling in love while they perform in a play together, part of the Cincinnati GLBT Center's Movie Mania series, 7 pm, 4119 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati; 513-591-0200, www.glbtcentercincinnati.com.

Tuesday, March 6

Songwriters in the Round Tour, featuring Nini Camps, Kristie Stremel and Stephanie Callahan, with special guest Anne E. DeChant, 8 pm, the Winchester, 12112 Madison Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland); 216-226-5681. Thursday, March 8

International Women's Day Alive, featuring performances by Muse, Cincinnati's Women's Chorus, the Voices of Freedom Chorus and reflections on International Women's Day by representatives of community organizations, 7:30 pm, Harriet Tubman Theater, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati; 513-333-7500, www.freedomcenter.org.

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 sponsors Triangle Foundation; www.tri.org/events/interpride. Saturday, March 10

Grounding the Self in God, workshop presenting experiential prayer through a labyrinth, environmental art and guided imagery as ways of encountering the Holy, facilitated by Rev. Larry Klinker, 8:30 am-2 pm, $10 includes continental breakfast and boxed lunch, Trinity Lutheran Church, 16400 Detroit Ave, Lakewood (Cleveland); 216-226-8087.

Youth Speakers' Training, hosted by Kaleidoscope Youth Center, training for prospective members of the center's speakers bureau, reservation required, 10 am, 1904 North High Street, Columbus; www.kaleidoscope.org, angie@kaleidoscope.org, 614-294-5437

(KIDS).

Lesbian Cancer Survivors, support and social group in the Cleveland area, 6:30 pm, for location call 440-442-9399.

Keeping Pace with God's Grace, second annual Black Church Summit presented by the National Black Justice Coalition, $75, Mother Bethel AME Church, 419 South 6th Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; www.nbjc.org.

St. Patty's Day Drag Show, hosted by Nadia Lexi, with Isis Tiffany Soul, Yasmine Delrio and Tiffany Couture, $3, 11:30 pm, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314.

Sunday, March 11

Blue Hen Falls Hike on the Buckeye Trail with Cleveland Out and About, meet 10 am at the Boston Store, on Boston Mills Rd. just east of Riverview Rd. in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park; 216-556-4832, for directions see www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

Monday, March 12

The Dying Gaul, 2005 film about a writer who begins an affair with a married film executive, part of the Cincinnati GLBT Center's Movie Mania series, 7 pm, 4119 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati; 513-591-0200, www.glbtcenter cincinnati.com.

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Thursday, March 15

Ins and Outs, exhibit of work by Paul Richmond, benefits Kaleidoscope Youth Center, featuring new collaborative piece by Richmond and youth from the center, 7 pm, $15 includes drinks and hors d'oeuvres, Gallery Space, 954 North High St, Columbus; www.kaleidoscope.org, 614-294-5437

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Being Gay in the NFL, discussion with former football player Esera Tuaolo, one of three former NFL players to come out, sponsored by Xavier Alliance, 7 pm, Banquet Room, Cintas Center, Xavier University, 1624 Herald Avenue, Cincinnati; alliance@xavier.edu, 513-924-8209. Angels in America: The World 17 Years Later, panel discussion on changes since Tony Kushner's seminal AIDS play was released, with Earl Pike of the AIDS Taskforce, Martha Pontoni of the Gay People's Chronicle, Kaizaad Kotwal of Ohio State University, P-FLAG Cleveland president Sharon Groh-Wargo, Cleveland Public Theater executive artistic director Raymond Bobgan and others, 7:30 pm, Beachwood Branch, Cuyahoga County Library, 25501 Shaker Blvd, Beachwood (Cleveland); 216-831-6868, www.cuyahogalibrary.org. Bitch, lesbian indie powerhouse, touring in support of her album Make This/Break This, Crush in Union Station, 825 Main St, Cincinnati; 513-651-2667.

Thursday-Sunday, March 15-25

Cleveland International Film Festival, 31st annual event presented by the Cleveland Film Society includes Ten Percent Cinema ofLGBT films, Tower City Cinemas; www.clevelandfilm.org, 216623-3456.

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Friday, March 16

Bitch, lesbian indie powerhouse, touring in support of her album Make This/Break This, Union Station, 630 North High St, Columbus; 614-228-3740.

Saturday, March 17

Waterfowl Hike with Cleveland Out and About, meet 11 am at Veterans Memorial Park on Hopkins Rd. in Mentor-on-the-Lake (east of Cleveland); 216-556-4832, www.clevelandout andabout.org.

St. Patty's Day Celebration, presented by the Iron Eagles, Lady Justice will be guest bartender, 10 pm, Club Maxx, 122 North 6th Street, Steubenville; 740-284-1291,

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Bitch, lesbian indie powerhouse, touring in support of her album Make This/Break This, Bounce in Union Station, 2800 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-357-2997.

Eric Himan, gay indie rocker, 8:30 pm, Barking Spider, 11310 Juniper Rd, Cleveland; 216421-2863, www.barkingspidertavern.com. Anne E. DeChant, singer-songwriter with full band, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Rd, Cleveland; 216-661-1314.

Sunday, March 18

North Coast Athletics Volleyball Playoffs, first week of games concluding winter season, 11 amto 5pm, Cuyahoga Community College Metro Campus gym, on East 30th St. between Community College and Woodland Aves. in Cleveland; 216905-8005 or www.NorthCoastAthletics.org.

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