March 16, 2007

GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

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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 ourweb site, www.gaypeoples chronicle.com. Deadline for each week's calendar is noon on Thursday of the previous week.

To Sunday, March 25

Cleveland International Film Festival, 31st annual event presented by the Cleveland Film Society includes Ten Percent CinemaofLGBT films, Tower City Cinemas; www.clevelandfilm.org, 216623-3456; for details of Ten Percent films see last week's Chronicle, www.gaypeopleschronicle.com/ stories07/march/0309076.htm

Friday, March 16

Spring Green Fling, all-ages family event, 6 pm potluck, 6:30 pm games, crafts and more, Brecksville United Church of Christ, 23 Public Square, Brecksville (south of Cleveland); 440526-4364.

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

Friday to Sunday, March 16 to 18

Midwest LGBT Conference for People of Color, inaugural event featuring Mykle Kane, Stepp Stewart and Columbus' first lady, Frankie Coleman, Clarion Hotel & Suites, 900 East Dublin Granville Rd, Columbus; 614-370-1493.

Saturday, March 17

Waterfowl Hike with Cleveland Out and About, meet 11 amat Veterans Memorial Park on Hopkins Rd. in Mentor-on-the-Lake (east ofCleveland);216-

556-4832,www.clevelandoutandabout.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,

www.ironeagles.com.

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 am to 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. St. Patrick's Day Party, presented by Prime Timers Cleveland, social gathering for mature gay and bisexual men, for time and location call 216-556-0019 or go to www.ptcleveland.org. Taize Evening Service, prayer, singing, silence for personal reflection and reading of Scripture in a candlelight service, 7 pm, North Broadway United Methodist Church, 48 East North Broadway, Columbus; 614-268-8626, www.north-broadway.org.

Monday, March 19

Bar Girls, 1994 "slice of life" film about a group of

Ryan White Planning Council Meeting, 5:30 pm, Room K-101, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland; 216-348-3986, www.cuyahogacounty.us/ryanwhite.

Thursday, March 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. Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland area LGBT social networking organization, call for location, time and reservations; 216-556-0576. Tracy Walker, lesbian singer-songwriter, Whiskey Dick's, 700 West Pete Rose Way, Cincinnati; 513-421-6200.

Friday and Saturday, March 23-24

"Saints and Sinners," tour through the seven heavenly virtues and seven deadly sins by the Columbus Gay Men's Chorus, 8 pm, Capitol Theater, Vern Riffe Center, 77 South High Street, Columbus; 614-228-2462,

www.cgmc.com.

Saturday, March 24

Fitness Instruction, new weekly meeting alternating between yoga and group exercise, bring towel or mat, $3, 8:30 am, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428 ext. 25, pzbasnik@lgbtcleveland.org,

www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Ten Things Your Minister Wants to Tell You (But Can't Because He Needs the Job), presentation by Rev. Oliver "Buzz" Thomas on same-sex marriage, the Episcopal battle over LGBT inclusion and other topics, 9 am, St. John United Church of Christ, 520 Fairfield Ave, Bellevue, Ky. (Cincinnati); 859-261-2066, www.StJohnChurch.net.

Lobby Day Training, learn how to be an effective voice for the LGBT community in preparation for Equality Ohio's May 16 Lobby Day, 9:30 am, Sanger Branch, Lucas County Library, 3030 West Central Ave., Toledo, lobby day @equalityohio.org, www.equalityohio.org 614-224-0400.

Pink Pistols Shooting Range, 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. Reverse Auction, annual fundraiser for Community AIDS Network, 150 tickets sold for grand prize of $1,500, $75 includes dinner, two drink tickets and a raffle ticket, $25 for a second dinner package, 6:30 pm, St. Joseph's Family Center, 610 West Exchange St, Akron; 330375-3000.

Timberdoodle Hike in Cleveland Metroparks Bedford Reservation with Cleveland Out and About, meet 7 pm at the end of Button Rd./Grace St., off Broadway in Bedford (Cleveland); 216-556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

TransAmerica, presentation for the first Interweave Movie Night, 7:30 pm, Krolfifer Hall, St. John's United Church of Christ, 320 Resor Ave, Cincinnati; 513-651-5618. Saturday and Sunday, March 24-25 "On the Radio," North Coast Men's Chorus spring concert, 8 pm Saturday, 3 pm Sunday, Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University Music Bldg, 2001 Euclid Ave, http://www.ncmchorus.org, info@ncmchorus.org, 216-556-0590.

Sunday, March 25

Volleyball Championships conclude North Coast Athletics Volleyball winter season, 11 am to 5pm, Cuyahoga Community College Metro Campus gym, on East 30th St. between Community College and Woodland Aves. in Cleveland; 216-905-8005 or www.NorthCoastAthletics.org.

women hanging out at their local lesbian bar, part of Highlights of upcoming weeks

the Cincinnati GLBT Center's Movie Mania series,

7 pm,4119Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati; 513-591-0200, www.glbtcentercincinnati.com.

Tuesday, March 20

North Coast Softball Recruiting Night, Club Argos, 2032 West 25th, Cleveland; 216255-0103, www.northcoastsoftball.com.

Wednesday, March 21

GLBT Domestic Violence, part of the GLBT Pride for Life workshop series facilitated by Sean Blake, each installment stands alone, presented by the Akron Pride Center, Portage Path Behavioral Health, First Grace UCC and the Gay Community Endowment Fund, 5:30-7 pm, First Grace UCC, 350 South Portage Path, Akron; 330-253-3100 ext. 121.

For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com

Thursday to Sunday, March 29-April 1 FORGE Forward, conference for transgendered people, their friends, family and allies, presented by For Ourselves: Reworking Gender Expression, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; www.forge-forward.org/conference.

Friday and Saturday, March 30 and 31 LGBT Studies Colloquium, second annual gathering featuring keynote address by performance artist Tim Miller, presented by the Allegheny College Pride Alliance, open to the public, free, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; http://webpub.allegheny.edu/group/

pridealliance.

For a full year of events:

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Saturday, March 31

AIDS Benefit 5K Walk/Run, organized by Wright State University's chapters of Physicians for Human Rights and the American Medical Student Association, proceeds to benefit the Doctor's Fund, which provides payment assistance for HIV treatments and medication, 8 am registration is $25, 9:30 am step off, McLin Gym, Nutter Center, Wright State University campus, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton; broestl.2@wright.edu, www.active.com/ event_detail.cfm?event_id=1399091.

Equality Toledo Annual Meeting, second annual meeting and reception, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, RSVP by March 26, 2 pm, Libbey Hall, University of Toledo, 2801 West Bancroft, Toledo; 419-344-0045, www.equality toledo.org.

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and political genius would be an understatement. It was a travesty that he was not nominated as Best Actor for this year's Oscars for his absolutely brilliant turn as Borat. Like on the Ali G DVDs, in the film Cohen proves not only his sheer skill at creating a character from scratch but also his improvisational genius and his ability to stay in character no matter how difficult the situation. Reportedly, while shooting the film, he even stayed in character when the police were called on him and the film crew.

There has been no artişt in recent memory who has made the skewering of our culture and its power brokers this much fun. Cohen's satire cuts deep and it is not only grand entertainment, but it is also necessary, relevant and imperative to our times and understanding ourselves better. Cohen will be studied for years, not only as to his impor-

HRC Cleveland Dinner and Dance, 14th annual event, with emcee Bruce Vilanch, 6 pm, $175 or $75 students and Federal Club members, $225 VIP with 5 pm reception, Cleveland InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center, 9801 Carnegie Ave., 800-790-2538, www.hrc.org, www.boxofficetickets.com. Saturday to Monday, March 31-April 2 Hoop City, fan festival celebrating the history and passion of NCAA sports, in conjunction with the Women's Final Four tournament, Sat and Sun 10 am-6 pm, $7, $5 children 3-11, seniors, college students and military personnel, Mon noon-8 pm, Cleveland Convention Center, 500 Lakeside Ave., Cleveland; www.hoop-city.com.

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tance as an artist and entertainer, but also to his relevance as a social, political and cultural critic with inimitable insight and savvy.

The four-DVD set is filled with extras and other features that further allow us to revel in the genius of Cohen.

The only sad thing is that since Cohen's alter egos rely on their anonymity, the more fame they get the less likely he is to dupe people into doing these interviews. Whereas most people need fame to continue their careers, Cohen's fame will mean the end of Borat, Bruno and Ali G.

Cohen has said that to make another Borat film or TV show has become all but impossible given the humongous popularity of the movie. Incidentally, a movie studio has reportedly paid Cohen upwards of $40 million to do a Bruno feature film. Fans and students of Cohen like myself, can't wait.

The inimitable Borat often ends his segments, sweetly and adoringly, with, "Do you like me? I like you."

Well, Sacha, I don't like you. I love you!

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