GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE April 20, 2007

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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.

To Monday, April 23

Operation Lift the Ban 5, national convention of American Veterans for Equal Rights, Wyndham Hotel, 1260 Euclid Ave, Cleveland;

www.aver.us.

Friday, April 20

North Coast Softball Recruiting Night, Bounce, 2800 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216255-0103, www.northcoastsoftball.com.

Take Back the Night, event to end domestic violence and sexual assaults against women; resource fair, rally, women's march, survivor speak-out, men's program and more, 6 pm, Bowsher High School, 3548 S. Detroit Ave, Toledo; 419-530-6206.

An Interfaith Gathering for Equality, featuring special music, guest speakers and a candlelighting ceremony, in support of the Soulforce Equality Ride, coming through the Dayton area, presented by Eterenal Joy MCC and the Beacon Fellowship, 7 pm, Miami Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 8690 Yankee Street, Dayton; 614-214-4175, beaconohio@yahoo.com.

Salomé, Richard Strauss 'opera based on the

play by Oscar Wilde, performed by Opera Cleveland with Lise Lindstrom as Salomé and Stephen Powell as Jokannan, $25-$135,8 pm, Playhouse Square, 1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland; 216-241-6000, www.tickets.com. Amy Kasio, Central Standard and Black River Baby, triple bill of homo and queer rock/ punk/electronic with local acts Kasio and BRB, Central Standard from Minnesota, 10 pm, $5, Pat's in the Flats, 2233 West Third, Cleveland; 216-621-8044, www.myspace.com/ centralstandardrocks, www.myspace.com/ amykasio, www.myspace.com/blackriverbaby. Saturday, April 21

Lobby Day Training, learn how to be an effective voice for the LGBT community in preparation for Equality Ohio's Lobby Day on May 16; 9:30 am, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; lobbyday@equalityohio.org, 614-224-0400. Lobby Day Training, learn how to be an effective voice for the LGBT community in preparation for Equality Ohio's Lobby Day on May 16; 10:30 am, Cuyahoga Falls Public Library, 2015 3rd St, Cuyahoga Falls (Akron); lobby day@equality ohio.org,

www.equalityohio.org 614-224-0400.

French Creek Hike, with Cleveland Out and About, meet 11 am at 4350 Colorado Ave, Sheffield Village (Cleveland); 216-556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

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.

Bowl for Pride, benefits Dayton Pride, $20 bowling and fun, $25 for more experience bowlers who want to spice up the competition, 1 pm check-in, 2 pm bowling, Poelking Lanes, 1403 Wilmington Ave, Dayton; 937-274-1776, www.daytonlgbtcenter.com.

COLAGE Cleveland, first meeting of local chapter of Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere, open to children 8-16 with LGBT parents, 1:30 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428 ext. 18, jbishop@lgbtcleveland.org. TransFamily Open House, celebrating the organization's temporary relocation to the Cleveland LGBT Center, with guests including Cleveland councilors Matt Zone and Joe Santiago, Community Relations Board member Ted Wammes, center executive director Sue Doerfer and more, 4 pm, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428, 216-691-4357.

HUGS East Dinner, LGBT social group in areas east of Cleveland, 5:30 pm, Hibachi Steakhouse, 2145 Mentor Ave, Mentor; whitvaik@hotmail.com.

Lesbian Cancer Survivors, Cleveland area support group, 6:30 pm, for location, call 440442-9399.

"Side Show," fourth annual Bear Villities music and comedy extravaganza benefits Camp Sunrise, doors 7 pm, show 8 pm, $10, $20 VIP, Wall Street Night Club, 144 North Wall St, Columbus; www.bearvillities.org,

bearvillities@yahoo.com.

North Coast Softball Recruiting Night, Bounce, 2800 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216255-0103, www.northcoastsoftball.com. Female Pajama Jam and Bachelorette Auction, fundraiser for Black, Gay and Proud Celebration, women only, $10 advance, $15 door, 9 pm, A Better Place, 815 Superior Ave, entrance on Rockwell at East 9th, Cleveland; 216-269-1900, 216-771-1972, www.black

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Iron Eagles Bar Night, 10 pm, Crossthe basement of the Shed, West 29th at Detroit, Cleveland; 216-771-7812, www.ironeagles.com.

Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22

Calliope Feminist Choir, fifth annual concert, 7 pm Sat, 4 pm Sun, $10-$25 sliding scale, Christ Lutheran Church, 69 Mill St, Athens; 740-593-6934.

Sunday, April 22

Salomé, Richard Strauss opera based on the play by Oscar Wilde, performed by Opera Cleveland with Lise Lindstrom as Salomé and Stephen Powell as Jokannan, $25-$135,2 pm, Playhouse Square, 1519 Euclid Ave, Cleveland; 216-241-6000, www.tickets.com. Square Meals, bring an appetizer, soup or salad, along with a typed recipe to be included in the Square Meals Cookbook benefiting the Akron Pride Center, 5 pm sharp, Square, 820 West Market St, Akron; 330-785-0088, www.akronpridecenter.org.

Dayton LGBT Faith Communities, resource fair, representatives from churches, religious and interfaith groups in the Miami Valley, with screenings of films The Gay Agenda and Our Stories, resource fair 2 pm-5 pm, screenings 5:15 pm, Cross Creek Community Church, 667 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd, Dayton; 614214-4175, beaconohio@yahoo.com.

Listing Launch Party, unveiling the 2007 edition of the Queen City Careers Assocation's LGBT and allies phone book, 5 pm, Funke's Greenhouse, 4798 Gray Rd, Cincinnati; www.qccainc.com.

ArtCares, art auction to benefit the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, 5 pm Patron of the Arts reception, 6 pm general reception and auction, $50 general, $100 VIP, Museum of Contemporary Art, 8501 Carnegie Ave, Cleveland; www.artcares.com, 216-621-0766 ext. 248.

Jann Close, gay singer-songwriter, 7:30 pm, Truffles, 11122 Clifton Ave, Cleveland; 216961-7439, www.jannklose.com.

Central Standard, Minnesota homocore band, with the Hot Damns, Darynyck and Cole Thornhill, 10 pm, $5,21+, High Five Bar, 1227 North High St, Columbus; www.myspace.com/ centralstandardrocks, 614-421-2998.

Monday, April 23

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar, road film about a trio of drag queens trying to get to Hollywood for a competition, starring Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo and Patrick Swayze, part of the Cincinnati GLBT Center's Movie Mania series, 7 pm, 4119 Hamilton Ave, Cincinnati; 513-591-0200, www.glbtcentercincinnati.com.

Tuesday, April 24

What is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution, second of two class sessions delving into past and present marriage law and customs, 7 pm, St. John's Unitarian Universalist Church, 320 Resor Ave, Cincinnati; 513-272-1820. Tuesday to Saturday, April 24 to 28 Visibility Week Film Festival, featuring TransAmerica, Venus Boyz, Rent and If These Walls Could Talk 2, presented by the University of Cincinnati LGBT student group and the UC Alliance, Mainstreet Cinema, University of Cincinnati campus; 513-556-3456,