May 11, 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.

Friday, May 11

North Coast Softball Twist Appreciation Night, 11633 Clifton Blvd, Cleveland; 216255-0103, www.northcoastsoftball.com.

Buck Naked Yoga, men's nude yoga workshop, includes gentle Hatha poses, chakra balancing work, some couples' poses and meditation, 6:30 pm, $20, advanced registration required, No Place Like Om, 5409 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-634-9642, http:// buckharris.com/likeom.htm, www.eventbrite.com/event/54483963.

Fourth Annual Charity Drag Revue, presented by Rainbow Alliance at Wright State University, $7 advance, $10 door, proceeds benefit AIDS Resource Center Ohio, 7:30 pm, Apollo Room, Student Union, Wright State University, Dayton; www.wright.edu/ studentorgs/lambda_union, 937-775-5565.

Call Me Malcolm, film about transgendered United Church of Christ minister's final year in seminary, screening followed by discussion period, open to religious leaders across southeast Ohio/northern Kentucky, 7:30 pm, St. John UCC, 520 Fairfield Ave, Bellevue, Ky. (Cincinnati);

www.stjohnchurch.net.

859-261-2066,

Zrazy, Irish jazz-Celtic-pop lesbian duo, one oftwo US tour stops, with opening act Evalyn Parry, $10, 3pm, Havana, 862 North High St, Columbus; www.zrazy.com, www.evalynparry.com,614-421-

9697.

The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros, Filipino film about a crossdressing youth's crush on a handsome young police officer and the consternation of his family of petty criminals at the relationship, 7:30 pm Fri, $8, $5 CIA students, staff and Cinematheque members, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland; www.cia.edu/cinematheque, 216-421-7450.

Saturday, May 12

Lake View Cemetery Hike with Cleveland Out and About, meet 1 pm at the President James A. Garfield monument, enter via gates on Euclid Ave. in Cleveland or Mayfield Rd. in Cleveland Hts; 216-556-4832, for directions see www.clevelandoutandabout.org. The E.D.'s B.D., TaDa series dinner celebrating Cleveland LGBT Center executive director Sue Doerfer's 45th birthday, party games, food, drinks, music, limited to 100 people, 7 pm, $45 benefits the LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216651-5428,www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Cleveland Fusion vs. Central Pa. Vipers, National Women's Football Association game, 7 pm, $10, $5 students and seniors, Bedford High School Stadium, 481 Northfield Rd, Bedford (Cleveland); 419-271-4278, www.clevelandfusion.com.

Columbus Comets vs. Kentucky Karma, National Women's Football Associationgame, 7:05 pm, $10, $5 kids, Dublin Coffman High School, 6780 Coffman Rd, Dublin (Columbus); 614-578-0193, www.columbuscomets.com.

Robert German, gay singer-songwriter, 10 pm, $5 suggested donation, Jasper Wall Creative Sound Café, 438 East Fifth St, Dayton; 937-478-5204.

Dana Austin, lesbian comedian, Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-357-2997.

N.E. Ohio Bear Contest, feeder competition for the Mr. Ohio Bear contest, 10 pm, Daddies Bar, 1009 South Main St, Akron; president@arktos-online.com, 330-545-4717.

Monday, May 14

Friends of Camp Sunrise Golf Outing, benefits summer camp for youth affected or infected by HIV, includes 18 holes of golf in scramble format, glassbreaking challenge, nameyour-distance challenge and silent auction, $150, $500 per foursome, Turtle Golf Club, 5400 Little Turtle Way West, Westerville (Columbus); 216-432-9544, www.sunriseouting.com.

Monday and Tuesday, May 14 and 15 Transgender Lobby Days, event organized by the National Center for Transgender Equality to urge lawmakers to include gender identity and expression in anti-discrimination laws, Washington, D.C.; www.nctequality.org.

Tuesday, May 15

Touching Hearts, Transforming Lives, 20th anniversary luncheon for Transitional Housing, 11:30 am, $60, Holiday Inn Cleveland-City Center Lakeshore, 1111 Lakeshore Ave, Cleveland; 216-781-2250,

lunch@transitionalhousinginc.org.

NCAV Volleyball Open Gym, 5:30 pm, Cudell Recreation Center, 1910 West Blvd, Cleveland; www.northcoastathletics.org, 216-905-8005. Wednesday, May 16

Lobby Day, organized by Equality Ohio, meet with your state senators and representatives to present LGBT viewpoints, Columbus; www.equalityohio.org.

No Longer Silent: Voices of Faith for LGBT Equality, interfaith gathering of pro-equality clergy, keynote speaker Rev. Tracy Lind of Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Cleveland, 4:30 pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 East Broad St, Columbus; http://eqfed.org/ equalityohio/events/voices.

Cleveland Pride Committee, weekly meetings to plan June 16 Pride parade and festival, open to the public, 7 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216228-4242, www.clevelandpride.org, amleo@apk.net.

Thursday, May 17

Wine Tasting Fundraiser, seventh annual event benefiting the Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio, 5:30 pm, Axis Nightclub, 775 North High Street, Columbus; 614-265-7444, www.stonewalldemsoh@yahoo.com.

NCAV Volleyball Open Gym, 5:30 pm, Cudell Recreation Center, 1910 West Blvd, Cleveland; www.northcoastathletics.org, 216-905-8005. Thursday to Saturday, May 17 to 19

Bridge the Gap: Gender Rights/Human Rights, Gender Youth Leadership Summit presented by the Gender Public Advocacy Coalition, with keynote address by Loretta Ross of the National Center for Human Rights Education, Washington, D.C.; www.gpac.org/summit, 202-462-6617.

Friday, May 18

Stonewall Democrats of Summit County, membership kick-off happy hour, hors d'oeuvres, cash bar, 5:30 pm, Memorial Hall, 440 Grant St, Akron; 330-835-1861, amazonengr@yahoo.com.

Friday to Sunday, May 18 to 20

Rainbow at the Hamvention, join the Rainbow Amateur Radio Association in the hemisphere's largest ham radio gathering; at flea market spaces 321 and 322 at Dayton Hamvention in Hara Arena, 1001 Shiloh Springs Road, Dayton; hospitality suite afterward for LGBT hams and friends Friday and Saturday at Huber Heights Comfort Inn, 7907 Brandt Pike (I-70 Exit 38 at Ohio 201); www.rara.org.

Saturday, May 19

Casino Bus Trip to gambling in Wheeling, W.Va. benefits PACT Cleveland and the National Association of Black and White Men Together convention in August; $25 includes $10 cash back from casino, bus returns 9 pm; pick-ups at 9:45 am Kirby Manor, 11500 Detroit Ave; 10:20 am Clifton Plaza, 11430 Clifton

Blvd; 10:30 am Coleman Apts, 2025 West 65th Street, Cleveland; 216-521-0569.

Ride for Pride, bicycle event to support Dayton LGBT Pride, meet at the Masque parking lot, 34 North Jefferson St, Dayton, riders and bicycles will be bused to Yellow Springs, and will return to Dayton via connecting bike trails, after-party at Masque, registration $20, www.daytonlgbt center.com, 937-274-1776.

PuNané Talent Showcase, second annual event spotlighting women in the arts, $5 advance, $8 door, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-409-1494. Cincinnati Sizzle vs. Kentucky Karma, National Women's Football Association game, 7:05 pm, $10, $7 seniors and children 5-12, under 5 free, La Salle Hgih School, 3091 North Bend Ave, Cincinnati; www.cincinnati sizzle.com, 513-236-2886.

For a full year of events:

Chronicle.com

Spring Serenade, fundraiser for P-FLAG Dayton and the Dayton Gay Men's Chorus, 8 pm, $15, $20 for VIP seating, the 88 Club, 112 North Main St, Dayton; secretary@pflagdayton.org.

Male Pajama Jam and Bachelor Auction, fundraiser for Black, Gay and Proud Celebration, $10 advance, $15 door, 9 pm, A Better Place, 815 Superior Ave, entrance on Rockwell at East 9th, Cleveland; 216-269-1900, 216771-1972, www.blackgayandproudcleveland.com.

All-Clubs Bar Night, presented by the Iron Eagles, 10 pm, Daddy's, 1009 South Main St, Akron; 330-376-2625, www.ironeagles.com. Swim Nude for AIDS, HIV benefit presented by North East Ohio Naturists, nude male swim party, $13, $10 NEON members, for time, Cleveland-area location or to RSVP, call 216556-0140.

VA Dare, duo of Alexis Antes and Victoria Fliegel, with special guest Maura Rogers, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Rd, Cleveland; 216661-1314, www.alexisantes.com.

Sunday, May 20

Ohio City Home Tour, annual walking tour of elegant homes in Cleveland's Ohio City neighborhood, includes many LGBT-owned houses, 10 am, 216-781-3222, www.ohiocity.com. Volleyball Summer Recruiting Meet and Greet, pizza and hot dogs, meet local and traveling North Coast Athletics Volleyball players, 6 pm, Club Argos, 2032 West 25th, Cleveland; www.northcoastathletics.org, 216-905-8005.

Tuesday, May 22

NCAV Volleyball Open Gym, 5:30 pm, Cudell Recreation Center, 1910 West Blvd, Cleveland; www.northcoastathletics.org, 216-905-8005. Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland area LGBT dinner group, call for location, time and reservations; 216-556-0576.

Wednesday, May 23

Thursday, May 24

Community Conversation on Crash, part of Franklin Circle Christian Church's Widening the Circle series, 6 pm screening of the Academy Award-winning film, discussion 8 pm, 1688 Fulton Rd, Cleveland; 216-781-8232, www.franklincirclechurch.org.

Friday, May 25

She's Not the Man I Married, signing of book by Helen Boyd about dealing with her husband's decision to transition, 4 pm, Loganberry Books, 13015 Larchmere Blvd, Shaker Heights (Cleveland); 216-795-9800, www.loganberry books.com.

Evening Riverside Hike, with Cleveland Out and About in the South Chagrin Reservation, meet 7 pm at Metroparks polo fields parking lot off Chagrin River Rd. south of South Woodland in Moreland Hills (Cleveland); 216556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

Saturday, May 26

Cleveland Fusion vs. Pittsburgh Passion, National Women's Football Association game, 7 pm, $10, $5 students and seniors, Bedford High School Stadium, 481 Northfield Rd, Bedford (Cleveland); 419-271-4278, www.clevelandfusion.com.

Columbus Comets vs. St. Louis Slam, National Women's Football Association game, 7:05 pm, $10, $5 kids, Dublin Coffman High School, 6780 Coffman Rd, Dublin (Columbus); 614-578-0193, www.columbus

comets.com.

Early Girl, all-girl indie rock band, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; www.myspace.com/ earlygirlmusic, 216-661-1314.

Sunday, May 27

Define your life.

Gabriel's Horns, fundraising concert of gospel, blues, jazz and big band music to benefit Zion UCC's community outreach, drop-in center, food pantry and the Saturday meals program, 4 pm, $10 advance, seniors $8, door $15, children under 10 free, Zion UCC, 2716 West 14th St, Cleveland; 216-861-2371, 216244-0646.

She's Not the Man I Married, discussion with author Helen Boyd about her struggle to deal with her husband's decision to transition to female; 12:30 pm, Pilgrim UCC, 2592 West 14th Street, Cleveland; 216-861-7388. She's Not the Man I Married, reception and signing of book by Helen Boyd about dealing with her husband's decision to transition, Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; call for time, 216-357-2997.

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