May 18, 2007
GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE 11
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To list your non-profit group or club's Ievents, 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, May 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.
A Roast of Patrick Shepherd and May Cleveland Stonewall Democrats meeting, RSVP requested, $50 donation, 6 pm, Vivo Lounge, 347 Euclid Ave, Cleveland; www.clevelandstonewalldemocrats.org, 216408-2036, tellis@nac.org. 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.
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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 Masque, registration $20, www.daytonlgbtcenter.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 High School, 3091 North Bend Ave, Cincinnati; www.cincinnatisizzle.com, 513-236-2886. 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; 216-6611314, www.alexisantes.com.
Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20 Maritime Madness on an Estrogen-Fueled Cruise: It's Wombsday! Columbus Women's Chorus' first original musical, 18th annual spring concert, $20, $15 advance, Northland Park Arts Center, 1865 Morse Rd, Columbus; www.cwchorus.org, 614-878-3684.
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. "The Peaceable Kingdome Revisited,” concert by Good Company vocal ensemble, music by Parry, Bruckner, Pinkham, Finzi, Brubeck and Ellington, 4 pm, free-will offering, Lakewood Presbyterian Church, 14502 Detroit Ave at Marlowe, Lakewood (Cleveland); www.good-co.org.
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
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 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.
A Conversation with Helen Boyd and her wife Betty, presented by Lutherans Concerned; Boyd is author of She's Not the Man I Married (see above), 7 pm dinner; 7:30 pm discussion ending with community prayer service; free will donation; Hope Lutheran Church, 2222 N. Taylor Road at Northvale, Cleveland Heights; 216-371-5252; www.hopelutheran-clehts.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
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.
For a full year of events:
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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.
Tuesday, May 29
NCAV Volleyball Open Gym, 5:30 pm, Cudell Recreation Center, 1910 West Blvd, Cleveland; www.northcoastathletics.org, 216-905-8005. Wednesday, May 30
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; 216-228-4242,
www.clevelandpride.org, amleo@apk.net. GSA Networking Event, final event of the school year for the Kaleidoscope Youth Coalition GayStraight Alliance Network, refreshments, information on leadership-building, goal setting, recruiting members and more, 7 pm, Kaleidoscope Youth Center, 1904 North High St, Columbus; 614294-5437, www.kaleidoscope.org.
Friday, June 1
Pastor in the Steeple, annual event in which Rev. David Bahr holds vigil in the steeple of · Archwood UCC to collect food for the WSEM Food Center at Brookside, 5 pm, 2800 Archwood Ave, Cleveland; 216-351-1060, www.archwooducc.org.
Retro Through the Metro, TaDa Dinner ben-
Center on High Turns South Beach, part inside and outside of Stonewall Columbus, featuring Habeeba's Belly Dancers, DJ Max Scott Vayo, mojito bar, Pride merchandise and advance event tickets, 6 pm-11 pm, $2, free to center members and Stoney Shorts ticketholders, Stonewall Columbus, 1160 North High St, Columbus; 614-299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.
Stoney Shorts Festival, duo of short plays featuring Band Fags by Frank Anthony Polito and In the Business by Lori Cannon, 7 pm and 8 pm, $5, Stonewall Columbus, 1160 North High St, Columbus; 614-299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.
Home is Where the Heart Is, spring concert by Windsong, Cleveland's feminist chorus, 7:30 pm, $12 advance, $15 door, Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland; www.windsongchorus.org, 216-556-0858. Nels, lesbian singer-songwriter, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; www.myspace. com/nelsbeam, 216-661-1314.
Sunday, June 3
Canoe Trip and Cook Out, annual event presented by Cleveland Out and About, 7-mile paddle on the Upper Cuyahoga River followed by cookout in one of Camp Hi's pavilions, 1 pm, canoe rental $14.50, kayak addition $3, RSVP required, Camp Hi, 12274 Abbot Rd, one mile north of Ohio 82, Hiram; www.clevelandoutandabout.org, 216-556-4832.
efits the Cleveland LGBT Center, tour Cleveland Highlights of upcoming weeks
on the party bus with a dance floor, open bar, beanbag chairs, $50, limited to 20 people, 9:30 pm, 216-651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.
Friday and Saturday, June 1 and 2
This is Our Country: American Music Our Way, final concerts of the Cincinnati Men's Chorus' 16th season, proceeds benefit AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, 8:07 pm, $20, National Underground Railroad Freedom Museum, 50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati; 513542-2626, www.cincinnatimenschorus.org.
Saturday, June 2
Dayton Pride Parade and Rally, "It's About Freedom," begins at Cooper Park between Third and Second on St. Clair, registration 11 am, step off at noon, festival at Court House Square at Third and Main until dusk, Dayton; www.daytonlgbtcenter.com, 937-274-1776. Erie Pride Picnic, annual LGBT pride event, 1 pm, Rotary Pavilion, Presque Isle State Park, Erie, Pa.; RSVP at www.eriegaynews.com/ pride/register.php, 814-456-9833, info@eriegaynews.com.
Cruisin' in the Park, Stonewall Columbus Pride Month classic car show, 2 pm lineup, 4 pm open to the public, Goodale Park, Columbus; www.stonewall columbus.org, 614299-7764.
Cleveland Indians Baseball Trip, organized by the Mahoning Valley Stonewall Democrats, meet 4 pm in Warren, travel to Union Station in Cleveland, take in the game, then head back to Club 441, $45; 330-207-6437,mvstonewall@yahoo.com.
For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com
Saturday, June 9
GIFT Cruise, 19th annual event on the Goodtime III organized by the Gay Invitational Fellowship Tournament, live entertainment, dancing, boarding time 7 pm, returns 10 pm, $20, North Coast Harbor, East 9th St. at Lake Erie, Cleveland; www.clevelandgift.org, 216-749-2152. Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10 Cincinnati Gay Pride Festival, in Northside's Hoffner Park both Saturday and Sunday; Saturday is the Rainbow Party with DJ Joe Bermundez, Sunday is Rockin' in the Park, 513-591-0200, www.prideisalive.com.
Wednesday to Sunday, June 13 to 17 Outreels, second annual Cincinnati LGBT film festival, www.myspace.com/outreels.
Saturday, June 16
Cleveland Pride Parade and Festival, parade assembles 11 am at West 3rd and Rockwell Ave, steps off at noon and marches via Lakeside Ave. and East 9th St. to festival at Voinovich Park on Lake Erie at the north end of East 9th; 216-371-0214, www.clevelandpride.org.
Saturday, June 23
Columbus Pride Parade and Festival, parade steps off at 1 pm from Goodale Park in the Short North and marches on High St. to festival at Bicentennial Park downtown; 614-299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.
-Compiled by Anthony Glassman
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