GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE June 15, 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.

Friday, June 15

Love Makes a Family Opening Reception, reception 5 pm, moderated discussion 6 pm, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3186 Burbank Rd, Wooster; 330-887-1212. Cleveland Pride Cruise, aboard the Goodtime III, featuring a meet-and-greet with performers Nemesis and Jason Stuart, $250 donation, boarding 5:30 pm, departs 6 pm, returns 8 pm, Voinovich Park, East 9th St. at Lake Erie, Cleveland; 216-371-0214, www.cleveland pride.org.

Rockin' in the Streets, pre-Pride party featuring performer Jen Foster and others, gates 7 pm, Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; www.clevelandcocktails.com, 216-357-2997. Jeans and Jerseys Event, benefit for the Black Gay and Proud Celebration, $20 advance, $25 door, 9 pm, Sachsenheim Hall, 7001 Denison Ave, Cleveland; www.bgpcleveland.com, 216651-5428 ext. 48.

Friday and Saturday, June 15 and 16 Freeheld, documentary on the denial of survivor benefits to the partner of a lesbian police officer in New Jersey, presented by the Stonewall Democrats of Central Ohio and ProgressOhio, 10 pm Fri, 10:15 pm Sat, $6, Studio 35, 3055 Indianola Ave, Columbus; www.studio35.com, www.freeheld.com, www.progressohio.org, www.stonewall democratsohio.org.

Friday to Sunday, June 15 to 17

Love Makes a Family: Portraits of LGBT People and Their Families, traveling photo exhibit presented by Equality Ohio and local partnering organizations, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3186 Burbank Rd, Wooster; 614-224-0400, www.equalityohio.org.

Saturday, June 16

Cleveland Pride Parade and Festival, parade assembles 11 am at West 3rd and St. Clair Ave, steps off at noon and marches via Lakeside Ave. and East 9th St. to "Cruising with Pride" festival at Voinovich Park, surrounded by Lake Erie at the north end of East 9th St.; with performances by Jason Stuart, Nemesis, Doria Roberts, Eric Himan, Rebel Girl, Lava Love and Lounge Kitty; 216-371-0214, www.cleveland pride.org.

Outreels, second annual Cincinnati LGBT film festival, includes eight films, $25 all-day pass, $8 per programming block, starts 12 noon, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati; www.myspace.com/outreels. HRC Columbus Gala Dinner, with special guest Jennifer Holliday, 5 pm cocktail reception and silent auction, 7:30 dinner pm program, Hyatt Regency Columbus, 350 North High St, Columbus; $175, student $100, Federal Club $75; www.boxofficetickets.com/hrc. It's About Freedom, LGBT business expo and banquet with keynote speaker Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 5 pm expo and reception, 7 pm dinner, dinner $45, Ponitz Center, 444 West Third Street, Dayton; www.daytonlgbt center.com, 937-274-1776. Columbus Comets vs. Cincinnati Sizzle, 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.

'80s Pop Rocks 3, concert benefits AIDS Volunteers of Cincinnati, features 38 bands, raffles and '80s karaoke, $7, 21+, 8 pm, Southgate House, 24 East 3rd St, Newport, Ky. (Cincinnati); 513-698-6860, www.myspace.com/ 80s_pop_rocks_iii, www.avoc.com.

Post-Pride Party, official Cleveland Pride event, Twist, 11633 Clifton Blvd, Cleveland; 216221-2333.

Anne E. DeChant, special full-band Pride show, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; www.anneedechant.com, 216-661-1314. Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17 "A Time for Us," North Coast Men's Chorus Pride 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, June 17

Gay Day at Cedar Point, unofficial, unsponsored event at the amusement park near Sandusky is every Fathers Day when the crowds are thinner; wear red or rainbow colors, www.firelandspride.org, www.clubxsandusky.com/events.html.

Run for Pride 5K, race to benefit Columbus Pride, 9:30 am, Goodale Park, Columbus; www.stonewallcolumbus.org, 614-299-7764. Love Makes a Family, theme for special worship service coinciding with art display of the same name, 10:30 am, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 3186 Burbank Rd, Wooster; 330262-9194, www.uufwc.org.

Prime Timers Cleveland 7th Anniversary, social gathering and potluck dinner for mature gay and bisexual men, location and info 216556-0019, www.ptcleveland.org.

NCAA Drag Softball Game, with gay cheerleaders, band and DJ; 3 pm, Gordon Park, enter off East 72nd St just south of the exit off I-90 Shoreway, Cleveland; 216-255-0103,

www.northcoastsoftball.com.

"Finding Safe Harbor," Cleveland Pridė worship service with leaders of different faith traditions, reception follows, 5:30 pm, Trinity Cathedral, East 22nd Street and Euclid Ave, Cleveland; 216-272-0622.

North Coast Softball Fundraiser, Leather Stallion, 2205 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland; 216255-0103, www.northcoastsoftball.com.

Monday, June 18

Drumming Chorus, final weekly practice sessions forming a drum chorus with Barbara Wahru Cleveland to perform at the Stonewall Columbus Pride Holiday, 6:30 pm, $60 advance, $75 door for the full series of three workshops, Studio One at Stonewall Columbus, 1160 North High St, Columbus; 614299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.

Monday and Tuesday, June 18 and 19 Love Makes a Family: Portraits of LGBT People and Their Families, traveling photo exhibit presented by Equality Ohio and local partnering organizations, Hudson Library and Historical Society, 22 Aurora St, Hudson; 614224-0400, www.equalityohio.org.

Tuesday to Thursday, June 19 to 21

God's Gift: Our Wholeness, annual gathering of the United Church of Christ Coalition for LGBT Concerns, East Hartford, Conn.; www.ucccoalition.org.

Wednesday, June 20

Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland area LGBT dinner group, call for location, time and reservations; 216-556-0576.

Cruising: Male Sex Before AIDS and the Internet, panel discussion presented by Stonewall Columbus as part of their Pride Month celebration, 1160 North High St, Columbus; www.stonewallcolumbus.org, 614-299-7764. Take Me Out, play about a gay baseball player, discounted tickets benefit the Dayton LGBT Center Pride, 8 pm, $26, Loft Theater, 126 North Main St, Dayton; tickets available at Q Gifts, 1904 North Main St, 937-274-4400, or online at www.ticketscenterstage.com.

Wednesday to Monday, June 20 to 25 Love Makes a Family: Portraits of LGBT People and Their Families, traveling photo exhibit presented by Equality Ohio and local partnering organizations, Twinsburg Public Library, 10050 Ravenna Rd, Twinsburg; 614224-0400, www.equalityohio.org.

Thursday, June 21

Exhibit of Pride, art show, part of Stonewall Columbus' Pride Holiday, champagne reception 5 pm, general admission 8 pm, $25 reception, $5 general, Garfield Place, 36 South Garfield Ave, Columbus; www.stonewall columbus.org, 614-299-7764.