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August 17, 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.

To Sunday, August 26

Thrill Me, two-man musical based on the Leopold and Loeb murder case, $12-$22, Know Theater, 1120 Jackson St, Cincinnati; 513621-2787, www.knowtheatre.com.

Friday, August 17

Kayak La Due Reservoir, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 6:30 pm, $15, meet at parking lot off Ravenna Rd. (Ohio 44), one mile south ofU.S. 422, Auburn Corners (Cleveland); RSVP required to Institute of the Great Outdoors, 216-341-1704, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

Food Donation Party, win prizes from the Mahoning Valley Stonewall Democrats for donating non-perishable food or household supplies to Terry's Cupboard, Utopia, 876 East Midlothian Blvd, Youngstown; http:// mvstonewall.com, mvstonewall@yahoo.com.

In the Garden of Eden, TaDa dinner benefiting the Cleveland LGBT Center features an intimate Italian dinner with fresh ingredients from the host's garden, 6 pm, $50, limited to 20 guests, 216-651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org. Food Donation Party, win prizes from the Mahoning Valley Stonewall Democrats for donating non-perishable food or household supplies to Terry's Cupboard, Club 441, 441 East Market St, Warren; http:// mvstonewall.com, mvstonewall@yahoo.com. An Evening with Bernadette Peters, singer performs with the Blue Ash/Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, benefits Caracole and Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, $52.25$152.25,8 pm, Procter & Gamble Hall, Aronoff Center for the Arts, 650 Walnut St, Cincinnati; www.cincinnatiarts.org, 513-621-2787

(621-ARTS).

Black River Baby, hard-rocking semi-queer band, with the Hot Cha Chas, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314.

Sunday, August 19

North Coast Athletics Volleyball Playoffs, first week of games concluding summer season, 11 am to 5 pm, 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.

Cornhole Challenge, benefits the Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization, first prize $250, second prize $100, raffles, cookout, $20/ team, presented by Score Bar and Slammers, 202 East Long St, Columbus; 614-469-7526.

Lesbian hip-hop duo Team Gina performs in Cleveland on Friday, August 24.

Friday to Sunday, Aug. 17 to Sept. 9 Take Me Out, play by Richard Greenberg about a professional baseball player's decision to come out of the closet, directed by Scott Plate, presented by Dobama Theater, Thurs 7:30 pm, Fri/Sat 8 pm, first Sun 7:30 pm, Sun 2:30 pm, $22, $20 students and seniors, Cleveland State University's Factory Theater, East 24th Street and Chester Ave, Cleveland; www.dobama.org, 216-932-6838.

Saturday, August 18

Tri-State Womonfest, day-long music festival, workshops, vendor area, $20 advance, $28 gate, Maple Ridge Lodge, Mt. Airy Forest, 3040 Westwood Northern Blvd, Cincinnati; www.tristatewomonfest.com, 866-661-4567. Calvin Edwards Memorial Service, honoring community activist who recently succumbed to AIDS, 2 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

This Isn't Kansas! TaDa dinner benefiting the Cleveland LGBT Center features a Wizard of

Oz theme and Kansas cuisine, 5:30 pm, $25, limited to 25 guests, 216-651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

AshtaGayla, second annual Pride event presented by the Ashtabula County Alliance, catered picnic fare, games, Chinese auction, prizes and DJ and live music with Fionna Faulk, $15, 2/$25, 6 pm, Harbor Golf Club, 4338 Lake Road West, Ashtabula; 440-344-2203, 440344-1810, www.ashtabulacountyalliance.org.

Quarterly Meeting and Bagel Brunch, to plan events through December for Chevrei Tikva Chavura of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, 11 am, $3 suggested donation, 23737 Fairmount Blvd, Beachwood (Cleveland); 216464-1330 ext. 149.

Jamie Anderson, singer-songwriter in concert, benefits Agape food pantry, Sanduskyarea GSAS and the Sandusky Firelands PFLAG scholarship fund, silent auction benefits Sandusky Firelands Pride, $12, Harlequin Theater, 414 Wayne St, Sandusky; 419627-0380.

Food Donation Party, win prizes from the Mahoning Valley Stonewall Democrats for donating non-perishable food or household supplies to Terry's Cupboard, Funky Skunk, 143 East Market St, Warren; http:// mvstonewall.com, mvstonewall@yahoo.com. Monday, August 20

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

Tuesday, August 21

Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic will speak at the Stonewall Democrats of Summit County monthly meeting, 6:30 pm, Summit County Democratic Headquarters, 438 Grant St, Akron; 330-835-1861.

Dine at the Flying Fig, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's Summer Restaurant Tour, mention the tour and the center receives 10% of the food bill, 2523 Market Ave, Cleveland; 216651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

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Wednesday, August 22

Dine at Union Station, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's Summer Restaurant Tour, mention the tour and the center receives 35% of the food bill, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Dine at Le Petit Triangle, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's Summer Restaurant Tour, mention the tour and the center receives 25% of the food bill, 1881 Fulton Rd, Cleveland; 216651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Thursday, August 23

Best in Show, free outdoor screening of Christopher Guest's mockumentary about a dog show featuring Michael McKean and John Michael Higgins as a gay couple, 8:30 pm, Mall B, 300 Lakeside Ave. between Ontario and East 6th, Cleveland; www.parkworks.org. Thursday to Saturday, August 23 to 25

Staying Alive, annual conference of the National Association of People With AIDS, Renaissance Hotel, Cleveland; www.napwa.org.

Friday, August 24

Team Gina, lesbian hip-hop duo performs with transgender rapper Katastrophe and punk rock performance artists Athens Boys Choir, 8 pm, C Space, 4323 Clark Ave, Cleveland; www.clevelandspace.org, 216-631-2233.

Friday to Sunday, August 24 to 26

25th Annual Ohio Roundup, gathering of LGBT people in Alcoholics Anonymous, $85, Dayton Marriott, 1414 South Patterson Blvd, Dayton; www.ohioroundup.org, ohioroundup 2007@yahoo.com.

Saturday, August 25

HRC Golf Outing, second annual event, $85 per person, $320 per foursome, 12 noon, Sweetbriar Golf Course, 750 Jaycox Rd, Avon Lake (Cleveland); Communityevents.Cleveland@hrc.org.

Erie Gay Pride Rally, parade and rally celebrating gay pride in Erie, Pa., line up 12 noon, 133 West 18th St, rally 2 pm at Perry Square; 866-229-1974.

Summer Party, annual benefit for the Cleve-

Monday, August 27

Everything I Have is Blue by Wendell Ricketts, topic of conversation at the Ten Percent Book Club meeting, 7:30 pm, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Tuesday, August 28

Dine at South Side, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's Summer Restaurant Tour, mention the tour and the center receives 20% of the food bill, 2207 West 11th St, Cleveland; 216-651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Thursday, August 30

Dine at A Better Place, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's Summer Restaurant Tour, mention the tour and the center receives 40% of the food bill. East 9th St and Rockwell Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428,

www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Women's Equality Day, reception and discussion with Lorie Chaiten, director of the reproductive rights project of the Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU of Illinois, 6:30 pm reception, 7 pm discussion, Max Wohl Civil Liberties Center, 4506 Chester Ave, Cleveland; 216-472-2220, www.acluohio.org.

Friday to Monday, Aug. 31 to Sept. 3

Gender Odyssey, fifth annual conference on transgender issues with an emphasis on FTM, includes the second Translations transgender film festival, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, Wash.; www.trans conference.org.

Saturday, September 1

Larchmere Sidewalk Sale, day-long outdoor event featuring a number of queer-owned stores and restaurants, Larchmere Blvd. on the Cleveland/Shaker Heights border; 216-795-9800, www.logan.com.

Jann Klose, openly gay singer-songwriter, performing as part of the Suffield Festival, 1 pm, Lion's Park, 1140 Waterloo Rd, Suffield (Akron); www.jannklose.com.

land LGBT Center, silent auction, food, dancHighlights of upcoming weeks

ing, $30, 7 pm, Parish Hall, 6205 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428,

www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Atlantis, third anniversary Ancient Civilization Party, featuring DJ Kimberly S., the Grid, 1437 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland; 216-623-0113, www.thegrid.com.

Ashland Miller Band, former member of the D.C.-area duo Commonbond, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314.

Sunday, August 26

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

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Lisa Dzuro Memorial Golf Outing, sixth annual event benefits the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Northeast Ohio Chapter, women-only tournament, hole-in-one contest, scramble format, $70 per person, registration 7:30 am, shotgun start 8:30 am, Brentwood Golf Club, 12415 Ohio 57, Grafton (southwest of Cleveland); 216-520-6869, 216-906-0365, 216-210-9619.

Dancin' in the Streets, outdoor dance party to benefit the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, 1 to 10 pm, Clifton Blvd. between West 116th and West 117th Sts., Cleveland; 216221-2333 or 216-357-2223.

Chorus Season 20 Kick-off Picnic, presented by the North Coast Men's Chorus, all men interested in performing with the chorus are welcome, 1 pm, $5, eastern half of the Edgewater Park pavilion, Cleveland; www.ncmchorus.org, 216-556-0590.

Bike the All-Purpose Trail, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 1 pm, meet at the parking lot of Sweetwater Landing, 1500 Scenic Park Drive in the Metroparks Rocky River Reservation; enter at east end of Detroit Rd. bridge in Lakewood (Cleveland); 216556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

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

Wednesday to Sunday, September 5-9 Coronation XVII, installation of new rulers and honoring of the old one for the Imperial Sovereign Queen City Court of the Buckeye Empire, eights events including a roast of the outgoing Emperor and Empress, riverboat cruise, "Invaded by Canada" show and the coronation itself on Saturday, Cincinnati, www.isqccbe.org.

Friday to Sunday, September 7 to 9 Cleveland Out and About Camping Weekend, limited to 30 people and 5 dogs. West Branch State Park, Ravenna (Akron); RSVP by September 1 to 216-556-4832, cleveoutnabout@hotmail.com,

www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

Saturday, September 8

SRO Masquerage, revamped benefit for David's House Compassion and AIDS Resource Center Ohio, $40 pre-sale, $50 door, $90 for VIP Red Ribbon Lounge, 7 pm, Secor Building, 425 Jefferson Ave, Toledo; www.arcohio.org, 419-421-9444 ext. 407, danielgarcia@arcohio.org.

Friday, September 21

Pride Night at Kings Island, amusement park near Cincinnati will be closed to the public, open only to those buying tickets through the Cincinnati Gay and Lesbian Center, LGBT ticket outlets in other cities listed on the web site, or at the gate; 513-591-0200 ext. 21, www.pkipride night.com, www.glbtcentercincinnati.com, www.pki.com. -Compiled by Anthony Glassman