GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE December 28, 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 r web site, www.GayPeoplesChronicle.com. Deadline for each week's calendar is noon on Thursday of the previous week.

To Monday, December 31

AIDS Memorial Quilt, display of a block of the Names Project quilt, hosted by the Columbus Children's Hospital's Faces HIV Program, 700 Children's Drive, Suite A-509, Columbus; 614-722-6060.

Saturday, December 29

Rocky River Reservation Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, meet 1 pm at Willow Bend Picnic Area, 24000 Valley Parkway, North Olmsted (Cleveland); 216-556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

Josh Zuckerman, concert with openly gay recording artist, 9:30 pm, $8, Bounce, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-357-2997.

Monday, December 31

Last Dance, New Year's Eve party featuring Mary Player and Swank, 8 pm, $30 advance,

$35 door, West Shore Unitarian Church, 20401 Hilliard Blvd, Rocky River (Cleveland); 216323-9744.

New Year's Eve Party, hosted by Asians and Friends Cleveland, bring finger foods to share, champagne toast provided, 9 pm, at a member's home in Lakewood (Cleveland); afcleveland@aol.com, www.afcleveland.org. Noir Year's Eve, Know Theater's film noirthemed New Year's Eve party, food, cash bar, classic noir films, jazz with Pam Ross and Ed Moss, 8 pm, $15, Know Theater, 1120 Jackson St, Cincinnati; 513-300-5669 (KNOW), www.knowtheatre.com.

Sugar Glider New Year's Eve Party, featuring Trace Walker, Alexis Antes, Robin Stone and Eliah Gregg, midnight champagne toast, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314, www.myspace.com/

thenickelbar.

Tuesday, January 1

Lesbian Cancer Survivors Support Group, 5 pm, for Cleveland area location, call 440442-9399.

Friday, January 4

L Word Season 5 Columbus Première, hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, VIP party 4 pm, general admission 5:30 pm, $5, VIP $20, Wall Street, 144 North Wall St, Columbus; www.hrcactioncenter.org.

L Word Season 5 Cincinnati Première, hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, pre-party 5 pm, premiere 7 pm, $5 suggested donation, 18+, Adonis, 4601 Kellogg Ave, Cincinnati; www.hrcactioncenter.org.

L Word Season 5 Cleveland Première, hosted by the Human Rights Campaign, doors 7 pm, $5 suggested donation, 18+, Union Video Café, 2814 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; www.hrc actioncenter.org.

Saturday, January 5

Hothouse Saturday, open mike erotica reading with author Greg Wharton, 7 pm, Suspect Thoughts Books, 4903 Clark Ave, Cleveland; 216-631-2665 (631-BOOK),

www.myspace.com/suspectthoughtsbooks.

Sunday, January 6

South Chagrin Reservation Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, meet 1 pm at trailhead east of Chagrin Blvd and Chagrin River Rd, Moreland Hills (Cleveland); 216556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org..

Monday, January 7

Evan Fallenberg, Cleveland native and author of Light Fell, reading discussion and signing of book about a man who left his wife to have an affair with a rabbi, 7 pm, Joseph Beth Booksellers, Legacy Village, 24519 Cedar Rd, Lyndhurst (Cleveland); 216-691-7000.

Tuesday, January 8

Plexus Meeting with Positively Cleveland, new name of the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland, discussion of 2008 LGBT visitors guide, 6 pm, Positively Cleveland in the Higbee Building, 100 Public Square, Cleveland; www.thinkplexus.org, 888753-9879 (PLEXUS-9).

Wednesday, January 9

Cincinnati Men's Chorus Auditions, prepare a 2-3 minute song, St. Paul United Methodist Church, East Galbraith and Miami Rd, Cincinnati; 513-265-5751

membership@cincinnatimenschorus.org to schedule an audition.

Saturday, January 12

Boston Run Trail Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, meet 10 am at trailhead across from Happy Days Visitor Center, Ohio Route 303 one mile east of Ohio Route 8, Peninsula (Akron); 216-556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

Sunday, January 13

Cleveland Women's Network, 2008 kick-off event, member meeting and board and officer elections, 4 pm business meeting, order dinner off the menu afterwards, soda and iced tea provided, Lemon Grass, 2179 Lee Rd, Cleveland Heights; RSVP by January 7 to 440962-3662.

Wednesday, January 16

Cincinnati Men's Chorus Auditions, prepare a 2-3 minute song, St. Paul United Methoidst Church, East Galbraith and Miami Rd, Cincinnati; call 513-265-5751 or membership@ cincinnatimenschorus.org to schedule an audi-

tion.

Thursday, January 17

Lake County Stonewall Democrats, meeting to form new chapter of LGBT Democratic group, 6:30 pm, Willowick Public Library, 263 East 305th St., Willowick (Cleveland); call John at 440-223-6832 or lochmoor34@att.net. Friday to Sunday, January 18 to 20

Mr. Cocktails Cleveland Leather Contest, includes food drive to help local pantries, $15 entrance fee, registration due January 18 before the meet and greet, Cocktails Cleveland, 9208 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-961-3115, http:// cocktails-cleveland.com.

Saturday, January 19

Brecksville Reservation Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, meet 1 pm at Brecksville Nature Center off Chippewa Creek Drive, Brecksville (Cleveland); 216-556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

Women in Love, winter concert by Windsong, Cleveland's feminist chorus, 7:30 pm, Trinity Cathedral, 2230 Euclid Ave, Cleveland; 216556-0858, www.windsongchorus.org. Happy New Queer Dance, New Year's dance for LGBT youth aged 20 and under, presented by Kaleidoscope Youth Center, 8 pm, Whetstone Park Shelterhouse, 3901 North High St, Columbus; 614-294-5437 (294-KIDS), www.kaleidoscope.org.

Monday, January 21

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole, topic of conversation at the Ten Percent Book Club meeting, 7:30 pm, Cleveland LGBT Çenter, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216651-5428, www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Tuesday, January 22

Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland LGBT personal, social and business networking organization, for location and reservation call 216556-0576.

Wednesday, January 23

Abortion in a Hostile Environment, panel discussion honoring the 35th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, presented by the ACLU of Ohio and the Freedom of Choice Cleveland Coalition, with Louise Melling, director of the ACLU Reproductive Freedom Project, Jaime Miracle of NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio, and the medical director of a local abortion provider, 6:30 pm reception, 7 pm program, $35 supporter admission, $15 general admission, pay as you can for those on limited incomes, Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, 23737 Fairmount Blvd, Beachwood (Cleveland); RSVP and payment to FOCC due by January 18 to Box 443, Berea, Ohio 44017-9998, contact@acluohio.org.