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GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE April 11, 2008

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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, orfaxto 216-631-1052, 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, April 13

Log Cabin Republicans National Convention and Liberty Education Forum National Symposium, San Diego, Calif.; www.logcabin.org.

Friday, April 11

Well Hung, opening reception for art show curated by Heather Young covering all possible meanings of the term "well hung," includes work by gay artist Kevin Sweet, music by Fellahean, 6 pm, Doubting Thomas Gallery, 856 Jefferson Ave, Cleveland; 216-513-1087. Unity Tour '08, "homo-grown hip-hop tour" featuring Unecc, DaLyrical and Bigg Nugg, 9 pm, $5, Jacks Bar, 2210 Summit St, Columbus; www.unitytour08.com.

Friday to Sunday, April 11 to 13

Rainbow Wranglers' Round Up Weekend, 17th annual gathering of line-dancers benefits the Cleveland LGBT Center, various events around Cleveland; www.rainbowwranglers.org/roundup.php, 216-281-6614.

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Saturday, April 12

Generation 2008: Our Leaders, Our Future, new name of the Campus Connection Conference for campus leaders and young adults 18+, presented by Ohio State University GLBTSS, Equality Ohio, ACLU of Ohio a number of universities, 9 am, Jennings Hall, 484 West 12th St, Columbus; 614-688-8449, www.equalityohio.org.

Youth Conference, presented by GLSEN Northeast Ohio and the Cleveland State University LGBT Student Services Office, for high school students in GSAS and interested in campus equality, 9:30 am registration, Cleveland State University; www.glsen.org/ northeastohio.

Summit County Bike/Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 3 pm, format will be determined by weather, meet at Munroe Falls Ohio Route 91 parking lot, 130 North Main St, Munroe Falls (Akron); 216-556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.

Pure Romance Party and Potluck, presented by the Cleveland Women's Network, $6, $3 members, private home in Cleveland Heights; RSVP by April 4 to 440-962-3662. Akron Pride Center Dinner, annual dinner, dance, silent auction and general meeting, cocktail hour 6 pm, dinner 7 pm, $30, $50/couple, $190 table of eight, Greek Community Center, 129 South Union St, Akron; www.akronpridecenter.org, 330-785-0088. Christopher Barzak and Cartherynne M. Valente, authors of One for Sorrow and The Orphan's Tales respectively, part of the Home Grown series, reading followed by meet and greet, 7 pm, Suspect Thoughts Books, 4903 Clark Ave, Cleveland; 216-631-2665 (631-BOOK), www.myspace.com/ suspectthoughtsbooks.

Stage and Silver Screen: Act III, concert of music from Broadway and movies, presented by the Blazing River Freedom Band, 7:30 pm, $5 donation suggested, Franklin Circle Christian Church, 1688 Fulton Rd, Cleveland; 216618-0059, www.brfb.org.

Colonel's Ball, centerpoint of the Rainbow Wranglers Round-Up, benefits the Cleveland LGBT Center, music, dancing, entertainment, raffles, silent auction, $25, 8 pm, Grays Armory, 1234 Bolivar Ave, Cleveland; 216281-6614, www.rainbowwranglers.org/ roundup.php.

Pink, party to benefit local breast cancer organization, features shadow box dancers, entertainment hotspots, themed drink specials, 50/50 raffle and music by DJ Michele Chaney, 18+, doors 9 pm, $10 suggested donation, Wall Street, 144 North Wall Street, Columbus; 614464-2800, www.wallstreetnightclub.com. Teeth, film by gay writer-director Mitchell Lichtenstein about a girl in a chastity club who discovers her vagina has dentures, 9:50 pm, $8, $6 Cinematheque members and Cleveland Institute of Art students and staff, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland; 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/ cinematheque.

Alexis Antes, concert with singer-songwriter, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314, www.myspace.com/

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Sunday, April 13

Asians and Friends Business Meeting, join in planning the future of Asians and Friends Cleveland, 3 pm, dinner follows, at a private home in Lakewood (Cleveland); www.afcleveland.org, afcleveland@aol.com. Monday and Tuesday, April 14-15

AIDS Leadership Conference, presented by the Ohio AIDS Coalition, HIV Care Services Section of the Ohio Department of Health and the Pennsylvania/Mid Atlantic AIDS Education and Training Center, Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, 4900 Sinclair Rd, Columbus; 800-226-5554, www.ohioaids coalition.org.

Lobby Day, sponsored by the National Center for Transgender Equality and the Transgender Law Center, Washington, D.C.; www.nct equality.org.

Tuesday, April 15

Bereavement Workshop, with speaker beth Shapiro from the Hospice of the Western Reserve, free, CEUs available to professionals for $10 in advance, $15 door, 10 am, Cleveland LGBT Center, 6600 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-651-5428 ext. 26, aoverko@lgbt cleveland.org.