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· June 27, 2008
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.GayPeoplesChronicle.com. Deadline for each week's calendar is noon on Thursday of the previous week.
To Saturday, June 28
In the Garden, play about a messianic teenaged hustler whose presence pervades the lives of four friends, directed by Clyde Simon, $15, $12 students and seniors, Convergence-Continuum
Theater at the Liminis, 2438 Scranton Rd, Cleveland; 216-687-0074, www.convergencecontinuum.org.
Friday and Saturday, June 27 and 28
Rockin' in the Streets, eighth annual outdoor rock concert, benefits the Girlz Rhythm and Rock Camp and Katie Reider, $12 per night, $20 for both, East Village parking lot, 630 North High St, Columbus; www.rockinginthe streets.com.
Saturday, June 28
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.
Pride Erie Picnic, annual event at Presque Isle State Park, 1 pm, food served 2-4 pm, Erie, Pa.; http://picnic.eriegaynews.com, 814-456-9833. Larchmere Flea Market and Festival, second annual day of bargains, goodies, neighbors, workshops and festivities, multiple-block stretch of Larchmere Blvd, one block north of Shaker Square, Cleveland; 216-795-9800, www.larchmere.com.
J.L. King to speak, author of On the Down Low and the new novel Love on a Two-Way Street, as part of the Urban Experience Summit: A Writer's Boot Camp, presented by the Cleveland Public Library, 10 am, Memorial Nottingham Branch, 17133 Lake Shore Blvd, Cleveland; www.cpl.org.
Salt Run Trail Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, 10 am, meet at the Kendall Lake Shelter, Truxell Rd two miles east of Akron-Peninsula Rd, Peninsula (between Cleveland and Akron); 216556-4832,www.clevelandoutandabout.org. Potluck Cookout and Game Day, organized by the Cleveland Women's Network, burgers and buns provided, 3 pm, $6, $3 members, private home in Hinckley; RSVP by June 27 to 440-962-3662, slowly spell name, phone number and e-mail for directions.
Bat 'n' Rouge, 21st annual benefit drag softball game put on by the Columbus Lesbian-Gay Softball Assn.; $7 advance, $10 gate; 3 pm, Afrocentric High School field, Grant and Livingston Aves, Columbus; 614-299-7764, www.clgsa.net/
Sunday to Sunday, June 29 to July 6
Touch a Quarter Century, 25th annual convention of the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs, hosted by Cleveland City Country Dancers and Silver Squares, Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, Cleveland; www.taqc.org.
Wednesday, July 2
Old Angle Tavern, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's Summer Restaurant Tour, mention the tour and 40% of the bill will be donated to the center, 1848 West 25th St, Cleveland; 216861-5643, www.lgbtcleveland.org.
Thursday, July 3
Rocky River Reservation Hike, organized by Cleveland Out and About, meet 6:30 pm at Rocky River Nature Center, 24000 Valley Parkway, North Olmsted (Cleveland); 216556-4832, www.clevelandoutandabout.org.
Friday, July 4
Independence Day Cookout, presented by Asians and Friends Cleveland, 3 pmataprivate home in the Cleveland area; www.afcleveland.org.
Country-Western Dance, part of the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs' 25th anniversary convention, 10 pm, Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Sqaure, Cleveland; www.taqc.org.
Saturday, July 5
Let's Go Bowling, benefit for the 2008 Black Gay and Proud Celebration, 10 pm, $15 advance, $20 door, includes unlimited bowling, shoe rental, food, Maple Heights Lanes, 15809 Libby Rd, Maple Heights (Cleveland); www.bgpcleveland.com, 216-789-8998, 216-
233-1411.
Wednesday, July 9
Privacy Please: Civil Liberties and HIV/ AIDS, brown bag lecture series presentation by Earl Pike, executive director of the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, presented by ACLU of Ohio, 12 noon, Max Wohl Civil Liberties Center, 4506 Chester Ave, Cleveland; RSVP to contact@acluohio.org or 216472-2220.
Lelolai, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's Summer Restaurant Tour, mention the tour and 25% of the bill will be donated to the center, 1889 West 25th St, Cleveland; 216-771-9956, www.lgbtcleveland.org.
Thursday to Sunday, July 10 to 13
National Black Lesbian Conference, presented by the Zuna Institute, Red Rock Casino Spa Resort, Las Vegas, Nev.; http:// zunainstitute.org.
Gourmets in the Garden, dinner in the backyard garden of a Parma home, part of the Cleveland LGBT Center's TaDa Dinner Series, limited to 30 guests, $40, 7 pm, www.lgbtcleveland.org, 216-651-5428. Lvnmuziq, concert with Michigan singersongwriter Liz Snavely, $5, the Nickel, 4365 State Road, Cleveland; 216-661-1314, www.myspace.com/TheNickelBar.
Luau Party, fourth annual event sponsored by Saturday, July 12 Arktos bear club, 4 to 9 pm, Leather Stallion Saloon, 2205 St. Clair Ave, Cleveland; 330434-4860, www.arktos-online.com. Langston Hughes honored, queer playwright being inducted into the Karamu Hall of Fame, 6 pm, $150 includes dinner, 20/20 in the Flats, Washington and Center Streets, Cleveland; www.karamu.com, 216-795-7070 ext. 215. For the Bible Tells Me So, documentary on the misuse of Scripture against LGBT people, presented by Brecksville United Church of Christ, free, 7 pm, 23 Public Square, at Ohio 21 and 82, Brecksville, 440-526-4364; www.brecksvilleucc.org.
Sunday, June 29
Pride Brunch, part of the Stonewall Columbus Pride Holiday, entertainment by the Richard Lopez Trio, 11 am, $35, Westin Great Southern Hotel Grand Ballroom, 310 South High St, Columbus; www.columbuspride.org, 614299-7764.
Erie Pride Parade and Rally, march steps off 1 pm from Zone Dance Club, 133 West 18th St, rally 2 pm at Perry Square, Erie, Pa.; http:// picnic.eriegaynews.com, 814-456-9833.
Day in the Sun, annual LGBT family picnic, Ohio Sportsman Club, 1775 Jacoby Rd, Copley (Akron); 330-785-0088, www.akronpride center.org.
Saturday to Saturday, July 12 to 19 GALA Choruses Festival, gathering ofLGBT singers from around the world, presented by the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses, Miami, Fla.; www.galachoruses.org.
Sunday, July 13
P-FLAG Cleveland Picnic, annual event, 1 pm, WolfReserved Canopy, off Porter Creek Road near Wolf Road in the Huntington Reservation of the Cleveland MetroParks, Bay Village (Cleveland); www.pflagcleveland.org. Green Party on a Blue Lake, Cleveland LGBT Center's annual Garden Party benefit at a lakeside home,2pm,216-651-5428;www.lgbtcleveland.org, orwww.lgcsc.org/thecenter/ad-text.php?req=read
&ad_id=59.
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Highlights of upcoming weeks Sunday, August 24
For a detailed list of events extending months into the future, see our web site: www.gaypeopleschronicle.com
Thursday to Sunday, July 31-Aug. 3
Black, Gay and Proud Celebration, 11th gathering of African American LGBT people and their allies, events held throughout Cleveland; www.bgpcleveland.com, www.myspace.com/ bgpcleveland.
Tuesday to Sunday, August 5 to 10 Michigan Womyn's Music Festival, 33rd annual outdoor event near Hart, Michigan, performers, films, workshops, www.mich fest.com, 231-757-4766.
Dancin' in the Streets, annual outdoor dance party benefiting the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, 1 pm, Clifton Blvd. between West 116th and West 117th, Cleveland; 216621-0766, www.aidstaskforce.org.
Saturday and Sunday, August 30-31
Midwest Invitational Softball Tournament, hosted this year in Cleveland, 216-255-0103, www.northcoastsoftball.com.
Saturday, September 6
Ohio Lesbian Festival, 19th annual music, cultural and education festival presented by the Lesbian Business Association, Frontier Ranch, 8836 York Rd. at U.S. 40, 1⁄2 mile west of Kirkersville, Ohio, 15 miles east of Columbus, www.ohiolba.org.
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