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Five Five, dinner hosted by Asians and Friends Cleveland, garden-style wine pairing dinner, part of the TaDa Dinner Series benefiting the Cleveland LGBT Center, 6 pm, $60, limited to 20 guests, private home in Cleveland area; 216-651-5426, www.lgbtcleveland.org. Dayton Gay Men's Chorus, pride concert featuring shows from the 1950s to today, 8 pm, Victoria Theater, 138 North Main St, Dayton; 937-228-3630.

Saturday and Sunday, June 4 and 5

We Are a Family, Pride concert by the Cincinnati Men's Chorus, special appearance by Muse, Cincinnati's Women's Choir, bring a personal care or cleaning item for Caracole and get a free CD, 8:07 pm Saturday, 3:07 pm Sunday, $20 advance, $25 door, Mayerson Theater, School for the Creative and Performing Arts, 108 West Central Parkway, Cincinnati; www.cincinnatimenschorus.org.

Sunday, June 5

Dayton LGBT Family Picnic, volleyball, croquet, food, games, 2 pm Ernst Park, 1030 East David Road, Kettering (Dayton); www.mygaypride.com.

Wednesday, June 8

Momocho, a stop on the Cleveland LGBT Center's restaurant tour, tell your server you're on the tour and 25% of your bill is donated to the center, 1835 Fulton Rd. in Ohio City, Cleveland 216-694-2122,

www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Thursday, June 9

Pick-Nick Birthday FUNdraiser for Nickie Antonio, with comedian Karen Williams and musical group Cats on Holiday, VIP reception 5 pm, show 6 pm, students/seniors $10, general admission $25-$50, VIP $100-$250, make checks payable to Friends of Nickie J. Antonio; Brothers Lounge, 11607 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; www.nickieantonio.com, 216-221-4421. Friday to Sunday, June 10 to 12

Cleveland GIFT, 23rd Gay and Lesbian Invitational Fellowship Tournament bowling event, Freeway Lanes of Parma, 12859 Brookpark Rd., spectators welcome;

www.clevelandgift.org, 216-481-4417.

Saturday, June 11

Cleveland GIFT Cruise, 23rd annual cruise, board the Goodtime III at the East 9th St. Pier at Voinovich Park behind the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, portion of proceeds benefit charity; www.clevelandgift.org, 216-749-2152. Wednesday, June 15

Paragon, a stop on the Cleveland LGBT Center's restaurant tour, tell your server you're on the tour and 30% of your bill is donated to the center, 21920 Lake Shore Blvd., Euclid (Cleveland); 216-731-9463,

www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Thursday, June 16

We Were Here, screening of documentary about the impact of AIDS on San Francisco and the world, sponsored by the Greater Dayton LGBT Center, 7 pm, $8, Neon, 130 East Fifth St, Dayton; 937-222-7469,

www.neonmovies.com.

Friday and Saturday, June 17-18 Columbus Pride Parade and Festival, 30th annual event, festival at Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale Blvd, 3-11 pm Friday and 10 am8 pm Saturday, parade steps off Saturday noon from Broad and Front Sts. downtown and marches up High St. to festival; 614-299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.

Saturday, June 18

Indian Luncheon and Art Exhibition, organized by Asians and Friends Cleveland, buffet at noon at Taj Indian Palace, 5156 Wilson Mills Rd, Richmond Heights (Cleveland), followed by exhibition Indian Kalighat Paintings at the Cleveland Museum of Art at 2 pm; www.afcleveland.org.

Tropical Splash, part of the TaDa! Dinner Series benefiting the Cleveland LGBT Center, $45, limited to 20 guests, 6 pm, private home in Brecksville; 216-651-5426,

www.lgbtcleveland.org.

Saturday and Sunday, June 18-19 "Friends to the End," the North Coast Men's Chorus Pride concert, 8 pm Saturday, 3 pm Sunday, Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University Music Bldg, 2001 Euclid Ave, www.ncmchorus.org, 216-556-0590.

Highlights of upcoming weeks

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

Saturday, June 25

Cleveland Pride Parade and Festival, 23rd annual event, parade steps off from West 3rd and St Clair, marches to Voinovich Park, East 9th at Lake Erie, for festival; 216-226-0004, www.clevelandpride.org.

Saturday, July 23

Colors of Cleveland Fest, LGBTQA festival embracing and supporting the "Cultural Melting Pot" that is Cleveland, presented by Colors of Cleveland Pride, 12 noon, Voinovich Park, East 9th at Lake Erie, Cleveland; www.colorsofclevelandpride.org.

Drag Ball VI, sixth annual installment of the charity drag softball game presented by North Coast Softball, 7 pm, Gordon Park, East 72nd south of I-90, Cleveland; 330-794-3384, www.northcoastsoftball.org.

Friday to Sunday, July 29 to 31

Synergyfest, annual sport and cultural festival presented by the Cleveland Synergy Foundation; www.synergyfest.org, 216-664-9551. Sunday, July 31

Dancin' in the Streets, 27th party to benefit the AIDS Taskforce of Cleveland, 3 pm to 11 pm, Clifton Blvd. between West 116th and 117th Streets; www.dancininthestreets.us, 216221-2333.

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"We even brought Doug Wilson, their executive director, to Ohio to talk to our boards in February” said Hardy. "They certainly have program staff in all of their offices, but senior staff is wherever they happen to be as well. In 2011, there are all sorts of mechanisms to make that possible."

"We will have eight offices," Hardy noted. "You can have a director of something or other in office one, a director of something else in office two, etc. We're doing that now. We have staff meetings through telecommunications, we do administrations across 40 counties."

"Global companies do that all the time. And because our services have been contiguous, we have no intention to eliminate offices or downsize staff. It's not focusing on those kinds of reductions at all," he said. One of the areas that the merger will most strongly improve is the agency's ability to do policy and advocacy work in the state capital, although not simply because there will now be an office there.

"We're contracting right now with a highly-skilled professional to work with us on public policy, who happens to be Earl Pike, and he lives in Cleveland," Hardy said. "We descend on Columbus and our legislators when we need to be there. The good thing about Columbus is, it's only

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"I'll be in Columbus all day tomorrow, believe I have appointments with five legislators, and I'll be in Columbus all day Thursday. We are where we need to be," he said.

Pike is a familiar name in AIDS service organizations, having headed the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland for 13 years until his resignation last August. He was the second most ng-lasting executive director of an AIDS agency in the state, after Hardy's 18 years.

After almost two decades heading the organization, Hardy does the opposite of what was done a decade or more ago, when AIDS activists separated "gay" and "AIDS."

"I believe AIDS service organizations have a profoundly important role not only in the HIV community, but also they have a secondary function which is historically to help coalesce the LGBT community," Hardy opined. "We have absolutely been committed about the fact that well-being around HIV is also about well-being of the LGBT community at large. The healthier the LGBT community, the better we can fight HIV.”

"AIDS service organizations provide an historic and unique service to the public and the HIV community, and I'm passionate about their survival for as long as we're needed," he concluded. "I love what I'm doing. It's extraordinarily challenging, and it's deeply gratifying."

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