4 GAY PEOPLE'S CHRONICLE

December 30, 2011

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Saturday, December 31

New Year's Eve Party, presented by Asians and Friends Cleveland, dinner will be served, 8 pm, private home in Garfield Heights (Cleveland); www.afcleveland.org.

Thursday to Saturday, January 5 to 7 My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Ages, conceived and directed by Tim Tavcar, developed from love letters by prominent men throughout the ages from Marcus Aurelius to Allen Ginsberg, part of the 10th anniversary of the Big Box at Cleveland Public Theater, on a double-bill with Amy Compton's The Dreamer, $15, $2 discount for students and seniors, 7 pm, James Levin Theater, Cleveland Public Theater, 6415 Detroit Ave, Cleveland; 216-631-2727, www.cptonline.org.

Saturday, January 7

Lesbians We Admire, gathering of Old Lesbians Organizing for Change, 11 am business meeting, 12 noon potluck lunch and social hour, 1 pm sharing stories of admired lesbians, Stonewall Columbus, 1160 North High St, Columbus; www.oloc.org.

Thursday and Saturday, Jan. 12 & 14 In the Family, independent film by Patrick Wang about a gay man who is devastated when his partner dies, leaving the dead man's biological child to be raised by his sister, 6:45 PM Thurs, 8:30 pm Sat, $9, $7 CIA students, staff and Cinematheque members, Cleveland Institute of Arts Cinematheque, 11141 East Blvd, Cleveland; 216-421-7450, www.cia.edu/ cinematheque.

Monday, January 16

Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland LGBT social and business networking group; 216200-9569 for information and reservations.

Tuesday, January 24

Plexus Annual Meeting and Network Night, northeast Ohio's LGBT and allied chamber of commerce, 5 pm reception, 6 pm annual meeting, 7 pm networking and cocktails, COSE, 1240 Huron Road, Suite 200, Cleveland; www.thinkplexus.org.

Wednesday to Sunday, January 25-29 National Conference on LGBT Equality, 24th annual "Creating Change" activists' convention sponsored by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force; Hilton Baltimore, 401 West Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland; hotel 443-573-8700, Task Force 202-393-5177; www.creatingchange.org.

Saturday, January 28

Year of the Dragon Banquet, annual Lunar New Year celebration presented by Asians and Friends Cleveland, tickets $35 members/$40 others through January 1, $45 through January 19, $55 after if available, 6 pm, East 30th St Café in Asia Plaza, 2999 Payne Ave, Cleveland; www.afcleveland.org.

Friday, February 10

Lesbian Dance, music by DJ Kim, 8 pm, $10, Adonis Niteclub, 4601 Kellogg Ave, Cincinnati; 513-871-1542.

Saturday, February 11

37th Womyn's Variety Show by Oven Productions, women 18+ only, doors 6 pm, show 7:30 pm; Fabulous Party at 10 pm, Kangesser Hall, Park Synagogue campus, 3300 Mayfield Rd, Cleveland Heights; 216-375-0780, imswamp13@aol.com.

Down with Love, Cincinnati Men's Chorus winter cabaret, 7 pm, $25, Below Zero Lounge, 1122 Walnut St, Cincinnati; www.cincinnati menschorus.org.

Tuesday, February 21

Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland LGBT social and business networking group; 216200-9569 for information and reservations.

Friday to Sunday, March 15 to 18

Querant, queer spirituality conference, workshops, performances, rituals, parties, Masked Ball, vendors, Crowne Plaza, 33 East Fifth St, Dayton; www.querant.org.

Wednesday, March 21

Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland LGBT social and business networking group; 216200-9569 for information and reservations. Thursday to Sunday, Mar. 22 Apr. 1

Cleveland International Film Festival, 36th annual event, Tower City Cinemas; www.clevelandfilm.org, 216-623-3456

(623-FILM).

Saturday and Sunday, Mar. 24 & 25

"Cleveland Rocks!" the North Coast Men's Chorus spring concert, 8 pm Saturday, 3 pm Sunday, Waetjen Auditorium, Cleveland State University Music Bldg, 2001 Euclid Ave, www.ncmchorus.org, 216-556-0590.

Thursday to Sunday, April 26-29 CLAW, 11th year of the Cleveland Leather Awareness Weekend, events held at host hotel Hilton Garden Inn, 1100 Carnegie Ave, and locations across the city; 216-812-3304, www.clawinfo.org hotel 216-658-6400.

Friday and Saturday, June 15-16

Columbus Pride Parade and Festival, 31st annual event, festival at Goodale Park, 120 W. Goodale Blvd, Friday and Saturday; parade steps off Saturday downtown and marches up High St. to festival; 614-299-7764, www.stonewallcolumbus.org.

Tuesday, June 19

Insight Monthly Dinner, Cleveland LGBT social and business networking group; 216200-9569 for information and reservations.

Saturday, June 23

Cleveland Pride Parade and Festival, 24th annual event, parade steps off at noon from West 3rd and St Clair, marches to Voinovich Park, East 9th at Lake Erie, for festival and rally at 1 pm; 216-226-0004, www.cleveland pride.org.

Brian Stokes Mitchell, star of Broadway, film and television, joins with the North Coast Men's Chorus, 8 pm, Palace Theater, Playhouse Square, 1615 Euclid Ave, Cleveland; Chorus: www.ncmchorus.org, 216-556-0590; PlaySquare: 216-241-6000 or www.playhousesquare.com.

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Saturday and Sunday, June 23 & 24 "It Gets Better," Pride concert by the Cincinnati Men's Chorus, Sat 8:07 pm, Sun 3:07 pm, $25; www.cincinnatimenschorus.org. Friday to Monday, June 25 to 28

National Gathering of the UCC Coalition for LGBT Concerns, worship, preaching, workshops on topics supporting the ministry of Open and Affirming congregations, Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Ill.; www.ucccoalition.org, 216-861-0779.

Friday, September 7

Pride Night at Kings Island, 16th annual fundraiser for the Cincinnati LGBT Center, tickets include parking, lot opens at 5 pm, park at 6 pm; www.cincyglbt.com.

“Anticipation: Secrets and Dreams," spring Saturdays, August 9 to 16, 2014

concert about hope and love, secret crushes and new relationships, by the Cincinnati Men's Chorus, Sat 8:07 pm, Sun 3:07 pm, $25; www.cincinnatimenschorus.org.

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