Events Archive

August 2003

Sat. August 2

Auditions for Clive Barker's History of the Devil at Theatre on the Square

WHEN: Saturday August 2nd, 2003 at 1 pm

LOCATION: Theatre on the Square
627 Massachusetts Ave
Indianapolis
Indiana 46204

CALL: 317-637-8085 for details.

Auditions for Clive Barker's The History of The Devil will be held at Theatre on the Square on Saturday August 2nd, 2003. This call is for adult men and women ages 18 and up. Readings will be from the script. No appointments necessary. Performance dates are: September 26th - October 18th, 2003. Call Theatre on the Square - 317-737-8085 for more details.

Fri. August 8

Seventh Annual IU Infectious DiseasePh HIV/AIDS Symposium

The "Seventh Annual IU Infectious DiseasePh HIV/AIDS Symposium" will be on Friday, August 8th. This is a symposium for people affected by HIV/AIDS. It is a great symposia for all, since the presentations are consumer friendly and provide opportunity for continued networking. Conference will take place in the University Conference Center and Hotel, 850 W. Miochigan Street, across from IU Hospital, Friday August 8th, 8:00am - Noon. This event is FREE and includes break refreshments. Topics will include: Hepatitis B&C, The Latest on HIV Vaccines, Fast Wasting, Buffalo humps and DiabetesL Complications of HIV, Novel Antiretrovireal Therapies, and What it Takes to Quit Smoking. Additional highlights will include: Pharmaceutical and Pharmacy Display, Gifts (all those tht donate an item for Camp Dreamcatcher will receive special gifts), Fundraiser for Camp Dreamcatcher (pillows, blankets, flashlights & batteries, sleeping bags, rain ponchos, backpacks, books, small games, crayons, coloring books, cards, suntan lotion, swim goggles, towels and pillow cases, sports equipment, etc. (new items only please).

Anyone interested interested in learning more about HIV/AIDS is welcome: people living with HIV/AIDS, freinds & family, care coordinators, social workers, nurses, and others. Reserve your seat, call 317/274-8115.

August 15 - September 13

MOBY DICK! THE MUSICAL WILL LAUNCH TOTS' 2003/04 SEASON

MOBY DICK! THE MUSICAL opens on August 15, 2003 and runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 through September 13, 2003 at a cost of $20 per ticket. Admission for students and senior citizens is $17, with group rates available.

The girls of St. Godley's School are in trouble! Money for the school has run out and the place will have to close. Leave it to these resourceful girls, and their unflappable headmistress (played by a man in drag), to come up with a plan to keep the school afloat. Using whatever they can find at hand, the girls mount an original production: a musical version of Moby Dick, featuring their headmistress in the coveted role of Captain Ahab.

A cult favorite in London in the 1990s, Moby Dick! The Musical has been re-conceived for an American sensibility. As Melville rolls in his grave, our spirited girls run roughshod over the classic as they carry on with their presentation. Warning: What The Rocky Horror Show does to late night horror movies, Moby Dick! The Musical does to Herman Melville! As the girls perform their adaptation of the classic novel, they develop an appreciation of education and camaraderie - NOT! Filled with double and triple entendre, and more goofy humor than you can imagine, St. Godley's presentation of Moby Dick! The Musical is sure to make audiences laugh -- and exit humming an irresistible musical score.

To purchase tickets, please contact the TOTS Box Office at 317-637-8085. For more information and directions to the theatre, check out www.tots.org

Fri. August 15

Rainbow Youth Services Art Auction

A couple months ago, Rainbow Youth Services announced an Art Auction to raise funds to provide housing for homeless youth and youth made wards of the state. Due to the lack of time to get the auction properly planned and executed we postponed it to a later date.

THAT DATE IS NOW COMING SOON!

DATE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2003

TIME: 7:00PM WINE & HORS D'OEUVRES RECEPTION AND ART PREVIEW
8:00PM AUCTION

TICKETS: $10.00 - Call (317) 409-6791 for ticket information

LOCATION: HISTORIC FLETCHER POINTE
501 Fletcher Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana

Rainbow Youth Services (RYS) is a forming child welfare agency that will provide housing to homeless youth. Even though this is not exclusively GLBT a good majority of homeless youth are GLBT youth. RYS will be able to provide housing for these youth and get them to a place where they will be able to live safely and be loved. For more information on RYS go to www.rainbowyouthservices.org. Proceeds from the Auction will go to help RYS find suitable facilities to house youth.

If a piece of art or two would help to spruce up your living environment call for tickets and help RYS find a home for our homeless youth.

RYS Board Of Directors

Sat. August 16

INTRAA Informational Reception

Come and learn more about the Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance and about gender identity, transsexuality, intersex, and other issues related to the transgender and gender variant community.

INTRAA officers will provide an overview of INTRAA's first year, including our organizational structure, the activities we have engaged in, and our plans for the future.

Positive social and political change is possible in Indiana, but it will take the efforts of all of us! Please join us to learn more about our efforts to advance the rights of transgendered people.

When: Sat, Aug 16, 3pm-5pm.
Where: Jesus Metropolitan Community Church

Our website target="_blank">http://www.intraa.org

Questions? Contact or 317-466-2333.

INTRAA is a statewide advocacy organization working for freedom of gender expression and the right to gender self-determination for all Indiana residents.

For more information and directions for meeting location, go to: http://www.tgcrossroads.org/calendar/details.asp?eventid=328

Wed. August 20

Building Bridges Workshops--Educational Programs on Lesbian/Gay Issues and the Catholic Church

"Building Bridges: Gay and Lesbian Catholics and the Church" is the title of a day-long workshop offered by New Ways Ministry, in four midwestern cities during August, 2003.

The seminar summarizes Church teachings, including the Church's definition of sexual orientation, the morality of homosexual relationships, the Church's commitment to eradicating prejudice, discrimination and homophobia and its obligation to respect the human dignity and civil rights of gay and lesbian persons. Participants will learn about the bishops' pastoral letter, Always Our Children, and its recommendations for pastoral ministry. Intended for laity and clergy, pastoral ministers, religious educators, deacons, campus and youth ministers, gay or lesbian Catholics, their parents, and anyone else interested in an emerging ministry in the Church, this seminar includes videotapes, presentations and discussion. The fees for the seminar are $45.00 in advance or $60.00 at the door. To register, send a check to New Ways Ministry, 4012 29th Street, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712. For more information, call (301) 277-5674 or visit www.newwaysministry.org. New Ways Ministry, a national Catholic bridge-building ministry for lesbian/gay Catholics and the wider Church.

Participants are asked to bring a brown bag lunch, or to make arrangements for lunch on their own.

Building Bridges Schedule All programs begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Area, Indiana
Wednesday, August 20, 2003
8:30 a.m. -- at 3:30 p.m.
Benedict Inn Retreat and Conference Center
1402 Southern Avenue
Beech Grove, Indiana 46107

Wed. August 20

Celebrate the Paramount Theatre's 74th Anniversary with the 2003 Copter Ball

Anderson, IN - Celebrate Wednesday, August 20th , at noon at the Anderson Country Club with the Paramount Theatre Centre & Ballroom as they celebrate its 74th Anniversary with the 2003 Copter Drop. This all day celebration will host a spectacular event and magical evening.

The Paramount Theatre Centre & Ballroom will sell a limited number of golf balls, $10 each or 3 for $25. The first 100 people to purchase a golf ball will receive a certificate to spend three days and two nights in one of 11 fun filled U.S. cities. WISH-TV 8 has agreed to help us with the anniversary fundraiser and will hover over the practice driving range at the Anderson Country Club and drop the golf balls from a drop basket onto the green. The ball that lands in the hole first or comes closest to the hole will receive a grand prize of $5,000. Second place will receive $1,000 and third place will receive $500.

The night of August 20, the Paramount Theatre will present the stunning illusions of The Pendragons. The Pendragons have been seen on NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX, PBS, Cable's Disney, Showtime, VH1 And on CNN's "Showbiz." They have performed for President Clinton and the First Lady at the President's Gala, NBC's "World's Greatest Magic" and "The Tonight Show" with Jay Leno. The winner's of the copter ball will be announced at this event. If the winners are in attendance, they will receive an additional 10% of their final winnings.

The Paramount Theatre would like to thank all of our sponsors: The Herald Bulletin, WISH-TV8, Backyard Broadcasting (ESPN 1340AM, WHBU 1240AM, WERK 101.7 & 104.9FM, MAX 93.5 & 96.7FM and WLBC 104.1 FM) and National City Bank.

To purchase a ticket for the 2003 Copter Ball, please contact the Paramount Theatre Centre office at 765-642-1234, ext. 26 or 800-523-4658, ext. 26. To purchase a ticket for The Pendragons, please visit the Paramount Box Office at 1124 Meridian Plaza, downtown Anderson or call 642-1234 or 800-523-4658. There are a limited number of golf balls to be purchased. For more information about the Paramount Theatre's anniversary fundraiser or other upcoming events, please visit www.parathea.org.

Thurs. August 21

Indiana Equality Fundraiser

A fund-raising dinner to support the work of Indiana Equality (IE) will take place on Thursday, August 21, 6-8 p.m., in the Grand Hall at First United Methodist Church, corner of Fourth and Washington Streets in Bloomington.

Kathy Sarris, founding president of Justice Inc., and lobbyist Mark St. John are featured speakers.

Tickets are $10, available in advance or at the door. (Additional donations would be appreciated.) Middle Way Food Works will cater the food, including a vegetarian option.

IE is a statewide coalition of groups that seeks to add "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to the list of protected categories in Indiana's civil-rights code. This would mandate nondiscrimination in employment, housing, education and public accommodations.

The host for the fund-raiser is IE's South-Central Regional Steering Committee, whose bailiwick covers Owen, Greene, Lawrence, Monroe, Brown, Bartholomew and Jackson Counties.

Program organizers are looking for additional speakers who have a compelling story of discrimination to share regarding employment, housing, public accommodations or education.

For tickets or more information, contact [email protected] or call 812-336-2533, or ask local volunteers Cathi Crabtree, Julie Thomas, Jarrod Cox-McGlocklin, John Clower, Jessica Bucciarelli, Helga Keller or Mark Brostoff.

For more about guest speakers Sarris and St. John, visit http://www.incoalition.org/pdf/ie-presspacket.pdf

Visit www.incoalition.org to learn more about IE.

Fri. August 22

Lesbian Gospel Singer, Songwriter and Evangelist Marsha Stevens to Appear at Jesus Metropolitan Community Church

Christian lesbian Evangelist, Marsha Stevens, will perform her original music at Jesus MCC, located at 2950 East 55th Place, Indianapolis on Friday, August 22, 2003 at 7:00 PM. There is no charge for admission to the performance, but an offering will be collected.

Marsha Stevens is the famed composer of "For Those Tears I Died (Come to the Water)", a standard of Christian hymnals since 1972. Since coming out as a lesbian and experiencing the rejection and scorn of a homophobic society - most fiercely expressed by the church she so devoutly served - she has focused her talents on evangelizing the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community through her gospel music.

Highly respected in the Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC) and other affirming Christian groups, she is the first lay recipient of the prestigious Purple Grass Award for excellence as an evangelist. She has recorded eleven solo albums and a concert video on her independent BALM (Born Again Lesbian Music) label and she performs over 120 concerts a year. The Gay Music Guide rates two of her releases among the top 20 albums of 1995 and 1996. Considered shocking by some and comforting to others, she performs "The Body of Christ Has AIDS" and "Love Is The Only Law", as well as many other selections that express her distinct Christian views.

Jesus MCC is located three blocks east of Keystone on 56th Street, then half a block south. For directions, see www.jesusmcc.org.

Sat. August 23

Indianapolis Women's Chorus Announces Auditions for the 2003-2004 Season!

Saturday, August 23, 10 a.m. - noon at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis (visit www.uui.org for map/driving directions), 615 W. 43rd Street, in the "cottage" (small white house on west side of parking lot).

RSVP: or 329-7522

WHAT TO BRING: Nothing! No need to prepare a solo -- just show up!

2003-2004 CONCERT SCHEDULE:
December 13th and 14th, 2003
March 20th and 21st, 2004
June 19th and 20th, 2004

OTHER SEASON EXCITEMENT Release of premier CD, "To Sing is To Fly" Travel to Montreal for international choral festival in July 2004

The Indianapolis Women's Chorus uses song and harmony to enable each woman to grow personally, musically, and within her community. By listening, we learn to blend; by celebrating the uniqueness of each voice, we create a plural voice of amazing sound. With this, IWC seeks common musical experiences with women of all races, faiths, ethnicities, sexual orientations, and gender expressions.

Sun. August 24

Celebration of Diversity

Several racist fliers against the Latino population have circulated in some areas of Indianapolis in the last few weeks. The American Nazi Party is planning a national rally on August 24th in Indianapolis. This hate group chose Indianapolis because of the large increase in the immigrant population.

We strongly believe that is very important for OUR community to send a clear, positive message and counter these kind of negative hateful messages. We believe that it is everyone's responsibility to stand up for what's right, both for our LGBT community and the larger Indianapolis community.

We urge you to attend an alternative event planned on August 24th. "The Celebration of Diversity" will take place at noon at the Indianapolis City Market (Market St. and Delaware St.). An International Music concert, a brief prayer services and a short program is planned; Rabbi Dennis Sasso will be the keynote speaker.

Everybody is welcome to join us to celebrate the diversity in our state. If you have any suggestions, ideas or questions, please contact the organizers, in care of Richardo Gambetta at

Sun. August 24

Conference Day for Catholic Parents of Lesbian/Gay People

Acclaimed moral theologian Sr. Margaret Farley, RSM will be the keynote speaker for Catholic parents of a gay sons or lesbian daughters on Sunday, August 24, 2003 at St. Michael Activity Center, 42850 Hayes Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038, from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM.

The conference is for Catholic parents of lesbian daughters/gay sons, but is open to all gay/lesbian people and pastoral ministers. The conference costs $60.00 per person or $100.00 per couple if registration is postmarked by August 18 or $70.00 per person at the door. To register or to receive more information, call (301) 277-5674 or write to Catholic Parents Network, 4012 29th Street, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712. Catholic Parents Network is a project of New Ways Ministry, a national Catholic bridge-building ministry for lesbian/gay Catholics and the wider Church.

Sr. Margaret Farley, RSM, acclaimed moral theologian and Gilbert L. Stark Chair in Christian Ethics at Yale University Divinity School, will be the keynote speaker at a conference for Catholic parents of a gay son or lesbian daughter. "Deep within I will plant my law: Catholics, Conscience, Family and Homosexuality" is the title of the event, scheduled for Sunday, August 24, 2003 at St. Michael Activity Center, 42850 Hayes Road, Clinton Township, MI 48038, from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM. The conference will focus on the concerns of Catholic parents of lesbian daughters/gay sons, but is open to gay/lesbian people, pastoral ministers and all who are interested in a lively and inspired discussion of conscience, family and homosexuality. The conference costs $60.00 per person or $100.00 per couple if registration is postmarked by August 18 or $70.00 per person at the door. To register or to receive more information, call (301) 277-5674 or write to Catholic Parents Network, 4012 29th Street, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712.

Package Deal: Those who register for both the CPN Conference Day with Sr. Margaret Farley and a New Ways Ministry Building Bridges Seminar can get a discounted price of $90.00 per person or $150.00 per couple if registration is postmarked by August 18.

Sun. August 24

Conference Day for Catholic Parents of Lesbian/Gay People

The Kim Archer Band is appearing at CATH Coffee and Tea House, 5401 N. College Ave. on Sunday August 31st 2-4 pm. $2.00 cover.

This is the first of a series of fundraisers for Women in the Arts/National Women's Music Festival. Snacks provided. Information regarding the 2004 National Women's Festival at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH will be available as well as other festie goodies. Proceeds of cover and snacks to go to Women in the Arts. Come on out for some great music and support your community !