Events Archive

November 2002

Fri. November 1, 2002

HRC Hosts Opening Night at Phoenix's "Hedwig"

The Human Rights Campaign will host the opening night performance of "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" at the Phoenix Theatre Friday, November 1. Ticket prices are $25 each and include a special pre-performance reception at 7 p.m. in the lobby of the Phoenix Theatre, 749 N. Park Ave., prior to the 8 p.m. showtime.

"HRC Indianapolis is pleased to collaborate again with the Phoenix for our ongoing theatre events," says Tom Maynard, HRC board of governors and steering committee co-chair. "Not only do theatergoers get to enjoy this fun and energetic show, but they can also support the work of HRC in their community." He notes that the ticket price for this performance includes a membership in HRC.

"This is a very popular musical across the country, and we expect to sell out early," according to Tony Pickell, HRC Indianapolis steering committee member and Events Co-Chair. He advises people to buy their tickets now since seating is limited. Tickets can be purchased in advance at Out Word Bound Book Store, 625 N. East St., Indianapolis. Also, checks made payable to the Human Rights Campaign can be mailed by October 15 to HRC, c/o Tony Pickell, 4632 N. Kenwood Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46208.

Individuals and businesses wishing to explore sponsorship opportunities may call Tony Pickell at 237-8238. Sponsorships are available between $100 and $1000+ and may include program and event recognition, additional admissions, or VIP seating.

The Human Rights Campaign is the largest national lesbian and gay political organization with members throughout the country. It effectively lobbies Congress, provides campaign support and educates the public to ensure that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans can be open, honest and safe at home, at work and in the community.

Sun. November 3, 2002

HOLLY NEAR IN CONCERT!

Women In the Arts, Inc. (WIA) proudly presents Holly Near in a matinee concert at the Buskirk-Chumley Theater in Bloomington, Indiana, on Sunday, November 3, 2002, at 4 p.m. Ticket prices: $17 in advance; $20 at the door. Tickets are available only through the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, 812-339-6741. For more information, contact WIA at 317-927-9355; [email protected]; www.wiaonline.org.

Singer, songwriter, and outspoken advocate and activist in the peace and feminist movements, Holly Near is a skilled performer who brings to the stage an integration of world consciousness, spiritual discovery, and theatricality. Her career as a singer has been profoundly defined by an unwillingness to separate her passion for music from her passion for human dignity.

This year marks her 30th year as a powerful and influential force in social change music. Her songs speak out on topics of war and peace, justice and discrimination, and tolerance and human rights. Holly was outspoken on such issues as gay and lesbian rights, a woman's right to choose, and domestic violence way before those subjects became acceptable conversation in the major media. She has received numerous awards for her work in social change, including honors from the ACLU, the National Lawyers Guild, the National Organization for Women, NARAS, Ms. magazine (Woman of the Year), and the Legends of Women's Music Awards.

Holly's recent recording, Edge, makes it clear that she is not resting on her laurels, but rather continuing to write and sing political songs with grace, humor, and the maturity that comes from doing this work for 30 years. Her integrity earns her the reputation as one of the most powerful and articulate artists of our time. And because of the way in which Holly thinks, writes, and sings, few of her songs are dated. The ideas are relevant still.

Holly Near's concert work is a celebration of the old and the new; old favorites performed alongside inspiring new songs that are filled with strength, reassurance, and humor. Audience members say that Holly reminds them about the importance of their lives, and that whenever they are with her, they feel a sense of being welcomed home. Holly sings with a power that may come only from decades of love and fear, and inspiration and despair, and from living life on the edge.

In all programs, WIA strives to reflect the diversity and multicultural reality of the women's community in regard to race, age, physical ability, and sexual orientation and actively reaches out to reflect this diversity in its workers, participants, performers, and presenters.

Tues. November 5, 2002

The Children Are Free: Reexamining the Biblical Evidence on Same-Sex Relationships

Jesus Metropolitan Community Church, 2950 East 55th Place, Indianapolis, 7:00 pm.

Rev. Jeff Miner and John Tyler Connoley, coauthors of the book The Children Are Free, will present alternative ways of interpreting the traditional "clobber passages" from the Bible. They will also discuss recent scholarship regarding the hidden gay and lesbian characters in the Bible. Jeff Miner is the pastor of the Jesus MCC. He was raised in fundamentalist independent Baptist churches and received his undergraduate degree from Bob Jones University. He then left the ministry and attended Harvard Law School. Several years later, after intensive study of the Bible and homosexuality, Jeff came to peace with being gay. Tyler Connoley is the son of Wesleyan missionaries. He came out to himself in 1991 while attending Indiana Wesleyan University and has recently completed his M.A. in Biblical Studies at Earlham School of Religion in Richmond.

Wed. November 6, 2002

Can You Tell Your Church You're Gay?

Community Room, Broadway United Methodist Church, 609 E. 29th St., Indianapolis, 5:30-7:00 pm.

Rev. Rachel Matheny, Associate Pastor of Broadway United Methodist Church, will facilitate a panel discussion with four community religious leaders. The panel will include Rabbi Arnold Bienstock from Congregation Shaarey Tefilla, Nancy Ferriani from Trinity Episcopal Church, Rick Miller from Lawrence United Methodist Church, and T. Wyatt Watkins from Cumberland First Baptist Church. The panel will approach the topic from different vantage points. Rabbi Bienstock is from a new conservative synagogue. His congregation is welcoming, and his approach is to deal with GLBT issues individually and pastorally. Unlike the reformed Jewish movement, where homosexuality is no longer an issue, the conservative movement is in a middle ground with reverence for tradition and a look to the modern world. T. Wyatt Watkins' Baptist congregation has faced the issue of welcoming homosexuals head-on. At one point, half of the congregation left his church. Now Watkins feels his congregation is the "best place in the world." A prominent member of the church has had a commitment ceremony, and Watkins feels that only positive things come from welcoming covenantal relationships in a church. Each panel member will speak briefly, and then there will be opportunity for questions and answers.

November 9 and 10, 2002

A great evening of cabaret music for a great cause!

NYC Cabaret Star Joan Crowe "Flies" home to Indianapolis for Breast Cancer Benefit "As The Crowe Flies," November 9 and 10 at The Phoenix Theatre

WHAT: Joan Crowe, 2002 New York MAC AWARD winner, (the Oscars of cabaret) for "Female Musical Comedy Performer," returns to her hometown with her show "As The Crowe Flies."

Inspired by her mother, Brebeuf teacher Josefa Crowe and her recent fight against breast cancer, Ms. Crowe will be performing her show described by the New York Newsday as "polished as a diamond" for two performances only at the Phoenix Theatre, generously donated by Phoenix Director, Brian Fonseca. "As The Crowe Flies" is a witty, charming, mischievous, uproariously funny and often poignant look at life. Also donating her talents to this special evening is local pianist and Brebeuf music teacher, Mary Kubala.

WHEN: Saturday, November 9th at 5:00 pm,
Sunday, November 10th at 6:00 pm

WHERE: The Phoenix Theatre
749 North Park Avenue

TICKETS: $20 each. All proceeds will benefit the programs and services of The Wellness Community and are available by calling The Wellness Community at 317 257-1505. Also available at the Out Word Bound Bookstore at 625 N. East St., Indianapolis. For more info, contact www.twc-indy.org or www.JoanCrowe.com.

November 15, 2002

Miss Gulch Returns! extended through November 23rd

Owing to a huge demand for Miss Gulch Returns! the run of the one-person show starring Brent Marty has been extended by one week. Miss Gulch Returns will play Friday and Saturday November 22nd and November 23rd with both performances at 8 p.m.

The show gives Indianapolis audiences another chance to see the most hated character in The Wizard of Oz, Almira Gulch, in her one-person cabaret. The show was a smash hit when it premiered at the Massachusetts Avenue Theatre in February of 2000.

Star Brent Marty and pianist Paul Galloway will both be returning to the show which played to audience and critical acclaim as Miss Gulch tells her own, never before heard story, including her overall hatred of small dogs, her difficulty in finding true love as well as singing songs unfortunately cut from the final print of The Wizard of Oz including "Born on a Bike" and "Pour Me a Man."

The Bad Seed will delay it's opening until after the Thanksgiving Weekend. The Popular Film Noir show will now open on Friday December 6th and will run until December 21st with performances on Friday and Saturday Evenings at 8 pm and Sundays at 2:30 pm

Please call theatre on the Square -637-8085 or check out TOTS.org for further details.

Sat. Nov. 16th, 2002

Delta Lambda Phi, Purdue University's fraternity for Gay, Bisexual and Progressive men, is hosting our 3rd Annual Campus Wide Drag Show.

Featuring a cast of performers from around the Midwest, it's gonna be bigger and better than ever!

When: Saturday, November 16 @ 7:00pm
Where: Loeb Auditorium, Purdue University (West Lafayette)
Tickets: $5 through the Purdue Box Office
765-494-3933 or 1-800-914-SHOW

Tickets are now on sale, so get 'em early before they go. For more information and a printable flyer, visit out website at: http://expert.ics.purdue.edu/~dlp/dragshow

Come help us raise visibility and awareness of Purdue's GLBT community as we continue to make our presence known!

Questions?

November 22 thru 24, 2002

Kokomo Civic Theatre presents The Laramie Project

Kokomo Civic Theatre will present the compelling real life drama, The Laramie Project, by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project, November 22, 23, and 24 at Havens Auditorium, Indiana University Kokomo.

The Laramie Project explores the events surrounding and reactions of the residents of Laramie, Wyoming to the murder of Matthew Shepard in October 1998. Matthew Shepard was a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming who was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie. He was the victim of this assault because he was gay. In November 1998, Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project traveled to Laramie to explore the crime and the town, conducting over 200 interviews over a period of a year and a half. The Laramie Project chronicles the life of the town of Laramie in the year after the murder, using 13 actors to embody more than sixty different people in their own words - from rural ranchers to university professors. The result is a complex portrayal that dispels the simplistic media stereotypes and explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.

Thirteen Kokomo actors will be playing over 60 roles as members of the theater company and residents of Laramie. They are: Bette Anderson, Carol Anderson, Joe Cameron, Elizabeth Carter, Del Demaree, Jason Dick, Peggy-Sue Frye, Doug Harvey, Steve Hughes, Jonathan Kenworthy, Heather Maroney, Devin Reed, and Tyrone Van Tatenhove.

Show times for The Laramie Project are 8:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 2:00 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets prices are $10.00 for adults and $8.00 for students (through college). Tickets may be reserved by calling Kokomo Civic Theatre's voice mail at (765) 454-8800. The box office at Havens Auditorium will also be open from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, November 20 and 21, and one hour before each performance.

Sat. November 23, 2002

Local GLBT Groups Form Statewide Coalition

Indianapolis--Several members of the GLBT community are proposing the formation of a new association to fight for GLBT rights. The Marion County GLBT Coalition would bring existing GLBT and allied groups together under a countywide umbrella. To that end, they are hosting an organizational meeting on November 23rd.

"Twice this year with the domestic partnership ordinance proposed in the city-county council and with the law suit filed by the ICLU, our community has been caught 'behind the eight ball,' reacting in a crisis mode to events that drastically effect our community. It's time for our community to start setting our own goals," states long-time acitivist Mary Byrne.

"We're not trying to reinvent the wheel by starting another organization. We believe it is time for all of us to talk with one another." According to Byrne, the purpose of the gathering is to identify common goals for our community and to explore ways to work in concert with one another and keep each other informed.

The Marion County GLBT Coalition will meet on Saturday, November 23rd, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm at Jesus Metropolitan Community Church, located at 2950 E. 55th Place. For more information and to RSVP please call 955-9100 or visit the coalition's website at www.incoalition.org

Sat. November 23, 2002

Putting the 'T' in GLBT

After the Marion Cty Coalition Meeting!...

Saturday, November 23, 2:30 - 4pm
2950 E. 55th Pl.
Jesus Metropolitan Community Church

A public forum on learning how to support transgender visibility and rights.

Guest Speaker: Lorraine Sade Baskerville

Learn how Ms. Baskerville recently led the way to add "gender identity" to the Chicago City Council's civil rights laws, and how she is challenging the CDC for the policies that impact transgender people. Unlimited seating, follows a Marion County GLBT Coalition-Building Meeting.

Event sponsored by the Indiana Youth Group.

Sat. November 23, 2002

Remembering Our Dead Candlelight Vigil

6:30 - 8:00 pm

Downtown Indianapolis
Veterans Memorial Plaza, South Quadrant Map available at: http://www.intraa.org/dor/

4th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance Event Honors Twenty-Five Victims since 2001 Memorial

Members of the transgendered and allied community in Indianapolis are invited to a candlelight vigil on Saturday, November 23rd to remember the lives of more than two dozen people lost in the past year due to violence motivated by fear and hatred of gender variant people. Lorraine Sade Baskerville, a transgender advocate and activist from Chicago, IL, will be a guest speaker at the vigil.

This year marks the first time Indianapolis has held local Transgender Day of Remembrance activities. Co-sponsors include the Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance (INTRAA) and the Community Activist Network Developed by Youth (CANDY), a program of the Indiana Youth Group.

A total of 19 states and the District of Columbia will have Transgender Day of Remembrance events. Additionally, four countries - the United States, Canada, Chile and Spain - will be holding Day of Remembrance events. Several prominent web sites will also black out their main pages on November 20th, as a show of solidarity with the cause.

The event is designed to draw those from across the community to come out and recognize that each and every human is valuable and honored, that no one should ever be so marginalized that their death doesn't matter. From candlelight vigils to performance events and art installations, each city finds a unique way to make the lives of those murdered visible.

"Too often people want to make our dead into forgotten people," said event founder Gwendolyn Ann Smith, "Now, more than ever, we need to stand together and say that taking life from anyone is not acceptable. Now, more than ever, we must remember, and let those memories spur us to more education and more action to safeguard the diverse character of our communities."

Events this year include a candlelight march down Market Street in San Francisco, California, a rally in Washington D.C., the dedication of a permanent memorial space in West Hollywood, California, an on-campus event at Ohio State University, and a memorial service in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.

The Transgender Day of Remembrance began in San Francisco in 1999 as a response to the murder of Rita Hester, a transgendered woman who was stabbed to death in her apartment. A murder that, like most transgender killings, remains unsolved.

Through the work of the Remembering Our Dead project which spawned the Transgender Day of Remembrance, it was discovered that an average of one person is reported dead due to anti-transgender violence every month. In 2002 this figure has doubled, with 24 cases since last year's event. Organizers point to better reporting, rather than an increase in crime, as a primary reason for this jump.

"Some might think that the rise in numbers points to an increase in deaths this year," Smith said, "While I think there may be some weight in that, I personally feel this points more to a heightened sensitivity to these cases in the media and amongst our community. The sad thing is that it could well mean that these cases have always happened in numbers like what we are finding now - and that there is a chance, perhaps a good one, that there are even more still out there we are missing."

Although not every person represented during the Transgender Day of Remembrance self-identified as transgendered - that is, as a transsexual, crossdresser, or otherwise gender-variant - each was a victim of violence based on bias against transgendered people.

Information on Transgender Day Of Remembrance events around the world is available online at http://www.rememberingourdead.org/

Sat. November 30, 2002

Circle City HIV/AIDS Coalition

Please join the Circle City HIV/AIDS Coalition for the annual World AIDS Day observance Saturday, November 30, 2002 at 1:00 p.m. (WORLD AIDS Day is Sunday, December 1). This year, in conjunction with The Trinity Project, the Circle City HIV/AIDS Coalition will host an afternoon of activities designed to raise awareness and remember those Hoosiers lost to HIV/AIDS. The Indianapolis Art Center has graciously provided space for this all-important event. Interactive Theatre, Inc., youth from the Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center, Carol Tharp-Perrin and the Rhythm of Life Percussion and Dance Ensemble, local clergy and governmental officials all will take part in the Program. Governor Frank O¹Bannon has issued a Proclamation for World AIDS Day‹which will be read. In addition, the First Lady of Indiana, Mrs. Judy O¹Bannon will share remarks to observe the occasion.

In addition to artwork from local youth relating to HIV/AIDS, the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display. Please join us for this free event on Saturday, November 30th, 2002 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Indianapolis Art Center, 820 E 67th Street, in Broad Ripple. A reception will follow the Program.

Collaborating agencies include, the Trinity Project, VSA Arts of Indiana, The Indianapolis Art Center, The Health Foundation of Greater Indianapolis, Mary Rigg Neighborhood Center, Martin Luther King Multi-Service Center, Forest Manor Multi-Service Center, Concord Center, Little Red Door Cancer Agency, The Salvation Army, The Damien Center, Social Health Association, Indiana State Department of Health, Marion County Health Department, Full Circle Enterprise, St. Vincent¹s Hospital, The Names Project of Indiana, Indiana Youth Group, Indiana 2016, and Hands On.

Sat. November 30, 2002

FXW Pro Wrestling Frontier Xtreme Wrestling Presents.. Aftermath

New Date... Saturday Night-November 30th, 2002

Located at Indy Sports & Fitness
4002 North Franklin Rd.
Indianapolis, Indiana 46226
(317) 898-2285
It is on the North East side of indianapolis

Doors 6:35pm - Belltime 7:35pm
Advance purchased tickets go on sale Friday October 18th for $5!
General Admission on the day of the event will be $8.
Ringside $10

Kids 5-12 get in for $5
Dont forget, Street Team Members.. you get in for $5 EVERY SHOW!

Please make it to FXW Resurrection.
we would like to thank Naptown DJ's for there expertice in fine DJ work.
If you have a special event ,Wedding Reseption,Birthday Party or any event give Naptown Dj's a call! U can reach Zach at (317) 786-2545 or call Michael at (317)786-7398

And for more info on Resurrection call the FXW hotline @ (317) 592-9034 or log onto www.fxwwrestling.tk

If you are interested in purchasing advance tickets for this event then general advance is $5.00! Ringside Advance $7.00

Also...if you buy 2 general tickets at $5.00 then you will get one free!
if you are interested in purchasing advance tickets please go to paypal.com and make all payments to [email protected]

Make sure you put your name and mailing address in the text so we can get them shipped out to you on October 18th.