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DOS LESBOS REDUX
Dos Lesbos returns! Lea Delaria & Kelley
Edwards will be back in Chapel Hill in a brand
new comedy production on Saturday, May 7,
^m-12am. They will perform at the
Community Church in Chapel Hill, 106
Purefoy Rd.. Admission is $7-$i0 sliding scale
on ability to pay, or send SASE to RWP, 604 W.
Chapel Hill St, Durham, NC, 27701 or call
Mandy Carter at 682-6374.
This is a benefit fundraiser for The Front
Page. NC's leading statewide gay & lesbian
newspaper. The benefit is sponsored by Real
Women Productions and The Front Page. A
dance follows the performance, BYOB, Cash
Bar.
LESBIAN FESTIVAL WORKSHOP
Festival '88, sponsored by Alternative
Resources of the Triad (ART), will present "The
Total Womon: A Worl^hop For Lesbians" on
Saturday, May 7 beginning at 9am at the
Unitarian Church of Greensboro, 3010
Monterey Street, Greensboro. Spiritual,
physical, emotional & social aspects of
womyn's lives will be discussed.
Registration is $8-$15 sliding scale to cover
costs of food and programming. The
registration deadline is M^ 1 and you may
make checks payable to ART, P.O. Box 4442,
Greensboro, NC, 27404. Phone is (919) 274-
2100.
NAT'L SECRETARIES' WEEK
The Durham chapter NC 9to5, North
Carolina Association or Working Women, has
newly formed and is planning events in honor
of National Secretaries' Week, which is April
25-29. The group can be contacted at 809
Proctor St., Durham, NC, 27707. Phone is (919)
682-2069, ask for Shafeah M'Balia.
LESBIAN WRITERS UNITE
WOMONWRITES '88, the Southeastern
Lesbian Writers' Conference will be held June
1-5, 1988. For additional info send SASE to
WOMONWRITES '88, 7134 5th Ave. North, St.
Petersburg, FL, 33710.
GASP! LESBIANS ON TV!
ABC television has announced that its
midseason replacement series, "Private
Practice," will feature a lesbian regular! The
show is set in a women's clinic, and one of the
nurse practitioners, Mary McGrath, "just
happens to be a lesbian." Esther Shapiro, the
producer of the show, says "we will aeal with
ner orientation matter-of-factly." The character
will be played by Gail Strickland. Stay Tuned!
BLACK/WHITE MEN CONVENTION
Men of All Colors Together Boston will
host the 8th Annual Convention of the
National Association of Black and White Men
Together at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston Jul
4-9,1988.
The convention theme is Looking In and
Reaching Out. The workshops, panels and
discussions will focus on topics such as the
coming out process, family relationships,
partner relationships, substance abuse, and
political and community involvement.
Two days of the conference will
specifically focus on AIDS, especially AIDS in
the minority community, AIDS & IV drug use,
pediatric AIDS cases, etc.
Several individuals will give major
speeches, among them Rev. Carl ^an of Los
Angeles Minority AIDS project, Mel King and
Boston City Councilman David Scondras.
The convention will open in Fanueil Hall
on Tuesday evening July 5tn at 7pm with a yet
unnamed nationally known speaker.
The convention is open to the public and
registration is $70. If you want to know more
write: Convention '88, P.O. Box 3119, Westport,
MA, 02790.
NIGHT OF A THOUSAND GOWNS
"Nieht of a Thousand Gowns," a national
AIDS cnarity ball, is back! Casino Royale!
Honoring the accomplishments of Charles
Ludlam and The Ridiculous Theatrical
Company. The event will be held on Saturday,