COMMUNITY LIAISON ORGANIZATION for SUPPORT, EDUCATION and REFORM
APRIL, 1988
ASHEVILLE, NC
No. 8
HAPPY SPRING! That is, unless we get a foot of snow like last year,
is C.L.O.S.E.R.’s April meeting schedule:
Here
4/5 EASTER/PASSOVER POTLUCK DINNER. As is the custom, we will hold our annual
potluck dinner in celebration of Easter, Passover, Spring, etc., whatever
your belief system desires. Bring a covered dish and come for an evening
of fellowship and socializing.
4/12 HOLOCAUST REMEMBERANCE. Tonight will be a full evening and therefore
we will begin promptly at 7:45 p.m. There will not be a business meeting
tonight and announcements will be held to a minimum.
First of all, a troupe of actors from Warren Wilson College will present
an adaptation of the award winning play Bent. This explosive drama by
Martin Sherman depicts the atrocities inflicted upon gays in Nazi Germany.
Tonight's adaptation, directed by Dave Rhodes, features Ben Kimmel, Timothy
Kulin, and Robert Ballard. (It should be noted that the play contains
graphic violence and explicit language.)
Following this, poet Christina Pacosz will read some of her own poetry
inspired by her recent visit to Poland. Ms. Pacosz visited Auschwitz
and other sites of Nazi cruelty during this trip and was profoundly moved
by what she saw. Prior to moving to Charlotte, Ms. Pacosz was active
with gay and lesbian groups in Seattle.
4/19 HOMEOPATHIC/NATUROPATHIC MEDICINE & ACUPUNCTURE. Ms. Cissy Majebe', the
founder and director of the Chinese Acupuncture and Herbology Clinic here
in Asheville, will inform us this evening about these alternative forms
of medicine. Contrary to what many of us grew up thinking, western medi
cine is not the only answer to illness, pain, etc. Ms. Majebe' has her
Masters of Science degree in Exercise Physiology from the University of
Southern Mississippi and one year of doctoral studies at the University
of.Virginia concentrating in Health Education and Stress Management. This
should be a most interesting evening in our series of programs dealing
with health issues.
4/26 MEN'S SPIRITUALITY. To balance last month's program on women's spiritual
ity, Ron Lambe will introduce us to some similar issues of particular
interest to men in the area of spirituality and "religion."
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NOTES OF INTEREST
The C.L.O.S.E.R. Executive Committee will meet on April 14 at 7:00 p.m. at WARREN TONN's
home. If you have anything you would like the Committee to discuss, move on, etc., please
let us know (us = DOUG, ROBIN, RICH, WARREN, SHERRILL, RICHARD, LIZ).
The next meeting of S.A.L.G.A. (Southern Appalachian Lesbian & Gay Alliance) will meet
on Sunday, April 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the home of CHARLOTTE and CYNTHIA. Bring a covered