special events

lV International Labor Day
8V Mothers’ Day

l3V Womyn’s Night at Pearl's 5-9pm
147 7th Annual Northhampton (Ma.) Lesbian/Gay 15

March (see article this page )

237 Memorial Day (observed)

28V Maine’s Lesbian/Gay Pride march and rally.

May 1988

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Burlington Peace Coalltlon Board meeting, 7:00 pm
V QIIM Article deadline.

16V Q|IMTyplng, HELP!! 5:30 pm. Forinfo call 864-3617.
l9V Benefit Dance for 6th Annual Lesbian/Gay Pride 2]

In VT, Pearl's 9pm, $3 donation

V Integrity Kit‘
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Porlland,Me. Info call: (207) 883-6934.

   

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Aids Memorial Quilt Seeking New
Panels, Volunteers Boston, March 1]-
New England residents who have lost a
friend or loved one to AIDS are invited to
create panels for the National AIDS Memo-
1’131Qlli1l. to be displayed in Boston on June
17 as part of a 24-city national tour. Volun-
teers are needed to assist with the tour and
to provide local assistance in building the
Quilt.

_ First displayed at the October 11 Na-
tional March on Washington for Lesbian
“Pd G3)’ Rights, the giant quilt is a memo-
rial to the tens of thousands of Americans
Who have died of AIDS. The Quilt now
contains more than 3,000 fabric panels,
each bearing the name of a single person
lost to AIDS. It covers more than 100,000
Square feet.

_ “The Quilt illustiates the enormity of
“"5 °P1d6II}ic by showing that there are
Elames behind the statistics,” says Cleve

Onf‘-S. the Executive Director of the Names
Pmlect, the group that created the Quilt. “It
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Please Note New Date
VT's 6th Annual
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sion for those whose lives have been
touched by AIDS.”

New panels are being sought for the
Quilt. Local quilting bees are planned to
allow friends, families and co-workers of
those who have died to create panels to-
gether. For more information on panels,
call 451-9003.

In addition, volunteers are needed. The
task forces are: Fundraising, Media, Out-
reach, Quilting, and Support Services. Call
396-8642 for more information on volun-
teering.

Local planning meetings are held on
alternate Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in the
Piemonte Room at Boston City Hall. The
next meetings are scheduled for March 23,
April 6, April 20, May 4, and May 18.
Please use the Congress Street entrance.

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JUNE

5VVT coalition of Lesbians and Gay Men Meeting, S.
Royalton, 10 am
I lVVT’s 6th Annual Lesbian/Gay Pride. Montpelier
(more info in OITM's June issue)
25v NH’s 1st Lesbian/Gay Pride Day. |nfo:NHCAGLR

Are we ready for Lesbian and Gay Pride?!

   
  

7th Annual Northhampton Lesbian &
Gay March

The Northhampton Lesbian & Gay
March Committee is pleased to inform you
of the particulars of this year’s March and
Rally. The March’s theme is “Friends and
Neighbors”.

The March and following Rally will be
held on Saturday, May 14, 1988. The
March route begins in Larnpron Park on
Bridge Street/Rte.9 at noon and proceeds to
Pulaski Park through the center of town.
The Rally commences at one o’clock and
will include a variety of multi-etlinic speak-
ers and performers, including feminist au-
thor and publisher Barbara Smith. The
entire event will be interpreted for the hear-
ing impaired. Typical attendance at the
March and Rally is about 1500-2000.
Northhampton is the smallest incorporated
area in the nation holding an event of this
type on an annual basis.

Please feel free to contact us at P.O.Box
1223, Northhampton, MA 01061, or call
Micki Seigel at (413) 247-5917.

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