Out in the Mountains Join VGSA for New Year's Eve-nt IV at the lovelylnn at Essex 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 31, 1996 . through 2:00 a.m., Wednesday, January 1, 1997 ' Hors d'oeuvres Traditional Vermont Holiday Buffet (food prepared by the New England Culinary Institute) Dancing, Dancing, Dancing Midnight toast to 1997 Dancing, Dancing, Dancing VGSA Members - $37.00 (until December 1) 4 Non-Members - $47.00 # Member tickets (please list all members’ names) @ $37.00 # Non-member tickets @ $47.00 Total enclosed $ Name(s) Address_ Phone Make checks payable to VGSA, include a self-addressed- stam ed-envelo e and mail to: VGSA, PO Box 237, Burling- ton, 05402-0 37. Non-member priced tickets are avail- able at Peace 8: Justice Store, Burlington. For more informa- tion call Mike Hayes (802-860-7129) or Cliff Dow (802-985- 4937). . Want to spend the night? Call the Inn at Essex (878-1100) and ask for the VGSA special rate. V: CALENDAR November 3 Bl DISCUSSION GROUP — The first in a monthly series. This month: “Coming Out as a Bisexual.” 4:00 p.m. at the Out- right Vermont office, Burlington. For more info, call 849-6638. TEA DANCE AT CLUB RIO — Rutland’s first (and probably not last) Provincetown—style tea dance, sponsored by Men’s Health Project and Proud in Rutland County (PIRCy). $3 cover. For details and more info, call MHP at 800- 649-2437. 5 ELECTION DAY 7 CENTRAL VERMONT NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN (NOW) — Join us for a free workshop on finances for women with Evelyn Eastman of Prudential Financial Services. 0 City Hall Memorial Room, Montpelier, 7 pm. For info, call Mary Ellen at 223-4839. GAY MEN DINE OUT — Men’s dinner at the Main Street Bar and Grill in Mont- pelier. $15 prix fixe. 6:30 p.m. For reser- vations, call MHP at 800-649-2437. 9 “CARRINGTON” — Film sponsored by the College Street FilmNideo Series of Middlebury College. Free; 4:00 and 7:30 p.m. at Dana Auditorium, Middlebury. 13 RAINBOW BUSINESS ASSOCIA- TION — Monthly meeting. $15 includes extensive buffet. Noon, Yellow Dog Cafe, Winooski. For more info, call Bill at 862- 1570 or Sheila at 865-0469. 14 “ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS NO- VEMBER BASH” — A DJ dance party in Billings Lounge at the University of Vermont, 10 p.m. Sponsored by the UVM GLBA. Admission $3 (as in "queer as a three dollar bill"). 15 (sic) PERFORMANCE — Cherie Tartt hostesses a benefit performance by the band (sic) for Vermont CARES. At the Raddison Hotel, Burlington. For more info, call (800) 649-2437. — 16 WOMEN’S ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR — Benefit for the Women’s Crisis Center in Brattleboro. Fifty Women artisans will exhibit their work for sale. 10-4, Brattleboro Union High School/Middle School. For more info," call Michael Howland at 258-5185. . THE FLIRTATIONS — A benefit con- cert for Vennont CARES, Outright Ver- mont, and GLBT Pride ‘97. Sliding scale donation: $10-$20. 8 p.m., Unitarian Uni- versalist Church, Burlington. For tickets or more info, call 800-649-2437. 17 P-FLAG OF CENTRAL VERMONT — Sharing and support group meeting. 1p.m., 2nd floor chapel of the Unitarian Church, Montpelier (use School Street entrance). For more info, call Jan at 479- 9246. 20 HIV/AIDS UPDATE — “What You Need to Know,” a program sponsored by the Men’s Health Project with VT Dept. of Health AIDS Program Chief Terje Ander- son. 7 p.m. at Cafe NoNo in Burlington. For more info, call 800-649-2437. 21-23 “LOVE LETTERS” — Performed by Big City Players, Inc. featuring Cherie Tartt and Robert Toms. At Shoebox The- atre, 135 Pearl St, Burlington. 8 p.m. For tickets, call 863-5884 or (888) 212-5884. 23 “OUR TOWN MEETING” — 4th An- nual “Town Meeting” sponsored by the Vermont Coalition for Lesbian and Gay Rights (VCLGR). Brattleboro. For inore info, call Carey at 258-2826 or Gabriel Q at 257-4871. “SONS AND LOVERS” —-— Presented by CabarAIDS, a gay men’s a capella sing- ing group. Dance party following Tickets $15 to benefit Brattleboro AIDS Project. 8 p.m., Brattleboro Inn and Conference Center. For more info, call 254-8263. 25 DEADLINE FOR NEXT OITM — Deadline for materials to zfppear in our combined December/January issue. For more info, call Hugh at 388-6503 or e-mail the paper at oitm@aol.com. December 1 WORLD AIDS DAY 8 BILLY DARE AND THE PUMPS —- A XXX-Extravaganza show with a “pumped up and camped out Christmas Tune sing- a-long.” At 135 Pearl in Burlington. For more info, call 863-2343. HOLIDAY PARTY -— Gay, lesbian, bi- sexuals, and friends are invited to a holi- day party at Jeff’s Maine Seafood in St. Albans. $7.50, cash bar. 6-9 p.m. For more info call MHP at (800) 649-2437. 14 OUT IN THE MOUNTAINS — Come help us stuff the December/January issue. 10 a.m., 109 S. Winooski Ave. (2nd floor). For more info, call Hugh at 388-6503. 18 LOVER, PARTNER, HUSBAND, WIFE: A forum and discussion on mar- riage and relationships for gay men and lesbians. 6:30 p.m., Unitarian Universal- ist Church, Burlington. For more info, call MHP at 800-649-2437, Outright Vermont at 800-GLB-CHAT, or Jean Szilva of the Freedom to Marry Task Force at 655-5312. 21 DICKEN’S "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" — A one-man comic version ' of the classic tale starring Adam Reese. Benefit for Vermont CARES; suggested donation of $10. 8 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington. For more info, call 800-649-2437. 20722 CHRISTMAS TREE WEEKEND —- Party, sleigh rides, and tree-cutting at - Parker's Motel, Lincoln NH. Benefits NH AIDS Foundation. For more info and res- ervations, call 800-766-6835.