June 1997 Page 1 1 Saturday, May 31 Film, 8:00pm, Contois Auditorium, Burlington “Litany for Survival: The Life and Work of Audre Lorde,” shown as ajoint fundraiser for the Pride Committee and Burlington Women’s Council. Tickets are $4, available at the door. Wednesday, June 11 Pride Mixer, 5:30-9:00 Jeff ’s Maine Seafood, St. Albans Rainbow Business 1997 VERMONT PRIDE ACTIVITIES Saturday, June 21 Interfaith Worship Service “Make a Safe Place for Us” First Unitarian Universalist Society, 9:30am-10:30am For the second year, area congregations are sponsoring this service featuring the Freedom Chorus. For more information call Lisa Rubin 802-862-5630. Dyke March, 10:00am City Hall “ Call Jess Bell at 802-865-9970 for details. Association’s monthly get together. Call Bill Desautels at 802-655-3333 ext. 17 for details. Saturday, June 14 The Joy Hopkins Show, 11:00am, WKDR 1390AM Joy Hopkins hosts her second annual Vermont Pride radio preview. ' Sunday, June 15 Tie Cruise, 2:00-3:30pm $10-$15 sliding scale, cash bar. Call 802-865-7200 or Cheryl at 802-860-7527 for details. Franklin County Kick- Off, Jeff ’s Maine Seafood, St. Albans, 5:00-10:00pm Gather with the Franklin County people for hors d’oeuvres and conversation. Monday, June 16 Dykes Around the World, 7:00pm Panel discussion on lesbian feminism. Contact Peggy at 862- 9015. Friday, June 20 Entertainment at 135 Pearl, 4:00pm, Under the Tent Kick-offthe weekend with great music, entertainment and special guests. Acoustic Cabaret at 135 Pearl, 7:00pm, Inside $6 cover to benefit Pride Coin- mittee. Alison Bechdel Signing, 7:00pm, Chassman & Bem Booksellers THE RALLY Battery Park, 11:00am - Noon After the raising of a rainbow flag, this is the opportunity to come and listen to speeches and statements concerning cur- rent political and social issues. PRE-MARCH Battery Park, Noon - 1:15 It takes awhile to get 2,000 into a (straight?) line and ready to walk the streets ofBurlington. Entertainment will be on the stage while the people, the cars, - the floats and everyone else gets in order. THE MARCH Streets of Burlington, 1:15pm - 2:30 Lead by the infamous Bread & Puppet Resurrection Circus, this walk is one of the greatest sites you’ll see this summer. THE FESTIVAL Battery Park, 2:30 - 6:00 The stage will be filled for three and a half hours with nothing but entertain- ment. No speeches! The park will be filled with venders and other forms of festival-type activities. VGSA Cruise, 4:00pm-6:00pm Vermont Gay Social Alternatives will set sail for two hours on Lake Champlain. Call Cliff at 802-985-4937. A Reading, 6:00pm, Wastewater Treatment Plant Gay, deaf, HIV positive poet Clayton Valli presents his works. There will be , no interpreters for nonsigners. Contact Mona Feder at 802-257-l I23 (TTY) or Bill Hudson at 802-863-7500. "Bi-Net Potluck Supper, 7 :00pm', 12 Decatur Street Join the Bi-Net for good food and conversation. Call Chris Staats at 802- 660-9491 for information. Entertainment at 135 Pearl, 8pm, Outside in the tent Vermont resident cartoonist signs her new Hot, Throbbing Dykes To Watch Out For book. VERMONT PRIDE ’97 CONTACT NUMBERS For general information: Bob Bolyard (802) 865-3734 Robert Toms (802) 660-9536 To volunteer, raise funds, to get vender information: Craig Stevens (802) 658-1602 For any march information (floats, groups, traffic control): Peter Cimino (802) 864-9960 To get information about the Festival: Tracy Komons (802) 864-3455 To get information about the Rally:_ Cheryl Carmi (802) 860-7527 For rehearsal information of the Freedom Choir: Chris (802) 860-7106 For information about the GLBT Marching Band: Peter Thomas (802) 862-2600 Entertainment and dancing until the wee hours ofthe morning. QUEEN CITY/A PRIDE DANCE 8:00pm, Memorial Auditorium Sponsored by Magic Hat Brewing Company, this event caps off the weekend and benefits Vermont Pride and Vermont CARES. I. DIRECTIONS TO BATTERY PARK: From I-89, take exit 14W. Follow Williston Road onto Main Street to the lakefront, turn right on Battery Street. VERMONT PRIDE ‘97 PO Box 5113, Burlington, VT 05402-5113 email: i vtpride97@pwsolutions.com website: http://members.aol.com/vtpride97/ Check the website often‘ for information updates!