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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 34, Volume 40, August 24, 2012

by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor Sometimes you are in the right place at the right time. No one can quite explain how or why this happens – it just does. And it definitely happened on August 17, when Amanda Birdsall

and Wolff Bowden, a performance duo who are the core of local band The Winterlings, met at The Grill on Broadway (314 Broadway E.) to celebrate the anniversary of the night they met. They didn’t know it then, see winterlings page 31

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Everything happens for a reason in the life of Ms. Frenchie Davis. After being dropped from American Idol in 2002 for her Internet porn past, she won a supporting role in the Broadway production of Rent and starred in touring productions of Dreamgirls and Ain’t Misbehavin’. Last year she sang with Christina Aguilera on NBC’s The Voice, where she made it to the Top Four. Her debut album will be out this fall, and she is also working on a Christmas album. In our interview, she put it all out there again. Davis addressed see davis page 32

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You might know him as Victor Cruz. You’ve no doubt seen him around – he’s hard to miss. Victor, the local entertainer turned recording artist, is ramping up to debut officially as VELO (pronounced “V-Low”), an out Gay Latino male who believes in power recovered. VELO recently interviewed with SGN about his upcoming live performance, his second music video debut, and why he wants to put sexy – from a masculine perspective – in your face. “Music sets you free,” VELO told SGN while drinking (water, not whiskey) at Neighbours Nightclub. These days he’s sacrificing little pleasures like liquor because he’s been hitting the gym hard, and it shows. “It sets the tone for how you can feel in a split second.” Meeting VELO at Neighbours (1509 Broadway) is appropriate. It’s a nod to his personal journey

ing her just-released album, The Soul Sessions, Vol. 2. My personal favorite, however, is 2004’s Mind, Body & Soul. Stone, a friend of the British royal family, attended Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding last summer. For ticket information, go to www.showboxonline.com.

Joss Stone, who interviewed with me three or four years ago in advance of her Bumbershoot appearance, is coming back to Seattle for a September 30 concert. The British singer-songwriter is scheduled to perform at The Showbox Market, promot- see music lounge page 33

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Intiman rises from the dead Two splendid offerings show the embattled company has a future

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by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer ROMEO AND JULIET MIRACLE! INTIMAN THEATRE Through August 26 Intiman Theatre, which closed last year and rose, Phoenix-like, from its ashes this year, is nearing the end of its unprecedented summer festival, featuring four productions

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running simultaneously through Sunday. So far, SGN has reviewed a solid Hedda Gabler and a strange Dirty Story, and this week we look at a sensitive, glowing production of Shakespeare’s immortal Romeo and Juliet and Dan Savage’s outrageous world premiere, Miracle! – a savage takeoff on William Gibson’s The Miracle Worker. Both are highlights of Seattle’s 2012 theater season. A year ago, hubris, questionable financial

decisions, and just plain bad luck caused the four-decade-old Intiman, once famously “Home of the Classics,” to shut it doors midseason. A “fuck Seattle, I’m heading to New York” artistic director (who did, indeed, depart with almost no advance notice), a new “I’ve never been an artistic director” artistic director who was in way over her head from day one, a board of trustees whose philosophy was “spend it now and they will come,” and some disastrous program choices (including an all-black production of Arthur Miller’s All My Sons and a play that centered on female genital mutilation in Africa) that, to no one’s surprise, had limited appeal to Intiman’s longtime subscribers and donors – well, it ended ignobly. Intiman était mort. But then, to the surprise of just about everyone, Intiman came back to life – with a new, talented, risk-taking artistic director, lower ticket prices (all seats $30), some serious cost-cutting moves, and an audacious rotating repertory featuring two classics and two new works. Intiman’s Romeo and Juliet is one of the most appealing productions the two “starcrossed lovers” have ever received in Seattle. The company does make one serious mistake by flaunting the script changes: “Be prepared to be upset,” it states. Well, young suicides seem upsetting enough. Great performances from all – R & J, their parents, Friar Laurence, the nurse, the County Paris (as the Bard termed him – we usually say Count Paris now). Highest recommendation. A ‘MIRACULOUS’ SATIRE Dan Savage’s Miracle! is undoubtedly the most offensive, most insensitive, and most scandalous play Intiman has staged in its 40-year history. And, it is fabulous. A sign above the set warns that the play is politically incorrect and will be offensive to many, especially those in the deaf and blind community. So, the sign concludes, “keep your hands shut!” The story concerns a Gay man who had a one-night stand with a woman 20 years ago, which resulted in a child – little Helen Skeller, now 19. She went blind, deaf and mute at

18 months but she knew one word – no, not “water” (as was the case for Helen Keller), but “vodka.” Her father is now a famous drag queen who runs Seattle’s Brass Connection (charmingly known, we are told, as the “Ass Infection” in the pre-AIDS era) on Capitol Hill. So, Helen is now a drag performer herself, wearing an electronic collar to keep her from falling off the club’s elevated stage. She steals lipstick and make-up from the other queens. In short, she is a terror, but thankfully a social worker, “Annie” Sullivan, shows up to train her. Annie is a well-adjusted Lesbian who is lusted after by the club’s female stage manager. Those who have seen The Miracle Worker will be amused by the many parodic elements here. In Gibson’s award-winning play, Anne Sullivan teaches Helen to use her own spoon and fold her own napkin in a four-hour battle of wits and wills. Here, Annie teaches her to use her own lipstick and fold her own make-up towel. The sold-out opening-night crowd went crazy for the satire – or else left early. When a drag queen upended a chrome bar stool in Act One and sat on one of the legs, moaning in ecstasy while “pleasuring” herself stage center, one of this writer’s friends in the University Unitarian Church walked out, semi-shouting, “Even I’ve had enough.” (Believe it or not, it takes a lot to offend a lifelong Unitarian.) Act One ends with Helen doing her big drag number – but she gets too near the edge of the stage and her electric-shock collar stops her. Which sends her into an epileptic seizure … anyway, it’s one of most offensive scenes ever staged in Seattle – and one of funniest this writer has ever seen. Highest recommendation. Walkouts at intermission were amazingly few, but about 20 percent of the sold-out crowd had already left by then. Two incredible productions (see above), two near-hits (see SGN’s online archives). Four shows in rotating repertory through this weekend. Ticket information on all of Intiman’s fine, challenging productions at www.intiman.org. And, as usual, tell ‘em SGN sent ya. Four times. Evan Bunnage

A magical Illusion

Sound Theatre scores with one of Tony Kushner’s lesser-known works by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

THE ILLUSION SOUND THEATRE COMPANY Through August 26 You can probably assume that if someone knows playwright Tony Kushner, they know him as the writer of the six-hour-long Angels in America, which many believe is the greatest play of the 20th century. However, Kushner is still quite young – in his mid-50s – and he has written many other plays over the past three decades. In 1988, a few years before Angels, Kushner’s play The Illusion was first produced. Sound Theatre Company has chosen to bring it to Seattle for what may even be its Seattle premiere. Since Kushner “freely adapted” it from a 17th-century play by Pierre Corneille (L’Illusion Comique), it might not be considered entirely his own. But his choice reflects his love of language and his penchant for blending fantasy with reality. The play, set in 17th-century France, revolves around Pridamant (Gianni Truzzi), who has recently had a health scare. After years of estrangement from his only son (Matt Fulbright), he seeks out a sorceress and her speechless servant (Eva M. Abram and William Li) for information about how his son has fared since being disinherited. Pridamant is shown a series of disconnected yet strangely interconnected mo-

ments, where his son appears but is known by different names. The son appears to be in love with a woman (Elinor Gunn), yet he is also involved with a servant (Hannah Mootz) and is confronted with rivals – one a nobleman (Alex Garnett), the other a “lunatic,” as Matamore (Frank Lawler) is labeled in the program. All except Matamore also change their names and circumstances, though their relationships stay similar. The secret of Pridamant’s son’s life is revealed at the end, cementing fantasy together with fantasy, though Pridamant can finally rest easier knowing what his son’s life has been like. And although Matamore never gets to win the woman, he – and the rest of the audience – get to travel to the moon. It’s the ultimate fantastical ending. The ensemble chosen by Teresa Thuman, artistic director of Sound Theatre Company, is a solid bunch, able to create a lovely atmosphere of magic and wonder. Truzzi is appropriately agonized yet defiant, Abram and Li are mysterious, Fulbright is leadingman-like, Gunn is leading-lady-like, Garnett is appropriately despicable-rival-like, and Lawler relishes his character’s multiple levels of crazy. Mootz gets the best character, since the maid, even while being cheated on, has to help save the day over and over. Her flexible expressions and ability to be both funny and swift-thinking help her steal several scenes. Li also shows admirable flexibility as he changes from young servant to angry, im-

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placable father. But the most inspiring aspects to this low-budget production lie in the wonderful technical achievements that Bryan Boyd and Suzi Tucker manage in their set design, a magical forest background with exactly appropriate mesh “windows” to allow for Tucker’s beautifully rendered projections. Scene changes often take irritatingly long, with sometimes jarring effect, but the projections created the ability to shift seamlessly, allowing us to be transported to different settings instantly and with no fanfare. Boyd and Tucker’s subtle support is augmented with adept lighting by Richard

Schaefer, eerie sound design by Lindsey Morck, and lovely costumes by Deborah Sorensen. Jami Sieber composed original music. This production ends soon (Sound Theatre Company could only manage three weekends of space rental), so try to catch it while you still can. For more information, go to www.soundtheatrecompany. org or www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/257760, or call 1-800-838-3006. Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com, or go to www.facebook.com/ SeattleTheaterWriters.

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OLD TIMES ACT THEATRE Through August 26 ACT opened two more Pinter plays this week, adding to the panoply of Pinter plenty accessible during this one-of-a-kind opportunity to steep yourself in all things Harold. Two full-length productions, Old Times and No Man’s Land, play only a couple of weekends, so you’ll have to move fast to take one or the other in. Old Times is pure Pinter in its spare language, quixotic silences, and layered meanings. On the surface, a married couple is visited by the wife’s old friend. Twenty years have gone by, so there is a lot of catching up to do. There’s also some tension and competition between the friend and the husband. Just underneath, though, is a layer of jealousy and anxiety over whether the wife is more emotionally connected to one than the other. And even deeper, there is an exploration, poetic at times, of memory and how real it is – how it can so easily be invented. Though Pinter debuted this play in 1971, we know so much more about memory now, as scientists have learned how easy it is to trick the mind into “remembering” something that never happened. Here, he has the

friend rattle on and on about “how things used to be,” while the wife says she can barely even remember the friendship, even while acknowledging that the two used to be roommates. Jeffrey Frace plays Deeley, the husband who appears devoted to his wife, Kate (Cheyenne Casebier), but somehow is threatened by the appearance of Anna (Anne Allgood). The three pace around the elegant living room (designed by Robert Dahlstrom) or sit on castered settees (“We sleep here. We can move them into any position – they’re on wheels!”) and sip coffee (with or without cream and sugar) in unsettled silences. Director Victor Pappas finds the right rhythm for the piece. The beginning is light and humorous, with a bit of teasing between husband and wife. The anticipation is mild and the atmosphere more curious than tense. The whirlwind of energy of Allgood and the tennis-match volleying of Frace is paired with the intense stillness of Casebier’s Kate. Kate almost never even reacts to their blasts of emotion, perhaps causing them to try even harder to reach her. As the evening goes on, undertones of eroticism and competition deepen and the humor ebbs. Even a funny moment, the singing of romantic songs by Deeley and

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Anna toward Kate, gets more and more tense. Later, Deeley and Anna relate stories that intertwine with each other. They remember each other, right at the time he was getting to know Kate. However, we really don’t know what is true and what isn’t. The audience is left to decipher that at the end. Maybe it will cause

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to get out,” he said, adding, “Just let go and don’t take yourself too seriously. Move with the music and the beat, and energy will take care of the rest.” “Besides,” he continued, “Having fun and smiling is infectious. That energy is a real thing on the dance floor. Ask any DJ, dance group, or vocalist who performs dance music inside of nightclubs – they will tell you the same thing. As entertainers we feed off the energy we get back from the crowd. If I’m not giving it I can’t expect to get any back.” In a world where, let’s face it, the type of instant judgment that goes along with the nightclub culture that exists in venues that would book an out Gay man who is not performing in drag, didn’t show up to dance as a go-go boy, and is scheduled to sing live vocals, is very real, VELO says he is hoping to capitalize on that and, if all goes well, change a few people’s minds about sexuality, masculinity, and race relations along the way. “Every time I perform I am making a political statement that as a Gay Latino male, I too can be visible,” he said, explaining, “I like all of the different types of Gay men that make up the spectrum of our commu-

continued from cover from shy karaoke singer in 2009 to Seattle’s Pride Idol in 2011. Winning the competition on the Neighbours stage, with friends and co-workers from his then-employer Gay City, catapulted him into a whole separate category of entertainers on the Hill. Opportunity after opportunity presented itself to VELO, who suddenly was getting booked everywhere from Julia’s on Broadway and Lashes Cabaret at R-Place and Neighbours Nightclub to Elektro Pop! at Baltic Room. In many ways, VELO told SGN, 2011 was a formative year for him – not only as an entertainer, but also as a man. He learned valuable lessons – what some in the entertainment industry would call “paying your dues” or “putting in your time” – and the knowledge and experience he gained has changed the way he approaches live performance, production, and where he ultimately would like to see this thing go. If you spend more than five minutes with VELO, the first thing you might notice is that he is easy on the eyes. He’s hot, and that is not something he is sorry for. “Why

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should he be?” we discuss, coming to the conclusion that the time he has put in at the gym is becoming evident and that Gay men should never have to feel “bad” for looking “good.” Before you judge the guy, it is important to note that although VELO could get away with being cocky, it is just not in his nature. He’s a personable guy with a wonderful smile. In other words, when you couple that personality with how current and relevant the music he chooses to perform is, it is not difficult to see that there is a market waiting for VELO to arrive. That market is made up of Gay men who aren’t necessarily interested in all things drag – at least not all the time and all the same. “Right now I’m working with a team of producers and writers and we’ve been recording some original music that just makes you want to dance,” VELO said, noting the change in direction that he hopes signals to club promoters, live venue managers, and the like that he is moving away from singing covers to performing original and unapologetic Gay material. “It’s feel-good music that you can’t help but move your body to. Even the most avid non-dancer in the club will find themselves on the dance floor.” “Everyone has that inner dancer waiting

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Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. nity. But I feel the hyper-feminization of Gay men is something mainstream white America wants to pin me into.” To break free from this, VELO told SGN, “in the lyrics, at performances, and when I am recording music video I try to incorporate masculine imagery to make a statement that Gay men also can be sexy, hard, rough, and even ugly.” “I wanna be in your face in a sexual way,” he said. “And if it is done right, it will be tactful and artistic.” For many years VELO worked in HIV prevention and has witnessed how embedded HIV condemnation has played a role in the way some young Gay men feel about themselves, the community, and sex. “When I talk to Gay men, be they a friend, coworker, or pretty much anyone, some of them tell me they feel weak, taken advantage of, and powerless,” said VELO, slightly changing his tone from super-excited to questioning. “Through music I want to empower Gay men to feel strong, have fun, and be bold.” VELO says that being a Gay white male is the definition of sexy within the broader LGBTQ community. “Everyone is compartmentalized by race and there is a value that’s placed with each one,” he said. “In my music videos I am going to show that strength and boldness to send a message that no matter what you race you were born into you should feel proud and been seen and express yourself.” “Plus, who doesn’t like to watch sexy men all up on each other?” he asks, referring to the filming of his latest video for the cover he did of David Guetta’s “Sweat.” “With all the political changes going on in regard to sexual orientation and race, I feel like I’m combining those things and using them as a strength to deliver a message and a good time,” he concluded. To view VELO’s first music video for the Black Eyed Peas’ “The Time” featuring local drag entertainer Donna Tella Howe, go to www.youtube.com/ watch?v=Nz9eb8PNb2E, or to view his live performance of the same song featuring Mama Tits, Seattle’s Skyscraper Hostess (www.PinkIsTheNewEverything.com), go to www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt2LfnnP1 A8&feature=related. VELO is scheduled to release “Sweat” online for Kelly Kim’s Twylah – The Startup Success Podcast (www.startupsuccesspodcast.com) on September 27.

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you to think about your own memories and wonder whether you’ve embellished any. For more information, go to www.acttheatre.org or call (206) 292-7676.

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer COMPLIANCE Opens August 24 When Becky (Dreama Walker) walked into work she thought the biggest issue of the day would be the fact that someone accidentally left the freezer open the night before, leading to a bacon and pickle shortage. But when her manager Sandra (Ann Dowd) asks her to come into her office and hands her the phone, she’s shocked and surprised to discover a voice claiming to be a police officer (Pat Healy), calmly informing her she’s a suspect in a robbery earlier that afternoon. What happens from that point forward is one of the more shockingly disturbing stories of abuse and depravity that I’ve ever seen. Through it all I almost couldn’t help from yelling at the characters for being so obviously stupid, for doing things so beyond the pale they should have known immediately something fishy was going on. At the same time, the way this voice presents its case, the smooth way he goes from step one to step two to step three, all of it forced me to wonder if I could have been taken in just as easily – that thought alone chilling enough to make me somewhat sick to my stomach and eager to take a shower the moment the film ended. That is the genius of writer/director Craig Zobel’s (Great World of Sound) fact-based drama Compliance. Not so much a thriller yet as terrifying as anything I’ve seen this year; definitely not a horror movie but so insidiously scary the chances I’ll be able to stop thinking about it hover around zero –

this is one fantastic motion picture. It took me places I definitely did not want to go and got me in a mindset so infuriating I was angry at myself for thinking the thoughts. It’s close to genius-level filmmaking – a claim I do not make lightly. Without question, this is one of the finest features I’ll likely see in all of 2012. At the same time, I have almost no wish to see it again. Much like Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, this is an unsettling, dirty, and disturbing piece of cinema. It is a movie that got so thoroughly under my skin I wanted to scrape it off my hide with sandpaper – the bloody mess that would leave behind was more appealing than the dripping residue of abuse I could feel permeating every cell. There is no sweetness and light, no happy ending, nothing to feel good about, and even though punishment is enacted and apologies are made, none of them come close to erasing the pure, unadulterated evil of the grotesque events that that preceded any of it. None of this is meant as an indictment of the film itself – it’s just me expressing my immediate sentiments as to how I’m reacting relatively soon after watching it. I mean, I’ve said on numerous occasions I feel Mungiu’s Romanian abortion drama is a masterpiece but that I’d never watch it again willingly, and yet, just the other day, I found myself drawn to the DVD and took another look at it for the first time since 2007. I was surprised by the effect it still had on me, shocked to discover I was just as captivated by it as I had been upon that initial viewing. But the chief revelation? That I could indeed watch it twice without going insane, proving

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once again that a great film is a great film is a great film, and no matter how unsettling or distasteful the subject matter might be. Compliance is a great film, maybe even as masterful as Mungiu’s enduring drama. Superbly acted by its relatively unknown stars, staggeringly well shot by Adam Stone (Take Shelter) and immaculately edited by Jane Rizzo (Great World of Sound), all the pieces of this puzzle fit in a mesmerizingly dy-

Hypnotic Cosmopolis a descent into Cronenberg madness entertai nment one

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ises) based his screenplay, so I do not have a clue how the Canadian auteur’s hyper-sexualized adaptation compares to the source COSMOPOLIS material. What I do know is that it fits disOpens August 24 tinctly within the director’s canon, a second I have not read Don DeLillo’s novel Cos- cousin to Videodrome and Naked Lunch, mopolis, on which director David Cronen- and from the first few moments I knew for berg (A Dangerous Method, Eastern Prom- certain whose world I was in and that I was

in for a bumpy ride, seriously unlike anything else out there. Is that good news? In part. This movie has passion, a kinetic drive bordering on hypnotic. This is a world similar to our own yet at the same time completely alien, the parallel energies running through the proceedings keeping me off-balance and continually on the edge of my seat. As stilted and as aloof as the dialogue and the mannerisms can be, as theatrically monotone as Cronenberg asks his cast to say their lines, there is reason to all the madness, a point to the tedium, everything building to a treatise on the here-and-now that packs a mighty wallop. When I say wallop, boy, do I mean it. Star Robert Pattinson finds himself face-to-face with an oily parasitic bottom-feeder – or so he seems – played with ferocious relish by Paul Giamatti. The artifice of all that’s preceded this sequence is slowly stripped away, the one-dimensionality of Pattinson’s portrait proving to be just another of Cronenberg’s illusions as the actor begins to awaken, evolve, and emote in ways heretofore unseen. The points the director is trying to make – the ideas about wealth, self, life, poverty, country, and community – come crashing to earth, and even if the final fade-out is as vague as they come, that doesn’t make the effect it had on me any less palpable. It’s getting there that’s the chore. The movie depicts a day in the life of financial whiz-kid Eric Packer (Pattinson), heading off in his limo to get a haircut on the other side of Manhattan even though his chief of security, Torval (Kevin Durand), urges him to do otherwise. Along the way he encoun-

namic fashion. As ill as it was making me, even though I felt at war with myself over the actions of the characters, struggling to make sense of it all within the narrative, I couldn’t have left my seat no matter how hard I tried. Zobel’s film is a master class in more ways than one – something I’m certain to verify when I sit down to watch this one again, even if it does take me a few years to rustle up the courage to do so. ters his newlywed wife, Elise Shifrin (Sarah Gadon), has meetings with various members of his inner circle (Samantha Morton, Jay Baruchel, Philip Nozuka), hooks up with his artistic muse (Juliette Binoche), and has his daily medical checkup – almost all of these events taking place inside his high-tech vehicle. These sequences, taken on their own, are more or less bizarre, disjointed, and only tangentially connected. They are brief vignettes, all delivered in some sort of monosyllabic hallucinogenic dream state that’s decidedly unnerving. Emotions are raw, but you can’t get a grasp on any of them, Cronenberg keeping an aloof air of pretense and artifice throughout that’s hardly invigorating. It all looks and sounds stunning, of course, and part of me is saddened by the fact that few will take the time to seek out this picture – from a technical standpoint alone, this is one of the better efforts of the year. Peter Suschitzky’s (Spider) cinematography is particularly stunning, and when you consider that almost all of the action takes place inside a stretch limousine, that’s high praise indeed. The film is also spectacularly edited by Ronald Sanders (The Bang Bang Club) and magnificently scored by Howard Shore (Hugo), their contributions key to making certain facets work as well as they do. Even with my reservations – and I have more than I can easily get into here – I cannot get Cosmopolis out of my head. Where Cronenberg leads us, the final discussion he catapults Pattinson and Giamatti inside of, the filmmaker manages to bring things full-circle in a way I find fascinating. The acts and the illusions of the first 90 or so minutes are shown for what they were, the futility and drudgery of Packer’s ambitions revealed for what they are. The film may be a mess, but it’s a glorious mess, and those willing to take the ride will engage in a journey they’re unlikely to soon forget.

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Rory Block: Nice country blues at Triple Door by Mercy Moosemuzzle SGN A&E Writer PINK MARTINI Mercy and Cuteness enjoyed Pink Martini, from Portland, on a lovely evening at ZooTunes, August 15. China Forbes has a powerful voice. The band was tight. They opened with “Let’s Never Stop Falling in Love,” followed nicely by “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps,” “Song of the Black Lizard,” “I Don’t Want to Work,” “Midnight Bossa Nova,” “Hang On Little Tomato,” “What’ll I Do,” “In the Blue Dome,” “Forget Your Name,” “Hey Eugene,” and “Over the Valley.” They closed with “Happy Days Are Here Again.” The sold-out crowd gave them a standing ovation. RORY BLOCK Son Jack Jr opened for Rory Block at the Triple Door, August 16. They had good blues harmonica, guitar, and voice. High points were “Maximum Insecurity” and “I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead, You Rascal You.” Rory Block has a strong voice and her guitar playing is delicious. She opened with “Crossroad Blues.” “Death Letter Blues,” “I Be Bound,” “Preaching Blues,” “Me and the Devil,” “The Water is Wide,” “From the Dust,” “Daniel Prayed,” “Steady Freddy,” “Lo, I Be With You Always,” “Silver

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continued from cover but within hours they would make their LGBTQ community debut. While feasting on pine-nut quesadillas and red bean burgers, they noticed a sound engineer setting up a mixer. “When’s the show?” they asked. “Tonight. It’s a talent show,” said the employee. When the duo found out that there was an open slot for them in the lineup for The Capitol Hill Talent Show, “and since it was a 90-degree day outside and The Grill on Broadway seemed to have air conditioning and ice water, we figured, why not?” Birdsall told SGN. What happened at the talent show that night is the kind of thing that bands – and everyone else, from the show’s producer and the venue owner to the audience – live for. The Winterlings not only won the contest that night but also made a connection with the audience that was unforced and organic, derived from talent and a commanding live performance. “In spite of amazing competition, including a drag queen who stapled money to her skin, we won!” exclaimed Bowden. THE SHOW GOES ON The Capitol Hill Talent Show is currently taking place Friday nights at The Grill on Broadway, starting at 9 p.m. The one and only Mama Tits, Seattle’s Skyscraper Hostess (www.briandanielpeters.com), serves as host of the five-week series (Aug. 17–Sept. 14). Each night, the crowd selects three winners to return for the September 21 finale, when one lucky performer will walk away with $1,000 cash and a trip to Las Vegas – courtesy of The Grill on Broadway’s owner, Matthew Walsh. Performers of any kind are encouraged to sign up at The Grill on Broadway’s official website, www.thegrillonbroadway.com.

Wings,” and “The Last Leviathan” followed well. Rory talked about her mother, who knew Pete Seeger and may have once auditioned for the Weavers. STORM VS. SPARKS Mercy and Cuteness watched the Seattle Storm take on the Los Angeles Sparks at Key Arena, August 18. The Sparks came into the game 15-and-6, while the Storm were 10-and-10. Ann Wauters was out with a strained left achillles and Sue Bird had the flu. Lauren Jackson was still in Australia because of her Olympic responsibilities. (By the way, Sue Bird brought home her third gold medal for the USA, while Lauren Jackson and Australia captured the bronze. These two medals bring the Storm roster’s Olympic medal count to 13.) After the first quarter the Storm were ahead, 22–20. The end of the half was just as close in the Sparks’ favor, 40-38. They were still ahead after the third quarter, 6660. The final score was Los Angeles 82, Seattle 71. Kristi Toliver earned 22 points for the Sparks. Cuteness said, “Tanisha Wright had a great game (21 points). Sue Bird was sick. Lauren Jackson is due to return from Australia soon. I thought L.A. out-rebounded us at both ends of the court. We missed a lot of free throws. They win or lose games. We fought hard even though we were missing Walsh, who witnessed The Winterlings’ performance, linked the video for their original song “All of the Good Things” on The Grill’s Facebook page and said, “The Winterlings entered and won the first round of The Capitol Hill Talent Show last night! I, of course, nabbed one of their CDs and have been listening to it nonstop. Crazzzzy talented and will be back on Sept. 21st for the Finale! So excited to see them again!” Although no one in the band identifies as LGBTQ, when Birdsall and Bowden met, Bowden’s mother was in a same-sex relationship. “We almost wrote a song together on the birthday of my mother’s lover,” Bowden told SGN. “As a believer in the openness of the universe, my mother preferred to think of love having less to do with the sex of the person she loved and more to do with the whole person.” “For many years she lived with and loved a woman,” he said. HONORING A TRANS PIONEER The Winterlings also have what they describe as a “songdaughter,” who lived as a “songson.” “We think of each song we write as a child, and we wrote a song about Jennie Hodgers, who transitioned to Albert Cashier, a Transgender Civil War hero who is rarely mentioned in history books,” the duo told me. “Jennie became Albert at the age of 19, fought through the entire Civil War, then continued to live as a man after the war for the rest of his life. We believe his story is brave and beautiful and needs to be told.” With songs as vivid as feature films, The Winterlings take listeners on unexpected journeys: across battlefields with one of America’s first Transgender heroes, through birthing rooms and chemistry labs, and over the hammered blue waters of Puget Sound. Delivering literary lyrics with both male and female vocals, guitars, ukulele, vio-

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some key players.” BÉLA FLECK AND THE MARCUS ROBERTS TRIO Mercy is looking forward to seeing Béla Fleck and the Marcus Roberts Trio at Jazz Alley, September 6 to 9. Band members are Fleck (banjo), Roberts (piano), Jason Marsalis (drums), and Rodney Jordan (bass). lin, harmonica, piano, banjitar, and drums, The Winterlings build bonfires of sound to dance and dream beside – in short, indie folk. Traditional instruments played in nontraditional ways. Birdsall and Bowden met one night in Florida at a Buddhist fire ritual. As a visual artist and poet, Bowden says he’d been seeking a way to lift his art to a new and more magical realm, a way to distill color and language into song. At the time he couldn’t play any instruments. Birdsall was already a performing songwriter and a lifelong musician but had thoughts of giving it all up. She was the muse and the music Bowden had been waiting for, and his life as an artist reawakened her desire for a creative life. They flew kites on the beach at night and decided to head west, landed in Oregon, then wandered north. They started out writing songs individually with no intention of becoming a band, but found that they each wanted to add to the other’s songs – harmonies, rhythms, and other sounds. “It has been, and continues to be, a great joy to work together,” the duo told SGN. They officially formed The Winterlings in 2010, with Birdsall on lead and harmony vocals, guitar, banjitar (or gitjo), violin, harmonica, and sometimes piano or harmonium; Bowden on lead and harmony vocals, guitar, banjitar, harmonica, ukulele, and foot drums; Peter Race on drums; and Howard Hooper on bass. A VIVID DREAMSCAPE The band’s name comes from the supernatural swamp beings of Bowden’s childhood. Here’s his memory of it: “When I was a kid, I lived in a house on stilts above a swamp. In the summer, I watched my stepfather blast water moccasins off tree stumps from our porch, and I swam in a lake where the alligators were so thick that the black surface of the water was textured with their heads.”

This year, Fleck earned his 13th Grammy, for Best Instrumental Composition (“Life in Eleven,” co-written with Howard Levy). He has been nominated in more different categories than any other musician: arranging, composition, spoken word, folk, classical, bluegrass, jazz, pop, and country. You can get your tickets at www.jazzalley.com. At night, owls filled the trees like dogwood blossoms in spring, and when he wasn’t running through the ferns, he says, he was dreaming. “I read Egyptian myths. I drew thousands of turtles and penguins. And when I slept, my dreams were vivid,” said Bowden. “One morning, I was eating oatmeal when I suddenly remembered that the dream I had the night before was one I’d had before,” he recalled. “‘Mom,’ I said, ‘I keep dreaming the same thing twice.’ ‘What do you dream, Wolff?’ ‘I go down the path and light a fire and then some people come out of the trees and their faces are animals.’ ‘What do you mean?’ ‘They’re like you, Mom, and like the other people, but they have faces like alligators and lions. Even eagles are in there. Some have tails and wings.’ ‘Are they scary?’ ‘Maybe. They sometimes walk close to me.’ ‘What do you do then?’ ‘I sing.’ ‘Do you remember what you sing?’ ‘No. I just sing and they stop walking and they look at the fire.’ ‘What do you call them?’ ‘The Winterlings.’” “She reached for her journal, where she wrote all this down,” said Bowden. “I was six years old.” “‘Guess what, Mom.’ ‘What?’ ‘We all have Winterlings.’” “The Winterlings have become a metaphor for the voices in all of us that urge us to pursue our creative desires and create an authentic and meaningful life, whatever that means to each of us,” Bowden said. see winterlings page 33

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continued from cover the stigma of being Bisexual and black, how she doesn’t regret the Idol ordeal, and why her upcoming album – and entire solo career – almost didn’t happen. Azzopardi: Before you came out publicly in a recent interview, how out were you in your own life? Davis: I first told my mom that I was attracted to [both] boys and girls when I was 16 years old. A lot of my friends and family weren’t really surprised to hear that I had “come out,” because all I did was answer a question honestly in an interview and it ended up becoming a headline. I didn’t plan to come out. I fell in love with someone I think I could be with forever, and I’m used to, in casual conversation, talking about my partner. That’s what ended up happening in the interview and what ended up being my coming out. It wasn’t something that I had planned. It wasn’t something I was being secretive about, either. I’ve performed at so many HRC and GLAAD events and Gay Prides – and made

out with so many girls in college. I don’t think it was a secret to anybody! [laughs] Azzopardi: Was performing “I Kissed a Girl” on The Voice your way of hinting at your homosexuality? Davis: You know what’s crazy? I didn’t even plan to do that. They came to me and said, “You’re singing ‘I Kissed a Girl’ and I’m like, “OK. Well, let’s go with this.” Azzopardi: You just got involved with the It Gets Better campaign. Why was that important for you to be a part of? Davis: The most important thing to me outside of music is inspiring young people. The more we adults continue to send out the message to young people that it’s OK to be you, we’re all, in a small way, contributing to making the world a little better. That’s just my philosophy. Any opportunity that presents itself to send that message to young people, I’m all for it. Azzopardi: For you, how did it get better? Davis: My mother was very accepting and understanding, but I actually didn’t tell my father right away. I think he definitely knew because he came to visit my dorm room and was like, “Wow, you’ve got a

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ARIES (March 20 – April 19): You generally prefer a more direct approach, but subtlety and intuition are working for you now. A stronger air of authority is also working for you. Learn how to work it now if you want to keep it. TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): Life rarely goes as planned, so don’t beat yourself up when it doesn’t. In these tough times give yourself full credit for what you have done. Friendly suggestions seem more aggravating than helpful, but they could be springboards to sensible ideas. GEMINI (May 21 – June 20): Trading barbs with your friends is all good fun until someone gets hurt. It’s way too easy to cross that line. Apologize quickly. Wounded pride can harden quickly into alienation. With some focus you can put your wit to better use. CANCER (June 21 – July 22): Next Friday’s full moon is especially werewolfish. Indulge your inner beast but remember, there is a time and a place for that. While humanoid, keep your ambitions in check. Focus your critical mind on your goals and keep your critical tongue in check. LEO (July 23 – August 22): Efforts to help others will probably backfire big time. Focus on your own problems. Get expert advice. You won’t like it, but at least consider it carefully. Exercise and clearing away small tasks will help relieve tension. VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): When your ruler Mercury comes home to your sign on the 31st, you will be witty, wise, and compassionate. Until then, keep your ego and your mouth under control. Especially be considerate of your partner. Remember what’s important – and who! LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): Worrying won’t get you anywhere. Take a very practical look at your problems and flaws and determine practical steps to improvement. Gentle exercise such as swimming will help you stay positive and productive. Pushing too hard, at the gym or elsewhere, is asking for trouble. SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Your mind is getting unusually sharp – try to keep your tongue from following suit. Save your critical remarks for those who ask to benefit from your insight, which is still and always best focused on yourself. SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Feeling lost and disconnected? Hiding in books and ideas could be a good strategy. Whining is not. It’s too easy to feel sorry for yourself. Be mature and philosophical. This will pass. CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): Your instinct to take charge and protect can be simultaneously charming and annoying to your partner (or prospective partner). It’s obvious that you care, but your sweetie is a grown-up too and needs a little room to breathe. AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): Advice from your partner may sound a bit harsh, but it’s worth heeding. Resist the urge to reciprocate – just resolve to improve. Review your diet and health regimen. Vanity could be interfering with your health. Or is it your sweet tooth? PISCES (February 19 – March 19): Keep your codependent tendencies in check. A creative outlet can help. Remember that it’s therapeutic, probably not to be shared with others. Still, your artistic efforts can also be exercises in technique leading to greater proficiency.

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lot of pictures of half-naked girls on your wall.” [laughs] Azzopardi: You were just idolizing those girls … right? Davis: Yeah, idolizing them – sure. And thinking they were hot. My dad read so much into it, and it’s been really interesting seeing my dad embrace all of this – that has been the most heartwarming part of it. I mean, my father and I never really talked about it. My mother knew; she met whatever girls and guys I dated in high school. But with my dad, we never really talked about it until he met my partner and was like, “You look happy. I like her.” My dad is super conservative and Republican. Black Republican, I know. Don’t even get me started. He was the one I was afraid to tell. When it all ended up being in the headlines, he was afraid that me being open and honest about who I am would affect my career negatively or negatively affect the way people look at me. You know, he’s my dad; he just wants to protect me. It really meant so much to me when [my coming out was] all in the headlines and my dad called me and was like, “I just want to call and say I’m really proud of you.” Moments like that have reminded me that it indeed does get better. There were times where it was hard, like in high school. And not even having to do with being Bisexual, but being a big girl, too. People called me fat; they called me a dyke and all those things. I know what it feels like to not fit into the mold of what society thinks you’re supposed to be. Azzopardi: Bisexuality in the Gay community is often looked at as taboo or “just a phase.” Have you felt stigmatized because of it? Davis: It absolutely is something I’ve had to fight. For a long time that’s why I dated mostly men, because when I would meet a woman I was into – a Lesbian – she would be turned off by the fact that I was Bisexual. Azzopardi: And men aren’t so much turned off by that. Davis: [laughs] Men are totally opposite! For a long time I felt like it was just easier to identify with being straight – it seemed easier to date guys because Lesbians seemed so turned off by the Bisexual thing. So I’ve experienced criticism and people looking down on it in the straight community and in the Gay community. I didn’t plan to come out, but I’m really thankful that everything unfolded the way it did because no, I’m not straight – none of the guys I’ve been with made me straight, just like being madly in love with my partner right now doesn’t make me a Lesbian. I’m a Bisexual woman and it is what it is. I have enjoyed men thoroughly, and I can say the same thing about women. People who don’t think that it’s real, maybe that’s the reality in which they exist, but that’s not my reality. Azzopardi: How does being black and Bisexual change things? Davis: I honestly thought that we were a lot farther [along], and then I did an interview with the Tom Joyner Morning Show and was completely taken aback by the way that went. The interview ended with a guy shouting, “Let a man into the bedroom!” That’s how disrespectful it was. It was bad. It really broke my heart, because I know what it’s like to be black in America and I know what it’s like to be a woman in America, and to be treated with disdain and disrespect by members of my own community was hurtful. It hurt me to the core. You know, at the end of the day when the stage lights are turned off and the audiences go home, you have to be able to look at yourself in the mirror. When I leave this

earth, I want to know that I was on the right side of history. Things won’t change unless people like me say, “No, I’m not going to allow society to bully me into lying about who I am.” Azzopardi: Christina Aguilera’s diva behavior makes a lot of headlines. What is she really like, and what surprised you most about working with her on The Voice? Davis: [hesitates] I’m never going to bad talk her, publicly. I’m just never gonna do it. But I will say this: I was pleasantly surprised by how amazing her ear is. Her ear is on point. Even when she’s not trying, that instrument is right. She definitely is a pop diva for a reason. Azzopardi: She has a reason to be a little catty, is what you’re saying. Davis: No! I’m not saying that! That’s what you got out of that? [laughs] Azzopardi: What do you remember most from performing at drag clubs and Gay bars? Davis: All the makeup tips I picked up. All the wardrobe tricks I’ve learned. My friends from back then. I don’t miss the struggling part! [laughs] But even then, maybe – those days of being in that grind and me and my college friends not being able to afford to fly home for the holidays, so we all put our money together to go grocery shopping and I cooked a big holiday dinner for everyone. Then it was, “Well, let me go sing with the Gay boys tonight so I can make a couple of dollars real quick” – because you know the Gay boys tip at the drag bar! [laughs] Azzopardi: You were among a bunch of other drag queens. Did anyone ever mistake you for one? Davis: They didn’t. I think that’s why I made so many tips, because I was the only real girl and I was the only performer not lip-syncing. So I’m really thankful for that. I still keep in touch with a lot of drag queens in D.C. The Gay community in D.C. is really what started this whole performing at Gay Prides and all that. It’s been an amazing journey. Azzopardi: After performing on reality shows and doing Rent on Broadway, how does it feel to be releasing your debut single and album? Davis: It’s amazing how the universe works. There was a time when I just thought, “I don’t want to feel unfulfilled and bitter, so maybe I should give up on the recording thing and be really thankful that I’m a Broadway star and just do the theater thing.” There was a moment where I had given up on this, and then I’m singing at a Gay club and the casting director for The Voice is in the audience having drinks and then I’m on The Voice and this whole other window of opportunity opens up that I never even expected. Azzopardi: What can we expect from the upcoming album and your debut single? Davis: It’s gonna be dance-pop and the first single is called “Love’s Got a Hold on Me,” and it was written by Janice Robinson and I’m really excited about it. I shot a video for it with Brian Friedman as the co-director and choreographer. A lot of people know Brian from his work with Britney Spears, and he’s a creative director for X Factor. Brian jumped on board because he believed in me enough to be like, “Yeah, I’m gonna bring in the dancers and make it fierce for you.” Azzopardi: Is the whole album dancepop or just the single? Davis: The single is dance-pop and most of the album will be dance music. But, of course, I’m gonna throw in a power ballad or two! I have to. Knowing me and my Gay boys, there will probably be dance remixes of even the ballads. [laughs] Azzopardi: Are you going to get Christina on the album? Davis: I’d love to, if she’ll do it. Azzopardi: Is there pressure to stay in the closet on shows like American Idol or The Voice? Davis: Not at all. I didn’t feel any pressure to not be out when I was on those shows. In all honesty, some of the people who’ve been most successful on those shows have been members of the LGBT community. Look at Adam Lambert – and America loved Beverly [McClellan] and loved Vicci [Martinez], so I didn’t feel any pressure at

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all. I can’t really speak for Idol because I didn’t stay on the show long enough to really have a fair comparison between Idol and The Voice, but I can speak from my experience on The Voice, and I can say that they were very welcoming to LGBT contestants. I don’t think anyone there felt pressure to not be open about who they are. And that was an amazing experience. Who would’ve thought 10 years after being on Idol that I’d be singing “Lady Marmalade” on national TV with Christina Aguilera? Azzopardi: So you’re glad things worked out the way they did? No hard feelings against Idol? Davis: You can’t waste your time on regrets, because they’re just the past crippling you in the present. If there were a button we could push to change the past then that would be a different conversation, but that button doesn’t exist so you have to walk away with all the lessons that you could’ve possibly learned and move forward and try to be better in the future. I wouldn’t change a thing. I’m really thankful for the woman that I’m evolving into, and I’m really thankful for all the good in my life. Had something back then happened differently, who knows where I would’ve been today.

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MARRIAGE EQUALITY ALLIES Something that The Winterlings believe to be meaningful is the freedom to marry. “We wholeheartedly believe in marriage equality,” the band told SGN. “We honor all the ways in which the LGBTQ community has fought for a more free and creative world.” In fact, Birdsall has participated in Gay rights demonstrations in solidarity with Lesbian friends. “Shortly before we became The Winterlings, I performed solo for a Lesbian couple’s commitment ceremony reception, in a state where Gay marriage is not recognized,” she said. According to Bowden, who is a visual artist as well, two of his major art collectors, Mike and Ray, adopted a little girl who might have otherwise ended up on the streets of Manhattan. “She is the luckiest little daughter in the world,” he said. “They are stellar fathers. They threw her a ‘get as messy as you can’ fifth birthday party with fingerpaint, water balloons, bubbles, and whipped-cream pies. They take her on nature walks and play in streams. It was a joy to spend a week in their home and watch great parents at work.” The Winterlings will perform at a “Live at Lunch” show in Bellevue on August 28, and, because they won the first round of The Capitol Hill Talent Show, they will compete for the grand prize of $1,000 cash and trip to Las Vegas on September 21 at The Grill on Broadway. “We are working on new songs and building a fuller band,” said the duo. “We’d love to hear from any musicians who resonate with our music and might want to collaborate or create with us, especially sassy, quirky souls who love to harmonize.” If you are interested in booking The Winterlings or would like to audition for the band, contact them at info@winterlings. com. For all other information visit their official website, www.winterlings.com.

arts event will play out at multiple venues and also features appearances by David Byrne & St. Vincent, Ghostland Observatory, Two Door Cinema Club, The Maldives, and Truckasaurus, to name a few. The complete lineup and ticket information is available at www.cityartsfest.com. RUFUS TYING THE KNOT Rufus Wainwright is off the market. The accomplished singer-songwriter was expected to marry Jorn Weisbrodt, his partner of several years, in New York this week. The couple are already parents to a one-year-old daughter. Wainwright, who has interviewed with me three times (twice for SGN), will appear in concert at Benaroya Hall on October 1. Visit www.seattlesymphony.org/ benaroya for ticket information. LUNCH BREAK BOOGIE The “Out to Lunch” free live music series continues in downtown Seattle with upcoming mini-concerts by The Dunwells on August 24 (Harbor Steps, noon), Vintage Trouble on August 29 (Occidental Square, 5:30 p.m.), LeRoy Bell & His Only Friends on August 31 (Westlake Park, noon), Pokey LaFarge on September 5 (Columbia Center, noon), and Eduardo Mendonca & Show Brazil on September 7 (Freeway Park, noon). All concerts are free of charge! HOT CHIP TALKS TO SGN ON SEPTEMBER 7 Those who follow electronic music know that Hot Chip isn’t the name of a zesty snack item, but instead belongs to a credible dance-pop group with a resume of international smash singles. “Over and Over,” “Ready for the Floor,” “One Life Stand,” and “Night & Day” have put the Grammynominated band, which has released five albums in the past eight years, on the map. Their newest is 2012’s In Our Heads, and they’re giving it some attention with a North American tour that lands at the Paramount Theatre next month. Prior to even setting foot on Seattle soil, they’re speaking with me here in The Music Lounge to preview the September 14 show and provide insight on the new album. Look for our interview with Hot Chip in the September 7 issue of SGN, and go to www.stgpresents.org for ticket information. Bob Mould speaks to SGN on September 14 Before Nirvana, there was Hüsker Dü. And at the center of this pioneering punk band was Bob Mould. The well-acclaimed musician, who lives openly and proudly as a Gay man, was also a founding member of the rock group Sugar. But his most successful run is that of a solo artist, having released 10 albums since 1989. Mould’s newest offering is entitled Silver Age, and he is currently supporting it with a nationwide tour that delivers him to The Showbox Market on September 18. Mould, a self-proclaimed “bear” who has often performed with the Grammy-winning Foo Fighters, will speak to SGN in advance of his Showbox appearance. Find out what this rock icon has to say about today’s pop stars and which song he would dedicate to same-sex couples if Gay marriage passes in November here in Washington state. An interview with the highly regarded Bob Mould is coming up in the September 14 issue of SGN.

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TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm. ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with visible or hidden disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists. NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

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Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org. 4th Annual Anarchist Book Fair (8/25 & 8/26). 10am5pm. The Vera Project, Warren Ave N & Republican St. Features publishers & distributors of radical literature as well as other anarchist projects from Seattle & across North America. FREE. www.seattleanarchist bookfair.org All Things Japanese Sale (8/25 & 8/26). 10am-3pm. 1414 S Weller St. Not your average rummage sale. An eclectic variety of new & used quality Japanese antiques, collectibles & more. www.jcccw.org Craptacular Rummage Sale (8/25 & 8/26). 11am6pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, Broadway E & E Republican St. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St Joan’s annual rummage sale. Proceeds to All Pilgrims and the Sisters’ Granting Fund. www. theabbey.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.) Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridge club.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com

SUNDAY - August 26

For a directory of GLBT-friendly religious organizations in Washington state, visit www.sgn.org and scroll down the first page of either section to see Multifaith Works’ 2007-2008 Directory of Inclusive Faith Communities (some information may not be current). For information on GLBT-friendly Christian churches around the world visit www.gaychurch.org. Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHiking Group/ 4th Annual Anarchist Book Fair (8/25 & 8/26). 10am5pm. The Vera Project, Warren Ave N & Republican St. Features publishers & distributors of radical literature as well as other anarchist projects from Seattle & across North America. FREE. www.seattleanarchist bookfair.org All Things Japanese Sale (8/25 & 8/26). 10am-3pm. 1414 S Weller St. Not your average rummage sale. An eclectic variety of new & used quality Japanese antiques, collectibles & more. www.jcccw.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515. Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6177, or Mike Chin (509) 990-0007. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www. dharmabuddies.org Craptacular Rummage Sale (8/25 & 8/26). 12noon6pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, Broadway E & E Republican St. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St Joan’s annual rummage sale. Proceeds to All Pilgrims and the Sisters’ Granting Fund. www. theabbey.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 121:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experi-

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ence, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattleal-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Daring Divorced Divas. 3-5pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. A support group for Lesbian women dealing with divorce, separation & transformation. To attend this group please contact the facilitator at daringdivorceddivas@yahoo.com. SASG 322-2427; www.sasgcc.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/ Weds/Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Simply Sundays. 5:30-7pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Peer support for recovery from substance abuse. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Mr & Miss Neighbours Pageant. Doors 7pm, Pageant 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Join hosts Gaysha Starr & Ebony La Face with special guest performers & Mr & Miss Neighbours 2011 Ceasar Hart & Bianca Starr. Donations benefit Washington United for Marriage/Approve Referendum 74 campaign. Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - August 27

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County. Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@ yahoo. com or phone (360) 722-1664. Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.Freely Speaking.org No Safeword Writers Group. 7-9pm. Meets 4th Monday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositive culture.org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd Sunday, 1-3pm.) Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701 14th Pl S, Kent. Meets 4th Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday. (253) 474-8897. Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

August 25 thru September 2 TUESDAY - August 28

Lesbian & Gay Child Care Task Force Monthly Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. The Task Force, in conjunction with Child Care Resources of King County, offers referrals to GLBT-welcoming child care centers & provides training, support & curriculum materials to child care providers. (To access this, call 329-1011 & ask for the “Gay-welcoming” child care programs in your zip code area.) The task force meets monthly to assess their progress in achieving their goals. Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBT MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor. Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-2505002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/ love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm. Meadowbrook Playfield, 10533 35th Ave NE (tennis courts at 32nd Ave NE). Every Tuesday & Thursday thru Sept. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $3 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com. Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older. 7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org FREE Beginning ASL Lessons. 7:30pm. The Elite, 1520 E Olive Way. Every Tuesday. Have you ever wanted to learn basic American Sign Language? If so, you can get some FREE beginning ASL instruction. Meets in the loft. 860-0999. Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday. Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

WEDNESDAY - August 29

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@ hotmail.com Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm. Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@yahoo.com; www.lotussisters.org. Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.) Divas. 7pm. The Loft, 1017 E Union St. A space for Queer youth to meet other youth & talk about important issues that we face. Figuratively & metaphorically it gives everyone space at the table as an equal stakeholder in our community. It is time youth feel that their voice is powerful & that their experience is worth sharing with others. Sponsored by Plus One Queer Youth. To RSVP call 957-1665 or email bamm@llaa.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemovie bears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:30pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongender alliance.com.

THURSDAY - August 30

XL Weekend (8/30-9/3). A new Seattle Bear run is here. www.xlweekend.com Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org. Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Volunteer Drop-In Night at Lifelong AIDS Alliance. 4-7pm. LAA Volunteer Services Office, 1161 11th Ave. Every Thursday. Volunteer on LAA projects - assembling safer sex kits, helping with mailings, a different project every week! Get-togethers are highly social & offer “low impact” volunteer work & an opportunity to learn more about LAA. Please call before dropping in. 957-1776. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org Come Out For Yourself (COFY). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Peer support for people dealing with issues of sexual orientation. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org

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Festival of the Babes Opening Party & Registration. 7pm-2am. The Lobby Bar, 916 E Pike St. Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org. Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday. (253) 474-8897. Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) Pioneers & Warriors TM. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Friday. Peer support group for Gay & Bi men over 40 - honoring the past, accepting the present & embracing the future. Group attendance requires facilitator approval. Please contact Joel Davis at 261-6616. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St (temporary meeting location). Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www. seattle-al-anon.org

SATURDAY - September 1

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Boyz in the Woods Q-Squared Camp Labor Day Weekend (8/31-9/3). www.qcamp.org Bumbershoot (8/31-9/3). Seattle Center. www. bumbershoot.org Festival of the Babes Soccer Tournament (8/319/3). www.festivalofthebabes.com NW Leather Weekend (8/31-9/3). All profits from the weekend will be donated to the Leather Leadership Conference 2013 Fund. For complete list of events and venues visit www.nwleatherweekend.org Triangle Recreation Camp “Mardi Gras Weekend” (8/31-9/3). www.camptrc.org XL Weekend (8/30-9/3). A new Seattle Bear run is here. www.xlweekend.com Festival of the Babes Dance Party. 7pm-2am. Melrose Market Studios, 1532 Melrose Ave.

SUNDAY - September 2

Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS. 6pm. Grace UMC (formerly Firs United Methodist). Meets last Thursday most months. FREE. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by the Evergreen AIDS Foundation & SNOCO Gay Men’s Task Force. For information call (425) 252-7751. Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937. Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Seattle Counseling Service, 1216 Pine St, 3rd Floor. Meets every Thursday. A conversation about HIV with other men. Gay & Bi men facing challenges living with HIV longterm now have a new way to meet others facing similar challenges. Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm. Lower Woodland Park Courts 5, 6, 7 & 8. Every Tuesday & Thursday. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $2 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com. Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14-22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Christians & Jews Support Marriage Equality. 7-8:30pm. Queen Anne United Methodist Church, 1606 5th Ave W. Features Rep. Jamie Pedersen & Sen. jeanne Kohl-Wells. 390-2596, thewellqueenannd@ gmail.com Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit

www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups. yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

FRIDAY - August 31

Boyz in the Woods Q-Squared Camp Labor Day Weekend (8/31-9/3). www.qcamp.org Bumbershoot (8/31-9/3). Seattle Center. www. bumbershoot.org Festival of the Babes Soccer Tournament (8/319/3). www.festivalofthebabes.com NW Leather Weekend (8/31-9/3). All profits from the weekend will be donated to the Leather Leadership Conference 2013 Fund. For complete list of events and venues visit www.nwleatherweekend.org Triangle Recreation Camp “Mardi Gras Weekend” (8/31-9/3). www.camptrc.org XL Weekend (8/30-9/3). A new Seattle Bear run is here. www.xlweekend.com Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Born This Way Kafe. 5-9pm. Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse, 1635 11th Ave. Every Friday. A welcoming place where LGBTQ youth ages 13-19, friends & allies can gather, be themselves & have fun. 883-6110, randy.wiger@seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6:30pm-appetizers & socializing; 7:30pm-dinner. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Meets last Friday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org

August 24, 2012

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Boyz in the Woods Q-Squared Camp Labor Day Weekend (8/31-9/3). www.qcamp.org Bumbershoot (8/31-9/3). Seattle Center. www. bumbershoot.org Festival of the Babes Soccer Tournament (8/319/3). www.festivalofthebabes.com NW Leather Weekend (8/31-9/3). All profits from the weekend will be donated to the Leather Leadership Conference 2013 Fund. For complete list of events and venues visit www.nwleatherweekend.org Triangle Recreation Camp “Mardi Gras Weekend” (8/31-9/3). www.camptrc.org XL Weekend (8/30-9/3). A new Seattle Bear run is here. www.xlweekend.com Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. 9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www. borderriders.com Lotus Sisters. 11am-1:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 1st Sunday of every month. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www.sasgcc.org PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937. Festival of the Babes Closing Party. 7pm-2am. Cowgirls, Inc., 421 1st Ave S.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship.org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/ Another-Gay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html Bent Writing Institute promotes written & spoken word in our LGBTQI communities. Bent offers affordable classes & workshops for Queer-identified people. For more information or to sign up for a class, email bent.writing@gmail.com. Visit www.bentwriting.com or find us on Facebook. For upcoming events join our mailing list by emailing bent.news@gmail.com BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net. Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club is an umbrella organizing sponsoring LGBTQ-supported recovery meetings including AA, Al-Anon, CLA, CML, GA, NA, SAA, SLAA, OA, XA & Spanish-speaking AA. CHAC is currently looking for a new home. www.chacseattle.

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org, 860-9560 or call 587-2838. (Groups formerly meeting at CHAC are currently meeting at SASG (Seattle Area Support Groups) and other locations. Check out the SGN’s Community Calendar listings to find these groups.) Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994. DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country. GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.imperialcourtofseattle.com In The Life - www.inthelifetv.org Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge. LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nw bears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www. seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.) MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flyinghouse. org. Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworks seattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org

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PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Project at the API Safety Center, April, 4679976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 3227061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw. org; TwoSpirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164. Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ personal/glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 6826711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235. Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBT-friendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook. Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www. rosehedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233). SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503. Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768. Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Shanti - 324-1520; www.rosehedge.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298. South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures. org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnw gra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletown squares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.

raincitysoccer. org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www. raincountrydance.org; Seattle Frontrunners: www. seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www. quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, Seattle Chapter - www.ttca.org; bruce@ttca.org; 1122 E Pike St PMB 905, Seattle, WA 98122-3934. Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc. org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern. org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenof westseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http:// lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 436-8671. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.) Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 6712838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Plus One Queer Youth: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Bam Mendiola, 206-957-1665, bamm@llaa.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 1218 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@ rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschools coalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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FRIDAY

Bar Myx - Weekly drink specials and dancing with DJ Matt Stands! No cover! Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Prime Rib Dinner $11.75 Live DJ 9pm-close Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm. DJ Dance 9 pm - 1:30 am. Hosted by Eric. Bear Night, 2nd Friday every month. The Cuff Complex - Country Dancing w/ Rain Country 7 pm -11 pm, HiNRG Dancing - Alternating DJ’s 11pmclose. Cover $5 @ 9 pm. Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on! Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3.00 daily drink specials. Happy Hour, 3 - 7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun. - Thurs. 9 - 11 pm: $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3.00 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - No cover … ever!!! Start your weekend off right. Happy Hour 6 - 8 pm.Weekly beer & cocktail specials. Neighbours Nightclub - House music with DJ Eric. 9 pm - 4 am 21+ * Cover charges as follows: 9 pm - 12 am, $5.00; 12 am - 2 am, $8.00; 2 am - 4 am, $10.00* **From 2 am - 4 am, 18+ with valid ID on main floor** www.neighboursnightclub.com. Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com. PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. R Place - Happy Hour 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 drafts. Daily drink and bottle specials. Lashes Cabaret at 9 pm with Chablis & company. Wildrose - www.thewildrosebar.com.

SATURDAY

Bar Myx - Weekly drink specials and dancing with DJ Trent Von! No cover! Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Free Pool, Free Darts and Free TouchScreen games all day and all night. Live DJ 9pm-close Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm. DJ Dance, 9 pm - 1:30 am. Hosted by Eric. The Cuff Complex - 1st Saturday Country Dancing w/ Rain Country 7 pm -10 pm, HiNRG Dancing - Alternating DJ’s 10 pm-3 am. Cover $5 @ 9 pm. Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour Noon - 5 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls. “full service” food menu. Get your grub on! Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour, 3 - 7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour, Sun.-Thurs. 9 - 11 pm: $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - No cover … ever!!! But get in early to beat the line. Capacity enforced for your comfort & safety. Happy Hour, 6 - 8 pm.Weekly beer & cocktail specials. Neighbours - Power Mix with DJ Randy Schlager from C89. 21+ with Valid ID. 9 pm - 4 am. *Cover charges as follows - 9 pm - 12 am, $5.00; 12 am - 2 am. $8.00; 2 am - 4 am, $10.00. 206-324-5358; www.neighboursnightclub.com. Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com. PURR Cocktail Lounge - Noon - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7pm. R Place - HAPPY HOUR 2-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Mary’s Lashes cabaret with Chablis and Company. Wildrose - First Saturday each month, DJs & dancing. $5 cover. www.thewildrosebar.com.

Sunday

Bar Myx - T Dance! 3-7pm with DJ Lady Char, $1.00 Rolling Rocks. Dinner and a Movie at Bar Myx! Enjoy the newest releases on our big screens from 7 pm every Sunday! Dinner specials every week, $4 glasses of house wine, $1 doubles any drink! After the movie, one lucky customer will get to take the movie home…every week! Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-2am Karaoke with Black Nail Productions 9pm-1am Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm. 9-Ball Pool Tourney at 6 pm - 16 players only. Hosted by RW & Co. The Cuff Complex - “Bottom forty” 6 pm-close w/ DJ Nark + Riff Raff & Guests. Cover $5 @ 8 pm Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour Noon - 5 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on! Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - NW Sports first on TV. Sound with early afternoon Mariners games. Pitcher special all day with free U-shell peanuts and pool. Neighbours - 9 pm - 2 am Entre Hermanos Noche Latina $5.00 cover 21+ with Valid ID.With DJ Luis. Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com. PURR Cocktail Lounge - Noon-midnight. Happy Hour until 7 pm. R Place - Happy Hour 2-7 $5.75 Wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Wildrose - Free pool all day. www.thewildrosebar.com.

MONDAY

Bar Myx - Bacardi Game Night! $4 Bacardi calls all night long, plus $9 Bacardi Pitchers! Mental Masturbation at 7:30 (with bonus questions and a bar match for the grand prize), followed by Beer Pong! Evening is hosted by our sassy bartenderess Karee Jo! Changes - Happy Hour all day 12 pm-2am Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm. See us at www.clubsilverstone.com. The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” All Day - Table top games, pool, darts, pinball, Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on! Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily, Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Pint night with Happy Hour prices 8 pm-close. 9-Ball Pool Tourney at 7 pm. Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com. PURR Cocktail Lounge - Happy Hour 4 pm-2 am. Hamburger & Draft Beer $6.00 from 4pm -10.00 Black Nail Productions Karaoke 9pm to 1am. R Place - Happy Hour 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special. Seattle Eagle - Radio Dept. $4 wells all night Dj HOTPLAY from 10 pm - 2 am. Wildrose - Pool Tournament 7 pm w/Prizes!

TUESDAY

Bar Myx - 2 for 1 wells and $2 drafts all night long! Sliders 3 for $3, or 6 for $5! Either traditional or pulled pork! Changes - Happy Hour 12pm- 8pm. Domestic Bottled Beer $1.25 All Day and Night, Super Happy Hour 4pm7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Burger Specials $2.50 Hamburger, $3.50 Cheeseburger $4.50 Bacon Cheeseburger. Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm. Free pool all day - 2 tables. The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” All Day - Table top games, pool, darts, pinball, Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Peanut Night, Bearoke 8 pm- 12 am w/Jonathan Jones Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps &

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calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on! Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. til 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. 8-Ball Pool Tournament starts at 6:30 pm. PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. Black Nail Production Karaoke 9 pm-1 am. R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special. Seattle Eagle - IN HEAT $5 Long Island Iced teas Dj KINGOFPANTS from 10-2 Wildrose - Taco Tuesday. No cover.

WEDNESDAY

Bar Myx - $2 Bud and Bud Light drafts, and $4 Bud and Bud Light Mondos! $3 shots of Fireball, $5 well margaritas, $5 Nachos (beef, chicken or veggie) and 2 beef tacos for $2, 2 chicken tacos for $3 or 2 carne asada tacos for $4! Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts Trivia Night 8pm Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm. 8-Ball Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. Karaoke 9 pm-1:30 am hosted by Michael. The Cuff Complex - Free pool & Pitcher special , Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Country lesson w/Rain Country 1st & 3rd Wednesday 7:30 pm, Poz Seattle social 2nd Wednesday 6 pm, Leather social 4th Wednesday 7 pm Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on! Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30pm. Black Nail Productions Karaoke 9pm to 1am. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Dart Tournament starts at 7:30 pm. Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com. PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Gelliphish 7 pm-midnight. Re-Bar - D.A.I.S.Y. Age with Riz! Hip Hop and R/B from the 1990’s.YO! FREE 10 pm. R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Wildrose - Karaoke 8 pm-12:30 am. No cover; drink specials. www.thewildrosebar.com.

THURSDAY

Bar Myx - $5 Long Island, Long Beach, AMF and Porn Stars! $4 with college or military ID! $8 Trashcans, and $3 Capitol Hill Dogs! Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm. Dart Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. The Cuff Complex - Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Pool Tournament 7 pm, Karaoke 8 pm-12 am w/Jonathan Jones Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on! Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. til 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Weekly beer & cocktail specials. Kick off the weekend early. No DJ needed, you control the jukebox. Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com. PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Thomas from 7 pm-midnight. R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Wildrose - Cheap date night! $2 wells. Corn dogs & tater tots. www.thewildrosebar.com.

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Celebrating 39 Years!

The Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence® Abbey Of St. Joan cordially request the honour of your presence at our 2012

Support the Sisters, Washington United For Marriage, and buy fabulous crap at the same time! Cake and punch to be served in the Fellowship Hall.) All Pilgrim’s Church, 500 Broadway E., on these days: Sat., August 25, 11 am- 6pm Sun., August 26, Noon- 6pm Proceeds to benefit All Pilgrim’s and the Sisters’ Granting Fund.

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