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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 50, Volume 42, December 12, 2014
Edgar Allan Poe
by Doug Hamilton SGN Contributing Writer THE HOURS OF LIFE THEATRE22 CORNISH STUDIO THEATRE Through December 14
I expected to be moved, but I wasn’t expecting to be dazzled, and I was both. Theatre22’s world premiere of their new musical, The Hours of Life, is a triumph of talented people making smart decisions that inform the play from every angle, from set to staging,
a hilarious holiday laugh fest
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Peggy Platt and D.J. Gommels in Ham for the Holidays
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer HAM FOR THE HOLIDAYS: FEAR THE BACON ACT THEATRE Through December 21 Every year at this time, those who know funny know to get their asses to wherever Ham for the Holidays will be performed. They know they will grin from beginning to end and laugh almost constantly. They know that they will leave feeling joy at the smart, talented crew and the amazingly punny and astute writing. They know their jaws will hurt.
Every year is different, though there are some reliable old friends to visit, such as the tiny Sequim Gay Men’s Chorus directed by Kenneth Dolman, and probably a “play” written by Mama Euomi Spudd to perform with her daughter Wynotta, who almost surprisingly never quite quits the act. This year, at the comfortable environs of ACT Theatre, Ham for the Holidays: Fear the Bacon not only doesn’t disappoint, it even raises the bar a notch further in funny. You’ll visit The Waiting Womb, your local gynecology see Ham page 6
of the scenes from the cavernous shadows of the theatre. The opening act gives us eight exquisite original songs written by local playwright and composer Paul Lewis, played lushly by a five-piece orchestra including a grand pianist, drummer, cellist, bass and guitar players, who also seamlessly provide the background music at key points during spoken scenes. Act I takes us through the story of Edgar Allan Poe’s life from after the publication of his most famous poem, “The Raven,” to the deathbed of his wife, Sissy (also his cousin, yikes!), who is dying of consumption. Actress Sarah Trowbridge plays Sissy to pull out all our heartstrings. We meet a Poe who while tenderhearted to the ones he loves, is scathingly critical of other poets of the day and humanity in general, drinks to excess, and suffers poverty due to his poor business decisions. The irony is that even while he is famous, he received no more compensation for the publishing rights of “The Raven” than to be able to afford to buy a pair of shoes. We also learn of how he came to meet the poet Sarah Helen Whitman, see Hours page 4
by Paul Torres SGN Contributing Writer
Michael Brunk
Ham for the Holidays Fear the Bacon
script, cast, singing and score. I was hooked from the opening moments when the chorus streamed onstage from all corners for their opening number, singing “The Machinery of Man,” looking and sounding like a Broadway production. While not dancing, the singers
walked and swooped to their points with purpose, as groups of people in musicals do, forming patterns like pinwheels around the center stage. Actually, I was already hooked on the stage before they got there. The set designed by Robin Macartney is striking in its neoclassic simplicity. A two-tiered round platform stands center stage, the top of which is painted as a clock face with Roman numerals. That’s it. It is strong single element that unifies the entire production. The platform allows for theatre in the round (or in this case, three-quarter round, because the orchestra takes up the remaining quarter of the theatre). This made for an unexpected Steampunk feel. The platform makes it so a cast member can take two steps up, stand on top of the clock face, and command center stage for a solo or soliloquy. The chorus uses the steps as bleachers. In one scene it becomes a gazebo in the audience’s imagination. Different corners of the stage were used to represent different places and time in the story. It works splendidly. If the set seems minimal, the period costumes evoke the finely wrought detail of the Dickensian era and leave the mind to fill in the architecture
JUDY’S SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS ARTSWEST Through December 28 When an uninvited dark guest comes caroling, the celebrity holiday reveling at July Garland’s Christmas Eve party takes a dark and maudlin tone. This is the other side of a white Christmas. The black comedy/musical Judy’s Scary Little Christmas is a funny, frosty, and even heartrending yuletide tale of fame and mortality. Set up as a Judy Garland live TV show comeback Christmas special in the mid-1950s, this play opens to a lively opening with Judy belting out a Christmas song with three sexy young men dancing back up. Her quick and saucy banter delights the TV show audience. As the real ArtsWest audience plays the studio audience, we become an active part of this story. Cue applause! Our first guest is classic crooner Bing Crosby, followed by pianist Liberace, Broadway singer Ethel Merman, writer Lillian Hellman, future president Richard Nixon, and finally (at her bitchy best), ac-
Lisa Mandelkorn and David Caldwell
tress Joan Crawford. This boozy night of celebrity mocking, cocktail chitchat, and whimsical song twists and turns like the bitter winter winds. While on-camera, these stars are proud and pompous; and when they are off-camera, they are self-
conscious and self-effacing. Even Punch, a sarcastic puppet, trades jibes with the group. When Judy’s door blasts opens by a heavy wind bringing in the dark guest, we commence the blacker see Darkness page 5
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Celebrating 41 Years!
Oscars Best Original Song
Long list includes Patti Smith, Lorde, Coldplay, and Ethan Hawke
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer About this time last year, everyone was predicting an Oscar nomination for Lana Del Rey, the clear frontrunner for Best Original Song for “Young and Beautiful” from The Great Gatsby. But she didn’t even make the shortlist, thanks to the snobbish and often clueless members of the Academy’s Songwriters Branch. “Let It Go” (Frozen) eventually beat two worthier entries, “Happy” (Despicable Me 2) and “The Moon Song” (Her) for the award, though it further exemplified the flaws that have
plagued this category, which regularly omits some of the best music used in films. The 2015 race again serves up an eclectic batch of possibilities, starting with a pair of compositions featuring actors who doubled as vocalists, Jennifer Lawrence and Ethan Hawke. The former sings “The Hanging Tree” from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I, backed by James Newton Howard’s dramatic orchestration, while the latter impressively croons “Split the Difference” from Best Picture contender Boyhood. John Legend and Common have a chance to get in with “Glory” from Selma, although its political lyrics could prove a bit much for stuffy voters, who might settle for Coldplay’s ‘Miracles” from the Angelina Jolie-helmed Unbroken, or Adam Levine’s solo piece “Lost Stars” from Begin Again. Legendary rocker Patti Smith’s collaboration with the Kronos Quartet, “Mercy Is” from Noah, should make the cut, as should Glen Campbell’s stark ballad “Not Gonna Miss You” from his own bio-doc, Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me; ditto for Lorde’s electro-pop number “Yellow Flicker Beat,” also from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I. “Let Me In” by Grouplove, from The Fault in Our Stars, and Billy Boyd’s “The Last Goodbye” from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies could sneak in, and heaven help us if the rather obnoxious “Everything is Awesome” by Tegan and Sara (featuring The Lonely Island) from The Lego Movie makes the final five. The long list of entries will be trimmed to about ten songs in the coming days. It’s definitely that time of year. 2014 saw dozens of breakout artists, a few major comebacks, several career peaks, and even some total duds. Next week, it’s our turn to wrap up the past twelve months of music and announce
the best of what we listened to and what we saw, and there was plenty to pick from. Aside from revealing our year-end music choices, we’ll feature a special interview with singersongwriter and LGBT fan favorite Jason Mraz, who voluntarily communicated with Seattle Gay News via email and filled us in on personal holiday plans, his most memorable thing of 2014, and his reaction to a historical and eventful year for same-sex marriage. Be sure to grab a copy of our December 19 issue, when we celebrate the Best of Music 2014. Rick Springfield followers take note: he’s stripping down in March right here in Seattle. The actor-musician will perform an up close and intimate performance that follows his concert film, Stripped Down, that aired on PBS. His solo acoustic set is expected to touch on landmark hits, including “Jessie’s Girl” and “Don’t Talk to Strangers.” Springfield will appear March 18 at The Neptune with tickets, priced at $50, on sale now at www.Tickets.com. Also headed to The Neptune is acclaimed Americana singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams, scheduled to perform February 10. RL Grimes has added a second date by popular demand at The Neptune, on January 20; tickets are scarce for the January 22 performance. And, reunited three-piece SleaterKinney will play The Showbox Market on May 29; this concert will likely sell out. Finally, if you’re looking to get out for a Sunday drive, 80s pop trio Wilson Phillips appears at Snoqualmie Casino on December 14. It’s a 35-minute drive from downtown Seattle. For tickets and information, visit www.snocasino.com.
2015 Golden Globe Nominations by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer It’s hard for me to get excited about the Golden Globes. Voted on by a nebulous body of a 140 or so members whose affiliation and association with the Hollywood Foreign Press has never been entirely clear, the group’s history of handing out nominations to reviled and undeserving films is legendary. Even stars Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp made fun of the group when their film, The Tourist, received three high profile nods in 2010, making the organization and their awards more of an industry laughingstock than they already were. Still, as someone who writes about the Academy Awards, I’m not a fool. While I’d never say Golden Globe winners have much of a say on who will take home an Oscar, they can play a part in starting to write the narrative as far as nominations are concerned. There are times some of the surprises ushered inside the Drama and Musical/Comedy categories can add a little insight as to who might make the final five as far as the highprofile (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and Actress) Academy Award categories are concerned, this year being no exception.
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All of which makes yesterday’s announcement of the 2015 Golden Globe nominees all the more interesting. While there weren’t a ton of surprises, the films receiving nods do start to help bring next year’s Oscar race into a bit clearer focus. Films long foreseen as major frontrunners (Jolie’s Unbroken, indie drama Whiplash, Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi extravaganza Interstellar) took a minor hit, while a few that were thought to be on the outside looking in (Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel, Jake Gyllenhaal in Nightcrawler, the Civil Rights docudrama Selma) got a major lift. Unsurprisingly, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s spellbinding Broadway-based industry comedy-drama hybrid, Birdman, nabbed the most nominations, receiving seven nods for Best Picture Musical/Comedy, Director, Actor Musical/Comedy Michael Keaton, Supporting Actor Edward Norton, Supporting Actress Emma Stone, Screenplay and Score. Right behind with five each are the Alan Turing biopic The Imitation Game (Picture Drama, Actor Benedict Cumberbatch, Supporting Actress Keira Knightley, Screenplay and Score) and Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making Boyhood (Picture Drama, Director, Sup-
porting Actor Ethan Hawke, Supporting Actress Patricia Arquette, Screenplay), both films long held to be strong contenders to take top honors when Oscars are handed out on February 22 of next year. Also doing quite well were the aforementioned The Grand Budapest Hotel and Selma, those two along with David Fincher’s Gone Girl and the Stephen Hawking biography The Theory of Everything scoring four nominations apiece. With her Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nomination earlier in the week coupled with a Best Actress Drama nod here, Jennifer Aniston threw herself in the Academy Award conversation for her performance in the still to be released indie effort Cake, while former winner and industry legend Robert Duvall looks like a sure bet for a Supporting Actor nod for The Judge after getting noticed by the Hollywood Foreign Press.
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The full list of nominees in both Film and Television categories are as follows. The 2015 Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast live starting at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 11, 2015 on NBC and will be hosted once again by Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. see Globe page 13
Smith, Beyonce lead Grammy noms with six apiece As expected, British crooner Sam Smith netted multiple Grammy nominations last week, including nods in each top category, Album, Record and Song of the Year, and Best New Artist. The singer, who came out to his mother at age 4 but publicly announced his sexual orientation this year when his debut record, In the Lonely Hour, was released, earned six nominations total on December 5. He’ll also compete for Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Pop Vocal Album. He’s the strong favorite for Best New Artist, where he squares off against Iggy Azalea, Bastille, HAIM and Brandy Clark. Also with six nominations is Beyonce, who dethroned Dolly Parton as the most nominated female artist in Grammy history. Her self-titled, spontaneously released CD competes with Smith for Album of the Year, and elsewhere is vying for awards in the R&B and Rap field, as well as being shortlisted for Best Music Film with hubby Jay Z for their tour documentary, Beyonce & Jay Z: On the Run Tour. The Album of the Year race, besides Smith and Beyonce, features veterans Beck (Morning Phase) and Pharrell Williams (Girl), plus singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran (X). Smith’s “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)” will battle Azalea’s “Fancy” (featuring Charlie XCX), Sia’s “Chandelier,” Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off,” and Meghan Trainor’s “All About That Bass” for Record of the Year. For Song of the Year, awarded to the songwriter, in contrast to the artist in the Record category, the five slots went to “All About That
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Beyonce and Sam Smith
Bass” (Kevin Kadish and Meghan Trainor, songwriters), “Chandelier” (Sia Furler and Jesse Shatkin, songwriters), “Shake It Off (Max Martin, Shellback, and Taylor Swift, songwriters), “Stay With Me (Darkchild Version)” (James Napier, William Phillips, and Sam Smith, songwriters), and “Take Me to Church” (Andrew Hozier-Byrne, songwriter). In the running for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album, dominated by Gay icons, are Cheek to Cheek by Tony Bennett and Lady
and the ignoble facts behind their first meeting that lead to their tortuous romance. While we admire Poe’s brilliance, we are aware he is a ne’er-do-well, quick-to-anger, unreliable cad. Meg McLynn singing, “And then the Pages Turn” as Sarah Whitman, was a memorable musical moment in this act, and captures her fascination with literature and Poe. Actor Brian Pucheu makes a convincing embodiment of Poe, with a Southern gentleman’s drawl and a deep baritone singing voice. He conducts himself with the body language of arrogance and self-loathing. His character is quite rightly the kingpin of the production, but it is his nemesis and foil, Maelzel, delightfully and comically portrayed by Michael Ramquist, who all but walks off with the show using his Old World Viennese accent and off-kilter charm. Maelzel tours the U.S. with the “Mechanical Turk,” a chess-playing machine that always wins. It is a great side-show prop, resembling a coin-operated fortune teller who plays chess. When Poe publishes an article exposing the secret of the device (it has Maelzel’s sidekick, Schlumberger, a world champion chess playing dwarf inside the base), Poe becomes Maelzel’s sworn enemy. The comic relationship between Maelzel and Schlumberger (played by newcomer Victor Matlock, of whom we hope to see more) feels like classic Laurel and Hardy, especially in their scene on the too-tiny bed, which left the audience rolling in laughter. Act Two brings us nine more original Paul Lewis songs, and completes the arc of the
story of loves lost, plotted revenge, and the unwinding of fate. Curiously, for such dark subject matter, this show seems destined to become a seasonal holiday classic due to its mesmerizing score, comic moments, and ultimate poignancy. There is a planned Christmas wedding, and some beautiful songs such as “The Bells” that seem perfect for caroling. Ultimately, we are left with sadness for Whitman and Poe, but it is a velvety sadness with some underlying feeling of joy for having experienced this beautiful musical. Or maybe, for those of us who have nursed broken-hearts, there is some consolation in Poe’s misadventures. At least, we can tell ourselves, we didn’t eff it up quite like Poe, who died broken-hearted, on October 7, 1849 at 5:02 AM, the time the hands point to on the clock painted stage. My only regret about this production is that the run only continues through this weekend. All the cast, crew, musicians, designers, tech crew, dialect coaches, etc. involved with Producer/Director Corey McDaniel and Composer/Playwright Paul Lewis have produced a true work of art that showcases our local talent as polished professionals. If you haven’t seen it yet, try to get tickets for one of the four remaining shows. The show continues at the Cornish Studio Theatre (at the Cornish Playhouse – formerly the Intiman Theatre), 201 Mercer St. on Friday, 12/12 @ 8 p.m., Saturday, 12/13 @ 2 p.m. & @ 8 p.m., Sunday, 12/14 @ 2 p.m. Tickets: $22-general; $14-senior/military/student; $11TPS members. $5 minimum pay-what-youcan performances on 12/13 & 12/14 matinees. Tickets available at www.brownpapertickets. com/event/858076 and at the door. For more information, visit www.theatre22.org.
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GaGa, Nostalgia by Annie Lennox, Night Songs by Barry Manilow, Sending You a Little Christmas by Johnny Mathis, and Partners by Barbra Streisand. Meanwhile, young divas Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande are up for Best Pop Vocal Album, for Bangerz and My Everything, respectively, along with Katy Perry (Prism), Coldplay (Ghost Stories), Sheeran (X), and Smith (In the Lonely Hour). The Grammy nominations were revealed awkwardly at different times and on different
platforms this year, on December 5. Record and Song of the Year, and Best New Artist nominations, were unveiled via Twitter in the morning, and then 80 more categories were posted on the Recording Academy’s website throughout the day, followed by the Album of the Year nominations on the holiday concert special that night, which replaced the usual Grammy nominations concert. The 57th Grammy Awards will be given out on February 8 at LA’s Staples Center.
Celebrating 41 Years!
Michael Brunk
Scene from Judy’s Scary Little Christmas
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continued from cover side of Christmas. Here it takes a grim and even sober turn. This “ghost of Christmas denial” begins his diatribe of attack on all the celebrities at Judy’s party. He holds no punches. He even calls out Judy on her own ill-fated life of misfortunes and pills. Instead of the joyous Twelve Days of Christmas, we now have the somber twelve steps of Christmas. This is a side of the rainbow that no one wants to be on. The Dickensian ghost finally offers absolution through the celebrity’s respective moments of self-reflection. It is a final saving grace for the beleaguered sensationalized lives of these wayward spirits, alcoholic or otherwise. Judy’s own sweetness shines through with the elegant “Make It Shine” number with a lonely sailor boy and fan (who came as a midnight dinner date with Liberace and his mother). As a distant trolley clangs from the
heavens, there is that hallelujah moment on her judgment day. Directed and choreographed by Troy Wageman, we are gifted with a diverse array of talent in this American celebrity satire. The cast is led by an exquisitely talented Lisa Mandelkorn as Judy Garland. She heaps on the charm and adult-themed wittiness to the delight of the studio audience. As Ethel Merman, Kate Jaeger is extraordinary for her on-beat remarks and spot-on vocals. The scathing wit, one-liners, and candid discourse come courtesy of writers James Webber and David Church. The music and lyrics are by Joe Patrick Ward. Together, they create a sneering Christmas play for the silly devils in all of us. You won’t see this on any elementary school stage. ArtsWest is at its holiday best. Judy’s Scary Little Christmas is a nervy ode to classic television, Hollywood dreams, and the wonderful and broken truth to the seasons of all our lives.
CORRECTION: In the SGN’s review of How the Grinch Stole Christmas that ran in last week’s (12/5/14) edition, the actor Andreas Wyder who played Young Max was inadvertently named Andrew Wyder. The SGN regrets the error.
Horrific Pyramid unworthy of discovery THE PYRAMID Now playing Right at the start of 2013’s Arab Spring, American archeologists Holden (Denis O’Hare) and his tenacious daughter Nora (Ashley Hinshaw) make a stunning discovery in the middle of the Egyptian desert. Buried under the sand is a pyramid, lost to civilization for untold thousands of years. It’s the find of the young century, the pair almost beside themselves in excitement as to what secrets could be awaiting them inside. For reasons that are more than understandable, both their University backers as well as the Egyptian government have ordered them to leave the country. But curiosity, as well as a desire to reacquire a lost robot loaned to their tech guru Zahir (Amir K) by NASA, leads them into the pyramid, if only for a quick look, documentary filmmakers Sunni (Christa Nicola) and Fitzie (James Buckley) following their every step. In some ways eerily similar to this past August’s As Above So Below in that it involves a group of young people (more or less) descending into an underground labyrinth only to discover a hellish doorway leading straight into damnation, the B-grade horror yarn The Pyramid doesn’t exactly reek of originality. The directorial debut of longtime Alexandre Aja collaborator Grégory Levasseur (High Tension, The Hills Have Eyes and Piranha 3D are just three of the productions they’ve teamed up on), the movie starts out as another found footage fright fest before randomly transforming itself into something else entirely, not for anything story based, but more because it can. It’s a little bit of a perplexing mess at times; there’s no better way to say it than that. This does not make the film a total loss. Things are set up pretty well, even if what gets the five people inside the pyramid is moderately contrived, while the early thrills
and chills offered up as they initially make their way through the stone and sand corridors are suitably unsettling. There’s a decided, if not unexpected, Indiana Jones meets The Mummy vibe that’s intoxicating, the found footage esthetic helping to augment the rising tension nicely. It helps that Levasseur has O’Hare to center things around. Until the screenwriting starts to let him down – more on that in a moment – the stage and screen veteran (he’s had notable roles in everything from Dallas Buyers Club to “American Horror Story” to Duplicity to “True Blood”) anchors the proceedings agreeably. He’s stoic and controlled in ways that are believable, authoritative, and is able to deliver quick bursts of narrative exposition in ways that propel the story forward instead of halting things in their tracks. More, the fatherdaughter bond he forms with Hinshaw is endearing, making the terror to come that more effective in the process. But there aren’t a lot of places to go, and while the supernatural elements utilizing Egyptian mythology and ancient religions are suitably unnerving, that doesn’t make any of the events themselves surprising. There is a rote familiarity to everything that happens and the order the cast members are dispatched in that’s tiresome, and as gruesome as some elements turn out to be, that hardly makes the majority of them frightening. Then there is the script. Writers Daniel Meersand (Removal) and Nick Simon (Cold Comes the Night) have come up with a reasonably decent scenario and populated it with characters who, at least at first, have the appearance of being a collection of adventurers, scientists and journalists worth spending time with. But as things go forward, each of them is let down in one way or another, none allowed to form the kind of emotional dimensionality that would force the viewer to care if they survived their ordeal. In the case of O’Hare, he’s the one that’s inexplicably thrown entirely under the bus, the film’s greatest asset suddenly transformed into its most colossal nincompoop, all to earn a random gotcha scare that’s more insulting than it
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is anything close to effective. Levasseur does what he can, he and his editor Scott C. Silver compiling their various bits of footage in a way that’s viscerally intriguing. But about the time the script starts to go off the rails it is almost as if the director, too, has grown tired of all that’s transpiring. Suddenly the proceedings start to get drowned in Nima Fakhrara’s (The Signal) nice, if omnipresent, score. On top of that, it’s like he gives up on the found footage format just as the third act starts slipping into gear, camera angles and visual points of reference popping up that could not possibly come from either of the two primary cameras that are supposedly filming all of the action. In all honesty, I actually wouldn’t have cared about that last item had the film not ended up so routinely blasé. Mixing things up as far as this genre is concerned, slipping back and forth between found footage and standard visual compositions is hardly
a novel idea, but it is one most motion pictures of this ilk are unwilling to dabble in. I like that Levasseur felt the need to play with the format, I just wish he would have done so from the onset and not just at the point things were falling apart. It reeks of desperation and as such becomes a more noticeable a visual hiccup because of it. For all my bellyaching, in all honesty as tired as the format might be, 2014 has been a fairly strong year for found footage horror yarns. The Den, Willow Creek, The Sacrament, even the aforementioned As Above So Below, all have yielded their fair share of divine moments of terror and despair. However, as good as the production values might be, as strong as the overall cast is, the same cannot be said for The Pyramid as a whole. Levasseur shows potential as a director, just not enough of it to overcome his debut’s deficiencies, making this one horrific descent into the subterranean unknown unworthy of discovery.
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I double dog dare you NOT to miss A Christmas Story Eric Andrews-Katz
A Christmas Story fan, Alan Andrews-Katz, outside the 5th Avenue Theatre
cials of the holiday season. It’s a fun movie that started off slow but grew in popularity until rating well enough to become a TBSA CHRISTMAS STORY, 24-hour-Broadcast-Special. And for good reaTHE MUSICAL son. The story is delightful and anyone who 5TH AVENUE THEATRE (on any occasion) ever desperately wanted that Through December 30 “special gift,” facing defeat at every turn, can identify with the plights and passions of its A Christmas Story is perhaps one of the young hero. The 5th Avenue Theatre currently most beloved, non-animated television spe- presents a return engagement of its Broadway by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer
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A Christmas Story is based on the short story of Jean Shepherd, “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash.” Starting off as a radio show, the story was released in 1983 as a full-featured film with little fanfare. Becoming lost among the shuffle of holiday movies, it began new life when Turner Classic Television began running it in a 24-hour marathon loop to compete with the constant showing of It’s A Wonderful Life. In 2009 Kansas City Repertory Theatre (Missouri) presented the premiere of the musical with music and lyrics by Scott Davenport Richards. Going through a complete renovation with a new score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, A Christmas Story reopened with its debut on December 9, 2010 at Seattle’s own 5th Avenue Theatre. A Christmas Story, the musical made its Broadway debut in November of 2012 and through a special arrangement played through the end of the year. It was nominated for three Tony Awards including Best Original Score, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Musical of the 2012 Season.
Their perennial band includes D.J. Gommels, who does a lot of keyboarding along with various characters, and Michael Oaks, who also inhabits all kinds of people. Usually directed by Lisa’s brother, David Koch, the reliability of the company means everything falls into place seamlessly. Comments on opening night were often, “This is opening night? I had no idea!” This year, an engaging presence is added to their fun. James Knoll helps fill out some hilarious bits with a mostly silent presence, but that doesn’t mean he makes a small impact. His Angel in Mama Spudd’s Jesus skit is something to behold. Helping everyone look the part with costuming that is perfect for each character is Candace Frank. Lights and sets this year are by Robert J. Aguilar, and sound is handled by Lisa, also. I haven’t mentioned the team of aging superheroes you’ll meet this year, but their costuming is hilarious. If you’re a regular, you know you’ve got to get your tickets, because they might sell out. If you’ve never been, it’s time you find out why people become regulars! For more information, call 206-292-7676 or go to www.acttheatre.org.
juice bar and spa! Where Dr. Dan plays the piano before your appointment and Nurse Julie sings about mammograms and vaginas. This year, you’ll play a game show (there is invariably a game show) called “What the Heck’s a Puget?” and watch Euomi’s take on the prequel to the Passion Play: Saturday Night Jesus! You’ll get to see more of Lisa Koch’s amazing Internet video finds – performances that are so bad they’re great! See Zsa Zsa Gabor demonstrate (sort of) what made her famous. Who? Never mind. It’s really hard, sometimes, to recap something and not feel like you’re giving away spoilers, but a brief description in an article really, REALLY does not equate the experience. I’m just hoping that giving you a taste of the hilarity in this show will convince you that you’ve got to get down there and see it, feel it for yourself! The main geniuses behind Ham are Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt. Lisa, besides having a sophisticated funny bone, also is an accomplished composer and musician, and writes all the parody lyrics. Man, I’d like to stand Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ around for a few days inside her brain to watch gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/Seatit work! Peggy is a well-known comedian and tleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found performer apart from her duo with Lisa, Dos at miryamstheatermusings.blogspot.com. Fallopia, and does dead-pan better’n anyone.
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side the struggles the man faces. In short, the entire cast is excellent and there’s very little not to enjoy about this presentation. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul wrote the music and lyrics with a book by Joseph Robinette. Pasek and Paul have also written the musical Dogfight as well as songs that appeared on TV’s “SMASH.” The show’s songs all fit into the Americana era and all promote the story as songs in a musical ought to. A Christmas Story is a very enjoyable show. It’s something that you can enjoy with or without a family member, with or without a child. There’s something for all to identify with and something that speaks to all of us. Perhaps this is one of the reasons it’s become a classic. If you think you’ve seen A Christmas Story, the musical when it premiered in 2010, there are subtle nuances in this production (none that I can put my finger on or list) that just seem to make this version better. And the musical version is still a novelty to where it delights at every turn. Go see A Christmas Story. It is one of the best holiday shows Seattle has to currently offer. In fact – I TRIPLE dog dare you not to miss it!
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premier, A Christmas Story, the musical. The storyline should be familiar, but if you are about to see it for the first time, I’m envious of your experience. Set in the Americana of the 1950s in Middle America, nine-year old Ralphie Parker wants one thing, and one thing only for Christmas: a “Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model air rifle, with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time.” Ralphie tries to let his desires be known, but finds distraction at every turn by the taunting cry of “You’ll shoot your eye out!” His father has no time to notice between his constant frustration with the neighbor’s howling dogs and his obsession with a unique prize he’s won from a contest. Ralphie’s mother is typical mid-American, trying to get the house in order for the holidays with all the cooking and preparations, as well as keeping an eye on Ralphie’s younger brother. School is no help as Ralphie tries to avoid the dreaded local bully, Scut Farkus. Ralphie’s last chance is a desperate attempt to reach Santa and plead his case. To say this is a family show is an understatement. There’s a gaggle of children in the show including the lead role, but none of them ever comes across as precocious or scene stealing. Mark Jeffrey James Weber plays Ralphie, the hopeful boy at the center of the story. His eagerness is contagious and the audience cheers the young boy on from the very beginning. His voice (as are all the voices of the younger thespians on stage) is in good form and easily covers the lyrics of the songs. Jessica Skerritt plays Mother, bringing an outer appearance of naïve charm to the role. There’s a natural sweetness to her presence and her singing voice, which makes it easy for the audience to identify with her character, and empathize with the challenges of running a household and being the perfect American House Wife. The Old Man is played by Dane Stokinger, which he does very well. From his grumpy posture, to his sneaking a taste of turkey, to the avoidance of The Bumpus Hounds, he embellishes the role in every way. The audience immediately warms to the curmudgeon when he starts to yell at the furnace in his muffled “Ratzerblastin’, frizzle-toting” kind of made up language allowing the audience to laugh along-
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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS Now playing Exodus: Gods and Kings, Ridley Scott’s (Alien, Blade Runner) epic retelling of the Biblical story of Moses, is a mess. The script, credited to four writers, is undercooked, does little to develop its primary characters or enliven its central storyline, just following the generally accepted scenario of the relationship between Moses and Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses without adding anything close to substantive or consequential insights. While the movie looks incredible, while its painterly images are astonishing, dramatically this one is dead on arrival, the only triumphing of the spirit going on being the viewer’s ability to sit through all 150 minutes without falling asleep. There are moments, make no mistake. Moses’ (Christian Bale) late night, closeddoor meeting with Hebrew slave Nun (Ben Kingsley) where he learns the story behind
his birth and how his mother Bithiah (Hiam Abbass) came to call him son, achieves a level of emotional intimacy the majority of the picture sadly lacks. Even better is Ramses’ (Joel Edgerton) heartfelt, deeply tragic reaction to the final plague sent down to cleanse his city and force him to release the slaves from their bondage, his early interactions with his young child talking about the majesty of parental love giving it powerful weight and introspective meaning. Really, though, that’s about it. Scott, always one knowing how to compose images of striking visual potency, does little to create anything from a dramatic standpoint that’s long lasting or personal. The Nile running red? Striking, yes, but in a clinical way, the Rube Goldberg machinations required for this first plague to come to pass far too eccentrically whimsical. Early battle scenes with Moses and Ramses fighting side-by-side for the glory of the Pharaoh Seti (John Turturro)? Expertly staged but lacking the same robust, visceral bite similar sequences in both Gladiator and Kingdom of Heaven showcased in spades. As for the signature bits essential to
this particular story, they’re hit-and-miss throughout. I really liked how Scott and company handle Moses encountering the Burning Bush, the initial entry into this seismic event for the Hebrew messiah-to-be moderately stunning. But the parting of the Red Sea? The delivering of the Ten Commandments? These sequences are oddly forgettable, more interesting from a technical perspective than they are for anything else. As for the plagues, other than the two already mentioned, they fall bizarrely flat, a couple – hail, locusts, especially frogs – going so far as to border on the unintentionally comic. The biggest problem, though, is that both Moses and Ramses are set as individual characters right from the start and do little in the way of transformation as the film progresses. Sure, the former admittedly finds God, going from die-hard atheist to devout follower, but that change hardly feels as profound as it by all accounts needs to, the Hebrew savior as rigidly stoic from the first moment we’re introduced to him as he is when the screen fades to black. As for Ramses, other than a couple of tender moments with his infant son, he’s a selfish jerk from the jump, his histrionic behavior getting old long before he faces down his estranged brother in the soppy sand of a waterless Red Sea. I can’t get as angry as others have over the casting of the two principals. Bale doesn’t do a bad job, and he’s no worse for the role of Moses than Charlton Heston was way back in 1956, it’s just the writing and the way the character is structured that ultimately does him a far greater disservice than his genealogy does. As for Edgerton, physically he’s every bit as striking as anything anyone could hope for, it’s just his character’s craven and supercilious one-dimensionality that makes him an aggressively tiresome bore. The problem is the supporting cast, veterans like Turturro, Sigourney Weaver,
Aaron Paul and Ben Mendelsohn all so laughably attired, so creepily made up or so comically over the top, the impressions they make are hardly winning. Then there is the depiction of God, a child speaking to Moses and giving him guidance a nice idea in theory, but in execution feels like nothing more than pandering on both Scott and the studio’s part to religious conservatives. The kid they’ve chosen, who isn’t bad, is so lily white, so remarkably Caucasian, it’s almost as if he’s stepped onto the set directly after appearing in a 1950s television sitcom and as such stands out for all the wrong reasons. Cecil B. DeMille’s second crack at The Ten Commandments (he made a silent version in 1923) is hardly perfect. A product of its time, the movie is a large-scale epic made inside the Hollywood system and as such features a cast of recognizable superstars and character actors all of whom play things larger than life with nary an ounce of subtlety. Yet for all its excess, all its faults, the movie has heart, it has conviction, and more than that, it allows for an open dialogue about faith and religion that makes the transformation of both Moses and Ramses to have an immediate and potent intimacy that’s remained surprisingly effective almost six full decades after its original theatrical release. Scott’s take on the material cannot say the same. Exodus: Gods and Kings doesn’t have heart, has trouble establishing an emotional connection with the viewer. On top of that, it doesn’t care to tackle the central questions in regards to faith and religion in ways that could be considered profound or complex, instead pandering to the rigidly faithful while hoping the sheer scope and size of the production will keep everyone else interested. The movie is a discombobulated jumble that fails to realize any of its inherent potential, making it one of the more frustrating disappointments released in all of 2014.
Rock’s Top Five an insightful comedic sensation TOP FIVE Now playing The best film comedy should make the viewer uncomfortable. It should get them to think about ideas and points of view outside their comfort zone. It should take chances, should go into territories that push buttons and very well could cross the line. It should know where too far is, but it shouldn’t state exactly what that point on the map might be upfront, leaving the viewer continually on edge as to if – or when – things might go horrifically off the rails. If you’re not offended by something that’s happened over the course of the picture’s running time then the filmmakers have done something wrong, just how much you’ve been offended going to be the dividing line between whether or not you end up thinking the movie as a whole has been worth one’s precious time. Chris Rock’s Top Five made me furious. Brutally so, asking me to laugh at things that went so far beyond the pale at one point I was fairly certain I did two or three spit takes in reaction to some of what was being said, discussed and laughed at. There were a couple moments where I was fairly certain I wanted to
throw something at the screen, and I can’t say every bit of what the filmmaker was choosing to show me I was even slightly okay with. And, you know what? That’s okay. Because, wouldn’t you know it, Rock has done and crafted a smart, skillfully structured comedy of verbal wit and energetic fervor that is remarkably unafraid of the repercussions if at any given second someone says the wrong thing. Channeling Woody Allen, doing his best Richard Linklater meets John Cassavetes impression, the comedian turned actor turned writer turned director (this is his third effort behind the camera, Head of State and I Think I Love My Wife being the other two) has finally ascended to the next level. I’m not going to mince words, flaws and all, even with segments that offend, Top Five is incredible, and in many ways is the best comedy released by a major studio in 2014. The film chronicles a day in the life of Hollywood superstar and former standup comedy sensation Andre Allen (Rock) as he navigates the streets of New York doing publicity for his new movie, a drama based on a Haitian slave uprising. On top of juggling various junket interviews, he also has to deal with events surrounding his impending marriage to reality television star Erica Long (Gabrielle Union). Topping it off, he’s also supposed to shepherd New York Times reporter Chelsea Brown (Ro-
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sario Dawson) around town, giving her an inside look at his life he’s never given anyone, especially a journalist, up until now. That’s it. That’s all there is, the whole movie a series of conversations, most of them between Andre and Chelsea, as the two of them discuss their loves, careers, families and everything in-between. They get insights into one another’s lives allowing them to make a deep connection in a relatively brief amount of time, talking about things that are relat-
able and intimate no matter what a person’s race or skin color might be. It’s witty, sharp, prescient and far more profound than one would ever anticipate beforehand, giving the movie a deeply poignant resonance that goes well beyond the laughs. As for those laughs, there are indeed plenty of them, Rock populating his film with a bevy of talented entertainers and comedians who are all at the top of their respective games. More than that, though, they’re all
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become more three-dimensional, more human, no matter how brief their respective continued from page 7 screen time might prove to be. Tracy Morwilling to allow themselves to be showcased gan, Kevin Hart, Cedric the Entertainer, in less than stellar light, everyone reflecting J.B. Smoove, Sherri Shepherd, Leslie Jones, differing shades of grey, allowing them to all of them and more impact the proceed-
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ings in ways that constantly surprise, allowing the film to construct a sense of innate realism and authenticity that’s astonishing. Issues do arise. Union’s reality starlet, while having a couple of unexpected moments of depth, is by and large the most underrated principal character, her shrill neediness becoming more and more obnoxious as things progress. More egregiously, Rock writes Dawson into a corner she’s almost unable to crawl herself out of, Chelsea in some respects the least believable, most ethically challenged depiction of a New York Times reporter in cinema history. She has secrets that, while not as shocking as I’m sure they’re intended to be, call far more attention to themselves than they should, and it’s doubtful any newspaper anywhere, no matter how dubious its standards might be, would employ anyone who engages in the types of subterfuge she – intentionally or not – ends up trafficking in. Then, there’s that stuff that made me angry. There are admittedly a couple of subplots I found decidedly uncomfortable, most notably one involving the sexual inclinations of a primary character’s significant other. Thing
is, as retro as portions of this facet of the narrative sometimes felt, it’s hard to tell if this brief tangent is offensively homophobic or refreshingly open-minded, leaving it entirely up to the audience to figure things out themselves. Andre and Chelsea’s reaction to this revelation isn’t as depressing as it initially seems, the two engaging in a thought-provoking conversation about sex and sexuality that might not have been possible without the moderately stereotypical preamble into it. It’s Rock’s willingness to tread in uncertain water that ultimately makes his third directorial outing such a success. While not up to the standards of say Allen’s Annie Hall or Cassavetes’ Faces, while not achieving the same breathless immediacy of Linklater’s Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, or Before Midnight, the film nonetheless shows the former standup doing something amazing. The movie is personal, heartfelt and undeniably candid. More than that, it’s also very, very funny, each laugh checkered with mind-blowing insights allowing Top Five to resonate on a deep, almost soulful level I responded to heart, body and, most of all, soul.
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Cheryl Strayed (Reese Witherspoon) believes she’s hit rock bottom. Her mother Bobbi’s (Laura Dern) death at a relatively young age due to cancer was a shock to the system, leading the wife and college student down a dark path of drug abuse and sexual indiscretion that could only end in her own destruction if it had continued unabated. Freshly divorced, knowing things need to change, Cheryl makes the eye-opening decision to hike the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), an 1,100 mile journey from the Southern California border through Oregon to the Northern Washington border. Untrained, unprepared and completely not ready for the massive undertaking she’s put before herself, the recovering addict who still hasn’t dealt with the demons and despair revolving around the loss of her mother hasn’t the first clue as to why it is she’s doing this. Yet, make no mistake, the woman who emerges from the wilderness back into civilization 94 days after her journey began isn’t the same one who decided to take that first initial step into the desert, discovering a state of clarity and calm she never would have imagined possible beforehand. Based on Cheryl Strayed’s 2012 memoir chronicling her journey hiking the PCT in 1995, Wild is a solidly rousing portrait of a woman on the edge, who goes to the most unimaginable of extremes in order to rediscover the woman she once upon a time believed herself to be. It’s an emotionally cathartic adventure of determination and sacrifice, one that offers up numerous instances of personal introspection coupled with physical resolve. It’s consistently fascinating all the way through, director Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club) keeping a steely focus on Strayed, allowing for the visceral complexity of her endeavor to hit home all the more powerfully in the process. At the same time, much like this past summer’s Aussie Outback drama Tracks with rising young star Mia Wasikowska, this outdoor
examination chronicling the triumph of the human spirit over Nature’s most extreme obstacles is only partially successful. Anchored by an impressive performance from its lead, one that is entirely lived-in, beautifully authentic, free of artifice or any sort of falsehood, the movie nonetheless doesn’t quite ascend to the next level. It kept me at arm’s length throughout; never embracing me as fully as I kept hoping it would, never striking a wholly satiating balance between its central story and the various subplots fueling its heroine’s drive to finish her singular quest. Initially, screenwriter Nick Hornby’s (An Education) adaptation held me transfixed. I liked the way it waffled between Strayed’s time on the PCT with her memories of growing up with her brother Leif (Keene McRae), living with the free-spirited Bobbi and the dissolution of her marriage to Paul (Thomas Sadoski). These transitions worked, added additional insights as to who this woman was and why this action was important to her to undertake. It added a level of complexity to the proceedings I responded to, everything building in a step-by-step fashion that allowed each new revelation on the trail to have a little more weight in the process. But all too quickly this flipping back and forth between Chery Strayed’s current condition and her self-destructive past becomes something of a minor annoyance, inadvertently diluting the inherent power of the protagonist’s quest for personal rediscovery. It allows unwelcome melodrama to seep in where it isn’t welcome, casting a moderately maudlin, saccharine-laced shadow over the proceedings that’s annoyingly distracting. Hornby and Vallée can’t seem to make up their minds as to what it is exactly they are trying to say or the best way to get whatever points it is they’re attempting to make across, the film unavoidably stumbling slightly because of this. Also much like Tracks, there’s also the issue that, for all her isolation, for as much as she is on her own, it was rare that I ever felt Strayed’s trek was putting her in harm’s way. That sense of isolation from the world at large never came fully to life, and other than a brief bit where the absence of water produced unanticipated
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peril and an amusing bit involving her hiking boots, I never believed the woman was in danger. When the stakes became raised it always seemed like there was some soothsayer or savior around the corner to provide a kind resolution to the trauma. While the same could be said in regards to the memoir, the difference is that there Strayed’s writing still conveyed her fear of the unknown, it allowed for the reader’s eyes to be opened to the glory and wonders of the world and the inherent goodness of others in ways that felt cathartic, intimate, never nothing less than true. Here only some of that same sort of feeling is realized, some interactions having weight and majesty to them while others feel oddly contrived no matter how close to real events they very well might have been. All the same, Witherspoon is terrific, and as she’s in close to every scene, usually entirely on her own, this is a very good thing. She finds all the layers whirling inside of Strayed, never apologizing for her shortcomings and failures while at the same time making her easy to root for as she attempts this aggressively eccentric form of outdoor recovery. The actress allows her character to become an open book, lets the chips fall where they
may, embracing any and all challenges as they come to pass, allowing the audience to be there with her every step of the way. Vallée’s latest never ascends to that next level. It doesn’t transcend the material like somewhat similar motion pictures like 127 Hours, Into the Wild and Jeremiah Johnson did once upon a time. It has trouble balancing all the elements of its story into a cohesive whole, Bobbi’s fight against cancer and Cheryl’s relationship with both her mom and her estranged brother never developing as clearly as I kept hoping each of these various subplots would. Yet, more often than not, the film remains entrancing, always offering up moments of subtle, delicately simple intimacy that struck me right in the heart. Assuredly shot by up and coming cinematographer Yves Bélanger (Laurence Anyways), featuring a completely immersive sound mix that’s incredible, Vallée once again shows he’s a talented director keen to tackle any and all challenges that are set in front of him. More than that, though, Wild does Cheryl Strayed’s journey along the PCT justice, allowing insights into a spiritual achievement that took far more than physical endurance and chutzpah for her to accomplish.
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Imaginative Comet ablaze in romantic delights COMET Now playing Dell (Justin Long) knows instantly Kimberly (Emmy Rossum) is the woman for him, so much so he’s utterly unafraid to ask the vibrant and vivacious young lady for her phone number even though her current boyfriend is standing right there. Fastforward six years and the pair are together, trying to make the best of it, doing what they can to overcome a series of successes and missteps that have made their relationship what it is. But will it continue? That’s the central question being asked throughout writer/director Sam Esmail’s daring and audacious debut Comet, a beguiling romantic comedy-drama hybrid that floats within space and time on its own uniquely idiosyncratic wavelength. It bounces back and forth within this six year timeframe in nonlinear fashion, examining aspects of Dell and Kimberly’s relationship trying to find signature
moments that have driven it forward. Think of the film as sort of the bouncy, dialogue-driven second cousin to Derek Cianfrance’s Blue Valentine only not anywhere near as tragic or as depressing; and while I won’t make any statements as to what ultimately happens to Dell and Kimberly I will hazard a guess most won’t be emotionally devastated by where everything ends up. It’s a fun, thought-provoking two-person melodrama, anchored by performances from Long and Rossum easily ranking as two of their best, the movie never anything less than magnetically entertaining even when certain aspects and pieces don’t fit as well together as I maybe would have liked. And it doesn’t all fit together. Some bits aren’t remotely believable, aspects of the pair’s relationship existing in some sitcom meets Cable TV netherworld screenwriters adore but most viewers cluelessly bat their eyes at wondering what all the fuss is about. Dell’s dialogue is particularly problematic at times, so whip-smart and lightning fast it oftentimes sounds a whole heck of a lot better and more profound than in reality it actually is. There’s a bunch of hogwash
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being spouted every so often, Esmail so eloquently cute with his verbiage it tends to overshadow the central romance around which everything revolves. Even so, Comet is a heck of a lot of fun. Long, even saddled with some insane sequences of dialogue that would make David Mamet and Aaron Sorkin blanch, is so terrific he manages to make even the most idiotic moment believable. Better, he and RosBest Foreign Language Film Force Majeure Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Ida Leviathan Tangerines Best Television Series – DRAMA “The Affair” “Downton Abbey” “Game of Thrones” “The Good Wife” “House of Cards” Best Television Series – MUSICAL / COMEDY “Girls” “Jane the Virgin” “Orange Is the New Black” “Silicon Valley” “Transparent”
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CASTLE SUPERSTORE 6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391 CLUB SILVERSTONE 739½ St. Helens Ave. - (253) 404-0273 THE FANTASY SHOP 2301 6th Ave. - (253) 272-6640 LOVER’S 7002 Tacoma Mall Blvd., #F - (253) 475-2271 THE MIX - 635 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 383-4327 RAINBOW CENTER 2215 Pacific Ave. - (253) 383-2318 SHAKABRAH JAVA CAFE 2618 6th Ave. - (253) 572-2787 TANDEM FOR GEAR, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES 3019 6th Ave, Ste. B - (253) 301-3026
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FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send 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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SATURDAY - December 13
Ski Buddies. 8am, 9am & 10am. Every Saturday & Sunday. Ski, board or snow shoe locally with fellow club members! www.skibuddies.org 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. A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am. Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.org Michael C Weideman LGBT Library Used Book Sale (12/12-12/14). Fri 12/12 12noon-8pm; Sat 12/13 10am6pm; Sun 12/14 10am-6pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. LGBT fiction & non-fiction books. www.gaycity.org/library Between the Covers - Gay City LGBT Library Book Club. 1pm. Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Informal group of Queer folks talking about Queer literature. Visit www.gaycity.org for monthly reading selection. Homeschool Families Meet & Greet Fundraiser. 2-5pm. Rose Ridge Cafe & Deli, 7823 Center Blvd SE, Snoqualmie. Sponsored by Survivors of Snoqualmie Valley School District No. 410 Foundation. RSVP requested to 425-458-4140 ext 1 or 1-855-458-4140 ext 1 or Facebook.com/SOSVSD410F “The Hours of Life” - A New Musical by Paul Lewis (12/4 preview performance; 12/5-12/14). 2pm & 8pm. Cornish Playhouse Studio at Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St. About the love and romance between Edgar Allen Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman. Tues-Sat 8pm; Sat & Sun matinees 2pm. Tickets: hoursoflife.brownpaper tickets.com. Presented by Theatre22. 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.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Seattle Prime Timers Dining Out. 6pm. Julia’s in Wallingford, 4401 Wallingford Ave N. RSVP by Thursday, December 11 to Bob, 935-5683 or bob.ropelle@ comcast.net “Down the Chimney” - The Market Street Singers. 7:30pm. Ballard First Lutheran Church, NW 65th St & 20th Ave NW. FREE, donations gratefully accepted. www.marketstreetsingers.org “The Hours of Life” - A New Musical by Paul Lewis (12/4 preview performance; 12/5-12/14). 2pm & 8pm. Cornish Playhouse Studio at Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St. About the love and romance between Edgar Allen Poe and Sarah Helen Whitman. Tues-Sat 8pm; Sat & Sun matinees 2pm. Tickets: hoursoflife.brownpaper tickets.com. Presented by Theatre22. Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence “Pantry 3” Food Drive. The Sisters will be conducting a bucket drive to collect monetary donations to benefit Chicken Soup Brigade. Post-food drive party at 10pm, R Place, 619 E Pine St.
Lotus Sisters. 11am-1:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 2nd Sunday of every month. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www.sasgcc.org Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.dharmabuddies.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. 12-1:30pm. 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 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 Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay SUNDAY - December 14 guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or the game and/or want to supplement their competitive email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org sgn.org. Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 West- No Safeword Writers Group. 1-3pm. Meets 2nd Sunlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine day each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http:// for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHikingGroup/ & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday. welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task location, NSWG@sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafe Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com wordwritersgroup.org. (Also meets 4th Monday, 7-9pm.) Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, “The Hours of Life” - A New Musical by Paul Lewis 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every (12/4 preview performance; 12/5-12/14). 2pm. Cornish Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t Playhouse Studio at Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St. have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe About the love and romance between Edgar Allen Poe rental. 329-1515. and Sarah Helen Whitman. Tues-Sat 8pm; Sat & Sun Michael C Weideman LGBT Library Used Book Sale matinees 2pm. Tickets: hoursoflife.brownpaper tickets. (12/12-12/14). Fri 12/12 12noon-8pm; Sat 12/13 10am- com. Presented by Theatre22. 6pm; Sun 12/14 10am-6pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. LGBT fiction & non-fiction books. www.gaycity.org/library
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December 13 thru December 21
Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.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.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724. PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd 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. Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.
TUESDAY - December 16
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 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 Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 2-3:30pm. Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Monday each month. (253) 383-2565. 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.
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 Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting. 3-5pm. Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months (schedule varies in summer). A Public-Private Partnership in Support of LGBT youth. All are welcome at meetings; lots of volunteer opportunities are discussed. 632-0662 ext 49; CRISIS LINE: 1-877-SAFE-SAFE; www.safeschoolscoalition.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 Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months. The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships & communication between the community & the SPD. Members of the GLBT community are invited to attend. kim.bogucki@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. 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 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 Light the Night: An LGBTQ Hanukkah Celebration. 6:45pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. Enjoy latkes, colorful dreidels, music & a beautiful candle-lighting symbolizing both the miracle of Hanukkah & the idea that great leadership & community action will prevail against oppression. FREE. RSVP to joshf@ hilleluw.org 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.
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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 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 Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731. Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. 329-0886, mailbox@jetchapter kofm.com Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.
MONDAY - December 15
Rain City Jacks. 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm; 4th Sunday each month at1pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sexpositive, non-profit and private. Membership required. Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www.raincityjacks. org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035. 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. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday. The Irish Tenors Holiday Concert - with Full Orchestra. 7:30pm. Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, 3rd Ave & University St. Benefits the Ballard NW Senior Center. Tickets: BenaroyaHall.org or 215-4747. 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 What About Me? 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 Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org
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FRIDAY - December 19
WEDNESDAY - December 17
First Day of Hanukkah 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 The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm. All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat. Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome. Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. 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.) “Bearing Witness” - A Queer Youth of Color Performing Arts Showcase. 6:45pm doors; 7pm show. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, 104 17th Ave S at E Yesler Way. FREE. Featuring performances by local Queer Youth of Color and Allies sharing their stories, exploring their art, creating space and opening a door for discussion and awareness in the community. More than a dozen performers expressing themselves through dance, songs, drag, spoken word, and more! The Gay Uncle Time – A Celebration of Pop, Underground, Camp, Gay & Trash Culture of the ‘60s & ‘70s and Beyond! With Fabulous Special Guests. 7pm. The Rendezvous Grotto, 2322 2nd Ave. 3rd Wednesday each month. A combination salon, cabaret, classroom, story time visit with your favorite relative you never knew you had & a few of his fabulous friends. Picture John Waters subbing for Garrison Keillor on a $13 budget in a friend’s living room with special guests. $5 at the door. www.facebook.com/thegayuncletime. HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.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: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com 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.washingtongenderalliance.com. Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com
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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 Debauchery. Doors 7pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Queers stripping for Queers in a hot, anti-oppressive space, raising money for organizations that serve the Queer community. The show features stripteases, lots of audience interaction & even birthday lapdances on stage! Be sure to bring plenty of dollar bills - a portion of the proceeds goes to non-profits providing health & social services within the Queer community. Tickets $15 at the door, $10 in advance. Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)
THURSDAY - December 18
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 888-292-1912; 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.) Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare. FREE.
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.) 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 First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima. Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html 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.) LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm. Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. 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 GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am. 622-5555 x 212. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of evShifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. ery month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for “KPC’s Holiday Late Night” - Arnaldo! Drag Chananyone of any orientation or gender who desires recov- teuse with Captain Smartypants & Sensible Shoes. ery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 8pm & 10:30pm. Kirkland Performance Center, 350 B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Question- Kirkland Ave, Kirkland. Hilarious campy fun & satirical ing Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for versions of your favorite holiday songs. 18+. Tickets $25. location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside www.kpcenter.org, 425-893-9900. Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. SATURDAY - December 20 (425) 747-4937. Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:30(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) 8:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for volunteer members who work to ensure that the City youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary. concerns. Meetings open to the public. 684-4514. Check the website or call for details. An informal social Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club Monthly Potluck & group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their Meeting. 7pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Bot- friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each tom Dwellers promotes safe & responsible scuba diving month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for & other outdoor activities for the GLBT community & coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information friends at all experience levels. For info & location, www. & to RSVP, 309-0510 or www.longhair.shorturl.com bottomdwellers.org. “A Twisted Holiday” with the Imperial Court of SeBoys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14- attle. 6pm doors; 7pm show. R Place, 619 E Pine St. An 22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every evening of fine drag entertainment. $5 suggested donaThursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues tion. www.imperialcourtofseattle.com and on Facebook. that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org SUNDAY - December 21 GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday Winter Solstice each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda consultations. For information and to schedule an ap- Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s pointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic PFLAG/Bellevue Monthly Meeting. 7pm - study group breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues meets at 6pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@ with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. hotmail.com www.bellevue-pflag.org. COMMUNITY RESOURCES Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. listing at 6pm.) Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169. Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Gay-Social-Club/ Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & com/guide.html
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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 - www.chacseattle.org 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.equal rightswashington.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) - 3639188; 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.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com 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.nwbears.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.flying house. org. Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com 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.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, https://groups.yahoo.com/group/maybebabyseattle; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup. com/proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 5687777, info@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.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 Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, 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) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle. 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 - 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235. Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly 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. Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. 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 - 684-4503. 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 Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org 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 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. Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle 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.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pa-
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cific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacific nwgra.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; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswim team.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 Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, 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 Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersoll center.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftm group.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: 7220729; 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/womenofwest seattle; 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, 461-4493. (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; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@llaa.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.Matthews Place.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www. oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431TEEN; 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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“Sisters’ Pantry 3”! perate need of community support. The clients served by Chicken Soup Brigade need toiletries (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, etc.), canned foods, and dry goods (pasta, beans, rice, etc.). Collection boxes will be at R-Place, C.C. Attle’s, The Wild Rose, Madison Pub, The Cuff Complex, Changes in Wallingford, Pike Place Dental, and Lifelong AIDS Alliance Thrift Store November 14th through December 14th. Sister Hillda Billy, who organizes the annual food drive, said, “I am positively giddy with excitement for this year’s food drive! We’ve added new collection locations this year, in response to last year’s community generosity. Last year, the community donated several hundred pounds of food and toiletries. We’re hoping to be able to help the community donate even more of these essential items this year!” On Saturday, December 13th, the Sisters will be conducting a bucket drive to collect monetary donations to add to the food donations. The Sisters will also be hosting a post food-drive party that evening that will be held at R-Place (619 E. Pine St.) at 10 p.m. Thank you for helping to make the food“Sisters’ Pantry” is a food drive for drive a success!!! Chicken Soup Brigade, a project of Lifelong AIDS Alliance. This year, because Courtesy of the Sisters of Perpetual Inof rising demand and budgetary condulgence, the Abbey of St. Joan straints, Chicken Soup Brigade is in des-
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