SGN Feb 1, 2019 - Part 2

Arts & Entertainment

ArtsWest’s M. Butterfly a truly compelling and transformative experience

by Paul Torres SGN Contributing Writer

M. BUTTERFLY ARTSWEST Through February 17

The 2018

Gypsy

David Henry Hwang’s brilliant M. Butterfly at ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery has so much to it that days later, I find myself still unpacking what it all means. Is this the sign of a great theater production? I think so. I would love to delve into its themes of gender roles, cultural prejudice, see M. BUTTERFLY page 4

Rose Lee Award winners!

by Miryam Gordon

SGN A&E Writer

The votes are in and the nominees have been announced! And now, the worthy recipients of the 2018 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards are finally able to get the recognition they richly deserve.

NYC Pride to host WorldPride closing ceremony in Times Square; Melissa Etheridge to perform

NEW YORK (January 15, 2019) – NYC Pride, the official host of WorldPride 2019 and Stonewall 50, is thrilled to announce further details about NYC Pride’s WorldPride closing ceremony. All are welcome to this final celebration of Pride on Sunday, June 30th from 7 to 10pm in NYC’s iconic Times Square.

The evening will provide a full slate of influential speakers and global musical talents who represent the cultural diversity, tenacity, and grace of the LGBTQIA+ community. One of the renowned artists slated to perform is Grammy Award–winning singersongwriter Melissa Etheridge.

see WORLDPRIDE page 3

February 2019 theater openings

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

A big musical, two different takes on Uncle Vanya, and a lot more is in store for your February theater-going pleasure. Check out what’s coming up!

see GYPSY NOMS page 6

While you read the list of winners, which includes the very first Triple Tie the Seattle Theater Writers has ever awarded, consider all the various companies that are named and the variety of productions they reflect. Have you gone to all of them? There are so many to sample and so much theater to get excited about. Here’s to a great 2019!

Rock of Ages, 5th Avenue Theatre, 2/124 (opens 2/8) Diana Huey comes back to town to headline this ‘80s rock ‘n’ roll homage. It’s the story of a small town girl and a city boy who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rocking

see FEB. OPENINGS page 4

Seattle Symphony’s “Celebrate Asia” was a day of music and culture

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer

SEATTLE SYMPHONY

“CELEBRATE ASIA”

January 27

The 11th annual “Celebrate Asia” presented by the Seattle Symphony was a whimsical day of music and culture that celebrated the whole continent of Asia.

Interestingly enough the fun started 90 minutes prior to the actual concert with entertainment happening in the grand lobby of Benaroya Hall. Emceed by Aleksa

Manila, the Pre-concert featured performers from The Morning Star Cultural Center, Swaranjali School of Music, and the International Lion Dance and Martial Arts Team.

Joining Manila on the platform were Miss Gay Seattle, Miss India WA, Miss Asia WA, Mr Asia WA, and Ms India WA.

During the Symphony performance, everyone cheered when the Korean born, female conductor, Shiyeon Sung, stepped out onto the stage.

The performances in Act One, looked short on paper (only three numbers), but the numbers were long, but whimsical, with one number (“Rhapsody on a theme

of Paganini, Op. 43”) lasting 23 minutes and another (‘The Chairman Dances” from Nixon in China) lasting 12 minutes, with guest pianist, Seong-Jin Cho, plus the world premiere of Chia-Ying Lin’s “Ascolsia”.

To open Act Two, guest soprano Kathleen Kim sang with style and humor for “snagS&Snarls: Scenes from Alice in Wonderland” by Unsuk Chin.

Then Kim left the stage and Sung then conducted “Pubbanimitta” by Narong Prangcharden. Sung was so fascinating to watch by being animated when conducting.

Kim finished the show by performing 2 traditional songs, “Arirang” and “I Miss

Mount Keumkang”.

Post-Show more performers brought energy to the grand lobby including CHIKIRI and the School of TAIKO, followed by the Bollywood dancer from the Rhythms of India.

The whole day of the “Celebrate Asia” should never be missed. You go in expecting culture and you end up with more energy and happiness.

MK Scott is a Seattle-based arts blogger. Check out his site at uniteseattlemag.com.

“We Built This City: Seattle’s Historic Music Venues” discussion at the Seattle Public Library February 4

Known for her confessional lyrics and raspy, smoky vocals, Etheridge has remained one of America’s favorite female singer-songwriters for more than two decades. On October 7, Melissa Etheridge released Memphis Rock & Soul, her first album since 2014’s critically lauded This Is M.E. Recorded at Royal Studios in Memphis, the album has received stellar reviews. Etheridge is also featured on the cover of the Holiday 2018 NYC Pride Guide: WorldPride Preview.

“I am thrilled to perform at the World-

Pride closing ceremony while commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising,” said Etheridge. “That night, Times Square will serve as a home to a multitude of LGBTQIA+ individuals and allies on a truly momentous evening of love, pride, and community – capping what I’m sure will be an extraordinary month of celebrations.”

As is tradition with other cities that have hosted WorldPride, a closing ceremony indicates the conclusion of the Pride celebration and a proverbial “passing of the torch” to the next host city.

“Over four million people will descend upon New York City for the largest LGBTQIA+ gathering in our history,” said

Join us for a panel discussion on Seattle music venues with local music writers, inspired by The 5th Avenue Theatre’s upcoming production of Rock of Ages, from 6pm to 7pm Monday, Feb. 4 at the Central Library, 1000 Fourth Ave., Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium.

Library events are free and everyone is welcome. Registration is not required. Parking is available in the Central Library’s garage for $7 after 5 p.m.

The 5th Avenue Theatre’s upcoming production of Rock of Ages is set in a fictional rock venue being forced to permanently close its doors.

Seattle’s real-life stories of threatened and shuttered music venues have played out and continue to play out in our city – a city which is trying to reconcile its storied musical past with rapid development. How can we continue to preserve both memories of our past

Chris Frederick, NYC Pride’s managing director. “We look forward to closing out WorldPride in celebration and in commemoration of our storied history and our invaluable collected experiences as a community.”

The official lineup for the WorldPride Closing Ceremony will be announced in February.

WorldPride 2019 and Stonewall 50 will comprise more than 25 different events for LGBTQIA+ and allied people of all ages, [throughout] June. Throughout the course of the celebration, all WorldPride events will ladder up to the foundational theme, “Millions of Moments of Pride.” Join New York City and the world this June as we

and the venues which still harbor our region’s underground musical lifeblood?

Panelists will include:

• Paul de Barros, author of Jackson Street After Hours: The Roots of Jazz in Seattle

• Jonathan Zwickel, senior editor at CityArts and author of Beastie Boys: A Musical Biography

The Library brings people, information and ideas together to enrich lives and build community. We support universal access to information and ideas, and form strong partnerships with community organizations to offer art events that are accessible to all.

For more information, call (206) 3864636 or visit Ask Us at www.spl.org. For ADA accommodations, please contact: leap@spl.org.

Courtesy of Seattle Public Library

honor the past, celebrate our differences, and march together for our future. For more information, visit: www.worldpride.org.

Heritage of Pride, Inc. is the volunteerdirected organization behind the official NYC Pride roster of events. Heritage of Pride’s mission is to work toward a future without discrimination where all people have equal rights under the law. We do this by producing LGBTQIA+ Pride events that inspire, educate, commemorate, and celebrate our diverse community.

Courtesy of Heritage of Pride

FEB. OPENINGS

romance is told through the heart-pounding hits of Styx, Foreigner, Joan Jett, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister and more.

www.5thavenue.org

The Devil and Sarah Blackwater, Annex Theatre, 2/1-3/2 (world premiere) Singer-songwriter Sarah Blackwater’s rock and roll tour is rudely interrupted when the Devil comes calling about a debt – the eternal soul of her partner, Sam. With love as her compass, Sarah goes through hell and back to discover what’s worth holding on to.

www.annextheatre.org

Uncle Vanya, The Seagull Project, 2/117 (at ACT Theatre)

Uncle Vanya is the second major play written by Anton Chekhov and premiered at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1898. A provincial family is in turmoil, after the esteemed Professor Serebryakov and his wife, Yelena, arrive to stay at the family estate after coming to the end of their fiscal rope. The desires of the family begin to boil under these new circumstances.

www.acttheatre.org/actlab/uncle-vanya/

It Could Be Any One of Us, Phoenix Theatre, 2/1-24

In a windswept country house, a family of artistic failures wrangles over a will. A detective who has never solved a case, a writer whose works have never been published, an artist who’s never shown a painting, a composer whose compositions have never been performed, and a dysfunctional teenager are the prime ingredients for this murder mystery. The victim, however, is not who it should be, and the murderer’s identity changes overnight. Alan Ayckbourn wrote this play with multiple endings. The Phoenix’s production will surprise the audience with a different ending each night, determined by a card game on stage that steers the actors in any given direction.

www.tptedmonds.org

I and You, Penguin Productions, 2/2-9 (at Taproot Theatre)

Housebound because of illness, Caroline hasn’t been to school in months. Confined to her room, she has only Instagram and Facebook for company. That is until classmate Toni bursts in – uninvited and armed with waffle fries, a scruffy copy of Walt Whitman’s poetry, and a school project due in the next day. An unlikely friendship develops and a seemingly mundane piece of homework explodes into a journey of discovery about art, connection, and identity. www.penguinproductionsseattle.org

140 LBS, STG Presents, 2/7-17 (at Theatre Off Jackson) (world premiere)

Susan Lieu performs a solo piece. Susan’s mother loses oxygen to her brain during surgery and the plastic surgeon deliberately does not call 9-1-1 for fourteen minutes. Five days later, she flatlines. The surgeon is charged with medical negligence and her family falls

M. BUTTERFLY

and self-delusion through fantasy. These and many more sub-textual elements are at play in M. Butterfly, but I am not here to write a thesis, just a simple review.

This Tony Award winning 1988 play uses Puccini’s Madame Butterfly opera as inspiration for the story. The story spans a vast amount of time – from the beginnings of China’s Cultural Revolution in 1947, then to Paris in 1986 – told in flashback by Rene Gallimard, a captivating David Quicksall, about his life in Beijing as a French diplomat. He falls in love with a young opera singer,

apart; no one talks about what happened.

Nineteen years later, on her wedding day, Susan’s mother’s chair sits empty and Susan realizes she can no longer ignore what she’s always wanted: to know who her mother was. Sifting through thousands of deposition pages and reaching out to the killer’s family, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of Vietnamese feminine beauty.

www.stgpresents.org

Aida, Seattle Musical Theatre, 2/8-24

Elton John and Tim Rice’s Aida is a timeless love story, featuring an awardwinning score from the seasoned duo. This musical features stylistically eclectic songs from reggae, gospel, Motown, African, Indian, and Middle Eastern influences, to Elton John’s characteristic pop style. www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org

Alien/Angel, Cafe Nordo, 2/8-24

Writer/Performer Devin Bannon brings to life historical TV interviews of the actual Klaus Sperber, while reimagining the musical acts of his rock alter ego Nomi in nine soaring numbers. In between the songs, Bannon-as-Klaus tells a moving narrative of his life as a young, queer German gifted with a soprano vocal range, who moved to Manhattan in the 1980’s with a generation of youth inspired by Andy Warhol’s Factory.

Klaus tells the tale of his brush with fame and all-too-young death as one of the first celebrity victims of the AIDS epidemic. Known as the weirdo’s weirdo, starving artist Klaus was famous for trading his homemade pastries in exchange for studio time and rehearsal space to create music that became inspiration for artists like David Bowie and Joey Arias. A fourcourse menu of pies, savory and sweet, is included in the ticket price. www.cafenordo.com

The Clean House, As If Theatre Company, 2/8-24 (at Kenmore Community Club) Lane, a doctor, values order in every

Song Liling – whom he calls Butterfly. Song is played by Tom Dang who absolutely shines bright in this role. Unbeknownst to Gallimard, Song is working as a Communist spy and is spilling his secrets to the regime as well as keeping many secrets from him.

Gallimard falls in love with his idea of a perfect beauty; submissive, feminine, and devoting. As Gallimard’s marriage and job fall apart, he heads back to Paris still longing for Butterfly after many years. Eventually he is imprisoned for espionage just as Butterfly returns with some hard truths that Gallimard must confront, and he does so very darkly. M. Butterfly is a truly compelling production.

An eclectic and talented supporting cast highlight the story with its sparse Chinese

aspect of her life – her career, her house, her emotions, her relationships. Her livein Brazilian maid, Matilde, finds cleaning makes her sad and yearns to be a stand-up comedian. Lane’s sister, Virginia, finds solace in cleaning and secretly takes over Matilde’s duties. When Lane’s surgeon husband falls in love with a terminally-ill patient, everything is thrown into disarray, and Lane must turn to the women in her life to help sort out the mess. Blending whimsical humor with wisdom and compassion, this romantic comedy about love, sex, death – and finding the perfect joke – proves that shared laughter can heal almost anything.

www.asiftheatre.com (Kenmore Community Club: 7304 NE 175th St, Kenmore)

American Junkie, Book-It Repertory Theatre, 2/14-3/10 (opens 2/16) (World Premiere)

How does a budding musician become a broken-down junkie? With a brutally honest look at addiction during Seattle’s grunge years, author Tom Hansen, a pioneer in Seattle’s punk rock scene, charts his path as he goes from rock bottom to recovery, without self-pity or blame. Hansen balances a raw story about vulnerability and the pain that inspires self-destruction with humor and hope.

www.book-it.org

Raisins in a Glass of Milk 2019, Live Girls! Theater, 2/14-17 (at Taproot Theatre)

Raisins in a Glass of Milk 2019 is the first in an annual series simply known as Raisins. The Raisins Team will continue conducting new interviews to weave them into an original play to be produced every February. Raisins 2019 was generated from candid interviews of artists of color around the country and then crafted into six multidimensional women. These women of color will be confronted with the question: “How can we dismantle white supremacy in the American theater?” They will walk to the edge of what is civil to find what is right. www.raisins2019.brownpapertickets.com

themed set. These talents include Jason Marr (Marc/Pinkerton), Rachel GuyerMafune (Renee), Kathy Hsieh (Comrade Chin), Marianna de Fazio (Agnes), Mark Waldstein (Toulon), and dancers Margaret Hotchkiss and Ayako Shapiro. Directed with a sure steadiness by Samip Raval, M. Butterfly is very subtle in the execution of its themes. It’s not overthe-top with its message (it could certainly go there) compared to today’s in-your-face hashtag culture. Raval’s technique hearkens back to when this was originally produced in the mid 80’s, that repressed and conservative Reagan-era when themes could artfully hide in art and then seep into our minds once we are back into our real lives.

The Passage, Village Theatre BETA Series Presentation, 2/15-24

Monsters lurking. Beasts to fear. And a father in danger. The Passage is an inventive and surprisingly humorous new musical that is as captivating as it is unflinchingly honest. Do you have the courage to venture below? After all, it’s just a basement... The BETA Series is a developmental step that gives musical writers the chance to see their work fully realized while it is still in progress.

www.villagetheatre.org

Uncle Vanya, Theatre9/12, 2/15-3/10

This iteration of Uncle Vanya is a modern adaptation by the renowned playwright Annie Baker. The unusual circumstance of two productions of the same play in the same month may give audiences a unique opportunity to experience the magic of live theater and how different each production will likely prove to be.

www.theatre912.com

Fantastic.Z’s 7th Annual New Works Festival, 2/15-23 (at 18th & Union)

It’s Only Kickball, Stupid, by Caroline Prugh, is a bittersweet comedy about that first crush. B-Sides is a staged reading of 5 short LGBTQ plays. https://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/3917280

The Woman in Black , Seattle Repertory Theatre, 2/22-3/24

In the village of Crythin Gifford, the wind howls across the moors and fog creeps mysteriously around the town spires. At the edge of the village’s cemetery, young lawyer Arthur Kipps glimpses the figure of a woman, garbed all in black, and is drawn into Crythin’s cursed and haunted history. Susan Hill’s gothic ghost story, The Woman in Black, comes to spine-tingling life in this cunning stage adaptation that left London’s West End theatregoers enthralled. www.seattlerep.org

This play questions the man/woman sexual dynamic, the West/East cultural perceptions, and the moralities of love and gender. This production is a transformative experience. ArtsWest is the ideal intimate space for this to happen, especially with Hwang, Raval, Quicksall, and Dang as the centerpiece of the mesmeric M. Butterfly

ArtWest Playhouse and Gallery is located at 4711 California Ave SW just south of SW Alaska St. For more information and tickets, visit www.artswest.org or call (206) 938-0339.

The UK hit concert, “The Choir of Man,” hits the Northwest for seven shows on their first US Tour

by MK Scott

SGN Contributing Writer

“THE CHOIR OF MAN” OLYMPIA, BREMERTON, MEDFORD, LONGVIEW, BELLINGHAM, SEATTLE, TACOMA

February 4-10

When I first heard about the “The Choir of Man,” I assumed that this was a boyband/ choral group. After some research, I soon realized that this was an actual stage show with nine hunky singers and dancers coming together with UK Pubs as the backdrop.

The synopis reads: The runaway hit of nu merous international music festivals is hitting the road for its first U.S. tour! Known across the globe as “the ultimatefeel good show,”

“The Choir of Man” offers up 90 minutes of indisputable joy! It’s a party. It’s a concert. It’s a pint-filled good time set in a working pub that combines hair-raising harmonies, high-energy dance, and live percussion with foot-stomping choreography. The multi-talented cast of nine handsome blokes sings everything –pub tunes, folk, Broadway, classic rock – all to roof-raising heights. It’s the best singing, dancing, stomping, pub crawl of a concert you’ll ever attend!

One those actors, Denis Grindel, plays the narrator in the show and has credits in the London theater scene; I chatted with Denis through email this past week.

MK Scott: Denis, welcome to the Pacific Northwest! Your show “The Choir of Man” is playing at 7 venues in 7 days. Will this be your first time in our area?

Denis Grindel: It will be my first time, yes! It’s actually been my first time visiting America doing this tour, so it’s been

an absolute joy to travel all over the States these past few months. We travelled the East Coast of America extensively before Christmas so we are all super buzzed to bring “The Choir of Man” west side! I grew up watching American TV and fantasizing over visiting the States one day, so to get to perform here with my friends is a dream come true for this Irish guy!

MK: In The Choir of Man, you play the narrator. Tell us about the show?

Denis: We like to say the show is essentially the best pub gig you’ve ever been to. It is a celebration of music, pub culture, community and the brotherhood that is found in male friendships. We invite the audience in to our pub “The Jungle” for the night to meet its local lads, like the “Casanova” played by my fellow Irish man Johnny Sheehy who is unlucky in love and tells his story of love lost while beautifully belting Adele’s “Hello”. In my role as the narrator, I take the audience through the pub and its

usual faces, introducing them to the boys and their stories through song and spoken poetry. The audience leaves feeling they’ve gained nine new friends, who just happen to be multi-instrumentalists and sing in sixpart harmonies, plus we have free beer!

MK: The show is filled with actors from London’s West End and you have some experience being the male lead in Roddy Doyle’s The Commitments and youring with Rent in your native Ireland. Who else in the cast should we watch out for?

Denis: Well, as I mentioned, Johnny Sheehy playing “Casanova” was a finalist in Ireland’s “The Voice’” He has the most incredible voice and it wows audiences every night. But all the lads are fantastic; it never ceases to amaze me the multiple talents everyone possesses; the guys play piano, guitar, trumpet, drums, they tap dance, they juggle, mix cocktails on stage! The fun never stops.

MK: What has been the most memorable experience so for on the tour?

Denis: We’ve visited so many amazing places on the tour so far; from New Orleans to Niagara Falls to finishing the first leg of our tour at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. It has been a crazy fun experience travelling the length and breath of the States in a tour bus with some of my closest friends but I think the most poignant moments that I’ll keep with me is when we get to meet the audience after the show each night. We have a section of the show where we toast to our fathers through the song “Dance with My Father” by Luther Vandross, and it really means a lot when the members of the audience feel so moved to share with me afterwards stories of their father’s passing and thanking us for the tribute – these moments are very special.

MK: What would be your dream role?

Denis: I would love to perform the role of Gar in Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here

I Come. I’ve always felt very connected to the story in this play and Friel is one of my favourite playwrights of all time. If we are talking musical theatre – “Emcee” in Cabaret – someone cast me in it already, haha! The story, the music I adore and the character is in essence the narrator of the piece, which seems to be my forte these days. Being a proud member of the LGBTQ, I would also love to work on more projects that tell the stories of community.

MK: And finally, who in entertainment inspires you?

Denis: My inspirations are ever changing, but some that spring to mind right now are Rami Malek – I loved what he did with Freddie in Bohemian Rhapsody this year, it was simply beautiful. Ben Platt is, I think, every performers talent crush these days, his voice is insane. Also fellow Irish musicians and actors are a huge inspiration to me and I am very proud of the amazing work and talent that emerges from our little green island every year.

Be sure to check out “The Choir of Man” at one of the following Pacific Northwest venues starting next week: Feb 4 - Washington Center for the Performing Arts (Olympia) | Feb 5 - Admiral Theatre (Bremerton) | Feb 6 - The Collier Center for the Performing Arts (Medford) | Feb 7 - Columbia Theater (Longview) | Feb 8 - Mount Baker Theatre (Bellingham) | Feb 9 - STG Presents @ The Moore Theatre (Seattle) | Feb 10 - Tacoma Arts Live @ Pantages Theater (Tacoma).

For more info on shows and tickets, please visit http://www.thechoirofman. co.uk/tour-dates/

MK Scott is a Seattle based ARTS blogger. Check out his site at uniteseattlemag. com

Maybe this time for I Do, I Do, it’s “I Don’t”

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

I DO, I DO

VILLAGE THEATRE

ISSAQUAH (through Feb 24) EVERETT (March 1-24)

The little operetta, I Do, I Do, is not done very often, so I anticipated it a treat to be able to see an almost-lost musical such as this on stage. Village Theatre is mounting this show with two solid performers: local firebrand, Kendra Kassebaum, and imported leading-man, Peter Saide. Saide is lovely in the role, as a good singer, an adept dancer to director/choreographer Michael Arnold’s old-timey dances, and he provides solid acting in the range of emotions the character goes through. (I just still wonder if there was a need to bring in talent with all the available men here who might easily do the role.)

I Do, I Do is pretty formulaic and there is almost nothing surprising about it. You can guess it’s the story, through song, of the life of a marriage. This one happens to begin, per the story it was built on, in 1895 and extend to 1945. The play, The Fourposter, by Jan de Hartog, was the genesis of the musical.

The writers of The Fantasticks, Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt, took on this play and wrote a bucket of songs with few intermediate words of dialogue. Since it is a two-hander with a unit set (translation: only two actors on one set that doesn’t change), it was cheap to present and easy to make production cost investments back.

Most of the songs are not ones that travelled into the public sphere of song hits, though they’re generally pleasing and easy to understand musically. So, you’re not likely to know them beforehand.

GYPSY AWARDS

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With 33 categories in two divisions (Large Theaters and Small Theaters). the 2018 Gypsy Rose Lee Award winners are:

Excellence in Production of a Play: (Large Theaters)

Two Trains RunningSeattle Repertory Theatre and Arena Stage (Small Theaters)

TIE Hand to GodSeattle Public Theater

TIE Hir - ArtsWest and Intiman Theatre

Excellence in Production of a Musical:

The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes - Village Theatre

Excellence in Direction of a Play: (Large Theaters)

Victor PappasThe Picture of Dorian Gray (Book-It Repertory Theatre) (Small Theaters)

Kelly Kitchens - Hand to God (Seattle Public Theater)

Excellence in Direction of a Musical:

Brandon IvieThe Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes (Village Theatre)

Excellence in Performance in a Play as a Lead Actor (Male): (Large Theaters)

Eugene Lee - Two Trains Running (Seattle Repertory Theatre and Arena Stage) (Small Theaters)

Ben Burris - Hand to God (Seattle Public Theater)

The actors at Village Theatre are wonderful and well-cast. They make it a pleasant evening.

The biggest problem is with the production, which is a surprise, since usually, Village does top-notch technical work. It’s not at all “shoddy” – it’s fussy! It’s meticulous, but it’s completely overbuilt. This is a one-set show that calls for simple and clean bedroom items. What they’ve chosen to do is build an enormous wardrobe, with foldout bed, lots of attached closets and additional cubbies on the side.

Then the whole dang set MOVES. It “faces” toward one married partner and then turns to “face” the other. There’s lots of opening of cubbies to reveal a dining room table or a desk. Sure, there’s a need

Excellence in Performance in a Musical as a Lead Actor (Male):

Joshua Castille and E.J. CardonaThe Hunchback of Notre Dame (5th Avenue Theatre)

Excellence in Performance in a Play as a Lead Actor (Female): (Large Theaters)

Amy Thone - Frost/Nixon (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) (Small Theaters)

TIE Sunam Ellis - Hand to God (Seattle Public Theater)

TIE Tracy Michelle HughesSkeleton Crew (ArtsWest)

TIE Gretchen Krich - Hir (Artswest and Intiman Theatre)

Excellence in Performance in a Musical as a Lead Actor (Female): Cayman Ilika - Kiss Me, Kate (5th Avenue Theatre)

Excellence in Performance of a Play as a Supporting Actor (Male)any non-lead: (Large Theaters)

Brandon J. SimmonsThe Picture of Dorian Gray (Book-It Repertory Theatre) (Small Theaters)

Jose Abaoag - An Octoroon (ArtsWest)

Excellence in Performance of a Musical as a Supporting Actor (Male)any non-lead:

Jeff SteitzerThe Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes (Village Theatre)

Excellence in Performance of a Play as a Supporting Actor (Female)any non-lead: (Large Theaters)

Sarah Harlett - Frost/Nixon (Strawberry Theatre Workshop)

for storing quick-change costuming, but the actors are constantly scrambling to open or close doors. Frankly, I think it takes away from both the story and the actors’ ability to relate to each other.

The musical itself seems not to have been dramaturgically double-checked as they wrote it: How far apart in age are the two children? Two years? Or four? At one point, the children are two years apart and another,the boy is 16 and the girl just got her first bra (so 11?).

Here, the production presents two baby carriages on stage with two infants even though years have passed between births. And where are the hints of the 1920s clothing styles or 1940s? While there are perfectly serviceable pregnancy bump

(Small Theaters)

Gabriella O’Fallon - The Nether (Washington Ensemble Theatre)

Excellence in Performance of a Musical as a Supporting Actor (Female) - any non-lead: Shaunyce Omar - Hairspray (Village Theatre)

Excellence in Performance as an Ensemble: (Large Theaters) The Wolves - ACT Theatre (Cheyenne Barton, Emma Bjornson, Christine Marie Brown, Madilyn Cooper, Meme Garcia, Rachel Guyer-Mafune, Emilie Hanson, Alyssa Norling, Zoe Tziotis Shields, Martha Kathryn Smith) (Small Theaters) Hir - Artswest and Intiman Theatre (Gretchen Krich, Charles Leggett, Adrian Kljucec, Evan Barrett)

Excellence in Set Design: (Large Theaters)

Misha Kachman - Two Trains Running (Seattle Repertory Theatre and Arena Stage) (Small Theaters)

Burton Yuen - Skeleton Crew (ArtsWest)

Excellence in Costume Design: (Large Theaters)

Ron EricksonThe Picture of Dorian Gray (Book-It Repertory Theatre) (Small Theaters)

Sadiqua Iman - Skeleton Crew (ArtsWest)

Excellence in Lighting Design: (Large Theaters)

Andrew D. SmithThe Picture of Dorian Gray (Book-It Repertory Theatre)

changes, there’s no cognizance of changes of actual history.

More fussiness comes with the “flying in” of clotheslines hung with clothing, which I found distracting. Where once is cute, several times is device overkill. We might try guessing why all this “stuff” goes on in a simple musical – maybe Arnold and crew didn’t trust the audience to be satisfied with something simple and straightforward. Maybe they felt they had to “dramatize” it. I can promise that it really didn’t help the production.

There is a production guide that makes some good comments on some of the anachronisms in this old show that people might have some difficulties with from a 2019 viewpoint:

https://villagetheatre.org/Downloads/ mainstage/prod-guides/I-Do-I-Do-Production-Preview-Guide.pdf

It doesn’t mention the most offensive lyric, at least from my point of view: In the song, “What Is A Woman,” the lyric is, “To be a woman, / Means being lonely. That’s why a woman is only, / Alive when in love.” It’s very hard to forgive those lyrics – but again, it’s an old show, written by men. Kassebaum does her very best to put over the song, because she’s a terrific performer. If you’re curious about this musical or you love Kassebaum (like I do) and just want more chances to hear her sing, then by all means give it a whirl.

For more information, go to www.villagetheatre.org or call 425-392-2202.

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(Small Theaters)

Ryan Dunn - The Nether (Washington Ensemble Theatre)

Excellence in Sound Design: (Large Theaters)

Rob Witmer and Meghan RocheRichard III (Seattle Shakespeare Company and upstart crow collective) (Small Theaters)

D.R. Amromin - Silhouette (Annex Theatre)

Excellence in Musical Direction: RJ TanciocoThe Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes (Village Theatre)

Excellence in Choreography or Movement:

Michele Lynch - Kiss Me, Kate (5th Avenue Theatre)

Excellence in Local Playwriting: Christopher DimondThe Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes (Village Theatre)

Excellence in Local Composing: Christopher Dimond and Michael KoomanThe Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes (Village Theatre)

Excellence in Video Design: Ahren Buhmann - Parliament Square (Pony World Theatre)

The participants in this year’s award process were R. Barron (www.seattlegayscene. com), Miryam Gordon (Seattle Gay News and miryamstheatermusings.blogspot.com), Rosemary Jones (www.seattletheateranddance.com), Dusty Somers (freelance critic), and Michael Strangeways (www.seattlegayscene.com).

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Hardwicke’s agreeable Miss Bala an acceptably generic remake

by Sara Michelle Fetters

SGN A&E Writer

MISS BALA

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While visiting her best friend Suzu (Cristina Rodlo) in Tijuana to help her prepare for the upcoming Miss Baja California beauty pageant, Los Angeles makeup artist Gloria (Gina Rodriguez) ends up in a terrifying situation far beyond anything she can control. After a night out at a popular local nightclub turns deadly, the young American makes the unwanted acquaintance of notorious drug cartel head Lino Esparza (Ismael Cruz Córdova) while in the same moment Suzu goes mysteriously missing. After performing a simple task for her captor, and with the promise he’ll find her friend, things get even worse for Gloria after Lino releases her. DEA agent Brian Reich (Matt Lauria) takes her into custody and claims he’s going to brand her a terrorist and put her behind bars for decades, forcing the frightened woman to go back to Mexico and start working for Lino in whatever capacity he so desires.

At first things go as planned. But after a deadly shootout between Lino’s men, the Mexican police and Reich’s agents goes spectacularly bad, Gloria learns that the only person she can trust to get both herself and the still vanished Suzu out of this mess alive is herself. Learning as much as she can, prepared to do whatever it takes, inching closer and closer to Lino while in the process of putting together a plan of action, this seemingly timid makeup artist turns out to be not as fragile as she appears. Gloria will survive this ordeal. She will find her friend. She will do this and more, discovering hidden talents as sharp as any knife and as lethal as any bullet as she does so.

A remake of writer/director Gerardo Naranjo’s 2011 Mexican hit, director Catherine Hardwicke’s and screenwriter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer’s Miss Bala isn’t deep or profound. It isn’t nearly as intricate or as involved as the original film was, isn’t as interested in the minutia of the drug trade or in the incestuous nature of the rampant corruption that infects political and law

enforcement apparatuses alike as if it were a virus. This is a streamlined and efficient reworking of the material, one that is more invested in delivering a series of tense, electrifying thrills than it is anything else. Hardwicke’s latest is undeniably generic yet just as equally not entirely unappealing, the film managing to hold my attention for most of its 104-minute running time even if what ended up happening wasn’t particularly memorable.

On a positive note, Rodriguez is terrific as Gloria, the “Jane the Virgin” star impressively dominating the film. Her fear is real, as is the growing sense of determination and resilience as her character comes to realize Reich could care less if she lives or dies and that Lino might not be the assertive antihero battling a dishonest system as he attempts to sell himself as. Rodriguez’s jittery physicality as she drives through the U.S. border with a massive shipment of cocaine hidden in her vehicle and thousands of dollars of cash taped to her waist is magnificent, and I loved the idiosyncratic authenticity of everything she does during this part of the story. In fact, my favorite scene might just be the organically jubilant squeal the actress unleashes as Gloria realizes she’s not going to be stopped for inspection by border control agents, the mixture of joy, sadness and terror that leaps off the screen in this one moment simply extraordinary.

The rest of the movie is…fine. It’s fine. Just fine. Not bad. Not good. Just fine. Unlike her last major studio calamity 2011’s Red Riding Hood, the director is back to the somewhat relaxed, visually precise dynamic she’s utilized in the majority of her directorial efforts including her still stunning debut Thirteen as well as the underrated Lords of Dogtown, the emotionally astute Miss You Already and her massively successful (and still best of the bunch) initial installment in the highly profitable Twilight franchise. But while her film is majestically composed by cinematographer Patrick Murguia (The Frozen Ground ) and tightly edited by Terilyn A. Shropshire (Beyond the Lights), it’s still fairly blasé and dramatically rudimentary as far as narrative specifics are concerned.

While there’s plenty of energy there’s just as clearly not a ton in the way of urgency, the dividing line between the two rather distinctive in a fundamentally unavoidable way that’s benignly frustrating. Look, I’m not going to hate on Miss Bala. Rodriguez is great and I can easily imagine myself being perfectly content to give this one a second look when it’s streaming on Amazon or Netflix, available

as a free selection OnDemand or after it begins making the rounds on Cable television. But it just as equally isn’t a thriller I’m going to make any plans to view again for the second time anytime soon. Hardwicke’s latest is far from a disaster. It also isn’t a motion picture I or anyone else is likely going to be celebrating all that vociferously at any point in the foreseeable future.

Cornish’s kid-friendly Arthurian update King a royal success

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

After he is chased into an abandoned construction site walking home from school, ordinary everyday schoolkid Alex (Louis Ashbourne Serkis) stumbles upon

a sword embedded in a stone slab. Pulling it free, the next day he jokes with best friend and confidant Bedders (Dean Chaumoo) that it must be the ancient weapon Excalibur. Of course, if it was Excalibur that would make Alex the once and future king of Great Britain. It would also mean that all of those stories of King Arthur and

GLAAD announces nominees for 30th annual GLAAD Media Awards TV MEDIA

Love Simon, Crazy Rich Asians, The Favourite, Pose, Schitt’s Creek, The Handmaid’s Tale, Nanette, Janelle Monáe, Hayley Kiyoko, Troye Sivan, “American Idol”, “She-Ra”, “Law & Order: SVU”, Don Lemon, Stephen Colbert, Samantha Bee, Univision, MSNBC, Ebony, GQ, CNN, The New York Times among nominees for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues

GLAAD expands Outstanding Film – Limited Release category to ten nominees, including Boy Erased, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, and Hearts Beat Loud to mark banner year for LGBTQ images in film

Inaugural nominees for Outstanding Video Game category celebrate increased LGBTQ inclusion as GLAAD works to grow representation in the video game industry

Park City, UTAH – GLAAD, the world’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) media advocacy organization, announced [last Friday, January 25, 2019] the nominees for the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards live from the Sundance Film Festival. The 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented by Delta Air Lines, Gilead, and Ketel One Family-Made Vodka.

The GLAAD Media Awards honor media for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of LGBTQ people and issues.

Mj Rodriguez (Pose) and Nico Santos (Crazy Rich Asians, NBC’s “Superstore”) announced the nominees via live-stream on GLAAD’s Facebook page hosted by AT&T from Park City, Utah during the Sundance Film Festival.

GLAAD announced 151 nominees in 27 categories, including an inaugural category for Outstanding Video Game, along with Kids & Family Programming, Comedy and Drama Series, Documentary, Reality Series, Music Artist, Comic Book, print, broadcast, and online news, and five Spanish-language categories. For the first time ever, the GLAAD Media Awards’ Outstanding Film – Limited Release category expanded from five to ten nominees as a result of a welcome increase in fair, accurate, and inclusive LGBTQ images in film.

The 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards nominees were published, released, or broadcast between January 1 and December 31, 2018. The GLAAD Media Awards ceremonies, which fund GLAAD’s work to accelerate LGBTQ acceptance, will be held in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 28 at The Beverly Hilton, and in New York on Saturday, May 4 at the Hilton Midtown.

For a full list of nominees see below or visit http://glaad.org/mediaawards/nominees

A tip sheet with an additional breakdown of diversity as well as other facts and figures about this year’s nominees is available at: www.glaad.org/mediaawards/factsandfigures.

On social, please follow @GLAAD and #glaadawards.

“The images and stories recognized by the GLAAD Media Awards over the past 30 years raised the bar for LGBTQ inclusion in the media industry and changed the hearts and minds of countless audience members around the world,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD President and CEO. “This year’s nominees are changing the game by showcasing diverse races, genders, religions, ages, geographies, and genres in ways that challenge misconceptions and inspire LGBTQ acceptance. The 30th anniversary of the GLAAD Media Awards will

honor these groundbreaking new LGBTQ stories while remembering the astounding positive cultural change that LGBTQ media representations have achieved.”

Among the nominees: The Favourite, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Boy Erased, Love Simon, and Crazy Rich Asians; ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Modern Family”, “Fresh Off the Boat”, “American Idol”, “The Good Doctor”, and “Nightline”; NBC’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”, “Superstore”, “Will & Grace”, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, and “NBC Nightly News”; Netflix’s “Dear White People”, “One Day at a Time”, “Fuller House”, “Sense8”, “Anne with an E”, “SheRa”, “Queer Eye”, “Nanette”, and “Élite”; CBS’ “Instinct”, “CBS Sunday Morning”, “CBS News”, and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”; The CW’s “Black Lightning”, “Supergirl”, and “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”; FX’s “Pose”, “The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story” and “American Horror Story: Apocalypse”; “Starz’ Vida”; HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, “Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas”, “Vice News Tonight”, and “Believer”, a documentary featuring “Imagine Dragons’ Dan Reynolds” work to increase LGBTQ inclusion in the Mormon Church; Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale”; 2019 Grammy nominees Janelle Monáe, Brandi Carlile, and Sophie; VH1’s “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and the first nomination for VH1’s “Love & Hip Hop: New York”; “CNN New Day’s” interview with Olympian Adam Rippon and “CNN Tonight” with Don Lemon’s feature story on the Masterpiece Cake Supreme Court ruling; a CNBC.com story that sparked companies to speak out against the proposed rollback of marriage equality in Bermuda, and a Yahoo! profile of Cuban-American bisexual gun reform advocate Emma Gonzalez. Univision earned seven nominations in GLAAD’s Spanish-language media categories. Telemundo earned four nominations and CNN en Español earned one.

For the first time this year, GLAAD will honor LGBTQ-inclusive content in video games as part of GLAAD’s work to increase LGBTQ stories in the industry and leverage the gaming community to grow LGBTQ acceptance. The inaugural round of nominees includes “Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey” (Ubisoft), “The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset” (Bethesda Softworks), “Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire” (ArenaNet), “Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire” (Versus Evil), and “The Sims Mobile” (Electronic Arts).

“GLAAD has always leveraged diverse forms of media to share LGBTQ stories which change hearts and minds, and as the video game industry reaches new heights of popularity and influence, it is imperative that LGBTQ people and issues are included in fair and accurate ways,” Ellis continued.

GLAAD announced Special Recognition Awards for “Nanette”, a Netflix special starring queer comedian Hannah Gadsby; TransMilitary, a documentary which premiered on Logo and spotlighted the lives of transgender service members; and “House of Mamis”, a Spanish-language docu-series about a LGBTQ voguing community in Mexico City which ran on LGBTQ site INTOMore.com.

Special Honorees for the 30th Annual

GLAAD Media Awards will be announced in coming weeks. (At the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards, GLAAD honored Ava DuVernay with the Excellence in Media Award, Samira Wiley with the Vito Russo Award, and Ms. Gloria Carter with a special recognition award during its New York City ceremony. Britney Spears received the Vanguard Award and Jim Parsons received the Stephen F. Kolzak Award in Los Angeles. Wanda Sykes and Ross Mathews served as hosts for the Los Angeles and New York events, respectively. The 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards Los Angeles event was broadcast on Logo.)

To receive the latest updates on the GLAAD Media Awards, follow @GLAAD and use #glaadawards.

The 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards corporate partners include Presenting Partners Delta Air Lines, Gilead, and Ketel One Family-Made Vodka. GLAAD is also grateful to: Official Partner Bud Light; Platinum Partners Disney ABC Television Group, Hulu, MetLife, Omnicom Group, Turner; and Gold Partner Nielsen. For a full list of corporate partners and information on how to become a corporate partner, purchase tickets, and place a tribute in the tribute book, please visit www. glaad.org/mediaawards.

30TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS NOMINEES

Outstanding Film – Wide Release Blockers (Universal); Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros.); Deadpool 2 (20th Century Fox); The Girl in the Spider’s Web (Sony Pictures); Love, Simon (20th Century Fox)

Outstanding Film – Limited Release

1985 (Wolfe Releasing); Boy Erased (Focus Features); Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Fox Searchlight); Disobedience (Bleecker Street); The Favourite (Fox Searchlight); Hearts Beat Loud (Gunpowder & Sky); A Kid Like Jake (IFC Films); The Miseducation of Cameron Post (FilmRise); Saturday Church (Samuel Goldwyn Films); We the Animals (The Orchard)

Outstanding Drama Series

Billions (Showtime); Black Lightning (The CW); Grey’s Anatomy (ABC); The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu); Instinct (CBS); Pose (FX); Shadowhunters (Freeform); Star (Fox); Supergirl (The CW); Wynonna Earp (Syfy)

Outstanding Comedy Series

Brooklyn Nine-Nine (FOX)*; Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (The CW); Dear White People (Netflix); Modern Family (ABC); One Day at a Time (Netflix); Schitt’s Creek (Pop); Superstore (NBC); This Close (Sundance Now); Vida (Starz); Will & Grace (NBC) – *NOTE: Brooklyn NineNine now airs on NBC

Outstanding Individual Episode (in a series without a regular LGBTQ character) “King in the North” in Fresh Off the

Boat (ABC); “Prom” in Fuller House (Netflix); “Service” in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC); “She” in The Good Doctor (ABC); “Someplace Other Than Here” in The Guest Book (TBS)

Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series

American Horror Story: Apocalypse (FX); T he Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX); LifeSize 2 (Freeform); Sense8 (Netflix); A Very English Scandal (Amazon Prime)

Outstanding Documentary Believer (HBO); Call Her Ganda (Breaking Glass Pictures); My House (Viceland); Quiet Heroes (Logo); When the Beat Drops (Logo)

Outstanding Kids & Family Programming

Adventure Time (Cartoon Network); Andi Mack (The Disney Channel); Anne with an E (Netflix); She-Ra (Netflix); Steven Universe (Cartoon Network)

Outstanding Reality Program

A merican Idol (ABC); I Am Jaz z (TLC); Love & Hip Hop (VH1); Queer Eye (Netflix); RuPaul’s Drag Race (VH1)

Outstanding Music Artist

Brandi Carlile, By the Way, I Forgive You (Low Country Sound/Elektra); Brockhampton, Iridescence (RCA); Christine and the Queens, Chris (Because Music); Hayley Kiyoko, Expectations (Atlantic); Janelle Monáe, Dirty Computer (Bad Boy Records); Kim Petras, Turn Off the Light, Vol. 1 (BunHead); Shea Diamond, Seen It All (Asylum Worldwide); Sophie, Oil of Every Pearl’s Un-Insides (Future Classics); Troye Sivan, Bloom (Capitol Records); Years & Years, Palo Santo (Polydor)

Outstanding Comic Book

Batwoman, written by Marguerite Bennett, K. Perkins (DC Comics); Bingo Love written by Tee Franklin (Image Comics); Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles, written by Mark Russell (DC Comics); Fence, written by C.S. Pacat (BOOM! Studios); Iceman, written by Sina Grace (Marvel Comics); Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass, written by Lilah Sturges (BOOM! Studios); Oh S#!t It’s Kim & Kim, written by Magdalene Visaggio (Black Mask Comics); Runaways, written by Rainbow Rowell (Marvel Comics); Star Wars: Doctor Aphra, written by Kieron Gillen, Simon Spurrier (Marvel Comics); Strangers in Paradise XXV, written by Terry Moore (Abstract Studio)

Outstanding Video Game

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey (Ubisoft); The Elder Scrolls Online: Summerset (Bethesda Softworks); Guild Wars 2: Path of Fire (ArenaNet); Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire (Versus Evil); The Sims Mobile (Electronic Arts)

Outstanding Variety or Talk Show

Episode

“Mike Pence and ‘A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo’” – Last Week Tonight

with John Oliver (HBO); “NRA Problems, Chicken Bone Problems, Birmingham Problems” – Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas (HBO); “Trans Rights Under Attack” – Full Frontal with Samantha Bee (TBS); “Troye Sivan Hopes Boy Erased Reaches All Parents” – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (CBS); “Valedictorian Seth Owen” – The Ellen DeGeneres Show (syndicated)

Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine

“Conversion Therapy: God Only Knows” – CBS Sunday Morning (CBS); “Gender: The Space Between” – CBS News (CBS); “Legacy of Hope” – Nightline (ABC); “Respect” – SC Featured (ESPN); “South Texas Pride” [series] – KSAT News (KSAT-TV [San Antonio, Texas])

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment

“Historic Number of LGBTQ Candidates on Ballots This Year” – NBC Nightly News (NBC); “Mississippi Town Denies Pride Parade” – Vice News Tonight (HBO); “Olympian Adam Rippon” – New Day (CNN) – “Same-sex Couple Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling” – CNN Tonight with Don Lemon (CNN); “Trump: ‘Looking Very Seriously’ at Changing Transgender Definition” – Velshi & Ruhle (MSNBC)

Outstanding Newspaper Article

“He Took a Drug to Prevent AIDS. Then He Couldn’t Get Disability Insurance.” by Donald G. McNeil Jr. (The New York Times); “LGBTQ Parents Challenge Stereotypes in China” by SueLin Wong, Jason Lee (Reuters); “’More Than Fear’: Brazil’s LGBT Community Dreads Looming Bolsonaro Presidency” by Marina Lopes (The Washington Post); “Pistons’ Reggie Bullock to Transgender Community: ‘I see y’all as people that I love’” by Malika Andrews (Chicago Tribune); “Transgender Students Asked

Betsy DeVos for Help. Here’s What Happened.” by Caitlin Emma (Politico)

Outstanding Magazine Article

“21 Transgender Stars, Creators Sound Off on Hollywood: ‘I Want to Portray These Characters, and I’m Ready’” by Chris Gardner, Rebecca Sun, Lindsay Weinberg, Joelle Goldstein, Bryan White (The Hollywood Reporter); “Can a Transgender Woman Get Justice in Texas?” by Nate Blakeslee (Texas Monthly); “ExScientologist Michelle LeClair Says Church Officials Humiliated Her After She Came Out as Gay” by Johnny Dodd, Tierney McAfee (People); “Lena Waithe is Changing the Game” by Jacqueline Woodson (Vanity Fair); “They are the Champions” by Katie Barnes (ESPN The Magazine)

Outstanding Magazine Overall Coverage Billboard; Ebony; Entertainment Weekly; GQ; Variety

Outstanding Digital Journalism Article

“Across U.S., LGBTQ Christians Try to Change Hearts and Minds From the Pews” by Julie Compton (NBCNews.com); ”Bermuda Same-sex Marriage Ban Means Trouble for Tourism and Cruise Ships” by Ryan Ruggiero (CNBC.com); “Deadnamed” by Lucas Waldron, Ken Schwencke (ProPublica.org); “LGBTQ Caravan Migrants Marry While Waiting for Asylum in Tijuana” by Sarah Kinosian (INTOmore.com); “Workplaces Need to Prepare for the Non-Binary Future” by Samantha Allen (TheDailyBeast.com)

Outstanding Digital Journalism –Video or Multimedia

“I Was Jailed for Raising the Pride Flag in Egypt” by Amro Helmy (Buzzfeed Video); “The Latinx Drag Queens Spearheading HIV Activism on the Border”

by Paola Ramos (Vice.com); “March for Our Lives and LGBT activism: ‘They’re definitely linked for me,’ says Emma González” by Beth Greenfield (Yahoo! Lifestyle); “Marielle and Monica: The LGBT Activists Resisting Bolsonaro’s Brazil” by Fabio Erdos, Marina Costa, Charlie Phillips, Jacqueline Edenbrow (TheGuardian.com); “Trans Model Aaron Philip is Making a Space for Disabilities on the Runway” (NowThis)

Outstanding Blog Gays With Kids; Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters; My Fabulous Disease; Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents; TransGriot

Special Recognition Nanette (Netflix); TransMilitary (Logo)

30TH ANNUAL GLAAD MEDIA AWARDS SPANISH-LANGUAGE NOMINEES

Outstanding Scripted Television Series (Spanish-Language) Élite (Netflix); Mi familia perfecta (Telemundo); Mi marido tiene más familia (Univision); Papá a toda madre (Univision)

Outstanding TV Journalism – Newsmagazine (Spanish-Language) “Denuncian trabas migratorias contra la comunidad transgénero” – Un Nuevo Dia (Telemundo); “Entrevista con Luis Sandoval para National Coming Out Day” – Despierta América (Univision); “No es fácil en EEUU ser un gay latino” – Noticias Telemundo Mediodía (Telemundo); “La primera escuela para niños transgénero de Chile” – Nuestro Mundo (CNN en Español)

Outstanding TV Journalism Segment (Spanish-Language)

“Entrevista con Pat ‘Cacahuate’ Manuel” – NoticiasYa Tampa Bay (Univision); “LAFC Pride Republic” – Noticiero Univision Los Ángeles (Univision); “Madre hispana lucha contra un agresivo cáncer seno” – Noticias Univision Arizona (Univision); “Primera Pareja Gay en Casarse en un Consulado Mexicano” – Noticias Telemundo Mediodía (Telemundo); “Transpesina” –Univision 21 Fresno (Univision)

Outstanding Digital Journalism (Spanish-Language)

“Apoyo y recursos para jóvenes LGBTQ y sus familias” por Virginia Gaglianone (LaOpinion.com); “Así pinta la televisión hispana a los personajes LGBTQ, una representación preocupante” por Daniel Shoer Roth (ElNuevoHerald.com); “Dallas: Para jóvenes LGBT con DACA, la lucha ha sido salir de dos clósets” por Jenny Manrique (AlDiaDallas.com); “De la censura a la celebración: la historia de una exposición queer en Brasil” por Ernesto Londoño (NewYorkTimes.com/es); “Desaliento y miedo en medio de celebración del Orgullo LGBT en NYC” por José Martínez (ElDiarioNY.com)

Special Recognition (Spanish-Language)

House of Mamis (INTOmore.com)

About GLAAD

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Obnoxious Dragon Ball Super: Broly a fan-friendly animated hit

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

DRAGON BALL SUPER: BROLY

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In retrospect, watching Dragon Ball Super: Broly wasn’t the greatest idea I’ve ever had. I have no idea what happens in the Dragon Ball universe. I am not familiar with any of the stories associated with it. I have never seen any of the other 19 films in the popular anime series that have been released over the past three-plus decades. But after this one unexpectedly made a massive $25-million at the domestic box office last week I felt like I needed to see what all the fuss was about. After all, a movie should be able to stand on its own outside of its predecessors, so it seemed to me jumping in for my first Dragon Ball experience here shouldn’t have been too much of a problem.

So I think I could follow what was going on, but that’s only because Dragon Ball Super: Broly utilizes so many traditional fantasy, superhero, comic book and Greek Mythology storytelling tropes that I was already familiar with. Because of this I believe I was able to keep up with the plot for the most part. But just barely. Even then I still had trouble knowing what was going on at any given time, screenwriter and series creator Akira Toriyama unleashing a furious overabundance of exposition with such blazing speed and efficiency it all got a little bit maddening at times. He and director Tatsuya Nagamine drop their foot on the accelerator and never let up, every second of this film’s 100-minutes rushing by in the proverbial blink of an eye.

There’s like three origin stories, each involving the survivors of a race of powerful beings known as Saiyans. Before their planet is serendipitously destroyed by the powerful Frieza (voiced by Christopher Ayres), future warrior and all-around nice guy Goku (Seán Schemmel) is sent to Earth by his parents in order to hopefully live in peace. At the same time, Prince Vegeta (Christopher R. Sabat) was also away from

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his Knights of the Round Table had to have been true as well, and that figures like Sir Lancelot, the wizard Merlin and the evil sorceress Morgana were more than figments of a variety of famous authors’ collective imaginations.

Yet the sword is Excalibur. It has chosen him to lead a fight against unimaginable evil. The wizard Merlin (Patrick Stewart), masquerading as a fellow student (Angus Imrie) at Alex’s school, urges the boy to embrace his destiny but also warns him that Morgana (Rebecca Ferguson), far from a fictional creation, will do whatever she can to destroy him in an attempt to get her hands on Excalibur. It’s an epic adventure, one where this young boy will discover things about himself, his friend Bedders, his protective mother Mary (Denise Gough) and former enemies turned trusted allies Lance (Tom Taylor) and Kaye (Rhianna Dorris) he never knew possible. Most of all, Alex will learn that there’s more to being a leader than talking tough or carrying a magical sword, and if he isn’t honest and forthright no amount of courage will allow him to ever find the strength to defeat Morgana.

It’s been eight years since writer/director Joe Cornish made his stunningly spectacular R-rated debut with the rambunctiously crowd-pleasing Attack the Block and in the process made instant sensations of future Star Wars star John Boyega and

their home planet, out on a mission of conquest where he ignored Frieza’s message to return not knowing that if he’d done so he’d have been killed with the rest of the Saiyans. Later, he would join Goku on Earth, the pair developing a brotherly lovehate relationship as they continually trained to protect those they love from destruction. Meanwhile, years before any of that happened, Saiyan military leader Paragus (Dameon Clarke) disobeyed a direct order from his commander, Vegeta’s father, to allow his only child to be sent to the desolate and dangerous planet of Vampa as the tools utilized to measure his future powers theorize his abilities will be too massive to control. The angry parent steals a ship and follows his son to Vampa, and in his haste accidentally crash-lands on the planet. Naming him Broly (Vic Mignogna), he raises him to be the ultimate fighter, Paragus’ most fervent dream one that involves seeing his boy defeat Vegeta in single combat.

current Doctor Who Jodie Whittaker. In the years since he helped Edgar Wright come up with the initial story and script for 2015’s Ant-Man while also co-writing the screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s The Adventures of Tintin. He also appears in an uncredited cameo as a Resistance fighter in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Other than that? Sadly there’s not a lot to talk about, the talented filmmaker unable to get funding for a variety of projects even though his debut became an instant cult phenomenon that some feel isn’t just terrific, but also happens to be one of the best films of the decade.

Cornish’s far more family-friendly Arthurian legend reinterpretation The Kid Who Would Be King was worth the wait. This movie is a divine joy that treats both its characters as well as its audience with respect, this fiendishly entertaining fantasy-adventure overflowing in intelligence, imagination and wit that’s as infectious as it is exhilarating. Perfect fodder for viewers of all ages, genders and races, this is a story that lives up to the classic legend that inspired it, Cornish achieving the near impossible as he crafts a kid-friendly update that maintains respect for the source material even as it modernizes it in some fairly radical ways.

What’s interesting is just how much emotional weight the filmmaker injects straight into the heart of Alex’s story. The youngster is obsessed with learning about his father, even coming to believe that the reason Excalibur came to him must have something to do with the man’s disappearance not too long after his birth. There is

From there the film races forward into the future, and through a rather nonsensical series of events Frieza manages to orchestrate a confrontation between Broly, Goku and Vegeta in the isolated Antarctic nothingness where they’ll be free to ravage and destroy with little fear of causing any collateral damage. The final forty or so minutes is one long battle between the threesome, first Vegeta versus Broly, then Goku versus Broly, and finally the two Earth-residing heroes joining forces to work together to stop their fellow Saiyan before he inadvertently destroys the entire planet. There’s also this thing about seven magical items known as Dragon Balls that I’m certain fans of the series will know way more about than I do, while a pair of kindhearted intergalactic scavengers (I think that’s what they are; I’m honestly unsure) named Cheelai (Erica Lindbeck) and Lemo (Bruce Carey) end up playing an important role in the story’s eventual outcome as well.

an authentic give-and-take between Alex and Mary that craftily ponders a plethora of weighty topics, mother and son finding ways to learn from one another that are free of artifice and subterfuge, truth becoming their most effective weapon to combat potentially lethal combinations of fear and distrust that are conspiring to do them both harm. Additionally, much like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Star Wars: The Last Jedi this tale finds compelling ways to remind viewers heroes come in all shapes and sizes, a person’s background, genealogy or lineage completely unimportant, the size of the person’s heart and the selfless purity of their actions all that truly matters.

At just about two hours in length the film can feel a little long, and there are some portions during the middle where I thought Cornish was unnecessarily repeating a few of his expositional plot points. Stewart, as much fun as he appears to be having as the elder incarnation of Merlin, is somewhat underutilized, while an entire suspense sequence taking place in Morgana’s underground lair is oddly inert as I personally found it obvious this was not a climactic encounter between hero and villain but instead was only a precursor for the bigger battle still to come.

But Ferguson is exquisite as the evil sorceress, the talented Mission: Impossible - Fallout and The Greatest Showman actress gleefully reveling in her character’s wicked ways with infectious relish. Chaumoo steals scenes left and right as Alex’s unapologetically candid best friend, while Imrie is a goofily eccentric hoot as the

There’s a lot to keep up with, and there are a plethora of additional characters who appear at various points who are obviously important to the ongoing series but won’t make any sort of impact on a newcomer whatsoever and will only help to confuse things even more than they already are. Additionally, considering this is the twentieth film in the franchise it isn’t a surprise that there is no real ending, just a big gigantic climax that sets up whatever is supposed to come next as far as Goku and Vegeta’s ongoing adventures are concerned. It’s all nothing more than an episode in a featurelength animated serial, each narrative building to a cliffhanger that hints at an explosive, earth-shattering culmination to the series that will likely never come.

The animation bounces back and forth from being of the humdrum 1980s-style television variety to being eye-popping in its dynamic inventiveness. But it’s also often a visual blur as things rarely slow down, even the few quiet moments overflowing in whiz and supercharged with an excessive amount of bang. And yet the final confrontation in Antarctica, as ridiculous as it might be, is undeniably impressive. The animation and the camerawork are frequently extraordinary, and there is also some magnificent color work that knocked my socks off.

Listen, if I’d been a Dragon Ball fan from the beginning it’s likely I’d have enjoyed the heck out of this latest entry in the series. Talking with people who have seen quite a few of these films, I can understand why they’re so darned excited about this one. But for me, as impressive as elements are and as confidently brought to life as all of this might be, personally I’m not sure I get what all the fuss is about. In the end Dragon Ball Super: Broly gave me something of a tiny headache, and because of that I’m pretty positive that when the twenty-first chapter sees a domestic theatrical release I’m probably not going to be asking to get a look at it no matter how many countless millions it ends up raking in at the box office.

younger Merlin. Best of all might be Dorris as Kaye, her performance a sly mixture of timid uncertainty and defiant self-confidence that allows her character to grow in resonance as events progress to their suitably rowdy conclusion. I loved her in this, a sequence featuring Kaye showcasing unimagined skills behind the wheel of a car as she, Alex, Bedders and Lance outrace demonic knights intent on their dismemberment planting a giant smile on my face that would remain there for the remainder of the motion picture.

Young Serkis, son of The Lord of the Rings and War for the Planet of the Apes star Andy Serkis, is wonderful in the title role, the young actor exhibiting a mesmeric talent for emotional variance that’s delightful. He jumps from comedy to drama with ease, and the naturalistic chemistry between him and Chaumoo is simply marvelous. But it is the scenes between Serkis and Gough that hit home the most, a quiet bit near the end involving them splitting my heart into a number of teeny tiny pieces that only made the events of the climax hit home with that much more invigorating authority.

All of which makes it no surprise that, even with a couple minor hiccups here and there, I ended up enjoying Cornish’s sophomore outing one heck of a lot. The Kid Who Would Be King is a total blast, this Arthurian tale of thrilling derring-do and noble valor a royal success worth taking the entire family to the theatre to see.

1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525

SEATTLE

BATHS

SEATTLE

BATHS

CLUB Z - (men)

1117 Pike near Boren - 622-9958

CLUB Z - (men)

HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women)

SW corner of Pike & 11th

1117 Pike near Boren - (206) 622-9958

HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women)

(stairs behind Wildrose) - 568-3240

SW corner of Pike & 11th

STEAM WORKS - (men)

1520 Summit - 388-4818

(stairs behind Wildrose) - (206) 568-3240

STEAM WORKS - (men)

1520 Summit Ave - (206) 388-4818

RESTAURANTS & BARS

88 KEYS - 315 2nd Ave. S. - 839-1300

BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444

RESTAURANTS & BARS

THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE

2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098

88 KEYS - 315 2nd Ave. S - (206) 839-1300

C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE

BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - (206) 625-4444

1701 E. Olive Way - 726-0565

THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE

2328 E. Madison St. - (206) 323-1098

RETAIL SHOPS

DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - 322-1080

GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577

HOT MAMA’S PIZZA - 700 E. Pine St. - 322-6444

BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - (206) 328-2914

JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. E. - 441-9729

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17

JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E. - 860-1818

1017 E. Pike St - (206) 204-0126

KREMWERK - 1809 Minor Ave. #10 - 682-2935

DIEGO PELLICER - 2215 4th Ave. S - (206) 624-0070

MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537

DOGHOUSE LEATHERS

NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358

1312 E. Pike St. - (206) 257-0231

OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW

EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - (206) 323-7437

FANTASY UNLIMITED

THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - 588-0375

POCO WINE ROOM

2027 Westlake Ave. - (206) 682-0167

1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463

1510 1st Ave - (206) 624-1784

POKE BAR - 1542 12th Ave - 402-5178

HASHTAG - 3540 Stone Way N - (206) 946-8157

PONY - 1221 E. Madison St. - 324-2854

HERBAN LEGENDS - 55 Bell St - (206) 849-5596

HERB(N) ELEMENTS

PURR - 1518 11th Ave. - 325-3112

R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828

11013 Lake City Way NE - (206) 535-8769

RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - 233-9873

ROOT TABLE 2213 NW Market St. - 420-3214

LAUGHING BUDDHA TATTOO

1534 Broadway - (206) 329-8274

THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E. - 322-3130

CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD

CAPITOL CIDER - 818 E Pike St. - (206) 397-3564

C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE

2103 N. 45th - 545-8363

1701 E. Olive Way - (206) 726-0565

SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591

SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - 441-5449

THE NEW YORK XCHANGE

STOUT -1530 11th Ave - 397-3825

225 Broadway E. - (206) 726-3300

TOULOUSE PETIT

ONYX LEATHER

THE CRESCENT - 1413 E. Olive Way - 720-8188

THE CANTERBURY

THE CUFF COMPLEX

534 15th Ave. E - (206) 322-3130

CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD

2103 N. 45th - (206) 545-8363

THE CRESCENT

1413 E. Olive Way - (206) 720-8188

THE CUFF COMPLEX

1533 13th Ave. - (206) 323-1525

DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - (206) 322-1080

GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - (206) 324-2577

HOT MAMA’S PIZZA

700 E. Pine St. - (206) 322-6444

JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. - (206) 441-9729

JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E - (206) 860-1818

KREMWERK - 1809 Minor Ave. #10 - (206) 682-2935

THE LUMBER YARD

9619 16th Ave. SW - (206) 695-2007

MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - (206) 325-6537

NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - (206) 324-5358

OUT WEST

5401California Ave. SW - (206) 937-1540

THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - (206) 588-0375

POCO WINE ROOM

1408 E. Pine St. - (206) 322-9463

POKE BAR - 1542 12th Ave - (206) 402-5178

PONY - 1221 E. Madison St. - (206) 324-2854

QUEER BAR - 1518 11th Ave - (206) 687-7491

R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - (206) 322-8828

RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - (206) 233-9873

ROOT TABLE 2213 NW Market St. - (206) 420-3214

SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - (206) 621-7591

SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - (206) 441-5449

STOUT -1530 11th Ave - (206) 397-3825

TOULOUSE PETIT

601 Queen Anne Ave. N - (206) 432-9069

UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - (206) 325-6492

UNION - 1318 E. Union St. - (206) 328-1318

WILDROSE - 1021 E Pike - (206) 324-9210

ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS 9614 14th Ave SW - (206) 763-1347

1605 12th Ave. #8 - (206) 328-1965

601 Queen Anne Ave N - 432-9069

UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - 325-6492

OZ - 3831 Stone Way N - (206) 251-0630

PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHOP

4411 Wallingford Ave. N. - (206) 535-6920

PANACHE - 225 Broadway E. - (206) 726-3300

PONDER - 2413 E Union - (206) 420-2180

RUCKUS - 1465 E Republican St - (206) 257-4805

TABOO ADULT VIDEO

9813 16th Ave SW - (206) 767-4855

TRUE LOVE ART GALLERY & TATTOO

1525 Summit Ave. - (206) 227-3572

UNDER U 4 MEN

709 Broadway Ave. E - (206) 324-6446

UNCLE IKE’S

2310 E Union St - 1-800-GET-DRUGS 501 15th Ave E - 1-800-GET-DRUGS

9822 15th Ave SW - 1-800-GET-DRUGS

WILD AT HEART

1111 NW Leary Way - (206) 782-5538

BELLINGHAM

LOVER'S

193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862

RUMORS CABARET 1119 Railroad - (360) 671-1849

DES MOINES

ADULT AIRPORT VIDEO 2 21635 Pacific Hwy S

ADULT

LOVER’S - 112 SE Everett - (425) 353-3607

LOVER’S - 3402 Broadway - (425) 252-8754

KENT

WILDROSE - 1021 E. Pike - 324-9210

ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS

5633 Airport Way S - 466-5954

9614 14th Ave SW - 763-1347

LOVER’S - 25801 104th Ave. SE - (253) 852-1720

RETAIL SHOPS

THE FANTASY SHOP 604 Central Ave. S - (253) 850-8428

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17

NASHVILLE’S SPORTS BAR (Drag Shows) 114 - Railroad Ave. N - (253) 852-0909

1017 E. Pike St - 204-0126

DOGHOUSE LEATHERS 1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231

LA CONNER

EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - 323-7437

HASHTAG - 3540 Stone Way N - 946-8157

NEW YORK EXCHANGE

THE HERON INN & WATERGRASS DAY SPA 117 Maple Ave. - (877) 883-8899 info@theheron.com

225 Broadway E. - 726-3300

ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965

OZ - 3831 Stone Way N - 251-0630

PANACHE

OLYMPIA

225 Broadway E. - 726-3300

RUCKUS 1465 E Republican St. - 257-4805

DARBY’S CAFE

THE FANTASY SHOP 9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299

211 5th Ave. SE - (360) 357-6229

LOVER’S 3959 Martin Way E, Suite D - (360) 456-7300

TABOO ADULT VIDEO 9813 16th Ave SW - 767-4855

JAKES - 311 4th Ave. E - (360) 956-3247

TOYS IN BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - 328-2914

UNDER U 4 MEN

PORT ANGELES

709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446

MAPLE ROSE INN 112 Reservoir Rd - (800) 570-2007

UNCLE IKE’S 2310 E Union St - 1-800-GET-DRUGS

SPOKANE

501 15th Ave E - 1-800-GET-DRUGS 9822 15th Ave SW - 1-800-GET-DRUGS WILD AT HEART 1111 NW Leary Way - 782-5538

ANDY’S - 1401 W. 1st Ave. - (509) 747-0304

THE BLIND BUCK

BELLINGHAM

204 N. Division St. - (509) 343-9425

GLOBE BAR AND KITCHEN

LOVER’S 193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862

204 N. Division St. - (509) 443-4014

NYNE BAR AND BISTRO

RUMORS CABARET 1119 Railroad - (306) 671-1849

232 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 474-1621

DES MOINES

EVERETT

KENT

LA CONNER

TACOMA

CASTLE SUPERSTORE

OLYMPIA

PORT

SPOKANE

TRI-CITIES

TACOMA

TRI-CITIES

TUKWILA

Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: (206) 324-4297. 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: 10-digit dialing has come to the Seattle area. The (206) area code must now be used to dial local calls. Location of meetings/events is in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - February 2

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. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

CannaCon - “Where the Cannabis Industry Does Business.” 10am-5pm. Washington Convention Center, 8th Ave & Pike St. Buy direct from hundreds of vendors. Tickets at CannaCon.org - Use discount code DOPE30 and save 30% off tickets.

Positively Living Coffee Social. 10am-12 noon. Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. (206) 9571600. Sponsored by LIfelong.

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. Sex and Love

Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12-tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org.

Trans Resource Fair. 12-4pm. 12th Avenue Arts building, 1620 12th Ave. Job fair, legal clinic, informed consent clinic, and more. Presented by Ingersoll Gender Center. More info at http://bit.ly/transresourcefair.

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.oasisyouthcenter.org.

(Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Pizza Klatch Gayla & Online Auction - with Cris Wiliiamson. 7:30pm. Washington Center for the Performing Arts, 512 Washington St, Olympia. Concert including Cris Williamson, The Righteous Mothers, comedian El Sanchez, emcee Aleksa Manila to benefit Pizza Klatch ongoing program to support LGBTQIA Thurston County high school and some junior high school students. Tickets: $25-$67; $127 VIP. pizzaklatch.org.

SUNDAY - February 3

Center for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship. 500 Broadway E. Come as you are. All are welcome. A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Northminster Presbyterian Church. 10:30am Worship. 7706 25th Ave NW. A village church in the city open to all. (206) 783-3402. www.northminsterpres.org (Conveniently located a block from the Metro #40 bus route.) St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship. 1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching. Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org

Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322 S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualities, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since 1987. welcometablecc.org

Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Buddies” on Meetup.com or at DharmaBuddies.org. (Women are invited to contact our sister meditation group at www. LotusSisters.org.)

community calendar

Just for Today (NA). 12-1:15pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step Narcotics Anonymous group open to anyone in recovery. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

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 (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/ Weds/Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org

Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/ Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. (206) 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ kofmjetchapter/ Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice session before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org PFLAG/Whatcom County (Bellingham) Monthly Meeting. 5pm. Community Food Co-op Bakery, 405 E Holly St, Bellingham. Meets 1st Sunday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses, & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.whatcompflag.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info (206) 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv

Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous 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 (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437. www. peerseattle.org

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.] Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746. Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Capitol Lounge, 916 E Pike St. Every Sunday. Go-go dancers at 10:30pm; drag show at midnight. 21+ ID required. $10 cover. Co-sponsored by Entre Hermanos.

MONDAY - February 4

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

SOBER On Meds. 1-2pm. Peer Seattle 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. (206) 3222437; www.peerseattle.org

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437, www. peerseattle.org

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St, downstairs space. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org

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

Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30-8:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Monday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. (Also meets Fridays.)

Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Every Monday. www. washingtongenderalliance.com

TUESDAY - February 5

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by YouthCare. (206) 622-5555.

defeatHIV Community Advisory Board (CAB). 5:307:30pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway @ E Jefferson St. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. CAB builds community involvement in order to advance defeatHIV’s clinical research into a potential gene therapy cure for HIV infection. If you want to learn more about our efforts to ensure that all of Seattle’s communities that are affected by HIV have a strong voice in the cure research of defeatHIV, please come to one of our community dinner meetings. More info, contact Michael Louella, (206) 667-5810; mlouella@fredhutch.org

Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett. 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County. “We will be discussing issues concerning the local Gay community & value your opinion, voice, comments, suggestions & attendance. Come join us as we build community in Snohomish County.” David, (425) 339-5238. LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.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. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org No Man’s Land - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7-8:30pm. 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. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.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, Colonial 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 (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at (206) 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com

Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday. Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.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 (206) 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. [EXCEPT no water polo mid-June through Labor Day Weekend.]

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

WEDNESDAY - February 6

Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every Wednesday. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

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 (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org

Living Positively. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for the HIV community with various topics for discussion and conversation. (206) 957-1600 or www.lifelong.org. Sponsored by Lifelong.

GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com

Southeast Seattle Lesbian Evening Group. 6pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. RSVP to Kate Hawkins (206) 722-0317. www.sessc.org. FREE.

Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. University Book Store Cafe, 4326 University Way NE. Every Wednesday. This month’s title: Forbidden Colors by Yukio Mishima. https:// faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma DiscussionNorth. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www. LotusSisters.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park, 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday. Meet at Black Sun sculpture across for museum. (See Saturday at 9am.)

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. Every Wednesday. 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. ingersollcenter.org

Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org

PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Renton: 425-235-4139. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org. 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.

THURSDAY - February 7

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Lunch Gathering. 11:30am-2:30pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Arts & Crafts Room. Meets 1st Thursday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: Free for gathering; $5 suggested donation for lunch. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org. BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.) Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.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

First Thursday Art Walk in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square. 5-9pm. Art galleries in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square host opening night receptions. Seattle Art Museum is free today.

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“OutRising – An Evening of Global LGBTQ Equality.” 6-9pm. The Collective, 440 Dexter Ave N. Raise your paddle to support human rights for LGBTIQ people everywhere. Bid on select and sensational live auction items including a gourmet dinner party and fabulous getaways. Enjoy drinks, delicious appetizers and baby cupcakes. Hosted by OutRight Action International. Featuring OutRight Executive Director Jessica Stern and Ping (Hoping) Hou, Global Public Service Fellow from Suzhou, China. Tickets: $30 general; $15 student. OutRightInternational.org/OutRising Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month. Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4540.

Seattle Police Department presents “Fabulous Forums #1 - 2019 Educational Forums.” 6-9pm. 12th Ave Arts Building, 1620 12th Ave, Room 206. Topics: History of SPD Community Outreach Efforts; SPD’s Advisory Councils & Community Police Academy; Assisting Our Immigrant Communities; Coming to America - A Different Perspective; Recruiting for Our Future - SPD Sworn and Civilian Jobs. You must register to attend: www. EventBrite.com “SPD Fabulous Forums”. B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

“A Certain Type of Brilliance” by Liz Cruz. (ThursSun: 2/7-2/17). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. A celebration of femmes. Tickets: $15 general, $12 student/senior, $20 sponsor. www.gaycity/arts. Boys Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. lamberthouse.org

Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Northgate Mall, 491 NE Northgate Way. Meets 1st Thursday each month. Monthly social meet & greet. Look for your fellow Prime Timers at a table in the Food Court at the south end of the mall. Northgate is served by many bus routes including 26X, 40, 41, 67 & 75. www.seattleprimetimers.org

21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July, August.]

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Thursday. A meditation/ recovery group. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month. ECSC is a confidential crossdressing social & support organization for Transvestite & Transsexual individuals, primarily MTF, which offers confidential membership, private monthly meetings, frequent events on the town, & help in coming out. (425) 827-9494.

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle

Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Thursday. Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org [NOTE: Please contact the facilitator prior to attending.]

Lisa Koch’s Big Ass Birthday Bash. 7:30pm (doors open at 6pm for dinner). The Triple Door, 216 Union St. Singer/comedian Lisa Koch celebrates another spin around the sun. Featuring hilarious Texas comic Vickie Shaw, twisted pianist Roxanna Ward, multiinstrumentalist Barbara Higbie, and a pile of ridiculously talented friends. Snort-inducing comedy and fabulous music for a jam-packed evening of tunes and laughs! Tickets: $25 adv, $28 at door, VIP. (206) 838-4333; www. tripledoor.com.

Mature Friends Pinochle Group. 7:30pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org

Woody Shticks’ “Who Cares!” 7:30pm. 18th & Union Theatre. An unlikely comedy quest. woodyshticks.com (Also 2/8 & 2/9 @ 9:30pm; 2/10 @ 7:30pm.)

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.) [EXCEPT no water polo mid-June through Labor Day Weekend.]

FRIDAY - February 8

Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. A drop-in AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. Ongoing 12-step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org

LGBTQ & Allies 18+ Free Friday Night Drop-In Volleyball. 6-7:45pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. Every Friday. (206) 684-4753. Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437.

“A Certain Type of Brilliance” by Liz Cruz. (ThursSun: 2/7-2/17). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. A celebration of femmes. Tickets: $15 general, $12 student/senior, $20 sponsor. www.gaycity/arts. Congregation Tikvah Chadashah. 7pm. Call/see website for location. Puget Sound’s Gay & Lesbian Jewish Congregation where all are welcome holds Shabbat services the 2nd Friday each month. An oneg Shabbat follows services. (206) 355-1414; www.tikvahchadashah.com.

Game Night. 7pm-11pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Friday. Card games, board games and fellowship. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

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. (206) 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/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30-8:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Friday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. (Also meets Mondays.)

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org; (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Woody Shticks’ “Who Cares!” 9:30pm. 18th & Union Theatre. An unlikely comedy quest. woodyshticks.com (Also 2/7 @ 7:30pm; 2/9 @ 9:30pm; 2/10 @ 7:30pm.)

SATURDAY - February 9

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) 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. We create a safe, confidential & sacred space in which a man can speak his truth from the heart, to heal & empower himself. We are fiercely non-political, non-sectarian & non-judgmental. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.org

Emerald City Softball Association Recruitment Day. Noon. North SeaTac Playfields, S 128th St & 20th Ave S, SeaTac. Join one of our teams in 2019. www. emeraldcitysoftball.org

Northwest Bridal Showcase (2/9 & 2/10). Noon-5pm. Tulalip Resort Casino Orca Ballrooms, 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd, Tulalip, WA. The show features local vendors, gown sale, daily fashion show and special guest speakers. Tickets available online and at the door. nwbridalshowcase.com.

Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character of the neighborhood. For information stop into Georgetown Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www. georgetownneighborhood.com

“A Certain Type of Brilliance” by Liz Cruz. (ThursSun: 2/7-2/17). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. A celebration of femmes. Tickets: $15 general, $12 student/senior, $20 sponsor. www.gaycity/arts. Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up maps at participating shops & galleries located in the Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market St area). Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Enjoy an evening of art as local galleries & businesses showcase artists from Ballard & beyond. (206) 784-9705; visitballard.com

Woody Shticks’ “Who Cares!” 9:30pm. 18th & Union Theatre. An unlikely comedy quest. woodyshticks.com (Also 2/7 @ 7:30pm; 2/8 @ 9:30pm; 2/10 @ 7:30pm.)

SUNDAY - February 10

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Imperial Court of Seattle’s Voting Day for Emperor and Empress. 11am-6pm. Bishops Capitol Hill, 1200 E Pike St, Suite 100. All residents of King or Island Counties, 18+, are eligible to vote. Valid ID required. www. Facebook.com/ISCSORE.

Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Senior students lead the meditation,

provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion. (206) 329-5908; www.LotusSisters.org. (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

Northwest Bridal Showcase (2/9 & 2/10). Noon-5pm. Tulalip Resort Casino Orca Ballrooms, 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd, Tulalip, WA. The show features local vendors, gown sale, daily fashion show and special guest speakers. Tickets available online and at the door. nwbridalshowcase.com.

No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. See website for location. Meets 2nd & 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org Dignity/Seattle. 6pm-Prayer Service. Ravenna United Methodist Church, 5751 33rd Ave NE. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Dignity/Seattle is the local chapter of the nationwide organization of GLBT Roman Catholics. “We celebrate our inherent dignity with pride in liturgy, mutual support, work for justice, & social activities.” Gender-inclusive & relationship affirming liturgies & prayer services. All welcome. (206) 325-7314.

Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. See website for location. Meets 1st or 2nd Sunday each month (OctApr). Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Whether you snow board, downhill, cross-country, or telemark, there are trips & events for you. Bring a potluck dish to share. Ski Buddies is a non-profit GLBT & GLBT-friendly club which meets regularly thruout the fall & winter, offering camaraderie & deeply discounted skiing adventures for all levels of skiers & snowboarders. www.skibuddies.org “A Certain Type of Brilliance” by Liz Cruz. (ThursSun: 2/7-2/17). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. A celebration of femmes. Tickets: $15 general, $12 student/senior, $20 sponsor. www.gaycity/arts. Woody Shticks’ “Who Cares!” 7:30pm. 18th & Union Theatre. An unlikely comedy quest. woodyshticks.com (Also 2/7 @ 7:30pm; 2/8 & 2/9 @ 9:30pm .)

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html

BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org

Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount Vernon) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook. COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities - www.colage.org

Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest. org

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, (206) 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 Networksupport & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 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, (206) 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 - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org

Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org

Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org

Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 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.

Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community - (206) 393-3400; gapseattle.org

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org

Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org

HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 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, (206) 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com

Lambert House - (206) 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 - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@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 - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org

MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 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.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 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; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.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: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.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 Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org

PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: (206) 325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State: www. pflagwsc.org.

Peer Seattle (formerly Seattle Area Support Groups) 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. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org

Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/

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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. (206) 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 - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org

Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235.

Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org

Rainbow Center - Resource Center for Tacoma/Pierce County LGBTIQA community. Through education, advocacy and celebration, the Rainbow Center expands resources, and safe space for the LGBTQIA community. Sponsors Tacoma Pride Festival. (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org

Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) i- SEE LISTING for Peer Seattle.

Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook.

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. (206) 323-1768.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq

Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov

Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org

Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com;

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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 Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.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.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle 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, (206) 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

Three Dollar Bill Cinema - TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival; Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival; Outdoor Cinema at Cal Anderson Park. www. threedollarbillcinema.org

TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www.genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; Lion’s Main Art Collective: www. lionsmain.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; TRANSform Washington: transformwashington.com; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com

WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http:// psoloc.org, (253) 777-3357; 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 Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; 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, (206) 461-4493.

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bi, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Coyote Central: www. coyotecentral.org; 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. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www. MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www. outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 3257724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 7268500; www.psks.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; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 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/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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In return for your TLC, pets provide unconditional love – the best exhibit of kindness and family there is! In honor of Museum Month, Seattle Humane is taking $50 off adult dog adoption fees and waiving adult cat fees this weekend Feb. 1st through 3rd. There’s a pet to match everyone’s home and specific tastes. See available pets at seattlehumane.org.

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Meet Butterball, an exuberantly affectionate 4-year-old orange tabby. Besides being an attention-loving purr machine, Butterball likes to pretend she's a pirate kitty and ride on your shoulder like a parrot! She really loves food, which is probably how she got her name. Butterball loves the people here at Seattle Humane but she'd like to meet her new best friend who will bring her home. Meet Butterball today at Seattle Humane! She will light up your life!

All of our cats go home spayed or neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. Each pet will go home with a certificate for a complimentary veterinary examination and an identification tag. PLUS, most cat adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion – a great way to start off on the right paw!

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If you have room in your heart and home for this sweet boy, then come meet him today at the Seattle Humane – you'll be glad you did!

All of our dogs go home spayed or neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. Each pet will go home with a certificate for a complimentary veterinary examination. PLUS, most dog adoptions include 30 days of Trupanion pet insurance and six weeks of on-campus training classes – a great way to start off on the right paw!

All ages, no history with cats, resident dog intros recommended.