SGN Jan 11, 2019 - Part 2

THEATER

Seattle’s Best Theater of 2018!

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

It’s time to look back at 2018 and take note of some of the great theatrical presentations that took place on Seattle-area stages! As usual, there was a lot of fantastic

theater to be seen and to experience! Here’s my list of notable and excellent productions, as I saw them.

I need to acknowledge the excellent season that ArtsWest had in 2018 as Artistic Director Mathew Wright continues to see BEST OF THEATER page 3

Photographic Center

January 17 - March 14

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Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) is proud to present the 22nd Juried Exhibition, one of the most anticipated shows in our gallery program. A wide-range of visually

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Teatro ZinZanni has found a new home!

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

TEATRO ZINZANNI HOLLYWOOD & VINE

Through April 28

Our unique dinner spectacle and cabaret has found a new home that is damn near permanent! Teatro ZinZanni had hoped to stay in the “theater district” of the Seattle Center; however, their plot of land was sold for construction. That challenged them to

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The future is female

Director Josie Rourke makes the leap from the British stage to direct Mary Queen of Scots

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

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Adapted from the biography Queen of Scots: The True Life of Mary Stuart by Dr. John Guy, director Josie Rourke and screenwriter Beau Willimon have crafted see JOSIE ROURKE page 7

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elevate their overall presentations, both in terms of choices of scripts and in terms of technical support! This past year, I saw most of their productions, including An Octoroon, Hir, Peerless, Skeleton Crew, and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill Every one of these shows is also listed in one or another of the categories below! Keep cranking it out, folks. I hope others are making plans to get subscriptions!

Top Honors

Excellent stage productions usually include all the components of a piece, in terms of great technical supports, and a great script, and great performances by the actors. Here are some of those excellently welldone shows: Hand to God at Seattle Public Theatre was a gutsy and outrageous show. Hir, co-produced by ArtsWest and Intiman Theatre, was similarly gutsy and timely in terms of the focus, in part, on transgender youth. ASL Midsummer Night’s Dream by Sound Theatre Company was a massive endeavor by a pretty tiny company to include deaf audiences and actors in a seminal Shakespearean experience. Peerless at ArtsWest had a subject matter that I’m extremely tired of personally – high school angst, but it was such a high level of effort with a kick-

ass ensemble and a funny-smart script that I was won over. Skeleton Crew, another of the terrific ArtsWest productions, highlighted people that don’t often get plays written about: factory workers and union members, and focused on corporate profit-taking at the expense of their personnel. Native Gardens by Intiman Theatre was a funny skewering of racial stereotypes and a bandying about of tropes about “the Man” and border walls and all manner of topical immigration issues. Ironbound at Seattle Public Theater was a taut, edgy character study in minimalism.

Doing the Classics That Aren’t Shakespeare Seattle Shakespeare Company took on George Bernard Shaw, he of the three names and tongue-in-cheek dialogue. Arms and the Man boasted a great cast and a director (David Armstrong) who has spent his career focused on musicals. They romped it up to a gentle rollick befitting this classic. Seattle Repertory Theatre can always be counted on to do August Wilson scripts to perfection as they did in 2018 with Two Trains Running

Women in Shakespeare

A more pronounced trend in 2018 was for women to portray men and Shakespeare seems ripe for every possibility as Sarah Harlett portrayed Richard III for Seattle Shakespeare Company and upstart crow collective, and Mary Ewald took on Timon of Athens for Shakes, and Amy Thone got her chance to chomp on Shylock in The Merchant of Venice for Shakes and managed an incredible transformation as Nixon in Strawberry Theatre Workshop’s Frost/ Nixon. There is a lot of satisfaction for this female to see women chewing up scenery heretofore reserved for men!

A growing non-binary inclusion is clear in Seattle theaters, including whole small companies, like Reboot Theatre Company (www.reboottheatre.org) that have non-traditional casting as part of their mission and reason for being. Clearly, Seattle theater practitioners are staying ahead of the curve and pulling audiences with them as society changes its viewpoints.

Smart “Small” Shows That Made Big Impact

If you’re not paying attention to small companies in town, you’ll miss some of the best theater. Three of the productions I loved in 2018 are Queen from Pratidhwani, that used the science behind bee disappear-

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ing syndrome to speak about the perils of research funding and the lure of fame and fortune versus the honor of coming clean about likely-undetectable errors due to bias; Swallow from Theater Schmeater that was an intense character drama about three gender-torn individuals; and Veils from Macha Theatre Works that delved into the history of “the Arab Spring” and women’s subjugation to or identity with the various body coverings in the Arab world. They were simply riveting theater.

Super Solos

Honor must be paid to those who create whole worlds by themselves. Sara Porkalob continued to develop her “Dragon trilogy” with Dragon Mama, her real family biographies with scintillating detail. Until the Flood (at ACT Theatre) by Dael Orlandersmith explored various members of the community in Ferguson, Missouri after the 2014 tragedy of the shooting of unarmed Michael Brown. Her show focused on just about every kind of view available and hew of skin color in a fascinating show of how one person can become so very many different people. Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill at ArtsWest is technically not a solo show, but Felicia Loud has been luminous every time she has graced the stage as Ms. Billie Holiday, eclipsing everyone and everything else.

Leading Roles

There were two men in 2018 whose work was a tour de force in their respective shows and whose talent must be acknowledged. Ben Burris was simply amazing in Hand to God, as he managed the sheer complexity of a boy and his hand puppet. Burris’ years of quiet puppeteering in various local theatres were the perfect preparation for this amazing role. Lamar Legend had to become several “selves,” sometimes almost at once in An Octoroon, and kept up a tremendous amount of energy doing it. Other great leads include the shared role of Hunchback of Notre Dame that Joshua Castille and E.J. Cardona performed, where Castille demonstrated the depth of emotion in sign and Cardona sang the heart of the role, beautifully mirroring each other. Tracy Michelle Hughes was heartbreaking as a factory worker who would not let anyone see her pain in Skeleton Crew. Gretchen Krich was brave, hurt, subjugated, resurrected, defiant, and tender in Hir. Sunam Ellis was the most profane and surprising mother in Hand to God. Alexandra Tavares seemed to transform into a troubled, hopeless yet determined character in Ironbound

Innovations in Inclusion as well as Excellence

New ways to include otherwise excluded audiences was another welcome trend in 2018 where the 5th Avenue Theatre produced a most unusual Hunchback of Notre Dame with a signing Hunchback and ASL

Midsummer Night’s Dream was completely signed and spoken with a double cast of deaf and hearing actors. These are wonderful and successful efforts and more can and should be done. Kudos to Sound Theatre Company’s entire season, that included You Can’t Take It With You and The Rules of Charity with characters in wheelchairs. They are the Little Company That Can that doesn’t let their size or funding determine who they put on stage!

Classic Musicals

The best musicals this year were all classics, as well as all female-centered! Annie at the 5th Avenue Theatre was a joyous romp through the cartoon ‘30s. Hairspray at Village Theatre reminded every one of us that “Negro Day should be Every Day.” Kiss Me, Kate was another fun and funny production at the 5th Avenue Theatre with the glorious Cayman Ilika making audiences roll in the aisles as she detailed how much she “Hate(d) Men.”

Smaller Roles Making Big Impacts

Some of the most-remembered moments in a production are not with leading characters. Indeed, sometimes you remember a much smaller role that makes the biggest impact. Let’s acknowledge the small roll of the Mother in The Wolves at ACT Theatre, played by Christine Marie Brown; the littlest sister, played by Kelly Karcher in Miss Bennet: Christmas as Pemberley at Taproot Theatre; Annette Toutonghi in Ibsen in Chicago at Seattle Repertory Theatre –

who thankfully didn’t hurt herself; Annelih GH Hamilton in Don’t Split the Party by Transparent Storytelling Group; Cynthia Jones’ Miss Hannigan in Annie; and Jessie Selleck as Cinderella in Disenchanted (Mamches Presents).

Then there were William Hall, Jr. in Two Trains Running as the classy gentleman he is; Chip Sherman in Seattle Children’s Theatre’s production of And in This Corner: Cassius Clay as the younger brother;

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Favorite Ensembles

Sometimes productions are elevated by the way the team of actors pulls off the script with every single actor giving their all and each moment fulfilling its purpose. These are some of the favorite ensembles from 2018. The Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Two Trains Running and Familiar at Seattle Repertory Theatre, American Hwangap by AJ Epstein Prod and SiS

Productions, Ironbound at Seattle Public Theater, Peerless at ArtsWest, Smoke and Dust by Macha Theatre Works, Swallow at Theater Schmeater, Welcome to Arroyo’s also at Theater Schmeater, A Small History of Amal by Forward Flux Productions and Pratidhwani, Brainpeople by Latin Theatre Projects, and Queen by Pratidhwani.

Arresting Sets

The way a play looks on stage can be

crucial to putting over its message. These are a few of the most visually arresting or important sets that I saw in 2018 and I’d like to acknowledge the work. First, I’d like to call out the incredible handwork needed for Pony World’s bizarre, well-done work, Parliament Square. Hundreds of hours were needed for it – to create a huge macramé upstage piece that designer Lex Marcos and artist Mandy Greer created from the vision of director Sann Hall along with an intricate, enormous rendering on the stage floor of the City of London. Also, the macramé piece was mirrored in the costuming of Caitlin Cooke, who created a macramé’d “scar” for the lead character who sets herself on fire at the start of the play.

Other beautiful sets include Richard III’s by Shawn Ketchum Johnson that doubled as percussion; Misha Kachman’s diner for Two Trains Running for spare realism that was clearly not real; Lex Marcos (again) for Native Gardens for realism that looked really real; Christopher Mumaw’s work on Hand to God with a classroom that had to be destroyed and put back together every night; and Burton Yuen creating a rundown factory that felt like a terrible break room for Skeleton Crew

Not Like the Others

I’d like to acknowledge a completely different production from any other in 2018. Akropolis Performance Lab likes to choose work that they then put their own “spin” on and their production of Jean Genet’s The Maids showed exactly that difference. There were many spins put on this production, like

having the maids be older and the mistress be very young, but the most striking spin of all was Zhenya Lavy’s playing “Vexations” by Erik Satie on the piano – over and over and over and over. It’s a short, but evocative and strange musical moment that changed the entire character of the play with its inclusion. They call themselves “art theater” and it is a special blend.

Exciting New Work

The last category is certainly not in any way “least”!! Seattle is blessed with plenty of writing talent and here is a list of eight great plays that had their world premieres here in 2018. Holly Arsenault had The Great Inconvenience produced at Annex Theatre. Rachel Atkins debuted her Family Matters with ReACT Theatre. Christopher Dimond and Michael Kooman premiered The Noteworthy Life of Howard Barnes at Village Theatre. Nathan Kessler-Jeffrey wrote Don’t Split the Party and produced it with Transparent Storytelling Group at the Slate Theater. Joy McCullough-Carranza found compatibility for Smoke and Dust with Macha Theatre Works. Lauren Yee brought The Great Leap to Seattle Repertory Theatre (who coproduced it with Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company. Y York had two new plays produced this year! Framed was produced by Snowflake Avalanche and The Impossibility of Now was produced by Thalia’s Umbrella!

Thank you, ALL, for the gift of your talents to

town!

Century Ballroom hosts OutDancing For A Cause benefiting Play Your* Part and King County Sexual Assault Resource Center January 18

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comb the entire area for a suitable option and they landed in Marymoor Park for a little while.

Then, the land that used to house Redhook Brewery became available in Woodinville and now, they’re back up and running, still a bit temporary, but with a 20-year lease in hand, they’re definitely there to stay! It certainly doesn’t feel temporary – it feels very much like it has for all the years the spiegeltent has been present in Seattle. What is still temporary is really not what an audience will see – they will need to build the permanent “pad” that the tent will sit on and create more durable surrounding buildings. But that’s all to come.

In the meantime, their dining partnership with James Beard Award-winning chef Jason Wilson is showing up with a solid dinner presentation that includes just a bit of challenge to the less adventuresome diner, with a lot of choices that hew close to what most would accept as mainstream fare.

There is a beautifully cooked cut of beef for your meat-and-potato person, and a plate of prawns for the seafood lover, and a hefty serving of goat cheese and pumpkin ravioli for the vegetarian, though you can certainly try any of them you’d like once you get there and peruse the menu. The antipasto beginning has a large plate of pickled vegetables, which mirrors the growing interest in fermented foods that are supposed to be of great help to our digestion, and that might be a bit challenging to some.

The “Winter Soup” course of butternut squash with potato gnocchi is served piping hot (I love that!) and is a smooth and easyto-like combination that most everyone will enjoy. And of course, dessert is a lovely little tartlet of mascarpone chocolate mousse. If you choose their wine flight, which should pair with your dishes, you’ll get four small tastes of mostly local wines mixed with choices from Italy. The “Emma” appetizer is a bubbly delight. The somewhat sour choice with the soup has a lot of spice and more spice to it, and might not be everyone’s favorite.

On Friday, January 18, Century Ballroom (915 E Pine St, 2nd Floor) will host a very special OutDancing to kick off 2019! A portion of the proceeds from this event will benefit Play Your* Part, a social justice focused theatre and philanthropy organization, and the King County Sexual Assault Resource Center.

OutDancing is one of the longest running nights for the LGBTQ social dance community in Seattle and certainly the largest floor to spin around on. Owner Hallie Kuperman (MC Koop) plays something for everyone: Salsa, Swing, Country, Waltz, Tango, Disco, West Coast Swing, you name it – mixing in some “non-partner” dance music just to shake your booty to.

This will be an exciting, meaningful evening you won’t want to miss! Come cuta-rug with us for a good cause!

Dance: 8:30pm to midnight / 21+ / $15 at the door w/ special performances starting @ 10pm. RSVP to the Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/

events/2310876928943047/ No advanced ticket sales, just show up and pay cover at the door.

Century Ballroom

Century Ballroom was founded in 1997 to promote social dancing of all kinds. Our community of instructors, staff and clients welcome and encourage any and everyone to come out dancing.

Play Your* Part

Play Your* Part inspires action through captivating theatre, combatting inequities and violence by uniting and engaging communities locally and globally with their work.

King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC)

Our mission is to give voice to victims, their families, and the community; create change in beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors about violence; and instill courage for people to speak out about sexual assault.

Courtesy of Century Ballroom

Then there is the world-class cabaret with some familiar faces and a few new folks added to keep it all interesting. The new show dispenses with the “Madame ZinZanni” role, even as it invites back favorite performer Christine Deaver. The theme here is that Deaver, Ariana Lallone, and Jen Ayers, as New Jersey-ans with Italian backgrounds, arrive on a train thinking they’ve made it to Hollywood, California – but oh, no! they ended up in the Hollywood neighborhood of Woodinville, instead! But, they’re hungry and there are some hot looking woodsmen around, so maybe they’ll stay overnight and see how the situation plays out.

Deaver shows that her big voice and brash personality are exactly as you remember, as she gazes around the dining room looking for her next “mark” to pull out of the audience and order him around to the delight of everyone else. Lallone sashays around as her sister side-kick until it’s her time to perform a beautiful blend of en-pointe ballet with smooth aerial moves. Ayers also has a big voice that reaches every ear in the tent from her petite, pert form and manages most of the “popular” music choices of the evening.

There is a lot of muscular aerial work from Timber Brown and Mick Holsbeke and Ben Wendel, some hula hooping from Alesya Gulevich, and outstanding pole work from Domitil Aillot. The script is more spare and tighter and therefore a bit less exhausting. It’s a long, languid evening, but everything moves right along and no particular bit stretches too long for its welcome.

It’s a special evening for a special celebration, and well worth the price to feel pampered and entertained. Now that they’ve landed and claimed their landstake, you’re encouraged to find your way along I-522 to participate in their Wild West show!

For more information, go to www. zinzanni.com/seattle or call 206-802-0015.

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the female-driven historical epic Mary Queen of Scots. The movie chronicles the period of 16th century history where Catholic Mary Stuart (Saoirse Ronan) returned to her native Scotland, not mostly under Protestant control, to take her rightful place upon the royal thrown. Not only does the film deal with how she attempts to rule her country in the face of violent opposition and underhanded political subterfuge, it also looks as the relationship she has with the British monarch Queen Elizabeth (Margot Robbie). It is a fast-paced, undeniably fascinating jaunt back in time, this examination of these two women and the level of opposition they continually were faced with, mainly by the men who felt they should be in power, mirroring current 21st century events in a number of eerie, sometimes unsettling ways.

After opening in limited release, including in Seattle, back in early December, Mary Queen of Scots is expanding nationwide this week. A few days just before New Year’s I had the opportunity to get on the phone with Josie Rourke and briefly discuss exactly what it was that drew the esteemed British theatre director to make her motion picture debut handing this project. Here’s some of what she had to say:

Sara Michelle Fetters: I wanted to ask you, initially when the project came your way, were you already familiar with Dr. John Guy’s book? Were you already interested in this story?

Josie Rourke: I was not familiar with Dr. Guy’s book. I did know to some extent the story of Mary Queen of Scots because I’m a theater director by trade. I’ve directed a lot of plays set in that period of history. As you know, Shakespeare was writing around that time. Christopher Marlowe. That group of playwrights from that time period, English playwrights in particular.

So I’ve had to do a ton of research about that period in order to direct plays that were

written then. I knew about Mary Queen of Scots. I mean, I had this kind of sense [about her] that was validated by John’s book. I call it a kind of Spidey Sense that Mary had perhaps been done something of a disservice by how she’d been portrayed by history. One of the great things about John’s book, and why I was so pleased to light upon it when I found it, was that it really is a revisionist take on Mary’s story. It goes back into the archives and shows really how her reputation was done serious damage both by people in her own time and in the subsequent years. She was painted as kind of incompetent. Whereas, actually John takes her much more seriously as a political figure.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I really love the way that in Beau’s script it shows how history can be so unkind. How it can just be so unkind to women, especially women in power.

Josie Rourke: Completely. I think that that’s in a number of ways, isn’t it? One of those ways is that it’s just incredibly hard, particularly then, and probably still now, for these women to be taken seriously, for them to be within Mary’s own time to be thought of by significant political figures, such as John Knox, as anything but an aberration. I mean Knox genuinely thought that the rule of Mary was against God and against nature, and that was what he felt about women monarchs in general. It’s funny, some people have sort of said or written that this is a kind of feminist take on it or there’s a sense what we’ve done is re-written history in order to make it feel contemporary, whereas actually what we’ve done is just shown this history in a way we’ve not seen before.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Was there trepidation on your part? I mean, you’ve had such an amazing and successful career directing productions for the theatrical stage, jumping into a project of this scale, was their any hesitation? Or did you just know immediately and just put both feet in and go for it?

Josie Rourke: I’ve been offered screenplays and movies before. This felt like the right one to begin with in contrast to

a bunch of the stuff that I’d been offered and spoken to people about. Saoirse was attached to it and that made it very, very appealing to me, and I could see how she could be extraordinary as this woman.

I think what you do next in order to get your confidence is you build out a team. The next person to come on board after Saoirse was Beau, who’s been a great friend for many years now. This gave me huge strength in the team. Finding John’s book, that was another big step.

One of the great things about having that experience in the theater is that you’re very used to collaborating, and I felt confident in being able to build a cast around Saoirse and around the project that I could get the very best from. It would be wrong for me to say that it’s not with a degree of fear that one approaches a project of this scale, but you know, I’m fearful the day before I start rehearsal on a play. That’s a necessary part of being alive, I think, and being an artist. If you stop feeling that, then it’s probably time to give up, isn’t it?

Sara Michelle Fetters: Totally. I completely agree.

I loved the naturalistic chemistry of everyone in the film. Even when all the character are working at cross-purposes from one another. All of those group scenes with Saoirse, it was Mary Stuart’s world. I honestly believed they were all living there at that point in history.

Josie Rourke: Oh! What an amazing thing to say. Thank you.

That was one of our main aims, just to make you believe these people actually existed and to humanize them, to understand how these figures actually lived a human life as well as being these great icons. Rehearsal was very helpful. We all got to spend a lot of time together working on the screenplay and rehearsing, and some scenes were done before we started. We also worked with a lot of the movement with this amazing choreographer, Wayne McGregor. He just got people very comfortable in their clothes and in their own skin with the characters. That was a big help, I think.

Sara Michelle Fetters: How hard was this film to cast?

Josie Rourke: That was one of the great joys, really, for me. I love casting. It’s one of my favorite parts of the process. I think the thing in theater where we get to do it is much more often than people do in film because film projects tend to have a sort of lifecycle of a couple of years. I both direct and also work with a team when I cast a project, and we’ve done six, seven theatrical shows this year already. So casting, it’s a big part of what I do, what I think about all the time, and I think it’s part of my role as director to be able to look at an actor doing one very particular thing and imagine and extrapolate how they might be able to do a very different one.

Sara Michelle Fetters: How important was it to you all to stay historically accurate but then to also balance that with telling a great story?

Josie Rourke: I think that there were two decisions to diverge from accuracy. One of which is in the meeting of the two queens, which never happened, although it’s always impossible to dramatize this story between them without that happening and I think that’s probably why dramatists have been doing that for over 200 years. I mean, the first person to write that scene was a German playwright in 1800. Friedrich Schiller wrote it in Mary Stuar t and that’s one of the most famous plays in German. You know, Katharine Hepburn played that scene as Mary in Mary of Scotland

The two queens together, it’s a famous scene even if it’s not a factual moment in history. We felt in order to tell the essential truth of their relationship, even though they wrote all these letters to each other, rather than just have the letters and rely only on those, we wanted to have that one great scene where they meet.

The other way in which it diverges is in representation. There are people of color playing characters who might have been white. But that’s a thing about my work. It’s always been true in theater. You can do

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Tacoma Art Museum celebrates Grand Opening of the Rebecca & Jack Benaroya Wing on January 19

On Saturday January 19, Tacoma Art Museum (TAM) (1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma WA) will positively shimmer with excitement with the Grand Opening of the Rebecca and Jack Benaroya Wing. The museum will present three exhibitions that celebrate the ongoing contributions of studio art glass in the Northwest. Join the Grand Opening festivities, and be one of the first to experience the new galleries and exhibitions.

“Our history with glass art begins in 1971 with an exhibition of modern Danish glass and our acquisition of glass art to the permanent collection,” explains Executive Director David F. Setford. “With our new Rebecca and Jack Benaroya Wing, TAM stands proudly as one of the nation’s premier museums with studio art glass. The Benaroya Collection brings to our museum iconic works by Dale Chihuly, Howard Ben Tré, Lino Tagliapietra, and many other internationally acclaimed artists.” The Benaroya Collection joins the Dale Chihuly Collection, the Anne Gould Hauberg Collection, and the Paul Marioni Collection at TAM. These bring the total to more than 900 works of studio glass art in the permanent collection.

In conjunction with the exhibition, TAM will offer a new collection catalogue Metaphor into Form: The Rebecca and Jack Benaroya Collection. This volume fully illustrates all 353 works in the Benaroya collection, ranging from French glass of the 1930s to Northwest painting and sculptures to iconic works by artists closely associated with the Pilchuck Glass School. The catalogue also includes new scholarship by Tina Oldknow, former chief curator of the Corning Museum of Glass; Stefano Catalani, former artistic director of the Bellevue Arts Museum; Aruna D’Souza, art historian and curator; and Rock Hushka, TAM Chief Curator.

The opening exhibitions highlight the importance of the Pilchuck Glass School. “Metaphor into Form: Art in the Era of the Pilchuck Glass School” brings together key works from the museum’s collections that illuminate the extraordinary creativity and innovation that was sparked by artists working at Pilchuck. Highlights from the Benaroya Collection include Green Eye of the Pyramid III by Stanislav Libenský and Jaroslava Brychtová and Vienna by Clifford Rainey. Other works from TAM’s permanent collection feature the scope and strength of the collection, notably works by Dante Marioni, Josiah McEleheny, Nancy Mee, and Cappy Thompson. Additional works featured include a selection of prints from the Pilchuck print shop, Blanket by Jen Elek, and Jewelry Window by Charles LeDray.

TAM also proudly introduces “Debora Moore: Arboria.” This exhibition signals an ambitious new direction by Moore. By creating four life-size trees in glass, the artist explores the four seasons through sweeping forms adorned with dozens of glass blossoms that hint at the delicacy and lushness throughout the annual cycle. “We are thrilled to have this opportunity to support Debora Moore’s new vision,” reports Rock Hushka deputy director and chief curator. “Her installation offers a magical experience made possible only by the beauty of glass.”

Other new projects at TAM include a selection of portraits by Mary Van Cline from The Documenta Series. In this new work, Van Cline seeks to make portraits of the artists, collectors, and leaders of the first generation of studio glass movement. Because of her long friendships and relationships with her subjects, Van Cline captures her sitters at ease and reveals enticing hints about their creative powers.

Also new at TAM will be the monumental installation Current by Martin Blank, newly installed in the museum’s lobby. The artist captures the power and beauty of the Northwest environment through his 30-foot long glass sculpture.

The colors and forms of the glass mimic the reflections of light of the rushing waterways that crisscross the Puget Sound region.

Opening celebrations begin at 10 am with the first public access to the elegant and light-filled galleries designed by Olson Kundig and completed on time and on budget by JTM Construction. With the City of Tacoma’s Bridge of Glass, the Museum of Glass, and the expanded offerings at TAM, Tacoma becomes one of the must-see destinations for supporters of studio glass art in the country.

Opening day activities include:

• Poetry readings inspired by glass art on view by SOTA, SAMI, and IDEA students

• Dance performance by Seattle artist Kate O’Day inspired by Martin Blank’s Current

• Free lecture by William Warmus, former Chief Curator of the Corning Museum of Glass

• Jazz performance by 322

• Art making: Fused glass tile making by Hilltop Artists and monotype making in TAM Studio

For in-depth information on the new wing and related programming visit: http:// bit.ly/Benaroya

About Jack and Becky Benaroya

Rebecca and Jack Benaroya have been major benefactors for cultural, educational, and medical organizations in the Pacific Northwest. The Benaroyas provided the seed money to help launch the Seattle Symphony’s much-lauded performance venue, Benaroya Hall, which opened its doors in 1998. They also have supported the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, as well as many other hospitals, charitable, and arts organizations.

Rebecca and Jack Benaroya were married for 70 years and have three children. They met as students at Seattle’s Garfield High School. Jack Benaroya was a pioneering real-estate developer and community leader who, in 1956, built The Benaroya Company, which became the Northwest’s largest privately held commer-

cial real-estate company and continues today under the leadership of his son Larry.

Jack Benaroya’s contributions to the Pacific Northwest have been recognized through a range of awards for his entrepreneurship, service, and philanthropy. Jack was a director of the Pilchuck Glass School, Seattle Chamber of Commerce, United Way of King County, Temple de Hirsch Sinai, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, and the Stroum Jewish Community Center. Rebecca Benaroya continues to be an active community leader and arts patron, having served on numerous boards including the Pilchuck Glass School, Kline Galland Home, and McCallum Theatre in Palm Springs. She volunteered for over 28 years mentoring first- through third-graders at Sunny Sands Elementary School in Palm Springs. She is an avid bridge player.

About Tom Kundig and Olson Kundig

Seattle-based architectural firm Olson Kundig’s portfolio includes museums, commercial and mixed-use design, exhibit design, interior design, places of worship, and residences, often for art collectors. Tom Kundig is one of the most recognized architects in North America. He has received some of our nation’s highest design awards, including a 2008 National Design Award in Architecture Design from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum; a 2007 Academy Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; and a total of 37 American Institute of Architects (AIA) awards. Olson Kundig received the 2009 National AIA Architecture Firm Award (as Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects) and has twice been named one of the Top Ten Most Innovative Companies in Architecture by Fast Company.

About JTM Construction

Seattle-based JTM is a leading full-service general contracting firm in the Puget Sound region. Founded with a vision to be positively engaged in building the neighborhoods, work places, and infrastructure support systems of the Pacific Northwest, the firm specializes in the development of performing arts centers, medical facilities, office, hotel, retail, parking structures and warehouses. JTM and its team built the

Frye Art Museum, McCaw Hall, and Benaroya Hall, along with our local Tacoma neighbors, Museum of Glass and Lemay –America’s Car Museum.

About Tacoma Art Museum

Celebrating over 80 years, Tacoma Art Museum is an anchor in Tacoma’s downtown with a mission of connecting people through art. TAM’s collection contains more than 5,000 works, with an emphasis on the art and artists of the Northwest and broader Western region, 25% of which consists of studio glass. The collection includes the largest retrospective museum collection of glass art by Tacoma native Dale Chihuly on permanent view; the most significant collection of studio art jewelry by Northwest artists; key holdings in 19th century European and 20th century American art; and one of the finest collections of Japanese woodblock prints on the West Coast. In 2012, TAM received a gift of more than 300 works of western American art from the Haub Family Collection, one of the premier such collections in the nation and the first major western American art museum collection in the Northwest. The Haub family also contributed $20 million for an endowment and expansion completed in 2014. TAM is located in the heart of Tacoma’s vibrant Museum District, which consists of six museums including the Museum of Glass, a frequent collaborator.

HOURS: Tues-Sun, 10 am-5 pm; FREE Neighborhood Nights every Thursday 5-8 pm; Fourth Fridays 10 am-8 pm.

ADMISSION: $15 Adult, $13 Student/ Senior (65+), $40 Family (2 adults and up to 4 children under 18), Children 5 and under free every day. Children 18 and under free every Saturday. TAM Members, active duty military, reservists, veterans, and their families always free.

LOCATION: Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma WA 98402. CONTACT: 253-272-4258, TacomaArtMuseum.org, info@TacomaArtMuseum.org

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rich images were selected from artists across the world: 341 artists – representing 32 states and 8 countries – submitted 2,250 images. Jurors Conor Risch and Lara Behnert chose images from 47 individuals to be included in the exhibition.

Jurors

Lara Behnert is the senior manager of Starbucks Creative Studio where she leads the global art program for Starbucks, helping to evolve store design and develop the company’s brand expression. Her background is in creative directions and design for magazines, brands, and worthy causes. Lara is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, has spent many years in New York City, and currently lives in Seattle.

Conor Risch is Senior Editor of Photo District News (PDN) and PDNOnline.com, the award-winning monthly magazine and website for professional photographers, and he has worked with professional photographers for more than 15 years. He is editor of PDN’s monthly “Exposures” column, which features photographers’ new books, exhibitions and personal projects, and he is also co-editor of the annual PDN’s 30 special issue and website focused on emerging photographers.

Exhibiting Artists

Paul Adams (Lindon UT), Elizabeth Albert (Belmont MA), John Armstrong (Seattle WA), David Bartlett (Farmington Hills MI), Constance Brinkley (Seattle WA),

Annette LeMay Burke (San Jose CA), Lynae Cook (Seattle WA), Jo Cosme (Seattle WA), Mark Daughhetee (Seattle WA), Marcus DeSieno (Ellensburg WA), Sean Du (Pasedena CA), Simrah Farrukh (Los Angeles CA), Wm Daniel File (Manchester MO), Hal Gage (Anchorage AK), David Gardner (San Francisco CA), Jennifer Garza-Cuen (Reno NV), Daniel George (Vineyard UT), Brian Goodman (Port Townsend WA), Julie Gottesman (Kirkland WA), Nate Gowdy (Seattle WA), Rebecca Greenfield (Brooklyn NY), Tatiana Gulenkina (San Francisco CA), Zackery Hobler (Toronto ON Canada), Janet Holmes (Toronto ON Canada), Qian Jin (Beijing CHINA), Brian Kosoff (Portland OR), Harini Krishnamurthy (Issaquah WA), Keith Livers (Austin TX), Zhiqiang Ma (Seattle WA), Miles MacClure (Berkeley CA), Mia McNeal (Kent WA), Joseph Meacham (Cape May Court House NJ), Julie Mihaly (Poughkeepsie NY), Marilyn Montufar (Seattle WA), Emmanuel Monzon (Bellevue WA), Jenna Mulhall-Brereton (Oreland PA), Annie Musselman (Seattle WA), Kelly O (Seattle WA), Shawn Records (Portland OR), Serrah Russell (Seattle WA), Adair Rutledge (Seattle WA), Michael Schulz (Redmond WA), Craig Schwanfelder (Santa Cruz CA), Mukul Soman (Kirkland WA), Jody Poorwill (Tacoma WA), Marta Wapiennik (Zabierzów POLAND), Kiliii Yuyan (Seattle WA)

For more info and to view selected images go to: http://pcnw.org/gallery/22ndjuried-exhibition/

About PCNW

Photographic Center Northwest (PCNW) is an educational institution facilitating creation, conversations, and experiences of significant photography. Through our certificate program in fine art photography, exhibitions, and an array of public programming, PCNW fosters dialogue in the region through the global language of today. For more information, visit pcnw.org.

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that. I don’t tend to direct all-white productions of anything really. So that was that, but everywhere else, although you have to make choices from the evidence about the story of Mary Queen of Scots, everything else cleaves pretty closely to the history. We may have compressed time here and there, but it’s based on Dr. Guy’s absolutely excellent book that is one of the most painstakingly researched histories about Mary that’s around.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I don’t want to talk about it too much just because I don’t want to spoil it for people, but the scene in Mary’s room where things get deadly. It is such an extraordinary moment. That had to be an emotional day, I would assume.

Josie Rourke: It was a deeply emotional day and also, talking about historical accuracy, that we embraced what actually happened. You could say it’s an assassination or an attack, nearly 50 men charging into Mary Stuart’s chamber. You can actually visit the room in Holyrood that they charged into in order to commit that murder. We had the same number of men on the day as there were on that fateful day in history, and that was just logistically incredibly complicated to actually shoot and work out all those bodies. But it did give you that visceral sense of what it must have been like.

We talk about being faithful to the history, but that was one of the moments where being faithful to the history brought incredible temperature to the drama and also just made it extremely visceral. We were just recreating something that had happened and a lot of people feel that actually that was done in order to potentially make Mary miscarry. It was an act of terror as much as it was an act of violence. We all felt that that day, I think. It was definitely emotional.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I do have to ask, for Margot, did she feel any pressure stepping into her role? I mean, there’ve been so many great actresses, obviously most recently with Cate Blanchett, who have portrayed Queen Elizabeth. Yet she really does make it her own.

Josie Rourke: She does. I agree. She’s wonderful.

In answer to your question, I think she

felt so much pressure that she initially said, “no.” [laughs] I think partly because she was so aware of the extraordinary history of actresses who’ve played this role. That’s a great testament to Margot’s humility, that she wouldn’t necessarily just want to take the big, shiny thing that’s in front of her but that instead she’s weighing herself carefully against what she feels she can do and what she has the ability to do. One of the ways in which I convinced her to do it was I wrote her a, we can call it a letter, like in the film, but in reality, it was a long email, saying, “Look, I understand why this is daunting and that’s amazing that you have that correct respect to those actors who have played this role before you, but I really want you to play, not this icon, but this woman and get to an essential truth of what she was like as this young woman.”

And Margot said she felt she needed help to do that, and I also wrote to her that I wanted her to know that the thing I’ve done for 15 years of my career is to help actors prepare and that I’d help her prepare for it. I think that gave her the confidence to take it on and it was the beginning of a great creative relationship between her and me because we both really dived into that preparation together. We had a really good and fluid way of working together and great reference points. I understood what she needed as an actor and how to really help her find the best in her performance. It was a very joyful process.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Margot does not have as much screen time as Saoirse does, and yet she’s still able to build a threedimensional character, so when we see her in that moment with the two queens together, we’re devastated by what Elizabeth does and says there.

Josie Rourke: I think one of the ways in which she does that is in every single scene, no matter what the scene is that she’s playing, she’s thinking about Mary. We would say in acting terms, this was her point of concentration. Mary is her point of concentration. In a way Elizabeth manages to be such a big part of this story by being all about THE story, which is Mary’s story.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Back to Saoirse for a moment. Could you imagine making this film without her?

Josie Rourke: No. I made this film

because of her, really. It was Saoirse Ronan as Mary Queen of Scots. From the beginning. It wasn’t Mary Queen of Scots with Saoirse Ronan that got me involved.

Sara Michelle Fetters: In some ways it just makes me angry to think that this is a 16th century story but it’s also about things that are happening right now here in the 21st century. It’s like we haven’t changed at all.

Josie Rourke: Yeah. That’s true. But, then, that’s the Renaissance, right?

The Renaissance. That’s when so much of contemporary politics as we understand it was invented. A lot of the handbook that people are still reading now about politics in the 21st century were written in the 16th century. Machiavelli wrote The Prince. That’s why we call people Machiavellian in that period, and I think, and I’m not delegitimizing your anger, I think you’re right, but I also think we have to understand that the DNA of modern politics is in this moment of Renaissance history. If we are unsatisfied with what is happening now, one of the things we need to do is remind ourselves what happened then and to my mind particularly look back at the lives of women in politics and how they are portrayed and presented and often undermined. We need to look back and say these heinous actions and policies actually had their roots in this period.

Sara Michelle Fetters: For you personally, what did this movie end up meaning to you? Where do you see yourself going from here?

Josie Rourke: Yeah, I’m completely hooked on the movies. I had an extraordinary time with this. I’ve always known cinema’s power as an audience member, but to understand its power a little better as a director has been an amazing thing. Honestly, it’s helped me feel in different ways how vivid people’s response to this movie has been. To be in the kind of conversations where people are saying, “It feels so now.” Having them comment on how now is just like it was 500 years ago and wondering if that is a good thing or a bad thing, wondering what do we need to do. That’s been incredible. I think one thing that’s been consistently great is to understand what a cultural impact [the movie] can have.

To be in a debate with people about whether or not the Renaissance was actually queer. Like the number of opportunities I’ve had to say to people, “No, no, no,

you don’t understand. It was a different kind of tolerance, but there was tolerance in that period.” To think that the history of people being comfortable with a sexuality other than heterosexuality simply is a product of the past, I don’t know, 50 years of human history. It is also wrong. I think there’s a very interesting set of cultural conversations that the movie has sparked about representation, about where we think our history might be in our sexuality, in our feminism, in our rights, in our ability to express who we are, in representation. That’s been amazing to me. Like the vividness of that and the ability of the film to have that reach and spark those debates, I find that genuinely exciting. I’ve worked in theater for 15 years, and theater’s about sparking conversation, so it was amazing to realize how great a conversation a film can start. That’s really cool.

Sara Michelle Fetters: And what do you want audiences to take away when they leave the theatre? What do you hope they’re talking about?

Josie Rourke: I want them to understand how much extraordinary dimension and power there is in these two women, Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie, as actors because I think these are absolutely exciting and important performances. That’s the first thing I think that will resonate for them. The other thing is that I hope that by showing our political history from the perspective of a woman director that there’s an opportunity for people to think about what power was then and what it is now, because the terrible thing about Mary Queen of Scots is that actually her downfall was not her incompetence. It was her compassion. It was that she forgave. There is a cruelty to that world that is vivid and awful and demands sacrifices of your compassion and of yourself that I don’t think has necessarily stopped in contemporary politics.

[NOTE: Sara Michelle Fetter’s review of Mary Queen of Scots appeared in the SGN on December 14, 2018. To access her review online, visit www.sgn.org and select the December 14, 2018 edition in our online archives.]

Minimalist Rust Creek an effectively tense Appalachian thriller

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

RUST CREEK

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After college senior Sawyer Scott (Hermione Corfield) receives a surprise phone call regarding a plum new job located in Washington, D.C., the ambitious young woman drops everything, including plans to head home for Thanksgiving, to drive cross-country for an interview. While passing through Kentucky she inadvertently takes a wrong turn and gets hopelessly lost, her GPS not helping matters and, if anything, just keeps sending her in increasingly annoying circles. After Sawyer stops on the side of the road to get her bearings, brothers Hollister (Micah Hauptman) and Buck Pritchert (Daniel R. Hill) pull over to offer their assistance.

Or so they say. Actually, after watching Sawyer drive around aimlessly they’re worried she might have seen the two of them doing something criminal just off the side of the road. As the two work for one of the more ambitious methamphetamine producers this side of the Appalachia Mountains, the siblings decide they’re not going to take any chances and will make sure a tragic accident befalls the young woman. But Sawyer is quicker on her feet and sharper of intellect than they both surmise, and even though she suffers a ghastly wound to her thigh she still manages to escape into the woods with her life.

Things get stranger from that point forward in director Jen McGowan’s (Kelly & Cal ) suitably minimalist thriller Rust Creek, her extremely well-crafted feature an inventive combination of Wrong Turn, Deliverance and a top-tier episode of “Justified.” But screenwriter Julie Lipson gives things an aggressively feminist spin that suits the story nicely, events having a primordial angst that uncomfortably blurs the line between right and wrong. It’s compelling stuff, and even if things work themselves out in ways that are hardly shocking, I still enjoyed watching this one quite a little bit.

The pivotal turn in the plot happens with the arrival of secretive meth cooker Low-

ell (Jay Paulson). He saves Sawyer from her travails in the forest and tenderly nurses her wounds. But for a variety of reasons he also can’t let her go, and while he’s not exactly keeping the woman prisoner, he’s also not about to allow her to wander alone in the wilderness anymore or, even worse, make her way back to the main road and go running for the police. Lowell isn’t an evil man but he is involved in some very bad business, and as such his options as to what to do with Sawyer are severely limited. What’s great about Lipson’s script is that she doesn’t make even a passing attempt to transform this story into a romance. Instead, it ends up being more a meeting of minds, Sawyer and Lowell learning intimately personal things about one another that allows an understanding bond to form between them. Their blossoming friendship is born from an organically authentic need to learn what it is that makes the other tick. There is no judg-

ment. There is no long-winded speech about how circumstance and poverty have forced Lowell to become an expert meth cooker or why misunderstanding and distrust has led Sawyer to become estranged from her parents. Instead it’s just two people trying to make the best of an impossible situation, and personally I found this part of the story to be undeniably fascinating.

While there’s some dialogue that touches upon life’s various twists of fate as they apply to both characters, Lipson allows these two adults to get to know one another as human beings first before any of that nonsense is spoken aloud. This gives the film surprising depth, and I really liked how natural the pair’s growing connection with one another proves to be. Paulson’s understated performance is wonderful, while a pair of critical scenes between his character and the Pritchert brothers ooze in unnerving hostility. As for relative

newcomer Corfield (she played one of the Syrens in Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and the ill-fated A-Wing pilot Tallie in Star Wars: The Last Jedi), the young actress is nothing short of excellent. She delivers a robust, dynamically vibrant performance, the ravaged and wrecked physicality of her portrayal only exceeded by the emotional complexity she ends up confidently infusing Sawyer with. McGowan never overplays her hand, and while she doesn’t push the pace she just as importantly never allows things to feel as if they are dragging or filled with any superfluous fluff. Her staging of the initial confrontation between Sawyer and the Pritcherts drowns in a form of claustrophobic dread that made me suitably sick to me stomach, and I loved how in even the story’s quieter moments there’s a palpable sense of uneasiness that never dissipates.

A subplot involving the local sheriff (Sean O’Bryan) and his overly diligent deputy (Jeremy Glazer) isn’t as effective as other aspects of the narrative prove to be, while the identity of the person pulling all of the strings that tie everyone together isn’t much of a surprise. Granted, considering McGowan and Lipson don’t play this aspect of the plot all that close to the vest, it’s pretty obvious the pair understand audiences are likely to figure out what’s going on rather quickly. As such, they make the reveal of who this person is and what motivates them to do such murderous evil fairly early on and because they do this character actually becomes more despicably threatening as things move towards their climax. By doing this, the film bristles over with an intense form of anxiety and terror it might not have possessed otherwise, making me believe this twist was never meant to be considered a secret in the first place. Rust Creek is a strong thriller that does both its central characters as well as the audience watching it proud, treating both with intelligence and respect for the entirety of its 108-minute running time. It starts 2019 off on the right foot, keeping me excited to discover what the remainder of the year is going to offer up for me to watch next.

Diverting Escape Room an enjoyably inventive thriller

by Sara Michelle Fetters

A&E Writer

Zoey (Taylor Russell) is a physics prodigy who has trouble speaking her thoughts and opinions aloud in class. Ben (Logan Miller) is a grocery store stockroom clerk with a troubled past that has stifled all of his opportunities for any sort of advancement. Amanda (Deborah Ann Woll) is an Iraq War veteran who has been having difficulty putting her days in combat behind her. Jason (Jay Ellis) is a high-powered stockbroker and financial wizard who has no trouble stepping on the heads of others

if it means he can achieve advancement. Mike (Tyler Labine) is a truck driver whose failing physical health can be traced back to his days working as a coal miner. Danny (Nik Dodani) is a gaming enthusiast with a knack for problem solving even if his social skills leave something to be desired.

Six strangers, each having their own unique (if secretly troubled) background all find themselves invited to an exclusive Escape Room where the first one to find all the clues and solve every puzzle will win the grand prize of $10,000. But what initially appears to be a bit of harmless fun turns out to be anything but. Soon they discover this isn’t a game at all, each room they enter offering up a set of lethal challenges that will literally kill them if they fail to decipher every puzzle. Additionally, whoever set up these rooms knows more about them than they do themselves, Zoey, Ben, Amanda, Jason, Mike and Danny all tied together in a secret way that if they’re not careful might just lead to their collective undoing.

The first wide release of 2019, director Adam Robitel’s (The Taking of Deborah Logan, Insidious: The Last Key) Escape Room is an inventive little horror-thriller that has a fair amount of fun with its somewhat familiar premise. Sort of a real world variation on Vincenzo Natali’s 1997 cult favorite Cube combined with the current escape room craze, the movie spends more time than expected fleshing out its characters while also still coming up with a variety of moderately inventive ways to kill off its cast one at a time. Bragi Schut (Season of the Witch) and Maria

Melnik (“American Gods”) have written a nifty little screenplay that toys with convention in a handful of imaginative ways, and while the actual outcome isn’t ever in doubt getting there is still a heck of a lot more fun than I anticipated before sitting down in the theatre to give the film a look.

I think what I liked most is that it never feels as if Robitel is rushing things just for the sake of attempting to keep the pace moving at breakneck speed. While never measured or methodical, the filmmaker still takes the time to allow the viewer to get to know these characters well enough so that when some of them meet their doom there’s an actual emotional response from the audience when it happens. I honestly cared about the majority of them, especially Zoey, Mike and Amanda, their collective fates meaning something to me to the point I genuinely hoped all of them were going to find a way to make it through this ghoulish maze alive.

Not that elements couldn’t have been handled a bit better than they unfortunately are. A flurry of brief flashbacks spotlighting the sextet’s connection to one another are inelegantly inserted into the proceedings, most of this exposition so well delivered verbally by the character they affect the most, the inclusion of these scenes outside of the escape room end up feeling frustratingly superfluous. I also can’t say I was pleased with the way Danny was treated, and while I get that he is supposed to be just to the wrong side of annoying there was something about

the way he’s written and portrayed that just didn’t sit well with me. Not that Dodani is bad, mind you, his performance is perfectly fine, it’s that the character is the only one that feels like a giant cliché.

I should also say that the final act is tediously messy. Not only is the climax haphazardly structured, it’s also obvious, and I can’t say anything that happened during the finale caught me by surprise. Most egregiously, the blatant setup for a sequel is damningly obnoxious, especially considering the filmmakers could have achieved the very effect they’re going for if they’d ended things with a key character’s victorious, self-empowered smile instead of including a silly epilogue that makes all of this suddenly feel like an episodic syndicated television show from the ’80s instead of a self-contained feature film.

No matter. Robitel sets up a number of winning set pieces for his characters to attempt to get themselves out of, not the least of which is an upside-down pool hall with a collapsing ceiling (which makes it the floor) that’s like something out of The Poseidon Adventure only with a twisted psychotic bent that’s efficiency homicidal. There’s also a terrific score courtesy of composers John Carey and Brian Tyler (Crazy Rich Asians), their rich variety of themes helping augment the action splendidly. Because of this none of the picture’s more egregious shortcomings stop it from entertaining, Escape Room a diverting little chiller I couldn’t help but enjoy.

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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 - January 12

Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival (1/11-1/20). Three venues: Richard Hugo House (1634 11th Ave.), Seattle Art Museum (1300 First Ave.), and Elliott Bay Book Co. (1521 10th Ave.). Inaugural event features award-winning local and visiting authors presenting a diverse and novel blend of storytelling, poetry, literary panels, and readings. For complete schedule visit www. tasveer.org.

A Gathering of Men in Edmonds . 8:15-11:30am. Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. 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

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.

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. Seattle Wedding Show. 10am-5pm, Washington State Convention Center. Annual event offers one-stop shopping for wedding venues, gowns, catering, cakes, photographers, invitations, videographers, and much more. (Also Jan. 13.) Info: www.weddingshow.com. New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. 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.sasgcc.org.

“Sovereign: A Black Queer One-Womyn Show.”

Three shows: 5:30, 7:30, and 9:30pm. 18th & Union Art Space, 18th Ave and E Union St. Final day of 2nd annual festival by Earth Pearl Collective, with rotating cast of poets and vocalists including Aishe’ Keita, Aviona Rodriguez Brown, Naa Akua, Briq House and Patience Sings. Tickets ($15, $20, $25) and more info at www. earthpearlcollective.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

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.)

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

“I Don’t Need Anything But You.” 7:30pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Broadway cabaret show featuring Chloe Cavender, Sarah Fairchild, Jonathan Fowles and Patrick Ostrander. Presented by Dorothy’s Piano Bar & Cabaret. Tickets ($20) at www. dorothyspianobar.com/tickets.

SUNDAY - January 13

Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival (1/11-1/20). Multiple venues. (See Jan. 12 listing for details; complete schedule at www.tasveer.org.)

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 University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Worship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor

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as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.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.

Seattle Wedding Show. 10:30am-5pm, Washington State Convention Center. Annual event offers one-stop shopping for wedding venues, gowns, catering, cakes, photographers, invitations, videographers, and much more. Info: www.weddingshow.com.

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.

Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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.)

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.)

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progressive, Anglo-Catholic parish, renewing its people for their Christian lives in today’s world through worship, spiritual formation, engagement in the arts, and acts of compassion. www.stpaulseattle.com

Just for Today (NA). 12-1:15pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step Narcotics Anonymous group open to anyone in recovery. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. 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

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. For info & location, www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org

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 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

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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. Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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.sasgcc.org Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. (See website for details.) 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 Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. 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 - January 14

Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival (1/11-1/20). Multiple venues. (See Jan. 12 listing for details; complete schedule at www.tasveer.org.)

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

SOBER On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. (206) 3222437; www.sasgcc.org

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org

GenPride Yoga Class. 3-4pm, Tribe Fitness, 606 Broadway E. Free to senior LGBTQ people, their caregivers and allies. Info: (206) 393-3400 or www.gapseattle.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

PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. (206) 325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org. PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality.

PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday 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/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org

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 - January 15

Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival (1/11-1/20). Multiple venues. (See Jan. 12 listing for details; complete schedule at www.tasveer.org.)

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

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. 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.

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

Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months. An opportunity for the GLBT community to speak openly with the SPD to dialog on public safety issues, plan officer training on sexual-minority topics, suggest ways to improve communications & procedures, explore protection strategies to minimize Gay-bashing incidents, & address other related concerns. The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships & communication between the community & the SPD. Members of the GLBT community are invited to attend. kim.bogucki@seattle.gov

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www. strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437. 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. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.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. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

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.

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 - January 16

Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival (1/11-1/20). Multiple venues. (See Jan. 12 listing for details; complete schedule at www.tasveer.org.)

GenPride Yoga Class. 11am-12 noon, Tribe Fitness, 606 Broadway E. Free to senior LGBTQ people, their caregivers and allies. Info: (206) 393-3400 or www. gapseattle.org.

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. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. 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

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Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Every Wednesday. This month’s title is “The Great Believers” by Rebecca Makkai, a novel of urban life in the early years of the AIDS crisis. 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.

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

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

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 - January 17

Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival (1/11-1/20). Multiple venues. (See Jan. 12 listing for details; complete schedule at www.tasveer.org.)

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

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. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

Seattle LGBTQ Employees for Equality (SEqual). 12 noon. Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave, Room 4070. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Open to the public. 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

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.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission. 6:30-8:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Seattle LGBTQ Commission is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4514. www/seattle.gov/lgbtq

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

GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call (206) 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12 noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic

PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Wheelchair accessible. We offer support and education in a safe, confidential, and welcoming atmosphere and serve East King County communities including Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Bothell, Woodinville, Duvall, Snoqualmie, and Carnation. The first half of each meeting is dedicated to support, the

second half is usually a guest speaker. See http://community.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue. Contact us at info@ bellevue-pflag.org or (425) 483-6642. PFLAG Bellevue/ Eastside is a support and advocacy group, uniting members of the LGBTQ community with friends, families, and allies. PFLAG does not promote one political or religious view and is inclusive to people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and faiths. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. 21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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

Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org [NOTE: Please contact the facilitator prior to attending.]

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.)

FRIDAY - January 18

Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival (1/11-1/20).

Multiple venues. (See Jan. 12 listing for details; complete schedule at www.tasveer.org.)

Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. A drop-in AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Ongoing 12-step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; www. sasgcc.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

GenPride Zumba Gold Class. 4:30-5:30pm, Tribe Fitness, 606 Broadway E. Free to senior LGBTQ people, their caregivers and allies. Info: (206) 393-3400 or www. gapseattle.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. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www. strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437. Game Night. 7pm-11pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Card games, board games and fellowship. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.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. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201 - in the O’Neill Room. Every Friday. (See related meeting Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org; (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

SATURDAY - January 19

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival (1/11-1/20). Multiple venues. (See Jan. 12 listing for details; complete schedule at www.tasveer.org.)

Womxn’s March on Seattle 2019: Building Power. 9am: rally at Cal Anderson Park and march to Seattle Center. 11:30am: panels and other events designed to inspire and motivate further action. Topics include #MeToo, immigrants & refugees, womxn of color, disability justice, art & activism, youth activism, Trans awareness, and indigenous healers. More information and complete events schedule at www.seattlewomxnmarchingforward.org.

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. Meets 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures

for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org

PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary. Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP: www.longhair.shorturl.com

Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Plymouth Church, 1217 6th Ave (downtown between University & Seneca), lounge. Meets 3rd Saturday most months. Cost: $5 per person (please try to bring exact change) to help pay for room rental. Please bring a dish that will serve eight or more to share. Free parking below the church (entrance on University). Enter lounge via garage elevator or front doors on 6th. Info: www.seattleprimetimers.org.

Trans Awareness Workshop. 2:30-4pm, Vera Project, 305 Harrison St. What is the difference between Trans, gender-nonconforming, and intersex? What are the correct pronouns to use with a Trans person and what should you do if you accidentally mis-pronoun someone? This session will answer basic questions like these and offer insight about how to support Trans people in our community. Presented by Gender Justice League and organized by Seattle Womxn Marching Forward. Info: www.seattlewomxnmarchingforward.org.

Rainbow City Band - “Planet Earth.” 7pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. A concert featuring music celebrating the majesty of our home, Mother Earth. Tickets: $20 adults, $12 students/seniors; $5 children under 10. www.rainbowcityband.com New Wave Dance Party. 9pm-1am. The Knife Room, 103 S Main St. Klaus Nomi club experience with DJ Status Apparatus. Features 1980s club kid costume contest, photo booth, specialty cocktails, innovative snacks. Teaser musical performance by Nomi (Devin Bannon) from Cafe Nordo’s next show, “Alien/Angel.” 21+, $10 cover, tickets at http://bit.ly/NewWaveDanceParty. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Fred Hutch AIDS research. Info: www.cafenordo.com.

SUNDAY - January 20

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Tasveer South Asian Literary Festival (1/11-1/20). Multiple venues. (See Jan. 12 listing for details; complete schedule at www.tasveer.org.)

Womxn Act on Seattle. Various times and venues. Carry forward the momentum from Saturday’s Womxn’s March (see Jan. 19 listing) with panels, workshops, skillbuilding and healing sessions at locations around the city including Casa Latina, Plymouth Church, Riveter Hub, Seattle University, Youngstown Arts, and others. Info at www.seattlewomxnmarchingforward.org.

Baha’i Prayer & Fellowship Circle. 10am. Pearl Warren Bldg, 606 12th Ave S. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. Share prayers, readings, thoughts & music. All backgrounds, all faiths welcome. (206) 391-2188. Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com

Free Movie: “East Side Story.” 3pm. Scarecrow Video, 5030 Roosevelt Way NE. Romantic comedy of interracial Gay couple adapting to career upheaval and neighborhood gentrification. Free to Mature Friends, Prime Timers and their guests (refreshments available for purchase). Space is limited to 30 people; RSVP to Roger Meers at quinte223@icloud.com.

Panel on Housing for LGBTQI Elders. 3-5pm. Riveter Hub, 1517 12th Ave, Suite 101. LGBTQI elders and activists speak about housing for community members and the intersecting challenges to safe housing. Facilitated by Louis Thetford, organized by Seattle Womxn Marching Forward. Info: www.seattlewomxnmarchingforward.org.

Trans Legal Clinic. 3-5pm, Riveter Hub, 1517 12th Ave, Suite 101. A legal clinic for assisting Trans people with name and gender-identification changes on official documents. Presented by Gender Justice League, organized by Seattle Womxn Marching Forward. Info: www.seattlewomxnmarchingforward.org.

Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. (contact for new location) Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically non-monogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.

Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. Check website for details. Meets 1st or 2nd Sunday each month (Oct-Apr). 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

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

Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.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; info@gapseattle.org; 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

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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.

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, viet-

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Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org

Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org

Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/ 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) 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.sasgcc.org

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; www.stonewallnews.net

SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade 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. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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Meet Casper, a 9-year-old Beagle! Casper is a very sweet and mellow boy who loves to sniff and walks great on a leash. He also knows a few commands and will happily sit for a treat. His treat motivation makes it really easy to give him his daily medication. Casper seems to enjoy the other dogs he has met while staying with us and loved spending time with his foster dog siblings. He's a total charmer with a wonderful Beagle personality and will likely do well in any home. Please read Casper's glowing foster report from his adoring foster family!

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!

No restrictions on children, does well with cats, resident dog introductions are recommended.

Twinki is a 1-year-old orange and white tabby boy. Although timid, he seems to enjoy human interaction. He has lived around other cats before as a community cat and would likely live well with other cats. He would do best in a home with a friendly feline and/or patient adult to help him gain confidence. He most likely would be hesitant around young children. Come to Seattle Humane and meet Twinki. He is looking forward to having a new best friend.

Twinki tested positive for FIV. When kept indoors, an FIV-positive kitty can live a long, happy life like any other feline. Our staff would be happy to speak with you about FIV and Twinki's long-term care.

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!