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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 2, Volume 43, January 9, 2015
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Heather Hawkins and Rebecca Olson in Gidion’s Knot
Brianne A. Hill and Reginald André Jackson in The Mountaintop Tim Durkan Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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Scene from Captain America: Winter Soldier Scene from The Invisible Hand
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer The theater critics circle in Seattle, the Seattle Theater Writers, has gotten together for the fourth year to present a slate of nominees for the annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards. The 2014 calendar year is the basis for eligibility and was a busy, productive year of theater. Named after the iconic stage star, Gypsy Rose Lee, who was born in Seattle, the award categories are divided into Large Budget and Small Budget and some individual categories where such a divide isn’t productive. There are 32 categories total. Our nominations include 57 productions from 32 different producing companies. That’s an enormous acknowledgement of the vibrancy of our theatrical community. Winners will be announced January 15, 2015. In addition to the 32 categories named below, a Special Award of Recognition will be given to Mr. Robert Schenkkan for Excellence in Playwriting, named for his exceptional history of Lyndon Baines Johnson in his two plays, All the Way and The Great Society, pre-
sented at Seattle Repertory Theatre. The 2014 Gypsy Rose Lee Award Nominations are (in alpha order): EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION OF A PLAY (Large Budget) Tails of Wasps – New Century Theatre Company The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Book-It Repertory Theatre The Boy at the Edge of Everything – Seattle Children’s Theatre The Invisible Hand – ACT Theatre The Normal Heart – Strawberry Theatre Workshop (Small Budget) A Small Fire – Sound Theatre Company Blood Countess – Annex Theatre Gidion’s Knot – Seattle Public Theater Seascape – Theater Schmeater The Lisbon Traviata – Theatre22 EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL A Little Night Music – SecondStory Repertory In the Heights – Village Theatre see Gypsys page 4
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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer How ‘bout them Seahawks? The team earned home field advantage through the playoffs, putting them in the drivers seat for a repeat Super Bowl appearance. A win against the Carolina Panthers this weekend
and a victory over Dallas or Green Bay next weekend would punch their ticket to Arizona. The 2015 football championship is scheduled for February 1 in Glendale, just outside of Phoenix, which will also host the Pro Bowl on January 15. The Cactus Bowl, that pitted another hometown sports club, the University of Washington vs. Oklahoma State, took place New Year’s
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer
When looking at possible 2015 Academy Award contenders for Best Picture, the conversation starts with Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman and Morten Tyldum’s The Imitation Game, all films mentioned after those three just jockeying for a nomination and nothing else. Based see Phoenix page 6 on all of the award precursors, in-
cluding this Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards where those three should duke it out for supremacy, these are without a doubt the frontrunners, and it is more than likely the eventual winner will be one of them. Not that films like Ava DuVernay’s Civil Rights drama Selma, James Marsh’s Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything or Wes Anderson’s eccentric, freewheeling The Grand Budapest Hotel are completely out of the
conversation, they just don’t appear to have the same sort of momentum as that aforementioned trio does. All have their strengths, each has perceived weaknesses, and as such it’s unlikely any are making the same impact on Academy voters as Linklater’s, Iñárritu’s and Tyldum’s latest all seem to be having. This isn’t a reflection on qualsee Awards page 8
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Best Original Score race is competitive for this year’s Oscars When the Academy Award nominations are unveiled on January 15, the Best Original Score category will look something like this: Interstellar, The Theory of Everything, Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Judge. In what has become a very competitive category with only five recordings making the final cut, it’s certainly a race to highlight down the homestretch. The first three of these already mentioned scores are sure bets; Hans Zimmer’s music for Interstellar is almost as haunting as last year’s champ, Gravity by Steven Price, and it’s his best work since scoring Inception. Equally impressive is Jóhann Jóhannsson’s delicate composition for The Theory of Everything, which might actually win the Oscar. Then again, the statue could be placed into the hands of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross for the dramatic sounds backing Gone Girl; the duo took home the prize for 2010’s The Social Network and also share a Grammy for scoring The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Alexandre Desplat has three solid chances to nab a nomination, the likeliest for his musical contribution to The Grand Budapest Hotel, although he’s also in the running for The Imitation Game and Unbroken. The French composer could siphon votes from himself, which is why I’m predicting perennial nominee Thomas Newman to sneak in with The Judge. Other contenders include Danny Elfman for Big Eyes, James Newton Howard for Malificent or Nightcrawler, Michael Giacchino for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, A.R. Rahman for The Hundred Foot Journey, Jason Moran for Selma, Gustavo Santaolalla for The Book of Life, and Marco Beltrami for The Homesman. Missing from this bunch is Antonio Sanchez’s much lauded work on Birdman, ruled ineligible by the Academy’s music branch. Chances are, you’ll get to see Johnny Mathis this year. The legendary crooner is scheduled to perform October 8 at Tacoma’s
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Hans Zimmer, composer for Interstellar
Pantages Theater, singing his greatest hits during what’s billed as “A Benefit Concert for Arts Education.” Tickets for the general public, priced between $89 and $169, go on sale January 12 at www.BroadwayCenter. org, or by calling (800) 291-7593.
them online, and with word that she’ll tour again in 2015, it wouldn’t be surprising for Madge to appear on the music awards show. Madonna has performed three times on the Grammys, as recently as a year ago with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis.
Another new show to announce is Guster, who will play The Neptune on March 30. The Boston-anchored rock band is set to release its new album, Evermotion, next week featuring the leadoff single “Simple Machine.” Guster’s lead singer Ryan Miller interviewed with Seattle Gay News several years ago. Tickets for the concert are on sale now, priced at $21.50 through January 11th and $26.50 after that, at www.Tickets.com, or (877) STG-4TIX; ticket buyers will receive a complimentary digital download of Evermotion.
Road trip to California, you say? Here’s a reason to make the drive, the lineup for this spring’s Coachella Festival has been revealed with ACDC, Jack White and Drake headlining the event, happening on back-toback weekends in April (10-12, 17-19). The diverse roster of artists includes Florence + the Machine, Belle and Sebastian, Ryan Adams, Interpol, Fitz and the Tantrums, St. Vincent, Azealia Banks, David Guetta, Lykke Li, Steely Dan, The War on Drugs, FKA twigs, and Caribou. For the complete list with daily lineups, plus ticket information, go to www.coachella.com.
Although it hasn’t been announced, Madonna is rumored to be performing on next month’s Grammy telecast. Considering the Material Girl rushed out six new singles from her upcoming album Rebel Heart before the holidays, thanks to hackers leaking
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Finally, congratulations to Macklemore and his fiancé Trisha on their recent baby announcement. The pair are expecting their first child in late spring. Daddy Mack seems fitting, right?
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Joshua Carter in Little Shop of Horrors
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continued from cover Little Shop of Horrors – The 5th Avenue/ACT Theatre co-production Mary Poppins – Village Theatre Monty Python’s Spamalot – The 5th Avenue Theatre
EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Eric Ankrim – In the Heights (Village Theatre) Bill Berry – Little Shop of Horrors (The 5th Avenue Theatre / ACT Theatre co-production) Brandon Ivie – A Christmas Story (The 5th Avenue Theatre) Josh Rhodes – Monty Python’s Spamalot (The 5th Avenue Theatre) Steve Tomkins – Funny Girl (Village Theatre)
EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL AS A LEAD ACTOR (MALE) Greg McCormick Allen – Mary Poppins (Village Theatre) LeRoy Bell – Passing Strange (Sidecountry Theatre) Joshua Carter – Little Shop of Horrors (The 5th Avenue Theatre / ACT Theatre co-production) Ryan McCabe – La Cage aux Folles (SecondStory Repertory) Wade McCollum – Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Balagan Theatre)
EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY AS A LEAD ACTOR (MALE) (Large Budget)
EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY AS A LEAD ACTOR (FEMALE) (Large Budget) Emily Chisholm – Bethany (ACT Theatre) Helen Harvester – Diana of Dobsons (Taproot Theatre) Tracy Michelle Hughes – Pretty Fire (Taproot Theatre) Pamela Reed – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Gillian Williams – Venus in Fur (Seattle Repertory Theatre)
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(Small Budget) Mary Ewald – Hamlet (New City Theater) Peggy Gannon – Blood Relations (Sound Theatre Company) brianne a. hill – The Mountaintop (ArtsWest) Teri Lazzara – A Small Fire (Sound Theatre Company) Terri Weagant – Blood Countess (Annex Theatre) EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL AS A LEAD ACTOR (FEMALE) Sarah Rose Davis – Funny Girl (Village Theatre) Cayman Ilika – Mary Poppins (Village Theatre) Jennifer Littlefield – A Little Night Music (SecondStory Repertory) Jessica Skerritt – Little Shop of Horrors (The 5th Avenue Theatre / ACT Theatre co-production) Valerie Vigoda – Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Balagan Theatre)
EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE OF A MUSICAL AS A SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE) Matt Giles – A New Brain (STAGEright Theatre) Justin Huertas – In the Heights (Village Theatre) David Anthony Lewis – Little Shop of Horrors (The 5th Avenue Theatre / ACT Theatre co-production) John Scott – Funny Girl (Village Theatre) Dane Stokinger – Monty Python’s Spamalot (The 5th Avenue Theatre) EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE OF A PLAY AS A SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE) (Large Budget) Sylvie Davidson – Tails of Wasps (New Century Theatre Company) Amy Hill – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Amy Love – Royal Blood (Onward Ho Productions) Betsy Schwartz – Tails of Wasps (New Century Theatre Company) Amy Thone – The Normal Heart (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) (Small Budget) Lisa Branham – Attack of the Killer Murder … of Death! (Theater Schmeater) 2014 Mark Kitaoka
EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION OF A PLAY (Large Budget) Sheila Daniels – The Normal Heart (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) Darragh Kennan – Tails of Wasps (New Century Theatre Company) John Langs – Bethany (ACT Theatre) Allen Nause – The Invisible Hand (ACT Theatre) Myra Platt – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Book-It Repertory Theatre) (Small Budget) Julie Beckman – A Small Fire (Sound Theatre Company) Shana Bestock – Gidion’s Knot (Seattle Public Theater) Valerie Curtis-Newton – The Mountaintop (ArtsWest) Alicia Mendez – The Pillowman (SecondStory Repertory) Bobbin Ramsey – Attempts on Her Life (The Horse in Motion)
Elijah Alexander – The Invisible Hand (ACT Theatre) Frank Boyd – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Book-It Repertory Theatre) William Hall Jr. – A Lesson From Aloes (Thalia’s Umbrella) Greg Lyle-Newton – The Normal Heart (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) Connor Toms – The Invisible Hand (ACT Theatre) (Small Budget) Gordon Carpenter – A Small Fire (Sound Theatre Company) Daniel Christensen – The Lisbon Traviata (Theatre22) Matthew Gilbert – The Elephant Man (STAGEright Theatre) Reginald Andre Jackson – The Mountaintop (ArtsWest) Will Rose – Don Quixote and Sancho Panza: Homeless in Seattle (ese Teatro)
EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE OF A PLAY AS A SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE) – ANY NON-LEAD (Large Budget) Peter Crook – The Normal Heart (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) Quinn Franzen – The Importance of Being Earnest (Seattle Shakespeare Company) Todd Jefferson Moore – Royal Blood (Onward Ho Productions) Timothy McCuen Piggee – Angels in America (Intiman Theatre) Michael Winters – All the Way / The Great Society (Seattle Repertory Theatre) (Small Budget) Andrew Lee Creech – Girl You Know It’s True (The Stay Up Late Show/Theatre Off Jackson co-production) Eric Mulholland – The Lisbon Traviata (Theatre22) Carter Rodriquez – Uncle Vanya (Akropolis Performance Lab) Ray Tagavilla – A Small Fire (Sound Theatre Company) James Weidman – Blood Countess (Annex Theatre)
Scene from In the Heights
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EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE OF A MUSICAL AS A SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE) – ANY NON-LEAD Taryn Darr – A Chorus Line (The 5th Avenue Theatre) Iris Elton – In the Heights (Village Theatre) Laura Griffith – Monty Python’s Spamalot (The 5th Avenue Theatre) Megan Chenovick – Jerry Springer the Opera (Balagan Theatre) Shermona Mitchell – A New Brain (STAGEright Theatre) EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE AS AN ENSEMBLE (Large Budget) A Lesson From Aloes – Thalia’s Umbrella (William Hall, Jr., Terry Edward Moore, Pam Nolte) Art Dog – Seattle Children’s Theatre (Allen Galli, Auston James, Khanh Doan, Kate Jaeger) Tails of Wasps – New Century Theatre Company (Sylvie Davidson, Brenda Joyner, Hannah Mootz, Betsy Schwartz, Paul Morgan Stetler) The Invisible Hand – ACT Theatre (Elijah Alexander, Erwin Galan, William Ontiveros, Connor Toms) The Normal Heart – Strawberry Theatre Workshop (Stephen Black, Rob Burgess, Peter Crook, Brian Culbertson, Joseph Cummings, Simon Hamlin, Greg LyleNewton, Andrew Russell, Amy Thone) (Small Budget) A Small Fire – Sound Theatre Company (Gordon Carpenter, Sara Coates, Teri Lazzara, Ray Tagavilla) Attack of the Killer Murder … of Death! – Theater Schmeater (Ashley Bagwell, Alyssa Bostwick, Lisa Branham, Nik Doner, Alyssa Keene, J.D. Lloyd, Corey McDaniel, Tim Moore, Allie Pratt, Lisa Viertel, Lantz Wagner) Gidion’s Knot – Seattle Public Theater (Heather Hawkins, Rebecca Olson) Horse Girls – Annex Theatre (Erin Bednarz, Rachel Brow, Elizabeth Grant, Kasey Harrison, Anastasia Higham, Pilar O’Connell, Sascha Streckel) Seascape – Theater Schmeater (Paul Custodio, Lori Lee Haener, Josh Ryder, Katherine Woolverton)
EXCELLENCE IN SET DESIGN (Large Budget) Scott Bradley – A Great Wilderness (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Andrea Bryn Bush – Twelfth Night (Seattle Shakespeare Company) Matthew Smucker – Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Carey Wong – The Boy at the Edge of Everything (Seattle Children’s Theatre) Jennifer Zeyl – Royal Blood (Onward Ho Productions) (Small Budget) Robin Macartney – Girl You Know It’s True (The Stay Up Late Show/Theatre Off Jackson co-production) Robin Macartney – Balconies (Annex Theatre) Cate McCrea – Returning to Albert Joseph (Satori Group) Montana Tippett – A Small Fire (Sound Theatre Company) Burton Yuen – The Mountaintop (ArtsWest) EXCELLENCE IN COSTUME DESIGN (Large Budget) Anastasia Armes – Royal Blood (Onward Ho Productions) Sarah Burch Gordon – Diana of Dobsons (Taproot Theatre) Christine Meyers – Twelfth Night (Seattle Shakespeare Company) Pete Rush – Truth Like the Sun (Book-It Repertory Theatre Cynthia Savage – Mary Poppins (Village Theatre) (Small Budget) Julia Evanovich – Attack of the Killer Murder...Of Death! (Theater Schmeater) Candace Frank – American Wee-Pie (Seattle Public Theater) Cami Funk – Balconies (Annex Theatre) Desiree Jones – The Hunchback of Seville (Washington Ensemble Theatre) Scarlett O’Hairdye – Girl You Know It’s True (The Stay Up Late Show/Theatre Off Jackson co-production) EXCELLENCE IN LIGHTING DESIGN (Large Budget) Brian Bembridge – Mary’s Wedding (New Century Theatre Company) Kristeen Willis Crosser – The Invisible Hand (ACT Theatre) L.B. Morse – A Great Wilderness (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Alexander V. Nichols – Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Balagan Theatre) Andrew D. Smith – The Boy at the Edge of Everything (Seattle Children’s Theatre) (Small Budget) Mark Chenovick and Jen Klos –
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Alyson Scadron Branner – Arcadia (Seattle Public Theatre) Evelyn Dehais – Chaos Theory (Annex Theatre) Caitlin Frances – Blood Relations (Sound Theatre Company) Tracy Leigh – American Wee-Pie (Seattle Public Theatre)
Pamela Reed and R. Hamilton Wright in Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The Pillowman (SecondStory Repertory) Marnie Cummings – Returning to Albert Joseph (Satori Group) Dani Norberg – The Mountaintop (ArtsWest) Gwyn Skone – Blood Countess (Annex Theatre) Sarah Torres – Marisol (The Collision Project)
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EXCELLENCE IN SOUND DESIGN (Large Budget) Obadiah Eaves – A Great Wilderness (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Brendan Patrick Hogan – The Invisible Hand (ACT Theatre) Matt Starritt – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Nathan Wade – Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Robertson Witmer and Kevin Heard – Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Balagan Theatre) (Small Budget) Al Angel – Attack of the Killer Murder… of Death! (Theater Schmeater) Josh Blaisdel – The Lisbon Traviata (Theatre22) Mark Chenovick and Jen Klos – A Little Night Music (SecondStory Repertory) Evan Mosher – Returning to Albert Joseph (Satori Group) James Schreck – Attempts on Her Life (The Horse in Motion) EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL DIRECTION Paul Linnes – A Little Night Music (SecondStory Repertory) Ryan O’Connell – Ernest Shackleton Loves Me (Balagan Theatre) RJ Tancioco – In the Heights (Village Theatre) RJ Tancioco – Little Shop of Horrors (The 5th Avenue Theatre / ACT Theatre co-production) Tim Symons and Bruce Monroe – Funny Girl (Village Theatre)
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EXCELLENCE IN CHOREOGRAPHY OR MOVEMENT Bill Berry – Little Shop of Horrors (The 5th Avenue Theatre / ACT Theatre co-production) Kristin Holland Bohr – Funny Girl (Village Theatre) Diana Cardiff – Girl You Know Its True (The Stay Up Late Show/Theatre Off Jackson co-production) Daniel Cruz – In the Heights (Village Theatre) EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL PLAYWRIGHTING Kelleen Conway Blanchard – Blood Countess (Annex Theatre) Samuel D. Hunter – A Great Wilderness (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Wayne Rawley – Attack of the Killer Murder … of Death! (Theater Schmeater) Jeff Schwager – The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Stephanie Timm – Tails of Wasps (New Century Theatre Company) EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL COMPOSING Obadiah Eaves – A Great Wilderness (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Zhenya Lavy – Uncle Vanya (Akropolis Performance Lab) Mark Siano and Opal Peachey – Seattle Vice (Marxiano Productions) The theater writers participating in this year’s award process were Jose Amador (www.seattlestar.net), Candace Brown (goodlifenw.blogspot.com), (me) Miryam Gordon (Seattle Gay News and miryamstheatermusings.blogspot. com), David-Edward Hughes (www. talkinbroadway.com/regional/seattle), Rosemary Jones (www.examiner.com/ theater-in-seattle/rosemary-jones), Alice Kaderlan (blog.seattlepi.com/feetfirst), Dusty Somers (blogcritics.org/author/ Dusty-Somers), and Michael Strangeways (www.seattlegayscene.com/) For more information, go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. The Notes sections shows the evolution of these awards.
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continued from cover Eve in nearby Tempe. With the probability of the Seahawks going to the Super Bowl again and with much closer proximity to Arizona than New Jersey, plus the lure of warmer weather, Seattle fans are expected to invade Phoenix by the thousands. With or without tickets, fans can enjoy recreational activities, music festivals, promotional contests, and festive parties leading up to Sunday’s game. Phoenix and neighboring cities Tempe and Scottsdale are perfect year-round destinations that offer everything from major sporting events to live cultural entertainment to premiere resorts that provide the essentials for a weekend getaway – golf courses, swimming pools, tennis courts, spas, and restaurants. For anyone considering a Super Bowl trip to Phoenix, or anytime in the near future for whatever reason, here are suggestions to help with your planning. Go to www.visitphoenix.com and www.tempetourism.com for additional visitor information.
mute day, it’s about a 30-minute drive. But heavy inbound traffic for the big game will double, if not triple, the amount of time of getting there. If you’d rather not rent a car, plan on carpooling or taking private charter/shuttle service to Glendale; public transportation is available, but I’d look into other options to get you there and back within a reasonable time frame. Although a patch of restaurants and retail stores are nestled within the Westgate Entertainment District, close to the stadium, Glendale is a small city and limited in its options for accommodations, dining and nightlife. The bulk of activity surrounding the Super Bowl will be in downtown Phoenix, where a much broader selection of hotels, restaurants, bars, and entertainment is available. Verizon Super Bowl Central (www.azsuperbowl.com) will cover 12 blocks of space downtown between January 28 and February 1 with nightly fireworks, live music, meet n’ greets with NFL players, and outdoor broadcast booths. Simultaneously, between January 24 and February 1, the National Football League will host The NFL Experience (www.nfl.com/superbowl/49/events), an “interactive theme park” with autograph sessions, youth football clinics, games, and displays, all set up at the Phoenix Convention Center. The DirecTV Super Fan Fest concert series (tickets at www.stubhub.com), happening on January 28, 29 and 30, will feature an eclectic array of musical acts, including Imagine Dragons with Snoop Dogg, Calvin Harris, Young the Giant, The Zac Brown Band, and Jason Derulo, to name a few. Some events are also slated for Tempe and Scottsdale.
ACCOMMODATIONS The Hotel Palomar Phoenix (www.hotelpalomar-phoenix.com) and Westin Phoenix Downtown Hotel (www.westinphoenixdowntown.com) are my top picks for accommodations in the city core. The former is a 242-room property, part of the very LGBT-friendly Kimpton Hotels brand, that is situated a block from the Talking Stick Resort Arena (formerly US Airways Center), where everyone from Madonna to Katy Perry perform, when it isn’t occupied by its permanent residents, the Phoenix Suns (NBA), LOCATION Super Bowl XLIX will be played at the Phoenix Mercury (WNBA), and Arizona University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Rattlers (AFL). It’s a stylish hotel with col25 miles west of Phoenix. On a good com- orfully designed and generous-size guest
rooms with contemporary amenities, and features an outdoor pool with the adjoining LUSTRE Rooftop Garden. Blue Hound Kitchen & Cocktails, inside the Palomar, is a popular dinner and drink destination, drawing a mixed crowd of local urbanites. The latter property also boasts 242 guest rooms, though it’s unique in that the hotel is a retrofit, wedged inside the FreeportMcMoRan Center, a high-rise office tower overlooking the ASU-Downtown campus. This is one of the most eye-opening Westins I’ve ever seen, in contrast to several others that lean business-type with standard furnishings. Rooms and hallways at the Westin Phoenix Downtown, even its lobby restaurant and bar Province, are sleek in design and vibrant, and thus would appeal to both leisure travelers and those coming into Phoenix for work that prefer a swankier experience with the familiarity of the Westin amenities, such as the hotel’s signature Heavenly beds, white tea aloe body lotions and, of course, its Starpoints loyalty program. If you prefer a secluded setting with contemporary elegance, look no further than the Arizona Biltmore (www.arizonabiltmore.com), a Waldorf Astoria Resort, cradled into the Biltmore district and Camelback Corridor. Opened in 1929, this gorgeous property has been a longtime favorite amongst Hollywood’s elite, most notably Marilyn Monroe, who frequently swam in the Catalina Pool, one of eight outdoor pools at this 738-room desert oasis. For a splurge, book a suite or villa, or for exquisite pampering reserve a room in the Ocatilla, a hotel within a hotel that includes an exclusive pool and lounge serving complimentary breakfast, refreshments and snacks daily, plus attentive service from the Personal Ocatilla Concierge. Should the Biltmore be out of your budget for accommodations, definitely go there for its widely popular Sunday Brunch at Wrights at the Biltmore. It’s a wonderful and delicious spread, from fresh seafood to housemade pastries to pancakes and several options for meat eaters and vegetarians. Wash it all down with mimosas, a flute of champagne, or brewed coffee. Brunch is available on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for $41.95 per person (alcoholic beverages not included) and reservations are encouraged. The Arizona Biltmore celebrated its 85th anniversary in 2014 and completed a multisocialtables.com
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million dollar renovation to its ballrooms and many of its guest rooms, giving them a chic upgrade yet staying true to its organic, simplistic style. The hotel’s pristine courtyard is picturesque, as is the surrounding scenery of Camelback Mountain. To distance yourself entirely from all the raucous goings-on in Phoenix, plan to stay in Tempe instead. A half-hour trek aboard light rail, connecting both cities’ downtown areas, Tempe is home to Arizona State University, the nation’s second largest college (per student body). And, although students do party along Mill Avenue on the weekends, it should be quieter and less crowded during the Super Bowl festivities. The Courtyard by Marriott-Tempe Downtown (www.marriott.com) offers basic, yet pleasant, accommodations within blocks of restaurants, bars, retail stores, and the ASU campus. Rooms provide appropriate amenities and the hotel’s lobby includes a sitting area, diner, and bar counter, plus a small outdoor pool for guests. FOOD & DRINK Phoenix has rapidly become a culinary hotspot, thanks in part to a cluster of newer restaurants that have opened in and around downtown. My top recommendation, though, is in the heart of the Camelback Corridor, called The Gladly (www.thegladly.com). Just over a year old, this trendy place is worth all the raves and accolades it’s received, including being named Best New Restaurant by Phoenix Magazine. What you’ll find here is perfectly executed comfort food, from mac n’ cheese to filet mignon to meatloaf, which I devoured in minutes during my visit. The Original Chopped Salad is a must, and while you probably won’t want to share, it’s best you save room for other items, such as the roasted brussel sprouts and one of The Gladly’s great dessert choices. The restaurant attracts an upscale, non-pretentious crowd of locals, for its food, but also for its energetic atmosphere. Back in downtown and relatively new, maybe, since the last time you were in the Valley of the Sun, is the Phoenix Public Market Cafe (www.phxpublicmarket.com) featuring a menu of usual favorites, like burgers, salads, pasta, fried chicken, roasted salmon, and its signature rotisserie chicken. I absolutely loved the Pork Chile Verde Pot Pie and look forward to having it again when I return. The cafe, a 10-minute stroll from major downtown hotels, also serves breakfast through 3 p.m. and house-baked pastries. Over in Tempe, definitely try La Bocca Urban Pizzeria + Wine Bar (www.laboccapizzeria.com), a fantastic Italian eatery on Mill Avenue, the city’s main street. Really good pizzas (truffled mushrooms, chicken pesto, spicy pepperoni, etc.), house-made pastas, seasonal salads, and fresh antipasti draws people in nightly. The ambiance is lively, service is friendly, and it’s a great spot for groups, couples, and even for solo guests at the bar counter. Across the street is The Handlebar Tempe (www.handlebaraz.com), a bicyclethemed bar and multiple award-winning watering hole. With a rotating selection of 48 microbrews, from local to international, and with indoor seating and an outdoor beer garden, plus cooked-to-order burgers, fries, sandwiches, sausages, and pretzels, with an assortment of dipping sauces, it’s a fun alternative to seeing the big game on multiple TV screens, if you somehow don’t manage to nab tickets. For a little exercise prior to the Super Bowl, rent a bike at The Bicycle Cellar (www.thebicyclecellar.com) on the university campus, then ride it to The Handlebar for the 4:30 p.m. (3:30 p.m. PST) kickoff.
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Endearing Life Partners puts friendship first Magnolia Pictures
Leighton Meester and Gillian Jacobs
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer LIFE PARTNERS Now playing Sasha (Leighton Meester) and Paige (Gillian Jacobs) have been friends for what feels like forever. Neither has had a significant relationship of any import or meaning that looked like it was going to last, and in the end the only person either of them has ever felt they could count on is the other. But when Paige meets Tim (Adam Brody)
everything begins to change, the pair’s codependent friendship put to the ultimate test now that romance really does seem to be a part of the bigger picture. Whenever director Susanna Fogel and cowriter Joni Lefkowitz’s (the pair also collaborated on ABC Family’s “Chasing Life”) amiable, free-spirited dramatic comedy Life Partners focuses entirely and solely on Sasha and Paige’s evolving friendship it is close to magical. As honest and as life-affirming a depiction of female relationships, how they shift, weave and evolve over time, as any to see the recent light of day, the movie is an au-
thentic charmer that put a smile on my face I wasn’t prepared for. It’s very entertaining, and even if the pair – longtime friends who used facets of their own history as inspiration for their script – don’t have a lot new to say they’re still saying it with tenderly passionate vivacity all the same. It’s the more blasé romantic comedy stuff where the film comes up short. The majority of the bits revolving around Paige and Tim’s blossoming love is a little on the sickly side of the equation, reeking of sitcom platitudes I can’t say I cared for. Sasha’s stumbling and bumbling looking for her own paramour are equally ham-fisted and hackneyed, at times belittling the character in ways that feel out of step with the rest of the motion picture. Yet overall Fogel and Lefkowitz’s script treats both women with such respect, such openhearted affection, that it’s really hard for me not to want to give Life Partners a great big hug. Sasha’s Lesbianism just is, nothing more, not some gigantic issue needing to be dissected, debated and made the end all-be all of everything taking place. As for Paige, the fact the movie doesn’t care if some of her decisions put her in less than appealing light is a good thing, allowing the character to have gradations making her far more authentic – and thus relatable – in the process. Then there are Meester and Jacobs themselves. The latter, a comedy firebrand on “Community,” gets an opportunity to strut her stuff in ways that a half-hour program doesn’t allow for, crafting a complex, borderline cold-hearted figure eager to make
her way into the adult world on her own, not realizing what the ultimate cost might actually entail. Yet even at her most unlikable there is still something endearing about Jacobs’ performance, something genuine, almost life-affirming, making the emotional hurricanes taking place during the last act even more powerful because of this. As for Meester, the “Gossip Girl” starlet has never been this good. Granted, she’s also never been given a character this gloriously complex, the actress digging and letting go in ways I honestly didn’t think she was capable of (and I’m a big fan of her gloriously kitschy television show). She makes Sasha an invigorating marvel of intelligence, physicality, warmth and emotion, and even at her most sarcastically indelicate she exudes a raw vulnerability that’s stunning. Meester elevates things to a different level almost on her own, her chemistry with Jacobs so out of this world there’s no way the movie would have been nearly as successful if they were not a part of it. It’s a pity the secondary elements aren’t as successful as the central friendship is, because if they were we might be talking about something borderline transcendent, maybe even magical. As it is, however, Fogel and Lefkowitz have delivered a wonderfully entertaining debut that’s difficult to resist even if it is marginally tough to love, Life Partners ultimately as messy, and as endearing, as the friendship it so exuberantly revolves around.
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emotion when necessary, just as he is apt to put on a face of stoic resolve, allowing it all to melt away when confronted with stark realities and bitter truths especially as they pertain to his relationship with his wife. In many ways, those are the film’s best moments, those one-on-one, quietly introspective scenes between Oyelowo and Carmen Ejogo, portraying wife Coretta Scott King. A sequence between the two of them responding to the unspoken realities behind a disgusting phone message is shattering in its eloquence, while a later scene outside an Alabama courtroom is as tender and authentic as it is poignant and sincere. Both actors shine, giving themselves over completely to DuVernay and her vision, the movie all the more magnificent because of this. I want to say there are some issues, and there most definitely are a couple, not the least of which is the almost comical, borderline cartoonish depiction of racist villainy as
it pertains to Wallace (made palatable thanks entirely to Roth’s driven, utterly focused performance), but in the end they don’t matter terribly much. The film is so invigorating, so expertly constructed and made – Bradford Young’s (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) luminous cinematography is exquisite, Spencer Averick’s (Middle of Nowhere) meticulous editing sublime – that its missteps feel so minor they might as well not exist. In the end, though, this is DuVernay’s showcase, and the reasons behind my feeling she’s done such an extraordinary job is due to the fact her hand shepherding things to the finish line is close to nonexistent. At the same time, no moment is false, no beat feels out of step with the interior rhythms of the picture itself, her controlled, confident touch delicately driving things in ways that are intimate, subtle and beautifully heartfelt. Selma is an important movie, yes, but it is also a great one. Paramount Pictures
You know going into Selma that this is a film wearing its supposed importance on its sleeve. As what is essentially the first motion picture to offer a narrative approach to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life and times, focusing on his landmark attempts to organize a peaceful march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in 1965, it goes without saying director Ava DuVernay’s (Middle of Nowhere) latest will offer up plenty of food for thought. That it doesn’t crumble under that weight is close to extraordinary. That is goes above and beyond any and all expectations even more so. DuVernay does not flinch, does not give in, and working in glorious tandem with screenwriter Paul Webb and actor David Oyelowo she paints a shrewdly devastating picture of progress, resistance, and restraint that held me spellbound first moment to last. It is a movie that weaves fact and fiction in ways that are seamless and inspiring, dramatizing events in ways that broaden one’s understanding of deeply complex issues that still resonate through the country – the world – today. At the heart of things is Dr. King’s (Oyelowo) disgust for what is happening in relation to voting rights in Alabama and it’s coupled with the State’s rigid refusal, under the director of Governor George Wallace (Tim Roth), to adhere to recently passed Civil Rights legislation. President Lyndon Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) is reticent to get involved for political reasons. It isn’t that he doesn’t agree with Dr. King’s position, he claims he does, it’s that he has other issues on his plate including a proposed war
on poverty as well as current events in Vietnam, and pushing through additional legislation in regards to voting rights isn’t a battle he’s sure he has the wherewithal to currently fight. And thus we are off, DuVernay and Webb thrusting the viewer into the middle of this social and political maelstrom showcasing how the Civil Rights pioneer was able to manufacture support for a massive protest, which would change the face of Alabama, as well as the South as a whole, for generations to come. We see him meet with supporters, engage in debate with detractors and weigh the pros and cons of continuing plans to stage the Selma to Montgomery march. The filmmakers make Dr. King three-dimensional, complex and, most importantly, human, a man of strengths and weakness doing his best to balance the two as he sets out to do what he feels is right. Issues of historical fidelity aside, most of those having to do with how President Johnson is portrayed and how he is reluctantly cajoled into action by Dr. King, the movie cuts right to the heart of the matter in the briefest, most elegant of brushstrokes. DuVernay refuses to slather the film in unnecessary layers of melodrama, utilizing a documentarylike approach that fits things perfectly. More than that, she keeps the focus exactly where it needs to be, seeing events entirely through Dr. King’s eyes, and even when the narrative drifts to secondary characters, it all comes back to him, his approach, his ideas, his hopes and his fears, every single time. Oyelowo is stunning. Asked to do the impossible, he becomes the Nobel Peace Prizewinner in every detail, not getting caught up in trying to impersonate his mannerisms, vocal tenor or inflections, but instead doing what he can to paint a complex, full-bodied portrait that would do the man, as well as the film itself, justice. He isn’t afraid to show
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BEST PICTURE The Contenders – A Most Violent Year, American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, Citizenfour, Force Majeure, Foxcatcher, Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Imitation Game, Inherent Vice, Interstellar, Into the Woods, Mr. Turner, Nightcrawler, Selma, The Theory of Everything, Two Days, One Night, Unbroken, Whiplash, Wild Locks – Birdman, Boyhood, The Imitation Game Likely – The Grand Budapest Hotel, Selma, The Theory of Everything Bubble Line – American Sniper, Gone Girl, Unbroken Outside Looking In – A Most Violent Year, Foxcatcher, Into the Woods, Mr. Turner, Whiplash Darkhorses – Citizenfour, Guardians of the Galaxy, Wild Thoughts – As already stated, Birdman, Boyhood and The Imitation Game are in as there’s virtually no chance whatsoever they will not get nominated. After that, though, it’s more or less a crapshoot, and while a number of these feel like relatively safe picks (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Selma, The Theory of Everything) it’s also just as likely the Academy will surprise us with a leftfield choice no one saw coming coupled with an omission that blows our collective minds. PREDICTIONS – American Sniper, Birdman, Boyhood, Gone Girl, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Imitation Game, Selma, The Theory of Everything, Unbroken
BEST ACTOR The Contenders – Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year), Bradley Cooper (American Sniper), Michael Keaton (Birdman), Steve Carell (Foxcatcher), Mark Wahlberg (The Gambler), Chadwick Boseman (Get On Up), Ben Affleck (Gone Girl), Ralph Fiennes (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Bene-
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BEST DIRECTOR The Contenders – J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood), Ruben Östlund (Force Majeure), Bennett Miller (Foxcatcher), David Fincher (Gone Girl), Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game), Christopher Nolan (Interstellar), Mike Leigh (Mr. Turner), Ava DuVernay (Selma), James Marsh (The Theory of Everything), Angelina Jolie (Unbroken), Jonathan Glazer (Under the Skin), Damien Chazelle (Whiplash), Jean-Marc Vallée (Wild) Locks – Iñárritu, Linklater, Tyldum Likely – Anderson Bubble Line – Chazelle, DuVernay Outside Looking In – Eastwood, Fincher, Marsh Darkhorses – Chandor, Jolie, Leigh, Miller, Vallée Thoughts – Director is as unpredictable a category as any, the Academy always throwing in unexpected – if typically deserving – picks that come as a shock. Will they go conservative and give stalwart Eastwood what will likely be a final nomination? Or will they think outside the box and go with an upstart like Chandor, Chazelle, Glazer or Östlund? Will respected auteur Leigh get his eighth nomination (but only his second for directing)? Or will Anderson finally be recognized for his skills behind the camera for the very first time? PREDICTIONS – Chazelle, DuVernay, Iñárritu, Linklater, Tyldum
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR The Contenders – Albert Brooks (A Most Violent Year), Edward Norton (Birdman), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher), Channing Tatum (Foxcatcher), John Goodman (The Gambler), Josh Brolin (Inherent Vice), Martin Short (Inherent Vice), Robert Duvall (The Judge), Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler), Tim Roth (Selma), Tom Wilkinson (Selma), J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) Locks – Norton, Simmons Likely – Hawke Bubble Line – Duvall, Ruffalo Outside Looking In – Goodman, Tatum, Wilkinson Darkhorses – Ahmed, Brooks, Roth, Short Thoughts – Arguably the category that’s the most up in the air, other than frontrunners Norton and Simmons any one of these actors could end up filling the remaining three spots. PREDICTIONS – Ahmed, Hawke, Norton, Ruffalo, Simmons
BEST ACTRESS The Contenders – Amy Adams (Big Eyes), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Belle), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Beyond the Lights), Jennifer Aniston (Cake), Emily Blunt (Edge of Tomorrow), Shailene Woodley (The Fault in Our Stars), Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Hilary Swank (The Homesman), Marion Cotillard (The Immigrant), Emily Blunt (Into the Woods), Jenny Slate (Obvious Child), Julianne Moore (Still Alice), Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything), Marion Cotillard (Two Days, One Night), Reese Witherspoon (Wild) Locks – Jones, Moore, Witherspoon Likely – Pike Bubble Line – Aniston, Cotillard, Streep Outside Looking In – Swank Darkhorses – Adams, Blunt, Slate, Woodley Thoughts – Best Actress feels like an easier category to call at the moment, and other than the race between Aniston, Cotillard and Swank for that fifth and final spot as I’ve right now I’m fairly positive you can pencil in Jones, Moore, Pike and Witherspoon and call it a day. But anything can happen, of course, so the chances of a stun-
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS The Contenders – Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year), Emma Stone (Birdman), Naomi Watts (Birdman), Patricia Arquette (Boyhood), Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game), Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Anna Kendrick (Into the Woods), Meryl Streep (Into the Woods), Carmen Ejogo (Selma), Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer), Naomi Watts (St. Vincent), Kristin Stewart (Still Alice), Laura Dern (Wild) Locks – Arquette, Stone Likely – Chastain Bubble Line – Dern, Knightley, Streep Outside Looking In – Ejogo, Kendrick, Watts Darkhorses – Stewart, Swinton, Waterston Thoughts – This category feels pretty much set and it’s unlikely any of the more interesting contenders (after Arquette and Stone, that is) will find a way to crash the party. You never know, of course, and if either Ejogo or Swinton find a way to get in over the likes of Streep or Dern it’s likely I’ll be doing joyful backflips first thing Thursday morning. PREDICTIONS – Arquette, Chastain, Dern, Knightley, Stone Warner Bros. Pictures
ity. Not at all. It’s a reflection on the mind of the voting mentality of your average Academy member. White. Over the age of 65. Politically liberal, yes, but still relatively conventional and conservative as far as their cinematic tastes are concerned, and unless pushed into a corner, most of the Academy’s voting body tend to reflect those statistics in the choices they make where it comes to Best Picture. It’s why iconoclasts like Stanley Kubrick or Alfred Hitchcock never won a competitive Oscar; it’s why Martin Scorsese won for The Departed and not for Raging Bull or Taxi Driver and explains how Crash defeated Brokeback Mountain and Goodfellas lost to Dances with Wolves. What does any of this mean in regards to next Thursday’s nominations? It means we’re likely going to see Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken squeak into a Best Picture nod even though the general consensus is that it’s blandly mediocre. It means we’re likely to see critically lauded, but undeniably risky, not altogether comforting flicks like Locke, Under the Skin, Noah and Nightcrawler garner few, if any, nominations whatsoever. It means well-regarded box office behemoths like Guardians of the Galaxy, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Godzilla will have to settle for recognition in technical categories and little else. It means another year of the Academy facing criticism for being out of touch and out of step, the majority of the motion pictures likely to receive acknowledgment directed by white men, written by white men and, you guessed it, about white men. Don’t misunderstand. Boyhood was my pick for the best film of 2014, and considering the daring, go-for-broke nature of its 12-years-in-the-making creation I have little problem with it being a frontrunner. I also find Birdman brilliant, and while I’m not a cheerleader for The Imitation Game I still think it is very, very good and don’t begrudge anyone for feeling it akin to masterpiece. But considering the depth and breadth of the field this year, it’s mind-boggling that the Academy has reduced things to such blasé basics, the fact likely nominations are going to reflect this across the board (not just in regards to Best Picture) even more so. Which brings us to the Selma problem. DuVernay’s intimate, profoundly moving epic chronicling Martin Luther King’s historic 1965 march is, without question, as Academy friendly as any motion picture released in 2014. But thanks to Paramount’s titanic bungling of its release, not to mention their staggering inability to get various guild members and critics groups to watch the darn thing in time for their respective voting periods, it’s likely to become an Oscar also-ran instead of a Best Picture favorite. Throw in an odious, last second takedown by rival studios in regards to the film’s historical accuracy; takedowns, it should be noted, that have not affected The Imitation Game or Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, neither of which purport for documentary levels of authenticity, and the film’s chances have virtually vanished across the board. Honestly, no one knows for sure what Thursday’s Academy Award nominations are actually going to look like until they’re announced first thing in the morning. All the same, here are my predictions as to what we can expect in a handful of the major categories. How accurate I’m about to be, your guess is without a doubt as good as mine.
ning surprise – i.e. Blunt for either Edge of Tomorrow or Into the Woods – isn’t entirely outside the realm of possibility. PREDICTIONS – Aniston, Jones, Moore, Pike, Witherspoon
dict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice), Tom Hardy (Locke), Timothy Spall (Mr. Turner), Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler), David Oyelowo (Selma), Bill Murray (St. Vincent), Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything), Jack O’Connell (Unbroken), Miles Teller (Whiplash) Locks – Cumberbatch, Keaton, Redmayne Likely – Oyelowo Bubble Line – Carell, Cooper, Gyllenhaal, Fiennes, Spall Outside Looking In – Isaac Darkhorses – Boseman, Hardy, Murray, O’Connell, Teller Thoughts – At this point, it feels like four spots – Cumberbatch, Keaton, Oyelowo and Redmayne – are all set with only one slot remaining and a number of actors vying for it. But we thought the same thing last year only to be shocked when frontrunners like Tom Hanks and Robert Redford were left standing at the alter while Christian Bale and Leonardo DiCaprio swept in at the last moment to take their perceived spots, so excuse me if I fully anticipate a total shocker as far as this category goes when nominations are announced. This anticipation is thus reflected in my predictions. PREDICTIONS – Cumberbatch, Fiennes, Gyllenhaal, Keaton, Redmayne
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Giddily implausible Predestination a timebending curiosity Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer PREDESTINATION Now playing Under the direction of his mysterious boss, Mr. Robertson (Noah Taylor), a Temporal Agent – a detective charged with protecting the very fabric of time itself – goes undercover as a friendly bartender (Ethan
Hawke) in order to make the acquaintance of a down on his luck writer. This leads to a cryptic, Byzantine history lesson involving an unwed mother (Sarah Snook) who will deal with an unimaginable tragedy, which inadvertently sets the stage for a timejumping terrorist responsible for a number of horrific crimes which have violently shaped the course of history. It’s hard to know how much to say about Predestination, a bizarre, Terry Gilliam
meets Chris Marker meets Rod Serling science fiction thriller adapted from the Robert A. Heinlein story “All You Zombies” directed by Daybreakers filmmakers Michael and Peter Spierig (billed as The Spierig Brothers). One slip of the tongue ruins some of the more intriguing twists hiding inside the pretzel-twisting narrative, each secret building upon the next, all so it can manufacture a somewhat shocking conclusion that’s admittedly more giddily amusing than it is surprising. This is a movie I’m positive I’ll be revisiting at some point in the near future even though I’m not exactly certain it’s deserving of one, aspects so mesmerizingly vexing their messy, frustratingly oblique nature nowhere near the problem they by all accounts should be. Hawke is terrific; Snook, forced to play so many different parts and roles it boggles the mind, is even more so; both actors playing off one another to stunning effect, making the more ludicrous aspects of this time-dancing mumbo-jumbo seem oddly plausible in the process. The two of them are joined at the hip in more ways than one, and none of what takes place inside the confines of the film would likely be as palatable and as intriguing as it is if they were not up to the task at hand. Each actor invests themselves completely into the proceedings, their symbiotic give and take the vivacious fuel this engine unabashedly runs merrily upon. The script, written by the Spierigs, is a hodgepodge of science fiction tropes run-
ning the gamut from “Star Trek” to Back to the Future to 12 Monkeys to Timecop to everything in-between. It also evokes the lyrics from an endearing Dwight Latham and Moe Jaffe’s novelty song and does so with unconditional seriousness, gender roles and sexual identities weaving and winding back and forth in ways that are as perplexing as they are absurd. Plot holes abound, but the Spierigs do all they can to gloss over the majority of these by keeping the pace furious while also allowing cinematographer Ben Nott (Chinese Zodiac) and production designer Matthew Putland (Undead) to engage in painterly visual shenanigans that are impressively fearless. But these laudable distractions are still just distractions, and even for a time travel movie this one has more improbable absurdities than most, the conundrums and impracticalities it revels in getting more and more annoying as things progress. But less is more where it ultimately comes to Predestination, and while I was one of the relative few who enjoyed Daybreakers, make no mistake: this is a serious jump in both quality and ambition over that 2009 Spierig Brothers dystopian vampire cult favorite. Hawke and Snook slide into the proceedings with ease, while some of the ideas culled from Heinlein’s source material are fascinating. More than that, though, the movie, as whacky, odd and haphazard as it oftentimes might be, is just a heck of a lot of brain-twisting fun and as such it’s 2015’s first motion picture I’m actually somewhat excited to get a second look at.
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Jean Hogg (Helen McCrory) and Eve Parkins (Phoebe Fox) have taken a cadre of youngsters into the British countryside in order to escape the bombing of London by German forces. The government has chosen the secluded and rundown Eel Marsh House for them to reside in, thinking it is so out in the middle of desolate nowhere there’s no chance the kids or their caretakers would be in any sort of danger whatsoever. They were wrong. The ghost of Jennet Humfrye (Leanne Best), quiet for over four decades, still resides at Eel Marsh House, and in young Eve she sees a kindred spirit worthy of being manipulated, terrified and ultimately destroyed. She will use one of the children in her care – quiet, introspective Edward (Oaklee Pendergast), who just lost his own parents during the latest bombing – and through him the so-called Woman in Black will unleash the murderous carnage for which she at one point in time was very well known for. I liked 2012’s The Woman in Black. It was a nicely constructed gothic horror tale featuring a wonderful central performance from Daniel Radcliffe. But I can’t say I felt it lent itself to a sequel, the story – based on the popular, frequently adapted story by author Susan Hill – more or less playing itself out by the time things reached their expectedly unsettling conclusion. Yet here is The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death picking things up 40 years after the events of the first film, taking place during
the brutal early days of WWII featuring an entirely new cast of characters facing the terrors residing inside the lonely confines of Eel Marsh House. The surprising thing is that the movie, which, let’s be frank, is in all actuality nothing more than a rehash of the first one – just with a swap in gender as far as the protagonist is concerned – is rather entertaining, doing just enough to keep my attention for all of its pleasingly brief 98 minutes. Tom Harper, a veteran of British television productions like “Peaky Blinders” and “Misfits,” directs with a confident hand, and while there are a few requisite jump scares scattered throughout, by and large he eschews those, choosing to develop thrills via subtle misdirection. A grizzled, claw-like hand slowly drifting into the frame, a shadowy figure materializing with agonizing deliberateness in the back corner of the frame, a child’s eyes opening in gradual terror in regards to what they are being forced to witness – these are the things the filmmaker chooses to focus upon. Jon Croker’s script, working from a story idea conceived by Hill herself, isn’t nearly as sharp. I like the move to WWII, and Eve is a solid character to revolve things around. But too much time is spent going over Jennet’s origins, rehashing old material we more or less learned from the first film. Additionally, the majority of the core events follow an entirely too predictable pattern, nothing that transpires unanticipated from the first moment the ghostly avenger sets her sights on the pretty young schoolteacher and her favorite pupil. When a character admits a deathly fear of something, you just know they’re going to be facing it head-on at some point; while another’s inability to say a single word will, of course, be cured when the time is precisely right. But George Steel’s cinematography is ex-
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer
Scene from The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death
quisite, slinking and sliding around corners with sublime ease. The images coldly caress the senses, helping augment an air of sinister angst that permeates the entire motion picture. Harper allows him to move with a subtle carnivorousness that fits the ghoulish Jennet perfectly, making her even more of an abhorrent agent of tragic evil than she was the first time around. There are also some great bits, most notably a set piece at a faux landing field that’s as creepy as it is inspired. I also loved a bit where Jennet plays a rotten little game with one of her victims, leading them on a wildgoose chase with a blood-red string that will later be used as a self-administered strangulation device. A few too many echoes of J.A.
Bayona’s far superior The Orphanage aside, it’s hard not to get chills over much that happens, the fact Harper and Croker show zero reticence in pitilessly dispatching some of the kids augmenting those feelings considerably. It would have been nice had the movie elected to take a few more risks, go places that were not foreseen right from the start. As small-scale B-grade genre entries go, there’s plenty to like, just not so much that I’ll likely be thinking much about this sequel for very much longer. Yet as early year horror releases go, this one is still better than most; and while The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death isn’t a film I’d rush out to see, it also isn’t one I’d be against taking a second look at again when it hits Netflix or Bluray a few months down the line.
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FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm. ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www. scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists. NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.
SATURDAY - January 10
Ski Buddies. 8am, 9am & 10am. Every Saturday & Sunday. Ski, board or snow shoe locally with fellow club members! skibuddies.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. 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. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org. Seattle Wedding Show (1/10-1/11). Sat: 10am-5:30pm; Sun: 10:30am-5pm. Washington State Convention & Trade Center, 800 Convention Place/8th Ave & Pike St. The 2015 Seattle Wedding Show features more than 400 local, regional and national vendors, including event facilities, bakeries, bridal boutiques, caterers, disc jockeys, florists, jewelers, photographers, transportation providers and wedding consultants. Tickets: $17 in advance at www.weddingshow.com and at the door. Children under 12 are free. Between the Covers - Gay City LGBT Library Book Club. 1pm. Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Informal group of Queer folks talking about Queer literature. Visit www.gaycity.org for monthly reading selection. Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.) Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Emerald City Softball Association Bar Crawl. 6:30pm. CC Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. Join ECSA players as we spread the word about Seattle’s Gay softball league & January 24 Field Day for new players. Starting at CC’s & moving to other Capitol Hill bars thruout the night. emeraldcitysoftball.org “Harry the Hiker Heads to the Woods” (1/8-1/11). Thurs-Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. In this shadow puppet show, Harry, who is bored to tears with modern urban Gay life, plunges into the forest to find adventure and romance. And yes, there will be bears. It’s a shadow puppet show that you probably won’t want to take the kids to. Under the name Sgt. Rigsby & His Amazing Silhouettes, Scot Auguston has been delighting (and shocking) Seattle audiences for over 15 years. Tickets: $18-general; $12-student/senior. www.gaycity.orgTickets: $18-general; $12-student/senior. www.gaycity.org
SUNDAY - January 11
For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ sgn.org. Ski Buddies. 8am, 9am & 10am. Every Saturday & Sunday. Ski, board or snow shoe locally with fellow club members! skibuddies.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHikingGroup/ Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515. Seattle Wedding Show (1/10-1/11). Sat: 10am-5:30pm; Sun: 10:30am-5pm. Washington State Convention & Trade Center, 800 Convention Place/8th Ave & Pike St. The 2015 Seattle Wedding Show features more than 400 local, regional and national vendors, including event facilities, bakeries, bridal boutiques, caterers, disc jockeys, florists, jewelers, photographers, transportation providers and wedding consultants. Tickets: $17 in advance at www.weddingshow.com and at the door. Children under 12 are free.
January 10 thru January 18 Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently with this meeting; PFLAG/FOCUS meets concurrently with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org. 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. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724. Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday. (253) 474-8897. Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.
TUESDAY - January 13
Lotus Sisters. 11am-1:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 2nd Sunday of every month. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www.sasgcc.org Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.dharmabuddies.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1-3pm. Meets 2nd 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. For info & location, NSWG@ sexpositiveculture. org; www.nosafewordwriters group.org. (Also meets 4th Monday, 7-9pm.) “Harry the Hiker Heads to the Woods” (1/8-1/11). Thurs-Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See Saturday listing at 8pm for details.) www.gaycity.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org
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SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County. Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@yahoo.com or phone (360) 722-1664. LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting. 6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation. Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713. Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org.
Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor. Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-250-5002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. Maybe Baby. 7-8:30pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 511 E Pike St. Meets the 2nd Tuesday each month. Maybe Baby is a support group for LGBTQ people who are interested in becoming parents. groups.yahoo.com/ group/maybebabyseattle. Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older. 7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)
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Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731. Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. A fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. 329-0886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.
MONDAY - January 12
Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org
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FRIDAY - January 16
WEDNESDAY - January 14
Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. www.mature friends.org GSBA Business Luncheon: The Business of the Arts. 1:30am-1:30pm. Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1113 6th Ave. Hear from a panel of some of Seattle’s premier arts leaders & how their success drives your success & why the business of the arts is truly an integral part of our region’s economy. GSBA members $40, non-members $50. www.thegsba.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm. Call for details, location & to RSVP. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com POZSeattle Social - Annual Porn Exchange. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Annual Porn Exchange, 50/50 & raffle drawings. A social gathering for POZ and POZ-friendly people. www.pozseattle.org. The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm. All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat. Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome. Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm. Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@yahoo.com; www. lotussisters.org. Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.) Entre Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org
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Debauchery. Doors 7pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Queers stripping for Queers in a hot, anti-oppressive space, raising money for organizations that serve the Queer community. The show features stripteases, lots of audience interaction & even birthday lapdances on stage! Be sure to bring plenty of dollar bills - a portion of the proceeds goes to non-profits providing health & social services within the Queer community. Tickets $15 at the door, $10 in advance. Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)
Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) “StageFright” - Youth Open Mic - For Aspiring Writers & Performers, Ages 14-24. 7:30pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. FREE. Everyone welcome to attend. StageFright not only features young folk, but is also MC’d by young folk & attended in great majority by young folk. 322-7030; www.hugohouse.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. Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com
THURSDAY - January 15
Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org. Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare. FREE. 622-5555 x 212. Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org
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Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strength overspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org “Balls & Chain” Book Launch. 7pm. University Book Store, 4326 University Way NE. Premiere of the newest book by Eric Andrews-Katz. Miguel Reyes is not only the first openly Gay governor of Florida, he’s also the man behind Referendum 65. If passed, Florida will be the first Southern state in the US to include marriage equality. When the governors’ 14 year old son Alejandro is kidnapped, the message is clear: Kill the bill or we kill the boy! Agent Buck 98 is given only one week to find & rescue Alejandro... www.ericandrewskatz.com, www. boldstrokebooks.com First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima. Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org. Diverse Harmony “The Life of Love” Concert (1/16 & 1/17). 7:30pm, Broadway Performance Hall, Broadway & E Pine St. The concert tells the story of relationships & how we yearn for love, pursue love, fall in love & the different possible outcomes of love. Tickets: Reserved VIP seats $30; general admission $20; youth age 22 & under FREE. Tickets available at the door or visit diverseharmony.brownpapertickets.com Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm. Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Question- in order to solve their common problems. We believe ing Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org (425) 747-4937. GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am. Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:30- SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of ev8:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets ery month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 SATURDAY - January 17 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority (See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) concerns. Meetings open to the public. 684-4514. Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14- Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for 22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues Trans Health Insurance Forum. 4-7pm. Calamus Audithat relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a torium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Join the Coalition for male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Inclusive Healthcare for a forum and Q&A on the major GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday changes to Washington’s health insurance landscape each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal for Trans people. Nearly all plans in Washington now clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & cover hormones, doctors visits, therapy, and some couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute surgeries. We will have experts on hand to discuss: consultations. For information and to schedule an ap- changes in private insurance, employer provided insurpointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls ance, AppleCare/Medicaid, Medicare, and insurance on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, for state employees and what to do if you are denied visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic care you need. Will will have in person assistance on PFLAG/Bellevue Monthly Meeting. 7pm - study group site courtesy of Gay City Health Project and We Are 1 meets at 6pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 to help you navigate the health insurance exchange if 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each you still need to sign up! www.gaycity.org month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently Ian Schuelke Wants a TV Show. 7pm. The Rendezvous with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. JewelBox Theatre, 2322 2nd Ave. A modern take on the www.bellevue-pflag.org. classic 60s variety shows, with comedy sketches, singRainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible ers, comedians & vaudeville acts. $10. ianwantsatvshow. Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday brownpapertickets.com listing at 6pm.) Diverse Harmony “The Life of Love” Concert (1/16 & Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th 1/17). 7:30pm, Broadway Performance Hall, Broadway Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. & E Pine St. The concert tells the story of relationships & how we yearn for love, pursue love, fall in love & the 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group different possible outcomes of love. Tickets: Reserved Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. VIP seats $30; general admission $20; youth age 22 Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & & under FREE. Tickets available at the door or visit Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, diverseharmony.brownpapertickets.com anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring SUNDAY - January 18 fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda gayfathersseattle Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and rela- Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an intertionship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; est in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com www.sasgcc.org
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Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St - enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.org. On bus route 2, near bus routes 10, 11, 12, 49 & 60. Seattle PolyFidelity Discussion Group Potluck Meeting. 5-7:30pm. Meets 3rd Sunday of odd-numbered months at a poly-friendly location. PolyFidelity welcomes persons of all sexual orientations who are interested in discussing responsible alternatives to monogamy. Followed by a Poly Party. For more information & location, www.scn.org/~spg
Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233). SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503. Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768. Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298. Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet
City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.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.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswim team.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo. com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www.seattletennisalliance. org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www.teamseattle.org/bowling. htm, www.theprideleague.com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www. SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwest seattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493. Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise. Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www. facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space. org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFESAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www. thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw. org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 5228412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoudGLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www. yspp.org
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Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/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. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net. Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994. DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equalrights washington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country. GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org. MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band.com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flying house. org. Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org 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. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption: 441-
7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, https://groups. yahoo.com/group/maybebabyseattle; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup. com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbow familiesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle. Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235. Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned.
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