SGN Jul 19, 2019 - Part 2

Arts & Entertainment

A Bright new musical for summer Dissecting masculinity:

by Miryam Gordon

SGN A&E Writer

THEATRE

Through August 17

Steve Martin (yes, that one, the “wild and crazy guy”) and Edie Brickell wrote a feel-good musical that debuted on Broadway at the same time as that juggernaut Hamilton… So, Bright Star got zero attention and closed soon after.

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iBuildBridges presents “Connections: A Live Concert Event” on July 27

Bringing people together through the power of music

iBuildBridges has announced their inaugural concert to be held Saturday, July 27, at 7pm, at Benaroya Hall (3rd Ave & Union St) in the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall. The event will feature talented young musicians from the Seattle area whose live performances and stories reflect the diversity in our country.

Featured artists include Sabyu, guitar and vocal; Tyler Kwak, electric violin; Sinclaire, vocals; Darius Williams, drum set; Winehouse band; Savannah Blackwell, vocals; and Theron Lutes, vocals. With house band, Show Brazil! as well as other see “ CONNECTIONS” page 3

Writer/director Riley Stearns chats about his festival favorite The Art of Self-Defense

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

THE ART OF SELF DEFENSE Now playing

The thing about writer/director Riley Stearns’ festival favorite The Art of SelfDefense is how unapologetically upfront it is about subverting as many storytelling conventions as it can. While at first a quirky char-

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Rambunctious

Art of Self-Defense an anarchic black comedy

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

THE ART OF SELF DEFENSE Now playing

One evening walking home from the grocery store after buying dog food, Casey Davies (Jesse Eisenberg) is mugged by a small group of motorcyclists. After getting out of the hospital, but not yet ready

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guest musicians. Musical Director: Eduardo Mendonça.

Join us and be inspired to discover ways to build bridges with those whose cultural, religious and worldviews differ from our own. Concert attendees can expect lively entertainment and will leave with a sense of excitement and curiosity for bridge building opportunities in their own communities.

Tickets: $25-$100. (206) 215-4747 or (866) 833-4747. https://www.seattlesymphony.org/concerttickets/calendar/2018-2019/benaroyahall/ibuildbridgesconnections

With our inaugural concert, iBuildBridges is committed to supporting Seattle Theater Group, Seattle Arts and Lectures Writers in the Schools, College Success Foundation and Interfaith Youth Core programs.

About iBuildBridges

iBuildBridges was founded in 2018 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit with the mission of using music and storytelling to inspire individuals to actively build relationships with people of different backgrounds. Visit iBuildBridges.org to learn more.

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Seattle Opera appoints Professor Naomi André as Scholar in Residence

Musicologist, writer, and opera-lover Naomi André has been appointed Seattle Opera’s inaugural Scholar in Residence. She is the author of Black Opera: History, Power, Engagement, which The New York Times describes as “A necessary exploration of how race has shaped the opera landscape in the United States and South Africa.” Additionally, André works as a professor at the University of Michigan, teaching Women’s Studies, Afroamerican/ African Studies, and more.

“Professor André’s research and commentary places this art form in the middle of some of today’s most challenging social issues, like racial equity and gender representation,” said Alejandra Valarino Boyer, Seattle Opera Director of Programs and Partnerships. “We are honored to formalize our relationship with her. Naomi’s deep knowledge of the art form and social perspective will help us broaden our storytelling and create an inclusive space for diverse communities at the opera.”

In her role, André will advise staff and leadership on matters of race and gender in opera; consult in artistic planning as it relates to representation of race and gender; and participate in company panel discussions, podcast recordings with dramaturg Jonathan Dean, and contribute essays to opera programs.

A recent example of André’s work includes an article for CNN on what the

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But we, here in Seattle, get to enjoy the fruits of their labor as Taproot brings us their summer musical! The bluegrass music is insanely good and plays a lot throughout. It provides a lot of the great energy of the story of two young people growing up in a small town with some typical barriers to their love. Set in 1923-24 and then jumping forward to 1945-46, these North Carolina young folk have a lot of adults looking at and tut-tutting at their behavior.

Alice (Brenna Wagner) and Jimmy Ray (Brian Pucheu) find that they like each other’s spark and gumption. Jimmy Ray appreciates Alice’s desire to go to college and make something of herself. But falling in love doesn’t mean they get to choose what their futures look like.

There’s the privileged and only-business-matters father of Jimmy Ray’s (Eric Polani Jensen), the mayor of the town, who has stacks of female resumes of local businesses that should be good to marry with. And Alice’s parents (Edd Key and Connie Corrick) aren’t so encouraging, either, of Alice’s future plans.

Then there’s the problem they face when their love produces a baby faster than their stubbornness can produce a marriage. Their nascent family is torn apart before it begins.

But jump forward in time, and we see that Alice has become a hard-bitten newswoman in a large town and a young man longs to be published. Billy (Mike Spee) also comes from a small town and perhaps reminds her of her younger self. We’re shown his small town family and the young woman that keeps the candle lit in her heart for him (Miranda Antoinette Troutt).

The production is full of great talent including comic moments from Gloria Lee Alcala, Brian Lange and MJ Jurgensen. It’s a large cast and an embarrassment of riches for director Karen Lund to manage. Lund’s mastery of her theater configuration and her sure experience keeps the musical humming.

The small band, upstage from the action, is music directed by both the talented RJ Tancioco and Michael Nutting. Occasionally, some versatile cast members also play

opera world has to glean from Beyoncé’s Homecoming performance at Coachella and subsequent Netflix film (both the pop diva and opera “rely on spectacle, pageantry, and exploding boundaries.”) André questioned how opera – an art form developed at the end of the 16th century – can

remain relevant today. Helping People of Color feel a “homecoming” in the opera house, is just one idea, she suggested. Last season, André was a speaker on the forum “Breaking Glass: Hyperlinking Opera and Issues,” co-presented by Seattle Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival. That conversation explored racial representation, casting, and what it means to support storytellers of color. She also served as a moderator of Seattle Opera’s April 2019 event “Decolonizing Allure: Women Artists of Color in Conversation,” which unpacked themes of patriarchy and white-dominated culture in Western art and entertainment. “Decolonizing Allure” was presented in tandem with the company’s mainstage performance of Carmen

“Opera has always dealt with human emotion and experience: love, honor, jealousy, revenge, to name just a few,” André said. “A key to the genre’s success is to help current audiences see that opera is relevant to our lives today. Putting care into productions and educational materials that reflect the broader issues goes a long way to help audiences today.”

As a speaker, writer, and thought leader, André has been in high demand, participating in conversations at Long Beach Opera and Cincinnati Opera, most recently. A classically trained singer, she earned a bachelor’s in music from Barnard College and a master’s and PhD in musicology from Harvard University.

“In my work, I have seen how opera speaks to a wide range of people,” André said. “Seattle Opera is a leader in opening up this art form to a new generation. It has done this by having a diverse group of people making important decisions behind the scenes, on the Board, and in the administrative staff. I am impressed with the support that both seasoned and newer audiences give this company in its conversations with the community. This is a happening place with a dynamic vibe; Yes – I’m very excited to join this team!”

About Seattle Opera

Established in 1963, Seattle Opera is committed to serving the people of the Pacific Northwest with performances of the highest caliber and through innovative educational and engagement programs for all. Each year, more than 95,000 people attend Seattle Opera performances, and more than 400,000 people of all ages are served through school performances, radio broadcasts, and more. By drawing our communities together, and by offering opera’s unique fusion of music and drama, we create lifeenhancing experiences that speak deeply to people’s hearts and minds. Connect with Seattle Opera on Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud, and on 98.1 Classical KING FM.

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more instruments. A few key moments of song are choreographed by Katy Tabb with sweet, low key choreography that doesn’t over-power the feel of the musical.

It’s a lot of story, but it’s not as hard to follow as it is to describe. Wagner has a very large job as her character drives all the storylines and she has several enormous solos. Thankfully, her gorgeous voice and charming manner are more than up to it.

It really is a lovely choice for the summer. While it’s family-friendly, it might be a little emotionally difficult for children under about 12 or so to cope with teen pregnancy and the idea of having a child taken from its parents. However, you can bet that there’s an upbeat ending.

For more information, go to www.taproottheatre.org or call 206-781-9707. Discuss your opinions with SGNCritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/ SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found at MiryamsTheaterMusings. blogspot.com.

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to return to work, the young man thinks he can quell his unshakable terror by purchasing a handgun. But after passing a local karate school and watching the dojo’s Sensei (Alessandro Nivola) teach a class of youngsters, Casey forgets about the gun and thinks taking lessons from this man might just help him get over his fears and teach him valuable skills that could aid in self-defense.

He is surprised when his initial class is not with the Sensei but is instead with lone female student Anna (Imogen Poots). It becomes immediately clear to Casey that she is supremely talented, and as such does his best to follow her commands as best he can. He also begins to form a strange, somewhat disconcerting friendship with the hyper-masculine Sensei. The karate master tries to teach Casey the importance of gender roles and that the young man needs to channel his fear into aggression, teaching that by doing so he’ll be able to vanquish any foe he encounters no matter how physically strong they might appear to be.

I’m honestly not sure where to start as it pertains to writer/director Riley Stearns deliciously anarchic black comedy, The Art of Self-Defense. A follow-up to the filmmaker’s acclaimed 2014 film Faults, this effort is a seriously odd little animal that was never entirely what I thought it was going to be at any given moment. Every time I thought I had what Stearns was doing figured out he’d suddenly take the material into a different direction. He refuses to bow to convention and doesn’t seem to care if his arch, hyperrealistic style might turn some viewers off, unleashing bizarre spurts of ultra-violence just when they are least expected. It’s a crazy, off-kilter little film that slyly grows in significance as it goes along, everything building to a freewheeling idiosyncratic climax that had me giggling and shuddering in almost equal measure.

While not everything works, and even though some of the various plot twists slapped me a little too hard across the face, I think I kind of loved what Stearns did here all the same. He brings up concepts of masculinity, femininity and what it means to exist in-between societal expectations

with an introspective wit that is masterful. Casey’s journey of self-exploration is one I couldn’t help but personally relate to, the way he battles through the aftermath of a traumatic event while pointedly deciding to discover new facets of himself he tried to suppress beforehand fiercely resonating with me. There is a profound elegance to the circular majesty of his journey that hit home, his relationships with both Sensei and with Anna feeding into things with an organic simplicity that’s marvelous.

All of this makes the movie a textbook mirror for much of what is happening in society right this very second. Discussions about toxic masculinity and gender identity, about people in positions in power subverting societal norms of decorum to serve their own selfish ends, so much of this tale feels as if it had been pulled directly from a good half-dozen headlines popping up as “Breaking News” every single day. The Sensei’s toxicity is presented in all of its terrifyingly inebriating glory, his charismatic smarm infecting all he comes into contact

with in a variety of ways, almost all of them abhorrent. His almost banal approach to his own reptilian evil isn’t without a few perverse virtues, Casey gaining new insights into himself as well as into the human condition as a whole thanks to the Sensei’s increasingly grotesque tutelage.

Eisenberg is sensational. His jittery, straightforward line readings have an obtuse eloquence that fits the material nicely, Casey’s overly-staid demeanor helping augment the more insane plot developments and thematic ideas hiding inside the layers of Stearns’ purposefully peculiar screenplay. Eisenberg plays it all with a cool, evenkeeled intensity I was wholly fascinated with, his scenes with Nivola having a carnal expressiveness that only becomes more and more palpable as things go on.

Poots, too, is wonderful, although sadly she’s given far less to do than either of her male costars. Yet the film’s most memorable monologue might just belong to her, and I loved the way Stearns refused to cut away from Anna to see how others might

be reacting to the young woman while she’s delivering it. She also shares a relaxed chemistry with Eisenberg that’s notable for how effortless the two of them make it look, all of which allows the film’s final scenes to have a majestic, almost hopeful euphoria that admittedly brought a tear or two to my eyes. But this is Stearns’ show and I think he knows it. The filmmaker crafts a Whit Stillman meets Noah Baumbach meets Paddy Chayefsky meets Oscar Wilde scenario that keeps the laughs coming, ensures the shocks are imaginatively fresh and never forgets to put its primary character and his development first before anything else. The Art of Self-Defense is a strange little comedy I couldn’t have begun to forget even if I had wanted to try to do so. Better, I didn’t want to do that, Stearns’ latest opus a gleeful bit of martial arts rebellion that’s nothing less than a smashing success.

acter-driven comedy about a lonely accountant, Casey Davies (Jesse Eisenberg), who is mugged one night on the way home from the grocery, it quickly becomes apparent the indie filmmaker has far more on his mind than it initially appears. The young man ends up entering a local karate studio and becoming obsessed with the dojo’s ultra-masculine Sensei (Alessandro Nivola) and also fascinated by the man’s lone female student Anna (Imogen Poots), clearly his star pupil even though he appears to be determined to never recognize her as being so.

From there Stearns starts diving deep into concepts of masculinity, femininity, violence, revenge, forgiveness and identity, all of it depicted with an overtly theatrical flair that helps give things an idiosyncratic cadence that’s incredibly unique. The film is a pitch-black satire that’s as topical as it is fascinatingly character-driven, events building to a surrealistically volatile climax that is hysterical, shocking, cathartic and hopeful in almost equal measure.

I had the pleasure to sit down with Stearns during his visit to the Seattle International Film Festival this past June. Here are some edited excerpts from our all-too-brief conversation:

Sara Michelle Fetters: Where did this idea come from? How did this particular story bubble up inside of your brainpan?

Riley Stearns: It’s like, it’s all a crosssection of my brain. It’s like martial arts,

comedy, drama, metal; everything that you want in a movie. It’s all personal experience stuff for me. It’s very, very, very loosely based on feelings and experiences and passions of mine. The fact that people have been responding to it the way that they have is somewhat surprising. It’s kind of crazy. But it’s really fun, too.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Somebody asked me to describe the film and I said it was sort of like the quirky patter of Whit Stillman crossed with the acidic wit of Oscar Wilde but all of it completely on acid. Does that work?

Riley Stearns: [laughs] I’ll take it. Yeah. I’m not going to complain about that.

I like having fun with dialogue and I like having fun with characters, but not at the expense of the character. I feel like everything in the movie is real, and even as stylized and overt and literal as everything might be I don’t ever want to make fun of a character.

I feel like there’s an earnestness that you need, and I want the audience to feel like that they can root for the characters. Casey is very dear to my heart. The fact that people have been responding to him, getting the feel of him, all of that is pretty cool. The earnestness of his character is important.

Sara Michelle Fetters: That’s the thing, though, right? It’s one thing to have this arch dialogue, dialogue that feels almost theatrical in some ways. It’s another to find a way to make it feel real even when it is all so overtly theatrical in its presentation. In the writing process I imagine you’re hopefully trying to find ways to develop and explore that, but is this still something that

you don’t know if you’re hitting it exactly as you want until you have the actors there working alongside with you? You don’t know if you’ve gotten it right until you hear someone speaking it aloud?

Riley Stearns: Yes and no. I feel like as I’m writing the script I am thinking about how it is going to be hyper-real, even everso-slightly so. But it still always has to feel relatable. I’m always thinking about that.

When the actors come on board, they take it and interpret it. The way that independent films work, you don’t always know who’s going to be in a movie. You can’t think about specific people. You offer the part to someone and they respond positively to the script but then for a variety of crazy reasons they don’t end up doing it. Then this other person ends up doing it and you hope they get it [the material] the way you get it when you wrote it. But then you show up the first day and they do something completely different than you’re thinking, and that can be okay, too. It’s just surprising, and you have to have as much trust in them as they are putting in you as the director.

Luckily with Jesse being the main character, he came on with enough time that we were able to have conversations and go through the script. That was hugely informative for both of us. It put me at ease that Casey was in safe hands.

But he still was always coming up to me wondering if he was giving me too much or too little. He would do something very grounded and I would be like, can you just put less into it? He’d wonder what I meant and I’d give him a very subdued line reading and he’d understand what I was going for. Then

he would do it, and I’d be like, “That was perfect,” and he would look at me incredulously and be like, “Really? You like that?” I had to assure him that it was good. That it was exactly what we needed. And he’d counter by trying to tell me that it was, “bad acting,” but that he’d do it like I wanted anyhow. That he would trust me. And I never took offense at that because it was coming from such an honest place. Jesse is just very honest, and because he trusted me he felt like he could tell me what he thought but at the same time do it the way I wanted him to. That was the main take away from working with him. He’s so talented and yet he still put all his trust in me. The movie works because we had that symbiotic relationship. I think he’s just incredible.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I think that shows in the finished product. I was told going in that this was the most Jesse Eisenberg performance that Jesse Eisenberg had ever given. I wasn’t sure what to make of that. Now I know, and I think it’s amazing. Riley Stearns: I think I get what you’re saying. Jesse is a unique talent.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Exactly. As archly theatrical as some might consider his performance to be, there is an innate humanity, a soulfulness, to this character that’s striking. It doesn’t matter how bizarre Casey’s antics are, or how mundane some of his line delivery is. The full impact of Jesse’s overall performance is moderately staggering. There’s pathos there. A winsome lonely humanity.

Riley Stearns: That’s so nice of you to say. Thank you.

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Photorealistic Lion King remake a visually impressive disappointment

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

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The pre-title sequence of director Jon Favreau’s (Iron Man, Chef ) photorealistic remake of Disney’s 1994 animated favorite The Lion King is admittedly extraordinary. In its full IMAX glory, this opening section depicting the birth of infant lion cub Simba on Pride Rock to parents Mufasa (voiced by James Earl Jones) and Sarabi (Alfre Woodard) and set to Elton John and Tim Rice’s Oscar-nominated “Circle of Life” is suitably eye-popping. It is immediately obvious that every penny of the film’s budget was put to use making sure all of the technological wizards tasked with making all of these creatures and environments look authentic did their respective jobs to perfection, and I’d be lying if I didn’t admit to being impressed by every second of this roughly four-minute prologue.

But that’s the movie in a nutshell. Unlike Favreau and Disney’s almost equally visually impressive 2016 take on The Jungle Book, this attempt at remaking an animated treasure with modern effects is emotionally empty and creatively moribund. This version of The Lion King seems to be perfectly content with being a virtual shot-for-shot redo, with a few extended scenes here and one new song (“Spirit,” co-written and performed by Beyoncé) there, none of which add anything notable to the proceedings. It’s a carbon copy that I found difficult to care about, and other than a couple of individual scenes and a handful of strong vocal performances there was precious little that stuck with me as I left the theatre and headed for home.

The story remains the same. Lion cub Simba (JD McCrary) is best friends with the inquisitive Nala (Shahadi Wright Joseph) and learns about what it means to be a good king from his revered father Mufasa. Unbeknownst to them all, the monarch’s vindictive younger brother Scar (Chiwetel Ejiofor) conspires in the background to usurp his sibling’s throne. After engineering an accident that leads to tragedy, Scar convinces Simba to run away from home and never return, sending a pack of hungry hyenas after his nephew

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With Jesse, because I was with him all the time, every day, I knew what I was getting and I knew what I needed and knew what I wanted. But then when you’re shaping a character you get to play around with things and make things feel a certain way if you need to. The funniest thing about people saying “It’s Jesse doing Jesse,” and some people are meaning it in a bad way, and some people mean it in a good way. It’s an interesting phenomenon.

But most people would be shocked. Jesse does not feel like this is a “Jesse” character. He was so out of his depth at times, and he would trust me to go allow him to that place that he’s even uncomfortable with. He is an actor and he wants to emote; he wants to do things. But I needed him to be very literal and so we found the balance, which I think is what led us to the humanity that you’re speaking of. He’s just so good at what he does. So even when I’m telling him to believe what he is doing, to be the character but to say it all as literally as possible, that’s easier said than done. But Jesse can do it. He can find that balance.

Sara Michelle Fetters: As to the movie itself, I feel that one of the most important keys to its success is that it seems to innately understand what it feels like to sur-

hoping they’ll eat the cub for dinner. But he escapes into the desert, and thanks to jokey pranksters Timon (Billy Eichner), a meerkat, and Pumba (Seth Rogen), a warthog, the youngster is taken to a beautiful oasis where he can grow into adulthood in safety.

Sometime later, an adult Nala (Beyoncé Knowles-Carter) discovers Simba’s (Donald Glover) secluded hideaway and implores him to return to his kingdom and take his rightful place upon the throne. Scar has allowed the hyenas to hunt their homeland to the brink of extinction, and she believes Mufasa’s son is the only one who could stand up against this tyrant and convince all of the lionesses to fight back before it is too late. Initially hesitant, Simba is reminded by the wise baboon Rafiki (John Kant) who he is and what he was taught as a child by his father and in the end decides to join Nala on her return to trip to Pride Rock.

Let me get this out of the way up front: The photorealism of the animation (and, yes, it is still animation; there’s nothing “live action” about this remake) fundamentally weakens the film’s dramatic intensity. While what Favreau and company have delivered is undeniably impressive from a technical standpoint, from an emotional

vive a traumatic event. I think that is a core element. If you have ever survived some sort of traumatic event, maybe not getting mugged and beat up as Casey does, but other types of traumatic events that each of us goes through in our daily lives, there can be this bizarre emotional disconnect between your brain and your body.

Am I reading too much into all of this?

Riley Stearns: No. Not at all. Those personal experiences are real. They are valid. They are genuine. The place I was coming from when writing this was, I do not feel like a man, I don’t feel like what society’s expectations of a man is. What does that even mean to say that? To think that? Those fears, getting into situations where you don’t know the people around you, knowing whether they’re either drunk or crazy or just plain different than you, have a higher energy, whatever it is, those are the various fears I feel like I was trying to explore.

I wrote this in 2015, but obviously this conversation has been around forever. But that was stuff that I was already just grappling with before writing the script, and it all just sort of came from was a place of total uncertainty of who I was, that I had no faith in myself. I turned the literal translation of that into the movie.

So it’s kind of like you said. Casey is surviving, but he is also just sort of there and is along for the ride no matter what that might be. He is getting exposition from

one this take on the story cannot help but feel muted and insincere for most of its running time. It almost becomes a nature documentary only Disneynature’s African Cats had more dramatic oomph than this film does, and it becomes increasingly difficult to tell which lion is which (especially in regards to the lionesses), so little differentiation between the characters forcing them to unintentionally blur one into the other at the most inopportune at times. Additionally, because they’re all supposed to look so life-like they cannot emote in any substantive way, so when Scar pulls off his coup and Mufasa learns the truth of his brother’s treachery, or when an adult Simba returns to Pride Rock for and cathartically reunites with his mother Sarabi, none of these events had any sort of impact upon me.

As detrimental to the film as all of that might be, a bigger issue is that, by and large, Favreau and his team don’t do anything that sets this new take on the material apart from its far more emotionally engaging 1994 predecessor. They are fully content to duplicate key shots and memorable moments beat for beat, and while screenwriter Jeff Nathanson (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) modernizes

the other characters, they are adding to his story, but doing so in a way where he still feels like an active participant. But he’s also just there, too, you know? He’s trying to sort these things out.

It’s a tricky thing. All of this. Making it work. Or, hopefully making it all work. I’m not a person who rewrites a lot, if ever, so the way that this script worked was just this linear thing that I was working on constantly. I don’t know how it all comes together. But at the end of the day it does. which is fun but also scary. It’s why I like writing.

Sara Michelle Fetters: All of which brings us to maybe the perfect spot to talk about Alessandro Nivola’s character, the sensei.

Riley Stearns: Definitely.

Sara Michelle Fetters: He’s the embodiment of all the various themes we’ve been talking about. He’s also, to use a term currently in the zeitgeist, a poster child for “toxic masculinity.”

Riley Stearns: Yeah. Sensei is the embodiment of everything that we’re talking about.

Sara Michelle Fetters: And he’s so superbly portrayed by Alessandro Nivola. Yet this is also a character I can’t say I’ve ever seen him play before. Did you know he could be this terrific, this scary and also this charismatically mesmeric?

Riley Stearns: Honest answer? No. I didn’t, and that was incredibly scary. But

some of the dialogue, that’s pretty much it as far as any sort of noticeable variations between the original and this new interpretation are concerned. It reminded me of Gus Van Sant’s 1998 remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1960 classic Psycho, but where for him that was an artistic exercise to see if he could pull off a full-color shot-forshot reworking of a bona fide masterpiece, here, no matter what Favreau or any of his collaborators might want to say to the contrary, this only feels like an excuse to nostalgia-bate people into the theatre to watch a creatively bankrupt recycling of a story that was far better told and executed the first time around.

Look. I’m not going to get on some high horse and state I’m fundamentally against all of these Disney remakes of their beloved hand-drawn animated catalog. While I wish they’d spend more time coming up with original stories instead of recycling all of these older ones, it isn’t like I haven’t enjoyed the majority of them. My loathing of 2017’s Beauty and the Beast aside, both 2015’s Cinderella and 2016’s Pete’s Dragon made my personal top ten lists their respective years. Heck, I wrote positive reviews for this past March’s Dumbo and May’s Aladdin, and even though I didn’t particularly care for 2014’s Maleficent I’m beyond curious to see Angelina Jolie and Michelle Pfeiffer face off against one another in its sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil when it hits theatres in October.

But after the visual virtuosity of this new The Lion King wore off the movie as a whole couldn’t help but leave me cold. I wasn’t personally invested in what was going to happen to the inhabitants of Pride Rock, could have cared less if Simba would regain control of his ancestral home and that Scar and the hyenas would be defeated. None of it mattered to me, and while I wanted to shrug my shoulders and whisper inaudibly, “Hakuna Matata,” as the end credits began their scrawl, the truth of the matter is that I felt no love for this remake, it’s overall storytelling mediocrity a circle of never-ending disappointment I couldn’t wait to be finished with.

Alessandro never flinched. So many people were f-ing afraid of this character, and we were showing it to actors and getting agents excited to show the script to their clients. But those clients, especially with the time frame that they had to not only learn the lines, but to do the choreography that they were going to have to do, and to also be in this right headspace to just jump into it all, no one seemed like they wanted to do it. They didn’t want to go out on that limb. Everyone but Alessandro. He said, “yes.” I think that’s why I trusted him. He had this confidence. Alessandro walks on the set that first day, starts saying the lines, and I was like, this is really happening. He’s already incharacter. You have no idea what that felt like. It was this huge sense of relief for everyone. He was killing it right from the start.

We still always found ways to tweak and mold, to rethink the way Sensei was going to go about doing things. Even though he’s a crazy character and he does horrible things, he comes at it from a place of intense earnestness. I think, in his mind, he’s doing what he thinks is right, that he’s not an evil person. He’s just the societal expectation of what masculinity is supposed to be.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Well, in its own way, that’s one of the many things I think this movie ends up being about, the attractiveness of toxic masculinity. The strange, uncomfortable allure of it.

Riley Stearns: Exactly. That’s defi-

nitely a piece of it. And that’s a scary thing. That terminology. Toxic masculinity. Even as new as it is it’s pretty scary.

Sara Michelle Fetters: That we celebrate many of these individuals, it is scary. And Alessandro’s performance somehow manages to walk that line of being charming and attractive yet also flat-out terrifying.

Riley Stearns: And hilarious at the same time, too. With every single bit of dialogue in the movie, the most important thing for me was everyone had to say it like they meant it. They had to believe what they were saying or it wasn’t going to come across. The comedy wasn’t going to come across. The absurdity wasn’t going to come across.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I don’t like to talk about myself or bring my own experiences into an interview like this, but in the case of this movie I find that I almost need to, if that’s all right.

Riley Stearns: Definitely. Please do.

Sara Michelle Fetters: From my personal transgender perspective, there’s so much here where I was just, “Oh my god. I’ve dealt personally with that!” Many of the things Casey finds himself struggling with, the notions of masculinity and femininity that Sensei and Anna at various points embody, it is all very similar to what I’ve had to battle in my own life. What makes a man? What makes a woman? What does the world expect from me? How am I supposed to represent myself? All of that was here, and even though Casey’s story has nothing to do with him being transgender, for me, at least, his journey translated far beyond the surface-level dynamics that are initially present.

Riley Stearns: Wow. Thank you for saying that. I can’t say any of that was inherently planned, especially considering I wrote the script from the perspective of a cis male. The perspective I presented just so happens to be my perspective, and I would never want to assume that anything that happens in the film is what a woman experiences, or assume Casey or Anna’s stories are what a transgender person experiences.

But I did hope that those experiences

were human. That they would feel universal. Screening the film at all these places and festivals, it appears that has been the case. Women have come up to me and felt much of what you’re saying. Men come up to me and say the same thing. To hear that perspective from you as well? Not going to lie. That is nice to hear.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I know we have to wrap this up but I can’t let you go without talking about Imogen Poots. I’ve always loved her, but I feel like the actress has been used relatively poorly by the majority of the U.S. productions she’s appeared in. Not all of them, but quite a few, especially the bigger-budgeted Hollywood studio efforts.

Riley Stearns: Yeah. I have to agree. But she is so great in everything that she does. Green Room blew me away. Green Room is full-on an exception to all of what you said. She is incredible in that movie and is given so much rope to do whatever she wants. She came in to play Anna and with the little that I was able to give her, the main

monologue she has, I loved everything she did. Imogen gets this one moment, and I found in the editing room I just didn’t want to cut away from her. She killed it, and she did it every single time she was up on the screen. I wanted more of her. I ended up telling her, “I wish I would have written more for you. I’m so sorry.” She brushed it all off, saying that I wrote what I needed to for the movie to work. But I still wanted more of her. She’s fantastic. I wish I could have done even more with her.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Random quick question that might be construed as something of a spoiler if people read too much into it, but do you worry that dog lovers might hate you after they watch this movie?

Riley Stearns: Hey. I’m a dog lover. I get it. I really do. But I do take those reactions with something of a moderate grain of salt. You have to do what the movie requires, and sometimes it might need things that are a little uncomfortable for some viewers to watch. I also think it is so easy to manipulate

an audience with dogs. It’s possible I might have taken advantage of that. Besides, Casey saying, “Your other left,” might be my favorite thing in the entire movie.

Sara Michelle Fetters: [laughs] Me, too, but I think we should probably leave things there so we don’t risk ruining anything for those about to watch the film.

Riley Stearns: I agree. But it’s still fun to talk about after you’ve watched it. At least, I hope it is.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Speaking of talking about the movie afterward, what do you hope audiences are thinking about and debating after they exit the theatre? What do you hope is on their minds?

Riley Stearns: That’s always a tough question.

Mainly I want people to laugh. I want people to enjoy themselves. I know it’s a very dark comedy, and some people might think it’s too dark, but I still hope most people have a good time. While I try not to read everything, I do read some reviews, and if I read a good review I then have to read a bad review, too. I had read one review where they stated they felt it was cruel, and honestly that’s a word that I would never, ever want used to describe this movie. I feel bad that that’s how that person felt.

I want audiences to leave feeling good. I feel like the movie ends on a high note. I feel like it’s a positive film. I feel like it’s about bettering yourself and I want people to leave thinking it’s okay to be who you are, that there is nothing wrong with that. It’s silly and it’s a little cheesy, I know, but at the end of the day I have always thought of this story as a messed-up afterschool special, just one that goes off the rails a little bit in terms of how f-ed up it becomes. But who knows? Everyone’s opinion is going to be different, and I’m okay with that. I’m very happy with what we accomplished, and I obviously hope those who see it end up feeling something similar.

Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: (206) 324-4297. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org.

INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm. ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with visible or hidden disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities. html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

NOTE: 10-digit dialing has come to the Seattle area. The (206) area code must now be used to dial local calls. Location of meetings/events is in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - July 20

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Positively Living Coffee Social. 10am-12 noon. Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. (206) 9571600. Sponsored by LIfelong. New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12-tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org.

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. Meets 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org

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

Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Plymouth Church, 1217 6th Ave (downtown between University & Seneca), lounge. Meets 3rd Saturday most months. Cost: $5 per person (please try to bring exact change) to help pay for room rental. Please bring a dish that will serve eight or more to share. Free parking under the church (entrance on University). Take garage elevator to 2nd floor or enter thru south front doors on 6th. This month’s potluck is dedicated to the memory of Joe Asher. Info: www.seattleprimetimers.org.

Seattle Latinx Pride. 5-10pm. El Centro de la Raza, Plaza Roberto Maestas, 2601 17th Ave S. Everyone is invited! Let’s celebrate our LGBTQ and Latino/a/x identities! Entertainment, dancing, food, community resources, vendors & much more. Invite all your friends! Sponsored by Somos Seattle, a bilingual Latinx LGBTQ organization whose goal is to engage virtually and bring people together to build an active community, share resources, and foster spaces for learning. Info: SeattleLatinxPride.com.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouthcenter.org. (Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

SUNDAY - July 21

Ravenna United Methodist Church. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school” - 9:45am Worship. 5751 33rd Ave NE. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. (206) 525-7988. Center for Spiritual Living. 9am meditation; 9:30am & 11am services. The Mountaineers, 7701 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org

Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am Sunday Services. 200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” (206) 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org. Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org

Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org

Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org

University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org

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Baha’i Prayer & Fellowship Circle. 10am. Pearl

Warren Bldg, 606 12th Ave S. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. Share prayers, readings, thoughts & music. All backgrounds, all faiths welcome. (206) 391-2188.

Central Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.” All are welcome. (206) 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am Sunday Service. 12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. An open & affirming congregation. (425) 747-3780.

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911 Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. (206) 682-3620. Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Worship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org

University Congregational United Church of Christ. 9am all ages education; 10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. (206) 524-2322; www.universityucc.org.

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) 2855077 (George).

All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship. 500 Broadway E. Come as you are. All are welcome. A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org

Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts’ event starts with breakfast and a show & tell, and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com

First Church - First United Methodist Church of Seattle. 10:30am. 180 Denny Way. (Enter on 2nd Ave N for worship.) Welcome to First Church, a progressive community advocating for the homeless and hungry, and creating a refuge of inclusive Christianity. First Church is a proud member of the Reconciling Ministries Network. (206) 622-7278; firstchurchseattle.org

Northminster Presbyterian Church. 10:30am Worship. 7706 25th Ave NW. A village church in the city open to all. (206) 783-3402. www.northminsterpres.org (Conveniently located a block from the Metro #40 bus route.) St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship. 1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching. Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org

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

Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322 S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualities, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since 1987. welcometablecc.org Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation. 10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org

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

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

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am Worship. 6512 12th Ave NW. An “open & affirming” congregation. “We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” (206) 783-6733; www.stpauluccseattle.com.

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

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

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

Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

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

Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice session before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. (contact for new location) Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically non-monogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup. Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437. www. peerseattle.org

Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

MONDAY - July 22

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

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

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

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

Meditation Class for LGBTQ Seniors. 6:30pm. GenPride Senior Center, 401 Broadway E, Suite 223. Free class every Monday for LGBTQ seniors, their caregivers and allies. Beginners welcome. www.gapseattle.org

Lotus Sisters South Seattle/Columbia City Meditation & Dharma Discussion. Gather at 6:45pm; sit at 7pm. Meets 4th Monday each month. Short presentation with discussion to follow. Oriented to LBTQ sisters. Email us or call (206) 550-5587 for details and location; www. LotusSisters.org. (Wheelchair accessible.)

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St, downstairs space. Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays (except holidays & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701 14th Pl S, Kent Meets 4th Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30-8:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Monday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. (Also meets Fridays.)

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

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

TUESDAY - July 23

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

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

Young Professionals With Pride Mixer. 5:30-7:30pm. The Nature Conservancy, 74 Wall St. Take in sunset views over Elliott Bay, enjoy libations from Diageo and Montucky Cold Snacks, and connect with LGBTQ and allied young professionals 21-39. Cover: $15 members, $25 nonmembers. Register at www.thegsba.org or call (206) 363-9188.

LGBTQIA+ Estate Planning Clinic. 6-7pm. GenPRIDE, 401 Broadway E, Suite 223. Have you avoided drafting, completing or updating your estate planning documents? Get professional assistance at this free clinic. Cosponsored by Lavender Rights Project. Info: www.gapseattle. org or email info@gapseattle.org.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org

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

ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Evening Gathering. 6:30-8pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Social Hall. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: FREE. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org.

Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org

LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor. Meets 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.

Seattle Tennis Alliance Summer Social Doubles.

6:30-8:30pm. Lower Woodland Tennis Courts, 5773 W Green Lake Way N. Most Tuesdays & Thursdays. Courts #5, 6, 7 & 8. June-August. Weather permitting. Pre-pay online if possible. seattletennisalliance.org

No Man’s Land - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

PFLAG/North Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Haller Lake United Methodist Church, 13055 1st Ave NE. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. (206) 325-7724 or northseattle@pflagseattle.org. PFLAG, a national organization founded in 1972, provides support, education and advocacy for families and friends of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer persons and is committed to moving LGBTQ equality forward.

Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Colonial room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org

Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

WEDNESDAY - July 24

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

Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12 noon. Roosters Restaurant, 611 Broadway E. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month. Just drop in - no RSVP required. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org

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

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org

Living Positively. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for the HIV community with various topics for discussion and conversation. (206) 957-1600 or www.lifelong.org. Sponsored by Lifelong. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com

Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. University Book Store Cafe, 4326 University Way NE. Every Wednesday. This month’s title: “My Brother’s Husband” by Gengoroh Tagame, a Japanese “manga” graphic novel in a similar vein to Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home.” https://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma DiscussionNorth. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www. LotusSisters.org.

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

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

Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. Every Wednesday. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www. ingersollcenter.org

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

SEAMEC Monthly Meeting. 7pm. 1605 12th Ave, Suite 21. Meets 4th Wednesday each month. SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www. voteseamec.org

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

THURSDAY - July 25

Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.) Monthly

Lunch Get-Together. 12 noon. Ballard NW Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW. Meets 4th Thursday each month. Look for the A.B.L.E. sign on the table. We are Lesbians, 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of this group is to connect, socialize, and support each other. We have been meeting since 2015. The group hosts evening potlucks, outings and get-togethers. Co-sponsored by Puget Sound Old Lesbians Organizing for Change. (PSOLOC).

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

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

Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Co-Housing 101 with Schemata Workshop. 6-8pm. GenPRIDE, 401 Broadway E, Suite 223. Learn about co-housing, in which residents actively participate in the design and operation of their neighborhoods, enabling seniors to live independently with a close-knit and mutually supportive group of neighbors. Presented by Michael Mariano, a founding partner of Capitol Hill’s Schemata Workshop architectural firm and an expert in the co-housing field. Free. Info: www.gapseattle.org. Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for persons living with HIV/AIDS, their friends, and for those who want to support them. 6pm. Trinity Lutheran Church, 2324 Lombard Ave, Everett. Meets last Thurs-

day each month. For further information, please call 360-202-3978. Sponsored by AIDS Project Snohomish County (APSC) and Gay Men’s Task Force.

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

Seattle Tennis Alliance Summer Social Doubles. 6:30-8:30pm. Lower Woodland Tennis Courts, 5773 W Green Lake Way N. Most Tuesdays & Thursdays. Courts #5, 6, 7 & 8. June-August. Weather permitting. Pre-pay online if possible. seattletennisalliance.org

Boys Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. lamberthouse.org

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

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

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

LGBTQ Workers’ Rights Event. 9-11pm. Rookies Sports Bar & Grill, 3820 S Ferdinand St. Join LGBTQ Allyship for free drinks, food, and fighting the Man by learning your rights as a Seattle worker. Find out about free legal help available for your labor troubles along with general info on dealing with wage theft, discrimination, paid safe/sick time, etc. 21+, wheelchair accessible. Info: allyship.org or facebook.com/LGBTQAllyship.

FRIDAY - July 26

Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. A drop-in AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.) Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. Ongoing 12-step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Lake City Seniors LGBTQ2+Allies Peer Support Group. 1-2:30pm. Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave NE. Meets last Friday most months. Please call to confirm. Small group of mostly 50+ come together to connect, share and learn from one another. For questions or more information, please contact Claudine Wallace, (206) 472-5471 or claudinew@soundgenerations.org.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

LGBTQ & Allies 18+ Free Friday Night Drop-In Volleyball. 6-7:45pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. Every Friday. (206) 684-4753.

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

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

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

Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

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

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon. org; (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

SATURDAY - July 27

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Freedom Socialist Party Sizzling Summer BBQ. 3:30-7:30pm. Madrona Park, Picnic Shelter #1, 853 Lake Washington Blvd. Join us for BBQ chicken and hot dogs with all the fixin’s and help us say goodbye to Su Docekal, outgoing FSP Seattle Organizer. Bring blanket, swimsuit, and/or games to play. Children welcome. Donation $10-15. Vegetarian options available. For info call (206) 722-2453 or email SeattleFSP@socialism.com. Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140. Monthly potluck meets last Saturday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org

South King County LGBTQ Community Resource Fair & Film: “Queens of Heart.” 5-8pm. Highline College Theater (Bldg 7), 2400 S 240th St, Des Moines. South King County LGBTQ Taskforce presents its first free community event, featuring a resource fair (5-6pm), film (6-7pm) and panel discussion (7-8pm). “Queens of Heart” brings to the screen the fabulous complexity of drag shows and their characters who dance into our psyches. Post-film discussion features director Jan Haaken and star Darcelle XV along with South King County community leaders addressing local issues. Info: www.skclgbtq.org or email skclgbtq@gmail.com.

SUNDAY - July 28

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. Generations Aging with Pride (GenPRIDE), 401 Broadway E #223 (above QFC in Broadway Market). Meets 4th Sunday each month in the Ian MacKintosh Room. This month’s topic: “How to Re-Ignite Interest in Your Life.” Coffee and tea will be served. Info: www.seattleprimetimers.org

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169.

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html

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

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org

Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org

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

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

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

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, (206) 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Networksupport & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, (206) 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911 Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org

Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 860-6969. www.gaycity.org

Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

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

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

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

HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call

Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com

Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse. org

LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - (425) 785-8593; lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org

Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org

MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www. seattle primetimers.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.) MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org

Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly. org

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org

PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: (206) 325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State: www. pflagwsc.org. Peer Seattle (formerly Seattle Area Support Groups) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/ Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay

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& Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org

Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx

Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org

Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235. Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org

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

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

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

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

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. (206) 323-1768.

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

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

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

Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org

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

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

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

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

SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www.

bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@ camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org

Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org

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

TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound:

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

WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http:// psoloc.org, (253) 777-3357; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol. com; Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks. org, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com ; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www. mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www.outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 726-8500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www. pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

SEATTLE

BATHS

SEATTLE

BATHS CLUB Z - (men)

1117 Pike near Boren - 622-9958 HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women)

CLUB Z - (men)

SW corner of Pike & 11th

1117 Pike near Boren - (206) 622-9958

(stairs behind Wildrose) - 568-3240

HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women)

STEAM WORKS - (men)

SW corner of Pike & 11th

1520 Summit - 388-4818

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

STEAM WORKS - (men)

1520 Summit Ave - (206) 388-4818

RESTAURANTS & BARS

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

BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444

RESTAURANTS & BARS

THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE

2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098

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

C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE

THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE

1701 E. Olive Way - 726-0565

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

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

1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525

RETAIL SHOPS

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

GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577

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

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

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

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17

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

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

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

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

DOGHOUSE LEATHERS

MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537

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

NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358

OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW

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

FANTASY UNLIMITED

THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - 588-0375

POCO WINE ROOM

2027 Westlake Ave. - (206) 682-0167

1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463

1510 1st Ave - (206) 624-1784

POKE BAR - 1542 12th Ave - 402-5178

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

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

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

HERB(N) ELEMENTS

PURR - 1518 11th Ave. - 325-3112

R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828

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

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

LAUGHING BUDDHA TATTOO

ROOT TABLE 2213 NW Market St. - 420-3214

1534 Broadway - (206) 329-8274

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

C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE

CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD

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

2103 N. 45th - 545-8363

THE CANTERBURY

SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591

SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - 441-5449

THE NEW YORK XCHANGE

STOUT -1530 11th Ave - 397-3825

225 Broadway E. - (206) 726-3300

ONYX LEATHER

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

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

THE CUFF COMPLEX

CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD

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

THE CRESCENT

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

THE CUFF COMPLEX

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

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

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

HOT MAMA’S PIZZA

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

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

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

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

THE LUMBER YARD

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

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

NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - (206) 324-5358 OUT WEST

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

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

POCO WINE ROOM

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE SWALLOW -9608 16th Ave SW - (206) 257-0217

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

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

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

ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS

9614 14th Ave SW - (206) 763-1347

TOULOUSE PETIT

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

601 Queen Anne Ave N - 432-9069

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

UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - 325-6492

PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHOP

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

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

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

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

TABOO ADULT VIDEO

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

TRUE LOVE ART GALLERY & TATTOO

1525 Summit Ave. - (206) 227-3572

UNDER U 4 MEN

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

UNCLE IKE’S

2310 E Union St - 1-800-GET-DRUGS

501 15th Ave E - 1-800-GET-DRUGS 9822 15th Ave SW - 1-800-GET-DRUGS

WILD AT HEART

1111 NW Leary Way - (206) 782-5538

BELLINGHAM

LOVER'S

193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862

RUMORS CABARET 1119 Railroad - (360) 671-1849

DES MOINES

ADULT AIRPORT VIDEO 2 21635 Pacific Hwy S - (206) 878-7780

EVERETT

ADULT AIRPORT VIDEO 11732 Airport Road - (425) 290-7555

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

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

KENT

WILDROSE - 1021 E. Pike - 324-9210

ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS

5633 Airport Way S - 466-5954

9614 14th Ave SW - 763-1347

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

RETAIL

SHOPS

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

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17

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

1017 E. Pike St - 204-0126

DOGHOUSE LEATHERS

LA CONNER

1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231

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

HASHTAG - 3540 Stone Way N - 946-8157

NEW YORK EXCHANGE

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

225 Broadway E. - 726-3300

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

OZ - 3831 Stone Way N - 251-0630

OLYMPIA

PANACHE

225 Broadway E. - 726-3300

DARBY’S CAFE

RUCKUS 1465 E Republican St. - 257-4805

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

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

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

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

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

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

UNDER U 4 MEN

ORCAS ISLAND

709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446

BROWN BEAR BAKING, LLC

29 N Beach Rd #1966, Eastsound - (360) 855-7456

UNCLE IKE’S 2310 E Union St - 1-800-GET-DRUGS 501 15th Ave E - 1-800-GET-DRUGS 9822 15th Ave SW - 1-800-GET-DRUGS

PORT ANGELES

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

BELLINGHAM

SPOKANE

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

THE BLIND BUCK

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

GLOBE BAR AND KITCHEN 204 N. Division St. - (509) 443-4014

DES MOINES

NYNE BAR AND BISTRO

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

EVERETT

LA CONNER

TACOMA

CASTLE SUPERSTORE

6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391

CLUB SILVERSTONE

739½ St.

OLYMPIA

PORT

SPOKANE

TACOMA

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