SGN Jul 6, 2018 - Part 2

Arts & Entertainment

Oregon Shakespeare Festival celebrates diversity

by Alice Bloch

Contributing Writer

Through October 28

“Empire” star Serayah headlines Club Silverstone’s PRIDE street party in Tacoma on July 14

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer

When Bill Rauch became artistic director of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) in 2007, he inherited a company already committed to color-blind casting, thanks to the efforts of his predecessor, Libby Appel. Rauch has expanded and deepened the comsee OSF page 4

Not just the big hair –Hairspray ’s little moments also please

by Miryam Gordon

SGN A&E Writer

HAIRSPRAY

VILLAGE THEATRE

Everett: 7/6-29

There is plenty to enjoy in the Village Theatre production of Hairspray, and a lot of it is in tiny moments that make it clear that directors Steve Tomkins and Timothy McCuen Piggee have thought about every detail. It’s also a bit bittersweet for those who have enjoyed Tomkins’ directing at Village, because this is his last official production as artistic director at the theater.

This production has heightened the

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It was a year ago when I interviewed Mya, who was set to headline the PRIDE street party at Tacoma’s Club Silverstone last year. Now that time has come again, and this time they’ve got nationally acclaimed singer/songwriter and actress Serayah, star of the hit TV show “Empire.” With Club Silverstone’s strongest lineup yet, this year’s Pride street party promises to be one for the ages!

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I got the chance to reach out to Serayah Ranee McNeill on July 2 by email to talk with her about music, pride and acting.

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Bridget

by MK Scott

SGN Contributing Writer

Tony Award®-nominated singer Mary Bridget Davies’ journey began in her hometown of Cleveland, OH in 2001 when she first started singing in local bands, and she hasn’t slowed down since.

Upon gaining local acclaim for her work in various rock bands, she was asked to sit in with Big Brother & The Holding Company (Janis Joplin’s original band, with whom she would later tour) as well as with legendary blues guitarist Robert Lockwood Jr. Her travels have taken her around the world, including a 2-year pre-Broadway run with A Night With Janis Joplin. She received a Tony® nomina-

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tion for “Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical” when the show debuted on Broadway in 2013.

Mary Bridget Davies will be the featured performer at Dorothy’s Piano Bar and Cabaret at Seattle First Baptist Church on July 14. I had a chance to chat with the singer/ songwriter by email on July 5.

MK Scott: Mary, welcome to Seattle! What can the audience look forward to [in your appearance with Dorothy’s Piano and Cabaret]?

Mary Bridget Davies: Thank you! So excited! Ryan and I tailor each performance to highlight the city we are playing based on what’s going on in the world and in our lives at the time. This is extra special for us because we are playing in a church. It’s going to be a show of honesty and confession. Each show is different. We take requests from fans and that helps shape the show.

For the first timers, they can look forward to a lot of emotions and a few laughs, too. Ryan and I have been friends since high school and there is a lot of great chemistry here. We want to inspire and move the audience while having some fun, too! Plus, we have some amazing people who have started to follow us around to our shows. We are building something exciting and they are a part of it.

MK: You are known for playing Janis Joplin on Broadway in A Night with Janis Joplin. What did you like best about being in that show?

Davies: The ability to use any and every personal emotional experience and plug it into Janis gave me an open conduit to her truth and allowed me to go farther in depth of the character and give away more to the audience than I ever imagined possible.

MK: Were you a Joplin fan before doing the show?

Davies: Absolutely. Being a kid growing up in the ’90s and dressing as Janis for Halloween was funny because most of my classmates thought I was going as Elton John … hahaha! I was raised on blues and rock and roll. She helped me through a lot of the toughest socially awkward moments of my youth.

MK: What surprised and inspired you the most when you played Janis?

Davies: What was surprising was even when I had pneumonia and the show had to go on, it was as if Janis commanded me and infused me with the extra strength, energy and magic to tell her story. I would be dead in bed for a week if I weren’t performing but when I was in her track there was always something or someone protecting me and I believe it was her. What inspired me? Janis Joplin didn’t just hold her own in a male dominated music scene, she was the Queen! She didn’t have a famous family to get her foot in the door. She wasn’t classically attractive per the trends of her time and still she REIGNED. That inspired me. Still to this day.

MK: Who are your other influences?

Davies: SO many! Etta James, Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey ... all the badass singers in the world ... hahaha! But if you’re asking for a life influence, then Katya. I just adore her.

MK: Any plans of going back to Broadway?

Davies: I am playing Sheila in the 50th Anniversary staged concert of HAIR at Axelrod Performing Arts Center [Monmouth County, New Jersey] with Remember Jones, Constantine Maroulis and Alexis Michelle in August! Going back to LA to reprise my role of Janis in A Night with Janis Joplin at La Mirada Theatre (La Mirada, California) in September and October. I have had a few bites for new works in 2019, so stay tuned!!

Mary Bridget Davies with special guest Ryan Sudick will present a fabulous and unforgettable evening of music at Dorothy’s Piano Bar and Cabaret at Seattle First Baptist Church (1111 Harvard Ave at E Union St) on Saturday, July 14, at 8pm. Tickets are $30, $40 & $50 and available in advance at dorothyspianobar.com or Eventbrite and at the door.

MK Scott is a Seattle-based writer. Check out his other work at unitseattlemag.com.

Lea DeLaria – star of “Orange is the New Black” –kicks off Tacoma Pride Festival on July 13

with one-woman show “A Man for All Seasons” – with special guest Kim Archer

LEA DELARIA BROADWAY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS RIALTO THEATER – TACOMA

July 13 @ 7:30pm

Lea DeLaria, well known from her stand out performance as “Big Boo” in the hit Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” will kick off Tacoma Pride Festival with a comedic lecture, “A Man for All Seasons,” at Tacoma’s historic Rialto Theater on Friday, July 13 at 7:30pm. Local musician Kim Archer will open the show with a musical set of soulful rock. Tickets start at $39 and are on sale now; $2 from each ticket sold will benefit the Tacoma Rainbow Center.

Outspoken and controversial, DeLaria has been officially censured by Congress and was once picketed by Christian Conservatives and Radical Feminists at the same event at the same time. In “A Man for All Seasons,” DeLaria will teach audiences how to create change in a conservative society while trudging upstream in a muddy bogged down river of political correctness.

Lea DeLaria seems to have achieved overnight stardom with her three-time, SAG Award-winning, stand-out role as “Carrie ‘Big Boo’ Black” in the Netflix hit series “Orange is the New Black.” However, DeLaria’s multi- faceted career as a comedian, actress and jazz musician, has in fact, spanned decades.

DeLaria holds the distinction of being the first openly gay comic on television in America, which led to countless Television and Film roles portraying Police Lieutenants, PE Teachers and the Lesbian who inappropriately hits on straight women. Selected TV credits: “Shameless,” “Broad City,” “Baroness Von Sketch,” “The Jim Gaffigan Show,” “Awkward,” “Clarence,” “Californication,” “The Oblongs,” “One Live to Live,” “Law and Order: SVU,” “Will and Grace,” “Friends” and “Matlock.” Selected film credits: Cars 3, Support The Girls, First Wives Club, Dear

Dumb Diary, Edge of Seventeen

She’s received Obie & Theater World Awards, and a Drama Desk nomination for her portrayal as “Hildy” in the Public Theatre’s revival of On The Town, an Ovation nomination for The Boys From Syracuse, and has played both Eddie and Dr. Scott in the gender-bending Broadway musical The Rocky Horror Show

DeLaria was the featured vocalist at the 50th Anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival, and has performed in some of

the most prestigious houses in the world including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Chicago Symphony, Hollywood Bowl, The Royal Albert Hall and the Sydney Opera House.

DeLaria has five records on the Warner Jazz and Classics label and her book Lea’s Book of Rules for the World is in its third printing at Bantam Doubleday and Dell. Her sixth record, House Of David delaria+bowie=jazz, was released in the summer of 2015 to critical acclaim.

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MK Scott: Serayah, Welcome to Tacoma! I know you are scheduled to perform at the PRIDE street party at Club Silverstone, What can we look forward to?

Serayah: New songs and getting to know Serayah vs. Tiana on “Empire”!

MK: What does Pride mean to you?

Serayah: It’s a celebration of being your true authentic self. Showing support without judgment or second thought. It’s always amazing to see so much positive energy and people creating memories that last forever.

MK: You have been part of the cast of “Empire” for the last three seasons. What has been the best part of being in the show?

Serayah: I have been able to reach a vast amount of adults and kids. And it’s always amazing to see their reactions and know that I give them happiness every Wednesday lol!

MK: Who has been the most inspiring? Taraji, Jussie or Lee?

Serayah: Taraji has definitely given me advice. And just seeing her work is eye opening for me. There’s so much creativity and assurance in her work that I aspire to have.

MK: What is next for you? Film, more music?

Serayah: Music! I’m dropping more music than I ever have and it feels so good! My new single is out now called “So Good” produced by Jo Blaq and the video will be

Known for her raw, powerhouse performances and personable interaction with her audiences, Kim Archer has attracted a large and loyal following of fans both in the Pacific Northwest and across the country. For over a decade this lifelong musician has entertained standing-room-only crowds with her vocally-driven, soulful rock and honest song writing. Whether she’s playing a premier venue with her award-winning band, or an intimate club for a solo show, Archer never disappoints. With guitar in hand she commands the stage playing her own original songs, or conjuring up a whole new vibe on vintage hits so that they sound fresh and wonderfully different.

Tickets to “Lea DeLaria: A Man for All Seasons” with opening act Kim Archer are on sale now for $39, $49, and $59. To buy now, call the Broadway Center Box Office at (253) 591-5894, toll-free (800) 291-7593, online at BroadwayCenter.org or in person at 901 Broadway in Tacoma’s Theater District.

About Broadway Center for the Performing Arts

The core of Tacoma’s Historic Theater District, the Broadway Center’s mission is to energize the community through live performance. Founded in 1979, the Broadway Center is a non-profit organization recognized for leadership in presenting worldclass performing artists, providing one of the largest arts education programs in Washington state, and preserving Tacoma’s historic theaters. Learn more at BroadwayCenter.org.

The Broadway Center for the Performing Arts gratefully acknowledges the following for support of the 2018-19 Season: ArtsFund, Boeing, The City of Tacoma, DaVita Kidney Care, The Forest Foundation, The News Tribune, Pierce County Arts Commission, The Washington State Arts Commission, and Wells Fargo.

Courtesy of Broadway Center for the Performing Arts

released in July as well! Album on the way.

MK: What advice would you tell youth about America under Trump?

Serayah: Don’t be led into violent thoughts and actions. Have a heart, continue to care about others before your self. It’s more rewarding that way. Also, let’s stop with the racism. We are a world full of amazing people. Don’t let old ignorance scare you from living your life and actually enjoying it.

The Club Silverstone PRIDE street party begins on Saturday, July 14th at 5pm. Hosted by none other than local Seattle drag favorite Honey Bucket. Featuring special performances by Beth Anne Sacks and Dutchess Beck! Back for another year of mixing and spinning on the outside stage, Kidd Madonny! With DJ sets by both DJ Yanni and our resident house DJ Midnight Mike – After Dark Entertainment!

The party moves inside at midnight and will be going until 2am. Tickets are $20.00 at the door starting at 2pm. 21+ only with a valid photo ID! Message Club Silverstone or call the club at (253) 404-0273 with any additional questions!

MK Scott is a Seattle-based writer. Check out his other work at unitseattlemag. com

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pany’s diversity in a number of ways: choosing plays written by women and playwrights of color; hiring actors of color (more than half of the company this year), deaf actors, actors with dwarfism, and transgender actors; and mitigating Shakespeare’s preponderance of male characters by casting women in some roles traditionally performed by men.

Of the 11 plays offered this season, six were written by women and five are directed by women. The season includes a very gay production of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, a comedy that pays tribute to the telenovela genre, a modern version of a classical Chinese drama, and world premieres of plays about the clash of cultures in 17th-century New York and 19th-century Utah. And there’s Shakespeare worth seeing and a wonderful play about the publication of his First Folio.

Oklahoma!

Angus Bowmer Theatre

Through October 27

In his program notes, Rauch wrote that he’d dreamed for many years of directing an Oklahoma! with same-sex couples at the center of the story. This season he got his wish, against all odds. The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, which exerts tight control over all musicals by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II, is known for frowning upon any tampering of the original material. However, Rauch is so highly regarded in the theater world that representatives of the organization decided to trust him to treat Oklahoma! with respect, even while transforming its love story. The result is a lovely, heart-warming production that is nearly sold out to the end of its run. All principals have good Broadway voices and acting chops, and the samesex courtships add dramatic interest to the familiar story. Cowhand Curly (Tatiana

Wechsler) awkwardly woos Laurey (Royer Bockus) under the stern but loving eye of Aunt Eller (Bobbi Charlton, who invests this character with great dignity). Sociopathic, homophobic farmhand Jud Fry (Michael Sharon) schemes to have his way with Laurey. Meanwhile, Will Parker (the supremely talented Jordan Barbour) only has eyes for Ado Andy (adorable Jonathan Luke Stevens), the “boy who can’t say no,” but Will’s guileless generosity keeps him from holding onto the necessary cash for persuading

Andy’s mother (hilarious K.T. Vogt) to let Andy marry Will. The main rival for Andy’s hand is the peddler Ali Hakim (Barzin Akhavan, whose enormous eyes tell us how little this guy wants to be tied down). Surrounding these characters is a fine chorus of singing, dancing farmers and cowhands of various ethnicities and gender identities.

The lush musical score is in good hands with conductor Daniel Gary Busby and a small ensemble of skilled musicians. Scenic designer Sibyl Wickersheimer, cos-

tume designer Linda Roethke, and lighting designer Christopher Akerlind join forces to evoke the old-timey atmosphere of pre-statehood Oklahoma. Choreographer Ann Yee deserves much credit for creating beautiful, appropriate dance numbers. The dream ballet at the end of Act 1 is particularly impressive, for it conveys both Laurey’s wish to be united with Curly and her fear of Jud Fry, whose malevolent spirit forces the dancers to exchange clothing so that everyone conforms to gender stereotypes.

The performance I attended was marked by a delightful one-time occurrence: when Curly and Laurey finally kissed, a young child in the audience exclaimed “Wow!” and made a happy moment even happier.

While leaving the theater after the performance, I overheard a teenager say to his friend, “Will and Andy had better chemistry than Curly and Laurey.” Alas, I had to agree, but it was a small quibble about a generally outstanding production.

A few performances have been added to the schedule, because demand has been so high. If you intend to go to Ashland and want to attend a performance of Oklahoma! I recommend purchasing tickets as soon as possible.

Destiny of Desire Angus Bowmer Theatre

Through July 12

Playwright Karen Zacarías got tired of reading reviews that called every play about Latinos a telenovela, so she wrote a clever, entertaining play that parodies the melodramatic conventions of real telenovelas: babies switched at birth, rich and powerful villains, unexpected pairings of characters, and plot twists galore. Directed at OSF by José Luis Valenzuela, with music by Rosino Serrano, Destiny of Desire is sheer delight. The entire cast is first-rate, and all appear to be having as much fun as the audience. Vilma Silva and Armando Durán are fabulous as the rich villains, and Catherine Castellanos gives a powerhouse performance as

a nun at the hospital where the babies were switched. Al Espinosa is also terrific as an unscrupulous doctor, a casino dealer, and a cop. At several points in the performance, the actors get to show off their virtuosity at physical comedy by rewinding a scene and then running it forward again.

Pianist Juan Manuel Rivera Colón and choreographer Robert Barry Fleming keep the action going at a rapid pace. There’s plenty of good dancing and singing, too. At one point Eduardo Enrikez breaks into a Mexican ballad and sings it expertly, with plenty of vibrato and rubato. Bravo!

Scenic designer François-Pierre Couture has created a versatile set, with all pieces on wheels. Between scenes, the actors twirl the pieces and move them about the stage. When it’s time for the double wedding at the end of the play, curtains are pulled down to become bridal veils.

Oh, and did I mention that there’s even a lesbian subplot?

Even while Destiny of Desire keeps the audience laughing, it doesn’t let us become too comfortable. Judiciously placed public service announcements remind us of the class distinctions and prejudices at the heart of the play. Nonstop fun and food for thought are an unbeatable combination, making this production a total success.

Manahatta

Thomas Theatre

Through October 27

The small Thomas Theatre was built for plays like Manahatta, an intimate, powerful drama about a Native American woman trying to build a career on Wall Street and forced to confront the tragic history of her tribe. Director Laurie Woolery and a superb cast of seven actors playing 14 roles give Mary Kathryn Nagle’s play a worthy world premiere.

Manahatta flips back and forth between the 17th and 21st centuries and between New York and Oklahoma. Doubling of the roles, with each actor playing both a 17thcentury character and a 21st-century one, makes it possible to accomplish rapid time travel with a slight change in costumes. Toward the beginning of the play, for example, Steven Flores, playing the 17th-century character Se-ket-tu-may-qua, puts on a suit jacket to transform himself into the 21stcentury character Luke, and a ripple of pain shoots through the audience. Kudos to scenic designer Mariana Sanchez, costume designer E.B. Brooks, lighting designer James F. Ingalls, and projection designer Mark Holthusen for making these transitions work so well dramatically.

Even though the main characters are 21st-century Jane and 17th-century Le-lewa’-you (both played by Tanis Parenteau), this production’s emotional core is the understated, devastating performance of Sheila Tousey as Jane’s mother Bobbie, the last surviving native speaker of the Lenape language. Bobbie becomes a victim of the subprime mortgage scam and loses her Oklahoma home, while in New York, Jane and her boss try fruitlessly to control the

damage of the economic meltdown of 2008.

As the villainous director of the 17thcentury Dutch West India Company and the nearly as villainous CEO of Lehman Brothers in the 21st century, Jeffrey King gives a top-notch performance, as always. Danforth Comins and David Kelly also excel as less villainous but nonetheless culpable white guys in both centuries.

Othello

Angus Bowmer Theatre

Through October 28

You can’t go wrong by attending any Shakespeare play directed by Bill Rauch. This is the best Othello I’ve ever seen, and when I think back to memorable performances of other Shakespeare plays, most of them were directed by Rauch. His productions are notable for their clarity and insight. In this season’s Othello, everything makes sense – even Iago’s famously opaque motivation for ruining Othello’s life.

This contemporary production is set in the U.S. Navy, with Othello as a Sudanese “lost boy” immigrant who has risen to the rank of admiral. The updated setting works well and helps the audience understand Othello’s outsider status. In the crucial Act 3 scene in which Iago instills jealousy into Othello’s mind, thus beginning his slide into madness, the two men are working out in a gym, with TV screens showing disturbing clips from today’s news. The scene gave me shivers, because the setting was so effective and because I was witnessing Chris Butler as Othello and Danforth Comins as Iago giving a veritable master class in acting.

Scenic designer Christopher Acebo, lighting designer Xavier Pierce, and projection designer Tom Ontiveros have created a visual production of rare beauty. Costumes designed by Dede M. Ayite are apt, with one exception: a single-strap evening gown worn by Alejandra Escalante as Desdemona, Othello’s wife. The gown was constantly in danger of slipping down Escalante’s torso and causing a “wardrobe malfunction.” The unfortunate result was the distracting sight of Escalante repeatedly pulling up one side of the gown and pushing her breast down into it. A friend who attended a different performance reported the same problem, and even a press photo of the scene shows it. Plea to the costume department: give that dress another strap!

This play is all about the men, and Rauch’s production emphasizes that by weakening the female characters. Desdemona and Emilia (Desdemona’s attendant and Iago’s wife, played by Amy Kim Waschke) come across as less assertive than in other productions I’ve seen. Even Sheila Tousey as Desdemona’s aunt presented herself as so weak that the audience laughed at her one attempt to confront Iago in the final scene. Because I know Rauch to be aware of the implications of all his directorial choices, I have to think that he was operating not from unconscious misogyny but from a desire to show the effects of misogyny on the characters.

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colors of the costumes (designed by Sara Ryung Clement) really stood out. For example, red costumes piled on the floor came to represent dead soldiers after battle.

At the performance I attended, the audience included a large group of seventhgraders, who were amazingly attentive and quiet throughout. The battle scenes seemed to engage them most, along with the charmingly clumsy courtship scene between Henry and his future wife, the princess of France (played by Ko). Middle-schoolers are easily bored, so their interest had to be – and was – earned by this exciting production.

Love’s Labor’s Lost Allen Elizabethan Theatre Through October 14

Directed by Amanda Dehnert, this production of Shakespeare’s early, strange comedy is great fun, if sometimes incoherent. In recent OSF seasons, Dehnert directed highly successful productions of the musicals Into the Woods and My Fair Lady. Her Love’s Labor’s Lost is a zany rock musical, with clever songs composed by Dehnert and sound designer Andre J. Pluess.

The plot is relatively simple: the young King of Navarre (Daniel José Molina) and his friends vow to study, fast, sleep little, and avoid women for three years. Enter the visiting Princess of France (Alejandra Escalante) and her ladies, who are sent away from court and are soon followed by the libidinous young men. Disguises and mistaken identities ensue, and all is hilarity until in the final moments of the play, the princess learns that her father has died. Grief-stricken and chastened, she and her ladies sentence their suitors to a year of penitence before the men’s marriage proposals will be considered.

As in the later comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream, subplots involve the commoners of Navarre, some of whom put on an unintentionally funny show-withinthe-show. The nobles are taken to task for mocking the efforts of the commoners, and we are left wondering who is truly “noble.”

This production is heavy on slapstick, complete with Three Stooges routines, finger paints, and food fights. As the king’s friend Berowne, Stephen Michael Spencer proves himself the king of slapstick, as well as serving as an able front man for the band. Richard Howard, who has specialized in stodgy roles, here shines in physical comedy as the naughty Frenchman Sir Adrian D’Armadeux. Cedric Lamar as the rustic Costard and Royer Bockus as the dairymaid Jaquenetta (whom Costard loves but Sir Adrian seduces) are both terrific actors, singers, and musicians. Armando Durán as a deadpan constable, Robin Goodrin Nordli as a scholar, and Chris Butler as a curate made my head spin with wordplay in the setting of a diner, although I was left wondering why the scholar and curate would be throwing food at each other. During the pageant, Nordli also does a star turn as a flutist.

Costumes designed by Mara Blumenfeld are attractive and colorful, and Japhy Weideman’s lighting accentuates the comic and serious moments.

Romeo and Juliet Allen Elizabethan Theatre

Through October 12

One of the most frequently performed of Shakespeare’s plays at OSF, Romeo and Juliet can usually be relied upon to introduce spectacularly talented newcomers in the title roles. While beautiful esthetically, with notably fine acting in all the secondary roles, the current production directed by Dámaso Rodríguez suffers from a regrettable emptiness at the center. On the night I attended, William Thomas Hodgson as Romeo and Emily Ota as Juliet had no chemistry and gave unconvincing, amateurish performances.

All other aspects of the production are splendid: scenic design by Efren Delgadillo, Jr., costumes designed by Leah Piehl, music composed by sound designer Rodolfo Ortega, and lighting designed by Tom Ontiveros. Sara Bruner gives a fearless performance as Romeo’s friend Mercutio, Michael J. Hume injects humor and warmth into the character of Friar Laurence, and

Christiana Clark commands the stage as Prince Escalus.

Parts of the play are eloquently signed in ASL as well as spoken. For that we can thank Monique Holt, who plays Lady Montague and the apothecary, and who has served as the company’s ASL coach for several years.

Sense and Sensibility

Angus Bowmer Theatre

Through October 28

I’ve never seen a satisfactory theatrical adaptation of a Jane Austen novel, and this one by Kate Hamill is no exception. Film adaptations of Austen’s fiction seem to work better, perhaps because they can show actors on horseback, riding through the lovely English countryside. The current OSF production, directed by Hana S. Sharif, deploys a very good cast in a not very good play. The humor is too broad for Austen and sometimes veers into silly slapstick.

Nancy Rodriguez does well in any role she takes on, and her sensitive performance as Elinor Dashwood, the central character, is a pleasure to watch. As several characters, notably the doddering servant Thomas, Brent Hinkley steals every scene he is in. Samantha Miller, still an undergraduate at

COMING UP:

The Way the Mountain Moved and Snow in Midsummer

July 10 will mark the world premiere of Idris Goodwin’s The Way the Mountain Moved, commissioned by OSF through its American Revolutions program. Directed by May Adrales, the play is set in Utah in the mid-1850s. The director’s notes describe the 19th-century West as “a collision of people from vastly different backgrounds, who to survive often had to work together, rather than reach for the gun.”

The U.S. premiere of Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s Snow in Midsummer will be on August 2. Based on a 14th-century play by Guan Hanqing (known as “China’s Shakespeare”), Snow in Midsummer was originally commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company. Justin Audibert, who directed the world premiere production, will also direct the play at OSF.

Both The Way the Mountain Moved and Snow in Midsummer will run until the end of October. For information about these and other OSF events, see osfashland.org.

Seattle Opera presents free community forum exploring intersection of race, opera

National arts leaders of color to lead the discussion at “Breaking Glass”

“BREAKING GLASS: HYPERLINKING OPERA & ISSUES”

NESHOLM LECTURE HALL

MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL

Saturday, July 28 @ 10:30am

Everyone is welcome to join the conversation at “Breaking Glass: Hyperlinking Opera & Issues.” This free public forum opens a door to frank discussion about race and diversity in opera. Topics will include how art is produced in an increasingly diversified America, and who has the right to tell whose story; the role of art in stimulating public discussion about racism and discrimination; and what roles social justice plays within the artistic mission of an opera company. All are welcome; and People of Color are encouraged to attend.

“At Seattle Opera, we have spent a lot of time thinking about who we want to be as a company,” said Barbara Lynne Jamison Director of Programs and Partnerships. “We love this art form; it can be powerful, transcendent, and life-affirming. As a historically White organization, Seattle Opera is committed to taking ownership of opera’s Eurocentric, and at times, racist past. We will continue to learn from marginalized voices and bring them into the center of discussions in order to build a more equitable future.”

A collaboration between Seattle Opera and the Glimmerglass Festival (a nonprofit opera festival based in Cooperstown, New York), this forum happens at a time when Seattle Opera has been highly visible for its work to increase equity, which has included nuanced, and at times, charged conversations with communities of color who have helped to hold the company accountable. Since summer 2017, Seattle Opera has used several forums and events to engage in dialogue with members of the Asian Pacific Islander community during Madame Butterfly, and the Black community during Aida

As an equity change-leader in the opera industry, Seattle Opera was excited to be able to partner with Glimmerglass, a company that has been innovative with its storytelling and dismantling of the Eurocentric status quo. “Breaking Glass” originated with the desire to examine how

music and art can respond to societal inequities, and as a means to provoke thoughtful discourse. Other tour sites of this forum include: Atlanta, New Orleans, Ann Arbor, Chicago, Cooperstown, Washington DC, and New York City.

The forum will include excerpts from new operas written for Glimmerglass, as well as an opportunity for audience questions and input. Librettists Tazewell Thompson and Paige Hernandez will talk about the substantive social content in their new operas Blue, which depicts an African American family after their son is shot by a police officer, and Stomping Grounds, a “hip-hopera.” Matthew Morrison from the Clive Davis Institute of New York University, Tisch School of the Arts will moderate the discussion.

The development of Stomping Grounds, Blue, and “Breaking Glass: Hyperlinking Opera & Issues” has been funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Opera America Innovation Grant and Repertoire Development Grant.

This event will be livestreamed. For more information, and to RSVP for this free event, go to: seattleopera.org/breakingglass.

PANELISTS

Paige Hernandez

Stomping Grounds director, choreographer, and librettist Paige Hernandez is a multidisciplinary artist who is criticallyacclaimed as a performer, director, choreographer and playwright. She is known for her effective fusion of theatre, hip-hop, dance and education. As a master teaching artist, Hernandez has taught throughout the country to all ages and disciplines, to date reaching approximately 10,000 students in over 100 residencies, workshops and performances. As a performer, choreographer and hip-hop advocate, her work has been seen at The Kennedy Center, Wolf Trap, Imagination Stage, Lincoln Center, Arena Stage, Folger Theatre and Forum Theatre, among other stages across the globe. Hernandez tours internationally with her company B-FLY ENTERTAINMENT, promoting original works such as Liner Notes, Havana Hop and Paige in Full: A B-girl’s Visual Mixtape. Awards include an Individual Artist

Award from the Maryland State Arts council, the Thomas Fichandler Award for exceptional promise in theater education from the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning and two Helen Hayes nominations for choreography and performance. Hernandez was named a “classroom hero” by the Huffington Post for her outstanding arts integration and work with STEM initiatives.

Matthew Morrison

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Matthew Morrison is an Assistant Professor Faculty/Fellow at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He holds a Ph.D. in Musicology from Columbia University, a Masters in Musicology from The Catholic University of America and was a Presidential music scholar at Morehouse College, where he studied violin and conducting. Morrison has served as Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed music journal Current Musicology, where he published a special issue on “Race, Sound, and Performance” (Spring 2012) featuring an interdisciplinary group of scholars writing about the sounds of music in society. His published work has appeared in the Journal of the American Musicological Society, the Grove Dictionary of American Music and on Oxford University Press’s online music blog.

Morrison is currently the Dean of Faculty and Academic Affiars for the W. E. B. Du Bois Scholars Institute at Princeton University. He also curates and contracts a variety of performances featuring some of the most dynamic musicians (of color, in particular). His current book project, American Popular Sound: From Blackface to Blacksound, considers the implications of positing sound as a major component in both individual and societal identity constructions, specifically race formation.

Tazewell Thompson

Blue librettist and director Harlem native Tazewell Thompson, is an internationally-acclaimed director of opera: Europe, Asia, Africa, Canada and the U.S.; theatre: over 85 productions (many world and American premieres and over 24 productions at Arena Stage, where

he served for many seasons as resident director); an award winning playwright (Constant Star, Jam & Spice, A Christmas Carol, Mary T & Lizzy K ) with commissions from Lincoln Center Theatre, Arena Stage, South Coast Rep and People’s Light and Theatre Company. He recently directed Ruined for Everyman Theatre, Caucasian Chalk Circle for New York University Tisch School of the Arts, and the American premiere of Vivaldi’s opera Cato in Utica for the Glimmerglass Festival and Opera Lafayette. His production of Porgy & Bess, broadcast on “Live From Lincoln Center,” received EMMY nominations for Best Classical Production and Best Director. He made his Washington National Opera directorial debut in November 2015, with the world premiere of Philip Glass’ Appomattox, and returned for the February 2016 production of Lost in the Stars, which he originated with Cape Town Opera/ Glimmerglass Festival to widespread recognition in 2012. Most recently, Tazewell directed the 2017 Glimmerglass production of Handel’s Xerxes

ABOUT SEATTLE OPERA

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HAIRSPRAY

revolutionary part of the story of a young woman who puts her dreams on the line in order to desegregate her local television dance program. It’s a particularly good message for these turbulent times.

The musical was also fairly revolutionary in its debut by focusing on a larger-size girl and her larger-size mother. For whatever reason, it then became obligatory, though, to cast the mother as a man because Harvey Fierstein played it that way on Broadway. Though our veteran comedy actor, Nick DeSantis does a perfectly wonderful job, it might be more revolutionary these days to actually cast a large woman in the role.

New-to-town Callie Williams is Tracy

Turnblad. She and her best friend Penny (Becca Orts) watch the “Corny Collins” show religiously and decide they must attend a teen dancer audition when there’s an opening. It’s no surprise that Tracy is deemed too large and unattractive for the show, but somehow, she gets on anyway, and somehow, she ends up attracting the attention of the popular boy on TV, Link Larkin (Ethan Carpenter).

But Tracy’s also been in a bit of trouble over the height of her hair and meets a lot of other “troubled” kids in school detention, who somehow all seem to be black. Seaweed is one of those detention kids. The understudy, Chandler T., went on as Seaweed in the show I saw and he completely nailed the role. He has the voice and the moves and no one could have known that he wasn’t originally cast so from the beginning.

The 14/48 Projects is headed back to Seattle parks once again this summer with “When You Wish Upon A Pizza.” Written by Amy Escobar and directed by Monica Galarneau, this new play will be performed FREE in parks around Seattle (and Chimacum, WA) starting July 14, 2018.

When Pat makes a wish upon their personal pan pizza, the Fairy Goudamother sends them tumbling into the pizza box and on to a grand adventure through the Magic Kingdough, where they meet classic storybook characters with a cheesy twist. Pat goes on a journey of discovery where they learn about responsibility, family and love with pizza puns and plenty of fun.

When asked about the inspiration behind the play, playwright Escobar says, “I wanted to tell an original story with all the trappings of your classic storybook adventure. Instead of simply re-telling fairy tales that are often problematic, I focused on creating a new play that was conscious of gendered language and inclusive while still bringing in those familiar characters and tropes. I also wanted to write something with gnomes and pizza puns, because writing is a solitary endeavor and it’s more fun with cheese puns.”

“When You Wish Upon A Pizza” embraces the collaborative, improvisational style The 14/48 Projects has perfected over years of free family performances in the parks, and combines veteran performers and newcomers alike. This summer’s cast features Katie Jasper, Geb Brown, Alysha Curry, Rachel Delmar, Cristin Fenzel, Blake Simpson, and Zenaida Smith. Costumes designed by Corinne Magin.

Schedule of performances:

July 14 & 15 @ 2pm at Seattle Outdoor

Seaweed’s mom is Motormouth Maybelle, powerfully sung by Shaunyce Omar, who sent everyone out to intermission with the show-stopping “Big, Blonde & Beautiful” and her big alto voice! Maybelle is also allowed to be on the television show for Negro Day, once a month. But Tracy would like there to be Negro Day every day and starts agitating for change.

Some of the fun tiny moments in this production include the particularly slapstick activities of Williams where she shows off her comic timing and her willingness to look silly while mooning over Link, and the similar silliness of Carpenter when he turns into a “mannequin” and is dragged all over the stage. Some of that is just laugh-out-loud funny!

The choreography by Crystal Dawn Munkers is also apt for the different styles

of the period and encourages a lot of smiling at the stage. The rest of the tech support, including sharp music direction from R.J. Tancioco, a clean set by Carey Wong (his trademark), and terrific dresses from Alex Jaeger pull the whole show together. The show is one for all ages to enjoy and the little kids I saw, as tiny as 3 or 4, prove that! Everyone is having a great time. For more information, go to www.villagetheatre.org or call 425-257-8600.

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Theater Festival in Volunteer Park; July 21 @ 5pm at Salmon Bay Park; July 22 @ 5pm at Ballard Commons Park; July 25 @ 6pm at Dr. Blanche Lavizzo Park; July 28 @ 5pm at Othello Park; July 29 @ 5pm at Pritchard Beach; August 4 @ 5pm at Roxhill Park; August 5 @ 5pm at Highland Park Playground; August 12 @ 2pm at HJ Carroll Park (Chimacum, WA); August 18 @ 5pm at Powell Barnett Park.

All performances are FREE and open to the public. Donations to support the artists are accepted and encouraged. More information at http:// www.the1448projects.org/14-48-parksshow.

Acknowledgment

“When You Wish Upon A Pizza” is supported in part by a generous grant from King County’s 4Culture.

The 14/48 Projects: Season Five

The 14/48 Projects is in the middle of its fifth season producing “14/48: The World’s Quickest Theater Festival,” “The-

ater Anonymous,” and other collaborative artistic events. The 14/48 Projects continues to develop an international network of 14/48 Festivals, and recently partnered with 14/48: UK for “14/48: Takeover” with professional artists producing scripts written by students simultaneously in three locations in the US and Great Britain. We continue to support “14/48: HS,” an entirely student-run festival, and are in the middle of a five-year production agreement with ACT Theatre, making our signature festival a cornerstone of the ACTLab program. Our Partner Project program continues to support new work by festival veterans all around Seattle, most recently Infinity Box Theater Projects’ “Centrifuge 2.” The 14/48 Projects is led by President JodiPaul Wooster and Executive Director Shawn Belyea.

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Seattle International Butoh Festival 2018: Awakenings to be held July 5-15

Seattle’s DAIPANbutoh Collective’s 9th Annual Seattle International Butoh Festival 2018: Awakenings will include on-stage and site-specific performances, including several free offerings, along with lecture-demonstrations and butoh workshops by guest teachers. Highlights include the following events. For the complete schedule of special events, performances and workshops at www.daipanbutoh.com/ seattle-butoh-festival/ Advance tickets available at www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/3428956 including festival passes.

Featured International Guest Artist: Mushimaru Fujieda

Japanese butoh and performance artist Mushimaru Fujieda of Yakushima, Japan has performed internationally for over 20 years. He refers to his body of work as an expression of “Natural Physical Poetry.” Mushimaru has also worked as an actor, scriptwriter, and director since 1972. Butoh arose out of the recent tragic history of WWll, and Mushimaru’s work symbolically embodies the human tragedy during and after the war. (http://www. notus.dti.ne.jp/~mushimal/)

This year’s festival includes the following performances.

For a complete schedule of special events, performances and workshops visit www.daipanbutoh.com/seattle-butoh-festival/

FRIDAY/SATURDAY, JULY 6 & 7 at 8pm at Shoreline Community College Theater (16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline)

“Natural Physical Poet” – MUSHIMARU solo “period” – Choreographed & Performed by Mushimaru Fujieda – Sound Design: Lars Crosby, Phillip Kevin Brehee

“Walking Butoh” was created as a 45-year memorial of Mushimaru Fujieda’s performance activities. After premiering at the Sapporo International Butoh Festival in February 2017, it was performed at various locations in Japan, as well as Paris, Barcelona, Gdańsk, Tel Aviv, Portland, Mexico City, and Hong Kong.

Also, on July 6 new works by Sheri Brown, Dhyana Garcia Snyder & Alan Sutherland and by Kaoru Okumura Aoi Lee.

Also, on July 7 new works by Joan Laage & Shoko Zama and by Helen Thorsen and dancers.

Tickets: $22/$15 at Brown Paper Tickets; $25/$18 at the door.

SUNDAY, JULY 8 at 7pm at Taoist Studies Institute (225 N 70th St)

“Escapes & Reversals” – Created & Performed by Ginger Krebs (Chicago)

“I’m awed by the colossal efforts of human beings to speak back to systems of power, to become alive for ourselves and fully conscious. ”Escapes and Reversals” imagines a roast: honey-glazed, seductively garnished and incapable of quick get-away – “making do,” fighting for its life and transforming the severe limitations of its circumstance into testaments of power and grace.

“Death = Change” – Text & Movement by Mizu Desierto (Portland) –Sound: Indira Valey

“A number of years ago, my greatgreat Grandfather Lorenzo Fillicetti – an Arbëreshë-Italian from the small village of Parenti, Calabria – visited me in a dream. He asked me where I came from and what I was so afraid of … stating, “all death is is a change.” In a recent pilgrimage to my ancestral homeland, I am confronted mostly with the losses. I mourn a lot. I resuscitate wild queer witch dances. I fall in love with fluidity.”

Tickets: $15 at Brown Paper Tickets; $18 at the door.

THURSDAY, JULY 12 at 6pm at Myrtle Edwards Park (3130 Alaskan Way along the north end of the downtown waterfront)

“UNTITLED” – Created & Performed by Haruko Crow Nishimura (Seattle) – Music by Joshua Kohl

“UNTITLED” is a small excerpt from Nishimura’s recent work-in-progress project “SKELETON FLOWER,” which will be presented by STG (Seattle Theatre Group) as a full-scale production this fall/winter in Seattle. “SKELETON FLOWER” is a semiautobiographical exploration of a creative person’s struggle with identity, depression and the awakening of feminine power where healing and transformation are fueled by the secret medicine of fairytales.

“The Water’s Edge” – Explore, Examine, Experience

Local visual artist Isobel David begins her year-long investigation of the edges of water through visual art with DAIPANbutoh Collective dancers and visual artists at the Seattle International Butoh Festival. In nature, the boundary zone is a place of change and transition, actions and responses that are full of energy, creativity, inventiveness, origination of new species, and new growth. It requires a kind of faith to believe that this phenomenon continues in the face of cultural and climate disruption and the trajectory of loss of those ideals and forms which we rely on. At this event, we will explore the contrasts and transitions at this place of change.

This event is the first of many exploring

the edges of water features, endless shorelines abutting a changing urban metropolis, and in the future, submerges with underwater kelp beds, making art on location at receding glaciers, and at transition to desert, through mixed media painting, photography, and performance art.

SUPPORT

This year’s festival is made possible in part by funding from 4Culture’s Arts Sustained Support, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture’s Neighborhood & Community Arts Program, The Morgan Fund at Seattle Foundation’s Puget Sound Initiative, and DAIPANbutoh Collective’s generous individual donors.

Courtesy of DAIPANbutoh Collective

CANALÓN DE TIMBIQUÍ

Wednesday, July 25 | $19–$49

Ancestral sounds from the Afro-Colombian Pacific Coast recreate all the power and rhythm of the marimba. With 5 female vocalists, the group celebrates the jungle, the river, the miners, and the rich musical mix of African and Latin-American traditions unique to this region.

ROYAL JELLY JIVE

Wednesday, August 8 | $19–$39

Few bands have the ability to evoke an old-school throwback vibe and yet sound entirely fresh and new at the same time. Royal Jelly Jive is one of those bands. Combining elements of soul, rock, swing, and hip-hop, Royal Jelly Jive shakes up any dance-party and grooves harder than your typical rock n’ roll band dares to go.

DAMIEN ESCOBAR

Wednesday, August 22 | $19–$54

Four years ago, Damien Escobar was humbled by homelessness and depression. Today, he has reemerged as a thriving artist — and one of the world’s top violinists. An unprecedented story of triumph, Escobar can look back at his days playing the violin for change on the subway platforms of New York, to playing for Presidents in the White House.

ALL OUR EXES LIVE IN TEXAS

Wednesday, August 29 | $19–$39

All Our Exes Live in Texas is a quartet of Sydneybased singer-songwriters. Accompanying themselves on mandolin, ukulele, accordion, and guitar, this female folk band crafts stories from their lives into intricately harmonized tunes.

Violently unsubtle Purge prequel a dystopian nightmare

by Sara Michelle Fetters

SGN A&E Writer

THE FIRST PURGE

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No one would accuse any of the Purge films of being subtle. Set in the not-so-distant future, this stripped-down dystopian horror effort presents an America where, for one night a year, all crime - including murder - is legal. The brainchild of writer/ director James DeMonaco, each story showcases what might happen during this evening of debauchery and bloodshed. The 2013 initial entry focused on a suburban home invasion scenario with a wealthy Caucasian family forced to fight for their lives, while its 2014 follow-up The Purge: Anarchy opened up the concept and actually showcased what happens out on the streets of low-income minority neighborhoods. As for 2016’s The Purge: Election Year, DeMonaco took things to their logical conclusion, showing just how involved government officials and conservative religious zealots - almost all of them white, male, and very, very rich - were in ensuring that the poor, the disabled, and anyone of minority descent were left lifeless at the end of each and every Purge Night.

With the story pretty much reaching its climax during the last film, DeMonaco wraps things back to the beginning with The First Purge. Turning over the directorial reins to Gerard McMurray (Burning Sands), the story this time is set in an America that is much closer to the one we now live in. A right-wing wannabe oligarch has taken control of the presidency by using a mixture of fear-mongering, race-baiting, and craven subterfuge to convince U.S. citizens to elect him into office. Once in power, he and his minions, calling themselves the New Founding Fathers of America (NFFA), come up with a plan to allow all

crime to be legal overnight for one 12-hour period. Calling it “the Experiment,” this crazy idea will be tested on Staten Island, its low-income citizens offered a cool $5,000 if they remain in the city - more if they take part in the evening’s activities.

But this radical sociological theory, the brainchild of scientist Dr. Updale (Marisa Tomei), goes well beyond anything anyone could have imagined, especially after

this particular moment in history, albeit one without an evening of legalized rape, murder, and all of the rest. But the fear-mongering? The rampant lies? The race-baiting and escalation of tensions between the few haves and the numerous have-nots? The politicization of health care, the rights of immigrants, and social welfare programs designed to assist those in need? It’s all here, sitting alongside the stylized ultra-violence and the

the government secretly sends in disguised agitators, dressed in white supremacist regalia, to systematically kill everyone they encounter with extreme prejudice. It’s the template for what the NFFA hopes will become a national event, the seedlings for what will become Purge Night planted underneath the slums of the Staten Island apartment complexes where much of the slaughter will transpire.

It’s all as in-your-face and as exploitive as it sounds, DeMonaco not exactly hiding the fact this world he is imagining is very similar to the one we’re trying to live in right at

plethora of obvious, if still admittedly effective, jump scares.

While these movies have never honestly risen to the potential of DeMonaco’s premise, that for some reason also hasn’t made them any less compelling or diluted their ability to startle. It’s an odd franchise, one that hasn’t exactly gotten better as it has gone along but, at the same time, still manages to emotionally shock and satirically comment on real social and political problems in a way that is somewhat difficult to turn one’s eyes away from. It’s a mixed bag, and it’s hard not to wonder what might have

happened had these films sported a bit more intelligence and weren’t so didactically overt in their heavy-handed symbolism.

Even so, I’ve honestly found plenty to like about all the Purge pictures, even this one. The majority of the actors here acquit themselves admirably, most notably Y’lan Noel as a local drug kingpin who quickly surmises that the Experiment is just an excuse to eliminate Staten Island’s minority population and he and his crew are the last line of defense to make sure this doesn’t happen. Also quite good here is Lex Scott Davis as a longtime resident and activist who attempts to convince people to not take part in the evening’s events only to find herself forced to protect what matters most in her life using all means, including lethal ones, at her disposal. While no one is going to win an Academy Award for their efforts, the collective authenticity of the primary cast is never in doubt, and caring about whether they live or die is surprisingly easy to do.

I’m not sure what else there is to say. As far as The First Purge is concerned, Tomei’s appearance is more of a glorified cameo than it is anything else, and I can’t say the change from DeMonaco to McMurray in the director’s chair gives this prequel a narrative tone or a visual aesthetic all that far removed from its three predecessors. It’s all as bluntly heavy-handed as ever, this latest effort even going so far as to feature its very own villain who enjoys grabbing women by the youknow-where just so it can (rightfully) point out just how obscene and intolerable such behavior should be, even if its perpetrators are almost never held accountable. If you liked the other installments in this franchise you owe it to yourself to give this prequel a look, as it’s every bit as solid as they were. As for everyone else, why you’re even reading this review in the first place I honestly have no idea.

Ferocious Sicario sequel a violently exploitive thriller

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

SICARIO: DAY OF THE SOLDADO

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After a suicide bombing at a packed Kansas City store leads back to drug cartel coyotes bringing undercover terrorists across the southern border masquerading as migrant workers, the U.S. government covertly tasks federal agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) to create havoc in Mexico. They want him to start a war between cartel bosses, hopefully crippling their activities while also forcing the Mexican government to take lethal action for itself. Graver enlists the help of assassin Alejandro (Benicio Del Toro), the duo coming up with a plan to kidnap Isabel Reyes (Isabela Moner), the daughter of a powerful cartel chief, in order to sow the seeds of chaos.

At first all goes as planned. But while transporting the teenager back into Mexico to be looked after by authorities there, Graver’s military convoy is attacked by corrupt police working for the cartels. Forced to defend themselves, the soldiers slaughter more than a dozen officers while Isabel escapes into the desert during the confusion. When the unit heads back into the U.S. before Mexican authorities can make an international incident out of what has just happened, Alejandro stays behind to track the girl. What no one knows is that the carte blanche they’d been given by the White House has been rescinded thanks in large part to this one bloody firefight on the wrong side of the border, and that means all loose ends, including Isabel, need to be tied off.

Picking up some time after the events of 2015’s Sicario, screenwriter Taylor Sheridan continues Graver and Alejandro’s stories with Sicario: Day of the Soldado, an aggressively pugnacious sequel that’s a viscerally uncomforting descent into a self-created hell on earth overflowing in violence and death. New director Stefano Sollima (“Gomor-

rah”) picks up the reins from the departed Denis Villeneuve, and while he’s nowhere near the visually fluid cineaste his predecessor is, the filmmaker brings an exacting documentary-like feel to things that is assuredly confident. Far from an easy film, working in moral grey areas so noxious that breathing in their fumes for too long is dangerous to one’s health, this dramatic thriller is rough going, and as impressive as the film might be I’m equally not altogether sure I enjoyed watching this story play itself out to its ethically ambiguous conclusion.

While not the hushed gut-punch of an opener that the first film cleverly showcased, the prologue to this sequel is still brutally insidious in ways difficult to put into proper perspective. Sheridan and Sollima do not shy away from the senseless violence of the suicide attack, so much so the pair almost revels in the exploitive nuances at the core of its depiction. Watching how the pair depict what is happening on the southern border, the way in which they analyze the actions of the bombers, a casual viewer uninterested in digging deeper than surface level would undoubtedly conclude the filmmakers are parroting right-wing talking points – and might even feel the two are engaging in blatant racebased fear mongering.

The remainder of the film dissects those initial observations with thuggish specificity. Sheridan’s script is a blunt instrument that revels in a number of stereotypes, a great many of them disturbingly xenophobic. At the same time it also goes to great lengths to dissect the militarization of the border and decry the U.S. government’s all-toofrequent strategy of turning to bombs and bullets to solve complex problems relating to national security. Graver and Alejandro might be very good at their respective jobs, but the truth of the matter is their involvement oftentimes makes things worse, not better, and this is a simple truth each of them appears to be perfectly comfortable with.

This gives the movie a murky, morally

conflicted quality that is both a plus and a minus. The fact Sheridan is so willing to descend into such complicated depths of the human condition and the political consequences of violence is certainly laudable. That he so often has to utilize so many egregious and repugnant stereotypes to get there is just as unfortunate. The resultant movie fascinates and appalls in almost equal measure, which makes Isabel’s journey into this isolated and barren nightmare all the more difficult to endure.

I can say that Del Toro and Brolin are still outstanding, and young Moner brings a hauntingly mesmeric innocence to things that in the end is devastating. Sollima, while nowhere near the kinetically enthralling visualist Villeneuve is, still stages a handful of pugnaciously primeval moments that undeniably get the blood pumping. Channeling the late, great Jóhann Jóhannsson, who crafted the score for the original, composer Hildur Guðnadóttir’s (Tom of Finland ) music is instantly compelling, having a stirring, nerve-rattling eloquence that’s magnificent.

But Day of the Soldado is missing an anchoring presence like the one so mesmerizingly provided by Emily Blunt in the first film. It was through her FBI agent Kate Macer’s eyes (and to a lesser extent those of her partner Reggie Wayne, smoothly underplayed by a pre- Get Out Daniel Kaluuya) that we saw the starkly dreary immorality of life on the Mexico-U.S. border. It was also through her we were able to maintain both a sense of sanity and a connection to our own humanity as viewers. As Alejandro ominously tells her, “Nothing will make sense to your American ears, and you will doubt everything that we do, but in the end you will understand.” And that was true. As terrible as it all was, through her we were able to gain some sort of uneasy understanding of the maliciously loathsome events playing out up there on the cinema screen.

Here, however, there is no center. There is little to anchor one’s emotions upon, no

one to help give this growing sense of revulsion perspective. Alejandro and Graver, while not total monsters, know who they are and understand that the actions they undertake to battle the drug cartels aren’t exactly doing their immortal souls any semblance of good. Even when they do decide to take a stand against doing the unspeakable, that doesn’t mean they’re doing so for entirely selfless reasons. This sends the movie down a rabbit hole of ever-escalating detestation and cruelty that only grows more extreme and senseless, making this sequel an observational exercise of violence and inhumanity and precious little else.

Which is likely the point. It’s easy to simplify things, to say Sheridan and Sollima are doing nothing more than trading in racist caricatures and fascist stereotypes. But I do think what the filmmakers are attempting is far more complex than that, and by presenting this world and these characters as they do they’re making the argument that the whole dialogue around what to do about drug cartels and immigrants crossing the Mexico-U.S. border illegally is fundamentally rotten. The sequel wants to take U.S. government policies on how to deal with all of this to task, presenting them as jingoistic, short-sighted pieces of propaganda lunacy deserving not so much of reevaluation as of being dispensed with and dismantled altogether.

Does Sicario: Day of the Soldado achieve its goals? I don’t have an answer to that question. The way it presents so much of its mayhem and murder is more akin to a mid-1970s grindhouse exploitation thriller or a 1980s Cannon Films low-budget sensationalistic actioner than to its 2015 predecessor. Because there’s no focal point to what is happening, Sheridan’s script becomes a mishmash of themes and ideas that can offend just as often as they elucidate. As of right now, I’m just not sure what I think about this sequel, and until I do, I just don’t see how I can offer up any sort of recommendation for others to see it.

Quietly introspective Trace an emotionally inspirational character study

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

LEAVE NO TRACE

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Debra Granik rocked my world with Winter’s Bone, a searing, transcendent character study about an Ozark teenager who through sheer force of will manages to hold her family together while also unraveling the mystery behind her drug-dealing father’s disappearance. The movie made a star out of Jennifer Lawrence, who received her first Best Actress Academy Award nomination, while also managing somewhat surprising Oscar nods for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor for John Hawkes. It was also my pick for the best film of 2010 and as of right now sits comfortably in the upper echelon of my favorite pieces of cinema of the 21st century, so it should come as no surprise I’ve been waiting with bated breath for a while now to see what Granik had in store for us next.

That would be the engrossing, masterfully nuanced Pacific Northwest drama Leave No Trace. Based on the novel My Abandonment by Peter Rock, Granik’s movie is a quietly empathetic stunner featuring a magnificent performance from veteran actor Ben Foster and an even more impressive one from newcomer Thomasin McKenzie. They play Will and Tom, a father-daughter duo living under the radar in the eightsquare-mile expanse of Forest Park, located in the hills just outside Portland. They’re illegally camping, and as such they are constantly on the move, trying to stay one step ahead of the authorities as best they can.

Co-written with frequent collaborator Anne Rosellini, Granik’s latest is never quite what it appears to be. It’s a character study of a psychologically wounded everyman who views himself as his daughter’s savior, while she in turn slowly comes to realize there’s more to the world at large than what her father chooses to show her. During their

trips to the local VA hospital she gets the opportunity to see and interact with other psychologically wounded military vets and begins to learn there’s more to Will’s ailments than she ever realized. Progressively, Tom comes to see that her future prospects and overall happiness cannot be chained to her father’s current mental status. At the

authentic, the emotional progressions that subsequently transpire achieving a humanist resonance I fully embraced.

There’s a great, albeit brief, turn from Dale Dickey in a key supporting role that is as far removed from her ferociously primal Ozark matriarch in Winter’s Bone as anything I could have dreamt possible. There

same time, she refuses to leave him alone, instead hoping she can find him some sort of assistance that will allow him to heal and her to stay a vital part of his life.

It’s meditative, relatively simple stuff, events progressing with a thoughtful grace and a level of sympathetic understanding that’s remarkable. Granik allows her film to go practically silent at key moments, the sounds of nature, the hospital, or the hustle and bustle of the city the only sounds guiding Will and Tom to their next destination. Through this, the director discovers a level of cathartic communication and psychological rejuvenation that feels organically

is also stunning, reflectively sparse camerawork from Michael McDonough (Sunset Song) that held me spellbound. The way he and Granik utilize their frame is almost otherworldly, little clues leading to a bigger picture waiting for Tom to discover during her introspective investigation into the human psyche, most of them cleverly lurking right there in plain sight.

But it is the acting of the two leads that makes the film special. Foster has been an underrated and undervalued talent for years now. From 3:10 to Yuma to 30 Days of Night, from Ain’t Them Bodies Saints to Lone Survivor, from The Messenger to Hell or High

Water, the man has given so many memorably varied performances there just isn’t time to list them all. With Will he arguably does his finest work yet, inhabiting this wounded warrior and determinedly loving father in ways that even with my high appreciation of his abilities went far beyond anything I was ready for. He’s so restrained, so uncomfortable in his own skin, so breathtakingly superb I can’t help but hope that Oscar voters remember him when it comes time to cast their nomination ballots.

New Zealand talent McKenzie is maybe even more incredible. Much like she did with Lawrence in Winter’s Bone, Granik confidently directs another young actress, helping her find emotional nuances inside her character that go well beyond anything a casual viewer ever could have anticipated. McKenzie is fearless, unafraid to go absolutely still and absorb the quiet majesty of all that is happening around her, while in the very next instant she’s just as ready to purposefully stand up for herself and her future needs when the situation finally arises for her to do so. She’s mesmerizing, and there was never a moment I wanted to take my eyes off of her, Tom such an intriguing character I could hardly wait to learn what she was going to do next.

Unlike either Down to the Bone or Winter’s Bone, I can’t say I felt the same sense of urgency watching this motion picture as I felt the first time I sat down to take a look at Granik’s previous two endeavors. At the same time, the director’s restraint, her use of space, and her willingness to allow her talented actors the freedom to craft such magnetically vibrant performances, all of it is extraordinary. Leave No Trace is a human mystery where the clue to answering complex psychological riddles squarely resides in the familial bonds a father shares with his only daughter, Tom’s ability to see the bigger picture while also taking charge of her life on her own accord an inspirational stunner to say the least.

1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525

SEATTLE

BATHS

SEATTLE

CLUB Z - (men) 1117 Pike near Boren - 622-9958

CLUB Z - (men)

HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women)

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

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

C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE

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

1701 E. Olive Way - 726-0565

THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE

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

RETAIL SHOPS

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

GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577

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

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

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17

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

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

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

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

DOGHOUSE LEATHERS

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

MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537

NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358

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

FANTASY UNLIMITED

OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW

2027 Westlake Ave. - (206) 682-0167

THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - 588-0375

POCO WINE ROOM

1510 1st Ave - (206) 624-1784

1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463

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

POKE BAR - 1542 12th Ave - 402-5178

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

HERB(N) ELEMENTS

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

PURR - 1518 11th Ave. - 325-3112

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

LAUGHING BUDDHA TATTOO

R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828

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

1534 Broadway - (206) 329-8274

ROOT TABLE 2213 NW Market St. - 420-3214

NEW YORK EXCHANGE

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

CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD

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

2103 N. 45th - 545-8363

C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE

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

SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591

225 Broadway E. - (206) 726-3300

SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - 441-5449

ONYX LEATHER

STOUT -1530 11th Ave - 397-3825

TOULOUSE PETIT

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

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

THE CUFF COMPLEX

THE CANTERBURY

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

CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD

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

THE CRESCENT

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

THE CUFF COMPLEX

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

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

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

HOT MAMA’S PIZZA

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

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

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

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

THE LUMBER YARD

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

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

NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - (206) 324-5358

OUT WEST

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

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

POCO WINE ROOM

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

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

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

PURR - 2307 24th Ave E - (206) 325-3112

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

TOULOUSE PETIT

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

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

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

ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS

5633 Airport Way S - (206) 466-5954 9614 14th Ave SW - (206) 763-1347

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

601 Queen Anne Ave N - 432-9069

UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - 325-6492

PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHOP

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

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

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

THE FANTASY SHOP

9630 16th Ave. SW - (206) 762-3299

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

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

RETAIL

SHOPS

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

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17

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

1017 E. Pike St - 204-0126

DOGHOUSE LEATHERS

1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231

LA CONNER

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

HASHTAG - 3540 Stone Way N - 946-8157

NEW YORK EXCHANGE

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

225 Broadway E. - 726-3300

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

OZ - 3831 Stone Way N - 251-0630

PANACHE

OLYMPIA

225 Broadway E. - 726-3300

RUCKUS 1465 E Republican St. - 257-4805

DARBY’S CAFE

THE FANTASY SHOP

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

9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299

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

PORT ANGELES

709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446

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

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

SPOKANE

WILD AT HEART 1111 NW Leary Way - 782-5538

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

THE BLIND BUCK

BELLINGHAM

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

GLOBE BAR AND KITCHEN

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

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

NYNE BAR AND BISTRO

RUMORS CABARET 1119 Railroad - (306) 671-1849

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

DES MOINES

ADULT AIRPORT

EVERETT

KENT

TACOMA

LA CONNER

CASTLE SUPERSTORE 6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd.

OLYMPIA

PORT ANGELES

SPOKANE

TACOMA

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.

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

7

35th Annual International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs Convention (July 4-8). puddletownsquares.org.

Emerald City Softball Association - 2018 Emerald City Classic (July 7-8). See details under Tournament menu at www.emeraldcitysoftball.org.

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

Positively Living Coffee Social. 9:30am-12 noon. Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. Anthony, 206-957-1600. Sponsored by LIfelong.

Gay City Rainbow Health Fair. 12 noon-4pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E Pike St. Services offered at 20th annual event include gender-affirming hormone care, massage, acupuncture, mammograms, and more. (Hormone care and mammograms require appointment. See www.gaycity.org/event/rainbow-health-fair/)

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Green Lake Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. Every Saturday - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at the Wading Pool (along the north end of the lake). Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 393-3400;. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. Northwest Bears Potluck and Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear admirers. www.nwbears.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.

SUNDAY - July 8

35th Annual International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs Convention (July 4-8). puddletownsquares.org.

Emerald City Softball Association - 2018 Emerald City Classic (July 7-8). See details under Tournament menu at www.emeraldcitysoftball.org. Center for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Workship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship. 1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching. Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org

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

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

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

Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Senior students lead the meditation, provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion. (206) 329-5908; www.LotusSisters.org. (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

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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” under Meetup.com or DharmaBuddies.org. (Women are invited to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

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

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

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12 noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. MEETS DAILY (except Saturday). Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12- tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Green Lake Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. Every Sunday. (See related event Saturday at noon for details.) Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/ Weds/Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. See website for location. Meets 2nd & 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities,

& discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org

Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org

Dignity/Seattle. 6pm-Prayer Service. Ravenna United Methodist Church, 5751 33rd Ave NE. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Dignity/Seattle is the local chapter of the nationwide organization of GLBT Roman Catholics. “We celebrate our inherent dignity with pride in liturgy, mutual support, work for justice, & social activities.” Gender-inclusive & relationship affirming liturgies & prayer services. All welcome. (206) 325-7314. Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Capitol Lounge, 916 E Pike St. Every Sunday. Go-go dancers at 10:30pm; drag show at midnight. 21+ ID required. $10 cover. Co-sponsored by Entre Hermanos.

MONDAY - July 9

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Monday starting 3/26 - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at Black Sun sculpture across from museum. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 393-3400;. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. SLAA New Beginnings: 12 Steps of SLAA. 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201, in the O’Neill Room. Every Monday. SLAA step-study meeting starting with Step One in “A Gentle Path.” The meeting is open to anyone interested in doing 12-step work. No matter where you are in the steps, or if you haven’t begun, feel

free to join us. Books, paper, and pens provided. You need only bring your willingness to grow!

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

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

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org

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

PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses, & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

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

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.)

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 10

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

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.

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Alki Beach Walk. 2-3pm. 61st Ave SW & Alki Ave SW. Every Tuesday - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at Statue of Liberty statue. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call ((206) 393-3400;. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.

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. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org

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. Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Home Street Bank, 7307 Greenwood Ave N. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. Please contact group facilitator Mandi Gunderson, (206) 471-2352 prior to attending. [NOTE: Information updated March 2018.]

Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor. Meets 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

Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at (206) 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com

Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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 11

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 Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday. (See related event Monday at noon for details.) Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. 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

Positively Living. 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. Anthony, 206-957-1600. 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 POZ Seattle and Positively Living Monthly Social. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Food, music, 50/50 raffle. $5 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. www.pozseattle.com.

Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Every Wednesday. This month’s title: “The Grow House” by Nick DiMartino. 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.

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 7pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets 2nd Wednesday most months - check website to confirm details. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org

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

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

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

Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organi-

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zation for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org

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

THURSDAY - July 12

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

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Green Lake Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. Every Thursday - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at the Wading Pool (along the north end of the lake). Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 393-3400;. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.

Seattle Prime Timers Cards. 2pm. Ballard NW Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW. near The Locks. Meets 2nd Thursday each month in the Arts & Crafts Room on the 2nd floor to play Hearts, Cribbage or Bridge depending on who shows up. Beginners are welcome. On Metro routes 44 and 17X.

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.

Capitol Hill Arts Walk. 5-8pm. Participating shops & galleries in the Pike/Pine corridor. 2nd Thursday each month. Keep your eyes out for curbside A-boards that mark each participating venue. Pick up a walking map from any location & you’re on your way. Enjoy refreshments & meet the featured artists as you stroll the Hill. www.caphillchamber.org

Queer Parent Networking Dinners. 6-8pm. NW Network Community Engagement Center - phone, email or visit website for location. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirit, Queer & Questioning families - including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child. RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and childcare. (206) 568-7777 or qpnd@nwnetwork.org. www.nwnetwork.org

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

Seattle 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

PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First United Methodist Church, 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma. Meets 2nd Thursday 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. www.pflagtacoma.org; PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 234-9790. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

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

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

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

FRIDAY - July 13

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

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Kubota Gardens Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 9817 55th Ave S. Every Friday - Come Rain or Shine! - Meet at the corner of

55th Ave S and Renton Ave S. Hot coffee and beautiful Rainbow umbrellas to use “just in case.” For info, call (206) 393-3400;. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride. Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Ongoing 12step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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

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

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org

Cascades Rainbow Community Center - in Mount Vernon 6:30-10:30pm. 1508 N 18th St, Mount Vernon. Most Fridays. Weekly social get-togethers including potlucks and movie nights for LGBTQAI folks in Skagit County and beyond. The Center has the largest LGBTQAI library in Skagit County with an online catalog of their collection. (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook. (Check Facebook page to confirm meetings.)

Game Night. 7pm-11pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Card games, board games and fellowship. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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

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

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

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201 - in the O’Neill Room. Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org; (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

SATURDAY - July 14

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Orca Swim Team’s 19th Annual Fat Salmon SwimREGISTRATION DEADLINE Tuesday, July 10. 6-7am check-in at Madison Beach; 7:05am pre-race meeting - MANDATORY for all swimmers; 7:20am carpool to starting point at Day Street Boat Ramp near I-90 bridge; 8:15am start for 1st of 5 waves of swimmers each wave following in 3 minute increments. 3.2 mile competitive swim from Day Street Boat Ramp near I-90 bridge to Madison Beach. Complete details at www. fatsalmonswim.com.

A Gathering of Men in Edmonds 8:15-11:30am. Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. We create a safe, confidential & sacred space in which a man can speak his truth from the heart, to heal & empower himself. We are fiercely non-political, non-sectarian & non-judgmental. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.org

Seattle Latinx Pride 2018. 10am-5pm. El Centro de la Raza, Roberto Maestas Plaza, 2524 16th Ave S. Entertainment, dancing, food, community resources, vendors, and much more! Let’s celebrate our LGBTQ and Latino/a/x identities. Everyone is invited. latinxprideseattle.com; www.somosseattle.org

Summer Fun Outdoor Market - in Tacoma. 10am-5pm. Bethany United Methodist Church, 5634 S Park Ave, Tacoma. Jewelry, baked goods, plants, fused glass, and more! Free kids area.

Tacoma Pride 2018 - Rainbow Center’s Annual LGBTQA Pride Event. 12 noon-6pm, Pacific Avenue at S 9th St, Tacoma. Free, all-ages, family-friendly, ASL-interpreted festival featuring more than 100 community resource, food, and street vendors, plus live music, circus and vaudeville performances, drag acts, guest speakers, and dignitaries. Stage lineup includes SISTERS, Mirrorgloss, The Little Donuts, DJ Lady V, ISCOT, Glitteratti, Jay 5, Jenuwine Beaute, and Lady Chablis. Beer garden, local vendors, Kids’ Zone. http:// tacomapride.org/ Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character of the neighborhood. For information stop into Georgetown Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www. georgetownneighborhood.com

Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up maps at participating shops & galleries located in the Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market St area). Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Enjoy an evening of art as local galleries & businesses show-

case artists from Ballard & beyond. (206) 784-9705; visitballard.com

Melissa Etheridge and Leann Rimes. 8pm. Tulalip Resort Casino Amphitheatre, 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd, Tulalip. Superstar Melissa Etheridge is joined by Leann Rimes for a night of hits under the stars. Tickets and information at www.tulalipresortcasino.com or (360) 716-6000.

SUNDAY - July 15

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

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

Gay Day at Wild Waves. 11am-7pm. Wild Waves Theme Park, 36201 Enchanted Parkway S, Federal Way. The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic and Rainier Empire presents the 4th annual Gay Day at Wild Waves! This family-friendly event takes place in the picnic area at Wild Waves and Enchanged Village, but you get access to the entire park. Visit https://m. facebook.com/ISCSORE for more information. Bellingham Pride Parade & Festival. 12 noon-4pm. Parade starts at noon at corner of Halleck and Ohio streets, travels along Cornwall Ave and ends at Depot Market Square (1100 Railroad Ave) where festival runs until 4pm. Featuring vendors, children’s activities, and appearances by local and state dignitaries. Come join the fun! www.bellinghampride.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.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com

Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse. org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org

MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www.tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org.

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

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

Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly. org

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

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

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

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phetamine 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

Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; (206) 451-SAFE; (206) 451-7233.

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

Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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

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

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org

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

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

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

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

(425) 339-5298.

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

SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@ camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www.

rainbowcntr.org

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; OUT There Adventures: www. outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 3257724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 7268500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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Therapeutic massage. 30 years experience. Relaxation, major/minor injuries, chronic muscle pain. Small Ballard home office/studio. Massage table or massage chair. Convenient parking. (I’m a Gay-friendly straight male graphic artist, web author.) First session 50% off = $45/1.5 hours (travel extra). By appointment only. References available. Chris Pringer, Reiki Master, 206-286-0899. If you get a voice message mentioning “extension #,” please hang up and call back again; otherwise, please leave a message. Brochure, testimonials, etc. via chalicebridge.com/BMI-Brochure. html. 44/21

PETS OF THE WEEK

Adoption Center

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Is your life missing a furry friend? Now is the perfect time to open your world to a pet in need. Coldwell Banker’s Homes for Dogs program with Adopt-a-pet.com has helped place 20,000 dogs into homes across the country. Could your place be the next happy ending for a pet in need? Make your house a home by visiting the shelter and bringing back the pet of your dreams.

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Given by highly trained LMP. I specialize in injury treatment, acute, chronic, and repetitive stress motion. I have a studio on CapHill, and one just north of the UW. Insurance accepted. Matt Shafer, LMP, 206-2357766. 27/12

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Given by highly-trained, clean-cut, handsome guy. I have two private studios, one on CapHill, and one just north of the UW. Call/text Matt, 206-235-7766. In/ out calls. 27/12

Squash

Meet Squash, a handsome 8-year-old brown tabby! He's a very sweet and soft fellow who's currently looking for a quiet home to relax in. Squash is a sweet guy that enjoys endless pets and has quickly become a staff and volunteer favorite! He is an easy-going cat that would fit in great in any home.

As with all of our cats, Squash is neutered, microchipped and vaccinated. All of our cats have been tested for Feline Leukemia/ FIV and go home with a certificate for an examination by a King County veterinarian and their very own identification tag and collar. PLUS, most cat adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion - a great way to start off on the right paw!

Mango is a 9-year-old Chihuahua mix who is sweet and gentle! Mango is an incredibly sweet, loving and cuddly little guy. He enjoys staring out the window any chance he gets and is always up for a walk or ride in the car. Mango stayed with a big Labradoodle as well as a senior Shih Tzu and loved being part of the pack. Mango is a fragile little man but also has an adventurous spirit. He loves his little wicker basket and feels most comfortable with a place to retreat to, like a large crate. Mango will add so much to your life – you will be so happy to take him home! He loves going for slow walks where he can stop and sniff everything around him. He loves curling up in his dog bed for a long nap. Meet Mango at Seattle Humane!

As with all of our dogs, Mango has been neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and behavior tested. He will go home with a certificate for a veterinary examination and an identification tag. PLUS, most dog adoptions include six weeks of training in one of our on-campus dog behavior courses - a great way to start off on the right paw!

Introduce to children over the age of 6. Resident dogs are required to visit Mango prior to adoption. Introduce to cats. Please see our adoption advisors for additional behavior information.

RAIN CITY JACKS

RCJ is Seattle’s private club hosting hundreds of group jack-off events since 2005. Hot, friendly, and genuine male bonding for men 18+ only. Email or visit our web site for information. info@raincityjacks.org; www. raincityjacks.org. 18/12

FREE & ANONYMOUS HIV & STD COUNSELING/TESTING Walk-In or by Appt GAY CITY HEALTH PROJECT 517 E. Pike St. M-F: 3pm-8pm; SAT: 12:30pm-5pm More Info & to Schedule Appt 206-860-6969