SIFF celebrates its films and filmmakers with the Golden Space Needle Audience Awards. Selected by Festival audiences, awards are given in six categories: Best Film, Best Documentary, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Short Film. This year, over 80,000 ballots were submitted.
The 2018 Golden Space Needle Awards are created by Seattle artist, Piper O’Neill. More about O’Neill at piperoneill.net.
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST FILM
Eighth Grade, directed by Bo Burnham (USA 2018)
First runner-up: The Last Suit, directed by Pablo Solarz (Argentina/Poland/Spain/France/Germany 2017)
Second runner-up: Champions, directed by Javier Fesser (Spain 2018)
Third runner-up: C’est la vie!, directed by Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano (France/Canada/Belgium 2017)
Fourth runner-up: Supa Modo, directed by Likarion Wainaina (Kenya/Germany 2018)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST DOCUMENTARY
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?, directed by Morgan Neville (USA 2018)
First runner-up: Pick of the Litter, directed by Don Hardy Jr., Dana Nachman (USA 2017)
Second runner-up: Return to Mount Kennedy, directed by Eric Becker (USA 2018)
Third runner-up: The Most Dangerous Year, directed by Vlada Knowlton (USA 2018)
Fourth runner-up: The Russian Five, directed by Joshua Riehl (USA 2018)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST DIRECTOR
Gustav Möller, The Guilty (Denmark 2018)
First runner-up: Pablo Solarz, The Last Suit (Argentina/Poland/Spain/France/Germany 2017)
Second runner-up: Megan Griffiths, Sadie (USA 2018)
Third runner-up: Debra Granik, Leave No Trace (USA 2018)
Fourth runner-up: Albert Dupontel, See You Up There (France 2017)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST ACTOR
Miguel Ángel Solá, The Last Suit (Argentina/Poland/Spain/France/Germany 2017)
First runner-up: Jakob Cedergren, The Guilty (Denmark 2018)
Second runner-up: Ethan Hawke, First Reformed (USA 2017)
Third runner-up: Jim Cummings, Thunder Road (USA 2018)
Fourth runner-up: Ben Foster, Leave No Trace (USA 2018)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST ACTRESS
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade (USA 2018)
First runner-up: Rhaechyl Walker, My Name is Myeisha (USA 2018)
Second runner-up: Sophia Mitri Schloss, Sadie (USA 2018)
Third runner-up: Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Leave No Trace (USA 2018)
Fourth runner-up: Ana Brun, The Heiresses (Paraguay/Uruguay/Germany/Brazil/Norway/France 2018)
GOLDEN SPACE NEEDLE AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM
Emergency, directed by Carey Williams (USA 2017)
First runner-up: About the Birds and the Bees, directed by J.J. Vanhanen (Finland 2017)
Second runner-up: Wishing Box, directed by Wenli Zhang, Nan Li (USA 2017)
Third runner-up: Cats Cradle, directed by Jonathan Napolitano (USA 2018)
Fourth runner-up: Wave, directed by Benjamin Cleary, TJ O’Grady Peyton (Ireland 2017)
LENA SHARPE AWARD FOR PERSISTENCE OF VISION
Presented by Women in Film – Seattle
Dana Nachman, Pick of the Litter (USA 2017)
This award is given to the female director’s film that receives the most votes in public balloting at the Festival. Lena Sharpe was co-founder and managing director of Seattle’s Festival of Films by Women Directors and a KCTS-TV associate who died in a plane crash while on assignment. As a tribute to her efforts in bringing the work of women filmmakers to prominence, SIFF created this special award and asked Women in Film - Seattle to bestow it.
SIFF 2018 COMPETITION AWARDS
SIFF confers five juried competition awards: SIFF Official Competition, Ibero-American Competition, New Directors Competition, New American Cinema Competition (FIPRESCI Prize), and Documentary Competition. The winners in each juried competition receives $5,000 in cash.
SIFF 2018 OFFICIAL COMPETITION WINNER
The SIFF Official Competition is juried by a team of international industry members, and are selected by SIFF programmers for their cinematic excellence. The SIFF Official Competition Jury members were James Faust (Dallas International Film Festival), Lael Loewenstein (Box Office Online), and Ania Trzebiatowska (Autlook Filmsales).
GRAND JURY PRIZE
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (d: Muayad Alayan, Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/Mexico 2018)
JURY STATEMENT: The Official Competition Jury Award goes to a work that through its complex and multi-dimensional characters tells a familiar story of infidelity in an original and wholly disarming way. We were struck by the unexpected journey taken by the two female leads towards empowerment, particularly given the political and social climate of a modern day divided Jerusalem. The Official Competition Jury Award goes to The Reports on Sarah and Seleem.
SPECIAL JURY MENTION
The Heiresses (d: Marcelo Martinessi, Paraguay/Uruguay/Germany/Brazil/Norway/ France 2018)
JURY STATEMENT: We would like acknowledge The Heiresses, a remarkable first feature from Paraguay by Marcelo Martinessi.
2018 Entries:
The Devil’s Doorway (d: Aislinn Clarke, United Kingdom 2018, World Premiere)
Garbage (d: Qaushiq Mukherjee, India 2018, North American Premiere)
The Heiresses (d: Marcelo Martinessi, Paraguay/Uruguay/Germany/Brazil/Norway/ France 2018, US Premiere)
Leave No Trace (d: Debra Granik, USA 2018)
Luna (d: Elsa Diringer, France 2017)
Pig (d: Mani Haghighi, Iran 2018, North American Premiere)
Team Hurricane (d: Annika Berg, Denmark 2017)
The Reports on Sarah and Saleem (d: Muayad Alayan, Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/Mexico 2018, North American Premiere)
Something Useful (d: Pelin Esmer, Turkey/France/Netherlands/Germany 2017, North American Premiere)
About SIFF
Founded in 1976, SIFF creates experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world with the Seattle International Film Festival, SIFF Cinema, and SIFF Education. Recognized as one of the top film festivals in North America, the Seattle International Film Festival is the longest, most highly attended film festival in the United States, reaching more than 145,000 annually. The 25-day festival is renowned for its wide-ranging and eclectic programming, presenting over 400 features, short films, and documentaries from over 80 countries each year. SIFF Cinema exhibits premiere theatrical engagements, repertory, classic, and revival film showings 363 days a year on five screens at the SIFF Cinema Uptown, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, and SIFF Film Center, reaching more than 175,000 attendees annually. SIFF Education offers educational programs for all audiences serving more than 10,000 students and youth in the community with free programs each year.
Courtesy of SIFF
Wendy Jo Carlton to produce queer feature Good Kisser this September in Seattle
A maker of independent, female-oriented queer movies for two decades, awardwinning writer/director Wendy Jo Carlton is prepping to shoot her next feature in Seattle entitled, Good Kisser. Casting is currently underway.
A story of an awkward love triangle between three women on the night they plan to sleep together, Good Kisser promises to be erotic and awkwardly amusing.
Often working under micro-budget constraints, Carlton previously directed the lesbian drama, Hannah Free (starring Emmy-winner Sharon Gless of “Cagney & Lacey” and “Queer As Folk” fame), the first lesbian musical romance, Jamie and Jessie are Not Together, and two seasons of the award-winning lesbian dramedy series, “Easy Abby.”
Carlton has also had short films in festivals around the globe, including The American Film Institute, Sundance, SIFF, and Outfest.
Production of Good Kisser is set for early September in and around Seattle. Look for exciting casting and soundtrack announcements soon, as The Seattle Lesbian’s Sarah
by Scout Leonard
The Seattle Lesbian
Toce will be following behind the scenes of the production of Carlton’s sexy new super gay movie.
Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade – Photo courtesy of A24
Wendy Jo Carlton – Photo courtesy of The Seattle Lesbian
Beautifully abhorrent
Hereditary a terrifying jolt of madness
by Sara Michelle Fetters
SGN A&E Writer
HEREDITARY
Now playing
Artist Annie Graham’s (Toni Collette) mother is dead. She’s conflicted as to how she should feel, the two of them not very close. However, the woman was especially kind and attentive to Annie and husband Steve’s (Gabriel Byrne) youngest child Charlie (Milly Shapiro), the two of them sharing a bond that seemed to transcend normal grandmother-granddaughter relationships. As for oldest child Peter (Alex Wolff), it’s hard to know what he is feeling, the quiet, soft-spoken teenager happier to crush on one of his pretty classmates or sneak a joint with one of his few friends behind the high school gym than he is to talk with his parents about any of his emotional upheavals.
It all sounds normal enough. Still, there is a surreal air of plaintive mystery residing inside the Graham house, and Annie finds herself absolutely unable to shake the sense that there is something tragically terrible coming their way. After an unbelievable accident rocks the entire family, this artist, wife and parent begins to crumble inside of herself like she never has before, obsessing over her late mother’s history of mental illness and spending an inordinate amount of time with a new friend she met at a grief support group named Joan (Ann Dowd) than could potentially be healthy. Much to Steve’s chagrin and to Peter’s growing terror, Annie also claims to be conversing with someone from beyond the grave, and it soon becomes an open question as to whether she is losing her mind or if she really is making paranormal contact with spirits from the other side of death’s door.
As if trying to see if it would be possible to combine Ordinary People, The Shining, Don’t Look Back, The Ice Storm, Repulsion, Little Children, The Innocents, In the Bedroom and Rosemary’s Baby into one cohesive, terrifyingly intimate narrative, writer/director Ari Aster makes a noteworthy debut with the powerfully unsettling, emotionally dexterous horror melodrama Hereditary. Propelled forward by an austere, perfectly calibrated score by musician Colin Stetson (Blue Caprice) and featuring unnerving, beautifully disquieting cinematography from newcomer Pawel Pogorzelski (Tragedy Girls), this movie gets off on the right foot immediately. But it is Collette’s stunning, career-best performance that is the anchor point all events happening here are born from, the veteran actress so dialed into the style and tone of Aster’s story imaging it without her is frankly impossible.
How do people deal with their grief? Is tragedy like an aggressive disease, and once it grabs hold of the familial nervous
system is there no treatment or cure that will eradicate it without causing additional pain? What are the ways people try and communicate with one another after death strikes and the survivors are left to pick up the pieces? Does fate play a part? Is there a higher power? Does God exist? Does the Devil? Is the supernatural real? Or is it only another bit of fluffy nonsense we delude ourselves into believing in order to ease a pain born out of a deep-rooted inability to forgive one’s own self for missteps taken walking upon life’s seemingly never-ending highway?
I can’t say all of those questions are asked in Aster’s debut, but there are times throughout the story where it feels as if they are. The director has his mind set on a fairly expansive set of themes and ideas, and the way he attempts to sort through them all is as freewheeling and as imprecise as Annie’s failing psychological grasp is to all that may or may not be happening inside the secluded house she and her family call home. There is a growing dread that permeates things right down into the roots, the evil attempting to blossom so expansive and destructive it will burn the souls of all who encounter it right down to ash.
There is a point where the center is modified, where Annie is no longer standing in the spotlight and another is reluctantly forced to take her place. It’s a somewhat jarring tonal shift, and I’m not certain that I feel Aster pulls it off. Part of this is because Collette is just so spectacular, so magnificent, having her no longer be the driving influence on what is transpiring takes getting used to. This had a great deal to do with the fact that my emotional attachment to other members of the Graham family wasn’t as strong as it was with Annie. She was the one I cared about. She was the one I wanted desperately to understand. Even so, the place Aster ultimately takes things to, while not entirely unexpected, is still gutwrenching in its power to unnerve and startle, the last scene so fundamentally ghastly in its gorgeous abhorrence I was almost struck dumb by what it was I just had sat there and witnessed.
In the end I’m forced to be vague about a lot of what goes on here. Aster’s debut not only gives Collette a spellbinding showcase that by all rights should earn her an Oscar nomination (but because this is a horror movie frustratingly probably will not do so), it also marks the arrival of a major filmmaker whose follow-up will immediately vault to the top of my must-see list for whatever calendar year it ends up being released in. This is high-octane nightmare fuel that had me shivering all the way home with my stomach twisted into a series of painful knots I had trouble believing I was ever going to be able to unwind, Hereditary a go-for-broke stunner overflowing in a myriad of petrifying mysteries many will be attempting to decipher for a number of years to come.
Bullock’s gaggle of fashionably fabulous gals clothe Ocean’s Eight in fun
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer
OCEAN’S EIGHT
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The question one must ask when reviewing Ocean’s Eight is just how much to say about the film in order to not inadvertently give away any of its secrets. Not so much because the twists and turns hiding inside director Gary Ross (Pleasantville, The Hunger Games) and Olivia Milch’s (Dude) clever little screenplay are difficult to figure out (sadly most of them are not) but more because seeing them come to life on their own without any sort of foreknowledge is honestly kind of sensational, there’s so much to love here. A continuation in spirit of the three all-star heist films director Steven Soderbergh and star George Clooney took pleasure in creating back in the earlyto-mid 2000’s, this female-driven variation is an enjoyable change of pace that makes its own stiletto-heeled mark upon the genre. It’s a heck of a lot of fun, and spelling things out any more than that feels slightly like overkill.
Fresh out of spending five years in prison, Debbie Ocean (Sandra Bullock) heads to New York and quickly meets up with best friend and former partner Lou (Cate Blanchett). She already has a plan for a heist, one that will net countless millions if they are able to pull it off. Debbie wants to rob Cartier of a priceless, six-pound diamond necklace, and in order to get access to it they’re going to surreptitiously convince them to loan the piece to international movie star Daphne Kluger (Anne Hathaway) so she can wear it to the annual Met Gala.
To assist them the pair enlist the help of fashion designer Rose Weil (Helena Bonham Carter), diamond merchant Amita (Mindy Kaling), computer hacker Nine Ball (Rihanna), pickpocket Constance (Awkwafina) and retired fence and current suburban housewife and mother Tammy (Sarah Paulson). Debbie also procures the unknowing aid of a former boyfriend, wellknown New York art gallery owner Claude Becker (Richard Armitage), figuring no one in the crew will hold it against her if she adds an asterisk to the job that could earn her some richly deserved revenge against a smarmy bastard who played a major role in sending her to prison half-a-decade ago.
While not nearly as well put together as either of Soderbergh/Clooney’s Ocean’s Eleven and Ocean’s Thirteen were, Ross and Milch have nonetheless managed to craft a reasonably engaging little heist comedy that’s overflowing with energetic joy. The well-dressed cast is fully engaged, all of them slipping into their respective roles with vivacious and confident ease. Bullock turns out to be an instantly believable, and surprisingly lovable, ringleader and mastermind to this eclectic crew of thieves, and
I loved that she didn’t just try to emulate Clooney and instead brought her own effervescent spark that feels unique to her and to this character and nothing else after that. Blanchett is almost too cool, too perfect as her best friend, the dynamic actress slipping inside Lou’s chicly tough, yet decidedly feminine skin so effortlessly I couldn’t take my eyes off of her each time she strutted into a scene.
The rest of the cast have their respective moments, Bonham Carter, Rihanna and Paulson in particular. But it is Hathaway who comes closest to absconding with the entire picture right out from underneath her co-stars, the actress delivering a comedic performance that’s right up there with some of the best work of her career. Her Daphne is a walking self-deluded egotistical Hollywood stereotype come to dazzling, scenestealing life, and watching the actress give her life with such fearless abandon is frankly delightful. But Hathaway has more cards to play than are initially apparent, and when the opportunity arises for her to flip the script and do something unexpected the Les Misérables Oscar-winner makes sure to make the most of it. It’s a flabbergasting turn of unbridled excellence that had me giggling in gleeful appreciation, and in some ways I almost wish the character could have been involved in all of this subterfuge more than she actually is.
There isn’t a lot of tension, and I can’t say there was ever a point I ever thought Debbie or any of her crew were in any danger of being caught. This makes the third act appearance of a dogged insurance investigator, played with noticeable gusto by James Corden, slightly underwhelming, while an additional reveal near the end, as cute as it might have been, really only exists to remind us all that this film does indeed remain linked to the three other maledominated ones that came before it. I also can’t say this is going to stick with me like Ocean’s Eleven has, and other than wanting someone to please gift me every single outfit Bullock, Blanchett, Hathaway and Paulson wear (especially Blanchett’s) in the movie the ins and outs of many of the particular plot strands themselves have already started to evaporate from my memory not 24-hours after my press screening.
Not that it matters. Ocean’s Eight stole my heart, and the theft of it has me grinning ear-to-ear. If this is the start to a new continuation of the franchise, and if the casts from the previous ones were to start intermingling with the one from this latest endeavor, I think my excitement level for such a thing might leap into the stratosphere never to come back down to earth. Bullock, Blanchett and the rest of these gals do a bang-up job making away with the goods, the enjoyment factor so high it almost feels criminal to have had as much fun watching this little trifle of a comedic heist thriller as I ultimately did.
Toni Collette in Hereditary – Photo courtesy of A24
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SATURDAY - June 16
(See also PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR)
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. Fremont Fair & Parade - Seattle’s Solstice Tradition (6/16 & 6/17). 10am-8pm, Fremont Ave N & N 35th-36th Sts. Live music, beer gardens, crafts market. Solstice Parade at 1pm, begins at NW 36th St & Leary Way NW, ends at Gasworks Park. Info: www.fremontfair.com. Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Green Lake Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 7201 E Green Lake Dr. N. Every Saturday. Meet at the Wading Pool (along the north end of the lake). For info, call (206) 393-3400;. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.
Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. Meets 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary. Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP: www.longhair.shorturl.com. Queer Pride on Whidbey. 2pm (assemble at 12 noon). Downtown Langley. Fifth annual Queer Pride on Whidbey (QPOW) parade celebrates the LGBTQ+ community of Whidbey Island. Pre-registration (free) available at www.qpowhidbey.com/register, or in person at the former LMS Bus parking lot at 565 Camano Ave. For more information, visit www.qpowhidbey.com or www. facebook.com/queerpridewhidbey.
Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave (behind Seattle Central College). Enter via the north parking lot and get a permit for free parking. Meets 3rd Saturday most months. Cost: $4 per person (please try to bring exact change) to help pay for the meeting room rental. Please bring a dish that will serve eight or more to share. Within walking distance of Metro routes 8, 10, 11, 49, 60, Capitol Hill LINK Light Rail station, Capitol Hill streetcar. www.seattleprimetimers.org
Mariners Pride Ticket Special. 5:15pm. Safeco Field. See our Mariners take on the Boston Red Sox. $51 view/$65 main level includes ticket, wearable Pride flag, pregame party, and $5 GSBA scholarship donation. Information at www.mariners.com/pride.
Mature Friends Annual Banquet. 6pm (cocktails) 7pm (dinner). Women’s University Club, 1105 6th Ave. RSVP and more information: www.maturefriends.org.
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. Purple Xperience: A Tribute to Prince. 8pm. Orca Ballroom at Tulalip Resort Casino, 10200 Quil Ceda Blvd, Tulalip. Tickets start at $25 and are available at https://bit.ly/2DgOeO9.
SUNDAY - June 17
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
(See also PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR)
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
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
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Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org
University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org
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.
Fremont Fair - Seattle’s Solstice Tradition (6/16 & 6/17). 11am-6pm. Fremont Ave N & N 35th-36th Sts. Live music, beer gardens, crafts market, dog parade (2:30pm). Info: www.fremontfair.com.
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.)
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 noon1:30pm. 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. Meet at the Wading Pool (along the north end of the lake). For info, call (206) 393-3400. Wheelchairfriendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.
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 Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. (contact for new location) Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically non-monogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.
Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. 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. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.
MONDAY - June 18
(See also PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR) Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Monday. Meet at Black Sun sculpture across from museum. 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.
Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave Rm 221. Meets 3rd Monday each month (except December). SWC is a 20-member volunteer advisory board that advises the Mayor, City Council, & all City of Seattle departments on matters concerning women & women’s rights. Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4537.
PFLAG/Kitsap County (Bremerton) Monthly Meeting. 6-7pm. Kitsap Pride, 532 5th Ave #20, Bremerton Meets 3rd 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. www.kitsappflag.org and on Facebook. kitsappflag@yahoo.com. (888) 636-0652. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.
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/Everett (Snohomish County) Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Stillaguamish Public Meeting Room #1, Robert J. Drewell Bldg., 3000 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd 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. www.pflageverett.org; 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 - June 19
(See also PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR) 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. Tuesday Meet at Statue of Liberty statue. For info, call (206) 393-3400. Wheelchair-friendly walk. Sponsored by Generations Aging With Pride.
Capitol Hill Light Rail Station Development Groundbreaking Ceremony. 5-7pm, Capitol Hill Station, Broadway at Denny Way. Celebrate the long-awaited start of mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented development construction above the neighborhood’s Link light rail station. Food and drinks, live music, pop-up farmers’ market. Sponsored by Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce. More info: www.caphillchamber.org.
LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org
Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months. An opportunity for the GLBT community to speak openly with the SPD to dialog on public safety issues, plan officer training on sexual-minority topics, suggest ways to improve communications & procedures, explore protection strategies to minimize Gay-bashing incidents, & address other related concerns. The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships & communication between the community
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ENERGY/BODYWORK
SUMMER HELP WANTED
Apartment maintenance and yard work. Rainier Valley Capitol Hill Central Area Cedarstrand Apartments, 7621 Rainier Ave S. 206-725-5545. 25/3 19 [SERVICES]
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
Sunday – Wednesday | 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Thursday – Saturday | 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.
13212 SE Eastgate Wy, Bellevue, WA 98005 (425) 649-7563 | adoption@seattlehumane.org
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.
Mike
Mike is a playful and adventurous 4-year old Chinese Shar-Pei mix from Texas. His ready smile adds crinkles to his cheeks and twinkles to his eyes. Mike is a sweet-natured boy who enjoys making new friends. He is smart and eager-to-please, making him an excellent candidate for positive reinforcement training classes. Mike is a compact pooch at just 43 pounds -- a perfect size!
Mike has been living in the shelter system for quite awhile, through no fault of his own. He is more than ready to have a loving human and a comfy home where he can finally enjoy the good life! Because we are unaware of how much experience Mike has had living in a home, his adopter should be willing to provide him with patience and guidance as he adjusts to a new environment. If you are interested in opening your heart and home to this silly sweetie, please come in and meet Mike today!
As with all of our dogs, Mike 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 small children with dog experience. Resident dogs are required to visit Mike prior to adoption. Cat-free home.
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ENJOY A SOOTHING MASSAGE
Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports, and Hot Stone Massage on Capitol Hill. $65 an hour. Jeff, LMP. 206-6500542; rjeffa@hotmail.com; www.broadwaymassage. com. 23/3
EXCEPTIONAL BODYWORK
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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[FOR SALE]
DRAG QUEEN'S PARADISE
Huge assortment of gorgeous gowns, beautiful jewelry, accessories, shoes, and more at ridiculously low prices. Moving. Everything must go. 206-546-1640. 23/3
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EROTICALLY CHARGED nude full body rubdown from playful top, stimulating the senses. Get seduced. Incalls in Renton area. Scott, 206-355-4469. 09/3
GREAT MASSAGE
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
Peyton
Meet Peyton, an independent 2-year-old orange and grey calico. This confident girl likes to set her own agenda and will let you know when its time to play or cuddle. If you're fluent in cat and want to spice up your life, come by Seattle Humane and say hello to Peyton. She's currently interviewing for a best friend.
As with all of our cats, Peyton is spayed, 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!
IGNITING YOUR SEXUAL POWER: A JOURNEY INTO ECSTASY
June 23-24. Seattle/Georgetown location on Airport Way S. Visit tantra4gaymen.com for details. Cost: $375-$395. Contact Barry Schoenfeld at Barry123s@gmail.com or 323-314-5420. 25/3
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
