SGN Jun 29, 2018 - Part 2

Arts & Entertainment

On The Boards’ NW New Works Festival an exciting evening of dance

Emotionally existential Sunshine an intimately human character study

by Sharon Cumberland

SGN Contributing Writer

NW NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2018 SHOWCASE 4 ON THE BOARDS

June 16

If you want to see really intriguing new works, trust On The Boards to present them – in dance, performance art, new music and experimental theater. I was fortunate to attend the final showcase of new works by rising choreographers in the NW New Works Fes-

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by Miryam Gordon

SGN A&E Writer

The weekend of July 14 and 15 is the annual Seattle Outdoor Theater Festival! (http://greenstage.org/sotf/) with free Shakespeare and kid plays for an entire weekend! It is the official launch of the summer park

plays all over the area. In addition, there are two big musicals, Lauren Weedman coming back to town with a solo show, and a few world premieres to check out. No one is sitting out this summer season doing nothing – so get out yer calendars!

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

LET THE SUNSHINE IN Now playing

Acclaimed French director Claire Denis’ Let the Sunshine In is a freewheeling, practically plotless journey through midlife friendship, love and romance. For the woman behind timeless stunners like White Material, Beau Travail, Nenette and Boni and Chocolat, this is existential stream-of-consciousness filmmaking at its

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by MK Scott

SGN Contributing Writer

“NATIONAL TREASURES” BIANCA DEL RIO, LADY BUNNY, JACKIE BEAT & SHERRY VINE EGYPTIAN THEATRE

June 21

The “National Treasures” tour landed at Seattle’s Egyptian Theatre last Thursday (June 21) with three iconic drag queens and one rising star. I am talking about Bianca Del Rio (“Rupaul’s Drag Race” Season 6 winner) along with the legendary Lady Bunny, Jackie

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JULY OPENINGS

Family Matters, ReACT Theatre, 7/628 (at 12th Avenue Arts) (world premiere)

Local playwright Rachel Atkins has crafted a new play, set in the backyard of the Horowitz-Yamasaki-Bloom family home. This multi-generational JewishAmerican-transracial family gathers for their traditional Mother’s Day celebration with bagels and lox and Korean potato salad. Everyone arrives with secrets, and as the afternoon progresses, their revelations bring out their complicated hidden truths, while examining the myriad expectations, responsibilities and roles that women face in every modern family. An insightful, humorous and affecting new look at the ties and traditions that bind.

www.reacttheatre.org

The League of Youth, Theatre9/12, 7/629 (at Trinity Parish Church)

A Henrik Ibsen play, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher in 2017, focuses on a young liberal, frustrated by the cronyism of politics. He creates a “League of Youth” to lobby against the establishment. Ibsen’s only comedy caused rioting in the streets: conservatives claimed it was an attack on their party, and liberals claimed it was an attack on theirs!

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Sweet Land, Taproot Theatre, 7/118/18 (opens 7/13)

Taproot’s summer musical! From the film by Ali Selim and the short story “A Gravestone Made of Wheat” by Will Weaver, a young German woman crosses the sea to marry a man she’s never met. What should be their happy ending is met with suspicion and prejudice as friends and neighbors abandon them. But when hardship befalls the community, Inge and Olaf sacrifice everything to save their friends.

www.taproottheatre.org

King Lear, Wooden O, 7/12-8/12 (various parks)

After ruling for many years, King Lear decides to divide his lands and wealth between his daughters. Overestimating their love and loyalty, Lear finds everything that defined him as a king ripped from his hands. Only after wandering purposeless and tossed about in a storm of pain and madness, the once mighty ruler begins to discover his own humanity.

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The Merry Wives of Windsor, Wooden O, 7/12-8/12 (various parks)

On the make in the sleepy suburb of Windsor, the fat knight John Falstaff hopes to score a pretty penny by seducing two of the town’s wealthy wives, Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But it’s the women who

know how to play the game better. They soon orchestrate a scheme to scam the scammer. A warm-hearted and antic romp with some of Shakespeare’s most clever and comic characters. www.seattleshakespeare.org

Disenchanted, Mamches Presents, 7/13-8/18 (at 12th Avenue Arts) (opens 7/19) Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs ‘em?! Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in the hilarious hit musical that’s anything but Grimm. Forget the princesses you think you know – the original storybook heroines have come to life to set the record straight. These royal renegades have tossed off their tiaras to bring their hilariously subversive, not-for-the-kiddies musical to Seattle for the first time – and the Emerald City will never be the same!

http://www.strangertickets.com/ events/55212587/disenchanted-the-hit-offbroadway-musical

The Winter’s Tale, Freehold Engaged Theatre Program, 7/18-24 (at Raisbeck Hall)

This is a cautionary tale of jealousy and

its consequences. Leontes, King of Sicilia, suspects that his pregnant wife has been having an affair and that the child is not his. Throwing her in prison, he sends to the Oracle at Delphos for confirmation of his suspicions. Even when the baby is presented to the king, he orders the child to be abandoned in a desolate place. The Oracle states categorically that she is innocent, and that Leontes will have no heir until his lost daughter is found. It’s a complicated story that ends happily, making it weirdly one of Shakespeare’s “comedies”.

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Lauren Weedman Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, ACT Theatre, 7/20-8/12 (opens 7/26)

Lauren Weedman returns to Seattle. Grappling with heartbreak, betrayal, and preschool moms, Lauren turns to her fasttalking, 70’s Variety Show host alter-ego, Tammy Lisa, to find some clarity. As the world comes crashing down around her sky-high hairdo, Tammy Lisa fights back, one rockin’ song at a time. Weedman weaves the story as a “Jungian fever dream”

of a comedy with a small band to back her up. Weedman is no stranger to difficult topics, yet always weaves her odd comic spin into her solo shows.

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She Kills Monsters, Theater Schmeater, 7/27-8/18

Average Agnes is leaving her childhood home following the death of her totally weird sister, Tilly. When she stumbles upon Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, Agnes plays the action-packed adventure to discover more about her sister than she previously cared to know. A highoctane comedy fraught with hostile fairies, randy ogres, and ’90s pop culture. www.schmeater.org

The Great Inconvenience, Annex Theatre, 7/27-8/18 (world premiere)

Playwright Holly Arsenault writes a true story you’ve never heard about the catastrophic cruelty of deportation and the supernatural awesomeness of love. In 1755, a pregnant young woman and her family evade deportation by hiding in the deep woods of a remote island, where they survive for nine years. 250 years later, a pair of lovers, separated by war, attempts to reunite against the backdrop of a second deportation. Part historical drama, part futuristic dystopiana, and part romantic comedy, The Great Inconvenience is a mostly-imaginedbut-partly-true love story about enemies and secrets and power and faith and survival. www.annextheatre.org

Rovers, Annex Theatre. 7/31-8/15 (Tue/ Wed) (world premiere)

Natalie J. Copeland (with a musical assist by Aaron Joshua Shay) welcomes you to Camp Dusty Tread, the friendliest place on Mars! You’re a Mars rover, and you’ve just landed on the red planet! You’ll learn what it takes to live and work on Mars from your head counselors, Spirit and Opportunity. These interplanetary geologists will warm you with tall tales, camp songs, and cautionary tips for the novice Mars explorer. Rovers and landers of all ages and scientific payloads are welcome to this interactive orientation! www.annextheatre.org

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tival – a series started at OTB in the 1983/84 season to encourage the creativity of Northwest artists. The four performances in this showcase were what we expect of dance – bodies moving to music or soundscapes –except for one work of performance art that was a combination of video and monologue. All four creations were excellent, moving, and highly professional.

Charles Smith, Director of Program Management at OTB, told the audience that these artists were chosen out of 65 applications and that the quality of work over the years has steadily grown. My dance buddy and I were both impressed with the originality of the works and the high quality of performers. “I didn’t know there were that many good dancers in Seattle!” he said as we walked out – but I wasn’t surprised. Seattle is the hub of a whole world of classical and modern dance companies and training schools. Choreographers have no trouble finding dancers who can execute whatever they’re called on to do – and as a result we are the lucky audiences who get to see new works presented at the highest professional levels. Here are the works we saw in the order presented:

“Reina” [“Queen”]

Choreography by Alicia Mullikin + Dancers

Alicia Mullikin is a Chicana choreographer, and this dance for four women began with the inimitable voice of Chavela Vargas singing “Ella,” the classic Mexican ranchera about unrequited love. As its slow, passionate regret for the loss of the singer’s beloved unfolded, the women danced together in close unison to express the romance and heartbreak in Vargas’ tremulous voice. If that had been the whole dance I would have been very satisfied since the simultaneity among the four dancers – with their long tresses, varied heights and races, dressed in identical blue tights and red tops – was like a watching a wave of tears gather and flow across the stage. They embraced all women of all types in a universal expression of love and suffering. Yet it was just the first section of a work that explored what it means for a person to express their queenship in a variety of times and settings, moving from Vargas to disco to a percussive soundscape in which the four dancers used their spread fingers to make crowns for their heads as they moved in increasingly assertive and unexpected movement – clever, wild, and exciting to watch. The dancers, Cheryl Delostrinos, Randy Ford, Ivana Lin, and Elizabeth Sugawara, were splendid queens in every sense – it would be hard to imagine this dance without them, though Mullikin is clearly a choreographer whose work can translate to any setting for reinas of all types.

“desert/DESERT”

Writer, Performer, Sound and Video Design: ilvs strauss

I can’t remember the last time I’ve laughed so hard at a live performance of anything. ilvs strauss combined video, voice-overs and live monologue to describe what she calls “a solo journey into the desert in search of god, self, happiness. Drugs were involved.” This mushroom-laden pilgrimage in search of identity rang a bell for most of the people present, judging from the waves of familiar laughter during strauss’ enactments of substance highs. But even I – nonuser that I am – laughed myself silly through many episodes, including the elaborate, extended effort it took to get a hand through a sleeve while tripping. My buddy – one of the “familiar-with-the-drug-scenario” types – thought strauss’ subject matter was “sophomoric,” to use his word, simply because it was so very commonplace. For myself, however, it seemed wonderfully clever, and a great deal of it was news to me. And I was as amused by the audience’s reaction as I was by the performance itself. strauss has a

comedian’s face – simultaneously attractive and flexible, cycling through a dozen expressions a minute and using silence – including a couple of bogus computer glitches – to great advantage. Hey, I’m a fan. I love comedic drama in any form that makes me laugh, and “desert/DESERT” made me laugh.

“Tequila Con Miel Y Limon” Choreography: Cheryl Delostrinos and Fausto Rivera

These two super-energetic dancer/choreographers are members of the Au Collective – a group of (to quote their website) “dance artists of color, womxn artists, and queer artists … [who] create dance that celebrates the voices and visions of our artistic family. Together we are realizing the world we want to live in.” So cheers for that – and cheers for the very complex and heartfelt dance performed by Delostrinos and Rivera. As the music changed from hip-hop to percussion to – again, so welcome – Chavella Vargas, the couple moved through a catalogue of dance styles, as though ballet, tap, modern, and fly were metaphors for stages of life. (They probably are).

The title, translated as “Tequila with Honey and Lemon” suggests a dance of mood and cultural expression rather than message or abstract expression. I can always tell if a dance is memorable based on how well I remember it a few days later – and I’m sorry to report that while I have a vivid memory of the dancers themselves, and their relationship to one another, I can’t see the dance in my mind’s eye. I don’t think this means it’s not excellent – I know it held my attention throughout – but for me it wasn’t especially memorable. I wasn’t sure where it was going and what it meant. It wasn’t a dance that intended to avoid applied meaning – clearly there was a through-line – but it’s meaning could have been more clearly communicated, at least for me. Perhaps the desire to “celebrate the voices and visions” of their artistic family was the meaning – in which case – Yay! I’m all for celebrating the artistic communities, and the Au Collective has a vision I endorse completely.

“Eleven Eleven: A High-Energy Meditation on Coincidence”

Choreography: Rainbow Fletcher

Speaking of abstract expression: this work for ten dancers against a video of faces has the quality of true abstraction. Don’t try to make a narrative – there is none – simply a sequence of movements that form an impression on the mind. I say “simply,” but this dance was not simple. Beginning with a man in shoulder stand, absolutely still against a video of a woman’s face gazing around the stage (she had a blue dot painted over her eye), we have no sense of a message, but are encouraged by this strange landscape to give up on meaning and just watch.

Rainbow Fletcher (don’t you just love that name? If I were to name myself I would like to have thought up something as good as “Rainbow Fletcher”) has the ability to manage a force of ten dancers throughout this “meditation on coincidence.” The order of dance had a lot to do with colors – dancers moving through patterns according to their combinations of primary colors, whether solids or combinations of tops and bottoms. Trying to find meaning in the combinations was defeated by kaleidoscopic shifts of color, numbers, and gestures accompanied by changes in the video setting of ornamented faces. While the videos were marginal contributions, in my opinion, the really hard work is choreography, especially with a large force. Rainbow Fletcher managed the troupe with confidence and finesse – an excellent harbinger of works to come.

Dance and performance fans can thank On The Boards for a festival that fascinates audiences while encouraging regional talent. The NW New Works Festival is an incubator for great things to come. Kudos to OTB and the contributors, audiences, and artists who support it!

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Beat and Sherry Vine all performing for the full house.

After years of seeing each of these outrageous queens separately, seeing them together was hysterical! Combining all four of their acts into one variety show was a brilliant idea with four times the funny.

Imagine that three of those legends have been working for nearly 30 years using their pure talent and did not need “Drag Race” to further their careers, but they are glad that the interest in drag shows is bigger than ever. Bunny, Jackie, and Sherry did what they do best by singing parody songs like, “Bitch, I got you, Bitch”; Del Rio provided campy dialogue and tasteless oneliners as she does best.

“National Treasures” was sensational and was the perfect way to start Pride Weekend.

Imperfect Spy still catches the viewer’s attention

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

THE CATCHER WAS A SPY

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Catcher Morris “Moe” Berg (Paul Rudd) played 15 years of professional baseball, winding up his career with the Boston Red Sox in 1939. A man of many mysteries, the journeyman athlete was a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Law School, read up to ten newspapers in a day, spoke a variety of languages and was a popular guest on the television quiz program “Information, Please.” Berg was also a spy working for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during WWII, analyzing what was happening inside of Germany and Japan for the U.S. government throughout the war.

It is now 1944. OSS Chief “Wild Bill” Donovan (Jeff Daniels) has a new assignment for Berg. Under the guidance of U.S. military specialist Robert Furman (Guy Pearce) and Dutch-American physicist Samuel Goudsmit (Paul Giamatti), the former Red Sox catcher must hunt down German theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg (Mark Strong) and determine if he intends to build an atomic bomb. After meeting with Italian physicist Professor Eduardo Amaldi (Giancarlo Giannini) to learn more about his target and gaining assistance from Swiss physicist Paul Scherrer (Tom Wilkinson) and a cagey OSS spy named Martinuzzi (Pierfrancesco Favino) stationed in Switzerland, Berg prepares to meet with his target face to face, knowing that it’s possible the entire outcome of the

war will come down to whether or not he allows Heisenberg to walk away from their conversation alive.

The story fueling The Catcher Was a Spy is undeniably fascinating. Berg is one of the more mysteriously enigmatic figures of the 20th century, and for anyone who has read author Nicholas Dawidoff’s best-selling book that screenwriter Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan) based his screenplay on, it’s safe to say there’s enough material here for a six-part miniseries let alone one, just barely 90-minute star-studded thriller. It’s almost too much of a dramatic obstacle for director Ben Lewin (The Sessions) to be able to overcome, so much about this character an indecipherable conundrum. But thanks to the stellar cast (which also includes Sienna Miller, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shea Whigham and Connie Nielsen) and a charismatically multifaceted performance from Rudd that’s superb, the movie works far better than it arguably should, the haunting minimalistic beauty of the final 20 minutes particularly so.

Not to say Lewin’s opus still doesn’t bite down on far more than it can easily chew. The relationship between Berg and his longtime girlfriend/lover Estella Huni is notable mainly because of the passionately intense performance delivered by Miller. Even with that being the case, there isn’t enough time to dive into the complexities of the pair’s romance. Berg works overtime to keep their affair secret even though his devotion to Huni is painfully obvious. It’s undeniably doomed, this romance, yet the reasons making it so remain frustratingly ephemeral, and while I get that painting

things in this fashion allows Lewin and Rodat the freedom to keep their spy an enigma, it also means a bit of his humanity sadly gets lost in the process.

The movie works best when it focuses directly on its central plot, and that’s Berg putting all the pieces together so he can properly assess Heisenberg and make the decision whether or not to assassinate him. There is a noticeable tension whenever Lewin puts that part of the story front and center, and whether he’s having theoretical discussions with Goudsmit or going over the mechanics of killing another human being with Martinuzzi moments like these substantially add to the suspense quotient. It should be noted that both Daniels and especially Giamatti are excellent in their supporting roles, and for a motion picture that has name stars popping in and out constantly for what can only be described as glorified cameos, the fact each actor makes the most out of every one of the scenes they appear in isn’t to be taken for granted.

But this is Rudd’s show and he rises to the occasion. There is something to be said about the professorial, almost emotion-free way the actor portrays Berg, conceptualizing his hesitancy to reveal too much about his massive intellect or Jewish upbringing in ways that are inflexibly intriguing. This is about as far from any past characters Rudd has portrayed in his entire career, the Ant-Man star eschewing his typical comedic and satirical ticks and tricks with complex aplomb. There is an emotional richness to this portrayal that slowly snuck up on me, all of which helps give the final minutes of this story a lingering eloquence that took me by surprise.

The jumps between dramatic relationship bits involving Huni, to sequences of the ballplayer touring Japan with other MLB stars like Babe Ruth (clandestinely taking pictures of potential sites of military interest entirely of his own accord while there), to hushed conversation with Donovan, to full-on battlefield pyrotechnics showcasing Berg, Furman and Goudsmit dodging bullets and bombs in an effort to track down Amaldi, these many transitions don’t always work. There is a messiness in tone and style that results in narrative inconsistencies that do grow obnoxious, and as such it’s hard not feel like Rodat’s screenplay should have been given more time to evolve and breathe in order for these transitions to become more authentically organic instead of being choppily incoherent.

But the emotional core to Berg’s story is sound. Rodat has composed a number of little vignettes that are compelling in their emotional breadth and informative scope. Coupled with Rudd’s aforementioned strong performance as well as the film’s intimately crackerjack climax, there is a perceptive humanity to Lewin’s latest that cannot be denied. The Catcher Was a Spy is an imperfect examination of a curiously complicated figure in American history, and even if many viewers will feel compelled to do additional research into Berg after watching (or, at the very least, pick up a copy of Dawidoff’s book) that doesn’t mean the film itself still isn’t worth taking the time to see.

SUNSHINE

zenith. It is a travelogue of personal crises and longing, all of it centered upon actress Juliette Binoche giving one of the greatest performances of her Oscar-winning career. Not to say this will be everyone’s cup of French cineaste tea. Binoche plays Isabelle, a talented Parisian artist who is currently in the throngs of a passionate affair with a married banker (Xavier Beauvois).

drama about an intelligent woman working her way through a midlife crisis. Instead, Denis has crafted something altogether unique. Working with co-writer Christine Angot, the director has decided to present a forty-something woman’s life as she sees it. Naked. Raw. Unrefined. Fragmented. Determined. Complex. Mysterious. Sensual. Frustrating. Joyous. Banal. Exciting. These are just a handful of the words that came to mind as I sat in the theatre taking it all in, Denis bringing the type of introspective precision to Isabelle’s current travails

Divorced with a young daughter, Isabelle is unwilling to give up on love. At the same time, she’s becoming increasingly frustrated with just how hard it is to find it. More, she’s not about to change who she is and what she wants from either her romantic partner or her career just to placate a man. Not that this has ever stopped her from seeing a number of different suitors, including a popular actor (Nicolas Duvauchelle) who has hired her to help do the production design for his latest theatrical endeavor and even a fellow artist (Alex Descas) her friends think might be taking advantage of her. But no one seems to fit the bill, and as things progress Isabelle is starting to wonder if she’s going to spend the last three or four decades of her life alone. As funny as the film can be, a romantic comedy this is not. As emotionally cutthroat as many of the vignettes become, neither is this some sort of straightforward

that reminded me of the perceptively hardedged musings of author Virginia Woolf. It’s a lot to have to sift through, and even if it appears not much is happening the reality couldn’t be more different. Isabelle is a woman navigating through uncertainty. She makes mistakes, doesn’t heed her own advice, listens to ideas from others she really probably shouldn’t and dives headfirst into romance when she arguably should be taking more time to better assess who it is she’s currently locking hands with. At the same time, Isabelle is fiercely independent. She takes charge of situations with confident authority. She is willing to do what it takes to satisfy her own carnal desires, not appearing to always care what others think of her when she does.

In short, she is a real person, a woman walking along the streets of her life in highheeled boots that sometimes hurt her feet even though they can also make her feel

invincible in her proud femininity at the exact same time. Isabelle lives her life, that’s it, nothing more than that, and at times it is almost as if Denis, Angot and cinematographer Agnès Godard (Sister) just chose a random woman on the street to follow around for a few months in order to make some sort of cinéma vérité documentary for their own amusement and not a lot else.

Yet there is visceral power to be found in this story if one chooses to put forth the effort to experience it. Denis offers up pain and longing in a manner that’s uncomforting in its exactitude. There is a real sense of what it is like to feel so desperately alone even when surrounded by people all claiming to be your friends and loved ones. Isabelle’s despair at the prospect that she will never find romantic happiness is terrifyingly palpable, and there were moments my heart came close to splitting apart at the seams as I sat in the theatre experiencing all of this angst and ennui right there with her.

tant footsteps that might have made her performance feel inauthentic or facile. Instead, the actress becomes Isabelle, completely and without hesitation, her performance achieving a level of meditative expressiveness that caught me by surprise.

It doesn’t always work, and the disconnected randomness of the narrative does make it difficult to fully engage with anything that is happening as fully or as completely as I would have otherwise liked. It can also feel oppressively downbeat for prolonged periods of time, Isabelle’s journey showcasing a mournful, almost tragically doomed melancholic edge that’s not exactly easy to embrace.

But the film’s honesty is refreshing, and it’s refusal to sugarcoat anything that is happening to Isabelle is equally so. It all builds to a sudden, somewhat shocking elongated scene between Binoche and a cagey, craftily intuitive Gérard Depardieu, the French icon cavalierly reveling in his masculine bravado

Binoche is stunning. Watching her this past decade or so, doing transformative work for the likes of Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria, Summer Hours), Abbas Kiarostami (Certified Copy), Cédric Klapisch (Paris) and Michael Haneke (Caché ), turning in superlative supporting turns in films like Polina, Dan in Real Life and Cosmopolis, all of it has been a brilliant reminder that her Academy Award win for 1996’s The English Patient was hardly unwarranted. As Isabelle, Binoche showcases a fearlessness that’s haunting in its breathtaking specificity. There are no minced words; no timidly hesi-

in a way that’s seductively repellant. It’s a clever turn of events, Denis spinning Isabelle’s story onto its head while at the same time bringing the themes and ideas that have powered her search from the beginning to be seen in a whole new light. If Let the Sunshine In isn’t the director’s most vital work, that doesn’t make it any less artistically dazzling, the hope for a better tomorrow overflowing in thoughtful companionship and unfettered love a universal longing intelligent viewers of all types should have no problem relating to.

Big screen legend Shirley Maclaine went “out on a limb” at McCaw Hall

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer

SHIRLEY MACLAINE

UNIQUE LIVES & EXPERIENCES

MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL

June 18

On Monday, June 18, Oscar-winner Shirley Maclaine (Steel Magnolias, Terms of Endearment, The Children’s Hour) stepped in as a last minute replacement for Viola Davis for the Unique Lives & Experiences series at McCaw Hall.

Maclaine, 84, sparkled as she was welcomed by moderator, Carolyn Douglas, as they both sat in two chairs in the center of the stage for a conversation.

Maclaine loves the Northwest and even had a home near Mount Rainier back in the 1980s. (She said she would welcome a move back.)

When it came to remembering her costars, help from the audience was appreciated as she recalled Jack Nicholson (Terms of Endearment) as her favorite co-star. She even spoke of the time when Peter Sellers sent her flowers, not as himself, but as his character Chancy Garner, his role opposite her in the 1979 film, Being There

When asked about her affairs with Sinatra and others, she said she had slept with every co-star, except Audrey Hepburn (The Children’s Hour). Maclaine also confessed that she and her husband had an open marriage.

One of her classic roles was as Ouiser in Steel Magnolias and even though she hated her director (Herbert Ross), she still had a great experience being a mentor to a young Julia Roberts and being chummy with Olympia Dukakis.

Maclaine’s true passion was whenever the subject of politics or her metaphysical beliefs came up. She joked about reincarnation; she truly hopes that when she passes over, that she is right. Regardless, this was Shirley Maclaine and this was truly an evening to remember!

Goofy Drew a basketball comedy winner

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

UNCLE DREW

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I can’t say Uncle Drew is a good movie. I can’t say it is a well-acted one, either. I can’t say Jay Longino’s (Skiptrace) script does anything that’s surprising or that veteran director Charles Stone III’s (Drumline) handling of the material feels electric or alive in ways that break the redemptive sports-comedy mold. What I can say is that Uncle Drew made me laugh, sometimes out loud, more often than not frequently. I can also say that, for as painfully simplistic and trite as the narrative proved to be, for some reason I was emotionally invested in what was going to happen to all of the characters populating this story, and while the outcome was never in doubt I still sat there in my theatre seat rooting for this team of geriatric misfits all the same.

After his entire squad, headlined by budding superstar Casper (Aaron Gordon), is stolen from him by unscrupulous rival Mookie (Nick Kroll), Foot Locker shoe salesman and basketball aficionado Dax (Lil Rel Howery) comes to the realization he’s got a major problem. He spent his $5,000 life savings paying the entrance fee to participate in Harlem’s annual Rucker Classic street ball tournament, the grand prize for winning a cool $100,000. But thanks to Mookie, Dax has no team and thus zero chance to win. Making matters worse, his materialistic girlfriend Jess (Tiffany Haddish) has also left him and who do you think she’s shacking up with instead? Mookie. Things change when Dax has a chance encounter with the fabled Uncle Drew (Kyrie Irving). A Harlem legend, this street ball titan has been the talk of the neighborhood for five full decades. Stories of his literally breaking another player’s ankle with

the speed of his crossover and another of him dunking over opponents with a basketball in his left hand and a ham sandwich in his right became mythological parables of greatness handed down like the campfire tales of old, and many a man sitting in the barbershop proclaims loudly Drew would have been the greatest of all-time had he not mysteriously disappeared back in 1968. Now Dax is sitting right next to him, and this grey-bearded old man hasn’t appeared to have lost a single step. More importantly, he’s willing to come back into the spotlight and play at the Rucker Classic one last time, but only if his former teammate Big Fella (Shaquille O’Neal), Lights (Reggie Miller), Preacher (Chris Webber) and Boots (Nate Robinson) are allowed to join him.

It’s as silly and as nonsensical as it sounds, all these seventy-something former basketball greats heading back to the street ball court for one last run hoping to show all the young whippersnappers how the game is supposed to be played in the process. As things progress Dax learns the value of friendship and family, Drew

finds the strength to apologize to those he’s wronged while others search within in order to be able to selflessly forgive those who did them an injustice back in the team’s heyday. It’s crowd-pleasing stuff, and while nothing out of the ordinary happens the film itself is still just warmhearted and endearing enough to make the sort of comforting impression most viewers are going to find difficult to resist.

The gimmick here, of course, is the sight of all of these current and former NBA greats (and WNBA superstar in the form of a very game and suitably hilarious Lisa Leslie) all donning layers of old age makeup to portray elderly ballers ready to show just how much game they’ve got left in their collective tanks. Inspired by a series of popular commercials featuring Irving as the title character, Longino’s script has a reverence and a respect for the game of basketball that’s obvious, and while many of the central gags themselves might be a little bit tired (i.e. needing to go to the bathroom frequently, turning the heat up in the van in the middle of summer, creaky bones,

having a ready supply of Viagra; stuff like that), the collection of athletes giving them life are having so much fun most don’t come off nearly as obnoxiously insufferable as they otherwise might have.

Not that Irving and company show a great deal of emotive range. They’re all playing archetypes of one sort of another, and anytime the movies asks them to dig a little deeper in order to display some real human emotion the results aren’t exactly spectacular. There’s a scene during the last third between Irving and O’Neal that’s particularly troublesome, the two athletes incapable of bringing the requisite emotional honesty to their dialogue that could have made Drew and Big Fella’s heartfelt chat mean something substantive. There’s also a sequence during the film’s climactic stretch where Dax is forced into the game for reasons left unstated here that is just too silly to resonate, everything building to a moment of sports comedy cliché that’s decidedly underwhelming.

But as gag movies go this one is difficult to dislike. Get Out scene-stealer Howery is the real deal, the actor giving an honest to goodness multidimensional performance even if the film itself doesn’t require him to do so, making Stone and Longino’s decision to anchor the story on him and not on Irving’s Drew a smart one. As for those NBA and WNBA stars, their fun is infectious, their spirited (and likely mostly ad-libbed) trash-talking back-and-forth dialogues frequently providing the feature with its biggest laughs. While some jokes can go a little far, and while not nearly the slam dunk I’m sure many fans were hoping for, a soft jumper off the glass making a delicate “swish” sound still scores two points, and in this case that’s more than enough for this comedy to come out a winner.

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 - June 30

Triangle Recreation Camp

Black Forest Weekend 6/29-7/4 www.camptrc.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. Let’s Talk About It! - The Black Community and PrEP. 11am-2pm, The 2100 Building, 2100 24th Ave S, 3rd floor, Art Room. A roundtable discussion facilitated by Russell D. Campbell of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Sponsored by Center for MultiCultural Health. Lunch provided. RSVP to Vanessa Grandberry at (206) 461-6910 ext 212. 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. 6pm-8:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Bring one dish to share - appetizer, main course, salad, side dish, dessert. 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.

“VJ & MD - Just the Two of Us.” 6pm (doors), 7pm (show), Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St. Concert by pianist Victor Janusz and saxophonist Medearis “MD” Dixon features songs from the Great American Songbook, jazz, Motown, and Broadway, as well as new material. Special surprise guest! All ages. Tickets ($12 advance/$15 day-of) at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3463379.

“Speaking Out” - Diverse Harmony and Spectrum. 7:30pm, Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Songs that celebrate who we are as our authentic selves. With special guest Arnaldo Inocentes. Tickets $20 at the door or at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3496826. Youth 22 & under FREE.

SUNDAY - July 1

Triangle Recreation Camp Black Forest Weekend 6/29-7/4 www.camptrc.org

Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/ Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. (206) 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ kofmjetchapter/

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

Ravenna United Methodist Church. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school” - 9:45am Worship. 5751 33rd Ave NE. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. (206) 525-7988. Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am Sunday Services. 200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” (206) 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org.

Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org

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

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

University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Educa-

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tion Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org

University Unitarian Church. 9:30am & 11:15am Sunday Services. (Late June-Aug 9:30am only.) 6556 35th Ave NE. Interweave is the official name for LGBTQ groups in the Unitarian-Universalist family as a common thread of identification. UUC’s Interweave group meets the first Friday every other month (Oct, Dec, Feb, April & June) usually at UUC for a potluck, a summer picnic or whatever else we might dream up. Drop in & join us. www.uuchurch.org for details.

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

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

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911 Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. (206) 682-3620. Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Workship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org Queen Anne United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 1606 5th Ave W. (206) 282-4307.

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

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984

Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) 2855077 (George).

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

St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship. 1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching. Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org

Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t

have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

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

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation. 10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Buddies” 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

Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.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 listing Saturday at noon for details.) 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

Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice session before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org PFLAG/Whatcom County (Bellingham) Monthly Meeting. 5pm. Community Food Co-op Bakery, 405 E Holly St, Bellingham. Meets 1st Sunday 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.whatcompflag.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. 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 2

Triangle Recreation Camp Black Forest Weekend 6/29-7/4 www.camptrc.org

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Monday - 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.

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

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 3

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.

defeatHIV Community Advisory Board (CAB). 5:307:30pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway @ E Jefferson St. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. CAB builds community involvement in order to advance defeatHIV’s clinical research into a potential gene therapy cure for HIV infection. If you want to learn more about our efforts to ensure that all of Seattle’s communities that are affected by HIV have a strong voice in the cure research of defeatHIV, please come to one of our community dinner meetings. More info, contact Michael Louella, (206) 667-5810; mlouella@fredhutch.org Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County. “We will be discussing issues concerning the local Gay community & value your opinion, voice, comments, suggestions & attendance. Come join us as we build community in Snohomish County.” David, (425) 339-5238. 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

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 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 4

4TH OF JULY/ INDEPENDENCE DAY

(Because of the 4th of July holiday many events normally scheduled today will not be taking place. Please check with event sponsors to confirm meeting schedule.)

Triangle Recreation Camp Black Forest Weekend 6/29-7/4 www.camptrc.org

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

Rainbow Walk for LGBTQ Elders 50+ - Volunteer Park Walk. 12 noon-1pm. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday. (See related listing 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

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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

Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma DiscussionNorth. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www. LotusSisters.org.

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.)

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

PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday 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/Renton: 425-235-4139. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.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 5

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

ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Lunch Gathering. 11:30am-2:30pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Arts & Crafts Room. Meets 1st Thursday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: Free for gathering; $5 suggested donation for lunch. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org. 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.

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

First Thursday Art Walk in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square. 5-9pm. Art galleries in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square host opening night receptions. Seattle Art Museum is free today.

Rouge at Maximilien. 5-7pm. 81a Pike Place Market. Live Parisian music during First Thursday Art Walk. Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month. SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council, & all City of Seattle Depts in matters regarding human rights. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide. Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4540. 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

Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Northgate Mall, 491 NE Northgate Way. Meets 1st Thursday most months. Monthly social meet & greet. Look for your fellow Prime Timers at a table in the Food Court at the south end of the mall. Northgate is served by many bus routes including 26X, 40, 41, 67 & 75. www.seattleprimetimers.org

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

Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month. ECSC is a confidential crossdressing social & support organization for Transvestite & Transsexual individuals, primarily MTF, which offers confidential membership, private monthly meetings, frequent events on the town, & help in coming out. (425) 827-9494.

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 6

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. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www. seattle-al-anon.org; (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

SATURDAY - July 7

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

20th Annual Rainbow Health Fair. Noon-4pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E Pike St. Free health services for

trans women, trans men, non-binary people, and lesbian/ bi/queer women. Free acupuncture, massage and mammograms. To make a mammogram appointment call 425-200-5841. Free mammograms available for uninsured people 40+. Gender affirming hormones. To make an appointment for hormones, visit gaycity.org/ RainbowHealth. Insurance of self-pay required (financial assistance available). For more information, visit gaycity. org/RainbowHealth.

SUNDAY - July 8

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

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.)

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 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. Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. See website for details and location. Bring a potluck dish to share. Learn about ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies is planning. Whether you snow board, downhill, crosscountry, or telemark, there are trips & events for you. Ski Buddies is a non-profit GLBT & GLBT-friendly club which meets regularly thruout the fall & winter, offering camaraderie & deeply discounted skiing adventures for all levels of skiers & snowboarders. www.skibuddies.org

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

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

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org

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 methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org

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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.

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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As with all of our dogs, Teddy has been neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and behavior tested. He will go home with a certificate for an examination by King County veterinarian and an identification tag. PLUS, most dog adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion and a training rebate when you complete a dog behavior course - a great way to start off on the right paw!

Introduce to teenagers. Resident dogs are required to visit Teddy prior to adoption. No history with cats.

Heather

Heather is a lovely 1-year-old brown tabby girl who came to us on a transfer from Oklahoma. She’s a sweetheart who will shower you with affection if given the chance! Heather is currently cozied up and ready to meet her new best friends and family today at Seattle Humane. Come find her there and talk to staff about welcoming her home-- you'll be glad you did and have her purring!

As with all of our cats, Heather is spayed, microchipped and vaccinated. She will go home with a certificate for a complimentary veterinarian examination and an identification tag. PLUS, most cat adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion - a great way to start off on the right paw!

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