Seattle Gay News
Issue 11, Volume 44, March 11, 2016
Arts & Entertainment
Violet ascends with a joyful noise
Robbie Turner survives 100th episode of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”
The cast of ArtsWest’s Violet – Photo by Michael Brunk
by Paul Torres SGN A&E Writer VIOLET ARTSWEST Through April 3 When we first meet Violet, the title character in ArtsWest’s new musical Violet, she is a meek woman with a disfigured face seeking a miracle cure. She boards a Greyhound bus for a trip from her home in Spruce Pine, North Carolina to Tulsa in 1964 to try and meet a TV evangelist she believes will heal the facial scar she received from an ax blade incident when she
was a child. Violet is a spellbinding tale of hope, faith, and healing. Brenna Wagner is positively brilliant as the tough yet vulnerable Violet. As Violet travels, she interacts with two soldiers. She also interacts with her younger self, Young Vi (Eliza Ludlum), which brings out the pluck and vigor of her bygone youth, and her late father (a splendid Brian Simmons), who serves as her guide and mentor. His assistance to her during a high-spirited poker game with the two soldiers Monty (wonderfully performed by Casey Raiha) and Flick (an outstanding Jesse Smith) is an entersee violet page 4
Malick’s Cups an esoteric jolt of pure cinematic imagination
Robbie Turner – Photo by Divulgação
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer By a hair – a wig of hair, actually – Seattle’s own Robbie Turner advanced to the second week of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Season 8 of the reality competition series premiered on March 7, featuring twelve new contestants vying for the ultimate drag crown. It was the Logo TV show’s milestone 100th episode that also included
appearances by its previous titleholders, which meant another Seattle queen, Jinkx Monsoon, was in the house. The “dirty dozen,” as Ru called them, introduced themselves to audiences at home, and to each other, at the start of the episode, by making their grand entrances individually. First up was Naomi Smalls (21, Redlands), who described herself as see robbie turner page 7
Assassins – Dead On!
(l-r) Leon Czolgolsz (Brandon ONeill), the Proprietor (Nick DeSantis) and John Hinckley (Frederick Hagreen) in Assassins, a co-production presented at ACT – A Contemporary Theatre – Photo by Mark Kitaoka
by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer Cate Blanchett and Christian Bale in Knight of Cups – bbook.com
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer KNIGHT OF CUPS Now playing Knight of Cups is writer/director Terrence Malick at his most lyrically eso-
teric. If his last film, the atmospheric, if claustrophobically nondescript saga of love and woe, To the Wonder, was the acclaimed filmmaker’s attempt to pick away at cinematic convention, it is with Knight of Cups that he abandons traditional narrative constructs entirely. He has officially see knight of cups page 8
ASSASSINS ACT/5TH AVENUE CO-PRODUCTION ACT THEATRE Through May 8 Assassins is a musical by the great impresario Stephen Sondheim. The highly acclaimed “God of Musical Theater” composed the music and lyrics (with a book by John Weidman) with a nod to some darker chapters in American history: the assas-
sinations (or attempted assassinations) of American Presidents. An unlikely subject for a musical but it is the show that Sondheim himself has called, “the most perfect show” he’s ever written. The opening is a carnival shooting gallery where those that will attempt “Presicide” (there is no official word for the killing of a President) gather to take their shot and get a prize. One-by-one the infamous figures of history – John Wilkes Booth, Leon Czolgosz, Lynette Fromme, John Hinckley… – appear seduced by the chance of their “shot at fame.” They come forth to see assassins page 6
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Celebrating 41 Years!
THE MOISTURE FESTIVAL OF COMEDY/VARIETÈ
The Lucky 13th Annual Moisture Festival OPENS MARCH 17th! Expect unleashed revelry, extraordinary performances, new collaborations, workshops and special events. The Moisture Festival, running March 17 through April 13, is celebrating its Lucky 13th Year, attracting an abundance of high quality and high energy comedy/ varietè acts, as well as continuing the festival’s unique brand of burlesque shows. Varietè has its roots in the Music Halls of 19th-century England, cabaret in Europe and vaudeville in America. Because of the talented artists currently working in this genre, it is still fresh, exciting and tremendous fun for the audience. The Moisture Festival is dedicated to bringing world-class varietè entertainment to multiple Seattle neighborhoods at a reasonable ticket price. The festival originated in Fremont and that neighborhood’s strong artistic pulse propels us into other creative strongholds: Capitol Hill, Lower Queen Anne, and Pioneer Square. This is our twelfth year at Hale’s Palladium, and our fifth year at Broadway Performance Hall. It will be our third year in Teatro ZinZanni’s spiegeltent neighboring Seattle Center and our first collaboration with Nordo’s Culinarium in Pioneer Square. Following is the complete schedule of events. For more information and tickets, visit www.moisturefestival.com or https:// moisturefestival.strangertickets.com/ The Moisture Festival is proud to be a TeenTix partner. MOISTURE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE & VENUES March 17 - April 10: Hale’s Palladium – Fremont (4301 Leary Way NW) March 25 - April 3: Broadway Performance Hall – Capitol Hill (1625 Broadway) March 18 - 20: Nordo’s Culinarium – Pioneer Square (109 S Main St) April 12 & 13: Teatro ZinZanni – Lower Queen Anne (222 Mercer St)
Show description: *The MishMash Circus Bash* is a two night only celebration presented by Moisture Festival and Teatro ZinZanni in the famous spiegeltent! Why do we have such fantastic variety entertainment in Seattle? Teatro ZinZanni led the way presenting the best world-class entertainment in their exciting circus cabaret shows and Moisture Festival has become an annual gathering place for modern variety artists. Together these organizations have put Seattle on the map as a world-renowned center for the variety arts. ************
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BENEFIT VARIETÈ SHOWS (all ages) Broadway Performance Hall (Capitol Hill) 1625 Broadway, Seattle 98122 APRIL 3 Tickets: $11 - $30 (Youth and Senior discounts) Show times: Sunday, April 3, 3:00pm - Varietè Benefit show for SANCA (School of Acrobatics and New Circus Arts) Sunday, April 3, 7:30pm – Varietè Benefit show for Britannia Panopticon Music Hall in Glasgow, Scotland (For Moisture Festival to help with the restoration of the oldest
surviving Music Hall where Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy began his career.) ************ MISHMASH CIRCUS BASH (Moisture Festival/ Teatro ZinZanni collaboration) Teatro ZinZanni (Lower Queen Anne) 222 Mercer St, Seattle 98109 APRIL 12 & 13 Tickets: $35 - $160 (single tickets available, tables of two and four) Show time: 7:30pm (Tent opens at 6:30pm)
************ Workshop ($50, limited to 14 participants, SOLD OUT) 3/26 @ 12pm – Workshop with Hilary Chaplain: “Physical Comedy From a Clown POV.” (West of Lenin in Fremont – 203 N 36th St, Seattle 98103)
************ COMEDY/VARIETÈ Hale’s Palladium at Hale’s Brewery (Fremont) 4301 Leary Way NW, Seattle 98107 MARCH 17 - APRIL 10 Tickets: $11-$26 (Youth and Senior discounts) Show times: Wednesday through Sunday Weekend Matinees at 3:00pm (all ages) Evenings at 7:30pm (all ages) Weekend Late Night shows at 10:30pm (18+)
Lecture (Free, donation suggested) 3/21 @ 7:30pm – “Circle of Sawdust” hosted by Rob Mermin: Rare film clips that bring alive the mud, myths, mayhem, and magic of traditional tenting circus. This picturesque history illuminates the relevance of circus culture to rural life in America over the past 200 years. All ages. (Hale’s Palladium) Lecture (Free, donation suggested) 3/28 @ 7:30pm – “Adventures in Mime & Space: The Legacy of Marcel Marceau” hosted by Rob Mermin: Exploring the metaphors of mime technique and showing rare film clips of Marceau and Decroux performing and teaching, bringing to life the essence what Marceau called “the eloquent art of silence.” The legacy of Marceau encompasses not only his virtuosity in mime, but also his work in the French Resistance saving Jewish children from the horrors of WWII. All ages. (Hale’s Palladium)
************ LIBERTEASE BURLESQUE (18+) Broadway Performance Hall (Capitol Hill) 1625 Broadway, Seattle 98122 MARCH 25 - APRIL 2 Tickets: $11 - $30 Show times: Friday, March 25 at 7:30pm & 10:30pm Saturday, March 26 at 7:30pm & 10:30pm Thursday, March 31 at 7:30pm Friday, April 1 at 7:30pm & 10:30pm Saturday, April 2 at 7:30pm & 10:30pm
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“RETURN TO LE CHAT NOIR” (all shows 21+) (Moisture Festival/ Nordo’s Culinarium collaboration) Nordo’s Culinarium (Pioneer Square) 109 S Main St, Seattle 98104 MARCH 18-20 Tickets: $40-$75 Show times: Fri/Sat: 7:30pm; Sun: 6:30pm Show description: The innovation, creativity, food, and live performance at Nordo’s Culinarium combine with Moisture Festival varietè artists for a night celebrating Le Chat Noir, regarded as the first modern cabaret in turnof-the-century Paris. The evening will include a special menu of French cuisine and wild cabaret acts. Belle Époque fashion attire encouraged!
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Paul McCartney returning to Seattle next month by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer
Paul McCartney fans in Seattle will have another opportunity to come together when his upcoming tour lands at Key Arena next month. The legendary artist – former Beatle, Wings band member and celebrated solo performer – last played the Emerald City in July 2013 at Safeco Field, a show that got rave reviews not only for its extended set list, but also for a jam session that featured the remaining members of Nirvana. The “One on One Tour” promises to unveil a dazzling re-designed set, dozens of classics from McCartney’s vast catalog and no shortage of surprises. In the past year alone, the music icon has appeared in concerts across North America, Europe and two Asian countries, Japan and South Korea. Tickets for the April 17 performance at Key Arena go on sale to the general public on March 14 (10 a.m.) at the Key Arena Box Office, Ticketmaster outlets, Ticketmaster.com, or charge by phone at (800) 745-3000. Making a Seattle return as well is the singing string quartet Well-Strung. The multi-talented, four-piece unit – Edmund Bagnell (1st violin), Chris Marchant (2nd violin), Daniel Shevlin (cello), Trevor Wadleigh (viola) – perform various genres of music, from classical numbers to Disney songs to Top 40 hits. Based in New York, the Gay ensemble has toured around the country, performing their eclectic blend of music to live audiences and to viewers tuned into “The TODAY Show,” “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” and at the Democratic National Committee’s Gala in NYC that honored President Obama. Additionally, they’ve appeared with Kristin Chenoweth, Audra McDonald and Neil Patrick Harris. You might recall quartet member Wadleigh interviewing with Seattle Gay News in 2014, recalling his memories of growing up in Kent and at-
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continued from cover taining high point. The show’s “Luck of the Draw” number is totally fun. Another exciting musical number is “All to Pieces,” where she expresses to her new friends which movie stars’ facial features she pines for on her own face. She continues her trip and meets the preacher (expertly played by David Caldwell), and learns some painful lessons between what she believes and what is real in the song “Look at Me.” Director Andrew Russell brings to life what could be borderline stock characters – catechism-clutching naïve Southern girl, slimy TV evangelist, folksy ghost father, bus passengers/gospel singers serving as a Greek chorus, and cocksure and charming white soldier/sage-like and fervent AfricanAmerican soldier, etc. Russell daringly treads this line expertly and auspiciously. Yes, we have seen these characters before, but in this production they all shine new and they are fascinating. The foot-tapping, catchy music also elevates the story. Violet is based on the short story “The Ugliest Pilgrim” by Doris Betts. Brian
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tending college at the University of Puget Sound. You can catch Well-Strung at The Neptune Theatre on March 16. For tickets go to stgpresents.org, or purchase them in person at the Paramount Theatre box office.
One of the most breathtaking spots in the Northwest to watch a live show is Chateau Ste. Michelle. The surrounding forest and picturesque valley setting and remote location all make for a memorable experience. The 2016 Summer Concert Series is being announced piecemeal, but thus far the lineup is shaping up to be phenomenal; as of now, Paul Simon will kick things off with back-to-back sold out performances on May 28 and 29, followed by two evenings of Bob Dylan with special guest Mavis Staples on June 4 and 5. The other artist scheduled to appear at the winery so far is Josh Groban on August 23; and that show is sold out as well. Expect more concerts to be added to the series, which takes place outdoors at the Woodinville venue. For tickets and further information, log on to ste-michelle.com. Paul Caldwell has been chosen as the new Artistic Director for the Seattle Men’s Chorus, replacing Dennis Coleman af-
ter he announced his retirement early last year. A wide net was cast to find a successor to Coleman, who has led the chorus for 35 years. Caldwell is in the process of relocating to Seattle from the Chicago area, where he served as Artistic Director for the Youth Choral Theatre of Chicago, Windy City Gay Chorus and Windy City Treble Quire. “Paul’s national reputation as a talented conductor and composer makes him a great choice. I’m proud to pass on the baton to him and look forward to seeing how he builds on our mission to entertain and inspire,” stated Coleman in a press release. Caldwell’s music has been featured on PBS, listened to at Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center and concert venues around the globe. Seattle Gay News is in the process of scheduling an interview with Paul Caldwell and we’ll have an announcement on this soon. Don’t forget to buy tickets for SMC’s upcoming production, “Everything Broadway,” on April 2 and 3 at McCaw Hall; you can purchase them at seattlechoruses.org. Finally, tour dates will soon be announced for Dolly Parton, who is embarking on a 60-date road outing this year. There’s an excellent possibility she’ll play in Seattle, or nearby. Stay glued.
Crawley (lyrics and book) and Jeanine Tesori (music) stitch together an engaging and a bit haunting fable from the American South akin to the stories like Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” and even Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” but set to gospel, honky-tonk, and bluegrass tunes. The wonderful music lifts the spiritual journey of this story and reinforces its social moralities themes. In Violet, Violet’s journey becomes her destination. Her final transformation is sweet and sad, but perfect for her. From the opening duet between her and Young Vi in the heartbreaking and folksy “Water in the Well” to the final stanza of self-discovery and liberation in the gosProduction photo of ArtsWest’s Violet – Photo by Michael Brunk pel-infused “Bring Me to Light,” Violet is an absolute triumph.
Celebrating 41 Years!
Four every Season: Jersey Boys get their turn
(l to r) Drew Seeley, Matthew Dailey, Aaron De Jesus and Keith Hines – Photo by Jeremy Daniel
by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer JERSEY BOYS PARAMOUNT THEATRE Through March 13 The Four Seasons are one of the bestknown pop groups of American culture. Having produced a unique sound (for its time), lead singer Frankie Valli and mem-
bers of the Four Seasons have cranked out hit after hit. The story of their group is as fascinating as their music, and this is the story told in the hit musical, Jersey Boys. The story is divided into four sections – or seasons if you will – each one representing one of the group members’ viewpoints. Each member gets their turn (Tommy DeVito-lead guitar, Bob Gaudio-keyboards, songwriting, Nick Massi-bass guitar, and of course, Frankie Valli-vocals. While
the versions are more personal and with slightly different viewpoints, depending on which of the group is telling their tale, the story meshes together easily. Together they tell the story of four guys that became some of America’s most successful pop artists. The musical Jersey Boys is not only informative, but it is also entertaining. All the main characters get their moment to shine and present their side of the story. Matthew Dailey plays Tommy DeVito, one of the original members and the man responsible for putting Frankie Valli on stage for the first time. Dailey gives a good performance as the thug-like DeVito, and shows his struggle for control of the group as he loses control of his gambling habits and reasoning. Drew Seeley is Bob Gaudio, the singer/songwriter of the group. His voice is good, blending in with the group easily, and he brings a younger charm to the performance. Keith Hines plays the quiet Nick Massi. The man is a “strong/silent” type (in the show) being a man of little words, but his stage presence is felt whenever he is in view. Aaron De Jesus is Frankie Valli. His voice and appearance are all perfectly in line with the original to the point of thinking De Jesus is a facsimile of Frankie Valli himself. The star of the show is really the music.
The Four Seasons put out many recognizable hits, and many of them we may have forgotten they wrote. Hearing the story of how the songs were formed (“Oh What A Night,” or “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”) is interesting, showing how much art impersonates life. The four men on stage blend their voices together extremely well, and they deliver the music. Surprisingly, the musical numbers are listed in the program, while in the past they have not been, to surprise the audience when they hear the next song. It is definitely worthwhile to look over the impressive listing (including the “ones that got away” that are not included in the show), and at the slightest glance it will be easy to understand why The Four Seasons were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Jersey Boys opened on Broadway on November 6, 2005, at the August Wilson Theatre, where it still plays – more than 4,200 performances to date. Frankie Valli himself approves the actors that represent him on stage. The musical was nominated for eight Tony Awards (2006) and won four, including Best Featured Actor, Best Actor and Best Musical of 2006. In 2014, Clint Eastwood produced a film version.
Earth Tomes: celebrating the earth by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer EARTH TOMES: celebrating the earth KOGUT BUTOH/ DIAPANBUTOH COLLECTIVE TAOIST STUDIES INSTITUTE February 20 If I had not seen Sankai Juku, the butoh troupe that performed at Meany Hall last October, I might not have been inspired to see this performance of our local butoh troupe, Kogut Butoh, and its fellow dancers from the DAIPANbutoh Collective. But having seen the most famous – possibly the most commercial – butoh group, I wanted to see what a smaller, non-professional company would do with this very unusual art form. It was a revelation: so similar, and yet so different from the very elegant, international troupe from Japan. Whereas the Sankai Juku troupe is predominantly male and directed by choreographer and grand master Ushio Amagatsu, Kogut Butoh is predominantly female with a female director, Joan Laage, who studied with the masters in Japan and has been organizing and teaching butoh in Seattle since 1990. Her style is so rooted, elemental, and organic that it seemed like the flow of the earth itself rather than the stylization of earthflow that we saw with Sankai Juku. Instead of gorgeous costumes on a stage with beautiful lighting and fields of sand, the audience for Earth Tomes surrounded the dancers as they flowed from their cushions in the front row onto the center performance space. Instead of bald, rice-powdered Sankai Juku dancers who expressed the strange, alien nature of gigantic creative forces, Director Laage and her troupe wore waist-length hair and simple clothing, moving so low to the ground that they were as elemental and as fascinating as lava oozing
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from the earth’s core. Butoh is a highly meditative dance form, both for the performers and for the audience. It’s most striking characteristic is the very slow manner in which it is performed. All butoh dance gestures evolve at the rate of molasses in January and have the mesmerizing property of a lava lamp. This is not to imply boredom – far from it. When something succeeds in slowing down our 6G digital world to ZeroG, we have a chance to think, then to not think, and then to simply experience the phenomenon before us in its strange, beautiful unfolding. Eight dancers walked into the soaring space of the Taoist Studies Institute in Greenwood – a former church with a lovely plaster and wooden vault – and joined the audience of about 60 who were sitting in facing lines on chairs and cushions. As the central figure, wearing a dark overcoat and black stocking mask, appeared at the upper wall and sank into the ground between the banks of audience, each dancer slid, one by one, into the central space, participating in the rooted, sometimes excruciating gestures that suggested the millions of years of cooling and crumbling that led to growing things. The dancers in Earth Tomes rolled, crawled, slid, and collided in slow motion
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for an hour, enacting the formations of the earth as it evolved from lava to rocks to forest (at least that was what my decelerating mind told me I was seeing). This process was so hypnotizing that my eyes kept sliding out of focus – and then I would see the rock formations and rolling earth that the dancers were suggesting with their bodies. And if we can imagine that the earth cooled and crumbled into fertile soil to the sounds of the electric guitar, it would surely be that of Dimitry Artamonov, whose haunting sounds accompanied the slow-rolling dancers. I spoke to him afterwards to discover where the bird calls, ocean waves, tinkling bells and deep earth sighs came from (I suspected recordings) but all he showed me was his guitar, some pedals, and an e-bow. He could have shown me magic wands and I would have believed him – the man is a musical wizard. For those who have never seen a butoh dance performance, Earth Tomes is a perfect introduction. The slow evolution of ideas as dancers merge into and out of the center movement allows your busy brain to rest, and your heart and soul to engage deeply in the organic movement unfolding before you. I asked Joan Laage afterwards how much of the dance was choreographed
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by her and how much was improvisation by the dancers. She told me that she establishes a structure and vocabulary of movement, but that each dancer then has their own process and feelings that determine how they move through the established pattern. This was very clear to see as Earth Tomes progressed through the wide space between the audience. Laage said that the dancers are very humble, giving themselves over to the expression of the movement and not to the self. Rather than the “ballet butoh” of Sankai Juku – highly stylized, coordinated movement in repeatable choreography – Laage and company begin and end in roughly the same progression, with wonderfully idiosyncratic movement in the middle. The final gesture of Earth Tomes, in which all the dancers rise slowly from the ground into tree-like poses, feels like the triumph of nature over eons of emergence from steaming, cooling rock. The beautiful group stance was breathtaking – I felt as though I had seen the miracle of the birth of trees. So I am now an official fan of butoh – both the formal, highly choreographed Sankai Juku variety, and the humble, meditative, organic Kogut Butoh variety. Both bring revelations and peace to the busy soul – but the more fundamental, spirit-driven variety that Joan Laage directs touched me most deeply. As one of the dancers said to me afterward, “It feeds my heart!” It does, indeed. The next performance from the DAIPANbutoh Collective will be Kantor’s Dead Class Revisited to be presented on Sunday, April 17, doors at 4:30 p.m. at the Polish Home Association (1714 18th Avenue). For more information, visit the DAIPANbutoh Collective website at http:// www.daipanbutoh.com/.
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Charming Brooklyn Bridge offers community to a lonely girl by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer BROOKLYN BRIDGE SEATTLE CHILDREN’S THEATRE Through March 20 An enchanting play is onstage now at Seattle Children’s Theatre, suitable for ages 6 or 7 and up. Brooklyn Bridge, by Melissa James Gibson, focuses on a bright and articulate 5th grader, Sasha (charmingly played by Analiese Emerson Guettinger), who has a very important research paper due and is struggling to get it onto paper. The script is full of sparkling dialogue and is meant to address aspects of a lonely latchkey child and the isolation that situation can create. Sasha is portrayed as a very resourceful and obedient child, but in this instance, she must disobey her mother, in order to get the very important paper done by tomorrow. She doesn’t have a pen at home, and is compelled to leave her apartment, contravening her mother’s instructions, to visit neighbors she doesn’t know to find one. The first neighbor she meets in the apartment is the very astute Sam (an accessible Rudy Roushdi), a dental student and taxi driver, who pronounces her situation “a predicament” and immediately identifies that her leaving her apartment is a bad thing, but if she finds a pen, then it’s a bad thing that is successful. However, he doesn’t have a pen for her. She meets three other neighbors, a time-
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continued from cover present their sides, their reasoning and their excuses as to why they found their place in darker annals of American text books. Although there are several other would-beassassinators, only the more “notorious” are represented. As a brief rundown, here are the main characters (in chronological order) and against whom they made their mark: • John Wilkes Booth – succeeding in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln • Charles Guiteau – succeeding in the assassination of President James Garfield • Leon Czolgosz – succeeding in the assassination of President William McKinley • Giuseppe Zangara – attempted assassination of President-elect Franklin Roosevelt • Lee Harvey Oswald – succeeding in the assassination of President John Kennedy • Samuel Byck – attempted assassination of President Richard Nixon • Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme – attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford • Sara Jane Moore – attempted assassination of President Gerald Ford • John Hinckley – attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan The cast of this show may be small but they work together as a well-oiled machine, doubling up for the ensemble roles. There is not a single performance that doesn’t shine in this production, no matter how small or large the role may be represented. Some of the cast are veterans while at least half
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challenged upstairs kook, Trudi (Rebekah Patti), motherly and knowledgeable Talidia (a warm and compassionate Claire Fort), and elderly John (grandfatherly David Pichette). Each of the neighbors adds a bit to Sasha’s world and opens up opportunities for community and companionship in the future. John, in particular, is a Brooklyn Bridge buff, like Sasha (and she learns what “buff” means) and quizzes her on what she has already researched for her paper. She is encouraged to go beyond the facts and figures to realize what the bridge means to her, and John helps her overcome her reluctance to put her thoughts down on paper. The production uses actors and support from the UW School of Drama in a hey-doit-more-often! collaboration. The drama school participants get professional exposure and SCT gets to lower its financial footprint without losing quality. The storyline and its presentation can appeal to both children and adults. There are definitely some nits to pick. They generally don’t generally get in the way of the production, but it is hard to know why they are there or who decided upon them (whether the script is written that way or the production added them). There are some maybe-for-comic-effect neighbors (labeled “shadowy figures”) who vie to put the hallway potted plant just so. There are moments of flashback where period figures appear to gaze at the bridge during construction or on opening day. There is an upstairs neighbor who is never visited, but is apparently composing a song,
but since that neighbor does not interact that seems a bit useless. The conflicted Sasha also clearly lies to her mother on the phone. That plus the clear issue of her disobeying her mother makes for what could be an important conversation between parents and kids on the way home. That isn’t a bad subject to talk about, because “situational ethics” is something we all confront as we grow older. It becomes clear that Sasha might feel like she should not burden her already burdened mother with her school problems, and that Sasha isn’t sure how to manage them herself. Guettinger is an accomplished actor and
fulfills the role perfectly. The other main cast members also do a great job, led by Rita Giomi, a talented and veteran director at SCT. This is a multi-layered play that raises some potentially rich areas of conversation in your family. Reaching out to your neighbors is a potent possibility. For more information, call 206-4413322 or go to www.sct.org.
of the cast are making either their 5th Avenue or ACT Theatre debuts in this ACT Theatre/5th Avenue Theatre co-production. Nathan Brockett (playing the Balladeer and Lee Harvey Oswald) is one of the debut performers and does an incredible job. As a musical narrator his is perhaps the evening’s largest role. His voice is strong and his boyish appearance mirrors the youthfully optimistic view that slowly turns more bitter with each assassination attempt, until he becomes one of the ex-patriots himself. Nick DeSantis (playing The Proprietor) summons the ex-patriots together at his netherworld shooting gallery. His voice is rich and deep as he musically presents the challenge to each person stepping up to try his or her luck. He also acts as a commentator linking the scenes together. Frederick Hagreen (playing John Hinckley) is a great combination of geek with danger brimming just under the surface. He plays Hinkley as sullen and monotonously awkward, until meeting his role model Oswald, before instantly showing himself as crazed fan. Laura Griffith (playing Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme) departs from her usual role as femme fatal changing to that of a “fatal femme.” Griffith moves across the stage with the grace of a “free-spirit” only to turn and show the craziness emoted in her eyes and facial expressions. Her voice is beautiful adding to the irony when she and Hagreen (as Fromme and Hinckley) sing the show’s touching, haunting, and unrequited love number to their respected fantasies – Hinckley to Jodie Foster and Fromme to Charles Manson. Kendra Kassebaum (playing Sara Jane Moore) provides an almost sad, portrait of this woman. Her voice is fantastic and she brings a comical edge to this character if not by facial expressions, then from her ennunciations and inflec-
tions of her character’s speech. When she sings the haunting ballad, “Something Just Broke,” the power of her voice brings out the significance of Sondheim’s lyrics showing the impact of “Presicide” on a country. Richard Gray (playing Charles Guiteau) is one of the evening’s shining moments. He represents the assassin with a maniacal psychotic behavior that is both comical and disturbing all at once. Gray easily shows the character’s delusions of grandeur while allowing him to become completely endeared to the audience – despite the horrific act which the character has committed. The audience shares his enthusiasm as he dances up the stairs until coming face-toface with the hanging rope. Gray allows his character to become a living piece of animation letting the audience in on the joke by laughing at his antics and realizing the craziness of his actions. The music and lyrics of any Sondheim musical is as important a character as those represented on stage. The beautiful images of the evening’s love song, (“Unworthy of Your Love”) includes the lyrics, “I would swim oceans, I would move mountains, I would do anything for you,” and may seem cliché until we realize the depths of what the character IS willing to do. The power behind the evening’s “11 o’clock number,” “Something Just Broke,” says in montage, “I remember where I was, just exactly where I was, in the yard out back…I was getting me a shoeshine…We were waiting for a carriage, Suddenly there’s shouting in the street – ‘the president’s been shot.’” Every member of the audience feels the song’s impact as it is sung in almost a hushed, solemn whisper. And, it is done so beautifully by Ms. Kassebaum, who held the distinctive pleasure of introducing the song on Broadway.
If there is a flaw, it comes with mixed blessings. The songs are complete genius with their insight and clever commentary that Sondheim has become known for. But several of them (in this musical) end with the execution of the successful assassin. Although it is comically poignant when both Zangara and Guiteau finish their numbers and are executed by the state, it is still an uncomfortable feeling for the audience to applaud at the sight of an electrocution or a hanging. Nervous laughter could be heard in the dark, as the applause was slow to get started at these points. It should be noted that once the clapping began, it continued with deserved enthusiasm; the numbers are brilliant and by making us look at our own discomfort is one of the reasons why musical theater exists.
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Assassins first opened Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons on December 18, 1990 closing after only 73 performances. The show was remounted (with the additional song, “Something Just Broke”) at Studio 54 on March 31, 2004, running for over 100 performances. The official “Broadway” cast (at Studio 54) included Neil Patrick Harris, James Barbour, Mario Cantone, Michael Cerveris, Kendra Kassebaum, and Marc Kudish among other notable names. The show was nominated for 8 Tony Awards (2004 season), winning six including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Featured Actor in a Musical (Michael Cerveris). After seeing a production of Assassins, the comedian Sarah Vowel recorded her journey up and down the East Coast, visiting the sites related to each of the Presidential assassination attempts, in her enlightening (and humorous) book, Assassination Vacation.
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and I Love You Phillip Morris, the movie attempts to make the real humorous, the funny real and the outrageous genuine. It attempts to look at America’s longest war through an absurdist lens, playing in some ways like a female-driven mashup of Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H, Mike Nichols’ Catch-22 and David O. Russell’s Three Kings. That it doesn’t reach the same heights as those classics isn’t a surprise. That it at times almost does moderately is. There is a lot to like here. The movie, written by Robert Carlock of “30 Rock” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” fame, takes a streamlined, episodic view of Barker’s time in Afghanistan, presenting roughly three years of her time abroad as she makes the metamorphosis from ill-prepared newbie to seasoned veteran. Its satirical bent is apparent from the start, looking at things in Kabul (nicknamed the “Kabubble” by the reporters) from a sideways perspective that kept me intrigued throughout. Most of all, it shows that Barker is actually really good at her job, throwing herself into this quagmire immediately even with her massive lack of experience making it initially difficult.
Splitting things into a series of vignettes works the majority of the time. Barker goes on her first embed, figuring out how to attach herself to an important Marine, General Hollanek (Billy Bob Thornton), cultivating that relationship like any good reporter would. She has her interpreter and fixer Fahim Ahmadzai (Christopher Abbott) set her up with important Afghan political leader Ali Massoud Sadiq (Alfred Molina), sidestepping his advances but doing so in a way that allows the politician to remain secure in his haughty masculinity. She makes friends with fellow (and rival) reporter Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie) and gets close to photojournalist Iain MacKelpie (Martin Freeman), all of them reveling in the over-the-top Kabul nightlife all of the journalists and their security teams lose themselves within as they try to not let the horror of what they are covering get the better of them. There are times where Ficarra and Requa get a little too observational, almost as if they’re slightly afraid of the material, that if they dig too deeply the audience will run screaming in the opposite direction. As such, they allow some of the coincidence running through Carlock’s script to get the better of them, especially during the rushed, not nearly as focused as it arguably should be, final act. Budget cuts, betrayals, abductions and rescues all crash one into the other, all of it becoming something of an emotional jumble that’s never as intimate or as affecting as so much of the rest of the film is. But they right the ship with a terrific climactic sequence that brings things full circle, Barker returning to speak with a soldier she made the acquaintance of during her early days in Afghanistan, and while what he says smacks a little of “movie speak,” oddly that’s okay, the tears I shed during this moment feeling remarkably genuine. I loved the restraint here, the way the two di-
rectors allow Fey and character actor Evan Jonigkeit do all the heavy lifting for them. It’s a superb little moment that builds eloquently and with precision, and in its way says more about the still ongoing war than anything else in the entire motion picture. Fey is very good, and it’s obvious this movie is a labor of love for her (she’s also one of the producers), but she never disappears inside the character, and there are moments here or there where her incarnation of Barker feels a little like a mixture of her Mean Girls educator and her Sisters hellion. But she has terrific chemistry with Freeman, while her scenes with Abbott – who is excellent, if oddly cast, the Caucasian actor not exactly of Middle Eastern descent – are some of the best in the entire film. I also loved an early moment when a convoy she’s in gets attacked and, instead of crouching in a corner, she jumps out of her armored vehicle in order to get video footage of the incident. Fey’s reactions when she realizes what it is she’s just done are priceless, making Barker instantly relatable in a way nothing else she does in the rest of the movie can equal. If Whiskey Tango Foxtrot isn’t as incisive or as penetrating as it potentially could have been, for a major studio satirical look at the war in Afghanistan there’s still plenty of food for thought here. Ficarra and Requa get more right than they do wrong, and while Carlock’s script isn’t a warts-and-all expose it digs just deep enough to keep the average viewer with even a modicum of intelligence satisfied. More importantly, the movie starts conversations that feel more than apropos considering it’s an election year, and on that front alone I’m very happy Fey and company went out on this particular limb in order to make sure Barker’s story saw the light of day.
port), who declared “I don’t get ready, I stay ready” as she pranced around in a garbage bag (yes, a garbage bag). The final contender, and overall 100th contestant on the show, to stroll through the entryway was drag celeb Derrick Barry (32, Las Vegas), a Britney Spears impersonator from Sin City who turned heads in a white, open-chested jumpsuit. Immediately afterwards, the show’s mother hen, RuPaul, descended a small staircase and greeted the ladies in an overly colorful, bright and busy ensemble that screamed Skittles. “An occasion such as this demands to be acknowledged on an epic scale,” announced Mama Ru, which led to the traditional first episode photo shoot challenging each contestant to out-pose all seven previous “Drag Race” winners – minus Season 7 champ Bianca Del Rio, whose absence was filled by a random circus clown. Some of the girls managed to upstage the former titleholders, including Jinkx Monsoon and Violet Chachki, but a few simply got lost in this queendom of drag divas, who collectively had no personality and just sat there like wax figures in costumes. A fun part of any episode, though especially the season premiere, is watching the ladies de-drag. This particular group is cuter than others, especially Derrick Barry who could probably pass for Britney Spears brother, bearing an uncanny resemblance
to the Toxic singer as a girl and a boy. For the main challenge, Ru resurrected memorable challenges from past seasons – Drag on a Dime (Season 1), Pride Floats (Season 4), Money Ball (Season 3), Sugar Ball (Season 5), Glitter Ball (Season 6), Post Apocalyptic (Season 4), Cake Couture (Season 6), Hair Ball (Season 3), Hello Kitty (Season 7), Gone with the Window (Season 2), The Queen Who Mopped Christmas (Season 3), Bitch Ball (Season 4) – but asked the girls to put their personal spin on them. They were each assigned a challenge by Robbie Turner, selected at lottery for the task – okay, this is what had had happened: Robbie Turner’s name was written on a pingpong ball that shot out of Morgan McMichaels’ butt, paying homage to the draggiest of films Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. Unfortunately, Robbie Turner forgot to assign himself a task and therefore had to settle for the very last one, the Bitch Ball (remember when Sharon Needles knocked it out of the doggy park with her poodle do?). All of the competitors gave the challenge their best shot, but in the end only a handful stood out, including the top three: Kim Chi, Acid Betty and Derrick Barry. The bottom three were: Robbie Turner (because of her poorly executed, poochthemed outfit; a big pile of you-know-what), Leila McQueen (because of her awful photo shoot and mismatched punk-meetsValley girl runway look) and Naysha Lopez
(because the judges weren’t impressed by her at all, and neither was I). Robbie was spared an exit by receiving a “you’re safe” pass for next week, sending Leila and Naysha to the elimination round, where they lipsync’d for their lives to Lady GaGa’s “Applause”; Leila worked it, while Naysha only – and I repeat, only – clapped her hands to the beat of the song (maybe she thought it was a salsa number). Thus, she got the boot – er, the heel – from RuPaul and got sent back to Chi-Town. Aside from Ru, the judges panel this week included sidekick-BFF Michelle Visage, “Queer Eye’s” Carson Cressley, tabloid magnet Nicole Richie, and funnyman Ross Matthews, who interviewed with Seattle Gay News three years ago. Of course, I’m cheering for hometowner Robbie Turner; what kind of Seattleite would I be if I didn’t?! But I’m also on Team Kim Chi, whose mom has no idea that she’s doing drag (how do you say “yikes” in Korean?). Overall, this is a much more interesting and stronger set of contestants than last season. Robbie Turner is the fourth contestant from The Emerald City, following Jinkx Monsoon (Season 5), BenDeLaCreme (Season 6) and Magnolia Crawford (Season 6). Episode 2 of Season 8 is set to air on March 14, on Logo TV. All episodes can be streamed online at logotv.com.
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Tina Fey and Margot Robbie in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot – latfusa.com
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT Now playing Cable television news producer Kim Baker (Tina Fey) felt like she was going backward, things not exactly going in the direction she’d like them to in either her career or her love life. On something of a whim, she takes an open post as a war reporter, heading to Afghanistan to chronicle the on-the-ground happenings in and around Kabul. She’s not prepared, let alone qualified, but neither, really, is anyone else, so embracing a sink-or-swim mentality and plunging herself feet-first into the messy military engagement seems to be the best course of action. Based on reporter Kim Barker’s bestselling memoir The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, there is a ton to like about directors Glenn Ficarra and John Requa’s latest comedy-drama hybrid Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Much like the pair’s previous efforts, most notably Focus, Crazy, Stupid, Love.
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geddon, or so says Howard, and if the three of them want to survive, then they should stay right where they all are, in his bunker, for at least the next year, maybe even two. Here is all you need to know about 10 Cloverfield Lane: It’s awesome. That’s it. Nothing more. Not a broader plot description. Not an idea of what happens. Not even how, if at all, the movie, produced by J.J. Abrams and executive produced by Matt Reeves and Drew Goddard, connects to the trio’s 2008 surprise hit found-footage giant monster creature feature Cloverfield. Born from a witty, breathlessly intricate puzzle box of a script by Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken (both of whom also conceived the original story) and Whiplash Oscarnominee Damien Chazelle, creatively and confidently directed by newcomer Dan Trachtenberg, this agonizingly tense threeperson thriller is terrific, a can’t-miss piece of high-concept entertainment that by all rights should be a massive hit. The acting is superb. There is a playful tenderness to Gallagher’s Emmett that belies the pain he is now feeling, realizing he’ll likely never have the chance to fulfill his dreams or make amends for past re-
grets. His hurt coupled with his relative joy at being a survivor is glorious, the way he relates to Howard’s apparent paranoia and eccentricity a great counterpoint to how the clearly mystified Michelle is dealing with things. Gallagher brings a childlike innocence to his performance that grows in depth and power, allowing for the character to build to a heroic form of sacrificial authenticity that’s sublime. Winstead, who once upon a time deserved an Academy Award nomination for 2012’s alcohol addiction drama Smashed, is just as wonderful. The fear Michelle feels awakening in Howard’s bunker is palpable, the way she attempts to use her intellect to determine what is truth, what is fiction, and what exactly she should be doing to differentiate between the two equally so. There is something magnetically vulnerable about what Winstead is doing, the actress finding a way to make her character heartbreakingly relatable as she deals with monsters both exterior and interior, her journey of self-discovery the one around which the film indefatigably revolves. It is Goodman, however, who makes 10 Cloverfield Lane essential. In a career littered with a number of great performances, here, in this small, low budget B-grade down-and-dirty genre thriller, he delivers one ranking right up there with his absolute best. Howard is a complicated creature, filled with numerous layers, teetering between psychosis and selfless tenderness, and it is continually unclear what his intentions in regards to Michelle and Emmett truly are. Even when it becomes apparent what has happened in the outside world and who this man is down in the cold, concrete confines of the bunker, Goodman finds a way to root him in a form of humanity that is pitifully tender, his intricate, cryptically disconcerting portrait of a man at war with himself as poignant as it is terrifying. The dialogue is top-notch, having a naturalistic quality that belies the inherent dangers lurking within every syllable that
passes between the trio at any given time. The script parcels out clues to the central mysteries with pleasing restraint yet is never nondescript or purposefully vague, everything one needs to understand about what is going on, as well as what will likely happen during the third act, plainly visible every step of the way. The film calls to mind Hammer productions of the 1960s or, even better, the eerie, groundbreaking low budget genre marvels of Jacques Tourneur of the early 1940s, the character-driven terrors present throughout reminiscent of classics like Cat People or I Walked with a Zombie. Trachtenberg’s direction is simple, free of artifice and always on point. There is no fat on this film’s bones, everything moving at the proper pace and speed, building to its explosive resolution with unwavering commitment and supreme authority. He utilizes composer Bear McCreary’s sensational score – his third winner this year after The Forest and The Boy, and first for a movie actually worthy of his efforts – like a thunderous sledgehammer, while the picture’s cacophonous sound design is unsettlingly immersive in ways that sent shudders up and down my spine with delicious ease. Just because the word “Cloverfield” is in the title, do not assume it is a foregone conclusion where things will end up. Same time, even if one does assume the monsters alluded to in the title will go beyond the metaphorical and enter into the world of the literal, the genius of this movie is those expectations aren’t just met, they are encouraged. More than that, Trachtenberg exceeds them, building to an astonishing, powerfully gripping climax that had me sitting so far out on the edge of my seat I was in danger of falling to the floor. 10 Cloverfield Lane might not be a true sequel to Cloverfield, but that doesn’t make it any less magnificent, watching it a spellbinding treat I simply did not want to see come to an end.
whom feed his need to be loved and cared for as he gives them in turn a sense of freedom from responsibility they likely haven’t known since childhood. This, however, is not the version of that story. Malick has attempted to manufacture something far more ephemeral, but at the same time much more intimate, than that relatively simple, overly familiar melodramatic scenario would initially lead one to believe. What the movie becomes, then, is a treatise on self, a memorandum on faith, things moving in a dreamlike fashion where memory and experience collide in order to manufacture a present reality that is continually in a state of flux. It is the entire human condition in the continually wandering form of a single man, making choices and decisions that range across the entire good-bad spectrum and as such it paints a picture of self that’s as painful as it is joyous, as indescribably unique as it is universal. Working again with three-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki (they’ve collaborated on The New World, The Tree of Life and To the Wonder), the movie has a visual aesthetic that stamps it as a Malick production yet also feels inexpressibly inventive. The
pair transforms their camera into a de facto voyeur, spending most of the time hovering right over Rick’s shoulder as he traipses through his various situations. It makes the audience the proverbial fly on the wall, a ghostly specter analyzing this man’s every move almost as if they were living inside his skin. With To the Wonder, Malick could never get the balance right, his intentions slipping too often into pretension, diluting the emotional undercurrents I can only assume he was attempting to hint at in ways that left me frustrated and slightly annoyed. This was a first for me where it came to the director, all his previous motion pictures ones I treasure to my very core, especially Days of Heaven and The Thin Red Line, a pair of masterpieces I feel are two of the greatest films ever made. But Malick’s insistence on traveling into the realm of pure cinema, a stream-of-consciousness style of filmmaking that’s as nondescript as it is ostentatious, didn’t work here, and as such it was hard not to believe the director’s aspirations got the better of him. Undaunted, Malick goes back to this well with Knight of Cups, and while I am not what anyone would call a spiritual person, not since Darren Aronofsky’s Noah
has a movie made me look inside at my own beliefs as they pertain to God, faith and religion with such palpably intimate ferocity. No real story. No obvious character arcs. None of it matters. Rick’s quest is one filled with hardship and pain, something that is eloquently pointed out to him on numerous occasions by religious figures of varying faiths (the most potent of which is portrayed by the great Armin Mueller-Stahl), his struggles ones I found myself relating to more and more as his search went on. There’s no way for me to know who this film will appeal to and who it will not. Truth be told, considering the nature of the storytelling, the way Malick eschews convention at every turn, it will likely be a scant few who respond as I have, the director on his way to becoming the most abstruse major American filmmaker working today. But his experimentation here excites me, has me looking at my own life in ways I haven’t dared to in quite some time. It makes his latest a superlative triumph that transcends any rational critical analysis I could ever have hoped to throw its way; and while I can’t explain why, Knight of Cups has me flabbergasted, and I’m eager to dive into its metaphorical waves again sometime soon.
John Gallagher Jr., Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman in 10 Cloverfield Lane – movieweb.com
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer 10 Cloverfield Lane Now playing Michelle (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes up on a small mattress in a concrete room, handcuffed to a water pipe and her knee in a brace. Lumbering his way through the door is scruffy-looking giant Howard (John Goodman). She was in a car accident, he explains to the scared young woman. He brought her here. He took care of her injuries. He locked her up for her own good, not wanting her to reinjure herself in any way when she awoke. In short, he saved her life, and not just from the crash, but from something, as he describes it, much, much worse. Turns out, Michelle is in Howard’s survivalist bunker, joined there by a young man, the happy-go-lucky Emmett (John Gallagher Jr.). According to them, something horrible has happened in the outside world, an airborne toxin released by unknown agents that is painfully fatal to any unlucky enough to breathe it in. It’s Arma-
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entered into Jean-Luc Godard terrain here, and much like that legendary filmmaker’s last effort Goodbye to Language, Malick comes as close to crafting a purely visual, impenetrably obtuse tone poem about the human condition as anything I could have imagined beforehand. If this were a traditional narrative construct, Knight of Cups would be about hedonistic Hollywood screenwriter Rick (Christian Bale) attempting to make sense of his life in the wake of his youngest brother’s untimely death. He’d be dealing with an aging authoritarian father (Brian Dennehy), another brother (Wes Bentley) struggling with addiction and an estranged mother (Cherry Jones) who wants nothing to do with her psychologically damaged ex-husband. Rick is also working his way through a variety of women, including the one who by all rights should have been the love of his life (Cate Blanchett), while another he bares his heart and soul to (Natalie Portman) happens to already be married. In between them are a series of actresses, models and strippers (Freida Pinto, Isabel Lucas, Teresa Palmer, Imogen Poots), all of
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THE GLITTER OF THE LITERATI: The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival and the Saints & Sinners Festival
by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival (March 30-April 3) and the Saints & Sinners Festival (April 1-3) are two major literary conventions held annually in New Orleans, Louisiana. While the Tennessee Williams Festival (http://www. tennesseewilliams.net) is celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year, Saints & Sinners (http://sasfest.org) is celebrating its 13th year of promoting those in the field of LGBT literature, and those that support it. Whether you are an established author, a first time author, someone that wants to become an author, or a fan of the written word, there is something to appreciate and enjoy at either (or both) festivals. The Tennessee Williams Festival (TW Fest) is currently going on its 30th Anniversary enjoying its long history with New Orleans. Originally set up to celebrate the “genius of Tennessee Williams, who once called [New Orleans] his ‘spiritual home’.” The festival provides professional writing education to more than 200 area students. “It’s a feast for the senses,” says Paul Willis, Executive Director since 2004. “Approximately, 30%-40% of the programming is related to our namesake playwright, but it is also a celebration of contemporary literature of all genres…as well as promoting New Orleans food and music culture that has a tie to the written word.” The festival currently brings in more than 130 authors, actors and musicians to celebrate the fiveday event. The TW Fest started with 500 audience members within a two days’ space of entertainment. For the 25th Anniversary (2011), the festival expanded to five full days of programming including over 10,000 audience seats. It shows no signs of stopping. This year includes such honorable speakers as Dorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina), Beth Henley (Crimes of the Heart), Megan Abbott (Dare Me), and John Lahr (Tennessee Williams: Mad Pilgrimage of the Flesh) among many other esteemed authors. Also joining the festival will be music sensation Big Freedia, Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons, Rex Reed, and Mary Badham (“Scout” in the film To Kill A Mockingbird) among several others gath-
ered to study and share the wit and works of America’s greatest playwright. There are so many lectures, classes and Master Classes offered that it quickly becomes a matter of prioritizing. Aside from several full-length productions of Mr. Williams’ plays (The Glass Menagerie, Orpheus Descending) there are opportunities to see some of his lesser-known, one-act plays (Goat Song, Something Unspoken) as well. Master Classes are presented on Friday and include such examples as: “Lucid Dreaming/Sustaining the Story” (Dorothy Allison), “Setting Mood” (Megan Abbott), or “To the Heart of the Subject” (John Lahr). And, of course, there is the “Stella /Sta nley Shouting C ont e st .” T h i s contest (open t o the
largest LGBT Writing Festival in the United States, although open to all attendees. “While SAS is welcoming and would be of value to authors of any orientation,” explains Amie Evans, a member of the SASFest Board of Directors, “it is focused on LGBT writers.” The festival first got started as a way to bring LGBT writers together. “Paul Willis started it because there was a need for a writing festival,” Evans continues. “To bring together LGBT writers in all stages of their careers, to build community, and recharge themselves in what is a very solitary art.” Founded in 2003 it was originally set up as a new initiative designed as an innovative way to reach the community with in for mation about HIV/ AIDS. In doing so, the festival has
first 2 5 that worked s i g n closely u p ) with New gives the Orleans average, AIDS Task and someEric Andrews-Katz – Force. “NO/AIDS times beyond avericandrewskatz.com does a great outreach to erage, person a chance help those living with HIV and to recreate the infamous scene from A Streetcar Named Desire. to help prevent others from acquiring it.” Open to all genders you may stand be- Evans says. “SASFest saw an opportunity fore a balcony and yell “Stella” or “Stan- to give back and help support a great orgaley” (screamer’s choice) for the chance of nization and cause, stopping AIDS.” While the two festivals have coincided prizes and notoriety. Past opportunists (2015 video: https://www.youtube.com/ with each other for the last couple of years, watch?v=DzoPLLFiorU) have performed they differ and complement each other in a by being comical, serious, in American grand way. Combining the two programs Sign Language and even a Yiddish version. “allows us to mainstream the organized aspects of the festival,” Evans says. “We can The Saints & Sinners Festival (SAS- book out both festivals at once. This greatly Fest) is the “younger sibling” to the Tennes- reduces the strain of set up on Paul [Willis] see Williams Festival, and is perhaps the and his team.”
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While the TW Fest is more focused on the workings of Tennessee Williams, Saints & Sinners is more mainstream. The SASFest offers “more intimate groups,” Evans continues. The SASFest “focus is on writers in all stages of their careers (from emerging to famous) and the Craft of Writing.” There are plenty of opportunities to meet, mix and network with some of your favorite authors as well as others in the business. “I imagine,” Evans confesses, “non-writers would enjoy meeting literary figures and hearing the intimate deep discussions the panels offer as well as the reading series and the parties.” Offered this year are a plethora of classes, lectures, meet-and-greets and opportunities to mix with your favorite authors, and those working in the publication field. Attendees include two Violet Quill alumni Felice Picano (Like People in History) and Andrew Holleran (Dancer From the Dance), as well as Michael Thomas Ford (Alec Baldwin Doesn’t Love Me), Radclyffe (Justice For All), and Jewelle Gomez (The Gilda Stories) among many others. Panels are offered on such subjects as “Marketing,” “Crossing Writing Genres,” as well as “Pitching Your Novel” sessions. Bold Strokes Books (https://www.boldstrokesbooks.com/), the largest LGBT publishing house in the United States and third largest in the world, will be on hand (by appointment) to listen to new, up-and-coming authors pitch their novels. Classic Reading Series are set up to allow exposure to new, as well as established, authors who will be reading from their work. Excerpts will be read from Flit: A Poetry Mashup of Classic Literature (Dennis Milam Bensie), Not Just Another Pretty Face (editor Louis Flint Ceci), and, of course, from the Saints & Sinners Anthology 2016, composed of the winning submissions of the annual fiction contest. A variety of reading events are set up throughout the weekend, on any number of various subjects. “Each year,” Aimee Evans says, “I am always surprised by the passion attendees have for the craft of writing and their willingness to share that passion with each other.”
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FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm. ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www. scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists. NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.
SATURDAY - March 12
Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am. Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. www.agatheringofmen.org Puddletown Squares Festival Fly-In (3/11-3/13). Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. Featuring fabulous callers: Anne Uebelacker, John Marshall, Gary Monday. $125 for the entire weekend. Individual session pricing: Friday night $20; Saturday morning $30, Saturday afternoon $35, Saturday night $25, Sunday $20. puddletownsquares.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org. Yoga With Andrew Conner. 9:30-11am. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Saturday. A love offering is suggested but no one will be turned away. Crystal Meth Anonymous. 10:30am. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.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.oasisyouth center.org. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.) Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Gay City Arts Presents “Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of a Well-Dressed AIDS Activist” (3/10-3/13 & 3/17-3/20). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A multimedia solo performance by Chad Goeller-Sojourner that chronicles his coming of age as a black Gay activist in the 90s in New York City. Tickets: general admission $15, sponsor $20, student/senior $12. gaycity.org Seattle Theater Group Presents Lisa Lampanelli. 8pm. Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave. Features comedy’s lovable Queen of Mean. Lampanelli is a cross between Don Rickles, Archie Bunker & a vial of estrogen. Tickets: $27.50-$47.50. 877-784-4849.
SUNDAY - March 13
Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org Puddletown Squares Festival Fly-In (3/11-3/13). Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. Featuring fabulous callers: Anne Uebelacker, John Marshall, Gary Monday. $125 for the entire weekend. Individual session pricing: Friday night $20; Saturday morning $30, Saturday afternoon $35, Saturday night $25, Sunday $20. puddletownsquares.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am 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 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 + $2 shoe rental. (425) 785-4725. 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. 3295908; www.LotusSisters.org; www.sasgcc.org (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.) Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. www.dharmabuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.) Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org
March 12 thru March 20 Northwest Playwrights Alliance Reading: “Hold Me Well.” 7pm. Seattle Repertory Theatre, 155 Mercer St. Written by Eva Suter, directed by Arlene Martinez. FREE. Donations accepted. Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. 206-325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org. PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724. Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Queers, Crackpots & Fallen Women AA. 8-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.
TUESDAY - March 15
Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org United Indians of All Tribes - 46th Anniversary of Take Over of Fort Lawton. 12-5pm. Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, 5011 Bernie Whitebear Way. Meet at 12 noon at the north parking lot in Discovery Park to join a commemorative march down to Daybreak Star. Dress for the weather and wear shoes to hike in. 12:30pm lunch provided. Bring your favorite spring soup or dessert to share. 1:30-5pm Native art making tables; story of takeover of Fort Lawton; honorings; song by Red Eagle Soaring. This event is free and open to the public. Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays an almost weekly recreational scrimmage game for LGBTQ players in Seattle. Perfect for individuals looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am. More info: crystalmeth.org. Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.
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Gay City Arts Presents “Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of a Well-Dressed AIDS Activist” (3/10-3/13 & 3/173/20). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. (See Saturday listing at 7pm for details,) Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Cineoke! 6:30pm doors; 7pm show. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. It’s like Karaoke - only better! You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film and lyrics are projected onto the screen. $8 cover ($5 for Three Dollar Bill Cinema members). www.threedollarbillcinema.org. Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. A fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. 329-0886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.
MONDAY - March 14
Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org 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. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting. 6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation. Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713. Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org. Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org. Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org
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Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting. 3-5pm. Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months (schedule varies in summer). A Public-Private Partnership in support of LGBT youth. All are welcome at meetings; lots of volunteer opportunities are discussed. 632-0662 ext 49; CRISIS LINE: 1-877-SAFE-SAFE; www.safeschoolscoalition.org. Amor Open Meditation. 5-6pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Tuesday. LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@ rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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 Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older. 7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521. Rain City Jacks. 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm; 4th Sunday each month at1pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sexpositive, non-profit and private. Membership required. Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www.raincityjacks. org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water
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polo team is open to all who want to play. Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org
WEDNESDAY - March 16
Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org Daddy’s Leather Tag Sale & Community Leather Social. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave @ E Pine St. In conjunction with Washington State Leather Pride Week the past Seattle Men in Leather Daddy titleholders & Washington State Mr & Ms Leather Organization host a Leather Tag Sale & Community Leather Social. Proceeds benefit the Leather Archives & Museum. daddy@doghouse leathers.com GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm. All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat. Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome. Pierce County AIDS Foundation New Volunteer Orientation in Tacoma. 6-8pm. Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Wednesday each month. PCAF is seeking volunteers to provide practical & emotional support services for clients, assist with administrative needs, & plan & work at special events. More info & to receive application, call Colleen at (253) 383-2565 ext 206. Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http:// faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. www. LotusSisters.org. Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.) HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Family Affair - Cabaret Served Up Family-Style. 7pm doors; 7:30pm show. Rendezvous/Jewel Box Theater, 2322 2nd Ave. Every 3rd Wednesday. Storytellers, writers, dancers, musicians and visual artists share their sick, hilarious, and ultimately relatable familial skeletons. Hosted by Jennifer Jasper. Tickets: $10 cash at the door. Must be 21 + over. www.therendezvous.rocks/ Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com
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AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A peer support group for adult children of any addiction. www. sasgcc.org SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. Ongoing 12 step group for sex & love addicts. 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 (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org All-Star Women Jam. 7pm. Spinnaker Bay Brewing, 5718 Rainier Ave S at S Orcas St. Blues To Do & Marlee Walker welcome All-Star women artists every 1st & 3rd Friday. bluestodo.com Gay City Arts Presents “Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of a Well-Dressed AIDS Activist” (3/10-3/13 & 3/17-3/20). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A multimedia solo performance by Chad Goeller-Sojourner that chronicles his coming of age as a black Gay activist in the 90s in New York City. Tickets: general admission $15, sponsor $20, student/senior $12. gaycity.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. 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. Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm. Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org Washington State Mr & Ms Leather & Washington State Bootblack Contest Meet & Greet. 8:30-10pm. Doghouse Leathers, 1312 E Pike St. www.wsmlo.org
SATURDAY - March 19
THURSDAY - March 17
Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org. Seattle LGBTQ Employees for Equality (SEqual). 12noon. Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave, Room 4070. Meets the 3rd Thursday of every month. Open to the public. Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare. FREE. 622-5555 x 212. Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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. Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org. Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:308:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. 684-4514. 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. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal
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clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For info and to schedule an appointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. www.q-law.org/legalclinic Gay City Arts Presents “Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of a Well-Dressed AIDS Activist” (3/10-3/13 & 3/173/20). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. (See Saturday listing at 7pm for details.) PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Wheelchair accessible. See http://community.pflag.org/PFLAG Bellevue. Contact us at info@bellevue-pflag.org or 425-483-6642. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. 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. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Amor Chorale Rehearsal. 8-9pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Thursday. Calling all sopranos, altos, tenors & basses. The Amor Spiritual Center currently has openings for singers in its Chorale group. Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)
(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org Grand Opening Capitol Hill Link Light Rail Station. 9am-5pm; trains running at 10am. Broadway & E Denny Way. Polish Home Assocation 54th Annual Spring Bazaar. 12-6pm. 1714 18th Ave. Annual event organized by the Ladies Auxiliary features booths selling Polish crystal bowls and vases, Boleslawiec pottery, amber and silver jewelry, crafts, books, Easter eggs, and much more. Downstairs enjoy traditional Polish dishes served by the young generation of waiters clad in Polish folk costumes. You can also buy home made desserts and pastries. Most of the Puget Sound Polish organizations will be on hand. Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Gay City Arts Presents “Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of a Well-Dressed AIDS Activist” (3/10-3/13 & 3/17-3/20). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A multimedia solo performance by Chad Goeller-Sojourner that chronicles his coming of age as a black Gay activist in the 90s in New York City. Tickets: general admission $15, sponsor $20, student/senior $12. gaycity.org Washington State Mr & Ms Leather & Washington State Bootblack Contest. Doors 6pm; contest 7-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave @ E Pine St. www. wsmlo.org
SUNDAY - March 20
(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). www.wsmlo.org Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Washington State Mr & Ms Leather & Washington State Bootblack Contest Victory Brunch & Leather FRIDAY - March 18 Emerald Awards. 11:30am-brunch; 12 noon-awards. Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/11-3/23). The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave @ E Pine St. www. wsmlo.org www.wsmlo.org Washington State Mr & Ms Leather & Washington Seattle Center Festal: Seattle’s French Fest: A CelState Bootblack Contest (3/18-3/20). www.wsmlo.org ebration of French-Speaking Cultures. 11am-6pm. Seattle Center Armory. Presents music, dance, food and AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 fashion to highlight French influence around the world 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A drop in and in our region. www.fenpnw.org.
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Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting - Location Changed!. 2-4pm. Ballard NW Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW. Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. Take Metro bus route 44 to the end of the route near the Locks. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.org. Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. Center for Sex Positive Culture (Main Space), 602 15th Ave W. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically nonmonogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup. Gay City Arts Presents “Marching in Gucci: Memoirs of a Well-Dressed AIDS Activist” (3/10-3/13 & 3/17-3/20). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A multimedia solo performance by Chad Goeller-Sojourner that chronicles his coming of age as a black Gay activist in the 90s in New York City. Tickets: general admission $15, sponsor $20, student/senior $12. gaycity.org
visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook. Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233). SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503. Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families. 323-1768. Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298. Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.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.seattlefront runners.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, 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 & ForeignBorn Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/ Olympia-Trans-Discussion-Group/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS): Fai, 722-0729, alissquestions@gmail.com; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-2921912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes. com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc. org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www. pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www. tacomalesbianconcern.org; 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, 461-4493. YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa. org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.Matthews Place.com; The Mockingbird Society: 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS): 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; Safe Schools Coalition: www. safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (nonemergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): 524-7301 ext 111; www.streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; Youth in Focus: 723-1479; www. youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273TALK, www.yspp.org
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COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us 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. Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994. DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing, 517 E Pike St. 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country. GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org. MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band.com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flyinghouse. org. Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727,
www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@ 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.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org. PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle. Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235. Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or
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CASTLE SUPERSTORE 6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391 CLUB SILVERSTONE 739½ St. Helens Ave. - (253) 404-0273 THE FANTASY SHOP 2301 6th Ave. - (253) 272-6640 LOVER’S 7002 Tacoma Mall Blvd., #F - (253) 475-2271 THE MIX - 635 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 383-4327 RAINBOW CENTER 2215 Pacific Ave. - (253) 383-2318 SHAKABRAH JAVA CAFE 2618 6th Ave. - (253) 572-2787 TANDEM FOR GEAR, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES 3019 6th Ave, Ste. B - (253) 301-3026
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