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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 11, Volume 43, March 13, 2015
Seattle Men’s Chorus’ upcoming concert to honor two icons in Gay Rights Movement
Critically acclaimed LEGACY concert to celebrate key tipping points in Seattle’s Gay Rights Movement
SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS “LEGACY” TWO MEN, TWO STORIES: HARVEY MILK AND TYLER CLEMENTI MCCAW HALL March 28-29
Two critically acclaimed choral works, “I Am Harvey Milk” and “Tyler’s Suite” will be performed by the Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC) and presented together as one powerful concert: LEGACY on March 28 and 29
inside Seattle’s McCaw Hall. (A special preview concert will be presented on March 21 in Renton and in April outreach concerts will be performed in Olympia and Bremerton – see details below.) For the highly anticipated spring show LEGACY, SMC will
Mark Morris Dance Group beguiles the viewer with a profound depth of movement and meaning
MMDG’s “Crosswalk” – photo by Elaine Mayson
by Sharon Cumberland SGN Contributing Writer MARK MORRIS DANCE GROUP UW WORLD SERIES GEORGE MEANY HALL UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON March 4-6 It has been ten long years since the Mark Morris Dance Group has been part of the UW
World Dance Series, so its return for three nights this month was a wonderful gift to the grateful audiences who packed Meany Hall. Yes, we’ve seen MMDG at the Paramount over the years, and looked down on the dances from the massive distances of those huge balconies, but to see them in the intimacy of Meany Hall again was a tremendous gift for which dance lovers can thank UW World Dance director Michelle Witt and the many generous donors who
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made the MMDG return possible. And what a great return it was! We were treated to four Seattle premieres, including a re-working of “Pacific,” a ballet Morris choreographed for the San Francisco Ballet and that we have seen here at the Pacific Northwest Ballet en pointe, but now given to us in its barefoot mode without any loss of soaring quality. The other three dances were delightfully familiar in that Morris is always determined to beguile the viewer, but with a depth of movement and meaning that places Morris in the top category of living choreographers and, in my opinion, of artistic genius in any category. In spite of the impossibility of describing the non-verbal complexity that makes MMDG so unique, here is my take on the dances, which I was fortunate to see on all three nights they were presented: “Pacific” to Lou Harrison’s “Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Movements 3 and 4”: Morris is famous for using live music in all his performances because, as he told an audience at a UW interview, “dancing to recordings eliminates the possibility of music to influence the choreography.” In this gorgeous work for nine dancers in flowing skirts, an array of gestures is developed first by a trio of men in blue, then by a quarsee mmdg page 9
shine an extra-bright spotlight on their mission, their vision, and the power that hundreds of voices can have to unify and make change. The assassination of San Francisco politician and activist Harvey Milk and the suicide of 18-year-old Rutgers University student Tyler Clementi have represented critical tipping points for the Gay rights movement in our country and helped galvanize Seattle’s local LGBT community into action. On the night of Milk’s death in November 1978 the national Gay choral movement was born when a group of men, who would later become the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, performed at Milk’s candlelight vigil. A few months later, in 1979, Seattle Men’s Chorus was formed. On September 21, 2010, spurred by a growing number of Gay teen suicides across the country earlier in the year, Seattle Stranger Editor Dan Savage recorded his landmark “It Gets Better” video. One day later, on September 22, 2010 Tyler Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge as a result of cyber-
bullying and the locally grown “It Gets Better” campaign snowballed into a worldwide movement. Inspired by their own true stories, LEGACY is a soaring celebration of the human spirit that provokes as many emotions as it has musical stylings. From disco to Broadway, classical to operatic, LEGACY’s musical storytelling spans despair, love, and hope as it remembers these men through the song cycles of their lives. The uplifting nature of these moving works from some of America’s great contemporary composers demonstrates that together we can continue to build a powerful legacy. For Tyler Clementi and Harvey Milk, their legacy is the evergrowing number of advocates and activists that are motivated to better the lives of others as a result of their tragic deaths. Members of Tyler Clementi’s family will be in attendance on March 28 and 29. “Tyler’s Suite,” presented in collaboration with the Tyler Clementi Foundation, is an eightsee smc page 5
ArtsWest’s production of Chinglish is whip smart and sharp
Evan Whitfield (Daniel) and Kathy Hsieh (Xi Yan) in Chinglish – courtesy of Arts West
by Paul Torres SGN A&E Writer CHINGLISH ARTSWEST Through March 29 Cross-cultural miscues and absurdity abound in Chinglish, the current production at ArtsWest. Presented as a PowerPoint presentation, culturally naïve Ohioan Daniel Cavanaugh describes his last ditch effort to save his family’s sign making company by going to mainland China for a big sale. He does not know the language, but he is assisted by Peter, an English businessman, who lives and conducts business in China. He promises to help Dan-
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iel with the translation and navigate the cultural nuances. Daniel, played with accurate Midwest affable dorkiness by Evan Whitfield, has a sales pitch in Guiyang for its new international cultural center. He believes his family’s business can handle the complexities of creating bilingual signs that will not end up with embarrassing translations. The vice-minister of culture, Xi Yan, wonderfully played by Kathy Hsieh, carefully listens to the business dealings. As Xi, Kathy Hsieh combines professionalism with a foreboding sultriness. Hsieh is a good reason to see Chinglish. Daniel, a sad sack involved in a well-known fisee chinglish page 5
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Rick Springfield baring all in Seattle show...well, kind of by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer “RICK SPRINGFIELD: STRIPPED DOWN” NEPTUNE THEATRE March 18
For every girl who had a Rick Springfield poster on her bedroom wall and vinyl 45 copies of “Jessie’s Girl,” “I’ve Done Everything for You,” and “Don’t Talk to Strangers,” there was a boy who had the exact same thing. I speak from experience. The Australian-born artist was the Adam Levine of the ‘80s, a dreamy singer-songwriter who regularly appeared on TV, as Dr. Noah Drake on the long-running soap opera “General Hospital.” He’s kept himself busy over the years with a multitude of projects, from recording new music to extensive touring to starring roles in television and film, such as an appearance on the comedy series “Californication,” an upcoming guest spot on the Emmy-winning drama “True Detective,” and he will also share the big screen with Meryl Streep in the 2015 movie Ricki and the Flash. Musically, he’s on the road now with a show called “Rick Springfield: Stripped Down,” a concert that will feature songs from his extensive career, as well as storytelling and audience interaction. It descends to the Neptune Theatre on Wednesday, March 18. For tickets, go to www.stgpresents.org. I caught up with Springfield via email, as he was filming “True Detective,” and here’s what this longtime heartthrob had to say when he stepped into The Music Lounge. Albert Rodriguez: Your show is called “Rick Springfield: Stripped Down.” Are we to expect nudity during the performance? Rick Springfield: Of course. Not from me, though. The audience is required to remove all clothing before the performance begins. It’s a small perk I enjoy in my later years. No, wait.... I think the title “Stripped Down” refers to the music, not the singer. It is an “intimate” evening with yours truly, which may involve some nudity depending on how late the bar is open after the show. Rodriguez: Were you really naked on “Californication,” or did they use a body double?
Springfield: Psshaw! A body double??? Yes, it was me. I think at all times you could see my face, so the body double thing wouldn’t have worked. Dude, I insist on being naked whenever I can. Are there any questions here about my music, or am I just some tarted up piece of meat for people to gawk at? I’m okay with that, by the way, just let me now, so I don’t have too many expectations. Rodriguez: Where do you keep your Grammy? Springfield: I gave it to the girl playing the hooker in one of the “Californication” episodes. No....that’s not true, I paid her in hard cash. The Grammy is at my mom’s house in Australia. It’s in her Victorian glass cabinet along with all her nice china and her assorted tchotchkes. It looks very nice in there, although it’s rather overshadowed by her stunning Wedgwood dish from England and the plastic Indian doll with authentic Sioux costuming. Rodriguez: What comes to mind when you hear the word “Seattle?” Springfield: JIMI HENDRIX!!! and Joey Mankin!!! Hang on...you don’t know Joey Mankin? He is our awesome merch guy, fish-whisperer and inhabitant of Aberdeen (near Seattle). Girls love him! He can’t play guitar like Hendrix, but Jimi couldn’t catch a 35 lb. rainbow trout any day of the week either. Rodriguez: Can you tell us about your upcoming show? Are you appearing solo, about how many songs will you perform, is it interactive, etc.? Springfield: It’s a storyteller, intimate (oh, I said that already) evening of fun and frivolity with me and my guitars. Yes, it’s very interactive. It includes family photos and drawings to illustrate the various points of my life as I go through the years as a young Australian child who eventually found fame and fortune in the great land of the red, white and blue. (I mean America, although Australia, England, France, New Zealand, Cambodia, Chile, The Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia and The Czech Republic all have red, white and blue flags.......hey, I may be famous in some of those countries, too.) There are the hits, and the stories leading up to the writing of the hits, the first song I ever wrote when I was 15, and a SPECIAL song I wrote for the solo show that is very rude. Enjoy. Rodriguez: I used to have a Rick Springfield poster on my bedroom wall, which I’m sure tipped my mom off that I was Gay (she actually colored in your par-
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tially bare chest with a marker). When did you realize that you had a Gay male following? Springfield: I enjoyed watching you sleep. Actually, I am very aware of my audience. I’ve seen Gay women backstage with their partners, but they still get all giddy when they meet me because they didn’t realize they were Gay when they first had a “crush” on me. It’s very cool. I am grateful to all fans because I wouldn’t be out here if it wasn’t for you guys. Why did your mom cover my chest with a marker? What was she thinking? I think I need to ask her that question. Rodriguez: Is there any new music in the works? Springfield: Yes, we are almost finished with our new record and it’s a great one. Very proud of the music I am making now and I think this is one of the best yet. It’s a little country leaning, but that’s where most pop music has gone (except for the girls like Katy Perry and Taylor Swift who are killin’ it with great songs). Anyway, your free download will be available around July or August before the film Rikki and the Flash comes out. Rodriguez: Is the “Stripped” tour the only tour for 2015, or might you return with another show to Seattle? Springfield: We will be doing a big summer tour with some other artists and I’m sure will get back with the full band to the home of Hendrix, grunge and Joey the fishwhisperer before the end of the year. Rodriguez: Are you a fan of today’s pop artists – Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Meghan Trainor, Maroon 5 – or do you listen to other types of music? Springfield: I am a song guy, so I just love a good song. We do a rocked out version of “Roar” in our show, so yes, I am a fan of great songs. Generally, I listen to harderedged stuff like QOTSA, Tool, AC/DC and a great new band called Royal Blood, plus some of my old favs like The Church and, of course, the mighty Beatles, who I never get tired of learning from. Rodriguez: Can you share anything with us about Ricki and the Flash, or “True Detective?” Like, when can we expect to see either? Springfield: Rikki and the Flash (coming August) is about a woman in a bar/cover band that has a moment to go back home and repair past issues. Meryl Streep plays the woman and I play her boyfriend. Kevin Kline plays her ex-husband and it’s directed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs), and Diablo Cody (who wrote Juno) did the screenplay. It’s a great script with some cool per for ma nces and, of course, Meryl kills it. “True Detective” is being run by the CIA, so if I told you anything about it you’d find my body the next morning in a dumpster. It’s so secretive; I couldn’t even download my scenes from the password-protected site they are put up on. Very hush-hush, but really crazy great stuff. ONWARD!!!
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“Musica Ficta:” More than three cultures
by Jim Jones Special to the SGN
“Music Ficta” – photo by Ana Ponce
MUSICA FICTA “TRAVELING MUSIC OF THREE CULTURES” EARLY MUSIC GUILD TOWN HALL March 7 “Musica ficta” is a technical term used by medieval music theorists to denote tones that fall outside the conventional hexachord of modal scales. Musica Ficta, on the other hand, is an exciting Spanish early music ensemble that delights in playing the music of the Muslim, Jewish, and Christian cultures of the Iberian Peninsula. After a lapse of three years, Musica Ficta appeared again in Seattle at Town Hall to wow an appreciative audience on Saturday, March 7. The group, led by percussionist Raúl Mallavibarrena, weaves together complex vocal harmonies and instrumental effects
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continued from cover piece choral movement that tells of Tyler Clementi’s too-short life and tragic death. The project was brought together under the musical leadership of Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Wicked, Pippin), who also composed one of the pieces. Other composers who contributed to “Tyler’s Suite” are Lance Horne, John Bucchino, Ann Hampton Calloway, John Corigliano, Nolan Gasser, Jake Heggie, and Craig Carnelia, with librettist Pamela Stewart. “I am Harvey Milk” is a gripping oratorio written and performed by Tony and Grammy Award nominated composer Andrew Lippa (Big Fish, The Addams Family) and includes the last recorded words by the civil rights icon (https://vimeo. com/90443016). Part choral work, part musical theatre Andrew Lippa explains his decision to take on the project, “As I saw it, it was my turn. Harvey was 48; I’m 48. Harvey was born Jewish; I was born Jewish. Harvey was Gay; I’m happy. Most of all, I wanted to find out how I felt – what I really felt, thought, needed, wanted, dreamed about, feared, loathed, craved – when it came to being a Gay man, a Gay man in a world made much better because of people like Harvey Milk.” SMC and the Tyler Clementi Foundation are committed to ending youth bullying. A new national poll commissioned by the Tyler Clementi Foundation and Workplace Options shows that bullying is seen as more of a problem for young Americans today than ever before. It found that 64% of American adults believe bullying to be more prevalent among young people today than it was during their own childhood. With the proliferation of social media,
to render musical images of the golden age of Moorish Spain, which lasted for nearly eight hundred years in the sunniest spot in the supposedly Dark Ages. Musica Ficta has recorded seventeen CDs that illustrate the rich variety of music that thrived during – and after – that surprisingly liberal caliphate. In fact, the concert, performed without intermission, was divided into “Encounters,” “Year 1492” – that signal year that saw the conclusion of the Christian reconquest of the peninsula, the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, and the discovery of the New World – and “Re-encounters.” Early music enthusiasts took great pleasure in the abundance of percussion in the Town Hall performance, as Mallavibarrena tapped out elaborate rhythms reminiscent of those in classical Indian ragas on bendir, riq, (round and square frame drums) tar (a kind of tambourine used in Arabic music), and darbuka (a goblet-shaped drum). Even Musica Ficta’s harpist, the elegant and talented Sara Águeda, reminded the audience that stringed instruments, when plucked,
text messaging, and other forms of instant communication, the threat and reach of bullying has expanded. Through SMC’s Youth Ticket Program over 200 self-identified Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender youth will have the opportunity to experience this concert for free and benefit from the power and support one feels by simply being in a room with over 2,000 “out” or allied individuals. SMC has contacted more than 40 area LGBT support organizations and schools and offered free tickets for self-identified LGBT youth and their friends and families. SMC will make arrangements for free transportation to the concert, if requested. One hour prior to the McCaw Hall performances on March 28 and 29, SMC will host a 30-minute pre-concert discussion on bullying prevention, social challenges facing today’s teens and ways to combat aggressive behavior to create a more accepting and open community. Panelists will include members of the Clementi family, local author Brent Hartinger (Geography Club www.brenthartinger.com/), and representatives from Sound Mental Health. Tickets to McCaw Hall Seattle performances are $28-$68 and available at www. SeattleMensChorus.org or over the phone at (206) 388-1400. The Seattle area box office is open Monday through Friday, Noon7 p.m. Friends and Family Preview tickets ($10.00 each) for the March 21st preview concert at 8 p.m. at the Renton IKEA Per-
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can also function as percussion. Águeda passed easily from percussive to melodic effects on her instrument, most notably on “Cantiga 156,” a strange Galician-Portuguese hymn to both Eve and the Virgin Mary. The other instrumentalists were equally versatile, the boyish virtuoso Juan Rodríguez on flutes and the dark-eyed María Elena Medina on viola da gamba threading exotic Arabic melodies into the vocal harmonies of the singers. Rodríguez soared particularly high on “Sobreana María,” another lyric addressed to the Virgin, and “Instrumental otomana,” a real tour de force. Medina alternated impressively between her continuo and melody lines, the MiddleEastern melody particularly striking in the opening selection, “Cuando el Rey Nimrod.” The four vocalists were equally impressive, especially soprano Rocío de Frutos, whose voice – especially in its lower register – thrilled listeners on the anguished courtly love song “La Rosa Enflorece” and the a cappella lament “Por Qué Llorax Blanca Niña.” Handsome tenor Ariel Hernández soloed on the Latin hymn “Pange, Lingua,” and bass Manuel Torrado gave an especially strong performance of “Ayo Visto Lo Mappamundo.” All four voices, including alto Gabriel Díaz, surprised the audience with the charming New World melody and Quechua lyrics of “Hanaqpachap Cussincuinin.” After an hour and a half marked by a great variety of tunes and instrumental textures, Musica Ficta was brought back to the stage by rousing applause for two encores. In the second, the group repeated the lively “Falalalanera,” a melodic cousin to the well-known shepherd’s song “Riu, Riu, Chiu,” to end with a crowd-pleaser.
nancial scandal, wants a redemptive turnaround, and is enticed by what Xi has to bring to the table and to the bed. Upfront Xi is stern, but that quickly yields when she realizes that this business deal could benefit both her and Daniel. Whitfield and Hsieh give highly tuned performances with their seemingly opposing characters. Other plot twists ensue that involve Peter and Xi’s husband and boss. Their supporting performances are the tasty, funny morsels for a story that involves the great American characteristics of failing upward and romantic love, which according to Xi; “(love)… it is your American religion.” This production meets its set and language challenges. Much of the play is in Mandarin. A screen projecting the English translation hangs above the set, but the comedy is never lost in translation and it hits the mark. Neon signs enhancing the background include amusing mistranslations such as “Fuck Vegetables” and “No Louding.” Scenic designer Carey Wong does excellent work here. Playwright David Henry Hwang’s piercing tale mines the messiness of language and cultural misinterpretations and then rises above with pure stage gold. Chinglish is whip smart and sharp. Director Annie Lareau succeeds with portraying the comical complications in a production that is highly frenetic and thought provoking. Chinglish may be about mixing business and pleasure in a foreign world with hilarious results, but it soundly transcends translation.
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forming Arts Center (400 S. 2nd St., Renton) are available by calling the SMC box office at (206) 388-1400 or at the door on the day of the preview. Seattle Men’s Chorus will perform LEGACY in Seattle on Saturday, March 28, 8:00 p.m., and Sunday, March 29, 2:00 p.m., at McCaw Hall at Seattle Center – (206) 388-1400, www.SeattleMensChorus.org; in Olympia on Saturday, April 11, 7:30 p.m., at the Washington Center for Performing Arts – (360) 753-8586, www. washingtoncenter.org; and on Saturday, April 18, 7:00 p.m. at the Admiral Theatre – (360) 373-6743, www.admiraltheatre.org
About Seattle Men’s Chorus | Seattle Women’s Chorus Founded in 1979, the internationally renowned Seattle Men’s Chorus, along with Seattle Women’s Chorus (founded in 2002), are the largest community choruses
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in America; and the largest Gay choruses in the world. Flying House Productions, home of Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus, ranks third among the state’s music organizations with over 430 members of SMC and over 300 members of SWC. SMC Mission To entertain, enlighten, unify and heal audiences and members To use the power of words and music to recognize the value of Gay and straight people and their relationships SMC Vision A world that accepts and values its Gay and Lesbian citizens Courtesy of Seattle Men’s Chorus
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Seattle Symphony Orchestra presents “Luminous Landscapes: The Sibelius Symphonies” in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jean Sibelius “LUMINOUS LANDSCAPES: THE SIBELIUS SYMPHONIES” PLUS “VIOLIN CONCERTO,” “FINLANDIA” & MORE SEATTLE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA March 12-28 A major highlight of the Seattle Symphony’s 2014–2015 season is “Luminous Landscapes: The Sibelius Symphonies,” a three-week festival from March 12–28, led by Danish conductor Thomas Dausgaard in his first year as Principal Guest Conductor. The festival, which commemorates the 150th Anniversary of Jean Sibelius’ birth with performances, including all seven of the composer’s symphonies, the Violin Concerto and Finlandia, is the most extensive festival of Sibelius’ music this year in the U.S., and one of a very small number of orchestras worldwide presenting the complete Sibelius symphonic cycle this season. Executive Director Simon Woods said, “We are thrilled to be holding one of the major celebrations in the world of the extraordinary symphonic legacy of Sibelius. These works are among the profoundest in the symphonic repertoire, and the chance to experience this extraordinary journey from the stirring “First Symphony” through to the exalted and enigmatic “Seventh,” will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many people. And we will be in the best possible hands with Thomas Dausgaard – a musician who has a tremendous affinity for Sibelius’ music – as our guide.” Thomas Dausgaard, who takes up his post as Principal Guest Conductor with these concerts shared, “For many years it has been a special joy to make music with the wonderful Seattle Symphony. It is a
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great honor for me that our first project together in my new role will be a fusion of the two great S’s: Seattle and Sibelius! A cycle of Sibelius’ symphonies is always a big event. His music shows us what a transcendental instrument an orchestra can be – stimulating our imagination, sensitivity and intellect, as well as our love for music! I look forward to sharing these qualities with musicians and music lovers over the coming seasons.” In Seattle, the festival is presented in partnership with the Nordic Heritage Museum which will present “Finland: Designed Environments,” also opening March 12 and continuing until July 26. Finnish U.S. ambassador Ritva Koukku-Ronde will attend both the opening of the exhibit and the festival, “Luminous Landscapes: The Sibelius Symphonies.” The Finlandia Foundation will send a delegation to Seattle for the opening, and Finlandia Foundation President Ossi Rahkonen will bestow the foundation’s inaugural Award of Excellence to the orchestra. The Seattle Symphony has also invited guest speakers for festival-related events, such as Ruusamari Teppo, great-granddaughter of Jean Sibelius, joined by Finnish cellist Jussi Makkonen, and Michael Beckerman, Professor of Music at New York University. The festival performances of the Sibelius symphonic cycle, violin concerto and Finlandia will stream online on Classical KING FM’s “Symphonic Channel” via www.king.org for a 24-hour period following the festival on March 29, beginning at 12 a.m. Pacific Time. The first week of the festival includes Sibelius’ first two symphonies and his rousing symphonic poem “Finlandia” on March 12 and 14. On March 13, “Finlandia” and
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“Symphony No. 2” will be performed as part of the Symphony Untuxed series, followed by a post-concert performance by local Nordic choruses in the Samuel & Althea Stroum Grand Lobby. Also that weekend, musicians from the Seattle Symphony will perform Sibelius’ “String Quartet in D minor,” “Voces intimae,” “Sonata in E major for Violin and Piano,” and “Piano Quintet in G minor” on March 15 in the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall as part of the Chamber series. The symphonic cycle continues March 19, 21 and 22 with performances of Sibelius’ “Third” and “Fourth” symphonies, as well as the virtuosic “Violin Concerto” with Finnish violinist Pekka Kuusisto who makes his Seattle Symphony debut at these concerts. On March 21, Kuusisto will also give a post-concert solo performance in the Grand Lobby where he will perform on electronic violin and use other electronics to create multi-layered improvisations of Finnish dance tunes and well-loved folk songs from the 1700s. The festival concludes with “Symphonies Nos. 5, 6 and 7” on March 26 and 28. Following the March 26 performance, sopranos and pianists Maria Mannisto and Christina Siemens will perform a program of Sibelius’ songs in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium. The Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle will present “Finland: Designed Environments” from March 12-July 26, 2015. “Finland: Designed Environments” looks at the explosion of creativity in Finnish design over the last 15 years. Examples of furnishings, fashion and craft, as well as architecture and urbanism, illustrate how nearly every aspect of Finnish life incorporates thoughtful design thinking – from
city streets and summer homes to fashion and food – and is marked by sensitivity to form and material. The exhibition is the first significant U.S. museum presentation since the 1990s to examine contemporary Finnish design. Jean Sibelius played an instrumental role in the emergence of modern-day Finland as a classical music superpower, with Helsinki at its center. Finland’s connection with Seattle runs deep: once Alaska transferred to the U.S. in the mid-1800s, some of the resident Finns moved down to communities developing along the northwest coastline, including Seattle. Seattle has continued to be a popular place for those of Nordic heritage to reside in the U.S., with 12% of King County residents claiming Nordic heritage. There are many cultural and lifestyle affinities between Seattle and Nordic countries, including fishing, boating, biking and heightened eco-awareness. Sibelius’ music is profoundly rooted in landscape, for example lakes and pine forests, similar to the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. Concert tickets start at $17 and may be purchased at seattlesymphony.org, by calling the Seattle Symphony Ticket Office at (206) 215-4747, or by visiting the Ticket Office in Benaroya Hall, located on the corner of Union Street and Third Avenue. Ticket Office hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.–6 p.m., and Saturday, 1–6 p.m. Tickets may also be purchased through the Seattle Symphony’s iPhone and Android apps. (For a worldwide schedule of events celebrating Jean Sibelius, please visit www.sibelius150.org.) Courtesy of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra
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Goodbye, “Glee”: The 20 best musical numbers of the show’s six seasons 5. “Keep Holding On” (Season 1, Episode 7) Avril who? When the New Directions performed this tune in Season 1, it upstaged the original version by Avril Lavigne. Maybe it was the emotional storyline, Quinn revealing her pregnancy to the glee club, but it had more of an impact. 6. “Dinosaur” (Season 3, Episode 19) “Prom-asaurus,” the dinosaur-themed prom episode from Season 3, delivered some interesting musical numbers, including a cavewoman-clad Brittany (Heather Morris) singing this Ke$ha favorite on the gymnasium floor. 7. “Somebody That I Used to Know” (Season 3, Episode 15) Gotye’s universal hit got a boost when nearly 7 million people watched Blaine (Darren Criss) and his brother, played by Matt Bomer, duet marvelously on it.
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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer “GLEE” THE FINAL EPISODES FOX TV - 8 p.m. March 20 After six long seasons of impromptu musical numbers, catty dialogue, bitchy feuds, breakups and makeups, love triangles, football players singing in the showers, cheerleaders getting pregnant, same sex relationships, interracial relationships, Transgender characters, handicapped characters, smokin’ hot teachers, and every conceivable issue that an American teenager could be faced with (bullying, suicide, texting while driving, sexual experimentation, etc.), it’s time to bid farewell to “Glee.” Since its debut on May 19, 2009, the kids at William McKinley High School, a fictional school in the actual city of Lima, Ohio, have weaved intriguing – sometimes shocking, sometimes wonky – storylines with showtunes, rock ballads, and mashups, all tucked into choreographed scenes inside locker rooms, bathrooms, empty theaters, or within the walls of a choir room, where the show mainly centers around. “Glee” was a ratings hit during its first three seasons, but audiences began abandoning the musical comedy by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, who also created “American Horror Story,” afterwards for various reasons: far fetched storylines, less relatable characters, confusing dual settings in Ohio and New York, and unexplainable hiatuses. The final season has averaged under two million viewers, a steep decline when the Fox series drew in 13.66 million viewers for “Hell-O” (Season 1, Episode 14) and 13.51 million viewers for “Britney/Brittany” (Season 2, Episode 2); it peaked at 26.80 million viewers when “The Sue Sylvester Shuffle” (Season 2, Episode 1) aired immediately after the Super Bowl. Though it became gimmicky, the bright side of “Glee” is that it consistently put the spotlight on the LGBT community. Characters were discriminated against for their sexual orientation, yet relationships still blossomed between pony-tailed cheerleaders and fashionable high school boys, not to mention this season’s brave storyline focusing on the transitioning from female to male of Coach Biest (Dot Marie Jones). The final two episodes of “Glee” will air Friday, March 20 back-to-back on Fox, starting at 8 p.m. Selecting the top 20 musical numbers by the New Directions, the glee club’s official name, proved to be a much more difficult task than I envisioned, and while
everyone probably has their own opinions and favorites, I trimmed it down to these, in order: 1. “If I Were a Boy” (Season 5, Episode 5) New to McKinley High, Transgender student Unique (Alex Newell) is bullied and escapes to the restroom to sing an emotional rendition of this Beyonce ballad. The scene moves to the choir room, where tearfully she’s backed by strings and a piano.
8. “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” (Season 2, Episode 10) “A Very Glee Christmas” was one of the series’ best episodes, thanks to an excellent selection of music, including this holiday classic wonderfully crooned by lovebirds Blaine and Kurt (Chris Colfer) inside a firelit room at the Dalton Academy. 9. “A Thousand Years” (Season 4, Episode 12) Season 4 newbies Marley Rose (Melissa Benoist) and Jake Puckerman (Jacob Art-
quirky little ditty on Season 3. Overstreet’s character, the hunky Sam Evans, gave the redneck party tune an adorable quality. 13. “Defying Gravity” (Season 1, Episode 9) Rachel Barry vs. Kurt Hummel. The two go head-to-head for a solo on this Wicked number, when Rachel is offered the part first and Kurt’s father complains to then-Principal Figgins (Iqbal Theba) that it’s discrimination. What a showdown! 14. “Smooth Criminal” (Season 3, Episode 11) Another showdown, this time between Santana (Naya Rivera) and the Warblers’ Sebastian Smythe (Grant Gustin), dueling over a stripped-down rendition of this Michael Jackson mega smash that featured the Croatian duo 2cellos. 15. Americano/Dance Again (Season 4, Episode 1) I’m not sure why Kate Hudson was overlooked for an Emmy nomination; her guest stint on “Glee” during Season 4 as NYADA dance instructor Cassandra July was pure gold, especially when she performed this Lady GaGa-Jennifer Lopez mash-up that included some impressive choreography. 16. “We Are Young” (Season 3, Episode 8) Nobody has ever given “Glee” credit for putting this fun tune out there, which had yet to become a hit and eventually won the NYC trio a Grammy for Song of the Year. It climaxed a great 8th episode of Season 3, where Santana, Brittany, Mercedes (Amber Riley), and Sugar (Vanessa Lengies) rejoin the New Directions with help from Quinn’s string-pulling. 17. “Love You Like a Love Song” (Season 3, Episode 19) Also from the “Prom-asaurus” episode came this Selena Gomez and the Scene smash that was actually better than the original, thanks to Rivera – sorry, Selena! 18. “I Want to Know What Love Is” (Season 5, Episode 16) Anytime Mercedes got close to a mic, it was everyone’s cue to sit down and pay attention, She belted out a lot of great tunes over six seasons, but it was this gospeltinged Foreigner cover that really blew me away, mostly because the vocal style suited her ferocious pipes to a “t”.
The cast of “Glee “– www.fanpop.com
2. “Getting Married Today” (Season 4, Episode 14) When Emma Pillsbury (Jayma Mays) gets cold feet on her wedding day to Will Schuester (Matthew Morrison), she breaks out into this musical number from the 1971 Tony Award-winning musical Company. Kudos to Mays for her delightful, lightning speed version of this entertaining Sondheim song. 3. “Dream On” (Season 1, Episode 19) Before Neil Patrick Harris starred in Hedwig, he first showed the world that he could really sing on “Glee” when he and Morrison wailed on this Aerosmith classic. 4. “The Scientist” (Season 4, Episode 4) Not that the “Glee” ensemble gave Coldplay a run for its money, but their version of the pop-rock group’s 2002 hit was stunning and included all its key players, minus Mercedes. The vocal arrangements were memorable and tied in nicely with the relationships-themed episode.
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ist) delivered a heartfelt rendition of this Christina Perri ballad that put their puppy love in the spotlight. 10. “Don’t Stop Believin’” (Season 1, Episode 1) This Journey hit became the New Directions’ mantra and was performed multiple times during “Glee’s” six-year run. I particularly like when it was sung at the end of the pilot episode, when school jock Finn Hudson (Cory Monteith) decides to join the geeky choir. 11. “Get Happy / Happy Days Are Here Again” (Season 2, Episode 4) Oh, these two. Rachel (Lea Michelle) and Kurt, bffs (best frenemies forever), rekindled this Barbra Streisand-Judy Garland gem with a sentimental rendition complete with Rachel wearing a knockoff of Babs’ sailor blouse. 12. “Red Solo Cup” (Season 3, Episode 8) Toby Keith owes Chord Overstreet a thank you, if not a beer, for highlighting his
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19. “I Dreamed a Dream” (Season 1, Episode 19) The casting of Idina Menzel as Rachel’s biological mother was perfection, especially when the Broadway alum dueted gorgeously on this Les Miz favorite. 20. “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” (Season 1, Episode 4) When Kurt’s dad, Burt Hummel (Mike O’Malley), catches him performing Beyonce’s signature hit in a scarf and sequined gloves, it sets up a surprising chain of events, some that involve football players dancing on a field.
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Frankie Grande to co-host White Party Palm Springs David Luc Nguyen SGN Contributing Writer SGN’s Teriyaki Temple (aka David Luc Nguyen) catches up with the Frankie Grande: Social Media Bad Boy, TV personality (“Big Brother 16”), Broadway star (Rock of Ages) and Big Bro of Pop-Princess (Ariana Grande) about everything from meeting Madonna, religion, favorite moments from 2014 and his upcoming appearance at White Party Palm Springs as cohost with Kelly Osborne! FRANKIE GRANDE: A GAY LATINO OPRAH? Unless you’ve been completely out of the loop or perhaps living under a rock (of ages) you have probably heard of Frankie Grande. Prior to this interview I admit I only knew of him by several nicknames including: • “Ariana Grande’s Gay older brother” • “That Gay guy on “Big Brother 16” that was always snuggling with the hot straight guy” • “One of YouTube’s Gay Dude Channel hosts” • “That half-naked pretty boy that hosted the Grammy Awards Red Carpet” • “Franz from Rock of Ages on Broadway” After a little research on him I was blown away by his story. He’s so much more than a pop-star’s brother, a master of social media, and reality TV star. Not only is he driven and super smart (three college degrees) FRANKIE GRANDE COULD BE THE NEXT GENERATION’S GAY LATINO (or is it Latina) OPRAH!!! Make sure to check out my pink box at the end of the article when I double stuff Oprah and Frankie side-by-side. Last month I had the opportunity to catch up with Frankie when he was in Malawi (that’s in Africa, for you less geographically inclined readers) where he has partnered with buildOn (www.buildon.org). He was breaking ground on the Frankie J. Grande School using the money he won from his time on “Big Brother 16.” We are so lucky he took the time to chat with us. Teriyaki Temple: Can you tell me a little bit about the organization (buildOn) and how you became involved? Frankie Grande: I founded an organization in 2009, Broadway in South Africa, doing community outreach with children in the South African townships. Broadway in South Africa dissolved in 2013 and I then began working with buildOn (2 years ago) and I decided to build my first school in Malawi. Teriyaki: What’s been the most memorable experience from this trip (or previous trips) to Africa? Frankie: Breaking ground on the Frankie J. Grande School in Malawi earlier this month. The school is being built with the money I won on “Big Brother” in my grandfather’s name. Teriyaki: Is there something you witnessed there that you wish you could share with everyone back home in the states? Frankie: Over my past two trips I have
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witnessed how much pride and joy the communities take in helping build THEIR school, because it means so much to their moving forward. They want to change, they want to grow, and that inspires me. Teriyaki: What other organizations or other causes are near and dear to your heart? Frankie: Ever since my first stint on Broadway I have been working with Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS, as it is very near and dear to my heart, and I will continue to work with them. Teriyaki: You’ve had a pretty amazing career in the entertainment industry from actor, singer, dancer, producer, director, social media personality, reality star and red carpet host. If you had to pick a favorite moment from the last year, what would it be? Frankie: Opening and closing Rock of Ages on Broadway – both were such unbelievably overwhelming and joyous experiences that I will never forget for the rest of my life. Teriyaki: Who’s someone you’ve always wanted to meet and got a chance to last year? Frankie: I finally got to meet Jessie J, and she is everything I have ever wanted her to be – funny, charming, talented, and beautiful. I love her. More recently, it was Madonna! I got to meet her
at t h e Grammys this year. She is the queen of all things. I have loved and admired her entire whole life. Teriyaki: While we are on the topic of Madonna: I read that you share the same religion. I understand that you and your sister sought spirituality through Kabbalah after being raised in the Catholic faith due to their stance on homosexuals/homosexuality. For readers who aren’t familiar with Kabbalah, what differentiates it from other religions (Catholics, Christians, etc)? Frankie: Kabbalah isn’t tied up in political hierarchy. Its messages and lessons are easy to understand, very direct, and filled with positivity, love and light. It’s about self-empowerment and focuses on the good within us, rather than punishing the bad.
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There are no limits to what we can achieve. Limits are an unreal construct of the physics world, and we can exist above and beyond that. Teriyaki: If you were able to sit down with the pope and discuss the way you were treated, what would you want him to know and possibly change in the way the Church handles the issue of homosexuality? Frankie: I love this new pope. I think he is doing wonderful things for the Catholic faith, and for homosexuality. Basically, I would love for it to be made extremely clear that homosexuality is not a sin and not a choice. Teriyaki: As your star continues to rise is there something you’d like to have the opportunity to do in 2015? Frankie: I would love to play Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch on Broadway. I would also love to originate a role on television, as I have not yet had that experience. Teriyaki: If you didn’t work in the entertainment industry, what would you be doing? Frankie: I’d probably be making use of my biology degree by studying insects in the rainforests or algae in the oceans. When I was younger I wanted to be a marine biologist! Teriyaki: Do you feel that being openly Gay helped or hindered your career?
ola Grande, because who doesn’t love big nips?] Teriyaki: It looks like this April you’ll be the Ambassador for White Party Palm Springs, which as you know, your sister headlined last year. Is there a Grande family master plan to take over the event? What was your reaction when Jeffrey Sanker asked you to be the White Party Palm Springs Ambassador? Frankie: I was honored and thrilled – the White Party is such a huge celebration of love, light and sexuality – my three favorite things. I fell in love with everything about it. It’s such a great celebration of life and making new friends and new experiences and I’m honored to have been selected as the ambassador for this year. Last year I came with my sister and she was the headliner, so as you can imagine, it was extremely exciting, and extremely Gay – can’t wait!! Teriyaki: Will your White Party white carpet outfit be as daring as what you wore to the AMA Awards? Frankie: Absolutely! It will be even more so. This is the opportunity to go Grande or Go Home! Get ready Palm Springs for my walk down the white carpet and my hosting duties with Kelly Osbourne. Teriyaki: What are you most looking forward to at this year’s White Party Palm Springs? Frankie: I always love the musical performances, so I’m really looking forward to whomever Jeffrey has up his sleeve this year. His talent choices over the year have always surprised and amazed! You can see Frankie as he co-hosts the White Carpet arrivals at the White Party and throughout the weekend as he introduces the guest performers. Superstar entertainment has become a hallmark of the White Party Events. Who will join the ranks of Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige, Carly Rae Jepsen, Icona Pop, Anastasia, Toni Braxton, Carmen Electra, Ke$ha, Robyn and most recently his little sister Ariana Grande?
Frankie: I’ve never been anything other than open about my sexuality. And I believe this is part of the reason people love me. Teriyaki: I recently saw on w w w. f r a n k i e j grande.com you uploaded a video on becoming a “Gaysha.” What’s your drag name, assuming you don’t have one already, what would it be, and would you ever consider impersonating your sister Ariana? Frankie: My drag name is Consuelo Manuella Raphealla Lopez, and I am giving you a super fierce Sophia Vergara! I have not yet impersonated my sister, however it could definitely happen in the future. I think it could be fun. She does have an up on me though, as she has the best body in the world. [Teriyaki: Side note on Frankie’s drag name – I was secretly hoping it’d be Are-
FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WHITE PARTY: Jeffrey Sanker’s award-winning White Party Palm Springs – nine parties in three days – is the largest Gay dance music festival in the world. This annual event, held the fourth weekend in April, attracts tens of thousands of Gay men from all over the world for its beautiful desert oasis location, unforgettable parties and world-class entertainment. If you haven’t made your plans to attend White Party Palm Springs, it’s not too late! Visit: www.jeffreysanker. com. UPDATE: Producer Jeffrey Sanker announced today that legendary Grammywinning, multi-platinum recording artist LeAnn Rimes will perform at this year’s Circus T-Dance on Sunday, April 26th. Said Rimes, “I am proud to have been a supporter of the LGBT community for as long as I can remember.” Adding, “They have continued to embrace me and my music and I am so excited to be headlining the night at what is sure to be one of the best parties of the year.”
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New Century Theatre Company’s The Flick a meticulously produced and very entertaining evening
Tyler Trerise (Avery) & Sam Hagen (Sam) in The Flick – photo by John Ulmanv
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE FLICK NEW CENTURY THEATRE COMPANY Through April 4 New Century Theatre Company’s inaugural production in their new space at 12th Avenue Arts Center includes all the kinds of elements that they like to emphasize. There is an emphasis on atmospherics (the play, The Flick, is about a movie theater crew, so there must be popcorn – both in the lobby and on the floor!) and it is a meticulously produced play. A tight cast of basically three people
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continued from cover tet of women in green, then by a couple in red, while the back scrim changes to match the costume colors. Just when you think you understand the patterns evolving to Harrison’s lively trio, the dancers return in ever-shifting variations to mix up the colors, movements, and configurations in mirror images, domino progressions, fugues, and a beautiful simultaneity of arms that form shapes like (for lack of better terms) moons, cranes, willows, boxes – in ever-shifting and spinning groups. The audience succumbs to this swirling language of movement as Harrison’s joyful music seems to inspire the dancers to create on the spot a semaphore language that can only be understood by feelings and intuition. “Words” to Felix Mendelssohn’s “Songs Without Words”: This was my favorite piece of the night – a playfully complex work for sixteen dancers choreographed to ten of Mendelssohn’s fifty short piano pieces called “Songs Without Words,” though in this presentation they are arranged for violin and piano. Morris uses the intriguing device of a gray cloth screen carried across the stage by two of the very colorfully costumed dancers, so that each movement’s dancers are escorted on and off the stage in a way that creates a kind of stage magic. Even though you could clearly see the dancers’ feet under the screen you were always surprised by who left and who remained, as if a magician were waving a wand. As the screen came and went for each of the ten movements, we were treated to fast and funny dances, jolly skipping dances, complicated group dances and – one of my favorites – a slow, meditative dance by a male and female couple standing with their backs to each other and moving away and back again like points on a compass, later joined by another couple who mirrored their dance at a 90-degree angle. Morris often complicates his gestures by repeating them simultaneously at different angles,
(there is a tiny and well done fourth role) slowly unfolds their personal quirks and traits as they get to know each other while doing their jobs at a movie theater called The Flick. During clean-up times, when screenings are over, we’re introduced to Rose (Emily Chisholm), a green-haired, hip hop, streetwise, assertive and self-assured projectionist; Sam (Sam Hagen), a guy whose life seems destined to stay with lowlevel jobs like cleaning movie theaters; and Avery (Tyler Trerise), the college student with a college professor father whose future can clearly be brighter than either of the other two. Sam feels hurt that Rose has worked there less time and has already been promoted to a position he craves. He’s also se-
cretly in love with her. Rose is oblivious to Sam’s attraction, and has a certain amount of unfocused ambition for the future. Avery has more options than the others and he’s working there mostly because he’s a major movie buff. He loves 35mm film and hates the idea that digital projectors are taking over the movie theater landscape. Annie Baker’s play won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize. The reasoning of the Pulitzer Committee is strange and unfathomable sometimes, and maybe in this case. While Baker is a past master at realistic dialogue (the play is very contemporary and she includes all the “you know… like…like” type idiosyncratic speech of youth these days), this play is relatively small in scope. We can like all the characters and understand them probably better than they can themselves. The only large plot element of any importance is telegraphed from the beginning: Avery is African-American and Rose and Sam inform him of a slightly illegal skimming scheme that is a “historic” employee extra and coerce him into complying. We all have to know that it’s not going to go well for the young AfricanAmerican. The choice of controversy is a bit disappointing as a plot device. The execution of the production, however, is flawless. MJ Sieber’s direction kept the pacing quick and seamless with momentary scene changes. The run-down movie house with the deteriorating lights and the projection booth pointing toward a movie screen behind the audience (by Andrea Bryn Bush and Andrew D. Smith) felt like it had been installed for years. Sound design by Evan Mosher and Robertson Witmer was full of
movie minutae and kept you guessing which movie you were hearing. Spare costuming, including t-shirts with insignia, by Kimberley Korf, was understated and completely believable. But the stars were the three cast members. (Spencer Hamp provided the brief fourth role.) Emily Chisholm was pitch perfect as the brash and sassy Rose. She’s called upon to dance with abandon as she entices Avery to let go after work, and it felt as private as it would be with no audience watching. Sam Hagen does some of the most nuanced work he has had a chance to do. He’s a talented actor who handles the pathos of the character with a sure performance. Tyler Trerise was smart but humble, self-assured and desperate, by turns. Having seen him, recently, in a number of different roles, I can encourage you to keep an eye out to delight in his work, in the future. While the story is a bit slight, unless you are also crazy about movies, it’s a very entertaining evening because of the smartness of the production. The dialogue is terrifically done, and it doesn’t hurt to pay attention to those people backstage, behind the scenes, between movie showings, making beds while we work or play, cleaning windows, etc. They have dreams, too. For more information, go to www. wearenctc.org or call (206) 661-8223. Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/ SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles are available at miryamstheatermusings. blogspot.com.
ness) that brings an eternal quality to the quotidian rush. Another Morris memory I had as I watched “Crosswalk” was from “Going Away Party,” performed in Meany Hall in 2003, in which a group of square dancers swirl to country music and at a key moment one cowgirl exits the stage in a somersault that was so startling to me at the time that I remember it clearly a dozen years later. “Crosswalk” is a paean to somersaults, with trios of boys and girls lifting each other and then dropping into somersaults in increasingly rapid movement until the whole stage erupts into a popcorn bowl of somersaults. Later the dancers rush in from the wings in flying somersaults, which are so delightful you want to laugh out loud. Another great echo from “L’Allegro” is the Egyptian-frieze walk in which pairs of dancers in slow profile walk in an alternating pattern of order while a trio of two girls and a guy chase each other in wild disorder. MMDG’s “Jenn and Spencer” – photo by Christopher Duggan This juxtaposition of the ugly and the beauas though there were an invisible audience to say “What on earth does she want?” My tiful, the hyper-orderly and the grotesquely in the round. This technique is like cubism dance buddy has instructed me to tell you chaotic establishes the two poles of life bein that it shows you all sides of the object that what she should want is a new cos- tween which all of us are “crosswalking.” at once, only here in lovely, fluid movement. tume. I wasn’t bothered by the long backless Mark Morris has a zen-like commitThis collection of dances has more virtues nightgown, but something shorter and less ment to the present moment, which is why than a short space can convey. Suffice it to bed-roomy was what my (very stylish) budsay that at some points I laughed out loud dy thought would work better to moderate live music is so essential to his work with and at others I was moved to tears. some of the eroticized upside-down move- live dancers and live audiences. In his UW interview Morris said “I’m not interested in ments of this intriguing work. self-expression – it’s about expression. It’s “Jenn and Spencer” to Henry Cowell’s “Suite for Violin and Piano”: A man “Crosswalk” to Carl Maria von We- not about how you feel or how I feel – it’s and a woman – in this case Jenn Weddell for ber’s “Gran Duo Concertant for clarinet about how things are together – you, me, whom the work was made, and on various and piano Op. 48”: This marvelous dance the dancers, the music – and then it’s over. nights Sam Black and Brandon Randolph – is in contention for my favorite of the night That’s what’s so wonderful – you don’t get engage in a dance relationship that involves because it deploys eight jeans-and-tee-shirt to reproduce it.” It was my good fortune, pushme-pullyou waves of love and hate, or guys (or, in this case, one gal standing in for and that of the audiences who packed Meaat least attraction and repulsion, in a dance an injured guy) and three gals in perky or- ny Hall for three nights running, to be part that circles, chases, entangles, and embraces ange dresses (the kind of dress I think my of the ephemeral relationship among a great with alternating courtliness and aggression. buddy wanted to see on “Jenn”) who skip, choreographer, his dancers, his musicians, Morris shows off the artistry of the danc- run, and tumble through a non-stop drama and his audiences. Part of the poignancy ers with relentless intensity – including a of criss-crossing busyness. When the three of Morris’ work is this willingness for the grown-up version of the angel stand – and orange-clad girls emerge from the traf- dance to be over – when some of us wish it which concludes with the woman socking fic flow to hold hands and perform a uni- would go on forever. Well, none of us is imthe man in the jaw and stalking off. There son dance in classic style I was reminded mortal – but I think Mark Morris’ dances were nods of understanding in the audience, of the three graces in Morris’ masterpiece may be. Long may he live – and long may particularly among the men, who shared the “L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed Il Moderato” we watch these wonderful dances. male dancer’s final look of confusion as if (which has finally been filmed, thank good-
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Disney’s new Cinderella a “Bibbity Bobbity” beauty
Lily James (Ella) and Richard Madden (The Prince) in Cinderella – www.finalreel.co.uk
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer CINDERELLA Now playing If a dream is a wish your heart makes when you’re half asleep, then Disney’s live action take on their animated classic Cinderella (and, much like that 1950 favorite, it only utilizes the most basic of elements found in Charles Perrault’s timeless fairy tale) is the blissful fruition of that hopeful fantasizing. Directed with the same verve, elegance and simplicity auteur Kenneth Branagh once upon a time brought to his Shakespeare epics like Much Ado About Nothing, scripted with somewhat surprising warmth and intelligence by Chris Weitz (About a Boy), this sparkling, effervescent family epic is a melodious revelation. Bottom line, the film is magical, and as early 2015 shockers are concerned, this might just be the biggest – and most delectably joyous – one of them all. The story itself has not changed. Her mother (a blink and you’ll not realize it’s
Hayley Atwell) gone at far too early an age, her father (a poignantly subdued Ben Chaplin) struck down by illness just when he’s remarried, young Ella (Lily James) refuses to let life’s tragedies destroy her. Not an easy trick, though, when one’s conniving, duplicitous Stepmother (Cate Blanchett) spoils her own two selfishly ugly daughters Drisella (Sophie McShera) and Anastasia (Holliday Grainger) while transforming her stepchild into nothing more than a put-upon servant. Yet through it all, Ella refuses to break, refuses to give in, finding courage in kindness, letting her love for life and its myriad of mysteries to speak for itself no matter what calamities might befall her. We all know what happens next. The Prince (Richard Madden) – here sporting the nickname “Kit” – by the command of his father the King (Derek Jacobi) is having a ball, a dance where every eligible maiden in the land is ordered to attend whether they be royal or commoner. Ella is banned from going by her Stepmother, but thanks to the magical machinations of her kindly Fairy Godmother (Helena Bonham Carter), as well as a giant pumpkin, a goose, a pair of
lizards and quartet of helpful mice, she’ll not only go but she’ll go in style. The chimes of midnight will echo throughout the land. A Prince will be left perplexed, holding a shimmering glass slipper as the woman who has stolen his heart disappears into the night. A wicked Stepmother will attempt to put the pieces of a perplexing puzzle together. As for Ella, for her this dream has appeared to come to an end, leaving her with tender, beautifully intoxicating memories that will make this and all future hardships far easier to overcome and prevail over had the evening’s events gone in any other direction. Branagh and Weitz do not reinvent the wheel. There are no huge twists or crazy surprises thrown into this mélange, director and writer more than content to let the story speak for itself and nothing more. At the same time, they do manage to make Ella her own woman all the same, allowing her to embrace her new name of “Cinderella,” given to her in an attempt at mockery and jest by her step family, in ways that feel powerful and poignant. More, she isn’t a woman looking only to be swept off her feet into the arms of a loving man. She is her own person and she’s proud of that fact, attempting to live up to the highest of ideals instilled in her by her late mother and father, refusing to be with anyone if they are unable to accept and cherish that fact. James, best known for her turn as Lady Rose MacClare on “Downton Abby,” is a revelation, elegant and refined yet also playful and ebullient. She crafts a strikingly three-dimensional portrait that is both decidedly feminine yet is also distinctly her own person, embracing her mother’s edicts revolving around courage, kindness and love that feel natural and organic. She is fiercely intelligent, yet also still a youngster, evolving into the woman she wants to be, her interior contradictions constantly in flux as she learns to make her way in a world that offers hardship and opportunity
alike yet not always both in equal measure. As for Blanchett, Branagh gives her the full movie star treatments, and from her first appearance to her last she dominates as only a talent of her caliber can. She glides through the film like a serpent waiting to strike, the way she weaves her Machiavellian plots – a scene between her and the Grand Duke, played with suitably oleaginous conviction by the great Stellan Skarsgård, particularly glorious – fascinating start to finish. While she didn’t go beyond anything I anticipated, Blanchett cagily underplays her hand the majority of the time, allowing her more feral and ferocious outbursts to draw far more in the way of blood than they otherwise would have. As for the director himself, without question this is Branagh’s finest work in decades, probably since he presented Hamlet in all its 242-minute glory way back in 1996. The film is lithe, bouncing to and fro in ways recalling the great Vincente Minnelli musicals of the 1950s, recalling the cheery sophistication of classics like The Pirate, The Band Wagon and Gigi. Haris Zambarloukos’ (Locke) camera feasts upon Dante Ferretti’s (Gangs of New York) sumptuous production design and Sandy Powell’s (Into the Woods) stunning costumes, all of the technical aspects working in harmonious symmetry one with the other in ways that are continually inspiring. Paying homage to both the Disney animated classic as well the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, this new take on Cinderella isn’t going to make anyone look at the fairy tale anew with fresh eyes. But Branagh’s film is still glorious, the end product a bewitching love story of strength, perseverance and imagination that I found virtually impossible to resist. As dreams go, here’s hoping my fondness for this one never dissipates, keeping my heart young and my spirit soaring for a longtime to come. “Bibbity Bobbity Boo” indeed.
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Ed Harris (Shawn Maguire) and Liam Neeson (Jimmy Conlon) in Run All Night – courtesy of collider.com
Notorious hitman Jimmy “The Gravedigger” Conlon (Liam Neeson) and revered crime boss Shawn Maguire (Ed Harris) have a long history as brothers in arms going back to their military days. They’re so close the former’s descent into alcoholfueled self-pity isn’t enough to remove him from the latter’s good graces, both knowing that when the time comes to be judged they’ll likely be crossing the line to the Pearly Gates together hand-in-hand. In one night, however, everything changes, Jimmy making a choice that will not only end his friendship with Shawn, but one that will put the pair at the most lethal of odds. A victim of staggeringly tragic coincidence, the enforcer’s son Mike (Joel Kinnaman), a family man who has managed to escape his father’s violent world
and make a legitimate, law-abiding life all his own, witnesses a brutal murder committed by the mobster’s mentally unhinged kid Danny (Boyd Holbrook). It’s unfortunate happenstance, the former childhood acquaintances gob-smacked by the stupid dumb luck that’s befallen them. At first sent by Shawn to ease tensions between the two young men, Jimmy is forced to kill his best friend’s boy in order to save his own son’s life. Now every gun in New York, including the majority of those carried by the police, are intent on finding the duo. With nowhere to turn, Jimmy and Mike must put their differences aside if they are going to make it to the morning alive, desperately looking for a way to escape Shawn’s wrath even if that means turning to the only honest cop, dogged Detective Harding (Vincent D’Onofrio), either of them are aware of. If nothing else, the new thriller Run All Night features one of the strongest casts to grace a motion picture so far this year. Along with those already mentioned the film features supporting turns from the
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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer RUN ALL NIGHT Now playing
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likes of Nick Nolte, Common, Bruce McGill, Holt McCallany, Genesis Rodriguez and an absolutely unrecognizable Lois Smith, most of them admittedly having precious little to do save give the film a grittier, more rugged milieu and little else. Without a doubt, it’s director Jaume Collett-Serra’s most ambitious and adult-oriented entertainment yet, the motion picture light years beyond his previous B-grade sojourns with Neeson Unknown and Non-Stop. But as self-contained and as relatively solid as writer Brad Ingelsby’s (Out of the Furnace) script might be, for whatever reason, comma Collett-Serra presents the material in the same, flashy, giddily over-thetop manner that he has his previous works. He never allows his cast room to breathe, refuses to let anything that transpires speak for itself, instead choosing to hammer everything home with an unsubtle ferocity that’s obnoxious. The Junkie XL (Divergent) score is omnipresent, smothering emotions to the point they are relegated to bewildering irrelevancy. One wonders what might have happened if an aging master like Michael Mann (Heat), William Friedkin (The French Connection) or even Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather trilogy) had been given the reins or ponder how an emerging talent like J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year), Scott Cooper (Out of the Furnace) or David Lowery (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) might have chosen to stage things. This is a movie that required observational restraint along the lines of what legendary auteur Sidney Lumet was known for, Run All Night existing in the same sort of Prince of the City meets Q&A moral grey areas those classics excelled at enveloping the viewer within. Collett-Serra doesn’t seem to have the first clue as to how to achieve that sort of effect. While the various chase sequences and action scenes are suitably intense,
they’re so flashy and cryptically edited, following along as to what is happening is oftentimes impossible. Heck, one escape is positively magical, Jimmy and Mike disappearing from a cement room with only one door surrounded by police almost as if both were Houdini wriggling out of a straightjacket. One second they’re trapped, the next they’re standing outside on a bridge safe from capture, no scene in-between the two included to explain how this miraculous achievement has come to pass. As annoying as this is, it might be moderately forgivable had the director shown even a modicum of restraint during the dramatic sequences. This is not to be, however, Collett-Serra depicting conversations between adversaries, friends and family alike in the same sort of frenetic, heavy-handed fashion as he does the various shoot-outs and fist fights. While the actors do what they can – Harris, Neeson and Kinnaman particularly so – they’re all smothered by the self-indulgent bluster infused into every scene by the filmmaker, the fact any of them are able to emotionally resonate even a microscopic amount is something of a minor miracle. Less would have been more as it pertains to Run All Night. While Ingelsby’s scenario is hardly original, it’s still strong enough that it’s easy to imagine the psychologically rewarding opus that might have been. But Collett-Serra directs as if he’s making a Non-Stop sequel and not a hard-boiled gangster melodrama where emotions run as cold as the frozen rain pelting the city’s windswept winter streets. It insults the intelligence of the viewer, while also leaving its talented cast out to dry, struggling to give audiences a reason to care, the picture nothing more than a forgettable, almost shameful failure that will undoubtedly rank as one of 2015’s most frustrating disappointments.
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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.
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SATURDAY - March 14
Ski Buddies. Every Saturday & Sunday. Ski, board or snow shoe locally with fellow club members! www. skibuddies.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
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. Seattle Center Festal: Irish Festival (3/14 & 3/15). 12 noon-6pm. Seattle Center Armory. Shop for authentic Irish products, create Celtic arts and crafts and take in colorful cultural exhibits, live music and dance, and contemporary Irish short films. On Sunday afternoon, a drawing will be held for free round-trip tickets to Ireland. 43rd District Legislators Town Hall. 1-2:30pm. Erickson Theater, 1524 Harvard Ave. Sen. Jamie Pedersen, Speaker Frank Chopp & Rep. Brady Walkinshaw want to hear what’s on the mind of their constituents. FREE. Between the Covers - Gay City LGBT Library Book Club. 1pm. Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Informal group of Queer folks talking about Queer literature. Visit www.gaycity.org for monthly reading selection. Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. $4/person door fee (please try to bring exact change) to help pay for the cost of the hall. Please bring a dish that will serve 8 or more. Metro 2, 10, 11, 12, 49 &60. 2015 Fox Theatre Film Series: “Singin’ in the Rain” in Centralia. 2pm & 7pm. Fox Theatre, 123 S Tower Ave, Centralia. Tickets: $8 single, $20 family of 3-4 persons. 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.oasisyouthc enter.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 Diverse Harmony Auction & Gala. 7pm. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St. Features live entertainment, appetizers & beverages both hard & soft. Tickets $75. brownpapertickets.com/event/1242796 March is Cabaret Month - Fridays & Saturdays in March. 7pm & 9pm. Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St. Online reservations: $15 per show; $25 for 2 shows same night. At the door: $18 per show. $10 food/drink minimum. www.ballardjamhouse.com and www.brownpapertickets.com for details including schedule of performers. BlueStreet Jazz Voices in Concert - “Where I Belong.” Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. An evening filled with fantastic vocal jazz, coupled with wine and chocolate. Tickets: $15 in advance, $18 at the door, $10 seniors & students. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1265433 Gay City Arts Presents “Safe” (3/12-3/15 & 3/193/22). Thurs 3/12 thru Sat 3/14 & Thurs 3/19 thru Sun 3/19 8pm; Sun 3/15 4pm - followed by discussion with author Seth Tinkus. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. This controversial, almost banned play returns. Sean wants to contract Rob’s HIV. Rob doesn’t want to put Sean at risk & fears the stigma against them both. When they get in bed, will their connection be the most important thing? Or will it be undetectable? “Safe” tries to deconstruct what “safe sex” really means. Tickets: $18 general admission; $12 students/seniors. www. gaycity.org/arts-season
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 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. 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. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.dharmabuddies.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Seattle Center Festal: Irish Festival (3/14 & 3/15). 12 noon-6pm. Seattle Center Armory. Shop for authentic Irish products, create Celtic arts and crafts and take in colorful cultural exhibits, live music and dance, and SUNDAY - March 15 contemporary Irish short films. On Sunday afternoon, a For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual drawing will be held for free round-trip tickets to Ireland. organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay sgn.org. Ski Buddies. Every Saturday & Sunday. Ski, board guys in Seattle. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org or snow shoe locally with fellow club members! www. HRC 13th Annual Bowling for Equality. 1-3pm, 4-6pm. 7-9pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Tickets skibuddies.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 West- $40 per person/$20 for youth or $320 for a lane of lake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine eight. Includes two hours of bowling, shoe rental, apfor moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http:// petizers & annual HRC membership or renewal. www. groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHikingGroup/ hrc.org/seattlebowling (Pre & after party at OutWest Bar, 5401 California Ave SW at SW Brandon St - open 3pm to close.)
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Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Enter through the glass doors. There is a $4/person door fee (please try to bring exact change) to help pay for the rental cost of the hall. Please bring a dish that will serve eight or more to share. Metro routes 2, 10, 11, 12, 49 & 60. www. seattleprimetimers.org. Gay City Arts Presents “Safe” (3/12-3/15 & 3/19-3/22). 4pm. Followed by discussion with author Seth Tinkus. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. (See Saturday 3/14 listing for details.) www.gaycity.org/arts-season 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 Seattle PolyFidelity Discussion Group Potluck Meeting. 5-7:30pm. Meets 3rd Sunday of odd-numbered months at a poly-friendly location. PolyFidelity welcomes persons of all sexual orientations who are interested in discussing responsible alternatives to monogamy. Followed by a Poly Party. For more information & location, www.scn.org/~spg Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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 Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731. Diverse Harmony West Seattle Concert. 7:30pm. St John the Baptist Episcopal Church, 3050 California Ave SW. Features our large chorus & small ensemble. FREE. Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.
MONDAY - March 16
SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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, 303 17th Ave E. 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;
March 14 thru March 22 www.sasgcc.org Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 2-3:30pm. Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Monday each month. (253) 383-2565. Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County. Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@yahoo.com or phone (360) 722-1664. Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave Rm 221. Meets 3rd Monday each month (except December). SWC advises the Mayor, City Council, & all City of Seattle departments on matters concerning women & women’s rights. Meetings open to the public. 684-4537. Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.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 Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724. PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd 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 Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.
TUESDAY - March 17
St Patrick’s Day Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting. 3-5pm. Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months (schedule varies in summer). The Safe Schools Coalition: 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.safeschools coalition.org. Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org 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 Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months. The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships & communication between the community & the SPD. Members of the GLBT community are invited to attend. kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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
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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, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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 polo team is open to all who want to play. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the 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
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FRIDAY - March 20
WEDNESDAY - March 18
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.mature friends.org GSBA Business Luncheon: The State of the LGBT Business Movement. 11:30am-1pm. Renaisssance Seattle, 515 Madison St. An opportunity to hear from Justin Nelson, President & CEO of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. $40 for GSBA memebrs, $50 for non-members, walk-ins add $10 at the door. www.thegsba.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 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. Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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 with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm. Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@yahoo.com; 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.) The Gay Uncle Time – A Celebration of Pop, Underground, Camp, Gay & Trash Culture of the ‘60s & ‘70s and Beyond! With Fabulous Special Guests. 7pm. The Rendezvous Grotto, 2322 2nd Ave. 3rd Wednesday each month. A combination salon, cabaret, classroom, story time visit with your favorite relative you never knew you had & a few of his fabulous friends. Picture John Waters subbing for Garrison Keillor on a $13 budget in a friend’s living room with special guests. $5 at the door. www.facebook.com/thegayuncletime. HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.
Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. 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 Pride 2015 Comedy Series: Jen Kober with Jessica Kirson (March 19-21). Thurs: 7:30pm; Fri/Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm. Parlor Live! Comedy Club, 1522 6th Ave. Tickets: $20 general admission; $25 VIP. Two item minimum purchase. 18+ Thurs; 21+ Fri/Sat. www.parlorlive.com. (See website for dress code information.) Debauchery. Doors 7pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Queers stripping for Queers in a hot, anti-oppressive space, raising money for organizations that serve the Queer community. The show features stripteases, lots of audience interaction & even birthday lapdances on stage! Be sure to bring plenty of dollar bills - a portion of the proceeds goes to non-profits providing health & social services within the Queer community. Tickets $15 at the door, $10 in advance. Gay City Arts Presents “Safe” (3/12-3/15 & 3/193/22). 8pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. (See Saturday 3/14 listing for details.) www.gaycity. org/arts-season 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.)
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 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
THURSDAY - March 19
Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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. 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 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, 303 17th Ave E. 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
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B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937. Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:308:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. Meetings open to the public. 684-4514. Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club Monthly Potluck & Meeting. 7pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Bottom Dwellers promotes safe & responsible scuba diving & other outdoor activities for the GLBT community & friends at all experience levels. For info & location, www. bottomdwellers.org. Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Wheelchair accessible. 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, 303 17th Ave E. 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. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle
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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 Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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 First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima. Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html 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 March is Cabaret Month - Fridays & Saturdays in March. 7pm & 9pm. Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St. Online reservations: $15 per show; $25 for 2 shows same night. At the door: $18 per show. $10 food/drink minimum. www.ballardjamhouse.com and www.brownpapertickets.com for details. 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.) Pride 2015 Comedy Series: Jen Kober with Jessica Kirson (March 19-21). Thurs: 7:30pm; Fri/Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm. Parlor Live! Comedy Club, 1522 6th Ave. Tickets: $20 general admission; $25 VIP. Two item minimum purchase. 18+ Thurs; 21+ Fri/Sat. www.parlorlive.com. (See website for dress code information.) LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm. Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Gay City Arts Presents “Safe” (3/12-3/15 & 3/193/22). 8pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. (See Saturday 3/14 listing for details.) www.gaycity. org/arts-season GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org Pride 2015 Comedy Series: Jen Kober with Jessica Kirson (March 19-21). Fri/Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm. Parlor Live! Comedy Club, 1522 6th Ave. (See 7:30pm listing for details.)
SATURDAY - March 21
(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org March is Cabaret Month - Fridays & Saturdays in March. 7pm & 9pm. Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St. Online reservations: $15 per show; $25 for 2 shows same night. At the door: $18 per show. $10 food/drink minimum. www.ballardjamhouse.com and www.brownpapertickets.com for details. Rainbow City Band “Momentum.” 7pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. An incredibly exciting concert showcasing toe-tapping, mind-blowing, rhythmic motives, guaranteed to propel you into Spring. Tickets $15, $12 for seniors/students. www.rainbowcity band.com Ian Schuelke Wants a TV Show. 7pm. The Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre, 2322 2nd Ave. A modern take on the classic ‘60s variety shows, with comedy sketches, singers, comedians and vaudeville acts. $10 in advance, $15 day of the show. www.strangertickets. com/events/23563893/ian-schuelke-wants-a-tv-showmarch-madness. Pride 2015 Comedy Series: Jen Kober with Jessica Kirson (March 19-21). Thurs: 7:30pm; Fri/Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm. Parlor Live! Comedy Club, 1522 6th Ave. Tickets: $20 general admission; $25 VIP. Two item minimum purchase. 18+ Thurs; 21+ Fri/Sat. www.parlorlive.com. (See website for dress code information.)
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Gay City Arts Presents “Safe” (3/12-3/15 & 3/193/22). 8pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. (See Saturday 3/14 listing for details.) www.gaycity. org/arts-season Pride 2015 Comedy Series: Jen Kober with Jessica Kirson (March 19-21). Fri/Sat: 7:30pm & 10pm. Parlor Live! Comedy Club, 1522 6th Ave. (See 7:30pm listing for details.)
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(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 12:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Subject: What is the purpose of my life? Metro routes 8, 10, 12, 43. www.seattleprimetimers.org Rain City Jacks. 4th Sunday each month at 1pm; 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Membership required. Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www. raincityjacks.org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035. Gay City Arts Presents “Safe” (3/12-3/15 & 3/193/22). 8pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. (See Saturday 3/14 listing for details.) www.gaycity. org/arts-season
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. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net. Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.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 Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 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)
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making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption: 4417602, 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; Maybe Baby, https://groups. yahoo.com/group/maybebabyseattle; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proud-andloud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www. rainbow familiesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.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.
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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 SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.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 South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade 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: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; 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 Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswim team. 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 United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; 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 Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born 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-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 7220729; 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; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwest seattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealthywca.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) 2632908, www.globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace.com; 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; 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; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.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/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ):
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