SGN Mar 13, 2020 - Part 2

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Issue 11, Volume 48, March 13, 2020

Arts & Entertainment

Unflinching Swallow Northwest Film Forum a shattering human drama presents 20th Annual ByDesign Festival of self-discovery March 18-22

Haley Bennett in Swallow – Photo courtesy of IFC Films

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer SWALLOW Now playing Hunter (Haley Bennett) appears to be living a real-life fairy tale. She’s married to the rich, powerful and fabulously attractive

Richie Conrad (Austin Stowell), and has apparently been accepted by his prim and proper parents Katherine (Elizabeth Marvel) and Michael (David Rasche) with open arms. The pair live in an immaculately maintained suburban home filled with all types of modern conveniences. Hunter

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[NOTE: Northwest Film Forum is closely following public health recommendations released by the city, county, and state regarding COVID-19. We believe in the power of community to remain resilient and adaptive in these times, and we are committed to prioritizing the health of our students, audience, artists, volunteers, and staff. Read more about the precautions we

are taking and specific event updates here. [https://nwfilmforum.org/news/ongoingnwff-event-updates-around-covid-19/] Following is the opening paragraph from NWFF’s statement: On March 11, Governor Jay Inslee made a proclamation which prohibits groups over 250 from gathering.

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August Wilson’s Jitney – Change of date! Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Theater at the 25th Anniversary Gala now Friday, June 12 Also, watch for an ON-LINE AUCTION top of its game to support TDBC

Hello Three Dollar Bill Cinema members, supporters and fans, Amari Cheatom as Youngblood, Harvy Blanks as Shealy, and Brian D. Coats as Philmore in Jitney – Photo by Joan Marcus

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer JITNEY SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE Suspended for the time being

I know. This is a time of uncertainty – and now many theaters are announcing temporary closures. This includes the touring production of Jitney by August Wilson,

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After speaking with many of you, and in light of Governor Jay Inslee’s ban on large gatherings, we have made the decision to postpone our 25th Anniversary Dinner and Auction until June 12, 2020. The annual auction is our primary source of funding each year for our programming that keeps alive queer visibility through film and

media in Seattle. We need your continued support now more than ever in reaching our Auction goal of $175,000. We have been working this week on contingency planning and have secured the same venue (SODO Park), a delicious dinner (by Herban Feast), auctioneer (Laura Michalek), and MC (Rebecca Davis) to ensure we will be able to carry on in style. And carry on we will! With your continued

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Anthony Chisholm as Fielding, Francois Battiste as Booster, Harvy Blanks as Shealy, and Ray Anthony Thomas as Turnbo in Jitney – Photo by Joan Marcus

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continued from cover now presenting at Seattle Repertory Theatre. Since it is a tour and all the personnel have traveled here, it’s unknown if the production can be continued in a few weeks or not. Having said that, it is one of the finest productions you’ll see in a long time. The evening is a master class in directing by Ruben Santiago-Hudson! Each moment has been considered and planned. Each of the many actors performs at the top of his (similar to many Wilson plays, this one only has one woman in it) game. All the subtle humor is teased out and gifted to the audience. The beautifully rendered set by David Gallo displays the rundown building housing the jitney “car service” where these men constantly come and go while giving rides to predominantly Black folks who were not served by the cab companies. The panoramic windows are lit gorgeously through time changes by designer Jane Cox. Fashions of 1977 float through on the characters as designed by Toni-Leslie James. And underscoring the scenes with original music by Bill Sims Jr. helps fill in the rich soundscape. This production is a tour of the Broadway presentation that opened in 2017. While Jitney has been done on many stages, including the Rep’s in the early 2000’s, it

had never had a Broadway production until 2017. Many of the touring actors were on stage on Broadway for that limited run. Wilson, in his ten-play American Century Cycle, wrote slices of life. His plays were some of the first on major national stages to exalt the unseen man, the forgotten folk most often on the bottom rung of society, and to shine a light on Black culture. One of the most salient features of this play is that every single character, no matter how small, has a full backstory, a full life. A genius ability to create dialogue that flows exactly like “real life,” means that there is no exposition, really. The details crack out of the dialogue from arguing, joking, remembering. In a conversation about “who the protagonist is,” as some might love to discuss about plays, various characters were suggested as the main character for whom the plot revolves around and who must make a significant change during the course of the play. It could be Becker, the proprietor, who has to decide whether to continue his jitney service somehow when the City decides to condemn his rotting building. It could be Becker’s son, fresh out of prison, who has to decide how to reenter society. It could be Youngblood, the hustling young man trying to buy a house in secret from his girlfriend, and who must learn to communicate better to be a better partner. But contributing an altogether excel-

Correction RE: 2020 MEN IN DANCE festival In last week’s SGN the press release we published from MEN IN DANCE inadvertently misstated the dates of their 2020 festival. The correct dates are October 2-4,

2020 and October 9-11, 2020. For more information on the 2020 MEN IN DANCE festival, visit menindance.org

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lent perspective, theater veteran and arts official at the City of Seattle, Kathy Hsieh, suggested that rather than any individual, August Wilson wrote about “a community of people, because I would say that the antagonist in this and all of the 10-play Cycle is our structurally racist society and what Wilson explores are the very different ways in which individuals in the Black community deal with and try to rise above their circumstances. “That they are not a monolithic community as defined by white people, but each character is human in their own right and none can be defined by a single stereotype. Only when we can see the individual humanity of each person, will we start to evolve forward as a society.” The play stars Francois Battiste

(Booster), Harvy Blanks (Shealy), Amari Cheatom (Youngblood), Anthony Chisholm (Fielding), Brian D. Coats (Philmore), Steven Anthony Jones (Becker), Nija Okoro (Rena), Keith Randolph Smith (Doub), and Ray Anthony Thomas (Turnbo). They are all a joy to watch. Listen, also, for vocal changes and “tricks” that emphasize the character and even enhance the humor. It is my hope that you get to see this top-notch production and that scheduling changes can be made for that! For more information, go to www.seattlerep.org or call 206-443-2222.

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support, we look forward to a terrific event in June. As it is on a Friday, we are working to adjust the start time. We will update attendees, our website, and our marketing materials shortly. Table captains, please let the people at your table know. In the near term, we are planning an additional on-line auction, featuring some fantastic items collected for the original auction to tide you over and help us continue to support our organization. Watch for further announcements and an on-line catalog. In the meantime, please consider making a contribution, donating an item or service, becoming a sponsor, and asking your friends to purchase tickets at: https://threedollarbillcinema.org/25thanniversary If you’ve already purchased a ticket and are unable to attend the new date, we hope you will consider donating the cost of the ticket to the organization in return for a tax-

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continued from cover Rest assured that none of Northwest Film Forum’s events will hit that level of capacity, and we will be maintaining a 33%-50% cap on ticket sales (though most will fall far below that) to ensure that patrons have ample space to spread out in the cinema and have a healthy recommended 6-foot distance between themselves and their neighbors.] The 20th edition of Northwest Film Forum’s (NWFF) annual ByDesign Festival – 20th Annual Celebration of Design & Architecture – is curated and presented in close partnership with Design in Public (DiP), a strategic initiative of AIA Seattle dedicated to unleashing the design thinker in everyone. The festival integrates NWFF and DiP’s core missions and visions, by focusing on societal growth and community-building – as viewed through the lens of design-centered thinking. From March 18–22, experience programs at NWFF centered on design and architecture, including

short and feature films, interactive installations, performances, panels, VR, and generative workshops. ByDesign Festival is a cross-cultural exploration of people, structures, and ideas at the intersection of design and the moving image. In its 20th year, ByDesign recontextualizes the global to the local and examines pressing issues such as sustainability, affordability, indigeneity, and infrastructure, as they relate to design thinking. Featuring a broad, inclusive selection of films, performances, and interactive activities, ByDesign invites festival-goers to interrogate their own relationships to personal and collective identity and to examine how humanity’s understanding of itself is central to the ways in which it creates the physical world. FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT Opening Night of ByDesign features a screening of the Argentinian film, Hidden (Escondido), preceded by local short Space Needle: A Hidden History, presented in partnership with Henry Art Gallery’s In Plain Sight Film Series, with filmmakers in attendance!

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS OPENING NIGHT Wednesday, March 18, 7:30pm Space Needle: A Hidden History (E. J. Bullert, US, 2019, 18 min) explores the interplay of dance, art, and architecture of Seattle through the form of the Space Needle. Inspired by a wooden sculpture owned by architect Victor Steinbrueck called “The Feminine One,” the film throws the legacy of the Needle into a new light, suggesting its story is intricately intertwined with other local artists, including Seattle-born dancer Syvilla Fort. Even Seattle natives are sure to see something new in the Needle after seeing this film. Hidden (Escondido) (Miguel Baratta, Argentina, 2019, 70 min) – Inspired by abuses in Argentina’s dictatorial past but maintaining a global perspective, Hidden highlights the art of suppressed personal ideologies, experiences, and memories. Director Miguel Baratta dissects the morphology of design and the potential to resurrect hidden stories through physical objects – from the bones of victims of

Space Needle: A Hidden History – Photo courtesy of NWFF

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the Mapuche genocide to the remnants of songs written by Holocaust prisoners. Hidden opens windows into the past while considering the possibilities of art to transcend oppression in the future. Friday, March 20, 7pm lecture; 8pm screening Hear from Adam James Smith, director of Americaville, about his process and his previous films, which explore the complexities of placemaking. Americaville (Adam James Smith, US and China, 80 min) – Filmmaker Adam James Smith takes his keen interest in the creation of built environments and the expression of identity within these spaces to an eerie replica of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, outside of Beijing, to which citizens escape to embrace the American dream. Each weekend, Beijing residents like Annie Liu travel to the hills outside the city to enjoy fresh air, a big house, and classic “American” activities: morning walks on Route 66, Jello potlucks, and visits from the horseback-riding town sheriff. Sat & Sun, March 21 & 22, 4pm “The Clocks Were Striking Thirteen: Short Film Program” featuring films from Switzerland, Armenia, S. Korea, UK, and the US. An expedition-type urban cruise that takes you to nostalgic harbors of the past and surreal ports of the future. Curated by NWFF Programming Intern Anastasia Babenko. All Inclusive (Corina Schwingruber Ilić, Switzerland, 2018, 10 min) – 16 Districts, 16 Floors 16 People (Tatevik Vardanyan, Armenia, 2018, 19 min) – If… (Nils Clauss + Neil Dowling, S. Korea, 2018, 6 min) – In the Robot Skies (Liam Young, UK, 2016, 10 min) – It’s Going To Be Beautiful (Luis Gutiérrez Arias, US, 2018, 9 min) – Go Home (Jeff Frost, US, 2019, 4 min). Saturday, March 21, 4:30pm “Dream Tech: Designing the Gateway to Infinity” panel presentation with Courtney Sheehan and Aleena Chia. This talk offers an overview and discussion of the nascent industry of dream tech and poses questions to the design community about the role of ethical design in an emerging tech space with universal resonance. A few examples of dream tech will be presented, such as wearable devices that

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Italy’s Cosa Nostra takes fire from one of their own in The Traitor by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE TRAITOR Now playing Veteran Italian filmmaker Marco Bellocchio (The Seagull, Blood of My Blood) returns with his latest drama, the epic crime procedural The Traitor (Il traditore) chronicling the life of Tommaso Buscetta (Pierfrancesco Favino), the first man to turn informant on the powerful Cosa Nostra during the 1980s. It is a sprawling exposé that covers decades of criminal escapades, all of it seen through the eyes of a man who refuses to consider himself an informer. The film begins in the late 1970s at the tail end of a meeting of the entire Italian Cosa Nostra as they negotiate the mechanics of the blossoming heroin trade, trying to ensure there will not be a bloody war that causes havoc throughout Italy. Buscetta, no fan of dealing in hard drugs, takes this as his opportunity to declare his retirement, and while his two adult sons are to remain in Italy, he is planning on moving to Rio de Janeiro with his remaining children and third wife Cristina (Maria Fernanda Cândido) as soon as possible. A few years later, the Corleonesi, headed by Totò Riina (Nicola Calì), begins to assassinate everyone and anyone who could even potentially become a liability or threaten their profits from the thriving drug trade, including women and children, two groups previously considered off-limits by the strict moral code of the Cosa Nostra. This does not sit well with Buscetta, especially after his own sons are brutally slaughtered. After being taken into custody by Brazilian authorities, the former mafia enforcer and consigliere does the unthinkable. In exchange for the protection of his wife and children in the United States, he will return to Italy and tell all he knows about Riina and how he and his followers have betrayed all the Cosa Nostra has historically stood for. There’s a lot of material for the film to cover, and even at 145 minutes the narrative still has trouble detailing all aspects of Buscetta’s story in a heck of a lot of detail. Instead, Bellocchio focuses more on who this man was as a person, his definition

Pierfrancesco Favino in The Traitor – Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

of what the “real Cosa Nostra” was supposed to be and his growing affection and friendship with incorruptible Italian judge Giovanni Falcone (Fausto Russo Alesi). The director also spends ample time analyzing Buscetta’s relationship with Cristina and how his adoration of her, along with the murder of his sons at the hand of a former friend, led him to determine he was doing the right thing by testifying. It’s easy to get lost in all of this chaos and craziness. There are so many characters, so many details, so many killings and murders and attempted murders and acts of revenge and nefarious plots to stop the proceedings against Riina and the other 474 defendants, it’s easy to lose count of them all After the initial trial, there are several

leaps in time that aren’t entirely clear, and by the time things culminate in the year 2000 I was more than a little shocked to discover Bellocchio’s sprawling endeavor covered roughly half a century in Italian mafia history. Be that as it may, this is still a fascinatingly entertaining motion picture centered on a performance from Favino that’s pretty darn terrific. I couldn’t take my eyes off of him, his ruthless cocksure bravado fitting the character perfectly as he sauntered through the movie. Buscetta is so confidently unapologetic as to how he sees the righteousness of his testimony, his certainty that Riina and the current members of the Cosa Nostra have obliterated its standing in the Italian community with their wholesale slaughter of

innocents absolute. Favino makes this man come to life with skillful machismo, and the primary reason Bellocchio’s film is as successful as it is is thanks to him. There’s plenty more I could talk about, not the least of which is a masterful courtroom scene where Buscetta goes head-tohead against one of his primary accusers and most trusted former friends, Pippo Calò (Fabrizio Ferracane), their back-and-forth cross-examination of one another simply extraordinary. Yet I think I’m going to leave my thoughts about The Traitor here. This is a sublime piece of Italian mafia history best experienced knowing as little about the true story (or, at least Buscetta’s version of this story) as possible, Bellocchio crafting a fine procedural that’s worthy of a look.

Saturday, March 21, 6pm Human Nature (US) (Adam Bolt, US, 2019, 95 min) screening. A breakthrough called CRISPR has given us unprecedented control over the basic building blocks of life. It opens the door to curing diseases, reshaping the biosphere, and designing our own children. Human Nature is a provocative exploration of CRISPR’s far-reaching implications, through the eyes of the scientists who discovered it, the families it’s affecting, and the bioengineers who are testing its limits. How will this new power change our relationship with nature? What will it mean for human evolution? To begin to answer these questions we must look back billions of years and peer into an uncertain future.

modern thinkers to all the Middle East. World-famous Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer came to build the jumping board: an international fair grounds in the most spectacular modern design. However, as the project neared completion, civil war halted construction indefinitely. Today, Tripoli is a shell of its former, boisterous self and the near-completed fairgrounds seems only a remnant of the past. However, for the city’s people, the fairgrounds are still alight with hope and a sense of identity. Is there spring left yet in the fairgrounds to launch Tripoli back to its former glory? Astana, City of the Future – Kazakhstan’s rapidly-expanding capital city is rife with innovation and futuristic design, as prescribed by the government. As historically nomadic people, the Kazakhs are hesitant to adopt the rigidity of city living, especially with the sour taste of Soviet squares still on fresh on their tongues. Many citizens from around the country come to work in Astana, but few call this city-in-scaffolding their home. The government can sculpt a skyline, but can it cultivate a national identity through architecture?

world, the film provides intimate access to his large-scale interactive creations in locations such as Trafalgar Square in London, the Vancouver Olympics, and New York’s Park Avenue Tunnel, culminating in a piece that crosses the US-Mexico border. Rafael’s work is a rallying point for a disjointed urban population, longing to connect. His art doesn’t discriminate, and all who participate are given a voice: “What I want is for people to feel like their presence has an urban scale and that they have a platform to self-represent...for a little while, people can feel like they own their city.”

director Michal Pietryzk in attendance for Q&A after the film. In a gentrifying New Orleans, some African-American men from the city’s roughest neighborhoods spend all year sewing feathered suits. All On A Mardi Gras Day follows Demond, who makes huge sacrifices to be Big Chief in this secret, 200-year old tradition known as Mardi Gras Indians. When the day comes, he battles in a competition that will decide who’s “the prettiest.”

Saturday, March 21, 6:30-8pm Niemeyer 4 Ever (Nicolas Khoury, Lebanon, 2018, 30 min) screening and Astana, City of the Future? (Laurier Fourniau, France, 2019, 29 min) screening and discussion, with Astana director Laurier Fourniau in attendance. Niemeyer 4 Ever – Tripoli, Lebanon, in the 1960’s was a hotbed for art and intellectuals, poised to become the gateway for

Saturday, March 21, 8pm MEGALODEMOCRAT: The Public Art of Rafael Lozano‑Hemmer (Benjamin Duffield, Canada & Mexico, 2018, 94 min) screening and discussion. Acclaimed artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer stages democratic takeover of public spaces with his disruptive pieces that rely almost entirely on public participation. Shot over 10 years in 30 cities around the

attempt to induce lucid dreams – dreams in which you are aware of the fact that you’re dreaming and may exert control over the dream narrative. Meanwhile, neuromarketers are waking up to the mouth-watering potential of a good night’s sleep as eight hours of perfectly passive, untapped advertising real estate.

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Sunday, March 22, 9-11am @ Blu Dot Embodied Futures is a movement workshop that joins together somatic movement and visioning tools to examine how movement practices can shift one’s relationship to the future. The workshop identifies our lived experiences (of both hope and hopelessness) as source material to re-imagine and embody tomorrow’s possibilities. Embodied Futures asks: given that somatic practices can be used to change one’s relationship with a difficult past, how can similar techniques be used to change one’s relationship to the future? How can improvised movement create a context for people to enact dreams of an imagined future? Using the body’s innate inclinations towards movement, imagination, and playfulness, our bodies can experience new versions of hope. Sunday, March 22, 4:30pm All On a Mardi Gras Day (Michael Pietryzk, US, 2019, 23 min) screening with

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Sunday, March 22, 6pm Ever the Land (Sarah Grohnert, New Zealand, 2015, 90 min) screening with short film Gathering Circle (Tracey Strnad, Canada, 2019, 10 min) followed by a discussion. Gathering Circle – Indigenous architects and collaborators restore indigenous influence to a waterfront park with a welcoming canopy structure in Collingwood, Canada. The structure highlights ancient values and promotes the coming together of all people, which the designers hope generations upon generations after them will get to experience. Ever the Land – In New Zealand’s Te Urewera forest, the Maori tribe Ngāi Tūhoe wrestle with the Crown for autonomy in their ancestral homeland. Amid prodigious negotiations for settlement and stewardship rights, the Tūhoe embark on a landmark architectural project: a Living Building community center. To qualify as a Living Building, the structure must give more

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Hidden in the unconscious mind

Digesting Swallow with writer/director Carlo Mirabella-Davis

Director Carlo Mirabella-Davis with Haley Bennett on the set of Swallow – Photo courtesy of IFC Films

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer SWALLOW Now playing I went in cold to The Swell Season documentarian Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ first feature-length narrative film Swallow, and to say I was completely unprepared for the resulting emotional maelstrom he so confidently crafted would be a rather massive understatement. The story of Hunter (Haley Bennett), a young newlywed struggling to come to grips with her new carefully constructed prim and proper life after marrying the wealthy Richie Conrad (Austin Stowell), this meticulously crafted drama knocked my socks off. Featuring a stunning lead performance from Bennett, the movie deals with a multitude of themes involving wealth inequality, patriarchal relationships and rigidly constructed social mores where appearance and presentation are more important than almost anything else. There is also an added element of Hunter developing a psychological medical condition known as “Pica,” a disorder where people ingest items normally considered as inedible. But there’s far more than that going on here, Mirabella-Davis constructing a fiercely determined scenario of self-discovery and individual empowerment that goes into several surprisingly unexpected directions as it builds to its purposefully explosive climax that’s sure to spark more than its fair share of controversy. I had the pleasure to spend a few minutes speaking with the writer/director about Swallow. Here are some edited excerpts from our far too brief conversation: Sara Michelle Fetters: I read that you were inspired by your grandmother when you sat down to write Swallow. Talk to me about the process of making this a sort of a love letter to her, but also modifying things so that this story feels current and of this actual moment. Carlo Mirabella-Davis: The film was, as you say, inspired by my grandmother. She was a homemaker in the 1950s in an unhappy marriage who developed various rituals of control. She was an obsessive

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hand-washer who would go through four bars of soap a day and 12 bottles of rubbing alcohol a week. I think she was looking for order in a life she felt increasingly powerless in. My grandfather and the doctors put her into a mental institution where she received electroshock therapy, insulin shock therapy and a non-consensual lobotomy. I always felt that there was something punitive there, that she was being punished for not living up to society’s expectations of what they felt a wife or a mother should be. As I began making Swallow, we gave the film a bit of a retro feel, to have a kind of 1950s vibe to it in the beginning in order to reflect the idea that, even though we like to think that a lot of the old guard patriarchy from that time has vanished, which thankfully a lot of it has, that it’s still lurking underneath the surface in our current era. In fact, it’s making a horrifying resurgence with the advent of the Trump administration. Luckily, there are a lot of amazing new voices fighting against that, so that’s good. But I still wanted to sort of call back to that feeling. My grandmother’s story is very powerful, impactful and speaks to a lot of things that are going on currently. As the film progresses, as it becomes more and more realistic in terms of styles that reflect Hunter’s growing psychological state of mind, I wanted that change to become more and more apparent to the audience.

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Sara Michelle Fetters: And at what point did you incorporate Pica into this story? How much research did you have to do? Carlo Mirabella-Davis: As I was adapting my grandmother’s story, I realized that handwashing is not very cinematic. I remembered seeing a photograph on the internet of all the contents of someone’s stomach who had Pica, all these objects that had been surgically removed and laid out on a table, almost like an archeological dig. I was fascinated. I wanted to know more. It almost seemed like something mystical, like a kind of holy communion. I wanted to know what drew the patient to those objects. That’s how that began. I reached out to the world’s expert on Pica, Dr. Rachel Bryant-Waugh, who actually wrote a case study of Hunter as if she was her patient, which was a very interesting document, and much of which found its way into the script. I was very excited that she became a consultant on the film. Sara Michelle Fetters: I love that you bring up how the movie sort of starts in almost a retro glossy old-Hollywood style and then subtly changes throughout. One of the things that I noticed, but early on, when I was watching Hunter, I kept feeling like she had transformed herself into this sort of porcelain doll. And, not only that, but the house that she found herself in was this sort of glass display case. Am I reading too much into all of this? Carlo Mirabella-Davis: No! Not at all. I’ve used those exact words about the glass display case. I’m so pleased with your interpretation. It’s exactly what I was going for; the idea is that she’s in this kind of diorama, like in the Natural History Museum. The glass also serves as a kind of metaphor for this invisible prison she’s in. At first, everything seems like it’s perfect. She’s been absorbed by this family that is telling her that she should be happy, that this is where she belongs. Gradually, she looks around and starts to realize that there’s something insidious lurking in this environment. It’s interesting because, those kinds of houses, that kind of ultra-modern homes, they make you think you’re going to be integrated into nature. But at night? You feel quite vulnerable, because it’s all lit up like a lantern. You feel the eyes of the

woods on you. The woods in our film kind of represents the unconscious mind, the place where everything is hidden, and that turns out to be a great metaphor for Hunter. Sara Michelle Fetters: Building on that, it’s not just her husband Richie, played so despicably by Austin Stowell, that dominates her. It’s not like she’s just under his thumb. Hunter doesn’t even get any solace or support from his mother, Katherine, so beautifully played by Elizabeth Marvel. Even her psychologist doesn’t necessarily have her back. I find that I think that’s part of the ondisplay metaphor, where she becomes more of a thing to be owned, an inanimate possession, more than she is a human being. What do you think about that? Carlo Mirabella-Davis: Absolutely. You’ve got it. I think the idea that she looks around and sees that the family, in all aspects, is using her as a vessel for their legacy and that her husband sees her as a kind of an ornament, just another ornamentation to his life much like objects that she’s consuming, it’s horrifying. In a way, a lot of the film is about Hunter reclaiming ownership over her body and her personhood through this compulsion. The title, Swallow, also holds its own metaphor. It’s about swallowing these objects, yes, but it’s also kind of swallowing one’s true feelings and putting on this facade of normalcy. As far as the family members are concerned, you’re absolutely right as to how you’re seeing things. I wanted each one of them to represent a different kind of power node in this controlling society. The father, wonderfully played by David Rasche, is kind of a bit of a Trumpesque character. He’s so obliviously oppressive. It’s like he doesn’t even regard Hunter as someone that he needs to acknowledge as a human being. The mother, so well played by Elizabeth Marvel, is in an interesting position because she is part of this kind of patriarchal force now. But she’s also oppressed by it as well, because she’s a woman and she also probably went through something similar as Hunter’s going through right now. She’s both sort of enforcing the power structure but also sympathetic to what Hunter’s dealing with, and I think Marvel walks that line so beautifully.

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Haley Bennett in Swallow – Photo courtesy of IFC Films

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continued from cover herself has the best of everything including clothes, shoes, makeup and jewelry. It’s all a picture-perfect dream come true, the young woman having it all and then some. But looks aren’t everything. Hunter is unhappy. She’s lonely. She often feels like a porcelain doll trapped inside a glass display case as if she were in a massive diorama for all the world to look at, fawn over and judge. The newlywed wife longs for honest human interactions, or at least something that makes her feel like more than another one of her husband Richie’s expensive possessions. Hunter wants to feel alive, wants to have a secret that is hers and hers alone, and somehow, someway she’s going to make sure this happens. Less is more as it pertains to Carlo Mirabella-Davis’ (The Swell Season) marvelous feature-length narrative debut Swallow, and I was so glad that I knew not much more than that basic narrative outline before I sat down to give this emotionally stirring drama a look. This is an intimate, masterfully modulated character study of abuse, isolation, depression and obsession that grows in chillingly personal impact

as it goes along, ultimately exploding as a deeply complex and shatteringly effective saga of female empowerment and individual self-discovery that blew me away. The initial hook is that Hunter develops a psychological medical condition known as “Pica,” a disorder where people begin ingesting items that are, to put it mildly, normally inedible. In this case, Hunter begins swallowing several strange items, including earrings, marbles, pushpins and even a battery. Complications unsurprisingly arise once her new family becomes aware of the situation, Richie and his parents getting her the best in medical care, a seemingly caring psychiatrist and even a watchful aid to keep an eye on her around the house. It is here where the film begins to confidently come into its own. While Hunter’s condition is definitely in need of treatment, it is how the rest of the Conrads react to it outside the glare of the public where their true colors emerge, as it is that very socially acceptable image they wish to protect more than anything else. For them, perception is reality, the carefully constructed artifice more authentic than any fantasy. The deeper issues Hunter’s battle with Pica end up revealing are hardly their concern, the only thing they want her to be is a pretty face who sits there and smiles, says the

right things and bares a kid or two to ensure the continuation of the family name. This is an all-too-common refrain young women hear far too much of, even in today’s #MeToo environment. Sit still. Look pretty. Be silent. Don’t have an opinion. Keep a spotless home. Make sure dinner is on the table. Don’t make waves. This is what Hunter believes she should be okay with until the realization hits her that having all of that will ruin her life. She finds there is more to living than seeming to “have it all,” and if one’s own internal demons aren’t laid to rest then even a passing semblance of personal happiness will end up being impossible. Back in 2007 I’d made a passing remark that youngster Haley Bennett came close to stealing the charming romantic comedy Music and Lyrics right out from underneath megastar leads Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore, no small feat in my book. Her performance as pop starlet Cora Corman was a total delight, and I instantly knew that, if given the right opportunity, she had all the makings of a major star. After solid supporting turns in a variety of motion pictures, including the otherwise disappointing Emily Blunt thriller The Girl on the Train and the reasonably solid The Magnificent Seven remake starring

Haley Bennett in Swallow – Photo courtesy of IFC Films

And then Austin Stowell does an amazing job playing Richie. He is a bit of a kind of Don Jr. type who is such a slave to that sort of alpha male persona that he’s willing to sacrifice anything, including his wife, to maintain his illusion of supremacy. Sara Michelle Fetters: As we’ve been told we need to cut things off with one last question. I can’t let you go without talking about Haley Bennett, an actress I’ve been singing the praises of since Music and Lyr-

ics and one I’ve been waiting for someone to give her a lead role. Thank goodness you’ve finally done just that. I’ll let you take it from there. Carlo Mirabella-Davis: Yes! I will. I definitely will. Haley Bennett is so incredibly talented. She’s extraordinary. I think Haley delivers a tour de force performance that will knock everyone’s socks off. She poured every iota of her soul into this project, and it’s transcendent to

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watch her. Haley is incredible, showcasing layers of emotion, especially considering Hunter wears multiple masks throughout the film concealing who she is and what she is going through. There’s that first mask, which is the classic Colgate smile reflecting what her husband wants her to be. There’s the second mask concealing her pain. Her doubts. Her insecurities. Then there’s that third mask, her true primal self that’s slowly emerging. Haley gives you all

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Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt, Bennett is finally given a lead role that matches her superlative talents. Her performance as Hunter is a constant revelation, the young woman’s early breathy timidity masking a bevy of deeper insecurities, all of which are stripped away piecemeal with each inanimate object she digests. Bennett never overplays her hand, keeping her emotions in check until the moment they burst unexpectedly out into the open as if she were a human-shaped balloon pricked by a sinisterly sharpened bobby pin. There are a couple of key subplots Mirabella-Davis takes great care to explore in shocking detail, but I’m reticent to go into either of them as doing so would spoil the film’s final act. What I will say is that one of them proves to be so shocking, it’s likely the final scene might trigger a catastrophic response from some members of the audience. At the very least, it will certainly fuel some heated debates between viewers contemplating exactly why Hunter makes the decision that she does and what doing so will mean for her psychological well-being moving forward. As to the other one, it’s the catalyst that makes this climax possible, so I don’t even want to hint what happens there. What I will say is that veteran character actor Denis O’Hare makes a pivotal appearance, and the resulting scene between he and Bennett is extraordinary. In the space of five or so minutes, Mirabella-Davis manages to bring all of the various themes he’s been exploring throughout Swallow to shockingly haunting culmination, all of which makes his insightful drama nothing less than unforgettable. of those emotional textures with just the twitch of her eye and the touch of her hair. In regards to the micro-control she has over her face, ever since I watched Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc, I’ve always hoped to work with an actor who had the same kind of control over her face as [actress Melle Falconetti] does in that film. Each raise of her eyebrow is like an earthquake. Haley’s got that gift. She makes it all look just so effortless, inviting the audience into Hunter’s internal cosmology in a way that is so powerful. I was just so fortunate to work with her, especially as she ended up becoming an executive producer on the movie. She was so insanely generous with her time. It’s kind of funny. Like you, I was impressed with her previous work in supporting roles. I’d recently watched her in The Girl on a Train and I had the same feeling you did. I was like, I really want to see this woman in a lead role. So I wrote her a letter and offered her the part. Amazingly, she agreed to do it, and I’m so glad she did because she brought Hunter to life with such power, focus, heart and brilliance. I can’t wait for people to see her performance.

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Gilpin’s mesmeric ferocity not enough for The Hunt to hit its satirical targets by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE HUNT Now playing Considering he made both Compliance and Great World of Sound, it isn’t a shock director Craig Zobel would be drawn to a hot-button scenario like the one presented in Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse’s screenplay for The Hunt. It’s a thriller that posits that the so-called Liberal elite can be just as clueless, intolerant and out of touch as the Conservative deplorable are oftentimes described to be, pitting each side in a gladiatorial battle to the death where the line between hero and villain is essentially nonexistent. Problem is, other than a delightfully acidic performance from Hilary Swank and a stunning, star-making tour de force turn from “Glow” star Betty Gilpin, this is a movie that works better in theory and in concept than it sadly does in execution. Lindelof and Cuse’s script never maintains focus or balance, undercutting its more resonating satirical social and political observations thanks to a bizarre refusal to go for the cultural jugular. They play things oddly safe, diluting the impact of whatever it is they are trying to say so thoroughly that making heads or tails out of what the point of all this carnage and bloodshed is supposed to be is close to impossible. The initial plot dynamics are right out of The Most Dangerous Game meets Hard Target playbook. A disparate group of Caucasian ultra-conservative ideologues ranging in gender and age wakes up gagged in a secluded forest. In a giant clearing they discover a crate filled with weapons and one small pig. Puzzled, they all arm themselves while they also attempt to figure out what is going on. In no time at all, the group finds themselves under fire from a hidden bunker, and for those who survive the initial volley it is suddenly abundantly clear they’re being hunted for sport by unknown assailants determined to make trophies out of all of them. Two-time Academy Award-winner Swank is Athena, the ticked-off master-

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continued from page 5 energy than it takes. The project would be the first in New Zealand and one of a small group worldwide, including the Bullitt Center in Seattle, which was named the most sustainable commercial building in the world. The new community center would symbolize the tribe’s connection to the land and new hope for the future, however, not everyone is convinced that this symbolic gesture is worth the money. As the project moves along, a disconnect between the Tūhoe and the architects becomes evident. In these fragile moments, the power of architecture to bring people together shines through.

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mind behind this little safari. As for Gilpin, she portrays a member of the group being hunted, a determined survivor who is far more adept at handling herself in a life and death crisis than anyone involved on either side of this affair ever could have anticipated. Even though neither woman comes face-to-face with the other until the climactic act, they are still the duo who give Zobel’s thriller whatever urgency or emotional complexity it eventually conjures up. This is especially true for Gilpin. This is a memorably ferocious performance, one overflowing in internalized rage and terrified disbelief that only grows in intensity as events progress. This is made all the more impressive considering that, even after she’s revealed to be the primary character and is in virtually every scene from that point forward, she does all of this with minimal dia-

logue. Gilpin’s body language, mannerism and tonal inflections do all of the heavy lifting, all of which makes her eventual showdown with Swank well worth the wait, if only just to see these two exquisitely talented actresses on the screen intellectually and physically sparring against one another. If only Zobel’s latest was worthy of their titanic efforts to elevate it out of its inherent B-grade exploitation roots. The movie is a series of somewhat decent bait and switch sequences featuring a number of familiar faces (including Emma Roberts, Ike Barinholtz, Ethan Suplee, Macon Blair and a woefully underutilized Amy Madigan), the only issue being that they wear out their welcome fairly quickly. Zobel can’t seem to find a way to differentiate these scenes in any significant or memorable way, and it honestly isn’t until Gilpin takes center

stage that any of these sudden bloodbath moments begin to resonate. But the big issue remains the one I’ve already mentioned. This is a satirical thriller, in some ways reminiscent of The Purge series, that can’t seem to maintain focus or initiative as it moves along from one scene to the next. More to the point, when Lindelof and Cuse do make a valid, thought-provoking observation, they do so with zero subtly. Worse, it’s hammered home by Zobel as if he were wielding a two-ton sledgehammer. But the didactic preachiness is too toothless to become truly tiresome, and in some ways that might just be the most disappointing and frustrating facet of The Hunt of them all, making this satirical safari unworthy of any more of my attention.

Sunday, March 22, 8pm Livingston: The Man and the Method (Método Livingston) (Sofía Mora, Argentina, 2019, 71 min) screening. Vines grow in through the windows of Argentinian architect Rodolfo Livingston’s Buenos Aires home, but he doesn’t mind. According to him, “the spiders are welcome in.” The charming designer, still practicing into his late 80’s, has spent his career connecting with the people who will experience his creation. His is an exploration of the human interaction with architecture. In Método Livingston, he walks us through his house, his connection to Fidel Castro, and his hopes for his young son – all in the context of architecture as a tool for change.

and spaces we use everyday impacts us. designed by visits the studios of three emerging female product designers for an intimate look at their process. The artists explore their experiences with the products they create as well as the experiences of those who use them.

evoke the energy of the building; the vibrations and ambiances of each volume. This multidisciplinary piece blends architecture, cinema, performance and music to elicit the human experience within Barragán’s space.

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Sunday, March 22, 6:30pm The Maze (Serginho Roosblad, US, 2018, 24 min) screening and discussion. Disturbed commuters coming from the Bay Bridge are split up by the Macarthur Maze interchange every day, but not in the same way that it splits up the East Bay community. Surrounded on one side by a super mall built on an ancient native burial site, on another side by gentrified homeless being pushed out by expensive apartment development, and on another by a nature estuary saturated with pollutants, it’s a kaleidoscope of societal issues. Everyday, thousands of drivers pass through the maze: Does anyone stop to look around?

Rockhaven Creepers Trilogy (Elizabeth Leister, US, 2018, 10 min) utilizes 360 video to bring the viewer into the space of the abandoned Rockhaven Sanitarium. Each room is inhabited by a dancer, a character, who embodies through movement the various “nervous disorders” associated with female health in the early 20th century. Inspired by Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” written in 1892, director Elizabeth Leister reminds us of mistreatment in the past while inciting critical thinking about the present day.

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VIDEO ART GALLERY – FREE! Line (Erin Cuevas + Luke Kraman, US, 2019, 7 min) Twins dance with elastic bands that represent the tension, strength, connections, and divisions these sisters have built between one another over time. The sisters work together to construct their abstract notion of “home” both physically and mentally throughout their performance, building up a three dimensional drawing over time. Frame (Erin Cuevas, US, 2019, 5 min) Animated light projections begin by highlighting each individual dancer’s movements, and converge over time into a symphony of light volumes and choreography. The growing complexity in the projected frames echoes the synergy that builds. Ecos, Oda al Silencio (Andres Arochi, Mexico, 2018, 4 min) Mexican architect Luis Barragán’s Casa Estudio – a modernist house in Mexico City – hosts a body-bending dance troupe who twist and move through the geometric building’s colorful spaces and rooms. Through play and experiment, the dancers

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TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: (206) 324-4297. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm. ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with visible or hidden disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities. html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists. NOTE: 10-digit dialing has come to the Seattle area. The (206) area code must now be used to dial local calls. Location of meetings/events is in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - March 14

A Gathering of Men in Woodinville. 8:15-11:30am. 21920 Highway 9 SE (WA-9), Woodinville. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. We create a safe, confidential & sacred space in which a man can speak his truth from the heart, to heal & empower himself. We are fiercely non-political, nonsectarian & non-judgmental. All men are welcome. 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. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org. Living Positively Coffee Social. 10am-12 noon. Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. (206) 9571600. Sponsored by LIfelong. New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12-tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org. Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character of the neighborhood. For information stop into Georgetown Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www. georgetownneighborhood.com Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouthcenter.org. (Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.) Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up maps at participating shops & galleries located in the Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market St area). Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Enjoy an evening of art as local galleries & businesses showcase artists from Ballard & beyond. (206) 784-9705; visitballard.com

SUNDAY - March 15

Center for Spiritual Living. 9am, 11am & 5:30pm services. 6318 Linden Ave N. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801; www.spiritualliving.org Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org University Unitarian Church. 9:30am & 11:15am Sunday Services. (Late June-Aug 9:30am only.) 6556 35th Ave NE. Awakening spirit, nurturing hope, inspiring action. Interweave is the official name for LGBTQ groups in the Unitarian-Universalist family as a common thread of identification. www.uuchurch.org. Baha’i Prayer & Fellowship Circle. 10am. Pearl Warren Bldg, 606 12th Ave S. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. Share prayers, readings, thoughts & music. All backgrounds, all faiths welcome. (206) 391-2188. Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Worship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org University Congregational United Church of Christ. 9am all ages education; 10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. (206) 524-2322; www.universityucc.org. Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) 2855077 (George). All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship. 500 Broadway E. Come as you are. All are welcome. A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org

March 14 thru March 22 in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. (206) 3222437; www.peerseattle.org Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437, www. peerseattle.org PFLAG/Kitsap County (Bremerton) Monthly Meeting. 6-7pm. Kitsap Pride, 532 5th Ave #20, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.kitsappflag.org and on Facebook. kitsappflag@yahoo.com. (888) 636-0652. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. PFLAG/Everett (Snohomish County) Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Stillaguamish Public Meeting Room #1, Robert J. Drewell Bldg., 3000 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.pflageverett.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30-8:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Monday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. (Also meets Fridays.) Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Every Monday. www. washingtongenderalliance.com

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Columbia City Church of Hope. 10:30am Worship. 3818 S Angeline St. We are a progressive faith community rooted in God’s grace and acceptance growing together toward justice, love and wholeness. (206) 722-5651. www.ColumbiaCityHope.org. Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts’ event starts with breakfast and a show & tell, and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Northminster Presbyterian Church. 10:30am Worship. 7706 25th Ave NW. A village church in the city open to all. (206) 783-3402. www.northminsterpres.org (Conveniently located a block from the Metro #40 bus route.) St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship. 1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching. Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. 10:30am Mass. 2702 Broadway E (north of E Roanoke St). A welcoming and affirming Christ-centered community. (206) 329-2960. www.stpartickseattle.org Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729. Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322 S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualities, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since 1987. welcometablecc.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org. Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison,

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New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.) LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by YouthCare. (206) 622-5555. Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.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. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Colonial 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. doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Bud- Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828. SAA International dies” on Meetup.com or at DharmaBuddies.org. (Women Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. are invited to contact our sister meditation group at www. Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Tuesday. Peer LotusSisters.org.) St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.peer9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progres- seattle.org sive, Anglo-Catholic parish, renewing its people for their Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma. Christian lives in today’s world through worship, spiritual 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. formation, engagement in the arts, and acts of compas- Every Tuesday. sion. www.stpaulseattle.com Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Just for Today (NA). 12-1:15pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. A vibrant drop-in workshop Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www. Narcotics Anonymous group open to anyone in recovery. peerseattle.org (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support MeetNew Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 ing in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See listing at noon for details.) Rain City Soccer Club Kickabout. Sunday afternoon Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.) usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s WEDNESDAY - March 18 mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice ses- up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the sion before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every WednesShame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 day. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anony- restaurant. www.maturefriends.org mous is a fellowship of men & women who share their New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 experience, strength & hope with each other so they Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See may overcome their sexual addiction & help others Saturday listing at noon for details.) recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437. www. issues, building a supportive community. For informapeerseattle.org tion, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league Living Positively. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for [EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.] the HIV community with various topics for discussion Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. and conversation. (206) 957-1600 or www.lifelong.org. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Sponsored by Lifelong. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth education, support & service within the Church & the (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding GLBT community. (425) 226-2746. communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, MONDAY - March 16 (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every listing at noon for details.) Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www. SOBER On Meds. 1-2pm. Peer Seattle 1520 Bellevue LotusSisters.org. Ave #100. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. 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Park, 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday. Meet at Black Sun sculpture across for museum. (See Saturday at 9am.) Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 7-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets 3rd Wednesday most months - check website to confirm details. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. Every Wednesday. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www. ingersollcenter.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Mature Friends Pinochle Group. 7:30pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

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SUNDAY - March 22

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. GenPRIDE (Generations Aging with Pride), 12th Ave Arts Building, 1620 12th Ave, 2nd Floor (just north of E Pine St). Meets 4th Sunday each month. This month’s topic: What Other Gay Organizations Are You Interested In? Info: (206) 789-6778; www.seattleprimetimers.org. [NOTE: PLEASE contact Seattle Prime Timers to confirm location.]

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THURSDAY - March 19

Alzheimer’s Association Men’s Coffee Support Group. 10-11:30am. Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, 8008 35th Ave NE. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Are you a male spouse caring for someone with memory loss? Do you need information and support? Alzheimer’s Association men’s coffee groups provide a consistent and caring place for male caregivers to learn, share and gain emotional support from other male spouses who are also on a unique journey of providing care to a person with memory loss. For information, call Don Desonier at (206) 779-1634. BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org. New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.) Rainbow Lunch on Thursdays. 12 noon-12:45pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, Lower Level, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N. Meets most Thursdays, except holidays. WCSC welcomes and supports the gender, romantic, and sexual minorities (GRSM, or LGBTQQIAA+) community! Join us at Rainbow Lunch on Thursdays to celebrate this integral group. Expanded van service is available on Thursdays thanks to volunteering by Bruce Terrey of Mature Friends. In proud partnership with GenPRIDE, Mature Friends, and Lake City Seniors LGBTQ2+Allies. $4 members; $6 general public. Drop-ins encouraged. (206) 461-7825; info@wallingfordseniors.org. Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.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 (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) 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. GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets 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 (206) 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12 noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic Oliver Amatist Author Signing & Spoken Word Performance. 7pm. Cafe Zippy, 1502 Rucker Ave, Everett. FREE. All ages. Oliver Amatist is the author of two books: “Time Within a Leaf” and his new book “Dead Flowers”. “Dead Flowers” is based on a true story and follows the adventures of a homeless and disabled teen drifting through Oregon and Washington as he recalls memories of a terminally ill childhood friend. Based on a true story this narrative poem depicts true stories in regards to homelessness, LGBTQ rights, the prison industrial complex, and mental health. Also at Phoenix Tea Shop (Burien) 4/3 @ 7pm. PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Wheelchair accessible. We offer support and education in a safe, confidential, and welcoming atmosphere and serve East King County communities including Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Bothell, Woodinville, Duvall, Snoqualmie, and Carnation. The first half of each meeting is dedicated to support, the second half is usually a guest speaker. See http://com-

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munity.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue. Contact us at info@ bellevue-pflag.org or (425) 483-6642. PFLAG Bellevue/ Eastside is a support and advocacy group, uniting members of the LGBTQ community with friends, families, and allies. PFLAG does not promote one political or religious view and is inclusive to people of all backgrounds, beliefs, and faiths. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. 21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July, August.] Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Thursday. A meditation/ recovery group. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Thursday. Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org [NOTE: Please contact the facilitator prior to attending.]

www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org Game Night. 7pm-11pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Friday. Card games, board games and fellowship. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org. Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30-8:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Friday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. (Also meets Mondays.) LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon. org; (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org OUT Dancing at Century Ballroom. 8pm dance lesson (check website for details); 8:30pm-12am dance. Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St. Meets 3rd Friday each month. The longest running night for the LGBTQ social dance community in the Pacific Northwest. Salsa, Swing, Country, Waltz, Tango, Disco, West Coast Swing, and more. Newcomers welcome. $12 cover (with or without dance lesson). 21+. (206) 324-7263; centuryballroom. com. [NOTE: This regularly scheduled monthly event FRIDAY - March 20 most likely will not be happening this month due to Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, the citywide coronavirus prevention efforts.] 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. A drop-in SATURDAY - March 21 AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org (See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary. Saturday listing at noon for details.) Check the website or call for details. An informal social Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. Ongoing friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each 12-step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information www.peerseattle.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, & to RSVP: www.longhair.shorturl.com Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Plymouth 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. Church, 1217 6th Ave (downtown between University (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thurs- & Seneca), lounge. Meets 3rd Saturday most months. Cost: $5 per person (please try to bring exact change) days 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, to help pay for room rental. Please bring a dish that will 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and serve eight or more to share. Free parking under the Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. church (entrance on University). Take garage elevator

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Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount Vernon) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook. Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994. Channel Q 103.3 FM - LGBTQ+ Talk Radio Network News and information, pop culture and music. radio.com COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities - www.colage.org DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest. org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, (206) 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, (206) 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country. Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community - (206) 393-3400; info@gapseattle.org; gapseattle.org GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse. org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge. LGBT MS Connection - (425) 785-8593; lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.

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net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www. seattle primetimers.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.) MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org. Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: (206) 325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State: www. pflagwsc.org. Peer Seattle (formerly Seattle Area Support Groups) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/ Pride Radio 93.3 HD2 Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235. Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org Rainbow Center - Resource Center for Tacoma/Pierce County LGBTIQA community. Through education, advocacy and celebration, the Rainbow Center expands resources, and safe space for the LGBTQIA community. Sponsors Tacoma Pride Festival. (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call (206) 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or

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through Facebook. SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) i- SEE LISTING for Peer Seattle. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook. Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. (206) 323-1768. Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sex Workers Outreach Project - https://seattle. swopusa.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298. South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City

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Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@ camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org Three Dollar Bill Cinema - TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival; Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival; Outdoor Cinema at Cal Anderson Park. www. threedollarbillcinema.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www. SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www. genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; Lion’s Main Art Collective: www.lionsmain.org; The New

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BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/ Olympia-Trans-Discussion-Group/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; TRANSform Washington: transformwashington.com; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network: Funding the collective liberation of Trans women of color – https://m.facebook.com/ TWOCSolidarityNW/; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http:// psoloc.org, (253) 777-3357; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol. com; Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks. org, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.) YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way, with additional support groups organized in smaller towns throughout King County, (206) 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace. com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; New Horizons: social services and shelter for homeless youth, 2708 3rd Ave (in Belltown), (206) 374-0866, http://namin.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter. org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www.outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/ Puget Sound: (206) 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; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; The Vera Project: fuels personal & community transformation through collaborative youthdriven engagement in music and art. (206) 956-8372; theveraproject.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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