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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 13, Volume 43, March 27, 2015

Jai Courtney Interview: The Divergent Series: Insurgent

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writers Nick DeSantis (Christopher “Kit” Gill) and Bobbi Kotula (Carmella). No Way to Treat a Lady pre production photo. © 2015 Mark Kitaoka. Property of Village Theatre.

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer NO WAY TO TREAT A LADY VILLAGE THEATRE ISSAQUAH: THRU April 26 EVERETT: May 1-24, 2015

The history of the musical currently showing at Village Theatre is long, even for the normally-long development process for musicals! Starting as a book by William Goldman (author of The Princess Bride), No Way To Treat a Lady was made into a see lady page 4

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An interview with Frank Ferrante and Dreya Weber

Jai Courtney isn’t anything like you’d expect him to be. Returning to the role of Dauntless enforcer Eric in Insurgent, the sequel to last March’s somewhat surprising box office hit Divergent, the actor is a gregarious, plainspoken everyman willing to converse on just about any topic you can imagine. He’s just plain fun to be around, not something you’d initially think considering his action-heavy, shoot first and maybe not ask questions at all roles these past

few years. I sat down with the actor during his recent trip to Seattle about an hour before he was scheduled to take over IMDB’s Twitter account to talk about his return to author Veronica Roth’s futuristic dystopian wasteland. To say he was a little unsure about what was going to happen when he did so was a massive understatement. “I don’t really know what that means,” laugh Courtney. “It’s going to be a new experience for me. We’ll see how it goes.” see jai page 6

Seattle Shake’s Tartuffe a delightful production

The cast of “Tartuffe” – photo by John Ulman

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer Frank Ferrante and Dreya Weber star in Teatro Zinzanni’s “The Hot Spot” – courtesy of Teatro Zinzanni

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer “THE HOT SPOT” TEATRO ZINZANNI Through June 7

You’ve probably seen them on stage if not around town. This hot duo has appeared on Seattle stages many times either together or separately. At Teatro ZinZanni, Frank Ferrante and Dreya Weber have head-

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TARTUFFE SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Through April 12 Seattle Shakespeare Company has mounted a production of the classic Moliere comedy, Tartuffe. It’s classic because it’s old (1664), but also because it has time-

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less themes of hypocrisy, faith, and taking down authority – themes Moliere loved to use in his plays. Director Makaela Pollock relocates the play from the 1600s to 1947, specifically. And then weaves in conscious and unconscious references to Golden Hollywood and early television farce. However, true to many productions that relocate the timing of a classic play, they keep the rhyming couplets of Richard Wilbur’s translation see tartuffe page 4

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continued from cover movie. Douglas J. Cohen saw the 1968 movie and was inspired to make it his first musical. He was able to get it produced OffBroadway in 1987! Here’s a link to a review: http://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/12/ theater/stage-no-way-to-treat-a-lady.html It was revived Off-Broadway in 1996, and Alix Korey was nominated for an Outer Critics’ Circle award for playing the showiest role in the musical (referenced below). In the years since, he’s written over a dozen musicals, as listed on his web site: http://douglasjcohen.com/, but has gone back several times to tinker with and improve (at least for him) this musical. He brought the musical to Village in 1999 to work on it. (Now, Village has a 14-year-old Festival of New Musicals, which they formally began in 2000.) In 1999, Cohen and Village Artistic Director Steve Tomkins collaborated on a newer version, which is unusual for a show that has had two prior Off-Broadway productions. Still, today, the musical has not been published – publication usually signifies that a work is finished. This year, Cohen came back to Village to work on the production and make more changes as they remount the show on their main stage. I’m sure he felt privileged to watch this particular cast sing his songs and say his words. They are the perfect pocket cast for a comedy. They are some of the best comedic musical theater actors Seattle has available! This is a total cast of five. The leads (can you have leads in a five person cast that’s even-handed in its use of characters?) are the villain, Nick DeSantis, and the cop, Dane Stokinger. The others are the cop’s mother, Jayne Muirhead, the girlfriend, Jessica Skerritt (married to Dane in real life), and the villain’s mother-plus-other-womenwho-get-murdered, Village favorite, Bobbi Kotula. The Village production is, as usual, top notch in technical areas, as well, with an inventive, cartoon-like set by Bill Forrester that drops down flat drawing-style set

boards to suggest different scene locations, gorgeous and colorful 1960s costuming by Melanie Taylor Burgess, bright lighting by Aaron Copp, and fun sounds from Brent Warwick. Steve Tomkins directs briskly with movement help from Crystal Dawn Munkers (there’s no real dancing exactly). RJ Tancioco music directs surely. Cohen’s music is more challenging than you might expect from a comedy. The showiest and funniest role is Kotula’s as she portrays many different characters. She practically steals the show. She usually practically steals a show, but here she’s got such comedy pros to work with that it makes it that much harder. But her range of acting, right in front of you, as she morphs from one older woman to another completely different older woman, is fall on the floor funny. DeSantis plays a failed actor who has an obsession with his dead mother. She’s died a few days before the action starts, and his failures to live up to her ambitions, which seem to culminate in getting printed about on the front page of the New York Times, propel him to try to murder older women to get publicity. We see them interact, as Mother comes to life from a life-sized painting. While DeSantis is usually a funny clown, in this production he is successfully creepy, so you don’t want to laugh at him as much. What the libretto (book or script) doesn’t quite help you understand, though, from the beginning, is any kind of back story about Kit’s obsession with his mother. I think, if there were one thing that could strengthen the musical, it would be a little more unfolding of his relationship with his mother that results in that first decision to go murder someone in order to get some publicity. Besides that, the rest of the play is a romp where you don’t have to care much about anything except laughing and following the story of the beleaguered cop who gets phone calls from Kit exhorting him to help get publicity so they get on the front page of the Times. The whole cast sings impeccably. The

songs are fun to listen to and everyone gets a chance to shine. The sub-plot about how the cop’s mother compares him to a more successful brother, and how the girlfriend gets the mother to accept her gives Muirhead and Skerritt one of the best songs of the night. Skerritt doesn’t get as much other chance to show her comedic side, as both she and Stokinger are kind of the “straight” people (comedy-wise) so the others can ham it up. This is definitely a show for most of the family. It’s got ‘60s reticence regarding language, so there aren’t any swear words to be afraid of and aside from the questionable taste of murdering people on stage, what’s not to like for almost all ages? Nu? As the Jewish mother would say…So, Go! For more information, call 425-3922202 or go to www.villagetheatre.org. Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found at miryamstheatermusings.blogspot. com.

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continued from cover from French. The trappings of the play are cleverly updated with a ‘40s style living room (by Carol Wolfe Clay) and mostly gorgeous and colorful costumes (by Christine Meyers) and sublime sound/music choices (by Robertson Witmer) that even include underscoring of some scenes. That underscoring makes it seem like we’re watching a TV comedy. As clever as that all is, does that then elevate a television show, or perhaps lower a stage production? It seems to push the audience away from engagement, however unintentional. The cast has some marvelous moments of clown-play. Christine Marie Brown as the wife Elmire has the best scene trying to both entice Tartuffe (R. Hamilton Wright) into seducing her while simultaneously trying to get her husband Orgon (Peter Lohnes) to come out from under the table and catch Tartuffe. Perfection. Maya Sugarman plays Mariane, the daughter who is to be married off to ancient Tartuffe against her will, and has a long scene where she’s told this and says nothing. After an enormous time, she finally gives a whimper that is perfectly timed and so funny. Tartuffe is the imposer, the con man, who finds a way to take over the household by bamboozling the “master.” Orgon’s

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Quinn Armstrong, Maya Sugarman and Bhama Roget – photo by John Ulman

mother (Suzy Hunt, in two funny morsels at the beginning and end of the play) is also bamboozled, entirely. Though cheeky maidservant Dorine (Bhama Roget) and Orgon’s brother (Brandon J. Simmons) try everything they can to convince them of Tartuffe’s treachery, they have to experience the proof themselves. Wright does a great job at being a selfsatisfied prig who convincingly turns on his marks. He is appropriately slimy, though maybe telegraphs his bad intentions a little too early. The only quibble I have with costuming is for Tartuffe. His cape is a matt color and a bit too staid. That era might provide a lot of very exciting upscale costum-

ing for a prig, and I wished I could have seen some. Speaking in rhyming couplets is a challenge and the cast masters it well. As the run continues, this solid group of players will likely get funnier and funnier as they relax into their roles and have more fun together. This is a delightful production. For more information, call 206-7338222 or go to www.seattleshakespeare.org. Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or to go www.facebook.com/ SeattleTheatreWriters. More articles are available at miryamstheatermusings. blogspot.com.

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continued from cover lined together for several shows: Frank as the playfully impish Caesar and Dreya (in several incarnations) as Cleopatra, or the Geenie, or an assortment of other roles all perfectly complementing each other. Frank has been seen in Seattle (and around the world) performing his one-man show about Groucho Marx, and Dreya is responsible for some of the best aerial choreography Cher, Madonna, or Pink has ever presented in one of their Pop Concert Tours. The Seattle Gay News caught up with this Dynamic Duo to find out more about their lives and their work. Eric Andrews-Katz: Who were your earliest influences in becoming a performer? Frank Ferrante: My earliest influences were the Marx Brothers above all else. Steve Allen wrote about the great comedians of the ‘20s, ‘30s and ‘40s, and it was the first book I remember reading as a young person. It was called The Funny Man and there were chapters on Jimmy Durante, Bob Hope and Groucho. I relished in the book. It was a whole new world exposed for me and I loved it. Nuns originally taught me so I was in a constant state of fear, and when I found these comedians they became a sort of alter ego for me. I was able to express myself through their anarchy. Dreya Weber: I think I can remember first seeing the old movie musicals. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in particular, then Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney would do a dance/song/story/comedy mash-up without realizing that was what it was. It made me throw a sheet of plywood in my Dad’s workroom and teach myself to tap dance. I loved Ginger Rogers’ ease, she was so confident and easy with her charm, and in the way she danced with Fred. I think that is where I thought about all the different vocabularies for the arts are the same: dancing, speaking, aerial ballet, they are all parts of the same toolbox of storytelling. Now when people ask me what my favorite thing is, it’s hard to answer – they all contribute to telling a story. Andrews-Katz: Frank, what started you on your fascination with Groucho Marx? Ferrante: I saw A Day at the Races when I was nine-years-old, and became enthralled. [Groucho’s] performance was garish. I didn’t understand all of what was happening on the screen, but I knew it was subversive and wrong and that was what thrilled me. In a way, they [Marx brothers] were adolescent in their behavior by not playing by the rules. I re-enacted the scenes with my brother and we did Groucho/Chico routines. I loved the rhythms and the irreverence and directness, and even the meanness, was refreshing. Groucho was able to tell the truth and we are not usually encouraged to tell the truth in our lives, and at the time, I didn’t know that. My secret fantasy for years was to make people laugh like Groucho and I started reading/researching the Marx brothers. It became a major project for me. I did plays and theater in high school, and as a Junior at USC I put on a one-man show about Groucho. I invited Arthur Marx (Groucho’s son) to the show and he “discovered” me. I was hired to do the show, but we rewrote it and I was invited to help participate in that. I played Groucho’s age from 15-85. The show moved to London and eventually was taped for PBS. Andrews-Katz: Dreya, how did you get involved with aerial ballet? Weber: The year after I finished com-

peting in college gymnastics was success- show and needs someone with your skills. ful and horrible. I qualified for Nationals I recommend you get your video reel ready but couldn’t go. I found a flying trapeze rig for auditioning.” The next day I spoke to the in Bloomington, Indiana, and everything I woman who was directing. She and Cher loved about gymnastics became exception- had watched the video, in the limo, on the ally magnified. I did that for a while but re- way to seeing Cirque du Soleil. They ofalized that it wasn’t quite as satisfactory as fered me the position of being one of the I wanted. I could see the storytelling in the eight dancers. I choreographed the aerial air and that was amazballets and taught it to ing. I started teaching those with no experimyself the individual ence. Traveling with apparatus, and had the Cher was a First Class opportunity to start Experience! From that, working. Cirque de SoPink’s manager (Roger leil did a famous conDavies) saw the show tortionist with red silks and wanted aerial baland it was one of the let as well. The direcfirst to present Aerial tor of that tour (Jamie Ballet. There started to King) was a previous be work for corporate choreographer for parties and shows. I Prince now working was one of the foundfor Madonna. He asked ing members of the me about doing someaerial company, Antithing for Madonna’s Gravity in New York, tour. I’ve done six tours and we started getting with Jamie, and it’s an requests to do corpoodd world working in rate gigs. We had a gig arena/pop tours. Frank Ferrante as Caeser in “The Hot Spot” – called Aerial Hammock courtesy of Teatro Zinzanni at the Rose Planetarium Andrewsat the turn of the milleniKatz: Frank, you were a um. We were placed around the glass cube question on TV’s “Jeopardy.” What was it? and globe inside the building. We were inFerrante: The category was “Offterspersed between the planets and I had to Broadway”. The answer: “He took his go and perform without having any idea of portrayal of Groucho Marx to New York what to do. They wanted me to improv and in 1986”; the question: “Who is Frank Fer“look nice for 20 minutes,” and that’s not as rante?” It was when Ken Jennings was on easy as it sounds! But, that’s how I got my his winning streak. He didn’t get it right, foundational learning was on the job. I ded- but someone else on the show did. icated myself to learning more and there weren’t schools around at the time. OccaAndrews-Katz: Dreya, tell us about sionally, I would cross paths with a circus your starring in and producing the film, A performer that had a videotape of a previ- Marine’s Story. ous performance and it was handed around. Weber: There used to be a GLBT teleI learned from hands-on-the-job training. vision network called Here!. After the success of the film, The Gymnast, we were Andrews-Katz: approached by the Here! Frank, tell us about the Network to create anPulitzer Prize finalist, other with a positive role Old Wicked Songs? model for the LGBT Ferrante: That is community. They were one of my proudest acplanning on ten films, complishments. We did and they wanted us to two acts and discovered make one. There was no it was about a gentleman budget for special effects, that is a voice teacher and so [it] had to be a and a Holocaust survicharacter driven producvor. He’s mentoring a tion. I thought it would young American singer. be fun to do something The teacher comes off with action; I wanted to as an Anti-Semite, and it do fight sequences and comes out that it is a way jump around because I for him to deal with his can do that! “Don’t Ask, own pain. The play is set Don’t Tell” was really a to matching Schumann’s fertile subject then, and “Dichterliebe.” The play Obama was campaignwas a piece I found in a ing to overturn it. We drawer from a reading Dreya Weber as Cleopatra, or the started to research it and Geenie in “The Hot Spot” – group. I sent the script in found out about life before courtesy of Teatro Zinzanni and did a little editing, and and after DADT, and how they produced it. It became the third most many lives were being destroyed because produced play in 1998. Bob Hoskins ending of it. Most of the people we spoke to said up doing it in London and it became nomi- that military service was the best time of nated for a Pulitzer Prize. I didn’t write the their lives, and so many of them were being piece, [it was written by Jon Marans], but I kicked out for whom they loved in their prihelped foster it, and that’s one of the things vate lives. The film affected and changed I loved doing. many lives. I was proud that so many Service People took it to heart! I received Andrews-Katz: Dreya, how did you many notes from them expressing their first come to work with Cher and Madon- feelings and support. na? Weber: Cher’s first farewell tour (2002) Andrews-Katz: How did you first meet was my first experience. I had performed each other? at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Ferrante: We met doing Teatro in San and we performed at a side venue as well. Francisco back in 2010. We were doing a The stage manager and I became friends, production called “Hail Caesar!” I’d been and a couple of months later he called me with Teatro since 2001, and they brought in and said, “A friend of mine is directing a Dreya to play Cleopatra. They were look-

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ing for someone that could hold their own against the gregarious Caesar. My character is a beast, a monster, but Dreya is a quadruple threat: She sings, dances, acts, AND does aerial! We had great chemistry from day one and have been working as leads for over four-and-a-half years. We both have a common theater background and that’s a strong bond. Weber: A lot of people don’t have a theater background, and that definitely helps. You get these extraordinary circus acts, but they don’t develop characters very often. Sometimes you get people from a Variety Show, but we try to integrate a theme and weave it through the evening at Teatro. We’ve learned how to use our skills and learned on the job as well. Andrews-Katz: Have either of you ever played with an audience member that objected to the omnisexual advances? Ferrante: I’ve had that happen on rare occasion. I would put them out on stage and get a big laugh about their hesitancies. I can wear them down and engage them usually. I’ve found ways to let them convert and realize we’re just playing out there. It’s amazing the response you get. Sometimes, you get a group of guys that want to play, but feel threatened by it. I’ve been called all sorts of names, but that is rare in the realm of things. The audience understands that our show is a fairly safe place. Sometimes we scare people, but that’s part of the comedy. Playing with the audience is the best part. Weber: I never had anything like that, but I’ve had fun and odd things happen. Maybe people fundamentally think of women as being less threatening. I’ve been mistaken for being a man before, and that’s fun. There was a super boozy woman that came up to me, crying. “I wanted to thank you,” she said. “For what you do. That beautiful man was so judgmental, but now’s he’s changed because he thought you were attractive.” She thought I was a man and because her friend was attracted to me, he had a life revelation to be more openminded. My favorite thing is the transformation, to get the audience to come along, believe I’m one thing, and then having them witness my transformation into another. Andrews-Katz: If you could play any role on the stage – regardless of limitations – what would it be? Ferrante: When I was 15, I remember sending out a prayer saying I wish I could make people laugh like Groucho did. That fantasy came true. I like the guy (Caesar) that I play now because I created him. I like characters of redemption. I’d like to play Harold Hill in The Music Man because I love his patter, the bravado, and I love Robert Preston. That role, and Don Quixote in Man of La Mancha. Weber: The first thing that pops into my mind is that I always wanted to play Hamlet. The language of Shakespeare is endlessly rich, and the breath of poetry and human experience that is contained with that role is so fantastic! I think it would be an educational experience and I would be thrilled. Frank Ferrante and Dreya Weber currently appear at Seattle’s Teatro Zinzanni through June 7, 2015. The show changes on a quarterly basis, alternating performers with their sister production in San Francisco. Don’t miss the wonderful production “The Hot Spot,” or the chance to see two of the most versatile performers Seattle has to offer!

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continued from cover It’s been a wild ride for the actor of late. Since stealing the spotlight in the 2010 miniseries Spartacus: War of the Damned and appearing in a small, if vital, role as a hired thug with orders to take down Tom Cruise’s titular antihero in Jack Reacher in 2012, he’s proceeded to appear in a number of high profile entertainments, including I, Frankenstein and A Good Day to Die Hard. He also took hold of a central part in 2014’s Divergent, the movie of the first chapter in Roth’s best-selling Young Adult novels. “To be honest, I had no awareness of the novels,” he admits candidly. “I don’t really fall within the target demographic, but then my awareness as to what’s hot at the time isn’t exactly on point. I came around to [Divergent] when the role of Eric was actually offered to me so I got educated real quickly. I started to read the first book. I chatted with Neil Burger, who directed the first movie, and started to get an idea of what this world was and what the character was all about.” “I knew how successful the novels had been. That caught my attention. I think we’ve all been pretty transparent in saying that when you see a property that has a built-in success there is an attractive element to that. It piques your curiosity. It’s also the simplest thing, in many ways, in

“Look. It’s always a gamble. You never know exactly how these things are going to turn out, especially these larger, bigger budgeted productions. There are a lot of hands in the cookie jar. But I had a ball with the rest of the gang putting that first film together. With that in mind, it was a real privilege to get together with everyone a second time around.” In Divergent, when we first meet Eric he’s just your typical grunt, your typical soldier. As the story progresses, however, he starts to figure out ways to manipulate those around him, gaining more and more power as he goes along. By the time Insurgent starts he’s a full-blown sociopath, absolutely committed to subjugating all those around him, utilizing any and all means – including lethal ones – that are at his disposal. “He’s not a very nice guy,” chuckles Courtney. “That’s for certain, isn’t it? It’s an interesting thing. I’ve talked a little bit on occasion about finding that menace within Eric, that the inroad for me was to do that in a way that was enjoyable for people to watch, so when he’s not around, you in some odd way kind of miss him. The mistake, I think, that is often made, is that when you’re playing a villain you’re just trying to make him nasty and mean, words that aren’t really all that helpful when you’re trying to craft a performance. Eric is those things, yes, but when you’re developing someone who is so evil, you need to

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that you look at a property like Divergent and you see an opportunity to be a part of something that will hopefully get a lot of exposure. If you’re not completely selling out to do that, to be a part of something like that, I think it’s smart for a young actor to get on board with something that has this type of breakout potential.” Not that Courtney wasn’t worried about the character and how he was portrayed in Roth’s books before deciding to be a part of the film adaptations. “I had some reservations,” states the actor flatly. “On the page, in the novel, I was pretty concerned about a few things. Eric didn’t seem like the most multidimensional of characters. There were a lot of discussions with Neil about what that meant and what opportunities there would be to play certain things in the film that could be looked at in a new or different way. If the character was just going to be a complete transplant from what was on the page to what ended up on the screen I don’t think I’d have taken the part.” “We talked about someone who was a little more conniving and a little less bulldog-ish. We got into Eric’s head and tried to figure out why he was the way that he was, and that started to open up doors that allowed us to layer the performance a little bit more.”

dig a little deeper than that, otherwise it just creates a boring performance. The character doesn’t believe he’s evil, doesn’t think he’s a monster, which in the end I think makes all the heinous things he ends up doing all the more terrifying.” “I wanted to understand his insecurities. I tried to figure out how those things helped shape who he ultimately becomes. But I’m also able to laugh at him at the same time. I mean, you kind of know this guy from school, right? The insecure bully who masks his shortcomings by being angry and belligerent to those around him. You have to have a little fun playing someone like that, right? It’s the only way I know how to do it. And, if you’re having fun with this character, then that means the audience probably will, too. I love that the feedback I’ve gotten in regards to this character is that people actually like Eric. They hate and despise him, certainly, he’s a total prick, but they love him, too, which to my way of thinking is exactly how it should be.” It’s easy to see how Courtney could feel this way. Say what you will about either Divergent or Insurgent, but one thing both films do get right is in how they treat their central villains. Eric, as well as the main threat coming after Tris (played by

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Jai Courtney as Lt. Col. Cyril Hughes in The Water Diviner – courtesy of Entertainment One Australia

actress Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James), Erudite leader Jeanine, once again portrayed by Oscar-winner Kate Winslet, do not think of themselves as evil, do not consider what they are doing to be villainous. Following the old axiom, they truly believe themselves to be the heroes of their own story, the ends justifying the means as far as each is concerned as long as it is done for what they view to be the greater good. “Exactly,” says the actor. “I did some work on a small film with legendary Australian actor Jack Thompson who told me once that it didn’t matter who or what you were playing, that no matter how small the part or the character’s role in it the story being told is about you. With that in mind, I had to go into these films thinking that both Divergent and Insurgent were films about a man called Eric. That these were his stories until the point he was no longer around. Whenever you’re approaching something, that’s the way to go forward; it’s how you find the arc of the character.” As for how Eric’s journey relates to that found in Roth’s novel, Courtney is well aware some might take exception where new director Robert Schwentke and his trio of screenwriters decided to take things. “It’s always a fine line with these adaptations,” says Courtney. “What do you stay true to? Where do you deviate? Where Eric’s story goes is slightly different than what happens in the book, yes, so it was interesting that they went this particular route, almost made a B line towards it, in a way.” “I think it certainly changes how Four is seen as a character, that’s for certain. I also think it perhaps helps change and influence how Theo thinks about things as he moves this character forward deeper into the story. There is a clear decision that is made instead of one that is maybe more just or unavoidable. But, I think from an audience

perspective what happens is cooler than a blanket black or white, right or wrong moment. Four has earned the right to make this judgment for himself, and while I think the way things are depicted in the book are probably more just, more morally pleasing, what happens here is in my view far more believable. It’s also just a lot more badass. There’s a respect we end up having for Four because he finally does something of his own volition, does something that isn’t strictly by the book.” “But, as far as adaptations go, how faithful a film needs to be to its source material, I do think people get so up in arms sometimes about things without affording the filmmakers or the motion picture they’re making the benefit of the doubt. My first real experience with that was, of course, Jack Reacher, and I got to see firsthand how people lambasted Tom about playing that part. People fumed about the fact he was going to play someone who on the page was this six-foot four-inch blonde running back giant of a dude and, I get it, that sort of description does feed a reader’s imagination. But if you take into account the rest of it, the mentality of the character, his nature, his intelligence, how his physicality is only one aspect of who he is, Tom embodied all of those facets, and I think his performance speaks for itself.” “I do get both sides of the conversation,” he continues. “You can’t abandon things all-together. There’s an appeal to wanting to see, as a reader, what it is you’d dreamt up in your head, to see how things you’ve imagined are ultimately visualized. That’s half the fun. When I read books and scripts I can’t help but imagine actors in those parts, it’s just the way the mind works. But you also have to remember that it is an adaptation, and not everything written on the page is going to work when depicted in a movie.”

Jai Courtney as Jack McClane in A Good Day to Die Hard – www.nerdist.com

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lie] was trying to accomplish. It was a nobrainer.” “Now, I do understand how this industry works. I get it. These larger films are what has given me the freedom to kind of do more of this sort of stuff and I’m incredibly grateful for the opportunities being in movies like Insurgent and Terminator Genisys has afforded me. There’s stuff being made back in Australia and I want to be a part of that, to go home and do some of those films when possible. I want to work with those young, cool edgy filmmakers. The idea is to be in control of this to some extent, for certain, but you also have to pay the rent and, in all honesty, I still feel very new to all of this and am still trying to navigate my way through everything in a way that makes sense both from a creative artistic standpoint and from the aspect of a work-

everyone to love it; of course I wanted it to be awesome. I wasn’t unaware that the fourth film [Live Free or Die Hard] was terrific and without question we wanted to top it, and unfortunately in the end I don’t think that was the case. It didn’t happen. But, when I say that, you also have to be aware that I can’t speak for the fans that did like that movie. Then you’re alienating people who were onboard with it. I get recognized for Die Hard more than I do anything else and I’ll have conversations where I like brush it off, where I’m almost too self-deprecating, where my ego says to not measure me by what I did in that movie. And people get all angry because they did like it, and so in the end it isn’t for me to say whether they can enjoy it or not, to not take that away from them.” “I think it’s ultimately about having a

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At the same time the actor was returning to Insurgent he was also in the process of bringing another favorite character of scifi lore to life, John Connor’s time traveling best friend – and father – Kyle Reese. Both this sequel as well as this summer’s Terminator Genisys were filming at the exact same time, Courtney forced to jump back and forth between productions. Ultimately an eight-day window was created for him so he could return to portraying Eric, the transition from embodying a cyborg-fighting hero to a divergent-chasing baddie not near as difficult as one might expect. “It’s funny,” Courtney laughs. “Somewhat surprisingly it was easy to jump between the two. I had anticipated it would be difficult to go from being the good guy to suddenly the villain once again but it really wasn’t. I had a pretty good handle on Eric. He was a character I felt like I knew pretty well. Now, had he been someone I didn’t know, that I wasn’t comfortable inhabiting, then this might have been a real challenge. But with this group of people, we all have such great camaraderie, so it was easy to just plug right back into that sort of muscle memory, if you will.” “Now, please understand, playing Kyle Reese demanded an awful lot out of me. There’s so much pressure when you take on a character like that. I spent so much time making sure I knew who this guy was, talking with [Terminator Genisys director] Alan Taylor and with Arnold [Schwarzenegger] to make sure I was on the right path. There was also so much physical preparation as the stunts and the action requirements for that film were so incredibly demanding, so as you can imagine preparing for playing him took up a lot of my capacity for generating new character development at that particular time. In that way I was fortunate I was returning to a character like Eric, someone I already knew so well. I’m not sure I could have done both films otherwise.” Even though, post Jack Reacher, not everything Courtney has been a part of has met with the same sort of acclaim or success – I, Frankenstein bombed at the box office

while A Good Day to Die Hard is looked at by many as a disaster, even if the global box office take was hardly meager – appearing in these bigger budgeted productions has allowed him a freedom as an actor he otherwise wouldn’t have been afforded. It’s granted him the opportunity to appear in a relatively minor role in Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken, allowed him to take little to no salary to appear in Russell Crowe’s directorial debut The Water Diviner and work alongside revered veteran Tom Wilkinson in the Australian thriller Felony. This is, without a doubt, all part of the master plan. “That’s the goal,” he says euphorically. “I want to balance these big budget features with smaller, more intimate character-driven projects. That’s definitely the plan. I don’t really regret jumping on board with any of these bigger studio things, but I admit I do yearn for these smaller independent projects. Sometimes, when you’re in the middle of a 100-day shoot on a big action film you can’t help but wish to be in your own suit, doing your own makeup and having absolutely no money and kind of be all guerilla as you attempt to make a movie. These are often the more enjoyable and the more challenging experiences, without a doubt. You don’t have the budget and the stunts and all the rest of the stuff you do on a studio production, but you do get the chance to dig completely and fully into the drama that’s there on the page.” “Unbroken and The Water Diviner came about as I was really trying to figure out what I wanted to do as an actor. They were representative of this choice I had just made to forget about lead roles, to forget about all this franchise shit; I just wanted to be a part of a sophisticated drama that contained characters who were interesting to me. I mean, Unbroken, my character is on the screen for like three minutes, but he’s still important to the story even if he isn’t a particularly big part of it. I hope he’s memorable, especially in the way I was able to bring something to the character, but I didn’t take the role for that reason. I just wanted to be a part of that story. I wanted to be a part of what [director Angelina Jo-

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Jai Courtney and Tom Wilkinson in Felony – impulsegamer.com

ing actor.” With that in mind, it’s easy to wonder how much attention Courtney pays to how critics and audiences react to his performances in films. “You can’t help but have some awareness how people are reacting to what you’ve done,” he admits. “It’s bullshit to think otherwise. You can’t not care what people think. You have to care; it’s why we’re in this business. But you can also get buried in it at the same time, so you have to let it all – good, bad, in-between – wash over you, otherwise you’ll never take another role or be a part of another movie.” “I’ve certainly made the mistake of taking it all too personally. When A Good Day to Die Hard came out, of course I wanted

healthy balance. Anyone in our business knows you can’t knock them all out of the park. Look, I think I’m pretty realistic. I’m lucky to be able to do what it is I do for a living and I want to keep doing it. You have to have some caution and you have to be aware of what people think but at the same time you can’t design your entire career around trying to keep everyone happy. You don’t want to saturate your audience with the same sort of thing and you want to stretch yourself as an actor. But, most importantly, you have to keep working, and work begets work. That’s really all there is to it.”

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer SERENA Now playing It’s hard to imagine a film more disappointing than Serena. It reunites Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence for a third time post Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, those two, both directed by David O. Russell, garnering them Academy Award nominations, Lawrence winning Best Actress for the former. At the controls is Danish Oscar-winner Susanne Bier, the director known for features as intimate and as varied as In a Better World, After the Wedding and Brothers. Taken all together, it’s hard to understand how the film, an adaptation of Ron Rash’s Depression-era novel, could ever go wrong. All the same, this movie is close to

disastrous, and while production values are high and performances are strong, sitting through all 109 minutes is virtually impossible. Free of nuance, playing on melodramatic tropes that are close to insufferable, it’s all so illogically plotted all I could do by the end is wonder what went wrong. Deep in the North Carolina mountains, George Pemberton (Cooper) is trying to build his logging business before the land he’s currently working overtime to clear is declared a National Park and ends up off limits. On a trip back east to secure additional funds from the bank he falls in love with beautiful, enigmatic horsewoman Serena (Lawrence) at first sight, bringing her back to help him oversee his fragile empire in the hopes they can make enough money to start life anew in South America. In all ways George treats his new wife as his equal, the young woman showing a head for the business and for leadership the men

in the camp, including the secretive, lethally duplicitous overseer Galloway (Rhys Ifans), instantly respect. There’s more. We’ve got a driven county sheriff (portrayed by Toby Jones with bulldogged pugnaciousness) out to prove George of corruption, a trusted accountant (a slithery David Dencik) duplicitously looking at all his options and unimaginable bits of chaos throwing the logging camp into disorder. There’s murder and madness, not to mention a child born out of wedlock, everything feeding a human opera of tragedy and excess that by all accounts has no end and will continue to build and build until everything fueling it is destroyed forever. Having never read Rash’s source material, I cannot comment how faithful Christopher Kyle’s (K-19: The Widowmaker) script ultimately is. What I can say is that, at least based on what Bier and her team of editors (multiple are credited) have cobbled together, it makes no sense whatsoever. What is it that George and Serena see in one another? Why do they marry so suddenly? What possesses him to let her run Lady Macbeth roughshod over him the moment she joins him in North Carolina? Why does she show signs of insecurity, jealousy and insanity long before misfortune strikes giving Serena good cause to be upset that her husband has fathered a child with another woman? What draws Galloway to his new boss (long before she actually saves his life) and makes him willing to slice throats for her no questions asked? There are so many questions, none of which have any answers, they make all that transpires vexing to the point of annoyance. On top of that, Bier plays this at such a heightened pitch the melodrama goes

past Douglas Sirk territory and ends up in a place of treacle-laden lunacy that almost has to be experienced to be believed it was even possible. It’s all downright exasperating, building to sequences of catastrophe, humiliation, anger, triumph and regret so absurd they’re downright upsetting. Yet the performances, as already stated, are still strong, both Lawrence and Cooper once again showcasing a magnetic, ferociously appealing form of cinematic chemistry only movie stars of their caliber can ever seem to create. Additionally, from a purely technical standpoint the film looks and sounds astonishing, Johan Söderqvist’s (Let the Right One In) score, Morten Søborg’s (Chernobyl Diaries) cinematography and Richard Bridgland’s (Fright Night) production design all extraordinary. None of which makes the movie any good. I’m not even sure it makes it watchable. Bier seems completely lost trying to tie all of the numerous strands of this melodramatic mess together, nothing connecting in a way that can even partially be construed as satisfying. Like professional sports teams that fail to qualify for the playoffs let alone win the title even when all signs point to the contrary, on paper Serena looked like an award-worthy winner with the reality sadly being nothing remotely of the sort. As bad films go, this might be the most unlikely one I’ve seen in ages, its failure a total head-scratcher I can’t begin to be able to comprehend.

Heartwarming Home not quite out of this world by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer HOME Now playing Captain Smek (voiced by Steve Martin) has led the happily timid, exuberantly hiveminded Boov to Earth, fleeing from their own home world, trying to escape their always in pursuit arch enemies the planetgobbling Gorg. Taking over with what they perceive as kindness, they displace all of humanity to Australia, claiming the remainder of the planet for themselves, quite certain the indigenous species isn’t as progressive or as evolved as their own. Oh (Jim Parsons) doesn’t fit in. He’s outgoing, opinionated and longs for things the Boov don’t understand, let alone have – friendship and family. After he makes a ruinous mistake and is forced to become a fugitive, he ends up encountering human Gratuity “Tip” Tucci (Rihanna), a little girl who somehow managed to remain in New York after everyone else in the city, including her Mom (Jennifer Lopez), had been abducted to the other side of the globe. Together, the two of them circumnavigate the planet discovering truths about themselves, their respective species, and the nature of communication and family they never could have learned without the other by their side.

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DreamWorks Animation’s latest effort Home, adapted from Adam Rex’s children’s novel The True Meaning of Smekday, is an incredibly slight affair. In the grand scheme of things not a lot happens, the movie rather straightforward as far as its narrative progression is concerned. More than that, there isn’t a ton of urgency, and even though Oh and Tip are fugitives on the run, it never really feels like there’s a heck of a lot of pressure on those pursuing them to see the two captured. Be that as it may, I find the computeranimated feature incredibly difficult to dislike. The relationship between the constantly color-shifting Oh and the cutely gung-ho Tip is beautifully handled, the pair’s dynamic as they slowly become friends consistently winning. They are the engine this whole thing runs upon and as such director Tim Johnson (Over the Hedge) and screenwriters Tom J. Astle (Epic) and Matt Ember (Get Smart) rightly keep the focus on them throughout. They’re also wonderfully voiced by both Parsons and Rihanna, the duo generating a believable give and take that suits each of their characters nicely. But the movie as a whole is inconsequential as they come. The outside threat from the Gorg is practically nonexistent; why they are so obsessed with the Boov not exactly surprising. The filmmakers also do nothing, virtually nothing at all, with Cap-

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Tip (Rihanna) and Oh (Jim Parsons) in Home – thoughtsonfilm.co.uk

tain Smek, making one wonder what interested Martin in coming aboard to voice him if they weren’t going to allow him to cut loose in any noticeable sort of way. There are also moments where the whole thing feels frustratingly padded, moments where the film is nothing more than a snazzy looking animated music video celebrating the latest releases of its two famous pop superstars voicing major characters. There isn’t a heck of a lot more to say. Little kids are undoubtedly going to enjoy it, and, for my part at least, I can’t imagine parents are going to even moderately de-

spise the 90 minutes required to watch it sitting there next to them. But it isn’t like this is a movie anyone is going to be talking about afterwards, and it’s not like there aren’t better options – Cinderella and Paddington both come to mind – still playing at the local multiplex. Still, Home is hardly a disaster, and while it didn’t steal my heart, it certainly kept it warm enough that I was hardly displeased walking out of the theater after it had come to an end.

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Upsetting Get Hard a homophobic, misogynistic slog by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer GET HARD Now playing Aloof hedge fund manager James King (Will Ferrell) has been sentenced to ten years in maximum-security prison for fraud. He’s innocent, trusting future fatherin-law and CEO of the investment firm where he works Martin (Craig T. Nelson) to help him uncover the truth. Until then, though, the future convict has 30 days to put his affairs in order before incarceration, turning to small businessman Darnell (Kevin Hart) – a man he assumes was once in prison himself based solely on the color of his skin – to help prepare him for a decade behind bars. There’s no reason to go into a lot more detail as far as the plot is concerned in regards to the buddy comedy Get Hard. If you’re a fan of Ferrell or Hart, if you like what either of them brings to the table, if you’ve been pleased with their offerings more often than you have not, then by all means this is the movie for you. For everyone else, it’s unlikely you’re going to be going anyway, so spending a lot of time on the ins and the outs of this feature’s narrative mechanics is a waste of time. You’re either in the bag already or you are not, and nothing I write is likely going to change that one way or the other. For my part, I’m having an incredibly tough time trying to figure out what I want to say as it pertains to this comedic enterprise. On a positive note, it is more evolved and scripted with more energy and enthusiasm than the majority of Hart’s scattershot oeuvre. (Creatively, this is light years beyond rancid, yet still successful, monstrosities like Ride Along or The Wedding Ringer; make of that what you will.) As for Ferrell, he’s as all-in as ever, doing everything he can to get laughs, not caring one iota if portions of his performance fall flat as an ungainly, and unfunny, pancake.

As comedic pairings go, Ferrell and Hart have somewhat surprisingly invigorating chemistry, the speed and the electricity of their rat-a-tat-tat verbal duels almost always leading somewhere interesting. They play off one another nicely, slowly and astutely, developing a believable friendship no matter how risqué, distasteful and understandably preposterous much of what they’re doing or saying turns out to be. Ferrell has always played the snobbish nincompoop well, his ability to bring that kind of character down to earth one of his strengths. As for Hart, his manic energy and enthusiasm fits the bill, his incredulity as it pertains to his co-star’s continued idiocy worthy of a handful of chuckles. All of which makes it rather painful for me to say I did not like Get Hard, didn’t like it one single bit. While the elements are confident and assured, while screenwriter turned director Etan Cohen (Tropic Thunder, Idiocracy) does a solid job behind the camera, while there are certainly laughs to be found throughout, this movie made me angrier than almost anything I’ve seen this year. The basic thrust of the gags, the things that the filmmakers decided people would find funny, all of it is as risible as anything I could have imagined beforehand, so of a different era and time, it’s as if Ferrell, Hart, Cohen and all the rest transported themselves back to the early 1980s. What do I mean? In some ways that are understandable, a lot of the film’s mechanics revolve around James’ anxiety of being raped in prison. Without putting one’s head in the sand, it’s not like this isn’t a practical fear, and considering the subject matter, it isn’t like the filmmakers could avoid the topic. The thing is, the script’s look at homosexual behavior, at male sexuality period, is close to rancid, thinking in many ways the very thought of a man desiring another man is so abhorrent it’s impossible for a straight person to even imagine such a thing. Every gag, every joke, almost

Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart in Get Hard – soizaa.tumblr.com

all points spin directly around this thesis, and the longer things proceed the more annoying and bizarrely homophobic it all becomes. The thing is, if Cohen and company were trying to make some sort of broader point – a thing I would not put past them – in regards to America and its almost Puritanical point of view as it concerns both male and female sexuality, the ball is unforgivably dropped as far as that’s concerned as well. Male sex is something to be feared, to have thrust upon you whether you desire it or not. Female sex, on the other hand, is an object of no importance, breasts plastered across windshields while the majority of women are either bubbly bimbos or scheming connivers willing to do whatever is necessary to secure their version of a sugar daddy. Personally, I don’t get it. It’s all very insulting. More than that, in this day and age it doesn’t make a ton of sense. I kept thinking Cohen and company were going to break out, were going expand their satirical targets in pursuit of some profound, if still

humorous, overarching point. But the aim remains frustratingly low throughout, and in complete and total honesty I just don’t understand why. In some ways I admit I’m being a little hypocritical. A few weeks ago I gave a minor pass to Hot Tub Time Machine 2, the film having in some ways the same point of view during one critical sequence. All the same, I feel like my opinion would have been similar had that comedy done the same exact thing throughout its entire running time much like this one does. The simple truth is that almost all of the gags (but admittedly not quite) revolve in one way or another around the disgusting idea of men engaging in anything with even a passing resemblance to sex with other men, while women are, save for one notable exception, all treated as flinty, addle-brained sex objects. It’s a disturbing and disgusting double standard that drove me nuts, making Get Hard an infuriating slog I’m more upset and repulsed by than I am anything else.

Public Art Boot Camp offers artists intensive training for first time public art commissions This spring the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture (ARTS) is offering an intensive two-day basic training overview on how to work successfully in the area of commissioned public artwork. Invested in cultivating and training the next generation of public artists, ARTS has created a free training to prepare artists who are ready to translate their exhibition experience to the public realm. Public Art Boot Camp is open to artists living in Washington state who have not received a temporary or permanent public art commission (an artwork that is created by an artist at the request of a public agency, corporation or individual). Up to 30 artists will be selected to participate in the Public Art Boot Camp. Participation is free. “Investing in artists as much as artwork is one of the missions of the Office of Arts & Culture,” says Ruri Yampolsky, Public Art Program Director. “We are dedicated to expanding opportunities and cultivating new artists who can create culturally relevant artworks that represent the diverse population of the city.” The two-day training will help to demystify and simplify the process of creating publicly commissioned artwork. Artists

selected for the Boot Camp are required to attend both full day workshops on May 9 and May 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., held at the Experience Music Project. Topics and presentations will include submitting a competitive application, the selection process, contracts, navigating design teams, public presentations, fabrication and installations and dedications. In addition, artists who are selected for and complete the twoday boot camp will be eligible to apply for an opportunity to create a temporary artwork in one of two sites later this summer at either the Seattle Center campus or the Central Area. There is an optional workshop for first time applicants on Monday, March 30, 6-8 p.m. at the Garfield Community Center – Arts & Crafts Room, 2323 E. Cherry St. in Seattle. Artists can apply online through April 9. For more information, contact Marcia Iwasaki at (206) 233-3946 or Elisheba Johnson at (206) 684-0182. Courtesy of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture

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Seattle Parks Department launches Teen Queer History Research Project! Starting April 9 at Meadowbrook Teen Life Center, research a historical LGBTQ person and get paid $ to do a presentation on them! Can you name a famous Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, or Queer person? Would you like to earn $50 while telling the world about a famous LGBTQ person? Then check out the Teen Queer History Project! High school youth will research a prominent LGBTQ person in history. Choose a person to research and then create a 5-8 minute presentation using what you’ve learned. Both you and Seattle Parks staff will find places for you to deliver your presentation, such as a school club or community group. You will receive $50 for the first time you deliver your presentation and $25 for each additional time (one person earned $125 for doing their presentation 4 times). Come to the Kick-Off Meeting! Thursday, April 9, from 4-5 p.m. at Meadowbrook Teen Life Center Address: 10750 30th Ave NE, 98125 www.seattle.gov/parks/tlc/meadowbrook. htm Kick-Off Meeting – April 9: commitment to project and choose your LGBTQ historical figure. Mid-Point Check-in Meeting – April 23: check in meeting with Parks project coordinator - how is it going?? Final Meeting – May 7: submit written draft of presentation, Parks staff will review and provide feedback. What if you want to do the project, but can’t attend the kick-off meeting? Contact staff at Meadowbrook Teen Life Center at 206-684-7523 – TuesdaySaturday between 2:30-8 p.m. or contact Randy Wiger, Seattle Parks Project Coordinator at (206) 883-6110 cell/text or email randy.wiger@seattle.gov.

Research & Presentation Requirements • You must commit to doing the whole project: research and at least one presentation. • You may choose a person from the list below, but you are not limited to that list – you can choose anyone as long as there are adequate reference materials on the person you want to research (such as a biography or documentary film about them). • Participants will use at least three sources (book, DVD, movie, etc.). One will be specified by Parks staff, and the other two (or more) the participant will find on their own. Wikipedia is useful, but can’t be a reference. • Participants may use public resources (such as school, Teen Life Centers or Computer Labs available to youth, and libraries), as well as other resources to conduct research, and to develop their final presentation. • The presentation must highlight at least three aspects of the researched person, and also address the following: a. Why is this person significant in history? b. What is one thing about this person’s life that is relevant to you and your peers? c. Describe one challenge this person faced because they were LGBTQ and what they did about it. • Presentation must be at least 5 minutes long and no longer than 8 minutes. • Presentation must use at least one visual aid. This may be PowerPoint, poster board or any other medium that makes the presentation meaningful. At a minimum this can be a poster board with the person’s picture. • You will receive $50 stipend for the first presentation. If more than one youth participates as a team, they will equally split the stipend. To receive the stipend you must fill out a W-9 form and a Parks invoice form. Stipend checks will be mailed to the recipient’s address 30 days after the presentation. Additional presentations will earn a stipend of $25 each. • Youth may receive up to 15 servicelearning hours for the research portion, but you must tell us at the start of the project if you want this to be counted as service hours.

List of Possible LGBTQ People to Research Alex Sanchez (Latino Writer of Gay Teen Novels) Required reference source: either “Rainbow Boys” (2001) or “Rainbow High” (2003) (available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl.org) er)

Alice Walker (African American Writ-

Required reference source: “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker (1983) (available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl. org) Angela Davis (African American Political Activist and Writer) “Angela Davis: An Autobiography” by Angela Davis (1974) or “Women, Race, and Class” by Angela Davis (1983) (if not available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl.org Parks will provide a copy) Audre Lorde (African American Poet) Required reference source: “Zami: A New Spelling of My Name” (1982) (if not available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl.org Parks will provide a copy) Bayard Rustin (African American Political Activist, organizer of March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech) Required reference source: “Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin” (DVD – 2002) (available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl.org) Dan Choi (Korean-American Soldier, Political Activist worked to repeal AntiGay Policy of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”) Required reference source: “Our Time: Breaking the Silence of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” by Josh Seefried (2011) (available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl. org) and the following transcripts and video online: h t t p: // w w w. d e m o c r a c y n ow. org/2010/8/4/i_have_no_regret_to_anybody h t t p: // w w w. d e m o c r a c y n ow. org/2009/10/13/love_is_worth_it_iraq_war (Note: the focus is on the life of Dan Choi, and understanding his choices as a military service member)

George Takei (Japanese-American Actor whose whole family was interned during WWII) Require reference source: “To the Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek’s Mr. Sulu” by George Takei (1994) and watch the episode “The Naked Time” from the original Star Trek series (first season 1967) (if not available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl. org or on youtube Parks will provide a copy) John Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi (First Openly Gay NBA Basketball Player and Broadcaster) Required reference source: “Man in the Middle” by John Amaechi (2007) (available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl.org) Langston Hughes (African American Writer and Poet) Required reference source: “The Big Sea: An Autobiography” by Langston Hughes (1949) and watch “Brother to Brother” (DVD 2004) (if not available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl.org Parks will provide a copy) Pedro Zamora (Latino MTV “Real World” Reality TV Star and AIDS Educator) Required reference source: http://www. mtv.com/shows/realworld-season3/series. jhtml (must watch at least half of the series 3 episodes) Sylvester (African American Singer and Disco Diva) Required reference source: “The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Francisco” by Joshua Gamson (available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl.org) Urvashi Vaid (Hindi-American Political Activist and former Executive Director of the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force) Required reference source: read your choice of 4 chapters from: “Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation” by Urvashi Vaid (1996) (if not available from the Seattle Public Library www.spl.org Parks will provide a copy) Courtesy of Seattle Parks Department

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Prism invites all queer comic creators and publishers to submit information and art for promotion in The Queer Comics Showcase Prism Comics, the leading non-profit organization supporting LGBTQ comics, comics creators and readers, is proud to announce the creation of the “Queer Comics Showcase,” an annual digital book of information and art promoting LGBTQAI

comic art, to be published in June 2015. We are now open for submissions of titles and advertising space requests. Creators and Publishers, we now have an online form available for you to submit your title for inclusion into the book. Apart from queer content, your series or graphic novel can be included if it is currently available in any public form: print, digital, web-series, mini-comics, strips, etc. If your work is not currently available, we will ac-

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cept it if it will be publicly released or published before May 2016. This year’s title submission window will close on May 1, 2015. For information and links to submission forms please visit: http://prismcomics.org/ display.php?id=2180 Prism Queer Comics Showcase Contact: Kristen Enos – kristen@prismcomics.org Every title can be listed for free, with information and sample art in a standard

format, single page. However, additional pages can be purchased for story reprints. If you would like to donate original, exclusive art or story pages to the anthology, we will give you story reprint pages for free. An adult-version of the Queer Comics Showcase will be created and published separately. Display ads and classifieds may also be purchased by any interested party. The funds for the creation and selling of this book will help fund the various projects of Prism Comics, a non-profit 501c3 organization committed to supporting queer creators, publishers and fans. Prism’s projects include the annual Prism Comics Queer Press Grant, redesigning the Prism website and presenting booths and panel appearances at major conventions and events across the U.S. For more information on Prism please see http://www.prismcomics.org or visit Prism Comics on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/prismcomics Copyright © 2015 Prism Comics, Inc. All rights reserved. Courtesy of Prism Comics

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Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 322-7188. 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: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

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SATURDAY - March 28

Ski Buddies. Every Saturday & Sunday. Ski, board or snow shoe locally with fellow club members! www. skibuddies.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org. Best of the Northwest (3/28 & 3/29). 10am-6pm. Hangar 30, Magnuson Park. An art & fine craft show. nwartalliance.com Sharpe Suiting Queer-Centric Formal Wear Pop-Up Shop (March 27-29). 11am-5pm. 927 N Northlake Way Suite 100. www.sharpesuiting.com Fox Theatre Film Series: Gremlins. 2pm & 7pm. Fox Theatre, 123 S Tower St, Centralia. Single tickets $8, family of 3-4 persons $20. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/1337218 Gay City Arts Trans Writers Takeover. 6-9pm. Calamus Auditorium, Gay City, 517 E Pike St. An evening of artist readings from erotic works or works that pertain to the body, including existentia & sci fi erotica, poetry & experts from long form writing. A benefit for Lillian & her electrolysis procedure. FREE, with request for donations. www.gaycity.org/arts Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.) Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Trans* Writers Takeover. 6-9pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. An evening of artist readings from erotic works or works that pertain to the body, including existential & sci-fi erotica, poetry & excerpts from long form writing. FREE (donations accepteed). gaycity.org/arts March is Cabaret Month - Fridays & Saturdays in March. 7pm & 9pm. Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St. Online reservations: $15 per show; $25 for 2 shows same night. At the door: $18 per show. $10 food/drink minimum. www.ballardjamhouse.com and www.brownpapertickets.com for details including schedule of performers. War & Peace Concert. 7:30pm. Meany Hall, UW. Features Haydn’s Mass in Time of War and Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. kirklandchoralsociety.org Live! From the Last Night of My Life 3/27-4/18). 3/28 8pm; 4/2-4/4 8pm; 4/9-4/11 8pm; 4/12 2pm; 4/14 8pm; 4/16-4/18 8pm. Tonight Doug Sample is going to kill himslef. He just has to finish his shift. Written & directed by Wayne Rawley. Tickets $25 general admission, $14 seniors/military/students. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/907030 Seattle Men’s Chorus in Concert - LEGACY: “Tyler’s Suite” & “I Am Harvey Milk” (3/28 & 3/29). Sat 3/28 - 8pm; Sun 3/29 - 2pm. McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. Two men, two stories, one legacy. www.seattlemens chorus.org

SUNDAY - March 29

For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ sgn.org. Ski Buddies. Every Saturday & Sunday. Ski, board or snow shoe locally with fellow club members! www. skibuddies.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHikingGroup/ Best of the Northwest (3/28 & 3/29). 10am-5pm. Hangar 30, Magnuson Park. An art & fine craft show. nwartalliance.com Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont 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 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

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March 28 thru April 5 Barney Frank in Conversation with Eric Liu. 7pm. University Temple Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. Reading & book signing, Tickets $27 (includes admission for two & a copy of Frank’s book Frank: A Life in Politics from the Great Society to Same-Sex Marriage. Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Music of Remembrance Film Screening: The Golem (1920). 7:30pm. Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & Union St. Screening of the silent film classic The Golem accompanied by a live performance of Israeli composer Betty Olivero’s klezmerinfued score. The title character is a creature made out of clay and infused with life by mystical means. Tickets $40, under 30 $30, TeenTix passholders $5. www. musicofremembrance.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday. (253) 474-8897. Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - March 31

have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $2 shoe rental. (425) 785-4725. Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.dharmabuddies.org Sharpe Suiting Queer-Centric Formal Wear Pop-Up Shop (March 27-29). 11am-5pm. 927 N Northlake Way Suite 100. www.sharpesuiting.com Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org Seattle Men’s Chorus in Concert - LEGACY: “Tyler’s Suite” & “I Am Harvey Milk” (3/28 & 3/29). Sat 3/28 - 8pm; Sun 3/29 - 2pm. McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. Two men, two stories, one legacy. www.seattlemenschorus.org Bobby Jo Valentine. 2pm. Magnolia UCC, 3555 W McGraw St. Adopted two days after birth, Bobby Jo Valentine later came out as Gay only to be abandoned by his church. He has won the West Coast Songwriter of the Year award. Imperial Court of Seattle - “Under the Stars: The Imperial Prince & Princess Ball.” Doors 3pm, Investitures 4pm, Ball 5pm. Fred Wildlife Refuge, 127 Boylston Ave E. Suggested donation $15. imperialcourt ofseattle.com Pub Crawl to Celebrate Gender Diversity. 4:308:30pm. Begins & ends at Julia’s, 300 Broadway E. $15

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donation buys food/drink discounts at all participating venues plus raffle tickets to win fabulous prizes. All proceeds benefit Gender Odyssey. www.genderodyssey.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731. Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - March 30

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County. Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@yahoo.com or phone (360) 722-1664. Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org.

Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older. 7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday. Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.) Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

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WEDNESDAY - April 1

April Fool’s Day Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm. All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat. Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome. Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Southeast Seattle Lesbian Evening Group. 6pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Meets the 1st Wednesday of every month. RSVP to Kate Hawkins 722-0317. www.sessc.org. FREE. Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm. Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@yahoo.com; www. lotussisters.org. Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.) HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersollcenter.org PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Renton: 425-235-4139. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org. Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. Pride Skate Seattle. 9-11pm. Southgate Roller Rink, 9646 17th Ave SW. First Wednesday of every month. $7 admission includes skate rental. Must be 18+. After-party at Company, 9608 16th Ave SW, with drink specials & karaoke. www.southgaterollerrink.com

FRIDAY - April 3

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima. Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org 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 Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday. (253) 474-8897. Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm. Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Live! From the Last Night of My Life 3/27-4/18). 3/28 8pm; 4/2-4/4 8pm; 4/9-4/11 8pm; 4/12 2pm; 4/14 8pm; 4/16-4/18 8pm. Tonight Doug Sample is going to kill himslef. He just has to finish his shift. Written & directed by Wayne Rawley. Tickets $25 general admission, $14 seniors/military/students. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/907030

SATURDAY - April 4

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Northwest Bears Potluck and Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear admirers. www.nwbears.com. Live! From the Last Night of My Life 3/27-4/18). 3/28 8pm; 4/2-4/4 8pm; 4/9-4/11 8pm; 4/12 2pm; 4/14 8pm; 4/16-4/18 8pm. Tonight Doug Sample is going to kill himslef. He just has to finish his shift. Written & directed by Wayne Rawley. Tickets $25 general admission, $14 seniors/military/students. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/907030

THURSDAY - April 2

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org. Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS). 12:302:30pm. South East Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Meets the first Thursday of every month. ALISS is a discussion, support & political group for all Lesbians. In addition we often have social activities. We have lunch at the Center at 11:30am ($3 for 60+, $6 under 60). Facilitator: Fai, 722-0729, faiscranes@yahoo.com. Metro route #7. Wheelchair accessible. Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare. FREE. 622-5555 x 212. First Thursday Art Walk in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square. 5-9pm. Art galleries in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square host opening night receptions. Seattle Art Museum is free today. Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month. SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council, & all City of Seattle Depts in matters regarding human rights. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide. Meetings open to the public. 684-4540. Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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.

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Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Contemplative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E. Olive Way. Meets 1st Thursday each month. www.seattleprimetimers.org Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month. ECSC is a confidential crossdressing social & support organization for Transvestite & Transsexual individuals, primarily MTF, which offers confidential membership, private monthly meetings, frequent events on the town, & help in coming out. (425) 827-9494. Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Live! From the Last Night of My Life 3/27-4/18). 3/28 8pm; 4/2-4/4 8pm; 4/9-4/11 8pm; 4/12 2pm; 4/14 8pm; 4/16-4/18 8pm. Tonight Doug Sample is going to kill himslef. He just has to finish his shift. Written & directed by Wayne Rawley. Tickets $25 general admission, $14 seniors/military/students. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/907030 Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

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SUNDAY - April 5

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. 9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.border riders.com PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937. Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv

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Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us 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. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net. Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994. DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle

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Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country. GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge. LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nw bears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org. (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: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flying house. 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 PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, https://groups.yahoo.com/group/maybebabyseattle; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup. com/proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 5687777, info@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org. PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle.

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Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235. Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook. Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www.rose hedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233). SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503. Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768. Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org 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, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/steppage.html

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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298. Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.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 capitolhill cycling@groups. facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@ gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.different spokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes. com; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www. jetcity hoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw. org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners. org; 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 United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle

Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www. SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.) Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise. Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www. facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space. org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFESAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www. thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw. org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 5228412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoudGLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www. yspp.org

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