SGN Mar 29, 2019 - Part 2

Arts & Entertainment

WORLD’S LARGEST ROCKABILLY EVENT

Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend celebrates its

22nd year April 18-21

John Waters to host Burlesque Show April 19

The Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend is a four-day music festival, now in its 22nd year, coming Thursday, April 18 - Sunday, April 21 to The Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. VLV is the Longest Running Music Festival in Las Vegas and The Largest Rockabilly Event in the

World, featuring bands and fans from over 30 countries around the globe who come to experience Rockabilly & Original ‘50s Music, a Classic Car Show, Burlesque Shows, Vintage Fashion Show, Dance

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Rain or shine –April theater obliges

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

Theatrical productions this coming month touch on politics, history, multicultural and multimodal performances, and include musicals and Shakespeare and Shakespearian interpretations. There’s drama and humor and everything in between, it looks like. Got your calendar up? Let’s get shows planned!

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Leslie Jordan brings EXPOSED to The Triple Door to benefit The AMP: the AIDS Memorial Pathway in Seattle on April 22

On Monday, April 22 at 7:30pm, please join us in celebrating the new show from Emmy Award-winning Actor & Comedian LESLIE JORDAN in EXPOSED – live at The Triple Door (216 Union St.).

Best-known for his standout roles in “Sordid Lives”, “American Horror Story”,

“The Help” and as Beverley Leslie on NBC’s hit series “Will & Grace”, and now playing a lead role in the new comedy series THE COOL KIDS on FOX, Mr. Jordan has charmed fans for over four decades!

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Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria Bell a stunning showcase for Julianne Moore

by Sara Michelle Fetters

SGN A&E Writer

BELL Now playing

A remake of his own 2013 stunner Gloria, director Sebastián Lelio’s Gloria Bell is both an outstanding showcase for star Julianne Moore as well as a fine, emotionally astute melodrama that sits alongside its predecessor with comfortable ease. Not con-

tent to just tell the same story twice, the filmmaker, working closely with screenwriter Alice Johnson Boher, tasked with reworking Lelio’s and his frequent collaborator Gonzalo Maza’s story, this new version takes the general template and the ideas found in the Chilean original and then shakes them up so they still feel fresh and organic to this particular California milieu. All of which makes the feature not so much a remake as it is a reinterpretation, and while I personally

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“But Can I Pay My Rent Tho?!: Surviving as a TQPOC Artist”

Gay City Arts hosts two FREE workshops April 1 & 8

Without art, there can be no movements. Yet, artists are often unrewarded for being the drivers of change, which has created a culture of unsustainable practices. In particular, being a Black/Brown artist who is along the trans and/or queer spectrum means that we are more at risk of being underpaid and undervalued for our brilliance.

Gay City Arts will be hosting two FREE workshops for TQPOC (Trans Queer People of Color) artists on April 1 & 8 to make space for trans & queer artists of color to develop long-term strategies towards a life supported by their creative work. The workshops will be held at the Calamus Auditorium at Gay City (517 E. Pike St.). Artists and cultural producers of all disciplines who are ready to build a career from their practice are encouraged to attend.

Part 1 (April 1 @ 6pm) will focus on evaluating your financial needs and plans as an artist. Part 2 (April 8 @ 6pm) will recharge your marketing needs and put your plan into action. This workshop will intentionally engage a framework of dismantling anti-Blackness, white supremacy, transphobia, and more as we imagine the role of TQPOC artists creating their own liberation. FREE admission. RSVP to https://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/4072250

[NOTE: Regarding accessibility: The Calamus Auditorium and Gay City is ADA accessible, has two single-stall all-gender restrooms, and is minimally scented. There will be scent free soap in the restrooms. More info: gaycity.org/access.]

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR

J Mase III is a Black/Trans/Queer poet based in Seattle by way of NYC. A blogger for the Huffington Post, he is the author of If I Should Die Under the Knife, Tell My Kidney I was the Fiercest Poet Around as well as And Then I Got Fired: One Transqueer’s Reflections on Grief, Unemployment and Inappropriate Jokes About Death. As an educator, Mase has worked with thousands of community members in the US, UK, and Canada on the needs of LGBTQIA youth and adults in spaces such as K-12 schools, universities, faith communities, and restricted care facilities among others. He is the founder of the international performance tour “Cupid Aint @#$%!: An AntiValentines Day Poetry Movement” and of awQward, the first ever trans & queer people of color specific talent agency.

You can find him on Facebook, Twitter, and awQwardtalent.com.

Courtesy of Gay City Arts

In EXPOSED, Leslie invites his audiences behind-the-scenes of his childhood and career! Offering a charming and hilarious look-back at his life experience as a flamboyant youth raised as a Southern Baptist, as well as the “unbelievable real-life stories” and treasured anecdotes from his renowned stage and television performances.

WARNING: EXPOSED may cause a great deal of laughter and a few tears!!!

Tickets: $45; and $85 VIP (includes Meet & Greet). Seating and dinner service begins at 6pm (All Ages). Call Box Office 206.838.4333 or online https://tickets.thetripledoor.net/eventperformances. asp?evt=1633.

Presented by BECU and produced by Unite Live and Seattle Gay News

All proceeds benefit The AMP: the AIDS Memorial Pathway that will open at the north end of Cal Anderson Park in 2020. (https://theamp.org/)

EMMY AWARD-WINNING ACTOR & COMEDIAN

LESLIE JORDAN BIO

Leslie Jordan is one of the most consistently recognizable faces in popular entertainment. His journey towards stardom has provided one of the quirkier, impressive, and varied career trajectories of the past few decades.

His arrival in Hollywood back in 1982 (with $1500 sewn into his clothing by his steel magnolia Mother) was the starting point. After a brief career as a jockey, Jordan has enjoyed the full show-business spectrum; the lean days, the bumps in the road, the acclaim, reaching the pinnacle of television performing with award recognition, the ensuing victory laps, followed by an alarming and unexpected down slope, the dangers of being type cast or stereotyped, the challenges to remain “current” and “relevant” in a rapidly changing world of technological advancement, and the ever present threat of being put “out to pasture” by a youth obsessed culture and industry. Through it all, Leslie Jordan has remained

constant, relevant and – above all – funny! His ability to take it all in stride has kept him moving onward, upward and forward!

Leslie Jordan is the prestigious Emmy Award winner in 2006 for “Will & Grace”. He has enjoyed rapturous reviews for his original stage plays (“My Trip down the Pink Carpet”, “Stories I can’t tell Mama”, “Fruit Fly”), and supporting presence in one of Hollywood’s most prestigious, message-minded films of the last decade (“The Help”, 2012).

He’s been singled out with great notices for his off-Broadway musical theatre debut in 2011 (“The Lucky Guy”). His defining role as “Brother Boy” in the cult film sensation “Sordid Lives” evolved into a wellreceived prequel on the Logo Channel. As the celebrated author and star of his own HBO Special (“Pink Carpet”), Leslie Jordan remains consistently sought after as a Guest Star on every imaginable form of episodic, comedic television (TV Land’s “The Ex’es”, Fox’s “Raising Hope”, Disney Channel’s “Shake It Up!”, and ABC’s “The Neighbors”. He enjoyed a star turn in the third season of FX’s instant classic “American Horror Story” opposite Hollywood heavyweights Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson and Francis Conroy.

Additionally, across the pond, he recently appeared as a cast member/house occupant in the smash reality competition “Celebrity Big Brother UK” and in two seasons of ‘Living the Dream” for SKY TV/UK.

In 2017 & 2018 Leslie Jordan again sparred with his lovable nemesis “Karen Walker” as a guest actor in the triumphant return of NBC’s “Will & Grace”. Currently Leslie Jordan (SID) stars alongside comedy heavyweights Martin Mull, Vicki Lawrence, and David Alan Grier in the new comedy series “The Cool Kids” airing Friday nights on FOX.

Leslie Jordan has conquered the international stage with sold out runs in Mexico, Canada and the U.K., and remains an indemand mainstay as a Stage / TV / Film performer, voice-over artist, fundraiser, spokesperson, out artist, equal rights activist and all around Southern Baptist celebutante.

Courtesy of Leslie Jordan

The failures of A Doll’s House, Part 2

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE

Through April 28

Ordinarily, a strong cast of wellknown Seattle thespians, like Pamela Reed, Michael Winters, Laura Kenny, and Khanh Doan, lends itself to an anticipation of a great production. Ordinarily, a script that garnered 8 Tony Award nominations, including for Best Play, would augment that anticipation. That would be the case for Lucas Hnath’s play, A Doll’s House, Part 2, that opened at Seattle Repertory Theatre last week.

Following along as a sequel to the celebrated Henrik Ibsen play, A Doll’s House, Hnath imagines what happened after the famous “door slam” in Ibsen’s play. It’s incumbent, for this play, that you know and understand, already, the preceding play, in order to pull from it all its meaning.

You need to know that Nora Helmer (now, 15 years later played by Reed) was treated essentially as a “doll” by her husband Torvald (now, 15 years later played by Winters) and that she finally and thoroughly rebels by that play’s end and no matter how much grief and difficulty might ensue, she can see no other remedy than to leave – without her children and without any visible means of financial support.

You need to know that there was a nanny, Anne Marie (now, 15 years later played by Kenny) who had taken care of Nora before her marriage and stayed on to take care of Nora’s three children. The youngest, a daughter (now, 15 years later played by Doan), is said to have been too young to really remember her mother.

You even, in best of cases, need to know that in the original Ibsen play, a significant issue was that Nora had secretly forged a signature to obtain a bank loan so that Torvald, sick at the time, could be taken to a healing spa. A bank loan officer tries to blackmail her about it to save his own job, and Torvald positions it as a “mistake” she made that he can “forgive” her for.

The sequel has Nora arriving back at the Helmer home with only Anne Marie expecting her. We learn that the primary reason for her return is that Nora recently learned that Torvald never actually divorced her. Since women are legally barred (as Nora already knew from signing that other loan document years earlier) from independently signing for loans or acting legally independently, Nora has unintentionally done many more “illegal” acts, thinking she really was a divorced –and therefore legally free – woman!

Another man in Nora’s sphere is threatening to reveal that and ruin what she has built over time. Nora’s solution is to get Torvald to actually divorce her so that both her reputation and his can be saved.

I’m going to offer several opinions now, about both why the script could be a good or a bad play, and why it’s not well presented at the Rep. The play is very, very wordy. That makes it difficult to pull off unless a director and cast have a very specific idea of what it all stacks up to. That cuts against the script itself being that “good.”

I look at the intent of the script as a kind of pressure cooker play, set all in the one drawing room, where tensions should build toward the crisis. The speeches seem “important” but what seems more important is the subtext for the entire set of conversations. There should be huge emotions running amok in this play (although mostly unspoken), for any production, because any real people facing family members that they haven’t seen for fifteen years, having left in emotional turmoil, would be in huge emotional turmoil seeing and speaking to each other again. So, it should seem like David Mamet’s plays (he who writes very

little conversation and uses ellipses for silences to be filled) only with lots of conversation that should be used as ellipses to be filled in with unspoken emotions.

Unfortunately, director Braden Abraham seemed to misunderstand the script or simply failed to find a way to help the actors connect to the subtext. The actors talked “at” each other. They did not seem to connect to each other. He also deliberately directed his actors to break the fourth wall and speak directly to the audience. This script, again from the standpoint of “pressure cooker,” is one that seems never to want to address the audience directly.

A key moment is when Nora meets her daughter Emmy. At that crucial moment, the text/dialogue says, out loud, that Emmy doesn’t have any emotions toward Nora. Nora seems to simply accept that. Yet, common sense about most estranged families

would indicate the complete opposite and the drama and tension would theatrically play against that. Not in this production. Here, Abraham seems to take the script at total face value. Therefore, the motherdaughter meeting is devoid of emotion and boring to watch. It teaches us nothing of value about either character.

What happens, then, to us as audience members is that paradoxically, the people we feel the most connected to are Anne Marie and Torvald. Winters, actually, is wonderful in this production, with a welter of emotions that play through his dialogue. He shows Torvald’s confusion and anger and vulnerability and all the kinds of levels that every character should have in this script.

But was it Hnath’s intent to take an iconic theatrical emblem of budding feminism and subvert it toward reclaiming Torvald’s reputation in the international theater

canon? Or was he intending to help us to imagine how successfully Nora had managed the male-dominated, patriarchallystructured society of that time? This script might not be the best representation of the second idea, but I assume that is what he really wanted to accomplish: to show how Nora had flourished and reclaimed herself.

In this case either Abraham failed the production, or the script isn’t worth what people think it is. Or, possibly, both. For more information, go to www.seattlerep.org or call (206) 443-2222.

Discuss your opinions with SGNCritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/ SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found at MiryamsTheaterMusings. blogspot.com.

Represent! A Multicultural Playwrights Festival, Hansberry Project, eSe Teatro, SIS Productions and Pratidhwani, 3/314/3 (at Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute)

Local Playwrights Showcase, 3/31, 4pm; In Braunau by Dipika Guha, 3/31, 7:30pm; Two Big Black Bags by Julieta Vitullo, 4/1, 7:30pm; We, Too! by local Asian American performing playwrights, 4/2, 7:30pm; Riverwood by Andrew Lee Creech, 4/3, 7:30pm. www.pratidhwani.org

The Diary of Anne Frank, Seattle Children’s Theatre, 4/4-5/19 (opens 4/5)

This sobering true story of two families hiding in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II, is based on the real diary of young teen Anne Frank. Anne’s words reach out to us over the generations, inspiring us to never forget, to never give up on the power and goodness of the human spirit, and to always “fill life with living.” www.sct.org

The Master and The Margarita, theater simple, 4/5-27 (at Theatre Off Jackson)

1932: The Devil comes to Moscow, demonic entourage in tow, to learn if Stalin’s politics have actually changed human nature... This story is tangled up in interesting ways with a re-telling of a fateful meeting with Pontius Pilate. Five actors take on the challenge of 35+ characters, with onstage musicians playing a brand-new musical score by Brent Arnold. https://theatersimple.org/the-master-margarita

Queer, Mama Crossroads, Annex Theatre, 4/5-5/4

Where do black women go when their souls have been taken too soon? At the crossroads, explore racism, sexism, homophobia, systemic silence, and spirit in this choreo-poem-performance piece. Dismantle the American cover of denial and secrecy regarding injustices committed against queer women of color who are mothers. www.annextheatre.org

Urinetown, 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre, 4/6-6/9 (at ACT Theatre)

This outrageous social and political satire is set in a fictional future where a terrible 20-year drought has crippled the city’s water supplies. Citizens must now use the public pay-per-use amenities owned and operated by Urine Good Company. Those who try to circumvent the peeing-fee by relieving themselves in the bushes risk

being taken away to “Urinetown,” a mysterious place where many have been sent but no one ever returns. With fee increases in the pipeline, the poor rise up to fight the tyrannical regime to make the public amenities free for all to use. With a storyline that’s uncomfortably close to home, Urinetown is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution.

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Cherubin, Parley Productions, 4/11-13 (at West of Lenin) (world premiere)

Local playwright Rebecca Tourino Collinsworth debuts a play based on characters in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Two women caught in a tempestuous witch-hunt discover in each other the feral magic of the natural world and learn that interdependence is the key to survival.

Cora, a midwife and herbalist, is in the wrong place at the wrong time. In search of her long-lost son, Cora arrives in a Puritan settlement in 1652 during the most destructive storm in a century. When she’s thrown in jail under suspicion of witchcraft, she demands to see her child – a man the settlers call the Monster of Connecticut. Instead, she meets Miranda, a Puritan on the verge of childbirth, sent in to extract a confession and save Cora’s soul. But neither Cora nor Miranda is exactly what she seems. https://cherubin.brownpapertickets.com

Language Rooms, Pony World Theatre, 4/12-5/4 (at Slate Theater)

Local playwright Yussef El Guindi’s play follows Ahmed, a quintessential American worker trying to do his job right while navigating the workplace politics of water cooler gossip and Super Bowl parties. Only this office is a secret military compound where Ahmed translates the interrogations of terrorism suspects. Brilliantly shifting between comedy and suspense, Ahmed takes a strange and unsettling journey. As his work and even his loyalties are called into question, Ahmed realizes that more than his job might be at risk.

https://languagerooms.brownpapertickets.com

Devi, Pratidhwani, 4/16-5/11 (at ACT Theatre)

In the original 1884 Bengali novel Devi Chaudhurani, a young, illiterate, and impoverished Prafulya unexpectedly soars to great heights as Devi [/they-vee/], a woman who rises to power against the rule of the British. Despite being beloved by her people, Devi ultimately submits to cultural pressure and returns to her traditional duty as a wife.

Now, however, Prafulya will be allowed the power of choice – proving that a woman can be the protagonist in her own story, despite mens’ best efforts to make her

invisible. Will Prafulya return to her love and traditional life? Will she remain Devi, the leader of a military movement? Or will she fully embrace the religious identity of her new name, and dedicate her life to God?

www.pratidhwani.org

Small Mouth Sounds, Thalia’s Umbrella, 4/18-5/11 (at 12th Avenue Arts) (opens 4/19)

Bess Wohl’s (mostly) silent comedy has seven people meet in the seclusion of the woods to begin a silent retreat. In the quiet, they must come to terms with both their darkest fears and silliest foibles. They each leave changed...but not in the ways they expect. Using very few words, Small Mouth Sounds depicts the achingly human need to connect.

http://www.thaliasumbrella.org

Boeing Boeing, SecondStory Repertory, 4/19-5/12

This 1960’s French farce adapted for the English-speaking stage features self-styled lothario Bernard, who has Italian, German, and American fiancées, each a beautiful airline hostess with frequent “layovers.” He keeps “one up, one down, and one pending” until unexpected schedule changes bring all three to Paris, and Bernard’s apartment, at the same time.

www.secondstoryrep.org

Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons, Theater Schmeater, 4/20-5/4 (at Seattle Public Theater)

The average person will speak 123,205,750 words in a lifetime. But what if there were a limit? Oliver and Bernadette are about to find out. Lemons imagines a world where we’re forced to say less. It’s about what we say and how we say it; about the things we can only hear in the silence; about dead cats, activism, eye contact and lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons, lemons. schmee.org

As You Like It, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 4/23-5/19

Rosalind and Orlando engage in a glorious game of love, lust, and mistaken identities in Shakespeare’s magical forest, as Shakespeare seems to be the oldest marriage counselor available.

www.seattleshakespeare.org

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical, 5th Avenue Theatre, 4/23-28 (tour)

This is an adaptation of the best-selling Disney-Hyperion novel by Rick Riordan. The Greek gods are real, and they’re ruining Percy Jackson’s life. As a son of Poseidon, Percy has newly discovered powers he can’t control, monsters on his trail, and is on an epic quest to find Zeus’s lightning bolt to prevent a war between the gods. www.5thavenue.org

Singlet, Washington Ensemble Theatre, 4/25-5/5 (imported)

Erin Markey draws on their longstanding friendship and working relationship with actor Emily Davis to create a performance that maps the bonds and hysteria of earned intimacy. Combining Markey’s singular style with a host of influences –spanning Genet’s The Maids, celebrity psychotherapist couples counseling sessions, and Precious Moments® Collectible Dolls – this kaleidoscopic production grapples with the desire, rivalry, vulnerability, and subterfuge that bind two people together.

www.washingtonensemble.org

Nina Simone: Four Women, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 4/26-6/2

When “The High Priestess of Soul” Nina Simone heard about the tragic bombing deaths of four young girls in an Alabama church in 1963, the songstress turned to her music as a means of expressing the country’s agony. “Four Women” and Simone’s other evocative activist anthems sang a truth that the world needed to hear. And it is a truth that remains sung to this day. Through storytelling, debate, and music, Nina Simone: Four Women immerses us in the complex harmony of protest.

www.seattlerep.org

Viva Las Vegas attracts fans from 30 countries around the world and features 100+ bands, 20+ DJs, a huge classic car show, tiki pool, parties, dancing, burlesque, and more! VLV is the longest running music festival in Las Vegas!

Lessons and Competition, Tiki Pool Parties, Swimsuit Contests, Burlesque Bingo, Pin-Up Beauty Academy, Pin-Up Contest, over 120 Vendors, a Bowling event, Tattoo Lounge and more. VLV annually attracts up to 18,000 of the most eye-catching, stylish, head-turning people you will ever see in one place.

VLV is promoted by Tom Ingram, who has been actively involved in the Rockabilly scene for 40 years. The festival is four days of nonstop events April 18-21, selling out in advance 10 years in a row, with over 9,000 attending the four-day festival and up to 20,000 people attending the Saturday Car Show.

For complete information, visit www. vivalasvegas.net

In addition to The Stars of Rockabilly and the Rock n Roll Stars shows, some of the biggest attractions this year include: Filmmaker and comedian John Waters will host the VLV Burlesque Showcase Friday, April 19 at 8pm in the Orleans Arena; The Reverend Horton Heat, Wanda Jackson and The Delta Bombers will perform at the Car Show on Saturday, April 20; and Deke Dickerson’s Guitar Geek Festival will feature rare and weird vintage guitars, and renowned musicians from all over the world on Saturday, April 20.

It all happens at The Orleans Hotel and Casino – 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89103; (702) 365-7111; www. orleanscasino.com. (VLV also works with several other hotels to provide discounts to accommodate the fans traveling from far and wide.) Tickets are available for the event until they sell out. The “Hi-Roller” passes for the 4-day festival event have sold out in advance 11 years in a row. (Separate tickets are available for the Car Show.) For complete information, visit www. vivalasvegas.net

The Stars of Rockabilly and the Rock n Roll Stars shows are two of the most popular attractions for the fans, featuring legendary musical acts from the ‘50s, all in one place. No other festival puts together shows with as many original ‘50s acts as this! (Featuring Ray Campi (sometimes called “The King of Rockabilly,”) Billy Harlan, Don Woody, Freddy Cannon, The Majors, Sandy Nelson).

The World Famous Viva Las Vegas Burlesque Showcase is an annual event presented by Event Promoter Tom Ingram and Burlesque Performer & Promoter Audrey DeLuxe, as part of the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend. This year’s annual burlesque showcase will be hosted by filmmaker, author and comedian John Waters at The Orleans Hotel and Casino in the Arena Friday, April 19, at 10pm. Waters is best known for his films Hairspray, Pink Flamingos and Serial Mom. Tickets for the Burlesque showcase are available here.

Check the VLV website (www.vivalasvegas.net) for details as well as a schedule of additional burlesque events scheduled throughout the weekend.

The Viva Las Vegas Car Show is one of the largest classic car shows in North America, featuring 800-1,000 vintage cars, all pre-1964, as well as famous movie cars, the annual VLV Pin-up Contest, and 5 bands – including The Reverend Horton Heat, The Delta Bombers and “The Queen of Rockabilly” and Rock n Roll Hall of Famer Wanda Jackson. Also performing will be Linda Gail Lewis (Jerry Lee Lewis’ sister!) and Hillbilly Moon Explosion. One day tickets are available for the Car Show.

As part of the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 22, we are proud to announce that Deke Dickerson’s Guitar Geek Festival returns on Saturday, April 20. This annual guitar-focused event features cool, rare and vintage guitars displayed onstage like museum pieces. Musicians from around the world entertain for an action-packed 90 minutes, playing roots, rockabilly, western swing, surf, honky tonk and blues. Shows are like a history lesson, variety show, and a concert all rolled into one.

Deke invites different performers every year, and they are never announced in advance. Part of the fun of this event is the spontaneous nature of it that fans never know who they’ll see next!

Every year, he shares his passion for music and guitars by inviting different musicians from around the world to join him onstage and showcase their guitar skills for the fans at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend. Some past performers have been: Duane Eddy , Nokie Edwards of The Ventures, JD McPherson, Nick Curran, Los Straitjackets, The Trashmen, Jim Heath, and dozens more, as well as famous drummers Sandy Nelson and Marky Ramone.

The Guitar Geek Festival was founded by guitar aficionado and musician, Deke Dickerson, who has been playing for over three decades, and is dedicated to “keeping America’s roots music alive while interjecting new creativity… playing the great music of the American 20th-century: rock and roll, rockabilly, western swing, rhythm and blues, surf music, garage and punk.” Fun Fact: Deke even has his own signature guitar, manufactured by the Hallmark Guitar Company of Maryland.

The annual Guitar Geek festival is one very special show featured at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend, the Longest Running Music Festival in Las Vegas and the Largest Rockabilly Event in the World!

We hope to see you at Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend!

For complete information, visit www. vivalasvegas.net

Courtesy of Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend

wasn’t as emotionally gobsmacked as I was by the director’s first take on the story, that does not mean I wasn’t any less mesmerized this time around, either.

Gloria Bell (Moore) is a divorced, fiftysomething insurance agent with two grown children, Anne (Caren Pistorius) and Peter (Michael Cera), and an ex-husband (Brad Garrett) with for whom she still shares affection for. She enjoys dancing whenever possible, heading out to a local club during the nights it caters to an older clientele. One evening she catches the eye of the recently divorced Arnold (John Turturro), an ex-military man who made quite a successful career for himself after transitioning to civilian life and who now currently owns and operates a popular paintball range seemingly just for the fun of it. The two hit it off, entering into a quietly passionate romance both dream will last, if not for the remainder of their lives, at least far into the foreseeable future.

This is the nuts and bolts of the story, and anyone expecting more, something blatantly melodramatic, should likely look elsewhere for their soap opera theatrics. As anyone who has watched any of the films in Lelio’s impressive oeuvre, including the Oscarwinning A Fantastic Woman and last year’s superb Disobedience, this just isn’t a part of the director’s bag of tricks. While his stories are all about adults dealing with vagaries of life, mostly involving love, family and what it means to get older while still trying to figure out one’s place in a crazy, messed-up world, that does not mean he’s prone to lay on the schmaltz or the saccharine. Obstacles arise that put crimps in Gloria and Arnold’s blossoming relationship, while events involving the woman’s daughter (an unplanned pregnancy and an unexpected move to Norway) and her son (parenthood and uncomfortable estrangement from his wife) add additional complications.

None of it is all that extreme or unbelievable. This makes investing in what is happening to Gloria all the easier to do with the added benefit of making the few crazier plot twists easier to swallow. Lelio takes snapshots of his heroine’s life as it meanders along, the intimate grace of the insights he discovers along the way fascinating. He also adds little, seemingly quirky elements, like the arrival of a hair-

less cat fond of Gloria’s apartment or an upstairs neighbor with substance abuse issues, each of them playing a far more vital role in where things are headed than one might initially figure they are going to. These additions to the narrative never feel forced nor do they obnoxiously foreshadow climactic events, the directorial restraint Lelio utilizes allowing them to exponentially increase the emotional vibrancy of everything that transpires throughout the story a fair amount.

There is a magnificent set piece where Gloria and Arnold escape to Las Vegas for the weekend. She’s ready to forgive him for an egregious act of emotional cruelty, this mini-vacation the first step they both need for that to happen. But what happens next? Where do things go? The self-reflective interiors of her own soul Gloria is forced to look at during this trip? It’s pretty powerful, all of which leads to an alcohol-fueled existential wandering around the city that leaves her in desperate need of a shoulder to cry on. The poignancy of this jaunt to the city that never sleeps cannot be underestimated, the cathartically mournful empathetic strength of this segment profound in its minimalist eloquence.

Time passes rather oddly and I admit I wasn’t always clear on how much time had actually transpired from one scene to the next. Some of the supporting characters (portrayed by the likes of Jeanne Tripplehorn, Sean Astin and Alanna Ubach) don’t make the impression I found I kept wanting them to, and while the plot beats involving Gloria’s daughter are affectingly sincere, I sadly didn’t feel the same about what was going on with her son. Thankfully, Cera is so understated in the latter role that I was still able to connect to him somewhat, the heartfelt expressiveness of his performance during a family birthday dinner for Peter’s sister Anne touching in its unaffected complexity. Garrett, Rita Wilson and especially a perfectly cast Holland Taylor also turn in a trio of luminous supporting turns, and while the latter only has a couple scenes her imprint on this story is nonetheless memorably indelible.

But Moore is this motion picture’s star and she does not disappoint. The Academy Award-winner gives an elegantly lithe performance, one that instantly jumps off the screen, taking on a unique, idiosyncratic life of its own in the process. Gloria purposefully boogies to her own beat

and, while she doesn’t dismiss the world’s judgment, she just as clearly isn’t going to change who she is to appease anyone else, especially those she doesn’t know. Moore does so much with so little, gliding through the events of the narrative with graceful ease, and whether she is empowering her character to move on and love anew utilizing any and all means at her disposal or wallowing in a form of ephemeral grief brought on by heartless abandonment, the actress’ perfection is never in doubt.

Beautifully shot by Natasha Braier (The Neon Demon) and hypnotically edited by Soledad Salfate (who also cut the original film), Lelio’s reimagining of his Chilean opus is as visually alluring as they come. The film also features a magnificent soundtrack overflowing in familiar pop, rock and disco favorites from the past four decades, bits of shrewdly utilized classical music and an original score from composer Matthew Herbert (A Fantastic Woman) that’s nothing short of sensational. Gloria Bell is a spellbinding treasure, one that is deserving of multiple viewings if only to watch Moore dance her way through the story’s dramatic ins and outs with such irresistible brilliance.

Burton’s Dumbo a heartfelt remake of the timeless animated classic

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

DUMBO

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In 1941 Disney released Dumbo. Inspired by a story by Helen Aberson and Harold Pearl that by all accounts was never published in the way it was intended to be back when it was originally written in 1939 (the historical record isn’t exactly clear), the 64-minute effort was a heartbreakingly beautiful story that has been wowing viewers young and old for over seven decades now. Featuring Academy Award-winning music by Frank Churchill and Oliver Wallace, spellbinding moments of visual splendor that still amaze today and songs, most notably the Oscarnominated classic “Baby Mine” (it lost to Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein’s “The Last Time I Saw Paris” from Lady Be Good ), next to Bambi it’s hard to imagine any other animated effort personally overseen by Walt Disney during the studio’s early years that has elicited more tears from so many different people than this one has. It’s a masterpiece, no question, and I cannot imagine what my childhood would have been like had this film not been a treasured part of it.

With Disney seemingly eager to remake as many of their animated films as live action (or live action equivalent) offerings as possible, it was only a matter of time before Dumbo got the same treatment as Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Pete’s Dragon and Beauty and the Beast did before it. In fact, it is the first of three such updates to be released to theatres before the end of the summer (Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin and Jon Favreau’s The Lion King being the other two), and with a sequel to Maleficent (a 2014 reworking of Sleeping Beauty that made the formerly evil sorceress a misunderstood heroine fighting for redemption) in October and Mulan in 2020, it’s not like the studio has any plans to stop mining their extensive vault of family-friendly classics for potential re-creations anytime soon.

The good news? While nowhere nearly as wondrous as either Cinderella or Pete’s Dragon, and while not as visually eye-popping as The Jungle Book, I still found this new Dumbo to be surprisingly captivating. Directed by idiosyncratic madman Tim Burton and written by Ehren Kruger (The Ring, Ghost in the Shell), this update wears its larger-than-life heart on its sleeve and is unabashedly composed to enthrall children with its sense of magical wonderment. For the director, likely shocking to no one, this effort fits more in line with his previous offerings like Edward Scissorhands, Frankenweenie or Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children than it does his darker efforts like Batman, Sleepy Hollow or Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, the tone and style unabashedly childlike in both in its execution and in its presentation throughout all 112 minutes of the story.

Set during WWI, the plot revolves around the return home to the United States of former trick-riding cowboy Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) after he is wounded in action and loses an arm. Back at the Medici Brothers Circus he is reunited with children Milly (Nico Parker) and Joe (Finley Hobbins), his old boss Max Medici (Danny DeVito) and many of the circus’ key performers taking care of them both after his beloved wife tragically passed while he was away in France fighting the Germans. Hoping to return to riding, Max’s circus has fallen under hard times and has been forced to sell off many of its more valuable assets in order to survive, and that includes Holt’s horses. The only job available is to take care of the elephants, a position made even more vital due to the fact the gigantic Mrs. Jumbo is about to give birth, a baby elephant just what the circus needs in order to increase ticket sales and start building towards hopefully better days.

But this little tyke, at first named Jumbo Jr., isn’t what was expected. He’s got big floppy ears and a wide-eyed timidity that make him nothing short of a joke to the paying audience. Quickly renamed Dumbo,

Max hatches on an idea to turn the baby elephant into a circus clown, thinking that if ticket buyers are going to laugh at the little guy they might as well do so based on his antics and not because of his peculiar abnormalities. At the same time, Milly and Joe refuse to believe the newest member of the Medici Brothers Circus cannot become a star, especially after they discover just what it is he’s capable of. Working together the trio manage the impossible, and by the end of Dumbo’s first performance the whole world suddenly believes an elephant can indeed fly.

This new take on the timeless story involves far more people in its storytelling than its animated predecessor did. Sometimes this works beautifully, most notably with the trusting friendship that develops between Milly, Joe and Dumbo. Other aspects unfortunately do not, and that’s oddly the overarching tale of a grieving Holt overcoming his regret and despair at the loss of his wife, arm and job in order to realize just how gigantic the wonders of fatherhood can still be as long as he is willing to notice their existence. Also, Dumbo learning to fly, his showing an amazed audience that he could do so and reuniting with his imprisoned mother, Mrs. Jumbo, in the process, that was the entire plot of the original. Here, that’s barely the first hour of the film (if that), the entire second half devoted to a tale of a greedy Coney Island amusement park impresario trying to add the elephant to his stable of fantabulous attractions.

Thing is, as extraneous as that addition to the plot might be, I still liked it quite a bit. Michael Keaton is delightfully smarmy as the duplicitous V. A. Vandevere, while Eva Green lights up the screen as heavenly aerial daredevil Colette Marchant, a circus performer given the task to ride Dumbo as he soars above an awestruck audience. Burton’s knack for crafting wild, discombobulating visuals is as sharp as ever, Rick Heinrichs’ (Sleepy Hollow) colorfully eccentric production design and Colleen Atwood’s (Chicago) magnificent costumes nothing short of stun-

ning. Throw in Danny Elfman’s (Batman, Milk) marvelous score, which inventively reworks themes and songs from the 1941 feature with eloquent effortlessness, and my inner eight-year-old almost couldn’t help but come out to play. I enjoyed myself immensely, and to say I was happily smiling start to finish wouldn’t be stretching the truth by all that large a margin.

I do wish with the movie spent more time focusing on its titular character. Dumbo is magnificently created, the visual effects wizards behind his birth deserving of an enormous amount of praise. His expressive eyes fill the screen, and every time the little guy took flight my heart soared so high it almost crashed through the theatre’s ceiling. As this is his story he deserves to be the focal point of it, and yet for long stretches of the narrative he’s frustratingly more of an afterthought than he is an integral central figure. That this isn’t a fatal flaw is a testament to just how beguiling all of the moments involving the baby elephant prove to be, and while this is a problem, I just can’t find the energy or the desire to make it a big one.

It’s hard for me to state that Burton’s Dumbo will ever mean as much to me as the 1941 feature did. There’s just no way that could happen. And just as clearly, I also can’t imagine the film will inspire and move countless generations of viewers in any way close to the original.] But that doesn’t mean Burton has dropped the ball. His version of the story has spirit and it has imagination. It delivers visual wonders that are exuberantly spellbinding. Most importantly, it has a heart so overflowing in the hope for a better world and in the promise of future generations changing society for the better that cannot be denied. I believed an elephant could fly, this Disney remake a beguiling fantasy that does its animated predecessor proud.

Knightley aside, post-WWII Aftermath a frustratingly pedestrian love affair

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

THE AFTERMATH

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World War II has ended. Germany has been defeated. It is 1946 and British Colonel Lewis Morgan (Jason Clarke) is the newly installed governor of Hamburg charged with trying to rebuild the city after it had been bombed into oblivion during the last days of the war. He is joined by his estranged wife Rachel (Keira Knightley), the pair having difficulty rekindling their love for one another after their 11-year-old son was killed during one of the many German bombings of London. The couple have been billeted in the spacious country mansion of architect and widower Stephen Lubert (Alexander Skarsgård), he and his teenage daughter Freda (Flora Thiemann) to be relocated to one of the many shelters the British army has constructed for those left homeless after the destruction of Hamburg.

Much to Rachel’s horror, Colonel Morgan decides to allow Stephen and Freda to remain, asking them to move upstairs into the expansive attic while he and his wife occupy the remainder of the house. Initially, there is uneasy tension caused by this arrangement. Rachel understandably blames the Germans, no matter if they supported the war or not, for the death of her child. In turn, Freda looks at the British with eyes overflowing in anger and pain, the youngster holding the British and their bombing of Hamburg responsible for the death of her beloved mother. Somehow the ice begins to thaw between Rachel, Stephen and Freda as the trio begin to look at one another with fresh eyes, all of this taking place while an oblivious Colonel Morgan is away for long

periods as he faces countless hardships in his attempts to resurrect the German city from the ashes of its devastation.

Based on the book by Rhidian Brook and featuring a script co-written by the author and screenwriters Joe Shrapnel (Race) and Anna Waterhouse (Frankie & Alice), director James Kent’s The Aftermath is a war-torn melodrama of empathy, regret, betrayal, grief and forgiveness that frustratingly follows an obvious path. Its saga of a broken marriage and a passionate affair takes place in a postwar world where former enemies, one the victorious occupier, the other the defeated populace, try to learn how to get along even though emotions still run high and compassion on either side is hard to come by. But the inherent tension and viscerally-charged reactions born from such a scenario are oddly muted throughout, and if not for a staggeringly luminous performance from Knightley I doubt I’d have cared one iota for this film or the characters living within it.

This is a bit of a shame considering Kent’s last effort, the WWI drama Testament of Youth with Alicia Vikander, Taron Egerton, Dominic West, Emily Watson and Kit Harington, was a bona fide knockout that balanced a somewhat familiar story, overwrought emotions and a complex historical backdrop with superlative ease. But where it felt like the director was in complete control at all times as far as it pertained to the storytelling in that film, in this one it’s almost as if he can’t fully get a handle on the various subplots and characters that are running parallel to the central dramatic thread involving Rachel and Stephen’s blossoming sexual affair. From Colonel Morgan trying to stop German terrorists still loyal to the Nazi Party from killing his men and destroying the army’s

rebuilding efforts, to Freda’s romance with a mysterious young firebrand whose intentions might not be as pure as she thinks they are, none of this ends up being as vital to the central scenario that they by all accounts should be. Worse, when all of these various plot strands do finally collide they do so with a heavy-handed thud that’s both obnoxiously coincidental as well as being emotionally disingenuous.

It’s moderately unsatisfying, and because of this it doesn’t matter how magnificent Jon Henson’s (Overlord ) production design might be or how Max Richter’s (Mary Queen of Scots) delicately nuanced score is so perfectly utilized. I had trouble caring if Rachel was going to make the decision to stay with her husband or if she would instead flee out of the country with the German architect once his travel visa was authorized. This triangle born from colossal grief and inconceivable loss and fueled by an innate desire to feel love in a world where it has come perilously close to being bombed out of existence never affected me on an emotional level. I was left cold by it all, and even a climactic showdown in the snow near a frozen Elbe river didn’t pack the type of punch that could have possibly left anything close to a lasting impression.

And yet, none of these reservations means The Aftermath should be dismissed entirely. Kent still stages a handful of poignantly powerful little moments, not the least of which is a spellbinding, almost verbally silent sequence where Rachel and Freda discover a connection while playing Claude Debussy’s “Claire de lune” on a piano. There’s also a splendid bit set just after Colonel Morgan has been interrogating a German bombing suspect being held by the Russians where he’s speaking with

his young aide and driver about what war does to those fighting it, Clarke’s performance during this moment so genuinely introspective in its mournful profundity it had me reaching for a tissue to wipe away a couple of tears.

Then there is Knightley. While I would not state the two-time Academy Award nominee’s turn as Rachel Morgan is amongst her best performances, that does not make it any less masterful. She cuts to the quick in ways that are oftentimes startling, a hard-edged monologue where Rachel attempts to speak of her deceased son and what she was going through after his funeral to her husband bashing me senseless. But there is also a warmth to Knightley’s overall demeanor that lurks just underneath the surface, even when her character is trying her best to see all Germans as monsters. This allows the lustful passions Rachel ends up bowing to as they pertain to Stephen to carry that much extra weight, and even when the film flounders and has trouble finding its way the actress always seems to be able to re-stabilize the narrative just as it appears it is about to go hopelessly off the rails.

In some ways all of that only makes me even more disappointed in what it is Kent has delivered. For all of its immaculate production value, as stunning as it might look visually and as marvelous as Knightley is, the film never resonates in a meaningful manner that might end up making it worth a recommendation. While the components are all here ultimately The Aftermath just never rises to the occasion, the war-torn romantic triangle of recrimination, longing and emotional mercy a pedestrianly forgettable affair.

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SATURDAY - March 30

GLSEN 15th Annual LGBTQ Youth Leadership Conference. 8am-4pm. Seattle Academy STREAM Bldg, 1120 E Spring St. Features workshops on various topics for both students and educators to help build stronger Gay-Straight Alliances. Keynote speakers include Connor Franta of YouTube fame and Sarah Toce of The Seattle Lesbian and Burien Pride. Also featuring MC Gaysha Starr. Info: https://washingtonstate.glsen.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Positively Living Coffee Social. 10am-12 noon. Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. (206) 9571600. Sponsored by LIfelong. New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12-tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org. Youth Job Fair for LGBTQ and Allies. 1-3pm (interview workshop noon-1pm). Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. Annual event features job opportunities and resources for ages 14-24. Special guest: Kylie Mooncakes! Free; sponsored by Seattle Parks and Recreation. www.seattle.gov/parks/teens/programs/ teenjobs.htm

Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140. Monthly potluck meets last Saturday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouthcenter.org. (Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Seattle Men’s Chorus - “BELIEVE: The Music of Cher.” 8pm. McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. With special guest Cher impersonator Chad Michaels, who won the $100,000 Grand Prize on “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, the SMC will be performing and celebrating the music of Cher in this ultimate tribute concert. Tickets: $25-$81. www.seattlechoruses.org or (206) 388-1400 or day of show at the McCaw Hall box office. (Also 3/31 at 2pm.)

SUNDAY - March 31

Ravenna United Methodist Church. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school” - 9:45am Worship. 5751 33rd Ave NE. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. (206) 525-7988. Center for Spiritual Living. 9am meditation; 9:30am & 11am services. The Mountaineers, 7701 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org

Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am Sunday Services. 200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” (206) 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org.

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

Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org

University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org Central Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church,

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which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.”

All are welcome. (206) 322-7500.

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

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911

Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. (206) 682-3620.

Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Worship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org

Queen Anne United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 1606 5th Ave W. (206) 282-4307.

Unity Church of Kent. 10am. 218 State Ave S, Kent. A welcoming congregation open to people of all races, religions, creeds & lifestyles. Join us any Sunday for an inspirational message, joyful fellowship & a fresh spiritual outlook. (253) 854-9747.

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

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

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

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

First Church - First United Methodist Church of Seattle. 10:30am. 180 Denny Way. (Enter on 2nd Ave N for worship.) Welcome to First Church, a progressive community advocating for the homeless and hungry, and creating a refuge of inclusive Christianity. First Church is a proud member of the Reconciling Ministries Network. (206) 622-7278; firstchurchseattle.org

Northminster Presbyterian Church. 10:30am Worship. 7706 25th Ave NW. A village church in the city open to all. (206) 783-3402. www.northminsterpres.org (Conveniently located a block from the Metro #40 bus route.)

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

Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322 S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualities, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since 1987. welcometablecc.org Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation. 10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org. Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Buddies” on Meetup.com or at DharmaBuddies.org. (Women are invited to contact our sister meditation group at www. LotusSisters.org.)

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am Worship. 6512 12th Ave NW. An “open & affirming” congregation. “We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” (206) 783-6733; www.stpauluccseattle.com.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progressive, Anglo-Catholic parish, renewing its people for their Christian lives in today’s world through worship, spiritual formation, engagement in the arts, and acts of compassion. www.stpaulseattle.com

Just for Today (NA). 12-1:15pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step Narcotics Anonymous group open to anyone in recovery. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room

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

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/ Weds/Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org

Seattle Men’s Chorus - “BELIEVE: The Music of Cher.” 2pm. McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. With special guest Cher impersonator Chad Michaels, who won the $100,000 Grand Prize on “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, the SMC will be performing and celebrating the music of Cher in this ultimate tribute concert. Tickets: $25-$81. www.seattlechoruses.org or (206) 388-1400 or day of show at the McCaw Hall box office. (Also 3/30 at 8pm.) Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice session before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437. www. peerseattle.org

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

MONDAY - April 1

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

SOBER On Meds. 1-2pm. Peer Seattle 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. (206) 3222437; www.peerseattle.org

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437, www. peerseattle.org

“But Can I Pay My Rent Tho?!” Surviving as a TQPOC Artist. 6pm. Gay City, Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. First session of a two-part financial workshop taught by poet and blogger J Mase III, aimed at helping Trans and Queer artists of color develop strategies toward a life supported by their creative work. Sponsored by Gay City Arts; ADA accessible space. Free. RSVP to www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4072250. (Part 2 takes place April 8, 6pm.)

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St, downstairs space. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30-8:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Monday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. (Also meets Fridays.)

Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Every Monday. www. washingtongenderalliance.com

TUESDAY

- April 2

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

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by YouthCare. (206) 622-5555. defeatHIV Community Advisory Board (CAB). 5:307:30pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway @ E Jef

ferson St. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. CAB builds community involvement in order to advance defeatHIV’s clinical research into a potential gene therapy cure for HIV infection. If you want to learn more about our efforts to ensure that all of Seattle’s communities that are affected by HIV have a strong voice in the cure research of defeatHIV, please come to one of our community dinner meetings. More info, contact Michael Louella, (206) 667-5810; mlouella@fredhutch.org

Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County. “We will be discussing issues concerning the local Gay community & value your opinion, voice, comments, suggestions & attendance. Come join us as we build community in Snohomish County.” David, (425) 339-5238. LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org

Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org

No Man’s Land - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Colonial room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.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. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org

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 (206) 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

WEDNESDAY - April 3

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

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org Living Positively. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for the HIV community with various topics for discussion and conversation. (206) 957-1600 or www.lifelong.org. Sponsored by Lifelong.

GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com

Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. University Book Store Cafe, 4326 University Way NE. Every Wednesday. This month’s title: __________. [April title not yet announced.] https://faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ Southeast Seattle Lesbian Evening Group. 6pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. RSVP to Kate Hawkins (206) 722-0317. www.sessc.org. FREE.

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

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park, 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday. Meet at Black Sun sculpture across for museum. (See Saturday at 9am.)

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

Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. Every Wednesday. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www. ingersollcenter.org

Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org

PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Renton: 425-235-4139. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org. Mature Friends Pinochle Group. 7:30pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

Pride Skate Seattle. 8:30-11pm. Southgate Roller Rink, 9646 17th Ave SW. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. $8 admission includes skate rental. Must be 18+, with 21+ bar. Performances, roller skating, and fun! See you there! www.southgaterollerrink.com

THURSDAY - April 4

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

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.) Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

First Thursday Art Walk in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square. 5-9pm. Art galleries in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square host opening night receptions. Seattle Art Museum is free today. Rouge at Maximilien. 5-7pm. 81a Pike Place Market. Live Parisian music during First Thursday Art Walk. Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month. SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council, & all City of Seattle Depts in matters regarding human rights. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide. Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4540.

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937. Boys Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www.

lamberthouse.org

Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Northgate Mall, 491 NE Northgate Way. Meets 1st Thursday each month. Monthly social meet & greet. Look for your fellow Prime Timers at a table in the Food Court at the south end of the mall. Northgate is served by many bus routes including 26X, 40, 41, 67 & 75. www.seattleprimetimers.org [NOTE: Please double check SPT calendar on website to confirm.]

21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Thursday. A meditation/ recovery group. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.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. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Thursday. Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org [NOTE: Please contact the facilitator prior to attending.]

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.)

FRIDAY

- April 5

Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. A drop-in AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. Ongoing 12-step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

LGBTQ & Allies 18+ Free Friday Night Drop-In Volleyball. 6-7:45pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. Every Friday. (206) 684-4753.

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

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org

Game Night. 7pm-11pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Friday. Card games, board games and fellowship. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma 7:30-8:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Friday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. (Also meets Mondays.)

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon. org; (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

SATURDAY - April 6

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

SUNDAY - April 7

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

PFLAG/Whatcom County (Bellingham) Monthly Meeting. 5pm. Community Food Co-op Bakery, 405 E Holly St, Bellingham. Meets 1st Sunday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses, & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.whatcompflag.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each 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 (206) 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

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

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org

Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org

Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount Vernon) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook.

COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities - www.colage.org

Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest. org

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, (206) 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Networksupport & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, (206) 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911 Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org

Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org

Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org

Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 860-6969. www.gaycity.org

Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community - (206) 393-3400; info@gapseattle.org; gapseattle.org

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org

Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse. org

LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org

Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org

MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks.

org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www. seattle primetimers.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org

Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly. org

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle

Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org

PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org

PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: (206) 325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State: www. pflagwsc.org.

Peer Seattle (formerly Seattle Area Support Groups) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/ Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx

Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org

Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235. Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org

Rainbow Center - Resource Center for Tacoma/Pierce County LGBTIQA community. Through education, advocacy and celebration, the Rainbow Center expands resources, and safe space for the LGBTQIA community. Sponsors Tacoma Pride Festival. (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org

Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call (206) 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT com-

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Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) i- SEE LISTING for Peer Seattle.

Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. (206) 323-1768.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq

Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov

Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org

Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org

Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net

SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education

& recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@ camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org

Three Dollar Bill Cinema - TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival; Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival; Outdoor Cinema at Cal Anderson Park. www. threedollarbillcinema.org

TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www.genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; Lion’s Main Art Collective: www. lionsmain.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org;

TRANSform Washington: transformwashington.com; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com

WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http:// psoloc.org, (253) 777-3357; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol. com; Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks. org, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com ; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www. mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www.outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 726-8500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www. pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org :

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