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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 19, Volume 43, May 8, 2015

Seattle Opera flirts with perfection...Twice!

Katie Travis as Christine Daaé and Chris Mann as The Phantom – photo by Matthew Murphy

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer PHANTOM OF THE OPERA PARAMOUNT THEATRE Through May 10 Sir(s) Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh’s musical [pop] opera The Phantom of the Opera is the longest running Broadway show in history. Running for 27 years (and still remaining on the Great White Way) the musical has under-

gone renovation and is currently touring under the heading of “spectacular new production.” After a four-year absence, Phantom has returned to Seattle and the Paramount Theatre. The musical tells the Gothic romance story of a Parisian opera house that is haunted by an unseen specter. Monsieurs Firmin and André have bought the opera house without knowing of the ghost’s existence. After another of the phantom’s acsee phantom page 7

Ariadne (Marcy Stonikas) and Zerbinetta (Rachele Gilmore) in Seattle Opera’s Ariadne auf Naxos – photo by Elise Bakketun

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE OPERA ARIADNE AUF NAXOS MCCAW HALL May 2-16 One of the joys of seeing both casts at a new show at Seattle Opera (opening night and the subsequent Sunday matinee) is seeing how the different singers handle the same role. Anyone interested in the art (and science?) of singing appreciates

the incredibly complex mixture of native physical gifts, musicality, intelligence and acting chops that it takes to make a successful opera singer. When the roles are as demanding as the principal singers in Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos, one seldom experiences perfection in the whole cast. With the current production, you not only get near perfection on opening night, but you also get it in the matinee cast the next day. Seattle Opera’s skill in fielding two such casts is truly exceptional. see ARIADNE page 8

Little Bee stings with real life drama

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by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer Sydney Andrews as Sarah and Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako as Little Bee – photo by John Ulman

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

LITTLE BEE BOOK-IT REPERTORY THEATRE Through May 17 If you’re like me, you probably don’t know all that much about Nigeria and the relationship with international oil conglomerates. The attempt to control the valuable

oil resources of Nigeria has created undeniable danger for residents of areas on top of oil. Book-It Repertory Theatre’s latest production is based on the fictionalized plight of one young teenager, but there is no mistaking the desire for the novel writer, Chris Cleave, to help us realize the truth of the Nigerian situation. Little Bee is the name of the play and the name of the main character, played

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OUTSIDE MULLINGAR SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE April 24-May 17 John Patrick Shanley has written for the stage, screen and opera platforms. His work has garnered him Academy Award and Tony Award wins and the honor of winning the prestigious Pulitzer Prize Award for Drama. His screenplay of Moonstruck gave us a glimpse into his prolific writing style and his highly acclaimed Doubt: A Parable

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assured his recognition as one of America’s greatest playwrights. When sitting down to chat with Mr. Shanley it is an easy-going experience at complete leisure, and easy to enjoy his eloquent way of speaking about his work, his family and his latest work, Outside Mullingar, currently on stage at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Eric Andrews-Katz: Who were your earliest writing influences? John Patrick Shanley: When I was twelve years old I attended Cardinal Spellman High School. I worked on the school production of Cyrano de Bergerac. In the see shanley page 8

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Miley Cyrus’ new foundation will benefit LGBT youth

107 cassette tapes featuring 200 hours of unreleased and never-before-heard audio recordings, some of which will be put onto a solo album that is expected to come out this summer. The tapes contain jam sessions with Nirvana, Courtney Love, and other musicians, plus demos with Cobain’s former punk act Fecal Matter, spoken word material, Beatles covers, and experimental recordings. Montage of Heck can currently be seen on HBO, To read Morgen’s interview with Seattle Gay News go to www.sgn.org and click on the archives link for April 27. Speaking of HBO films, the cable network will premiere Bessie on May 16. The bio doc is based on the life of Bessie Smith, one of the most influential artists of the 1920s and ‘30s, and features Queen Latifah in the title role and Oscar winner Mo’Nique as Ma Rainey.

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer She’s twerking for a good cause. Miley Cyrus announced this week the launch of Happy Hippie Foundation, an organization that will aid homeless and LGBT youth, including donations to the Hollywood youth center My Friend’s Place. The “Wrecking Ball” singer first drew awareness to the issue when she invited a homeless teen to accept her MTV Video of the Year award at last year’s ceremony. “It’s not going to be an overnight process,” she stated during an interview with the Associated Press. “You’ve got to get into a lot of people’s brains and you’ve got to really make this a topic.” It’s estimated that more than 1.6 million young people are without shelter in the U.S., and many cities have no available resources for these teens to utilize when faced with

desperate situations, such as a place to spend the night or food. Cyrus began raising money for the foundation by creating video collaborations with Joan Jett and Ariana Grande, called “The Backyard Sessions,” which are available for viewing on its official Facebook page, facebook.com/ HappyHippieFoundation. The 22 year-old has consistently supported the LGBT community, from backing same-sex marriage to acknowledging Bruce Jenner as “my hero” for bravely transitioning to a woman. Cyrus is also penning a new batch of songs on the topic of loving one’s self and each other. 2015 has become The Year of Kurt Cobain. The late rock icon’s documentary Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck, directed by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Brett Morgen, debuted to national audiences on May 2 with rare footage and artwork that had been stored for years before being pieced together for the HBO movie. In that same storage facility, Morgen discovered

My Morning Jacket has announced back-to-back Seattle dates on its upcoming tour, set to appear October 2 and 3 at the Moore Theatre, which is also hosting Jason Isbell for a single performance on August 7. Tickets for both of these shows are on sale at stgpresents.org. And, in case you missed it, the Tulalip Resort Casino’s Summer Concerts series will kick off July 3 with a double-bill, Boz Scaggs and Aaron Neville, followed by Hank Williams Jr. on July 8, Boyz II Men & Brian McNight on August 6, The Band Perry on August 15, Huey Lewis and the News on August 28, and Sammy Hagar and The Circle on August 28. Tickets are available at tulalipresortcasino.com. Finally, if all goes well, look for a review of the Neil Diamond concert in next week’s issue of Seattle Gay News. The legendary singer-songwriter performs May 10 at Key Arena. Any remaining tickets are available at livenation.com, or at the venue’s box office on the day of show.

Hozier, Kacey Musgraves, Ellie Goulding, Zedd, Peaches, Fitz and Tantrums on Bumbershoot lineup

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

Already, Bumbershoot is singing a different tune. The annual Labor Day Weekend festival announced its lineup for the 2015 event with a more impressive, diverse and exciting list of artists than last year’s staging, which didn’t quite attract the huge crowds that have traditionally gathered under the Space Needle in early September. Hozier, Kacey Musgraves, Ellie Goulding, Zedd, Fitz and the Tantrums, Jhene Aiko, Peaches, Brandon Flowers, Faith No More, The Weeknd, Neko Case, Chance the Rapper, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Lindsey Stirling, Social Distortion, Minus the Bear, Cake, The Cave Singers, Brand New, Flying Lotus, Devotchka, Flosstradamus, and The Melvins are just some of the acts scheduled to perform during the three-day festival. Unlike previous years, when Bumbershoot released the musical lineup in piecemeal (which I really disliked), the event organizers unveiled the entire roster of performers all at once earlier this week. Additional programming, including comedy, performing arts, film, words & ideas, theatre, visual arts, spectacles, and

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Youngershoot, will be announced in the coming weeks. The Center for Infectious Disease Research (formerly Seattle BioMed) is the official non-profit sponsor. As part of the partnership, portions of each ticket sold will be donated to the organization, which helps spread global health awareness. Bumbershoot will feature two mainstages this time around, Memorial Stadium and Key Arena. On a chilly late summer evening, I personally would rather see a concert indoors than outside, so I’m very happy with this adjustment. The 45th installment of the Bumbershoot Festival takes place September 5, 6 and 7 at Seattle Center, in Lower Queen Anne. Tickets for the festival are now on sale at bumbershoot. org, where the full musical lineup can be viewed.

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SEATTLE SYMPHONY SELECTED FOR WALLACE FOUNDATION AUDIENCE-BUILDING INITIATIVE $385,000 focuses on new urban cultural consumers

The Seattle Symphony has been selected for the New York-based Wallace Foundation’s Building Audiences for Sustainability effort – a new, six-year, $52-million initiative aimed at developing practical insights into how exemplary performing arts organizations can successfully expand their audiences, the foundation announced today. The Seattle Symphony plans four continuous learning cycles of work as part of this initiative. In the first cycle, the Wallace grant of $385,000 will be used to study the tastes, preferences and motivations of Seattle’s rapidly growing population of new urban cultural consumers. The Symphony will build on a number of its bold and innovative concert series to develop new modes of interaction with its audience and explore pathways to growth among this important group of attenders. For this project, urban cultural consumers are defined by evidence of interest and spending on cultural experiences, rather than age or income. Seattle Symphony President & CEO Simon Woods said, “We’re very grateful to The Wallace Foundation for including our organization in this hugely important initiative to better understand and expand arts audiences. As urban populations rise quickly in thriving cities like Seattle, we’re very eager to learn more about the tastes and preferences of these communities and in turn share that knowledge with the broader arts and culture community.” The Seattle Symphony is one of three leading Seattle arts organizations that have been selected for this initiative. Seattle Opera’s $356,983 Wallace grant will allow the company to test and develop strategies to increase attendance in the millennial and baby boomer generations. The company will experiment with various approaches to the way a production is conceptualized and designed, as well as the communications and engagement activities to support what’s happening on the stage. Pacific Northwest Ballet’s (PNB) grant of $565,000 will be used to test the efficacy of creative involvement and cultural associations with new work, to generate a greater affinity among the millennial audience. PNB will build from a highly successful program that has previously engaged teen and young adult audiences. The Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera and Pacific Northwest Ballet are among 26 arts organizations from around the country that were selected to be a part of the Building Audiences for Sustainability initiative and noted by the foundation for their artistic excellence. Each organization will design and implement programs to attract new audiences while retaining current ones, measuring whether and how this contributes to their overall financial sustainability.

The organizations represent a spectrum of artistic disciplines, from dance and opera companies to orchestras, theaters and multidisciplinary arts institutions. The selected partners will receive financial and technical support from the foundation to develop, implement, analyze and learn from their audience-building work. The evidence gathered from this work will be documented

and engaging new audiences is challenging for arts organizations because, even as the number of arts groups has grown, national rates of participation in the arts have declined, arts education has waned, and competition for ways to spend leisure time has increased. We are confident that the 26 organizations selected from a pool of more than 300 identified by leaders in the arts na-

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and analyzed by a Wallace-commissioned independent team of researchers, providing valuable insights, ideas and information for the entire field. “The arts are essential on both a personal level, providing us with experiences that open us to new perspectives, and on a community level, helping us to find common ground,” said Will Miller, president of The Wallace Foundation. “However, attracting

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tionwide will provide new insights that will benefit the field at large, helping to bring the arts to a broader and more diverse group of people.” The Seattle Symphony will receive grant support from Wallace to fund four continuous learning cycles of work. In the first cycle, the Seattle Symphony will receive $385,000 to develop and implement a new audience-building program, study the re-

sults, and then use the findings to implement subsequent cycles of programs. The Seattle Symphony’s grant includes funding for audience research to inform the work. About the Seattle Symphony Founded in 1903, the Seattle Symphony is one of America’s leading symphony orchestras and is internationally acclaimed for its innovative programming and extensive recording history. Under the leadership of Music Director Ludovic Morlot since September 2011, the Symphony is heard live from September through July by more than 300,000 people. It performs in one of the finest modern concert halls in the world – the acoustically superb Benaroya Hall – in downtown Seattle. Its extensive education and communityengagement programs reach over 100,000 children and adults each year. The Seattle Symphony has a deep commitment to new music, c o m m i s si o n i ng many works by living composers each season, including John Luther Adams’ recent “Become Ocean,” which won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music and a 2015 Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. The orchestra has made more than 140 recordings and has received 18 Grammy nominations, two Emmy Awards and numerous other accolades. In 2014 the Symphony launched its in-house recording label, Seattle Symphony Media. About The Wallace Foundation Based in New York City, The Wallace Foundation is an independent national philanthropy dedicated to fostering improvements in learning and enrichment for disadvantaged children and the vitality of the arts for everyone. It seeks to catalyze broad impact by supporting the development, testing, and sharing of new solutions and effective practices. At www.wallacefoundation. org, the Foundation maintains an online library about what it has learned, including knowledge from its current efforts aimed at: strengthening education leadership to improve student achievement, helping selected cities make good afterschool programs available to more children, expanding arts learning opportunities for children and teens, providing high-quality summer learning programs to disadvantaged children and enriching and expanding the school day in ways that benefit students, and helping arts organizations build their audiences. Courtesy of the Seattle Symphony and The Wallace Foundation

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Seattle Shake’s Othello is an imperfect but solid production

Sean Phillips as Othello and Hillary Clemens as Desdemona in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s production of Othello – photo by John Ulman

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer OTHELLO SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Through May 17 The current production of Othello by Seattle Shakespeare Company is a combination of aspects that work excellently and some that don’t quite. Director John Langs adds some beautiful atmospherics, like starting the whole production with an imagined wedding ceremony between the fair Desdemona (Hillary Clemens) and the Moor Othello (Sean Phillips). The presentation is 20th Century garb, but not quite up-to-date and not quite a spe-

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continued from cover with heartbreaking simplicity and sagacity by Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako. She begins a narration of her circumstances by first asking us to agree with her that scars are beautiful. Scars prove you’ve survived. Many of the stories Little Bee and other women have survived begin with the phrase, “And then the men came…” This is both a wonderful moment and one that portends great pain to come. Little Bee has escaped from horrendous circumstances in Nigeria, to land at the doorstep of a virtual stranger in London. Sarah (Sydney Andrews), a fashion magazine editor, and Andrew (Eric Riedmann)

cific time period. So, it’s modern enough to include guns, of which there are none, but too modern to include swords, of which there are plenty. It might have made more sense to use short, decorative swords for dress uniforms, instead. The dialogue is delivered in American accents, but then some actors, particularly when they are rushed, don’t articulate enough to make themselves understood. Then again, Sean Phillips uses an extremely distinct accent, as though he’s in a different production. Indeed, he has performed as Othello before, and maybe some of the other productions’ styles have crept in. At least, in that regard, everything he says is clearly heard. Phillips is not local, though he’s performed here before. It’s a pleasure to see him on our stage, again. Clemens portrays Desdemona in part as a very young teen, but then does not quite portray the teen enough, so her performance is not quite formal and not quite informal. Her high-pitched vocal quality in this role doesn’t suit her character. As Desdemona realizes that something has gone terribly wrong in her marriage, there are many ways to play the last scenes before her death: she realizes she will probably die and determines to go with dignity, she thinks she can change his mind, she is so confused about what has set him off that it’s all she can think about. In this production, the attitude is not clear, and the audience is less likely to be as on her side as perhaps they should be. Her enthusiasm and love for Othello in the beginning, however, is entrancing. Darragh Keenan plays the villain Iago. He is an excellent actor and shows his talent well in this role. However, a key element for Iago is the discovery of elements he can add to his revenge on Othello. Iago is supposed to be quick-witted and nimble

enough to have something happen that he didn’t plan and then fold that into his plan to make it better. Discovery and “watching Iago think” are part of the enjoyment of the unfolding plot (even if what you’re watching unfold is clearly evil). Here, Keenan plays Iago as if he already knows what to do at every moment. Another element added is a projection of Othello’s imagination. As Othello gets jealous of the idea of Desdemona in another man’s arms (planted by Iago), he imagines and we see the visuals projected onto parts of the set. This is an interesting atmospheric, but then draws attention away from Othello’s speaking, which undercuts the actor. The main story of the play is clear and well-represented in this production. A subplot with the hapless Rodrigo (Trick Danneker) works for comedic effect, as Shakespeare liked to do within even his darkest tragedies, but feels slight in this production

and not well integrated, though Danneker is perfect casting for the role. If you have never seen Othello, this is a good solid production to see. You’ll enjoy interesting visuals and a solid cast. Although I’ve made some critical remarks, much of the above commentary has to do with knowing a play pretty well, and having some established expectations about it. Coming up, don’t forget that we’re just a couple of months away from free Shakespeare in the Parks. Wooden O, Seattle Shakespeare Company’s summer park show production company, will be doing As You Like It and Henry IV! For more information, go to www.seattleshakespeare.org or call 206-733-8222. Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found at miryamstheatermusings.blogspot. com.

Darrah Kennan as Iago and Sean Phillips as Othello in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s production of Othello – photo by JohnUlman

met Little Bee on a Nigerian beach. That moment, two years in the past, has formed scars that haunt all its participants. If you have not read the book, it would be churlish to give away the details. Little Bee has risked her life over and over to reach London, only to be caught up by immigration police and stuck inside a horrid immigrant prison for two years. Once let go on a technicality, the only people she knows in Britain are this young couple. So, she finds her way there, not even knowing whether there will be a welcome from them. Little Bee arrives at a time of crisis: Andrew has committed suicide and Sarah is trying to cope with that and to care for her young son. Young Jonah Kowal does a Kaila Towers and Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako – photo by John Ulman

John Kowal and Claudine Mboligikpelani – photo by John Ulman

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great job as the boy who won’t take off his Batman suit. Little Bee immediately becomes useful as the boy’s babysitter, so we know there is likely a new home for her in this arrangement. But the relationship between Sarah and Little Bee is the glue that holds the story together as we get pieces of the story over the course of the evening. Some of the story is harrowing and extremely well-portrayed by a fabulous ensemble cast directed by Myra Platt, who also adapted the novel. In particular, Meiko Parton portrays a truly terrifying Nigerian gangster, along with other roles. The first act is the best of the journey, here, with the second act getting a bit unrealistic, especially toward the end. But that shortcoming is more a result of the novel’s

shortcomings than the stage play’s. Still, the two leads are entirely watchable and committed and do some of their best work seen on stage to date. This is an uncomfortable show, in some ways, but an important and educating one. I highly recommend it! (However, it’s not for younger children, due to the very adult violence. Perhaps teens over 13.) For more information, contact Book-It Repertory Theatre at 206-216-0833 or go to www.book-it.org. Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found at miryamstheatermusings.blogspot. com.

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is pure and she enunciates well so that her powercidents, the lead diva Carlotta walks out. ful soprano can be The young chorus member named Chris- heard throughout tine Daaé is promoted to the lead. Christine the theater. But… is the daughter of a famous violinist and there seems to be when her father died, he promised to send an apathetic unthe “Angel of Music” to guide her. Since his dertone in her predeath Christine has become a protégé of the sentation. There phantom’s thinking it is her father’s guid- are several times ance from beyond the grave. The phantom throughout the becomes enraged with jealousy when the night that she has new opera patron Raoul and Christine be- the audience on come romantically involved and eventually the verge of eating engaged. The phantom reappears declaring out of her hand, Christine to be his and demanding that she and then lets it perform in the opera he has written for her. fizzle without any After another fatal accident Christine real- “umph” to it. Even izes that she will never be free of the phan- Mr. Mann’s turn as tom’s curse. The opera owners and Raoul the Phantom left a set a trap to ensnare the phantom specter little to be desired. by deciding to put on the phantom’s opera The role is a tragiknowing the ghost will appear to hear his cally sympathetic protégé sing. one and it is that The new opera owners Mssr Fir- power that alJacquelynne Fontaine as Carlotta Giudicelli – photo by Matthew Murphy min (Craig Bennett) and André (Edward lows the audience to Staudenmayer) are good at balancing each empathize with the deformed genius. Mr. past wanderings across the stage (showing Overall, the “new” production of Phanother on stage. Both voices are strong Mann’s interpretation seems more angry the descent to the underground lake) dur- tom of the Opera is an enjoyable one. If this enough for their roles and both men imbue and bitter than sympathetic, and it fails to ing the title number “Phantom of the Op- is your first exposure to the grandiose love era,” the specter story, sit back and enjoy one of the theatre’s leads Christine most popularly touted achievements. If you down spiral steps have seen Phantom before, you haven’t that magically seen this version, and the changes are defiprotrude out of the nitely a credit to the production. It breathes side of the building new life into a well-told story and adds a making for a more refreshing cosmetic makeover. fantastical descent. The Phantom of the Opera followed its The fire attacks triumphant London debut with its Broadfrom the Phantom, way premier on January 9, 1988, where it which previously is currently still running in both venues. worked like magi- Nominated for ten Tony Awards it won sevcian’s FlashPaper, en including Best Musical and Best Actor in now has erupting a Musical (Michael Crawford). The role of pyrotechnics for Christine was originated (and repeated on a much better ef- Broadway) by Sarah Brightman, who was fect. Even the sig- at the time Mrs. Andrew Lloyd Webber. A nature “chandelier film version of the musical was released in fall” has had a mild 2004 to less than fantastic reviews. makeover. While it still crashes down, the illustrious lantern falls over the audience (instead of swinging onto the stage) creating a better spectacle and illusion. There are also several Katie Travis as Christine Daaé and Storm Lineberger as Raoul – photo by Matthew Murphy other minor tweaks them with good flair and presentation. The fully win the audience over to his side. here and there, but those who have seen the two lead opera divas are Carlotta (JaequeThe falling chandelier (is that a spoiler show several times over the years would be lynne Fontaine) and Piangi (Frank Viveros) after 27 years?) still gets the largest ap- the only ones to notice them. and are definitely written for comic relief. plause of the eveWhile Mr. Viveros plays his role with a ning. slight campy edge, Ms. Fontaine does not So what is and presents Carlotta as the scorned, vin- “new” in this dictive diva that the role calls for her to be, production? Algiving her a stronger presence with a bet- though the cast ter edge to her character. Theor voices are has downsized strong – considering they both do large op- slightly and the eratic solos – and that’s a good thing. costumes have The three leads of the show are the been a bit altered, counterpoints of the love triangle: Raoul neither the music (Storm Lineberger), Christine (Katie Tra- nor orchestravis) and, of course, the Phantom (Chris tion has changed. Mann; played by Eric Ruiz May 5-8). Mr. The updates are Lineberger’s interpretation of the leading mostly found in man Raoul is presented as a robust man, the staging and delighted to be reunited with his one time the sets, but it love, Christine. His voice is good and the is all improvesinging is clear (which is important in an ments. Over the operetta) but there doesn’t seem to be much past quarter cenemotion behind the power of his voice. In tury, theatrical fact, that emotion seems to be lacking in all special effects three of the leading parts as they all sing have improved with wonderful training in voice, but not with every other much evidence in emoting and giving the form of technolcharacters a personality. Ms. Travis’ voice ogy. Instead of continued from cover

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continued from cover Almost the only reason I would recommend the opening cast over the other is the chance to experience a truly amazing young tenor, Issachah (pronounced iss-uhKYE-uh) Savage. He has all the power of an extraordinary heroic tenor (as in Tristan or Otello) combined with a phenomenal vocal beauty, all guided by a seemingly perfect technique and profound musicality. His appearance as Bacchus comes primarily in only the final half-hour of the opera, yet such was the thrill of his sound that the audience exploded at the end. Only once in the lifetime of an avid opera fan is one likely to encounter such a thrilling Bacchus. Mind you, the matinee Bacchus, tenor Jeffrey Hartman, was also terrific in his Seattle debut. It’s just that Issachah Savage leaves all competition behind, as indeed he did last summer at the Seattle Opera’s International Wagner Competition, where he walked away with a first prize, as well as the audience choice and the orchestra’s choice. I would gladly see Jeffrey Hartman return to Seattle Opera; whereas a younger me would travel the world to hear Mr. Savage live. (An accurate recording would just make you think the engineers fiddled with the knobs to fake such power.)

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continued from cover course of running the show, I had heard it and watched it from the wings night after night. It’s a play about a poet who is the toughest guy in the room. Being from the Bronx, it was hard for me to see what a poet was. I knew I was one, but I was ashamed of it. I learned how not to be because the play was so free, daring and joyous on the subject. It invited me into that world. Andrews-Katz: What is it like to know you’ve written one of the most iconic movie scenes with Moonstruck? Shanley: I enjoyed writing Moonstruck. Then I was very much in the habit of if the phone rang, I’d always answer it – no matter what if I was writing the most pivotal thing. Whoever it was I’d say, listen to this. My agent (who is a woman) happened to call when I was writing the big romantic appeal that Nicholas Cage makes to Cher. I said, “listen to this,” and read her the aria. She paused and said, “I’d go upstairs with him after he said that!” It was a joy to write with Norman Jewison; he was the perfect person to direct it. It was like a house on fire. When I went to Toronto we stayed up all night and read it with only the two of us playing the parts, and we enacted the entire movie together. It was a blast and very informative because we were both on the same page with things. He put together an extraordinary cast. Very few things in life go well, and all the things lined up on that one. Andrews-Katz: Your play Doubt: A Parable opened on Broadway in 2005. Have you ever received any backlash about the controversial Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning work? Shanley: Not really. I heard from a lot of clergy because I had my email in the program of the show. I heard from thousands of people and I answered every email. I heard from many priests and nuns, but the only thing was the occasional quibble about vestment colors. After arguing for a while, they’d say something like “maybe it was the right color then.” They were very open. The play wasn’t an indictment or about the scandals per se. It was more about the idea of being so certain on a subject and the blindness that it can cause. It’s about how to op-

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The part of Ariadne needs a powerful, dramatic soprano. (Jane Eaglen sang in Seattle Opera’s last production in 2004.) The sopranos in both casts filled the bill supremely well. World-famous Christine Libor was in superb voice on Saturday night. The reason I slightly preferred Sunday’s Marcy Stonikas lies in the greater warmth and consistency of her voice, and in how she inhabited the role, bringing a relatable personality to this rather lofty role. Off-setting Ariadne’s sorrowful image is the playful Zerbinetta, one of the most demanding coloratura roles in all of opera. Back in the 1950s, when I first encountered her, Zerbinetta was usually sung by very light sopranos (Rita Streich, Roberta Peters, etc.), those with an effortless top but not much body to the sound. Our two sopranos here had more full-bodied voices, but with again those effortless top notes and lovely sound. Sarah Coburn (Saturday) was vocally the equal of Rachele Gilmore (Sunday, her debut) and was a bit more lively and commanding in the character than Gilmore. Both were superb. (Saturday night, Coburn flirted with retired Director Speight Jenkins, who was one of the many guests seated on the stage...much to the delight of the audience. The complex plot involves an opera-within-an-opera, staged for a rich man’s guests, who in this production watch from their fancy dinner seats.)

The brilliant plot is confusing to a lot of people and too complex to describe here. Suffice to say that the opera that we see WITHIN the framing opera needed a composer, here sung by mezzo sopranos in what is often termed a “trouser” role. The composer Saturday was famed Kate Lindsey, who has appeared to great acclaim several times at Seattle Opera. A delightful and lively actress, Lindsey has an attractive, supple voice, but not an especially large or rich one. The same can be said about Sarah Larsen (Sunday). Slightly less articulated as an actress, she nonetheless has a somewhat richer voice and easier tops. Both were totally convincing as this young man who is so devoted to his art that he can scarcely related to those around him. There are 17 named parts in Ariadne auf Naxos, all of which were filled to perfection in these performances. All except the above mentioned sang in both casts. Of special note was baritone Patrick Carfizzi, who played the composer’s music teacher. Carfizzi was totally at home on stage and sang with a very strong and effective voice. Also especially effective and lovely were the parts of Naiad, Dryad, and Echo, sung respectively by soprano Amanda Opuszynski, mezzo Maya Lahyani (very strong), and soprano Andrea Carroll. Of the many others, there was not a weak link. Bringing these all together were stage

director Chris Alexander, set designer Robert Dahlstrom, and especially conductor Lawrence Renes, a man who proved once again (after a spectacular Elektra in 2008) that he commands a skill with Strauss that allowed him to mold those exquisite phrases to perfection, never allowing the orchestra to overpower the singers. The orchestral sounds from this “chamber” orchestra (39 players) were sumptuous and clearly articulated throughout.

erate as a thinking person in the world, to operate beyond the realm of doubting, and never give up the right to doubt. Keeping doubt alive in the heart and soul is part of the modern dilemma. Andrews-Katz: In Doubt, the mother of the young boy in question, gives a knowing speech about her son’s demeanor. Was there any particular reason for putting this powerful monologue into the show? Shanley: When I went to Cardinal Spellman High School, in my freshman year there was one black student. I would look and think “What is it like to be you?” I took that question through the subsequent decades and answered it in the play. Maybe it was not specifically about him, but what it meant for him to be the only black student in that school. You need to know the specifics of a person’s behavior before judging their behavior. Andrews-Katz: What new challenges did you find in writing the libretto for Doubt the Opera? Shanley: They came to me with a composer named Douglas J. Cuomo with the idea of doing an opera of Doubt. He had been in talks with the Minnesota Opera about commissions. I asked if we could do something else, but he was very enamored with Doubt as an opera subject. I agreed because I wanted the experience of doing something new and to work in this forum, but I kept arguing that we do Basic Instinct as an opera. A lot of people had seen Doubt as a play and a movie, but I even told them I’d be there to see Basic Instinct as an opera. They insisted on Doubt and it went very well. (I’d still like to do an opera of Basic Instinct.) Andrews-Katz: Your latest play Outside Mullingar involves family rivalries, petty escalated grudges, family deaths, and of course, love. You’ve stated that you wrote it after your 60th birthday. What inspired it and is the birthdate relevant to the viewpoint of the play? Shanley: I think the birthday is relevant to the show. I had gone back to Ireland when my father got too old to go by himself. He emigrated here when he was 24 and never lost his baroque. His brothers and sisters had baroques and my father used to play Irish music on the accordion while the family danced. I was inundated with this,

but never wanted to write about that. I think people want to escape from the childhoods they’ve known and that prevents them returning to it in joyous ways. When I went back, they talked in a different manner and I thought, “They are my people! They think like I think. They have a similar sense of humor to mine, and very different from their American counterparts!” I could write about these people. Andrews-Katz: About Outside Mullingar you are quoted as saying: “I found a strange relief in the play.” Could you elaborate on that statement? Shanley: I think that we’ve been in a time of great knowingness of distancing ourselves from our own feelings. There are things I sincerely feel [and wanted to write about] and this is the play that I can put these things into without apologies or explanation. Among those things are honesty, love for one family member or another without explanation. In a weird way it’s kind of a revolutionary way to put on stage. There is always a distance between real emotion unless it’s rage, and I wanted to do away with that. The death scene is without apology and there was one thing I could have put into the scene that would have caused an explosive laughter in the audience. I thought I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want them to step away from the scene, and wanted them to stay with the grief and love and feelings of loss that one experiences with the loss of a loved one. Laughing at that moment would have modernized the statement and would have been betraying the truth of the scene. Andrews-Katz: Someone said that Outside Mullingar is about “last chances.” Do you feel that’s accurate? Shanley: People say stuff. It’s about how to make your life work at any given time. It’s to remind you that you are living that life, about moving forward, and remembering there is only a certain amount of time or grace in the world. It’s about being too bold and taking steps to be bold. It’s never too late to make a positive choice or to be sincere and let down your guard. Andrews-Katz: What’s the advantage of setting Outside Mullingar’s conflict on an Irish farm as opposed to a more urban setting? Shanley: I wanted to write about this

farm because I knew the farm well and knew the people well. I barely changed the names for this and it’s very biographical being about my family, not me. There’s a kind of language spoken on an Irish farm, that if you go to Dublin you’ll hear something very different. The English affects it. On a farm you’ll hear the language of the ground. Andrews-Katz: Are there any plays, movies or books that have made you say, “I wish I wrote that!” Shanley: I wouldn’t take it away from [playwright] John Millington Synge, but Playboy of the Western World is a remarkable achievement. Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand is another. The Miracle Worker [William Gibson] – imagine telling that on stage! It’s one of the most theatrical things I could possibly imagine; it’s so good! I saw it at the same [Cardinal Spellman] High School that I saw Cyrano. It blew me away and tore me up being so powerful.

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Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at rmp62@columbia.edu.

John Patrick Shanley has written more than 25 plays and screenplays. His 1987 screenplay of Moonstruck won three Academy Awards including Best Screenplay. He wrote and directed the film Joe Versus the Volcano including two songs from the film. After adapting Congo (from the Michael Crichton novel of the same name), Mr. Shanley wrote the 2005 Broadway smash, Doubt: A Parable. Doubt went on to win the Tony Award for Best Play (2005), the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2005), and eventually after writing his adaptation for the screen, an Academy Award (2008) nomination. Outside Mullingar opened on Broadway (for a limited run) on January 3, 2014 and ran for 61 performances. The show starred Brian F. O’Byrne and marked the Broadway debut of Debra Messing as the show’s leads trying to overcome a bitter family feud to find a piece of shared happiness. For more information on the Seattle Repertory Theatre’s production, call 206443-2222 or visit www.seattlerep.org.

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An elegant Madding Crowd brings Hardy to life by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD Now playing Thomas Hardy’s Far From the Madding Crowd isn’t exactly the easiest piece of 19th century literature to adapt. The most notable attempt up to now was director John Schlesinger’s massive, 168-minute epic starring Julie Christie as feminist heroine Bathsheba Everdeen, Peter Finch as wealthy landowner William Boldwood, Terrence Stamp as dashing soldier Sergeant Troy and Alan Bates as soulful farmer Gabriel Oak. Released in 1967, the film is a picturesque, visually sumptuous slog, moving at a snail’s pace as it attempts to navigate every facet of Hardy’s labyrinthine tale. Now comes director Thomas Vinterberg’s (The Hunt) and screenwriter David Nicholls’ (Started for 10) attempt to adapt the classic novel, streamlining things as much as they can, producing a relatively brisk 118-minute love story that hopes to do Hardy proud. And, by and large, the pair succeeds, and even if there are large swaths of narrative missing from the hardscrabble affair, the basic character arcs remain multifaceted, full-bodied and inflexibly distinct. These are four people stuck in their own world, their own points of view, each fighting for what they think they want most when what they need is readily apparent to all but them. Bathsheba Everdeen (Carey Mulligan) is now the owner of a massive country farm. The kindly shepherd Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), a man who once asked for her hand in marriage, is now at the single woman’s doorstep asking for a job. She is also courted by wealthy landowner William Boldwood (Michael Sheen).

An older gentleman, he sees in Bathsheba a fiercely independent, fiery idiosyncratic kindred spirit he longs to take care of and comfort, becoming so infatuated with her he’s willing to do almost anything to see her become his wife. But Bathsheba wants to be conquered, to be taken, and it is in flamboyant soldier Sergeant Francis Troy (Tom Sturridge) for whom she allows her guard to be dropped and her heart to be stolen. Against the advice of Mr. Oak, breaking Mr. Boldwood’s heart, she marries the military man, inadvertently and unintentionally putting her farm and the livelihoods of all she employs in jeopardy in the process. Vinterberg’s film moves with a passionate precision that suits its heroine perfectly. At the same time, the intricacies and intimacies of Hardy’s source material are somewhat lost in this matter-of-fact, straightforward adaptation by Nicholls, a lot of the nuances that make the novel what it is sadly absent. Sergeant Troy is given the shortest shrift as far as the core quartet is concerned, and it is only thanks to Sturridge’s ferocious, intimately self-destructive performance that the character comes off near as well as he ultimately does. Key subplots, most notably the one involving the doomed Fanny Robin (Juno Temple), are also frustratingly threadbare, never given the depth or the complexity they need in order to resonate emotionally. Yet Mulligan is absolute perfection as Bathsheba, revealing endearing idiosyncratic convolutions with every facial tick and body movement. She is a magnetic presence, impossible to take one’s eyes off of, reveling in her character’s interior fears and desires, allowing unspoken longings to shout as loudly as any exhalations of love ever could. It’s a determined, elegantly composed performance filled with nuance, Mulligan showing once again she’s one of the singular talents of her generation, her

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award-worthy performances in pictures as diverse as An Education, Shame and Inside Llewyn Davis hardly a fluke. Schoenaerts is ruggedly captivating himself, making Mr. Oak’s dedication to Bathsheba feel more intricate and concrete than just a form of protective puppy love keeping the man from living up to his fullest potential. As for Sheen, he’s as magnificent as ever, and while large swaths of his story are sadly absent he nonetheless makes Mr. Boldwood’s tragic obsession with his beauteous neighbor have a weight and a pathos that are tearfully heartbreaking. Both actors do splendid work, and while their respective characters are nowhere near as fleshed out or as fully realized as Mulligan’s central heroine might be that doesn’t make either of them any less enthralling. Vinterberg directs with confident authority, no piece of this sprawling puzzle feeling out of place. The film is stunningly shot by Charlotte Bruus Christensen (The Hunt), the cinematographer using differing degrees of natural light and shadow to bring

the lived-in beauty of the piece to startling, eye-popping life. Best of all is Craig Armstrong’s (The Great Gatsby) lively, multilayered score, the veteran composer crafting an almost perfect soundscape for the picture that augments Bathsheba’s story beautifully. It’s doubtful anyone will adapt Hardy’s novel in a way that brings it to life in a way that is totally satisfying. Even so, thanks to Mulligan’s spellbinding central performance and impressive turns by the three actors supporting her, Vinterberg and Nicholls manage to come remarkably close to doing it all the same. They tap into the author’s sensibilities and mindset in a way that feels freshly authentic, Bathsheba Everdeen’s quest for independence as magnetic and as fascinating up on the screen as it ever was on the page, thus making Far From the Madding Crowd a passionately literate piece of cinematic entertainment well worth seeing.

Energetic Witherspoon enlivens an otherwise leaden Pursuit by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer HOT PURSUIT Now playing Officer Cooper (Reese Witherspoon) is as by the book as they come, a rigidly uptight law enforcement professional who has been chosen to assist in the transportation of a pair of important witnesses, Felipe Riva (Vincent Laresca) and his diva of a wife Daniella (Sofía Vergara). They are going to appear in the case against drug lord Vincente Cortez (Joaquín Cosio), and as no one who has ever turned against him has ever shown up at trial, Cooper feels an immense surge of pride, as well as a moderate amount of fear, at the task sitting before her. Things go wrong. Felipe Riva is dead, and so is the DEA agent in charge of the transport. Cooper and Daniella find themselves suddenly on the run, being chased by a pair of crooked cops (Matthew Del Negro, Michael Mosley) as well as learning they’ve been framed for the blood-splattered carnage back at the latter’s estate. To say these two don’t get along would be an understatement, the driven officer insistent she’ll get her charge to the court house in time for trial, while the supposed witness isn’t exactly keen on showing up to testify. But one needs the other in order to survive, and if they don’t put their mutual distrust and suspicions on hold the chances either will make it to the end of the journey still breathing is in serious doubt. Hot Pursuit isn’t a particularly good movie. Writers David Feeney and John Quaintance cut their teeth on sitcoms like

“New Girl” and “Ben & Kate” and it shows, their screenplay not exactly a deep or complex affair trying to be anything more than what it appears to be on the surface. The characters are who they are right from the start and don’t change all that much as things progress, everything building to a foregone conclusion that’s frustratingly obvious. It’s purposefully silly, strictly one dimensional and is intent on going for the easy laugh, the only thing missing are commercial breaks and a laugh track, otherwise its television roots are apparent on every frame. Yet, mostly thanks to Witherspoon, the film is hardly a disaster, and there were a good three instances where the humor is sensational enough for me to feel relatively okay to forgive the comedy for a number of its shortcomings. The Oscar winner has a bona fide extended moment of genius as she deals with the repercussions of breathing in an entire cloud of a substance Daniella coyly refers to as “baking powder,” the manic go-for-broke energy she exhibits during this stretch bordering on hysterical. She’s also got some great bits of verbal and physical wit involving a dear costume and the noises the animals make in the wild, while her chemistry with Vergara is apparent from the first moment the two come into contact. On the flip side, as enthusiastic as Vergara might be, as great a companion for Witherspoon as she is, the simple truth is the talented actress isn’t doing anything more than her typical “Modern Family” shtick as the fast-talking, quick-witted Daniella Riva. While that’s fine, per se, it’s also a little disappointing, the Emmy-

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winner having showcased some pretty serious, nicely understated three-dimensional chops in other projects, most recently in Jon Favreau’s Chef just last year. There’s nothing about this performance that electrifies, that grabs hold, and while she does generate a handful of minor laughs, she just as certainly doesn’t do a thing that stands out or proves to be anything close to memorable in the same way her captivating costar does. It does not help that the film is noticeably lazy, director Anne Fletcher not showcasing anything close to the same confident visual stability of past features like Step Up and The Proposal. It’s rather haphazardly put together by typically reliable editor Priscilla Nedd-Friendly (American Pie), while there is a flat, unappealing static frankness to cinematographer Oliver Stapleton’s (The Cider House Rules) compositions that’s oddly off-putting. Everyone

involved has done better work, no question, the technical facets so below par the overall impact is rather frustrating. But I still find it difficult to rustle up much in the way of disgust for this. As anemic as portions and aspects might be, this Midnight Run meets Miss Congeniality meets The Heat hybrid is hardly as disastrous as it maybe should be. Witherspoon is on fire, putting the entire production on her svelte shoulders as if she were Atlas carrying the weight of the world up an unending hill, the actress (who also produces) doing way more for the film than it does for her. Not great, not terrible, maybe just a bit better than okay, Hot Pursuit isn’t going to win any awards or be remembered in any great detail by those who see it, true, but as mid-afternoon diversions go it’s hardly the worst I’ve ever seen, and I imagine those already excited to give it a look will hardly hate themselves for doing so.

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Whatever…Love is Love Actress and newly-published author, Maria Bello, speaks about her life mental illness, and addiction, and learning to forgive others and forgive ourselves. GMK: What can you say about the characters you play? Your role in Downloading Nancy affected me deeply. Are the characters you play an extension of your life? MB: Downloading Nancy was one of my favorite films. I do believe all the parts I play are some other person. There are hundreds of crevices of pain and joy from my past. I draw on the pieces that character possesses. For Nancy, I’m sure I drew from my suicidal experiences and from my bipolar disorder. I didn’t create her; I was her at some point. GMK: You mention shame often in the book. How do you feel you have been able to transform your shame into pride? MB: Let’s go back to the old adage that the truth will set you free. Everyone is not going to like you. Including perhaps, your own mother and father. But if you get to your true essence, you can change the people around us, and change policy. The opposite of shame is pride, and by owning the labels that empower us and getting rid of the labels that dis-empower us, we create pride. The only thing I can say to folks is, “To be your own self.” Everything positive comes from that. The basis is love. Whatever…love is love. I wanted to belong to a club based in love.

GMK: You write about Haiti as your mistress. What is it about that country that appeals to you? MB: As soon as my foot hit the ground in Haiti, I knew this was my place. I belonged there in some way. And Haiti knew I belonged to her. And the friends I met before the quake – whoever and whatever we were, we experienced something together that no one will understand. We saw a lot of pain, seeing friends suffer, and we had joy – we went back and met my friend’s niece. So there is a life force in Haiti that is like no other I know. I would encourage people to go and see the beauty of the island. Most people think of it as poverty and ghettos; there is celebration in the streets everyday music, dancing colors and art. GMK: You look for signs throughout the book. Why do you place such emphasis on fate, or is it faith? MB: That’s not something I learned from growing up Catholic. I learned it from my mother, who taught us about signs. Angels were looking out for us. If you look for signs they will be there. Turn superstition into super. I talk about being “enough” in the book. I realize my only soul mate and partner is myself – and God, whoever you call God, even if you don’t believe in God. The universe is so much bigger than we are. © 2015 Gary M. Kramer

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Gary M. Kramer: How did the success of your magazine story about being “whatever” change your life and visibility? Maria Bello: After the New York Times article, I had so many people saying “I’m a whatever,” or “I have a whatever family.” It was a duty or responsibility; I think people

want to talk about labels to see if they empower us or dis-empower us. I am proud to be a part of the LGBTW community that fights to love whoever you love and marry who you want to marry. “Whatever” identifies as anything. There is a lack of restriction. I see that with a lot of traditional labels, which don’t fit a lot of people anymore – especially in terms of family and partnership. GMK: You write rather painfully, and quite candidly about the struggles you have experienced over the course of your life. What coping skills have you found to be effective – laughter seems to be the one you most advocate. MB: There are not many people who go throughout life without having trouble. I can’t answer questions, but I question for myself, and it’s what to do with that pain. I turn my pain into compassion, and to do that, I had to learn to accept what happened, that I am in the right place, doing the right thing. Take that pain and turn it into compassion. For myself, and my family, it was about acknowledging where my father’s pain came from and understanding

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Maria Bello may be known for her roles in films such as A History of Violence and The Cooler, but she garnered considerable attention for her essay “Coming Out as a Modern Family,” when it appeared in the “Modern Love” column in The New York Times. In the essay, Bello explained how she told her son Jack about her relationship with Clare, her best friend. His response: “Whatever, Mom, love is love.” Bello uses this phrase as the title of her new book, Whatever…Love is Love: Questioning the Labels We Give Ourselves, a collection of essays that question labels and identity. In a recent phone interview, Bello spoke about her life, work, and family.

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10 domestic music festivals worth heading to by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Music festivals are a great way to see multiple artists in a concentrated area during a short time span with a single ticket. It’s the prix fixe of live concerts. And, if you’ve already been to Bumbershoot and Sasquatch, perhaps you’re now ready to

travel outside of Seattle for musical entertainment by way of weekend festivals that are scattered across the U.S. Here are 10 festivals to consider going to in the coming weeks, complete with flight information on getting to each of their respective cities. Big Guava Music Festival May 8-9 Tampa, Florida The Strokes, who have yet to embark on a proper tour in almost 10 years, will headline this two-day fest at the Florida State Fairgrounds and Mid Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre. Also on the roster is Hozier, Ryan Adams, Passion Pit, Run the Jewels, James Blake, Pretty Lights, Awolnation, TV on the Radio, Banks, and Cold War Kids. Food trucks, craft beer, and thousands of sun-drenched fans round out this festival experience. Log onto bigguavafest. com for more information. Getting there: Alaska Airlines flies nonstop from Seattle to Tampa. Approximate flight time is 5 hours. Shaky Knees Music Festival May 8-10 Atlanta, Georgia This predominately alternative rock and Americana music festival is set to happen inside ATL’s 17.37-acre Central Park. Again, The Strokes are headlining and will be joined by Wilco, Interpol, Ryan Adams, The Kooks, Panda Bear, Best Coast, Pixies, Spiritualized, and Seattle’s own Minus the Bear. On the edgier side, Mastodon, Flogging Molly, and Social Distortion are also planning to hit the stage during the three

days of festivities. Log onto shakykneesfestival.com for more information. Getting there: Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines fly non-stop from Seattle to Atlanta. Approximate flight time is 4 hours and 45 minutes.

Rock in Rio USA May 8-9 and May 15-16 Las Vegas, Nevada Split in two, Rock Weekend and Pop Weekend, this American extension of the Brazilian music festival touts an impressive list of musical talent. Metallica, Linkin Park, and No Doubt headline the first weekend, on May 8 and 9, while Taylor Swift, Bruno Mars, Sam Smith, and Ed Sheeran are booked the following weekend, May 15-16. This all goes down at the “City of Rock,” a pop-up festival grounds just north of the Las Vegas Strip, near the Stratosphere. Log onto rockinrio.com for more information. Getting there: Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines fly nonstop from Seattle to Las Vegas. Approximate flight time is 2 hours and 10 minutes. Boston Calling Music Festival May 22-24 Boston, Massachusetts Album of the Year Grammy winner Beck kicks this festival off with a headlining performance on Friday, while My Morning Jacket and the Pixies close out Saturday and Sunday nights, respectively. Other artists on the lineup include St. Vincent, Tenacious D, Run the Jewels, Tame Impala, Vance Joy, Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Tove Lo, Jason Isbell, Marina and the Diamonds, and Chet Faker. Concertgoers will gather at City Hall Plaza for the three-day event. Log onto spring. bostoncalling.com for more information. Getting there: Alaska Airlines and JetBlue fly non-stop from Seattle to Boston. Approximate flight time is 5 hours and 10 minutes. BottleRock May 29-31 Napa Valley, California A rock festival smack dab in wine country; what’s not to love? Imagine Dragons, Robert Plant, No Doubt, Passion Pit, Foster the People, Cage the Elephant, The Avett Brothers, Gipsy Kings, Young the Giant, Public Enemy, Brett Dennen, Los Lobos, and Snoop Dogg are among the artists that

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will appear at this year’s installment of the festival. A Culinary Stage and Silent Disco are also planned for the Friday through Sunday celebration. Log onto bottlerocknapavalley.com for more information. Getting there: Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and Virgin America fly non-stop from Seattle to San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento. Approximate flight time is 2 hours. Bunbury Music Festival June 5-7 Cincinnati, Ohio The city of Cincinnati is hoping to attract a big audience with the lineup for this year’s Bunbury, and it likely will with the inclusion of The Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, Kacey Musgraves, The Avett Brothers, Tame Impala, Bleachers, The Decemberists, Atmosphere, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Brand New set to play at Sawyer’s Point/Yeatman’s Cove early next month. At the festival, fans can sip their favorite microbrews with an on-site Craft Beer Village available for those 21+. Log onto bunburyfestival.com for more information. Getting there: Delta Air Lines flies nonstop from Seattle to Cincinnati. Approximate flight time is 4 hours. Free Press Summer Festival (FPSF) June 6-7 Houston, Texas Held at Eleanor Tinsley Park, this Houston festival boasts a diverse, all-star lineup led by multi-Grammy winner Skrillex, R&B crooner R. Kelly, and rock hipsters Weezer. Joining them for the twoday fest are St. Vincent, Belle and Sebastian, Major Lazer, Band of Horses, Tears for Fears, Mastodon, and a pair of Northwest performers, The Decemberists from Portland and Seattle’s own Brandi Carlile. Log onto fpsf.com for more information. Getting there: Alaska Airlines, United Airlines, and Southwest Airlines fly nonstop from Seattle to Houston. Approximate flight time is 4.5 hours. Ink-N-Iron Kustom Culture Festival June 12-14 Long Beach, California This tattoo-inspired event goes beyond live music with the inclusion of a pin-up pageant, pleasure portal cabaret, pole performer showcase and pole championships, and some of the finest tattoo artists from around the world who’ll offer their services to festivalgoers, as well as be on hand for public seminars. Performing live are Pennywise, Wanda Jackson, The Bouncing Souls, UK Subs, The Cold Hard Cash Show, and several others. Log onto ink-niron.com for more information. Getting there: JetBlue flies non-stop from Seattle to Long Beach. Approximate flight time is 2 hours and 20 minutes.

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Summerfest June 24-28 and June 30-July 5 Milwaukee, Wisconsin It’s billed as “The World’s Largest Music Festival” and proves it with 800 acts performing on 11 stages over the course of 11 days with an expected 900,000 people in attendance. The stellar lineup features The Rolling Stones, Kings of Leon, Kendrick

Lamar, Linkin Park, Sheryl Crow, Jane’s Addiction, Santigold, “Weird Al” Yankovic, The Isley Brothers, Mat Kearney, Mavis Staples, Bastille, and many, many more. Log onto summerfest.com for more information. Getting there: Alaska Airlines flies nonstop from Seattle to Milwaukee. Approximate flight time is 3 hours and 45 minutes. Lollapalooza July 31-August 2 Chicago

If you can handle the crowds – single day, 3-day, and VIP passes are sold out already – and the heat, then Lollapalooza is your best bet to see dozens of bands and artists in an urban setting this summer. Metallica, Paul McCartney, Florence + the Machine, FKA twigs, Sam Smith, Hot Chip, RL Grime, First Aid Kit, Alabama Shakes, Gary Clark Jr., Kaskade, and alt J are just some of the acts that will entertain the masses at Grant Park. Log onto lollapalooza.com for more information. Getting there: Alaska Airlines, United Airlines and American Airlines fly nonstop from Seattle to Chicago. Approximate flight time is 3.5 hours.

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CLUB Z - (men) 1117 Pike near Boren - 622-9958 HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women) SW corner of Pike & 11th (stairs behind Wildrose) - 568-3240 STEAM WORKS - (men) 1520 Summit - 388-4818

RESTAURANTS & BARS

88 KEYS - 315 2nd Ave. S. - 839-1300 BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444 THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE 2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098

C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE 1701 E. Olive Way - 726-0565 THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E. - 322-3130 CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD 2103 N. 45th - 545-8363 THE CRESCENT - 1413 E. Olive Way - 720-8188 THE CUFF COMPLEX 1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525 DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - 322-1080 DOUBLE HEADER - 407 2nd Ave. S. - 464-9918 GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577 HOT MAMA’S PIZZA - 700 E Pine St. -322-6444 JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. E. - 441-9729 JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E. - 860-1818 KREMWERK - 1809 Minor Ave. #10 - 682-2935 MAE’S CAFE 6412 Phinney Ave. N. - 782-1222 MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537

• WILDROSE • HOT HOUSE

RETAIL SHOPS

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17 1017 E Pike St. - 204-0126 THE CRYPT - 1516 11th Ave. 325-3882 DOGHOUSE LEATHERS 1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231 EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - 323-7437 LIFELONG THRIFT STORE 312 Broadway Ave E - 329-5792 METRO CLOTHING CO. 231 Broadway Ave E - 726-7978 ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965 OUT OF THE CLOSET THRIFT STORE 1016 E Pike St. - 302-2040 PANACHE - 225 Broadway E. - 726-3300 STAN’S ADULT SUPERSTORE 9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299 TABOO VIDEO - 9813 16th Ave SW 767-4855 TOYS IN BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - 328-2914 UNDER U 4 MEN 709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446 WILD AT HEART 1111 NW Leary Way - 782-5538

BELLINGHAM

LOVER’S 193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862 RUMORS CABARET 1119 Railroad - (306) 671-1849

EVERETT

BAR MYX - 1212 California St. - 425-610-4071 LOVER’S - 112 SE Everett - (425) 353-3607 LOVER’S - 3402 Broadway - (425) 252-8754

LOVER’S 25801 104th Ave. S.E. - (253) 852-1720 THE VOYEUR 604 Central Ave. S. - (253) 850-8428 NASHVILLE’S SPORTS BAR (Drag Shows) 114 - Railroad Ave. N. - (253) 852 - 0909

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NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358 OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW POCO WINE + SPIRITS 1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463 PONY - 1221 E. Madison St. - 324-2854 PURR - 1518 11th Ave. - 325-3112 R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828 RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - 233-9873 SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591 TOMMY GUN - 1703 E. Olive Way WILDROSE - 1021 E. Pike - 324-9210

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THE HERON INN & WATERGRASS DAY SPA 117 Maple Ave. - (877) 883-8899 info@theheron.com

OLYMPIA

DARBY’S CAFE 211 5th Ave. S.E. - (360) 357-6229 LOVER’S 3959 Martin Way E. Suite D - (360) 456-7300 JAKES - 311 4th Ave. E. - (360) 956-3247 URBAN ONION 116 Legion Way - (360) 943-9242

PORT ANGELES MAPLE ROSE INN 112 Reservoir Rd - (800) 570-2007

SPOKANE

ANDY’S 1401 W. 1st Ave. - (509) 747 - 0304 IRV’S (Drag Shows) 415 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 624 - 4450 NYNE BAR AND BISTRO 232 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 474 -1621 SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE 321 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 624 - 0722

TACOMA

CASTLE SUPERSTORE 6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391 CLUB SILVERSTONE 739½ St. Helens Ave. - (253) 404-0273 THE FANTASY SHOP 2301 6th Ave. - (253) 272-6640 LOVER’S 7002 Tacoma Mall Blvd., #F - (253) 475-2271 THE MIX - 635 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 383-4327 RAINBOW CENTER 2215 Pacific Ave. - (253) 383-2318 SHAKABRAH JAVA CAFE 2618 6th Ave. - (253) 572-2787 TANDEM FOR GEAR, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES 3019 6th Ave, Ste. B - (253) 301-3026

TUKWILA

LOVER’S 530 Southcenter Blvd. - (206) 248-5085

WENATCHEE

THE CELLAR CAFE 240 N. Mission St. - (509) 662-1722

Celebrating 41 Years!

community calendar

Meetings Events Activities

FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm. ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www. scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists. NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - May 9

TRANSlations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival (5/7-5/10). Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave and other venues. www.threedollarbillcinema.org A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am. Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. We create a safe, confidential & sacred space in which a man can speak his truth from the heart, to heal & empower himself. We are fiercely non-political, non-sectarian & non-judgmental. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org. Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Rice Ball: A Taste of Asia. Doors 6pm, Show 7pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. An evening of fine drag and non-drag entertainment including dim sum dinner. “A very special evening full of amazing performances to feast the senses and celebrate the Queer API story.” Hosted by Aleksa Manila. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. Proceeds benefit Pride ASIA. riceball2015.brownpaper tickets.com

SUNDAY - May 10

Mothers Day TRANSlations: The Seattle Transgender Film Festival (5/7-5/10). Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave and other venues. www.threedollarbillcinema.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $2 shoe rental. (425) 785-4725. Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Senior students lead the meditation, provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion. 329-5908; www. LotusSisters.org; www.sasgcc.org (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.) Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. www.dharmabuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.) Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual

addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org The D-Factor. 6:30pm. Julia’s on Broadway, 300 Broadway E. Every Sunday May 3 thru FINALE: Saturday, June 27 at the Capitol Hill Pride Block Party. This is the Northwest’s best drag talent show. All levels of drag are eligible to compete. Winner will receive a prize package worth $500. To REGISTER for the contest visit www. lefauxshow.com. To reserve a table call 334-0513. Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731. Closet Ball 2015: “Pump & Circumstance.” 6pm doors; 7pm show. R Place, 619 E Pine St. Never been in drag before? Be our next Closet Ball King or Queen. See imperialcourtofseattle.com for more information. $5 suggested donation. The Imperial Court of Seattle. Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Cineoke. 6:30pm doors; 7pm show. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. It’s like Karaoke - only better! You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film and lyrics are projected onto the screen. There are hundreds of songs to choose from, or you can bring your own special request (on DVD). $8 cover ($5 for Three Dollar Bill Cinema members). www. threedollarbillcinema.org. Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org. Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. 206-325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org. PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724. Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Music of Remembrance: “After Life.” 7:30pm. Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & Union St. Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein meet again - and MONDAY - May 11 argue about art and life - in “After Life,” a new MOR SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave commissioned opera by Tom Cipullo. Imagining a postE. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in humous conversation between these two artistic giants, recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; this musical drama reflects on the artist’s responsibility www.sasgcc.org in a time of war. Tickets: $30-$40. 206-365-7770; www. Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave musicofremembrance.org E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For informaHeart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday. tion visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; (253) 474-8897. www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Support Group MeetLCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting. ing in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 6-8pm. Call for location. Meets 2nd Monday each 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation. Couples & Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to Katie at 694-5713. Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org. Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life

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May 9 thru May 17

TUESDAY - May 12

Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@ rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor. Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-250-5002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. No Safeword Writers Group. 7pm. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositive culture. org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org. (Also meets 4th Sunday, 1pm.) Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older. 7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday. Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

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WEDNESDAY - May 13

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm. Call for details, location & to RSVP. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org Aging the LGBTQ Way. 5:30-7pm. Ethnic Cultural Center, 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE. Share your experiences, hopes & dreams for the future of LGBTQ aging in Seattle. City Council member Tom Rasmussen will provide a welcome, followed by UW Professor Karen Fredriksen Goldsen with findings & updates from the first federally funded longitudinal study of LGBTQ aging & well-being over time. caringandaging.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com POZSeattle Sweet 16th Anniversary. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Meet us in the downstairs bar & patio for socializing, catching up with old friends, making new ones & a whole lot of fun. A special BBQ will be provided, with all the extras. We ask for a $5 donation to offset costs but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. This event is for all HIV+ men & their friends regardless of age, shape, size, or color. www. pozseattle.com The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm. All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat. Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome. Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. www. LotusSisters.org. Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.) Entre Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) “StageFright” - Youth Open Mic - For Aspiring Writers & Performers, Ages 14-24. 7:30pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. FREE. Everyone welcome to attend. StageFright not only features young folk, but is also MC’d by young folk & attended in great majority by young folk. 322-7030; www.hugohouse.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. Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month.

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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 - May 15

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 GSBA Scholarship Awards Dinner. 5:30-9pm. Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel, 2100 Alaskan Way. Join us for an inspirational evening as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the GSBA Scholarship Fund. Tickets: GSBA members $150, non-members $150, students $150. To REGISTER visit www.thegsba.org or call 363-9188. Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Symphony Baroque & Wine Series: Handel, Vivaldi & More (5/15 & 5/16). Wine tasting 6:30pm; concert 8pm. A perfect pairing of the rich music of the Baroque era with pre-concert wine tastings. Wine tasting $10 for 4 pours. Concert tickets from $20. seattlesymphony.org First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima. Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org. Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday. (253) 474-8897. Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm. Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org

SATURDAY - May 16

BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Stand Up for Harm Reduction. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm. Jet City Improv, 5510 University Way NE. Comedy showcase with special guests the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. General admission $19.99. VIP Tickets $42.99 (includes reserved seating, wine, hors d’oeuvres). www. peoplesharmreductionalliance.org

THURSDAY - May 14

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org. Seattle LGBTQ Employees for Equality (SEqual). 12noon. Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave, Room 4070. Meets the 3rd Thursday of every month. Open to the public. Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare. FREE. 622-5555 x 212. Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937. Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:308:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. Meetings open to the public. 684-4514. Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club Monthly Potluck & Meeting. 7pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Bottom Dwellers promotes safe & responsible scuba diving & other outdoor activities for the GLBT community &

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friends at all experience levels. For info & location, www. bottomdwellers.org. Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. http://community.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue. Contact us at info@ bellevue-pflag.org or 425-483-6642. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Debauchery. Doors 7pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Queers stripping for Queers in a hot, anti-oppressive space, raising money for organizations that serve the Queer community. The show features stripteases, lots of audience interaction & even birthday lapdances on stage! Be sure to bring plenty of dollar bills - a portion of the proceeds goes to non-profits providing health & social services within the Queer community. Tickets $15 at the door, $10 in advance.

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) “Essence of Spring” - Seattle Chapter 19 Ikebana International Annual Exhibit - Japanese Flower Design (5/16 & 5/17). Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 10am-4pm. Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, 14th Ave & E Prospect St. Demonstrations at 1 & 2pm. www. iiseattlechapter19.org. Community Open House with Sound Transit and Champion, the developer of the Capitol Hill Light Rail Station. 1-4pm. Century Ballroom, Odd Fellows Hall, 915 E Pine St. Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Seattle Symphony Baroque & Wine Series: Handel, Vivaldi & More (5/15 & 5/16). Wine tasting 6:30pm; concert 8pm. A perfect pairing of the rich music of the Baroque era with pre-concert wine tastings. Wine tasting $10 for 4 pours. Concert tickets from $20. seattlesymphony.org Seattle Men in Leather Boots & Buzz Cuts. 8:30pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. $20 bootblacking, $20 buzz cuts. Benefits Seattle Area Support Groups. www.seattlemeninleather.org

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(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Baha’i Prayer & Fellowship Circle. 10am. Pearl Warren Bldg, 606 12th Ave S. Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. Share prayers, readings, thoughts & music. All backgrounds, all faiths welcome. 391-2188. “Essence of Spring” - Seattle Chapter 19 Ikebana International Annual Exhibit - Japanese Flower Design (5/16 & 5/17). Sat: 10am-5pm; Sun: 10am-4pm. Seattle Asian Art Museum, Volunteer Park, 14th Ave & E Prospect St. Demonstrations at 1 & 2pm. www. iiseattlechapter19.org. Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Same Love, Same Rights LGBT Wedding Expo. 12:30-3:30pm. Crowne Plaza Seattle Airport (New Venue). Dozens of LGBT-friendly exhibitors will help you plan the wedding of your dreams - photographers, DJs, officiants, wedding planners, venues, jewelers & more! FREE. To RSVP visit www.samelovesamerights.com Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St - enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.org.

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ICON XI: A Celebration of Drag, Art & Life. 5pm VIP, 6pm General Admission. W Hotel, 1112 4th Ave. A benefit for Seattle Counseling Service with MC Aleksa Manila & guest speaker Rev Darrell Goodwin, Dean of Students at Seattle University and many fine drag and burlesque performances. www.seattlecounseling.org/icon Seattle PolyFidelity Discussion Group Potluck Meeting. 5-7:30pm. Meets 3rd Sunday of odd-numbered months at a poly-friendly location. PolyFidelity welcomes persons of all sexual orientations who are interested in discussing responsible alternatives to monogamy. Followed by a Poly Party. www.scn.org/~spg

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503. Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768. Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298. Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhill cycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@ gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.different spokes. org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.em-

eraldcitysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@ hotmail.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance. org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@ gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www.seattlegaybasketballassociation. com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam. org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www.seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@ aol.com, www.teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www. theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www. SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwest seattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493. YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise. Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www. facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space. org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFESAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www. thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw. org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 5228412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoudGLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www. yspp.org

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Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994. DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault. Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country. GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979. Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org. MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band.com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flying house. org. Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest,

www.meetup.com/proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag.org/ PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www. pnw pflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www.pflag wsc.org. PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle. Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235. Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook. Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

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