Seattle Gay News
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 46, Volume 42, November 14, 2014
Angela Sterling
Carla Körbes and Jerome Tisserand in Justin Peck’s “Debonair”
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SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS “… OUR GAY APPAREL” WITH SPECIAL GUEST LINDA EDER BENAROYA HALL November 29 & 30 only
PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET “DIRECTOR’S CHOICE” MCCAW HALL November 7-16 If you love classical dance, you have to love the big story ballets that deploy massive corps de ballet of fairies, swans, and peasant girls, virtuosic male and female stars, and the music of Tchaikovsky, Massenet, Prokofiev and Mendelssohn – all served up with lavish sets and frothy costumes. Pacific Northwest Ballet has always charmed its audiences with these wonderful works, and we would be sadly deprived without them. Consider, for instance, the anticipatory pleasure with which we Seattle dance fans (and an army of children) are awaiting our annual reunion with PNB’s “Nutcracker.” Yet a ballet company of national and international importance has an obligation to educate as well as to entertain – to show off its dancers’ classic technique in more conventional ballets, but also to keep
its company and audience abreast of the best choreography of the 20th century and the challenges of the 21st century as new choreographers emerge. Artistic Director Peter Boal is just the man to make the Pacific Northwest Ballet company increasingly important on an ever-larger stage with his “Director’s Choice” programs, bringing the best and the brightest to Seattle – the best dances, the brightest new dance makers – in a process that sophisticates our tastes and opens our minds to new ways of using an old art form. This year’s array of choices offers four very different approaches to classical dance, including two we’ve never seen at McCaw Hall: one world premiere and one company premiere. I’m reviewing in backward order of listing, though the program order was changed the night I attended. “Debonair” (2014) by Justin Peck, music by George Antheil – world première The spotlight was shining most brightly on “Debonair” because it was commissioned by PNB, and because Justin Peck is a principal see PNB page 6
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by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer
by Sharon Cumberland SGN Contributing Writer
You may not know Linda Eder’s name, but her voice is unmistakable. Her melodious tones have been compared to the greatest of singers of the Broadway/Pop/Swing era. Strong and clear, Ms. Eder’s powerful belting takes control of any song and makes it perfection. Having a special connection to the Emerald City, Ms. Eder will soon be singing Tom Stewart and cast members in Strange Tales of Preston Stagger Linda Eder alongside the Seattle Men’s Chorus or even degree of talent, writers for their annual holiday production. Rainbow” for the first time. That and not be in the opera world. She by Maggie Bloodstone and directors unafraid of not bewas what made me say, “I want to has such a beautiful and lyrical SGN A&E Writer ing “commercially viable,” venues Eric Andrews-Katz: You’ve said sing!” Not necessarily in that style. sound. It was a lot more like my willing to give them a space on an that there were three women who in- As a child I loved opera because style – preferring sweeping lush TULIPS OF FURY off-night, and audiences willing fluenced you. What was it about each I thought that was “real” singing. melodies, and that was key in my STRANGE TALES OF to shell out a few bucks (as long as of these women that inspired you? PRESTON STAGGER I did this pseudo-opera thing as a not going down the opera route. they still have enough cash to get RE-BAR Linda Eder: kid and started training my voice. I EILEEN FARRELL: When I was drunk), there will be a sexed-up, November 13-22 JUDY GARLAND: She was the didn’t start performing until later. 10 years old, I was given an LP by unashamedly goofy parody of your one that made me want to sing. I BARBRA STREISAND: Her a family friend that used to sing in Bar theatre will never die. As favorite cult film/TV show, Wilde was about eight-years old when I voice was what was pulling me the chorus with Eileen Farrell. I then long as there are actors unwilling to saw The Wizard of Oz, and heard away from opera. I saw that you see Tulips page 5 her sing “Somewhere Over the could sing with a beautiful voice be typecast by gender, appearance, see Linda Eder page 4
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Celebrating 41 Years!
GRAMMY Museum is music to your ears, and eyes Albert Rodriguez
The Grammy Museum
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer
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Imagine a place where you’re fingertips away from Daft Punk’s robot-inspired outfits donned on this year’s GRAMMY Awards, or Donna Summer’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame trophy, or Michael Jackson’s Hugo Boss white suit worn on the cover of his monstrous Thriller album, or Whitney Houston’s dress she performed in with Bebe and CeCe Winans on the 1989 Soul Train Music Awards. Is it music heaven? Close, but no – it’s the GRAMMY Museum, opened almost six years ago in downtown Los Angeles, footsteps from the awards show’s home base, the Staples Center. Situated in a four-storey building within the newly developed LA Live entertainment center, the museum boasts over 400 authentic music-related artifacts, two dozen interactive permanent and traveling exhibits, and an intimate 200-seat theater, plus 30 original movies and documentaries by several acclaimed filmmakers, such as Jim Brown and Ken Erlich. It’s the only place where you can be separated from a signature Beyonce gown, Sam Cooke tuxedo jacket, Miles Davis trumpet, and Don Ho ukulele by a sheet of glass. Tours begin by taking an elevator from the ground floor lobby to the top level, where guests walk through a passageway and are immediately greeted by multiple wall-mounted screens showing clips of the GRAMMY Awards over its 56-year course. The actual award, a palmsized gramophone that has undergone four makeovers since it was first handed out in 1959, is displayed in each of its designs. On the fourth floor, guests can access vast information on music history. The Crossroads table offers an opportunity to learn about the origins of over 150 music genres and how many of them are inter-connected, all by the touch of a finger. The Enduring Traditions pods, four in total, highlight the most significant styles of music, like pop and jazz, and invites museumgoers to explore their roots and chronology. Lining the exterior of each pod are valuable
memorabilia, from an Elvis Presley shirt to a Ray Charles patterned blazer to a jacket worn by Ella Fitzgerald. The interactive Music Epicenters draw your attention to various American regions and cities that were instrumental to the evolution of music, including a panel entitled “Focus on Seattle” spotlighting Nirvana, Quincy Jones, and Death Cab for Cutie, among others. And, listening stations divided by decades provide audio and video snippets of artists that contributed greatly to that period, such as Nirvana and Pearl Jam in the 1990s. Below, on the third floor, In the Studio Pods allow guests to experience the recording process, from remixing to engineering, inside enclosed and soundproof clear-glass little studios. Nearby, a small room permits visitors to hear a selection of contemporary hits, such as Lady Antebellum’s “Need You Know” and Beyonce’s “If I Was a Boy,” in various recording formats. You’re able to listen to these songs as if they were recorded onto an Edison/wax cylinder in 1877, or a vinyl record in the ‘60s or ‘70s, a cassette in the ‘80s, or in Hi-definition today. Also on this floor is a giant gramophone that illuminates in different colors and a curved wall that chronicles the history of the GRAMMY Awards, along with floor-to-ceiling display cases of outfits worn on the 2014 GRAMMY telecast, like the colorful short dress Best Country Album winner Kacey Musgraves accepted her award in, the elegant and sexy Michael Costello gown Beyonce changed into after she opened the show, the cherry red number multiple nominee Tamar Braxton picked for the big night, and of course, those cool robot suits Daft Punk hid behind during their performance of “Get Lucky.” The duo’s glow-in-the-dark suits used on the 2008 GRAMMYs, when they performed with Kanye West, are also displayed at the museum, but in another area. Also, on the third floor is a section dedicated to the Latin GRAMMY Awards and a space where guests can view video archives of artists who’ve interviewed exclusively at the museum in front of live audiences, including a candid conversation with Macklemore and
Ryan Lewis with their manager Zack Quillen. The second level currently features a few temporary exhibits, one dedicated to the rich legacy of Blue Note Records (“Blue Note Records: The Finest in Jazz”), which established the careers of everyone from Thelonius Monk to Norah Jones, and another honoring the work of Donna Summer (“Donna Summer: Four Seasons of Love”). The R&B icon, who died in 2012, won several GRAMMYs, yet mysteriously none of them are on display here. Instead, her daughter, who helped coordinate the exhibit, lent the museum a wonderful collection of memorable items, such as gold records, award trophies and plaques, signature gowns and an original poster of her performance at Carnegie Hall that benefited the Gay Men’s Health Crisis. The second floor also includes the Clive Davis Theater that frequently hosts artists for interviews and intimate performances, some that offer area high school and college students the rare opportunity to be within feet of major musicians and recording experts. The museum’s “Backstage Pass at LA Live” series has brought in Stevie Nicks, Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Jam, Andrea Bocelli, Lang Lang, OK Go, and many others to provide students with a first hand glimpse of working in the music industry. The GRAMMY Museum’s exhibits are designed by Gallagher & Associates and fabricated by Design and Production Inc with the exterior designed by RTKL. The Donna Summer exhibit runs through April 2015. You can walk to the GRAMMY Museum from downtown Los Angeles and from the 7th Street/Metro Center subway station, or from several hotels, such as the new Ace Hotel (www.acehotel.com/losangeles) on Broadway. The museum is open 363 days a year (closed on Thanksgiving and Christmas). The box office is located right outside and museum hours are Mon-Fri 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m., and Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-7:30 p.m. General admission is $12.95 with modest student/senior/youth/military discounts and discounted admission after 6 p.m. There is a gift shop to purchase tee-shirts, coffee mugs, tote bags, key chains, and souvenirs on the second floor, and although the museum doesn’t have a cafe, LA Live has several restaurants and bars, even a bowling alley and Starbucks, to eat or drink at afterwards. For more information on the GRAMMY Museum, visit www.grammymuseum.org.
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Seattle Men’s Chorus pulls everything Out of the Closet for the 2014 Holiday Concert
“…Our Gay Apparel” at Benaroya Hall Courtesy of Seattle Men’s Chorus
Seattle Men’s Chorus
SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS “…OUR GAY APPAREL” BENAROYA HALL Nov. 29-Dec. 22 Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC) pulls out every tux, gown and tacky holiday sweater from the back of their closets for the 2014 Holiday Concert, “…Our Gay Apparel.” With seven concerts at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall plus additional Everett and Tacoma concerts, SMC will bring all the glitz, glamour, camp, and holiday flair in their repertoire to the stage. Special Guest Broadway Sensation Linda Eder, well known for her portrayal of “Lucy” in Broadway’s Jekyll & Hyde, will lend her superior vocal talent to the first two SMC concerts on November 29
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ber 30th at 2 p.m. and December 14th at 7:30 p.m. will include ASL interpreters: Billy Seago and Cameron Larson. Patrons requesting tickets in the ASL interpreted section should call the box office to ensure best seating. Tickets to Seattle performances are $28$78. Tacoma concert tickets are $19-$69 and are available at BroadwayCenter.org or (253) 591-5894. Tickets to the Everett performance are $23-$43. Both Seattle and Everett concert tickets are available at SeattleMensChorus.org or over the phone at (206) 388-1400. The Seattle area box office is open MondayFriday noon-7 p.m. Following is the schedule of performances:
“American Idol” and “The Voice.” Can you tell us what the process was like? Eder: I just wanted to win one show! I’m a very shy auditioner. I don’t do well in front of judges or at auditions, but I am comfortable on stage and in the recording studio. That’s about it. “Star Search” all came together and I went on the show to become an undefeated champion. That’s good because
it could be so damaging to be judged and lose when it comes to doing something so personal as your voice. I really just went on with the hopes of maybe winning once. Andrews-Katz: Seattle had the pleasure of hosting Jekyll & Hyde’s pre-Broadway production run in 1995. The show didn’t reach Broadway until 1997. Is the delay typical? Eder: No, it wasn’t typical. We did it be-
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About the Seattle Men’s Chorus/ Seattle Women’s Chorus Founded in 1979, the internationally renowned Seattle Men’s Chorus, along with Seattle Women’s Chorus (founded in 2002), are the largest community choruses in America, and the largest Gay choruses in the world. Flying House Productions, home of Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus, ranks third among the state’s music organizations with over 300 members of SMC and over 250 members of SWC. Our Mission is to entertain, enlighten, unify and heal our audience and members, using the power of words and music to recognize the value of Gay and straight people and their relationships. Our Vision: A world that accepts and values its Gay and Lesbian citizens. Courtesy of Seattle Men’s Chorus cause we needed to drum up interest in the show. I was the only name attached to the whole program, and that was because of the “Star Search” national credit. The preBroadway tour really helped. We played a week in each city to build up momentum. Andrews-Katz: You created the role of Lucy for the Frank Wildhorn musical Jekyll & Hyde. There have been many rumors as Courtesy of Seattle Men’s Chorus
saw the movie The Marjorie Lawrence Story, a Hollywood bio-musical about her life. A lot of opera singers can sound the same, but I thought Eileen Farrell’s voice was distinctly beautiful. I became very attuned to her voice. Andrews-Katz: There has always been a persistent rumor about you. Is it true that growing up you never had a singing lesson? Eder: Yup, that’s true. I’m basically selftaught. Andrews-Katz: Do you think that helps or hinders someone? Eder: I don’t know. I can’t know what I don’t know. I think there are pros and cons to being self-taught. I come from not having lessons, but I always say that lessons are good; you just have to be careful whom you take them from. It’s important – at least – that someone has performed and has some degree of success in that area before they start teaching. I learned that as I take on teaching Master Classes and private lessons. Teaching voice is difficult because you can’t consciously control the muscles in the beginning. It’s not like moving your arm or having someone else manipulate it for you. So if you are going to pursue classes, find a good teacher by all means. Andrews-Katz: In 1988 you won “Star Search,” one of the original reality shows and definitely the forerunner of shows like
and 30 – both concerts at 2 p.m. For 35 seasons SMC has presented their unique blend of song, dance and campy comedy to the Northwest and carved a niche as Seattle’s OTHER holiday tradition. This year audiences can look forward to skits and songs that pay homage to high holiday fashion as well as classic tunes like “Ding Dong Merrily on High,” “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear,” and “Silver Bells.” For the third consecutive year, SMC is proud to partner with Lifelong AIDS Alliance for a Holiday Food Drive during the Seattle concerts at Benaroya Hall. All non-perishable goods will be accepted and will be used in Lifelong AIDS Alliance’s food program, Chicken Soup Brigade. Two Sunday performances, Novem-
University St.) – Saturday, Nov. 29 @ 2 p.m., with Special Guest Linda Eder; Sunday, Nov. 30 @ 2 p.m., with Special Guest Linda Eder; Friday, Dec. 12 @ 8 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 14 @ 2 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 14 @ 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 21 @ 7:30 p.m.; Monday, Dec. 22 @ 7:30 p.m. TACOMA @ Pantages Theatre (901 Broadway, Tacoma) – Thursday, Dec. 4 @ 8 p.m. EVERETT @ Civic Auditorium (2415 Colby Ave., Everett) – Saturday, Dec. 20 @ 8 p.m. Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert, “… Our Gay Apparel” – Concert Sponsors: Debbie Killinger, The Co-Op Funeral Home of People’s Memorial, and Wells Fargo The Private Bank. Additional support for the 2014-2015 season is provided by our Presenting Season Sponsors: The Pam Foster & Liz Austin Fund, and Season Sponsors: 4Culture, Alaska Airlines, ArtsFund, Carter Subaru, Holland America Line, McCallum Print Group, Office of Arts & Culture, City of Seattle, Renaissance Seattle Hotel and Wild Ginger. Finally, we thank our Youth Ticket Outreach Program Sponsors: Debbie Killinger, AT&T’s LEAGUE, GSBA, and Your Man Friday/Friday People.
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voice. That’s just the way that Broadway is – they aren’t going to change that. Even the people who have been doing Broadway for a while, you can sometimes hear the strains in their voices over time. Especially if you are a big belter, like I am. That’s one of the things people like [about my work] is that I’m belting. You have to be able to take care of your voice. Andrews-Katz: For the CD Christmas Stays the Same you wrote the lyrics to the song “Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes.” How did this song come about and was this your first try at being a lyricist? Eder: I’ve always written songs on the guitar and tend to write more country-pop. [Eder’s CD The Other Side of Me is more in this style.] Over the course with working with Frank [Wildhorn] I’ve collaborated on songs. I’ve always loved to write and I love music. He had written that melody [for “Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes”] and I had an idea for the lyrics. That CD was really successful and last Christmas I decided to become my own recording label. (I think that most recording artists are doing that more and more.) I decided to fund my own first project, and that was another Christmas CD – Christmas Where You Are. The title coincides with Christmas Stays the Same. I wrote the song “Silence of Snow.” I asked Frank for some other melodies and wrote a few others on that CD. I wrote “Christmas Through a Child’s Eyes” when my son, Jake, was little, and with the new CD it comes full circle. The song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” was chosen, so I flipped the melody and sang the male lyrics. I rewrote what lyrics were needed to make it more about us, and asked my son (he was 14 at the time) to sing it with me. I was shocked he said he’d do it, but it came out really well. Andrews-Katz: Can you please tell us about some of the selections you’ve chosen for the Seattle Men’s Chorus concerts? Eder: (laughing) I knew you were going to ask that. I haven’t looked at my list in a while. We’re doing some non- holiday songs, I know that: “Don’t Cry For Me, Argentina,” “Climb Every Mountain,” and “I, Don Quixote.” We are also doing “Silent
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Craig Trolli and Tom Stewart in Tulips Of Fury
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continued from cover comedy, or Tennessee Williams classic playing at every hip-enough hangout in every major city in the Western world. And every so often, something undeniably original, fun, and frisky enough to make you venture out on a weekday, or even give up an hour or two of sexy time at your favorite fetish night on the weekend makes an appearance. For the next couple of weeks, this would be the combination of Tulips Of Fury and Strange Tales Of Preston Stagger, both original works by local playwright/director Simon Astor at Re-Bar (1114 E. Howell St.). Often, when one hears the words “specialized taste,” it’s a big
red flag warning to the unadventurous theatergoer that the work in question is either too pretentious and/or obscure to be worth their time and energy. But in this case, even if you’re not an old-school radio drama aficionado, a fan of golden-age masked adventurer comic books, or have never seen a cheaply made but actionpacked B-movie serial (not even on Mystery Science Theater 3000), you will find plenty to enjoy in both of these shows, even if Preston Stagger is a tad more PG than you would expect of a Re-Bar performance. Tulips Of Fury stars Craig Trolli as the first Dutch superheroine called – what else – “The Dyke.” It’s a role literally made for Trolli, who longtime SGN readers will recognize as the artist who gave the world “Anna Rexia
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to why your hit song “Bring on the Men” was eventually cut. What’s the real story? Eder: It was just a mistake. A big mistake. “Bring on the Men” was a great song and people loved it. It was the perfect entrance for Lucy to make. I think it had to do with the director wanting to put his own stamp on the show, and started changing things around. He wanted to try different songs there. It was a mistake for me not to have stood up to him. I went along with it and shouldn’t have. The director put a different song there but it didn’t help move the plot anymore than “Bring on the Men” would have done. Andrews-Katz: You recorded a version of “I, Don Quixote” from Man of La Mancha becoming, I believe, the first woman to record that traditionally male song. Whose idea was it to orchestrate it that way and what kind of reactions have you received? Eder: It was my idea. It was always the way I had heard it [in my head] with that rhythm. I always loved it and just decided to put together a medley of songs traditionally sung by men. It became one of my signature songs. I wasn’t really familiar with the original show, nor did I listen to the cast album. I had heard others do versions of it. In my mind it was the version I heard. I felt like I wanted to sing it that way. My musical director helped work it out. Andrews-Katz: You have released over 15 CDs. Out of all of the wonderful jazz, swing, ballad numbers, which would you be favorite and why? Eder: Song or CD? Either way that’s a hard one. I like to create, so what I’m creating at the time is what is most fun, and then it’s on to the next project. We make music while creating it for ourselves, but after it’s produced it’s for the enjoyment of others. I can’t listen to my music the same way after it’s recorded. Andrews-Katz: Do you have ambitions to return to Broadway or would you rather travel doing concerts? Eder: I love Broadway, but I don’t like the time commitment it requires, or the way it beats you up vocally. When you are doing eight shows a week, it’s not healthy for any
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Night: and “O Holy Night” among others. Andrews-Katz: If you could play any role on stage – regardless of any limitation – what would it be and why? Eder: That’s a hard one. People think I’m a Broadway person, but I’m not. I’ve seen very little shows. If people asked me to list my favorite 10 shows, I’d be pressed to even think of 10 shows. The first one that pops into my head, probably because of the song, is Man of La Mancha. The character is supposed to be crazy anyway, so why not have it a woman thinking she’s a man? Linda Eder captured attention by winning the soloist category from the televi-
sion show “Star Search.” It was only after the musical Camille, that Ms. Eder made her Broadway debut in the Frank Wildhorn musical Jekyll & Hyde. Since then she has recorded over 15 CDs including several cast albums and two Christmas CDs. She’s recorded theme compilations of Broadway classics and movie soundtracks as well as a tribute CD to Judy Garland. Linda Eder will be joining the Seattle Men’s Chorus for the opening weekend of their holiday concert “…Our Gay Apparel” November 29 and 30 ONLY at Benaroya Hall at 2 p.m. each day. Tickets: $28-$78. 206-388-1400; www.SeattleMensChorus.org.
and Emma Gawd” in the ‘90s, and who you know you have seen in a bar or fringe production at one time or another over the past decade or so. Staged as a ‘40s radio serial, complete with full-voiced narrator, mildmannered Amsterdam maiden Miep ten Boom becomes super Nazi-thwarter The Dyke with the help of a radioactive windmill while making sweet and sticky Dutch love to half the cast, all brought to you by the wonderful folks at Feingold syrup. Strange Tales Of Preston Stagger is a tooclever-by-half tribute to every no-budget comedy-adventure flick of the ‘30s, filled with pulpy purple prose, snappy dance numbers, and anthropomorphic whoopie (offstage, hence the PG rating). Adversarial magicians (Preston Stagger and nemesis Francis Hau) square off against each other and do what adversarial magicians do best, confound each other with arcane riddles and magic goblets in the classic battle between good and too-silly-to-be-taken-seriously evil. And there’s a nifty theme song. Most of the same actors perform in both plays, and there isn’t a performance that isn’t less than solid, energetic and flat-out hilarious. Special props to Laura McCabe, who plays the sultry Anna Magnani-type in Tulips and then is completely unrecognizable and charming as heck as bunny-turnedsidekick “Rabert” in Preston Stagger. But the most mesmerizing performance of either show has to be Tom Stewart as beturbaned villain Hau, a kinetic human cartoon who makes scenery-chewing into an art form. If there was any scenery to chew – keeping with the bar theatre tradition of the $35 pro-
duction budget, the stage in both shows seldom sports more than a table or a velveteen curtain – all the better for the actors to romp, box-step, frolic and flail with gusto. The writing for both shows is particularly sharp and smart, and worth paying for for even a staged reading. It puts one in mind of The Firesign Theater’s radio parodies such as “Nick Danger, Third Eye” (and you don’t have to drop acid to get the full effect). Astor has written comparably campy works such as Jungle Woman of the Jungle, Cocktails at the Centre of the Earth, and Witch Prison, all previously performed locally, and has a keen grasp of the patois and unpretentious pep of popular culture from days gone by, such as: “I tossed you like a Nor’Easter, ruffled your hair like a zephyr, and for this! I wish you to hypnotize my servants into breeding! I wish you to expose them to your Goblet of Sleeps and entice them to join their bodies! To mate!” (Cue fiendish laughter.) Hopefully, these plays will be remounted in the future with a budget which will enable the imaginations of the writer, directors, and cast to embellish the stage with sets and costumes to match the vim and energy of the writing and the performances. Like, for instance, for Tulips: wooden shoes. With high heels. Tulips Of Fury directed by Simon Astor, plays November 15 and 21, 7-9:30 p.m. Strange Tales Of Preston Stagger directed and choreographed by Jen Nelson (of the Can Can dance troupe Sister Kate), plays November 14 and 22, 7-9:30 p.m. SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE: Both plays, Thursday, November 20, 7-9:30 p.m. Tickets: $15 or $20 for double feature. www.rebarseattle.com
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Pacific Northwest Ballet corps de ballet dancers Raphael Bouchard and Angelica Generosa in Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s “Before After”
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dancer in the New York City Ballet company, a former student of Peter Boal’s, and an extremely promising choreographer. Though only 27, he is the choreographer in residence at City Ballet and has been commissioned to make works for companies all over the world. The New York Times’ senior dance writer, Alastair Macaulay, has anointed him as one of the top three choreographers to emerge in the 21st century (Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky are the other two). In a pre-première interview with Director Boal, Peck was articulate, humble, and clear about his goals for this new dance. He is interested in relationships among dancers, collaboration rather than top-down creation, taking inspiration from music, and moving dance forces through space – especially using the corps in interesting and rewarding ways. He says that he is always thinking of how to “preserve the form while pushing it ahead.” Many of these objectives were met in “Debonair,” a dance for six couples to the richly intriguing “Serenade for String Orchestra No. 1” by George Antheil – a 1948 composition that sounds as fresh as if it were composed last week. Its three movements – Allegro, Andante molto, and Vivo – gave Peck an opportunity to plumb three aspects of flirtation, love, and courtship. The first movement was fast, fun, and symmetrical, whirling dancers into memorable configurations that fanned out and swirled “Before After” (2002) by Annabelle Loin, with an excitement that reminded me of pez Ochoa, music by Mark van Roon – comJerome Robbins’ “On the Town” – especially pany première since the eager boys were wearing uniforms If “Debonair” was focused on finding love,
“Rassemblement” (1990) by Nacho Duato, music by Toto Bissainthe After seeing the UW Chamber Dance Company perform Duato’s “Jardi Tancat” two weeks ago, I was excited to see another of his seminal dances so soon – this one focused on Haitian culture, with its voodoo and colonialism. PNB has both “Jardi Tancat” and “Rassemblement” in its repertoire, and rightly so.
Duato is a choreographer of the first order, as this ballet demonstrates. With its compelling soloists – a mamba figure who establishes the mood in her first dance (powerfully rendered by Carrie Imler), the couple who dance a mournful farewell when the man is dragged away by police, and the small corps of men and women whose movement across the stage – bent double with elbows cocked, running like a flock of birds, or with hands covering their faces, swaying like weeping willows – describes the Haitians’ despair and poverty as well as the riches of their music, dance, and Angela Sterling
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“A Million Kisses to My Skin” (2000) by David Dawson, music by J.S. Bach What I enjoyed most about this dance – apart from the familiar music – was the slow middle movement in which dancers were able to fulfill Dawson’s goal of “making the music visible.” The purity of “Bach’s Concerto No. 1 in D Minor” calls on the dancers to embody the music with no implied story and no emotional subtext other than exhilaration, as the title of the dance implies. In the first and last movements, the nine dancers seemed like twice their number as they raced across the stage in an exciting array of executions in pairs, quartets, and solos. My companion was
Lesley Rausch with company dancers in David Dawson’s “A Million Kisses to my Skin”
Batkhurel Bold and soloist Elizabeth Murphy in Nacho Duato’s “Rassemblement”
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spirituality. “Rassemblement” means “gathering” or “congregation” in French – and in this dance both connotations apply. As in “Jardi Tancat,” which is focused on the drought and starvation of Catalan peasants, Duato is interested in community, and how groups of people unite to meet or mourn their crises. In this heartfelt and compelling dance – in which the ingenious transformation of shapes is satisfyingly kaleidoscopic and meaningful – our sympathies are drawn into another world of beauty and suffering. Bravo, Peter Boal, for showing us this marvelous work that uses every dancer in significant, unforgettable ways. I was totally absorbed into the world of “Rassemblement,” which brought me to understand that I, too, am connected to this community of suffering, even if I can see it only briefly in a dance.
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that would look at home on the Starship Enterprise. Fortunately the women they pursued were wearing beautifully flowing gowns that matched the playfulness and elegance of the music. The movement ended in a boy-girl circle where everyone changed partners, leaving a surprised but accepting couple facing each other alone on stage to dance the meditative Andante molto. Here I was reminded of the stylish to-and-fro-ing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their more inwardly focused moments, especially in the couple’s slowly sculptured shapes and dreamy arm-in-arm exit. In the final cheery movement Peck gave us various permutations of boys and girls in an exuberant conclusion that ended in the same boy-girl circle – a comment on the insecurity and exhilaration of finding your true love. This dance felt young, although, as others have noticed in Peck’s designs, there is a tendency to honor the elders – and in the last movement I felt Balanchine everywhere. Of course, the Balanchine vocabulary has been with us for so long now that to call it out is almost like calling out Petipa in story ballets – of course, it’s there, and why not? Balanchine is the great transitional figure from the 19th to the 20th century, as we saw last month in “Jewels,” and all new chorographers in the classical mode must learn and grow in his garden. As long as Peck doesn’t worry too much about “preserving the form” and devotes himself to “pushing it ahead” he may indeed develop into one of the three top choreographers of the 21st century.
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“Before After” – a dance for one very intense couple – was about the end of the affair. There was no honoring of the elders in this thrilling composition, in which choreographer Ochoa used a soundscape of electronics and ominous spoken words (“Just before the light changes, the sound changes”) to send the dancers into angular, acrobatic movement along opposing diagonals to describe a gigantic X of negation across the stage. Angelica Generosa and Raphaël Bouchard hurtled – and hurled each other – through this exploration of the throes of a dying relationship, propelling each other outward, backward, and upside-down, stripping off layers of clothing as their conflict and regret intensified. This dance seemed very new to me, full of movements I had never seen before, or was seeing in new combinations. What I appreciated most about it, in addition to its athleticism and angularity, was its focus on the disintegrating relationship, so that every move spoke to their dilemma. This is an intriguing, rewarding dance, and Ochoa should be on that list of top choreographers in the 21st century.
charmed by the minimalist costumes – in a soft spectrum of blues and white – that showed off the spectacular lifts and legwork. I felt the costumes were perhaps a little too minimal for some moves, in which a skirt around the legs of an elevated dancer in open position (is there a delicate way to put this?) would have been more becoming. But the slow movement of the Bach brought out the best of Dawson’s work, thoughtfully harmonizing movement and sound in a deeply satisfying way. The test of a dance made to very familiar music is whether a new layer of insight is added to the composition. In the middle section of this work, that goal was beautifully achieved. “Praeludium” from Holburg Suite, Op. 40 (1884) by Edvard Grieg Not to be overlooked is the gorgeous orchestral prelude – meant to start the evening but, due to a change in the program order, coming later on the night I attended – that honors the PNB orchestra’s 25th anniversary of founding. This wonderful group of musicians, led by their justly praised conductor, Emil de Cou, is required to play with the sensitivity and authority of a great orchestra, but with the constraints of a group that must accommodate the realistic needs of the dancers on the stage above them. What a pleasure to hear them play without those constraints! To sit in McCaw Hall, gazing at the sparkling red curtain, listening to this lush Grieg piece is a transcendent experience every music lover should give to themselves as an early Christmas present.
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by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer BLOOD COUNTESS ANNEX THEATRE Through November 22 A real live flesh-eating noblewoman is the subject of Kelleen Conway Blanchard’s latest production at Annex Theatre. Blood Countess is a poetic and evocative telling of Elizabeth Bathory’s life, from her childhood, marriage to a fellow sadist, up to her final captivity and end. Blanchard wouldn’t write just any kind of biography, though. She picks key moments in a life to dramatize with effective dialogue
stage and brings all her intensity to bear. The mayhem is directed by Bret Fetzer as he uses Annex’s usual minimal technical accessories to exceed their low monetary value and provide great stagecraft at the same time. With Ian Johnston’s support for set design, Gwyn Skone providing inventive creepy lighting, super costuming and wigging from Samantha Armitage (probably on a miniscule budget), and sound by Kyle Thompson, the overall effect is a very sophisticated production. There were a few moments when a bit more screaming sound effects seemed missing; but perhaps the philosophy was “less was more” on that score.
The play could be seen as a “Halloween” event at this time of year, but that downplays its execution, cast and the beautiful poetry of the script. Blanchard seems to love creepy, but also demonstrates that she loves language more. Go get your fright on and also experience a multi-layered biography. For more information, go to www.annextheatre.org or call 206-728-0933. Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found at miryamstheatermusings.blogspot.com. Dangerpants Photography
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and unique characterizations. Mary Murfin Bayley as the Mother is venal, crazy and abusive… Apple meet Tree. Terri Weagant in the title role displays a full range of emotions and facially transmits all kinds of information through her expressions: dislike, bordering on hate for her mother, longing to be accepted for herself, developing awareness of her own powers and desires, and progressing into a raging, crazy and megalomaniacal fully grown woman. Ashlen Hodge is Dorkus, the nursemaid and main house servant who must comply with her masters and then somehow clean up after bloody messes she has to pretend not to understand. James Weidman’s main role (of two) is of Elizabeth’s husband Ferenc, a nobleman who enjoys her sadism and encourages it to new heights. He skirts the edge of caricature, but adds a lot of creepy fun. Martyn G. Krouse plays a priest who has known the family Elizabeth’s whole life and is trying, unsuccessfully, to bring attention to disappearing young girls who are last seen at Elizabeth’s manor. However, he is no saint! Sarah Winsor winningly plays several young women, through changes in costume, language and demeanor, who are introduced and quickly disappear. Then, the deranged and bedraggled Fitzco, a dangerous simpleton (though maybe not), appears to help and encourage the evil-doing. Erin Stewart pulls out all the stops (as usual) and amps both the creep and the humor. Lucky for us, Stewart is fearless about her work on
Ashlen Hodge, Mary Murfin Bayley, Martyn G. Krouse, James Weidman, Erin Stewart, Terri Weagant and Sarah Winsor of Blood Countess
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what to do with it. They have not planned takes over. If that is what the playwright for the moments after the power shift. They hoped to create, he is successful. With a simple set, mostly of wall panel have not considered or calculated what skills statues and a symbol-changing wall flag, might be needed for running a government or how to manage thousands of restive citizens. Richard Lorig’s set keeps everything movThe hope of the people is pretty palpable. ing. Andre Nelson’s sound design and muThe desires are relatively simple, yet, on a sic choices are Slavic-government approhuge scale, much more complicated than a priate. Sarah Mosher’s costumes provide neighborhood or a town. simple and effective visuals, and Epstein The inevitability of their downfall is clear, provides appropriate light design, as well. The script is spare, so there’s a lot of and the turn of the rotating governmental personal effort needed to link what you’re forces is well-greased. This reviewer felt seeing. If your reaction is different, please pretty disheartened applying the lessons of share your experiences and comments. the play to more than just Russia or Ukraine For more information, go to www.westoor Egypt, and felt that even the United States flenin.com or brownpapertickets.com/ was implicated in the thesis of the script. event/873478 or 800-838-3006. The cast does a solid job using a pan-Slavic accent and short moments to create memDiscuss your opinions with sgncritic@ orable characters. Jerger portrays the heart Laurie Jerger, K. Brian Neel gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/Seatof the script in an almost tear-producing tleTheaterWriters. More articles are available subversive writing causes his disappearance way. The absurdity starts out being a bit cute by Miryam Gordon and funny, but after a while, the darkness at miryamstheatermusings.blogspot.com. from his love, Daleka (Laurie Jerger). She and SGN A&E Writer Henryka (Susanna Burney) and Josef (Matt Aquayo), Alina (Ty Bonneville) and Januscz I NEVER BETRAYED (Andy Buffelen) keep the faith and long for THE REVOLUTION a world that is free. They want food, security, WEST OF LENIN and the ability to have or at least grow what they Through November 23 need. Isn’t that what we all want, essentially? K. Brian Neel is General Chuchelow, played A.J. Epstein directs a world premiere play that is absurd and deceptively simple. In I Nev- as a haphazard, Funky-Chicken-dancing, crazy er Betrayed the Revolution, Playwright Chris- administrator who loves his desk, but is under topher Danowski, a longtime associate of Ep- the power of unseen governors. He exemplifies stein’s, writes short, simple, slightly humorous the Peter-Principle-executive (rising to his level (at first) scenes of a pan-Slavic citizenry restive of incompetence) – easily deposed and just as and oppressed by its government. We’re (over- easily, eventually returned to power. As the short scenes pile up, the disconly) helped by scenic descriptor cards presented by a dour-faced, eyes black-lined, Kate Kraay, nection and the simplicity begin to slowly who exemplifies the severity of their mood. disappear, and a rather dark statement of While the play could use more polishing, it has government power begins to take shape. For something important to say about governing. a brief moment, Daleka and her idealists get Laurie Jerger, Susanna Burney, K. Brian Neel Chris Dietz is a political poet, Letkov, whose a chance to take power, but they don’t know Truman Buffet
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Capitol Hill Over the course of the past 35 years, a diverse group of arts and cultural organizations have been re-occupying a formerly light-industrial area known as “auto row.” The District is now home to over 40 arts and cultural organizations. At the same time, the neighborhood is experiencing rapid change and gentrification. Existing arts organizations are under real threat of being displaced by rising rents and redevelopment. Capitol Hill is increasingly perceived as being in danger of losing its history as a cultural hub. The City of Seattle, in collaboration with the Capitol Hill Housing and the Capitol Hill Chamber of Commerce, and in consultation with over a dozen arts organizaIn partnership with community groups, tions, is launching the Capitol Hill Arts the City will launch the new arts district at a District in an attempt to retain the cultural special event: vibrancy in this unique neighborhood. Saturday, November 15 Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., just north of E. Arts & Cultural Districts 11 a.m. – doors open The creation of Arts & Cultural Dis11:30 a.m. – Remarks by Mayor Ed Murray; trict program stems from the recommenCouncilmember Nick Licata; Office of Arts dations of the Cultural Overlay District & Culture director, Randy Engstrom, Capitol Advisory Committee’s June 2009 report, Hill Housing Foundation director, Michael which was accepted and endorsed by SeSeiwerath and artist Amanda Manitach. attle City Council with Resolution 31155 Noon-2 p.m.: Open Houses at various in August 2009. City Council found that a Capitol Hill cultural venues district plan benefits the city because arts No RSVP required and cultural activities serve as a major A new group artwork curated by Amanda economic engine for Seattle, and provide Manitach, demonstrating the vitality and vi- an invaluable quality of life that other acbrancy of Capitol Hill, will be unveiled. tivities cannot duplicate. The Seattle Office of Arts & Culture is pleased to proclaim the Capitol Hill Arts District as the first neighborhood to be named a designated Arts & Cultural District. This announcement follows the creation of the Arts & Cultural Districts program, created to celebrate a density of artists and arts organizations in various neighborhoods. The presence of arts and cultural programming in a neighborhood increases vibrancy, walkability and livability, characteristics that undoubtedly describe Capitol Hill, which was named one of America’s Top Twelve Artplaces in 2013, communities that successfully combine the arts, artists, and venues for creativity and expression with independent businesses, and restaurants.
On the Boards in conjunction with Velocity Dance Center presents “Open For(u)m: Irreconcilability” with American choreographer Tere O’Connor “...radically multifaceted movement and exquisite craftsmanship” – The New York Times
BLEED ON THE BOARDS November 20-21 POEM and SECRET MARY ON THE BOARDS November 22
On the Boards (OtB) in conjunction with Velocity Dance Center is thrilled to bring hugely influential and uncompromising American choreographer Tere O’Connor to Seattle. Seattle will be able to experience a broad spectrum of O’Connor’s work with a quartet of pieces: BLEED, a large-scale work collapsing three dance pieces into one singular movement masterpiece, will be performed at OtB (100 W. Roy St.) on Thu & Fri Nov. 20 & 21 @ 8 p.m.; while poem and Secret Mary – both shorter works of source material – will be shown at OtB back-to-back on Sat Nov. 22 @ 8 p.m. A final source piece, Sister, will be performed on Sun Nov. 23 @ 5:30 p.m. at Velocity Dance Center (1621 12th Ave.). Tickets: BLEED and poem and Secret Mary at OtB – $25 general admission; $15 under 25; Sister at Velocity – $12 general admission. All pieces use O’Connor’s lifelong obsession with the vast possibilities of human
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Tere O’Connor is an American choreographer based in NYC who currently teaches at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He has been making and teaching dance for over three decades. He is a fearless inventor and creator, furthering the tradition of singularly American choreography in the vein of Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham. A tireless investigator and educator, he has taught at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, and Movement Research in NYC. (www.TereOConnor Dance.org) The Tere O’Connor Open For(u)m: Irrec-
oncilability includes a weeklong schedule of events, including a workshop on making dances (11/16), a happy hour book club conversation and discussion on dance (11/17), a studio supper (11/20), performances (11/20-23), a post-show Q&A (11/21), a book reading (11/22), a postshow community forum (11/23). For complete details visit www.ontheboards. org (box office: 217-9888) and www.velocitydancecenter.org (box office: 325-8773). Courtesy of On the Boards and Velocity Dance Center Natalie Fiol
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movement, resulting in his ability to create an entirely new choreographic language. A beautifully unexpected and intelligent universe emerges from his constantly changing and interweaving movement styles. Like Merce Cunningham before him, his work follows no storylines and gives no conclusions. All works will be performed by a team of unparalleled dancers, some of whom have danced with O’Connor for decades. Velocity first brought Tere O’Connor to Seattle in 2007. This will be the first time his company’s work will be seen in Seattle.
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Big Hero 6 familiar, if heartfelt, superhero origin tale Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer In the city of San Fransokyo, teenage genius Hiro Hamada (voiced by Ryan Potter) doesn’t know what to do. His parents lost to tragedy, his loving, highly intelligent brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney) gone trying to save the life of San Fransokyo Tech professor Robert Cal-
laghan (Robert Cromwell) from a mysterious fire, the robotics prodigy is lost in a sea of depression that threatens to overwhelm him. Luckily, there’s Baymax (Scott Adsit), a rotund, lovably squishy cutting-edge health care robot invented by his older brother that the 14-year-old whiz kid had actually forgotten about. The two begin to bond, kid teaching robot about what it means to be human while the latter gives the former a reason to reconnect with the world around him almost as if he’s given him permission to start living life with passion and intensity once again. Part of me wishes that Disney’s latest animated extravaganza Big Hero 6 had stopped right there. There is a Hayao Miyazaki-like simplicity to that aforementioned scenario that’s lovely, the relationship between Hiro and Baymax having an enchanting naturalness that reminded me a lot of the Studio Ghibli auteur’s My Neighbor Totoro. I was swept up inside their tale, this evolving friendship delicate, marvelously sublime in its complex minutia. Whenever the movie stopped, slowed down and spent time focusing entirely on these two, on how they learned from and related to one another, I was unbelievably charmed by what I was seeing. But the movie isn’t content to rest on these sorts of laurels, doesn’t want to be an Ernest & Celestine style character piece confident enough in its simplicity to realize it doesn’t need a ton of bells, whistles and random pieces of nonsense in order to keep an all-ages audience entertained. Based on a Marvel comic
by Duncan Rouleau and Steven T. Seagle, this is a superhero origin tale, a saga of average everyday nerds becoming city saviors, battling evil and righting wrongs even if they’re not entirely certain why they’re doing it. It isn’t that this story is bad – it isn’t – so much that, thanks to all of the live action superhero theatrics of the past handful of years, another origin story, no matter how inventively animated or staged, just had trouble maintaining my interest. Watching Hiro meld Baymax into his Kung Fu sidekick, seeing him convince Tadashi’s San Fransokyo Tech pals Go Go (Jamie Chung), Fred (T.J. Miller), Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr.) and Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez) to join up with him, going along with them as they attempt to stop a masked supervillain from ravaging the city with miniature high tech toys that can combine together into a monstrous, virtually unstoppable force, all of that just isn’t new or original enough to captivate. It’s just more of the same, more of what I’ve seen too many times before, the film’s cadre of writers, along with directors Chris Williams (Bolt) and Don Hall (Winnie the Pooh), not doing enough to shake things up, just content to travel in superpowered clichés and stereotypes that have grown a little stale. Not that I was bored. Quite the opposite. The film’s visual esthetic is wonderful, the filmmakers pulling influences from Japanese Anime, Studio Ghibli, old Max Fleischer cartoons and Disney’s own colorful canon
(especially recent efforts, most notably Wreck-It Ralph), achieving an eye-popping ebullience that’s winning. The vocal work is universally superb, veteran character actor and comedian Adsit doing a particularly fine job bringing the child-like yet surprisingly wise Baymax to life. As for the film’s central action set pieces, they’re sensational, achieving a rhapsodic grace that’s marvelous. Yet the simple truth is that I didn’t care all that much. Even the film’s climactic sacrifices didn’t move me as I felt they should have, much of what transpires so expected, so by the numbers, I didn’t doubt for a second things would work themselves out in a cathartically satisfying manner. We’ve been down this road so many times of late the cookie cutter mechanics wasn’t satisfying, leading me to wonder why the studio felt so compelled this was the Marvel property they wanted to put the official Disney imprint on as far as their animated offerings were concerned. All the same, I can’t work up much energy to argue for anyone to skip Big Hero 6 and see something else. For what it is, the film is hardly a bore, and more than a few of the more grandiose moments are suitably spectacular. And when the movie zeros in on Baymax and Hiro, when it chooses to focus on them and them alone leaving the rest alone? It more or less soars, achieving a level of sincere quiet tenderness that oftentimes makes up for the routine humdrum rigmarole the majority of this superhero hotchpotch chooses to revel in.
Powerful Theory an enthralling brief history ity: My Life with Stephen written by ex-wife tions through body movements, eye contact Jane Hawking, with a screenplay by Antho- and facial expressions alone. Both rise to the occasion. Redmayne makes ny McCarten (Death of a Superhero), direcTHE THEORY OF EVERYTHING tor James Marsh’s (Man on Wire, Shadow- Hawking’s ALS journey palpable, puts the Now playing dancer) mesmerizing The Theory of Every- viewer right there with him as he slowly but thing is a potent drama that rises well above surely loses his physical faculties, even while Long before he wowed everyone with the the more maudlin aspects of the story’s in- his mental ones continue to sharpen. He 1988 publishing of his best-selling scien- herent disease-of-the-week melodramatics doesn’t make an attempt to soften any of the tific treatise A Brief History of Time, Stephen to becomes electrifying and vital. Superbly hardships, doesn’t want to make the audiHawking (Eddie Redmayne) was nothing more than an exceptionally bright cosmology student at U.K. university Cambridge. It is 1963 and his professor Dennis Sciama (David Thewlis) is a little worried his most apt pupil won’t focus and deliver a doctorate equal to his abilities. The young man would like to find a “simple, eloquent explanation” for what he deems “everything,” the seasoned educator realizing how grand a challenge this will prove to be, urging his student to go right ahead and attempt to compose his theory. Hawking is 21-years-old, self-effacing in his absolute confidence in his intellectual and scientific abilities, his arrogance countered by a mild-mannered tenor those closest to him are intoxicated by. He has also just met the beautiful, charming and equally self-assured Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones), and even though she’s a devout Catholic from a good Christian famEddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones ily, she doesn’t hold his atheism against him, so why should he in turn hold her religiosity acted by Redmayne and Jones, filled with ence shed tears just for the sake of doing so, against her? Their mutual love is instantaneous, astonishing moments of beguiling intimacy instead focusing on delivering a more threeand it’s only a matter of time before they’re and breathless power, the movie is a subtle dimensional portrait of the scientist refusing walking down the aisle as husband and wife. examination of a relationship unfolding un- to sentimentalize either him or his choices as things progress. There is a fierce, undeniable However, before that can happen, the bud- der the most incredible of circumstances. ding scientific genius is given the diagnosis The movie is at its best when it focuses di- tenacity that goes well beyond the obvious from doctors that will affect the course of his rectly on how Stephen and Jane navigate their physical transformation, in the end Redmayne life from that point forward. Told he has motor ever-evolving relationship as ALS slowly be- disappearing inside his portrait of Hawking to neuron disease (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig’s Disease, gins to ravage the scientist’s physical, but not the point one almost forgets he’s an actor playalso known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or his mental, faculties. The effect this has on ing a role and not the man himself. With that being so, as obviously Oscar-worALS) and given only two years to live, Hawk- the couple, how they rise to the challenge or ing would, of course, go on to, not only wed fail to meet the tests put in front of them, all thy as Redmayne might be (and, considering Jane and father three children, but also bring of this is examined in much the same sort of the nature of the role, and knowing the history forth one of the great scientific treatises of the clinical, yet still relatable, detail that Hawk- of Academy voting, his nomination is inevita20th century. Love him, hate him or just don’t ing’s work is known for. Marsh allows the ac- ble), if you can believe it, Jones is the one who understand a darn thing it is he’s talking about, tors to do most of the heavy lifting, stripping ends up standing out as far as I am concerned. it’s still safe to say that his stamp on the world out much of the dialogue and additional fits Her task is gigantic, spending most of the film as we now know it borders on unquantifiable. of exposition, allowing Redmayne and Jones reacting to what her costar is going through, Based on the memoir Travelling to Infin- to explore the complexities of given situa- very seldom dictating what is happening up on by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer
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the screen for herself at any given moment. She’s incredible. Already haven given one of the year’s better performances in the criminally under seen Breathe In, having already turned in Oscar-worthy work in film’s as intimate and involving as 2011’s Like Crazy and last year’s The Invisible Woman, what Jones does borders on breathtaking. Jane’s fierce determination to see her husband’s work done is coupled with her growing despair at having so much responsibility thrust upon her, the actress making all of the woman’s conflicting emotions feel real, genuine, all of them coming straight from the heart. Jones traverses an intellectual and emotional minefield with beauteous simplicity, saying more with a glance and a gentle nod than most can with an entire page of dialogue. She’s outstanding, and as of right now, this is without question one of the finest performances I’ve had the pleasure to witness in all of 2014. McCarten’s script, as good as it is, does feel a little too ephemeral, too nondescript at times, moving through the years a little haphazardly, glossing over large portions of the Hawking story in order to get to the triumphant publishing of his signature work. The reasons behind Stephen and Jane’s ultimate uncoupling are there, easy to see, but not nearly as well explored as they potentially might have been. Marsh does what he can to flesh out these sequences of marital unease, but they just don’t mesh inside the greater framework as comfortably as I’d have liked them to, and I can’t say this part of the pair’s story resonated as strongly as the rest of it did. Be that as it may, The Theory of Everything is a wondrous, startlingly effective drama. Marsh once again shows a talent for narrative dramatics that’s exceptional, using his skills as a master documentarian to give things a bristling, conspicuously enthralling legitimacy that’s undeniable. Stephen and Jane see their story told with a vital enthusiasm that’s both breathtaking and timeless, their brief history together without question a tale of teamwork, heartache, compromise, commitment, love and achievement that’s as particular to them as it is universal to us all.
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CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17 206 Broadway Ave. E. - 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 METRO CLOTHING CO. 231 Broadway Ave E - 726-7978 ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965 PANACHE - 225 Broadway E. - 726-3300 STAN’S ADULT SUPERSTORE 9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299 TABOO VIDEO - 1012 1st Ave. - 622-SEXY 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
BAR MYX - 1212 California St. - 425-610-4071 LOVER’S - 112 SE Everett - (425) 353-3607 LOVER’S - 3402 Broadway - (425) 252-8754
KENT
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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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
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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 - November 15
Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org. “Best of the Northwest” Fall 2014 Arts & Fine Craft Show (11/14-11/16). Fri/Sat: 10am-6pm; Sun: 10am5pm. Magnuson Park, Hangar 30, 7400 Sandpoint Way NE. $6 admission. www.nwartalliance.com Out of the Closet - Grand Opening. 10am. 1016 E Pike St. Thrift store, pharmacy, free HIV testing benefiting AIDS Healthcare Foundation. Free donation pick-up 877-2-PICK-IT-UP; 877-274-2548. Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.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. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.) Overcoming Crystal Meth (OCM). 6-7:30pm. Seattle Area Support Groups, 303 17th Ave E. Every Saturday & Wednesday. OCM is an abstinent based peer support group for LGBTQ, straight and other men and women abstaining from CRYSTAL METH. If you choose to abstain from crystal meth and wish to have an open discussion about it, then check these meetings out. Open to everyone! No cost to you! 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 Gay City Arts Crossing the Line: The Billy Strayhorn Project (11/14-15, & 11/21-22). 8pm. Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A celebration of the life and music of Gay American jazz arranger, composer, lyricist & pianist Billy Strayhorn, best known for his three decade long collaboration with Duke Ellington. Features Tyrone Brown & the Nate Omdal Trio. Tickets: $20. www.gaycity.org/arts
SUNDAY - November 16
For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ sgn.org. Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHikingGroup/ “Best of the Northwest” Fall 2014 Arts & Fine Craft Show (11/14-11/16). Fri/Sat: 10am-6pm; Sun: 10am5pm. Magnuson Park, Hangar 30, 7400 Sandpoint Way NE. $6 admission. www.nwartalliance.com Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. 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! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515. Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 10:45am - please arrive early so we can start on time. Tennis Center Sand Point. Several members will arrive around 10:15am for some pre-match coffee and snacks at the Cloud City Cafe upstairs. Stop in and say hi! Cost: $10 members; $14 non members. Please register online by visiting the STA website. www.seattletennisalliance.org. Possible brunch get-together afterwards. Bunka no Hi: Jpanese Culture Day. 11am-5pm. Japanese Cultural & Community Center of WA, 1414 S Welleer St. Features performances, cultural demonstrations, games, vendors & other activities. FREE. www.jcccw.org 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.
November 15 thru November 23 about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org. Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724. PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday. (253) 474-8897. Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.
TUESDAY - November 18
Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.dharmabuddies.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. ‑Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org Queer Youth Healthcare Fair and “Positive Youth” Documentary Screening and HIV+ Youth Panel Chat. 2-5pm. Downtown Central Library, 1000 4th Ave. FREE HIV Testing, FREE FOOD, #MyHIVmoment Photo Booth, In-Person Healthcare Navigators available to answer YOUR questions and enroll you in qualified health plans, PLUS MORE! All are welcome. 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. www.seattleprimetimers.org. SANCA Presents “Out of the Ashes.” 3pm & 7pm. 674 S Orcas St. A fundraiser for the Volunteer Fire Department of Pateros, WA, featuring a variety of traditional & modern circus arts including juggling, tight-wire walking, aerial acts & acrobatics. $15 suggested donation. www. sancaseattle.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 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
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SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 2-3:30pm. Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Monday each month. (253) 383-2565. Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County. Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@yahoo.com or phone (360) 722-1664. Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave Rm 221. Meets 3rd Monday each month (except December). SWC is a 20-member volunteer advisory board that advises the Mayor, City Council, & all City of Seattle departments on matters concerning women & women’s rights. Meetings open to the public. 684-4537. Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation
Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting. 3-5pm. Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months (schedule varies in summer). The Safe Schools Coalition: A Public-Private Partnership in Support of LGBT youth. 632-0662 ext 49; CRISIS LINE: 1-877-SAFE-SAFE; www.safeschoolscoalition.org. Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months. The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships & communication between the community & the SPD. Members of the GLBT community are invited to attend. kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older. 7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521. Rain City Jacks. 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm; 4th Sunday each month at1pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sexpositive, non-profit and private. Membership required. Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www.raincityjacks. org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035. Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)
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discussing responsible alternatives to monogamy. Followed by a Poly Party. For more information & location, www.scn.org/~spg Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731. Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.
MONDAY - November 17
Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing 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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FRIDAY - November 21
WEDNESDAY - November 19
Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com Overcoming Crystal Meth (OCM). 6-7:30pm. Seattle Area Support Groups, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday & Saturday. OCM is an abstinent based peer support group for LGBTQ, straight and other men and women abstaining from CRYSTAL METH. If you choose to abstain from crystal meth and wish to have an open discussion about it, then check these meetings out. Open to everyone! No cost to you! Pierce County AIDS Foundation New Volunteer Orientation in Tacoma. 6-8pm. Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Wednesday each month. PCAF is seeking volunteers to provide practical & emotional support services for clients, assist with administrative needs, & plan & work at special events. More info & to receive application, call Colleen at (253) 383-2565 ext 206. Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm. Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@yahoo.com; www. lotussisters.org. Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.) The Gay Uncle Time – A Celebration of Pop, Underground, Camp, Gay & Trash Culture of the ‘60s & ‘70s and Beyond! With Fabulous Special Guests. 7pm. The Rendezvous Grotto, 2322 2nd Ave. Third Wednesday each month. The Gay Uncle Time, a spin-off of The Comedy Womb, is a combination salon, cabaret, classroom, story time visit with your favorite relative you never knew you had & a few of his fabulous friends. Picture John Waters subbing for Garrison Keillor on a $13 budget in a friend’s living room with special guests. $5 at the door. www.facebook.com/thegayuncletime. HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. 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. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org
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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. Feed a Family for the Holidays. 8pm-12midnight. Purr, 1518 11th Ave. Bring a grocery gift card for the families of Inspire Youth Project. Enter to win a holiday gift basket. Absolut drink specials. www.inspireyouthproject.org 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.)
Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com
THURSDAY - November 20
Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org. Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) 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
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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. Safe & responsible scuba diving & other outdoor activities for the GLBT community & friends at all experience levels. For info & location, www.bottomdwellers.org. Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic PFLAG/Bellevue Monthly Meeting. 7pm - study group meets at 6pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www.bellevue-pflag.org. “A Taste of Squaredancing” - Puddletown Squares Free Square Dancing Evening. 7-9pm. St Andrew’s Church, 111 NE 80th St. Near Greenlake. FREE introductory square dancing class. No previous experience necessary. Singles and couples welcome. Puddletown offers classes, workshops & public dances & is open to all members of the community. puddletown squares. wordpress.com Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.) Transgender Day of Remembrance. 7pm. Ravenna United Methodist Church, 5751 33rd Ave NE. Let’s come together as a community and join partner organizations in observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance. Throughout the world, people gather every year to pay respect to those needlessly killed by hate crimes against the Transgender community, and to call attention to the threat of violence they face. 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.
Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima. Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org. Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday. (253) 474-8897. Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.) LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm. Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Gay City Arts Crossing the Line: The Billy Strayhorn Project (11/14-15, & 11/21-22). 8pm. Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A celebration of the life and music of Gay American jazz arranger, composer, lyricist & pianist Billy Strayhorn, best known for his three decade long collaboration with Duke Ellington. Features Tyrone Brown & the Nate Omdal Trio. Tickets: $20. www.gaycity.org/arts 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
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(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Taste of GSBA: Sweet Charity. 5:30-11pm. Westin Seattle Hotel, 1900 5th Ave. $250. 363-9188, www. thegsba.org Gay City Arts Crossing the Line: The Billy Strayhorn Project (11/14-15, & 11/21-22). 8pm. Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A celebration of the life and music of Gay American jazz arranger, composer, lyricist & pianist Billy Strayhorn, best known for his three decade long collaboration with Duke Ellington. Features Tyrone Brown & the Nate Omdal Trio. Tickets: $20. www.gaycity.org/arts
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(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 12:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Subject: How are the holidays affecting you? Metro routes 10, 12, 43. Rain City Jacks. 4th Sunday each month at 1pm. (See Tuesday listing at 7pm for details.) “Split: A Child, A Priest, and the Catholic Church” by Mary Dispenza - Book Reading & Signing. 4:30pm. University Bookstore (Bellevue), 990 102nd Ave NE, Bellevue. A former nun, author and activist Mary Dispenza now serves as the Puget Sound representative for Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP). Just Desserts: LGBTQ Allyship’s Social Justice Extravaganza. 6-7:30pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Features Keynote Speaker Cuc Vu of the City of Seattle’s Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs & MC Mercedes Nicole. Tickets $45. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/894133
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munity. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503. Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768. Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays. (425) 339-5298. Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www. borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www. bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook. com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen
Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz. com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs. 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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: 3296651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www. olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-Discussion-Group/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: 722-0729; 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. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.) Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www. diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www. glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 1425, 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: 206495-9963; 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-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chsnw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www. vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org
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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 Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 2558951; Sistah Sinema, www.sistahsinema.com, info@ sistahsinema.com; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle. Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235. Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook. Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www. rosehedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233). SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT com-
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