SGN Nov 15, 2019 - Part 2

Arts & Entertainment

Fresh choreo at Village Theatre enlivens Guys and Dolls

by Miryam Gordon

SGN A&E Writer

GUYS AND DOLLS

VILLAGE THEATRE

Issaquah: through Dec. 29

Everett: Jan. 3 through Feb. 2

“What’s playing at Village? I’ll tell ya what’s playing at Village: a thing about a guy who wants a doll but can’t stop gambling and needs a thousand bucks so his blood doesn’t make a big spillage. That’s

see GUYS AND DOLLS page 4

Pray the Gay Away , a serious musical comedy at Historic Lincoln Theatre in Mount Vernon through

Nov. 24

PRAY THE GAY AWAY®, A SERIOUS MUSICAL COMEDY

LINCOLN THEATRE

MOUNT VERNON

Through November 24

Theater Arts Guild presents the world premiere of Pray the Gay Away ®, a serious musical comedy at the Historic Lincoln

see PRAY page 3

PNB’s “Locally Sourced” commissions exciting new work by three local choreographers

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET “LOCALLY SOURCED” MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL

November 8-17

Imagine how you would feel as a hardworking local choreographer if, after years and years of devotion to your art – raising money, finding dancers, tracking down recorded music, squeezing into limited

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Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus

choose Karen Lane as new Executive Director

After a four-month intensive search, the Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus (SMC/SWC) have announced Karen Lane as the new executive director. She will continue to build upon this forty-year old organization’s solid foundation and will

work with Artistic Director, Paul Caldwell, to lead the LGBTQ+ choral movement toward more innovative exciting work.

see LANE page 3

LANE

Karen Lane joins SMC/SWC as Executive Director after serving as Director of Development since April 2018 and as Interim Executive Director since July 2019.

Prior to joining SMC/SWC, Karen had a long tenured arts management and executive leadership career in the Seattle theatre community. Karen Lane started her role as Executive Director for Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus on November 1, 2019.

Board President Kevin Maifeld explained, “We are excited to have Karen take on this important role. She brings an exceptional combination of energy, sensitivity, and proven leadership to the organization.”

About Seattle Men’s Chorus/ Seattle Women’s Chorus

The internationally renowned Seattle Men’s Chorus (founded 1979) and Seattle Women’s Chorus (founded 2002) comprise the largest community choral organization in North America. Both choruses stand out as the largest LGBTQ-identified men’s and women’s choruses in the world. The cho -

Gaybaret on Vashon Island

by Alice Bloch

SGN A&E Writer

PRELUDE TO GAYBARET

VASHON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

November 21 @ 7:30pm

GAYBARET

VASHON CENTER FOR THE ARTS

November 22 & 23 @ 7:30pm

November 24 @ 2pm

You might already know that Vashon Island is a hotbed of LGBTQ life. According to the two most recent census counts, Vashon has the largest number of same-sex couples per capita in Washington state. And the hotbed has been especially hot this year.

The currently featured exhibit at the Vashon Heritage Museum (10105 SW Bank Road, Vashon WA – vashonheritagemuseum. org) is “In and Out: Being LGBTQ on Vashon Island.” Curated by Ellen Kritzman and Stephen Silha, the interactive exhibit (which visitors enter through a closet) celebrates the long history of Vashon’s LGBTQ community. The exhibit and an accompanying Queer Film Festival will run through May 1, 2020.

The weekend of November 22-24 would be a particularly good time to visit Vashon, because a talented gay couple, David Mielke and Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, will be performing the premiere of their innovative “Gaybaret” at the Vashon Center for the Arts (VCA) (19600 SW Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon WA – vashoncenterforthearts.org).

PRAY

Theatre (712 S 1st St., Mt Vernon, WA) Friday-Sunday, November 8-24. This highly anticipated and controversial live stage show packs plenty of blissful sacrilege and politically incorrect mischief into a reflection of U.S. culture that is humorous, beautiful, shocking, sweet, thought-provoking and incredibly heart-breaking.

Pray the Gay Away ® takes place in 1980’s Minnetonka, Minnesota and shows the collision course of two boys being subjected to the controversial practice of gay conversion therapy, the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod that says “homosexual behavior is intrinsically sinful”, a Youth Pride LGBTQ support group fighting for human rights, and the local community caught in the middle.

Show times are Friday-Saturday at 7:30pm; Sunday at 2pm. Advance reserved tickets: $24 1st Section; $20 2nd Section; $13 3rd Section + applicable fees. 360-3368955; lincolntheatre.org

For his fourth full-length musical, Conrad Askland, former music director of Cirque du Soleil and Rock of Ages, has trained his satirical missile system on the

The show expands on an original performance by Pruiksma and Mielke at their 2018 wedding, when they shared their story and delved into its deeper aspects, using a cabaret form that combined storytelling, original songs, and theatrical magic.

Both men are accomplished actors, musicians, and writers, so the polished version of Gaybaret, developed with support from 4Culture and presented in collaboration with VCA and the Vashon Heritage Museum, promises to be worth attending. It will be performed on Friday and Saturday, November 22 and 23, at 7:30pm, and on Sunday, November 24, at 2pm in the Kay White Hall of VCA.

The weekend of performances will be preceded by a panel discussion, “Prelude to a Gaybaret: A Historical Panel on the Art of Transformation,” on Thursday, November 21, at 7:30pm. Five panelists – Jami Sieber, Latosha Correll, Leo MacLeod, Matt Baume, and Timothy White Eagle – will discuss how art helps us know ourselves more fully, how rituals offer possibilities of healing, and how to make sense of change in our own lives by acknowledging both the curses and blessings of the past.

For more information and for tickets to Gaybaret ($10 student, $16 VCQ member, $18 senior, $20 general in advance – $23 at the door) and the panel discussion ($10 suggested donation – proceeds to the Vashon Heritage Museum; free for youth 18 and under), see https://vashoncenterforthearts. org/kay-hall-events/

cultural, political and theological forces that surround the painful world of gay conversion therapy and the “pray away the gay” movement.

This is a big, full-blooded musical with an irreverently comic heart that is also heart-breaking and emotionally charged. Pray the Gay Away ® pulls up the carpet to expose the underlying U.S. religious, political and cultural attitudes surrounding homosexuality and our understanding of human rights.

“Possibly God’s second-favorite musical.”

Presented by Theater Arts Guild. Book, Music and Lyrics by Conrad Askland. Directed by Lindsey Bowen and Gabe Guevara. Choreography by Donna Carroll. Costumes by Kathryn Gildnes. Produced by Matt Bianconi, Kim Turner and Brett Madden.

Self-rated at PG-13 for mature themes and highly emotional content. A production preview guide can be accessed at https:// www.lincolntheatre.org/sites/default/files/ u5/ptga_production_preview_guide.pdf.

Courtesy of Lincoln Theatre

ruses comprise one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest, most vibrant and successful music organizations, performing in Seattle’s most prestigious venues for an annual audience of more than 30,000 patrons. Flying House Productions is the not-for-profit organization that governs and manages the Choruses. Collectively there are over 600 singing members along with staff, volunteers, and associate members who support both Choruses. They are a leading voice for the LGBTQ community and offer more than 30 outreach events and main stage concert performances annually.

Our Mission Our voices transform society through innovative and entertaining programs that build community, illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ people and their allies, expand inclusion, and inspire justice.

Our Vision

A more harmonious world that celebrates the unique identities and talents of all people.

Courtesy of Flying House Productions

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what’s playing at Village!” (with apologies to Frank Loesser)

It’s an oldie but goodie, Guys and Dolls is! The almost three-hour musical classic is so good that you can examine it through and through and still probably can’t figure out what to cut to make it shorter. That’s class!

A splendid version is now at Village Theatre, helmed by stage vet Billie Wildrick who is making her name as a musical director more often these days. You might have seen Wildrick as Miss Adelaide at the 5th Avenue in 2011.

Wildrick and choreographer Nikki Long have freshened the choreo elements so they are sharp, angled, in sync, and great fun. They’ve embedded little “stories” into the choreographic elements so you have to sit up and take notice because otherwise you’re missing a lot of “bits” that enliven the dance.

Long is also adept at determining the limits of movers-but-not-dancers so that their dance elements seamlessly combine to make everyone look like a great dancer. That’s not an easy trick and I admire it.

The visuals are striking with a metal catwalk-type upper area with stairs down to a large moving edifice with stairs on either side (designed by Steven Capone). They call it “the boat” as it floats from side to side of the stage allowing for the sense of travel. Other scenic elements are simple and fly in and out from above.

Massive numbers of colorful costumes are changed into and out of by the very busy ensemble and provided by designer Cathy Hunt. Effective lighting by David Gipson assists scene changes and times of day or night. Haley Parcher’s sound designs assist music director Julia Thornton’s small-butmighty band.

If you’re not aware of the story, about gamblers going “good,” it’s a familyfriendly outing that’s funny from end to end. Some of the most famous songs, like “Luck Be A Lady,” have become common fare for singers to perform.

Nathan Detroit (Matt Wolfe) has a fiancée of fourteen years, Adelaide (Kate Jaeger), who wants to marry him, but won’t

until he’s given up gambling. He thinks one more big score will help him quit, but he needs a thousand dollars and bets ace gambler Sky Masterson (Dane Stokinger) that Sky can’t get a Salvation Army “doll,” Sarah Brown (Mallory King) to go to dinner with Sky.

More than a dozen gamblers try to avoid getting arrested by Lt. Brannigan (Charles Leggett), while being begged to save their souls by Salvation Army missionaries Arvide Bernathy (Allen Fitzpatrick) and General Cartwright (Bobbie Kotula). There are musical interludes from Miss

Adelaide’s Hotbox girls, to add humor and demonstrate Adelaide’s job.

A dedicated ensemble of players fills out the sturdy cast. A bit of gender-bending is a modern twist to casting that adds flavor.

The “sin” of gambling is played mostly for laughs and it’s set in old-timey New York so it’s also removed in time. The religious side is also on the light side, but perhaps the timing is right to consider this a nod to the Christmas season, as the show goes into December in Issaquah and moves up to Everett in January.

The whole family can enjoy this classic

and it’s a great one to introduce kids to if you want them to love musicals the way you do. Also, if you like to gift “experiences” instead of things, this is a great idea for a favorite relative or friend’s stocking stuffer! For more information, go to www.villagetheater.org or call 425-392-2202.

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performance venues, scaring up audiences with ads and social media – you got tapped by Pacific Northwest Ballet to make a new dance. Suddenly you have a large company of brilliant dancers, a huge costume shop, lights, sets, a gigantic stage and a famous orchestra – not to mention a large subscription base and all the advertising your heart could desire. Wow!

That’s exactly what happened to three Seattle-based choreographers. PNB Director Peter Boal threw a long pass to Donald Bryd, Eva Stone, and Miles Pertl – and boy, did they ever run with the ball. “Locally Sourced” is a program with three touchdowns in a row. It’s wonderful to see how brilliantly these gifted choreographers used their enrichments to create new works for the dance repertoire that are unique reflections of Seattle and of our dance scene.

“FOIL” (2019)

Choreography: Eva Stone

Music: Fanny Mendelssohn (1834), Nadia Boulanger (1914), Elisabeth Jaquet de la Guerre (1707), Clara Schumann (1853), Francesca Labrun (1780)

Eva Stone came to Seattle in 1995 and made her mark as a teacher, choreographer, and founder of the Chop Shop Festival of Dance at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. She teaches a choreography course to young women at the PNB School of Dance, and promotes women in dance in commissioned works all over the region and the country. She said in an interview that when she received the PNB commission she was so delighted to have their generous resources that she asked to have a set with nineteen chandeliers (they managed to supply thirteen) which provided the

romantic background for the five dances in “FOIL.” While I found the key words announced by dancers at the opening of each sequence difficult to hear from the audience, this group of beautifully costumed dances contained my most favorite

and least favorite choreography of the evening. Stone selected music from five female composers – a wonderful touch – but included a section choreographed to silence – an omission as pointless, in my view, as watching a movie with a blindfold on, or listening to an orchestra with your fingers in your ears. But the finale of “FOIL” – an exuberant deployment of sixteen dancers in an ingenious consideration of horizontal and vertical patterns – unfolded with kaleidoscopic precision, in the most memorable and delightful dance of the evening. It made me want to see more of Eva Stone – fully deployed with a large corps de ballet and at least nineteen chandeliers.

“Love and Loss” (2019)

Choreography: Donald Byrd

Music: Emmanuel Witzthum (2018, 2019)

Donald Byrd has been a bright light in our fair city since he left New York for Seattle in 2002 to direct the Spectrum Dance Theater. His choreography has been seen worldwide, and he is a recipient of the coveted Doris Duke Artist Award – two hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars to support his work , that is famous for being both exciting and socially aware. Though he’s known for incorporating justice issues in his choreography, in this work for PNB his focus was the fundamentally human concerns with love and the loss of love. In four beautiful movements he demonstrates a masterful ability to create ever-expanding variations on the themes of human engagement – delight and depression – with a large corps of dancers. His choice of Israeli composer Emmanuel Wizthum was a large part of the power of these dances, that expose the dynamics of relationship in its mesmerizing rhythms. In one duet – backed by four other couples – the relationship between the dancers is so passionate, so playful, and so committed, that you feel as though love is worth all the challenges it takes to make it work. There is a world of experience and optimism in these dances, as well as a cleareyed expression of the risks – the losses –that engagement requires. In an interview, Byrd described his particular method of working, using four assistants to work with the dancers to create basic phrases that are “manipulated,” in his term, to expand into larger and more complex gestures from the original phrase. This methodology may account for the sense of commitment that emanates from the dancers in this beautiful, mature, and magical combination of music and movement.

“Wash of Gray” (2019)

Choreography: Miles Pertl

Music:

Jherek Bischoff (2010, 2012, 2019)

The finale of the evening was at once the most playful dance and the most directly inspired by life in Seattle. Miles Pirtl, a member of PNB’s corps de ballet, is a budding choreographer who, with his artist sister Sydney M. Pertl and costume designer Patrick Stovall, created a dance that captures the gray, rainy background to Seattle’s particular charm. The dancers wear tunics of white and gray ombre that swirl around them as they pirouette and collapse like living raindrops, to a sound recording of actual raindrops tapping on a roof. As the dances and scenes unfold, Ms. Pertl’s drawings of familiar buildings, mountains, and landmarks scroll across a backdrop that evokes the region – ending with a spectacular ferry that enters like a character of its own to the horn blasts we all know so well. Jherek Bischoff’s music included a soundscape of birdcalls, waves on the beach, traffic, fog horns, people talking about the city – all embracing the dancers, whose own atmospheric movements evoked something very authentic about the Pacific Northwest. For those of us who live here, there was something wonderfully familiar in the lyric evocations of those sounds and scenes we take for granted. But I also had a sense that someone from the Midwest or East Coast would get a vividly accurate sense of what it feels like to live here. Miles Pertl may be another Justin Peck – a corps dancer whose familiarity with his fellow dancers and their process leads to a uniquely collaborative style of dance making. I hope so – this seems like an auspicious start.

I applaud Director Peter Boal and the Pacific Northwest Ballet for embracing our local talent and shining a spotlight on the gifted artists who surround us. A world-class dance company has to bring in the famous choreographers, designers, and musicians from everywhere in order to build audiences who can appreciate the variety and invention of the best that there is. But we have so much talent right here at home that it’s good to be reminded that the other characteristic of world-class dance companies is how they inspire and sustain local artists and the schools that train them. How lucky we are to have these resources here! Take advantage of them – come see “Locally Sourced” through November 17th at McCaw Hall.

Stewart’s joyful giddiness gives Charlie’s Angels an energetic kick

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

CHARLIE’S ANGELS

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playing

I can’t say I was a fan of the “Charlie’s Angels” television series. I was too young to get into it during its initial network run and never discovered it when it seemingly ran forever in syndication during the midto-late 1980s. Even though it was incredibly well cast (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu kicked serious butt; you’ll get no argument from me on that front), the 2000 theatrical reboot directed by McG didn’t do a lot for me either. As for its heinous, almost unwatchable 2003 sequel Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle? I just like to pretend that doesn’t even exist, watching it about as pleasurable as having one’s teeth pulled out one at a time without anesthetic.

This is my roundabout way of saying I wasn’t chomping at the bit to go see director, writer and co-star Elizabeth Banks’ take on Charlie’s Angels. Even if I was intrigued by the casting of Kristen Stewart as one of the core trio of kick-ass superspy heroines, and while thankful she filled the other two spots in this triumvirate with relative newcomers Naomi Scott (who just made a gigantic splash in this summer’s Aladdin) and Ella Balinska, none of this meant I was excited to see how things were going to turn out. I had a strange feeling there wasn’t much life left in this property, and even with an injection of new blood I couldn’t work up the enthusiasm to want to give it a look.

I was wrong. Not only does Banks substantially improve upon her directorial debut Pitch Perfect 2, she also manufactures a wittily winning script, pulled from an original story by Evan Spiliotopoulos (Beauty and the Beast) and David Auburn (The Lake House), that feels fresh, fierce and refreshingly feminine. This is a spunky, good-natured action-comedy that both respects its source material while also improving upon it, opening up the world in which the Charles Townsend Agency exists within in several enjoyably inventive ways. Finally, while Scott and Balinska are wonderful, the film is a spectacular showcase for Stewart, the former Twilight star and current indie cinema darling who’s delivered award-worthy work in films as diverse as Certain Women, Personal Shopper and Clouds of Sils Maria stealing scenes left and right with a performance overflowing in spunkily energetic manic mayhem that’s magnetically superb.

The actual plot is as convoluted as it is pointless. A European branch of the Townsend Agency is contacted by corporate whistleblower Elena Houghlin (Scott) that her tech billionaire boss Alexander Brock (Sam Claflin) is about to unknowingly put a dangerous product out on the market that in the wrong hands could become an untraceable killing machine. After an assassination attempt, spies Sabina Wilson (Stewart) and Jane Kano (Balinska), assisted by their handler Bosley (Banks), take Elena under their wing as they try to figure out who it is that is trying to silence her. In the process they cross paths with professional hitman Hodak (Jonathan Tucker), a murderous force of nature whom both Sabina and especially Jane would like to turn the tables on.

There’s not a lot more to add. I love that Banks has taken the Angels international, positing that in doing so there would be a handful of Bosleys, many of whom are portrayed in brief cameos by a number of familiar faces, most notably (and most importantly) Patrick Stewart and Djimon Hounsou. I also liked how stripped-down

much of this is, almost as if the actorturned-director watched a bunch of the Sean Connery-era James Bond movies, Michael Caine’s Harry Palmer flicks and even John McTiernan’s magnificent 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair for inspiration. Banks keeps things fun, fast and most of all thrilling, oftentimes appears to take great joy in showcasing a visual sleight of hand that’s frequently surprising. There’s a wonderful set piece inside Elena’s place of work where all three women wander around in matching outfits and wigs that’s deliriously well-staged, while a first act chase sequence showcasing Hodak’s lethal abilities is almost equally marvelous.

What makes it all work is that Banks puts her characters first and everything else a distant second. Sabina, Jane and Elena are real women. They each have unique personalities and skillsets, all of which they end up putting to perfect use when working together as a cohesive team. They trust one another to get the job done no matter how complicated or impossible the situation appear to be, and because of this each of these three women has a personalized agency that’s a consistent source of intrigue and delight. But as good as both Scott and Balinska are, and they are terrific, it is Stewart who runs away with the movie. Not only does she appear to be having the time of her life, her spirited gleeful enthusiasm transfers over to the audience. Stewarts exudes a fiercely carnal energy that’s enchanting, and whether she’s playing Barbie Doll coy with a mark she’s about to beat the crap out of, or goofily schooling Elena in the fine arts of accessorizing in the Townsend Agency’s well-stocked supply closet, her Sabina is a pixie firebrand of playful cunning and sly intelligence I was wholly bewitched by.

The climax sadly rings a little flat, the film briefly running out of steam before righting the ship again right at the end when the ladies spring their final trap to ensnare the mysterious villain pulling all the strings of this deadly conspiracy. Even with that being the case, Banks still handles all of the various bits and pieces of this espionage

was voyeuristically ogling its trio of stars in an even remotely sensationalistic manner. Instead, this Charlie’s Angels is a celebra-

tion of diversity and empowerment that had me grinning like a happy 10-year-old. I got a major kick out of watching this one, and I’m just as astonished as anyone that this ended up being the case.

Emmerich’s ambitious WWII drama Midway fails to hit the target

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

subtitled “The War in the Pacific.” Working with writer Wes Tooke, the Independence Day and White House Down filmmaker has crafted a military procedural that covers a little over six months of American military history, his epic beginning with the events at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941 and see MIDWAY page 10

Henry receives major gift of contemporary art from Seattle philanthropists Shari and John Behnke

Henry Director Sylvia Wolf announces a recent gift of 51 works of art to the Henry from the collection of Seattle philanthropists and contemporary art collectors John and Shari Behnke. This donation includes works on paper, photography, video, and sculpture by 44 artists from 12 countries, including Raymond Boisjoly, Helen Chadwick, Tom Friedman, Ori Gerscht, Jane Hammond, Rachel Harrison, David Hartt, Aaron Flint Jameson, Jennie C. Jones, Justine Kurland, Enrique Martinez Celaya, Marlene McCarty, Eileen Quinlan, and SuttonBeresCuller.

The Behnke family’s commitment to the Henry is deep and generational. John Behnke’s late father Robert was a passionate advocate for the Henry, serving on its Board from 1973 to 1999. John served on the Henry Board from 2000 to 2014 and as Board Chair from 2007-2010. Shari and John are current members of the Henry Advisory Council and Collections Committee.

In 2008, the Behnkes founded The Brink, a biennial award, which celebrated the work of five emerging artists from Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia over ten years. In 2014, the Behnkes endowed the Henry Director position. In addition, they have long given generously to the museum through works of art and by supporting exhibitions and fundraising efforts. In 2010, they became UW Laureates for their transformative and long-term engagement with the Henry.

“We are delighted that the Henry – a globally recognized contemporary art museum – will be the home for these works from our collection,” says Shari Behnke.

“This is an extraordinarily generous gift, not just to the Henry, but to the entire Pacific Northwest region,” Henry Director Sylvia Wolf adds. “It allows us to place these iconic works in the public trust for generations to come.”

The Henry’s collection originated in 1926 with a gift of 152 nineteenth- and twentieth-century paintings donated to the University of Washington by Horace C. Henry, the museum’s founder. Today,

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roughly coming to a conclusion in June of 1942 with the pivotal naval clash between the United States and Japan. In between viewers are also treated to highlights of a clash in the Marshall Islands and well as James “Jimmy” Doolittle’s famed aerial bombing of Tokyo in April of 1942 (an event chronicled magnificently by the 1944 classic Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo starring Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson). It’s honestly too much material for the 138-minute military procedural to handle with any sort of care, nuance or intimacy. For all of its historical accuracy, Emmerich’s latest is a dry, emotionally flat drama that comes across more like a big budget History Channel re-creation than it does a well-plotted, character-driven motion picture. It’s strangely just not all that interesting to watch, and for all of the whiz and for the amount of bang, the interior human elements are so strangely nonexistent none of that matters in a meaningful way.

Granted, I could say close to the same about director Jack Smight’s 1976 version of this story starring Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda and a bevy of additional superstars. But where that Hollywood effort made up a main character for the audience to focus their attentions on, Emmerich and Tooke

do not do the same. They trust viewers will be okay following in the footsteps of people like pilot Dick Best (Ed Skrein), intelligence officer Edwin Layton (Patrick Wilson), Admiral Chester W. Nimitz (Woody Harrelson), Lieutenant Commander Wade McClusky (Luke Evans) and naval radioman Bruno Gaido (Nick Jonas), and I do applaud the filmmakers for doing this.

Most of the focus is on Best, a hotshot pilot who rises through the ranks to finally command his own squadron during the Midway battle where he would become a military hero. He’s arguably the main character, Tooke’s screenplay attempting to give brief insights into his home life with wife Ann (Mandy Moore, doing what she can with a nothing role) and relationship with fellow pilot and best friend Clarence Dickinson (Luke Kleintank). There’s also some additional back-and-forth with McClusky about the nature of their jobs and the example they need to set for the less experienced pilots, these brief dialogues arguably the core thematic conversation Emmerich appears most interested in exploring.

The other main component of the overall story focuses on Lieutenant Commander Layton. He’s the intelligence officer who posited a Pearl Harbor attack was probable but felt he wasn’t adamant enough in his concerns and let the country down. Yet new commander in chief of the Pacific fleet Admiral Nimitz keeps him on his

staff, believing his experience will be of value in the fight against the Japanese. Layton and his team are the ones who conclude that Japanese Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Etsushi Toyokawa) is planning an attack against Midway, one that could potentially crush the U.S. fleet. But even though leadership is hesitant to believe him, this time around the Lieutenant Commander will not be dissuaded, convincing Admiral Nimitz to plan a surprise counterattack that will catch the Japanese unaware. What happens next is the stuff of historical record, so it isn’t like the outcome is ever in doubt. As such, having an emotional connection to the characters is key, and on that front Emmerich and Tooke come up short. Because their epic motion picture plays more like a highlight reel than an actual three-act story overflowing in character-motivated complications and issues needing to be resolved, I just never cared about who lived or who died. Sacrifices became meaningless. Deaths both in the air and on the sea barely registered. There wasn’t any tension or suspense, and by the time things came to an end I was almost thankful the movie was over.

This is a little unfair. Even if it does tend to all look like PlayStation or X-Box far too frequently, Emmerich still knows how to stage sequences of battle and destruction better than just about anyone. He has respect for the soldiers and what they went

the collection contains more than 27,000 objects from around the world in a broad range of media including photographs, prints, drawings, paintings, ceramics, costumes, and textiles. Much of the Henry’s collection is accessible to the public both online as well as in person through the Eleanor Henry Reed Collection Study Center (by appointment please). Visit henryart. org to learn more.

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through during WWII and this helps make these massive action sequences, while impressive, never feel like scenes from a video game or a jingoistic action movie. There is a weightiness to these moments that’s welcome, and while Emmerich is no Steven Spielberg or Terrence Malick, he still shows just enough directorial bravado to make me somewhat appreciate all he was trying to do.

It isn’t enough. The characterizations mostly feel stilted and false, few of the actors able to inhabit their roles with any degree of authenticity. Both Harrelson and Evans do a decent job at rising above the fray, while Wilson gives the strongest, most movingly complex performance in the film and it’s almost sad more time isn’t spent focusing on him and his team of intelligence operatives. As for everyone else? They’re not so lucky, and whether it’s the corny dialogue or the retrograde Hollywood way in which they’ve apparently all been instructed to deliver their lines most of the actors fail to make an impression and, if they do, it’s often an unintentionally laughable one. Maybe Midway will play better at home, but as far as theatrical experiences covering a pivotal moment in WWII history are concerned Emmerich’s drama fails to hit the target, and I find this disappointing to say the least.

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SATURDAY - November 16

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Positively Living Coffee Social. 10am-12 noon. Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. (206) 9571600. Sponsored by LIfelong. New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12-tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org.

PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary.

Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP: www.longhair.shorturl.com

Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Plymouth Church, 1217 6th Ave (downtown between University & Seneca), lounge. Meets 3rd Saturday most months. Cost: $5 per person (please try to bring exact change) to help pay for room rental. Please bring a dish that will serve eight or more to share. Free parking under the church (entrance on University). Take garage elevator to 2nd floor or enter thru south front doors on 6th. Info: www.seattleprimetimers.org.

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

SUNDAY - November 17

Center for Spiritual Living. 9am meditation; 9:30am & 11am services. The Mountaineers, 7701 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org Baha’i Prayer & Fellowship Circle. 10am. Pearl Warren Bldg, 606 12th Ave S. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. Share prayers, readings, thoughts & music. All backgrounds, all faiths welcome. (206) 391-2188. Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Worship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org University Congregational United Church of Christ. 9am all ages education; 10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. (206) 524-2322; www.universityucc.org.

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) 2855077 (George).

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

Columbia City Church of Hope. 10:30am Worship. 3818 S Angeline St. We are a progressive faith community rooted in God’s grace and acceptance growing together toward justice, love and wholeness. (206) 722-5651. www.ColumbiaCityHope.org.

Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts’ event starts with

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breakfast and a show & tell, and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com

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

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

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

Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322

S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualities, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since 1987. welcometablecc.org

Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Buddies” on Meetup.com or at DharmaBuddies.org. (Women are invited to contact our sister meditation group at www. LotusSisters.org.)

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

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

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

Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

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

Rain City Soccer Club Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice session before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org

Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437. www. peerseattle.org

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.] Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

MONDAY - November 18

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

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

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437. Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

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. (206) 684-4537.

PFLAG/Kitsap County (Bremerton) Monthly Meeting. 6-7pm. Kitsap Pride, 532 5th Ave #20, Bremerton Meets 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.kitsappflag.org and on Facebook. kitsappflag@yahoo.com. (888) 636-0652. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

Meditation Class for LGBTQ Seniors. 6:30pm. GenPride Senior Center, 401 Broadway E, Suite 223. Free class every Monday for LGBTQ seniors, their caregivers and allies. Beginners welcome. www.gapseattle.org

PFLAG/Everett (Snohomish County) Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Stillaguamish Public Meeting Room #1, Robert J. Drewell Bldg., 3000 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.pflageverett.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org

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

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

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

TUESDAY - November 19

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

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

LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by YouthCare. (206) 622-5555.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org

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

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

Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday. Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 7:30-9pm. Every Tuesday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) 414-8797. www. otterpolo.com. [See website for locat.]

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

WEDNESDAY - November 20

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

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

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org

Living Positively. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for the HIV community with various topics for discussion and conversation. (206) 957-1600 or www.lifelong.org. Sponsored by Lifelong.

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

Trans Day of Remembrance. 6-7:30pm. Seattle Central College, 1701 Broadway, Room BE-1110. Trans Day of Remembrance brings us together in mourning and honoring losses in the trans community. Between January 1, 2009 and September 30, 2019 at least 3,000 trans people were murdered worldwide. In the United States alone, at least 21 trans people were murdered this year. Join us for an evening of speakers, community, and commemoration. For more information contact: queer. cooperative.scc@gmail.com

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

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

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

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

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

Mature Friends Pinochle Group. 7:30pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org

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

Bianca del Rio’s “Its Jester Joke” Comedy Tour. 8pm. Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave. Featuring Season 6 winner and fan favorite of “RuPaul’s Drag Race”, Bianca del Rio. All along her global “It’s Jester Joke” Tour, America’s funniest drag superstar, Bianca del Rio, tells tales of her worldwide adventures and the outrageous circus that is her life, covering everything from politics to travel, family and social media, where she entertains 3M+ followers. Tickets: $37-$75 through STG Presents, Ticketmaster and Paramount Theatre Box Office.

THURSDAY - November 21

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

Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.) Monthly Lunch Get-Together. 12 noon. Ballard NW Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW. Meets 4th Thursday each month. Look for the A.B.L.E. sign on the table. We are Lesbians, 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of this group is to connect, socialize, and support each other. We have been meeting since 2015. The group hosts evening potlucks, outings and get-togethers. Co-sponsored by Puget Sound Old Lesbians Organizing for Change.

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

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

Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

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

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

Boys Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. lamberthouse.org

21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July, August.]

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Thursday. A meditation/ recovery group. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle

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

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

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

SATURDAY - November 23

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) EQUALUX Taste of GSBA - A Benefit for the GSBA Scholarship Fund. 5pm. Westin Hotel, 1900 5th Ave. Enjoy silent auction, wine district, caterer showcase, live auction, entertainment, four-course dinner, program. Tickets $295 and more information: equalux.org. NOTE: THIS EVENT IS CLOSE TO BEING SOLD OUT. Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140. Monthly potluck meets last Saturday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org

SUNDAY - November 24

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. Generations Aging with Pride (GenPRIDE), 401 Broadway E #223 (above QFC in Broadway Market). Meets 4th Sunday each month in the Ian MacKintosh Room. This month’s topic: Open Sharing. Info: www.seattleprimetimers.org

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us

Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html

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

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org

Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount Vernon) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook. COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities - www.colage.org

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

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

FRIDAY - November 22

Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. A drop-in AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.) Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. Ongoing 12-step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Lake City Seniors LGBTQ2+Allies Peer Support Group. 1-2:30pm. Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave NE. Meets last Friday most months. Please call to confirm. Small group of mostly 50+ come together to connect, share and learn from one another. For questions or more information, please contact Claudine Wallace, (206) 472-5471 or claudinew@soundgenerations.org.

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

LGBTQ & Allies 18+ Free Friday Night Drop-In Volleyball. 6-7:45pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. Every Friday. (206) 684-4753. Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

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

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

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

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

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org

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

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

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

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

Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org

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

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com

Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.

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

LGBT MS Connection - (425) 785-8593; lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org

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

MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www. seattle primetimers.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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

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

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

Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly. org

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

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

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

Peer Seattle (formerly Seattle Area Support Groups) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com

Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org

Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/

Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with metham-

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phetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org

Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx

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

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

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

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org

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

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

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

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org

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

Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org

Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org

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

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

SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club:

www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@ camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934. Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org

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

TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity:

www.genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; Lion’s Main Art Collective: www. lionsmain.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; TRANSform Washington: transformwashington.com; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com

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

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com ; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www. mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www.outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 726-8500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www. pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 6983335; www.kchaf.org; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition. org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; The Vera Project: fuels personal & community transformation through collaborative youthdriven engagement in music and art. (206) 956-8372; theveraproject.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

SEATTLE

BATHS

SEATTLE

CLUB Z - (men) 1117 Pike near Boren - 622-9958

CLUB Z - (men)

1117 Pike near Boren - (206) 622-9958

HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women)

HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women) SW corner of Pike & 11th (stairs behind Wildrose) - 568-3240

STEAM WORKS - (men)

SW corner of Pike & 11th

1520 Summit - 388-4818

(stairs behind Wildrose) - (206) 568-3240

STEAM WORKS - (men)

1520 Summit Ave - (206) 388-4818

RESTAURANTS & BARS

88 KEYS - 315 2nd Ave. S. - 839-1300

BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444

RESTAURANTS & BARS

THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE

2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098

BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - (206) 625-4444

C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE

THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE

1701 E. Olive Way - 726-0565

2328 E. Madison St. - (206) 323-1098

CAPITOL CIDER - 818 E Pike St. - (206) 397-3564

1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525

RETAIL SHOPS

DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - 322-1080

GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577

HOT MAMA’S PIZZA - 700 E. Pine St. - 322-6444

BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - (206) 328-2914

JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. E. - 441-9729

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17

JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E. - 860-1818

1017 E. Pike St - (206) 204-0126

KREMWERK - 1809 Minor Ave. #10 - 682-2935

DIEGO PELLICER - 2215 4th Ave. S - (206) 624-0070

DOGHOUSE LEATHERS

MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537

NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358

715 E. Pike St. - (206) 257-0231

OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW

EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - (206) 323-7437

FANTASY UNLIMITED

THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - 588-0375

POCO WINE ROOM

2027 Westlake Ave. - (206) 682-0167

1510 1st Ave - (206) 624-1784

1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463

POKE BAR - 1542 12th Ave - 402-5178

HASHTAG - 3540 Stone Way N - (206) 946-8157

PONY - 1221 E. Madison St. - 324-2854

HERBAN LEGENDS - 55 Bell St - (206) 849-5596

HERB(N) ELEMENTS

PURR - 1518 11th Ave. - 325-3112

R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828

11013 Lake City Way NE - (206) 535-8769

RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - 233-9873

LAUGHING BUDDHA TATTOO

ROOT TABLE 2213 NW Market St. - 420-3214

1534 Broadway - (206) 329-8274

THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E. - 322-3130

CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD

C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE

2103 N. 45th - 545-8363

1701 E. Olive Way - (206) 726-0565

THE CANTERBURY

SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591

THE NEW YORK XCHANGE

SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - 441-5449

225 Broadway E. - (206) 726-3300

STOUT -1530 11th Ave - 397-3825

TOULOUSE PETIT

ONYX LEATHER

THE CRESCENT - 1413 E. Olive Way - 720-8188

THE CUFF COMPLEX

534 15th Ave. E - (206) 322-3130

CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD

2103 N. 45th - (206) 545-8363

THE CRESCENT

1413 E. Olive Way - (206) 720-8188

THE CUFF COMPLEX

1533 13th Ave. - (206) 323-1525

DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - (206) 322-1080

GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - (206) 324-2577

HOT MAMA’S PIZZA

700 E. Pine St. - (206) 322-6444

JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. - (206) 441-9729

JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E - (206) 860-1818

KREMWERK - 1809 Minor Ave. #10 - (206) 682-2935

THE LUMBER YARD 9619 16th Ave. SW - (206) 695-2007

MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - (206) 325-6537

NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - (206) 324-5358

THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - (206) 588-0375

POCO WINE ROOM

1408 E. Pine St. - (206) 322-9463

PONY - 1221 E. Madison St. - (206) 324-2854

QUEER BAR - 1518 11th Ave - (206) 687-7491

R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - (206) 322-8828

RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - (206) 233-9873

SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - (206) 621-7591

SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - (206) 441-5449

STOUT -1530 11th Ave - (206) 397-3825

THE SWALLOW -9608 16th Ave SW - (206) 257-0217

UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - (206) 325-6492

UNION - 1318 E. Union St. - (206) 328-1318

WILDROSE - 1021 E Pike - (206) 324-9210

ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS 9614 14th Ave SW - (206) 763-1347

1605 12th Ave. #8 - (206) 328-1965

601 Queen Anne Ave N - 432-9069

UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - 325-6492

OZ - 3831 Stone Way N - (206) 251-0630

PACIFIC NORTHWEST SHOP

4411 Wallingford Ave. N. - (206) 535-6920

PANACHE - 225 Broadway E. - (206) 726-3300

PONDER - 2413 E Union - (206) 420-2180

RUCKUS - 1465 E Republican St - (206) 257-4805

TABOO ADULT VIDEO

9813 16th Ave SW - (206) 767-4855

TRUE LOVE ART GALLERY & TATTOO

1525 Summit Ave. - (206) 227-3572

UNDER U 4 MEN

709 Broadway Ave. E - (206) 324-6446

UNCLE IKE’S

2310 E Union St - 1-800-GET-DRUGS 501 15th Ave E - 1-800-GET-DRUGS 9822 15th Ave SW - 1-800-GET-DRUGS

WILD AT HEART 1111 NW Leary Way - (206) 782-5538

BELLINGHAM

LOVER'S 193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862

RUMORS CABARET 1119 Railroad - (360) 671-1849

DES MOINES

ADULT AIRPORT VIDEO 2 21635 Pacific Hwy S - (206) 878-7780

EVERETT

ADULT AIRPORT VIDEO 11732 Airport Road - (425) 290-7555

LOVER’S - 112 SE Everett - (425) 353-3607

LOVER’S - 3402 Broadway - (425) 252-8754

KENT

WILDROSE - 1021 E. Pike - 324-9210

ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS

5633 Airport Way S - 466-5954

9614 14th Ave SW - 763-1347

LOVER’S - 25801 104th Ave. SE - (253) 852-1720

RETAIL

SHOPS

THE FANTASY SHOP 604 Central Ave. S - (253) 850-8428

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17

NASHVILLE’S SPORTS BAR (Drag Shows) 114 - Railroad Ave. N - (253) 852-0909

1017 E. Pike St - 204-0126

DOGHOUSE LEATHERS

1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231

LA CONNER

EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - 323-7437

HASHTAG - 3540 Stone Way N - 946-8157

NEW YORK EXCHANGE

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

225 Broadway E. - 726-3300

ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965

OZ - 3831 Stone Way N - 251-0630

PANACHE

OLYMPIA

225 Broadway E. - 726-3300

RUCKUS 1465 E Republican St. - 257-4805

DARBY’S CAFE 211 5th Ave. SE - (360) 357-6229

LOVER’S

THE FANTASY SHOP 9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299

3959 Martin Way E, Suite D - (360) 456-7300

TABOO ADULT VIDEO 9813 16th Ave SW - 767-4855

JAKES - 311 4th Ave. E - (360) 956-3247

TOYS IN BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - 328-2914

UNDER U 4 MEN

ORCAS ISLAND

709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446

UNCLE IKE’S

BROWN BEAR BAKING, LLC

2310 E Union St - 1-800-GET-DRUGS

29 N Beach Rd #1966, Eastsound - (360) 855-7456

PORT ANGELES

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

BELLINGHAM

SPOKANE

ANDY’S - 1401 W. 1st Ave. - (509) 747-0304

THE BLIND BUCK

204 N. Division St. - (509) 343-9425

GLOBE BAR AND KITCHEN

DES MOINES

204 N. Division St. - (509) 443-4014

NYNE BAR AND BISTRO 232 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 474-1621

EVERETT

KENT

TACOMA

LA CONNER

CASTLE SUPERSTORE

OLYMPIA

PORT

SPOKANE

TACOMA

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JOANN'S NEAT & SWEET CLEANING

Trustworthy & reliable housekeepers. Over 10 year's experience. Homes * Offices * Apartments. Weekly * Bi-Weekly * Monthly. & unbelievable rates! 425-3993287. 47/3

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Capitol Hill based provider of in-home cat sitting services. Licensed, bonded, insured and meticulous about your cat care needs. Book now for peace of mind while you’re away. Gay owned! www.kittycoseattle.com; 206-612-1533 39/3

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ENERGY/BODYWORK

Therapeutic massage. 30 years experience. Relaxation, major/minor injuries, chronic muscle pain. Small Ballard home office/studio. Massage table or massage chair. Convenient parking. (I’m a Gay-friendly straight male graphic artist, web author.) First session 50% off = $45/1.5 hours (travel extra). By appointment only. References available. Chris Pringer, Reiki Master, 206-286-0899. If you get a voice message mentioning “extension #,” please hang up and call back again; otherwise, please leave a message. Brochure, testimonials, etc. via chalicebridge.com/BMI-Brochure. html. 44/21

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