SGN Nov 8, 2019 - Part 2

Arts & Entertainment

Masterful Pain and Glory another triumph for Almodóvar Mo Rocca to appear at Town Hall on Nov. 12

by MK Scott

SGN A&E Writer

MO ROCCA WITH STEVE SCHER MOBITUARIES –GREAT LIVES WORTH RELIVING TOWN HALL

November 12 @ 7:30pm

Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries. He has relished the chance to read about the remarkable lives of world leaders, captains of industry, innovators and artists. But according to Mo, not every notable life has gotten the sendoff it deserves. He sets out to right that wrong with Mobituaries, his book profiling the people who have long fasci-

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November theater is full of music

by Miryam Gordon

SGN A&E Writer

by Sara Michelle Fetters

SGN A&E Writer

PAIN AND GLORY Now playing

For over four decades Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar has pushed the cinematic envelope in a variety of unique ways. He has done so inside the confines of characterdriven stories and without the aid of techno-

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Dracula cast sinks their teeth in!

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

Faeriestruck, Annex Theatre, through 11/23 (world premiere)

A fantastical show written by Kyleigh Archer about a young runaway who sells

Somehow, November is full of musicals! Five big musicals are opening in our area, including world premieres. Since Mrs. Doubtfire is already slated for a Broadway opening, Seattle has the opportunity to see the Broadway cast, first. We’ve had that chance before with shows like Shrek, Young Frankenstein, Catch Me If You Can Get your calendars ready.

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DRACULA ACT THEATRE Through November 17

It’s not often that a published play by a playwright, done in dozens of productions around the country, is rewritten by the same playwright for a major theater. But Steven Dietz did that rewrite for this new produc-

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nated him – from the 20th century’s greatest entertainer to a forgotten Founding Father to sitcom characters gone all too soon.

Mo shares the stories of the people who made a difference, but whose lives –for some reason or another – were never truly examined. Rocca offers us an insightful and unconventional account, in his new book, of the people who made life worth living for the rest of us, bringing these men and women back to life like no one else can. I had met Rocca in Philadelphia in 2017 and we became instant soulmate and after 2 years, it continued as we chatted by phone this past week.

MK Scott: We are looking forward to seeing you in Seattle on Tuesday, November 12th, at the newly refurbished Town Hall. It took at least a year, two years, of where they were doing it in different places all over town while they were taking this big huge beautiful hall and totally refurbished it.

Mo Rocca: You should know that I told them I am not appearing there unless it’s refurbished. So all of Seattle can thank me – for being the reason that it was being refurbished, or had been refurbished.

MK: Excellent. And so I’m also a big fan of your series Obituaries. Which is now a book. How did the series and book come about?

Rocca: So, all right, so my father loved the obituaries. And it was his favorite section of the newspaper. And I think what he loved is the sweep and the drama of them. He had a real sense of the romance of life. And I don’t mean that in a cute ironic way, since we’re talking about obituaries. Because a good obituary really is about the life of somebody, not the death of somebody, and so I kind of think a great obituary is kind of a mov – a trailer for an Oscar winning biopic, like a movie trailer for a sweeping, you know, Oscar winning biopic. And having been on Sunday mornings, “CBS Sunday Morning”, for 13 years I’ve come to love doing profiles of people, famous and not famous, alive and dead. And that’s really what an obituary is. And a Mobituary is my way of telling a story of a person or thing, like you can get the sendoff you deserve the first time, or really any sendoff at all. So that’s why I have a Mobituary on a station wagon, but also on the presidency of Hubert Hoover who was known as a great humanitarian before he was unfairly blamed for, mostly blamed for the Depression. You know, I wanted to do Farrah Fawcett because she died on the same day as Michael Jackson, and I don’t think got the sendoff she deserved. So, and for fashions, like the cod piece, or the corset, or something called the hobble skirt. So, you know, I wanted to do death of diagnosis. Like the death, if you will, of the diagnosis of homosexuality is a mental illness till 1974 – it was in the PSM the diagnostic, the statistical manual, which was a catalog of mental illnesses. So, I mean, it’s a great fun and very flexible form to play with, there’s everything, every person has a beginning, a life and eventually demise.

MK: Wow. And you said that you had gotten, which is actually, I think you’ve already expanded to this one question; what do you find – okay, you said … what do you find fascinating about obituaries? And I think you had said, because of the fact that it’s a celebration of life.

Rocca: Yeah, I think so. Hey, look, it’s the most purely narrative form of journalism. Like the most consistently and purely narrative form. You’re telling someone’s story. And, you know, I think we’re all hardwired as human beings to be interested in hearing someone else’s story. And, you know, it could be for different reasons. I think sometimes you want to hear someone’s story because you’re looking for a point of connection. Maybe you’re looking to even subconsciously ruminate, you

know, reflect on the choices you make in life. Like, you know; oh, I had done what that person did when she was 37, or what he did when he was 52. I also think you could be, you might read them for competitive reasons. You know, I think we’ve all read obituaries and thought; oh, my god, look what this person did by the age of 25, and I’ve done nothing. You know, you read about somebody like Marvin Hamlisch, or Teddy Roosevelt. And then you go; oh, my gosh, okay, well, he went to prison when he was 52, so I guess I’m doing better than he is. So, you know, but I think we’re all drawn to other peoples’ stories. I mean it’s amazing to me that being an obit writer was for a long time seen as, if you will, a graveyard, like not where you didn’t want to be now, the newspapers, you know, the newspapers are going through a rough time, but people clamor to be on the desk. So, yeah, that was really sort of my inspiration.

MK: Out of all the stories in the book, which one did you find the most fascinating?

Rocca: Well, it’s hard to say, I mean, there’s certainly ones that I – it depends. Some were really surprising to me. Hadrian’s Wall. I have a section called Forgotten Forerunners. People that did things early that we’ve forgotten. So Hadrian was the Roman Emperor, who was the first emperor we know to have a beard, and might I add he was very attractive. And he was gay. And

his lover, there are sculptures of him all over Europe. And Hadrian had Hadrian’s Wall built, which was a wall that spanned the northern reach of Britannia, which was the northern most province in what is now Britain in the Roman Empire. And anyway, and so this was the inspiration for George R.R. Martin’s Wall in “Game of Thrones.” So that was really interesting to me, you know, that this was what I called Forgotten Forerunner. I also love the story of Marlene Dietrich as an American patriot. I think people remember her as a great screen star, which she was, and, you know, pushing boundaries. But she was also a fearless patriot. I mean she renounced her German citizenship before Hitler invaded Poland. She had already been helping German/Jewish film technicians, she worked on Escape from Nazi Germany. But then she went to the front, the Western Front, for a year and a half where she performed for the troops and really put herself at risk. I mean, you know, Billy Wilder, the great director, joked that she spent more time at the front than General Eisenhower had. So that was a part of her story that I think has begun to fade from memory. MK: Okay. And then moving on to “Sunday Morning.” Do you have a favorite story? Actually, the most recent one that I really, really enjoy and I thought was absolutely hysterical, was the one on Mitzi Gaynor.

Rocca: So Mitzi Gaynor was a lot of fun to do. I have, you know, for the same reason that I love that Lisa Kudrow series, “The Comeback”, I have a real soft spot, a deep affection for the games, and gals that don’t give up. And, you know, she’s a real old time entertainer, and I admire that. I, look, if somebody wants to stop and retire from the public eye, I respect that certainly, but I think there’s something really special about somebody who feels born to perform and gives her all like that. And those TV specials were fantastic that she did. And she really helped give Bob Mackie his start, and he gives her credit for that. And she’s a real hustler, a real trooper. I mean she says about herself that she wasn’t a great screen star. I think she’s a little hard on herself. But she wasn’t, you know, she, we all remember South Pacific, but I think she is right, that that wasn’t her medium. But instead of, you know, instead of trying and taking smaller and smaller parts, and sticking around longer, you know, past her sell by date, she went to Vegas. And she became one of the first big Vegas entertainers. And then she did these great TV specials. And she’s still going. And I really admire that. And I love Angie Dickenson who blurbed the book. Angie’s a fully realized person. She knows who she is. She’s been through a lot. She says what she thinks. She doesn’t care about people liking

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her or not. I love Angie, and I, we did have to cut this out, we didn’t have time, but I said; how come you were never Hitchcock Blonde? And she said; I know! And she’s like; it pissed me off. I wish I was. Well, why wasn’t I Hitchcock Blonde? So I kind of loved that about her. But she’s a really soulful person, a very special person. She’s kind of remarkable. And I know that her comments about Me Too rubbed people the wrong way. But, you know, she was one of Hollywood’s great sex symbols. Her point of view matters. She’s heard.

MK: Okay. And also on a completely different thing, you are always on Out ’s Most Eligible Bachelor List. Are you still single?

Rocca: How did that happen? I think they’re short staffed there, clearly. No, I’m not single. I’ve been with my other half, his name is Alberto. He’s half Cuban, he’s half Chilean. So I like to call him a Cubano, like instead of a Tilano, or a Cubano, he’s a Cubano. And we’ve been together for three and a half years. And he is terrific. And he –listen, he has the patience of a saint, because this podcast and book project, while it’s been awfully fulfilling, it is all consuming. I don’t know how he’s put up with this. But in the book I give him a big juicy dedication at the end and in the acknowledgments. A big shout out in the end.

MK: What is next for you? You know, are you still going to be with “Sunday Morning”? And still do the podcasts? Is there something that you have not done that you want to do?

Rocca: Well, I want to do more live performance. So the podcasts, we started doing kind of a couple of times, like a live, in front of a live audience, the podcast. I was on Broadway in 2 – I always get this wrong – 2007 or 2008, I think it was 2007 in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. And I’d love to go back to performing live, whether it’s Broadway or somewhere else. And my hope is that this project, “Mobituaries”, can kind of involve singing and dancing in front of a live audience. I’m not entirely kidding. So I’d like to do that

MK: And then I have a two-part closing question. On “Sunday Morning” you went from just doing the humor, the humor op-ed pieces. And then they moved you out into the field to do different stories, and even some hard-hitting stories as well, especially with the Confederate statue piece that was incredible. Now, have you enjoyed the change?

Rocca: I really appreciate you asking this. I have. And I’ll tell you, you know, I had a shrink not long ago who told me when I started, when I was figuring out what I wanted to do next. And he said, you know, it’s okay to be smart. You don’t have to always – there doesn’t always be a

punchline. There doesn’t always have to be a joke. It could just be smart, it could just be intelligent, which is, you know, and … life isn’t divided into half-hour sitcoms and hour long dramas. And I actually learned that when I was on the “Daily Show” from Jon Stewart that the show could go from something hopefully very funny to a really serious interview that he was doing. And I don’t, you know, that’s what I want to do is do different kinds of stories, sometimes a story on professional cuddlers, which is obviously kind of zany and it’s just for laughs for the most part. But then do stories on Confederate statues. And better yet I like to do stories that seem like they’re just going to be funny and goofy but end up being substantive. And vice versa I like to do stories that people think: wow, this is a heavy topic. But then they end up being accessible, maybe even funny. So I really – that’s why I love being on “CBS Sunday Morning” because I don’t know where else I’d be able to do all these different kinds of stories. I’m also not interested, frankly, into doing breaking news. So I want to do something that’s at least a little bit of time to think about before it goes on the air. I admire the people who do breaking news but that’s nothing that I’m interested in. But yeah, so I was happy when I got moved into it. And I have an amazing boss, my executive producer at “CBS Sunday Morning”. And he told me the same thing my shrink did. I remember once he assigned, he said;

do you want to do this story? I can’t remember what the topic was, and I thought, oh, I don’t know if I could make it funny. And he says, it doesn’t have to be. And, so anyway, it’s been a good growing experience for me.

MK: Actually, I really, really enjoyed it when actually they gave you the opportunity to actually sub for Jane Pauley.

Rocca: Oh, that’s been great. I love that.

MK: And that is; you love obituaries so much. Would you ever want to be an obituary writer for like, The New York Times?

Rocca: I don’t know if I’d want to be an obituary writer. You know, I’ve gotten to know Margalit Fox who is retired from there, who was a brilliant writer, and he is a brilliant writer, but was for The New York Times. Now, I don’t know, I kind of like, I like the adventure of figuring out how to memorialize things that ordinarily wouldn’t get memorialized. And reassessing people who already were memorialized, so I don’t know that I’d want to be an obituary writer.

See Mo Rocca in person on Tuesday, November 12th at 7:30pm (doors at 6:30pm) at Town Hall (1119 8th Avenue). Tickets are $5.00. Visit https://townhallseattle.org/event/mo-rocca/ for tickets and more information.

MK Scott is a Seattle based-blogger. Check out his site at uniteseattlemag.com

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their family out to a changeling in exchange for an adventure in Faerieland. Featuring puppetry designed by Kyleigh Archer with found and recycled materials, it is a touching and simple tale with bigger environmental

ramifications. Faeriestruck is a bizarre spectacle for adults and children alike. www.annextheatre.org

Guys & Dolls, Village Theatre, Issaquah: 11/7-12/29, Everett: 1/3-2/2

Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, this brassy and colorful musical has been an iconic crowd-pleaser

since it first hit Broadway in 1950. Infamous gamblers, woebegone yet determined missionaries, a troop of dancing showgirls, and one momentous craps game come together on the streets (and in the sewers) of New York City. This beloved multi-award-winner is a non-stop treat full of romance, hilarity, and irresistible charm. www.villagetheatre.org

My Name is Asher Lev, Penguin Productions, 11/7-10/19 (at University Heights) A stage adaptation of the bestselling novel by Chaim Potok. A young Orthodox Jewish painter is drawn by his muse to places that put him in direct conflict with his family and his faith. It is a story of profound passion and inspiration.

www.penguinproductionsseattle.org

Shout Sister Shout! Seattle Repertory Theatre, 11/8-12/22 (world premiere) (opens 11/13)

Playwright Cheryl L. West’s newest creation. Inspired by Gayle F. Wald’s book, Shout, Sister, Shout!, this new theatrical work tells “The Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll” – Sister Rosetta Tharpe’s – incredible story. Ambitious, courageous, and uncompromisingly public, Tharpe became a legend who redefined the national and international music scene in the 1930s and ‘40s.

Experience this rousing musical portrait. www.seattlerep.org

Frost/Nixon, SecondStory Repertory, 11/8-24

British talk-show host David Frost has become a lowbrow laughingstock. Richard M. Nixon has just resigned the United States presidency in total disgrace over Vietnam and the Watergate scandal. Determined to resurrect their careers, Frost risks everything on a series of in-depth interviews in

order to extract an apology from Nixon. The cagey Nixon, however, is equally bent on redemption in the nation’s eyes. The result is the interview that sealed a president’s legacy. www.secondstoryrep.org

Head Over Heels, ArtsWest, 11/2112/29

With songs by The GoGo’s, this exuberant musical will get you grooving in your seat. Head Over Heels follows a royal family on an outrageous journey to save their beloved kingdom from extinction – only to discover the revolution they need is within their own hearts. Includes the hit songs “We Got the Beat” and “Our Lips Are Sealed,” in a spirited and sexy celebration of love in all its infinite varieties.

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Corduroy, Seattle Children’s Theatre, 11/21-12/29

Late at night while the world sleeps, a curious bear named Corduroy searches every inch of a department store in pursuit of his missing button. Leaving behind delightful messes, a Night Watchman is on the case to discover the origin of this playful destruction. All the while, a young girl dreams of bringing Corduroy home as a new cuddle companion. Recommended for patrons 3 years and older.

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Pride and PrejuDICE, Dacha Theatre, 11/22-12/8 (at Crown Hill Center)

Like their previous production of Shakespeare Dice this ambitious format seeks to playfully examine the way we approach and perform classic work. By randomizing the cast every night, the audience makes real-time discoveries with the actors as the play unfolds. In Dacha’s raucous adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, audiences are invited to a Regency England house party with modern sensibilities – complete with party games, a live band with an irresistible beat, and plenty of snacks. Tickets always pay-what-you-can.

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Mrs. Doubtfire, 5th Avenue Theatre, 11/26-12/29 (world premiere) (opens 12/13)

The musical features book, music and lyrics by the team behind Something Rotten! Based on the beloved 1993 Twentieth Century Fox film, Mrs. Doubtfire is the story of newly divorced and out-of-work actor Daniel Hillard. After losing custody of his children, Daniel disguises himself as Scottish nanny Euphegenia Doubtfire and takes a job in his ex-wife’s home in a desperate attempt to stay in their lives. As he gets lost in his new persona and grows closer to his kids, Mrs. Doubtfire teaches Daniel more than he bargained for about how to be a father. (This musical is already slated to move from Seattle to Broadway.) www.5thavenue.org

Christmastown, Seattle Public Theater, 11/27-12/24

Wayne Rawley has written a holiday tradition in this film noir-inspired thriller. Hardboiled detective Nick Holiday investigates some un-holiday-like shenanigans taking place in Christmastown that sends him on a search for the truth about Big Red. Add a glamorous elf, a used-Christmas-tree salesman, a muckraking reporter, and a quickthinking cab driver for something different.

www.seattlepublictheater.org

Howl’s Moving Castle, Book-It Repertory Theatre, 11/27-12/29 (opens 11/30)

Adapted for this production by Myra Platt and Justin Huertas, this production reprises this favorite story, with updated songs and a tightened script. The Witch of the Waste’s curse turns Sophie into an old woman. Sophie must find a way to fix this. Seeking refuge in the dread Howl’s castle, she finds unlikely allies, and friends, in the sorcerer, his fire demon and a lovesick apprentice, who help Sophie realize she has the power to decide her own fate. A show full of magic and music.

www.book-it.org

Intiman Theatre raises $130,000

in one month, adds five new members to the board, announces “Look

to the Future” strategic planning process for 2020

SEATTLE (November 6, 2019) – The board and staff of Intiman Theatre are pleased to announce that the theatre has raised $130,000 in one month, including $60,000 at their annual brunch gala on November 2. These donations count toward the October 3 announced Q4 goal of $200,000, leaving $70,000 remaining to raise through end of year. The $200,000 goal will see Intiman enter 2020 with over $150,000 cash on hand. The theatre extends a heartfelt thank-you to the entire community for all the words of support, financial pledges, and donations, and to those who joined us in person at the Most Fabulous Brunch Gala Ever this past weekend.

The theatre is also pleased to share that five new trustees have joined the board of directors in October. They are Sameer Arshad, Regina Bellody, Elizabeth Coplan, Lauren Dudley, and Pinky Estell. Together, they are joined by current board members Dan Nye (president), Katie Loberstein, and Wacarra Yeomans. Additional trustees will be added to the board in the coming months, with support provided by Scandiuzzi Krebs, [which is] currently serving as interim management for the company. The board and staff extend their thanks to all the community members who have served on the board, especially those who worked since 2012 to lead the company to its current debt-free status.

Intiman Theatre announced a strategic planning process at the gala called “Look to the Future,” which will plot out a plan to bring the company forward serving Seattle, not just for another production but for another 50 years. It will begin in 2020 and will include town halls, public forums, happy hour events, and roundtables, with an invitation extended to the community members, audiences, past board members, donors, and anyone that has come into contact with Intiman over its 47 year history to join us as we dream about the future. The process will include plans to answer the space needs for the theatre – arts space is under attack throughout the city, and Inti-

man envisions being part of the solution to preserving or creating cultural gathering space.

Additional programming for 2020 will include Intiman’s free education programs, STARFISH Project, and Intiman’s Emerging Artist Program, as well as two exciting partner productions with details to come in early 2020.

Anyone interested in joining us as we “Look to the Future” is invited to register on the Intiman website at intiman.org. More details on the process will be shared soon.

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tion of Dracula, now performing at ACT Theatre.

To a large extent, the new version seems to re-center the character of Mina as the hero of the play, the one who ultimately vanquishes Dracula, despite all the misery he visits on her person. For those who know the characters in the book, there is no Van Helsing in this stage version. Much of Van Helsing’s dialogue is now delivered by Mina, herself.

So, Khanh Doan, as Mina, must carry the play through force of personality, which she excels in throughout. She is strong, compassionate, determined, “pure,” thoughtful, well-reasoned (in a complicated play of faith versus science), and sexy.

The first version is said to follow the Bram Stoker novel closely, though apparently the time-sequences are a bit changed. Also, the earlier version uses Renfield as a kind of narrator. Renfield (Basil Harris) is much reduced in significance in

this version. He is still an inhabitant of Dr. Seward’s (Avery Clark) insane asylum, but figures mostly to be under Dracula’s (Brandon O’Neill) thrall when Dracula needs “permission” to enter and coerces Renfield to utter the required permission.

The basics of the story are all there. Jonathan Harker (Arjun Pande) writes letters to his love Mina about going to Transylvania and meeting the Count, and Mina and her best friend Lucy (Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako) talk about Mina’s love of Harker and what it feels like. Then Harker suddenly goes missing and when found, he relates that Dracula has decided to come to London. All is in dread of his arrival when Lucy is found dead.

Of course, Lucy is not dead, she’s UNdead, and must be killed properly so her “soul will not wander the world forever” and they must all quest to find Dracula, spoil his multiple caskets so he can’t inhabit them, and then kill him to stop his evil.

This production has multiple additions to the script that even the new adaptation leaves open for creative execution. Director John Langs has included a torment of tiny devils (or maybe a venue of vixens) in

blood red, hooded capes to dance around the stage in doing Dracula’s bidding, and included both original music by Robertson Witmer (who also provides sound design), and improvised-on-the-spot cello playing and singing by the divine Rachel Beaver.

With an assist in various scenes from adept Lindsay W. Evans as maid/vixen/ attendant, the cast gives it their all. It’s a quickly moving 90 minutes, but even so, there are moments that feel slow. The musical assist is crucial to the success of the evening, and helps both cover the scene changes while also providing creepy underscoring during emotional moments.

The spare set by Matthew Smucker looks like a cement rectangular affair that eventually seems more and more like walls full of coffins. Lighting by Andrew D. Smith is crucial to add almost a scenelike element to each scene change. Smucker and costumer Deborah Trout came up with a way of portraying the “old” Dracula that became a puppet head manipulated by several cast members that is magical and creepy to experience.

So, many elements are inventive

(including the last “wall effect” I won’t spell out) and add much to the atmosphere. Yet, somehow, it still feels very “Catholic” and a bit too stereotypical. The over-miked spooky, reverberating Dracula voice never gives Dracula any “real” ground to connect with. The dialogue that heavily argues about faith versus science, yet doesn’t quite elucidate either side of the equation, didn’t move me at all.

There are definitely moments of levity and it may well check a lot more excitement boxes for others than for me. So, for an October-appropriate theme, and great special effects and an all-in cast, you should give it a go.

For more information, go to www.acttheatre.org or call 206-292-7676.

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logical advances in visual effects or utilizing hyper-modern editing techniques. He has crafted a bevy of memorable thrillers, comedies and kitchen sink melodramas, most of which are a combination of all of the aforementioned genres stirred together into one glorious mélange. He is one of the great auteurs of all-time, and with a filmography that speaks for itself I hardly feel like this is a statement anyone familiar with his work are going to disagree with.

His latest drama Pain and Glory is one of Almodóvar’s most personal storytelling endeavors. It is also one of his best, which is saying something considering this is the guy that made Labyrinth of Passion, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, All About My Mother, Talk to Her and Volver

The film also forms a masterful, mesmerizingly inventive trilogy of sorts with two other of the director’s most notable motion pictures, 1987’s Law of Desire and 2004’s Bad Education. But where those two were sly meditations on the filmmaking process that ventured into hyper-sexualized terrain heavily influenced by the likes of film noir and satirical slapstick comedy, this film is more down to earth in its melancholic fervor.

Celebrated filmmaker Salvador Mallo (Antonio Banderas) does not believe he will work again. A variety of health issues, most of them relating to his ailing back, have left him in constant pain, and because of that he’s taken to self-medicating while also becoming something of a reclusive, borderline agoraphobic, hermit. But the anniversary of his first major international success has brought him somewhat out of his shell, the director even going so far as to reach out to the picture’s star Alberto Crespo (Asier Etxeandia) for the first time in three decades to join him for a retrospective post-screening Q&A. Mallo was upset that Crespo did not play the part the way he wanted him to, and as such he’s never given the actor credit for delivering a performance that people have loved for going on 30 years.

As simple and as straightforward as this story is, this isn’t the only one Almodóvar is telling. There is the medical drama. There is the sight of Mallo trying heroin for the first time to help alleviate the pain in his back. There is the back-and-forth brotherly antagonism that develops between him and Crespo as they begin to realize they aren’t nearly as different as they’ve allowed themselves to believe for over half their lives.

is the brief reunion between Mallo and an important figure from his past who helped fuel his creative fire, intensified his romantic passions and broke his heart into a pieces due to their constant battle with addiction.

Most of all, there is the director looking backwards to his youth as a young boy (Asier Flores) and his relationship with his beloved, wearily determined mother Jacinta (Penélope Cruz). It was here his desire to tell stories about people and their lives was born. It was here his imagination was inflamed by the likes of handyman Eduardo (César Vicente) whom he would teach to read and write. These recollections come crashing back like waves against the seashore, Mallo almost overwhelmed by their emotional weight and significance. Even though he knows he believes he’ll never make another motion picture, the artist still feels compelled to put pen to paper and write all of these recollections down before they disappear into the ether of his memory forever. It’s a lot, yet Almodóvar organizes it all

with magnetic precision. There’s a spellbinding sequence where Crespo comes across an old monologue amongst Mallo’s writings entitled “Addiction” and immediately concludes he is the actor to give these words life. The pair squabble and bicker over the piece, but when they finally do sit down to decide whether or not the actor will get the filmmaker’s permission to perform it Almodóvar treats this intimate conversation almost like a balletic dance of acrobatic intellects. Even though their minds have been dulled by time and abuse both are reinvigorated with youthful intensity at the thought of what might be accomplished if they can come to a mutual understanding. It’s an electrifying sequence, the quiet intensity leaving me in a mesmerized state of breathless awe.

But this is only one moment in a film overflowing in them. Almodóvar’s specificity of vision is consistently stunning. The sequences set in the past with Cruz and newcomer Flores are full of surprises, while later scenes featuring Jacinta in her 80s (now portrayed by the great Julieta Ser-

rano) are maybe even more so. Then there is that reunion with Mallo and a former lover. It left me speechless, the clarity of what was being said even though both individuals in the scene hardly knew what to say to one another nothing less than extraordinary. At the center of it all is Banderas. This is arguably the best performance of the actor’s storied career, at least since the last time he worked with Almodóvar in 2011’s The Skin I Live, probably since the pair’s most notorious and controversial project 1989’s Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, an NC-17 stunner that’s only grown in significance since its debut. There is a lucidity to what Banderas is doing as Mallo that is enthralling. The actor’s physicality, how he subtly contorts his body throughout the film as he reacts to all that is happening, it’s all incredible. Banderas conveys so much often by doing precious little, and even in scenes where he’s almost a secondary character, like in interviews with his back doctor or while sitting in his mother’s bedroom as she tells him in detail how she wants him to handle her burial arrangements (when the day comes), the full weight of his emotional elasticity still explodes in a number of imaginative ways throughout the motion picture.

But none of that compares to what Almodóvar saves for the climax. The last scenes of his movie are priceless, the poetic magnificence of this conclusion hitting me fast and hard, the floodgates opening and suddenly I was a waterfall of tears as I euphorically drank it all in. This is the director at his best. He might not push the technical boundaries of the cinematic medium but that does not mean he still isn’t an iconoclastic risktaker who constantly tests the boundaries of what melodrama can be.

Almodóvar gives the creative process over to the viewer, believes in their imagination and lets his audience fill in the narrative spaces he purposefully leaves empty for them to take ownership of. Memory of who we were coupled with who we wanted to be is augmented by the realization of who we really are can hurt in some profoundly internalized ways, yet at the same time so does refusing to look back at our lives so we can understand ourselves, and by extension others, more fully. But there is also jubilation and wonder to be found in these remembrances, moments of pure bliss that are beyond imagining. This is what Almodóvar has delivered with Pain and Glory, this introspective marvel a storytelling masterclass viewers all over the world should make it a priority to see.

Ambitious Jojo a darkly comic child’s-eye view of unspeakable horror

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

JOJO RABBIT

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In the small German town of Falkenheim, 10-year-old Jojo Betzler (Roman Griffin Davis) lives with his perpetually perky single mother Rosie (Scarlett Johansson) who consistently attempts to see the best that life has to offer even though WWII currently rages around them. With few male role models and being inundated with propaganda on a constant basis, Jojo’s imaginary friend urging him to become the best little Nazi he can be is none other than Adolf Hitler (Taika Waititi). After an accident involving a hand grenade leaves her son with a small facial scar and a noticeable limp, Rosie insists German military official Captain Klenzendorf (Sam Rockwell) give the boy a job and provide him with proper male leadership while she is at work. Jojo is overjoyed by this turn of events, and urged on by Adolf he becomes even more certain in his belief everything the Third Reich is doing is for the greater good no matter how strange, unusual or even downright evil it might sound to be.

Home alone one afternoon, a noise coming from his sister’s empty room startles Jojo. Ever since she died neither he nor his mother go up there, so a thump coming from that location is a bit mysterious. Investigating, Jojo discovers a teenage Jewish girl, Elsa (Thomasin McKenzie), living within the walls. Knowing he can’t turn her in as doing so would mean his mother would be held

accountable for hiding her, with Adolf’s wary approval the boy decides to study this strange Jewish creature instead. But as Jojo and Elsa spend more time together the pintsized Nazi begins to suspect everything he’s been told about the war, about this new German Reich and especially about Jews might be a bunch of hogwash, and all appearances to the contrary he hasn’t the first clue as to what he should be doing with that sort of information.

Winner of the Toronto Film Festival audience award for Best Picture, writer/ director Taika Waititi channels his inner Charlie Chaplin with his undeniably controversial dark WWII comedy Jojo Rabbit

Based on author Christine Leunens’ bestselling 2004 book Caging Skies, this movie literally hits the ground running as it wastes no time whatsoever to present its core ideas, Jojo and Adolf sprinting, jumping and cavorting through Falkenheim streets as they head out into the woods so the boy can join the Jungvolk, otherwise known as the Hitler Youth. It’s a startling opening that purposefully raises an eyebrow, and forgive me if I immediately wondered if Waititi, for all his talent and ability as an insightful and ambitious comedic storyteller, was going to be able to pull this one off.

I shouldn’t have been worried. Waititi balances the horrifying and the hysterical with relative ease. He rarely overplays his hand, the emotional gut-punches that happen throughout never feeling overly melodramatic and instead always seem to come from a place of heartrending honesty that allows them to hit home in ways they never would have been able to accomplish otherwise. This is a tale that takes dead-aim at the gruesome horrors of WWII and forces

the viewer to see them through the eyes of a child. Waititi shows how continuous propaganda coupled with a boisterously blustering leader spouting never-ending verbal waterfalls of hatred and lies can manipulate even the most compassionate minds to think the most ghastly of thoughts. In other words, Thor: Ragnarok, this film is not.

But for fans of Waititi’s other features, notably What We Do in the Shadows and Eagle vs Shark, his ability to mine such complex character-driven territory won’t come as a surprise. Reminiscent of Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 classic To Be or Not to Be (remade by Mel Brooks in 1983), Jojo Rabbit fearlessly shows the absurdity of the Nazi argument by emphasizing its effectiveness in poisoning so many German hearts and minds, especially as this pertains to children. It’s blatant nonsense, made all the more apparent anytime Jojo’s imaginary friend Adolf comes calling and starts nonchalantly speaking his tried and true brand of venom and bile. These moments are an uncomforting mixture of hilarity and horror that became even more hauntingly heartbreaking as the child at the center of all the carnage begins to see with eyes unclouded of hatred and disinformation.

It doesn’t always work, and sometimes the balance just felt off. A sequence where the Gestapo, led by a creepily good-natured Stephen Merchant, comes into Jojo’s house for a random search never struck a satisfying tone as far as I was concerned, and it was only when Rockwell forces his way into the scene did I begin to feel like Waititi was getting a handle on what set of emotions he wanted to procure from the audience. That opening half-hour, especially

the stuff involving the Jungvolk, is haphazard in its execution, and it is only when Johansson assuredly struts into the frame and takes charge of all that is happening did I move forward in my seat and find myself eager to discover where things were going to go to next. The acting is universally spectacular, however, both Davis and especially McKenzie making an indelible impression. The film is also stunningly shot by Mihai Malaimare Jr. (The Master) and magnificently realized thanks in large part to Ra Vincent’s (Thor Ragnarok) production design, while Mayes C. Rubeo’s (John Carter) colorfully creative costumes are some of the best I’ve seen this year. More importantly, Waititi offers up a final 30 minutes that took my breath away, where his film goes and how it ends up resolving itself putting a skip in my step, a laugh in my throat and a mournful pain in my heart that took me by almost complete surprise. Much like The Producers, Life is Beautiful or The Great Dictator, I will totally understand when there are viewers who watch what Waititi has done here and shake their heads in disappointment and anger. This type of dark humor, especially as it relates to children, will undoubtedly hit some the wrong way, how it balances comedy, drama, horror and suspense not something everyone is going to feel is appropriate or justified. But I found Jojo Rabbit to be terrific, its playful demeanor concealing a haunting prescience that transcends its war-torn 1940s setting and becomes as unruly an indictment of current political and social events as anything 2019 has already had the guts to offer.

Meetings Events Activities

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INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm. ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with visible or hidden disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities. html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

NOTE: 10-digit dialing has come to the Seattle area. The (206) area code must now be used to dial local calls. Location of meetings/events is in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - November 9

A Gathering of Men in Woodinville 8:15-11:30am. 21920 Highway 9 SE (WA-9), Woodinville. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. We create a safe, confidential & sacred space in which a man can speak his truth from the heart, to heal & empower himself. We are fiercely non-political, nonsectarian & non-judgmental. All men are welcome. www. agatheringofmen.org

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

Generations Aging with Pride (GenPRIDE) Writers Workshop & Literary Open Mic. 10am-noon (group craft session); noon-4pm (personal coaching sessions); 4:30-6pm (literary open mic and potluck). GenPRIDE Center, 401 Broadway E #223. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. RSVP to sign-up for group craft and personal coaching sessions; no RSVP required for Literary Open Mic and potluck (open mic sign-up is on a first-come, first-serve basis. More info: (206) 393-3400, info@gapseattle.org; www.gapseattle.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.

Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character of the neighborhood. For information stop into Georgetown Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www. georgetownneighborhood.com

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.)

Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up maps at participating shops & galleries located in the Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market St area). (206) 784-9705; visitballard.com Book Reading with Trebor Healey and Alvin Orloff. 7pm. Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave. Trebor Healey reads from his new collection of short stories, “Falling.” Alvin Orloff reads from his memoir, “Disasterama! Adventures in the Queer Underground, 1977-1997.” FREE admission.

Rainbow City Concert Band - “Let It Shine.” 7pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway (off the Seattle Central College South Plaza). Opening concert of their 2019-2020 Be the Light Season. Tickets: $20 general advance/$25 at the door; $15 student/senior; $10 youth. www.rainbowcityband.com.

SUNDAY - November 10

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

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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.

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. Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Senior students lead the meditation, provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion. (206) 329-5908; www.LotusSisters.org. (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, (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

Dignity/Seattle Prayer Service. 6pm. Ravenna United Methodist Church, 5751 33rd Ave NE. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Dignity/Seattle is the local chapter of the nationwide organization of GLBT Roman Catholics. “We celebrate our inherent dignity with pride in liturgy, mutual support, work for justice, & social activities.” Gender-inclusive & relationship affirming liturgies & prayer services. All welcome. (206) 325-7314.

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

Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. Discovery Point School of Massage, 420 E Pike St, Ste 3 - enter on Summit Ave. Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Whether you snow board, downhill, cross-country, or telemark, there are trips & events for you. Bring a potluck dish to share.

Ski Buddies is a non-profit GLBT & GLBT-friendly club which meets regularly thruout the fall & winter, offering camaraderie & deeply discounted skiing adventures for all levels of skiers & snowboarders. www.skibuddies.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 11

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.)

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7-8:30pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Find your voice with Seattle’s safe speaking space for the LGBTQ community. Individuals of all orientations and identities are welcome. Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays (except holidays and December break). For more info email contact@freelyspeaking.org.

PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. (206) 325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org. PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality.

PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses, & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. 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 12

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. Book Launch - “The Anatomy of Organized Hate: Stories of Former White Supremacists - And America’s Struggle to Understand the Hate Movement.” 5:30-7:30pm. First African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, 1522 14th Ave. Book reading, book signing and celebration. FREE parking; on #11 & near #12 bus routes. RSVP to https://lonnielusardo-booklaunch. eventbrite.com

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org

ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Evening Gathering. 6:30-8pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Social Hall. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: FREE. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org. Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Home Street Bank, 7307 Greenwood Ave N. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month.

A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. Please contact group facilitator Mandi Gunderson, (206) 471-2352 prior to attending.

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

LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Kim at (425) 785-8593 or lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net.

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. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. [NOTE: Check website to confirm details.]

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 13

Generations Aging with Pride (GenPRIDE) Community Conversations. 11am-12:30pm. GenPRIDE Center, 401 Broadway E #223. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. Our peer groups are LGBTQIA+ safe spaces by and for our community. While others are welcome to participate, our communities’ voices will be prioritized and we hold a judgment free, safe space for all members. Members are free to speak about any topic; however, we provide pre-selected topics each week that serve as great ice breakers. More info: (206) 393-3400, info@gapseattle.org; www.gapseattle.org/ community-conversations.

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

Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12 noon. Jimmy’s on Broadway, Silver Cloud Hotel, 1100 Broadway @ E Madison St. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month. Just drop in - no RSVP required. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. 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

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

Generations Aging with Pride (GenPRIDE) Community Conversations. 6:30-8pm. Shoreline/Lake Forest Park Senior Center, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. Our peer groups are LGBTQIA+ safe spaces by and for our community. While others are welcome to participate, our communities’

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voices will be prioritized and we hold a judgment free, safe space for all members. Members are free to speak about any topic; however, we provide pre-selected topics each week that serve as great ice breakers. More info: (206) 393-3400, info@gapseattle.org; www.gapseattle. org/community-conversations.

POZ Seattle and Positively Living Thanksgiving Potluck. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Turkey entree will be provided. Bring side dishes, salads, desserts for the potluck. Food, music, 50/50 raffle. $5 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. www.pozseattle.com. [***Check each month to confirm.]

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

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.

THURSDAY - November 14

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

OLGA Monthly Meeting. 10-11:30am. Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E Riverside Dr, Bothell. OLGA (Older Lesbians Gathering Around) meets the second Thursday of each month, followed by lunch in the dining room (11:45-12:30). All are welcome. Contact Margaret at mvanreuth@outlook.com for more info.

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

Seattle Prime Timers Cards. 2pm. Ballard NW Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW. near The Locks. Meets 2nd Thursday each month in the Arts & Crafts Room on the 2nd floor to play Hearts, Cribbage or Bridge depending on who shows up. Beginners are welcome. On Metro routes 44 and 17X. See monthly events calendar at www.seattleprimetimers.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.)

Capitol Hill Arts Walk. 5-8pm. Participating shops & galleries in the Pike/Pine corridor. 2nd Thursday each month. Keep your eyes out for curbside A-boards that mark each participating venue. Pick up a walking map from any location & you’re on your way. Enjoy refreshments & meet the featured artists as you stroll the Hill. www.caphillchamber.org

Queer Parent Networking Dinners. 6-8pm. NW Network Community Engagement Center - phone, email or visit website for location. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirit, Queer & Questioning families - including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child. RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and childcare. (206) 568-7777 or qpnd@nwnetwork.org. www.nwnetwork.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.

Generations Aging with Pride (GenPRIDE) Community Conversations. 6:30-8pm. Ballard Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Our peer groups are LGBTQIA+ safe spaces by and for our community. While others are welcome to participate, our communities’ voices will be prioritized and we hold a judgment free, safe space for all members. Members are free to speak about any topic; however, we provide

pre-selected topics each week that serve as great ice breakers. More info: (206) 393-3400, info@gapseattle. org; www.gapseattle.org/community-conversations. 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

PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First United Methodist Church, 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. www.pflagtacoma.org; PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 234-9790. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

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.]

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. www.otterpolo.com. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.) [NOTE: Check website to confirm details]

FRIDAY - November 15

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SATURDAY - November 16

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. Meets 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.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.

SUNDAY - November 17

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) 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. 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 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

Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. (contact for new location) Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically non-monogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169. American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html

BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LGBT MS Connection - (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 methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org

Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities:

community calendar

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

SEATTLE

BATHS

CLUB Z - (men)

Pike near Boren - 622-9958

corner of Pike & 11th

1117 Pike near Boren - (206) 622-9958

(stairs behind Wildrose) - 568-3240

HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women)

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

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

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

DOGHOUSE LEATHERS

MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537

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

NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358

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

1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463

1510 1st Ave - (206) 624-1784

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

SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - 441-5449

THE NEW YORK XCHANGE

STOUT -1530 11th Ave - 397-3825

225 Broadway E. - (206) 726-3300

TOULOUSE PETIT

ONYX LEATHER

601 Queen Anne Ave N - 432-9069

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

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

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

THE CUFF COMPLEX

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

ROOT TABLE 2213 NW Market St. - (206) 420-3214

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

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

UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - 325-6492

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

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

RETAIL SHOPS

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

OLYMPIA

PANACHE

225 Broadway E. - 726-3300

DARBY’S CAFE

RUCKUS 1465 E Republican St. - 257-4805

211 5th Ave. SE - (360) 357-6229

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

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

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

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

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

LA CONNER

TACOMA

OLYMPIA

PORT ANGELES

SPOKANE

TACOMA

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38 [MEN]

RAIN CITY JACKS

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FREE & ANONYMOUS HIV & STD COUNSELING/TESTING Walk-In or by Appt GAY CITY HEALTH PROJECT 517 E. Pike St. M-F: 3pm-8pm; SAT: 12:30pm-5pm More Info & to Schedule Appt 206-860-6969