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by Victor Bogatko SGN Contributing Writer CLIPPER VACATIONS WHALE WATCHING DAYTRIP Through September 28

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Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, whale watching in the famed San Juan Islands has always seemed like an exciting backyard excursion. To my surprise and delight, it proved to be an even more spectacular adventure that is seemingly worlds apart from life here in Seattle.

Conveniently departing from downtown Seattle, the San Juan Islands Whale and Sealife Search Day Trip begins bright and early with a Victoria Clipper cruise through Puget Sound.

As the summer sun burns away the morning fog, wildlife enthusiasts are treated with their first glimpses of Puget Sound’s stunning coastline, soaring bluffs, picturesque towns, and abundant wildlife. Any early morning grogginess is lifted immediately as the region’s stunning beauty is revealed – and did I mention coffee refills are free?

Heading north through the Salish Sea (the body of water encompassing Puget Sound, the Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca), the tour sails along the eastern shores of Whidbey Island for miles before passing through the shallow turquoise waters of Skagit Bay, where the wildlife really makes a prolific debut.

And don’t worry about always being on the lookout for sightings! The very friendly and very knowledgeable naturalist will be sure to point out anything you might miss. Our naturalist Renee Ramirez seemed to have a sixth sense about spotting anything well before anyone else. On top of being your eyes and ears when you’re not paying attention, your naturalist will inform you of the region’s unique history, geology, environment, wildlife, and anything else you may be curious about. Renee’s dedication and passion for wildlife was very evident as she interacted with cruisers and answered endless questions throughout the trip without missing a beat. see Whales page 16

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Armistead Maupin

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer THE DAYS OF ANNA MADRIGAL

BY ARMISTEAD MAUPIN Anna Madrigal has become one of the most cherished characters of literature. The beloved former owner of 28 Barbary Lane infamy is more than a landlady to those who lived in her boarding house; she is a living Earth Mother figure.

The same way her character has become one to all those who have enjoyed any or all of the Tales of

the City series. The Days of Anna Madrigal is the final installation following the eight previous novels that started as a series of articles in the San Francisco Chronicle. And from the very beginning of the book it reads exactly like that; a final installment wrapping up a series that readers have come to love.

Jeff Church (l) and Dustyn Moir in Man of La Mancha There are two main story lines present between these pages and by Miryam Gordon Man of La Mancha and the lead school-and-community-and-proin true Maupin style the myriad of SGN A&E Writer role of Cervantes/Don Quixote fessional theater company. characters interweave in and out of will be played by Jeff Church.

Seattle Musical Theatre (SMT), both of them. The secondary is the Seattle Musical Theatre is In many ways that signifies renamed several years ago from getting ready, the getting to, and the launching their 37th season in enormous positive change for Seattle’s long-known Seattle Civtwo weeks. They’re starting with the somewhere-between-highsee Anna page 16

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Bob Dylan kicking off tour in Seattle Getty

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer The legendary Bob Dylan has selected Seattle as the launch pad for his upcoming fall North American tour. The iconic folkrock artist will begin a three-month itinerary with a trio of performances at the Paramount Theatre, October 17-19. He’s previ-

ously played Key Arena and Memorial Stadium (for Bumbershoot), but his forthcoming shows at the Paramount will certainly give fans a much more intimate experience.

Dylan has a new album in the works, though no release date or details have yet been announced for it; he will put out another compilations package, The Basement Tapes Complete, on November 4. Tickets for his Seattle concerts go on sale September 5 (10 a.m.) via www.livenation.com.

ana Grande is slipping into town on September 4 to sing the National Anthem at CenturyLink Field during the NFL’s season kick-off festivities. Grande shared the Pop Video award with Iggy Azalea for their collaborative hit “Problem.”

A reminder that the 2014 Decibel Festival, with electronic music as its centerpoint, is taking place September 24-28 at multiple venues here in Seattle. This year’s lineup includes Baths, Pete Tong, Son Lux, Nordic Cat Power has announced a concert date for Soul, and BRAIDS. A complete roster of Olympia on her brief autumn outing, perform- artists and ticket information is available at ing October 1 at the Capitol Theater. Known www.dbfestival.com. also as Chan Marshall, the indie singer-songYou snooze, you lose. The following live writer hasn’t released any new material since 2012’s Sun album, but perhaps she’ll unleash a concerts are now sold out: Die Antwoord on fresh batch of tunes at the Olympia show. For September 22 (Paramount Theatre), Sam Smith on September 25 (Paramount Theatre), tickets, go to www.axs.com. alt-J on October 15 (Paramount Theatre), and The MTV VMAs have come and gone, Hozier on October 21 (The Showbox Market). but you can catch a few of the winners on Finally, Contemporary Christian singer stage in the coming days. Katy Perry, who Vicky Beeching, who’s worked with several nabbed the Moonman statue for Best Fekey players in her genre (e.g., Matthew West, male Video will appear September 13 at the Joy Williams) revealed that she is a Lesbian Tacoma Dome, while Best Hip Hop Video during a recent interview. Her last recording, recipient Drake is headed to White River Amphitheatre with Lil Wayne the day after, before relocating back to her native England on September 14. And, pop sensation Ari- to pursue a PhD, was 2010’s Eternity Invades.

Jack White looks and sounds sexy at the Paramount

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer JACK WHITE PARAMOUNT THEATRE August 26

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pet of The Chantays’ “Pipeline” and a microphone-less White getting everyone to yell out the third verse. It was dedicated to Eddie Vedder, who was at the side of the stage.

White switched shirts for an encore, now wearing a black tee-shirt. He ripped into “The Hardest Button to Button,” then followed with the instrumental “Lazaretto” and squeezed in another album title track, “Blunderbuss,” before climaxing with a power-packed rendition of “Seven Nation Army,” which has become somewhat of an anthem at baseball and soccer stadiums around the world, and used by many college bands during intermission at basketball games. The only biggie omitted on Tuesday was “I’m Shakin’.”

If you’ve never seen Jack White in concert, you’re missing the experience of watching a master craftsman at work. I’m sure he’s good at a few other things, but it’s hard to imagine the Detroit-born musician doing anything else.

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I probably shouldn’t compare Jack White to Michelangelo, and I won’t. But there’s no doubt that his Tuesday night performance at the Paramount Theatre, the second of two sold out concerts in Seattle, was a stroke of genius.

He’s an expert guitarist, a brilliant songwriter of modern rock, a singer with an interesting and impressive vocal range, and a classy, captivating showman.

At 8:45 p.m., the curtain dropped simultaneously as he struck the first chords of “Fell in Love with a Girl,” a track by The White Stripes. There was no time to prepare for his entrance; he was already positioned at front and center of the stage wailing away. All we could do was scream, or clutch our fists in the air, or lose our shit.

He’s no fashion slacker either. White appeared stylish in dark-colored dress pants with matching button-down shirt with ivory-toned loafers and suspender straps hanging down to his hamstrings instead of over his shoulders. Completing the snappy look was a cropped head of hair swept to the side with neatly trimmed sideburns.

He was hot; trust me.

Mixing songs from his solo catalog, as well as music from various side projects, the crowd ate up everything he did. There were fans present who knew every lyric to every Jack White track; they passed the test easily at the Paramount by mouthing each word to everything he played, including several numbers from his newest release, Lazaretto, like a feisty rendition of “High Ball Stepper,” a sleek version of “That Black Bat Licorice,” and one of the evening’s highlights,

“Three Women,” where he sat at the piano.

“You let us know when it’s time to go,” said White to his admirers. On the previous night, he reportedly performed a longer set with close to 35 songs.

The show was a high-energy blend of rock, western and rockabilly selections, some of them original pieces and others covers, such as a country-fried delivery of Hank Williams’ “You Know What I Know” that featured White strumming an acoustic guitar and one of his band members plucking a silver-coated double bass. I was also delighted with his Southern-flavored re-do of James Booker’s “Papa Was a Rascal.”

“I Cut Like a Buffalo,” from The Dead Winters’ 2009 debut Horehound, was really fiery and had White leading the audience in a loud round of handclaps. People in the mezzanine and upper balconies were cheerily standing and clapping as well. He ended the main set with an extended version of The Raconteurs’ “Steady As She Goes” that featured a snip-

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Capturing a musical monster: Mahler’s 8th Symphony

ny, I finally get it. With the help of Gustavo Dudamel , well over a thousand players and singers, and especially the utterly thrilling I feel a kind of divine madness has come sound on this new Blu-ray from Caracas, over me: after decades of trying to appreci- Venezuela, it finally makes sense to me. ate the first part of Mahler’s Eighth Sympho- Mahler is the most polyphonic composer of

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all time, and I have always felt he just went too far in this movement. There’s just too much going on at once to take in. The writing for the soloists, especially, is hard to fit sonically into everything else that’s happening.

Yet, when I heard it live in Usher Hall in Edinburgh, Scotland, I was so overwhelmed by the flood of sound coming at me that I could not avoid sobbing from the thrill of it, even if I didn’t understand it. I now feel the problem I have had with this work derives from the inadequate sonics on previous recordings.

To record with clarity such a complex mix of sounds from so many performers has been apparently beyond the earlier technologies of the recording art. But the engineers in Caracas have achieved a modern miracle: everything on this Blu-ray (in DTS HD surround) is amazingly clear and fantastically exciting even in the loudest moments when everyone is playing or singing at their loudest.

The fact is that the opening passages, when everyone except the children’s chorus is putting out their utmost, are so sonically thrilling that I have been forced to return again and again to experience this thrill. It never fails to raise the hairs on my arms! Thus, I have now listened to this performance many times. Each time it has made more sense. I can hear almost everything clearly, and the result has been that my appreciation has grown with each audition. Finally, when I was sharing it with a half dozen friends last Saturday, it peaked for me ... combining the sensual thrills I had experienced in Edinburgh with my newly acquired sense of Mahler’s complex language to push me over the edge into musical ecstasy and madness.

The only other recording that comes close, in my experience, to the sonic glories of this one is the Blu-ray of Wagner’s RING from Valencia, Spain. Readers of this column will remember that I have explained how Blu-ray technology gives the home

listener, for the first time ever, the potential for totally uncompressed sound: no loss of data (as on all CD’s) and no loss of dynamic range (as on all previous recording media).

The ultimate result, potentially, is an unprecedented level of clarity on this and the Valencia recordings. On Blu-ray, the potential is there. But few engineers achieve it.

In this performance, the engineers captured the sound of well over 1,000 performers. The chorus alone had so many singers that the choral director, Lourdes Sánchez, could not keep an accurate count; she said somewhere between 1200 and 1300 singers, mostly children from the amazing El Sistema, a comprehensive musical program that gives instruments to most children from the poorest neighborhoods of Venezuela and gives them lessons. Rolex gave “generous support” to the “Mahler Project” (of which this concert is but a part), but the enabling factor has to be El Sistema, which provided so many participants with a minimum of expense.

And the result betrays absolutely no compromise in musical quality. On the contrary, the level of commitment and excitement conveyed by the participants only adds to the precision and energy of the music. Dudamel almost performs semaphores to make his beat clear to everyone, no matter the distance from the last row of singers to the podium. Yet nothing is strained or awkward. A nice element is that the first-chair positions are often filled by the young members of the Simón Bolivar Symphony, rather than their more-experienced colleagues from the LA Philharmonic. Watching the audience and the performers AFTER the performance reveals that this disc captures not just a performance but also a great human event.

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

Captain Smartypants gets “Starstruck” at The Triple Door CAPTAIN SMARTYPANTS “STARSTRUCK” THE TRIPLE DOOR September 13 & 20 8 p.m.

September 21 7 p.m.

About Captain Smartypants – a small ensemble of Seattle Men’s Chorus Captain Smartypants is a homosexual vocal comedy group. They have performed all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond, thrilling, delighting and alarming audiences from Washington, DC to San Francisco.

Since their inception in 2000 Captain

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Smartypants has performed with Ann Wilson, Jennifer Holliday, Kelli O’Hara, Kristin Chenoweth, Melissa Manchester, American Idol finalist Blake Lewis and was Seattle’s warm-up act for Margaret Cho when she filmed The Notorious C.H.O. in 2002.

Captain Smartypants all live together in a tree house in Yelm, where they weave their own clothing out of wild vines. Their favorite color is “plaid” and they eat nothing but circus peanuts and fiddlehead ferns. Eric Lane

Barnes, Flying House Productions’ Assistant Artistic Director, is their trepid leader.

Our Mission is to entertain, enlighten, unify and heal our audience and members, using the power of words and music to recognize the value of Gay and straight people and their relationships.

Our Vision: A world that accepts and values its Gay and Lesbian citizens.

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For three performances only the “Starstruck” crew of nine movie-loving Gay men shine the spotlight – in a way that only Captain Smartypants can – on the movies and stars they adore. The outrageously hilarious musical funnymen will roast everyone from silent film star Charlie Chaplin to “noisy” film star Sandra Bullock. Other treats include: a Disney princess duking it out with a Disney villain in song; Batman jazzing it up with three of his nemeses; Oscar-losing songs strutting their stuff in front of Oscar-winning songs; and macho movie hunks proving their sexy mettle to mere mortals (in song).

“Starstruck” features a touching tribute to the beautiful actresses that Gay men have fallen in love with through the years, a raft of movie mash-ups (including “Man of Steel Magnolias” and “Jesus Christ Superstar Trek”), and three very personal “movie song stories” in which Captain Smartypants share how movies and their music played a pivotal role in a life-changing event. In one such story, a young Gay man decides Beautiful Thing and its Mama Cass soundtrack is the perfect opportunity to dramatically come out to his family. Another story relates a coming-of-

age tale that takes place at a Dustin Hoffman drive-in double-feature (Midnight Cowboy and Tootsie), with a painfully awkward double date and a surprising first kiss from the coolest guy in high school.

“Starstruck” is Captain Smartypants’ first feature-length appearance at The Triple Door (216 Union St.). With a state-of-the-art sound system, concert grand piano, and fullsized movie screen (for the many videos that accompany the show), the audience dines in comfort and style. “Starstruck” is directed

by Seattle Men’s Chorus’ Associate Artistic Director and Captain Smartypants Director Eric Lane Barnes, and the cast includes the nine members of Captain Smartypants: Colin Behr, Jeffrey Erickson, Joshua Herrington, Rad Milosavljevic, David Nilsson, Jason Reuer, Don Riling, Dante Rodriguez, and Paul Rosenberg. “Starstruck” is presented by James Alan Salon & Spa. Tickets are $25 and $35 (front row only) and are on sale now at www.CaptainSmartypants.org.

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Five acts to check out at Bumbershoot sically, he’s said to be a knockout performer.

Mavis Staples Starbucks Stage Saturday, 10 p.m.

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer BUMBERSHOOT SEATTLE CENTER August 30-September 1

The legendary gospel-traditional soul singer returns to Bumbershoot, where she wowed a large gathering of festival-goers three years ago. She’s touring in support of 2013’s One True Vine, the second album produced by Jeff Tweedy (Wilco); he helmed her Grammy-winning record You Are Not Alone in 2010. Skip church and see Staples instead.

If you’re staying put this Labor Day Weekend, take note that Bumbershoot is happening three days and nights at Seattle Center with musical acts, comedians, authors, filmmakers, performance artists, and all kinds of food stalls with tempting treats.

But if it’s the music you’re going for, which is the centerpoint of the festival, there’s a lot to see and hear just below the Space Needle.

Here are five acts to catch at Bumbershoot.

For more info, log onto www.bumbershoot.org.

Neon Trees Fisher Green Stage Monday, 8 p.m.

Panic! At The Disco Memorial Stadium Saturday, 2:45 p.m.

Pop-rock band Neon Trees has made waves this year with the release of their third studio album, Pop Psychology, that contains the leadoff hit “Sleeping with a Friend.” But the Provo, Utah-based group also created headlines throughout the music biz when lead singer Tyler Glenn recently announced he was Gay. They’re expected to put on an energetic, fun show.

And, look for an SGN interview with Neon Trees in the coming weeks.

Alternative rockers Panic! At The Disco have routinely swept through Seattle on nearly every tour, and they’ve managed to sell out all of their shows. The band is still promoting last year’s recording, Too Weird to Live, Too Rare to Die! Frontman Brendon Urie has stated that although he’s straight, he’s been attracted to other men and has experienced men sexually in the past. They’ll be a big draw at Memorial Stadium.

Foster the People Memorial Stadium Monday, 9:15 p.m.

Big Freedia Fisher Green Stage Saturday, 2:45 p.m.

Grammy-nominated trio Foster the People comes back to Seattle for the second time this year; their first appearance coincided with the Seattle Seahawks advancing to the Super Bowl after beating the 49ers. The Los Angeles three-piece is on the road supporting their sophomore effort Supermodel, which follows 2011’s well-received Torches. I’ve seen Foster the People twice, and they are really good live.

New Orleans rapper Big Freedia is as interesting as he is talented. Stating that he’s not Transgender, he does wear women’s clothes and accessories, and is usually seen clutching a purse. Besides this, he’s a well-respected and sought-after interior designer back home. Mu-

How to write a novel in one easy lesson

You see, all one has to do is write a wish on a piece of paper and “Put it in the Place Where the Cat Sits” and who knows what will happen!

Since my philosophy of life is “Becoming is superior to being” (Thank you, Descartes!)

I try to write in the early morning sun, every morning at 5 a.m. The novel has been growing like a dandelion field waving in the sugar breeze! I am finding that since I have started my novel, for some reason, I can relate to people better, and can grasp more life concepts more easily! I try to put a positive bent on my novel, because there are too many “Killing of Sister George” novels out there and the least I can do is shake hands with a positive present!

I also take my writing philosophy from a quote from the movie, “Little Miss Sunshine.” In this movie, one teeny bopper confided to his brilliant, yet mentally disturbed uncle, “I’ll find a way to fly. When you do what you love to do, you can do no wrong!”

Like that teeny bopper boy, I am doing what I love to do, and that is write, not wrong! I would like to share a poem I wrote when I was a wee seven year-old. “Do you want a duck? It will not bring you bad luck! When it talks, “Quack, quack” It walks, wak, wak!

Do you want a duck? It will not bring you bad luck!” And that mes amis, is the essence of living – do what you love the best and success will follow you like a cradle of ripe cherries!

by Sugie SGN Contributing Writer Here I sit with a blank faced computer in front of me. It is almost taunting me to spill the china beans on my latest literary project – writing the great American novel! The idea grew slowly in my mental land, when a good friend of mine was reaping the bushels of fruits by writing her own novel! My boyfriend thought that that was a “novel” idea and gently told me, “Susan, I believe you could write a book, too!” So, I was in need of a title, for starters. A phrase had been gently cooking in my talking head. The place next to my boyfriend’s sofa was where his cat sits. When the cat wasn’t there, I would put heaping full dinner plates there until I could balance the plate on my lap. So, the place where I put my dinner plates when the cat wasn’t sitting there became known as “Put it in the Place Where the Cat Sits!” That then became the title of my novel.

Meanwhile, I am nurturing my novel along by writing at least a page and a half a day. I even got my sister, Desperately Seeking Louise to agree to illustrate my novel! In case you are wondering what my novel is going to be about, I won’t be “catty” about it – I will lick my whiskers and enlighten you! It is all about a magical cat named Moody and the Jones family that he has wrapped around his little paw!

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continued from cover ic Light Opera, has been a very important presence in the Seattle musical community.

Many of our veteran musical theater performers got their first out-of-school productions at this company. Many performers who went on to gain their Equity cards and perform at Village Theatre and the 5th Avenue Theatre trod the boards at SMT first.

Mark Chenovick and Jen Klos accepted an unnerving challenge – to act as administrators for SMT for a few months to help them clean up the mess. This a) while running SecondStory Repertory (their theater) full time and b) for free! SMT was deeply in debt and the board was very young (almost no board members had been members for longer than two years), and a lot had to change in a hurry.

The 2013/14 season was adjusted to slightly cheaper musicals, a bit easier to build, but most everything stayed on track. They had

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Dustyn Moir, Jeff Church, and Cherisse Martinelli in Man of La Mancha

essa was invited to meet and discuss things with the board and she was invited to finish the run of the show. She made what was probably an excruciating decision to do so. Her reinstatement was essentially what most people were demanding, including cast members. But she had been humiliated and probably never wanted to step foot in the building again. But she finished the run.

Vanessa says, “That was a very tough time, and thanks to the incredible outpouring of support from theater artists in Seattle, many of whom I didn’t know, I didn’t feel alone. A group of actors in the cast documented the inconsistencies in communications, and shared it with the board. And I remember thinking, this isn’t about a show anymore, it’s about saving a theater. So, I have to give credit to the theater artists of Seattle and the actors in the cast. Their passion, courage and activism ignited the changes that we now see at Seattle Musical Theatre.”

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a big drop in audiences, though. This is one of the areas that must recover. Some board members have changed, and all the board members now have specific responsibilities to help run the theater. All previous staffers were let go, due to a lack of budget.

Eventually, Roy Arauz, a long-time associate of SMT, and a veteran of many companies in town, was hired as Artistic Director, which the board announced July 15, 2014.

Roy has a history with both musicals and straight plays and formed his own company, Arouet, which has done several straight plays at various venues for the past three years.

Roy says, “Mark and Jen left us with a much better foundation. We’re starting our 37th season. By the time we get to Season 40, I want to be financially stable, to have five fantastic shows and people knocking on our doors to be in there.

“My personal focus is to create a positive environment for everyone who comes to work with us. That we treat our actors and production teams well. We talk about community theater; we have to create a community in the theater, in rehearsal, that people can turn to us to help at any time. At the same time, as artistic director, I want to set an artistic level that we meet. I want the show to be finished before we come into tech. I do not want to have a show that has never been run before tech week. Artistically, our shows should be ready and provide a good experience for the audience.

“So many people have reached out to us and given us support. I was afraid that people wanted SMT to die, and people I don’t even know have offered any kind of help. There has been some blunt criticism about past behaviors and I definitely want to listen and pay attention to our community. People see the difference.

“We have a great board of directors now.

There was almost 100% turnover on the board and one person from a past board came back.

The board is working very hard and learning things that they’ve never done before.

We don’t have a box office person, we have a board member doing this in spare time.

“What inspires me and makes me want to be here is that we are all working to make SMT come back to what it should be and to continue our growth. Making sure we’re not competing with each other, but supporting each other, including other theater companies. We want people who go to other theater companies to also want to come to SMT.” Future plans include looking to start up a way to develop new works, as so many are doing these days. Roy reports that they made a long term plan to pay off old debts and even now are ahead of their schedule.

But, now, the theater community and the audiences need to come back and see what they have to offer. It is up to us to make sure they are sustained for the long term.

About starring in Man of La Mancha, Jeff Church says, “I thought long and hard about going back, and I’m very excited to work with them again. After everything that happened, it shows the [rest of the theater] community that I support where SMT is going and I hope everyone gives them the chance. I want to help them and the way I know how is by bringing myself back to them.”

Seattle Musical Theatre’s 2014/15 season is: Man of La Mancha 9/12-28, Rocky Horror Show 10/9-18, Fiddler on the Roof 11/7-23, Sweet Charity 2/13-3/1 and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 4/10-26.

Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com or 1-800-838-3006. SMT is located at 7120 62nd Ave NE in Magnuson Park. www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org.

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SMT has had a lot of struggles over the years, but last year’s credibility fiasco nearly succeeded in destroying the company altogether. Some of you who love musical theater might know what happened, but it is worth discussing what happened, because the aftermath has produced some very, very good changes. However, SMT is by no means out of the woods financially, so it’s important for you to know that you should definitely now start supporting this company. That’s especially true, if you felt like you should stop supporting it last year.

SMT has not only had a checkered financial history, the company has, at times in the recent past (going back even four and five years, at least – I don’t know all of the histories), acted in less than appropriate ways toward cast members. Cast members have gotten summarily “fired” (it’s not a good word for what is essentially a volunteer effort for actors) for inappropriate reasons.

Somehow, the administrations felt that they could take these actions with impunity.

In April/May of 2013, SMT produced Gypsy. I was going to review it and saw the production on an evening when Vanessa Miller portraying Mama Rose lost her voice. She began terrifically, but as the first act went on, her singing voice failed more and more noticeably, and by “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” she was acting her guts out, but no music could come out.

The production was directed by Jeff Church. He came on stage and sadly announced that the second act was called. Well, folks, it’s live theater and people get sick.

Anything can happen, and it’s a wonder, sometimes, that more shows don’t get cancelled! We understand, right? And, of course, I couldn’t review half a show. No problem.

The Sunday matinee went on with Vanessa on stage, but her singing voice was still missing, so another singer sang from offstage and Vanessa lipsync’d. It was one way of handling the situation. And then there would be several days off that Vanessa could rest for the following weekend’s performances.

SMT “Executive Director” Janet Pope, however, took some actions, including “firing” Vanessa (that word again). She said SMT never “fires” anyone for getting sick. So why did she do that, when there were only two more weekends left of the production? “Quality control” was her answer. In essence, she didn’t like the show as directed by Jeff Church, didn’t like Vanessa in the role, and rather than let the show finish and deal with how all that happened later, she took the opportunity to try to insert a different actress into the middle of the run.

How do I know? Because I spoke to Janet directly the following Monday, when I heard that Vanessa was not going to be allowed to continue. Vanessa Miller is a very well known performer/director around town. She has directed and taught for years and worked with Village Theatre and Wooden O. Her professionalism is untarnished and she is thought to give 150% to everything. I tried to let Janet know that if she continued to pursue this action, a shit storm was going to come

her way. Her answer to me was, “Oh, we’ve The board knew the theater was in financial fired actors before.” It was very nonchalant. trouble; but they began hearing stories from lots of people who were not involved in the The shit storm commenced. Hundreds of Gypsy production, who wanted to tell stories people, theater performers and theater lov- about Janet’s behaviors. My impression is that ers, all over the country, who heard some they even began to think about closing the of what was happening started Facebook- company down, due to too many problems. ing and emailing and talking about it. The So many people had been alienated; it was board was inundated, the cast was in an clear that Janet’s fiefdom had to die. While uproar (some wanted to quit, which would the board and Janet put out statements that have certainly shut down the show), and they mutually agreed to part; however that emergency meetings were called. happened, Janet had to leave for SMT to surIt became clear to the board, perhaps even vive. Many actors declared that they would to Janet Pope, that major mistakes were be- never work with SMT again, if things stayed ing made and needed to be dealt with. Van- the same. Trust was completely broken.

I note here that I hoped that Janet would move on; but I feared that the “Seattle way” of doing things would prevail: a lot of talking before any action. I also feared that the board would feel beholden to Janet and shrink from removing her/letting her go. I was greatly relieved that I was wrong; she was gone by the end of June 2013!

IN MEMORIAM – Robin Williams, et al.

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James Garner James Garner’s body of work speaks for itself, films like The Great Escape, Victor/Victoria, Grand Prix and 36 Hours classic entertainments that have stood the test of time and then some. The Korean War veteran and proud Hollywood liberal is most known for his television work, both “Maverick” and “The Rockford Files” considered two of the best programs to have ever graced the smaller screen.

Garner earned a much-deserved Academy Award nomination for his work in 1985’s Murphy Romance co-starring with Sally Field. He also picked up 15 Emmy nominations, along

Lauren Becall At 19 years of age Lauren Bacall, born Betty Joan Perske, set the cinematic world afire appearing alongside screen icon Humphrey Bogart in director Howard Hawk’s celebrated WWII thriller To Have and Have Not. The two would appear together three more times in The Big Sleep, Dark Passage and Key Largo, but, more importantly, they would begin a love affair that would set the world afire ranking as one of the deepest and longest lasting Hollywood has ever known. She won two Tonys for her stage work in the 1970s, while an Academy Award nomination for her appearance in 1997’s The Mirror Has Two Faces, under the direction of Barbra Streisand, was somewhat surprisingly the actresses first and only nod before finally being awarded an Honorary Oscar in 2009. Other notable screen appearances include Douglas Sirk’s poetic melodrama Written on the Wind, the CinemaScope musical How to Marry a Millionaire alongside Marilyn Monroe and Lars Von Trier’s disturbingly tragic epic Dogville.

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Elaine Stritch Elaine Stritch made a name for herself on the Broadway stage and on the television screen, winning three Emmys and a Tony as part of a long and distinguished career. Her epic battles with alcohol were chronicled in her onewoman tour de force Elaine Stritch at Liberty, while the documentary Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me is without question one of the finest released in all of 2014 up to this point. Her guest appearances on “30 Rock” garnered five of her eight Emmy nominations (including one of her wins), while her work with Robin Williams in 1990’s severely underrated Cadillac Man is well worthy of being revisited.

with two wins, during the course of his illustrious career. The actor considered his work in The Americanization of Emily alongside Julie Andrews to be his finest, however, and I for one am not about to disagree with him. www.rainews.it

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The bad news started with the death of beloved comedic icon Elaine Stritch in mid-July, the Emmy and Tony-award winning talent passing at the age of 89 on July 17. Two days later James Garner, sardonic, icy-cool gambler Bret Maverick to some, laconic, eagle-eyed San Francisco P.I. Jim Rockford to so many more, passed quietly in his sleep at the age of 86. In August came the double-whammy of Lauren Bacall, the woman who taught Bogie how to whistle, and Sir Richard Attenborough, who won an Oscar for directing Gandhi and as actor brought dinosaurs to life in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, each quietly succumbing to a variety of ailments, she at the age of 89, he 90.

Individually, these losses were sad, to be certain; but collectively, for lovers of classic film and television at any rate, this foursome passing on was like a punch to the gut. All were members of what is often called Hollywood’s Golden Age, each making names for themselves from Los Angeles to New York to London and to locations all around the globe.

Their impact on the world of entertainment is incalculable, all leaving an indelible mark generations still unborn will likely be talking about far into the unforeseeable future.

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Robin Williams But as tragic as all of this might be, there’s something about Robin William’s death on August 11 from apparent suicide that ends up hitting the hardest. Why? It could be the complete and totally unexpected nature of his passing. It could be the way he purportedly enacted it via selfstrangulation. By all appearances, the live-wire comedian and Oscar-winning actor was still at the peak of his powers, battles with depression and addiction left in the dust as he continued to work at a fevered, almost non-stop pace.

But as the old adage says, looks can be deceiving; and when dealing with a chameleon as talented as Williams it shouldn’t be surprising that what we all saw on the surface wasn’t the same as what was taking place underneath the skin. It was reported by his wife Susan Schneider after his death, the actor had recently learned he was in the early stages of Parkinson’s, that news coupled with his continued

battles with depression apparently more than he could handle.

We can’t know what would have happened had Williams’ cries for help been answered.

Heck, we honestly don’t even know if any were even made, the actor so good at playing things close to the vest it’s likely no one, not even those closest to him, knew he was in so much pain. All that’s really left is the shock and the awe of a unique talent gone from this earth far too soon, a pantheon of fans of all ages and backgrounds left mouths agape dealing with their own sort of sadness as prayers of condolence are sent in the direction of his family as they deal with their loss.

Instead of ruminating on what happened and why, I choose to celebrate Williams for the diverse collection of performances and films he left us with to mull over and enjoy.

A live-wire performer from the start, even with an Academy Award under his belt for Good Will Hunting, not to mention additional nominations for Good Morning, Vietnam (my personal favorite of the actor’s features), Dead Poets Society and The Fisher King, I don’t think he was ever given credit for being as terrific an actor as he ultimately was.

He could go from Moscow on the Hudson to Awakenings to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen to Dead Again to The Birdcage to Toys to Shakes the Clown to Mrs. Doubtfire to One Hour Photo to Insomnia at the drop of a hat. Williams could make us believe Peter Pan really could grow up and forget his past in Hook only to rediscover his child-like innocence when it ultimately mattered. At the flip of a switch he could ooze Dickensonian menace as a modernday Fagin terrorizing a pint-sized musical prodigy in August Rush. He could become the mad magician of our fairy tale dreams when voicing the genie in Aladdin, make a convincing Dwight D. Eisenhower in Lee Daniel’s The Butler and mine the complicated inner territories of a father at the end of his rope in World’s Greatest Dad. Were their missteps? Certainly, a number of them, especially when the actor decided to pick up paychecks for comedic drivel like R.V. and License to Wed or appear in saccharine-drenched melodramas like Patch Adams and Bicentennial Man.

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But those weren’t as frequent as most might think, and as bad as some of those motion pictures were, more often than not Williams was still at least moderately interesting in the majority of them, offering up moments of idiosyncratic electricity worthy of taking note of.

When looking at all five of these losses, it’s impossible to say any individual tragedy is more impactful or saddening than another.

For my part, Williams, Garner and Bacall are the ones I will feel the most, each playing a vital and meaningful role in my ongoing cinematic love affair and growth as a critic.

I discovered all three in my youth, diving headfirst into their early projects as I got older, while waiting with bated breath anything new they might choose to be involved with.

Losing them, especially at more or less the same time, in some ways feels a bit like losing a part of myself, the sadness I feel diluted somewhat by the simple fact we still have their films to revel in and celebrate.

Sir Richard Attenborough Sir Richard Attenborough’s first screen appearance was made in Noel Coward and David Lean’s 1942 war drama In Which We Serve. It would not be his last, the actor making the most of roles both big and small in films as diverse as A Matter of Life and Death, Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, The Sand Pebbles, The Flight of the Phoenix and 10 Rillington Place. He transitioned into directing with 1969’s absurdist war satire Oh! What a Lovely War, ultimately winning Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director for 1982’s Gandhi. Other notable directorial highlights include his adaptation of the Broadway classic A Chorus Line, the apartheid drama Cry Freedom and two biographies, Chaplin and Shadowlands. He returned to acting in 1993 appearing as dinosaur impresario John Hammond in Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park, while his work as Kris Kringle in 1994’s Miracle on 34th Street might be the only notable aspect of that otherwise forgettable remake of the B&W holiday classic.

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Brosnan’s Man an extraordinary spy trapped in an ordinary thriller THE NOVEMBER MAN Now playing While a success as far as the CIA was concerned, the last mission ace spy Peter Devereaux (Pierce Brosnan) was a part of left a bad taste in his mouth, leading him to take an early retirement, marred only by the memories of the dead bodies he played a part in laying six-feet under the soil. So when his old boss John Hanley (Bill Smitrovich) approaches him to take part in one last mission, he knows this is one operation he should probably turn down.

For reasons entirely his own, however, saying no isn’t an option, and when things ultimately go bad, the only thing on Devereaux’s mind is getting revenge against those he feels have done him and the people closest to him wrong. Ultimately he becomes the protector of Eastern European social worker Alice Fournier (Olga Kurylenko), using her to find a mysterious, faceless woman who could be the key to uncovering horrific war crimes committed by the presumed next President of the Russian Federation, Arkady Federov (Lazar Ristovski).

It gets even more complicated from there, because it isn’t just Federov who wants the information Fournier is concealing, but also Hanley’s boss at the CIA, Perry Weinstein

(Will Patton), the latter sending Devereaux’s former pupil David Mason (Luke Bracey) into the fray with orders to shoot to kill and not worry about the questions. Throw in a series of ever-escalating romances, doublecrosses, hidden agendas and mistaken identities, and it’s clear that director Roger Donaldson’s The November Man has a heck of a lot on its twisted little mind.

Problem is, as convoluted as things might become, this adaptation of Bill Granger’s best-selling pulp thriller There Are No Spies, with a screenplay by Michael Finch (Predators) and Karl Gajdusek (Oblivion), none of the stuff that happens feels even fresh, original or inspired. It’s apparent early on who the real bad guy is, while the identity of the missing girl with all the answers isn’t a shock. Everything is by the numbers, all of it transpiring with a matterof-fact exactitude that’s moderately routine.

Thankfully, Donaldson, an old hand at this sort of thriller, what with No Way Out, The Recruit and The Bank Job under his belt, handles things with effortless authority, and while he doesn’t do anything out of the ordinary, his staging of central adrenaline-fueled sequences is confidently rock solid. He’s also cast things exceedingly well, and it goes without saying, it’s a delight to see Brosnan back in action inside the confines of a spy vs. spy narrative. The former James Bond is icily efficient, channeling his emotional outbursts with aggressive precision, allowing the primal ferocity

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of his actions to speak for themselves, everything and everyone else be damned.

It does all feel more like a handsome BBC Television production than it does a feature film, and the routine nature of the central mystery isn’t a plus. But Donaldson doesn’t mince words or cut corners; and thanks to John Gilbert’s (Chasing Mavericks) crackerjack editing, the overall production never overstays its welcome, nicely building to a suitably bulletriddled conclusion fans of second-tier espio-

nage actioners are sure to enjoy.

Some inherent silliness aside (Devereaux’s storming of a supposedly well-defended hotel is particularly loopy), The November Man is enjoyable enough for what it is. It’s in expecting more than something just a tiny bit above average where disappointment ultimately lies, and considering the talents of the majority of those involved, that’s one emotional reaction almost impossible not to come by.

Divine’s estate belongs to her cousins, federal court rules

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A three-year old legal squabble over the fortune to her cousins. estate of drag icon Divine ended in federal Divine died in 1988, leaving her estate to court July 10, with a ruling that awarded her her mother, Frances Milstead. Frances then left the estate to her nieces and nephews, Divine’s cousins, in a 2008 will.

After Divine’s death, her mother hired Michael O’Quinn as a business manager, and charged him with promoting Divine’s image and her legacy of film and recordings, and her own book about her son.

O’Quinn and his business partner, Noah Brodie, then set up a holding company called Everything Divine, to manage the estate. In court documents, Brodie claimed that in 2011 he discovered that O’Quinn had willfully ignored Frances Milstead’s will, hoping to exclude Divine’s cousins and assume control of the fortune for himself.

O’Quinn, on the other hand, said that he was named as a beneficiary in Frances’s will. The dispute eventually came to federal court, and ended in a victory for the family claimants.

“It’s such a unique and unusual intellectual property,” Brodie told The Hollywood Reporter magazine. “I was duped, but eventually [O’Quinn] got caught in lie after lie.”

Divine was born Harris Glenn Milstead on October 19, 1945, and was bullied in school because he was perceived as fat and effeminate. At the age of 17, he later said, he realized he was Bisexual. He also realized he had a talent for drag performances, and he was able to talk his parents into producing local drag extravaganzas featuring himself performing as Divine in Pink Flamingos his favorite celebrity, Elizabeth Taylor.

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By the time he was 20, Milstead was hanging out with John Waters, and it was Waters who gave him the nickname “Divine.” As Divine, she began appearing in Waters’ films, landing a starring role in Roman Candles in 1966. In all she appeared in more than 19 films, including several that were released after her death.

Divine died of an enlarged heart, a result of her chronic obesity, only three weeks after the release of the classic Hairspray, in which she played both Edna Turnblad and Arvin Hodgepile.

Although Divine identified as a man, her Divine persona took on a life of its own. She often referred to herself as Divine, rather than Glenn, and the name Divine appeared on her passport, rather than her birth name.

“Glenn is the name I was brought up with, Divine is the name I’ve been using for the past 23 years,” her former manager Bernard Jay quotes her as saying.

“I guess it’s always Glenn and it’s always Divine. Do you mean the character Divine or the person Divine? You see, it gets very complicated. There’s the Divine you’re talking to now and there’s the character Divine, which is just something I do to make a living. She doesn’t really exist at all.”

Although she was out, Divine was notoriously secretive about her private life. In the 1980s she reportedly had a relationship with a man known only as “Lee,” and after breaking up with him had a brief affair with porn star Bob Ford.

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and Puget Sound are breathtaking in the afternoon sun. Stellar sea lions, the largest of all sea lions, are spotted on a couple of small rocky islands, and the captain stops the Clipper for a few minutes for some primetime viewing of these massive creatures.

Heading into Seattle are spectacular views of the Emerald City itself, at which point you have

only for the show put on by the killer whales, but also because of the crew, who were very accommodating and patient with a senior citizen group that joined us on our trip, making the trip an all-around wonderful experience.

A few things worth mentioning that will better prepare you for the trip: Give yourself plenty of time in the morning to

around. Two hours pass comfortably before made friends with everyone else on board and embarking on the last leg of the journey – an seen more than you would ever imagine seeafternoon cruise back to Seattle. ing on a day trip. According to the crew, whale sightings this year are an incredible 95 percent The journey back takes a different route so the pod is sure to put on a show for you bethan the way up, this time heading south on fore the season is over in late September.

Whidbey Island’s west side. The sun is warm While there are many things I enjoyed and the breeze on the third deck is refreshing, about this day adventure, I can honestly say while the views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca that it far exceeded my expectations. Not

board the Clipper – it leaves at 7:45 a.m. sharp!

Bring a jacket, a hat, and warmer clothing, as it is often chilly and windy in the morning.

And don’t forget your credit card, if you don’t want to go hungry on board, as cash is not accepted, though the crew appreciates a cash tip at the end of the cruise.

Besides that, GO HAVE AN END-OFSUMMER ADVENTURE, before it’s over!

guidance and the strength Andy needs to find out who he truly is.

The book is enjoyable, but it is very clear from the beginning that the author intends to end the series here. While the crossing of characters in storylines has usually been done brilliantly in previous books, this one seems to be a little forced. The tone is a lot calmer than the quick-paced adventures of the first six (the latter two tended to be on the slower paced side), but all the characters have appropriately grown, staying true to their na-

tures – except one that seemed to be thrown in just to avoid future questions. Even in the dramatic parts, there is one section (no spoilers here!) that will have loyal readers holding their breath on the edge of tears, but it also appears to have missed the mark. The storyline would seem to have had a harder punch, if the “happily ever after” approach wasn’t taken. The ending is wrapped up with a pretty bow with no wondering about what happens to any of the characters next. It’s definitely conclusive, but not overly satisfying.

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Just around the corner from Skagit Bay is scenic Deception Pass, where harbor seals can be seen basking in the morning sun and bald eagles and other birds fly overhead with breathtaking scenery all around. On the other side of the pass is what seems like another chapter into another world, with nothing but the open Strait of Juan de Fuca in front of you and the grassland shores of Lopez Island to the north. The region’s unique climate, created by the Olympic Mountains to the southwest, becomes evident in the dramatically different vegetation that is exposed beyond Deception Pass.

Instead of the cold, moss-covered, soggy forests, you find invitingly warm Madrona forests and golden prairie-like grasslands covering the San Juan Islands.

Winding through spectacular views of Lopez Island to the right (or the starboard side), and San Juan Island to the left (or the port side), the cruise finally makes its way to Friday Harbor for a short stop before embarking on the most important leg of the journey. And before you know it, your naturalist spots whales in the distance and passengers flock to the bow of the vessel in disbelief. And to everyone’s amazement there is a pod of killer whales! Success at last!

The experience is truly mesmerizing!

Four to eight ton apex predators roaming the seas for prey like a pack of wolves right before your very eyes. It is truly an amazing sight that will leave you in wonder at their beauty, in amazement at their enormity, and in terror of their power.

For nearly half an hour, Orca lovers are marveled and humbled by the whales in their natural environment and though staying longer is tempting, the cruise must make its way back to Friday Harbor for some island adventure.

Friday Harbor is a quaint little town that is probably the cleanest city you will ever visit.

Small shops and restaurants line the harbor, with local specialties like the Pelindaba lavender shop and Herb’s Tavern within walking distance. There’s something for everyone here. Dining is reasonably priced and the food is delicious, with fresh seafood all

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celebration of the Burning Man Festival in the Nevada desert. Michael “Mouse” Tolliver’s younger partner Ben is very excited about the trip. Mouse, being conscious of his own age, is less enthusiastic about camping in the desert for the festival. Shawna Hawkins (Brian’s daughter) is looking forward to it also with a private agenda of her own. Jake, the transsexual gardener and caretaker of Anna Madrigal, is anxious to go, but determined to bring Anna with them, showing the 92-yearold the wonders of Burning Man. The primary story line is more intriguing as it deals with revelations of Anna Madrigal’s past. The free loving landlady was (back then) Andy, the son of Mother Mucca, the no nonsense madam of the Blue Moon Lodge brothel in Nevada. It is here that Andy falls into the throngs of first love and self-discovery. By making the physical journey back to Winnemucca, Anna hopes to revisit her youth, and exorcise the ghosts of her past, finally putting them to rest. Most of all she is trying to make amends with not only those left behind, but with her own conscience as well.

All the characters that we’ve come to love have reappeared in one way or another – at least in passing mention, if nothing else.

“Mouse” has mellowed with age and is enjoying his gardening lifestyle with Ben, the younger man with whom he’s settled down.

Brian, the eternal playboy, is back and married to Wren “the most beautiful fat woman in the world” (mentioned in previous adventures of the series), and living a calmer, greener life in a RV park. DeDe HalcyonDay and D’or are mentioned as being present for Burning Man (although they don’t appear in the book) and have brought Mary Ann [Singleton] along with them. Mary Ann’s appearance is brief and seems a bit out of place for the character, but was necessary for concluding the series. Even Mona Ramsey is mentioned in passing.

Secondary characters mentioned in previous books come to the forefront in the final installment as well. Wren has lost weight and is developed into a full-fledged character. She easily becomes alive and we see why she is a fit for Brian. Mother Mucca (Anna/Andy’s mother) is shown differently, from the rough-edged, heartof-gold madam readers met six books ago, and presented harsher, and more as a parental disciplinarian. The prostitute Margaret, who works at The Blue Moon Lodge and read Winnie, the Pooh to Andy as a boy, is definitely brought out into a fuller character. She becomes a mother figure for the confused boy and gives him

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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: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - August 30

Bumbershoot (8/30-9/1). Seattle Center. For complete list of artists & venues visit www.bumbershoot.org Triangle Recreation Campground Labor Day Weekend (8/29-9/1). 3 nights, 3 parties. Camping, hiking, parties, friendship on 80 acres along the beautiful Stillaguamish River on the Mountain Loop Highway. www.camptrc.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Shots, Shave & Shine. 2-9pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. A fundraiser for Bailey-Boushay House hosted by Washington State Mr Leather 2014 Erik Taylor.

Book Signing: Sara Benincasa. 5pm. University Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE. Part comedy show, part book signing, comedian Sara Benincasa introduces her new book “Great,” a modern LGBTQ take on The Great Gatsby. FREE. Devonation: The Wild Garden Collection Fashion Show. 6pm. Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave. Features Arnaldo Drag Chanteuse. Tickets $10, www. brownpapertickets.com/event/769494 Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org.

(Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks.

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For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ sgn.org.

Bumbershoot (8/30-9/1). Seattle Center. For complete list of artists & venues visit www.bumbershoot.org Triangle Recreation Campground Labor Day Weekend (8/30-9/1). 3 nights, 3 parties. Camping, hiking, parties, friendship on 80 acres along the beautiful Stillaguamish River on the Mountain Lopp Highway. www.camptrc.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHikingGroup/ Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515.

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com.

Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.dharmabuddies.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. www.raincitysoccer.org

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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.

Queer Geek! Seattle’s Pink Party Prime. 9pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Featuring Mass Effect’s Jennifer Hale. Drinks, game table, dancing, prizes. Tickets: $15 general admission; $30 VIP. www.pinkparty prime.com.

Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

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Labor Day (Because of the Labor Day holiday, some regularly scheduled events may be cancelled or rescheduled.

Please check with the sponsors of your event to confirm date, time & place.)

Bumbershoot (8/30-9/1). Seattle Center. For complete list of artists & venues visit www.bumbershoot.org Triangle Recreation Campground Labor Day Weekend (8/30-9/1). 3 nights, 3 parties. Camping, hiking, parties, friendship on 80 acres along the beautiful Stillaguamish River on the Mountain Lopp Highway. www.camptrc.org SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County. Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@yahoo.com or phone (360) 722-1664.

Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - September 2

Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org

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August 30 thru September 7 Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett. 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County.

“We will be discussing issues concerning the local Gay community & value your opinion, voice, comments, suggestions & attendance. Come join us as we build community in Snohomish County.” David, (425) 339-5238.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Gay/Bi Prostate Cancer Group. 6:30-8pm. Gilda’s Club, 1400 Broadway. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

For Gay & Bi men diagnosed with prostate cancer. A safe space for emotional support on issues of treatment, sexuality, relationships & topics specific to Gay/Bi men.

FREE. 709-1400, www.gildasclubseattle.org Olympic Yacht Club Meeting. 6:30pm. Northwest Yacht Brokers Association, 901 Fairview Ave N Ste A-190 (at Chandler’s Cove on South Lake Union). Meets 1st Tuesday each month. Monthly board meeting open to all OYC members & prospective members. OYC is a Gay & Lesbian yacht club for people who own boats of any size or type & for people who enjoy boating. The club sponsors monthly outings. 709-BOAT, www.oycnw.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm.

Meadowbrook Playfield, 10533 35th Ave NE (tennis courts at 32nd Ave NE). Every Tuesday & Thursday thru Sept. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $3 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com.

Cineoke! Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm. Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous, 2322 2nd Ave. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film & lyrics are projected onto the screen. There are hundreds of songs to choose from, or you can bring your own special request on DVD. $8 cover. Sponsored by Three Dollar Bill Cinema. www.threedollarbillcinema.org Friends in Adoption Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Childhaven Community Center, 1345 22nd Ave NE, Auburn.

Meets 1st Tuesday each month (Sept-June) with presentations by guest speakers on adoption-related issues. Friends in Adoption is an independent, nonprofit support & educational group made up of families touched by adoption. Created by local families as a way to support others just beginning the special journey of adoption, Friends in Adoption has evolved into a support group for waiting families as well as a place to provide educational meetings for parents before, during & after adoption. More info & to RSVP, call 264-5136; friendsinadoption@yahoo.com.

Rain City Jacks. 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm; 4th Sunday each month at1pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sexpositive, non-profit and private. Membership required.

Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www.raincityjacks. org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035.

Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network. 7-8:30pm checkin and open rap or topic discussion. Rock Salt, 1232 Westlake Ave. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. Meet & mingle in an engaging, feminist, Bisexual-supportive environment. Pose your most burning questions & hear the most interesting responses from a diverse group of lively self-identified women, in a relaxing and laid back environment. www.sbwn.net.

Different Drummers. 7:15-8:30pm. Every Tuesday.

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & Afro-

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Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques.

Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma.

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

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

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WEDNESDAY - September 3

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@ hotmail.com Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Southeast Seattle Lesbian Evening Group. 6pm.

Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Meets the 1st Wednesday of every month. RSVP to Kate Hawkins 722-0317. www.sessc.org. FREE. Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm. Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@yahoo.com; www. lotussisters.org.

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.org PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Renton: 425-235-4139. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org.

Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongender alliance.com.

Pride Skate Seattle. 9-11pm. Southgate Roller Rink, 9646 17th Ave SW. First Wednesday of every month. $7 admission includes skate rental. Must be 18+. After-party

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FRIDAY - September 5

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.)

Stella Steps Out! - A Benefit for Women Living with HIV. 6pm. Lake Union Cafe, 3119 Eastlake Ave E. This lively evening event, hosted by Sister Glo Euro’N Wei, will include a silent auction, dinner, wine and the always popular dessert dash. Event proceeds will support BABES Network-YWCA, which ensures that women living with HIV and their families are empowered and connected to a supportive community. 2014 Honoree: Jesse Chipps, co-founder and founding director of BABES Network. Tickets: $125. YWCAworks.org/Stella.

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Columbia City Beatwalk. 7-10pm. Columbia City Gallery, 4864 Rainier Ave S. 1st Friday each month, May thru September. Columbia City retailers, restaurants & cafes combine the love of good music with good books, fine dining & provocative art. An evening of folk, reggae, R & B, ethnic music & more. Admission to all venues: $5. www.columbiacitybeatwalk.org.

First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm.

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

SATURDAY - September 6

at Company, 9608 16th Ave SW, with drink specials & karaoke. www.southgaterollerrink.com

THURSDAY - September 4

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

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

Volunteer Drop-In Night at Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

4-7pm. LAA Volunteer Services Office, 1161 11th Ave. Every Thursday. Volunteer on LAA projects - assembling safer sex kits, helping with mailings, a different project every week! Get-togethers are highly social & offer “low impact” volunteer work & an opportunity to learn more about LAA. Please call before dropping in. 957-1776. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

First Thursday Art Walk in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square. 5-9pm. Art galleries in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square host opening night receptions. Seattle Art Museum is free today.

Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month.

SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council, & all City of Seattle Depts in matters regarding human rights. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide.

Meetings open to the public. 684-4540.

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

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(425) 747-4937.

Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm.

Lower Woodland Park Courts 5, 6, 7 & 8. Every Tuesday & Thursday. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $2 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Contemplative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E. Olive Way. Meets 1st Thursday each month. www.seattleprimetimers.org Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month. ECSC is a confidential crossdressing social & support organization for Transvestite & Transsexual individuals, primarily MTF, which offers confidential membership, private monthly meetings, frequent events on the town, & help in coming out. (425) 827-9494.

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Northwest Bears Potluck and Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear admirers. www.nwbears.com.

One Hot Night - Pratt Fine Arts Center Fall Open House. 6-9pm. 1902 S Main St. Watch Pratt artists in action as they pull prints, blow glass, pour bronze, forge red hot steel, and more! FREE admission. www.pratt.org.

Melissa Etheridge “This is Me - Solo” Tour. 8pm.

Mill Bay Casino, 455 Wapato Lake Rd, Manson. Tickets available at www.colvillecasino.com or www.ticketmaster.com; 1-800-648-2946.

SUNDAY - September 7

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

St Aelred’s Independent Catholic Church in Olympia.

5pm. Olympia Unitarian Church, 2200 East End St NW, Olympia. Meets 1st & 3rd Sundays each month. Worship for the GLBT community & friends in the Roman Catholic, Anglican & other liturgical faiths tradition. Fr. Bob Withrow, (360) 664-5449.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us 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. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org

Celebrating 41 Years!

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

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTM SConnection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nw bears. com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www. qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www. raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www. seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers. org. (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: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flyinghouse. 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 PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www. familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworks seattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, https://groups. yahoo.com/group/maybebabyseattle; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 5687777, deann@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/ as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) Ezine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody. com/step/steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.Sout hSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www.bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcity softball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.out ventures. org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to

all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www. orca swimteam.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.thepride league.com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersoll center.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftm group.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbian concern. org; 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, 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools.

330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org.

GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@llaa. org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www. pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www.facebook.com/ proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www. safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-7233723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www. sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@ chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www. pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond.

Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www. rosehedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503.

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

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org

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