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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 47, Volume 42, November 21, 2014

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by Sharon Cumberland SGN Contributing Writer PACIFIC MUSICWORKS MONTEVERDI: “SONGS OF LOVE AND WAR” NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL BENAROYA HALL November 7 One perfect rose bursting into flame – the program cover of Monteverdi’s “Songs of Love and War” – is a great image for a sequence of madrigals that use war as a metaphor for love. The Pacific MusicWorks’ concert, performed on November 7th to a packed house at Nordstrom Recital Hall, was a powerful interpretation of songs that fight the battle of the heart, whether unrequited or under siege, as expressed by a trio of Italian Renaissance poets. Artistic director and lutenist Stephan Stubbs conducted this exciting consort of six singers, two baroque violins, baroque cello, baroque harp, harpsichord and a chitarrone (also called an

For any Seattleite worth their salt, the Cinerama Theatre located in the heart of downtown at Fourth and Lenora is a cinematic cathedral that has seen countless throngs walk through its hallowed doors since opening its doors in 1963. At one point scheduled to be closed

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arch-lute or a theorbo – that longnecked instrument you climb on a step-ladder to tune). These songs, from “Books Seven and Eight” of Monteverdi’s madrigals, together with some lively orchestral pieces of the same period by Dario Castello, showcased the virtuosity of the singers and musicians, and gave the audience a vivid look at the throes of love, circa 1630-1650.

Monteverdi’s war-like madrigals are a powerful genre of love song expressing anguish, heartbreak, and desperate longing – thus the conflagration of a flame-throwing rose. All of us born in the 20th century have our own favorite anthems of love trouble, depending on our generation: Duke Ellington: “I got it bad, and that ain’t good,” The Righteous Brothers: “You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling,” Bonnie Tyler: “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” Nirvana: “About A Girl,” Cee-Lo Green: “F**k You.” But nothing in living memory beats these lyrics for the lovelorn of the 17th century: “The enemy,

and in all likelihood demolished, (l-r) Cobey Mandarino, Jared Michael Brown, Jayne Muirhead in Dick Whittington and His Cat it was saved by Paul Allen in 1998, the Microsoft co-founder, billion- by Miryam Gordon The world premiere musical at SeBook and lyrics are by Jeff Church, aire and local philanthropist going SGN A&E Writer attle Children’s Theatre, Dick Whit- currently producing artistic direcabove and beyond to restore it to its tington and His Cat, is the perfect all- tor at The Coterie Theatre in Kansas former glory by celebrating its halDICK WHITTINGTON family holiday show this season! At a City, and local multi-talented comlowed past while also giving it techAND HIS CAT fast-paced hour and a half (including poser Richard Gray. The score is nological attributes surpassing any SEATTLE intermission), this magical adven- filled with ornate references to Irish other venue in the entire city.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE ture will entrance children as small drinking songs that augment the BritThrough December 21 as three and keep their parents, aunts, see Cinerama page 5 see Whittington page 6 uncles and grands happy to be there.

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First Aid brings warmth and beautiful sounds to Moore Theatre John Lill Photography

First Aid Kit performing at Moore Theatre

by Dru Dinero SGN A&E Writer As the darkness of winter rolled into Seattle on the frigid night of Saturday, November 15, two young and breathtakingly good-looking Swedish women warmed the hearts and souls of a wooled and whiskeyed sold-out crowd at the Moore Theater in downtown Seattle. With their modern country-folk, June Carter sound, First Aid Kit (comprised of Johanna and Klara Sˆderberg) are two sisters who have been passed the torch to carry on the sound of those who have lived life on the rambling road. While Stockholm natives, and while having an enthralling production behind them, these two sisters have managed to capture the true essence of the romantic American countryside and the inevitable heartbreak that comes with the reality of adult life through song. In other words, a busking First Aid Kit would be an authentic and fine addition to any Interstate bus stop or train station across the U.S., and they’ve solidified this with the release and promotional tour of their latest Omaha-recorded studio album Stay Gold.

Samantha Crain, First Aid Kit’s selfproclaimed warm-up act, started off the show with a very personal and heartfelt set. The Shawnee, OK Native confided in us with stories of her travels and inspirations behind each of her songs. Stories

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ranging from bar nights in Elk City, OK to Scientologists’ attempt to convert her in New York City, Crain painted pictures so vivid and honest with her voice and guitar, that I could taste the beer in that Oklahoma bar and felt as if it was me who the Scientologists were trying to convert in Times Square. Although the 26-year old Crain was only on stage for a brief set, she held our attention with her tales for every single second and allowed us to feel that we really got to know a true and blue folk singer.

As the lights dimmed and the bass drum set the tone for what would be a truly golden performance, First Aid Kit took the stage in golden-glittered outfits with Klara on guitar and Johanna on keyboard.

Performing hits from both of their major albums The Lion’s Roar and Stay Gold, songs such as “King of the World,” “Wolf,” “Silver Lining,” “Shattered and Hollow” and more were gifted to us by not only the incredible musical talent of the two sisters, but also by their masterful drummer and their multi-disciplined guitarist who beautifully played the steel guitar and mandolin. On stage, the two sisters became serene sirens with Klara calmly hosting the show while Johanna wildly swayed her golden locks to the feeling of the music. Clearly in sync as sisters and as a band, Klara and Johanna made us feel as if we, as audience members, were family friends with their banter and conjunction.

While the assumed expectation would be to see a heavily acoustic and earthy show from First Aid Kit, the production value behind the group was a showstopper on its own. The dramatic lighting sequences, along with the choices in song placement within the set, allowed the sisters to take us on an enchanting ride in tempos, moods, and sounds.

At one point in the set, the charming sisters unplugged and lullabied “Ghost Town” to us sans microphones. Creating a truly intimate atmosphere within the Moore through pure song, we warmly sang along with the two sisters in unison.

Leaving us with superb, high-energy drum and steel guitar solos, we cheered and begged for the candid yet highly professional group to grace us with a few more songs. They obliged and bowed out with a magnificent, fan-accompanied, performance of their hit song “Emmylou.”

It would be unfair to say that the Swedish sisters, First Aid Kit, have only just begun to set the standard for young musicians, as they can already be easily categorized with well-seasoned international acts. The fact that they are both in their early twenties makes this group one of the most exciting up-and-coming acts of this generation. Equipped with beauty, grace and unparalleled musical talent and songwriting skills, First Aid Kit has definitely arrived and is here to stay.

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insidious Love, encircles the fortress of my heart,” or “Every lover is a warrior; in his great empire Love, too, has his militia.” The extended metaphor of war makes the lover see his beloved as an enemy, either because longing turns normal life upside down, or because the beloved refuses all overtures and leaves the lover in despair. The evening opened with a madrigal using Petrarch’s sonnet “Hor che’l ciel, e la terra,” in which the six singers – soprano, mezzo soprano, countertenor, two tenors, and a bass – begin quietly considering the peace of night, but quickly enter into an agitated chorus describing the lover’s anxiety: I wake, I think, I burn, I weep, for her whose face is ever before me, to my sweet pain.

War is my condition, full of both anger and grief…

A thousand times a day I die, and a thousand times reborn, So far am I from my salvation!

Though wars are usually won by one side or the other, the lover’s war in Monteverdi’s madrigals is generally lost – in part because the exquisite suffering of the lover generates more compelling music than contentment in this metaphoric universe.

For instance, in “Lamento della Ninfa,” soprano Catherine Webster sang the voice of a nymph abandoned by her lover, while three men (tenors Aaron Sheehan and Ross Hauck, bass Douglas Williams) set the scene of her sad progress as she wanders over a field of flowers pleading to the god of love to either “make my love return to me… or kill me, that I may no longer torment myself.” In this song the chorus establishes a warm, masculine echo for the mournful song of the nymph in a mini-drama of a broken heart. Both the nymph and her sympathetic chorus use a sliding dissonance and wave-like dynamics to express sorrow, against the gentle strings of the harp, cello, and chiterrone. Monteverdi considered this a “song of love” since it did not use the agitated notes he invented to respond to Plato’s injunction to “Take up that harmony which

imitates the voice and accents of a man going bravely into battle.”

A dramatic example of the lover going bravely into battle was “Gira il nemico” in which the same three men who commiserated in “Lamento della Ninfa” became manly soldiers calling for their weapons and horses to fight Love, the enemy who is “nearing the gate with his forces.” Today we romanticize the act of falling in love in terms of happiness and fulfillment – we don’t think of it in the desperate terms of Monteverdi’s metaphor, in which the self must die or be killed in the process of becoming a new self when joined with the beloved. In this performance the extremes of war were sung as percussive repetitions, like orders of battle, ending in a humorous surrender because “the conqueror, already inside the court, cries “Fire, slaughter!” The heart is overwhelmed and made “the servant of an arrogant tyrant.” The subtext of this hyperbole, which audiences in the baroque period knew, is that everyone wants love, and so the “loss” of this war is actually a victory.

In Monteverdi’s time the castrato – a male whose treble voice was preserved with either castration or childhood vasectomy – was considered the most heroic singing voice. “L’Orfeo,” Monteverdi’s great opera of 1607, was written for a male soprano in the principal role, and no fewer than six other mezzo sopranos or castrati in supporting roles. Today those roles are sung either by women or by countertenors who have trained their falsetto voices to have a robust sound, even though they are using only half of their vocal chords. In this concert the castrato voice was represented by the very fine countertenor Reginald Mobley, who sang “Ego flos campi,” a piece of sacred music from the Song of Songs: “I am the rose of Sharon and the lily of the valleys.” Though this text is not one of the madrigals of love or war, it was well placed to remind us of the tender aspect of love outside of the metaphor of war. This was the only countertenor solo, which made me wonder if Monteverdi would have had a male soprano sing some of the more warlike songs, since so many heroes of baroque opera – Rinaldo, Giulio Cesare, Orlando – were sung by castrati.

In fact, mezzo soprano Danielle ReutterHarrah showed us the interchangeability of gender roles, singing the monumental “Et e pur dunque vero” about the unrequited love of a young man for his beloved, Lidia. In this epic madrigal the lover is so miserable that “hell itself is an imitation of my pain.”

The marvelous Reutter-Harrah brought a full range of baroque technique to this passionate madrigal – the baroque trill in which the voice repeats on the same stuttering note, the quarter note slide for the sigh of despair – that conveyed the intensity of a rejected lover’s despair.

The two orchestral interludes by Dario Costello, a colleague of Monteverdi’s at St. Mark’s basilica in Venice, offered exciting counterpoints to the madrigals, with virtuoso violinists Tekla Cunningham and Linda Melsted providing the singing voices in conversation with the basso continuo of harp, harpsichord, cello and chiterrone.

These were baroque songs without words, soulful and complex, giving the audience another way of thinking about vocal expression through the very human and flexible voice of the baroque violin.

In a discussion preceding the performance, Artistic Director Stubbs was asked how he selected the madrigals for this concert, since Monteverdi included over twenty-five songs in Book Eight, many of which last longer than fifteen minutes. His answer was that given the six gifted singers brought together for this concert, he selected solos, duets, trios, and quartets that showcased their particular talents. This was borne out by the concert, which was excellent in all of its elements – instrumental, vocal, and compositional. Monteverdi would be as proud of this concert of his madrigals as the audience was delighted by them.

We early music lovers are very fortunate to have Stephen Stubbs and Pacific MusicWorks in Seattle – as those who saw last year’s performance of Handel’s Semele at Meany Hall can attest. It is with great anticipation and enthusiasm that we look forward to the next performance of this marvelous group – Bach’s “Christmas Oratorio” on December 19th at St. James Cathedral.

Raskatov’s “Night Butterflies”

Seattle Symphony’s latest recording features a great new work in terrific sound

Sometimes things turn out the opposite of expectations. Such was the case when I visited the recording engineer’s studio at Benaroya Hall to audition the latest recordings of the Seattle Symphony. You should know that I am a fan of the DTS HD surround sound on many of the newer Blu-ray

ers. In other words, each is a super-clear element in the overall blend of an orchestra.

What we got in Lipay’s surround-sound mix was a big wash of sound: instruments mingled in a pre-stirred soup that sounded more echo-prone than spacious.

But when I got home with the stereo-only CD and listened to it in the straight stereo mode (as opposed to a surround effect via Dolby, etc.), I was amazed. The super-clarity that I missed in the audition at Benaroya was abundantly apparent in stereo. The instruments had a more specific location in the stereo sound-stage of our home theater as they emerged from the soup with more individual character and impact. Ironically, the sound was more truly spacious. Even the immense dynamic range seemed greater.

Play this CD so that you can actually hear the quietest moments and you’ll get fortissimos that test any stereo system to its limits.

The Sound Because the just-released stereo CD of the The bass drum is particularly impressive. music we heard is so utterly satisfying, I will The Music skip lightly over the disappointing audition Two Russian-born composers, Alexanwe heard that morning. That I did not care for the surround-sound mix may be more a der Raskatov and Igor Stravinsky, inhabit matter of individual tastes than any defect of this CD. While “The Rite of Spring” is a production. I prefer a spaciousness of sound first-rate performance and a great recording that allows me to hear the space between (right up there with the Telarc disc), it’s Rasinstruments that are so exquisitely rendered katov’s piano concerto “Night Butterflies” that they never mess with the sounds of oth- (2013) that makes this disc so treasured.

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by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE SYMPHONY RASKATOV’S “NIGHT BUTTERFLIES” STRAVINSKY’S “THE RITE OF SPRING” SEATTLE SYMPHONY MEDIA CD

discs of opera and classical performances. I eagerly awaited this chance to hear, in surround sound, the attempts by the sound engineer Dmitriy Lipay to capture the Seattle Symphony in action at live concerts.

A few members of the media (radio and print) gathered on a Tuesday morning in the smallish room where Lipay mixes the feed from 30+ microphones strategically placed at live performances of the Symphony. We were surrounded by very high-end but menacing looking speakers as we settled in for a listening adventure. Executive Producer Simon Woods introduced the session with an overall description of the recording goals and guidelines of the CD releases now being sold on the new label, Seattle Symphony Media. (Earlier recordings were done primarily by the Delos label.)

Consisting of 12 movements ranging from 49 seconds to almost 4 minutes long, this ever-changing discovery of new sounds is a delight from start to finish. Although influences of previous composers are present, Raskatov has his own seemingly endless supply of sonic colors. The complex interplay between the piano and orchestra reveals stunning collaboration between soloist Tomoko Mukaiyama, conductor Ludovic Morlot and The Seattle Symphony.

The twelfth movement, in a startling move, has the soloist vocalize in parallel with the piano theme. The composer intended that this soloist be an untrained vocalist, singing without words. Her voice is part of the orchestral fabric and is not spotlighted as an operatic singer would be. Co-commissioned by the Seattle Symphony and the Netherlands’ Residentie Orkest, the work was written for Mukiayama.

With each listening, this work grows in my admiration and enjoyment.

The recordings are live, but no audience sounds appear until the applause at the end of the Stravinsky. Balances are perfect, dynamics are huge, and the clarity sparkles. Seattle Symphony Media recordings are available in several formats, including 5.1 surround sound, from various retail companies.

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and they’re right in the center as they’ll get the most use. Over 90-percent of the films continued from cover we will be exhibiting will be projected utiNot content to let the Cinerama sit on its lizing these machines.” laurels, Allen has pushed the crew overseeing the venue to continue to innovate, and The projected image is unlike anything as such there have been multiple subsequent I’d seen before. Crystal clear in a way that upgrades post that initial overhaul 16 years shatters the senses, the experience still felt ago. But those previous renovations were distinctly cinematic, not having the same nothing like what he tasked the folks at Vul- too-polished sheen of watching digital telecan, Inc. and their various partners to ac- vision at home. More than that, the 3-D imcomplish this time around. “The Cinerama ages the two camera setup is able to produce was the place to go to see the big movie,” borders on astonishing, achieving that deep, says Robert Arron, Senior Director of Real viscerally immersive quality filmmakers Estate Leasing, Marketing at Vulcan Inc. like James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Ang “Paul Allen’s goal after taking over the the- Lee and others have long talked about atatre in 1998 was to return it to that sort of tempting to achieve and, potentially, now at prominence. Each upgrade has always been long last might be able to actually do so. attacked with that goal in mind.”

Not that motion pictures shot on film won’t With this latest renovation, that goal is still be showcased at the theater. Just the opobvious before one even walks inside the posite. “Everything is on tracks and rails doors into the lobby. Outside is a massive now,” explains Hufford. “When we want to new mural by Seattle design and illustration exhibit in other formats these [digital] mastudio Invisible Creature, the images paying chines can be quickly moved out of the way homage to the countless films of all differ- and whatever projector is required can be ent stripes that have played at the Cinerama relatively quickly moved into its place. We over the decades. While the lobby interior can project film in any format, the Cinerama still stays true to its gloriously kitschy 1960s being one of the few venues anywhere in the roots, the auditorium itself is a modern world that can make that claim.” marvel featuring spacious seating cour“Paul Allen is a real movie enthusiast,” tesy of the Figueras chairs filling each row. proclaims Arron. “He loved this theatre.

The massive all-white screen is a pristine Had a number of wonderful childhood marvel, while the brand new Dolby Atmos memories here. Paul is always tasking us to sound system provides an immersive acous- be on top of the best movie sight and sound tic experience bordering on mind-blowing. experience. At the same time, he wants to be But the most significant addition is the able to celebrate the theatre’s rich history.

Christie 6P laser projector, the first to be It’s important to us that we can exhibit films installed commercially anywhere in the of all formats and types at the Cinerama. He world. “An old school projection booth this wants us to make [the Cinerama] the best is not,” comments senior systems engineer movie theatre in the world.”

Ryan Hufford. “There’s nothing like this “Where we are right now, this [Christie setup anywhere else. We have our old film projector] is certainly the most cutting edge [projectors] on the far side to the left. We system out there,” says a positively glowing have our original Cinerama machine, the Hufford. “It’s the most cutting edge system one for the center panel in the three-strip you’re likely to see in the U.S., that’s for Cinerama process, off to the right. And certain. At the end of the day, we’re using a then, this year, we installed the two digital matt white screen instead of the silver-based machines, laser-based Christie projectors, screen, and this is a very old film technol-

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Original Batman costumes from the Paul G. Allen Family Collection

ogy we’re giving a modern polish. The light that’s hitting the screen is reflected off in all directions instead of a certain location.

What it means for the viewer is that, no matter where you sit [in the theatre], you get the same equal brightness and image quality as those sitting in the exact center. You can’t tell the difference from anywhere in the theatre. Even if you’re all the way in the back corner, the image is still gorgeous.”

There have been other upgrades made throughout the theatre as well, including at the concessions bar. While the famous chocolate popcorn hasn’t gone anywhere – thank goodness for that – the Cinerama is now going to be offering a variety of delicacies new to the venue. “We’ve focused on keeping things local,” Arron states. “We’ve got beer and wine from Fremont, Elysian and Seattle Cider. We worked with Tom Douglas, one of our great neighbors in this area, so we’ve got BraveLara Swimmer Photography

New mural at Cinerama Theatre by local artist Invisible Creature

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horse Pretzels here that everyone just loved.

We’ve got Cupcake Royale, Uli’s Sausage and Theo Chocolate. It’s a terrific variety.”

But the most significant change might involve how customers purchase their tickets. By buying online, potential audience members can actually reserve their seats in advance, allowing them to know exactly where it is they are going to be sitting long before they even step through the door.

“It’s so simple,” explains Arron. “A seat map comes up. You can see what’s available. You can choose right then where you want to sit. You can still come to the box office and grab a ticket, of course, but by purchasing online you can know exactly where you’re sitting and I don’t think there are a lot of theatres of this size that offer such a thing.”

As for the venue itself, Arron sees the Cinerama remaining as a vital part of the local community. “The wonderful thing about this movie theatre is that we play the blockbusters, we open with the big pictures, but we also do festivals and we run a lot of other things that most theaters just don’t do,” he proudly states. “We’re bringing back the Sci-Fi Festival. We’ll have the Horror Fest.

We have a lot of fun ideas for 2015.”

Which means continuing to be a vital part of Seattle’s biggest and best festivals, including the Seattle International Film Festival, the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival and the Jewish Film Festival. “We want to continue those relationships and start a whole new set of relationships a well,” says Arron. “One thing we do here, and we’ll do a lot more of it, is we offer the theatre to a variety of organizations during off hours.

We have times, especially mornings, when we’re not running movies and we want groups to come down here. We want people to take advantage of the theatre, not just for festivals, but for a wide variety of events and gatherings. We want to continue to embrace our old friends and hopefully embrace a lot of new friends as well.”

“We really are so proud of this product.

We want the whole Puget Sound area to know about [the Cinerama]. We want to draw the people who would normally go to the suburban multiplex to come down. Once they’re here, once they experience a movie here, I really think, if given the choice, they’ll come to the Cinerama first. That’s our goal and we’re going to do anything possible to make that happen.”

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ish flavor of the script. The theme focuses on giving a child a chance, since Dick Whittington starts life as an orphan and is dependent on people believing he can be trusted.

The hard-working cast of nine become travelling vagabonds, Londoners, sailors, foreign court dignitaries, pirates, and more.

A fun activity might be to see if you can spot the single actor as he or she moves through as many as seven or more different characters.

The story of the musical is almost too compressed and based on myth-laden tales of a real Mayor of London in the 1300s and some current children’s books. A young orphan (an appealing and good-hearted Mike Spee) goes to London to see streets paved with gold and is given a mysterious cat that brings him good fortune. In this version, while he meets a kindly employer (John Patrick Lowrie), the housekeeper (a bitter and funny Jayne Muirhead) kidnaps the cat and sends it to sea.

Dick must set sail to rescue his cat, and in the process, he sails to Cabar and meets the ruler (Jared Michael Brown), but just misses getting his cat back. He must find Pirate Bess (Hana Lass) to get the cat, and is dismayed to find the daughter of hist employer (Fawn Ledesma) held captive as well. He tries to sneak a rescue of both the cat and daughter, but is captured and made to walk the plank.

Given a few “last words,” Dick speaks so movingly about it being Christmastime in London that the crew is motivated to mutiny and go back to see their families. In Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ a trice (and really I mean that, this is the gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/Seatfastest wrap up to an adventure I have ever tleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found seen), they are back in London for Christ- at miryamstheatermusings.blogspot.com.

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mas, Dick is prosperously decked out with a gentleman’s wig, and another young man is attracted to the cat, whereupon Dick gives TrueHeart away to a new owner.

With Vickielee Wohlbach, Cobey Mandarino, and Richard Gray also performing, there are just enough players to fill the stage and create big harmonies. Several also play instruments, augmenting the four musicians in the “pit.” Simple effective moments of choreography (by Crystal Dawn Munkers) amp up the fun in musical reels.

It’s a “big” show for SCT, in the amount of set changes and locations from London town to sea to foreign land (designed by Carey Wong, with lights by Andrew Smith, sound by Chris R. Walker, and dozens of costumes for multiple small roles by Cathy Hunt). Annett Mateo creates several magical puppets, one of which is a definite “ah” moment for the audience.

The cast is clearly having fun which helps pull the audience in. The visuals are gorgeous and the songs are amusing, light, and occasionally uplifting (giving a boy a chance gives him wings). Spee leads the cast with a sure portrayal, and overall it’s a great time in the theater. Allison Narver’s direction makes for easy, well-oiled transitions and imbues the production with infectious glee.

If you’re tired of old chestnuts, go see this new coconut of a show! (Coconuts – a South Sea nut.)

For more information, go to www.sct.org or call 206-441-3322.

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(l-r) Jared Michael Brown, Hana Lass, Richard Gray, and John Patrick Lowrie in Dick Whittington and His Cat

SecondStory Rep presents a solid production of Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick… Boom!

Seattle-stages musical theater performers, SecondStory Repertory is presenting Jonathan Larson’s Tick, Tick… Boom! This musical preTICK, TICK… BOOM! ceded Larson’s blockbuster hit, Rent, so it is a SECONDSTORY REPERTORY historical curiosity, and an opportunity to hear Through November 22 Larson’s development as a musical writer. It’s also a precursor to more “rock” musicals.

In a terrific introduction to three newer-toThe story focuses on Jon (Adam Minton)

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who is turning 30 in New York in 1990 and is despairing of actually writing the Great American Musical and is on the cusp of thinking he maybe should just give it up. It is autobiographical and references an even earlier musical that Larson wrote called Superbia that is about to be presented as a workshop production in New York. Nascent musicals often move from workshops to developments, if producers come to and like the workshop. A lot is hanging in the balance.

Jon’s current girlfriend, Susan (Faith Howes), is a dancer who wants to settle down and have a family and, more importantly, move away. Jon’s best friend is Michael (Ryan Lile), who has already left acting for a corporate job, enjoying the money and stability. So, Jon is surrounded by people who have changed their goals, and maybe he’s supposed to as well. After all, he survives by waiting tables.

Larson originally performed Tick, Tick…

Boom! as a “rock monologue” solo piece. You may know that Larson died the morning of Rent’s first Off-Broadway preview in January 1996. He never knew the show’s success. After his death, Tick, Tick… Boom! was developed into this version with three performers.

While the focus of the musical is a bit slight, starring a kind of whiny guy who thinks he’s washed up, maybe, by age 30, some of the songs are wonderful. One highlight is a hysterical parody of Sondheim’s Sunday in the Park with George theme song called (by both of them) “Sunday.” Sondheim’s ode to a beautiful and hot Sunday in the park becomes Larson’s Sunday brunch in Manhattan serving spoiled and uncaring customers. Those who love Sondheim will adore this parody.

Another aspect of Tick, Tick… Boom! that is a precursor to Rent is Michael’s “sickness” which is not spoken of as as AIDS, but

it’s clear AIDS is meant. Rent, of course, focused on many characters with AIDS. SecondStory’s cast is more than up to the challenge. Helmed by director Jeff Orton, the supporting cast of Lile and Howes turn into all kinds of New York characters, from Jon’s father, to his agent, to corporate ad staff, and an actor in his workshop. A different accent and a quick costume change are all that is necessary.

But the driving force of the evening is Minton, who has a lovely voice, a sincere presence, and clearly also plays a mean piano. He works hard to steer clear of being a whiny guy to tell a real story of conflicts and disappointments. Minton gels well with his cast members, giving a solid impression of long-term relationships.

The set is rudimentary, looking like a grunge rock musical probably should, and hard-working costumes (by Carmen Olmedo) help with quick changes of character. A small band, music directed by Ben Bentler, does a good job of rocking out to the score.

Those who are young and think they have to accomplish some arbitrary goal by a certain age will appreciate this musical.

Those who love musicals in general and want to experience early Jonathan Larson will appreciate this musical. Those who like good, solid productions will appreciate this musical. Unfortunately, it closes on Saturday, November 22. Tickets: $27-general, $22-student/educator/military/senior.

SecondStory Rep, Redmond Town Center, 16587 NE 74th St., Redmond, 425-8816777; www.secondstoryrepertory.org Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found at miryamstheatermusings.blogspot.com.

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Stewart’s Rosewater an intriguing look inside modern Iran cyberboxpr.net

John Stewart on the set of Rosewater

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allowing the breadth and scope of what is happening in Iran during this election to carry far more weight and meaning in the process. There is ample insight to be found in many of the film’s quieter, more intimate moments, and while the full picture is never entirely ascertained, enough of it is to give the story a subtle grace that’s continually fascinating.

The film loses its way whenever it strays from Bahari, especially the times it focuses more on Rosewater and who he is. It’s an attempt to humanize him, show how all of this is affecting the interrogator. Problem is, he’s not enough of a three-dimensional figure for these sequences to feel like anything more than thinly crafted guesses as to who this guy might be and what his life might potentially be like. They don’t carry any oomph, no zest, this mysterious figure

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In June of 2009 London-based freelance journalist Maziar Bahari (Gael García Bernal) returned home to Iran to cover the election of the country’s new president while on assignment for Newsweek magazine. In the aftermath of what proves to be the controversial re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and during the riots and displays of public disobedience that followed, a group of policemen come to his mother’s (Shohreh Aghdashloo) home to question him. Not long after, the journalist is arrested and sent to the notorious Evin Prison with no reason given.

Bahari will spend the next 118 days being questioned under the most extreme conditions by a man (Kim Bodnia) he only can recognize by the smell of the rosewater he scents himself with. Completely isolated, cut off from the world, he believes he is entirely alone and at the mercy of his captors, only the thought he’ll be reunited with his pregnant wife Paola (Claire Foy) back in London keeping him from fully succumbing to depression and despair.

Based on Bahari’s own accounting of the events that took place inside Evin (cowritten with Aimee Molloy), “The Daily Show” creator and host Jon Stewart makes his directorial debut with the docudrama Rosewater. In many ways this makes a lot of sense – as one of the items held against the imprisoned reporter was the fact he’d appeared on this show and participated in one of its skits. I feel fairly safe in surmising this is a tale near and dear to Stewart’s heart, and that passionate attention to detail is visible in virtually every frame of the finished film.

As strong as many of the individual pieces might be, as impressive as certain

sequences are, there is an oddly distant aura permeating the picture that’s difficult to get past. So much of what transpires kept me surprisingly at arm’s length from an emotional standpoint, the trauma of Bahari’s ordeal not coming through as clearly or as intimately as I kept hoping it would. It is almost as if Stewart’s approach is too clinical, too journalistically detached, making the final moments unable to hammer themselves home as deeply or in as thought-provoking a manner as they needed to in order for the film to ascend to the next level.

Still, Stewart’s debut is impressive on multiple fronts. His script is clean, orderly, focused with razor-sharp precision on Bahari and all that it is he is going through.

All of significance that transpires is seen through his eyes, from his vantage point,

remaining too ephemeral a creature for us to feel any sort of emotion, positive or negative, about whatsoever.

Bernal, on the other hand, is excellent, delivering a full-bodied, completely immersive performance that’s a continual joy to behold.

In many ways his Bahari makes a terrific companion to his René Saavedra, the protagonist in the equally explosive political docudrama No (that film chronicling a 1988 Chilean referendum that changed the face of the country). At the same time, this is an entirely different sort of character, his transformation from relative political neophyte, to crusading journalist, to unjustly imprisoned husband and soon-to-be father desperately trying to hold onto his fracturing sanity, utterly believable every step of the way.

Stewart doesn’t do a lot with Aghdashloo, and it’s a testament to the Oscarnominated actress’ talents that she ends up being as memorable a presence as she ultimately ends up becoming. As for Foy, I’m honestly not sure why she’s around as much as she is, and while Paola’s part in her husband’s eventual release is important as far as this film and this story is concerned, all she does is slow things down to a crawl whenever she appears. If anything, the director does a better job integrating real news footage into the proceedings, adding a level of verisimilitude into the drama that likely wouldn’t exist otherwise.

There’s a lot to love about Rosewater. Bernal is superb, the story is one deserving of the spotlight, while the film itself grants a look inside modern Iran most could barely fathom let ever hope to see. Stewart shows a lot of promise as a filmmaker, especially as far as his screenwriting is concerned, and even with all of my nitpicks I can’t say I ever felt any of the narrative mechanics were ever outside of his control. Yet I was never as emotionally invested in Bahari’s travails as much as I felt I needed to be, and as impressive as many of the elements driving this picture might be, the overall impact is still far more muted and subdued than it by all accounts should have been.

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – Part 1 Now playing She destroyed their Games.

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) never imagined that by shooting an arrow into the arena sky she would bring about full-scale revolution, but intentional or not that’s exactly what she has done. Transported to District 13, long thought to be destroyed, reunited with her mother (Paula Malcomson), sister Prim (Willow Shields) and best friend Gale (Liam Hemsworth), this gladiator is now safe, even if Panem itself is in a state of unimaginable chaos.

The rebel leaders, under the command of former head gamesmaker Plutarch Heavensbee (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and District 13 President Alma Coin (Julianne Moore), want Katniss’ help. See, she’s become a symbol to all the Districts, a figurehead of defiance to the Capital’s totalitarian authority. They want her to embrace being the Mockingjay, to be their figurehead of revolution, showing Panem President Snow (Donald Sutherland) that the battle is just beginning and it will not end until freedom rings and Democracy can be had for all.

But she destroyed their Games, and Snow is not one to show mercy, and he’ll use the might of the Capital to annihilate every last soul who idolizes Katniss even if that means seeing the entire country awash in a sea of blood.

Thus begins the final chapter of author Suzanne Collins massively successful literary trilogy, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1, the first half of this climactic adventure showcasing how The Girl on Fire becomes both the spiritual and the literal figurehead of a revolution that will see her homeland forever changed. It shows how

Jennifer Lawrence in Mockingjay – Part 1

Katniss goes from reluctant player in an abhorrent game to a freedom fighter battling against tyrannical injustice, everything once again seen primarily through her eyes as she struggles to comprehend what is going on and what her part in the grand design ultimately might be.

That “first half” comment is the problem, because unlike both the first The Hunger Games as well as the middle chapter in this series The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, the powers that be (i.e. Lionsgate, the studio financing things) have decided to split Mockingjay into two parts. They’ve noticed Lionsgate

Liam Hemsworth (l) and Jennifer Lawrence in Mockingjay – Part 1

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how well this worked for both the Harry Potter and Twilight franchises and thus are eager to make as much money as they can, not caring that Collins’ source material – admittedly my personal favorite book in the trilogy – doesn’t have enough plot to warrant doing so. What would have made a nice 150-minute, potentially three-hour movie has instead been split into two gargantuan halves, this initial fifty percent barely having enough narrative heft to manage all of its 123 minutes.

Not to say returning director Francis Lawrence and new-to-the-series screenwriters Peter Craig (The Town) and Danny Strong (Game Change) don’t deliver. There is, in fact, plenty to love, a handful of moments that get the blood racing and set the spirit soaring into the stratosphere. Early sequences involving Katniss’ return to a bombed-out District 12 are chilling in their depiction of senseless terror and devastation, while a quiet moment in a peaceful rock quarry next to an eerily serene lake is chilling in its sub-textual poignancy.

There’s a wonderful scene inside a battlefield hospital that, while not altogether original or devoid of melodramatic cliché, still puts a lump in the throat all the same, making the indescribable devastation to quickly come all the more affecting in the process.

Additionally, it’s good to see Hemsworth in on the action, the actor finally getting a chance to dig into Gale in ways the stories being told in the first two movies didn’t allow to happen. Hoffman gets in a few choice bits as the wickedly acid-tongued Heavensbee, reminding us all once again just how tragic a loss his passing truly was. Sutherland twirls and whirls his way around his despicable President Snow as devilishly as ever, while much like she did in the last film, once again Elizabeth Banks steals scenes left and right as brought down from her Barbie Doll pedestal former government mouthpiece and District 12 spokeswoman Effie Trinket.

As for the newcomers, only Moore is given the opportunity to explore her character’s interior machinations, planting the seeds for the decisions she will make as the rebellion’s commander-in-chief during the final push towards victory. The rest, including Mahershala Ali as the security chief, Boggs, in charge of the Mockingjay’s personal safety and Natalie Dormer as the public relations dynamo, Cressida, responsible for transforming Katniss into a revolutionary propaganda figurehead, aren’t given near as much to do, and as such they’re not memorable one way or the other by the time things come to an end.

Said end is actually the biggest problem as Mockingjay – Part 1 doesn’t actually have one. No real surprise there, of course, but the blatant cliffhanger keeping a major character in the throes of government engineered insanity and Katniss at a loss as to how to react is still awfully annoying. Unlike Catching Fire, which also ended in a state of uncertainty, there’s no sense of closure, no feeling the central plot strands utilized for this portion of the climactic chapter have come to any sort of satisfying resolution. It all just sort of stops, period, end of sentence, director Lawrence doing what he can to add some sort of emotional crescendo to the film, even if this section of the story doesn’t actually have one.

Don’t misunderstand. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 is still skillfully made and Jennifer Lawrence is as good as ever as the young woman who must transform herself into a hero whether she wants to or not. Unlike the first two, though, this one feels far more engineered by a corporate committee than either of its predecessors did, diluting the emotional impact of all that’s transpiring for Katniss and her followers in the process. While the girl most definitely remains on fire, the temperature keeping her ablaze is notably starting to fall.

Here’s hoping next November’s final chapter remedies this and gets those flames soaring to their proper height once again.

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Elegiac, elegantly austere Homesman a heartbreaking ride THE HOMESMAN Now playing In the middle of the expansive nothingness of the Nebraska Territories, three frontierswomen – Arabella Sours (Grace Gummer), Theoline Belknap (Miranda Otto) and Gro Svendsen (Sonja Richter) – have gone insane.

Not knowing what to do with them it is decided the trio will be sent back east to a waiting Methodist minister and his pious wife (Meryl Streep) in hopes their health can be restored.

With none of the men stepping up to take on the task, assertive, strong-willed Mary Bee Cuddy (Hilary Swank) has volunteered to do it herself. Realizing the monumental nature of the undertaking, she hires mysterious, bottom-feeding drifter George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones) to assist her, relying upon him to help make the perilous journey in hopes they will make it to their destination alive.

Based on the award-winning 1988 novel by Glendon Swarthout, Jones’ fourth directorial effort The Homesman makes a wrenching, emotionally shattering companion piece to previous efforts like The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada and The Sunset Limited. A dour, hardscrabble elegiac Western filled with grit, grime and grotesquerie, it embraces the contradictions inherent to both the tale and to the characters inhabiting it, achieving a level of shattering intimacy that refuses to provide easy answers and leaves the viewer in a state of uncomforting uncertainty that fits the narrative perfectly.

Swathout’s source material showcases the

hardships pioneer women faced and the brutish, unforgiving attitudes of the men who fail them, never taking prisoners and refusing to blunt the edges as it presents things in as starkly barren a manner as possible. Jones does not do anything to change this, an almost misogynistic élan smothering things that feels painfully authentic and sadly essential. This is a world were women and their sacrifices are either misunderstood, unappreciated or undervalued, making the journey all of them are being required to make all the more heartbreaking in the process.

The genius, then, is to have made Mary Bee Cuddy the central character around which everything revolves. A headstrong, fiercely intelligent creature she nonetheless masks deep insecurities and wounded bits of pride brought on by the condescending nature of the men she is forced to surround herself with. Determined to make something of her life even though she is entirely on her own, with seemingly no one willing to share their time, let alone their bed, with her, Cuddy has managed to eke out a place in this dusty wilderness most would be proud to call their own.

Swank is incredible, delivering her best performance since her Oscar-winning turn in Million Dollar Baby, crafting a complex, deeply flawed human figure whose emotional and social inadequacies are masked by her intelligent demeanor and can-do attitude. But the journey slowly takes its toll, opening up wounds she’d thought were forever suppressed as she realizes the full extent of the damage done to the three women she’s taken it upon herself to transport and protect. Conversations with Briggs muddy the waters even more, leading to a series of

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Tommy Lee Jones and Hilary Swank in The Homesman

emotionally crippling choices and actions that almost can’t help but end in tragedy.

There’s some odd loss of focus from time to time, Jones allowing a seemingly neverending series of veteran character actors to chew the scenery for a variety of reasons only some of which help propel the film forward. He also plays with chronology a bit too theatrically, flashing back every so often to examine the reasons for each mad woman’s descent into insanity that, while important, oftentimes feel as if they’ve been inelegantly inserted into the motion picture for reasons that are never as clear as they need to be.

At the same time, Jones doesn’t bow to convention, allowing right and wrong, good and

Getting Dumb not a lot of fun Universal Pictures

Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels in Dumb and Dumber To

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer DUMB AND DUMBER TO Now playing It’s been 20 years since best friends Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) last hit the road together.

Now, after two decades spent with the latter worrying desperately about the former, doing all he can to nurse him back to health (don’t ask), they must hit the pavement once again, forced to make the trek to El Paso, Texas to find a relative neither of them knew even existed. See, Harry’s in need of a kidney and, low and behold, he’s got a daughter

he didn’t know about, the product of a lustful exploratory one-night stand with local mortician Fraida Felcher (Kathleen Turner) in the back of a van two long decades ago.

I guess I never understood just how big the hold 1994’s Dumb and Dumber had over people. I hated it 20 years ago. Watching it again this week, I still don’t particularly care for it now. This Bobby and Peter Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary, The Three Stooges) opus was never my cup of tea to begin with, the film never striking the right balance between stupidity and humor as far as I was concerned. I just don’t find it funny, the comedy an almost unendurable 107-minute slog I almost can’t believe I was able to sit through more than once.

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evil, to crash one into the other. At one moment Briggs exacts bloody retribution against those he feels have slighted both him and the women he is protecting based on superficial assertions about their class and social standing, at others he allows himself to be belittled and made fun of for the exact same reasons.

He’s not a hero, not a villain, nothing more than a flawed man forever making decisions he will have to find a way to live with no matter what the outcome might ultimately prove to be. The Homesman is a great, assertively austere Western that breaks the heart into multiple pieces, leaving the viewer to decide how best to put them back together again all on their lonesome.

Yet two decades after the fact here we are again, Lloyd and Harry reunited for more mentally challenged adventures filled with clueless lunacy, mistaken identities, flying cars, poopy diapers, exploding birds, politically incorrect put-downs and so much more harebrained bits of stupidity I almost don’t know where to begin. With Carrey and Daniels back giving it a go, with the Farrelly’s again at the helm, Dumb and Dumber To deigns to tread where few comedy sequels have dared go before, hoping audiences who flocked to the first one will return for a second helping.

In all fairness, any movie that goes out of its way to remind audiences just how terrific the great Kathleen Turner is can’t be all bad.

For me, at least, this one still comes remarkably close to being so all the same. I fully admit these types of comedies are seldom for me. The slap-dash go-for-broke gags, the unrelenting stupidity. It’s beyond rare that I’m taken even slightly by them, so with that in mind it’s hardly a surprise this sequel left me frozen solid. At almost two full hours in length I just didn’t care to be watching it, and even with a few unanticipated chuckles, giggles and laughs sprinkled around like bits of confetti falling out of an envelope, there just weren’t enough highs to make sitting through the picture and its numerous lows start to finish even slightly tolerable.

There’s an out of nowhere gag with a train that captured my attention. There are also a few sight gags with an ingeniously camouflaged Rob Riggle (in a dual role) I found worthy of a couple guffaws. The film also marks the arrival of probable star Rachel Melvin (who’d already made an impres-

sion on me earlier this year with her work in the still-to-be-released comedic creature feature Zombeavers) as Harry’s winningly oblivious daughter, Penny, the young actress an effervescent ray of sunshine whenever she appears on screen.

As for Carrey and Daniels, they’re all-in, throwing themselves into this loopy lunacy with the same degree of gusto and enthusiasm they did 20 years ago. With that being so, yes, the pair do generate a handful of laughs, I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that were so. Problem is, I just don’t care for their characters, don’t particularly like spending time with the either of them, especially Lloyd, and why anyone else out there feels the opposite I’ve honestly never been able to figure out. These guys do nothing for me, nothing at all; and while the breadth and the strength of their friendship is impressive, who they are as human beings and how they choose to relate to the world and the people around them is continually anything but.

I’m probably the wrong person to be reviewing Dumb and Dumber To. As much as I always try to let every film I see work its magic on me devoid of expectation or what I might presuppose going in, sometimes that’s incredibly difficult to do. Considering my disdain for the first film coupled with my usual dislike of scattershot comedies of this sort, this one was going to have a tough time impressing me long before the Universal Studios’ logo even appeared on the screen. Be that as it may, I hold to my assertion that this is a bad sequel and an even worse comedy, and I’m hard-pressed to believe even diehard Lloyd and Harry fans are going to find much to cheer about.

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(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.

For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com “Citizen Kane” in Centralia. 2pm & 7pm. Fox Theatre, 123 S Tower Ave, Centralia. Single ticket $8, family of 3-4 people $20. www.centraliafoxtheatre.com Gay City Arts Crossing the Line: The Billy Strayhorn Project (11/14-15, & 11/21-22). 8pm. Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A celebration of the life and music of Gay American jazz arranger, composer, lyricist & pianist Billy Strayhorn, best known for his three decade long collaboration with Duke Ellington. Features Tyrone Brown & the Nate Omdal Trio. Tickets: $20. www.gaycity.org/arts

SUNDAY - November 23

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.

Center for Spiritual Living. Services 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 5751 33rd Ave NE. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school;” 9:45am worship. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. 525-7988.

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 8:30am & 11am-Worship (10am during summer). 2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. 547-6945 (office); 285-5077 (George).

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/ Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am-Sunday Services.

200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org.

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

All ages education 9am, Worship 10am. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. 5242322; www.universityucc.org.

Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am-Zazen Instruction, 9:30amZazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30amWorship, 11am-Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org Central Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.”

All are welcome. 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am-Sunday Service.

12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. An open & affirming congregation. (425) 747-3780.

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

November 22 thru November 30

Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 911 Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. 682-3620.

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.

All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am-Worship.

500 Broadway E. Come as you are. All are welcome.

A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Living Water Fellowship. 10:30am-Worship. 7204 NE 175th St, Kenmore. All GLBT welcome. Pastor Susan George. 963-0807. www.livingwaterwa. com Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. 935-0418, office@ wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Grace Gospel Chapel. 11am-Worship. 2052 NW 64th St. Oldest independent church ministering primarily to the Gay & Lesbian community. An exciting fellowship ... a place to believe, a place to belong. 784-8495.

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

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 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 St Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am-Worship.

6512 12th Ave NW. An “open & affirming” congregation.

“We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” 783-6733; www. stpauluccseattle.com.

Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.com 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

Visit us online www.sgn.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. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 12:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Subject: How are the holidays affecting you? Metro routes 10, 12, 43.

Rain City Jacks. 4th Sunday each month at 1pm; 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm. 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.

“Split: A Child, A Priest, and the Catholic Church” by Mary Dispenza - Book Reading & Signing. 4:30pm.

University Bookstore (Bellevue), 990 102nd Ave NE, Bellevue. A former nun, author and activist Mary Dispenza now serves as the Puget Sound representative for Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests (SNAP).

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 Just Desserts: LGBTQ Allyship’s Social Justice Extravaganza. 6-7:30pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Features Keynote Speaker Cuc Vu of the City of Seattle’s Office of Immigrant & Refugee Affairs & MC Mercedes Nicole. Tickets $45. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/894133 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

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SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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 No Safeword Writers Group. 7-9pm. Meets 4th Monday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafe wordwritersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd Sunday, 1-3pm.)

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701 14th Pl S, Kent.

Meets 4th Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

“No Man’s Land” by Ryan Fields - a FREE staged reading. 7pm. West of Lenin, 203 N 36th St. “No Man’s Land” is set in a place of violent civil unrest where a small group of people orphaned by war meet in a bar to fight for love, hope, truth, and the lives of two newly captured pilots who face execution. This staged reading also employs physical theatre (i.e., clowning and choreographed movement) that conveys the terror of war in startling and novel ways. (There will be a wine reception before the reading.) Presented by Parley.

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 Ebola Relief Concert: A Musical Response. 7:30pm.

Town Hall, 8th & Seneca. This concert presents the musical response of Medieval European composers such as Machaut, Landini, and Dufay alongside readings and songs from West Africa. The audience will be invited to make a free-will donation to support Ebola relief organizations Doctors Without Borders & the Hope Project.

Join us as we move forward in hope. earlymusicguild.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

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

(253) 474-8897.

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

TUESDAY - November 25

Lesbian & Gay Child Care Task Force Monthly Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. The Task Force, in conjunction with Child Care Resources of King County, offers referrals to GLBT-welcoming child care centers & provides training, support & curriculum materials to child care providers.

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“Gay-welcoming” child care programs in your zip code area.) The task force meets monthly to assess their progress in achieving their goals.

Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-250-5002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Drag Night Extravaganza. Doors 6:30pm, Show 7-9pm.

6000 16th Ave SW. South Seattle Community College students, faculty & staff join Student Life for a night of gender-bending entertainment for all ages. This year features a drag show & Gay bingo. Bingo cards $1 for 1 pack. Light refreshments, prizes & raffles. cecilia.smith@ seattlecolleges.edu 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.)

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques.

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

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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.

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

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FRIDAY - November 28

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 The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat.

Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome.

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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+ WEDNESDAY - November 26 men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 322Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness 2437; www.sasgcc.org Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual health-related activities, followed by a walk around (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For maturefriends.org more information contact Abby 322-7700, www.entre hermanos.org

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Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS. 6pm. Grace UMC (formerly Firs United Methodist). Meets last Thursday most months. FREE. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by the Evergreen AIDS Foundation & SNOCO Gay Men’s Task Force. For information call (425) 252-7751.

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

(425) 747-4937.

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 PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th (at Jackson), Tacoma.

Meets 4th Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 3832318. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday.

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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 Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm. in order to solve their common problems. We believe Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of evdonations welcome. www.ingersoll center.org ery month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a SATURDAY - November 29 movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize be(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) fore & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears- Seattle Men’s Chorus “...Our Gay Apparel” (11/29 & 11/30). 2pm. Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. subscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call A unique blend of song, dance & campy comedy with for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF Special Guest Linda Eder. Tickets $28-$78. seattleis a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years menschorus.org & over. www.maturefriends.org SUNDAY - November 30 Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle Uni(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) versity, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry Seattle Marathon. www.seattlemarathon.org St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting Seattle Men’s Chorus “...Our Gay Apparel” (11/29 in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, & 11/30). 2pm. Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. A unique blend of song, dance & campy comedy with Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meet- Special Guest Linda Eder. Tickets $28-$78. 388-1400; ing helping people deal with issues of gender identity seattlemenschorus.org & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those COMMUNITY RESOURCES who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169.

THURSDAY - November 27 American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Happy Thanksgiving!

Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/Another(Because of the Thanksgiving holiday some regularly Gay-Social-Club/ shceduled events may be cancelled or rescheduled.

Please check with the sponsors of your event to confirm Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html date, time & place.)

BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for BiAlcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” sexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www.

12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

- www.sbwn.net.

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994. www.babesnetwork.org.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation FightBisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages ing AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thurs- DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis day. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour cri-

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sis 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, 8606969. 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; LGBTMS Connection@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.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears. com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www. qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www. raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www. seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers. org. (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.familyworksseattle. 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: 568-7777, info@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.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.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@ yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing,

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M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www.sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema. com; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 9854376, 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.rose hedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT 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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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.South SoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhill cycling@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.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www. eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthe babes. com; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www. oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacific nwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletown squares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer. org; Rain Country Dance Association: a countrywestern dance organization catering to the LGBTQ

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community but open to all, www.raincountrydance. org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattle frontrunners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www.seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@ aol.com, www.teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www. 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.team seattle.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-Discussion-Group/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc. org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives. org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@ aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ womenof westseattle; 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, 4614493. (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 (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@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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“Sisters’ Pantry 3”! perate need of community support. The clients served by Chicken Soup Brigade need toiletries (toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, shampoo, etc.), canned foods, and dry goods (pasta, beans, rice, etc.).

Collection boxes will be at R-Place, C.C. Attle’s, The Wild Rose, Madison Pub, The Cuff Complex, Changes in Wallingford, Pike Place Dental, and Lifelong AIDS Alliance Thrift Store November 14th through December 14th.

Sister Hillda Billy, who organizes the annual food drive, said, “I am positively giddy with excitement for this year’s food drive! We’ve added new collection locations this year, in response to last year’s community generosity. Last year, the community donated several hundred pounds of food and toiletries. We’re hoping to be able to help the community donate even more of these essential items this year!”

On Saturday, December 13th, the Sisters will be conducting a bucket drive to collect monetary donations to add to the food donations. The Sisters will also be hosting a post food-drive party that evening that will be held at R-Place (619 E. Pine St.) at 10 p.m.

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