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Issue 15, Volume 45, April 8, 2016

Arts & Entertainment

A Night With Janis SMC’s Everything Joplin at the 5th Avenue Broadway an exuberant evening of Broadway tunes

5th Avenue Theatre A Night With Janis Joplin, Kacee Clanton – Photo credit: Mark Kitaoka

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN 5TH AVENUE THEATRE Through April 17 Janis Joplin was one of the most influential people in rock-n-roll. Her unique voice and no holds barred attitude on music as well as life made her one of the greats.

The 5th Avenue Theatre transports us to a concert hall, and A Night With Janis Joplin.

While the audience was filled with those who recalled the extraordinary blues artist, it was equally filled with those who either

enjoy (or at least know of) her wondrous legacy. Even if you only know of Janis Joplin’s reputation (in cases like myself), the evening will reveal why Janis Joplin’s story should be shared.

It could be any number of performance venues around the country. There’s a place for the band in the back of the stage, and except for the overstuffed chair in the corner, nothing seems out of the ordinary.

Janis Joplin appears and starts to sing.

Her raspy, powerful voice, as much of her trademark as her casual “Hippie-style” of dress, begins to sound and soon the rafters are ringing with music. Over the course of the night, Janis reiterates that she is a see JANIS JOPLIN page 4

Seattle Men’s Chorus’ Everything Broadway – John Pai

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS EVERYTHING BROADWAY MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL April 2 & 3 Seattle Men’s Chorus’ April concert, Everything Broadway, was a delightful

showcase of Broadway hits, and a solid mix of funny and moving moments. Dennis Coleman’s penultimate artist program was a grab bag of old favorites and newer choices, ranging from South Pacific to Kinky Boots!

A great start to Act One, “A Musical” from brand new hit Something Rotten gave the evening a lift off of fun, with entertaining soloists Carlos Barajas and Nathan see SMC page 8

The fabulous Kaya Jones RuPaul on how straight to appear at the Dinah culture takes from the Vegas Gays Kaya Jones, most notably known as one of the lead singers of the Pussycat Dolls (not the brunette one that always sounds like she’s stoned, but the pretty blonde one) took time out of her whirlwind schedule to talk to SGN’s own Teriyaki Temple.

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by David Luc Nguyen SGN A&E Writer Kaya Jones, formerly of the mega girl group, The Pussycat Dolls talks to Seattle Gay News about: Her new fashion line premiering at LA Fashion Week, secrets to looking fabulous on the red carpet, and possibly going Lesbian at the Dinah Vegas.

Teriyaki Temple: You’ve been everywhere girl! Saw you at the Grammys, kicking it at the Playboy Mansion, launching a new clothing line at LA Fashion Week earlier this month. And you’re all over the Internet! So with such a busy schedule, how do you always look so hot? If I were you, I’d look totally hags! What’s your secret to staying so fabulous?

Kaya Jones: Everything in moderation.

Eat healthy and workout and sleep! Water is so important. Lots of H2O! TT: Most recently we saw you on the Grammys red carpet. You were rocking gorgeous in that Alexis Monsanto Atelier gown. You caused quite the buzz! It’s obvious you really love fashion and you aren’t afraid to push the envelope.

KJ: I’m obsessed with fashion!!! It’s so important to me. As a designer I need to be aware of the “what’s next factor.”

TT: When you’re picking out an outfit for a red carpet event what are some of the things you look for?

KJ: I look for how it fits. Does it hang or see KAYA JONES page 3

RuPaul at the 2012 Critics’ Choice TV Awards – Brian To / WENN

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor RuPaul, 55, is perhaps best known for the 1992 international hit, “Supermodel (You Better Work),” and the drag queen reality TV show on the Logo Network, “RuPaul’s Drag Race” – now in its 8th season. RuPaul is also an author, having published two books: Lettin’ It All Hang Out: An Autobiography (1995) and Workin’ It!: Ru Paul’s Guide to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Style (2010).

These days, RuPaul, like most drag entertainers that have performed in front of audiences for more than two or three decades, has developed a reputation for being a source of sage advice. Ru says things that just make sense. Call it real talk, wisdom, or the truth – it doesn’t matter the description – what matters is that when RuPaul speaks people (Gay or straight) listen. Obviously, this kind of access to your advice by the public comes with a great deal of responsibility. If Ru were to say see RUPAUL page 5

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Celebrating 41 Years!

music

A recent Blu-ray of Elektra supplants an old standard

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer ELEKTRA RICHARD STRAUSS WIENER PHILHARMONIKER ARTHAUS MUSIK If you already know and love Richard Strauss’ early 20th century opera Elektra, I can recommend this Blu-ray disc very highly. I just compared the experience of watching it to the much older DVD with Leonie Rysanek under Karl Bohm, and I much prefer the new disc on almost every level. Granted that Rysanek had, even at this late moment in her career, a much more powerful and beautiful voice than the current Irene Theorin. Except for her easy top notes, Theorin lacks an instrument rich enough to express vocally the emotional extremes of Elektra’s state. But her wellfocused acting will for many viewers make up for any vocal deficiency. And whoever said Elektra should sound beautiful?!

Both videos employ the superb Vienna Philharmonic, but the superior sound of the newer Blu-ray yields a vastly more satisfying experience of Strauss’ fabulous score.

Conductor Daniele Gatti leads a transparent and powerful reading of this complex orchestration, revealing every detail and dynamic extreme. The recording engineers get the balances just right, never swamping the vocal lines, while allowing the listener to explore every orchestral detail – no small achievement.

Although there is no hint of an audience in this live performance at the Salzburg Festival of 2010, it is nonetheless a real performance, whereas the 1981 film with Rysanek is a lip-synched movie, with often jarring discrepancies between sight and sound. To seasoned opera fans, the sight of a singer’s physical involvement in producing a sound is an essential part of the experience; and that is totally missing from the older disc. (Rysanek even at one point

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fit well. Then I look at the color and style.

Fashion is all about forward not backwards. So taking the past and making it current is so important.

TT: While we are on the topic of fashion, you recently debuted your Fall/Winter clothing line, “Hollywood Doll” at Los Angeles Fashion Week, which is going to be featured on VH1. Where do you draw your inspiration from as you create your clothing line?

KJ: Kids are my inspiration. To create you’ve got to be fun and happy. And well, I’m five mentally and dressing up is all about taking risks. For the kids collection I had to keep in mind what do they want, not what I want or what parents want, but what do the children want.

TT: What kind of woman do you see wearing “Hollywood Doll?”

KJ: Well, we have an adult line for “Hollywood Doll” and just launched “Vegas Doll.”

We are for fun carefree women. It’s all about the girl who is all grown up and still is fun and wants to play. Sex and the City type of women! ;) TT: Is there anyone in Hollywood you could see wearing your designs?

KJ: Gigi or Sarah Jessica Parker.

TT: I’m so excited to hear you’ll be headlining at The Dinah Las Vegas’ 5th Anniversary celebration this year. Have you been to The Dinah Las Vegas before?

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seems to take a catch breath in the middle of a sustained note!)

One of the thrills of the newer disc is the Klytämnestra of Waltraud Meier, shown here still at the height of her vocal powers. Like Meryl Streep, she seems to delight in prying out every emotive expression she can find in a role; and this tormented lady provides a rich trove to reveal. The confrontation between her and Elektra is a delight to watch. The great Astrid Varnay on the older disc is hardly less engaging, but the connection with Rysanek seems stagey in comparison.

Eva-Maria Westbroek as Elektra’s sister is superior both vocally and dramatically in the new disc to Catarina Legendza’s strained singing and unconvincing acting. The chief disappointment in the newer cast is René Pape’s wooden Orest. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau moves less and expresses far more with Rysanek, and the role lies more comfortably in his voice. Pape pours out the tones and doesn’t seem to be saving himself vocally in this brief role, but he’s somehow awkward and lacks the regal elegance of Fischer-Dieskau.

Filming an opera, as opposed to videoing a staged performance, provides all kinds of artistic freedom to a director, and this famed production under director Götz Froedrich makes the most of it. (Seattle Opera in its most recent Elektra copied the idea here of blood pouring down the outside walls of the palace as Orest kills the villains.) The “dance” of Klytämnestra’s

servants as she enters to talk with Elektra is particularly effective. But I found the staged version dramatically effective despite a few clichés, like the pistol toting Overseer. In fact, the score and libretto are so powerful that one might see Froedrich’s liberties rather as overkill (if such is possible in this opera!).

An advantage of the older DVD is a second disc full of an excellent documentary about the production, with lots of behindthe-scenes moments with Rysanek and conductor Karl Böhm. The Blu-ray provides exactly nothing of the sort, but the airy, dynamic sound of the DTS-HD Surround Sound more than makes up for this omission.

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

KJ: I haven’t. I’m very aware of what the Dinah is all about. The (queer) community is near and dear to my heart. The Abbey and Here (both WeHo hot spots) are like my living room. I have no doubt it’s gonna be amazing performing for friends and family. We can also finally celebrate since equality is real and here! It’s about fucking time!

I’m really looking forward to partying it up with the women and enjoying their day!

LGBTQ has come a long way and needs to be celebrated whenever possible.

TT: You’ve been romantically linked to celebrities including: Eminem, Vin Diesel, Bill Maher, Nick Carter and Luis Migel.

Do you currently have a special someone?

If not, do you think there’s a possibility that one of the lovely ladies at The Dinah Las Vegas could catch your eye?

KJ: Hahahahah. I’ve had fun! Hey you never know…. Sexuality is fluid and I never put limitations on anything. So you never know.

TT: What do you find most attractive on a woman? How about a man?

KJ: Eyes and personality!

TT: Sounds like you’ve been very busy between performing, running your fashion empire and on top of all of it your amazing humanitarian work (with under privileged and exploited youth).

Care to share with us about some of your other projects you have in the pipeline?

KJ: My new album! I’m about to start recording my next album. Oh and I’m

touring, and producing a new Vegas show!

Oh and I have three new music videos in the works, too.

TT: Oh is that all? Hahaha Gurl, you’re a busy lady! Do you think any of your upcoming projects will bring you to the Pacific Northwest?

KJ: It’s a worldwide tour, so most definitely ;) TT: What’s something you’d like to share with me that not too many people know about you?

KJ: Btw, Teriyaki Temple is an awesome name by the way!

Hmmmmm ok let me see. Oh I know.

I actually always wanted to be a cardio thoracic surgeon. I wanted to be a doctor.

Show business wasn’t my first choice. Not a lot of people know that.

TT: Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to chat with me today.

KJ: Thanks for chatting with me, Teriyaki. Love & Light! Kaya x

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Be sure to join Kaya Jones and the world’s hottest Lesbians at the Dinah Vegas from Thursday, April 28 through Sunday, May 1 as she headlines the Infinity Pool Party at the Flamingo Hotel.

The Dinah Vegas is presented by Caesars Entertainment.

To find out more about the must-attend Lady Loving event, check out www.dinahshoreweekend.com.

Let us not forget Tray’s brownsville song

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer brownsville song (b-side for tray) SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE Through April 24 The 21st century Internet has made most of us much more aware of the tragedies occurring routinely in poor neighborhoods, riddled with gangs, and poorly policed.

While it’s not “fun” to go see a sad story about a murder of a bright young man with a compelling future, Kimber Lee’s play, brownsville song (b-side for tray), layers in a beguiling central character, Tray (played adorably by Chinaza Uche), and a perhapscliché’d difficult family life to tell the story.

Lee’s play wants to shed light on the multitudes of young people killed each year in hard-to-police neighborhoods. Her subtitle, referencing the lesser side of records, the “b” side, reflects the desire to bring attention to people that don’t make the news and don’t get attended to. Lee started with a real person, Tray Franklin, who lived and died (in 2012) in Brownsville, a community in New York City. In an article in the program, Claire Koleske says that Franklin’s

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singer of the Blues, and she speaks of those that influenced her life. The women (Etta James, Bessie Smith, Nina Simone, Odetta, The Chantels and Aretha Franklin) spiritually appear in her memory presenting their version of their hits. Then Janis joins them with her own spin and sends the songs rocketing to the back of the house! Janis recalls her life, the fierce feeling of being an outsider, and her rise to stardom, only to be cut short before she ever reaches the top.

Kacee Clanton comes out as Janis Joplin with a rocking attitude and fierce sound.

Her appearance and voice are well suited as a facsimile for Janis and evoke the energy and spirit well. Although trying to transform a Seattle theatre audience into a vigorous, audience participation crowd wasn’t the easiest, Ms. Clanton’s talent managed to get the people involved with clapping along and even some dancing in the aisles.

Clanton’s voice is powerful, and she handles the distinctive vocals of the classic songs with great ease and strong emotion.

She belts out Gershwin’s “Summertime” with sentiment, moving easily into “Turtle Blues” and “Down on Me.” “Cry Baby,” “Kozmic Blues” and “Little Girl Blue” all lead up to Joplin’s hit cover of “Me and Bobby McGee,” highlighting with “(Oh, Lord Won’t You Buy Me a) Mercedes

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name wasn’t even included in news articles about his death.

I imagine them saying, “Another young man was gunned down in Brownsville today.” It’s a collective shrug. So, I admire Lee’s impulse to help us meet this aspiring boxer who dreamed of attending college.

The beginning of the production is strong: a grandmother is alone on stage being interviewed and she is trying to place attention on her grandson’s uniqueness. Director Juliette Carrillo includes theatrical moments like characters entering the stage

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Benz.” It is when Janis belts out “I’m Gonna Rock My Way to Heaven” that the audience feels the chill and realizes the talent that left us too soon.

The supporting cast is small but they all do excellent jobs. Yvette Cason (as Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone), Sylvia MacCalla (as Bessie Smith and Odetta), and Aurianna Tuttle (as Etta James) are all good as they take on the different personalities that have influenced Janis’ life. It is the pure soprano voice of Nova Payton (as the “Blues Singer”) that strikes the chord. Her powerful operatic sound delivers “Summertime” with such emotion that it easily steals all attention from the audience…until Clanton gives it the “Joplin spin” and lets the emotion rock.

Janis Joplin’s life was explosive. She battled her way through a tumultuous time, becoming one of the greatest performers of an entire generation. While her life was all too short (an alleged victim of the “Rock’N’Roll Curse” where no great rocker artist lives over the age of 27; Kurt Cobain, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse….), her sound continues to influence musicians, leaving a legacy of music.

For more information and tickets for A Night With Janis Joplin, visit https:// www.5thavenue.org/ or call 206-625-1900.

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and sitting or standing motionless as scenic additions and augmentations during the interview.

Denise Burse as the grandmother, Lena, is a strongly drawn and loving woman desperate to hold the remnants of her family together after losing both her son and daughter-in-law. Tray and his half-sister, Devine (played alternately by Leah DeLynn Dual and Catherine Ting Karman) also look out for each other.

A friend of Tray’s (a brief appearance by Tyler Trerise) fills in a bit more information

about what happened to the fictional Tray, though that explanation is a bit weak. Still we know that “reasons” don’t really apply in many of these often random killings.

There are a few moments that confuse unnecessarily (a hint at possible secret meetings that then do not pan out into any plot elements, and an underwritten role for a step-mother who reappears in an awkward mentor/mentee role) and the middle of the play could use at least ten minutes tightening.

The most effective part of the play, besides his loving relationship with his small sister, is Tray’s attempt to address who he is through writing a college application essay.

And the power of the ending is his delivery of this extremely well-written affirmation of who he is and what he aspires to become, knowing that all of his potential has already been wasted and whatever else he might have given to the world has been so prematurely snuffed out.

For more information, call 206-4432222 or go to www.seattlerep.org.

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Celebrating 41 Years!

We’re all going to The Other Place

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE OTHER PLACE SEATTLE PUBLIC THEATER Through April 17 Have you started forgetting things you used to dependably know? Names? Words?

While scientists say that this phenomenon, which often starts in the early 40s, is a normal part of aging, we also might start wondering if something more sinister is happening in our brains.

In The Other Place, now being staging at Seattle Public Theater, Juliana (Amy Thone), a brain scientist, is pretty convinced that she could have brain cancer – a terrifying idea. What is clear is that the ground is shifting under her feet and her brain is not working the way it should.

Playwright Sharr White seems to like to embed mysteries in his plays. We recently were treated to another of his 90 minute one-acts, Annapurna, by Theatre22, which also had a mystery drive its action forward.

In some respects, that play, with a singular mystery, was easier to understand than this play. This play seems to have several mysteries to unravel.

But the mystery of the brain is perhaps not one mystery, but several kinds of mysteries that we have yet to unravel in scientific exploration. Certainly, we have barely plumbed even a tiny depth of understand-

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continued from cover something that was provocative just for the sake of being provocative, people would begin to lose interest. After all, we’ve heard that before. For whatever reason, RuPaul has the ability to call it like the drag entertainer sees it. The latest published interview with RuPaul, published March 23 at www.

Vulture.com, is no exception. However, the highlights of the article have caught the eye of both fans and people who may not even really know who RuPaul is and the Internet has been buzzing.

The interview, conducted by E. Alex Jung, is a good read for anyone that might feel like the word police are getting to be a bit much and that even though Gay people have been creating art for years, a lot of what we do does not catch on until a straight person repackages it and presents it as their own. The success that RuPaul now enjoys – particularly with “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” which recently filmed its 100th episode – proves to be the credentials needed for the entertainer to stand atop a soapbox and tell the world a qualified opinion.

Working for Gay media, I have had my fair share of conversations with drag queens. And the one thing that has always made me pause for a second is, whether or not the queen is known or unknown, they talk about the art of drag as if it is a lifesaving thing. Sort of like a religion. And unless you, yourself, have been a drag queen (not for just a night, but a booked queen in a show, longer than a month or so) you really can’t know what it is all about. When Jung asked RuPaul about the power of drag in the Vulture.com interview, he says it is a

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ers, later scenes in the play do help you develop both the empathy and the understanding, and by the end the mysteries are pretty well revealed. In fact, one major scene in particular is outstanding on its own, and beautifully written. Here’s wishing a bit more of the script was like that.

I think a mistake is made in this production: the talented Kelly Kitchens, a director I highly admire, did not create modulation of that first 40 minutes of Thone’s portrayal. There are actually a number of moments where Thone could have turned her behavior on a dime and portrayed a completely different emotion or characterization. She could have flirted or entreated or even laughed or joked with her husband and it would have created not only more depth of character experience for the audience, but also been in harmony with real life. The script feels like it contains more options than are displayed.

I encourage you to go to see this riveting and mysterious play. By the end of the journey, you will feel it to have been a very worthy trip.

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ing of the brain.

The main role here is Juliana. Pretty much everyone else is outclassed as she steamrolls across the stage. Thone is a force of nature, generally, and here as Juliana she is unleashed to mow everything down in her path. Certainly, her husband (Ray Gonzales) can’t stop her.

Juliana is giving a lecture on the brain to a convention of scientists in the Virgin Islands. She also is telling her story to the audience, as she demands, “Next!” to the slide projector operator. (By the way, the slide projections assembled by Ahren Buhmann are absolutely gorgeous.) We learn that her husband is divorcing her, and that

she is newly communicating with her longlost daughter. Life is not easy for Juliana.

Jocelyn Maher plays her daughter, also a physician looking to diagnose and treat Juliana, and another woman, and her character is labeled The Woman. John Bianchi, in one of the teeniest but important roles in a show, plays the daughter’s husband and another small support character, and is labeled The Man. The first 40 minutes are difficult because Juliana is a difficult woman to like.

When we watch a character who is unlikable, it might be harder for some to feel like they care that she is in pain, or to want to empathize with her journey. Without spoil-

lifesaver, “because each of those kids were little boys, sometimes in small towns, who were alienated and ostracized. And even in the face of such adversity, they prevailed and shine today.”

RuPaul says that the hit reality show, “Drag Race,” is “a story of strength.”

“That’s what the appeal is for the audience,” said RuPaul. “Here are these people who have prevailed and succeeded against insurmountable odds. It’s a great story for anyone who watches.”

RuPaul goes on to say that if you’re smart and you’re sensitive, you see how this all works on this planet. “It’s like when Dorothy looks behind the curtain. Like, “Wait a minute. You’re the wizard?” And you figure out the hoax. That this is all an illusion.”

After that, there’s only a few areas you can go, according to RuPaul. “First, you get angry that you’ve been hoaxed and you get bitter. But then, you take more steps beyond the bitterness and you realize, “Oh, I get it.

Let’s have fun with it. It’s all a joke. You mean I don’t have to stick with one look or one whatever? I can shape-shift? Great.”

That’s when you can save lives because otherwise the mediocrity and the hypocrisy is so mundane, it’s better to just not do it.”

In short, RuPaul says drag saves lives “because for people who are highly sensitive and super-intelligent, it tickles the brain. It gives them something to live for.

It’s the irreverence. I was the same way when I was 15. I said, ‘Okay, I’m gonna do this life. But I’m gonna do it on my terms, and I’m never gonna join the Matrix.’

That’s why it saves lives.”

RuPaul says that drag will never be

mainstream. “It’s the antithesis of mainstream. And listen, what you’re witnessing with drag is the most mainstream it will get.

But it will never be mainstream, because it is completely opposed to fitting in.”

The proof, says RuPaul, can be found in the fact that despite the success he has achieved, RuPaul has never been on “Ellen” or “David Letterman” or “The Tonight Show.” “I’ve never been thought of as someone who can go on there,” said RuPaul. “Because it makes those hosts feel very, very uncomfortable, especially if we really talked. It would be the opposite of what they’re used to. So am I part of the mainstream? No. People know my name, people know what I look like, but am I invited to the party? No, and there’s a reason for it.”

RuPaul told Vulture.com that he thinks that the Lip Sync Battle on Jimmy Fallon, host of “The Tonight Show,” is a poor ripoff of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

“Regular, straight pop culture has literally lifted things from Gay culture as long as I can remember,” said RuPaul. “And that’s fine, because guess what? We have so much more where that comes from.”

RuPaul maintains that, even today, with all of the advances that the LGBTQ community has made over the past few decades, there’s a certain “Gay shame” that exists.

“Gay people will accept a straight pop star over a Gay pop star,” said RuPaul, adding, “or they will accept a straight version of a Gay thing, because there’s still so much self-loathing, you know?”

“They talk so much about acceptance now today and it’s like, yes, but trust me – I’m old and I know this shit – it’s

superficial,” RuPaul continued. “Because as soon as the lights go out, you’ll see how advanced people’s thinking is. This socalled ‘Will & Grace Acceptance’ era is just people fucking posing. Things haven’t changed that much. You see it in politics right now – that’s the fucking truth of people.”

RuPaul revisited the controversy that he found himself in when some members of the Transgender community said that RuPaul and others should not use the word “tranny.”

“It’s stupid. They’re dumb, and it’s stupid,” said RuPaul. “If I said, “Boy, I really love corn dogs!” it doesn’t mean I actually love a corn dog. Because love has nothing to do with corn dogs. But it’s just language.

It’s a state of mind. You take for granted that my intention is really to express that I enjoy them a lot and I want to eat one right now. That’s what it’s meant to do. But if you have an agenda and you want to take my sentence apart, you could certainly say, “Oh, my God! You love a corn dog? What do you mean by that? Do you want to marry it? Do you want to put it inside of you?”

“It’s like, ‘That’s not what I meant and you actually know that’s not what I meant and you’re only using it because you have an agenda so that you could get attention for whatever reason you have,’” said RuPaul.

RuPaul says the intention behind that word is a portmanteau that was meant as a way to be fun and to enjoy language.

“I talked earlier about the sweet, sensitive souls who find this world, when they uncover life’s cruel hoax,”

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McCarthy’s Boss a comedy lightweight

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE BOSS Now playing Michelle Darnell (Melissa McCarthy) has lost it all. Arrested by the SEC for insider trading, she’s spent the last four months in prison during which time the 47th wealthiest woman in the world saw all her assets seized by the government. Now out of jail, she turns to former assistant Claire (Kristen Bell) for help, crashing in the single mom’s apartment, striking up a cozy friendship with her daughter Rachel (Ella Anderson) while living there.

Never one to go down without a fight, Michelle sees a business opportunity blos-

som right in front of her eyes, and it involves Rachel’s eagerness to give back to her community as well as Claire’s awesome brownie recipes. Together, this trio will prove to be an unstoppable force. More, it’s going to make Michelle a household name, not to mention filthy, stinking rich, once again. But her own greed and an inability to make lasting emotional connections with those closest to her could potentially hold this one-time moneymaking heavyweight back; and while a quick buck can be made, it might just come at the expense of Claire and Rachel’s love.

There isn’t much going on in The Boss, McCarthy and her director/co-writer/ husband Ben Falcone’s follow-up to 2014 disaster Tammy, and as far as plot goes there’s a general feeling that the pair, along

with fellow screenwriter Steve Mallory, are making most of what transpires up as they go along. It’s all built on the thinnest sliver of narrative devices, self-centered elite brought to the level of those they used to look down on learning to be a better person as they rebuild their fortune, and as such expecting anything analogous to a surprise is a waste of time. The movie goes exactly where you expect, the only real question being what sort of craziness McCarthy, Falcone and Mallory will unleash upon the viewer as they make their way along this well-worn path.

The good news? This comedy is much, much better than Tammy was. McCarthy and Falcone, while still eager to subvert convention, and more than willing to showcase a central character whose likability quotient isn’t particularly high, have thankfully not pushed the envelope so far to the extreme that they forget to bring the funny.

They’ve lightened things up just enough that a sense of fun can be felt at various points throughout. Additionally, they also allow Bell the freedom to do her own thing, and as such Claire becomes slightly more multidimensional and interesting than she otherwise could have been.

The bad news? There’s not a lot of story, even for a comedy that runs just a little over 90 minutes in length, and what there is of one can descend into an uncomforting abyss of bad taste that’s somewhat distasteful. There’s an extended sequence featuring a mêlée between two feuding Girl Scoutlike troops that’s nowhere close to funny and instead ends up being nothing short of a minor embarrassment for almost all involved. A subplot involving Michelle’s conniving, revenge-seeking ex-boyfriend and business associate Renault goes nowhere, actor Peter Dinklage giving his all to the character even if doing so doesn’t do him any favors. Additional guest stars

including Kathy Bates (channeling her season seven “The Office” character), Cecily Strong, Kristen Schaal, Annie Mumolo, Michael McDonald and Margo Martindale are all wasted in throwaway parts, only a goofy, good-natured Tyler Labine allowed to make anything more than just a passing imprint upon the proceedings.

Not that the rambling nature of all of this doesn’t at times have its charms.

There’s a humorous skit featuring McCarthy and Bell discussing – and fondling – one another’s breasts, while a few of Michelle’s verbal putdowns of some of Rachel’s classmates’ mothers are ruthlessly inspired in their unapologetic vulgarity.

Falcone also stages a number of ingenious sight gags, most of them having to deal with the youngsters who have bonded together to make the growing brownie business a success, while a joke involving a foldaway couch got me to laugh out loud even though I saw it coming from a million miles away.

I guess there is something of a minor Troop Beverly Hills meets Big Business vibe going on, McCarthy channeling her best Shelley Long meets Bette Midler as she moves her way through a variety of self-manufactured travails. At the same time, she and Falcone are also going for that unhinged anything-can-happen Anchorman or Step Brothers thing, and considering Will Ferrell and Adam McKay are two of the producers this should hardly be considered shocking. Some will find this hodgepodge of comedic combinations hysterical. Others, like myself, will be left scratching their heads wondering what so many in the audience are finding so funny.

While there’s plenty about The Boss to appreciate, I’m just not certain there’s a great deal to like, the difference between the two ultimately making the finished film an entertainment business opportunity I’d personally pass on.

Drone procedural Eye in the Sky a hot button thriller

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer EYE IN THE SKY Now playing Colonel Katherine Powell (Helen Mirren) has found her target in Nairobi. From her secret bunker location somewhere in the United Kingdom, she’s assembled her team on the ground in Kenya to handle the apprehension of the suspects. She has her superior, calm, level-headed Lt. General Frank Benson (Alan Rickman), along with a room full of high-level politicians, conferenced in on events over in Whitehall. She’s also enlisted the aid of the U.S. military, drone pilot Steve Watts (Aaron Paul) handling surveillance thousands of miles away from the on-the-ground action in a New Mexico military base.

Together, they are going to organize and launch a strike against a group of ruthless terrorists, a gang that includes both British and American nationals, a military unit led by crack Kenyan soldiers tasked with making the arrest. But things quickly go south when the suspects retreat to an isolated location in a small village surrounded by mercenaries making apprehension close to impossible. Sending a spy (Barkhad Abdi) into the danger zone to augment the drone surveillance, based on this intel Colonel Powell quickly comes to the conclusion that the only rational course of action is to have

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Watts launch missiles into the small house the terrorists are coordinating within. Problem is, a child, no older than eight or nine, is selling bread outside on the street corner, directly adjacent to the building set to be destroyed, causing all involved to weigh her potential death against the cost of letting these killers go free to continue their reign of terror.

A real-time procedural with a heck of a lot on its mind, director Gavin Hood’s Eye in the Sky is a thought-provoking return to form for the Tsotsi filmmaker after the dual disappoints of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Ender’s Game. Anchored by an astonishing cast, all of whom are working at or very near the top of their collective games,

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most notably Mirren and the late Rickman (in what is sadly his last on-screen appearance, although he’ll lend his voice to the Caterpillar in this summer’s Alice Through the Looking Glass), the movie is a tense, nicely plotted what-if tale that feels as if it were lifted directly from today’s headlines.

Guy Hibbert’s (Five Minutes of Heaven) script is a model of efficiency, all pieces working in intimate tandem with those next to them allowing the central dilemmas being talked about to resonate with heartbreaking determination.

The movie wants to look at drone warfare in as comprehensive, yet as objective, a manner as possible, treating the dropping of bombs on unsuspecting potential terror-

ists and the threat of unintended collateral damage as it pertains to non-combatants as if it were a journalistic discussion that should be debated in a cold, clinical manner. While emotion does play a part, it is just as clearly kept at arm’s length for the majority of the picture. More, those that allow themselves to succumb to it, mainly politicians worrying about their futures, but also a few soldiers and spies tasked with following through on their orders, are in some ways looked down upon, almost as if their inability to take their feelings out of the discussion makes them ill-equipped to handle problems just like these.

In that way, there is something of a minor tonal imbalance, almost as if Hood and Hibbert would like to have their cake and eat it, too. They attempt to eschew anything that could be considered sensationalistic or would reek of bias, yet are not above playing up scenes of an innocent Muslim child twirling in her yard with a hula hoop in slow motion while at the same time showing how various forms of surveillance technology are utilized to paint a bleak picture of the terrorists, thus making bombing them silently from above practically the only sane course of action. It is a movie that longs to live in the gray areas of the conversation, yet one that also has a grand time painting things in black and white with little in the way of question marks separating one extreme from the other.

All that being the case, Eye in the Sky is still an incredibly effective thriller that gets

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the blood boiling while also challenging the intellect. It does not skimp on thrills, things building to their conclusion with a swiftly building ferociousness that’s impressive. The way the filmmakers connect all the varying locales, how each group of characters are reliant upon the actions of the others, it all works seamlessly, each fragment of the greater whole energizing the story and the situation marvelously. The psychological components are terrifying in their authenticity, augmenting the sense of urgency that permeates the story, all of which makes the explosive nature of the climax even more disquieting.

My complaints in regards to some of the more blatant and obvious aspects aside,

Hibbert’s script is really well-crafted.

The ticking clock aspect never feels like a trick. Instead, about the time Colonel Powell got on the line to the Kenyan military commander in charge of the initial arrest I found I was becoming more and more intrigued by what was transpiring. When things take their catastrophic turn towards violence, the way she engineers Abdi’s spy to be sent into harm’s way, how she handles the sight of the little girl selling bread and deals with Watts’ initial reticence to unleash his catastrophic payload, Hibbert’s screenplay never employs needless tricks or inorganic twists of fate in order for any of this to happen. There is a straightforward elegance that’s spellbinding, and as such I

never lost interest in what was transpiring at any point.

As for Hood, his direction is reminiscent of his handling of his better films, A Reasonable Man or Tsotsi, which is a terrific turn of events indeed. Haris Zambarloukos’ (Cinderella) cinematography and Megan Gill’s (Rendition) editing are superb, each working with the other to continually ratchet up tension all the way through until the suitably heart-stopping finale. The levels of relief, anger, frustration and misery all come across as genuine, and even as melodramatic as the last few moments become, Hood imbues every second of the film with a galvanizing veracity I couldn’t ignore.

Eye in the Sky is not what I feel like it could have been, and I do find myself wishing the story wouldn’t stop cold in its tracks every so often so one of the key players could proselytize one way or the other upon the issue of drones in the war on terror. I also feel I should point out I felt more of a connection to last year’s drama Good Kill with Ethan Hawke than I ultimately do with this. Still, Hood and Hibbert’s procedural is a crackerjack affair in all the ways that count, and it’s safe to say it looks at this hot button issue in a way certain to get audiences talking afterward. It’s a good film, maybe even an important one, time going to be the final arbiter as far as that is concerned.

Ethereal Demolition an elegant deconstruction of genre clichés

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer DEMOLITION Now playing Davis’ (Jake Gyllenhaal) wife Julia (Heather Lind) is dead. The pair were in a horrific car accident, and while he came out relatively unscathed the woman he shared his life with wasn’t so lucky. Her father Phil (Chris Cooper), who is also Davis’ boss, is beside himself with grief, wanting to set up a trust to help send deserving kids to college in his daughter’s name. He’s also prone to snatching his son-in-law up from his work, taking him to a local bar where he tries to impart words of wisdom as he deals with an overpowering sense of loss he can barely grapple with.

Davis, though, isn’t as distraught by this tragedy as he feels like he should be.

If anything, he’s more upset that a hospital vending machine cheated him out of a bag of candy than he is about his wife’s death, a fact that has him undeniably vexed.

Stuck on a throwaway statement from Phil regarding tearing things apart in order to discover the problem keeping them from working properly, Davis begins to systematically rip apart the very fabric of his own life, in the process hoping to ascertain what it is, exactly, that’s wrong with him that doesn’t allow him to grieve.

Demolition is hardly the straight-ahead drama director Jean-Marc Vallée’s previous two pictures Wild and Dallas Buyers Club were. If anything, it is more in line with his esoteric and ephemeral French production Café de Flore, the movie drifting through time, space and human emotion as if it were being blown around by an especially gusty wind. Bryan Sipe’s (The Choice) script refuses to rest on the easy, instead choosing to keep things relatively nondescript as it moves things towards their conclusion, allowing for repulsion and understanding to walk hand-in-hand with a demeanor that is relatable yet also ethereal, an uneasy alliance to be certain.

The crux of the drama concerns interactions between Davis and the vending machine company’s customer service rep Karen (Naomi Watts), the two making one another’s acquaintance after he sends her employer a number of complaint letters that end up being more about him and his life than they do about the candy. Her curiosity as to why he keeps sending them leads her to seek him out. He in turn becomes curious about her, and as such an odd, irregular friendship develops between them, Davis even coming to look at her gender-questioning teenage son Chris (Judah Lewis) as a close confidant as he rips the guts out of

his and Julia’s now obliterated life.

You either get drawn into all this emotional weirdness or you do not, and if it is the latter then Demolition is going to be one of the longer 100-minute stretches a person is ever likely to endure while sitting in a movie theatre. Thankfully, I ended up on the former side of that equation, and as the film went on I became more and more in tune with the musical symphony of Sturm und Drang Vallée and Sipe were composing. Much like Café de Flore, the ambiguity was something I was able to latch onto with both hands, almost as if it was an imperative to do so, and as such the unadulterated craziness of the central maneuverings made a weird sort of sense I responded to fully.

It helps that Gyllenhaal is superb, delivering another heart-stopping, full-bodied performance that’s right up there with his work in Brokeback Mountain, Prisoners, Enemy, Southpaw and even Nightcrawler.

It’s a dexterous balancing act, one that requires a huge leap of faith on the viewer’s part, and to say the actor pays off the commitment to watching him walk this tight-

rope is an obvious understatement. He brings Davis to life with bracing, heartfelt euphoria, the uncertainty, pain, pathos, dysphoria and, yes, love all coming through at just the right moment each and every step of the man’s journey.

Things can get too narratively obtuse, and as good as Watts might be in the movie, Karen, as a character, barely makes any sense. Her connection to things, as well as her reaching out to Davis in the first place, is a little cutesy, a lot of her quirks feeling as if they were lifted from an entirely different story, one that Vallée and Sipe thought might be fun to shoehorn into all of this. It’s not an element that sits comfortably inside of things, and there were moments between Watts and Gyllenhaal where I did start to question why it was I was as drawn to the story as I was.

But without Karen, it’s likely there is no Chris, and without him I seriously doubt I’d be as excited about the finished feature as I am. While the interactions between him and Davis are brief that does not make them any less essential. There is something

unstated passing between these two that spoke to me on a deeply personal level, the way one seems to understand the other pretty much close to perfect. Gyllenhaal and young Lewis are sensational together, their budding friendship a complex, intricately intimate delight, the pair adding the kind of fuel to the fire that allows all the themes the filmmakers are attempting to explore with a fierceness bordering on primal.

Impeccably shot by Yves Bélanger (Laurence Anyways), there is a visual intensity that is oftentimes surprising, Vallée crafting an otherworldly dreamscape where grief, loss and redemption coexist beautifully. While some of the pieces can be a little haggard, more often than not this feels entirely by design, Demolition a cinematic deconstruction of expectation and cliché, all of which results in a moving marvel of self-actualization I think I just might be in love with.

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’80s era Everybody Wants Some!! a collegiate coming-of-age hit

and Confused. It’s a valid comparison, both more or less bro-centric coming-of-age remembrances that are equal parts sex, drugs, sports and, if not rock-and-roll, a recognizable musical kaleidoscope spanning a multitude of genres. But the film also feels a little like a continuation of the filmmaker’s last effort, the 12-years-in-the-making Oscar-winning drama Boyhood, the story here in many ways picking right up where that one came to an end (the lead character heading off to college). It’s an interesting combination, one that works far better than the average viewer might initially expect it to, the easygoing, nonchalant, laid back yet still smartly prescient atmosphere easy to submerge one’s self within.

Does a lot happen? Yes and no. As far as actual plot is concerned, there’s not a heck of a lot of it. It’s Jake getting to know his new teammates, all of them getting a feel for one another while also sowing a few sexually promiscuous oats in the days before classes officially begin. There’s a lot of drinking. There’s a bit of philosophizing.

There’s some experimentation with marijuana. There are more than a few pranks played, while competitions involving just

about anything a person can imagine happen in the house on an almost continual basis.

But there’s a lot more to it than that. Linklater is a canny craftsman, and what can look a little superfluous or nonessential almost always ends up being anything but.

This is how Jake becomes his own man, or, more specifically, how he takes the first essential steps to maybe being able to get to that point at some point in the relatively near future. He must figure out who he is and what he wants, when to bow to the wishes of his teammates and when to go his own way. He has to stand up for himself, for others and, most of all, for what it is he wants, allowing for a form of self-maturation that’s easy to relate and respond to even with the ’80s setting.

It’s all deeply felt, and as silly as the antics might become there is a fragile realism permeating things that allows all the vulgar nonsense to have a deeper kind of meaning than it otherwise would have had. It’s obvious that Linklater knows this world, knows these people, and even when looking back the film still has a forwardthinking bent that speaks just as much to the here and now as it does the world right before the death of Disco and Reaganomics and Yuppie ideologies swept across the United States. He has an ability to make his Americana time capsule feel universal the world over, and as such Jake’s weekend of navigating college highs and lows before classes begin achieves an emotional sophistication that’s undeniably rewarding.

Unlike Dazed and Confused, the female side of this particular coin is given a frus-

tratingly short shrift. Other than a theatre major who catches Jake’s eye, played with beguiling elasticity by an enchanting Zoey Deutch, the majority of the women involved in the film are only around to become sexual playthings for the baseball players. I get that this is not their story, and I also understand this is a part of college life many would like to imagine doesn’t exist, but considering Linklater did such a grand job exploring his female characters’ wants and needs in Dazed and Confused, the fact he does not here – Deutch notwithstanding – is a little disappointing. Making it worse, most of them don’t even have names, getting listed in the end credits as “Cute Coed #1,” “Sorority Girl #2” or “Mud Wrestling Champ.”

Granted, I’ll take bets that Linklater, if he wanted to, could easily flip this script and tell the entire film from a female perspective, that we could actually get to know the mud wrestling champ and find out why she decides to partake in the baseball team’s party games or we’d understand a heck of a lot more about that cute coed including what it is she wants to do while at college and where it is she sees her life going. This is, after all, the filmmaker behind the sensationally forward-thinking Before trilogy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Before Midnight), and as such there’s always something going on here that makes one curious about the circles these women are running around in that put them in the same stratosphere as the guys showcased here.

I still think this is a flaw in the film, but, for whatever reason, it’s not as big a one as it maybe should be. Everybody Wants Some!! is just so darn likeable, so lived-in and authentic, so lovingly acted by its cast of relative newcomers and unknowns, the fact it is entirely content following the men and only the men ends up being kind of okay. More, the movie respects its audience in a way few of these coming-of-age comedies ever do, and while not a home run for Linklater, it’s still a solid triple off the wall I’m certain to still be cheering for throughout the remainder of 2016.

channeling Carol Channing in an antiquarian “Hello Dolly!” A couplet from Kinky Boots, “Not My Father’s Son” and “Raise You Up,” ended the event, followed by a rousing encore finale of “My Strongest Suit” from Aida that again included the Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps.

Inserted into the middle of the evening was a special appearance by local musical theater performer, Kirsten deLohr Helland, who sang “I Got Rhythm,” and then a middle medley of other “I Got” songs ingeniously fitted to the performance. Think “I got the sun in the morning and the moon at night.” Kiki, as she instructed everyone to call her, has increasingly become more assured and in command of herself as a “star performer” over the last several years.

Here, she demanded attention from thousands of people with insouciance, wit and sheer vocal power.

Dennis Coleman’s final artistic performance with the Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus will be Encore!,

performing at McCaw Hall on June 24 and 25 at 8:00 p.m. each night. Chorus members from past and present, from both the Seattle Men’s Chorus and the Seattle Women’s Chorus will join together to take a look back at a sampler of Coleman’s favorite songs from the past 35 years.

Coming on board to lead the Seattle Men’s Chorus’ and Seattle Women’s Chorus’ 2016-2017 season of concerts will be SMC/SWC’s new artistic director, Paul Caldwell, who officially begins his new duties in August. Caldwell most recently worked in Chicago and headed the Windy City Gay Chorus and Treble Quire. He has worked with youth choruses for 20 years and is one of the U.S.’s most-performed choral music composers.

Since 2001 he has also served as artistic director for the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago, a community-based after-school program enrolling 200 young people in Chicago’s northern suburbs. Chicago is likely going to miss him terribly as we

celebrate our opportunity to experience his leadership!

In a Seattle Lesbian interview with Caldwell, he detailed a visit he made incognito to an SMC show in December. “When 350-plus guys entered the room singing, I heard power and purpose. It was thrilling.

I was so happy to be there, my eyes welled up. Even if I hadn’t been asked to be their artistic director, I’ll always remember that moment.”

Welcome, Paul, to our Emerald City and we look forward to the continued strength of the SMC and SWC future performances!

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer EVERYBODY WANTS SOME!!

Now playing It’s a few days before classes start, and Southeast Texas State University freshman Jake Bradford (Blake Jenner) has arrived on campus to set up residence in the houses set aside for the school’s baseball team. It’s a raucous collection of characters, and although he’s on scholarship Jake’s status as a pitcher doesn’t do him any favors with any of the position players, especially allstar upperclassmen like power hitter and pro prospect McReynolds (Tyler Hoechlin).

Even so, this ragtag collection of characters is still a team, putting their relationships as a singular unit before everything else, so this requires taking all of the freshmen under their collective wing, showing them the best way to make it through college is to do it together.

Richard Linklater’s September 1980 set Everybody Wants Some!! has been billed as the writer/director’s spiritual sequel to his 1993 ’70s set high school classic Dazed

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continued from cover Wilson (also the evening’s choreographer and one of the main dancers) an opportunity to scoff at and then embrace musical theater.

No one could resist Captain Smartypants’ rendition of “Hello” from The Book of Mormon, a song that is probably the best musical show opening in history! And they followed that with “Turn It Off” from the same show, with its dark overtones in a popfun envelope.

The whole chorus shined in a medley of “leading men” songs, with a spectacular turn by Jeff Hu on “Bring Him Home” from Les Miserables. Then, the end of the first act brought on guest stars the Righteously Outrageous Twirling Corps (R.O.T.C.) to show off their riflery on “Strike Up the Band.”

Act Two included a silly “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from Monty Python’s Spamalot, and soloist Scott Farrell

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by Manoush Special to the SGN Fernando Carpaneda’s sculpture, “The Rebirth of Punk,” a reinterpretation of Michelangelo’s sculpture “The Dying Slave” will be on display at the Seattle Erotic Art Festival 2016, April 22-24, at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall. For more information on the festival, visit www.seattleerotic. org.

Today Fernando Carpaneda definitely is one of the most important artists of Brazil’s underground art scene. Fernando began his career at age thirteen painting landscapes and unpretentious portraits. He honed his craft and talent with every new piece created. Today the young boy has become a man, his art [receiving] ever-growing international recognition and appreciation! The early years of Fernando’s career in Brasilia were not easy due to the strong influence of the “underground” and street culture depicted in his work. In the early years of his career, a renowned art gallery owner suggested changes to Fernando’s works to make them ‘’fit better.’’ [But] Carpaneda broke with the conventionality of art galler-

ies and took off for a far more personal and radical artistic journey.

Beginning to exhibit in unofficial spaces or just simply in the streets, he often got his inspiration from these very same places. At the same time some of the new admirers of his art became stars of international rock music or found fame in the film industry, including Arturo Vega (The Ramones), Leigh De Vries, Ginger Coyote, myself (Manoush) and many others. With aggressive creativity and the unusual use of unconventional materials (often coming from dumpsters), Carpaneda had finally established his art drawn from the streets after being invited to participate in a collective exhibition at the infamous CBGB`s Gallery in New York in the year of 2000.

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can Soul Music in Memphis and The Leslie Lohman Museum in New York to name a few. His works are included in multiple art collections, galleries and museums around the world, while also appearing in publications such as The Best of Punk Globe Magazine, alongside Debbie Harry, Jamie Oliver (U.K. Subs), Sid Vicious, Earl Slick, John Lydon, The Addicts, Glen Matlock, Joe Dallesandro, Andy Warhol, Pauley Perrete. His work is also featured in Treasures of Gay Art from the Leslie-Lohman Gay

Art Foundation, which includes work by Andy Warhol, Robert Mapplethorpe, Keith Haring, Jean Cocteau, and many others.

In June 18, 2012, some of his works were selected and exhibited at Times Square in New York, during the opening of the exhibition Art Takes Times Square. The works were exhibited in 10m² LED panels covering 23 floors (Nasdaq screens, Thomson and Reuters, Clear Channel Spectacolor, and A2aMedia’s Port Authority) the exhibition was seen by over 1 million people.

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RESTAURANTS & BARS

88 KEYS - 315 2nd Ave. S. - 839-1300 BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444 THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE 2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098 C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE 1701 E. Olive Way - 726-0565

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CASTLE SUPERSTORE 6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391 CLUB SILVERSTONE 739½ St. Helens Ave. - (253) 404-0273 THE FANTASY SHOP 2301 6th Ave. - (253) 272-6640 LOVER’S 7002 Tacoma Mall Blvd., #F - (253) 475-2271 THE MIX - 635 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 383-4327 RAINBOW CENTER 2215 Pacific Ave. - (253) 383-2318 SHAKABRAH JAVA CAFE 2618 6th Ave. - (253) 572-2787 TANDEM FOR GEAR, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES 3019 6th Ave, Ste. B - (253) 301-3026

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Meetings Events Activities

FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. E-mail: sgn2@sgn. org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www. scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

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

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SATURDAY - April 9

Plate of Nations (3/25-4/10). Fifteen local venues with global menus on MLK Way S in the Rainier Valley offer $15-$25 meals to share with 2 or more people, showcasing some of Seattle’s best international cuisine. www. plateofnations.com. Sponsored by the MLK Business Association.

A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am. Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. www.agatheringofmen.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Yoga With Andrew Conner. 9:30-11am. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Saturday. A love offering is suggested but no one will be turned away.

Best of the Northwest - An Art & Fine Craft Show.

Sat: 10am-6pm; Sun: 10am-5pm. Magnuson Park, Hangar 30, 6310 NE 74th St. Ceramics, jewelry, clothing, culinary, wood, photography, metal and much more!

Tickets: $8. www.nwartalliance.org.

Early Bloomers Plant Sale. 10am-2pm. Washington Park Arboretum, Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Dr E. Features a great selection of spring-flowering plants. Parking & admission FREE. www.arboretum foundation.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 10:30am. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org.

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

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 Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Sunday or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays an almost weekly recreational scrimmage game SUNDAY - April 10 for LGBTQ players in Seattle. www.raincitysoccer.org Plate of Nations (3/25-4/10). (See Saturday listing 12th Annual ICON. VIP 5pm, General Admission 6pm. for details.)

Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Hosted by Aleksa MaGay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick nila, with performances by Shanghai Pearl, Iva Handfull, Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am Every Sunday. Atasha Manila, Brian Buck, Mod Carousel, Arnaldo!

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Drag Chanteuse, Isaac Scott, Nickolai Pirak, Ernie Von Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Schmaltz, Indigo Blue, La Gaviota & Sparkle Leigh.

Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; Benefits Seattle Counseling Service. REGISTER online at www.seattlecounseling.org/icon www.gaysnohomish.org Best of the Northwest - An Art & Fine Craft Show. Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Sat: 10am-6pm; Sun: 10am-5pm. Magnuson Park, Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Hangar 30, 6310 NE 74th St. Ceramics, jewelry, cloth- Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed ing, culinary, wood, photography, metal and much more! & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimTickets: $8. www.nwartalliance.org.

Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm. mers. www.orcaswimteam.org SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets 2nd Sunday Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 each month. Senior students lead the meditation, pro- 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship vide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion. 329- of men & women who share their experience, strength & 5908; www.LotusSisters.org; www.sasgcc.org (Meets in hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & expe- International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. rienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Pres990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. byterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ www.dharmabuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am. More info: our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.) crystalmeth.org.

Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322- summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

2437; www.sasgcc.org Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Cineoke! 6:30pm doors; Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. 7pm show. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Meets 2nd Sunday Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room each month. It’s like Karaoke - only better! You’re the star 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of along to, while the film and lyrics are projected onto the alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope screen. There are hundreds of songs to choose from, in order to solve their common problems. We believe or you can bring your own special request (on DVD). $8 alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes cover ($5 for Three Dollar Bill Cinema members). www. can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number threedollarbillcinema.org.

625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Seattle Tennis Alliance Sunday Social Doubles. Broadway. Every Sunday.

12noon. Amy Yee Tennis Center, 2000 MLK Way S. MONDAY - April 11 Since the indoor courts are all booked up with a tournament, we’ve reserved 2 outdoor courts. It’s supposed to SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, be nice on Sunday, so we’ll keep our fingers crossed! Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone To REGISTER visit www.seattletennisalliance.org. Cost: in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; members $5, non-members $7. www.sasgcc.org

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Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting.

6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation. Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org.

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

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

PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. 206-325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org.

PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org 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 Queers, Crackpots & Fallen Women AA. 8-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

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April 9 thru April 17 TUESDAY - April 12

Amor Open Meditation. 5-6pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Tuesday.

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, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com 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 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.

No Safeword Writers Group. 7pm. Meets 2nd Tuesday 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.nosafewordwritersgroup.org. (Also meets 4th Sunday, 1pm.)

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. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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

WEDNESDAY - April 13

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

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Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm. Call for details, location & to RSVP. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

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

Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com POZ Seattle Monthly Social. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Food, music, 50/50 raffle. $5 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. www. pozseattle.org.

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, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http:// faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. 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.)

Entre Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. Abby 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org Film Screening: “An Act of Love” - featuring dialog with Frank Schaefer. 7pm. Queen Anne United Methodist Church, 1606 5th Ave W. This documentary follows the Rev. Frank Schaefer, who presided over his son’s same-sex wedding & was subsequently defrocked.

Since reinstated, this series of events gets to the heart of a divided church (the United Methodist Church). www. thewellqueenanne.org HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org QLaw Annual Banquet. Reception & no-host bar 5:30pm, dinner & program 7pm. Seattle Sheraton Hotel, 6th Ave & Pike St. Features keynote address by former Washington Supreme Court Justice & current President of the Center for Children & Youth Justice Bobbi Bridge. The QLaw banquet is one of the largest attended minority bar events, with more than 400 guests, including judges, elected officials, and community leaders. www.q-law.org.

Rain City Poetry Slam 2016 Grand Slam. Doors 6pm, Slam 7pm. Hale’s Ale Palladium, 4301 Leary Way NW. An amazing all-ages, all welcome night filled with extraordinary poetry by some of Seattle’s best poets. Nine local poets compete for a spot on Rain City’s team at the National Poetry Slam in Georgia this summer. $10 suggested donation. raincityslam.brownpaper tickets.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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

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

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month.

BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com

THURSDAY - April 14

Northwest Bears Winter Thaw (4/14-4/17). Four days of fun, frolic, fur, festivities & fundraising. Full run package is only $30. For a full schedule of events visit www.nwbears.com Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

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Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Gay City Arts presents “If These Lips Could Talk” (4/14-17 & 4/21-24). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Home is where the heart is, the liver can sleep outside. Princess Charming and her quirky accompanist perform, proselytize, and guide the audience through the meandering realm of love and loss with their live musical stylings. Comedy and tragedy are blurred as this dynamic duo interpret classic songs tangled amongst the stories of Princess’s life. On songbird wings, we glide through the storied history of a grand chanteuse. Tickets: $15-general admission; $20-sponsor; $12-students and seniors. www.gaycity.org/arts.

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.

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. (See related listing Sunday at noon for more details.). Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org

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BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org Queer Parent Networking Dinners (Sept-Oct, JanJune). 6-8pm. Yesler Community Center, 917 E Yesler Way. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirit, Queer & Questioning families - including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child. RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and childcare. 568-7777 or theryn@nwnetwork.org.

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.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 Gay City Arts presents “If These Lips Could Talk” (4/14-17 & 4/21-24). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.)

PFLAG/Whatcom County-Bellingham Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. Meets 2nd Thursday each month.

360-733-1500; www.whatcompflag.com; PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Northwest Bears Winter Thaw (4/14-4/17). Four days of fun, frolic, fur, festivities & fundraising. Full run package is only $30. For a full schedule of events visit www.nwbears.com KEXP Grand Opening. 12noon-9pm. 472 1st Ave N. KEXP opens the doors of its new home at Seattle Center.

KEXP.org/grandopening/ Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Gay City Arts presents “If These Lips Could Talk” (4/14-17 & 4/21-24). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See Friday listing at 7pm for complete details.) www.gaycity.org/arts.

Brent Amaker & The Rodeo 10 Year Anniversary Show. Door 8pm, Show 9pm. Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th St. Brent Amaker: “Ten years is enough time to dig your own grave. We might as well have a celebration Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group instead of a funeral.” For tickets visit nectarlounge.com/ Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. event.cfm?cart&showTimingID=227762 Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, SUNDAY - April 17 anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.) fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or Northwest Bears Winter Thaw (4/14-4/17). Four our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ days of fun, frolic, fur, festivities & fundraising. Full run package is only $30. For a full schedule of events visit gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. www.nwbears.com SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A Baha’i Prayer & Fellowship Circle. 10am. Pearl Wardiscussion group that is strictly focused on sexual top- ren Bldg, 606 12th Ave S. Meets the 3rd Sunday each ics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. month. Share prayers, readings, thoughts & music. All backgrounds, all faiths welcome. 391-2188.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Amor Chorale Rehearsal. 8-9pm. Amor Spiritual Cen- Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda ter, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Thursday. Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Calling all sopranos, altos, tenors & basses. The Amor Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Spiritual Center currently has openings for singers in Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month.

This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with its Chorale group.

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.) just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@ hotmail.com FRIDAY - April 15 GLSEN Day of Silence. www.dayofsilence.org, www. Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every glsenwa.org Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t Northwest Bears Winter Thaw (4/14-4/17). Four have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $2 shoe days of fun, frolic, fur, festivities & fundraising. Full run rental. (425) 785-4725. (NO BOWLING 4/10.) package is only $30. For a full schedule of events visit Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & Genwww.nwbears.com eral Meeting !NEW LOCATION!. 2-4pm. Greenwood AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 Senior Center, 525 N 85th St. Meets 3rd Sunday most 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A drop in months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.org. [ 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A peer Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. support group for adult children of any addiction. www. Center for Sex Positive Culture (Main Space), 602 15th sasgcc.org Ave W. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically non15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. Ongoing monogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring 12 step group for sex & love addicts. www.sasgcc.org a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, us on Facebook or Meetup.

Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages Gay City Arts presents “If These Lips Could Talk” 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (4/14-17 & 4/21-24). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org City, 517 E Pike St. (See Friday listing at 7pm for comGLSEN Night of Noise. 6-8pm. Cal Anderson Park plete details.) www.gaycity.org/arts.

Shelter House, 1636 11th Ave. A FREE event for LGBTQ & allied youth to break the silence & celebrate on the night of GLSEN’s National Day of Silence. www. glsenwa.org

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org.

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

DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025.

In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

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

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

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers.

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.

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. 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; 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 PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle:

& their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

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

but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies. org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www. camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.

SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www. genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www. genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & ForeignBorn Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/ Olympia-Trans-Discussion-Group/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS): Fai, 722-0729, alissquestions@gmail.com; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-2921912; 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; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493.

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; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.Matthews Place.com; The Mockingbird Society: 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; 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.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS): 7268500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.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) (nonemergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): 524-7301 ext 111; www.streetyouthministries.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/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; Youth in Focus: 723-1479; www. youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273TALK, www.yspp.org

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206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 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; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; 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.

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. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503.

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