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Seattle Gay News

Issue 17, Volume 44, April 22, 2016

Arts & Entertainment

Paul McCartney rocks End of a purple reign: and rolls for nearly three Music icon and genius hours at Key Arena Prince passes away

Paul McCartney at the Key Arena – Photo by Jim Bennett

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer PAUL MCCARTNEY KEY ARENA April 17 When Paul McCartney began his concert last Sunday at 8:30 p.m., inside a sold out Key Arena, many in attendance

had no idea they’d be getting out of there around 11:15 p.m. Yes, the legendary artist performed for nearly three hours with no breaks, except for a few minutes that went by just before the encore. It was a long concert filled with many Beatles classics, Wings hits, new solo numbers and rare songs spanning six decades. see PAUL MCCARTNEY page 4

Jim J. Bullock finds his comfort Jim J. Bullock is best known for his work as Monroe on television’s “Too Close For Comfort.” Currently, he is touring the country in the hit musical Kinky Boots (music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper).

The journey from beginning to end is a story of dealing with closeted Hollywood, watching loved ones die of AIDS while struggling with drug abuse, to the triumphant recovery and career that followed.

Eric Andrews-Katz: Who were your earliest influences in becoming a performer?

Jim J. Bullock: My earliest influences were probably Carol Burnett, Paul Lynde, and Jerry Lewis. I seemed to have gravitated to the funny people.

Andrews-Katz: Your original plans were to become an evangelical Christian minister. What happened to change Jim J. Bullock – coyotestageworks.org your mind?

by Eric Andrews-Katz Bullock: I grew up as a singer in the SGN A&E Writer Church. That was sort of my platform. My faith was – and still is – a very big part of KINKY BOOTS, THE MUSICAL my life. I sort of wanted “faith-action” THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE April 27-May 8 see JIM J. BULLOCK page 7

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Three months after the death of David Bowie, the music world lost another true original. An innovator, brilliant songwriter,

skilled multi-instrumentalist, visionary and an artist with absolute pure talent.

Prince Rogers Nelson, known to everyone simply as Prince, passed away on April see PRINCE page 5

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Joan Osborne, appearing at Jazz Alley this week, says “there’s a lot to love” about Seattle

Apr 21- 24 Eight-time Grammy-nominated soulful singer songwriter

Oz Noy with Jimmy Haslip and Dave Weckl

Apr 26 - 27 “It’s Jazz. It just doesn’t sound like it.”This is how virtuoso guitarist Oz Noy describes his intoxicating blend of jazz, funk, rock, blues, and R&B. He’ll be joined by founding member of the Yellowjackets, bassist Jimmy Haslip and modern Hall of Fame drummer, Dave Weckl.

Bothell and Mercer Island HS Jazz Bands featuring guest artist Dick Oatts

May 2 Bothell and Mercer Island High School Jazz Bands along with guest saxophonist Dick Oates. Show time is 7pm, doors open at 6pm. Kids 12 and under receive half price admission.

Joey DeFrancesco Trio May 3-4 Grammy-nominated master of the Hammond B3 organ touring in support of his new release Trip Mode.

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JOAN OSBORNE JAZZ ALLEY April 21-25 If you only know Joan Osborne from “One of Us,” you’re missing out on a whole lot more. That song led to the New Yorkbased artist’s breakthrough in 1995, the leadoff single from the highly-acclaimed Relish. But some fans didn’t stick around long enough to hear “St. Teresa,” “Spider Web,” “Pensacola” and other stellar tracks from that album, nor did they follow Osborne to her next recordings, Righteous Love and How Sweet It Is, or her most recent, 2014’s Love and Hate. In between her own musical projects, however, the singersongwriter also toured with the remaining members of The Grateful Dead, and produced albums for The Holmes Brothers, and joined a band called Trigger Happy, while also appearing in the 2002 documentary Standing in the Shadows of Motown.

That’s just a taste of what she’s been up to all these years, so she certainly hasn’t fallen off the face of the earth, as some might presume. In fact, Osborne tours steadily and will return to Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley for a four-night stay, April 21 to 24. She’s been here before, but this time will appear as part of a trio, collaborating with two other musicians during six scheduled performances at the intimate downtown venue.

If you haven’t listened to Joan Osborne in years, it’s time to catch up. Then, catch the multiple Grammy nominee live at the Jazz Alley this week; visit jazzalley.com for reservations. By email, I spoke with Osborne just before she headed out to the Emerald City and here’s what we chatted about inside The Music Lounge.

Albert Rodriguez: What do you like about Seattle? Is there anything you remember from your previous times coming here?

Joan Osborne: I first came here in my early 20’s, was considering moving here. I sometimes wonder what would have happened if I had: Would I have fallen into the grunge scene? Parallel universes...I love riding the ferries when I have time, and my daughter loves the Space Needle and monorail. Walking the steep city streets, thrift shopping, playing Bumbershoot, the great

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food everywhere, hiking in the Cascades and jumping naked into those jewel green lakes...there’s a lot to love.

Rodriguez: You’re giving six performances total at the Jazz Alley. Will the set list change from show to show?

Osborne: Yes, we’ll mix it up from one show to the next, though we generally play a handful of signature songs every time we perform.

Rodriguez: Will you perform songs from all of your albums, or will you lean heavily on one particular album?

Osborne: We’re focusing a lot on the most recent albums; Love and Hate, which is all original tunes and Bring It On Home, which is a blues and soul collection. Relish has just had a 20th anniversary re-release, so we generally play several of those songs, too. I like to dip into Pretty Little Stranger... and there are a couple of new songs we’re playing now, plus we just did a residency in NYC of all Bob Dylan songs, so we’ll probably throw in a couple of those as well.

Rodriguez: Can you tell us about the musicians you’ll be playing with?

Osborne: Absolutely, they are so talented. Keith Cotton, on keyboards, was something of a child prodigy, who started playing professionally at age 12, studied at Oberlin Conservatory and then played jazz and funk and rock in NYC clubs for over a decade, while also playing in the pit on Broadway shows like Rent, Hairspray and Spider-Man. He’s currently Idina Menzel’s music director. Jack Petruzelli, on guitar, is someone I’ve worked with for over 20 years: we met playing in blues clubs on Bleecker Street in NYC. He co-produced our last two albums and works with artists like Patti Smith and Rufus Wainwright.

He’s also a founding member of the Fab Faux, probably the world’s best Beatles cover band. It’s really fun to see them play off of each other; they’re both great improvisers and that keeps the material fresh night after night.

Rodriguez: You recently toured with Mavis Staples. Was there a lot of camaraderie or special moments that took place off-stage?

Osborne: Yes! Mavis is, in addition to being one of my idols, a great hang. She’s so warm and loving and funny, and even

though she had to rest her voice during the day, we did get to spend some time in the back lounge of the bus, chatting and laughing. She’s got amazing stories about everybody from Sam Cook to Bob Dylan to Aretha (Franklin) and Howlin’ Wolf. I even wrote a song for her while we were on tour and we sang it a bit on the bus. A high point in my musical life, for sure.

Rodriguez: Is it a simple or challenging process to create acoustic arrangements for songs that have a rock or blues background, something like “St. Teresa”?

Osborne: Jack and especially Keith do most of that work, trying to take apart the song and put it back together, choosing the essential musical building blocks that keep the spirit of the tune intact in a stripped down arrangement. I like it because it leaves a lot of room for vocal subtleties and interplay.

Rodriguez: Have you kept count of how many times you’ve performed “One of Us”?

Osborne: Nope.

Rodriguez: What is the last piece of music you downloaded?

Osborne: “Side Pony” by Lake Street Dive.

Rodriguez: I loved the album How Sweet It Is. With so much fighting in the world right now – terrorism, anti-LGBT laws being passed, political mudslinging – I feel like we need more of these songs about peace and love. Have you considered doing a follow-up album to How Sweet It Is? Osborne: Thank you! After working with Mavis I’ve been really inspired to write songs that have that joyful, uplifting quality. So that may be my next project; stay tuned.

Rodriguez: We’re nearing the one-year anniversary of Gay marriage legalization in the United States. What song from your catalog would you dedicate to all the couples who’ve been married, or are planning to marry in the near future?

Osborne: I would pick “Where We Start” from Love and Hate. I’ve heard there are some couples who have used it as a wedding song: the lyric “waking to this dream of life/honey there’s no cause to hide/rising like a breath of ease/all the world is on our side” I think has particular resonance for same-sex couples.

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Starbucks Chorus sponsors Street Requiem benefit concert to help homeless Local artists form 150-person choral ensemble to benefit King County’s homeless STREET REQUIEM: A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE HOMELESS BENAROYA HALL May 1 @ 7 pm

Starbucks Chorus and 25 choral organizations from the Pacific Northwest present Street Requiem, a spectacular choral work featuring a mass chorus of over ten dozen singers from 25 community choruses and an ensemble of local musicians, will debut in Seattle on Sunday, May 1, at 7 p.m. at Benaroya Hall (3rd Ave. & University St.) for one night only to raise much needed funds to help homeless individuals in Seattle and King County. The Starbucks Chorus is sponsoring Street Requiem. Under the careful direction of Chorus conductor, James Hing, the Starbucks Chorus and the 150-person ensemble has set its sights on filling all the seats at Benaroya Hall to help out in this situation.

With the appearance of Grammy Awardwinning Michael “The Wanz” Wansley, it just may happen. Tickets are $29-$45 & $59 and can be purchased by phone at 206215-4747; 866-833-4747; or online at http:// www.seattlesymphony.org/concerttickets/ calendar/2015-2016/concerts/benaroyahall/ starbucks-chorus-street-requiem The concert is based on the internationally-acclaimed composition by the award-winning conductor of the Choir of Hard Knocks and Founding Artistic Director of the School of Hard Knocks, Dr. Jonathon Welch AM, and was written in collaboration with Dr. Kathleen McGuire, creator of Singers of the Street, as well as the Director of Curriculum for the School of Hard Knocks, Andy Payne.

Featured in Street Requiem will be songs

by Michael Jackson, John Lennon, Adele & American indie band, FUN. Soloists include Leonard King and Gabriella Duncan, who currently face homelessness, in “Heal the World,” along with Marquele Nelson from Starbucks Seattle Headquarters Support Center, and Michael “The Wanz” Wansley performing “Still I Rise,” which will be “one of the big hits of the night,” Hing says with a mischievous smile. “The Wanz” is a Grammy award-winning singer for his Best Rap Vocal Performance on Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ 2013 multi-platinum selling song “Thrift Shop.” Other music includes

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McCartney opened with “A Hard Day’s Night” and the crowd of over 17,000 were on their feet dancing and clapping. He followed with “Save Us” from his 2013 album titled New. “Good evening, Seattle,” said the veteran rocker looking out to the audience. “Why do I have the feeling we’re going to have a party here tonight?” Then he howled loudly, before lunging into the next number, “Can’t Buy Me Love.”

There were some similarities between McCartney’s show at Safeco Field in 2013 and his Key Arena performance on Sunday night; fourteen songs appeared on both set lists, pyrotechnics were used during “Live and Let Die” at both concerts, Krist Novoselic of Nirvana appeared as a special guest at both venues and both shows went beyond two hours. Overall, though, it was

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Requiem Aeternam, Charity and Love, Kyrie Eleison, Dies Irae, Pie Jesu and Agnus Dei. The optimistic and yet deeply moving and reflective work is a reinvention of the traditionally sung Requiem, with a contemporary twist that features a modern setting of the Latin text, enhanced with English, African and Persian lyrics. It is a reflection of the multicultural and multi-faith traditions of urban society, with gospel, romantic, indigenous, Celtic and contemporary instrumentation. “The work is more spiritual,” says Hing, who spearheaded the Seattle branch of this project and who is also the music and choir director of Bethlehem Lutheran Church. “It’s not dedicated to any one faith or religion.”

Facing Homelessness, will present faces of homelessness and suggest how we can take our own small, but meaningful steps to end homelessness with his “Just Say Hello” slogan. This presentation ties directly to the first stunning song of the evening: “Hello,” based on Adele’s Grammy Award-winning song of the same name, but rewritten from the perspective of a homeless person by Starbucks partners Molly Hubbard and Marquele Nelson.

ing tiny homes, medical and mental health services; temporary shelters, meals and life skills classes.

The mass chorus, which will also include local homeless singers, is receiving tremendous local support through the participation of singers from over 25 community choruses in the Pacific Northwest, including Bainbridge Chorale, University Temple United Methodist Church, Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, University Presbyterian Church Sacred Music Chorale, Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, The Market Street Singers, Boeing Employees Choir, Solid Ground, Northwest Associated Arts, Fauntleroy Church UCC, Sound Generations Northshore Senior Center, Holland America Line, Shoreline Community College, Kirkland Choral Society, Seattle Women’s Chorus, Seattle Labor Chorus Seattle, Unity Church Liberation UCC Choir, Seattle Choral Company, Sound Singers, The Japanese Choral Society of Washington, Northwest Sound Men’s Chorus, Perkins Coie LLP Carolers, and Con Brio Women’s Choir.

The event is sponsored by the Starbucks Chorus as part of Starbucks’ global month of service.

Colleen Echohawk-Hayashi, Executive Director of Chief Seattle Club will open the concert, speaking on behalf of her Native relatives and Chief Seattle Club members who are experiencing homelessness.

Acknowledgement and Dedication will be presented by the Homeless Remembrance Project from the Women’s Housing Equity and Enhancement League (WHEEL), a nonprofit and nonhierarchical group of homeless and formerly-homeless women, working on ending homelessness for women. This will include a poetry reading from The Sisterhood of Homeless Women in Poetry by the Leaves of Remembrance project which bears names of women and men who died homeless, so that every person will have a place to be remembered.”

Rex Hohlbein, Executive Director of

A semi-finalist at the American Prize National Non-Profit Competition, Street Requiem is a multi-movement cantata, scored for choirs, soloists, and chamber orchestras.

The work is neither secular nor religious but intended to be spiritual, with the purpose of bringing a sense of peace, remembrance, awareness, action and hope to communities and individuals working to end homelessness, poverty, hate-crime, violence and a loss of safety on our streets. Since the World Premiere in 2014 in Melbourne, Australia, Street Requiem has played in Brisbane, Sydney, Dallas and San Francisco, and inspired loyal followers all over the world.

Ninety percent of the purchase price of each ticket will be distributed evenly among local non-profits directly helping the homeless, including Saw Horse Revolution, Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC), Seattle Housing and Resource Effort (SHARE), Real Change, Pike Market Senior Center & Food Bank, and Facing Homelessness. The proceeds will be used for build-

About the Starbucks Chorus The Starbucks Chorus, an a cappella, four-part harmony group of volunteer employees, was founded in 1996 to give back to the Seattle community. The group debuted at the annual Great Figgy Pudding Street Caroling Competition fundraiser and delighted audiences with their fun, festive and uniquely Starbucks take on Holiday classics. The chorus has grown to more than 40 Starbucks partners and continues to make waves, including a special performance in 2012 on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and in 2013 on NBC’s “The Voice,” performing “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” which is available on iTunes. Over the past 19 years The Starbucks Chorus has raised over $470,000, helped to fund the Downtown Food Bank, and provided 770,491 healthy meals for low-income, homeless and senior citizens working with the Pike Market Senior Center.

a different concert. The sound was much clearer and visual graphics sharper on the LED screen last weekend because it took place indoors; and because the arena seats were closer to the stage than at the baseball field, it felt more intimate.

A soulful rendition of “Letting Go” was played back-to-back with an updated, electronic version of “Temporary Secretary” that featured images of a typewriter, fax machine and telephone in green colors flashing on a giant screen behind the drummer.

Wearing black denims, dark blue collarless jacket and white button-down shirt, McCartney joked that “It’s the only wardrobe change in the whole show” when he removed his coat about five songs into the set.

At the end of “Let Me Roll It,” the celebrated singer-songwriter added a “Foxy Lady” outro in honor of Jimi Hendrix and shared with everyone his experience of meeting the Seattle icon for the first time in

London, where Hendrix opened one of his concerts with “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”

“My Valentine” was dedicated to McCartney’s wife, Nancy, who was in the audience. Three songs later, it was another dedication to another wife, “Maybe I’m Amazed” to Linda McCartney, which seemed to get substantially louder applause.

He pointed out that the baby he held in his arms that appeared in vintage photos during the song was his daughter Stella, who now has four children of her own. “That’s life!” he exclaimed with a smile.

McCartney played acoustic guitar for “We Can Work It Out” that also included a lovely accordion, while a knee-slapping version of “Love Me Do” was offered in tribute to the Beatles’ late producer George Martin. A beautiful guitar solo was put into “And I Love Her,” giving it a soft, gentle feel, and for “Blackbird” McCartney was

boosted upwards about 20 to 30 feet from the stage, as the podium was raised high and doubled as a large panel screen displaying images of a waterfall, moon and planet earth.

The concert went into a bit of a lull when McCartney sat at the piano and performed newer material, such as “Queenie Eye” and “FourFiveSeconds,” his mediocre hit with Rihanna and Kanye West; most of the audience took their seats for about 15 minutes, before springing back up when the Beatles frontman landed on “Eleanor Rigby.”

For “Something in the Way She Moves,” McCartney strummed a ukulele at the beginning of the song and then the entire band joined in midway. The audience was invited to participate in the next number, and boy did they – on their feet everyone happily danced and waved their hands in the air while singing to “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” The most energetic part of the show

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Celebrating 41 Years!

happened when Sir Paul reeled off five big favorites from his unparalleled catalog, beginning with “Band on the Run” and a slamming delivery of “Back in the U.S.S.R” featuring video footage of Russian people and culture surrounded by bold, red graphics on the giant LED screen.

The arena became a sea of lights during “Let It Be” when many audience members waved their illuminated cell phones in the

air and a series of firebombs shot off during the chorus of “Live and Let Die” as images of British buildings being blown to pieces were shown in the background.

“Hey Jude” closed out the main set and McCartney asked fans to sing along, splitting the men and women, and then reuniting everyone together at the end.

After just a few minutes, the rock star returned to the stage and played a gorgeous

version of “Yesterday,” before inviting a female fan to the stage to get her arm signed; she was a “virgin tattoo” and wrote on a hand-held sign that she wanted Sir Paul to be her “first.” For “Helter Skelter,” a fedora hat-wearing Novoselic assisted on guitar and vocals. “Carry That Weight” and “The End” capped a long, incredible night of music.

Noticeably, on a few numbers, you could

hear a slight strain in McCartney’s voice and at the age of 73, for as many performances as he’s given, there’s nothing unusual about it. Despite this minor observation, he’s still in peak form and gives fans every bang for their buck.

The “One on One Tour” is continuing its run, adding McCartney’s first concert in Cleveland since 2002 this summer.

PRINCE

were often fusions of R&B, pop, rock, funk, dance/electronic and retro soul that sometimes featured bold, mature lyrics, but one thing they all had in common was that they were catchy. Whether it was “Kiss,” or “Raspberry Beret,” or “1999,” the words were easy to memorize and you just couldn’t get them out of your head.

Similar to Michael Jackson and David Bowie, Prince had a vast, reputable catalog that spanned decades with so many great hits, leaving fans to disagree on their favorites. Some pick “When Doves Cry” or “Let’s Get Crazy,” while others choose “Little Red Corvette” or “Diamonds and Pearls.” My personal favorite is “Erotic City,” an electroR&B jam that proved too racy for FM radio back in its day. I found myself dancing to it at high school parties and later at underground college clubs; it was naughty, but it was the perfect song to get sweaty and down with, for sure.

Prince had a large LGBT fan base. He was straight, that we know of at least, yet a sex symbol beloved by both males and females. Rumors loomed that he was bisexual and enjoyed encounters with other guys,

though only his relationships with women – and many of them – were ever substantiated.

We’ll never know his true sexuality, but what we do know is that he was sexually openminded, and that energy figured prominently into his music.

Prince was both masculine and effeminate; that in itself was groundbreaking, especially for black musicians who up until then had fallen into the stereotypical macho mold. In fact, contemporary R&B artist Frank Ocean praised the legendary performer for helping him accept his own sexuality. “He made me feel more comfortable with how i identify sexually simply by his display of freedom and irreverence for obviously archaic ideas like gender conformity,” Ocean posted on social media.

Experience Music Project (EMP) is hosting back-to-back free screenings of Purple Rain on April 22, though at press time both showings were completely sold out. Meanwhile, local radio station KEXP paid special tribute to Prince by playing his songs throughout the day of his death and invited fans to congregate at the Gathering Place of its new home at Seattle Center to celebrate

his life and music.

Monuments around the globe, including our very own Space Needle, were illuminated in purple on Thursday night. The Eiffel Tower, Empire State Building, Niagara Falls, Super Dome, City Hall buildings in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Omni Hotel in Dallas and multiple officer towers in Prince’s hometown of Minneapolis all went purple. Even a Delta flight traveling from Los Angeles to Minnesota dimmed its cabin in purple lighting.

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continued from cover 21, 2016 at his Paisley Park recording studio complex in Minnesota, where he was found unresponsive in an elevator. His career was highlighted by a series of critically acclaimed albums and hit singles, all of which he wrote and produced. He was also highly respected for songs he penned for other performers, from Chaka Khan to Sinead O’Connor to The Bangles, not to mention co-writing “Love Song” with Madonna and playing guitar on “Like a Prayer.”

His most recognized piece of work is likely the soundtrack for Purple Rain, considered by many music industry professionals – artists, writers, technicians – to be one of the greatest albums in history. It earned two Grammy Awards and the title track received an Oscar for Best Original Song Score. Purple Rain accompanied the movie, a semi-autobiographical rock musical by the same name, that starred Prince and Apollonia Kotero.

What made Prince unique was his style, something difficult to categorize. His songs

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Stupid Fucking Bird at ACT Theatre

Supid Fucking Bird – Photo by Hayley Young Photography

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer STUPID FUCKING BIRD ACT THEATRE Through May 8 When you see Stupid Fucking Bird at ACT Theatre, you’re going to see a play that hews very closely to its source material, Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull. It’s a modern adaptation and has some amazing oneliners in it, but it very closely mimics the scene line-up of the Chekhov play. So, what you’ll see is almost a modern translation.

I thought it was going to be a “take-off of” and not a “modern adaptation of” the original. That distinction is important.

What the modern take by Aaron Posner

does reveal more clearly is that a life is pretty essentially wasted if all one does is pine for a lost love, whether the love was ever requited or not.

If you know The Seagull, you know that everyone is in love with someone else in a long chain of six. Some of those characters handle their unanswered love with reasonable resolve and others just pine for what can’t be and not only never get over it, but also never do anything else with their lives.

Stupid Fucking Bird helps identify that more clearly perhaps than The Seagull, since by putting these characters in a modern world, we more easily recognize that they’re not busy doing anything else of note.

The production here is solidly directed in the round by Jessica Kubzansky, and has a cast of veterans all well-suited to their

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roles. However, like most Chekhov productions, these actors take their characters too seriously, which may, perhaps, be a directing flaw. I believe that fundamentally, they are to be laughed “at,” because they are so obsessed with what they cannot have. Some of the humor is lost if we can’t see that. That happens often with The Seagull, as well.

Some of the humor is supposed to come from breaking the “fourth wall” to address the audience. It turns out that isn’t that funny, though it adds a bit of texture, and even the audience has a chance to add humor. The night I saw the show, one character asked the audience for advice and a member said, “Edit the script.” That was great!

I very much enjoyed the wry character of Mash, played by Keiko Green, especially when she played a banjo and sang funny,

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off-handed, sad songs about how fucked up life is. Her character is one that manages to move on from the unrequited love to a life that is worth living.

Adam Standley, as the suicide-threatening Con, does give his character a bit too much angst in a not-funny way, but is generally completely watchable no matter what his role.

So I enjoyed him, even as I wished that the role could have been positioned as a spoiled brat who doesn’t get his way, which is where a lot more humor might have been brought in.

I may well have enjoyed the entire production more if I knew I was going to be watching The Seagull, so in order for you to have a better experience, I offer that information to correctly set your expectations and perhaps improve your enjoyment of the play. There is a lot of very, very smart dialogue to enjoy, also.

The other members of the cast are Suzanne Bouchard, MJ Sieber, Jasmine Jean Sim, G. Valmont Thomas and Connor Toms. Green, Sim, Thomas and Toms are new members of a “core” acting company (of seven) that ACT put together this year.

They’ll be cast in all sorts of productions there and that gives those who like getting to know actors an opportunity to see their variety of talents. Ironically, that is what the “repertory” in Seattle Repertory Theatre used to stand for.

For more information, call 206-2927676 or go to www.acttheatre.org.

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Coppelia is fabulous!

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET COPPELIA MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL Through April 24 So here’s my question: Why does PNB do 31 performances of Balanchine’s Nutcracker during the Christmas season and only 7 performances of Balanchine’s Coppelia during the post-Easter season?

Coppelia, without a doubt, is as delightful, funny, and technically difficult as Nutcracker. It gives three casts of PNB stars a whole catalogue of awe-inspiring, show-offy solos to wow the audience, while giving a flotilla of student dancers the chance to perform in their first real ballet, just as the Nutcracker does. The story of Coppelia, about a doll-maker who falls in love with his own creation, has the same mysterious and creepy subtext as the story of Drosselmeyer’s Nutcracker prince (and it’s based on two E.T.A. Hoffman stories) but with a frothy comedy about the jealous Swanhilde and her wayward lover, Franz. There’s a Harry Potterish Book of Spells, there’s a dancing doll who comes to life, and there’s a daisy-chain of scaredy-cat girlfriends who, after breaking into Dr. Coppelia’s workshop, tremble

so charmingly at the corpse-like manikins hanging from the ceiling that what might have been dark and dreadful causes the whole audience to burst out laughing.

So why are there only seven performances of this marvelous ballet, which is every bit as worthy of tradition-building as Nutcracker? The audiences cheer just as wildly as for Nutcracker, and leave McCaw Hall even happier – with big grins on their faces, catchy tunes in their heads, and visions of themselves linking arms to dance mazurkas and waltzes that the youngest child can imitate and the creakiest aficionado can fantasize performing (if they were 25 again). The costumes are gorgeous, the sets are ingenious, and Balanchine’s choreography is the archetype of great Russian story ballets. Why on earth does this enchanting program come around so infrequently and leave so fast?

Well, obviously Nutcracker is the cash cow of PNB – and every arts organization needs a cash cow to bring in a new generation of patrons and to create family traditions. And Nutcracker is set during the Christian holiday that even agnostic Seattleites are willing to celebrate in the church of Tchaikovsky. Artistic Director Peter Boal has raised the barre by ditching the worn-out Stowell Nutcracker and introducing the much more satisfying Balanchine version to holiday audiences. Children are

Pacific Northwest Ballet corps de ballet dancer Ezra Thomson and principal dancer Noelani Pantastico in Coppélia – Photo © Angela Sterling

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continued from cover titles that give them the right to do so: Coco Vaughn (Tacoma 1986), Gaysha Starr (Seattle 1994), LaVanda Dela Rosa (Seattle 1996), Lily Armani (Seattle 2010), Chablis (Seattle 2011), Athena Kiss (Plus Tacoma 2011), Amora Black (Seattle 2013), LaTrina Bidet (Plus Seattle 2013), Priscilla Blackstone (Plus Vancouver 2014), and the reigning International Plus from Seattle, Isabella Dela Rosa.

Entering its 35th year, the La Femme Magnifique Pageant system prides itself as a drag beauty pageant that crowns “The Most Beautiful Female Impersonators in the World.” The pageant is founded by legendary Portland, OR drag personality and business owner, Darcelle XV and his partner Roxy LaRoy, as one day they were flipping thru a coffee table book and saw a drawing of a showgirl with the banner above it that read La Femme Magnifique!

Then and there, Darcelle was inspired to have a drag contest where she can crown

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a winner every year. Thirty-five years later and over 400 contestants and 52 winners she still does. In 1998 she added the plus category to give plus sized queens the opportunity to compete on a grand stage.

The rules are simple, you must enter the contest as a male and not be on any hormones or have any gender reassignment surgery.

The four categories the contestants compete in are Black and White Look, Formal Wear, Talent and Las Vegas Showgirl where the contestants must balance elaborate head dresses wearing skimpy beaded body suits confidently strutting in high heels but making it appear as if they are wearing tennis shoes, walking down the street, without a care in the world.

Most recently, qualifying state pageants have been held in California, Hawaii, Oregon, Nevada, and Washington, while contestants and winners have come from Denver, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Mexico City, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, and Vancouver BC. The international pageant is held every Labor Day Weekend at the Oregon State Con-

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Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Jonathan Porretta in Coppélia – Photo © Angela Sterling

out of school and available to be delighted by giant mice and dancing kids. But if you go to Nutcracker because of Tchaikovsky’s iconic and familiar dance music, guess what? Léo Delibes’ music for Coppelia is just as familiar – you probably don’t know that you know it. Type “Coppelia mazurka” or “Coppelia waltz” into Rhapsody or Spotify and you’ll hear the toe-tapping, bodyswaying music you’ve associated with “The Wonderful World of Disney” and other pop culture venues for years.

Or here’s a better idea – go to McCaw Hall and catch one of the last four performances of Coppelia, and bring the children. All casts are equally good (which I know from having attended a rehearsal) though last Saturday I was privileged to see the very charming Noelani Pantastico as Swanhilde, the resourceful girlfriend who wins back her man (a rascally Jonathan Porretta as Franz) by exposing her rival as a doll created by the mysterious Dr. Coppelius. It’s a sunny version of Pygmalion with a happy-ending Romeo and Juliette.

All this goes forward with an array of solos, duets, and folkdances to Delibes’ unforgettable music – but what was particularly exciting to me, in addition to the pyrotechnics of the principal dancers, was the presence of a whole schoolyard of perfectly trained young girls. In Act III, two-dozen

of these pink-clad miniatures performed an impressively sustained series of complex movement that framed the adult soloists like a ring of valentines. How so many children – some who seemed as young as seven or eight and no older than twelve – could nod, bend, float, gesture with graceful arms and pointed toes, and leap with such simultaneous precision was a wonderment to me.

I was as taken by them as the parents in the audience who sat with flowers on their laps to award to their talented offspring after the performance.

Why can’t we have a springtime tradition of Coppelia that would come around every April like the rising sun to cheer our spirits after a dull Seattle winter of rain, rain, rain? Surely we could use a new tradition of heart-lifting music, jolly good humor, world-class dancing and child performers as delicious as a box of chocolates?

Balanchine’s choreography – showcasing the lucid language of Russian pantomime – will always support repeated viewing. I, for one, would like to make Coppelia my springtime tradition for the next decade or two. And I’d like every kid in Seattle to come see it and to think, as they caper down the grand staircase on their way home, “Hey! I could do that!”

vention Center in Portland and the winners walk away with the title and $1,000 cash each.

To win you don’t always have to be the “most real” or “most fishiest,” but you do have to have that certain star quality. Advises International Winner Coco Vaughn: “You want to be larger than life the night you compete, but also be consistent in all categories. The judges want personality but also polish.”

Preparation can take months and with custom made costumes there usually will be bumps along the way.

As the 2015 International Plus Winner, Isabella Dela Rosa, recounts, “When you put all of your efforts into it, perseverance pays off.

No matter how the odds are stacked against you.”

Last year she encountered issues with receiving her supplies and wardrobe from overseas in time forcing her to come up with a Plan B days prior to the big pageant.

Stepping down WA La Femme 2015, La Saveona Hunt answered she would run again for the international title, learning firsthand that finding sponsors to help offset the cost

and garnering the help of former La Femme winners are crucial.

The La Femme Magnifique Pageant will be held on Sunday, May 1 (doors at 6 p.m., pageant at 7 p.m.) at Neighbours Nightclub (1509 Broadway). Admission is $20 at the door.

The six contestants vying for the WA state titles, and over $1,000 in cash and prizes, are for WA La Femme: Ava Douglas, Luna, Andrew Scott and Victoria St. James. For WA La Femme Plus: they are Regine Dynasty and Connie Hung St. James.

On hand to pass down their titles and crowns will be La Saveona and Isabella and adding to the evening will be performances and appearances by former La Femmes and special guests.

Judges include: SGN publisher, George Bakan, 2013 International Plus winner LaTrina Bidet, from Movin 92.5 on-air personality Mason, PrideFest Producer Egan Orion, and managers from Gucci and Nordstrom.

Hosting the evening will be the Ladie Chablis and Gaysha Starr.

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New City’s The Tempest a rewarding experience

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE TEMPEST NEW CITY THEATER Through April 30 The tiny storefront venue of New City Theater can change just about any stage viewing experience dramatically, just because it’s so tiny. The intimate environment almost plunges one into the action of the play. So it is with their mounting of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, which you have two more weekends to catch.

They’ve covered the playing area with fine white sand, since this island play deserves a beachy feel (designed by Nina Moser). The presentation is spare, except for fantasy-appropriate clothing (also by Nina Moser). The 14 players are mere inches away from the 49-seat audience!

This production, directed by John Kazanjian, allows Mary Ewald to play either Duke Prospero or Slave Calaban and swap roles with Peter Crook. Also, Susan Corzatte and Cynthia Whalen play the King and his brother, and Meme Garcia gets a couple of small male roles, and Julie Jamieson plays servant Trinculo (opposite her son Harry Todd Jamieson as Stephano).

The other roles, Duke Antonio (Kevin McKeon), friend to Prospero, Gonzalo (Seanjohn Walsh), Ferdinand, the King’s son (Brandon J. Simmons), Miranda, Prospero’s daughter (Skylar Tatro), and Sprite Ariel (Elena Ewald Kazanjian) are un-gender-swapped.

This mystery play by Shakespeare involves lots of magical coincidences.

Prospero, who has developed magical powers on the island he’s been living on in

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– to work in the Church and go to college and get a degree, and be one of those Televangelist Ministers.

Andrews-Katz: How did you first meet (and subsequently work with) ex-televangelist Tammy Faye Messner?

Bullock: Through Fox TV. They wanted to put together a show and asked me if I would be interesting in hosting with her.

They had her in mind already, and wanted to put a co-host that was gay. They brought me in, and that’s how we met.

Andrews-Katz: Tammy Faye received backlash from her community for working with a “gay man,” but did you ever get any commentary from the gay community for working with a “televangelist”?

Bullock: No. Not that I remember. All gays loved Tammy. She was always so kind and sweet, so what’s not to love? There was nothing not to love about her. She was fun and fabulous. So no, I never got any backlash from the gay community.

Andrews-Katz: Hollywood was closeted in the 1980s. Was your orientation a secret, or was it considered an undisclosed fact?

Bullock: It was one of those things that I had not made that definite choice [within] myself yet. I was still struggling within myself; with my upbringing, God, religion, and I didn’t want to disappoint my parents in any way. I didn’t want to hurt them. I first hid it, thinking it could hurt my career. As it turned

exile, is able to founder a boat containing his usurping brother and the King and company, without losing the boat or hurting any passengers. Through his servant Ariel, he then is able to reveal Antonio’s perfidy, help his daughter fall in love with the King’s son, and school the “monster” Caliban from betraying him.

The production adds a cappella musical moments, arranged by singer Nancy Brasseale, with Ewald Kazanjian displaying a lovely singing voice, and joined by Piper Carafa-Olson. This allows for breaks from the action, and also augments the magic by weaving a spell on the audience.

New City has a pure aesthetic with Shakespeare and provides a deep understanding of the text. It’s also fun to see Mary Ewald (as I did) take on a powerful man. It changes the dynamic of the meaning of the play when a woman is disenfranchised of her right of ascension and ends up banished to an island.

The Jamiesons are a fun duo, playing clowns with each other, too. There are a lot of moments to appreciate here. You quickly forget the gender swaps and just enjoy the cast.

This may turn out to be one of their last Shakespearian productions, so you should probably work extra hard to get over to see it!

For more information, go to www. newcitytheater.org or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2518973 or call 800-838-3006.

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out, it didn’t hurt my career. I don’t know if it helped my career, but it was what it was at a time when it couldn’t be anything else.

Andrews-Katz: Is it the duty of GLBT actors to come out and become role models for others?

Bullock: Well, that is a good question. I have to think about that. Just because someone is born a certain way doesn’t mean they have to be the “Poster Child” for that cause. Using myself, I don’t want to speak about anyone else, I didn’t know what the GLBT community was in the ’80s. I don’t think anyone did! Gay Rights was still in its infancy. I always felt that if I wanted to come out with my own preference that was my choice. And if I didn’t want to, it was my choice. I like it when people come out and say, “Yes, I’m gay. It’s ok and wonderful,” and it is if everyone felt that way, to express themselves. For whatever reasons, maybe fear within their personal lives, people have their own reasons to come out or not, and you have to allow them that. You can’t say, “You have to be this, Bitch!” It’s wonderful when they do, but I don’t think that simply because you are something, you have to be a spokesperson for it. I just want to live my life.

Andrews-Katz: What does live theatre offer you that television does not?

Bullock: Exhaustion. You know live theatre is that opportunity to be in front of an audience, and whatever happens…happens. You have to roll with it. There is no cutting and going back to do it again. It’s a relationship with the audience and it can

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Peter Crook as Caliban – Photo by Shawn Hardison

be wonderful. It can also be NOT that wonderful. It’s a living thing and never ever ever the same twice. I love theatre; it’s hard doing eight shows a week, and demanding.

TV is also demanding, but my experience has always been that it’s easier. Give me a game show, Honey! I may feel that way. but I’m happy to be working, whether it’s in TV or film or stage, and Kinky Boots is a great show.

Andrews-Katz: What is it about Kinky Boots that seems to have captured audiences around the world?

Bullock: It’s the heart of the show, the truth of the show. There’s a universal truth that when you change your mind you change your world. It’s to treat each other with kindness and with respect because we all have to get along somehow, and we are all different. We need to figure that out and it’s a hard time doing that. Kinky Boots is a reminder yet again of that. And aside from having great music, it’s a great show! You get everything you want from it – it’s a full entrée.

Andrews-Katz: There are many in the GLBT community suffering from substance abuse. How did you finally come-toterms with your own struggle?

Bullock: I have to attribute that to having a good foundation in life. I was lucky to have my faith and my family. I had friends who love me and care for me, and I had a sense of self. That’s a good way to phrase it, “a sense of self,” and I don’t need to elaborate on that. I had Angels (and I do believe in them) looking after me in Heaven, those

people who have gone on before me, looking after me. It was Divine Intervention. It was hard. It’s like being in quicksand where the more you struggle with it; the deeper you get sucked into it. It’s hard to break free. Crystal is EVIL! Andrews-Katz: If you could play any role – regardless of any limitation – what would it be and why?

Bullock: This is a giant question. The first one that comes to mind is Mama Rose in Gypsy. Wow! I have to wrack my brain and think. There’s nothing I’ve ever said, “If there were no holds barred…” Well, right now, to play a role right now, they’d all be powerful women roles: Fanny Bryce in Funny Girl, or Eva Peron [in Evita] all powerful women. Years ago I wanted to do Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors…but I guess there’s no real role that I’m dying to do or pining away for. I didn’t know about Kinky Boots until it came along. The same way for Wilbur [in Hairspray], and I’m fortunate that these roles have come along and that I have lived long enough to do them!

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Jim J. Bullock was raised in Texas in a Southern Baptist home. After moving to Los Angeles he became a household name from his role on “Too Close for Comfort.”

His career continued to include: Prince Valium in Mel Brooks’ Spaceballs, Neal Tanner on “ALF,” The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and the voice of the title character on the animated series, “Queer Duck.” Mr. Bullock is currently touring as George in the Cyndi Lauper musical, Kinky Boots.

Tykwer’s Hologram a royal dramatic achievement

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer A HOLOGRAM FOR THE KING Now playing Alan Clay (Tom Hanks) is in Saudi Arabia to revitalize his career. The former executive, now a struggling salesman, reeling from a divorce and feeling like he’s failing his college-age daughter because he can’t afford to help put her through school, he’s journeyed halfway around the world to pursue the deal of a lifetime. He’s going to sell the king a state-of-the-art holographic teleconferencing system that will change the way the entire Saudi government does their business, and in doing so put himself back atop of the corporate world as a force to be reckoned with.

That’s if the king ever arrives. Stranded in the middle of a not even half-constructed coastal desert ghost town of unfinished skyscrapers and condominiums nicknamed the “King’s Metropolis of Economy and Trade,” his team put out back in a giant tent with no air conditioning and, even worse, no Wi-Fi, Alan is at a loss as the best way to proceed. He begins to immerse himself in the people and culture, befriending his taxi driver and guide Yousef (Alexander Black), the pair making a whimsical connection that overcomes their more obvious cultural differences. But it is Alan’s meeting with Muslim surgeon Zahra Hakem (Sarita Shoudhury) that really sends things truly topsyturvy, their relationship beginning as one of doctor-patient before slowly morphing into something far more personal.

Acclaimed director Tom Tykwer’s (Run Lola Run, The International) adaptation of best-selling author Dave Eggers’ A Hologram for the King is an adult romantic drama that is still filled with a number of the filmmaker’s expected imaginatively idiosyncratic touches.

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toes. More than that, though, it presents its romantic elements with maturity, a simple elegance that’s adult in nature and refreshingly minimalistic in execution. When the deft cultural observations are thrown into the mix, the odd casting of Black – who is admittedly excellent – as a Saudi national notwithstanding, Tykwer’s film manages a dramatically moving sophistication that’s noteworthy, this adaptation of Eggers’ source material pulling the heartstrings and stirring the intellect both in equal measure.

Hanks is terrific. The two-time Academy Award-winner (and five-time nominee) delivers a performance that sits comfortably alongside his best work. The actor is funny. He’s moving. He shows restraint when necessary and explodes in emotional exuberance with extraordinary believability when the moment calls for it. Hanks’ responses to the idiosyncratic way the Saudi’s do business are increasingly wonderful, having a spunk and spontaneity to them that held me spellbound. Best of all are his character’s blossoming romantic feelings for Dr. Hakem, he and Shoudhury

showcasing a form of intimate chemistry that’s simply breathtaking to behold.

Tykwer’s films, from Run Lola Run, to Perfume: Story of a Murderer, to his joining forces with Lana and Lilly Wachowski to bring Cloud Atlas to life, never follow a typical path. Even his espionage effort The International wasn’t a by-the-book potboiler, instead it was filled with little quirks that helped make the relatively uninspiring central narrative of international banking irregularities and government conspiracies more interesting than it should have been. The filmmaker goes his own way, forges his own distinct path, and there have been times where his filmmaking bravado tends to inelegantly force its way into the spotlight when even a modicum of restraint would have served him better.

With A Hologram for the King, it isn’t that Tykwer holds himself back so much as he finds a rather sublime balance between cinematic virtuosity and storytelling brevity that work in tandem with one another and happily not vice versa. While certain key sequences reminded me of

something the Coen brothers might have imagined (most notably the pair’s comedic barnburners The Hudsucker Proxy and Burn After Reading), others have an ethereal observational luminosity that recalls works as diverse as Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry or Yasujirō Ozu’s An Autumn Afternoon. Yet, at the same time, in the same moment, this is undeniably Tykwer’s film, start to finish, each image, each moment, each emotional element fitting perfectly inside the director’s wildly diverse filmography with somewhat surprising ease.

There are some weird elements that stand out, but even those, like a brief foray to Yousef’s village for an impromptu wolf hunt that comes between the second and third acts, sparkle with legitimacy, helping grow the emotional components in ways that are natural, complex and intimate. I also was blown away by an out-of-nowhere visit to Mecca, Tykwer presenting this unexpected narrative shift with a dexterous temperance that’s hypnotic in its eloquent grace. He also allows cinematographer Frank Griebe (The Princess and the Warrior) to paint a number of unforgettable images, a spellbinding journey into the heart of the unfinished steel and glass desert jungle by Alan an absolute showstopper, as is a wondrous underwater courtship between the salesman and Dr. Hakem that helps propel events to their conclusion.

Some tangents are out of place, not the least of which is Alan’s uneasy relationship with his cantankerous father (played by a woefully underutilized Tom Skerritt), but thankfully missteps are relatively few and happily even farther between. A Hologram for the King is a quiet film, one that doesn’t shout at the audience, doesn’t jump up and down ecstatically clamoring for love and adoration. Instead, confident in his presentation of the source material, Tykwer is happy to let the journey of his main character speak movingly for itself; and in the process the veteran director brings forth a motion picture I’m going to happily treasure for a long time to come.

Terrifying Green Room a tension-filled gem

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer GREEN ROOM Now playing Traveling punk rockers The Ain’t Rights have seen better days. A scheduled gig in Portland has gone the way of the dodo, making them question whether or not it’s in the band’s best interest to continue their U.S. tour. With no spending money to speak of left, their dilapidated van on its last legs, collectively they make the decision to accept an impromptu gig playing in front of an audience of skinheads deep in the heart of the Pacific Northwest wilderness.

After their initial number, a gag cover of Dead Kennedy’s “Nazi Punks, F**k Off,” goes over like an expected lead balloon, the remainder of their performance is spectacularly successful, and after collecting their pay from venue manager Gabe (Macon Blair) The Ain’t Rights are ready to hit the road for home. Things take a turn into the deadly, however, when bassist Pat (Anton Yelchin) accidentally stumbles upon a dead body in the artist green room, he and the rest of his band mates, guitarist Sam (Alia Shawkat), drummer Reece (Joe Cole) and vocalist Tiger (Callum Turner), forced to remain on-site at the club until the police can be called in to investigate.

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woman who witnessed her former friend’s death, isn’t so certain law enforcement is on their way. She’s fairly certain they’re all in mortal danger, Darcy Banker (Patrick Stewart), the man who owns all the land for miles around and a dedicated Nazi and anarchist, not one to let something as trivial as murder stand in the way of his achieving any of his end goals. The Ain’t Rights, along with Amber, are all now standing in his way, and while none of them meant to fall into this particular pit of tragedy and bloodshed that doesn’t mean he can allow any witnesses to talk about any of what they’ve seen, either.

Green Room is writer/director Jeremy Saulnier’s explosive, gut-wrenching follow-up to 2014’s masterful Blue Ruin.

Like that movie, the filmmaker takes a relatively simple genre idea and then runs with it into wildly imaginative locations that are beguiling in their familiarity yet also shocking in their anarchic idiosyncrasies. This movie, one part horror, one part thriller, one part brutally bleak black comedy of errors, is like some sort of cinematic Gordian Knot of death and destruction. Survival is a continual question mark, one that drives the members of The Ain’t Rights to increasingly drastic extremes, Pat, Sam and all of the others finding they’re capable of just about anything if it means living through the night.

This is a nasty thriller, and I mean that as a compliment. Saulnier throws his

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characters right into the middle of chaos with the type of subtle grace that sneaks up on you until it’s almost too late, forcing the viewer to feel the growing disbelief and terror the punk rockers are experiencing right alongside next to them. This group of rebels, so good at acting like they’re confronting the system, don’t actually know what anarchy is until they’re forced to experience it firsthand. Now, stuck inside the green room, waiting to discover what

Darcy has in store for the lot of them, the emotional paranoia is all-encompassing, and long before the first machete is drawn and that initial drop of blood hits the floor the terror gnawing away at my insides was growing like a malignant tumor way beyond being treatable.

Darcy is a corrosively hypnotic villain, and Stewart portrays him with a slyly disquieting virtuosity that’s spellbinding.

This is a methodical man, a person who

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sees a justification for every move they make no matter how heinous or repugnant they might appear to some. This is a character who is light years away from Prof. Charles Xavier or Captain Jean-Luc Picard yet at the same time is someone who holds his own, deeply abhorrent beliefs as near and as dear to his hearts as either of those iconic heroes ever did.

Stewart portrays Darcy with the same type of conviction he brought to his more steadfast, morally incorruptible roles, in the process painting a figure of pure, unadulterated evil that’s absolutely devastating.

Saulnier’s adrenaline-fueled pulsepounder can’t help but recall both John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 and Howard Hawks’ Rio Bravo. But it also has the energy and the unsettling aura of a litany of thrillers ranging from Sam Raimi’s The Evil Dead, to John McTiernan’s Die Hard, with healthy dollops of Tim Hunter’s River’s Edge, Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs and William Castle’s House on Haunted Hill sprinkled throughout. At the same time, there is a uniquely waiflike

quality to this thriller that is happily grotesque, a unique evanescence that builds in intensity as The Ain’t Rights and Amber pull out all the stops in their attempt to survive. Saulnier orchestrates things with a form of psychological and physical intensity bordering on the supernatural, and while the violence can get extreme he never loses sight of the human tragedy agonizingly battering his five, increasingly inconsolable heroes.

Green Room isn’t a transcendent masterpiece that transcends its genre roots. It doesn’t change the conversation in ways anyone will likely be waxing poetic about for decades to come. Saulnier’s third feature behind the camera is just damn fine cinema, nothing more, and certainly nothing less, its go-for-broke horror aesthetic a real world cavalcade of terror that had me noticeably shaking long after the film itself had come to an end.

Huntsman a fun, if unnecessary, fairy tale sequel

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR Now playing The awkwardly titled The Huntsman: Winter’s War is quite possibly 2016’s most unnecessary sequel. I mean, I liked 2012’s Snow White and the Huntsman, got a kick out of its fantastical reinvention of the classic fairy tale, but even I had no real wish to see the story continued on from where that film left off. Still, with the return of Charlize Theron as the Evil Queen Ravenna and Chris Hemsworth as the titular huntsman Eric, and with the additions of luminous heavyweights Emily Blunt as the Ice Queen Freya and Jessica Chastain as the fearless warrior woman Sara, I can’t say my curiosity wasn’t piqued.

Whether the film needed to exist or not is an argument I’m happy to save for another day. What can be discussed is whether or not the film in question works and, for my part, I vote a modest yes, this second chapter in Eric’s ongoing story (Snow White is nowhere to be found other than in flashback) keeping me relatively entertained for the majority of its 114 minutes.

Working as both prequel and sequel, this new film begins with sisters Ravenna and Freya discussing the merits, or lack thereof, of falling in love. Not wanting to see her younger sibling enjoy the longings of the heart she is incapable of experiencing, Ravenna, with the aid of her golden magic mirror, engineers a tragedy that will shatter Freya to her core. When this occurs, little sister literally discovers she has power over ice and snow, transforming her kingdom into a frozen wasteland where she kidnaps legions of children with plans to transform them into an unstoppable army she dubs her Huntsmen.

Two of these children grow up to be Eric and Sara, and even though it is forbidden they fall madly in love, pledging to follow one another to the end of time even if doing so means their likely destruction.

Freya cannot let this stand, and through trickery of her own she separates the duo in a way she’s certain will last forever. But fast-forward seven years and Eric has returned to her kingdom, his quest to destroy

Ravenna’s magic mirror leading him back to his former Queen’s doorstep. Reunited with Sara, it will take every ounce of the pair’s courage, skill and love to see the task done, especially after Freya inadvertently resurrects her wicked older sister from the afterlife utilizing the mirror’s considerable power.

New screenwriters Evan Spiliotopoulos (Hercules) and Craig Mazin (Identity Thief ) run themselves in endless circles trying to make any of this work, the pair working in characters from the first film (Sam Claflin returns for a cameo appearance as the dashing King William, while Nick Frost saddles up again as kindhearted dwarf Nion) while also attempting to add a number of newcomers to the mix (Blunt, Chastain, Rob Brydon as Nion’s dim-witted half-brother Gryff and Sheridan Smith and Alexandra Roach as fellow dwarves Mrs. Bromwyn and her loyal companion Doreena). They shoehorn the Frozen fairy tale into the story for fairly obvious reasons, while at the same time coming up with a variety of explanations as to why both Eric and Ravenna’s respective stories are still ongoing.

It’s all a bit of a mess, drawing on inspirations ranging from 1980s fantasy stalwarts like Labyrinth, Legend and Ladyhawke, animated masterpieces like Princess Mononoke, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Disney’s take on The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and even popular video games like Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. It’s a total hodgepodge, moving from one idea to the next in the desperate hope some of them will work, and while narrative coherence isn’t always possible, the fact I was able to keep track of what was happening when, why it was and to whom it was involving is honestly something of a minor victory for both Spiliotopoulos and Mazin.

Be all that as it may, I had a fairly wonderful time watching all of this play itself out. The film is consistently funny, Frost, Brydon and Smith delivering a number of solid laughs throughout, while heat coming off Hemsworth as he pounds his chest and lays his emotions bare is palpable to say the least. Theron, her appearances relegated to the story’s bookends, seems to relish the opportunity to chew up the

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scenery with her rambunctious malevolence, devouring every second of screen time almost as if they were to be the very last ones of her justifiably lauded career.

As for Blunt, she invests herself completely into the proceedings, delivering a far more complex, tragically eloquent performance than the film likely deserves, creating a deeply human portrait of suffering, loss and despair that builds in power and passion as things move forward to their somewhat inevitable conclusion.

It would have been nice to have seen Theron, Blunt and Chastain get more time together as a trio, their only scenes together happening during the purposely frenetic climax where allegiances shift and the quest to destroy the mirror finally comes to its expected end. More than that, while he is the star, it would have been nice if Hemsworth’s Eric could have let Chastain’s Sara do a bit more, the fact her character is virtually his equal in all ways that matter only makes her sudden transformation into a cliché damsel in distress all the more disappointing. Other characters, most notably Brydon’s Nion and Smith’s Mrs. Bromwyn, disappear entirely for no discernible reason that I can figure, their absence during the climactic

confrontation one I couldn’t help but notice.

Still, visual effects technician (he actually got an Oscar nomination for working on Snow White and the Huntsman) turned director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan does a nice job keeping the focus where it needs to be, his action scenes having a swift urgency to them that’s relatively pleasing.

While not quite the visualist his predecessor Rupert Sanders proved to be, he still gives his esteemed cinematographer Phedon Papamichael (Nebraska) plenty of room to operate, the pair managing to manufacture a suitably cinematic grandeur I found continually pleasing.

I honestly don’t know why The Huntsman: Winter’s War exists. I can’t say I have a clue if audiences are interested in seeing it. What I do know is that, even filled with flaws and missteps aplenty, I got a serious kick out of this sequel, enjoyed it far more than I imagined I was going to.

It’s a fairy tale fantasy that reminded me of my love of the genre I developed as a child, and while not rising to the same heights as any of those ’80s adventures, many of which I have already mentioned, there’s still a bit of magic here, and for that I am understandably delighted.

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Impressionistic Miles Ahead a jazzy riff on musical genius

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer MILES AHEAD Now playing When I was in second grade I started playing the trumpet. I kept playing it until my sophomore year in high school when, for a variety of reasons that are fairly standard for any random teenager, I decided to place my brass instrument back in its case and moved on to other activities. Even so, I can still play John Williams’ theme from Superman as well as Chris Kenner’s “Land of a 1000 Dances” (a marching band staple) pretty much from memory, and my love for the instrument is as strong today as it ever was in my youth.

It was through the trumpet I discovered Chet Baker, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Wynton Marsalis and Herb Alpert. It was through the trumpet I fell in love with classical, big band, blues and jazz. Through the trumpet I was able to discover Miles Davis, his albums Sketches of Spain and Kind of Blue ones I could play over and over without ever growing tired of. His gifts were apparent right from the first note, and while I did stop playing the instrument myself, my love for it never died and, if anything, is as strong today as it ever was as a kid, a fact at last partially due to my adoration of Mr. Davis.

With all that being so, it’s no wonder I was excited to get a look at actor Don Cheadle’s directorial debut Miles Ahead. Not so much a biopic of the groundbreaking musician as it is an improvisational riff utilizing elements of his life to tell its tale, the movie

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gets under Miles Davis’ skin in ways that are distinct, individualistic and intriguing. Cheadle, co-writing the impressionistic script with Steven Baigelmanv (Get On Up) after coming up with the story with two other writers, attempts to bring this musician into focus, warts and all, keeping the attention on the music above all else, which, considering the subject matter, is exactly as it should be.

Set during the five-year period during the late 1970s when Davis went into a form of self-retirement and seclusion, the film imagines a surreal series of events involving the jazz man (Cheadle), a British freelance journalist named Dave Brill (Ewan McGregor) hoping to nab an exclusive, a thuggish music producer (Michael Stuhlbarg) wanting to score a recording deal for a talented new client (Keith Stanfield) and a missing session tape the trumpet player isn’t ready for anyone, especially executives at his label, to hear. Intermixed into things are remem-

brances of Miles’ romance and marriage to dancer and singer Frances Davis (Emayatzy Corinealdi), their love story filled with as much pain as passion, as much love as tragedy.

It’s a fascinating way to look at the man’s life, all of it having the same free-flowing, anything-can-happen vibe as any of Davis’ more essential recordings. It helps that Cheadle the actor throws himself into things with outright abandon, stripping himself bare to the bone as he attempts to do this man justice. This is more than a simple impersonation, although it’s obvious Cheadle has done his homework. No, the vaunted character actor digs so much deeper than just being content to become Davis’ modern day mirror image, his constant emotional virtuosity a sensational counterpoint to the nonlinear story beats being presented in their own, eccentrically individualistic fashion.

The stuff dealing with the mission session tape is nothing but a red herring, and

whenever the story focuses on it things become less and less interesting. I get why it is there, and I understand how Cheadle and his team utilize this plot, how they orchestrate Davis’ obsessions over the tape to facilitate his daydreams and nightmares relating back to his early days as an up and coming jazz impresario. Most importantly, they fuel his remembrances of Frances, their fiery love affair, romance and marriage depicted with a freewheeling craziness that fits things rather flawlessly.

But this plot device is silly, increasingly so as it goes along, Davis and Brill finding themselves in the middle of car chases and shootouts as they attempt to get their hands back on the jazz artist’s recordings. It simply goes on much too long, Stuhlbarg’s unscrupulous producer chewing up far too much scenery, his character coming off as more of a buffoonish cartoon than he does anything close to human. It’s a weird plot device that never works as fully as the filmmakers obviously intend it to, and whenever the focus shifts entirely to it and to it only, the film stops dead in its tracks almost as if the music has suddenly died and no one has a clear idea as to how to resurrect it.

Still, for jazz aficionados and Miles Davis enthusiasts, Miles Ahead is about as essential a piece of a filmmaking as any they’re likely to watch anytime soon. Cheadle’s fondness for the man and his music is readily apparent. For my part, flaws and all, the greatest thing this movie did was remind me just how much I was inspired and awestruck by this man’s music, his genius as readily apparent now as it ever was during his actual lifetime.

My Golden Days a melancholic remembrance of youth

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer MY GOLDEN DAYS Now playing Acclaimed director Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days sees Mathieu Amalric returning to the role of Paul Dédalus, a character he first portrayed in 1996’s My Sex Life…or How I Got Into an Argument. But where in that drama he was front and center, this time the award-winning actor is around more as storyteller and observer, this sequel/prequel going back in time to look at the character’s younger days coming of age in the 1980s. As such, the film is a time capsule, a look at first loves and the events happening both within and beyond one’s control that shapes who they ultimately become, a wistful Paul finally able to admit things about himself he long ago made the concrete decision to suppress.

Now a successful anthropologist living in Tajikistan, on a return trip to France Paul is stopped by customs due to a problem with his passport. While speaking with the officers in charge of his case, he begins to tell them about his life growing up in Roubaix as a teenager (Quentin Dolmaire), including the psychological scars left by his mentally-unbalanced mother (Cécile Garcia-Fogel) and his long relationship with the beautiful Esther (Lou Roy-Lecollinet). He also speaks about a high school trip to Russia where he gave his identity to a young Jewish doppelganger, doing so for reasons not so much selfless as they were a

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vehicle for him to feel superior to those too timid to do the same.

The movie pretty much sticks with this younger version of Paul, watching as he returns to Roubaix, parties with his younger siblings Ivan (Raphäel Cohen) and Delphine (Lily Taieb), attempts to romance Esther, goes to college, learns about life and smokes a ton of cigarettes. He passes from 16 to 21 in a figurative blink of an eye, the older Paul still haunted about events that transpired during this period, specifically the woman who got away, allowing him to become the lonely womanizer he’s transformed into at the ripe age of 45. There are highs. There are lows. There are a number of personal revelations that set him on the path to becoming an anthropology profes-

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sor currently working in Russia. It’s all pretty standard stuff, and anyone expecting anything different will likely walk away from the film disappointed.

Which would be a pity because, while not Desplechin at his best, I tend to lean in the direction of A Christmas Tale or Kings & Queen as far as that goes, My Golden Days is still a strong coming-of-age drama with numerous plusses to extol the virtues of, not the least of which is the wonderful performance of newcomer Dolmaire.

More than that, the filmmaker has a delicate, delightfully unsentimental feel for the material, allowing his main character to recognize his failings and faults even as he is more often than not unable to overcome them. He never allows the narrative to be-

come too overstuffed with material, and even when Paul is having an affair with an older woman, Gilberte (Mélodie Richard), or connecting with a college teacher, Professeur Behanzin (Eve Doe-Bruce), as if she were the mother he never had, the storytelling remains concise, level-headed and coherent throughout.

Frustratingly, Esther remains something of an enigma, and unlike My Sex Life it’s never entirely clear what she sees in Paul and why, in turn, he is so infatuated with her. While Roy-Lecollinet is beautiful, there’s honestly not a great deal of depth to her performance, her chemistry with Dolmaire never setting the screen ablaze. She does have one terrific scene, however, near the end, where her emotional imbalances take shape in ways that are intimate, close to primal, the correlation between her and her lover’s own mother obvious but not in a manner that could be construed as contrived or coincidental.

Reminiscent in some ways of Milos Forman’s The Loves of a Blonde and François Truffaut’s Stolen Kisses, Desplechin’s latest still finds a way to chart a clear, crisp path that is decidedly its own. Not so much a sequel to My Sex Life as it is a look at Paul Dédalus’ life and times from a more evolved perspective, there is a melancholic urgency to this recollective melodrama that is undeniable. My Golden Days isn’t perfect, but much like our memories of our own youth, I’m not entirely certain it is meant to be, and as such the film becomes a far more emotionally powerful endeavor because of this.

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MAMA TITS SAVES THE WORLD shows that a drag queen can help make a difference!

I’m Zan Christensen, publisher of Northwest Press.

My friend, the fabulous drag queen Mama Tits, made Internet headlines when she confronted anti-Gay protestors at Seattle Pride in 2014.

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teamed up with artists Terry Blas and Marissa Louise to bring Mama to comics in the new book, MAMA TITS SAVES THE WORLD. We recently launched a funding drive on Indiegogo to cover the printing of the book, artists’ costs, and sending Mama herself to RuPaul’s DragCon to debut the comic!

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Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 322-7188. 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 visible or hidden disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities. html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

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

SUNDAY - April 24

Gay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Seattle Center Festal - Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival (4/22-4/24). Seattle Center Armory & Fisher Pavillion. 10am-6pm. www.cherryblossomfest.org Spring Restoration Day in Volunteer Park. 10am-2pm.

Gather in Volunteer Park at the Black Sun sculpture across from the Seattle Asian Art Museum. 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. We will be planting roses in one garden bed, preparing another for future planting, and weeding a third garden bed, among other gardening tasks. Gloves and tools will be provided, or bring your own. Donuts & coffee provided. Stay for the whole event or as long as you want to help continue our restoration efforts and make Volunteer Park and more beautiful place for everyone. All are welcome. No gardening experience necessary. This gathering is a wonderful way to meet neighbors, help our lovely park, and learn more about the Volunteer Park Trust. volunteerparktrust.org/events Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl,

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

MONDAY - April 25

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 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 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.

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/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

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

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

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

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

(253) 474-8897.

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com 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.

SATURDAY - April 23

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.

Seattle Center Festal - Seattle Cherry Blossom & Japanese Cultural Festival (4/22-4/24). Seattle Center Armory & Fisher Pavillion. 10am-6pm. www.cherryblossomfest.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.

Seattle Erotic Art Festival (4/22-4/24). Fri 8pm-2am; Sat 12 noon-2am; Sun 12 noon-4pm. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 299 Mercer St. For schedule & tickets visit seattleerotic.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.

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

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

For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com French Kisses Cabaret. 7pm. Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St. Victor Janusz, Arwen Dewey, Nora Michaels & Rob Witmer bring together the music of French Cabaret. Tickets $11 in advance, $15 at the door. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2535543 Seattle Men’s Chorus on Whidbey Island. PreConcert VIP Reception 4:30pm, Concert 7pm. South Whidbey High School Performing Arts Center, 5675 Maxwelton Rd, Langley. A benefit concert to support CADA (Citizens Against Domestic and Sexual Abuse).

VIP tickets $150, general admission $35. cadaconcert. brownpapertickets.com 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. (re) MOVE: Back Toward Again the (re) TURN Facing (4/22-4/24). Fri & Sat 7:30pm; Sun 6:30pm. Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave. An evening of dance & live music ventures into personal & feminist injustices of the earth & the female body.

April 23 thru May 1

TUESDAY - April 26

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

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. www.dharmabuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Seattle Erotic Art Festival (4/22-4/24). Fri 8pm-2am; Sat 12 noon-2am; Sun 12 noon-4pm. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 299 Mercer St. For schedule & tickets visit seattleerotic.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays an almost weekly recreational scrimmage game for LGBTQ players in Seattle. Perfect for individuals looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. Meets 4th Sunday 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.nosafeword writersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd Tuesday, 7pm.)

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

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positive, non-profit and private. Membership required.

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

Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group !NEW TIME! 1pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave. Subject: What if any role models do you aspire to & why? Metro routes 8, & 10. seattleprimetimers.org Celebrate Your Health in Jefferson Park. 2-4pm.

3801 Beacon Ave S. Join park rangers, fitness program coordinators, doctors & community organizations for free activities, health screenings & education to promote a healthy & active lifestyle. seattle.gov/parks/healthyparks Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am. More info: crystalmeth.org.

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731. (re) MOVE: Back Toward Again the (re) TURN Facing (4/22-4/24). Fri & Sat 7:30pm; Sun 6:30pm. Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave. An evening of dance & live music ventures into personal & feminist injustices of the earth & the female body.

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.

April 22, 2016

Lesbian & Gay Child Care Task Force Monthly Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. The Task Force, in conjunction with Child Care Resources of King County, offers referrals to GLBT-welcoming child care centers & provides training, support & curriculum materials to child care providers. (To access this, call 329-1011 & ask for the “Gay-welcoming” child care programs in your zip code area.) The task force meets monthly to assess their progress in achieving their goals.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 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 Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 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

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FRIDAY - April 29

AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A drop in AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A peer support group for adult children of any addiction. www. sasgcc.org SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. Ongoing 12 step group for sex & love addicts. www.sasgcc.org

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

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

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 Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6:30pm-appetizers & socializing; 7:30pm-dinner. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Meets last Friday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Boylesque Festival Main Event. Doors 5:30pm & 10pm; Shows 7pm & 10:30pm. Triple Door, 216 Union St. Hosted by BenDeLaCreme, this stellar lineup features international, national & local superstars. Tickets: general admission $25 in advance, $30 at the door; VIP $40 advance, $45 door. www.thetripledoor.net Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

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

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

(253) 474-8897.

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

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

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

WEDNESDAY - April 27

LGBTQ Support Group in Renton. 10am-12noon.

Renton Senior Activity Center, 211 Burnett Ave N. Meets the last Wednesday of every month. This newly-formed group will address issues while providing support & information that may be unique to the LGBTQ community. Topics of discussion may be legal issues, housing, medical needs, bereavement, acceptance & other topics of your choice. 425-430-6633, rentonwa.gov 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 Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm. Call for details, location & to make reservations. 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 Women on Top. 5:30pm. Frolik Kitchen + Cocktails, 1415 5th Ave. Seattle’s premier cocktail hour for LGBT & allied professional women. Cost: GSBA members $15, non-members $20, students $15, walk-ins $5 extra. www.thegsab.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

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

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

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. 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.)

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 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 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

door. www.boylesquefestival.com Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

SATURDAY - April 30

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

SUNDAY - May 1

& information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org 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.

THURSDAY - April 28

Dining Out for Life. 30-50% of revenue from more than 120 participating restaurants will be donated to Chicken Soup Brigade. For a list of restaurants visit diningoutforlife.com/seattle Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

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

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

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 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 & Question-

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

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

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

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

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Amor Chorale Rehearsal. 8-9pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Thursday.

Calling all sopranos, altos, tenors & basses. The Amor Spiritual Center currently has openings for singers in its Chorale group.

Seattle Boylesque Festival Teaser Party. Doors 7pm, Show 8pm. Re-bar, 1104 Howell St. Hosted by Ernie Von Schmaltz, the party features more than a dozen local & national performers & is sure to get your motor started for the weekend. Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

Contact Border Riders for details and rendezvous point.

Meets 1st Sunday most months. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Seattle Center Festal - Asian-Pacific Islander Heritage Month Celebration. 11:45am-5pm. Seattle Center Armory. Lion dances, martial arts, live music and expressive art forms explore Cambodian, Lao, Filipino and Tongan civilizations. The Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team opens the 15th annual festival. www. apiheritage.com.

PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv La Femme Magnifique & Plus Pageant. Doors 6pm, Pageant 7pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway.

Female impersonators from across the state will compete in 4 categories to win one of 4 spots representing Washington at the International Pageant on Labor Day Weekend in Portland. Join 2015 LFMW La Saveona Hunt & 2015 LFMPI Isabella de la Rosa, Portland’s Darcelle XV & hosts Ladie Chablis & Gaysha Starr.

Street Requiem: A Benefit Concert for the Homeless.

7pm. Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. Starbucks Chorus and 25 Pacific Northwest choral groups presents this community concert to fund community organizations working with homeless people. 206-215-4747; 866-8334747; www.seattlesymphony.org/benaroyahall.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

Celebrating 41 Years!

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

DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org 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 promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

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

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

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

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org.

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: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), 850-2070, www. aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network

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Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai. org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@ gmail.com; People of 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, 2558951; Sistah Sinema, www.sistahsinema.com, info@ sistahsinema.com; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle.

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

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

Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned.

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.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Com-

Visit us online www.sgn.org

munity 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

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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; 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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