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Issue 36, Volume 44, September 2, 2016

Arts & Entertainment HOLOCAUST CENTER for HUMANITY

presents two traveling exhibits:

Southside with You –

“Nazi Persecution Interview with Richard Tanne of Homosexuals” and “Where Love is Illegal”

Southside with You writer/director Richard Tanne – Photo courtesy of mashable.com

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU Now playing Left: “Solidarity,” by Richard Grune (1903-1983), lithograph, 1947. Schwules Museum [Gay Museum], Berlin. Grune was incarcerated for homosexuality by the Nazi state from 1934 to 1945. Right: D. & O., a lesbian couple from Russia, whose story is told in the photo exhibit “Where Love is Illegal.” Photo by Robin Hammond

This fall, the Henry and Sandra Friedman Holocaust Center for Humanity hosts two traveling exhibits, “Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals, 1933-1945” and “Where

Love is Illegal” in an ongoing story of persecution and resistance.

“Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945” is a traveling exhibition pro-

Southside with You writer/director Richard Tanne is under no illusions that people will have an immediate response to his romantic debut before they’ve even walked into the theatre to give it a look.

“People certainly have a lot of opinions as it pertains to the Obamas,” he laughs. “That was always something that was going to be

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well beyond my control. All I could do is try and make a good movie.”

The film, a hit at festivals across the country, including at Sundance back in January and here in Seattle in June, is a dayin-the-life romance looking at the first Chicago date of Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson (superbly portrayed by newcomer Parker Sawyers and veteran actress Tika Sumpter) back during the summer of 1989.

Based on recollections from the United States President and the First Lady, the movie itself is still very much a fictional endeavor, Tanne staying as true to the day’s see RICHARD TANNE page 7

September 2016 theater JUDY GOLD: award-winning producer, writer, actress, guaranteed to liven up Emmy & stand-up comic to perform at Stroum Jewish Community Center’s Cultural Arts Stage the fall

Bad Apples – Photo by Jeff Galfer

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer It’s that time of year again! Theater in Seattle explodes and there are too many wonderful productions to see at once! Anyone up for a contest? Who will see the most September performances? How many can you fit into a week? Some of the most anticipated shows of the year are opening now….

The 39 Steps, Lamplight Productions and KTO Productions, 9/1-11 (at Bathhouse Theatre) Based on the 1935 Alfred Hitchcock spy/ romance film, this hit play is sure to please anyone who enjoys spies, hi-jinks, handcuffs, murder, missing fingers, kissing, secrets, chase scenes, more kissing, trains, planes and yes, automobiles. A cast of four actors tackle over 100 characters in what is guaranteed to be a see SEPT. THEATER page 4

Judy Gold – Photo courtesy of Stroum Jewish Community Center

JUDY GOLD STROUM JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER September 17 On Saturday, September 17, Emmywinning comedy star Judy Gold brings her edgy wit and sharp observational commentary to the greater Seattle region for an exclusive, one-night-only stand-up appearance at the Stroum Jewish Com-

munity Center (3801 E Mercer Way) on Mercer Island.

A longtime writer and producer for “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” and frequent host on “The View,” the self-proclaimed “big mouth” Gold has guest-starred on “Louie,” “Broad City,” “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” “The Jim Gaffigan Show,” “Inside Amy Schumer,” “Difficult People,” “30 Rock,” “2 Broke Girls,” see JUDY GOLD page 5 see TERRA page 4

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Celebrating 41 Years!

When “musical adventure” is no longer a cliché

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer DUTILLEUX VOL. 3 SEATTLE SYMPHONY LUDOVIC MORLOT CD

case, the gorgeous playing of violinist Augustin Hadelich, so perfectly meshed with the wondrous sounds coming from the Seattle Symphony, guide the listener on a true adventure in sounds, all built on the same chord. Hadelich opens the ten-minute piece by playing that chord, not with the bow but by plucking the notes on the 1723 “ExKiesewetter” Stradivari violin he uses. As one gets over being wowed by the sounds

(ou “La nuit etoile”)” are no less fascinating. Written for full orchestra, plus a cimbalom in the first of these, they provide an endless exploration of fun and adventure while not avoiding brief darker bits. The work referring to van Gogh’s “The Starry Night” can be evocative of such things. In fact, being able to listen in the complete comfort of one’s home, where one can turn out the lights and close one’s eyes, makes

Augustin Hadelich, violin, and Ludovic Morlot recording “Sur le meme accord,” on March 22, 2016 – Photo by Brandon Patoc

One of the joys of modern recording media is, of course, the ability to listen as many times as you wish to works that grab your interest, but which are perhaps not easily grasped on one concert hall exposure. One of the joys of having the privilege of commenting in the press about recordings of such works is that the job forces one to take the time for such repeated auditions in order to speak of them with any real familiarity.

Such is especially the case with a fabulous new release by Seattle Symphony Media of four works by the recently deceased composer Henri Dutilleux at age 97. If I had heard these pieces in Benaroya Hall, I would certainly have been pleased at hearing such brilliant music. So full of life with such ear-cleansing orchestration, these sounds would have fascinated me. But that’s not the same thing as beginning to hear and understand the musical language behind such entertaining noises.

I have now listened repeatedly to “Sur le même accord,” a “Nocturne for Violin and Orchestra” and have come to love it, after initially merely admiring it. If a work merits learning its language, one’s appreciation can only grow as its glories are revealed.

(As an avid plantaholic, I can attest to the same experience as I get to know more and more varieties of each kind of plant.) In this

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themselves, the music reveals joy, humor, dark contrasts and surprising moods. The absence of what most people would call melody clears the way to sitting back and just taking in the mind-boggling variety of orchestral sounds. The precise coordination between soloist and the complex orchestra reveals lots of effective rehearsal. I cannot imagine a better performance.

The same can be said for “Les citations,” the second piece on this CD. At a little more than 15 minutes, this two-part work for oboe, harpsichord, double bass and percussion shows what Dutilleux could do with more limited forces. The results are, if anything, more surprising than his works for full orchestra! Especially amazing are the sounds of the harpsichord combined with the bass. The soloists each get their turn to shine, but it is their sounds in various combinations that astound the ear. According to the excellent and very helpful program notes by Paul Schiavo, the work includes quotes (thus the title “citations”) from the French composer Jehan Alain, Renaissance composer Clément Janequin, and Benjamin Britten’s opera Peter Grimes, but I confess I haven’t been able to pick them out. Such are the things repeated listenings will reveal!

The remaining two works, “Mystère de l’instant” and “Timbres, espace, ouvement

the sonic journey all the more vivid. While each of us will experience different “trips,” I can guarantee you won’t be bored.

All of this is especially enhanced by the superb engineering of Dmitriy and Alexander Lipay, the Seattle Symphony’s inhouse recording specialists. Because I am an audiophile snob, I should mention that the sounds are captured with remarkable clarity and “space” between the instruments, even if there is no attempt to exactly re-create the sound space of what one hears in the concert hall. In fact, no one in Benaroya Hall would hear these instruments and their magical combinations as well as one can in this recording. Excellent work.

It goes without saying that we owe these gems to Music Director Ludovic Morlot.

His choices of modern composers to introduce in Seattle have been almost without fail of the greatest interest and musical rewards. I love to quote one of my colleagues at The Stranger, who wrote, “Ludovic Morlot has banished boredom from Seattle Symphony,” with all that that implies about the previous Music Director!

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

Olivia Newton-John at Snoqualmie was simply a magical “Twist of Fate”!

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN SNOQUALMIE CASINO August 25 Olivia Newton-John is an icon and is clearly a pioneer as a crossover artist and I realized just how much like Taylor Swift she was when I learned of Olivia’s journey as a crossover artist from country to Pop in the mid-70’s to being a cultural icon from Grease to Xanadu to, of course, the “Physical” phenomenon in the ’80s and once again re-inventing herself in the ’90s and beyond.

In my interview published in the SGN August 19 she was ecstatic to be back in Seattle and that the Aug 25th concert would at Snoqualmie Casino’s Outdoor amphitheater. The show started only 15 minutes late with no opening act. Olivia, wearing a black suit with a gorgeous white jacket brought back the “Magic” and “Xanadu.”

Then “Suddenly,” with one of her back-up singers, she took on the Cliff Richard part.

Then it was an ’80s flashback with a medley of “Make a Move on Me” / “A Little More Love” / and “Twist of Fate” from her 1983 film Two of a Kind.

Way before Keith Urban was an Aussie-bred, international country star, it was Olivia who was decades before him and she devoted a special section to her country roots with covers of “Changes,” “Take Me Home,” “Country Roads,” ”Please Mr. Please,” “Jolene,” and “Let Me Be There.”

The audience really got up and danced to “Physical” and then she got serious about her love for dolphins with the “The Promise” and the environment with “Don’t Cut Me Down” and her battle with breast cancer with “Not Gonna Give Into It.”

From left: Matt Lattanzi, wife Michelle, John Easterling (Olivia’s husband), Olivia, and (Michelle’s Parents) Mary and Mike Dennis – Photo courtesy of Snoqualmie Casino

Then the Grease portion of the show was fun and nostalgic, her voice never wavered and at 67 the high notes were pitch perfect.

Starting with “You’re the One That I Want” and “Hopelessly Devoted to You.” For “Summer Nights,” the audience was divided into two groups – the men were the TBirds and the women were the Pink Ladies.

Olivia left the stage and came back in a

black and glittery evening gown for the finale of “I Honestly Love You,” a #1 hit for her, written by Gay icon, Peter Allen, Judy Garland’s former son-in-law.

The encore was just Olivia and her piano player keeping it in the “family” with “Over the Rainbow.”

The evening got even more “Magic”-al when we attended the post-show Meet and Greet with Photo Ops; and after 2 years of

trying to get my friend to introduce me to her famous former husband, Matt Lattanzi (Olivia’s Ex) was flattered when I told him that he was a fave of mine during his days on the Aussie Soap, “Paradise Beach,” and as the star of the ’80s teen comedy, My Tutor. Then our chat was cut short with a Lattanzi/Easterling family photo (John Easterling is Olivia’s current husband), but being able to witness this was simply “MAGIC.”

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duced by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Through reproductions of historic photographs and documents, this exhibition explores the rationale, means, and impact of the Nazi regime’s persecution of homosexuals, which left thousands dead and shattered the lives of many more.

“Where Love is Illegal” is an exhibit of Robbin Hammond’s evocative photo project which tells the story of LGBTQ persecution today, taking an in-depth look at contemporary instances of abuse and intolerance faced by LGBTQI people around the world. The photos are accompanied by the subjects’ first-hand stories of discrimination, survival, and hope.

The exhibits will be on display September 11-October 31, on Wednesdays and Sundays from 10:00am-4:00pm (last admission at 3:30pm). (The museum will be closed Sunday, September 5 and Wednesday, October 12.)

The Center is located at 2045 2nd Avenue – on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Lenora St. Reservations are required for all exhibits at the Center and can be made online at www.HolocaustCenterSeattle.org or by calling 206-582-3000. General Admission: Adult – $10 suggested donation; Student & Senior – $5 suggested donation.

For security reasons all bags are subject to search and weapons of any type are strictly prohibited in the museum, including guns, knives (even pocket knives), and pepper spray.

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The Holocaust Center for Humanity encourages visitors to take action against injustice and stand up for the rights of all people. “The Holocaust is the story of persecution not only of Jews, but of gay men, Roma and Sinta (gypsies), Jehovah’s Witnesses, the disabled – anyone the Nazis deemed ‘inferior,’” said Baral Family Executive Director Dee Simon. “We use these stories and lessons from the Holocaust as a teaching tool to inspire students to speak out against intolerance and hatred in their own communities.”

About the Center Connecting lessons of the Holocaust to a broad range of relevant themes for our time, from bullying to social justice, the Holocaust Center for Humanity teaches students to become engaged citizens and to speak out against bigotry and prejudice. The Center works with teachers, students, and community groups across the Northwest to provide educational materials, curriculum, and interaction with local Holocaust survivors who tell their stories to 20,000 students of all ages each year. In 2015, the Center opened its museum to the public. 17,000 visitors toured exhibits during the 2015-2016 school year.

The Center’s mission is to inspire teaching and learning for humanity in the schools and communities of this region through study of the Holocaust. Find out more at HolocaustCenterSeattle.org.

Photograph by Robin Hammond

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good time. http://lamplightproductions.bpt.me/ Scab, Many Hats Theatre, 9/2-10 (at Ballard Underground) In this unconventional comedic-drama, Anima’s sphere of desperation and selfdestruction is invaded by the arrival of her perky new roommate, Christa. Prompted by a malevolent talking statue of the Virgin Mary and a bloodthirsty houseplant named Susan, Anima and Christa enter into a friendship that incurs traumatic results. http://scab.brownpapertickets.com/ Wedding Band: A Love/Hate Story In Black and White, Intiman, 9/6-10/2 (at Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse) Alice Childress’ play, produced with community partner University of Washington is set in 1918. It’s the story of lovers (Julia, a black seamstress, and Herman, a white baker) who want to marry in the Jim Crow South.

Can we be strong enough to tell the truth to each other and still love? http://www.intiman.org/wedding-band/ Bad Apples, ACT Theatre Co-Pro with ArtsWest and Circle X Theatre, 9/6-25 (at ACT Theatre) Welcome to Club Abu, the wildest night in Baghdad. A rock musical pulls back the curtain on one of the greatest moral challenges we have faced as a nation and sets it to a wicked irreverent back beat. Inspired by the real-life prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, this musical portrays the story of two soldiers who ended up pregnant by fellow soldier Charles Graner. Both women wanted to marry him, competed with each other to win his love, and enthusiastically tortured prisoners together, documenting most of it in pictures that later leaked out and shocked the world. http://www.acttheatre.org/Tickets/OnStage/BadApples The Fever, theater simple, 9/6 & 9/7, 9/19 & 9/26, 10/2, 10/9 & 10/16, 11/5 (at various locations – see website for details) theater simple is interested in bringing audiences into the intimate, personal experience.

A woman with a fever rides a mental merrygo-round as she becomes more deliriously ill.

This blistering monologue occurs during a “small” civil war outside the narrator’s thirdworld hotel. As her fever rages, so does she, veering wildly from middle class guilt to revolutionary fervor to cold pragmatism. www.theatersimple.org The Winter’s Tale, Seattle Shakepeare Company, 9/7-10/2 (at Seattle Repertory Theater) Obsessive King Leontes accuses his queen, Hermione, of having an affair and sentences her to a trial. Meanwhile their infant daughter gets spirited away to a distant shore.

Sixteen years later, through fate and love, the young woman discovers her true heritage and reunites her family. http://www.seattleshakespeare.org/shows/ the-winters-tale-2016/ Rhinoceros, Strawberry Theatre Workshop, 9/8-10/8 (at 12th Ave Arts) There is a ferocious rhinoceros on the loose in a small village, and no one seems alarmed. In fact, by the time Eugène Ionesco’s cast of citizens can agree on what they saw, it becomes possible for individuals to join the herd. Imagine a business leader, a prominent family, and a politician stampeding as wild rhinoceroses, while a town idly debates whether it is even possible… Casting a woman as Bérenger (a role written for a man) is part of Strawshop’s effort to make the character more modern and expand on Ionesco’s argument about what society deems natural and normal. http://www.strawshop.org/rhinoceros.html

The Royale, ACT Theatre, 9/9-10/9 Inspired by the true story of the first African-American undisputed world heavyweight champion, this play is told in six rounds and set in a boxing ring. Jack Johnson, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the most famous and the most notorious black man on earth.

Through a succinct script and the beauty of sound, this intimate story of internal struggle proves that sometimes the most powerful fights are the ones we battle in our own minds.

The Royale brings the crackling energy of the early 20th-century boxing circuit to the stage. http://www.acttheatre.org/Tickets/OnStage/TheRoyale#About

violence. 18 & up. (Strong adult language and content) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/miss-fortune-has-green-eyes-tickets-26143449762

Working (2012 version), Seattle Musical Theatre, 9/9-10/2 Based on Studs Terkel’s 1978 best-selling book of interviews with American workers and adapted by Nina Faso and Stephen Schwartz, Working paints a vivid portrait of the men and women the world so often takes for granted; from iron workers to flight attendants to waitresses, and more. Updated with songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda and others in 2012. www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org

The Summer House, Forward Flux Productions, 9/20-10/8 (at Gay City) (playing in repertory with The Wedding Gift) (world premiere) Three teens are haunted by the recent disappearance of a local girl as their summer of drugs and partying comes to an end. Over their last day and night together, the three friends forge alliances and fracture them, as

Trump the King or POTUS Drumph, Theater Schmeater, 9/16-10/15 A new play tells a raucous story of one man’s quest to reach the pinnacle of political power at all costs. Loosely based on the subversive agitprop classic Ubu Roi, and on the equally disturbing 2016 presidential campaign, this play offers up a parallel reality perhaps closer to our own than comfort admits. www.schmeater.org

A Tale For the Time Being, Book-It Repertory, 9/14-10/9 After the 2011 tsunami in Japan, a Japanese American novelist discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore in a Hello Kitty lunchbox. This beguiling story in Canada connects 16-year-old Nao’s diary in Japan and Ruth who finds it. http://book-it.org/2016-2017-mainstageseason/ Pump Boys and Dinettes, Village Theatre, Issaquah: 9/15-10/23, Everett: 10/2811/20 This high-octane musical is a country western feast for the ears, celebrating life’s simple pleasures. The “pump boys” of Highway 57 in Grand Ole Opry country, North Carolina are a group of boys who love fishin’, beer, and a great slice of pie from the local diner, run by the Cupp sisters. Armed with piano, guitar, bass, and even kitchen utensils, they’re serving up a night of fun and good times in this show that received rave reviews both on and off Broadway, along with a Tony Award nomination for Best Musical. http://www.villagetheatre.org/issaquah/ pump-boys-and-dinettes.php The Toxic Avenger, STAGEright, 9/1610/1 (at Ballard Underground) A winner of the Outer Critics Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical, this musical is also a huge, dangerous, hysterical, and charming love story. Book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro, music and lyrics by David Bryan and based on Lloyd Kaufman’s film The Toxic Avenger. http://seattlestageright.org/productions/ the-toxic-avenger Alcestis, Irrational Robot Bureau and KTO Productions, 9/16-24 (at Slate Theater) An original adaptation of classic Greek tragedian Euripides. With the aid of a powerful god, King Admetus is granted the ability to circumvent Death’s designs on him... but only if another will offer up his or her own mortal existence. When no one else can be found, the Queen Alcestis steps forward, thereby igniting the flames of a passionate struggle for identity, soul, ecstasy and agency.

Alcestics.bpt.me (Miss) Fortune Has Green Eyes, Brown Soul Productions, 9/16-25 (at Theatre 4, Seattle Center Armory) Written by local writer Alma M. Davenport, the first show of this multi-cultural company is about a well- respected deacon with a dark and troubled past. He wins the lottery and his whole world quickly begins to unravel.

He falls out with family and the friends. As his world falls apart, his eldest daughter tries to put hers together. Because domestic violence is an issue that appears in the play, Brown Soul Productions is proud to partner with NW Family Life, an organization that educates and assists people facing the pain of domestic

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Dedra Woods in The Wedding Gift – Photo courtesy of intiman.org

each struggles with the truth behind what happened to the missing girl. Sarah Bernstein’s new play takes a darkly funny and chilling look at rape culture in America today. http://www.forwardflux.com/ The Wedding Gift, Forward Flux Productions, 9/20-10/8 (at Gay City) (playing in repertory with The Summer House) (world premiere) Set in a world so far in the future it’s stupid, an ordinary dude named Doug suddenly finds himself intergalactically sex-trafficked and gifted to the princess of a strange world on her wedding day. Surrounded by people who speak a language he’s never heard, Doug struggles to return home while developing a complicated and fraught relationship with his captors. As the princess grows dangerously fond of him, Doug’s chances of escape become ever more remote. http://www.forwardflux.com/ Joyful Noise, Taproot Theatre, 9/2110/22 George Fredrick Handel is in crisis. His patron is dead, his operas are unpopular and he’s suffered public humiliation of his own making. From this ruin a joyous masterpiece is born. Witty, scandalous, this story is based on the true story of the creation of Handel’s Messiah. http://taproottheatre.org/about-joyfulnoise/ Ghosts, ArtsWest, 9/22-10/16 Illuminated with fresh poetry and dark humor in a new adaptation from acclaimed British director Richard Eyre (2014), Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts was seen as a scandalous work when it was first performed in 1892. The story follows the widow Helene Alving as she tries to start her life anew after the death of her philandering husband. She is determined that her son Oswald will not follow the same path through life as his father, but when Oswald returns home from a trip to France, she discovers that she may already be too late. http://www.artswest.org/theatre/2016-

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2017-season/ Hotel Nordo, Café Nordo, 9/22-11/20 Cafe Nordo will release the dark history hidden in the walls of its Culinarium with their chilling original theatrical dining experience. Each plate of surrealist cuisine is paired with an episode of this Hotel’s history, beginning with a 1927 wedding that ended in tragedy. Tripping through the decades from the twenties through the present day, Hotel Nordo tells four haunting tales of memories, death, loss, and regret. Audiences are encouraged to don their drop-waist dresses, spats, and boas and raise a toast at the ill-fated wedding that whets the Hotel’s appetite for human suffering. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/2595184 On Clover Road, Seattle Public Theater, 9/22-10/16 In this smart, harrowing, edge-of-your-seat thriller by sometimes local playwright Steven Dietz, a desperate mother will do anything to get her daughter back. In an abandoned motel on a desolate American road, she meets with a man whom she believes is her only hope at reunion. But nothing is as it seems and what happens instead will shock her to her core. http://www.seattlepublictheater.org/subscribe-to-the-2016-2017-mainstage-season/ Revolt. She said. Revolt again. Washington Ensemble Theatre, 9/23-10/10 Revolutionize. Transform. Revolt. You are not to do as you are told. A wicked and frank education in contemporary feminism, language, and gender politics, Alice Birch’s patriarchy-smashing absurdist play is anything but well behaved and like nothing you’ve ever seen onstage. Intersecting and interconnected vignettes turn the dominant male paradigm on its head. https://washingtonensemble.secure.force. com/ticket/#details_a0S37000003ojx6EAA Devil Boys From Beyond, Fantastic.Z Productions, 9/29-10/15 (at Eclectic Theater) A 1950’s sci-fi B-Movie spoof.... with gayliens. New York reporter Matilda Van Buren has come to the hick town of Lizard Lick Florida to break the story that Aliens have invaded! http://www.fantasticz.org/devil-boysfrom-beyond-sept-29-oct-15/ A Raisin in the Sun, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 9/30-10/30 In Lorraine Hansberry’s classic, African American Lena Younger lives with her extended family in a cramped apartment on Chicago’s South Side. On their unknowing behalf, she places a down payment on a home in Clybourne Park, an affordable white neighborhood. Racial intolerance attempts to derail the family’s dreams in this 1959 masterpiece and continues to resonate with generation after generation. http://www.seattlerep.org/Plays/1617/ RS/Synopsis The Holler Sessions, Frank Boyd and ACT Theatre, 9/29-10/9 ACTLab presents Frank Boyd’s one-man show. The Holler Sessions centers around one man’s burning obsession for American jazz through a live radio broadcast. From inside his hole-in-the-wall studio, Ray barely eats, but he bathes himself in jazz. No jazz knowledge needed ahead of time, you’ll know plenty when you leave. http://www.acttheatre.org/Tickets/OnStage/TheHollerSessions Welcome To Wonderland, Teatro Zinzanni, 9/29/16-2/26/17 Journey into this tantalizing alternate reality filled with dueling queens, the maddest of hatters, and a majestic butterfly, all while imbibing on the finest of concoctions. This whimsical night is filled with so many acrobatic and aerial acts it will make your head spin, so let your imagination run wild as you take a tumble down the rabbit hole. https://zinzanni.com/seattle/

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“Melissa & Joey,” and “The Big C.” Gold appears regularly on “The Steve Harvey Show” and can be seen doing stand-up at NYC’s top comedy clubs including The Comedy Cellar, Carolines on Broadway, and Eastville Comedy Clubs, and Feinstein’s 54 Below.

She is twice nominated for The American Comedy Award for Funniest Female Comedian. Her one-woman off-Broadway show “25 Questions for a Jewish Mother” earned critical accolades across the board, won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding NY Theater, and was called by the New York Times “fiercely funny, honest and moving.” Standing 6’3” tall and an out Lesbian parent, she mines her own life for comic “gold” – probing the absurdity of Jewish mother stereotypes and current hotbutton issues.

Gold brings her no-holds-barred “her”larity to the SJCC’s 358-seat Cultural Arts stage on Mercer Island, which re-opened in 2014 with a beautiful theater, luxurious seating, and Dolby Digital sound following an extensive renovation. Doors open at 7:00 pm with an optional no-host happy hour, with show at 8:00 pm, a full set of the two-time Emmy winner’s irreverent riffs.

Tickets are $35, or $30 for seniors, students, youth, and SJCC members. Tickets and information are at http://sjcc.org/culturalarts/ comedy/.

Judy Gold’s appearance is part of

Judy Gold, upcoming live appearances in stand-up – Photo courtesy of Stroum Jewish Community Center

the Stroum Jewish Community Center’s 2016/17 Cultural Arts season, featuring comedy, film, global music, spoken word, theater, and culinary arts/chefs. Gold kicks off SJCC’s “Jest Fest” Jewish comedy series. Later this year, “Last Comic Standing” alumnus and frequent “CONAN” guest Gary Gulman will bring the laughs for a one-night-only engagement on Thursday, December 1; and veteran Mark Schiff, who

often tours with Jerry Seinfeld, takes the mic on February 19, 2017. Don’t miss it!

About Stroum Jewish Community Center: The Stroum Jewish Community Center inspires connections to build community and ensure Jewish continuity. Together we create outstanding programs, partnerships and spaces that welcome everyone to learn,

grow and celebrate Jewish life and culture. www.sjcc.org.

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Café Nordo gives unique presentation of The Glass Menagerie

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE GLASS MENAGERIE THE WILLIAMS PROJECT AND CAFÉ NORDO NORDO’S CULINARIUM Through September 3 I have never eaten with the Wingfield family, so it was with hope for a unique experience that I went to the Culinarium, Café Nordo’s home, to experience what eating with the Wingfield’s would be like. If you don’t know who they are, they’re the family in the play, The Glass Menagerie, by Tennessee Williams.

The Williams Project, a group of East Coast actors who seem to be coming to Seattle for summer residencies, focus a lot of their attention on their namesake’s work.

They also seem, in the experience I’ve had with two of their productions, to work particularly hard at deconstructing and reconstructing Williams in a fresh and far from stereotypical way.

I certainly got what I was expecting! I got a deconstructed and new look at an old chestnut we think we know all about, and I got a Southern cuisine dinner (pot roast, black-eyed peas, collard greens, cornbread) capped off with a very rich Ooey Gooey Butter Cake.

Quite a satisfying evening all around!

Artistic director Ryan Purcell and collective members Grant Chapman (as Tom), Elise LeBreton (as Laura), Nancy Moricette (as mama Amanda) and Leicester Landon (as the “gentleman caller” Jim O’Connor) infuse this often-staid memory play with a lot of modern touches, some that leave you scratching your head and some that infuse better meaning into the play.

A weird moment is when LeBreton slams on a blond wig and headset to rock out to “Chandelier” by Sia. What? I guess it’s a reference to drinking to forget, or maybe referencing Laura’s escapism. I think the audience has to strain a bit too hard to contextualize that one.

But an effect that I loved is when LeBre-

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Awkward triangle in The Glass Menagerie – Photo courtesy of Jeff Carpenter

ton and Chapman say the words for Amanda that she mouths. In the script, clearly Amanda has those lines, but the idea that Tom and Laura have heard her say these things so often that they have them memorized is a very clear one.

Chapman delivers Tom’s lines with a not too subtle Gay aspect, which brings another very apt and important biographical issue out in this text: Tennessee Williams was a closeted Gay man at one time and Tom’s “going to the movies” escapes are easy to allowably be recognized as his hopes to find a man.

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tive show where much needs suspension.

However, it’s also probably a way to emphasize the “service” Amanda gives to her two more privileged children in a time when there was very much less of a social “safety net” in our society – no welfare, no retraining money, etc. There is a particular line in the script that wakes you up to think about that when she refers to race.

(In Scene 1, Amanda says to Laura, “No, sister, no, sister – you be the lady this time and I’ll be the darky…”)

The play is less realistic than most other productions, which is interesting, but the scene with Jim and Laura is played relatively straight – as called for, and Landon is lovely as the period-appropriate Jim. His

chemistry with LeBreton reads very well, too, and it is a scene well worth waiting for.

There is only this weekend left to enjoy this work, so if this sumptuous dinner and show calls to you, you should call to reserve a seat. It is a longish evening, but if you bring your Southern patience, you will be rewarded.

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events as possible while imaging what the dialogue passing between the two of them might have been. It ends up being an immersive, rapturously authentic romance, an apolitical journey towards togetherness that is as sweet and as charming as it is intelligent and thought-provoking.

And what possessed the young, firsttime filmmaker, a New Jersey native likely more known for appearing in the schlock thriller Swamp Shark than he is for anything else, to think he could pull off making a Before Sunrise-like romantic drama involving the President and First Lady?

“Utter stupidity,” he says with a knowing chuckle. “Ignorance? Naiveté? Nothing at all? Honestly, I can’t really say. I tried not to think about it. I just kind of dove in.”

“It all started back in 2008, when I first read about the pair’s first date. I’d already been taken by them, their relationship, the frank way in which they talked about it. I felt that was unusual for public figures to express themselves like that. And, I loved the story. The way he really had to win her

Tanne’s mind. “It’s about Barack and Michelle Obama,” he states flatly. “It’s their story. Their first date. It made no sense to me to use aliases as people were going to know it was about them no matter what sort of sleight-of-hand there potentially could have been. They were going to bring their own opinions or feeling about the President to the story no matter what. With that being the case, why hide?”

“I think, with Primary Colors, a movie I love, it’s so amazing, and I love the novella, too. I think that’s a bit more satirically-minded, politically-minded movie, so using aliases for Bill and Hillary Clinton likely made a lot of sense at the time.

This isn’t that kind of movie. It’s a love story. The same as any love story based on real people. I didn’t think that was something to run away from. I mean, I certainly wasn’t sitting there considering the political ramifications. Maybe a smarter person would have. I don’t know. But that stuff didn’t occur to me until down the line mainly because I never thought it was of any importance.”

“There is a certain dramatic irony, of course. We know where Barack and Michelle are heading. We know what this

watching him, even in the auditions, Parker was the guy, he was Barack. I mean, he still had the residual effects of his earlier mimicry, but now those were coming from a place that didn’t feel put on, didn’t feel false. Watching that transformation was just a real joy.”

“With Tika, like you said, she was there from the start, coming on as a producer, making sure we had the building blocks in place to actually get the movie made. But, as an actress approaching playing Michelle Obama, or, rather, Michelle Robinson here, I think she feels connected to the First Lady already on so many levels, just in their world view, their inherent compassion for others, that innate goodness, that sense of family, she immediately got the character from the inside out. In this case, it was more about getting her to move and talk like the First Lady, to be as precise in her language and her movements. Internally, Tika knew the character, knew how to portray her, it was the external stuff we had to work on.”

To say Sumpter nails the part would be an understatement. It’s easily one of 2016’s finest performances, blossoming in depth and breadth and the story travels along its way, an assessment Tanne

to theatres features the sitting U.S. President and the current First Lady as its two main characters. “I’m a Caucasian man,” the director laughs. “Can’t really hide that, can I? I think, I hope, that, over the years, you pick up little cultural truisms that will feel real to an audience when you use them in a movie.”

“For us, for me, yes, Southside with You is a universal love story, but it is also a story about two Black people falling in love. A story about two people who were, and are, preoccupied with race and how they fit into this world. I mean, these are two African American people who are navigating very White cultural waters for much of their lives. Whether it was school, whether it was work, you can’t ignore that stuff. You embrace those nuances. You educate. You learn. This kind of stuff is what makes a difference; it’s what gives the story its power.”

“But, I also had to trust the actors, and not just Tika and Parker, but the entire cast.

I had to rely on them to let me know when things felt off, didn’t feel authentic or honest. I mean, honestly, I can’t say I know exactly how to answer the question. I just don’t. I think the only thing you can do is

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over. That [Michelle] had these strong, professional boundaries up, as well as reservations about him that he had to find a way to overcome. I just thought, what a great dynamic for a movie! I think everyone can relate on some level.”

“So, it sat for me for quite a few years.

The outline I had written had gotten into Tika’s hands, and she immediately said she wanted to be a part of making the film.

Didn’t matter if it was acting or helping me just find the financing, she wanted to be involved. So, at that point, I knew I had to go write an actual script, if anything just to see if she still liked it. We kind of teamed up after that. I honestly could not have made the film without her.”

Granted, there was always an inherent risk in making the film explicitly about Barack Obama and Michelle Robinson. But while he could have used aliases for the two characters in the film, while he could have gone the Primary Colors route and made a movie about the sitting President without ever actually using his name, the thought that he might go that route never entered

spark is going to turn into. For me, that spark, that idea, it gave the story a richness that a fictionalized love story maybe couldn’t have had.”

As for the actors themselves, Sumpter and Sawyers knew what sort of challenge playing these characters in this situation was going to be right from the start. It was also a challenge they were more than ready to embrace. “Yeah, I think both of them knew this wasn’t going to be easy,” Tanne admits. “With Parker, the conversation was always bring more of yourself, more of Parker, to the part. I wanted him to access his own voice, his own feelings, to the part. He’d worked up this amazing, “Saturday Night Live”-level impersonation of the President which was incredible, but it was also not what we needed the character to be. So, before he even had the part, when he was still auditioning, it was reminding him that he was just a guy trying to get a girl, nothing more. I needed him to drop being the President.”

“And, when he did that? I think the results speak for themselves. It was clear

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unsurprisingly agrees with. “Tika would have been an amazing silent film actress,” he states unequivocally. “She’s so expressive, like Lillian Gish. The expressiveness of her eyes, of her face, it’s all pretty remarkable. There are moments that take my breath away. One I love of hers is when Michelle and Barack are walking in the park and she’s about to tell him that her father has MS. This is something the character clearly doesn’t share with people, and the sun is kind of dappling against her face, and you can watch her getting ready to talk about something she just doesn’t, not with anyone, and Tika’s vulnerability in that moment really moves me.”

“In a low budget, independent production like this, having an actor like Tika, it’s a dream come true. It’s that John Ford quote that an actor’s face is the best landscape, and in her case, it really is true.”

There is an elephant in the room, and it has nothing to do with the fact the two characters at the center of the movie Tanne is in the process of seeing released

embrace the truth of the people, their relationship and of these characters themselves and just build outwards from there.”

As for the reaction to the film, the filmmaker is understandably delighted by the overwhelmingly positive reactions Southside with You has managed to generate.

“I’ve been a movie geek my entire life,” Tanne says with a cheery grin. “I look at reviews, read interviews, watch the box office; I do all of that stuff. So, now that movie is done, now that it is out there in your hands, in the audience’s hands, I feel kind of detached, in a way. I’m just a movie geek grinning from ear-to-ear excited to read about this new movie called Southside with You. It would have been fascinating to me if the reviews had been bad, and there have been a few, but it also would have been fascinating to me had they been positive. It all would have been interesting. But the fact it’s my movie? Well, yeah, that just makes it all kinds of special. I certainly cannot lie about that.”

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Cinerama’s 70mm Film Festival – An interview with Greg Wood

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer 70MM FILM FESTIVAL SEATTLE CINERAMA THEATRE September 9-19 It’s been a while, but the Cinerama has finally scheduled a new 70mm Film Festival, and while old favorites like 2001: A Space Odyssey and Lawrence of Arabia return, newcomers like The Sound of Music, Baraka, Spartacus, Apocalypse Now, Pink Floyd: The Wall and Starman are all making their first appearance.

Also included are recent releases like The Hateful Eight, Interstellar, Inherent Vice and The Master, while the 30th anniversary of kick-butt favorite Aliens is

by “blowups” for people that aren’t in the know?

Greg Wood: 70mm went through a phase where it was really expensive to make. It was so popular there was a phase that people were actually shooting the movies in 35mm and then they would blow it up onto a 70mm negative to show the film, so that’s why they call it a 70mm blowup. It’s not filmed with a true 70mm camera but it’s projected off a 70mm negative.

Sara Michelle Fetters: When you and I had chatted in the past, doing a 70mm Film Festival was something you obviously wanted to do again, but you also weren’t entirely positive studios were going to be willing to lend out any of their prints in order for you to program a worthy festival. Safe to say, this was a

this stuff anymore.

Sara Michelle Fetters: So, what has that been like for you this time to find them? You seem to have done pretty well for yourself. I mean, you couldn’t ask for a better year to be showing Aliens in 70mm, right?

Greg Wood: I know, right? I was definitely fortunate that we got in touch with the University of North Carolina School of Arts, because Aliens was a hard one to find. But thankfully we have a great relationship, so they let us roll with that.

Apocalypse Now, too. Those are two of the key movies we’ve never run before which are going to be really fun. Then Fox, for example, has this master library, and they have the most titles out of all the 70mm productions. They’re not lending at all anymore, but we somehow con-

Sara Michelle Fetters: I will say, and it probably makes me sound like a total geek, but I might be more excited for Tobe Hooper’s crazily unhinged vampire space zombie masterpiece Lifeforce than I am just about anything else you’ve managed to program.

Greg Wood: If you’re in the know, that’s one to see, right? Same with Year of the Dragon. That’s another one I’m excited for people to experience. And how about Starman? I think that’s one of John Carpenter’s more underrated classics, so getting that one made me quite happy.

Sara Michelle Fetters: For you, what movies were you most excited about getting?

Greg Wood: No surprise, Apocalypse Now and Aliens, as we’ve already talked about. Getting our hands on those films really makes the festival, I think. But

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celebrated in all its wide celluloid format glory. Other entries this time include underrated gems like Tobe Hooper’s Lifeforce and Michael Cimino’s Year of the Dragon, while it’s time to venture back onto the gaming grid with way-ahead-ofits time Disney classic TRON. With the festival starting next Friday, I once again had the pleasure of sitting down with Cinerama Director of Operations Greg Wood. Here’s some of what we talked about: Sara Michelle Fetters: So, the 70mm Film Festival is back! How long has it been? Feels like it’s been a few years at this point, right?

Greg Wood: Yeah. It’s been a long time. Definitely exciting. It’s fun to do this stuff as always. This is a nice one just because it’s the first time we’re including blowups, so it kind of opens up a lot of movies for us.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Talk to me a little bit about that. What do you mean

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festival you did not want to see come to an end.

Greg Wood: Very true. To get specific, though, it’s not really trouble finding [70mm prints], it’s the trouble of having people lend them out anymore.

What happened recently with The Hateful Eight being distributed in so many theatres, a lot of multiplexes rushed out to put 70mm projectors back in their venues, but they also didn’t train their projectionists properly, so the prints did not get handled very well.

Sara Michelle Fetters: A lot of them got burned. You heard about incidents all across the country.

Greg Wood: Right. So, all of a sudden you’ve got a lot of people across the nation who can run 70mm with equipment, but the prints were going back into the studio in bad condition. This has made a lot of the vaults and film archives who have good prints just close down to protect their libraries. That’s what’s happened. It’s just hard to get access to run

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vinced them to trust us for this festival, which was a major coup. I mean, we’re showing Patton.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I admit, I’m so excited about Patton I could just…

Greg Wood: I know, right?

Sara Michelle Fetters: To see that one in full 70mm? Extraordinary.

Greg Wood: It’s awesome. Right? We know we can do 2001: A Space Odyssey because we made that print, same with Lawrence of Arabia. So we know the biggest two movies are available to us, so in assembling the festival it’s always the question of, what can we put around them? Then we started sinking our teeth into a couple other major titles. We knew we had to get Baraka, and we also knew we wanted to play the recent stuff, like Interstellar and Inherent Vice, but, it’s still always hard to not see things like Vertigo or It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World not get in. It’s always sad when some of those prints are just not made available to us.

what’s more exciting is what we are hoping to do in the future. We’d really like to make more of our own prints. We’ve talked with Paramount about striking a new 70mm print for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Also Top Gun and Raiders of the Lost Ark. My dream is to make a new 70mm print a year. I’d love to strike ones for Grand Prix and Ice Station Zebra, as it would be great to get both of those back into circulation at some point. I mean, putting a new print back into circulation, how precious would that be? So great.

The 70mm Film Festival begins Friday, Sept. 9 with a 7pm screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey and continues through Monday, Sept. 19. For a full lineup and ticket information, go to www. cinerama.com or head to the theatre’s box office at 2100 4th Avenue at Lenora St.

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Poetic Oceans a swirling sea of melodramatic trauma

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS Now playing Tom Sherbourne (Michael Fassbender), a veteran of the Great War, has come to the outskirts of Western Australia to leave his demons behind. It is 1918 and he longs to be left alone, looking for seclusion and a way to journey back from the brink of despair, and he believes he has found it by becoming the lighthouse keeper on the desolate, if beautiful, Janus Rock. But back in the town of Partageuse, the closest point of civilization, he makes the acquaintance of the beautiful Isabel Graysmark (Alicia Vikander). The pair strikes up an intense friendship via their heartfelt and intimate letters, ultimately getting married and allowing her to join him at the lighthouse.

Time passes, and, sadly, although their love is strong, tragedy strikes. Twice Isabel becomes pregnant with Tom’s child. Twice she suffers a horrific miscarriage. But days after the second one, before they can call for a doctor or return her to Partageuse to be checked out, a small dingy washes ashore, and inside a dead man clutches the cold, frigid body of his miraculously still breathing infant daughter. Instead of contacting the authorities, reporting what has taken place, Isabel convinces Tom that they could raise the child themselves, and as no one knows of the second miscarriage, they’ll just believe the baby is theirs.

Based on the best-selling novel by M.L. Stedman, director and screenwriter Derek Cianfrance’s adaptation of The Light Between Oceans isn’t nearly as far removed from his previous pictures Blue Valentine or The Place Beyond the Pines as it might initially appear. It’s another story involving families going through unimaginable personal strife, anxiously trying to find a way to stay together even when the world around them falls apart.

Tom and Isabel are good people who are feverishly in love, their connection almost primal in its intimacy. But they make a horren-

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dously bad decision for what appears to be all the right reasons, and as good as people and as great as parents as they might be, the suffering that will rain down upon them will not just be massive, but also deserved.

The good news is that the movie isn’t as unrelentingly downbeat and depressive as Blue Valentine. The bad news is that it tends to drown in melodramatic excess as it limps towards the finish line. Until that point, however, this can be an impressively acted, marvelously shot, superbly designed and lovingly scored motion picture. More than that, it is one that is entirely unafraid of the emotions sitting at its core, embracing the seedier aspects of its characters more dubious decisions and yet also refusing to put them on trial. It asks the viewer to analyze things from their perspective no matter how uncomfortable doing so might be, understanding the depth and breadth of their passions for one another run even when the world they know crumbles in bruised and battered tatters around them.

The first half is excellent. Cianfrance maneuvers his characters with sublime grace and majesty, getting them where they need to be for the cataclysmic events that cannot help but come. The romantic longings blossoming between Tom and Isabel are natural, even when they develop over the course of letters read in voiceover. The tragedies that affect them are

deep and long-lasting, so when the moment comes that they end up making the decision that will rule the rest of their lives on certain internal levels it is oddly understandable.

More than that, they are spectacular parents, and as they watch young Lucy grow, help nurture her inherent curiosity in the world around her, I honestly found myself rooting for them to continue on in the job.

But that simply cannot be. The twist comes in the appearance of Hannah Roennfeldt, played to internalized traumatic perfection by Rachel Weisz. It’s no secret who she is, what horrors she has suffered through, and seeing her in such pain and misery one can’t help but hope she’ll find some semblance of peace relatively soon. Yet this can only happen if secrets are uncovered and lies are transformed into truth. It can only happen if loving parents are ripped asunder from the child they have called their own for over four years, opening up new traumas the repercussions of which no one in the entire town of Partageuse are able to predict.

It is here that the movie doesn’t so much lose its footing as it starts to stumble, if ever so slightly, down the path towards its inevitable conclusion. From Hannah’s introduction forward things aren’t always easy to relate to, and seen through a modern lens many of the things that transpire

border on frustrating, borderline distasteful. But Cianfrance is a stickler for detail, keeping things grounded in the time period of the story, never judging his characters, allowing their missteps and successes speak for themselves. The inherent emotions do threaten to overwhelm the proceedings, and the director almost can’t help but play them up in ways even Douglas Sirk might have found overly melodramatic. The last 20 minutes or so are especially syrupy, and while they’re as starkly presented as anything else, the overbearing nature of the emotive mechanics are still impossible to overlook.

Be that as it may, Fassbender is glorious, while Vikander is his equal, and even if neither actor appears to be working all that hard to achieve an authentic Australian accent their portrayals of Tom and Isabel are achingly natural. As stated, even with limited screen time, Weisz makes the most of every second, and I love her reactions as she contemplates times spent with her late husband and comes to understand all it was he was trying to tell her in their terribly short time together as a couple. Australian legends Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown make an indelible impression in key secondary roles, while the eclectic group of character actors selected to portray the Partageuse townsfolk are aces across the board.

I need more time to think about The Light Between Oceans. My kneejerk reaction is that it doesn’t rise to the same heights as Cianfrance’s previous pictures, that the director, for all his control, confidence and restraint, doesn’t quite know how to bring things home in a way that is entirely sincere or emotionally plausible. Yet, in large part, thanks to the performances, not to mention a memorable assist from composer Alexandre Desplat’s (The Danish Girl) exquisite score, there is something about the movie I cannot resist. Like the waves assaulting the island housing Tom and Isabel’s lighthouse, there was a constant war being waged for my affections here, and reservations notwithstanding, I’m hard-pressed not to say that the film itself deservedly ends up earning them.

Frustrating Hands of Stone pulls its punches

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer HANDS OF STONE Now playing Spanning the years between 1964 and 1983, Hands of Stone is a boxing biopic that chronicles the life of Panamanian icon Roberto Durán (Edgar Ramírez), primarily focusing on his relationship with legendary American trainer Ray Arcel (Robert De Niro). It also makes an attempt to take a snapshot of his romance with wife Felicidad Iglesias (Ana de Armas) while also spending a great deal of time analyzing his rivalry and friendship with Sugar Ray Leonard (Usher Raymond IV), these stories intermingling throughout the film’s briskly paced 105 minutes.

Written and directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, while impressively cast, the movie is an emotionally sluggish, oddly uninspiring chronicle of one of the great personalities in all of sports history. Its episodic approach only works in fits and starts, the boxing scenes having a frustratingly lifeless quality devoid of energy or excitement. I never got a feel for what it was that made Durán such a ferocious talent, the two fights with Leonard particularly disappointing considering just how huge both are in boxing lore. There’s a perfunctory, by-the-numbers quality here that is tiresome, the visceral intensity of the sport somehow absent for the majority of the motion picture’s running time.

Which is a massive shame, because Ramírez was born to play Durán, De Niro is engaged and fully invested in the proceedings, the great Rubén Blades steals scene after

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scene as financier Carlos Eleta and, for the second time in two weeks, relative newcomer Ana de Armas knocked my socks clean off.

Seriously, she’s arguably the best reason there is to sit through Todd Phillips’ otherwise regrettable War Dogs (although, if I’m being honest, Jonah Hill is pretty terrific in that one as well), and she’s even more explosively magnetic here. Her performance as Durán’s wife, Felicidad, is a delicately lively balancing act that travels through a multitude of emotions, the young actress commanding the screen every second she struts into the frame.

But, back to the two main stars, both Ramírez and De Niro are at the top of their respective games, neither one phoning it in as they go out of their way to explore the complex relationship between Durán and Arcel.

There is a nice give and take between them

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that’s unforced, elegant in its pugilistic fortitude, the father-son dynamic that blossoms between them authentically endearing. Outside of the ring, these two hint at just how rich, how observationally insightful Jakubowicz’s movie potentially might have been, making me wonder if it’s not so much the filmmaker’s script as it is his direction where the chief fault for the flick’s failure lies.

Because fail it does. Raymond, a good actor when given the right material, might look the part of Sugar Ray Leonard, but the movie itself never gives him the chance to make the role his own. The dynamics between the two boxers never gels, doesn’t develop, their adversarial friendship just sort of taken for granted. On top of that, their two fights, the second of which ends in a manner that shocked the world and almost ended Durán’s

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career in a cloud of ignominy and shame, fall flat. The heat generated inside the ring is nonexistent, and as such there’s just no reason to care about who is winning or how coming up short affects the loser. There is a gigantic hole at the very center of things, and in a story about two of the best boxers of all-time going toe-to-toe the fact the boxing stinks is a pretty massive problem no actor, no matter how amazing their performance, would be able to overcome.

It’s easy to wonder what Creed director Ryan Coogler might have brought to the film, or how Martin Scorsese, if he could have been convinced to return to the ring alongside his Raging Bull star, might have put his own idiosyncratic spin on events. Heck, even last year’s otherwise lackluster Jake Gyllenhaal vehicle, Southpaw, featured boxing sequences that zipped with fury and brutal brio, director Antoine Fuqua’s kinetic fireworks giving the film an extra bit of spunk that made enduring the script’s ample melodramatic shortcomings almost worthwhile.

Unfortunately, Jakubowicz just doesn’t seem to have the first clue as to how to give any of this the sort of emotional zip Durán’s story calls for. His shifts in tone and focus are jarring, while his inability to give the numerous boxing scenes any semblance of life is utterly inexcusable. If not for the cast, and to a lesser extent composer Angelo Milli’s (Seven Pounds) superb score, it’s safe to say Hands of Stone wouldn’t land a single punch, making it the kind of biopic most viewers will want to say “no más” to before rushing off to watch something else.

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

THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E. - 322-3130 CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD 2103 N. 45th - 545-8363 THE CRESCENT - 1413 E. Olive Way - 720-8188 THE CUFF COMPLEX 1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525 DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - 322-1080 GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577 GNOCCHI BAR - 1542 12th Ave - 328-4285 HOT MAMA’S PIZZA - 700 E. Pine St. - 322-6444 JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. E. - 441-9729 JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E. - 860-1818 KREMWERK - 1809 Minor Ave. #10 - 682-2935 MAE’S CAFE 6412 Phinney Ave. N. - 782-1222 MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537 NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358 OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - 588-0375 POCO WINE ROOM 1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463

RETAIL SHOPS

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17 1017 E. Pike St - 204-0126 DOGHOUSE LEATHERS 1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231 EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - 323-7437 NEW YORK EXCHANGE 231 Broadway Ave E - 726-7978 ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965 PANACHE - 225 Broadway E. - 726-3300 RUCKUS 1465 E Republican St. - 257-4805 STAN’S ADULT SUPERSTORE 9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299 TOYS IN BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - 328-2914 UNDER U 4 MEN 709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446 WILD AT HEART 1111 NW Leary Way - 782-5538 YOUR CHOICE VIDEO 9811 16TH AVE SW - 768-0711

BELLINGHAM

LOVER’S 193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862 RUMORS CABARET 1119 Railroad - (306) 671-1849

BAR MYX - 1212 California St. - 425-610-4071 LOVER’S - 112 SE Everett - (425) 353-3607 LOVER’S - 3402 Broadway - (425) 252-8754

KENT

LOVER’S 25801 104th Ave. S.E. - (253) 852-1720 THE FANTASY SHOP 604 Central Ave. S. - (253) 850-8428 NASHVILLE’S SPORTS BAR (Drag Shows) 114 - Railroad Ave. N. - (253) 852 - 0909

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OLYMPIA

DARBY’S CAFE 211 5th Ave. S.E. - (360) 357-6229 LOVER’S 3959 Martin Way E. Suite D - (360) 456-7300 JAKES - 311 4th Ave. E. - (360) 956-3247 URBAN ONION 116 Legion Way - (360) 943-9242

PORT ANGELES MAPLE ROSE INN 112 Reservoir Rd - (800) 570-2007

SPOKANE

ANDY’S 1401 W. 1st Ave. - (509) 747 - 0304 IRV’S (Drag Shows) 415 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 624 - 4450 NYNE BAR AND BISTRO 232 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 474 -1621 SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE 321 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 624 - 0722

TACOMA

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

TUKWILA

LOVER’S 530 Southcenter Blvd. - (206) 248-5085

WENATCHEE

THE CELLAR CAFE 240 N. Mission St. - (509) 662-1722

Celebrating 41 Years!

community calendar

Meetings Events Activities

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

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

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

Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

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

MONDAY - September 5

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

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

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.

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 - September 3

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.

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.

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

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

TUESDAY - September 6

625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.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 Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings. 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 Grace Gospel Chapel. 2pm-Worship. Gift of Grace Lutheran Church, 2102 N 40th St. Oldest independent church ministering primarily to the Gay & Lesbian community. An exciting fellowship ... a place to believe, a place to belong. 784-8495.

Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ kofmjetchapter/ PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

St Aelred’s Independent Catholic Church in Olympia.

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

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.

Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm-Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian

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

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

Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County.

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

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 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 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.

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.

Parley World Premieres - “Insufficient” and “The Other Side of Silence.” 7pm. West of Lenin, 203 N 36th St. Playwright Grace Carmack explores love, sexual violence, break ups and breaking points in two different world premiere productions offered in one night. Tickets: Pay-what-you-will. Reservations strongly suggested: http://bit.ly/ParleyReserve.

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

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

NOTE: Today’s event (Sept. 6) will be the last Rain City Jacks event for at least a couple of months as the Center for Sex Positive Culture where the club has been meeting has to vacate the space where they’ve been meeting and relocate. RCJ hopes to find an interim location in the next couple of months.

If all else fails RCJ will resume operations next summer when the new CSPC space is expected to open.

Check the RCJ website for further info and updates.

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

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SUNDAY - September 4

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

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

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

Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am-Zazen Instruction, 9:30amZazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org 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 Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30amWorship, 11am-Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org Central Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” All are welcome. 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am-Sunday Service.

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

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 911 Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. 682-3620.

Unity Church of Kent. 10am. 218 State Ave S, Kent.

A welcoming congregation open to people of all races, religions, creeds & lifestyles. Join us any Sunday for an inspirational message, joyful fellowship & a fresh spiritual outlook. 253-854-9747.

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

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

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am-Worship.

2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. 547-6945 (office); 285-5077 (George).

September 3 thru September 11

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

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

A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Living Water Fellowship. 10:30am-Worship. 7204 NE 175th St, Kenmore. All GLBT welcome. Pastor Susan George. 963-0807. www.livingwaterwa. com Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. 935-0418, office@ wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am-Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

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

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

St Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am-Worship.

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

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

Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.com Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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 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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WEDNESDAY - September 7

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. www.maturefriends.org Planning Hot Topics for Seniors. 12noon-1pm. Southwest Branch Library, 9010 35th Ave SW. What are your ideas about the most pressing issues for seniors today?

This group is presented in partnership with Puget Sound Advocates for Retirement Action (PSARA).

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

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

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

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

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

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http:// faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Southeast Seattle Lesbian Evening Group. 6pm.

Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Meets the 1st Wednesday of every month. RSVP to Kate Hawkins 722-0317. www.sessc.org. FREE. Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

The Gay Uncle Time – Seattle’s Monthly Celebration of Pop, Camp, Gay, Underground and Trash Culture of the ’60s & ’70s and Beyond! with Fabulous Special Guests. 7pm. The Jewel Box Theatre @ The Rendezvous, 2322 2nd Ave. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. $6 cash at the door.

Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Renton: 425-235-4139. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org.

HIV/AIDS Newly Diagnosed or Newly Dealing. 7:309pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave, Suite 200. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. Ongoing support group for anyone who is HIV+. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.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. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

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.

Pride Skate Seattle. 8:30-11pm. Southgate Roller Rink, 9646 17th Ave SW. First Wednesday of every month.

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meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay City Arts Presents: Glory in Ruin (9/8-9/11). 7pm.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. A burlesque journey thru trauma & triumph from the renowned burlesque performer Ms Briq House. When is the last time you were utterly torn apart, completely undone, set asunder, destroyed? If you are reading this description it means you are somehow still surviving, and so are we! The artists in this show are tired of playing “pretty” & are ready to give you a rare chance to see them in all their gritty, dirty, ugly, ruined & put back together again glory. Tickets: General Admission: $15-$20; Students/ Seniors: $12. www.gaycity.org/arts Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

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

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. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

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 on Sunday at 12pm for complete details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

SATURDAY - September 10

$8 admission includes skate rental. Must be 18+, with 21+ bar. Performances, roller skating, and fun! See you there! www.southgaterollerrink.com

THURSDAY - September 8

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.

Social Security & Medicare for All Generations.

12noon-1pm. Geen Lake Branch Library, 7364 Green Lake Dr N. This group is presented in partnership with the Northwest Center for Creative Aging & Puget Sound Alliance for Retirement Action (PSARA). Features guest speaker Robby Stern, President of PSARA. 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.)

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

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

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Contemplative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Gay City Arts Presents: “Glory in Ruin” (9/8-9/11).

7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. A burlesque journey thru trauma & triumph from the renowned burlesque performer Ms Briq House. www.

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gaycity.org/arts (See Friday listing for details.)

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. 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.

FRIDAY - September 9

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 Cider Summit Seattle (9/9 & 9/10). Fri: 3-8pm; Sat; Noon-5pm. South Lake Union Discover Center Lawn.

Over 150 artisinal ciders from around the world. 21 & over. www.cidersummit.com.

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

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am.

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.org Washington Park Arboretum’s Fall Abundance Plant Sale. 10am-2pm. Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Drive E. The Fall Abundance Plant Sale is one of the best venues in our region for finding high-quality plants at great prices. All plant purchases help support the operations that keep the Arboretum beautiful and accessible to all. Free admission and free parking. www. arboretumfoundation.org.

“Medicare Made Clear” Workshop. 2-4pm. Greenwood Branch library, 8016 Greenwood Ave N. Medicare specialist Jean Cormier of Cormier Insurance will provide an overview of the different parts of Medicare (Parts A, B, C, D and supplements), what they cover and how they work. Discussion topics include: how to receive benefits, the pros and cons of each part, approximate costs, enrollment and eligibility guidelines to help attendees make informed decisions on Medicare coverage. FREE. (Also, Sunday 9/18, 2-3:30pm at Ballard Branch and Sunday 9/25, 2-3:30pm at Magnolia Branch.)

Cider Summit Seattle (9/9 & 9/10). Fri: 3-8pm; Sat: Noon-5pm. South Lake Union Discover Center Lawn.

Over 150 artisinal ciders from around the world. 21 & over. www.cidersummit.com.

Sparkle in the Park: A Queer Youth Show. 3pm. Cal Anderson Park. An afternoon on glitter, glamour & drag.

Family-friendly. Bring your own lawn chair. FREE. randy. wiger@saettle.gov, 684-0775.

Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. 2nd Saturday each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character of the neighborhood. For information stop into Georgetown Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www.georgetownneighborhood.com Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up maps at participating shops & galleries located in the Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market St area). Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Enjoy an evening of art as local galleries & businesses showcase artists from Ballard & beyond. 784-9705.

Gay City Arts Presents: Glory in Ruin (9/8-9/11). 7pm.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. www. gaycity.org/arts (See Friday listing for details.)

SUNDAY - September 11

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Senior students lead the meditation, provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion. 3295908; www.LotusSisters.org; www.sasgcc.org (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

Gay City Arts Presents: Glory in Ruin (9/8-9/11).

2pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. A burlesque journey thru trauma & triumph from the renowned burlesque performer Ms Briq House. www. gaycity.org/arts (See Friday listing for details.) (NOTE: Please confirm Sunday showtime as it may be at 7pm instead of 2pm matinee.)

Dignity/Seattle. 6pm-Prayer Service. Ravenna United Methodist Church, 5751 33rd Ave NE. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Dignity/Seattle is the local chapter of the nationwide organization of GLBT Roman Catholics.

All welcome. 325-7314.

Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Cineoke! 6:30pm doors; 7pm show. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. It’s like Karaoke - only better! You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film and lyrics are projected onto the screen. $8 cover ($5 for Three Dollar Bill Cinema members). www.threedollarbillcinema.org.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Celebrating 41 Years!

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 BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.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 Health Project’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.

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

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

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band.com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flyinghouse. org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org 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: 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/proud-and-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.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), 850-2070, www.

& their families. 323-1768.

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

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

(425) 339-5298.

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

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

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

SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www. genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www. genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & ForeignBorn Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/ Olympia-Trans-Discussion-Group/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS): Fai, 722-0729, alissquestions@gmail.com; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-2921912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes. com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc. org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www. pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www. tacomalesbianconcern.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa. org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; 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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aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 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. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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Every day we face boundaries. We’re told we don’t belong because of the way we look, the way we act, or the way we sound. We’re told who we’re allowed to love and who we’re allowed to be. But we’re so much more than the constraints society smothers us with. We’re big, we’re bold, and we’re free.

We’re UNCONTAINED. Gay City Arts proudly presents their Fourth Performing Arts Season: UNCONTAINED. Gay City Arts Season 4 runs from September 2016 through May 2017, and features some of the best of Seattle’s queer performing arts, including comedy, music, theater, and burlesque!

For complete details, showtimes and ticket information, visit https://www.gaycity. org/arts-season/ SEASON SCHEDULE • Sept 8-11 – “Glory in Ruin: A Burlesque Journey Through Trauma & Triumph” – Burlesque / Ms. Briq House • Oct 13-16 & 20-23 – “Sleep Squad” – Comedy-Variety Show / L Henderson • Nov 10-13 & 17-20 – “When There Were Angels” – Theater / Robert Roth • Dec 8-11 & 15-18 – “Gay Witch” – Multi-Arts Showcase / Shelby Handler • Jan 12-15 – “Apt” – A Sick & Disabled LGBTQ Artists Variety Show / Tara Hardy • Feb 9-12 & 16-19 – “Super Layered” – Race, Gender and Queer Performance Practice/Protest / Dani Tirrell • Mar 9-13 & 16-19 – “How I Learned To Be A Particular Kind of Lady” – A OnePerformer Show / The Lady B • April 13-16 & 20-23 – “Deep Space Lez” – Comedic Lesbian Theater / ilvs strauss • May 11-14 & 18-21 – “Rising Up: A Queer Social Justice Musical” – Rock Opera / Ebo Barton Courtesy of Gay City Arts

Celebrating 41 Years!

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Celebrating 41 Years!