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Seattle Gay News

Issue 36, Volume 47, September 6, 2019

Arts & Entertainment

Energetic Brittany Runs a Marathon sprints to redemptive victory

Jillian Bell in Brittany Runs a Marathon – Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON Now playing

Brittany Runs a Marathon is superb. A soaring testament to the human spirit, the film is an entertaining cathartic joy that never shies away from the darker emotional

Tasveer South Asian Film Festival announces full 2019 film lineup

Special guests include Indian actress Shabana Azmi, BAFTA Award Nominee Suraj Sharma, Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi, Anand Patwardhan, Tanuja Chandra and many more!

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TASVEER SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL VARIOUS VENUES September 26-October 6

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The Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (TSAFF), the largest South Asian film festival in the United States, is proud to announce its 2019 film lineup. Now in its

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Understanding character MEN IN DANCE announces Brittany Runs a Marathon writer/director Paul Downs Colaizzo on breathing life into his inspirational cinematic debut

new company title and mission statement

2019 Adjudicated Choreographer showcase to be presented October 4 and 5 at the Velocity Founders Theatre on Capitol Hill

Paul Downs Colaizzo – Photo courtesy of Sundance Institute

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON Now playing

Brittany Runs a Marathon writer/director Paul Downs Colaizzo is as surprised by his debut’s success as anyone else might be.

“It’s pretty crazy, isn’t it?” asks the filmmaker with a giant grin on his face as we

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Men in Dance – Photo by Colleen Dishy

MEN IN DANCE 2019 ADJUDICATED CHOREOGRAPHER SHOWCASE VELOCITY FOUNDERS THEATRE October 4 & 5

As society continues to evolve The Board of Producers for MEN IN DANCE (formerly Against the Grain | MEN IN DANCE) have adopted some changes to its mission statement and company verbiage

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Atmospheric Bulrusher is enjoyable, a little long

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer BULRUSHER INTIMAN THEATRE (AT UW JONES PLAYHOUSE) Through September 14 Eisa Davis’ play, Bulrusher, presented

by Intiman Theatre and directed by Valerie Curtis-Newton, is steeped – like black tea – in atmosphere. Infused with music and poetic dialogue, there is a measured pace, enough time to consider things. Set in a northern California townlet, Boonville, everyone there knows everyone else and most of the folks in the small nearby towns as well.

Boonville even has its own language, Boontling, that is a real dialect they all made up together in the 1800s. But you don’t really have to “harp the lingo” to understand what’s being said when they use those terms.

It’s pretty clear what anyone is saying.

The play’s main subject area is race and how the town handles it. Boonville, as set in the mid-1950s, apparently was not nearly as segregated as much of the rest of the United States. Black residents did not have to use a back door and could buy things at local establishments. The play’s namesake and main character is a mixed race 18-year-old girl who didn’t know she was “black” until she was 5, says Logger (Reginal Andre Jackson), when he told her she was.

Bulrusher (Ayo Tushinde) lives with Schoolch (Charles Leggett) who raised her after she was found in a basket on the river as a baby. Boonville also apparently has no issues with a white, unmarried schoolteacher raising a baby alone, much less a mixed-race baby.

Much of the play takes place around a brothel that both Schoolch and Logger seem to visit on a daily basis in order to spend time with the Madame (Christine Pilar). Both men appear to wish more personal relationships with her while she seems to want to be left alone. Madame does not treat Bulrusher with much respect or kindness, either.

Bulrusher is a character full of “atmosphere” and magic. She talks to the River and it tells her what the weather will be like up to a week away. She has an ability to

Ayo Tushinde and Christine Pilar in Bulrusher – Photo by Naomi Ishisaka

touch someone else’s “water” – their drink, their sweat, their saliva – and to then tell aspects of their futures or other personal information. Schoolch made her swear off doing that, though, when others called her a witch and made fun of her. He was protective of her treatment.

There is one young man in town who will talk to Bulrusher. He’s named Boy (Adam Fontana), but he’s the child of whatever privilege is in town and a popular one with the girls. After years of not caring about her, he’s suddenly decided to have her be his girlfriend. But a complication arrives in town: a black teen named Vera (Allyson Lee Brown) whose uncle is Logger. Vera helps Bulrusher learn much, much more about the racism in the rest of the country and how Boonville is quite different.

Tushinde is in almost every scene and pulls the play along with her considerable

charm and energy. Other castmates do a fine job, as well. One cast member does have less experience in a key role, but it is clear by the end of the play why the company chose the inclusion. This highlights the difficult balance between serving the intent of the playwright and script versus serving the best interests of the real-time actor and audience experience.

The set, by Jennifer Zeyl, is full of rustic wood that can handle getting actually wet, and is deceptively simple, with a bunch of secret hide-holes that hold props and in one lovely opening, a real “pond” that the actors can jump into. But some of Curtis-Newton’s required fussing with wooden boxes being moved (to little effect) slows the pace of the show.

The twist at the end feels a bit oddly tacked on. The whole play leads to that twist, but once revealed, the playwright

immediately lets go of exploring any of its ramifications. In fact, after that it seems like nothing much changes.

At two and a half hours, the play is a bit too lengthy, so bring your patience. It has good intentions, is based on a real town with real history, which might be of interest to some, and highlights an interesting subject area. There is some great music provided by sound designer Matt Starritt that also enhances that atmosphere.

For more information, go to www.intiman.org or call 206-315-5838. Tickets are available at no charge by walk-up prior to each performance.

Discuss your opinions with SGNCritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/ SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles can be found at MiryamsTheaterMusings. blogspot.com.

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to reflect a more welcoming and inclusive approach to its staffing, selection of artists, and its continuing focus on challenging its audience! The Company continues to pursue diversity and excellence for its semiannual Festival of Men in Dance and for its current project: the third biennial Adjudicated Choreographer Showcase.

First, “Against the Grain” has been dropped from the company title; the new title is simply MEN IN DANCE. This change reflects the progress that has been made in male-identified dancers being more accepted by society as a whole as professional dance artists. MEN IN DANCE still believes that the unique dynamic viewpoint that men bring to the concert stage is extremely valid and the company plans to continue to celebrate that uniqueness it its Festival and Showcase events.

MEN IN DANCE has also changed its mission statement to reflect its push for more diversity in style and background of its male-identified performing artists. Both women and non-binary individuals have been choreographing for the company for many years and throughout our productions the vast majority of our technical and backstage staff have been women. Going forward this will continue to be an important part of the picture for the upcoming Adjudicated Choreographer Showcase.

Second, the new mission statement is: MEN IN DANCE is committed to seeking,

Deborah Wolf’s “Noise at the Door (2018) excerpt” in last year’s Adjudicated Choreographer’s Showcase – Photo by Jazzy Photo

supporting, and presenting cutting edge male-identified dance in all of its colors.

Lastly, The 2019 Adjudicated Choreographer showcase will be presented October 4 and 5 at the Velocity Founders Theatre (1621 12th Ave #100) on Capitol Hill. There will be showings at 8pm on Friday, October 4th and at 5pm and 8pm on Saturday, October 5th. Tickets for the showcase are available via strangertickets.com and via the company’s website, menindance.org.

Tickets are $20 for the Friday & Saturday

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8pm shows and $15 for the Saturday 5pm show. Tickets will also be available at the door on a first-come first-served basis 1 hour prior to show time. MEN IN DANCE will be presenting five choreographers, all new to the MEN IN DANCE roster. There will be a 3-person professional panel for each of the two evening shows. These adjudicators will give feedback live, following the presentation of the five new pieces. A moderator will lead an audience/artist talkback at the Saturday matinee performance.

Audience members will have the opportunity to write down and give feedback as well. This gives our choreographers the chance to hear what others interpret in their works, and they also get insight into how they might strengthen their work. This is an opportunity for the audience to interact with the artists in this educational, and very entertaining, event!

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continued from cover sit in a small conference room at a hotel in downtown Seattle. “This has been a pretty incredible journey. That’s very true.”

Winning the prestigious Audience Award at this past January’s Sundance Film Festival over some very steep competition which included crowd-pleasing motion pictures like Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, Nisha Ganatra’s Late Night and Gurinder Chadha’s Blinded by the Light, I had the opportunity to sit down with Colaizzo during his Seattle International Film Festival visit towards the end of May. A story inspired by his own roommate’s decision to take up jogging and ultimately attempt to run the New York Marathon, the movie revolves around overweight, unmotivated 27-year-old party girl Brittany (Jillian Bell). After being told by a doctor that her unhealthy lifestyle is starting to showcase symptoms of taking a dangerous toll, the young woman is urged by her apartment building’s resident artist Catherine (Michaela Watkins) to try and see if she can run a block. Soon one block becomes two and two becomes three, and before Brittany knows it she’s jogging every day with an eye on running the New York Marathon.

But as tried and true as that empowering and inspirational plot synopsis sounds, Colaizzo’s script isn’t anywhere near as melodramatically straightforward as it could have been. The filmmaker refuses to forgive Brittany for any of her more egregiously selfish missteps, and even though his main character is going out of her way to improve her life and find direction where it wasn’t there before that doesn’t mean she still doesn’t make a number of mistakes as she attempts to find the right path to run on. It’s masterfully complicated stuff, all of which makes speaking with the filmmaker about his own path in regards to breathing life into his debut feature even more interesting and informative. Here are some edited excerpts from our wide-ranging conversation: Sara Michelle Fetters: I get being inspired by your roommate’s journey and writing this script, but how do you go from being an aspiring filmmaker who’s a showrunner on “MacGyver” to knowing you’re the one who should direct and make this your first movie behind the camera?

Paul Downs Colaizzo: I didn’t think of it that way. I know how things can get ruined, especially in Hollywood, especially with the wrong person at the helm.

I thought this story was too important. It needs to be told correctly, and I wanted it to be told with a delicate touch and the right kind of humor, the right kind of pathos. It needed to pay attention to [Brittany’s] inner life. That’s what I looked at. I didn’t really know what directing was, weirdly. [laughs] Sara Michelle Fetters: And it’s not like you’d written a script before, either.

Paul Downs Colaizzo: But I knew what went into telling a story. I understood craft. I understood character. I understood plot, structure and emotionality. You have to understand all of that when you make a film. I had studied drama at Tisch and I loved working with actors. My favorite thing to do was sneak in and work with actors when we were putting on plays.

When it came to this film? It’s funny. This is like my marathon, too. Making a movie is like this intimidating thing where you’re saying, “That’s a lot. Can I do it?” And the only way to do it is to do it.

So that’s what I did. I went in and asked if I could direct and they said “No.” Initially, I was like, that’s fair. I’ve never directed anything. It kind of made sense.

But I was undaunted. I made a little book as a presentation as to what I wanted to do, and I did a bunch of storyboards for the producers to look at. I went back out there and I was like, I know I can do this and this is what I will do. Afterward, they said okay and suddenly I was the director.

Sara Michelle Fetters: That had to be quite the empowering moment.

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Michaela Watkins, Jillian Bell, Paul Downs Colaizzo, and Brittany O'Neill at an event for Brittany Runs a Marathon – Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer / Getty Images

Paul Downs Colaizzo: It was. No question.

Sara Michele Fetters: What was more empowering? Making this movie? Or watching your friend conquer her personal demons and run that marathon?

Paul Downs Colaizzo: It’s weird. A movie doesn’t happen in a moment. Brittany’s journey didn’t happen in a moment. But the New York Marathon? This is a moment.

It’s like New York is not New York. It’s like everyone is just in support mode and everyone is everyone’s best friend, and you just sob on the subway because there’s so much love and support in the air.

So watching Brittany do that was really moving. I get emotional thinking about it, as is going back and watching the slideshow of my life with Brittany. That is also very emotional and moving, so I don’t know that I can parse them apart, especially because Brittany was also adamant I should direct the film. It’s all sort of one thing.

Sara Michelle Fetters: When you take a friend’s story and turn it into a semi-fictionalized story, how do you balance those things that you know are true but might not necessarily work for a drama, and the stuff that you know from her real life that is really dramatic and would be perfect for the story but might not necessarily be something she wants in there? How do you balance all of that?

Paul Downs Colaizzo: It’s a good question. What happened is she went for her first run and I thought, “This is a movie,” that very day. I outlined the movie without telling her I was doing it, and then one day I said to her I don’t know if I should tell you this [but] I’m writing a movie about you and it’s called Brittany Runs A Marathon.

She immediately asked, “How fast does she do it [the New York Marathon] in?” I responded that how fast she ran the marathon wasn’t the point, and I also followed that up by saying that the character got injured and couldn’t run. Two months later Brittany got injured and couldn’t run the marathon. Art suddenly imitated life but in the opposite direction.

It was not like I was mining [Brittany’s] life necessarily, but the story became clear to me week one when she started running. Running is a sport against yourself, so I needed to tell a story that was about a woman against herself. What was that going to be? We both came from theater.

We both went to NYU. We both love just cracking each other up. But I’m also gay and in a lot of ways this is my story, too, because there was a moment in my life where I thought that I didn’t want to be the

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funny sidekick, that I wanted to be the lead in my own life.

There’s a moment in this world where you have to sort of say that you understand what role you’re expected to play and shout out loud that you’re not going to be doing that anymore. Things are going change, and that includes that sad truth that some people are going to have to fall off your radar and some new people are going come on it.

You have to be able to say that you deserve this success and these new friends and be confident that this is the truth. I came out at 23. By the time I moved in with Britney I was 26 and I’d just gone through this metamorphosis of who I was becoming and questioning everything in order to find that sense of self-respect and self-agency.

A family member once said to me, “I’m jealous of the fact that you get to

Gorily goofy Satanic Panic a magically bloody hoot

Rebecca Romijn in Satanic Panic – Photo courtesy of Cinestate

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer SATANIC PANIC Now playing One of the best horror-comedies of the year, it’s likely most in the film’s potential rabid fan base have sadly not heard of director Chelsea Stardust’s Satanic Panic, a gorily flighty hoot that tickled my funny bone and sent shivers buzzing up and down my spine with fiercely demonic enthusiasm.

Featuring a delightful performance from newcomer Hayley Griffith and a scenestealing supporting turn from Happy Death Day’s cupcake murderess Ruby Modine, the film is nonetheless dominated by a bit of magnetic scenery-chewing villainy courtesy of X-Men and “Ugly Betty” star Rebecca Romijn. Together, these three women are a trio of energetic magnetism that leaps off the screen, Stardust utilizing them to chat an incantation of blood, guts, friendship and feminism I outright adored.

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come out.” I asked them why they thought that. “Because straight people don’t get to come out. You get to start over. There’s no socially acceptable way for us to do that.”

I was like, coming out isn’t all peaches and cream, but I still understood what it was they were trying to say. But I do think there are moments in our lives where we all get to say that we are starting over. I got to watch Brittany go through that journey. But as part of that, when you do reinvent your life for the hopefully the better, you can start to focus on the wrong things. We all can. It happened to me when I came out.

You start to value the wrong things about yourself and you start to get vain. You’re selfish, but not in a good way. Watching Brittany’s story was also kind of like a way of working through my own story at the same time.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I think one the things that makes this film so universal is that, at the end of the day, it is about learning to love yourself for who you are, which is a really tough thing to do for a lot of people.

Paul Downs Colaizzo: Yes. It is. Learning to love yourself for who you are and wanting to keep growing.

Sara Michelle Fetters: That’s something I struggle with. I think that’s something all of us struggle with. How do you be happy with what is and not let yourself become depressively obsessed with what isn’t? How do you do that? That’s hard.

Paul Downs Colaizzo: It is. But that is the task. Love now and hope for more.

For the movie, I think it comes down to the characters. You’re watching them live their life without saying what’s happening.

You get a feeling of what’s happening but you’re not necessarily identifying all of it.

By the time we do identify it, you understood that statement to be true. Or, at least, that is the hope.

Sara Michelle Fetters: At what point did Jillian Bell come aboard the project?

Paul Downs Colaizzo: About seven months before we started filming.

Sara Michelle Fetters: What were the conversations like between the two of you after she decided to portray Brittany?

Paul Downs Colaizzo: I didn’t know her before she came on. Jillian had gotten hold of the script, and we had a couple of phone calls and then we sat down for coffee. We also had a Skype and it was sort of like, you could just tell she should be Brittany.

From what I knew then was that she was a comedy actress, a comedy actress from a very specific, excellent comedy and she’s a standout. But it was a big question mark if she could do something like this. In talking to her I saw that Jillian wanted to almost have her own marathon with this film. She wanted to crack her own shell. She wanted to change how she looked at herself and how the world looked at her. I know it was intimidating. This whole process was intimidating

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continued from cover complications that can arise when a person sets out to try and better themselves and live a healthier life. But in showcasing unvarnished truths for what they are, this drama becomes even more inspiring in the process. The feature debut for writer/director Paul Downs Colaizzo, this magnificent little drama was one of the best motion pictures I had the pleasure to watch during this past spring’s Seattle International Film Festival.

It also just so happens to be one of the best I’ve also seen this year.

Brittany Forgler (Jillian Bell) is 27, unmarried, unmotivated, barely employed, drinks too much and frequently enters into relationships that could easily be described as being “toxic.” She’s even not above heading to a random doctor complaining of vague illnesses in hopes of scoring a prescription for Adderall. But when Brittany’s latest medical foil proves difficult to fool she is instead left with some fairly devastating news as far as his diagnosis of her current health is concerned. He states in no uncertain terms that if she doesn’t clean up her act the young woman will be dealing with real problems and not imaginative ones, and instead of giving her a prescription he advises a change in diet and at

for me so I knew it was intimidating for her.

There were a lot of people climbing small mountains making this film.

I’m a playwright. For me it’s all about the written word. I love rehearsal. I love sitting around a table and talking about the project. Film people don’t give a darn about that stuff. [laughs] We had one rehearsal that was one hour and it was just me and Jillian, and then she had her costume fitting.

Luckily, and I don’t know if it was every week or what, but after she was attached, Jillian and I would go over the script whenever we could. She comes from an improv world and I said early on that I wanted to do this word-for-word. She was totally on board with that. Because she related to the character, she related to the character’s journey, and so she was then able to bring so much new, unexpected stuff to the table.

We wanted to make sure we were telling the most respectful, honest, true, emotional and vulnerable version of the story.

Our work together was very text heavy.

There wasn’t a lot of doing the scenes. It was a lot of understanding, synthesizing and challenging ourselves to look at our misunderstandings of a character. By the time we go on the set we were on the same page of what story we were telling, and that story is happening inside that girl’s heart and inside her soul. So even though we don’t have the same language when it comes to acting and scene work (she’s from

improv, I’m from theater) we had the same language when it came to Brittany. That made it easy.

Sara Michelle Fetters: So, in the end, you two found a way to merge your dueling sensibilities as far as the best way to bring Brittany to life.

Paul Downs Colaizzo: That’s what I love about drama. You need to take time to sort of take that character in, and Jillian sitting with the script and understanding it in her heart and her soul was key. By the time she showed up she wasn’t thinking about the words. She was just present. She was just in the moment.

Sara Michelle Fetters: And obviously audiences have responded because you just walked out of Sundance with the Audience Award. What does that feel like?

Paul Downs Colaizzo: That was nuts.

When we premiered, I didn’t know what was going to happen. The only people who had seen the rough cut of the film were my friends, and I just finished that cut for Sundance the Tuesday before we got there, so no one had seen that version. I was sitting in the audience and it started and the house manager was sitting next to me and two minutes in I was like, I think you have to turn the volume up because they’re laughing too loud. [laughs] So it went pretty well, and then when the lights went down you could just feel the film had hit a nerve. You see grown men crying.

We did a marketing screening for the film in West Plano, Texas and I was like, what the heck are we doing in West Plano, Texas? The producers wanted to go to the center of the country. They wanted to see how it would play there. I’m telling you, grown cowboys were crying. That was the surprise of the film. I knew women would like the film. I didn’t know men would have the emotional response they have had to it.

Sara Michelle Fetters: But that’s the point, isn’t it? Whether we’re gay, straight, male, female, trans, whatever, I think we can all relate to this journey. Watching Brittany in this movie, I could relate to the feeling/being overweight portion. I could relate to the being the sidekick portion. The moment when she gets injured, I have spent the last four years trying to recover from recurrent calf injuries and just when I’m finally back to almost the top of my game, what did I do this year? I reinjured my calf.

Paul Downs Colaizzo: Stop it. That sucks. I can relate. I had double ankle surgery right after we finished filming.

Sara Michelle Fetters: No! I’m sorry that happened.

But, those moments, these obstacles, that’s what I think we’re talking about here.

They are so debilitating. It doesn’t matter who you are, we’ve all had to face moments like these.

Paul Downs Colaizzo: That’s right.

And it’s how you respond. Can you get up?

Can you keep going? Those are universal questions.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Speaking of getting up and moving forward, what do you want to do next?

Paul Downs Colaizzo: I don’t know.

I want to have a weird career. I want to explore characters that we don’t normally ask an audience to empathize with in a provocative, entertaining and philosophical way.

Sara Michelle Fetters: So what is it that inspires you, then? What gets you excited when you wake up in the morning?

Paul Downs Colaizzo: Life. Life gets me excited. But I’m sure mental trauma inspires me in some way or another. I’m sure there’s some childhood crap that I just can’t seem to get over so I’m just doing the rewrites of it hoping to exorcise those demons. [laughs] Sara Michelle Fetters: And the movie?

What do you hope audiences take away after Brittany’s story has come to an end?

What do you hope they’re talking about?

Paul Downs Colaizzo: They need to be talking about what they’re going to do tomorrow. That’s what I want. I want someone to have an idea of what they’re going to do tomorrow that might be different than what it is they have done today, Even if they don’t do it, I want people to wonder if they could do something new tomorrow. That would be great.

least some vague attempts at exercise before it’s too late.

From there things move in a variety of character-driven directions that, if not entirely surprising, are still endearingly absorbing thanks to their blunt authenticity. Unable to afford a gym membership, urged on by the cranky photographer, Catherine (Michaela Watkins), who has a studio in her apartment building, to try and run a single block and see how it goes, Brittany puts one foot in front of the other and makes a valiant attempt to get in shape.

This causes inadvertent friction with her roommate, Gretchen (Alice Lee), leads to an unexpected friendship with fellow newbie runner, Seth (Micah Stock) and a potential romance with slacker housesitting dreamer Jern (Utkarsh Ambudkar). It also causes unforeseen complexities, some of them good, some of them bad, most of them sitting in a nebulous moralistic grey area where “good” and “bad” have no meaning, with her beloved brother-in-law, Demetrius (Lil Rel Howery), and as he basically raised the young woman after a childhood tragedy, he sees the plusses and minuses of her newfound zeal to better herself far more clearly than she can for herself.

I like that Brittany doesn’t become a saint once she decides running is for her. I like that the movie isn’t obsessed with her professed

goal of completing the New York Marathon.

Most of all, I like that Colaizzo makes his main character’s journey more about the life lessons she is forced to absorb as she slowly gets in shape than it is in being some generic inspirational comedic-drama about an underdog overcoming impossible odds. Because the filmmaker looks at this woman’s life, warts and all, because he refuses to apologize for her when she does or says something despicable, the director’s picture achieves a deeply affecting resonance that’s far more long-lasting and even more profound.

While the entire ensemble is terrific, especially a sneaky-great Watkins who has far more to do as Catherine than initially meets the eye, Bell is the one who makes this film marvelous. This is the Sword of Trust, 21 Jump Street and Inherent Vice actress’s finest hour. Bell inhabits Brittany body and soul refusing to hold anything back as her character attempts to reach her goal and realize the task she has set for herself to accomplish. She doesn’t shirk from the growing egotism that’s bubbling inside of her as the amateur runner as the former party girl inadvertently trades one sort of vice for another.

Brittany becomes increasingly judgmental of others as her health improves and Bell doesn’t sugarcoat the innate ugliness of this part of her transformation.

This is a good thing. A person’s life isn’t

just one thing. Their personality doesn’t only have a handful of components. More importantly, how we look at ourselves in the mirror, how we assess the lives we have led, all of that plays a part in the mystery of our individual progressions from childhood to our eventual status as an adult. That Brittany is finally able to do this with such stark lucidity, that she starts listening to what others are telling her on a personal basis instead of a superficial one, that is the real victory of her story, and whether or not she is able to run the New York Marathon to completion becomes minor in comparison to her being able to accomplish all of that.

Colaizzo based his screenplay on his real friend and roommate, a young woman who came home one day stating she was going to change her life, started jogging and eventually ran the New York Marathon. But that is only the jumping-off point for what the filmmaker has accomplished with this little miracle of a motion picture.

The redemptive clarity of Brittany Runs a Marathon is pure and refreshing, its understanding of people in personal crisis learning to take responsibility for their actions even more so. Colaizzo’s debut crosses the finish line and is able to raise both its arms in victorious celebration, this audiencefriendly treat an instant triumph worthy of a standing ovation.

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Jillian Bell in Brittany Runs a Marathon – Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios

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14th year, this year’s country of focus is India and films will screen from September 26 - October 6, 2019, at various venues in the Puget Sound area, including Bellevue Arts Museum, Seattle Art Museum, SIFF Cinema Egyptian, SIFF Film Center, Northwest Film Forum, UW Communications Building – Simpson Center (Seattle), UW Physics-Astronomy Building – Ronald Geballe Auditorium (Seattle), Microsoft – Studio B (Redmond), International School (Bellevue), Tickets for special events, films, gala parties and more are now available at https://tsaff.tasveer.org/2019/.

“We are so excited to share some of the most outstanding talents from South Asia in this year’s festival,” said Rita Meher, TSAFF Executive Director. “Each year we see hundreds of films through our submission process and it was exciting to see a surge in films created by women, and important stories representing the LGBTQ+ communities across the South Asian countries.” The 2019 TSAFF will present 22 feature films and 39 short films during its 11-day run this fall. Programming represents 27 female directors, with six LGBTQ+ films, and represents over 10 countries with over 15 filmmakers in attendance.

On September 26, 2019 the Tasveer South Asian Film Festival opens with the Seattle premiere of Danish Renzu’s The Illegal (Renzu is director of the award-winning short In Search of America, Inshallah, and feature film Half Widow) starring actor Suraj Sharma (Life of Pi). Both director and actor are scheduled to attend a post-film Q&A. Prior to the screening, TSAFF welcomes and celebrates legendary actress and activist Shabana Azmi, by presenting her with the prestigious Tasveer Emerald Award for her contributions to world cinema. The festivities will kick off at 6:30pm at SIFF Cinema Egyptian (805 E Pine St).

The TSAFF’s Centerpiece is The Sweet Requiem directed by Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam and premiered to critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival last year. Both directors are scheduled to attend the screening on Friday, October 4 at 7pm at Physics Auditorium on the University of Washington campus. And lastly, closing the 2019 festival on Sunday, October 6 is the Pakistani crime/thriller Laal Kabootar, directed by Kamal Khan, that offers Seattle audience a refreshing take on cinema from this region. The screening and gala will be held at the Seattle Art Museum in downtown Seattle (1st Ave & University St.) at 2pm. Following the closing night film, stay for the TSAFF 2019 Awards ceremony and party to celebrate South Asian films presented in Seattle.

Other festival highlights include a short film, A Monsoon Date, by groundbreaking transgender Bollywood writer, Gazal Dhaliwal (scheduled to attend), and the screening of The Price of Free, a documentary featuring Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi (scheduled to attend).

Konkona Sen Sharma in A Monsoon Date – Photo courtesy of Tasveer

Kaifinama September 27 Sumantra Ghosal (Director), Shabana Azmi (Actor) Aunty Sudha Aunty Radha September 28 Tanuja Chandra (Director) A Monsoon Date September 28 ] Gazal Dhaliwal (Screenwriter), Tanuja Chandra (Director) The Price of Free September 28 Kailash Satyarthi (Nobel Laureate) Gaash September 28 Danish Renzu (Director) Passage September 28 Asavari Kumar (Director) Pariah Dog September 29 Jesse Alk (Director) Vellai Pookal (local film) September 29 Vivek Elangovan (Director), Jerald Peters (Cinematographer) Lucy and Tenzin (local film) September 29 Khenrab Palden (Director) The Concurrence (local film) September 29 Esha More (Director) Reason October 3 Anand Patwardhan (Director) The Sweet Requiem October 4 Ritu Sarin (Director), Tenzing Sonam (Director)

The following filmmakers are scheduled to attend the 2019 festival:

Because We Are Girls October 5 Baljit Sangra (Director)

The Illegal September 26 Danish Renzu (Director), Suraj Sharma (Actor)

Laal Kabootar October 6 Kamil Chima (Producer) *Pending

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The TSAFF educational programming for the 2019 festival includes the following opportunities. All are free and open to the public; however, PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. Workshops for aspiring local filmmakers with mentorship from visiting established industry professionals, presented

by Tasveer in collaboration with Northwest Film Forum and visiting filmmakers from Bollywood, Hollywood and The Film School (Seattle).

Screenwriting Deconstructed September 30 @ 5pm Northwest Film Forum 1515 12th Ave – between E Pike St & E Pine St (Seattle) Deep Dive Into Making Short Films Tuesday, October 1 @ 5pm Northwest Film Forum 1515 12th Ave – between E Pike St & E Pine St (Seattle) Symposium focused on the global impact of major online streaming platforms on freedom of expression that has allowed many South Asian storytellers to bypass strict domestic censorship rules. Co-sponsored by UW South Asia Center, UW Seattle and Tasveer.

South Asian Films and the Rise of Nationalism Friday, October 4 @ 3:30pm UW Communications Building – Simpson Center (2nd Floor) 4109 E Stevens Way NE (Seattle) FULL 2019 TSAFF FILM LINEUP Feature Films Jhalki (2019), India, Brahmanand S Siingh Baggage (2019), India, Roopa Rao Dunkey Following European Dreams (2019), Pakistan, Syed Muhammad Hassan Zaidi (docu) Gadhvi (2019), India, Gaurav Bakshi Kattumaran (Catamaran) (2019), India, Swarnavel Eswaran KD (2019), India, Madhumita Sundararaman Laal Kabootar (2019), Pakistan, Kamal Khan

Namdev Bhau in Search of Silence (2019), India, Dar Gai Soundless Dance (2019), France, Pradeepan Raveendran The Illegal (2019), United States, Danish Renzu The Last Color (2019), India, Vikas Khanna The Price is Free (2018), United States, Derek Doneen The Sweet Requiem (2019), Tibet, Ritu Sarin and Tenzing Sonam Turtle (2018), India, Dinesh S. Yadav Vellai Pookal (2019), India/United States, Vivek Elangovan Documentary Films Aunty Audha Aunty Radha (2019), Tanuja Chandra Because We Are Girls (2019), Canada, Baljit Sangra Pariah Dog (2019), United States, Jesse Alk Coral Woman (2019), India, Priya Thuvassery Kaifinama (2019), India, Sumantra Ghosal Reason (2018), India, Anand Patwardhan What We Left Unfinished (2019), United States, Mariam Ghani Short Films A for Apple (2019), Canada, Sarah Aminuddin A Monsoon Date (2019), India, Tanuja Chandra A Sari for Pallavi (2019), United States, Kate Chamuris Aguan-Sun Behind the Horizon (2019), Bangladesh, Novera Hasan Nikkon, (documentary) All the Perishes at the Edge of Land (2019), Pakistan, Hira Nabi (documentary) Babu (2019), Nepal, Eelum Dixit Before I Go (2019), United States, Dennis Tran Brunch Wars (2019), United States, Kamran Khan Closet Supes (2019), United States, Kesav Wable Cul-De-Sac (2019), United States, Cara Lawson Daughters of The Polo God (2019), India, Roopa Barua (documentary) Elephantbird (2019), Afghanistan, Masoud Soheili

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Gaash: Light (2019), India, Danish Renzu Forbidden (2019), United States, Vibha Gulati Hargun (2019), Canada, Gurleen Kaur If I Have to Go (2019), India, Gaurav Boruah and Prajnyan Ballav Goswami Kamali (2019), United Kingdom, Sasha Rainbow (documentary) Kayantar (Metamorphosis) (2019), India, Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti Living with Snow Leopards: Tashi’s Story (2018), United States, Gayle Podrabsky (documentary) Look at the Sky (2019), India, Ashok Veilou

Lucy and Tenzin (2019), United States, Khenrab Palden Maya (2019), India, Vikas Chandra Meal (2019), India, Abhiroop Basu Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh (Do Not Look Back) (2019), India, Mujeer Pasha and Veena Kulkarni Nooreh (2019), India, Ashish Pandey Passage (2019), United States, Asavari Kumar Settled (2019), Pakistan, Marya Javed Shadow (2019), Pakistan, Fawzia Mirza and Anam Abbas Shit One Carries (2019), India, Shuchi Kothari Soch (2019), Canada, Varundeep Singh Chawla

Tattini – The Moon is Bright Tonight (2019), Nepal, Abinash Bikram Shah The Booth (2018), India, Rohin Raveendran The Concurrence (2019), United States, Esha More The Death of an Audience (2019), India, Ajit Giri The Seal (2019), United States, Richa Rudola The Stitch (2019), India, Asiya Zahor Tina (2019), United States, Gayatri Bahl U For Usha (2019), India, Rohan Parashuram Kanawade Unkept (2019), Canada, Michael P. Vidler

ABOUT TASVEER Tasveer’s mission is to inspire social change through film, arts and storytelling. The festival exemplifies this through curated programming focused on addressing social justice issues such as islamophobia in India, queer and transgender issues, children’s rights by way of Nobel Peace Price winner Kailash Satyarthi, as well as building a community together through lots of Bollywood parties with chai and samosa! https://tsaff.tasveer.org

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joy as well as in its patriarchal-dismantling ferocity. What could have been a somewhat endearing (if still massively misogynistic) ’80s-style low budget horror throwback in her hands instead becomes a raucously endearing, character-driven descent into madness, mayhem and motherly misbehavior that only grows in entertainment value as Sam’s nightmarish journey goes on. The film is a total hoot building to a climax of blood-splattered mania that had me chortling in enchanted glee as I also held back a number of genuinely shocked shrieks as the dismembered body count began to slowly rise.

The movie’s opening minutes aren’t great, an extended cameo from You’re Next and I Trapped the Devil star A.J. Bowen massively overstaying its welcome. Also, as exuberantly over the top as the finale might be there’s still something about what transpires that left me slightly cold, and whether the fault lies with Hendrix’s script, Stardust’s direction or potentially some mysterious bout of indigestion brought on thanks to a kernel of rancid popcorn stuck in my front teeth I simply cannot say. Seriously, though, there are a few bumpy bits sprinkled throughout that keep the film from greatness, and unlike August’s somewhat thematically similar Ready or Not there’s a minor lack of creative consistency that can’t

help but be more than a little noticeable.

And yet, none of that matters, none of it at all. Griffith is a likably plucky heroine whose awe-shucks demeanor is façade for a can-do attitude that’s far more cutthroat and resolute than initially meets the eye. As for Modine, she brings a wearily non-plussed bourgeois attitude to the proceedings that’s like something out of a “Real Housewives” spin-off that would focus on those women’s entitled children. Together, the two actresses develop an effortlessly engaging chemistry that augments both of their respective characters in some rather surprising ways.

There is real emotional growth taking place that only gets more interestingly complex as the film goes on, and what starts as a wary, untrusting partnership elegantly builds to full-blown selfless friendship by the time things near their end.

But it is Romijn who steals the show, doing so with such vivacious glee it’s a wonder she’s never been allowed to cut it loose with such carnivorously craven abandon before now. Her matriarchal coven leader is one of the year’s best villains, the actress dripping venom with a blasé impunity that’s as big an indictment of the self-entitlement of the wealthy 1% towards all of those they see as beneath them (especially the beleaguered working class) as any I’ve ever seen.

Yet Romijn augments her character with a feminine grace that fearlessly flies in the face of a masculine privilege that keeps trying to subjugate it into browbeaten insignificance, Danica refusing to bow down it, safely secure in her knowledge that’s she’s unquestionably the smartest person in whatever room she might be standing in.

Stardust’s liberal use of gore is almost to be expected considering this is a Fangoria production. At the same time, most of the nastiest bits of guts and viscera are surprisingly important to the overall narrative, and much like Mission: Impossible – Fallout or any of the first three Jason Bourne films that used action to further their stories and their characters, the director does the same here with her ingenious utilization of these sickening practical effects. Her film is also expertly shot by cinematographer Mark Evans, while costume designer Rachel Wilson’s rapturous modern-day ensembles are nothing short of perfect. All of this and more helps make Satanic Panic the giddily enjoyable sensation it ultimately proves to be, Stardust and her ragtag team of actors and creative artists weaving a magically bloody spell that has me seeing red in unvarnished happiness.

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Pizza delivery driver Samantha “Sam” Craft (Modine) is having a terrible night.

Her first day on the job and she’s been sent on all the worst assignments, her tip total so minuscule she hasn’t even made enough to fill her scooter’s tiny gas tank. But things take a potential turn for the good when Sam lucks into a plum delivery in an upscale neighborhood. But in place of a tip she instead gets singled out for satanic sacrifice, these pizzas heading to a coven of posh witches who need a virgin to complete their latest moonlight ritual. Now Sam is forced to run for her life as she sprints through a nightmarish evening in the homes of the wealthy elite who apparently keep their largess intact by selling their immortal souls to the Devil, her only ally as she fights for survival the disgraced daughter, Judi (Modine), of the coven’s leader Danica Ross (Romijn).

Working from a script by Grady Hendrix, which was in turn built from a story he co-wrote with his Mohawk collaborator Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here), Stardust infuses the material with a feminist spirit that’s unbridled in its gonzo enthusiastic

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community calendar

Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122.

SGN phone: (206) 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 visible or hidden disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities. html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

NOTE: 10-digit dialing has come to the Seattle area.

The (206) area code must now be used to dial local calls. Location of meetings/events is in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

MONDAY - September 9

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

SOBER On Meds. 1-2pm. Peer Seattle 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. (206) 3222437; www.peerseattle.org Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437, www. peerseattle.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Meditation Class for LGBTQ Seniors. 6:30pm. GenPride Senior Center, 401 Broadway E, Suite 223. Free class every Monday for LGBTQ seniors, their caregivers and allies. Beginners welcome. www.gapseattle.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7-8:30pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Find your voice with Seattle’s safe speaking space for the LGBTQ community. Individuals of all orientations and identities are welcome. Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays (except holidays and December break). For more info email contact@freelyspeaking.org.

PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. (206) 325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org. PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality.

PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses, & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30-8:30pm.

Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Monday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897.

(Also meets Fridays.)

Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

(206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Every Monday. www. washingtongenderalliance.com

SATURDAY - September 7

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. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Positively Living Coffee Social. 10am-12 noon. Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. (206) 9571600. Sponsored by LIfelong.

Seattle Prime Timers AM Coffee - Coffee & Conversation Group. 10:30am. The Urban Bakery, 7850 E Greenlake Drive N (at Wallingford Ave N). Baked goods, soups & sandwiches and espresso bar. Metro bus route #45. www.seattleprimetimers.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12-tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org.

43rd District Democrats Annual Picnic. 4-7pm.

Woodland Park Shelter #6, 5800 W Greenlake Way N. An opportunity to socialize with candidates running for office, find out how you can get involved in the district, or learn about our upcoming general elections effort. Food will be provided; bring your own non-alcoholic beverage and/or a small donation. NOTE: This is the last day folks can sign up to become 43rd District members and vote at our September General Election endorsement meeting.

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.oasisyouthcenter.org.

(Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

SUNDAY - September 8

Center for Spiritual Living. 9am meditation; 9:30am & 11am services. The Mountaineers, 7701 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 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. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org 10th Annual Capitol Hill Garage Sale Day. 10am-3pm.

Cal Anderson Park and Capitol Hill neighborhood yards and sidewalks. More information and map at www. capitolhillgaragesale.org.

Central Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.”

All are welcome. (206) 322-7500.

Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Worship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org Queen Anne United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 1606 5th Ave W. (206) 282-4307.

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

9am all ages education; 10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. (206) 524-2322; 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. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) 2855077 (George).

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. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Northminster Presbyterian Church. 10:30am Worship.

7706 25th Ave NW. A village church in the city open to all. (206) 783-3402. www.northminsterpres.org (Conveniently located a block from the Metro #40 bus route.)

September 7 thru September 15

St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship.

1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching.

Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org 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.

Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322 S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualities, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since 1987. welcometablecc.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. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Senior students lead the meditation, provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion.

(206) 329-5908; www.LotusSisters.org. (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

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

Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Buddies” on Meetup.com or at DharmaBuddies.org. (Women are invited to contact our sister meditation group at www.

LotusSisters.org.)

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progressive, Anglo-Catholic parish, renewing its people for their Christian lives in today’s world through worship, spiritual formation, engagement in the arts, and acts of compassion. www.stpaulseattle.com Just for Today (NA). 12-1:15pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step Narcotics Anonymous group open to anyone in recovery.

(206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday

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TUESDAY - September 10

listing at noon for details.)

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 (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/ Weds/Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org Rain City Soccer Club Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice session before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Dignity/Seattle Prayer Service. 6pm. 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.

“We celebrate our inherent dignity with pride in liturgy, mutual support, work for justice, & social activities.”

Gender-inclusive & relationship affirming liturgies & prayer services. All welcome. (206) 325-7314.

Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous 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 (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437. www. peerseattle.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

[EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.]

Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by YouthCare.

(206) 622-5555.

GSBA “Face to Face” Candidate Forum. 5:307:30pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway (Broadway & E Pine St). Is Seattle thriving or a mess?

What will Seattle City Council look like in 2020? Who will be making decisions that will affect your business, the LGBTQ community, your neighborhood? Attend GSBA’s candidate forum sponsored by Comcast to learn where the candidates stand on crucial issues facing Seattleites. “Face to Face” will focus on the Seattle City Council races in Districts 1, 2, 3 & 7. This event is FREE to attend. Pre-registration recommended as seating is limited. (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. 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 (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Evening Gathering. 6:30-8pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Social Hall. Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Facilitator: Fai Coffin. Cost: FREE. Metro route #7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www. sessc.org.

Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Home Street Bank, 7307 Greenwood Ave N. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month.

A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia.

Please contact group facilitator Mandi Gunderson, (206) 471-2352 prior to attending..

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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. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Kim at (425) 785-8593 or lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net No Man’s Land - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7-8:30pm. 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. (206) 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, Colonial 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 (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.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. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.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

WEDNESDAY - September 11

Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every Wednesday. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12 noon.

Jimmy’s on Broadway, Silver Cloud Hotel, 1100 Broadway @ E Madison St. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month. Just drop in - no RSVP required. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

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 (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org Living Positively. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for the HIV community with various topics for discussion and conversation. (206) 957-1600 or www.lifelong.org.

Sponsored by Lifelong.

Generations Aging with Pride (GenPRIDE) Community Conversations. 5:30-7pm. GenPRIDE Center, 401 Broadway E #223. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month.

Our peer groups are LGBTQIA+ safe spaces by and for our community. While others are welcome to participate, our communities’ voices will be prioritized and we hold a judgment free, safe space for all members. Members are free to speak about any topic; however, we provide pre-selected topics each week that serve as great ice breakers. More info: (206) 393-3400, info@gapseattle. org; www.gapseattle.org/community-conversations.

GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com POZ Seattle and Positively Living Monthly Social.

6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Food, music, 50/50 raffle. $5 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. www.pozseattle.com.

Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park, 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday.

Meet at Black Sun sculpture across for museum. (See Saturday at 9am.)

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 7pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets 2nd Wednesday most months - check website to confirm details. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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Every Wednesday. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www. ingersollcenter.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org 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.

St area). Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Enjoy an evening of art as local galleries & businesses showcase artists from Ballard & beyond. (206) 784-9705; visitballard.com

SUNDAY - September 15

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Baha’i Prayer & Fellowship Circle. 10am. Pearl Warren Bldg, 606 12th Ave S. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. Share prayers, readings, thoughts & music. All backgrounds, all faiths welcome. (206) 391-2188.

Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets 3rd Sunday each month.

This monthly informal auto enthusiasts’ event starts with breakfast and a show & tell, and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. (contact for new location) Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically non-monogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.

well as those sexual minorities. www.pflagtacoma.org; PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 234-9790. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling.

Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July, August.]

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Thursday. A meditation/ recovery group. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle COMMUNITY RESOURCES Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Thursday. Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men. for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship.

THURSDAY - September 12 (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org [NOTE: Please org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, contact the facilitator prior to attending.]

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday FRIDAY - September 13 afternoon listing.)

Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherOLGA Monthly Meeting. 10-11:30am. Northshore Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, Gay-Social-Club/ Senior Center, 10201 E Riverside Dr, Bothell. OLGA 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. A drop-in Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane.

(Older Lesbians Gathering Around) meets the second AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org com/guide.html Thursday of each month, followed by lunch in the dining New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Biroom (11:45-12:30). All are welcome. Contact Margaret Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See sexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. at mvanreuth@outlook.com for more info. binetseattle.org.

Saturday listing at noon for details.)

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org 12-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. Ongoing Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women 12-step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount Verfacing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.peerseattle.org non) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook. www.babesnetwork.org.

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages caregivers into a network of peers and supports them 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, Saturday listing at noon for details.)

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thurs- self-confident, and just leaders in our collective comSafe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 days 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) munities - www.colage.org Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Open meeting of Alcoholics LGBTQ & Allies 18+ Free Friday Night Drop-In Vol- Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org leyball. 6-7:45pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th 963-1994.

Seattle Prime Timers Cards. 2pm. Ballard NW Senior Ave E. Every Friday. (206) 684-4753.

DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW. near The Locks. Meets 2nd Thursday each month in the Arts & Crafts Room on the Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest.

2nd floor to play Hearts, Cribbage or Bridge depending Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday org on who shows up. Beginners are welcome. On Metro afternoon listing.)

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis routes 44 and 17X. See monthly events calendar at Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, Clinic, (206) 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour www.seattleprimetimers.org.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thurs- peerseattle.org day. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Game Night. 7pm-11pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 568-7777 Ave, Suite 100 Every Friday. Card games, board games (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) Capitol Hill Arts Walk. 5-8pm. Participating shops & and fellowship. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org galleries in the Pike/Pine corridor. 2nd Thursday each Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lam- 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual month. Keep your eyes out for curbside A-boards that bert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: mark each participating venue. Pick up a walking map is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence from any location & you’re on your way. Enjoy refresh- GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. (206) 322-2515, Unit, (206) 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. ments & meet the featured artists as you stroll the Hill. www.lamberthouse.org www.caphillchamber.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

GSBA Corks for a Cause Grand Tasting Wine Pro- The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www. curement Event Benefiting the GSBA Scholarship dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.rain- equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Fund. 5:30pm. Fran’s Chocolates, 5900 Airport Way countrydance.org.

S. Sample an array of chocolates and taste wines from Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30-8:30pm. Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeak4 GSBA member wineries. Bring a fine bottle of wine Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every ing.org ($50+) to donate and/or donate from your purchases Friday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities at the event. The event is FREE but space is limited (Also meets Mondays.) by providing health services, connecting people to reand pre-registration is required. (206) 363-9188; www. LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm. sources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City thegsba.org Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Ev- Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous Queer Parent Networking Dinners. 6-8pm. NW Net- ery Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More work Community Engagement Center - phone, email of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experi- info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 860-6969. or visit website for location. Meets 2nd Thursday each ence, strength & hope in order to solve their common www.gaycity.org month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirit, Queer & Ques- problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEtioning families - including parents, co-parents & other changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS GLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, people who have a significant role in the life of a child. 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon. information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and org; (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org people across the country. childcare. (206) 568-7777 or qpnd@nwnetwork.org.

Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGSATURDAY - September 14 www.nwnetwork.org BTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Question(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) connecting, and developing innovative programs and ing Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for A Gathering of Men in Woodinville. 8:15-11:30am. services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside 21920 Highway 9 SE (WA-9), Woodinville. Meets 2nd discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drum- our community - (206) 393-3400; info@gapseattle.org; (425) 747-4937. ming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. gapseattle.org Generations Aging with Pride (GenPRIDE) Commu- We create a safe, confidential & sacred space in which GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Netnity Conversations. 6:30-8pm. Ballard Senior Center, a man can speak his truth from the heart, to heal & work - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org 5429 32nd Ave NW. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. empower himself. We are fiercely non-political, non- Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) Our peer groups are LGBTQIA+ safe spaces by and for sectarian & non-judgmental. All men are welcome. www. 363-9188; www.thegsba.org our community. While others are welcome to participate, agatheringofmen.org our communities’ voices will be prioritized and we hold Generations Aging with Pride (GenPRIDE) Writ- HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Puba judgment free, safe space for all members. Members ers Workshop & Literary Open Mic. 10am-noon lic Health, provides confidential/anonymous information are free to speak about any topic; however, we provide (group craft session); noon-4pm (personal coaching about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a pre-selected topics each week that serve as great ice sessions); 4:30-6pm (literary open mic and potluck). comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations breakers. More info: (206) 393-3400, info@gapseattle. GenPRIDE Center, 401 Broadway E #223. Meets 2nd see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979. org; www.gapseattle.org/community-conversations.

Saturday each month. RSVP to sign-up for group craft Boys Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14- and personal coaching sessions; no RSVP required for Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & 22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Literary Open Mic and potluck (open mic sign-up is on Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about is- a first-come, first-serve basis. sues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilita- Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. Meets 2nd Saturday Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse. tion of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character org lamberthouse.org of the neighborhood. For information stop into George- LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First United town Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www. Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free Methodist Church, 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma. Meets georgetownneighborhood.com 2nd Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up of charge.

Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization maps at participating shops & galleries located in the LGBT MS Connection - (425) 785-8593; lgbtmsconfor parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market nections@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT per-

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sons with MS and their partners and their caregivers.

Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 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; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.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: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: (206) 325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State: www. pflagwsc.org.

Peer Seattle (formerly Seattle Area Support Groups) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences.

(206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; 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, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/ 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. (206) 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 - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235.

Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org Rainbow Center - Resource Center for Tacoma/Pierce County LGBTIQA community. Through education, ad-

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vocacy and celebration, the Rainbow Center expands resources, and safe space for the LGBTQIA community.

Sponsors Tacoma Pride Festival. (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) i- SEE LISTING for Peer Seattle.

Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. (206) 323-1768.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 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.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.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 Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. 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

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& 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.seattlefrontrunners.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, (206) 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 Three Dollar Bill Cinema - TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival; Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival; Outdoor Cinema at Cal Anderson Park. www. threedollarbillcinema.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 & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; Lion’s Main Art Collective: www. lionsmain.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org;

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TRANSform Washington: transformwashington.com; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http:// psoloc.org, (253) 777-3357; 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 Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.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, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; 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. (206) 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, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www. mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www.outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 726-8500; 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; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; The Vera Project: fuels personal & community transformation through collaborative youthdriven engagement in music and art. (206) 956-8372; theveraproject.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): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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