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Issue 3, Volume 48, January 17, 2020

Arts & Entertainment

Seattle Opera’s Eugene Onegin: wonderful music, flawed stage direction

Marjukka Tepponen as Tatyana and John Moore as Eugene Onegin in Seattle Opera’s Eugene Onegin – Photo by Sunni Martini

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE OPERA EUGENE ONEGIN MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL January 11 (Opening Night cast) (also 1/15, 1/19 & 1/25) (Sunday Matinee cast: 1/12) (also 1/18, 1/22 & 1/24)

Seattle Opera hasn’t presented Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin (1879) since 2002, so it’s high time this wonderful work returned to McCaw Hall. It contains some of the most beautiful music Tchaikovsky ever wrote, with juicy roles for every character, including the minor roles. It’s based on Alexander Pushkin’s verse novel of the same name (1825)

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The Lavender Palette: Gay Culture and the Art of Washington State ends January 26

Seattle Women’s Chorus starts the decade with Revolution 2020 !

Seattle Women’s Chorus – Photo by Conrado Tapado

SEATTLE WOMEN’S CHORUS REVOLUTION 2020 SEATTLE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH January 31 @ 8pm February 2 @ 2pm & 8pm & FEDERAL WAY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER February 8 @ 8pm

Seattle Women’s Chorus (SWC) leaps into a new decade with Revolution 2020; four rousing concerts commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the 19th amendment and decry the continued struggle for free and fair voting rights for all people. Collectively, the featured songs illustrate historic victories, failures, and current societal ten-

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Make Reparations a requirement

Reparations – Photo by Aaron Jin

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer Thomas Handforth (1897-1948), Untitled, c. 1948, watercolor, Collection of The Tacoma Public Library

In this groundbreaking exhibition, Cascadia Art Museum (190 Sunset Ave, Edmonds) is the first national museum to explore the activities of early to mid-twen-

tieth century gay and lesbian artists and the effects they had on the cultural identity of the region.

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REPARATIONS SOUND THEATRE COMPANY (AT LANGSTON HUGHES PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE) Through February 2

Trauma is not individual. Whatever an individual experiences with trauma radiates out from that individual to all the others in the circle – family, friends, all associates. Once trauma changes the individual, trauma also changes others. This is the fundamental subject that Darren Canady tries

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Delbert J. McBride (1920-1998), Untitled, c.1950, watercolor, Private Collection

The majority of the art in this exhibition has never been seen by the public as we have assembled works from family collections, national and local private collections as well as major institutions including the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

Many people are aware of what is termed “The Northwest School” which gave the region a national identity after a 1953 LIFE magazine article that profiled the featured artists. Three of the four major painters associated with this movement were gay and we will be examining their work in relation to their personal life experiences.

We are featuring a few well-known artists such as Mark Tobey (1890-1976) and Morris Graves (1910-2001). However, the strength of the exhibition will be in the reintroduction of extraordinarily talented but lesser-known figures such as Thomas Handforth (1897-1948), Mac Harshberger (1900-1975), Orre Nelson Nobles (18941967, Sarah Spurgeon (1903-1985) and Virginia Weisel (1923-2017). Mediums represented include paintings, drawings, photography, design objects and ceramics.

Our West Gallery will feature adult-oriented paintings and photography that will be viewable only by adults over the age of 18.

The exhibit is on display this weekend and then continues Wednesday, January 22-Sunday, January 26.

The Cascadia Art Museum is located at 190 Sunset Ave., Edmonds. Museum Hours: Wednesday-Sunday, 11am-6pm.

Admission: $10 adults/$7 per person group rate for 10 adults, $7 active military/seniors, members/student free. Admission is FREE Third Thursdays from 5-8pm during Art Walk Edmonds. https://www.cascadiaartmuseum.org/ About Cascadia Art Museum Cascadia Art Museum is an educational, nonprofit organization that celebrates the rich tradition of the visual arts and design in the Northwest during the period 18601970. The museum provides enriching experiences for the community and visitors alike through original exhibitions, public programs, publications and educational outreach. Cascadia Art Museum seeks to reassess the hierarchy of traditional art history by regularly including the work of women and minority artists who made substantial contributions to the region’s cultural identity.

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Seattle Women’s Chorus – Photo by Conrado Tapado

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continued from cover sions. Among the songs included are Bob Marley’s “Redemption Song,” “R.O.C.K. in the USA,” the Beatles’ “Revolution,” and “Lifting as We Climb,” inspired by the words of suffragist Mary Church Terrill, charter member of the NAACP. Representatives from the King County, Snohomish County, Pierce County chapters of The League of Women Voters will be on hand at all concerts to register new voters.

With a new performance venue in Federal Way and three Seattle concerts on the

schedule, SWC continues to touch new audiences with their messages of equality and justice. Tickets to the performances are $25-$48 and available at SeattleChoruses. org or via the phone at (206) 388-1400. The Seattle area box office is open Monday through Friday, 11am - 6pm.

About Seattle Men’s Chorus/ Seattle Women’s Chorus The internationally renowned Seattle Men’s Chorus (founded 1979) and Seattle Women’s Chorus (founded 2002) comprise the largest community choral organization in North America. Both choruses stand out as the largest LGBTQ-identified men’s and

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women’s choruses in the world. The choruses comprise one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest, most vibrant and successful music organizations, performing in Seattle’s most prestigious venues for an annual audience of more than 30,000 patrons. Flying House Productions is the not-for-profit organization that governs and manages the Choruses. Collectively there are over 600 singing members along with staff, volunteers, and associate members who support both Choruses. They are a leading voice for the LGBTQ community and offer more than 30 outreach events and main stage concert performances annually.

Our Mission Our voices transform society through innovative and entertaining programs that build community, illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ people and their allies, expand inclusion, and inspire justice.

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Our Vision A more harmonious world that celebrates the unique identities and talents of all people.

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Eugene Onegin: Superfluous man, essential opera

Michael Adams as Eugene Onegin in Seattle Opera’s Eugene Onegin – Photo by Philip Newton

by Alice Bloch SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE OPERA EUGENE ONEGIN

BY PYOTR ILYCH TCHAIKOVSKY LIBRETTO BY TCHAIKOVSKY & KONSTANTIN S. SHILOVSKY MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL January 12 (same cast on 1/18, 1/22 & 1/24) I’m not generally a fan of Tchaikovsky’s orchestral music, which I find overblown and bombastic, but his Eugene Onegin is one of my favorite operas. The music is simply gorgeous and completely appropriate to the social setting and emotional tone of each scene, and the libretto is based on Alexander Pushkin’s great novel-in-verse about youthful mistakes that lead to lifelong regret.

The title character is the prototype of what came to be called “the superfluous man,” basically a spoiled brat with too much money and too few responsibilities, who has no purpose in society and lacks empathy.

The other main character, Tatyana, is also a prototype of sorts: the shy teenager who reads too many novels, which give her unrealistic ideas about romantic love. Of course she falls in love with Onegin at first sight, and his cold reaction to her rash love letter leads to heartbreak for both of them.

Tatyana’s younger sister Olga is quite her opposite, a childlike, vivacious girl whose love for their neighbor, the would-be poet Lensky, is fully reciprocated. When Lensky sees his friend Onegin flirting with Olga, and Onegin refuses to stand down and apologize, Lensky insists on a duel and is killed.

Onegin must live the rest of his life knowing that he killed his best friend and destroyed his own chance at love.

This story of frustrated love is embedded in early 19th-century Russian society, ranging from the peasants in a country village to the aristocrats of St. Petersburg. Tchaikovsky’s ravishing score leads us from inti-

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Colin Ainsworth as Lensky and Michael Adams as Eugene Onegin in Seattle Opera’s Eugene Onegin – Photo by Philip Newton

mate arias and ensembles to folksy country dances to grand waltzes and polonaises.

Seattle Opera does justice to this splendid opera, with only a couple of missteps.

Stage director Tomer Zvulun created the production for its premiere in Kansas City, and associate director Stephanie Havey has since helmed it for other opera companies, including Seattle. For the most part, the staging is effective, but the interpolation of older versions of Tatyana and Onegin, standing in silence during orchestral intervals and sometimes staring at their younger selves, feels heavy-handed and distracting.

By the end of the opera, we’ve all gotten the picture that the characters are consumed by regret; showing us these mute personifications of that regret seems unnecessary.

The sets designed by Erhard Rom are spectacular. I especially liked the way each act opens with a claustrophobic, small room that then expands to reveal the full

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Marina Costa-Jackson as Tatyana and David Leigh as Prince Gremin in Seattle Opera’s Eugene Onegin – Photo by Sunny Martini

stage. For the outdoor scenes, projections are used effectively to represent the birches and fields of rural Russia.

Costumes designed by Isabella Bywater are beautiful and striking, particularly in the big choral scenes. Choreography by Logan Pachciarz in those scenes is also lovely.

In the performance I attended, soprano Marina Costa-Jackson as Tatyana and baritone Michael Adams as Onegin sang and acted superbly. Costa-Jackson’s portrayal of Tatyana’s wild mood swings during the allimportant letter aria was most impressive.

Colin Ainsworth’s sweet tenor voice conveyed Lensky’s tender love for Olga and his despair when he feels she has betrayed him.

Ainsworth’s Act 2 duet with Adams, in the sad moments before their duel, was one of the highlights of the performance.

Mezzo-soprano Melody Wilson overemphasized Olga’s immaturity by skipping around the stage and mugging like a young

child, and her voice lacked clarity and failed to cut through the sound of the orchestra.

Contralto Meredith Arwady was perfect as Tatyana’s nanny, Filipevna. Her rich voice and warm, down-to-earth presence couldn’t have been better.

In the small but crucial role of Prince Gremin, Tatyana’s eventual husband, bass David Leigh gave a memorable performance.

He held the final low, low note of his aria longer than seemed humanly possible, and was rewarded with a resounding ovation.

Under the direction of conductor Aleksandar Marković, the performance of the Seattle Opera Chorus and Seattle Symphony Orchestra was absolutely thrilling. In this opera, orchestral color and dynamics are everything.

I can’t single out individual musicians to praise, because every section of the orchestra played magnificently. Bravi tutti!

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that has become Russia’s national poem just as Pushkin has become the national poet – revered and taught in Russian schools the same way that Shakespeare is taught in English speaking countries.

This tale of untimely love, misunderstandings, and lost opportunities is set in the 19th century among Russian aristocrats, both in a countryside estate and in a St. Petersburg palace. It’s a perfect evocation of romanticism, complete with dashing, Byronic men, impulsive women, and lavish social settings. If you don’t know the story I would advise you not to read it ahead of time. The characters are completely human and sympathetic – you should allow yourself to be surprised, swept away, and deeply moved by this brilliant plot, told not only in the libretto but in the lush music that carries the emotional narrative like a multivocal, compassionate archangel.

This archangel – the orchestra and its instrumental soloists – was conducted with heartfelt precision by Serbian conductor Alexander Marković, who is making his Seattle Opera debut. Tchaikovsky gave orchestral voices to key arias that work almost as duets with singers: solo clarinet, flute, French horn, violin, cello – all collaborate with the singers in more distinctive ways than was customary in the opera world at that time, and Seattle Opera’s orchestral soloists had an unusual opportunity to shine.

Tchaikovsky conceived of Eugene Onegin as a chamber opera composed of “lyrical scenes” that reflected the style of Pushkin’s poetry. He believed the work would be overwhelmed by grand opera style, and insisted that it be premiered by students at the Moscow Conservatory of Music – a small setting with young singers. Eugene Onegin did not make its premiere in an opera house – the Bolshoi – until two years later, and has been in the opera repertoire ever since.

Remarkably, Tchaikovsky did not use a librettist, but adapted Pushkin’s famous poem himself, closely following its scenic development. The intimate quality of the story is preserved in the woven tapes-

Marjukka Tepponen as Tatyana in Seattle Opera’s Eugene Onegin – Photo by Philip Newton

that goes on for fourteen minutes – evokes the hopes, doubts, and daring of a young woman who risks humiliation to declare herself to a man she’s fallen in love with at first sight. Tepponen navigated this very difficult challenge – near-hysteria without hysteria – so that the audience could enter into her feelings with sympathy instead of incredulity. We feel her pain even as we suspect her girlish hopes will be dashed.

Another standout was tenor Colin Ainsworth, as the young poet Lensky, in love with Tatyana’s sister Olga. Lensky has one of the great tenor arias in the reper-

Seattle Opera Chorus and Margaret Gawrysiak (center) as Madame Larina in Seattle Opera’s Eugene Onegin – Photo by Philip Newton

try of musical themes, in arias anchored in emotional experience rather than narrative facts, and the intensity of the drama.

Tchaikovsky channeled Pushkin, just as Marković and the Seattle Opera Orchestra channeled the composer with their flowing, enveloping orchestral fabric.

The cast on opening night was nearly perfect, led by baritone John Moore as the dashing Onegin. He was both elegantly haughty at the start and desperately chastened by the end – a range of feeling only possible for a performer who acts as well as he sings. Moore can do both, as can the Finnish soprano, Marjukka Tepponen, making a spectacular role debut as Tatyana, the young woman who falls in love with Onegin and writes one of the most famous letters in opera history. The “letter aria” –

tory – many an opera competition has been won on the strength of it – and Ainsworth brought it off to the cheers of the audience.

Some of the minor roles were wonderfully performed, especially contralto Meredith Arwady as the nursemaid Filipevna. It’s not often audiences get to hear a contralto – the lowest female vocal range – and Arwady has a beautiful, deep resonance that’s a joy to hear. Another gorgeously deep voice on display was bass David Leigh making his Seattle Opera debut as Prince Gremin. He has only one aria in the very last act, but it’s a key part of the story that requires the singer to evoke real sympathy in a single appearance. Leigh is a little too young and goodlooking for the role, in my opinion, since we have to understand how unlikely it is that this man would end up with a beautiful

young wife, and how deeply grateful he is for his good fortune. But Leigh has the vocal chops for the aria and, life being what it is, he’ll age into the role.

Another hero of this production is costume designer Isabella Bywater, making her Seattle Opera debut with the gorgeous period dress required to evoke Russia in the 1820s. The costumes, much more than the minimalist staging, took the viewer into the past, adding color and interest to story.

All in all, Eugene Onegin is a great story set to great music, performed by a great opera company. So what’s not to like?

point, but they inexplicably enter from two sides of the stage aiming their fans and fists at each other, like the Sharks and the Jets, thoroughly confusing the audience. Is this a party or a war? What’s going on? Only Zvulun knows.

But the worst directorial offenses concerned two characters with small but key roles. Olga, Tatyana’s sister, has a merry, cheerful personality in Pushkin’s poem that contrasts with the bookish, dramatic Tatyana.

Olga’s charm wins the love of Lensky, but her willingness to dance with Onegin in the party scene leads to tragedy. Unfortunately, mezzosoprano Melody Wilson was mis-directed to behave like an eight-year-old on steroids, skipping all over the stage, shaking her shoulders, snatching at props, and grinning like a demented child. I know this opera backwards and forwards, but her weird behavior was so out of character that I thought the crazy kid was another silent character inserted into the scene for some inexplicable reason. It threw the story way off, since what sane man would fall in love with an infantile adult who shows no depth of character at all? I don’t blame Ms. Wilson for this misstep – she was undoubtedly being a good sport under the burden of bad direction.

Another person in this difficult position was Martin Bakari as Triquet, the master of ceremonies who sings a beautiful aria in French to Tatyana at her name-day party. This character is usually presented in a humorous or even clownish way since Pushkin refers to him as pompous and selfimportant. But the aria itself is an essential source of dramatic irony since the audience knows Tatyana is miserable and humiliated and has to put a good face on things even as her parents and all the guests are expecting her to be delighted. The spotlight should be on Tatyana during Triquet’s aria, as she graciously accepts his tribute. But Zvulun makes Triquet into the kind of corny children’s party magician that pulls fake flowers out of his sleeve and plays for laughs, hogging the attention and making Tatyana invisible. Zvulun eliminates an important nuance in the story while making Triquet look idiotic rather than pompous.

It occurred to me, and to my opera buddy as well, that the only two people of

Meredith Arwady as Filipevna and Margaret Gawrysiak as Madame Larina in Seattle Opera’s Eugene Onegin – Photo by Sunny Martini

Well, there are some problems with directorial interpolations – non-textual insertions made by the stage director that undermine the balance and coherence of the production. Pushkin and Tchaikovsky certainly don’t need any help telling their story, but stage director Tomer Zvulun seemed to think they did. He inserted a pair of silent actors portraying the elderly Onegin and Tatyana, thus framing the story as the memory of two old folks rather than the vibrant, immediate, and youthful drama Pushkin wrote. In the critical party scene in which Onegin tragically misbehaves, Zvulun has the chorus enter with pre-knowledge, beating Onegin up before he has a chance to deserve it. Not only are the party goers supposed to be unaware of Onegin’s behavior in the opera up to that

color in the whole cast, apart from a few singers in the chorus, are made to look foolish. My partner said the stage direction of Ms. Wilson and Mr. Bakari was “tone deaf” – and I agree. Colorblind casting is important – let’s have all kinds of people in all kinds of roles. But this is America, people. If there are only two people of diversity in name roles, don’t make them look stupid.

Please.

Nevertheless, these are the only flaws in a production that gets all the rest right – the music, the main performances, the costumes. Bracket the bad stage direction and enjoy the gorgeous, emotional drama of Tchaikovsky and Pushkin’s great classic. Eugene Onegin is performed at McCaw Hall through January 25.

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Seattle Shakespeare presents The Rivals

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE RIVALS SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Through February 2 The Rivals, by Richard Sheridan, is a 1700’s comedy of manners. It basically pokes fun at the society that Sheridan lived among, though apparently, they didn’t take offence (the British spelling) to it, since it became very popular.

A 17-year-old ingenue, Lydia Languish (Alexandria Henderson), is so in love with romance novels, which she reads voraciously, that instead of looking for a wealthy husband, she thinks it far more romantic to choose a pauper to love. Young Jack Absolute (Avery Clark), who should “come into” a fairly significant fortune, falls for her. Knowing her penchant for paupers, he pretends to be a penniless Ensign “Beverley” and gains her heart.

Her guardian, Mrs. Malaprop (Julie Briskman), is enraged about this and has bottled Lydia up in the house while plotting to match Lydia up with someone with money.

Suddenly Jack’s father, Sir Anthony (Bradford Farwell) shows up and the two elders decide their youngers should get married.

But now Jack has a problem because Lydia will find out he’s NOT penniless! Oh NO! Now what does he do? Lydia might fall out of love with him!

Complications ensue because there are two other suitors for Lydia, but they’re neither of them well-written or funny so the characters just derail the humor in the situa-

Alexandria Henderson and Avery Clark in The Rivals – Photo by John Ulman

tion. This was Sheridan’s first play, after all.

Also the play is three hours long. It pretty well exhausts the audience of the well-wishes they might have had to watch a comedic play.

Much of the mismatch has to lie with director George Mount. There’s no copyright infringement on this very old play, and a bunch of judicious pruning might really have helped! Then Mount inserts “updates” to comic references so that we get 20th century songs and jokes stuck in (Michael Jackson music? Really?). Updated references are not in-and-of-themselves funny.

The two funniest actors play the two funniest characters. Briskman and Farwell capture exactly the comedy needed in

this play. The wonderfully nutty costuming from Doris Black includes absolutely ENORMOUS wigs in extremely unreal colors that cause the women to practically bop their hair into the doorway exits!

The character names gave rise to current English words. “Malapropisms” is directly related to this play. Mrs. Malaprop uses words that sound like the correct word but often are exactly the opposite of what she means to say. Briskman milks this (appropriately) for all it’s worth. It’s great fun.

Farwell gets to chew scenery as he plays the gout-plagued father who expects his son to simply obey him, no matter how old the son or how outrageous the request.

The cast includes a lot of other good actors but their material doesn’t give them help to raise the bar much. An example would be Sophia Franzella who plays Maid Lucy. She is a conniving servant who gets people to pay her for any extra help she gives them. She tells the audience about it in a very “Moliere-created servant who is the puppet-master” type way. Then her character disappears and Lucy never does anything to pull any strings at all.

The choice of play to do was certainly a warranted one. Shakes chooses one nonShakespearian play to do each year. Sheridan is a well-known playwright of his time.

A comedy is welcome during the bleak winter months.

But comedy is not an easy area to pull off and one has to glide between “funny,” “cute,” and “overdone” with sure footing.

Given the ability to cut with impunity, a play like this can only be improved by gutting the clunky parts. Here, Mount didn’t do it any favors.

If you enjoy period plays with beautifully fun costuming, a couple of top-notch clowns, and the idea of current cultural references enlivening an old script, then by all means, book your tickets.

For more information, call 206-7338222 or go to www.seattleshakespeare.org.

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to illuminate in his searing new play, Reparations, commissioned by Sound Theatre Company.

But wait? (You might ask.) Isn’t the play about Black people wanting or needing “reparations” for slavery? Isn’t this a political play?

The play tries to answer the question of “why” Black folks feel that some important recognition and/or compensation should be offered to Black families. This play doesn’t start with slavery. This play starts back only a couple of generations to the early 1920s when the KKK attacks, burns and lynches the Black parents of three children in their home.

The play follows the children and their offspring forward in time to a time slightly in the future of today. Canady uses a science-fictional device, a “blood memory” device that can process a person’s blood so they can see and experience – as if they are there – their direct ancestors’ memories.

But the device must be used in the location the memories occurred in.

Rory (Aishe Keita) is the great-greatgranddaughter of the lynched ancestors and through this device she (and the audience) goes back to the night of the lynching. She is helped to do this by an Indian-American, Pramesh (Bharan Bikshaandeswaran), who works for an Oklahoma government agency dedicated to calculating and paying “reparations.” Rory very much hopes for a large pay-out so she can escape Oklahoma and travel toward her dreams.

Her grandmother, Billie Mae (Tracy Michelle Hughes), is totally against this program and its money. She is a suspicious woman and never talks about the past. Rory has the burden of taking care of Billie Mae now that she is disabled but desperately wants to stay in her home, the family’s generationally-owned farmhouse.

Surrounding these characters are three cast members who play various family members in both the past and the present.

Brandon Mooney, Allyson Lee Brown and Anthony Lee Simmons provide solid sup-

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Aishe Keita and Tracy Michelle Hughes in Reparations – Photo by Aaron Jin

port in their characters and also jump to the 1950s to reveal a secret Grandma Billie Mae has been keeping all these years.

Both the lynching and the family secret have created legacy trauma for these descendants. Mostly likely due to the lynching and the fact that the three kids had to grow up without parents to guide them, their offspring suffered from those kids becoming parents who didn’t know as much as they should have about good parenting. So, perhaps that is why the secret family trauma happened.

Should we somehow compensate families with histories of lynchings? Will that change things for their descendants? The play becomes a bit convoluted in the middle with the implication that government agencies never really deliver what they promise and funding often suddenly disappears.

Billie Mae asks her grandchild, “Well,

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where you gonna draw the line, Rory? …

Or hell, why not go back and figure out what slave ship brought our people over here. Or what tribe sold them out to the white folks.

Or why Eve ate the damn apple – !” All of those are good questions to ask as we reflect how our society and our government could or should compensate for the trauma caused by racism and capitalistic use of slave labor.

Still, as much as Billie Mae wants to think by keeping quiet she is keeping trauma to herself, her own behavior betrays trauma’s effect on her. This is a universal truth.

The play could use some trimming and tightening and far less dependence on the government agency and its representative (he could disappear with his agency). What is undeniable is that Canady has a great facility with dialogue, and the relationship he created between Rory and Billie Mae is wonderful.

Hughes and Keita are transcendent to

watch and the production is exquisitely directed by Jay O’Leary. The play does not “hit at” the audience to make one feel somehow responsible, but cuts open the feelings at the heart of the issue of reparations and the complexities we all face in recognizing that trauma and terrible actions took place, yet not knowing how to help change the underlying racism. It certainly makes it clear that we must try.

For more information, go to www. soundtheatrecompany.org or https://www. artful.ly/sound-theatre-company--1/store/ events/19115.

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Gleefully unsettling Underwater Lovecraftian nightmare fuel

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer UNDERWATER Now playing Seven miles underwater, the crew of the Kepler mining operation are having a bad day. Their massive housing and administration complex is rapidly imploding. While an act of quick thinking by mechanical engineer Norah (Kristen Stewart) slows this impending tragedy down it does not stop it entirely. With Captain Lucien (Vincent Cassel) already jettisoning the working escape pods with the few survivors he could find, those still aboard are going to have to work together to find an alternate way to the surface if they are going to live.

Norah, Lucien, marine biologist Emily (Jessica Henwick), operations manager Smith (John Gallagher Jr.), systems manager Rodrigo (Mamoudou Athie) and mechanic Paul (T.J. Miller) are going to have to walk along the ocean’s surface all the way to the company’s drilling platform in hopes its escape pods are still in working operation. What they do not know is that they are not alone. The actions of the Kepler’s crew have inadvertently unleashed something monstrous, and to say it isn’t friendly would be a titanic understatement.

If nothing else, William Eubank’s (The Signal) appropriately titled undersea creature-feature Underwater wastes zero time putting its cadre of characters in mortal danger. The Kepler begins falling to piece just moments after Norah finishes brushing her teeth and seconds before she can even put on her shoes. Within the first five minutes she and Rodrigo are running for their lives and unburying Paul from the rubble before running across their Captain nursing a sprained shoulder in the escape pod bay. From there it is up to the crumbling command center to

Kristen Stewart in Underwater – Photo courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox

snag Emily and Smith before the six get into their armored diving suits and begin their trek to the drilling platform.

Needless to say, Brian Duffield’s (Jane Got a Gun) and Adam Cozad’s (The Legend of Tarzan) economical script isn’t exactly big on exposition, and as far as I’m concerned that’s a good thing. Eubank allows each character’s various quirks, idiosyncrasies and their backstories to come through via set design, costumes and most importantly each actor’s performance.

We get to know who they are through how they deal with this catastrophe, and in doing so I found I knew much more about them by the time the film culminated than

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ing out a flurry of effective jump scares and ruthlessly dismembering his cast one-byone in suitably grizzly fashion. There aren’t a lot of real surprises, save maybe as it pertains to the body count and who the eventual survivors are, but neither of those items are all that shocking enough to be considered entirely unexpected, either.

But even that being the case I still enjoyed this thriller a whole heck of a lot.

I may not have been a huge fan of his 2014 cult favorite The Signal or Eubank’s inventive 2011 debut Love, but that doesn’t mean I still couldn’t see his fierce directorial chops clear as day. He has a strong eye for visuals, and I love how he doesn’t treat his actors as props and instead trusts them to sell the emotional content of his stories without any showy melodramatic self-indulgence on his part. Eubank also ratcheted up tension in a manner that dug so far underneath my skin it burrowed into the marrow, a skill set I’m more than happy to applaud.

I honestly haven’t the first clue what convinced Stewart to be in this movie, but that’s another coup for the director as far as I’m concerned because, much like she was in last November’s Charlie’s Angels, the actress is wonderful here first scene to last.

The best moments are the ones with Norah off on her own trying to survive in isolation, the actress conveying so much about her character with the movement of her body and the timbre of her voice as it calls out into the darkness seeing if any of her crewmates are still alive. I was enthralled by what Stewart was doing, the climactic scenes of her staring down the monster that destroyed the Kepler while fighting for the lives of her remaining friends worth the price of a matinee ticket all by itself.

Other aspects worthy of praise include Marco Beltrami (The Hurt Locker) and Brandon Roberts’ (The Axe Murders of Villisca) unnerving score, Naaman Marshall’s (Stuber) crackerjack production design and Dorotka Sapinska’s (The Signal) authentically weathered costumes.

There’s also something to be said about Leandre Lagrange’s (Godzilla: King of the Monsters) imaginative creature designs, and even if the final baddie reminded me a little too much of the aforementioned Deep Sea Rising I still found her Lovecraftian monsters to be invigorating nightmare fuel that will only positively grow on me more and more over time. Underwater gets the job done. I liked it a lot. Heck, I’m likely to head to the theatre and see it again before January ends.

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I initially thought I did. This becomes an intense adventure that overflows in giddy suspense, the anxiety I felt while watching it a constantly enjoyable surge of unbridled adrenaline that kept me entertained.

Not that we’re talking mysterious sea creature suspense-thriller magnificence here. On a scale of The Rift to DeepStar Six to Leviathan to The Abyss, I’d say Underwater is more like an Alien-infused Deep Sea Rising more than it is anything else. The movie’s ambitions aren’t lofty, and Eubank’s seems far more interested in channeling his inner Roger Corman than he is in being a James Cameron or Ridley Scott clone. The director isn’t afraid of toss-

Emotionally malnourished Like a Boss a forgettable female buddy comedy

Tiffany Haddish, Rose Byrne, and Salma Hayek in Like a Boss – Photo courtesy of Paramount Pictures

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer LIKE A BOSS Now playing

If not for the superlative talents of Rose Byrne, Tiffany Haddish and Salma Hayek, and in no small part thanks to a couple of scene-stealing supporting turns from Billy Porter and Jennifer Coolidge, I’m hardpressed to believe that R-rated buddy com-

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Brutally bleak Grudge a disappointing slow-burn terror

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE GRUDGE Now playing After the underground cult success of writer/director Nicolas Pesce’s previous two independent esoteric genre outings The Eyes of My Mother and Piercing, the filmmaker has been handed the keys to Sony’s dormant The Grudge franchise by producer Sam Raimi. Not so much a reboot of creator Takashi Shimizu’s hit 2004 English-language variation of his own Japanese horror sensation Ju-on as it is a side tale that begins only days before Sarah Michelle Gellar tragically steps foot inside that cursed Tokyo house for the first time, there is a startlingly pitiless ambition on display here I cannot deny. Pesce has a unique eye and an even more distinctive slow-burn style, his new take on this material having an icy flair I was consistently fascinated, enthralled and even disturbed by.

It is a pity that the whole thing goes so obnoxiously off the rails just as it’s building to a conclusion. Pesce and his fellow screenwriter Jeff Buhler (Pet Sematary) have noticeable difficulty tying everything up in a satisfying way. It’s almost as if they’re hamstrung by a combination of studioimposed mandates to try and satiate a large audience but also by the various impersonally darkened corners they’ve somehow written themselves into. Characters act even stranger than normal, conversations between equals lead nowhere and pivotal plot points feel as if they’ve been pulled out of a hat at random than they do anything coherently related to what has already transpired. The wheels come completely off, and for the latest entry in a franchise entry that goes all the way back to 2000 for things to fall apart so suddenly was a massive disappointment to say the least.

Until then, though, I was fully down with what Pesce was doing with Shimizu’s source material. Much like he did with his previous efforts, the director isn’t afraid to take his time. He is a visual filmmaker who fills his frame with unusual sights that tend to play out right on the fringes of the frame. Pesce challenges the viewer to follow along with what he is doing, refusing to over-explain as he has the characters discover just how perilous their situation is all on their own.

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it’s not even up to the standards set by the relatively pleasing (if still somewhat undercooked) Youth in Revolt, Cedar Rapids or Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. No, without its strong cast this movie would have been D.O.A., and even with them I find it unlikely potential viewers are going to want to spend their hard-earned dollars to give it a look.

Shame, because Byrne and Haddish are a terrific comedic team. They have instant chemistry, engaging in a zippy backand-forth that’s invigorating. There were moments where I felt like they were going to make this otherwise anemic affair not just worthwhile but essential. This duo is fully engaged, showcasing spunk, energy and emotional depth even when Sam Pitman and Adam Cole-Kelly’s woefully malnourished screenplay could care less to do the same. Byrne and Haddish deserve better material. For that matter, so does a paying audience.

The story revolves around Mia (Haddish) and Mel (Byrne), childhood best

Demián Bichir and Tara Westwood in The Grudge – Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures

In this case, there are moments he’s got three subplots happening set during different years (2004, 2005 and 2006) all playing out at once. Pesce handles this beautifully, and I never felt like I was losing track of who was who, why they were important or at what point in time we were seeing them in.

It’s a tremendous juggling act, one that feels unique to this motion picture yet also still pays delicate homage to the Japanese style of horror filmmaking that inspired things at the exact same time. This helps give this take on The Grudge a frigidly macabre ambience that’s unsettling, the director’s cutthroat approach frequently impressive if still at times purposefully unpleasant.

This all makes that last third all the more upsetting. Pesce and Buhler are hamstrung by how they have reworked Shimizu’s mythology for this unrelenting supernatural evil and as such can’t find a way to satisfyingly resolve their story. Two key characters have a late-night conversation that’s frustratingly pointless, while the actions taken by one of them afterwards would be unintentionally laughable if it made even a single lick of sense. While there’s a lovely scene where identity and intent are a crucial mystery, the reasons for why it is happening are

so absurd it ended up having little effect on me. It all rings hollow, and even a clever twist in the final scene had zero impact because of the slapdash way the film decides to bend, twist and even break the rules it had initially set for itself to follow.

As for that plot, after a brief prologue at the Tokyo house at the center of the 2004 version, things move forward to 2006 as recently widowed Detective Muldoon (Andrea Riseborough) and her son Burke (John J. Hansen) move to a new town to begin life afresh. When she and her new partner, grizzled veteran Detective Goodman (Demián Bichir), investigate a gruesome roadside death, the clues all lead back to a house where a horrific murder-suicide took place two years prior. That case haunts Goodman even though he personally never set foot inside the home, letting his partner Detective Wilson (William Sadler) take the lead on the case instead.

From there Pesce moves between a variety of interlocking stories all involving the house, talented actors John Cho, Betty Gilpin, Lin Shaye, Frankie Faison and a splendid Jacki Weaver (adding levity and humor just when it is needed the most) all filling key roles. While the core parts of the narrative

revolve around Riseborough’s investigation into the house, its history and the curse that follows anyone unlucky enough to step through the door, Pesce still makes sure to give his cast plenty of room to create memorable characters. Each actor taps into the vibe he’s created for them with invigorating ease, and that they are given such creative freedom in the context of such a down and dirty horror outing is to my mind refreshing.

That’s all great but it’s still all for naught. The last 15 minutes are disastrous.

Worse, they only call additional attention to how inexorably grim the entirety of the remainder of the film has been. This version of The Grudge has a heck of a lot going for it, not the least of which is that talented cast, Zack Galler’s (The Abandoned) marvelous cinematography, a suitably disquieting score from The Newton Brothers (Doctor Sleep) and the director’s confidently austere handling of the material. But none of this can overcome an ending this ruinous.

While I’m okay with how brutally Pesce treats his characters, that there is no sense of catharsis or redemption, no matter how minor, is something of an issue, the climax making all that previously transpired next to meaningless.

friends who now own their own small Atlanta cosmetics company. They have two dedicated employees Barrett (Porter) and Sydney (Coolidge) they adore and three high school besties, Kim (Jessica St. Clair), Jill (Natasha Rothwell) and Angela (Ari Graynor), who they can’t imagine ever not being a part of their lives. But organized and bookish Mel has been reticent to tell creative, outgoing free-spirit Mia that their company is on the verge of collapse, and unless they can become way more profitable in the next six months no matter how excellent their product they’ll still have to shutter their doors.

Enter cosmetics queen Claire Luna (Hayek). She wants to partner with the women, offering them a contract that will instantly get them out of debt and potentially put them on the path to becoming multi-millionaires. It too good to be true, and Mia is reticent to cede so much control to a domineering personality they’ve only just met. But Mel doesn’t see any other option and argues that they should take the deal, never imagining that by doing so she’ll be risking far more than the business she helped build from the ground up with her own two hands.

There aren’t a lot of surprises. Luna has an unorthodox clause in her contract with the small business owners that basically states if their friendship shatters she’ll get the controlling share of their company, and she predictably goes out of her way to try and engineer that very catastrophe. There are also random ideas involving a person’s natural beauty and the lasting power of close-knit friendships, but none of that goes much deeper than what can be seen right there on the surface. The plot comes across like a theatrical piece of daytime television or a soapy Lifetime melodrama, only one with far more four-letter words, making things so rudimentary the film comes perilously close to being boring.

What Arteta and his movie do have going for them is that talented cast. Not only are Byrne and Haddish pretty great, Hayek is a gleefully larger-than-life Machiavellian villain who throws herself into the proceedings with goofy self-deprecating effervescence. While Porter and Coolidge are hardly reinventing themselves, their patented schtick is still good for a number of solid laughs, the former particularly delightful during a scene where Barrett is given crushing news from Mia and

Mel while demonstrably chomping on a crispy salad. As for the three girlfriends, Graynor makes the most lasting impression although both St. Clair and Rothwell aren’t too far behind her, and part of me almost wished Arteta had gotten his screenwriters to write the trio a couple of extra scenes so they could all hang around a little bit longer than they ultimately do.

Not that I can say any of this matters very much. Even at a brisk 83 minutes the comedy plods around aimlessly for much of its running time, building to a foregone conclusion that I saw coming from a mile away. The ending is a banal mess that’s never as crowd-pleasing as it wants to be.

Worse, it’s also not very funny, the climax a rushed compendium of inspirational girlpower clichés that might have been insulting if they weren’t so blandly mediocre.

Thanks primarily to the cast I can’t hate on Like a Boss, but that doesn’t mean I found it worth recommending, either. It’s instantly forgettable, and by the end of January it will probably have slipped out of my mind completely.

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Meetings Events Activities

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

SGN phone: (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.

SATURDAY - January 18

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.

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.

PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary.

Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP: www.longhair.shorturl.com Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Plymouth Church, 1217 6th Ave (downtown between University & Seneca), lounge. Meets 3rd Saturday most months.

Cost: $5 per person (please try to bring exact change) to help pay for room rental. Please bring a dish that will serve eight or more to share. Free parking under the church (entrance on University). Take garage elevator to 2nd floor or enter thru south front doors on 6th. Info: www.seattleprimetimers.org.

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

(Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

SUNDAY - January 19

Ravenna United Methodist Church. 8:30am. “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school” - 9:45am Worship. 5751 33rd Ave NE. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. (206) 525-7988.

Center for Spiritual Living. 9am, 11am & 5:30pm services. 6318 Linden Ave N. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801; www.spiritualliving.org Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am Sunday Services.

200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” (206) 622-8475; www.seattleunity.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 Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org 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 University Unitarian Church. 9:30am & 11:15am Sunday Services. (Late June-Aug 9:30am only.) 6556 35th Ave NE. Awakening spirit, nurturing hope, inspiring action. Interweave is the official name for LGBTQ groups in the Unitarian-Universalist family as a common thread of identification. www.uuchurch.org.

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.

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.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am Sunday Service.

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

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 Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911 Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. (206) 682-3620.

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.

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

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

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

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 Columbia City Church of Hope. 10:30am Worship.

3818 S Angeline St. We are a progressive faith community rooted in God’s grace and acceptance growing together toward justice, love and wholeness. (206) 722-5651. www.ColumbiaCityHope.org.

First Church - First United Methodist Church of Seattle. 10:30am. 180 Denny Way. (Enter on 2nd Ave N for worship.) Welcome to First Church, a progressive community advocating for the homeless and hungry, and creating a refuge of inclusive Christianity. First Church is a proud member of the Reconciling Ministries Network.

(206) 622-7278; firstchurchseattle.org

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sive, 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 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 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.

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 Northminster Presbyterian Church. 10:30am Worship.

GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

7706 25th Ave NW. A village church in the city open to all. (206) 783-3402. www.northminsterpres.org (ConveMONDAY - January 20 niently located a block from the Metro #40 bus route.)

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DAY St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship.

1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching. “20/20 VISION” - 36th Annual MLK Day: Opportunity Holy communion. Encountering the transformative Fair, Workshops, Rally, and March. Garfield High and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. School, 23rd Ave & E Jefferson St. Opportunity Fair: 8:30am-11:30am; Workshops: 9:30am-10:50am; Rally: stclementseattle.org St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. 10:30am Mass. 2702 11am-12:30pm. March 12:30pm-Outside Rally. Return Broadway E (north of E Roanoke St). A welcoming and for Community Meal. Info: www.seattlemlkcoalition.org affirming Christ-centered community. (206) 329-2960. Presented by Seattle’s MLK Jr Day Organizing Coalition.

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 www.stpartickseattle.org Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every listing at noon for details.)

Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t SOBER On Meds. 1-2pm. Peer Seattle 1520 Bellevue have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe Ave #100. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. (206) 322rental. (425) 785-4729.

Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; 2437; www.peerseattle.org 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322 Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. Peer Seattle, S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexuali- 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Peer support for Gay and ties, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, 1987. welcometablecc.org Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation. Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday 10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, afternoon listing.)

PFLAG/Kitsap County (Bremerton) Monthly Meetoffice@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church ing. 6-7pm. Kitsap Pride, 532 5th Ave #20, Bremerton.

Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple Meets 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for progressive Christ-centered faith community committed parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as to providing a nurturing environment for individual & those minorities. www.kitsappflag.org and on Facebook. community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating kitsappflag@yahoo.com. (888) 636-0652. PFLAG/Puget unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly Sound: (206) 325-7724.

Meditation Class for LGBTQ Seniors. 6:30pm. Genchurch. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson Pride Senior Center, 401 Broadway E, Suite 223. Free House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & expe- class every Monday for LGBTQ seniors, their caregivers rienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. and allies. Beginners welcome. www.gapseattle.org Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, PFLAG/Everett (Snohomish County) Monthly Meetdoug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Bud- ing. 7pm. Stillaguamish Public Meeting Room #1, Robert dies” on Meetup.com or at DharmaBuddies.org. (Women J. Drewell Bldg., 3000 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets are invited to contact our sister meditation group at www. 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, LotusSisters.org.)

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am Worship. spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those 6512 12th Ave NW. An “open & affirming” congregation. minorities. www.pflageverett.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: “We celebrate our diversity in religious background, (206) 325-7724. sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” (206) 783-6733; Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk www.stpauluccseattle.com.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, with others about their experiences & concerns related 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progres- to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org

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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 MeetWednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, ing in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Every Monday. www.

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

TUESDAY - January 21 LotusSisters.org.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park, 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday. afternoon listing.)

Meet at Black Sun sculpture across for museum. (See New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Saturday at 9am.)

Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, listing at noon for details.)

Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 afternoon listing.)

Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by YouthCare. Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

(206) 622-5555.

Every Wednesday. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. support, social interaction & information for the whole www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www. peerseattle.org ingersollcenter.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. WallChurch, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse ingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Chorus. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organisexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org zation for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.

No Man’s Land - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages maturefriends.org 22 & Under. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meetstrong Queer women live their lives. (206) 322-2515, ing helping people deal with issues of gender identity www.lamberthouse.org & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI). who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, 7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Colonial room). 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual THURSDAY - January 23 behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828. SAA International Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. afternoon listing.)

Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.) Monthly 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Tuesday. Peer Lunch Get-Together. 12 noon. Ballard NW Senior group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.peerCenter, 5429 32nd Ave NW. Meets 4th Thursday each seattle.org month. Look for the A.B.L.E. sign on the table. We are Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma. Lesbians, 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) 7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of this group is Every Tuesday. to connect, socialize, and support each other. We have Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 been meeting since 2015. The group hosts evening Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. A vibrant drop-in workshop potlucks, outings and get-togethers. Co-sponsored by for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www. Puget Sound Old Lesbians Organizing for Change. peerseattle.org (PSOLOC).

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meet- BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. ing in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian 12-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.) www.babesnetwork.org.

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water Saturday listing at noon for details.) polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & Rainbow Lunch on Thursdays. 12 noon-12:45pm. experienced players welcome. Check our website for Wallingford Community Senior Center, Lower Level, up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N. Meets 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. most Thursdays, except holidays. WCSC welcomes and Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, supports the gender, romantic, and sexual minorities 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry (GRSM, or LGBTQQIAA+) community! Join us at Rainevent that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and bow Lunch on Thursdays to celebrate this integral group. slam (poetry competition). Come out and express your- Expanded van service is available on Thursdays thanks self. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. to volunteering by Bruce Terrey of Mature Friends. In $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org proud partnership with GenPRIDE, Mature Friends, and Lake City Seniors LGBTQ2+Allies. $4 members; $6 WEDNESDAY - January 22 general public. Drop-ins encouraged. (206) 461-7825; Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet info@wallingfordseniors.org. up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Open meeting of Alcoholics along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every Wednes- Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org day. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, restaurant. www.maturefriends.org Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12 noon. 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every ThursJimmy’s on Broadway, Silver Cloud Hotel, 1100 Broad- day. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also way @ E Madison St. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.) month. Just drop in - no RSVP required. MF is a social B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questionorganization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. ing Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for www.maturefriends.org location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See (425) 747-4937.

Saturday listing at noon for details.)

Boys Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14SEAMEC Monthly Meeting. 7pm. 1605 12th Ave, Suite 22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every 21. Meets 4th Wednesday each month. SEAMEC inter- Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about isviews, researches & rates candidates for public office sues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitaon issues of concern to the LGBT community. www. tion of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. voteseamec.org lamberthouse.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling. issues, building a supportive community. For informa- Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT tion, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) no bowling June, July, August.]

362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Living Positively. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Thursday. A meditation/ 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for recovery group. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org the HIV community with various topics for discussion Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group and conversation. (206) 957-1600 or www.lifelong.org. Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

Sponsored by Lifelong.

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or

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our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Thursday.

Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men.

(206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org [NOTE: Please contact the facilitator prior to attending.]

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

FRIDAY - January 24

Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. A drop-in AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. Ongoing 12-step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Lake City Seniors LGBTQ2+Allies Peer Support Group. 1-2:30pm. Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave NE. Meets last Friday most months. Please call to confirm. Small group of mostly 50+ come together to connect, share and learn from one another. For questions or more information, please contact Claudine Wallace, (206) 472-5471 or claudinew@soundgenerations.org.

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

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

LGBTQ & Allies 18+ Free Friday Night Drop-In Volleyball. 6-7:45pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. Every Friday. (206) 684-4753.

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

Seattle “Decaf” Espresso Cup Tournament (1/241/25). West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (located 1 block from Metro “C” Line bus route). Fri: 6-7pm checkin. 7-10pm 9-Pin No Tap Cosmic Projection event open to all bowlers.-Sat: 9am-9:45am check in for teams and doubles. 10am-4pm team & doubles events. 4:308:30pm Best Bowler Standing event. NOTE: Registration for tournament is currently full. Visit website to be placed on wait list. http://espressocup.org; www.wsbowl.com 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.

Game Night. 7pm-11pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100 Every Friday. Card games, board games and fellowship. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

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

Destiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30-8:30pm.

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

(Also meets Mondays.)

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm.

Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Every Friday. 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; (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

SATURDAY - January 25

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle “Decaf” Espresso Cup Tournament (1/241/25). West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (located 1 block from Metro “C” Line bus route). Fri: 6-7pm checkin. 7-10pm 9-Pin No Tap Cosmic Projection event open to all bowlers.-Sat: 9am-9:45am check in for teams and doubles. 10am-4pm team & doubles events. 4:308:30pm Best Bowler Standing event. NOTE: Registration for tournament is currently full. Visit website to be placed on wait list. http://espressocup.org; www.wsbowl.com Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140. Monthly potluck meets last Saturday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org

SUNDAY - January 26

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. GenPRIDE (Generations Aging with Pride), 401 Broadway E #223 (above QFC in Broadway Market). Meets 4th Sunday each month. Lots of parking in the Broadway Market garage. This month’s topic: What’s Important to Plan for Now. Info: (206) 789-6778; www.seattleprimetimers.org.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169.

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

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount Vernon) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook.

COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities - www.colage.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest. org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, (206) 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, (206) 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911.

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community - (206) 393-3400; info@gapseattle.org; gapseattle.org GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse. org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - (425) 785-8593; lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons 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

Celebrating 46 Years!

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

Sponsors Tacoma Pride Festival. (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond.

Call (206) 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

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

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

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html 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 & 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.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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; 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; Com-

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ing 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, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way, with additional support groups organized in smaller towns throughout King County, (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; New Horizons: social services and shelter for homeless youth, 2708 3rd Ave (in Belltown), (206) 374-0866, http://namin.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; 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; 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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