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Issue 4, Volume 48, January 24, 2020

Arts & Entertainment

Whim W’Him celebrates Feminist a decade of dance with The Revolutionists another XCITING program at ArtsWest

Olivier Wevers’ “Blind Spot” – Photo by Stefano Altamura

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer WHIM W’HIM SEATTLE CONTEMPORARY DANCE XPRESS CORNISH PLAYHOUSE AT SEATTLE CENTER January 17 (also 1/18) (also 1/24 & 1/25 @ 8pm)

Whim W’Him Seattle Contemporary Dance is celebrating its tenth season – a great accomplishment for a small company in this nation, where the arts are so underfunded that the survival of any dance group is something of a miracle. Only the best survive – so the Roman numeral “X” designation in Whim W’Him’s programs this year (XPRESS, XALT) is a measure

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The Revolutionists – Photo by John McClellan

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE REVOLUTIONISTS ARTSWEST Through February 9 ArtsWest is presenting Lauren Gunderson’s play, The Revolutionists. We’re in 1793 and France is in complete turmoil!

The Revolution has turned into a free-for-

all of executions (by guillotine, of course) of royalty and those who support them. The Jacobins are in power and the Girondins are against them. “People power” is generally what the populace wants, but how to get there is an open question.

Journalist Jean-Paul Marat has stirred up the populace with his rhetoric. Charlotte Corday (Hannah Mootz) decides he is an

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21st century And the 2019 “Gypsy Rose Lee Award” Les Misérables a Parisian City of God nominees are … !

Gypsy Rose Lee – Photo by George Skadding / Time Life Pictures / Getty Images

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer For the ninth year in a row, theater critics in Seattle have banded together to honor excellent theater in town over the past year.

Anyone who is on the “inside” of this small

industry knows that there are fewer and fewer places where people can write about theater, unless they establish a blog or other online outlet! However, there are still a few of us left trying to help audiences find great work.

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Les Misérables – Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer LES MISÉRABLES Now playing

An Academy Award nominee for Best International Feature Film, director and co-writer Ladj Ly’s ambitious drama Les Misérables is not an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic 1862 novel. The filmmak-

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continued from cover integral part of the power structure and if he dies then those fomenting the violence might significantly weaken. She determines to gain entry to his bath by pretense and to knife him there.

Olympe de Gouges (Sunam Ellis) is a playwright and activist who championed Haitians fighting for freedom from the colonialism of France. She wrote plays on the slave trade, divorce, marriage, debtors’ prisons, children’s rights, and government work schemes for the unemployed. As a playwright, she often was in the vanguard, writing political works on contemporary controversies.

Gouges wrote her famous Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen shortly after the French Constitution of 1791 was ratified by King Louis XVI, and dedicated it to his wife, Queen Marie Antoinette (Jonelle Jordan). But Louis has been executed and Marie comes looking for Gouges.

Marie is fairly certain that she will be carted off to the guillotine, but she is hoping that Gouges might write Marie’s story so that Marie can go down in history looking better than the current press about her.

Marianne Angelle (Dedra Woods), a fictional character of Gunderson’s, represents many Haitian people. She arrives to ask Gouges to write more pamphlets like those Gouges wrote in 1788 in support of the rebel Haitians. Also, she represents “Mari-

The Revolutionists – Photo by John McClellan

anne,” a symbol of the French rebellion and support of democracy as a sort of “goddess of the Revolution.”

Would-be assassin Corday arrives demanding a “last line” from Gouges so she can make a significant statement before she dies. These feisty women try to stand up for feminism at a moment when both the monarchists and the revolutionaries had declined to include women as full

“people” and have declared women’s status as second class. The four women bond over friendship, writing, words, and womanhood. Over all their heads is literally the guillotine. In the midst of womanpower and bonding, all is death and the defeat of political acceptance for women.

Gunderson’s dialogue is current and slang-filled and also clearly from a 21st century perspective on women, what their

rights and responsibilities should be, and how they felt about their circumstances.

Director Kelly Kitchens plays up the comedy. Gunderson’s play turns toward drama, though, in an uneven and difficult maneuver.

After a lot of comedy, the play turns somber.

All three of the historical women die by the end. Angelle escapes that fate, but her husband back in Haiti is not so fortunate.

The simple platform staging with a ribboned background is a bit too simple for this production. There is no picture of a guillotine, only a set of light changes and a sound cue. The guillotine is a potent symbol that should hover somewhere over everything these women do or say. It’s missed here.

There is much to chew on in the play.

Gunderson never puts less than a fullmeal-deal in each of her plays. What is usually most important is that she celebrates women who are forgotten or betrayed by those who twist their stories to their own ends. The only woman you probably remember when thinking about the French Revolution might be Madame DeFarge – or Marie Antoinette supposedly saying, “Let them eat cake.” Gunderson sets some of that record clear.

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er’s feature-length debut is inspired by the 2005 riots that shook France to its core. It is also set in the inner city, mostly immigrant and minority neighborhoods of Montfermeil and Clichy-sous-Bois, the same Paris locations where the character of Gavroche lived in Hugo’s novel. It is a movie that feels more like a French City of God (Cidade de Deus) more than it does anything else, the whole thing having a gritty, documentarylike aesthetic that held me spellbound.

Plainclothes police officer Stéphane (Damien Bonnard) is a newcomer to the Montfermeil anti-crime squad. He is assigned to the day shift and is paired with veterans Chris (Alexis Manenti) and Gwada (Djebril Zonga). During his first trip out he is introduced to local authority figure The Mayor (Steve Tientcheu) who attempts to keep control of the varying factions and gangs constantly angling for power. He also ends up in the middle of his first mystery, local youngster Issa (Issa Perica) kidnapping a lion cub from a traveling gypsy circus, a crime that could inadvertently spark a violent race riot unless the animal is returned unharmed.

It’s a simple enough plot, almost absurdly so. In lesser hands this would have transformed into some silly action-comedy. But Ly isn’t interested in delivering anything so crude or rudimentary. Instead, he’s examining wealth inequality, racism and the systemic social and political elements that keep primarily immigrant communities of color impoverished. It’s a day-in-the-life look-in that grows in powerful resonance as it moves along, things finally exploding into a symphony of violence and recrimination as the youth of an entire community scream in a singular voice that will no longer go unheard by the authorities determined to keep them suppressed and compliant.

Not that Ly is as successful as Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund were with City of God or, keeping things a bit more in the same region, as Mathieu Kassovitz was with his minimalistic 1995 marvel La Haine. The ending comes off as strangely toothless and flat, and while the Mayor’s

Djibril Zonga, Alexis Manenti, and Damien Bonnard in Les Misérables – Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios

introduction is masterful, from that point forward the character never makes the type of lasting impact I kept feeling like the material wanted him to. The various side characters, some of them observers, others unwilling and unexpected participants in the maelstrom that ends up ripping the community to shreds, are also rarely utilized to their full potential.

But the film still works, oftentimes marvelously so. Even if the framing device around which much of the plot depends upon recalls more standard action-thriller fair like Training Day (or even Dennis Hopper’s 1988 drama Colors of all things),

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the initial immersion into the daily ins and outs in Montfermeil is superb. The opening act is an incredible bit of world-building, and the way Ly shows the viewer what it is like to be both a resident and a law enforcement officer charged with attempting to keep the peace is exceedingly well done.

It’s better if I don’t go into any sort of detail as to the heinous events that spark all of the carnage, chaos and misfortune that take up the last hour or so of the film. Just know there are several hot-button elements at play, including a moment of inadvertent (or is it?) police brutality that sparks a neighborhood manhunt for a recording of the incident for

their own selfish reasons numerous parties do not want aired on the nightly news.

Events slowly build to explosion, the ending purposefully open-ended with no one being in the right and almost everyone being in the wrong. It is also almost guaranteed to leave many in the audience scratching their head in dumbfounded confusion. This might not be Victor Hugo’s story, but that doesn’t mean Les Misérables doesn’t still bear the author’s imprint, the ending of this story a mixture of tragedy, compromise, disappointment and, yes, even hope that leaves many questions unanswered and the future for all involved painfully uncertain.

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Ihsan Rustem’s “Of Then and Now” – Photo by Stefano Altamura

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of how much the public and the funders – as well as dancers and other artists – believe in the vision of Artistic Director and Founder Olivier Wevers. For the past ten years he has guided a small company (seven dancers) into creating new works for up-and-coming choreographers, many who are having a growing impact on contemporary dance here and abroad.

Wevers and his dancers – who have a vote on which artists to commission – pay special attention to female choreographers.

At least half of the invited dance makers in the past five years are women. That kind of equal opportunity is truly meaningful in a country where the Equal Rights Amendment hasn’t passed since it was first proposed in 1923. Choreographers like Penny Saunders, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Yin Yue, Danielle Agami, and Sidra Bell have been given the chance to build their repertoires and careers by making dances for Seattle audiences – dances that then spread to the worldwide dance community.

Whim W’Him – as its name implies – also has a committed focus on the LGBTQ community. Year after year we have seen their choreographers consider – directly and metaphorically – the lives of those contending with secrecy, rejection, illness, and injustice, as well as love. Works such as James Greggs’ “Into You I Go Willingly” (2016) in which two dancers fight through layers of self-deception, confrontation and ultimate acceptance, and Kyra Jean Green’s “The Smile Club” (2019) where smiling becomes a metaphor for suffering, are not only directed at the LGBTQ community, but are communiqués to humanity at large about the experience of at least 10% of their fellow humans. They cause non-LGBTQ viewers, allies or otherwise, to see all people more clearly – those who may also be siblings, colleagues, neighbors, or admired public figures.

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Ihsan Rustem’s “Of Then and Now” – Photo by Stefano Altamura

production expressing this complex relationship between queer individuals and the world is Wevers’ own full-length dance “Approaching Ecstasy” (2012, 2017), a meditation on the life of Greek poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933). International fame in an era when gay love was illegal made Cavafy’s closeted life a torment to him. In this masterpiece of dance theater Wevers and his musical collaborators, Eric Banks and the Esoterics chorus, use Cavafy’s own words to conjure the claustrophobia and fleeting ecstasy of closeted life. The poems describe a group of people who have no place to find freedom and no

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hope for reconciliation with the world at large, but who retain the love of beauty and human connection in spite of repression.

Clearly Whim W’Him has been true to its values and vision throughout ten years of dance-making, while providing resources to choreographers of all genders, races, and styles. Their only shared traits are these: the ability to express their imaginations in dance; the ability to tap into the talents of the dancers and other artists provided; and the ability to manifest their imaginations in works that move and inspire audiences. The current choreographers in XPRESS show these traits in abundance.

“Of Then and Now” (New Creation) Choreography: Ihsan Rustem The first section of this dance put me in mind of Wim Wenders’ film Wings of Desire in which angelic presences observe the vicissitudes of humanity. Dancers walk on and off the stage making busy – even frantic – gestures to the contrasting sounds of religious choral music, as though the seraphim and cherubim are paying very close attention to every individual life. These sequences expand into duets of the most startling originality, with moves I’ve never seen before – a sideways angel stand; a shoulder carry ending with the man rolling the woman down

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Sidra Bell’s “Behavioral Skins” – Photo by Stefano Altamura

his back like a log; a woman caressing her partner with her chin; individual poses that defy gravity. It was all so odd and intimate – in my notes I wrote “It actually looks like love.” Speaking of which, I loved the music in this dance, everything from Bellini’s “Casta Diva” – a soaring soprano prayer to the moon – to Johnny Cash’s apocalyptic “When the Man Comes Around.” Not only did these choices continue the connection between the seen and the unseen worlds, but Rustem honored each musical piece by playing them in their entirety – a commitment to the integrity of music that elevated the dance. My favorite section was a unison dance to the ominous Cash lyrics, in which the seven dancers, evenly spaced, move through a variety of arm and body gestures in patterns of 3, 4, 7, 2, 4 capturing at once the universal threat of the End Time and individual variations of anxiety. Sometimes during a dance I become so entranced I forget to take notes, or I try to take so many I can’t read them later. This time I did both, ending my scribbles with one word: “BRILLIANT!” “Behavioral Skins” (New Creation) Choreography: Sidra Bell This dance was framed by Michael Mazzola’s excellent light patterns – an oblong light carpet, stepping-stone light pools – together with an upper scrim composed of four light bars with variously angled spot lights. The dancers enter into these constructs in a variety of patterns, using very precise, clean, sharp gestures. They make beautiful constructions with their bodies to an accompanying whispered text – too soft to hear clearly (my dance buddy didn’t hear anything at all).

I heard something like “…the nightmare you wake screaming from…” though there was nothing nightmarish about the stop-and-start pacing that emphasized (for me) the physical beauty of the dancers. They wore their hair pulled back and their faces blank. Their patterns, in both unison and broken sequences, put me in mind of Battlestar Galactica, with its perfect androids: clipped, precise, beautiful. A second section contrasts this perfection with very organic, flowing body language, as though to highlight the two possibilities of interfacing with the world. The movement in this section was pleasing, with one particularly striking section in which the dancers link arms and pin-wheel in alternating directions around the stage. They were anchored on one end by the tallest, most powerful dancer (the impressive Adrian Hoffman) and

Olivier Wevers’ “Blind Spot” – Photo by Stefano Altamura

on the other by the lightest dancer (an ethereal Jane Cracovaner) who is propelled into the air on the arc of the turn. I was struck by how this mechanical move maintained its decorum through changes in direction and airborne lifts that might have gone acrobatic. This dance was a testament to control and structure, in spite of an annoying voice whispering weird phrases about screaming nightmares. I could have lived without the whispers, which

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I found distracting, but Sidra Bell’s structures were fascinating.

“Blind Spot” (New Creation) Choreography: Olivier Wevers Olivier Wevers’ new work is consistent with his vision for the company: to focus attention on the human impulse to differentiate among types – racial, sexual, political – that result in social conflict and divi-

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sion. The problem for a choreographer of contemporary dance is to convey abstract ideas like this one in concrete movements, without being overly literal or resorting to pantomime. Wevers accomplishes this with an elegant use of thematic form – a spiraling circle that develops, dissolves, and redevelops throughout, isolating targeted individuals in the center. The viewer can see that the group has cut someone from the herd – for some unspecified reason – who isn’t allowed into the community circle that rotates around them. This circle – now like a folk-dancing ring, now like two semicircles expressing ranks and levels within itself – still focuses on the isolation of one who has no apparent difference that would merit such treatment. As if to clarify the meaninglessness of singling out one or another person, all the dancers are wearing colors that are not organized into teams or patterns, but are simply colorful – everyone looks individual yet the same. Eventually the swirling movement takes on more ominous qualities, like flocking crows or swarming bees as another theme, of observation and passivity, begins to emerge.

Some people are suffering, some people are observing, as if not knowing what to do. What could be more resonant with our times? The dancers begin to assume beautiful forms – like classical paintings – as their swirls resolve into geometric structures reinforced by the musical structures of Vivaldi. I was reminded of The Raft of the Medusa – that romantic painting of desperate people heaped on a raft, forming a rising triangle shape as they call for help. And yet this dance succeeds without a stated agenda, its theme sufficiently universal to convey meaning to any viewer: here is a problem; here is our confusion; here is our struggle. A solution would be gratuitous; it’s enough to see a symbolic expression of isolation, herd behavior, sympathy, confusion. It allows us to think about it without turning away.

Whim W’Him’s XPRESS is at Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center through Saturday, January 25. Don’t miss it! And don’t forget to put XALT on your calendar for May 29, 30 and June 5, 6 – featuring new works by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Penny Saunders, and Olivier Wevers.

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Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) – Photo by Bronwen Houck

Nina Simone: Four Women (Seattle Repertory Theatre) – Photo by Nate Watters

Pass Over (ACT Theatre) – Photo by Chris Bennion

Take Me Out (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) – Photo by John Ulman

The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre) – Photo by Tracy Martin

Citizen (Sound Theatre Company) – Photo by Jovelle Tamayo

Fire Season (Seattle Public Theater) – Photo by Truman Buffett

Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) – Photo by Joe Iano Photography

The Christians (Pony World Theatre) – Photo by Dangerpants Photography

White (ArtsWest) – Photo by John McClellan

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To that end, the annual critics’ award still chugs along, at least for one more year.

Spanning dozens of theater companies and productions, from large and prominent to small and humble, the Gypsy Rose Lee Awards honor the excellence found in as much professional theater as we reviewers can attend in a year. Named in honor of the famed theater entrepreneur and Seattle native, Gypsy Rose Lee, and in a nod to the vast numbers of theater practitioners forced to travel the country to earn their living, the Gypsys seek to acknowledge the excellence of the Seattle theater community. (The group’s online presence is at www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters.)

This year’s changes include the abolishment of “male” and “female” acting categories in favor of all-in-one “actors.” Each year, the reviewers seek to refine the awards to better reflect inclusivity and clarity.

The winners will be announced January 31, 2020.

And now without further ado, the 2019 Gypsy Rose Lee Award Nominees are (by category, in alpha order by name): Excellence in Production of a Play: (Large Theaters): Indecent - Seattle Repertory Theatre Nina Simone: Four Women - Seattle Repertory Theatre Pass Over - ACT Theatre Take Me Out - Strawberry Theatre Workshop The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time - Village Theatre (Small Theaters): Citizen - Sound Theatre Company Fire Season - Seattle Public Theater Sheathed - Macha Theatre Works The Christians - Pony World Theatre White - Theatre22 Excellence in Production of a Musical: Head Over Heels - ArtsWest Million Dollar Quartet - Village Theatre The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion - ArtsWest The Light in the Piazza - Showtunes Theatre Urinetown - The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre

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Excellence in Direction of a Play: (Large Theaters): Tim Bond - Pass Over (ACT Theatre) Greg Carter - Take Me Out (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) Valerie Curtis-Newton - Nina Simone: Four Women (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Sheila Daniels - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Jerry Dixon - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre) (Small Theaters): Julie Beckman - The Revolutionists (Theater22) Corey McDaniel and Tayo Talabi White (Theatre22) Anita Montgomery - Dry Land (Seattle Public Theater) Jay O’Leary - Citizen (Sound Theatre Company and The Hansberry Project) Amy Poisson - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Excellence in Direction of a Musical: Bill Berry - Urinetown (The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre) Karen Lund - Bright Star (Taproot Theatre) Scott Weinstein - Million Dollar Quartet (Village Theatre) Excellence in Performance in a Play as a Lead Actor: (Large Theaters): Andi Alhadeff - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Ian Bond - American Junkie (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Bradford Farwell - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Gin Hammond - Returning the Bones (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Michael Krenning - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre) Lamar Legend - Take Me Out (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) Treavor Lovelle - Pass Over (ACT Theatre) Ayo Tushinde - Bulrusher (Intiman Theatre) Shontina Vernon - Nina Simone: Four Women (Seattle Repertory Theatre) James Yi - Kim’s Convenience (Taproot Theatre) (Small Theaters): Libby Barnard - Dry Land (Seattle Public Theater)

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Allyson Lee Brown - Citizen (Sound Theatre Company and The Hansberry Project) Sunam Ellis - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Aishé Keita - Sunset Baby (ArtsWest) Teri J. Lazzara - Trevor (MAP Theatre) Shermona Mitchell - White (Theatre22) Christian Quinto - Office Hour (ArtsWest) Brandon Ryan - Trevor (MAP Theatre) Kathryn Van Meter - Fire Season (Seattle Public Theater) Erika Vetter - Lungs (Really Really Theatre Group) Excellence in Performance in a Musical as a Lead Actor: John Countryman - Million Dollar Quartet (Village Theatre) Rachel Guyer-MaFuné – Howl’s Moving Castle (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Olivia Hernandez - Austen’s Pride (The 5th Avenue Theatre) Corinna Lapid Munter - The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion (ArtsWest) Billie Wildrick - The Light in the Piazza (Showtunes Theatre) Excellence in Performance of a Play as a Supporting Actor - any non-lead: (Large Theaters): Carol Dennis - Shout Sister Shout!

(Seattle Repertory Theatre) Sunam Ellis - Uncle Vanya (The Seagull Project and ACTLab) Monika Jolly - People of the Book (ACT Theatre) Jon Lutyens - Take Me Out (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) Craig Peterson - Take Me Out (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) Shaunyce Omar - Nina Simone: Four Women (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Jéhan Ósanyín - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre) Peter Sakowicz - Everything Is Illuminated (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Michael Winters - Everything Is Illuminated (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Amy Thone - Romeo and Juliet (ACT Theatre) (Small Theaters): Shanna Allman - The Revolutionists (Theatre22) Mike Dooly - Fire Season (Seattle Public Theater) Sunam Ellis - The Christians (Pony World Theatre)

Kathy Hsieh - Washer/Dryer (Pratidhwani and SiS Productions) Suzy Hunt - John (ArtsWest) Shermona Mitchell - B (Washington Ensemble Theatre) Marianne Owen - John (ArtsWest) Abhijeet Rane - Language Rooms (Pony World Theatre) Funé Tautala - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Excellence in Performance of a Musical as a Supporting Actor any non-lead: Nik Hagen - Rock of Ages (The 5th Avenue Theatre) Kataka Corn - Head Over Heels (ArtsWest) Michael Krenning - The Light in the Piazza (Showtunes Theatre) Arika Matoba - Urinetown (The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre) Rafael Molina - The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Village Theatre) Mari Nelson - Urinetown (The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre) Brandon O’Neill - Urinetown (The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre) Alex Sturtevant - Head Over Heels (ArtsWest) Excellence in Performance as an Ensemble: (Large Theaters): As You Like It (Public Works) - Seattle Repertory Theatre Indecent - Seattle Repertory Theatre (Bradford Farwell, Julie Briskman, Ron Orbach, Cheyenne Casebier, Nathaniel Tenenbaum, Andi Alhadeff, Antoine Yared, Alexander Sovronsky, Kate Olson, Jamie Maschler) Million Dollar Quartet - Village Theatre (Skye Scott, Brian Grey, Jason Kappus, John Countryman, Matt Wade, Cayman Ilika, James ‘Rif’ Reif, Chris Jones) Nina Simone: Four Women - Seattle Repertory Theatre (Shontina Vernon, Shaunyce Omar, Britney Nicole Simpson, Porscha Shaw) Pass Over - ACT Theatre (Treavor Lovelle, Preston Butler III, Avery Clark) The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - Village Theatre (Justin Huertas, Sarah Russell, Rafael Molina, MJ Sieber, Arika Matoba, Taylor Niemeyer, Jessica Skerritt, Brian Lange, Nicholas Japaul Bernard) The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time - Village Theatre (Michael

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Sharath Patel - Pass Over (ACT Theatre) Paul James Prendergast - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Brent Warwick - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre) Robertson Witmer - Dracula (ACT Theatre)

Krenning, Jéhan Òsanyìn , James D. Sasser, Kathryn Van Meter, Anne Allgood, Eric Polani Jensen, William Shindler, Rob Burgess, Keiko Green, Cheryl Massey-Peters) (Small Theaters): Citizen - Sound Theatre Company and The Hansberry Project (Shermona Mitchell, Allyson Lee Brown, Naa Akua, Nicholas Japaul Bernard, Rebecca Cort, Richard Sean Glen) Head Over Heels - ArtsWest (Mila Jam, Louis Hobson, Ann Cornelius, Rheanna Atendido, Kataka Corn, Eric Dobson, Alex Sturtevant, Joseph Tancioco, Will Chadek, Maddi Chancey, Yena Han, Maleah Haverly, Cherisse Martinelli, Drew O’Donnell, Adrian Renon, Malcom “MJ” Smith, Spencer Stromberg, Brandon Weglin) Peeling - Sound Theatre Company (Michelle Mary Schaefer, Sydney Maltese, Carolyn Agee) Salty - ReAct Theatre (Varinique Davis, Angela DiMarco, Annelih Hamilton, David S. Hogan, Lia Lee, Tony Magana Jr., Kenon Veno) Sheathed - Macha Theatre Works (Ayo Tushinde, Sunam Ellis, Funé Tautala, Maile Wong, Natalie Berg, Isis King, Dylan Smith) The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion - ArtsWest (Rachel GuyerMaFuné, Corinna Lapid Munter, Christian Quinto, Tyler Rogers, Porscha Shaw) Trevor - MAP Theatre (Teri J. Lazzara, Brandon Ryan, Michael D. Blum, Jesse Calixto, Danielle Daggerty, Zenaida Rose Smith)

Head Over Heels (ArtsWest) – Photo by John McClellan

Excellence in Musical Direction: Claire Marx - The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion (ArtsWest) Brandon Peck - Cabaret (Gilbert & Sullivan Society) Alexander Sovronsky - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) R.J. Tancioco - Head Over Heels (ArtsWest) Nathan Young - The Light in the Piazza (Showtunes Theatre)

Million Dollar Quartet (Village Theatre) – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

Excellence in Scenic Design: (Large Theaters): Martin Christoffel - Urinetown (The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre) L.B. Morse - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Matthew Smucker - Dracula (ACT Theatre) Julia Hayes Welch - Pass Over (ACT Theatre) Mark Wendland - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre)

Excellence in Choreography or Movement: (Large Theaters): Sonia Dawkins - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre) Tanya Lockyer - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Nikki Long - Guys and Dolls (Village Theatre) William Carlos Angulo - Shout Sister Shout! (Seattle Repertory Theatre) (Small Theaters): Alyza DelPan-Monley (movement) and May Nguyen Lee (fight director) - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Alyza DelPan-Monley - Office Hour (ArtsWest) UJ Mangune - Head Over Heels (ArtsWest)

(Small Theaters): Lex Marcos - Lungs (Really Really Theatre Group) Pete Rush - Feathers and Teeth (Washington Ensemble Theatre) Burton Yuen - John (ArtsWest) Parmida Ziaei - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Parmida Ziaei and Margaret Toomey White (Theatre22)

The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion (ArtsWest) – Photo by John McClellan

Excellence in Costume Design: (Large Theaters): Melanie Taylor Burgess - Urinetown (The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre) Beth Goldenberg - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Kelly McDonald - The Tempest (Seattle Shakespeare Company) Cathy Meacham Hunt - Guys and Dolls (Village Theatre) Emilio Sosa - Shout Sister Shout! (Seattle Repertory Theatre)

The Light in the Piazza (Showtunes Theatre) – Photo by Chris Bennion

(Small Theaters): Jocelyne Fowler - Head Over Heels (ArtsWest) Jocelyne Fowler - The Revolutionists (Theatre22) Jocelyne Fowler - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Ricky German - Is God Is (Washington Ensemble Theatre) Parmida Ziaei and Taya Pyne - Peeling (Sound Theatre Company) Excellence in Lighting Design: (Large Theaters): Robert J. Aguilar - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Amiya Brown - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre) Thorn Michaels - The Tempest (Seattle Shakespeare Company) Tristan Roberson - American Junkie (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Andrew D. Smith - Dracula (ACT Theatre)

(Small Theaters): Dominic CodyKramers - John (ArtsWest) Johanna Melamed - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Maggie Rogers - Feathers and Teeth (Washington Ensemble Theatre) Troy Lund - The Brothers Paranormal (Pork Filled Productions)

Excellence in Local Playwriting: Kelleen Conway Blanchard - The Neverborn (Annex Theatre) Justin Huertas - The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion (ArtsWest) Maggie Lee - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Myra Platt - Behold the Dreamers (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Aurin Squire - Fire Season (Seattle Public Theater) Excellence in Local Composing: Justin Huertas - The Last World Octopus Wrestling Champion (ArtsWest) Leanna Keith - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Curtis Moore - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre) Malex Reed - The Tempest (Seattle Shakespeare Company) Robertson Witmer and Rachael Beaver Dracula (ACT Theatre) Excellence in Video Design: Ahren Buhmann - White (Theatre22) Bryce Bartl-Geller and Broom Cupboard Studio - Feathers and Teeth (Washington Ensemble Theatre) Jared Norman - Peeling (Sound Theatre Company) L.B. Morse - Indecent (Seattle Repertory Theatre) Gregory W. Towle - The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-Time (Village Theatre)

Excellence in Sound Design: (Large Theaters): Erin Bednarz - The Tempest (Seattle Shakespeare Company)

The participants in this year’s award process were Chase Anderson (www. nwtheatre.org), Miryam Gordon (Seattle Gay News and miryamstheatermusings. blogspot.com), and Michael Strangeways (www.seattlegayscene.com).

For more information, go to www. facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. The Notes section of the Facebook page shows the evolution of the awards.

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Urinetown (The 5th Avenue Theatre and ACT Theatre) – Photo by Jeff Carpenter

(Small Theaters): Ahren Buhmann - Sheathed (Macha Theatre Works) Ryan Dunn - Feathers and Teeth (Washington Ensemble Theatre) Carolina Johnson - The Brothers Paranormal (Pork Filled Productions) Thorn Michaels - Fire Season (Seattle

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Public Theater) Richard Schaefer - Citizen (Sound Theatre Company and The Hansberry Project)

Gothic terror The Sonata a symphony of suspense

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE SONATA Now playing Celebrated London classical violinist Rose Fisher (Freya Tingley) has just learned of the death of her reclusive composer father Richard Marlowe (Rutger Hauer). She couldn’t care less. The pair weren’t close, Rose leaving home at a young age to be looked after by her coach, manager and friend Charles Vernais (Simon Abkarian). Nevertheless, the young woman still feels she must travel to Marlowe’s secluded French estate and put his affairs in order before attempting to sell the house.

Maybe while there she’ll find something to creatively inspire her as well.

What Rose unearths is Marlowe’s final work, a secret sonata for the violin that appears to have been written for her and her alone to play. But there are a number of peculiar notations and symbols that make it virtually impossible to make sense of which order the pages and musical passages are supposed to be played in. With Charles’ assistance, she slowly begins to piece together the mystery of this sonata, discovering clues littered throughout her father’s estate that give hints as to how everything fits together. But as the music’s brilliance becomes increasingly clear, so does its demonic intent, and soon Rose is wondering whether it should ever be played in its entirety.

Andrew Desmond’s feature-length narrative debut The Sonata is a literate, methodically paced throwback gothic thriller that plays a little like a Hammer production from the mid-to-late 1960s that would have starred Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in the two primary male roles. It is a musically-driven gothic nightmare that suitably crescendos during the climax, delivering a frighten-

Freya Tingley in The Sonata – Photo courtesy of Screen Media Films

ing, character-driven coda that fits the overall tale (written by the director and fellow screenwriter Arthur Morin) quite nicely. The film also features a pair of wonderful performances from Tingley and veteran character

actor Abkarian, while the late, great Hauer makes the most of his precious few scenes in what would sadly be one of his final roles.

Don’t read too much into my praise.

Desmond doesn’t do anything overly origi-

Smith and Lawrence recapture their Bad Boys magic

Martin Lawrence and Will Smith in Bad Boys For Life – Photo courtesy of Columbia Pictures

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer BAD BOYS FOR LIFE Now playing

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On the 25th anniversary of their partnership, celebrated Miami detectives Mike Lowrey (Will Smith) and Marcus Burnett (Martin Lawrence) are at a crossroads.

While Mike sees no need to slow down or change his ways, with the recent birth

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of his first grandchild Marcus is ready to retire. Just as their playful conversation as to whether or not they’ll continue to work together reaches its climax, an unimaginable

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nal or inventive with the material, unleashing a bevy of creepy ghostly children, sinister specters and candlelit shadows slinking into the darkened recesses of Marlowe’s mansion. Rose tiptoes around the grounds, usually in a billowing nightgown, discovering a bevy of portentous signs that by all rights should have had her bolting back to London immediately, while Charles goes increasingly mad as he obsesses over the late composer’s sonata hoping that he’ll garner untold fame for assisting in its discovery. The music’s secrets and why it is only Marlowe’s estranged daughter who can play it are equally obvious, and because of that the full emotional impact of the final scenes are sadly lessened, if not significantly, just enough to be noticeable.

But The Sonata is agreeably shot with menacing layers of light and shadow by Janis Eglitis, the cinematographer achieving a visual aesthetic that recalls the likes of Jean Cocteau’s influential 1946 take on Beauty and the Beast and almost any of Hammer’s Dracula efforts, most notably 1970’s Scars of Dracula. I also found Tingley’s performance to artfully grow on me as it went along. She makes Rose a more intelligently prescient character than she initially appears to be. This allows her transformation in the last scene to have an unnerving allure akin to Mia Farrow’s chilling grin staring down at her demonic child in Rosemary’s Baby, the shivers bouncing up and down my spine continuing to tingle long after the film had come to an end.

But the key ingredient that helps make this tiny little gothic terror work as well as it does is likely composer Alexis Maingaud’s all-important score. His composition for Marlowe’s final work is well worth the wait to hear it played in its entirety, and while I’m not sure it is as devilishly insidious as it is supposed to be that doesn’t make this piece of music any less masterful.

Coupled with the strong performances of the two primary actors, Eglitis’ lush cinematography and Desmond’s deft pacing of his story, Maingaud’s superlative additions to the material are essential. Without his score’s ominous refrains it’s doubtful I’d have found The Sonata to be as memorable as I ultimately did.

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Kid-friendly Dolittle a nonsensical talk with the animals

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer DOLITTLE Now playing Inspired by author Hugh Lofting’s classic stories about the kind-hearted doctor who could talk to animals, I’ve concluded that director Stephen Gaghan’s whimsically comedic fantasy-adventure Dolittle just wasn’t for me. It’s a movie where a character literally pulls a set of bagpipes out of an animal’s butt which subsequently allows a massive amount of gas to be released, and as this is not exactly my type of humor I can’t say any of what I just described pleased me in any way whatsoever.

But the kids in my promo audience appeared to adore this movie. They laughed continuously. I could see many of them inched forward in their seats staring at the screen in rapt attention. One little girl squealed, “He’s still alive!” in joyful euphoria at the most perfect moment imaginable.

In short, they loved it, and who am I to try and tell them they shouldn’t have, all of which just cements my feeling that Dolittle wasn’t for me.

Not to say that means I’m giving Gaghan’s strange, sophomorically juvenile flight of fancy a pass. This isn’t a very good motion picture, most of it playing like a series of short vignettes one would find on the Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon than they would in the local multiplex. The director’s script, cowritten by Dan Gregor and Doug Mand from an original story by Thomas Shepherd, is a limp, nonsensical endeavor that feels like it was heavily mutilated via studio interference at some point during pre-production. It’s all slapped together with lackluster laziness and moves forward with the grace of a poorly plotted video game cutscene that was inserted into the finished product at the last possible second.

It’s almost hard for me to believe Gaghan is the same guy that made Syriana.

Not that this effort feels beneath his talents.

Any filmmaker should feel the freedom to work within any genre that calls out to them. I say this more because there isn’t any grace, inventiveness or panache to the

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continued from page 8 act of violence changes everything. Mike is gunned down in the middle of the street by a masked assailant riding a souped-up black motorcycle, Marcus left cradling his best friend and partner’s body in hopes paramedics will arrive in time to save his life.

Fast-forward six months. Mike is healed but he’s also angry. For the first time he feels mortal, and because of that the veteran detective is determined to find out who shot him and why. But during his friend’s recovery Marcus made good on his promise to retire, and now he’s sitting at home waiting for his paperwork that makes him a civilian to be stamped as approved. This leaves Mike to work with a new team codenamed “Ammo,” a group of young-gun detectives supervised by a former flame (Paola Nuñez) who vocally disagrees when the grizzled Captain Howard (Joe Pantoliano) assigns him to her unit as an observer.

It’s hard to believe the original Bad Boys came out back in 1995. The movie that helped make Smith an international superstar, made Lawrence a bankable big screen talent and convinced studio heads Michael Bay was a talent to give $100-million-plus budgets to, the relatively straightforward, hyperviolent action-comedy almost looks quaint by today’s standards.

The film proved to be a minor box office

Harry Collett in Dolittle – Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures

film’s presentation or production. It’s like Gaghan is going through the motions and picking up a quick paycheck, and whether any of what the director presents makes a lick of logical sense seems to be an afterthought no one involved appears to have taken the time to ponder. It all plays like highlights from other, better pictures like Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Paddington, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and any of the first few, more kid-friendly Harry Potter movies.

The plot has precious little to do with Lofting’s beloved source material other than Doctor John Dolittle (Robert Downey Jr.) can indeed talk to animals and ends up going on a fantastical sea voyage where a fabled new creature will end up being discovered. In this case, the heroic physician is snatched out of his self-enforced sevenyear seclusion by the Lady Rose (Carmel Laniado) to come to the Queen of Eng-

land’s (Jessie Buckley) bedside to see if he can save her from almost certain death.

Dolittle quickly assesses what the problem is and immediately sets out for a mythical island once sought by his beloved late wife Lily (Kasia Smutniak) for the only known cure. He is joined on the voyage by his helpful animal assistants and exuberant youngster Tommy Stubbins (Harry Collett) who insists he will be the doctor’s apprentice, all of whom conquer their own individual fears as their adventure progresses.

After that there are sea battles, scenes with Jim Broadbent as a blustering nobleman, a sniveling Martin Sheen as a rival doctor who wants to see Dolittle fail and a sweaty, ultra-masculine Antonio Banderas as a pirate king who also happens to be Lily’s angrily aggrieved father. As for the never-ending menagerie of animals they are voiced by an all-star lineup which includes the likes of Emma Thompson, John Cena, Ralph Fiennes, Rami Malek,

Octavia Spencer, Tom Holland, Kumail Nanjiani, Selena Gomez, Marion Cotillard, Frances de la Tour and Craig Robinson (whose aggressive squirrel Kevin has almost all of the film’s best lines). It’s a stunning array of talent. Pity almost none of them (Cena and Nanjiani have some amusing moments; can’t lie about that) have anything memorable to do or say.

Yet what’s the point of my coming down overly hard on Dolittle? I don’t think this is a very good movie. The majority of the children in my audience would almost certainly disagree with me vociferously if they had the chance to do so. For me, though, even if I could chat with a chimp in chimpanzee, converse in polar bear, curse in fluent kangaroo or answer with a boisterous, “of courserous!” if asked if I could speak rhinoceros, this still would have been one talk with the animals I’d rather have not engaged in.

hit and became even more of a sensation on home video, and it was only a matter of time before Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett returned for a second adventure.

Bad Boys II hit screens in the summer of 2003. By that point Smith, Lawrence and Bay were hot commodities at the height of their respective powers. This sequel was a bloated big-budget extravaganza that overflowed in massive action set pieces and gigantic explosions. It also reveled in forms of sexism, misogyny, homophobia and xenophobia that were disgusting by the standards of the early 2000s and all of which look even more repulsive today. Even with one of the more masterfully executed car chases in modern memory this was still an abhorrent R-rated mediocrity that I loathed with every fiber of my being.

My personal feelings aside, the fact it’s taken 17 years for Bad Boys for Life to see a release is something of a moderate shock.

The second film was a sizable hit, after all, and there’s been talk of a third chapter in the franchise for what feels like over a decade now. Nevertheless, with new directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah – billed as Adil & Bilall – taking over for Bay (who does have a fairly amusing cameo), and with Smith and Lawrence both returning, this latest entry in the series has finally arrived. Even more astonishing? It was worth the wait.

Taking pointers from the Fast and the Furious franchise, the screenplay from Chris Bremner, Peter Craig (12 Strong)

and Joe Carnahan (The Grey), spun from an original story by Craig and Carnahan, opens up Mike and Marcus’ world by giving them a multicultural team of youngsters with their own unique skills to mentor and lead. Like Bad Boys II it also takes the narrative international, a good third of the film heading across the border into Mexico.

But as obnoxiously convoluted as things might get (Sony originally flirted with filming two Bad Boys sequels back-to-back and it shows), there is an intense focus on Mike and Marcus’ relationship that reminded me a little of Lethal Weapon 2. Their familial friendship is real. It is born from a place of lived-in authenticity that is wholly genuine.

Even though it’s been almost two decades since we’ve seen them together it is still apparent that the strength of the two detectives’ relationship has only intensified over the years. Better, Smith and Lawrence don’t appear to have missed a beat, the zippy intimate agency of their chemistry every bit as strong as it has ever been.

This is still a giant, unrepentantly vulgar cartoon. It also crams a freakish amount of plot into an otherwise lean, mean barely two-hour running time. Because of this, the villains (a devilishly carnivorous Kate del Castillo and an athletically smoldering newcomer Jacob Scipio) don’t get to do a heck of a lot and never make the lasting impression the intricate interior dynamics of the central story require. As for the Ammo team, while Alexander Ludwig, Vanessa Hudgens and

Charles Melton give it their best shot, the movie seldom knows how to utilize them, none of the trio busting through as fully as I kept hoping they were going to.

Thankfully Adil & Bilall direct with a clean, no-nonsense urgency that’s great.

The two large-scale action sequences are kind of terrific, cinematographer Robrecht Heyvaert’s (Revenge) visual compositions having a visceral clarity that’s invigorating. Lorne Balfe’s (The Florida Project) sizzling score, which happily incorporates Mark Mancina’s memorable theme from the original Bad Boys, hits all the right notes, while editors Dan Lebental (SpiderMan: Far from Home) and Peter McNulty (The Master) have done a great job cutting things in a manner that doesn’t feel overdone or excessively chaotic.

Most of all, though, it’s just refreshing to see Smith and Lawrence back up on the screen playing off one another. As much as I despised the second film, I’d honestly forgotten just how naturalistic and strong their chemistry is. There is a reason the first Bad Boys helped make the both of them major stars, and that they recapture that magic 25 years later is nothing short of wonderful. Bad Boys for Life is an enjoyable action-comedy throwback that remembers to put its two main characters first and all of the adrenalinefueled theatrics second. It’s a heck of a lot of fun, and I’m as surprised as anyone by just how much I enjoyed watching it.

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Meetings Events Activities

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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.

Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

MONDAY - January 27

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

SOBER On Meds. 1-2pm. Peer Seattle 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. (206) 3222437; www.peerseattle.org Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437.

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7-8:30pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Find your voice with Seattle’s safe speaking space for the LGBTQ community. Individuals of all orientations and identities are welcome. Meets 2nd and 4th Mondays each month (except holidays and December break). For more info email contact@freelyspeaking. org or just drop in and visit.

Lotus Sisters South Seattle/Columbia City Meditation & Dharma Discussion. Gather at 6:45pm; sit at 7pm. Meets 4th Monday each month. Short presentation with discussion to follow. Oriented to LBTQ sisters. Email us or call (206) 550-5587 for details and location; www.

LotusSisters.org. (Wheelchair accessible.)

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

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

Meets 4th Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

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

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

(Also meets Fridays.)

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

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

SATURDAY - January 25

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 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.

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 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.

SUNDAY - January 26

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.

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.

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 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 com-

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munity rooted in God’s grace and acceptance growing together toward justice, love and wholeness. (206) 722-5651. www.ColumbiaCityHope.org.

Northminster Presbyterian Church. 10:30am Worship.

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

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

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

Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org St. Patrick’s Catholic Church. 10:30am Mass. 2702 Broadway E (north of E Roanoke St). A welcoming and affirming Christ-centered community. (206) 329-2960. www.stpartickseattle.org Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322 S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualities, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since 1987. welcometablecc.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

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

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

LotusSisters.org.)

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progressive, Anglo-Catholic parish, renewing its people for their Christian lives in today’s world through worship, spiritual formation, engagement in the arts, and acts of compassion. www.stpaulseattle.com

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TUESDAY - January 28

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 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.

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 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.

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

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

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

(206) 622-5555.

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Evening Gathering. 6:30-8pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Social Hall.

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend.

Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: FREE. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org.

Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Kim at (425) 785-8593 or lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net.

PFLAG/North Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Haller Lake United Methodist Church, 13055 1st Ave NE. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. (206) 325-7724 or northseattle@pflagseattle.org. PFLAG, a national organization founded in 1972, provides support, education and advocacy for families and friends of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer persons and is committed to moving LGBTQ equality forward.

No Man’s Land - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All

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Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Colonial room).

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

Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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

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THURSDAY - January 30

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

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

Rainbow Lunch on Thursdays. 12 noon-12:45pm.

Wallingford Community Senior Center, Lower Level, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N. Meets most Thursdays, except holidays. WCSC welcomes and

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SATURDAY - February 1

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Prime Timers AMcoffee - Coffee & Conversation Group. 10:30am. The Urban Bakery, 7850 E Greenlake Dr N (at Wallingford Ave N). Meets 1st Saturday each month. Baked goods, soup & sandwiches and espresso bar. Metro 45, transfer to 45 from 26 & 62. www.seattleprimetimers.org

SUNDAY - February 2

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/ Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. (206) 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ kofmjetchapter/ PFLAG/Whatcom County (Bellingham) Monthly Meeting. 5pm. Community Food Co-op Bakery, 405 E Holly St, Bellingham. Meets 1st Sunday each month.

Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses, & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.whatcompflag.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info (206) 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv

WEDNESDAY - January 29

Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every Wednesday. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org Living Positively. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for the HIV community with various topics for discussion and conversation. (206) 957-1600 or www.lifelong.org.

Sponsored by Lifelong.

GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

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

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

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

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

Every Wednesday. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www. ingersollcenter.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

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

Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org; (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

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supports the gender, romantic, and sexual minorities (GRSM, or LGBTQQIAA+) community! Join us at Rainbow Lunch on Thursdays to celebrate this integral group.

Expanded van service is available on Thursdays thanks to volunteering by Bruce Terrey of Mature Friends. In proud partnership with GenPRIDE, Mature Friends, and Lake City Seniors LGBTQ2+Allies. $4 members; $6 general public. Drop-ins encouraged. (206) 461-7825; info@wallingfordseniors.org.

Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

Boys Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. lamberthouse.org 21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling.

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

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

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

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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 31

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 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.)

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. peerseattle.org 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.

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.

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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 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 metham-

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. 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; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http:// psoloc.org, (253) 777-3357; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol. com; Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks. org, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, 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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phetamine 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 SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) i- SEE LISTING for Peer Seattle.

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

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

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

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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:

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