SGN January 5, 2018 - Section 2

Seattle Gay News

Issue 1, Volume 46, January 5, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

SGN EXCLUSIVE:

Broadway and TV star Jeremy Jordan to appear with Seattle Symphony in “Broadway Today” concerts

Jeremy Jordan – Photo courtesy of Jeremy Jordan

Hard to believe it was a year ago when I had the opportunity to meet Megan Hilty backstage at Benaroya Hall after her “Luck Be a Lady” concert with the Seattle Symphony as part of their Seattle Pops concert series.

Next week (1/12-14) Seattle Symphony presents another Seattle Pops concert as

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer SEATTLE SYMPHONY SEATTLE POPS CONCERT “BROADWAY TODAY” WITH BETSY WOLFE & JEREMY JORDAN BENAROYA HALL January 12-14

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THEATER What was the Best Theater of 2017?

Billie Wildrick as Katherine "Babe" Williams (center) and company in The Pajama Game at The 5th Avenue Theatre – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer It’s that time for the annual recounting of theater in the Seattle area. 2017 was a pretty great year for musicals. The 5th Avenue Theatre started off the year with a rousing version of Pajama Game with the by-now taken-for-granted wonderful local cast and

then bookended the year with a warm, sweet Holiday Inn with another terrific local cast augmented by special guest Lorna Luft.

They also provided a moving, historic and excellent production of Ragtime.

We sometimes need a reminder of just how strong our pool of musical perform-

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Spielberg’s The Post an essential First Amendment call to action

Tom Hanks (l) leads the cast of The Post – Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE POST Now playing There’s no question Steven Spielberg’s The Post couldn’t be more socially, politically and culturally relevant than it is right now. What it has to say about gender

equality in the workplace as well as governmental assaults on the freedom of the press aren’t exactly subtle. Even so, at this particular moment in history both couldn’t be more important. Working from a smart, inquisitively biting script written by newcomer Liz Hannah and Spotlight scribe Josh Singer, featuring superlative, finely

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Golden Globes 2018 predictions: Harris and Martin among presenters for this weekend’s glitzy awards show

Neil Patrick Harris – Photo courtesy of Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer GOLDEN GLOBES 2018 BEVERLY HILTON NBC/KING-5 TV 5pm live & 8pm re-broadcast Sunday, January 7

Ricky Martin – Photo courtesy of Sony Music Latin

Just seven days into the New Year and it’s time to officially kick off the awards season with this weekend’s Golden Globes.

Honoring the past year’s best work in film and television, the Globes ceremony is the first of several award shows being televised and/or streamed in the coming weeks;

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Celebrating 44 Years!

’80s singer-songwriter Howard Jones interviewing with Seattle Gay News ahead of Seattle concert

Howard Jones, Electric Band Shows 2018 – Photo by Will Stead

SZA, Haim, Portugal. The Man, First Aid Kit, Vince Staples, Jamiroquai, Miguel, alt-J, Post Malone and Chic featuring Nile Rodgers, just to name some of this year’s talent. There are at least two-dozen acts performing on either day and night of the festival, which draws crowds of nearly 100,000 per day. For the complete lineup and ticket information, go to www.coachella.com.

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer You definitely grew up in the ’80s if you know who Howard Jones is. Between 1983 and 1989, the English new wave-pop artist released a succession of hit singles, including “What is Love?” “New Song,” “Things Can Only Get Better,” “No One is to Blame,” “Life in One Day,” “Everlasting Love” and my personal favorite “Like to Get to Know You Well.” Jones will give a performance on January 24 at the Illsey Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, inside Benaroya Hall, called “Howard Jones Solo – The Songs & The Stories,” in which he’ll reflect on his long career that spans multiple decades with music and storytelling. But before he sets foot on stage, he’s speaking with Seattle Gay News. Get a preview of his upcoming show and find out a little bit more about Howard Jones when he speaks with me next week here in The Music Lounge. For tickets, visit www.seattlesymphony.org/concerttickets.

A trip down to Palm Springs probably sounds pretty good right about now, right?

But you might want to wait until April to visit the desert because that’s when the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is happening. The mega music event announced its lineup this week for the upcoming six-day concert, taking place over back-to-back weekends on April 13-15 and April 20-22, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, about 45 minutes from downtown Palm Springs. The Weeknd (April 13 and 20), Beyonce (April 14 and 21) and Eminem (April 15 and 22) will serve as the headliners, and joining them will be two Seattle acts, Odesza and Fleet Foxes, along with St. Vincent, The War on Drugs, David Byrne,

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There are a few new concerts to tell you about here in Seattle, beginning with country maverick Lyle Lovett and Texas music legend Robert Earl Keen performing an acoustic show at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater on January 26, followed the next evening with an appearance by Grammy winner Marc Cohn, celebrating his 25th anniversary as a recording artist, along with current Grammy nominees The Blind Boys of Alabama on January 27, also at the Pantages Theater. That same night, January 27, country-folk veteran Rosanne Cash is set to play at the Performing Arts & Event Center in Federal Way. Jazz-funk fusion act Snarky Puppy is set to jam at the Moore Theatre on February 26 and Cajunpop singer-songwriter Madeleine Peyroux has announced a return to Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on May 17-20.

Howard Jones – Photo by Simon Fowler

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Finally, if you have HBO don’t forget to tune in January 8 for the premiere of David Bowie: The Last Five Years, a new documentary showcasing the iconic rocker’s most recent personal and professional moments before his death in early 2016, which included two highly acclaimed albums, The Next Day and Blackstar, plus a musical titled Lazarus inspired by the character he played in the 1976 cult film The Man Who Fell to Earth.

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MUSIC

Six artists you’ll definitely, or probably, see on tour in 2018

Kelly Clarkson – Photo courtesy of Atlantic Records

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer A New Year marks the start of another twelve months of live concerts. Some have already been announced, others are just weeks away from being unveiled. These are just six major performers that are either confirmed to play the Emerald City, or expected to, in 2018.

Justin Timberlake It’s now expected that whoever is chosen to perform during the Super Bowl Halftime Show will announce tour dates shortly before or after the big game.

Madonna started the trend in 2012 and as recently as a year ago it continued with Lady GaGa revealing her itinerary for the “Joanne World Tour” hours before she went on stage at Houston’s NRG Stadium to perform in front of millions around the globe. This year is no different with headliner Justin Timberlake already teasing an upcoming tour on social media, following the release of his new album Man of the Woods; he’s already dropped the first single from it titled “Filthy.” Tour dates should be unveiled around the Super Bowl, if not sooner.

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Taylor Swift The “Shake It Off” singer-songwriter ended 2017 with the biggest-selling album of the year, Reputation, which was ushered out on November 10. It isn’t her bestreviewed work, but it’s enough for fans to demand she embark on a major outing, and she’s happy to oblige. Swift had already outgrown indoor arenas on her last trek, “The 1989 World Tour,” that included an appearance at CenturyLink Field, where she’ll perform again this year on May 22.

She’s also playing Chicago, Columbus, Denver, Miami, Minneapolis and Kansas City, to name a few; thus far, the Seattle concert is her only Northwest appearance.

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Pink This show is probably on your calendar already, but if it’s not, be sure to get tickets because you don’t want to miss Pink live.

The pop superstar released her seventh studio album, Beautiful Trauma, in October featuring the leadoff single “What About Us,” shortly after accepting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the MTV VMAs. Her upcoming tour launches March 1 in Phoenix and will continue with performances in St. Louis, Indianapolis, Detroit, Washington DC, Atlanta, Portland, San Diego and here in the Emerald City on

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May 13 at Key Arena. This is your chance to hear Pink perform her top hits, from “Raise Your Glass” and “Trouble” to “U + Ur Hand” and “Blow Me (One Last Kiss).”

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Kelly Clarkson The rumors are already swirling of a Kelly Clarkson tour in 2018, her first road trip in three years. She was amazing on her last jaunt, which brought her to Key Arena in 2015 with opening act Pentatonix; that voice of hers was on fire. With a new album under her belt, the well-received Meaning of Life, and no longer pregnant (her son is almost two years old now), it’s pretty obvious Clarkson is gearing up for another round of tour dates to introduce fans to newer songs, like “Love So Soft,” and older favorites, including “Since U Been Gone,” “Because of You,” “My Life Would Suck Without You,” “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” and “Miss Independent.” As soon as I get tour information, I’ll post it in The Music Lounge.

Katy Perry Though her latest album Witness received mixed to negative reviews, Katy Perry is still hitting the road this year to help promote it. Not only will fans get to hear live versions of “Bon Appetit” and

“Swish Swish,” but they’ll also be treated to the LGBT super ally’s older hits, such as “Teenage Dream,” “Firework,” “California Gurls,” “Dark Horse,” “Roar” and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.). “Witness: The Tour” kicked off September 19 in Montreal and will run through August of this year with performances scheduled for New Orleans, San Antonio, Dallas, Las Vegas, Santiago, Lima, Manila, Tapei, Bangkok, Mexico City, Berlin, Glasgow, Sydney, Auckland and yes, she’s coming to the Tacoma Dome on February 3. For tickets, visit www.aeglive.com.

Sam Smith A leaner, meaner – well, maybe not meaner, but definitely leaner – Sam Smith has reemerged with his sophomore album The Thrill of It All, which contains the smash single “Too Good at Goodbyes.”

The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter recently went public with his boyfriend, “13 Reasons Why” actor Brandon Flynn; the pair was photographed last week vacationing in South Florida, where Flynn was born and raised. Smith’s tour begins in Sheffield, England on March 20 with dates in 24 European cities before it jumps the pond for more shows in North America, which includes a stop at Key Arena on September 8. For tickets, visit www.livenation.com.

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Steven Reineke leads the Seattle Symphony and Broadway stars Betsy Wolfe and Jeremy Jordan in a concert of today’s greatest Broadway hits.

Hits will include selections from The Phantom of the Opera and Cats as well as showtune modern classics “Falling Slowly” from Once, “You and Me (But Mostly Me)” from Book of Mormon and “Suddenly Seymour” from Little Shop of Horrors.

I have been following Jeremy Jordan’s career since 2011 when he was cast in the lead role of Jack Kelly for the Broadway production of Disney’s Newsies. He then hit TV in the second season of NBC’s Smash and is now appearing as office geek turned government techie, Winn, in The CW’s hit series “Supergirl.”

I had to chance to chat with Jordan by phone last month (December 14th) and following is our conversation.

MK Scott: Jeremy, I heard that you are coming to Seattle for the weekend of January 12th to perform at Seattle Pops for a Broadway-themed concert with Waitress star Betsy Wolfe.

Now that the concert with the Seattle Pops will be called “Broadway Today” and will be conducted by Steven Reineke, who also, about a year ago, actually, I saw him at the Seattle Pops with your former “Smash” co-star, Megan Hilty.

Jeremy Jordan: Yes, they’re awesome together. Those two rascals!

MK: Actually, Seattle is Megan’s hometown.

Jeremy: Oh? Cool.

MK: Yep. Just right across the way there in Bellevue. (Chuckle) Okay, well, what can we expect with this show?

Jeremy: Oh, you know, so it’s probably basically a bunch of famous Broadway songs from the last, you know, I don’t

Jeremy Jordan – Photo by Kevin Winter / Getty

incredible. And we got to reunite with some of the original cast members, and then the tour kids kind of joined us and completed the cast, and it was definitely a great sort of ending for that story for me, because I never thought I was going to get to play that role again. And, you know, you might hear a little bit of that in the show in Seattle.

MK: Excellent. Would you ever return to Broadway?

Jeremy: Yeah. What kind of question is that? Yeah, I mean, in a heartbeat. It’s just a matter of having time. Up in Vancouver, of course, I’m shooting a TV show like nine and a half months out of the year. So it’s just, you know, there hasn’t been any time in the past few years to get back in, but first opportunity I have I’ll be up there.

MK: What would be your dream role?

Jeremy: Oh, don’t ask me that. I don’t

MK: Yeah, it’s like usually you guys do one show a week, but here we’re doing like four episodes in – how long did that? Did that take more than a week?

Jeremy: I’d say a month.

MK: It literally took a month. Wow. Jeremy: Like maybe three and a half weeks to a month, almost. Yeah. We were doing other things as they were finishing, but yeah. It took them about a month to do that.

MK: Wow. Okay. So you guys were like on other episodes while they were also doing that? And actually for this one, this last one, you actually got to play a little bit more of a meatier role in regards to – you got to be like on the opposite side.

Jeremy: Yeah. Yeah. I got to be kind of a bad ass, sort of anti-Winn, basically, like what would happen if you had lost everything and didn’t have like this sense of humor to get through the day? It was fun.

MK: Also, in 2017 you were on a mission to help your queer cousin from an exgay camp. How is she doing?

Jeremy: Yeah. She’s good. She’s in college. She’s, I guess, you know, she could be a freshman still. I lose track of how it works. But yeah, she’s in college and, you know, loving life and being a teenager and, you know, growing. The point is like she’s allowed to grow and allowed to, you know,

speaking up for gay rights equality. And yeah, I mean, I have hope, especially given that there’s a lot of rejection from the current administration, and yet we have these incredible rallies and online campaigns and peaceful resistance movements sort of counter rejecting them. And then, you also have amazing programs like the Trevor Project sprouting up and growing, you know, and really being able to help people.

Online communities are starting to take charge of the situation, especially helping kids in rural areas that don’t feel they can speak out in their actual communities.

And I love that people in power are able to use their platforms online as well to help empower these kids. And it’s a tricky situation sometimes, there is a learning curve of what the right language to use in these situations is, but you figure it out as you go and hope people will be understanding. I think the main thing is just to be positive, and spread that positivity, regardless if you are famous or popular or just have a few good friends who follow you online. Everyone now has the ability to empower, and I think it’s a responsibility we have to take on in order for the world to become more accepting of everyone, including LGBT individuals.

MK: Okay. Well, I’ve got one more question for you. This is my burning question.

When it was announced that “Supergirl” would have a gay character, the honor went to Chyler Leigh’s Alex, but I really thought, I really suspected with Winn’s sense of style that it would probably be Winn.

Jeremy: Yeah.

MK: Especially …… the first season.

Jeremy: Yeah, well, I mean, we kind of teased a little bit in a couple of interviews and events just to, like, stir some red herrings out there. Because, you know, he’s – but what I kind of love about it is that there’s, you know, it’s not black and white.

It’s not ever cut and dry. Like you don’t have to be like the, the, the macho kind of, you don’t have to be authentic and whatever happens, you know. And then when it ends up like for an alien, like …

MK: Well, that’s true. When you do finally get a love interest you just happen to be an alien. (Chuckle) Jeremy: Yeah. So like, you know, I don’t think, I don’t, you know, I hope that on our show we kind of, yeah, I do, so anyway. And I also think on our show we try to paint a broader spectrum, you know, what it could be, leaving the door open, you know, as well for possibilities, you know? And the story,

Jeremy Jordan – Photo courtesy of Susan Watts / NY Daily News

know, thirty some odd years, some from the dawn of modern Broadway to, you know, up until last season. And, kind of, everything between, you know? We showcase, you know, like the top running shows on Broadway as well as take on as many kind of modern composers as we can; anywhere from, you know, starting at Kander and Ebb, all the way up to, you know, the Lopez’s and Pasik and Paul.

MK: And you are most known for being Broadway’s Jack Kelly in Disney’s Newsies. And just about a year ago you returned and it was recorded for Netflix. What was it like to be back after four years?

Jeremy: It was great, you know, I mean, we got, what’s great, the networks, they picked it up, but we kind of just recorded, you know, for digital media. And now it’s on Netflix, so we’re super happy about that.

But, you know, it was just kind of this crazy idea of doing the actual show for somebody that liked the movie. So we spent about a week doing it, it was about four years after I had left the show. But it was like, you know, slipping on a pair of old shoes, which I feel like I might’ve been doing more. (Chuckle) But, yeah, it was uh, yeah, no, it was pretty

know, you know, I … you know, I already was Tony in West Side Story. That was one of my favorite roles, but I’ve already done that. You know, I’m a little bit more of a fan of trading roles, but you know, I wouldn’t mind doing Sondheim. I’ve never really done Sondheim, you know, West Side Story.

MK: (Chuckle) And I have been following you also on “Supergirl” as Winn from office geek to government techie. I am always wowed by the epic crossover events.

And they just recently had one with “Earth X” where you got to work with characters from a total of four shows. What were those experiences like? And what are the production schedules like for that?

Jeremy: Oh, you know, I was on there for like a day. So like I just showed up and played for a minute and went back home.

They have crazy schedules, but you know, for the most part I’m just through the door and doing , and having fun just doing my weekly geek out on that show. Every once in a while they’ll cross over and let me play my character and do something different.

It’s fine. You kind of break it up and surprise the staff. But honestly, for me, they’re just funny and quick takes.

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Jeremy Jordan as Jack Kelly in Disney's Newsies – Photo courtesy of DIsney

do all the things that normal kids should be able to do, regardless of, you know, whatever her preferences are, and you know, whoever she is, she’s allowed to do that, so.

We were lucky to be able to kind of rescue her from that situation and, you know, nothing’s perfect, and nothing’s easy, but she’s out and we’re all happy about that. It wasn’t easy on the family, but in the end, all you can really do is allow people to live their lives honestly and truthfully. That’s what we tried to offer her.

MK: In this current political climate how can there be more support for gay youth?

Jeremy: You know, it’s hard to explain, I do feel like there is ground support in the world – outreach feels like it’s growing. You know, I tend to veer on the side of hope, you know, more political figures are

I don’t know, it starts from, right now, with Alex, and with her journey, and we were just really excited to get to tell some kind of a gay story. You know, we talk about it in all the diversities and about how the show was missing that. And I’m really glad that they amended it as quickly as they did.

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The Seattle Symphony’s “Broadway Today” Seattle Pops concerts with guest conductor Steven Reineke and Broadway stars Jeremy Jordan and Betsy Wolfe will be held on January 12-14. Don’t miss this star-studded evening that will take you on a journey through America’s musical theater. For more information and tickets, visit seattlesymphony.org.

MK Scott is a Seattle-based arts blogger.

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THEATER

Alexandria Henderson as Lorrell Robinson, Lauren Du Pree as Deena Jones, and Joell Weil as Michelle Morris in Dreamgirls! at Village Theatre – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

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ers is. Seattle has become a hub for new musical development and continues to strengthen as a “try out” venue for musicals heading for New York City. That brings more top talent to town to stay.

Village Theatre strengthened its already-strong new musical program by hiring Brandon Ivie to formalize his already created bi-coastal lifestyle and backing their new Beta Program (debuting this week with the next trio of developmental musicals). Their season provided my pick for Best Musical production of 2017: Dreamgirls! It was said to be on Steve Tomkins “bucket list” before he transitions from Village Artist Director and our fair community now has enough top African American talent that they can blow our socks off in productions such as these.

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Their vigorous productions of Newsies and Into the Woods were also a lot of fun.

Rich Gray had a great year starring in two quintessential roles that were perfect for him in The Nance at ArtsWest and Murder for Two by The 5th Avenue and ACT Theatre. Timothy McCuen Piggee and Adam Standley turned The Legend of Georgia McBride into a musical treat (though it’s considered a play). Showtunes!

Theatre Company provided two treats that will likely never become “full” productions with The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Randy Scholz and Megan Parker heading up a beautiful Bridges of Madison County.

Taproot Theatre supported a brand-new Jane Austin musical, Persuasion.

ArtsWest produced a first with a racially-diverse Sweeney Todd, with the fabulous Corinna Lapid Munter as Mrs. Lovett. Also, Katherine Strohmaier and Aaron Lamb self-produced the best The Last 5 Years I’ll likely ever see, because

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they alternated playing piano and singing in a tour de force production I hope they remount so more people can see it!

Plays Of Color – Expanding Our Universe Mentioning “racially-diverse” leads into bringing happy notice to the strong, powerful showings in 2017 of major African American and Asian American or simply Asian stories on stage: Sound Theatre Company’s Hoodoo Love, Book-It Repertory Theatre’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and ArtsWest’s Milk Like Sugar brought African American-focused stories and performers front and center, and also put spotlights on Black Women’s voices.

Malika Oyetemein flexed her directing muscles in several major shows this year.

Seattle Public Theater’s The World of Extreme Happiness looked at life in China; Nadeshiko, by local playwright Keiko Green, also at Sound Theatre Company,

told a Japanese tale, and ACT Theatre gave us a rousing Chinese American tale with King of the Yees.

A one-woman show by Y York, Sycorax, turned Shakespeare’s The Tempest on its head to surmise that Caliban’s mother was black and that was why she and Caliban were despised. West of Lenin brought us Three Americans, where two of the monologues were by persons of color, all the writers were persons of color and the third monologue focused on a transgendered relationship.

Racial relationships or history were prominent in a number of excellent productions: Blues for Mr. Charlie by The Williams Project, Six Degrees of Separation by Theatre 9/12, Barbecue by Intiman, Welcome to Braggsville by Book-It Repertory Theatre, Statements After An Arrest Under The Immorality Act by Theater Schmeater, A Civil War Christmas by Taproot Theatre, and a play reading at 18th & Union of

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Nicky Davis’ biting comedy, Brunch, about five white women sitting around brunching and talking about race.

ArtsWest also brought us a Pakistani American family story with The Who and the What. ACT Theatre produced a fascinating play about Deaf culture: Tribes.

Forward Flux Productions debuted a world premiere, No More Sad Things, about a native Hawaiian. Klara Cerris starred as a teenager who was rejecting of her Latina heritage in 26 Miles at West of Lenin.

Strawberry Theatre Workshop produced my choice for Best Play of 2017, Lydia, with deft direction by Sheila Daniels and a devastating, heart-wrenching leading performance by upcoming talent Sofia Raquel Sanchez (who is still in the middle of studying at Cornish).

(IM)Pulse, a dance theater piece by Spectrum Dance Theater’s Donald Byrd provided the outstanding male performance of the year, Craig MacArthur. In a piece that reminded us of the historic prejudices against LGBT people and the AIDS crisis, this was a gut-punch that will be remembered.

Two autobiographical shows were outstanding in their content, their performers, and their impact. Yankee Pickney by Jehan Osanyin and Ode by Nike Imoru told engaging and thoughtful stories.

Yadira Duarte as Lydia and Sofia Raquel Sanchez as Ceci in Lydia at Strawberry Theatre Workshop – Photo by John Ulman

Best Women in Male Roles Ms. Imoru also took part in all the Shakespeare-with-women shows this year, with powerful performances in both parts of Bring Down the House (the Henry plays) at Seattle Shakespeare Company with upstart crow and in Rebel Kat’s production of Coriolanus: Fight Like a Bitch. It’s not quite all the way to “usual” for women to play these roles, but it certainly has become one way to cast talented women in large roles and change the feeling of a classic play.

Best Local Writing Wayne Rawley gave us a treat when he decided to recreate three of his older “late night” offerings from Theater Schmeater’s past in his Money and Run series. While many of the characters repeated in each of the three, he deliberately cast different folks in each one. It was a pretty massive and fun undertaking. Darian Lindle created what promises to be a worthy episodic offering with her history-blends-science-fantasy play, SILON (The Secret and Impossible League of the Noosphere) in The Baltimore Plot, produced by Live Girls! Theater.

Katie Forgette cracked open a small family drama at Taproot Theatre with Evidence of Things Unseen. Her partner in life, R. Hamilton Wright, brought his manic, magical Greensward to MAP Theatre.

Honorable mention goes to a play where the first act was great. Cherdonna’s Doll House, written by Cherdonna Sinatra (Jody Kuehner) and produced by Washington Ensemble Theatre, was an awe-inspiring spectacle for the first act.

Other Strong Performances Included in honorable mentions are the strong performances in Taproot’s Relativity, ACT Theatre’s The Crucible and Azeotrope’s Building the Wall. Theatre22 had a quiet, but scary winner with Downstairs. Washington Ensemble Theatre has my Favorite Set of the year in Teh Internet Is Serious Business with set and lights by talented Tristan Roberson and a great ensemble of actors. Ghost Light Theatricals also provided a lovely production of Madeleine George’s play, The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence.

Made Me Laugh I like to finish up with a category where I am hard to please – comedy. Taproot Theatre had a fun production this year that included a lot of laughs: Room Service. And Seattle Repertory Theatre produced my Best Comedy of 2017: the riotous and very unprim-and-proper Pride and Prejudice.

2018, Bring It! I’m ready!

(l to r) Paul Giarratano, Andrew Pontius, Craig MacArthur, and Mary Sigward in Spectrum Dance Theater's (IM)Pulse – Photo by Nate Watters

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Hostiles a cold, brutally complex revisionist Western

Rosamund Pike and Christian Bale in Hostiles – Photo courtesy of Yellow Hawk, Inc.

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer HOSTILES Now playing In a remote corner of New Mexico sits Fort Berringer, a prison outpost housing Native prisoners, the most notable being dying Northern Cheyenne war chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi), a man who in his day played bloody games of cat and mouse with the U.S. Cavalry on a regular basis. It is 1892, and with the wounds of the Civil War still fresh in every soldier’s mind, making peace with the past isn’t something war hero and noted Indian fighter Captain Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale) is keen on accomplishing as he nears retirement. Yet, he is the one assigned the task of doing just that, his commanding officer Col. Abraham Biggs (Stephen Lang) ordering him to escort Yellow Hawk and his family to his Cheyenne homeland in Montana so that the war chief can be laid to rest in the land of his ancestors and given the respect in death he’s spent his life fighting for.

Assembling his best men to assist, the Calvary Captain unhappily sets out on what will likely be his final mission. Along the way to Montana, the small group comes across Rosalie Quaid (Rosamund Pike), a homesteader whose entire family, including her two young daughters and infant son, were slaughtered by a group of marauding Comanche warriors. Blocker and Yellow Hawk, two men resistant to let bygones be bygone, realize they must now work together if their small band is going to survive this perilous 1,000-mile trek to Montana. Together, they come to an understanding as they face off against assailants both anticipated and unforeseen, everything building to a final confrontation that will leave all sides bloody and bowed, the survivors forced to make sense of a new world that’s alien from any that they thought they knew before this trip began.

Scott Cooper’s Hostiles is a revisionist Western in the mold of Unforgiven, Little Big Man or The Searchers. It is an angry film, a belligerent, violent and bleakly desolate examination of xenophobia and racism that is fearless in its willingness to subvert audience expectation wherever it can. Cooper begins things with an act of terror that is beyond all imagining, the Quaid fam-

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ily save Rosalie all sent to an early grave with an aggressive, sadistically monstrous efficiency that’s suitably shocking. From there, the acclaimed writer/director sets up a story that on its surface is purposefully familiar: two warriors from opposite sides forced to coexist for a great purpose finding a form of mutual understanding, and maybe even friendship, by their journey’s end.

But nothing in the filmmaker’s latest goes as convention dictates. There is no purity to any member of this traveling band (save maybe one lone child), not even Rosalie, and even though after she joins them all the walls between the soldiers and their

its thrust their way with all the subtly of a bullet fired from a Winchester rifle. While an understanding between Blocker and Yellow Hawk might be in the cards, that does not mean the former still does not see his former adversary’s way of life or cultural traditions to be far more primitive than his or Rosalie’s are. It allows Cooper to take things to a place where the future for one character is literally whitewashed when the only path forward those in charge can see for the youngster is to assimilate him into their culture where all he knows and loves is taken from him instead of finding other Cheyenne to raise him as their own.

Christian Bale in Hostiles – Photo courtesy of Yellow Hawk, Inc.

Cheyenne charges start to come down, that does not mean this grieving widow still doesn’t make choices that are as uncomforting as they are problematic. Everyone here is battling their own past, their own prejudices as they all make their way to Montana, the horrors of war still stirring inside as they attempt to rationalize past deeds with the apparently benign and selfless purpose of the trip they all now find themselves on.

At the heart of it all is the inherent racism lurking at the center of U.S. policy towards the Native population, an assumption of cultural and social supremacy that refuses to allow those fighting for the cause to see the bigger picture even when

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Not all of the director’s points are made as well as others. The relationship between Blocker and one of his trusted Corporals (Jonathan Majors) is underdeveloped, and while I understand the filmmaker wants the audience to put the pieces of the puzzle representing the bonds the two men share together on their own, it’s all so ephemeral the final scenes between the two don’t pack the sort of punch I’m sure Cooper intended.

Additionally, many of the other young soldiers tasked with joining Blocker on his expedition end up as nothing more than slack-jawed, baby-faced cannon fodder, the likes of Timothée Chalamet and Jesse Plemons all but wasted.

But other subplots work beautifully, not

the least of which is an ongoing discussion between Blocker and his grizzled Master Sergeant (Rory Cochrane) over what should be the cost for all the violence they’ve seen and all the death they themselves have had a hand in delivering unto guilty and innocent alike. The Cochrane’s performance is a thing of poetic melancholy, the weight his character feels from the morally reprehensible things he’s done in his life oozing from every pore like rain splashing off of a faded cowboy hat. Where the Master Sergeant ends up isn’t so much a surprise as it is a heartbreaking denouement to a life that can no longer find purpose in continuing to follow the orders he’s so diligently followed for his entire life, the actor’s pain coming from a place so personal it’s destructive potential is without measure.

Bale and Pike are extraordinary, the latter’s breakdown as she determines to bury her children on her own sending me into a tearful fit I never did quite recover from for the remainder of the film’s 133-minute running time. There’s also a nice, albeit brief, appearance by Ben Foster during the story’s middle act that’s ruggedly disturbed in its maniacal intricacy, the truths his character speaks dripping with a poisonous venom that’s as repulsive as it is toxic. A special note should also be made of Studi’s understated work as Yellow Hawk, the veteran character actor delivering a superlative turn that ranks up there with his best work as the Magua in 1992’s Last of the Mohicans.

Cooper’s last three features Black Mass, Out of the Furnace or Crazy Heart weren’t exactly easy sells to a general audience, but no matter how one ended up feeling about them breaking each one down into an easily digestible synopsis isn’t particularly difficult. The same cannot be said about Hostiles. Its myriad layers and moral ambiguities aren’t sitting right there at the surface waiting to be explored. They’re deep down, resting in the muck and mire of a human condition that hasn’t evolved near as much over the past few centuries as many would like to believe. It isn’t an easy sit, the end resolution a cultural demolition that, no matter how pure the intentions of the survivors might be, could prove to be even more heinous than the violence they, their compatriots and those standing against them all faced in a cold, lonely wilderness where every step could be someone’s last.

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THE POST

continued from cover layered performances by superstars Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, utilizing a crack ensemble cast at the top of their collective game, Spielberg’s latest is outstanding, this ticking clock procedural a thrilling call to action worthy of multiple viewings.

After her husband commits suicide, Kay Graham (Streep) instantly becomes the first woman in the U.S. to be the publisher of a major American newspaper, The Washington Post. While in the middle of a deal that will bring millions of dollars to the company allowing her to pay solid, seasoned reporters to break the tough stories that will hopefully help compete against The New York Times, executive editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) is in the process of urging his investigative team to break an explosive story that will put a spotlight on The Washington Post that could potentially undo all Graham is attempting to accomplish.

Turns out, The New York Times currently has their hands on thousands of pages of a secret investigation into the war in Vietnam conducted at the behest of former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara (Bruce Greenwood) in 1967.

Four years later, with the Nixon administration now in charge of trying to extricate the U.S. from the ongoing conflict, the last thing the President or his allies want is all of this classified material chronicling the mistakes and lies of past administrations splashed across the front page of a single major American newspaper. After a temporary injunction forces The New York Times to stop printing these stories, Bradlee sees an opening he’s eager to exploit, doing all he can to get a hold of these pages so The Washington Post can continue to do the job breaking these stories as he feels is the paper’s First Amendment right.

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whether or not Graham should allow Bradlee to proceed with the publishing of these documents in light of federal courts ordering The New York Times to stop doing just that. Say yes, and one of the most important stories of the 20th century would continue to be told even if doing so puts the entire paper in jeopardy of being held in contempt of court, not to mention opens herself and her executive editor open up to the possibility of being sent to jail. Say no, and while

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Known as “The Pentagon Papers,” these secret documents outlined over 20 years of duplicity and subterfuge by the U.S. government in regards to the Vietnam crisis, and their being leaked to the press in 1971 was certainly the type of scandal presidential administrations would rather not face.

The issue for The Washington Post was

the newspaper would continue to run as it always has, the trust the public has in it to tell the truth might be lost forever, and a governmental assault on the First Amendment would continue forward unabated.

While this back-and-forth debate is front and center, equally there for observation is the examination of women, no mat-

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ter how intelligent, wealthy or powerful they might be, and how they were treated in the workplace. It’s a deft depiction, and The Washington Post publisher isn’t the only one who has to deal with it. A key dialogue sequence between Bradlee and his artist wife Tony (Sarah Paulson) spells out some of the things going on underneath the surface of this gender divide with restrained eloquence, while Alison Brie’s turn as Kay’s daughter Lally Graham is of more weight and importance than I initially assumed considering the brief amount of screen time given the character.

It does take the film a little while to find its stride. While it does open with an incredible back and forth between Bradlee and Graham during a morning breakfast conversation, while there are a handful of fun little moments inside The Washington Post offices depicting daily journalistic chaos, it isn’t until reporter Ben Bagdikian (Bob Odenkirk) actually tracks down The Pentagon Papers that things kick into high gear. From that point forward the energy and excitement propelling things forward is palpable, the clock slowly ticking to zerohour as Bradlee and his team prepare to break the biggest story of their collective careers while at the same time Graham huddles with her advisors in order to make a decision that will decide just what type of paper it is she wants to run.

Comparisons to Alan J. Pakula’s All the President’s Men are obvious and apt, especially considering that 1976 classic as well as this Spielberg effort both revolve around scandals and controversies involving The Washington Post and their investigative coverage of the Nixon administration. But where that movie had one solid thesis to carry it forward start to finish, this story has a number of tangents that must all be kept in constant contact for the varying aspects of Hannah and Singer’s script to connect as they are designed to. Every piece of this puzzle has to if the story is going to meet with success, the last act a hotbed of tension and suspense that, even knowing the outcome, is simply sensational.

Streep’s performance is masterful.

Graham’s journey isn’t a straight line. It moves in a variety of directions, this intelligent woman understanding the path she has to navigate is unlike anyone else’s in her immediate circle, especially the rooms full of men she is frequently at the center of. Watching Streep make her way through this sexist paradigm of entitlement and

superiority is astonishing, the way she carries herself with such sincerity even as she builds up the confidence to stand up for herself and her paper remarkable. The award-winning actress doesn’t overplay her hand, doesn’t do anything showy or full of theatrical embellishment. Instead, she understands that, as it is in the news business, truth is her ultimate weapon, and as long as she stays true to her beliefs others will see she knows what it is she’s talking about it whether they agree with any of the decisions she ultimately makes or not.

Hanks is equally superb, as is the entire supporting cast, especially an outstanding Odenkirk, the scenes at Bradlee’s house involving the trusted members of his editorial board pouring through the papers in an attempt to piece them together as best they can some of the best cinematic moments I’ve seen in all of 2017. The ensemble works together beautifully, Spielberg conducting every member with precision. Add in pitchperfect work from a crack technical team which includes the likes of cinematographer Janusz Kaminski (Schindler’s List), composer John Williams (E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial), production designer Rick Carter (Lincoln), Costume Designer Ann Roth (The English Patient) and editors Michael Kahn (Raiders of the Lost Ark) and Sarah Broshar (The Last Survivors), the resultant symphony is worthy of a standing ovation.

Spielberg does give into his more melodramatic tendencies at times, spelling things out with a little more didactic clumsiness than I expected. But thanks to Streep’s constant quiet dignity as Graham this rarely proves to be a problem. More, even if a scene here or there might be a little exaggeratedly obvious, there is something still spectacular in the heart-stopping visual of a determined woman descending the stairs of the Supreme Court through a throng of wideeyed women, the unspoken truth of just what this moment means to all involved speaking for itself with a hushed authority that’s awe-inspiring. Add in the obvious parallels to our current fight to keep a free, unfettered press that’s under assault by a corrupt political machine unlike any the First Amendment has ever faced before, the importance of the messages at the heart of The Post couldn’t be more imperative. Spielberg’s latest might not be his best, but it may be his most essential, those from all corners of the ideological spectrum urged to watch it with an open mind and a clear heart at their earliest opportunity.

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Margot Robbie (l) in I, Tonya – Photo courtesy of Neon

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer I, TONYA Now playing At one point in 1991 Tonya Harding (Margot Robbie) was at the pinnacle of her sport. She has just won the United States Figure Skating Championship and, in doing so, became the first woman in the world to land a triple axel in competition. It was an achievement few thought possible, especially her cantankerous, chain-smoking mother LaVona Golden (Allison Janney), a woman prone to smothering her child in put-downs and harsh criticisms, thinking that by doing so she’s toughening the girl up for the hardships figure skating has to offer. If only she had known what was going to happen next.

Fast-forward three years, and at the U.S. Nationals in Detroit, Harding is once again competing for a spot on the Olympic team.

But after an attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver) is traced back to her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan) and his bumbling best friend Shawn Eckardt (Paul Walter Hauser), a former bodyguard, suddenly the skater’s future is up in the air. To the world at large she’s nothing more than a criminal who had to mug an opponent in order to get back to the Olympics, Harding now standing in the middle of a different kind of spotlight, one she could never have imagined having to endure the glare of when she started skating as an Oregon youngster back when she was first starting out.

The thing about entertaining, if oddly toothless, satirical comedy-drama I, Tonya is that it barely tries to dig underneath the surface or shows anything approaching complexity. While it does a great job of producing sympathy for its main character, and while there is certainly value in watching the madcap inept zaniness that Gillooly purportedly helped engineer and Eckardt somehow managed to pull off, overall I was left slightly frustrated and annoyed by the film as a whole. I wanted more from Steven Rogers’ (Hope Floats, Love the Coopers) script as well as from director Craig Gil-

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lespie’s (Lars and the Real Girl, The Finest Hours) handling of it, and while I was entertained for all two hours I still walked away thinking there was so much more to this story just aching to be told.

There is a very Coen Brothers meets Martin Scorsese sensibility to all of this, and one imagines that is entirely by design.

Rogers layers his script in a way that plays up all of the characters’ most maniacal traits yet, at least as far as it pertains to Harding and Gillooly, refuses to make them caricatures. He treats them with respect,

physical and verbal abuse that reportedly made up much of Harding and Gillooly’s marriage and relationship, but they don’t do so in a way that achieves emotional resonance. Instead, these sequences are just part of the scenery, at times more played for laughs and shock value than to increase character complexity or give any fresh insights into the decisions that are made as they relate to Kerrigan’s mugging.

It should be said that this is one instance where the inclusion of actual footage of the primary players during the end cred-

Sebastian Stan and Margot Robbie in I, Tonya – Photo courtesy of Neon

allowing for their clueless dimwittedness to just be another facet of their personality, not the focal point of who they are or why they end up making the decisions that they do. The same can also be said of Golden, but this mother born from the fires of Hades disappears for long stretches of the film’s second half (something she amusingly comments directly to the screen about), lessening her impact and importance a significant amount as things go on.

But everything feels fairly obvious, and I started to think neither Gillespie nor Rogers wanted to burrow too far underneath the dirt, almost as if they were worried the audience would turn on their film if things got even uglier and more obnoxiously noxious. Sure the pair show elements of the

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its, especially as it pertains to Eckardt, is well worth staying around for. Watching the movie, I had trouble believing any person involved in such a farcical bit of idiotic lunacy could be that much of a buffoon.

Turns out he is, one of his key monologues taken word-for-word from an actual oncamera interview he gave after the truth of his involvement came to light. None of which forgives how cartoonish the character is, but it does mitigate my misgivings towards the depiction somewhat, and while that’s a small positive it’s still a positive nonetheless.

What I do love about I, Tonya are the performances. Janney is Janney. She’s been delivering magnificent turns like this for decades now, and it’s about time everyone

finally takes notice of just how terrific an actress she’s been throughout her career.

With that said, it’s Robbie and Stan who make things click as they do. The latter has never been this good, and while he’s always been appealing in motion pictures as diverse as Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Logan Lucky, The Martian, Ricki and the Flash and Black Swan, I can’t say I was expecting the depth and emotional range he managed to convey as the seemingly eternally befuddled Gillooly.

But it is Robbie who is the reason to plunk hard-earned dollars down for a matinee ticket. She’s ferocious, digging into Harding as if her very life depended on giving the performance of a lifetime. The actress is the only truly fearless element working inside the production, never caring to soften any of her character’s edges knowing that by refusing to do so she’ll only make the champion ice skater more sympathetic as things steamroll towards their conclusion. It’s a magnificently lithe portrait of athletic ego run amok, Robbie giving every fiber of her being to the production and in the process transcends it in a manner akin to what the athlete herself once did as it pertained to figure skating before things unceremoniously fell apart and the only thing left for Harding to deal with was disgrace.

Yet I, Tonya still left me wanting. Kerrigan isn’t a character, her side of the story left dangling in the wind. While Harding’s version needed to be told, and while in comparison to what other, primarily male, professional athletes have gotten away with over the decades with nothing more than a polite slap on the wrist (and considering her part in this unhinged lunacy is one born of stupidity and not malice) the punishment that befell the skater doesn’t feel to me as if it fit the crime, I still think having her adversary be nothing more than a footnote doesn’t work to the film’s benefit. But even if Gillespie and Rogers don’t go for the jugular, I still enjoyed much of what their truth-is-stranger-than-fiction-real-crimeenterprise had to offer, and while the film doesn’t land a triple axel, it’s safe to say it doesn’t go splat face-first into the ice, either.

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the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), Critics’ Choice, Grammys, Directors Guild of America, Producer’s Guild of America, NAACP Image, People’s Choice, Independent Spirit and, of course, the Academy Awards are soon to follow.

Neil Patrick Harris and Ricky Martin are two LGBT performers who’ll serve as presenters at Sunday evening’s gala; Harris can be seen in the comedic film Downsizing, currently in theaters, and will soon appear in the second season of A Series of Unfortunate Events on Netflix, meanwhile Martin will play Antonio D’Amico in Versace: American Crime Story, the

second installment of the anthology crime series that is co-produced by Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk (Glee). Speaking of Glee, former cast member Darren Criss, also appearing in Versace: American Crime Story, is booked as a presenter, as well. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kelly Clarkson, Shirley MacLaine, Halle Berry, Greta Gerwig, Isabelle Huppert, Kerry Washington, Amy Poehler, Gal Gadot, Sharon Stone, JK Simmons, Kit Harrington, Emilia Clarke and many others will also be handing out hardware during the threehour special event. Late night talk show host and Saturday Night Live alum Seth Meyers is the ceremony’s emcee.

The Golden Globes will likely have an effect on the Oscar nominations, as Academy voters have through January

12 to complete and submit their ballots, giving them time to factor in the Globes results before making their selections.

But just because someone is nominated for, or wins, a Globe doesn’t guarantee them an Oscar nod; look no further than Aaron Taylor-Johnson, last year’s Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture winner, who didn’t even make the cut for the Academy Awards. Already, I see two categories where the Golden Globes and Oscars will differ; the former nominated five men for Best Director, despite three women – Greta Gerwig, Patty Jenkins, Kathryn Bigelow – helming three critically acclaimed films last year, but the latter will probably include Gerwig in its final five. And, James Ivory’s beautiful screenplay for the Gay romance drama

Call Me By Your Name was omitted from the Globes list, but should pop up for the Academy Awards.

In total, twenty-five trophies, in the shape of a golden sphere, will be given out by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), an organization of nearly 100 international journalists based in Los Angeles, on Sunday, January 7 – fourteen for film, eleven for television. The ceremonies begin at 5pm at the Beverly Hilton.

NBC and KING-5 TV will present the live broadcast beginning at 5pm PST, and the re-broadcast will be shown at 8pm PST. Oprah Winfrey will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award for her long career spanning film and television.

Here are my predictions for some of the night’s key races.

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The Shape of Water – Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox

FILM Best Motion Picture – Drama nominees: Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, The Post, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Likely winner: The Shape of Water The HFPA’s composition of foreign film critics often reveals itself in its picks, in this case The Shape of Water is written and directed by a Mexican, Guillermo del Toro, and features both American and British actors, such as Sally Hawkins, Octavia Spencer and Richard Jenkins. The only potential spoiler is Dunkirk, a British production by the universally respected filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

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Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nominees: The Disaster Artist, Get Out, The Greatest Showman, I, Tonya, Lady Bird Likely winner: Lady Bird For the record, the only reason why The Greatest Showman, which has drawn mixed reviews at best (even called “magnificently idiotic” on the Rotten Tomatoes website), is included here is because the HFPA needs to justify the musical portion of this category.

The Disaster Artist and Get Out are both great, though not rewarding the slightly better Lady Bird would be shameful.

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Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama nominees: Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Meryl Streep (The Post), Michelle Williams (All the Money in the World) Likely winner: Sally Hawkins This isn’t even a contest. Hawkins is a lock for the Globe and Oscar.

Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama nominees: Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name), Daniel DayLewis (Phantom Thread), Tom Hanks (The Post), Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.) Likely winner: Gary Oldman First of all, I find it odd that Washington is in this category because Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a comedy, not a drama. Second, with no clear Best Actor frontrunner going into the Oscars, whoever wins this award can start building some momentum. An international voting body, many of them European, will be very keen to award the legendary Oldman, a longtime Brit who plays one of the most historical political figures of all-time, Sir Winston Churchill. If he doesn’t win, it’ll go to Day-Lewis. While deserving, Chalamet is overshadowed by four highly-regarded screen veterans.

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Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nominees: Judi Dench (Victoria & Abdul), Helen Mirren (The Leisure Seeker), Margot Robbie (I, Tonya), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), Emma Stone (Battle of the Sexes) Likely winner: Margot Robbie With another opportunity to emphasize its international reach, the HFPA will hand this over to Robbie, an Australian who plays real life ice skater Tonya Harding.

My pick would be Ronan, or Stone as Billie Jean King.

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Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy nominees: Steve Carell (Battle of the Sexes), Ansel Elgort (Baby Driver), James Franco (The Disaster Artist), Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) Likely winner: James Franco or Daniel Kaluuya This is too close to call, and I’m betting Franco and Kaluuya are both headed to the Oscars. Each is worthy and I’m torn between the two; can we just flip a coin?

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Willem Dafoe in The Florida Project – Photo courtesy of A24

Best Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture nominees: Hong Chau (Downsizing), Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird), Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water), Mary J. Blige (Mudbound) Likely winner: Laurie Metcalf Three minorites in this category, including the rare occurrence of an Asian woman, makes this race very exciting. But this is Metcalf’s to lose, and unless the Globes get wonky – and they have before – she’ll take one big step towards writing her Academy Awards acceptance speech.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture nominees: Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project), Armie Hammer (Call Me By Your Name), Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water), Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World), Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Likely winner: Willem Dafoe With the exception of Plummer, who I think will be replaced by Woody Harrelson or Steve Carrell, this will be the lineup for the Academy Awards. Dafoe is one of those actors who’s owed big time and 2018 is his year, finally – finally!

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The Shape of Water – Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture nominees: The Shape of Water, Ladybird, The Post, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Molly’s Game Likely winner: The Shape of Water I’d love to see Greta Gerwig walk away with this for Ladybird, but she’s going up against a giant.

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language nominees: A Fantastic Woman, First They Killed My Father, In the Fade, Loveless, The Square Likely winner: The Square The Globes have often chosen to honor big stars over quality work and such could happen again with a win for First They Killed My Father, directed by Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie. But the Cambodian drama wasn’t even shortlisted for the Oscars. If they want good street cred, then they’ll pick The Square.

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TELEVISION Best Television Series – Drama nominees: Game of Thrones, The Handmaid’s Tale, Stranger Things, This Is Us, The Crown Likely winner: The Crown Although The Handmaid’s Tale outperforms everything in this impressive lineup, British royalty always rules.

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy nominees: Black-ish, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Master of None, SMILF, Will & Grace Likely winner: Will & Grace The HFPA usually goes with a new series in this category, but though it isn’t new the return of the much-beloved LGBT fave Will & Grace is perhaps too irresistible to celebrate.

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Best Actress in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television nominees: Nicole Kidman (Big Little Lies), Jessica Lange (Feud: Bette and Joan), Susan Sarandon (Feud: Bette and Joan), Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies), Jessica Biel (The Sinner) Likely winner: Nicole Kidman The ridiculous inclusion of Biel over Elisabeth Moss for Top of the Lake: China Girl and Carrie Coon for Fargo shows just how scatterbrained the HFPA can be. As much as I’d like Lange to get it, Kidman was a force to be reckoned with in Big Little Lies.

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Best Actor in a Limited Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television nominees: Robert De Niro (The Wizard of Lies), Jude Law (The Young Pope), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Ewan McGregor (Fargo), Geoffrey Rush (Genius) Likely winner: Jude Law McGregor should get it, but Law has more star power.

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Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television nominees: Laura Dern (Big Little Lies), Ann Dowd (The Handmaid’s Tale), Chrissy Metz (This Is Us), Michelle Pfeiffer (The Wizard of Lies), Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) Likely winner: Laura Dern At the Emmys last fall, Dern and Dowd were separated into the Limited Series and Drama Series fields, so both were able to scoop up awards. But at the Globes, there’s only one Best Supporting Actress category for TV, so they’ll go head to head. Because Dern is a Hollywood biggie (she’s starring in Star Wars right now), I say she has the edge.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television nominees: David Harbour (Stranger Things), Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette and Joan), Christian Slater (Mr. Robot), Alexander Skarsgård (Big Little Lies), David Thewlis (Fargo) Likely winner: Alexander Skarsgård Skarsgård won the Emmy and will likely prevail here, but watch out for Thewlis who was devilishly good in Fargo.

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The UW School of Art + Art History + Design presents the 2018 “Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice” Lecture Series at the Henry Art Gallery The general public is invited to sit alongside degree-seeking individuals studying fine art to share ideas and raise questions about contemporary art at the UW School of Art + Art History + Design’s 2018 “Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice” Lecture Series at the Henry Art Gallery.

In addition to the public lectures, undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in ART 361/595 will interface with the visiting artists in the classroom and studio.

This lecture series takes place over seven Thursday evenings during the 2018 winter quarter. It is organized by the School of Art + Art History + Design with assistance from the Henry Art Gallery.

This year’s visiting artists are: January 11 – Marianne Nicolson (T’ayagila’ogwa) January 18 – Cassils January 25 – Julia Heyward February 8 – Raha Raissnia February 15 – Irena Haiduk February 22 – John Neff March 8 – Carolyn Lazard Lectures are free and take place in the Henry Art Gallery auditorium starting at 7pm. Seats may be reserved for individual lectures via the Henry Art Gallery website: https://henryart.org/ The Henry Art Gallery is located on the University of Washington main campus adjacent to 15th Ave NE and NE Campus Parkway.

This year’s lectures are sponsored by The Boeing Company and The Dale and Leslie Chihuly Foundation.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS January 11 – Marianne Nicolson (T’ayagila’ogwa) Marianne Nicolson is an artist activist of Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nations and Scottish descent. The Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw Nations are part of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala speaking peoples) of the Pacific Northwest Coast. She is trained in traditional Kwakwaka’wakw forms and culture as well as contemporary gallery and museum based practice. She holds a BFA from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (1996), an MFA from the University of Victoria (2005), and an MA and PhD in Linguistics and Anthropology from the University of Victoria (2013). Nicolson works as a cultural researcher and historian for the Kwakwaka’wakw as well as an advocate for Indigenous land rights.

Her practice is multi-disciplinary, encompassing photography, painting, carving, video, installation, monumental public art, writing, and speaking. All her work is political in nature and seeks to uphold Kwakwaka’wakw traditional philosophy and worldview through contemporary mediums and technology. Exhibitions include the 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia; The Vancouver Art Gallery; The National Museum of the American Indian in New York; Nuit Blanche in Toronto, Ontario; and many others. Major monumental public artworks are situated in Vancouver International Airport; the Canadian Embassy in Amman, Jordan; and the Canadian Embassy in Paris, France.

Marianne Nicolson's The Harbinger of Catastrophe (2017), Glass, wood and halogen-bulb mechanism.

– Photo courtesy of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City

January 18 – Cassils Recent solo exhibitions of Cassils include: “Monumental” at Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York; Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts; School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston; Bemis Center, Omaha; MU Eindhoven, Netherlands; and Trinty Square Video, Toronto. Cassils is the recipient of a COLA Grant (2017), Guggenheim Fellowship (2016), and a Creative Capital Award (2015). Cassils’ work has also been featured at the Schwules Museum*, Berlin; Institute for Contemporary Art and The National Theatre, London; MUCA Roma, Mexico City; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions; Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City; ANTI Contemporary Performance Festival, Kuopio, Finland; Museo da Imagem e do Som, São Paulo, Brazil; Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica; and Deutsches Historishes Museum, Berlin. They have also received the inaugural ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art, Rema Hort Mann Visual Arts Fellowship, California Community Foundation Grant, MOTHA (Museum of Transgender Hirstory) award, and Visual Artist Fellowship from the Canada Council of the Arts.

January 25 – Julia Heyward Julia Heyward, sometimes known by the moniker Duka Delight, is an artist who has consistently strived towards an emotive, textured, and unapologetically demonstrative approach to her preferred medias of video, performance, and photography.

She graduated with a BFA from Washington University, St. Louis, and participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program in 1973. She received an MFA from the Department of the Arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2003. In 1984, Heyward was one of the first artists to win the inaugural New York Dance and Performance

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Award known as the Bessie. She was nominated for a Herb Alpert Award in the Arts in the field of music composition in 1995, and in 2004-05 for film/video production.

She received a Guggenheim Fellowship in Multimedia in 1999 as well as awards from the Rockefeller Foundation, The Greenwall Foundation, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others. Her video work, performances, installations, and interactive projects have been exhibited internationally at such venues as the Whitney Museum of American Art, The Kitchen, Lincoln Center, and Anthology Film Archives in New York City; The Daejeon Municipal Museum in Korea; Art Interactive, Boston; Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City; and the Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. Her first monographic study, Consciousness Knocks Unconscious, was curated by Jamie Stevens for The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco, in 2014.

February 8 – Raha Raissnia Raha Raissnia is an artist whose practice encompasses painting, drawing, filmmaking, and performance. Creating layered works in various mediums, her performances have involved projecting films and slides onto her large paintings with musical accompaniment. Raissnia has collaborated with musicians such as Charles Curtis, Briggan Krauss, Dalius Naujo, Panagiotis Mavridis, and Aki Onda. Raissnia’s work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, and Galeria Marta Cervera, Madrid. Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Miguel Abreu Gallery; the Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Sarah Lawrence College; and White Columns. Raissnia’s film screenings and performances have taken place at venues including ISSUE Project Room, The Kitchen, The Stone, The Firehouse Space, Dundee Contemporary Art

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Festival in Scotland, and the 56th Venice Biennale. Raissnia received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1992) and an MFA from Pratt Institute (2002). She has been an Adjunct Professor of Drawing at the City College of New York and Parsons the New School of Design.

Her exhibition at the Drawing Center, New York, opens on February 4, 2018.

February 15 – Irena Haiduk Irena Haiduk is Against Biography.

February 22 – John Neff John Neff produces artworks, organizes exhibitions, and works as a teaching artist.

He currently serves as a curatorial board member at Chicago’s Iceberg Projects and as co-director of the Ravenswood Elementary School Curatorial Practice Program.

Neff presented his photographic work in a 2013 solo exhibition at Chicago’s Renaissance Society and has participated in exhibitions at Donald Young Gallery, MCA Chicago, Night Club, and The Philadelphia Museum of Art. March 8 – Carolyn Lazard Carolyn Lazard is a whatever artist who works in blah blah media on such n such ideas/thingamajigs. Their work lalalalas the whozits. Lazard went to liberal arts college n is pedigreed in the following ways from the following institutions. They are currently working on whatever up n coming nonsense.

The Critical Issues in Contemporary Art Practice lecture series began in 2013.

Visit https://art.washington.edu/art/visiting-artists-lecturers#cicap for information related to earlier series.

Courtesy of the UW School of Art + Art History + Design

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

SGN phone: (206) 324-4297. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org.

INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

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

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

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

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

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

[EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.]

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

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

MONDAY - January 8

SATURDAY - January 6

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. 9:30am-12 noon.

Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. Anthony, 206-957-1600. Sponsored by LIfelong.

Emerald City Softball Association Field Day. 10am.

North SeaTac Playfields, S 128th St & 20th Ave S, SeaTac. New player clinic/skills assessment. Players of all skill levels welcome. Email membership@emeraldcitysoftball.org for info. (Also on Saturday, January 20.)

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

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

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

(Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

SUNDAY - January 7

Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

Contact Border Riders for details and rendezvous point.

Meets 1st Sunday most months. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Center for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 9:45am Worship.

5751 33rd Ave NE. Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am Sunday Services.

200 8th Ave N. Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma.

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.

Central Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St).

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am Sunday Service.

12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue.

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911 Stewart St. Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Workship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org Queen Anne United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 1606 5th Ave W. Unity Church of Kent. 10am. 218 State Ave S, Kent.

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave NE. Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Worship.

2115 N 42nd St. All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship. 500 Broadway E. 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

January 6 thru January 14

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 Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. 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.

Gay Dodgeball Seattle League. 11am. Yesler Community Center, 917 E Yesler Way. 8-week league season - thru 1/21 . A league for the whole LGBTQ+ community.

Registration is OPEN at https://www.gaydodgeball.com/ seattle.html. Also on Facebook.

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” under Meetup.com or DharmaBuddies.org.

(Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

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

6512 12th Ave NW. St Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe

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SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth.

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

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. (206) 325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org. PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality.

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

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org 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 Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897. alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Every Monday. www.

SLAA New Beginnings. 12 noon-1pm. SASG, 115 washingtongenderalliance.com 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily (except Saturday). SLAA is a 12 Step/12 Tradition-oriented Fel- Queers, Crackpots & Fallen Women AA. 8-9pm. lowship of men and women who share their experience, SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. Open strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns women only AA group. www.sasgcc.org of addiction. www.sasgcc.org TUESDAY - January 9 Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Pre- Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are Sunday afternoon listing.) for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth orcaswimteam.org Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/ (206) 622-5555.

Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & chari- LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in table organization that raises money for various causes Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), & organizations. (206) 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential.

Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone kofmjetchapter/ Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice ses- step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. sion before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Evening the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Gathering. 6:30-8pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, PFLAG/Whatcom County (Bellingham) Monthly 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Social Hall.

Meeting. 5pm. Community Food Co-op Bakery, 405 E Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. This is a group Holly St, Bellingham. Meets 1st Sunday each month. primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend.

Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: FREE. Metro route 7. Wheelsupport organization for parents, spouses, & families of chair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org.

GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.what- Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Supcompflag.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. port Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. Meets 1st Sunday Tuesday each month. A free information and support each month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctu- group for care partners, family members and friends of ary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best individuals with dementia. For more information, contact jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their group facilitator Caila Nickerson, (206) 781-248-3524 own popular music. FREE. For info (206) 325-6051, (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth of men & women who share their experience, strength & Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:30or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, 8pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection

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is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at (206) 250-5002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. (206) 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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

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

Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at (206) 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. www. sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (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

WEDNESDAY - January 10

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

Roosters Restaurant, 611 Broadway E. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month. Just drop in - no RSVP required. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org 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 Positively Living. 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. Anthony, 206-957-1600. 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 POZ Seattle Monthly Social - 2018 Annual Porn Exchange, 50/50 Raffle & Chili Feed. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. $5 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. www.pozseattle.org.

Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Every Wednesday. This month’s title is “What Belongs to You” by Garth Greenwell. www.sasgcc.org The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Every Wednesday.

This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat. Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome.

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

LotusSisters.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 7pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets 2nd Wednesday most months - check website to confirm details. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle tour-

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ing. www.borderriders.com 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 “StageFright” - Youth Open Mic - For Aspiring Writers & Performers, Ages 14-24. 7-8pm. Richard Hugo House, 1021 Columbia St. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. FREE. Everyone welcome to attend. StageFright not only features young folk, but is also MC’d by young folk & attended in great majority by young folk. Richard Hugo House is a community gathering place where writing & reading is celebrated & explored thru events, performances & programs. (206) 322-7030; www. hugohouse.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.

THURSDAY - January 11

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

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of AA. www.sasgcc.org BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Seattle Prime Timers Card Games. 1pm. Ballard Northwest Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW, Arts & Crafts Room, 2nd Floor. Hearts and/or Cribbage and/or Bridge depending on who shows up. Beginners welcome! Metro routes 44 and 17X. www.seattleprimetimers.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 Capitol Hill Arts Walk. 5-8pm. Participating shops & galleries in the Pike/Pine corridor. 2nd Thursday each month. Keep your eyes out for curbside A-boards that mark each participating venue. Pick up a walking map from any location & you’re on your way. Enjoy refreshments & meet the featured artists as you stroll the Hill. www.caphillchamber.org Queer Parent Networking Dinners. 6-8pm. NW Network Community Engagement Center - phone, email or visit website for location. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirit, Queer & Questioning families - including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child.

RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and childcare. (206) 568-7777 or qpnd@nwnetwork.org. www.nwnetwork.org Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

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

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation Contemplative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. lamberthouse.org “To Exist is to Resist” (1/11 & 1/12; 1/20 & 1/21). 7pm.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Tickets: $15-$20; students/seniors $12. www.gaycity.org/arts PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First United Methodist Church, 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. www.pflagtacoma.org; PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 234-9790. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

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

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

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

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

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

FRIDAY - January 12

AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. A drop in AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. A peer support group for adult children of any addiction. www.sasgcc.org SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Ongoing 12 step group for sex & love addicts. www.sasgcc.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday.

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthoverspeed.org.

Cascades Rainbow Community Center - in Mount Vernon. 6:30-10:30pm. 1508 N 18th St, Mount Vernon.

Every Friday. Weekly social get-togethers including potlucks and movie nights for LGBTQAI folks in Skagit County and beyond. The Center has the largest LGBTQAI library in Skagit County with an online catalog of their collection. (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook.

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

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.

“To Exist is to Resist” (1/11 & 1/12; 1/20 & 1/21). 7pm.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Tickets: $15-$20; students/seniors $12. www.gaycity.org/arts Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

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

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201 - in the O’Neill Room.

Every Friday. (See related meeting Sunday at noon for more details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org “Sis-tory” - Celebrating the Launch of the Sisters’ Newly Redesigned Website. 9pm-12am. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave @ E Pine St. Photo portraits $10 suggested donation to benefit SEAPAK charity fund and the Sisters’ Granting Fund. $5 cover at the door.

SATURDAY - January 13

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

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

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. We create a safe, confidential & sacred space in which a man can speak his truth from the heart, to heal & empower himself. We are fiercely non-political, non-sectarian & non-judgmental. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.org Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character of the neighborhood. For information stop into Georgetown Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www. georgetownneighborhood.com Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up maps at participating shops & galleries located in the Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market St area). Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Enjoy an evening of art as local galleries & businesses showcase artists from Ballard & beyond. (206) 784-9705; visitballard.com “Bet Ya Ungodly Things” (1/13 & 1/14; 1/18 & 1/19).

7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Tickets: $15-$20; students/seniors $12. www.gaycity. org/arts

SUNDAY - January 14

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

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

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Senior students lead the meditation, provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion.

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

No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. See website for location. Meets 2nd & 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts.

Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org Dignity/Seattle. 6pm-Prayer Service. Ravenna United Methodist Church, 5751 33rd Ave NE. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Dignity/Seattle is the local chapter of the nationwide organization of GLBT Roman Catholics.

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

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

Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. (See website for details.) Meets 1st or 2nd Sunday each month (Oct-Feb). Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Whether you snow board, downhill, cross-country, or telemark, there are trips & events for you. Bring a potluck dish to share.

Ski Buddies is a non-profit GLBT & GLBT-friendly club which meets regularly thruout the fall & winter, offering camaraderie & deeply discounted skiing adventures for all levels of skiers & snowboarders. www.skibuddies.org “Bet Ya Ungodly Things” (1/13 & 1/14; 1/18 & 1/19).

7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Tickets: $15-$20; students/seniors $12. www.gaycity. org/arts

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

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

Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community - (206) 495-8312; 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

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about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979.

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

LGBT MS Connection - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (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.org; 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.

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 Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx

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

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

Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; (206) 451-SAFE; (206) 451-7233.

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) 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.sasgcc.org 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.

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 Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.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

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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; Lesbians Over 40: (206) 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http://psoloc.org, (253) 7773357; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www. oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www. pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle.wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www.tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http:// lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, (206) 461-4493.

(See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www. oasisyouthcenter.org; OUT There Adventures: www. outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 3257724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 7268500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; 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; 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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PETS OF THE WEEK Adoption Center

Sunday – Wednesday | 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Thursday – Saturday | 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

13212 SE Eastgate Wy, Bellevue, WA 98005 (425) 649-7563 | adoption@seattlehumane.org

Is your life missing a furry friend? Now is the perfect time to open your world to a pet in need. Coldwell Banker’s Homes for Dogs program with Adopt-a-pet.com has helped place 20,000 dogs into homes across the country. Could your place be the next happy ending for a pet in need? Make your house a home by visiting the shelter and bringing back the pet of your dreams.

Adoption Specials: Adopt-a-Pet Challenge All January

The Bachelor: The Pawfect Union Jan. 5-7

It’s 2018 and Seattle Humane’s New Year’s Resolution is to find loving homes for long-timer pets at the shelter. Visit Seattle Humane’s Facebook Page to see a new featured pet daily! Adopt one of the featured fluffy friends and receive 50% off through January. If you aren’t ready to adopt, share Seattle Humane’s pet of the day on your social media pages to help find them good homes! A little exposure can go a long way to help a pet in need.

The fiercest, most charismatic contestants for your love are the cat and dog bachelors and bachelorettes of Seattle Humane. Your choice to adopt will be rewarded tenfold with their unconditional love! What could be a better match? Mix and mingle with the pets of your dreams this weekend. To help you find your furry soul mate, Seattle Humane is taking $22 off adoption fees just in time for Season 22 of ABC’s The Bachelor! Don’t deny those puppy dog eyes – this is true love.

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Minnie

Susie

Minnie is ready to kick off 2018 with her new family!

Our amazing foster volunteer recently took her on a hike at Franklin Falls and she's eager to keep exploring! Come meet Minnie at Seattle Humane, she's your perfect adventure dog.

Photos by @dmitriysdogs

Meet Susie, a 1-year old black and orange tortoiseshell girl with a huge amount of love to give! Susie adores her people and will lay her head right in your hand just hoping for more loves.

If you're looking for a great companion kitty please consider Susie – she is waiting to meet you at Seattle Humane.

This 2-year-old beauty is a Harrier mix with charming brown eyes and an even more charming personality. She has an eye for fun – whether it's playing ball, tug-of-war or just enjoying some R&R, she's the life of the party. Minnie also adores people and prefers to be the only animal in the family.

As with all of our cats, Susie is spayed, microchipped and vaccinated. All of our cats have been tested for Feline Leukemia/ FIV and go home with a certificate for an examination by a King County veterinarian and their very own identification tag and collar. PLUS, most cat adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion – a great way to start off on the right paw!

As with all of our dogs, Minnie has been spayed, microchipped, vaccinated and behavior-tested. She will go home with a certificate for an examination by a King County veterinarian and an identification tag. PLUS, most dog adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion and a training rebate when you complete a dog behavior course - a great way to start off on the right paw!

Introduce to children 8 years and older. Minnie will need to be the only pet in the home. Please see our adoption advisors for additional behavior information.

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