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Seattle Gay News

Issue 43, Volume 47, October 25, 2019

Arts & Entertainment

Sandra Bernhard brings Theatre22 presents “A Festival of Revolution” “Quick Sand” to SJCC on Mercer Island Nov. 2!

White – Photo by Truman Buffet Photography

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer “A FESTIVAL OF REVOLUTION” THE REVOLUTIONISTS and WHITE THEATRE22 (AT 12TH AVENUE ARTS) Through November 9

The Revolutionists – Photo by Truman Buffet Photography

Theatre22 is presenting two plays in rotation which they are calling “A Festival of Revolution.” The plays are The Revolutionists by Lauren Gunderson and White by James Ijames. To accommodate both plays, set designers Parmida Ziaei and Margaret

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Seattle Opera presents brilliant staging of Rossini’s Cinderella

Sandra Bernhard – Photo by Brian Ziegler

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer SANDRA BERNHARD “QUICK SAND” STROUM JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER November 2 @ 8pm

Sandra Bernhard, performer, actor, celebrity, writer, has long been known as a proud, bold supporter of the LGBTQ+ community and one of the early celebrities that somehow was able to openly own her own sexuality while cutting a path through

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Rainbow City Concert Band presents “Let It Shine” concert Nov. 9

Maya Gour as Tisbe and Miriam Costa-Jackson as Clordina in Seattle Opera’s presentation of Rossini's Cinderella – Photo by Sunny Martini

by Linda Cumberland SGN Guest Reviewer SEATTLE OPERA CINDERELLA OR GOODNESS TRIUMPHANT MUSIC BY GIOACHINO ROSSINI LIBRETTO BY JACOPO FERRETTI MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL October 19 (Opening Night cast) Also 10/25, 10/27, 11/1

The opening night audience at Seattle Opera’s Cinderella knew from the first note of the overture that this evening was going to be fun. In this version, set in Victorian England, opera guests as they arrive see a scrim depicting an enormous library, with a single chair and a small table on the stage. As the overture progresses, characters appear going about their business, eventually assembling

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On Saturday, November 9, Rainbow City Performing Arts (RCPA) launches the first concert of their 2019-2020 “Visibility” season with “Let It Shine,” a concert show-

casing music that explores the complexities of darkness and the exuberant joy of light. The concert will be held at Broadway

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COMICS

Short Run Comix & Arts Festival in Seattle Nov. 9 t-shirt design, and also have his books for sale. Our bake sale returns, as well as Sourdough On The Go Food Truck that will be serving free grilled cheese sandwiches!

Experiential programming at the festival will feature the animated films of Bruce Bickford who we lost this year (assembled by Clyde Petersen of SEAT); Lauren Moore, an ASMRtist that combines energy work and color therapy to create a Soft Space for attendees feeling overstimulated; Vera Gallery art show featuring Cole Pauls, Jul Gordon, Jesse Simpson, and Dennis Madamba on the theme of otherness, sameness, and the fear and fantasies that sit in the meeting places between the two; Paranormal interactive experiences with Liminal Earth; live screen-printing with Fogland Studios, a Fantagraphics Showcase featuring presentations and talks by their published artists. Last year’s festival broke attendance records with over 4,000 culturally curious attendees of all ages pouring through Fisher Pavilion’s doors.

Don’t miss it!

Join us for the 9th annual Short Run Comix & Arts Festival on Saturday, Nov. 9th at the Seattle Center. Short Run transcends the commercial “comic-con” model by enhancing the usual book expo with interactive and collaborative creative experiences. Our festival floor provides our audience with opportunities to have one-to-one conversations with artists who represent a range of experiences, styles, and identities. The Book Expo will be held at the Fisher Pavilion; all other programming except as noted below will be held at The Vera Project (at the north end of the Seattle Center Grounds north of the Key Arena and adjacent to the SIFF Cinema Film Forum).

We will host 280 local, national, and international exhibitor-artists, as well as special guests: Delhi-born, Baltimorebased artist and fashion illustrator Jasjyot Singh Hans (BadaBehtarHai series, The New York Times, Vogue India); Canadian favorite Marc Bell (Worn Tuff Elbow); Vermont-based comics artist Glynnis Fawkes (Persephone’s Garden); Jul Gordon, a multimedia artist from Hamburg, Germany; and DC-based comic artist and NPR journalist Malaka Gharib (I Was Their American Dream). Invited guest Abraham Diaz, from Mexico City, will be in abstenia, as the US Embassy denied his artist visa. We will celebrate his work with an art show,

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING: Short Run Showcase Thursday, Nov. 7th @ 7-9pm – FREE Vermillion Art Gallery & Bar, 1508 11th Ave. (Capitol Hill) Artist presentations and performances in an intimate setting, Featuring Jul Gordon, Glynnis Fawkes, Marc Bell, Jasjyot Singh Hans, Malaka Gharib, and November Garcia Marathon Art Show and Reception Friday, Nov. 8th @ 6-9pm – FREE show runs through December 11 Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery, 1201 S Vale St. (Georgetown)

Featuring artwork by Glynnis Fawkes, Marc Bell, Jasjyot Singh Hans, Malaka Gharib, Krusty Wheatfield, Seattle Walk Report, tommi parrish, Jamilya Lowe, Mike Centeno, Chloë Perkis, and Rumi Hara Short Run After-Party Saturday, Nov. 9th @ 8-11pm – $5 The Vera Project, Republican St & Warren Ave N, just inside Seattle Center Grounds (Lower Queen Anne) DJ Scorpio Tail, Dance Contest, Photo Booth by Melissa Kagerer, Bar (for 21+ with ID) T. Edward Bak artist talk & book signing Sunday, Nov. 10th @ 1-2:30 pm – FREE Seattle Public Library, Level 4, Room 2, 1000 Fourth Ave. (Downtown) T. Edward Bak presents his latest book, NOT A PLACE TO VISIT, ​a new collection of illustrated comics exploring themes of social and ecological flux unique to environments in the western US. Malaka Gharib artist talk & book signing Sunday, Nov. 10th @ 3-5pm – FREE Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave. (Capitol Hill) Malaka Gharib presents I​ WAS THEIR AMERICAN DREAM, h​ er triumphant graphic memoir that brings to life her teenage antics and illuminates earnest questions about identity and culture, while providing thoughtful insight into the lives of modern immigrants and the generation of millennial children they raised.

Courtesy of Short Run

Photo courtesy of Rainbow City Band

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continued from cover Performance Hall (1625 Broadway off the Seattle Central College South Plaza) from 7pm-9pm.

With this season we want to focus on the element of our Lesbian Gay Band Association mission: “Visibility.” We want to increase visibility on what we produce as an inclusive organization, not just musical concerts, but the safe atmosphere for our members and community to take chances, embrace fear, and truly express ourselves! This concert will

spotlight a partnership with the Seattle Counseling Services and makingitok.org, an organization with the mission to end the stigma attached to mental illness.

This concert will include music from Broadway musicals to renowned band literature and will dive into the depths of darkness with pieces such as Eliot Del Borgo’s expressive setting of “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” and Washington composer Alex Shapiro’s “Lights Out.” We will present the beautiful energy of light with Frank Ticheli’s “Sun Dance” and Tania Leon’s “Alegre,” which means joyful. This evening will also debut the RCPA Singers, led by the Seattle Video Game Orchestra Chorus’s conductor Kassey Cas-

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tro, with a performance of John Rutter’s “The Gift of Each Day.” Artistic Director, Tim Norris, says, “It is my hope that this concert will serve as a reminder to you and our community that through music and support in unity: out of darkness, you are light – just as you are.

And when you are able, be that light for others. Let it shine!”

Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 for students/seniors, and $10 for youth and can be purchased from Purple Pass, www. purplepass.com/rcpaletitshine or via http:// www.rainbowcityband.com/ More information about Rainbow City Band can be found at http://www.rainbowcityband.com and at https://www.facebook.com/

RainbowCityPerformingArts. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @rainbowcityband.

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RCPA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group that provides opportunities for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and allied to share their musical talents through public performances. They foster music education, friendships and community giving. In addition to Rainbow City Concert Band, RCPA also includes Purple Passion Swing Band and Combo, Rainbow City Marching Band, SpinOUT Color Guard, and other small ensembles.

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White – Photo by Truman Buffet Photography

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continued from cover Toomey had to design a set that works for both plays and lighting designer Ahren Buhmann had to arrange suitable lighting for both – with wildly different subject matters and different projection designs (Buhmann is one of the masters of projection design in town) and lighting emphasis. I think Buhmann had the harder overall job there.

The Revolutionists Gunderson’s play takes a look at four French revolutionist women from the lens of today. Her dialogue is current and slangfilled and also is clearly from a 21st century perspective on women, what their rights and responsibilities should be, and how they felt about their circumstances. She has real-life writer Olympe de Gouges (Angela DiMarco) being sought by blended-character Marianne (Anjelica McMillan) – who represents the real Haitian ex-slaves who somehow successfully managed to free their country from colonial overseers. Marianne wants Olympe to write exciting pamphlets for her to entice help for Haiti.

Then would-be assassin Charlotte Corday (Anastasia Higham) arrives demanding a “last line” from Olympe because she knows that once she kills Jean-Paul Marat, a journalist revolutionary who was demeaning the acceptability of women in the revolution and has influenced the tide of opinion toward subjugating women in society again, after the promise of the French Revolution allowing women to assume positions of power. Corday fully expects to head to the guillotine, but wants a stirring last line to pronounce!

Finally, Marie Antoinette (Shanna Allman) herself arrives, though what she wants Olympe to write is a bit more mysterious than obvious. She wants “better press” about herself and demands that somehow Olympe write her legacy.

However, Gunderson’s really funny portrayal of Marie and Allman’s delightful execution is the star of the script. Marie is a ditz and essentially an airhead, but very subtly that outer portrayal is revealed to cover a sad woman who knows she never had much agency in her life and is likely to die very soon as a symbol of monarchy that she was powerless to defend.

The four women bond over friendship, writing, words, and womanhood. Over all their heads is literally the guillotine and

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three of them go to execution in the play, excepting the Haitian composite. So in the midst of womanpower and bonding and all is death and the defeat of political acceptance for women.

It’s pretty complex. There is a lot of fun dialogue, but Gunderson has definitely bitten off a lot to chew. Some of it lands very successfully, but some doesn’t quite work.

Still it’s a terrific cast and a fun evening.

White White is a whole other kettle of fish, as it were, and focuses on a Gay modern-art painter, Gus (Tyler Rogers), who is turned down for an exhibit by a good friend who is now the curator, Jane (Jennifer Ewing), because she wants to bring a fresh and diversified perspective to the museum. I.e.,

and fool his friend into showing his paintings under a false persona.

Enter Vanessa (Shermona Mitchell).

She’s an actor and auditions for this job but initially is turned off by the deception.

Somehow, though, she talks herself into the idea that this is the road to the fame she desperately wants and is willing to create a new persona they create together. “Balconae Townsend” is made and paintings are presented to Jane as if painted by her.

Two aspects of this play are not at all straight-forward and wrestle with the Black experience of being seen by White Society. First, Gus declares, in a stereotype of Gay men, that he “has a Black woman living inside him” and suddenly, Diana Ross (Mitchell) appears to him! So, magical realism is part of this 90-minute play.

The Revolutionists – Photo by Truman Buffet Photography

she wants non-white, non-male painters to be exhibited.

Gus then pitches a fit, enough so that his boyfriend, Tanner (Christian Quinto), a person-of-color himself, tries to explain to Gus that Gus has already had lots of success, and has benefited from white privilege, and that it’s quite acceptable to make room for non-whites who have not had those benefits.

Gus not only refuses to understand Tanner’s teaching-moment, he decides to advertise for a black woman to masquerade as himself

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So, Vanessa’ ego is already pummeled by her desire to be famous and there is no freedom in using Balconae to get there.

Ijames has packed a lot to think about into this play, as Gunderson has in hers. I think he is very successful in demonstrating the shallow and self-centered White Male perspective that Gus cannot escape, but other subjects might not be so clearly examined.

This cast is also talented and fulfills the characters well. Mitchell shines as both the conflicted Vanessa and the over-the-top Diana Ross. She gets to show all different sides of her talent to great effect and is a great reason to see this show.

White may be more difficult for some white folk to feel comfortable with, and that’s likely part of what Ijames wanted to accom-

White – Photo by Truman Buffet Photography

Secondly, we learn from Vanessa that she has already changed her name once, from her family-given name that is hard to pronounce and spell, to become the sociallyacceptable Vanessa that can more easily integrate into White Society.

When Vanessa takes on the Balconae persona, Balconae is the sassy, strong Black woman that supposedly does not care about public opinion and looks like the woman Vanessa longs to be. However, Balconae exists due to the lie that Gus helped create.

plish. Kudos to Theatre22 for taking on two challenging and fun and interesting scripts and setting them off to great advantage!

For more information, go to www.theatre22.org or call 206-257-2203.

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

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the bullshit of censors and erasers of others’ rights. Those who have followed her career will be excited to hear that she’s coming to Seattle for the first time in a lot of years!

In an exclusive interview with SGN on a range of topics, Sandra wants you to be prepared for a great evening, November 2nd at the Stroum Jewish Community Center (3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island) at 8pm. She debuted this new piece, entitled “Quick Sand,” at Joe’s Pub in New York City in December 2018, so this is her newest touring production.

Sandra says, “The important thing is that I’m coming to Seattle, and it’s been a very long time since I’ve been in town and I don’t want people to miss it. People know I do a hybrid of storytelling and music and comedy, and it’s a very entertaining hour and half of what I do.”

She’s bringing a small band, The Sandyland Squad, with her. Several of the members of her team are flying up from Los Angeles for the occasion. She says, “My musical director (and pianist), Mitch Kaplan, and I have been together since 1985 and also the other two musicians I’ve been working with for a long time. I’m lucky to have them with me this time.”

While Sandra won’t overtly talk politics during her show – she describes her show as tangentially referencing politics, but mainly wanting people “to go away having had a fabulous night. That’s the most important thing to me,” she is very political in the media.

This moment in politics SGN described some recent news articles that suggested that voter registration among the LGBTQ+ community is actually lagging. That seemed to shock her!

“I’m shocked to hear that registration is down,” she says. “We’re in an international crisis between our president and despots around the world. This is no time (to not register), especially to shore up LGBT rights in our country! We must must MUST get this moron out of the White House!

“It’s lazy and unacceptable to have the LGBTQ community not register to vote if that is really what’s happening. We’ve got to band together and support not only our own community but the country! Our rights have to be protected. The Constitution must be upheld! It’s [the Constitution] – not “just” for us, it’s for everybody.

“The survival of democracy is at stake right now and that’s the only thing that matters to me at this particular moment. We’re talking about a national election that’s coming up.”

When it was suggested that “blue Seattle, blue Washington state” folk sometimes feel a bit irrelevant in the national conversation because we don’t have to worry about

Sandra Bernhard – Photo by Brian Ziegler

I’ve had so much fun in my career and broken through like no one ever has or maybe ever will.

[I provided] fluid sexuality and high glamour and no one else has done that.

I don’t wring my hands about what could have been. I love my life!”

- S A N DR A BE R N H A R D who our state supports, Sandra has plenty of suggestions for where you can choose to put your energy. “Amy McGrath is running against McConnell in Kentucky. There are races in red states around the country.

“You can sign up for Daily Kos or important news sites (to get information) and you can donate to those states even if it’s not such an issue in your state. There are places around the country that we’re ready to flip blue. (For instance) Go to South Carolina, register people to vote, go door to door, travel to other states if you’re living in a blue state and don’t think there’s much to do.

“Go somewhere abortion is on the line,

education, the list is a thousand miles long of issues that are at stake…. judicial appointments. There are a lot of issues to fight about.

We [the LGBTQ community] have a coalition where we’re constantly in the trenches fighting against the backlash to the community, but there are issues that affect the whole country and I think it’s important to focus on those, at this point.”

“POSE” If you follow Sandra’s career, you may know that her most recent role on television is in the highly praised, unique Ryan Murphy show, POSE. Her character is a nurse

Outspokenness and career Looking back, did Sandra feel like there were barriers to her career, ways that being “out” about her sexuality and her politics held her back or caused career-blocking moments? Sandra says, “I don’t think I’ve had a struggle being who I am. I am who I am, and I say what I want to say. I was most influenced by entertainers. I set out to be an entertainer.

“I don’t think it harmed my career. To me, [my brand] was tongue in cheek. I wasn’t trying to make a didactic statement with my sexuality. I used fashion and glamour and groovy music. I’ve had so much fun in my career and broken through like no one ever has or maybe ever will. [I provided] fluid sexuality and high glamour and no one else has done that. I don’t wring my hands about what could have been. I love my life!”

The Stroum Jewish Community Center is located at 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. Tickets for Sandra Bernhard’s “Quick Sand” show are $70 general admission. ($90 VIP are sold out.) For tickets, visit https://sjcc.org/calendar-event/sandrabernhard-quick-sand-comedy-cab/ or call 206-388-0833.

Although Stroum Jewish Community Center is not directly accessible by Sound Transit, with advance ticket purchase and advance notice SJCC’s van shuttle service can be scheduled to transport bus riders from the Mercer Island Park & Ride, which is served by Sound Transit routes 550 and 554, to the Stroum Jewish Community Center, by contacting 206-388-0833.

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Sandra Bernhard in “Pose” – Photo courtesy of FX

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who takes care of HIV/AIDS patients right in the middle of the original crisis where thousands of people died before the medical community really understood what it was “looking at.”

At 64, Sandra was already working hard at her job as an entertainer, and reflects on the role. “I happened to be there as an entertainer and celebrity. She (Nurse Judy Katz) is someone who takes care of people and fights for that crisis. I happen to have known a lot of people who died of AIDS. You don’t forget your friends and people that you lost. I think it’s important to help the younger generation that doesn’t know what people went through, an important time to know about and learn how people tried to keep each other alive.”

Now that she’s a regularly seen character, I wondered if there was something she’d love for the writers to have her character do. “They have their own arc of the season and I just show up and do my job like any actress does. (But if I could,) I’d like to see some of her personal life [on screen] and how she is in the privacy of her home. I would love to see that next season.

[SGN: Deepen her background?] Exactly.”

Cinderella at Seattle Opera: No bibbidi-bobbidi-boo, but plenty of madcap fun

Wallis Giunta as Cinderella and Matthew Grills as Don Ramiro in Seattle Opera’s presentation of Rossini's Cinderella – Photo by Sunny Martini

by Alice Bloch SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE OPERA LA CENERENTOLA (CINDERELLA) MUSIC BY GIOACHINO ROSSINI LIBRETTO BY JACOPO FERRETTI MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL October 20 (Sunday Matinee cast) Also 10/23, 10/26 & 10/30 Did you know that there are more versions of the Cinderella tale, in more parts of the world, than of any other folktale? Me neither, until I attended Seattle Opera dramaturg Jonathan Dean’s excellent (and free to ticket holders) pre-performance lecture.

The company is fortunate to have a dramaturg as knowledgeable and entertaining as Dean (who also writes the always superb English captions displayed during performances). I highly recommend his presentations, which always enhance my understanding and enjoyment of opera.

The version of the Cinderella tale in Rossini’s opera features a wicked stepfather instead of a wicked stepmother, a wise tutor instead of a fairy grandmother, and matching bracelets instead of a glass slipper.

What this opera lacks in depth, it makes up in energy. Stage director Lindy Hume, who directed the standout production of Rigoletto at Seattle Opera a couple of months ago, contributes depth by emphasizing the importance of class distinctions in the story, and finds ingenious ways to hold the audience’s interest and amplify the tremendous energy of Rossini’s music.

The current production (which has

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Maya Gour as Tisbe and Miriam Costa-Jackson as Clordina in Seattle Opera’s presentation of Rossini's Cinderella – Photo by Sunny Martini

already played in New Zealand, Australia, and Germany) is set in Victorian England.

Cinderella’s stepfather, played with appropriately broad humor by bass-baritone Péter Kálmán, who owns an emporium straight out of Dickens’ Old Curiosity Shop.

The shop folds and unfolds, moves up- and downstage, and swivels to become part of the prince’s palace. Kudos to production designer Dan Potra and lighting designer Matthew Marshall for a clever, engaging technical production. I particularly enjoyed the send-up of theatrical conventions of scale and perspective. In one scene, set on the lawn of the palace, manicured trees

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upstage were much smaller than those downstage, and when the actors moved upstage, they looked enormous, and their efforts to hide behind the trees became increasingly comical.

All vocal performances were top-notch.

As Cinderella, mezzo-soprano Wallis Giunta sang beautifully, carrying off the florid coloratura passages with no apparent effort, and acted with appealing subtlety. Tenor Matthew Grills deployed a smooth, sweet voice befitting a prince. As the valet Dandini, who trades places with the prince for much of the opera, baritone Jonathan Michie showed great comic and vocal skill.

The performances that surprised me were those of sopranos Miriam Costa-Jackson and Maya Gour as the mean stepsisters.

Their roles demand slapstick acting, which they provided in spades, all the while singing in gorgeous harmony – a difficult combination to pull off.

It’s been a pleasure to watch young bass Adam Lau mature through many performances at Seattle Opera. As Alidoro, the prince’s tutor and Cinderella’s advocate, he sang with assurance, including some spinetingling high notes (high for a bass, that is).

This opera has an all-male chorus, but Hume wanted to include maids as well as manservants in the prince’s household.

To carry this off, she dressed four burly, bearded men in maid uniforms, complete with pinafores. The result was simply delightful.

As always, the chorus members sounded great and threw themselves into challenging choreography and acting, as well. Bravo, guys – and bravo, chorusmaster John Keene.

And as always, the orchestra did a fabulous job under the leadership of conductor Gary Thor Wedow. Many passages in the score require the orchestra to stay in sync with very fast singing, and for the most part, Wedow kept everyone together.

Special praise is due fortepianist Philip A Kelsey, bassoonists Luke Fieweger and Dana Jackson Bliss, and clarinetists Emil Khudyev and Laura DeLuca. The string section made a dramatically unnecessary thunderstorm in the final act a highlight of musical excitement.

For more information and to buy tickets, go to seattleopera.org.

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Seattle Opera presents Rossini's Cinderella – Photo by Philip Newton

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around the prince to silently enact a vignette that invokes the theme of the story by hilariously employing a 21st century reference.

When the scrim rises, we see “Don Magnifico’s Emporium”, a storefront that swings open to reveal a delightfully cluttered interior, like a Value Village precursor, that will provide the cast with an array of props to take up at various moments.

The vocally demanding score, while wonderfully performed, does not prevent the cast members from physically portraying depth of feeling and over the top comedic realizations of their respective characters. Cinderella’s family steal scene after scene with their performances, the sisters (Miriam Costa-Jackson as Clorinda, Maya Gour as Tisbe) with their primping, squabbling, and bullying; their father (Peter Kalman as Don Magnifico) with his drunkenness and self-deluding pretentiousness. The prince’s valet Dandini (Kang Joo Won) revels in his incognito role as the prince himself, fending off but enjoying the advances of the sisters. The prince’s tutor Alidoro (Adam Lau) offers the stabilizing element of wisdom and intercessor. When the prince Don Ramiro (Michele Angelini) and Cinderella (Ginger Costa-Jackson) finally meet, their encounter is relatable to any time or place, the prince’s love at first sight reaction, Cinderella’s similar reaction portrayed in sudden, endearing clumsiness.

Scene changes are ingeniously managed without pause in either act by having chorus members, in character, remove or add props that change the Emporium to a garden outside the palace, then into the interior of the palace, and finally to a balcony at the exterior of the palace.

As written, the chorus in this opera is all male, tenors and basses – a necessity dictated by the location of the original performance in Rome’s Teatro Valle in 1817, but in this staging some of them are dressed as female characters such as would be expected in crowd scenes and among servants. This, too, is amusingly done, not by having them pretend to be women, but by having them simply perform in female costumes. It seems to be no accident that those selected to wear

Ginger Costa-Jackson as Cinderella with Michele Angelini as Don Ramiro in Seattle Opera’s presentation of Rossini's Cinderella – Photo by Sunny Martini

maids’ costumes all have beards.

The visually rich staging is enhanced by the costumes, which capture the nature of each character with exquisite details that might not be visible to the audience without opera glasses, but which contribute to the sense of social class, social function, and individual personality.

The broad comedic performances had the audience laughing throughout, and even the supertitles got into the spirit at one point with a clever stroke that made us all burst out laughing. Indeed, the entire translation in the supertitles manage to provide contemporary wording or reference in a manner that preserves the overall meaning of the libretto but translates 19th century references, amusing to Rossini’s audiences that would be meaningless to today’s audi-

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ences, in a way that offers equivalent levity in the 21st century.

Recall that the opera’s subtitle is “Goodness Triumphant”. The classic rags-toriches theme is accomplished but that is not where the story ends. The fulfillment of the ultimate theme of Goodness is reserved for Cinderella in a marvelous display of bel canto. In two separate arias she forgives her family and welcomes them into the palace, ending the opera on a note – well, many notes; this is bel canto, after all – that transcends the happy ending of an individual to an act of grace that embraces her family and by its example, the whole community.

As I was leaving, I had the opportunity to visit with a five-year-old girl and asked her how she liked it: Did she laugh? Did she think the Princess was pretty? Did she

think Cinderella was right to forgive her sisters and father even though they had been mean to her? Yes, yes, and yes, came the shy but smiling answers. There weren’t many children in the audience, considering the hour on a school night, but if this one brief encounter may serve as a testimonial, young people will enjoy this, too.

It is commonly noted that Rossini eschewed magic and the supernatural in his down-to-earth telling of the Cinderella story, but the Seattle Opera’s brilliant staging of this beloved opera leaves its audience enchanted.

Performances of Seattle Opera’s outstanding Cinderella run through November 1.

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5th Avenue’s Austen’s Pride – enchanting and fulfilling

Olivia Hernandez as Elizabeth Bennet, Steven Good as Mr. Darcy, and Laura Michelle Kelly as Jane Austen in Austen's Pride – Photo by Tracy Martin

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer AUSTEN’S PRIDE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE Through October 27 Pride and Prejudice and other books

by Jane Austen have been favorites for tens of dozens of years. There are whole Austen societies out there and you may have seen a few of the Puget Sound variety (http://www. austenps.com/) if you attended a performance at the 5th Avenue Theatre recently.

They would be the ones in garb reminiscent of those in Austen books circa 1813.

Their ardor is for a world premiere musical called Austen’s Pride. Writers Lindsay Warren Baker and Amanda Jacobs must be lovers of Jane Austen themselves, because they’ve fashioned a love letter to her in the form of this musical.

As the curtain rises, we meet Jane (a transcendent Laura Michelle Kelly – though somewhat hilariously also quite pregnant IRL, which would be terribly scandalous for a spinster such as Austen) in the middle of a success that also causes a quandary: she has had such success with Sense and Sensibility that her publisher wants more work, and she isn’t ready with anything new.

As she revisits an older work, encouraged by her sister (Cayman Ilika), we learn through a flashback that her heart was broken long ago and that she’s never felt in love enough since to want to marry. Jane now feels herself to be unromantic and that romance is quite silly. She doesn’t like her old writing because it was too romantic.

Then, her characters start talking back to her and asking her questions. We’re introduced to all the Pride and Prejudice characters: the Bennet family of five marriageable women – Jane (Manna Nichols), Lizzie (Olivia Hernandez), Mary (Andrea J. Love), Kitty (Katie Dixon – but on opening

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night, Chelsea LeValley) and Lydia (Delphi Borich), their parents (Clifton Davis and Michele Ragusa), their neighbors the Bingleys (Gregory Lee Rodriguez and Sarah Rose Davis), and the Bingley friend, Mr. Darcy (Steven Good).

The whole story unfolds as Jane Bennet falls for Charles Bingley, Lizzie feels disdain for Mr. Darcy, the dashing Mr. Wick-

upon Mrs. Bennet and is so very opposite as Lady Catherine de Bourgh that you’d swear there was another member of the cast who they forgot to list.

Ms. Kelly brings a grounded, appealing arc to Jane Austen’s story, as she learns to accept romance again through her characters, and has a magnificent voice. She pairs beautifully with Ms. Hernandez as the

John Donovan Wilson as George Wickham and Olivia Hernandez as Elizabeth Bennet in Austen's Pride – Photo by Tracy Martin

ham (John Donavan Wilson) appears to woo and discard in his dastardly way, and the earnest, socially-awkward cousin Mr. Collins (Eric Ankrim) tries to pick his way through the cousins to ensure they don’t lose their estate.

There are some stirring songs (“When I Fall in Love”, “Had I Been in Love”), some amusing songs (“My Poor Nerves”, “The Netherfield Ball”, “My Dearest Jane” (letters from Caroline Bingley)) and a lot more humor than you might imagine. Ankrim is boorishly funny clumping around in a dance, Sarah Rose Davis is impishly funny as the disdainful Bingley with tart putdowns. But oh my stars, the divine Ms. Ragusa steals the entire show with her put-

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with a bit of work on finding stronger reasons to burst into song and some tweaks to the opening sequences to strengthen the exposition or weave it more tightly into the story, the piece has a lot of appeal for many to fall in love with it.

The show is completely family-friendly for any age, since there is virtually no swearing, scarce kissing, and the impropriety

Delphi Borich (center) as Lydia and the company of Austen's Pride – Photo by Tracy Martin

stalwart and opinionated Lizzie, who also leads the musical.

The scenic design is quite pretty and versatile with the use of projected woods on spinning, curved flats that reveal or conceal as needed (by Josh Zangen). The costumes are beautifully subdued (by Melanie Taylor Burgess) and versatile enough to allow quick changes for the several cast members who play multiple characters. Director Igor Goldin firmly grasps the material and keeps the rhythm moving so there are never dull moments. At times, the choreography

by Lisa Shriver is surprisingly complex and creates pretty-to-watch patterns.

The next opportunity for the musical after this debut at the 5th is unknown, but

of Lydia running away with Mr. Wickham is handled discreetly. If you are already an Austen fan, it’s a “must-see”! If you haven’t yet made the acquaintance of the Bennet family, I invite you to a lovely evening to get to know them. Maybe you’ll discover Ms. Austen in print after that!

For more information, call 206-6251900 or go to www.5thavenue.org.

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LITERATURE

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS FROM MATTILDA BERNSTEIN SYCAMORE

Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing Up with the AIDS Crisis Every queer person lives with the trauma of AIDS, and this plays out intergenerationally. Usually we hear about two generations – the first, coming of age in the era of gay liberation, and then watching entire circles of friends die of a mysterious illness as the government did nothing to intervene. And now we hear about a current generation growing up in an era offering effective treatment and prevention, and unable to comprehend the magnitude of the loss. We are told that these two generations cannot possibly understand one another, and thus remain alienated from both the past and the future. But there is another generation between these two – one growing up in the midst of the epidemic, haunted by the specter of certain death. A generation growing up with AIDS suffusing desire, internalizing the trauma as part of becoming queer. And these are the personal stories I’d like to collect in this book – accounts that overlap with the more commonly portrayed generations, and offer a bridge between.

By telling this specific generational story in all its complications, how do we explore the trauma the AIDS crisis continues to enact, and imagine a way out? How do race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability, religion, ethnicity, indigeneity, rural/urban experience, regional/national origin, Global South/Global North perspective, HIV status, and access to treatment and prevention (over time and in shifting contexts) shape personal experience? What is excluded from the glorified myth of progress that now reigns?

How does the impact of growing up with the AIDS crisis continue to affect those left out of the white picket fence version of respectability promoted by dominant “LGBTQ” institutions? How does this apply to sex work, migration, public sex, cruising spaces and apps, abuse and survival, incarceration, reproductive health, homelessness, activism, drug use and addiction, subcultural striving, gay bar culture, HIV criminalization, and hierarchies within gay/queer/trans cultures?

Any generational frame offers only a partial truth, and I’m especially interested

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in the gaps between accepted narratives and lived experience. As a generation coming of age both with and without the internet, how has technology changed our lives, for better and worse? How does stigma against HIV-positive people continue today, and does the rhetoric around “undetectability” further exclusion rather than ending it? Who is dying of AIDS now, in spite of “AIDS Is Over” rhetoric? Has the energy around PrEP shifted the focus of public health campaigns away from demanding a cure for HIV? How could a meaningful intergenerational conversation about HIV/AIDS take place? What would communal care actually look like?

I’m interested in your most intimate sto-

ries, and your most personal fears – what you’re afraid to say is what I want to hear.

Guidelines Please submit nonfiction personal essays of up to 5000 words, as Word attachments (no PDFs, please), to nobodypasses@ gmail.com. Contributors will be paid for their work, and will receive copies of the book. Feel free to contact me with any queries. The deadline for submissions is March 1, 2020, but the sooner the better!

About the Editor Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (mattildabernsteinsycamore.com) is the author

of three novels and a memoir, and the editor of five nonfiction anthologies. Her memoir, The End of San Francisco, won a Lambda Literary Award, and her widely hailed anthologies include Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?, That’s Revolting!, and Nobody Passes. Her latest novel, Sketchtasy (one of NPR’s Best Books of 2018), is about this generation between certain death and a possible future.

Copyright © 2019 Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, All rights reserved.

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FESTIVITIES

“Experiment in Terror” October 31 at MoPOP In conjunction with the Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) (325 5th Ave N), Hourglass Escapes, one of Seattle’s premier escape rooms, and home to the brand new Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn™ Official Escape Room, is excited to announce that we will celebrate All Hallows’ Eve by presenting an exclusive puzzle experience for one night only inside MoPOP’s “Scared to Death: The Thrill of Horror Film” exhibit.

The puzzle experience will debut on Thursday, October 31st and is called “Fashionably Undead 9: An Experiment in Terror.” In addition, partygoers attending MoPOP’s “Fashionably Undead 9: An Experiment in Terror” will have the chance to unlock the “Book of the Dead,” made famous by the movie, Evil Dead 2™, with those who succeed having their pictures featured on Hourglass Escapes’ Facebook page.

Not only that, but those participating in MoPOP’s famous costume contest will also have a chance to win free tickets to Hourglass Escapes’ Evil Dead 2™ Escape Room.

Hourglass Escapes is a one-of-a-kind puzzle-solving experience, featuring three

amazing rooms – The Evil Dead 2: Dead

by Dawn™ Official Escape Room, Rise of the Mad Pharaoh, and Tales of the Ghostly Galleon. We also offer a mobile game that’s perfect for office team building. Hourglass Escapes has been featured on “Dread Central” and Comicbook.com. To learn more about all we have to offer visit our website or call 206.718.3705.

“Fashionably Undead 9: An Experiment in Terror” will take place at MoPOP in Seattle on Thursday October 31st from 8pm to 12am. This is a 21+ event. Tickets: $25 advance online; $28 at the door; MoPOP members receive $5 discount. https://www. mopop.org/fashionablyundead

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Eggers’ Lighthouse a suspenseful maritime yarn of isolation and madness

Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson in The Lighthouse – Photo courtesy of A24

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE LIGHTHOUSE Now playing On a secluded stony island located in the vast, stormy nowhere just off of the New England coastline, seaman Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) and Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) have set down to begin their four-week stint manning an all-important lighthouse. Each day Winslow gets up, lugs coal wheelbarrows full of coal, cleans the station and does whatever other menial tasks Wake has instructed him to do. The pair chat about their past lives, share their evening meals and try as best they can (and oftentimes failing) to not get on one another’s nerves. It’s a tedious month-long slog filled with backbreaking toil and unimaginable isolation even if the pay is good, both men looking forward to getting back to civilization as soon as the boat back to the mainland arrives with their relief.

Thanks to a cranky seagull, Winslow’s deteriorating sense of reality and a seemingly unending storm that has lengthened their stay far beyond normal, things don’t end up going particularly well for these two men in writer/director Robert Eggers’ latest psychological freak-out The Lighthouse. A follow-up to his unforgettable 2015 debut

The Witch, the filmmaker again toys with his audience in ways that grow increasingly unnerving and unctuous as his story progresses towards conclusion. It’s like a Herman Melville story that’s been crossed with the writings of Anton Chekhov, Greek mythology and Roman Polanski’s Repulsion or The Tenant, all of it set in a desolate windswept wilderness where the only sanctuary is a creaky wooden homestead that feels like it could blow right off of its unsteady foundation at any given second. The film is a feast for senses even as it screws down harder and more debilitatingly upon the viewer’s sense of self, Wake and Winslow’s fragmenting emotional states of being transferred to the audience with insidiously unrelenting ferocity.

Gorgeously shot in black and white by cinematographer Jarin Blaschke (Down a Dark Hall) and featuring stunningly meticulous sound design that drowns the viewer in its uncomforting ambiance, Eggers is all about creating a discombobulating atmosphere where fantasy and reality cease to exist. This is an eerie dreamscape of tedium and chaos where one-eyed seagulls are harbingers of doom and visions of tentacled monsters are casually revealed in the piercing, all-seeing glow of the lighthouse as its beams are reflected off the impenetrable rain and fog assaulting the little island.

All of this makes the film a visual and

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aural triumph, Craig Lathrop’s (Wolves) meticulously dilapidated production design deserving of special recognition for just how authentically weathered and ascetic it ends up proving to be.

At its heart, however, Eggers’ moody, esoteric descent into madness is a showcase for two gifted actors at the height of their powers. Pattinson once again shows he’s one of the best actors of his generation. His willingness to take risks, to stick himself out there in the most ridiculous of situations and treat them with such magnetic seriousness, this skillset works perfectly for him here. As for Dafoe, he’s a grizzled, flatulent hoot as he spews as much truth as a lapsed Catholic sitting on a stool at the local bar drinking whiskey long after the Sunday service has concluded. He’s a foul-mouthed spigot of fire and brimstone only his religion comes more from a mixture of a bottle of booze and a lifetime on the sea than it does anything found in either the Old or New Testaments.

The two play off of one another magnificently, each poking deliberate holes in the other’s life stories that at first lead to playful bouts of verbal tomfoolery only to later became lethal jousts of anger and accusation that could very well foreshadow the pair’s mutual doom. Eggers writes dialogue for the pair of them that sounds directly lifted from Melville and other linguistic writings of this late 19th century period in New Eng-

land history, both actors letting the director’s maritime, almost Shakespearean-like monologues drip off the tips of their respective tongues as if both had been speaking in that style from the moment they uttered their first spoken word.

What’s it all mean? Where is Eggers going with all of this? I honestly can’t tell you. The filmmaker is being purposefully vague as to what happens to Wake and Winslow, the line between what is physically going on during their stormy confinement and what is taking place entirely inside each man’s mind terrifyingly ambiguous. His film has a haunting atmosphere that is unbearably suspenseful. Yet at other moments things become quite humorous and amusing, only for Eggers to once again turn on a dime and let the inherent terror of the perilous situation the men find themselves hit home as if his motion picture was nothing less than a massive wave crashing into the ragged rocks of common sense and normalcy with unforgiving savagery. The Lighthouse is one of 2019’s most uniquely satisfying creative endeavors, and even if I’m still not sure what the point of it all is I just as assuredly cannot wait to head back to the theatre and weigh anchor on a second viewing as soon as possible.

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Gritty Black and Blue a disappointing urban thriller

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer BLACK AND BLUE Now playing I wish I liked Black and Blue more.

There’s plenty about this gritty urban thriller I enjoyed, most notably star Naomie Harris’ resolute, emotionally threedimensional performance as a rookie New Orleans police officer placed in a seemingly impossible survival situation after she records the unthinkable on her body camera. I also appreciate that director Deon Taylor (The Intruder) cast Tyrese Gibson against type and asked him to eschew the standard tough guy demeanor audiences are used to seeing from him and instead expose himself raw in a manner that’s heartfelt and affectingly genuine.

But Peter A. Dowling’s (Sacrifice) is oddly convoluted, absurdly melodramatic and annoyingly didactic for the movie to live up to its inherent potential. Some of the dialogue is unintentionally hilarious, and as great as both Harris and Gibson are sometimes the most impressive facet of their performances are the pair’s incredible ability to say some of these lines with determined conviction while maintaining a straight face.

It doesn’t help that Taylor directs with such a stern solemnity that it almost feels as if his film is more interested in preaching to the audience about modern urban society’s ills than he is in trying to entertain them, while also delivering a little timely social commentary at the same time. Black and Blue comes off as much too heavy-handed, especially during its last third, sapping the life out of the narrative, which makes watching it until the end far more difficult than it otherwise should have been.

After leaving town as a timid 17-yearold, after a decade away Alicia West (Harris) has returned home as a battle-hardened

Naomie Harris and Tyrese Gibson in Black and Blue – Photo courtesy of Screen Gems

Afghan War veteran determined to make a difference in her former community as a New Orleans police officer. Only threeweeks on the job, paired with a pessimistic, if still good-natured partner (Reid Scott), the young woman wants to put a positive face on law enforcement. But a last-second overtime shift goes haywire when she records veteran narcotics detective Terry Malone (Frank Grillo) on her body camera executing local drug dealers to cover up his corruption. Wounded, unarmed and on the run, looking for help from a neighborhood that sees her as a traitor, West doesn’t know where to turn and she has no idea which of her fellow officers she can trust. Eventually, she asks former high school classmate Milo “Mouse” Jackson (Gibson) to hide her until she can find a way to get back to the precinct and upload the footage on her camera into the department’s database, the timid convenience store clerk understandably reluctant to offer his assistance.

It’s not a complicated premise, and how Taylor and Dowling dive head-first into this demoralizing quagmire of corruption, poverty and murder is undeniably effective. The opening, showing West out on

the job and being shocked by how different her hometown has become post-Hurricane Katrina, is suitably gut-wrenching, while her initial encounter with Malone and his men, as well as her subsequent escape into the surrounding neighborhood searching for help, is handled quite well. I also liked the subtle, almost gender-flipped give-and-take between Harris and Gibson, the delicate evolution of their relationship developed nicely thanks to the pair’s performances as well as Taylor’s confident handling of the material as it relates to both of them. Finally, veteran Dante Spinotti’s (L.A. Confidential, The Last of the Mohicans) cinematography is dazzling, the kinetic grace of his camera movements creating a visually visceral allure I was unquestionably drawn to.

All of which makes my indifference to the movie as a whole understandably frustrating. Dowling’s script revels in doling out platitudes and clichés in order to give itself additional narrative heft. This undercuts any chance for even the more laudable bits of social commentary lurking underneath the thriller’s surface to take proper hold. Instead, these “be the change”

outbursts become unintentionally hilarious, especially during the film’s climactic stretch. Characters stop acting like real people and instead fit archetypes and tropes more suited to a B-grade straight-to-video (or, in this day and age, straight-to-streaming) throwaway actioner than they do anything else.

After The Intruder and now this, I can’t deny that Taylor has technical skills or that he has a solid hand where it comes to working with his actors. I also like that he is attempting to take a lot of standard cinematic conventions as they apply to racial minorities as depicted in these sorts of pulp thrillers and throw them on their head. But I also feel like Taylor’s much too keen on delivering a cheap shock or a hokey burst of melodrama as his films conclude than he is in maintaining that sense of cultural authenticity he exerted so much effort to initially create.

While Black and Blue works start to finish far better than that Dennis Quaid/ Michael Ealy effort released back in May did, that does not mean these items I’ve outlined weren’t critical issues for me.

I’m possibly even more disappointed this time around than I was after watching The Intruder. Wasting wonderful performances from Harris and Gibson (who I don’t think has ever been better) is one thing, but destabilizing any chance I could maintain my emotional investment in what was happening with so much goofy pabulum and numerous superciliously insincere twists and turns was more than I could stand. I walked out of the promo screening a little angry, disappointed that Taylor’s latest never lived up to the potential it so deftly showcased for much of its 108-minute running time. While my vitriol is somewhat tempered thanks to all of the aspects of the film I did enjoy, that isn’t anywhere near enough for me to be able to recommend paying hard-earned dollars to see this one in a theatre.

Novel Countdown a deathly ticking clock of supernatural stupidity

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer COUNTDOWN Now playing

Elizabeth Lail in Countdown – Photo courtesy of STX Entertainment

Like some sort of clever melding of The Ring and a Final Destination sequel for the cellphone era, writer/director Justin Dec’s feature-length horror debut Countdown is about an app that tells the user when they are going to die. Anyone that tries to change their fate? A carnivorous evil descends upon them, haunting every move they make before murderously striking at the exact second they were predestined to meet their maker. It’s a decent enough idea, one that creeped me out for a good 30 minutes. But as Dec’s movie went on the sillier it became, shifting in tone and style in ways that only called additional attention to just how asinine all of this was becoming. The final act is a groan-inducing slap to the face that had me wanting to throw popcorn at the screen in indignation, and any goodwill it had earned from me early on had com-

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pletely vanished long before the end credits had started their crawl.

Recently hired on at the hospital she was interning at as a full-time nurse, Quinn Harris (Elizabeth Lail) is shaken when one of her patients has a lethal mishap right before he was supposed to have minor surgery on a broken leg. Not so much because he died.

More because he died so mysteriously right at the precise moment the Countdown app on his cellphone said he was going to.

Quinn is worried because she downloaded the app herself and it only gave her a couple of days to live. Now she’s wondering if this isn’t as big a gag as she thought it was when she originally accepted the user agreement for the app, the young nurse determined to figure out what is going on before a not-so-accidental accident befalls her, too.

As setups go, that one isn’t too shabby.

The idea of a piece of technology being able to tell you the precise moment of your death is inherently eerie. The thought that people would download such a thing onto their cellphones en masse treating it like some sort of joke is undeniably believable. That they would then go something akin to crazy if their lethal death day was sooner than anticipated, whether they are taking the app seriously or not, is equally so. There’s something that works about the idea of a supernatural cellphone app, especially in this age of social media dominating the cultural conversation and people becoming more and more isolated and divorced from reality thanks to this handheld technological boom. I was drawn to that, and as such I was curious to see how Quinn’s story was going to unfold.

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Dec has developed the core of a pretty great idea. Pity he didn’t do anything interesting with it. Even if the prologue is far too reminiscent of 2002’s The Ring Englishlanguage remake, it still succeeds in setting up the premise of the remainder of the film and setting the foundation of the app’s demonic mythology quite nicely. Dec also does a solid job introducing Quinn, giving her a believably tragic backstory and ensuring the viewer would find her someone worth rooting for as she tries to cheat Death’s designs. But almost as soon as she starts investigating the curious nature of the app’s history things begin to go noticeably haywire, and they become increasingly so when an overly-caffeinated priest (P.J. Byrne) enters the picture. As for the film’s climactic act, the less said about it the better, the ways in which the story goes completely off the rails and becomes so laughably dumb driving me nuts.

I like that the director wanted to infuse humor into this tale of terror. But as nice as that potentially might be a little bit would have gone a long way, where drowning the final half of the film in comic relief might not have been the best idea. I could handle the presence of an electronics store tech geek (Tom Segura) with a penchant for quick comebacks, pithy putdowns and sarcastic witticisms. But adding an additional bit of foppish tomfoolery with the introduction of Byrne’s priest tilts the scale too far away from suspense and terror in my opinion. It all starts to feel like farce. The laughs these two men generate never came across as genuine, and because of that an aura of

semi-plausible reality is shattered, making Quinn’s situation feel even more outlandish than it already did.

There’s more I could say, especially about characters portrayed by Talitha Bateman (playing Quinn’s estranged younger sister Jordan), Twilight actor Peter Facinelli (as a lascivious hospital doctor with a shady bedside manner) and Jordan Calloway (as a fellow Countdown app user who, like Quinn, only has a handful of hours to live), but doing so could potentially spoil many of the twists Dec tries so hard to set up and unleash upon an unsuspecting audience.

What I can say is that the filmmaker comes up with a plausible way for the app users to survive and shows that it will work only for it to be completely discarded for reasons best left unstated. Worse, he upends the mythology he so diligently crafted for the supernatural entity stalking Quinn in a way that’s so colossally imbecilic people in my preview audience started laughing just at the precise moment they should have been shrieking in terror.

It was all just too much for me. While I liked Lail, found her performance as Quinn to be reasonably strong, and even though the creature design for the demonic entity is moderately frightening, none of that was enough to overlook everything else that was annoying me about the overall motion picture. The only clock I cared about while watching the movie was my internal one, Countdown wasting so much of my time I couldn’t wait for the counter to hit zero so I could exit the theatre and go do something else.

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community calendar

Meetings Events Activities

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

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

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

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

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

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

SUNDAY - October 27

Center for Spiritual Living. 9am meditation; 9:30am & 11am services. The Mountaineers, 7701 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Worship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org University Congregational United Church of Christ.

9am all ages education; 10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. (206) 524-2322; www.universityucc.org.

MONDAY - October 28

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

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

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

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

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

LotusSisters.org. (Wheelchair accessible.)

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

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

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

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

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

(Also meets Fridays.)

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

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

SATURDAY - October 26

API Chaya’s 2nd Annual Rooted Together Generations Fest (10/26 & 10/27). 9am-5:30pm. TAF Bethaday Community Learning Space, 605 SW 108th St. Multigenerational. Families and elders welcome. Community resources. Cultural performances. Free workshops.

Food. www.apichaya.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

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

Halloween ComicFest 2019. 11am-6pm. The Grumpy Old Man’s Comics, Art & Collectibles. 1732 NW Market St. FREE Halloween-themed comics! Costume contest for grand prizes! Sale items - 1000’s of $1 comics!

Refreshments for adults and kids alike! Door prizes awarded! Cake!

Seattle Weaver’s Guild Annual Sale (10/24-10/26).

Thurs: 5-8pm; Fri: 10am-8pm; Sat: 10am-6pm. St Mark’s Cathedral Bloedel Hall, 1245 10th Ave E. Over 3,500 one-of-a-kind handcrafted items, including scarves, jewelry, garments, hats, tapestries, rugs, blankets, art, children’s items, yarn, pillows, linen, fiber, gifts. Plus demonstrations of spinning & weaving. Parking and entry are free. www.seattleweaversguild.com New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100, Room 3. Meets daily. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12-tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org.

“Equality Unmasked” – 20th Annual Human Rights Campaign Seattle Dinner & Silent Auction - A Masquerade Affair. 5pm. Seattle Sheraton, 1400 Sixth Ave (at E Pike St). A fundraising gala dinner and silent auction to support the important work of the Human Rights Campaign. Enjoy a catered dinner, keynote speeches and entertinment. Formal/Festive Attire. Masquerade Masks encouraged. Tickets: $275. www.hrc.org/events/ hrc-seattle.org Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140. Monthly potluck meets last Saturday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouthcenter.org Seattle - University District Trump/Pence #OUTNOW! Night March. 6-8pm. University Way NE & NE Campus Parkway. Mass sustained protests continue 11/2, 11/9 & 11/16. Sponsored by Refuse Facism.

October 26 thru November 3

All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship.

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

A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Northminster Presbyterian Church. 10:30am Worship.

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

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

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

Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

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

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

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

LotusSisters.org.)

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

(206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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

Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. GenPRIDE (Generations Aging with Pride), 401 Broadway E #223 (above QFC in Broadway Market). Meets 4th Sunday each month in the Ian MacKintosh Room. This month’s topic: Mindfulness and Receptivity. Coffee and tea will be served. Info: www.seattleprimetimers.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/ Weds/Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org Rain City Soccer Club Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. We play an organized, 2-hour scrimmage on nice fieldturf surface. Sometimes there is a brief training/practice session before we play. Usually there is a “one-beer” after the scrimmage. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave #100. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437. www. peerseattle.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

[EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.]

Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. 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.

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TUESDAY - October 29

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

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

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

(206) 622-5555.

OutRight International – Ending Conversion Therapy in Washington and Around the World. 6pm. Swedish Cherry Hill Campus Auditorium, 500 17th Ave. Join us for a conversation with Arnie Bishop, OutRight Research Advisor; Mathew Shurka, Born Perfect Founder; Monisha Harrell, Equal Rights Washington Chair; Marko Liias, Washington State Senator; Jose Cardona, Entre Hermanos Community Health Educator. RSVP requested to OutRightinternational.org/CTSA. LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential.

Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437.

Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org No Man’s Land - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

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

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

Every Tuesday.

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

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

community calendar

SUNDAY - November 3

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

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

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

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

WEDNESDAY - October 30

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

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

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

Sponsored by Lifelong.

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

LotusSisters.org.

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

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

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

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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

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

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

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

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. Peer THURSDAY - October 31 Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Thursday.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men.

Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org [NOTE: Please contact the facilitator prior to attending.] afternoon listing.)

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar 12-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.) facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; [Please check website to confirm details.] www.babesnetwork.org.

FRIDAY - November 1 New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. A drop-in Saturday listing at noon for details.)

AA group for 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Open meeting of Alcoholics New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Meets daily. (See Anonymous. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Saturday listing at noon for details.)

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. Peer Seattle, 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thurs- 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100. Every Friday. Ongoing day. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also 12-step group for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Question- Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, ing Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday.

Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

(425) 747-4937.

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62. www.seattleprimetimers.org Entre Hermanos Dia De Los Muertos Annual Gala.

5:30-9:30pm. The Renaissance Seattle, 515 Madison St. Join us in honoring beloved ancestors and continuing the fight for LGBTQ+ and immigrant rights. Our Dia De Los Muertos Gala will be a festive celebration featuring dinner, live entertainment, inspiriing words from leaders in our community, and dancing! Keynote speakers: Sen. Rebecca Saldana (37th District) and M. Lorena Gonzalez (Seattle City Councilmember). Hosted by Aleksa Manila with opening ceremony by La Espiritista. Tickets: $150. All proceeds to benefit Entre Hermanos. Since 1991, Entre Hermanos has promoted the well being of LGBTQ+ Latinos in Washington state through medical case management, legal services, civic engagement, and community building. www.entrehermanos.org.

October 25, 2019

Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for persons living with HIV/AIDS, their friends, and for those who want to support them. 6pm. Trinity Lutheran Church, 2324 Lombard Ave, Everett. Meets last Thursday each month. For further information, please call 360-202-3978. Sponsored by AIDS Project Snohomish County (APSC) and Gay Men’s Task Force.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(Also meets Mondays.)

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

Peer Seattle, 1520 Bellevue Ave, Suite 100, Room 3. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon. org; (206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org

SATURDAY - November 2

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

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

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 Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount Vernon) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook.

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

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

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

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

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

Celebrating 45 Years!

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

LGBT MS Connection - (425) 785-8593; lgbtmsconnections@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers.

Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.com; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www. seattle primetimers.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org.

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

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

(206) 322-2437; www.peerseattle.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/ Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with metham-

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phetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235.

Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org Rainbow Center - Resource Center for Tacoma/Pierce County LGBTIQA community. Through education, advocacy and celebration, the Rainbow Center expands resources, and safe space for the LGBTQIA community.

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

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

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

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

(425) 339-5298.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club:

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www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flag Football: www.cascadeflagfootball.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, (206) 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@ camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org Three Dollar Bill Cinema - TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival; Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival; Outdoor Cinema at Cal Anderson Park. www. threedollarbillcinema.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity:

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www.genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; Lion’s Main Art Collective: www. lionsmain.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; TRANSform Washington: transformwashington.com; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http:// psoloc.org, (253) 777-3357; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol. com; Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks. org, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www. mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www.outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 726-8500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www. pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 6983335; www.kchaf.org; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition. org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; The Vera Project: fuels personal & community transformation through collaborative youthdriven engagement in music and art. (206) 956-8372; theveraproject.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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