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Issue 46, Volume 44, November 11, 2016

Arts & Entertainment

PNB’s Brief Fling another exceptional program of dance

PNB principal dancers Elizabeth Murphy and Seth Orza in Jiri Kylian’s Forgotten Land – Photo by Angela Sterling

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET BRIEF FLING MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL Nov. 5 (through Nov. 13)

Pacific Northwest Ballet has gotten very good at presenting several short dances that, taken together, create a larger narrative. In Brief Fling, the current PNB offering, we have “brief” dances that tell stories see BRIEF FLING page 5

Stunning Arrival an intelligent sci-fi spectacular

Amy Adams (Louise) & Jeremy Renner (Ian) in Arrival – Photo courtesy of liveforfilm.com

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

Esteemed linguist professor Dr. Louise Banks (Amy Adams) has been tasked by the U.S. government, specifically by the determined, singularly-minded Colosee ARRIVAL page 8

Seattle Opera presents a Transgender story at Washington Hall

(l) Jorell Williams (Hannah before) and Taylor Raven (Hannah after) in As One – Photo by Rozarii Lynch

SEATTLE OPERA AS ONE WASHINGTON HALL November 11-19 Next month, Seattleites can hear opera at the historic Washington Hall when Se-

attle Opera presents As One, a chamber opera with two singers, which tells the story of Hannah, a Transwoman, and her journey to self-understanding. Washington Hall, located at 153 14th Avenue, is a Central District venue that once showcased perforsee AS ONE page 6

Quietly heroic Loving a timely romantic drama

From left: Will Dalton (Virgil), Terri Abney (Garnet), Ruth Negga (Mildred) & Joel Edgerton (Richard) in Loving – Photo courtesy of themarysue.com.jpg

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

In 1958, longtime couple Richard (Joel Edgerton) and Mildred Loving (Ruth Negga) made the decision to get married.

Driving into Washington, DC, they stood see LOVING page 7

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READING

Jonathan Porretta celebrates his life in dance at special PNB book-signing event Meet author Marcie Sillman, photographer Angela Sterling, and Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Jonathan Porretta, at a book-signing event at McCaw Hall OUT THERE: JONATHAN PORRETTA’S LIFE IN DANCE

BY MARCIE SILLMAN PHOTOGRAPHY BY ANGELA STERLING MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL November 13 On Sunday, November 13 at 3:15 pm, following the final performance of Pacific Northwest Ballet’s current program Brief Fling, meet author Marcie Sillman, photographer Angela Sterling and Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Jonathan Porretta at a book-signing event at the PNB Amusements Gift Shop in McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer Street at Seattle Center in Seattle. (No ticket required to attend the book-signing.)

Jonathan Porretta (https://www.pnb. org/artist/jonathan-porretta/) is one of the most beloved dancers at Pacific Northwest Ballet. But his journey to principal dancer wasn’t easy. He grew up different: gay, lonely, and bullied in a small New Jersey town, following a dream that those around him couldn’t understand.

Porretta’s tale is now chronicled in a new catalogue raisonné by award-winning arts journalist Marcie Sillman, Out There: Jonathan Porretta’s Life in Dance.

The book’s message: “Be yourself and people will love you for who you are” – comes through clearly in Sillman’s crisp, engaging prose. Family snapshots, along with exquisite dance imagery by acclaimed photographer Angela Sterling show key moments in Porretta’s career thus far.

Out There is an expanded version of the 2,000-word article Sillman published on KUOW.org in January 2016. In addition to Sillman’s 5,000-word essay, Out There includes a list of Porretta’s lead roles (plus 10 favorites highlighted with personal commentary by Porretta), a selected bibliography of articles about Porretta, and a timeline.

Seattle Gay News dance critic Sharon Cumberland reviewed Out There and interviewed Jonathan Porretta for the SGN’s Fall Arts & Travel special section, which was published September 16, 2016 – http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews44_38/ pdf/Sec%203%2009-16-16WEB.pdf – on pages 19 and 20.

Designed and edited by Rosie Gaynor, the 136 pages, 8.5” x 11” hard cover book was published independently by Seattle Scriptorium through IngramSpark – ISBN: 978-0-692-70822-4. The list price for the book is $59 (available on Amazon.com and through other IngramSpark distribution channels) – but at this special book signing event and in person and online at the Amusements Gift Shop (amusementsgiftshop.com) the price is $45.

Praise for Out There “This book is worth the purchase price just for the retrospective of Jonathan Porretta’s various hairstyles. Like thousands of fans in Seattle, you will love this guy.

Jonathan’s unmatchable energy jumps from each page of this visually stunning book.

As much as the story catalogues the career of one of the greats in the world of ballet, it is also the story of a talented boy finding his identity and his passion for dance through the unwavering support of his mother. This compelling tale takes the reader from the closed-minded bullying of the schoolyard

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(l) Author Marcie Sillman with Jonathan Porretta – Photo by Alan Lande

to the dazzling bravura of the stage. It’s a great read for ballet-goers, boys, moms, and the rest of the human race.”

– Peter Boal, Artistic Director, Pacific Northwest Ballet “Jonathan’s personal journey of his life through dance and his dance through life is an inspiration that makes him living proof that dreams come true!” ­– Choreographer David Dawson “Out There is one of those must-have books. The photos alone are worth it...and these added to Sillman’s prose make for a dance book collector’s dream.”

– Dean Speer, CriticalDance “In an art form that is primarily known for celebrating a specific type of feminine ideal, it is refreshing to read about a male ballet star. Yet Mr. Porretta doesn’t fit the conventional princely model typically emulated on stage. Out There will inspire dancers (or dance lovers) of any age, but perhaps especially young men, who might relate to Mr. Porretta’s adolescent feelings of not fitting in and having a singular pas-

sion to perform. A flamboyant gay outsider, he found acceptance akin to a second home in the world of dance. Young dancers may find a new kind of inspiration in Mr. Porretta.”

– Marc Kenison (aka Waxie Moon) About the Author Marcie Sillman has been covering the Seattle arts scene for 30-plus years. Her work is heard in Seattle on the NPR-affiliate KUOW FM, and has appeared in The Seattle Times, “Crosscut,” and on the “Seattle Channel.” Nationally, she reports for NPR and has written for Pointe and Dance Teacher magazines. She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in dance journalism in 2009.

More of Sillman’s writing can be found on her blog, “And Another Thing,” at marciesillman.com.

About the Photographer After a successful career as a soloist with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Angela Sterling turned to her second passion, photography. She has created images commercially and for many marketing campaigns around the world, and she has shot for more than ten years for companies like Pacific Northwest Ballet, Les ballets de Monte Carlo, Dutch National Ballet, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King’s LINES, and Dresden Semper Opera Ballet. Sterling’s images are seen regularly in The New York Times, USA Today, Dutch VOGUE, Paris ELLE, and international dance publications. Images can be seen on her website, www. angelasterlingphoto.com/ Recent work includes photographing for friend and Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon for his Broadway show, An American in Paris.

Visit the book online at http://jonathanporretta.com

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The Big Meal doesn’t fill one up much

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE BIG MEAL NEW CENTURY THEATRE COMPANY Through November 19 New Century Theatre Company aka NCTC has done some wonderful productions and for this play, The Big Meal, they have assembled a really good cast of actors and a good director, Makaela Pollock. This particular script by Dan LeFranc, however, didn’t convince me that it was essential to produce.

Since NCTC programs itself, it’s not always clear what drives them to choose the works they choose. In this case, this play is a progression of scenes over the course of one couple’s journey through meeting cute at a casual-dining restaurant and spanning some 40 or 50 years of their life together.

Some have compared it to A Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder.

The distinction of this script is the kind of stop-action instantaneous change of weeks or months or even years between lines. In the middle of a scene between two characters, it suddenly becomes clear that it is no longer the first time they met and now it is several x’s later and they are now talking about a different moment in their relationship. That’s an interesting device, and the cast members, who all have to accomplish that, including two young actors who manage a fair amount of complex business, manage those transitions pretty cleanly.

Another distinction is the eating of a “last meal” that starts out as a bit funny but becomes more clearly sad each time it happens. Jonelle Jordan “plays” a wait-staffer whose only job is to deliver the meal, each time. It’s a fairly thankless role, though she imbues it with as much empathy as she can.

I just kept wondering why the actors had to eat so very much on each plate…and it looks much more like TV dinner food than stuff you’d actually order at that restaurant.

The best reasons to see this show are the actors. Hannah Mootz and Conner Neddersen begin the play as the young couple who

From left: Hannah Mootz, Betsy Schwartz, Darragh Kennan, and Amy Thone in The Big Meal – Photo by Christopher Monsos

try to not even call what they’re doing a date. It’s a harsh beginning and doesn’t turn into the marriage. Yet. After a while, Betsy Schwartz and Darragh Kennan meet again and this time, it works and they finally get hitched. Later, Todd Jefferson Moore and Amy Thone become the grandparents.

There are actually a bunch more characters that each actor plays – Thone gets to be the young couple’s grandma first and is a hoot as she drinks and dances up a storm at their wedding. Everyone is constantly being someone new, so that takes a bit of following.

Two young actors, Darragh’s daughter Maire Kennan and Julian Mudge-Burns be-

come the obligatory sets of offspring. They have some complicated moments of speaking at the same time as everyone else, but unfortunately are mostly called upon to act bratty to each other.

Much of what happens is fairly mundane and only one child seems to have any particular personality defect. They live, love, go to school or don’t, get jobs or get fired, live in various places, have children or don’t, get married or divorced, die. What else would one expect?

Thornton Wilder, in Our Town and in the Christmas Dinner one-act, tries to get people to understand that they should pay

more attention in the moment. His point is that we take our present for granted. And perhaps that we might enjoy life more if we didn’t do that.

This play may strive for a similar message, but for me, it was one meal with mostly empty calories.

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From left: Betsy Schwartz, Máire Kennan, Julian Mudge-Burns, and Darragh Kennan in The Big Meal – Photo by Christopher Monsos

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lationship between these couples, as stager Roslyn Anderson, the original woman in white, described in a pre-rehearsal lecture: white for innocence, red for turbulence, black for mourning. You could also sit back and let each couple tell their own story – every section a poem in its own right – and be swept up in the moody, forgotten land of feeling that the dancers portrayed.

One of the most memorable moments was when the white, red, and black-clad women danced alone in an intricate hand-held set of patterns that showed all the shades of meaning three graces can achieve as they chain and encircle one another. This effect of deep feeling was enhanced by John F. Macfarlane’s stunning design featuring a Munch-inspired backdrop of dark roiling clouds over the thinnest horizon of blue light. Britten’s “Sinfonia da Requiem” is, as the title suggests, a probing meditation on time and mortality, played by the ever-wonderful PNB orchestra and led with heartfelt precision by Emil de Cou.

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continued from cover on their own, but give us an arc of choreographic development that is the story of ballet’s journey into contemporary dance.

Artistic Director Peter Boal has arranged these dances archeologically, first showing us a very contemporary choreographer, Twyla Tharp, who uses ballet pointe work as if everyone were barefoot and modern, followed by the work of Jiří Kylián, strongly influenced by the classical/modern fusion of John Cranko at the Stuttgart Ballet, whose dances engage the expressionist gestures of Mary Wigman, Ruth St. Denis, and Martha Graham.

The final work is by the master himself, George Balanchine, who built the bridge between the early, classical French and Russian story ballets and the angular, edgy, story-less modern dance of the mid 20th century. Most of us go to PNB for the sheer pleasure of seeing wonderful dancers in beautiful, dramatic, and awe-inspiring form, but the over-arching story of music and choreography offered in this program provide an even deeper pleasure.

“Brief Fling” (1990) Choreography: Twyla Tharp Music: Michel Colombier and Percy Granger Tharp begins with a musical joke – a drum roll to which tartan-clad dancers march around en pointe – suddenly yielding to Percy Granger’s sweetly conventional “English Country Garden.” This unexpected transition got a chuckle from the audience both times it happened, but the surprise is also political. Not only do we have the irony of a Scottish-themed “fling” set to an iconic English tune, but the music suggests Queen Victoria in Balmoral claiming her imaginary Scotland as a personal playground (while the real Scotland is renewing its historical efforts to leave the UK). The dance begins very simply – alternating groups posing and making gestures reminiscent of school recitals, wearing Isaac Mizrahi’s slightly silly costumes. If this were all Tharp had to offer it would be a sorry dance in deed. However, the next two sections, to electronic music and to Grangers orchestral expansion of the English country garden theme, we see Tharp at her inventive best, using the mundane opening vocabulary in wildly creative and intriguing ways. Tharp at her best is a revelation – but in this dance she takes the risky chance of losing us in the beginning just to show us exciting possibilities by the end. I particularly liked a quartet in which three men (Steven Loch, Ezra Thomson and Jonathan Porretta) keep their shared partner, Leta Biasucci, aloft in a cleverly entwining and daring way. Kudos to Allan Dameron whose work at the piano is always a joy, here featured in Granger’s “English Country Garden” sequences.

“Forgotten Land” (1981) Choreography: Jiří Kylián Music: Benjamin Britten The star of the evening, for its deeply affective, meditative complexity, is Kylián’s “Forgotten Land,” performed by six couples in color-matching outfits – street clothes for the men, but dramatic dresses for the women, with the long sleeves, flowing skirts, and boat-necked bodices that conjure up Martha Graham’s style of costume-as-choreography. Each couple in primary colors (white, black, red) was matched by a couple in a half-tone of that color (beige, gray, pink). You could weave a story of intense emotions around the re-

Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Lesley Rausch in Twyla Tharp’s Brief Fling – Photo by Angela Sterling

“Stravinsky Violin Concerto” (1972) Choreography: George Balanchine Music: Igor Stravinsky This brilliant ballet uses every variation on quintets to intrigue the viewer.

Balanchine tricks you into thinking you know what he’s up to: four boys and a girl come on stage, perform an array of intricate variations, then leave. Now four more boys and a different girl come onstage and show you yet another set of variations possible with five dancers. “Oh!” you say to yourself, “this is a dance about all the things four boys and a girl can do together.” Balanchine encourages this thought by breaking each quintet into duos, trios, two duets and a solo, and then knitting all five can back together again. So now you expect four more boys and yet a third girl to come on stage – but what do you get?

Four girls and a boy, followed by four more girls and another boy. Balanchine is playing with you: using the sexes to add texture to each group of variations on fives. And sure enough, now you get five boys, then five more boys, then five girls, then five more girls. They all dance through kaleidoscopic variations that leave you fascinated, not only with the elegance and intricacy of movement, but with the sheer imagination that could come up with so many ideas on a single theme. And just to make sure you’re kept off balance and fully engaged, Balanchine breaks the quintet pattern entirely and gives you duets that reflect the violin arias in Stravinsky’s concerto. The tension, struggle, and intimacy of these duets cast the quintets into the role of Greek Chorus, acting out possibilities in general as the duets show specific couples in specific dilemmas. The music is gorgeous, played unforgettably by the PNB concertmaster Michael Jinsoo Lim. The idea of a “brief fling” – something fleeting and passionate – moves through all these dances, yet nothing in this repertoire is fleeting. Companies all over the world perform all three works, and with good reason.

Here in Seattle we’re fortunate to have a company with the resources of dance and music to show us wonderful choreography that tells the story of dance from its classical beginnings to the modern present. Performances run through November 13th, so even though the time is brief, you can still take a fling and get yourself over to McCaw Hall for this great program.

Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Lesley Rausch and Jerome Tisserand in Stravinsky Violin Concerto, choreographed by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust – Photo by Angela Sterling

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AS ONE

continued from cover mances by Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald, and was also home to On the Boards in its earlier years. The opera is meant to be both an aesthetic experience as well as a vehicle for meaningful conversation Based in part on true events, As One offers a narrative that’s both specific and universal.

“This beautiful, brave opera is about becoming whole – becoming true to one’s self,” says As One director L. Zane Jones, Artistic Director of Seattle’s Civic Rep. “It is one woman’s journey to becoming her authentic self; a love story – an adventure – and finally, a celebration.”

Seattle has never experienced opera in quite this way before. In As One, the grandeur of Seattle Opera’s mainstage performances is stripped away in favor of a vulnerable, immediate approach. With a string quartet and singers performing in-theround, this production puts the audience right in the heart of the action.

Award-winning filmmaker and librettist Kimberly Reed (Prodigal Sons), and awardwinning librettist Mark Campbell (Silent Night) created the powerful story and text for As One, and Laura Kaminsky, a former chair of the music department at Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts, composed the music, which premiered September 4, 2014 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. (The Seattle Opera Premiere of As One, with set design by G.W. (Skip) Mercier and costume design by Melanie Taylor Burgess, will be conducted by John Keene.)

In this 90-minute opera, presented in English, the single protagonist, Hannah, is portrayed by two singers – a baritone and a mezzo-soprano. Hannah before transition will be sung by Jorell Williams, praised by The New York Times as “magnificent” and “rich toned.” Hannah after transition will be sung by Taylor Raven, a rising star currently in residency with Pittsburgh Opera.

Throughout the course of 15 songs, the audience will experience Hannah’s challenges growing up in a small town on the West Coast, her quest for knowledge and understanding, and her discovery of the Trans community. The opera embraces humor and heartbreaking realities within this personal narrative. While Hannah before is

Jorell Williams (Hannah before) in As One – Photo by Rozarii Lynch

faced with violence, Hannah after names those who did not survive similar attacks.

At the end of the opera, the protagonist finds peace, as well as her own self-acceptance and love, in rural Norway.

As One premieres in Seattle on Friday, Nov. 11, and runs through Saturday, Nov. 19, with performances on Friday, Nov. 11 at 7:30pm (doors at 6:30pm), Sunday matinee, Nov. 13 at 4pm (doors at 3pm), ThursdaySaturday, Nov. 17, 18 & 19 at 7:30pm (doors at 6:30pm). Tickets prices are $25 and $40.

Tickets are available online at seattleopera. org or by calling the Seattle Opera ticket office: 206-389-7676 or 800-426-1619.

Tickets may also be purchased at the Seattle Opera box office by visiting 1020 John Street (two blocks west of Fairview), Monday-Friday, 9am-3pm.

Prior to the performance, attendees can grab a beverage or drink from the in-house bar to enjoy during the performance. Afterward, audience members are invited to par-

ticipate in a discussion on topics affecting the LGBTQ community.

This Seattle premiere is supported in part by The Wallace Foundation and Pride Foundation. As One reflects Seattle Opera’s commitment to creating a safe and welcoming space within the arts. Moving forward, the company’s work will reflect the diverse communities of the Pacific Northwest in terms of age, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and cultural/multicultural background.

Seattle Opera is working to reduce barriers that have historically made the art form inaccessible to certain groups.

Seattle Opera’s 2016/17 Season Sponsor: Seattle Opera Guild – In memory of Marian E. Lackovich and Captain Louis J. Lackovich

committed to serving the people of the Pacific Northwest with performances of the highest caliber and through innovative educational and engagement programs for all. Each year, more than 95,000 people attend Seattle Opera performances, and more than 400,000 people of all ages are served through school performances, radio broadcasts, and more. By drawing our communities together, and by offering opera’s unique fusion of music and drama, we create lifeenhancing experiences that speak deeply to people’s hearts and minds. Connect with Seattle Opera on Facebook, Twitter, SoundCloud, and through the Seattle Opera channel on Classical King FM. 98.1.

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About Seattle Opera Established in 1963, Seattle Opera is

From left: director L. Zane Jones, Taylor Raven (Hannah after) and Jorell Williams (Hannah before) in rehearsal for As One – Photo by Genevieve Hathaway

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The Lost Girls at Annex Theatre

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE LOST GIRLS ANNEX THEATRE Through November 19 Courtney Meaker writes engaging and untypical and very “current” dialogue in her plays. Her characters do and say things you don’t often expect and talk about life in often-blunt and sometimes funny ways.

Having lived here for a number of years, she’s off in Iowa studying how to be an even better playwright.

Her latest work, The Lost Girls, is on stage at Annex Theatre. It contains aspects that Meaker likes to include: women characters (in this case, only women characters) and characters of fluid or Gay sexual orientations. These aspects are still far underrepresented in the vast theatrical universe, so her additions are generally making up for that, one play at a time.

The successful parts of this play include a lot of the dialogue and relationship building among the five camp counselor collegeaged women who all have been recruited for the very first time to this spooky camp.

Except one of them attended camp as a teen and tells them the tale of the foundation of the property and why it has that haunted reputation. And there’s an interesting “women empowered girls and got killed for it” story in there.

Director Kaytlin McIntyre does a good job in creating haunted atmospherics (especially on a budget) with the help of spooky lighting (Gwyn Skone), plenty of eerie sound effects (Erin Bednarz) and a flexible “fishing dock” set that allows for speedy transition into a camp bunk bed (Jenny Littlefield).

The almost-contemporary take is that it’s 2008 and these college-educated women are taking jobs as camp counselors for teens they care little about (none of them appear to think that mentoring slightly

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continued from cover before a justice of the peace, declared their love, signed the proper papers and left with a license declaring them husband and wife.

Returning to their small hometown of Central Point, Virginia, they continue to live their lives as they always have, together and openly, and while they technically do not live together in the same house, it’s no secret to anyone where the two of them are spending their nights.

And that’s the problem. People know who they are. People know they are together. Most importantly, authorities know that they are married, and as Richard is White and Mildred is Black, as far as the state of Virginia is concerned, that’s not just a no-no, it’s also illegal. They want the pair out of the state, immediately and without delay, and if they ever return together, both will be sent to prison for as long as the laws on the books will allow.

What follows is a nine-year legal fight that will take the pair all the way to the Supreme Court, their historic case Loving v.

Virginia leading to a unanimous decision where laws banning interracial marriage were deemed unconstitutional and where Chief Justice Earl Warren famously wrote, “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual, and cannot be infringed by the State.” This is the story that acclaimed writer/director Jeff Nichols’ (Mud, Take Shelter) latest masterwork Lov-

From left: Jordi Montez (Donny), Shermona Mitchell (Misti), Dayo Vice (Claire), Alysha Curry (Rosa) & Zenaida Smith (Nashua) in Lost Girls – Photo by Ian Johnston

younger women is something to care about) instead of getting great jobs and starting careers of note. Due to the Great Recession, they apparently have no options other than move back in with the folks after camp.

They don’t seem to notice that their attitudes about women and girls are in direct conflict with the “ghost” story’s tale.

The cast is a handful of young talents (if you have six fingers), all of whom throw themselves gamely into the genre of intellectual horror camp tales. They include Rosa (Alysha Curry) who is a religious intellectual with summer camp curiosity about Lesbian sex (and turns out to be the funniest character of them all), Misti (Shermona Mitchell) who will bone a woman if there’s no male around, Donny (Jordi Montes), the Lesbian everyone wants to be with, Claire (Dayo Vice), the punk gender-fluid skeptic, Nashua (Zenaida Smith) the upper-

class camp-historian (from being a teen camper) with personality issues, and Pat (Rachel Guyer-Mafune).

Pat isn’t a counselor or a camper. She’s a knowledgeable teen who comes with her mom every summer. So she says. But she knows way more than anyone about all the ghosts and their motivations and tries to save everyone – If They Would Just Listen To Her! If Meaker’s aim is to make something fun and spooky that you don’t take too seriously, that’s fine. Even so, since I’m sitting there as an audience member being told a story that is supposed to be a mystery, there’s stuff to “figure out.” And if I’m sitting and figuring stuff out, it should make sense by the end because it’s the end and it should make sense by then.

SPOILER ALERT SECTION: I hesitate to get into all the various inconsistencies because…spoilers. But if the

dead women are killing people just like the monster, but they aren’t on the side of the monster, they’re just trying to get revenge on people who killed them when they were trying to figure out how to get rid of the monster, too, well, then why would they do that? And who/what is that monster in the first place?

The last question I’ll ask is why The Cranberries 1994 song, “Zombie,” turns out to supposedly be a sacred song and why do all the young women know it by heart?

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ing purports to tell, the care, restraint and authority on display as he brings it to life positively beyond compare.

What’s most remarkable is how refined the film is. Nichols follows the example set by his quietly heroic protagonists. He does not preach. He doesn’t pound a desk.

He doesn’t allow intrusive musical cues to overwhelm the inherent emotions at the heart of Richard and Mildred’s ordeal, refusing to play up the inherently melodramatic nature of their journey at any point during his feature’s breathlessly paced 123 minutes. Instead, Nichols presents things as plainly and as clearly as he can, almost in a documentary-like way, yet one that still runs on the passions and affections that clearly pass between the couple struggling to hang on to everything they hold dear.

What’s fascinating is how personal the movie feels. One imagines, had this film been made in the 1980s, it likely would have resembled the overblown histrionics of something like Alan Parker’s Mississippi Burning or the simplistic didacticism of Bruce Beresford’s Driving Miss Daisy.

In the 1990s, it would have resembled longwinded sermons like Steven Spielberg’s Amistad or Jonathan Kaplan’s simplistically obvious Love Field. While I actually like all of those films on one level or another, none get the job done as they should. More, they are decidedly whitewashed affairs, looking at the Black experience in America through exceedingly White eyes, and as such not nearly enough of the story ends up resonating as deeply or as passionately as it theoretically could have.

Here, Nichols ends up walking a remarkably fine line, and even though one of his principals is decidedly Caucasian, the way he allows the Black experience of the 1960s to come to life in ways that feel honest, pure and unfiltered is refreshingly genuine. Delicately, and with precision, he allows Mildred to take center stage, her apparent fragility masking a gritty determination that allows the Lovings to both return to Virginia in secret as well as become involved in the legal fight that will see their marriage validated.

As such, Negga, a wondrous young actress who has made an indelible mark in projects as diverse as Warcraft, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and Jimi: All Is by My Side, is sublime, delivering a performance of resonance and depth that grows in scope and magnitude as the film progresses towards its triumphant conclusion.

The dignity that she brings to this role, the way I could see her become more and more emboldened to do what was right for both her marriage as well as her children, watching them live in constant fear, it’s just extraordinary. Negga never raises her voice, never explodes, yet this woman’s fierce tenacity is not for a single second ever in doubt, and as such it was impossible for me to take my eyes off of her anytime she was up on the screen.

Edgerton is excellent as well, shuffling into Richard’s shoes with stunning ease, the differences between his last collaboration with Nichols, the science fiction sensation Midnight Special, released earlier this year, and this motion picture beyond night and day. There’s also able support provided by the likes of Marton Csokas as the racist county sheriff intent on seeing the Lovings’

marriage destroyed, Michael Shannon as Life magazine photographer Grey Villet, Terri Abney as Mildred’s sister Garnet and especially Sharon Blackwood as Richard’s quietly concerned midwife mother Lola.

But they’re all just the tip of the iceberg, Nichols casting the film with his typically perceptive eye, making sure little feels out of place or unrealistic.

While I quite liked how the focus on lawyers Bernie Cohen (Nick Kroll) and Philip Hirschkop (Jon Bass) is downplayed, my reaction to the pair standing in front of the Supreme Court pleading the case for the Lovings was admittedly muted. The two men are never as fully developed as they maybe should have been, coming across as more of a pair of muddled, well-meaning comedic buffoons at times than they do whip-smart, up-and-coming young lawyers driven to make their mark and, hopefully, do some historic good for their clients. But Nichols knows this isn’t their story, not even partially, and while they play a massive hand in the outcome, keeping the focus on Richard and Mildred gives the movie a refreshingly intimate candor that’s oftentimes all encompassing.

With all that’s happening in the world right now, Loving could not be coming out at a better time. Its story needs to be shouted from the rooftops and spread to every corner of the globe, the fight Richard and Mildred Loving calmly waged against injustice an important and vital reminder of what can be accomplished when fairness and equality are threatened and good people stand up to do what is right. See it at once!

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Mesmerizing Christine a riveting must-see docudrama

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer CHRISTINE Now playing I admit, I didn’t know much about television news reporter Christine Chubbuck before watching director Antonio Campos and writer Craig Shilowich’s intimate, elegantly composed and emotionally visceral Christine. Her story, what transpired that led the 29-year-old to commit suicide onair in 1974, I didn’t know any of this going into the movie, and my fear that this would feel more like a dreary death march than it would an informative, thought-provoking drama was sadly palpable before I sat down to give this one a look.

Not that I should have worried. Considering I thoroughly enjoyed Campos’ previous two features Simon Killer and Afterschool, the fact the direction here is so confidently self-assured and bracingly subtle shouldn’t have struck me as anything close to a surprise. Mix in newcomer Shilowich’s strong, straight-forward and emotionally minimalistic screenplay, this is a strong docudrama, a movie filled with strong observations and unnervingly perceptive insights, one that couldn’t be coming out at a better moment in time, Chubbuck’s tragic story an immersive reminder of how far gender relations in the workplace have come as well as just how far they sadly still need to go.

At a television station in Sarasota, Florida, reporter Christine Chubbuck (Rebecca Hall) is floundering. Insecure, passed over for promotion, her boss (Tracy Letts) dismissive of the potential features she keeps bringing to his attention, the journalist isn’t handling things as well as those around her might believe she is. Single, living at home with her inadvertently smothering mother

Peg (J. Smith-Cameron), secretly infatuated with co-worker George Ryan (Michael C. Hall) but unable to allow herself to respond to any of his advances, Christine is losing sight of why she became a television reporter in the first place, and in the process is hurtling towards a tragic destiny no one, not even she, ever could have anticipated.

This movie could have been unbearable.

was practically shaking in tearful awe as the film came to an end.

The real genius here is the way the filmmakers refuse to give short shrift to the supporting players in this tragedy. Letts, Smith-Cameron and Michael C. Hall give remarkable performances, none of them smoothing their rougher edges yet also more than willing to explore the complex

Rebecca Hall (Christine) in Christine – Photo courtesy of collider.com

There’s a reason Paddy Chayefsky was inspired by Chubbuck’s story to come up with Network, and even bigger one why he composed it as a satire and not a straightforward drama. What’s amazing is how Campos and Shilowich manage to transform Christine into a powerful chronicle of sexism, misogyny and workplace norms that isn’t just a didactic lecture. They cut to the heart, revealing the person within Christine Chubbuck, manufacturing a universal aria of emotional deconstruction that left me with so much to think about and ponder I

corners of their respective personalities with cunning insight and mesmeric fortitude.

They are the unwitting players who, more often than not, believe they are doing right

by Christine yet never see the pain swirling behind her eyes, each actor finding a way to connect with their own character’s emotional dissonances and oblivious insecurities in ways that are collectively naturalistic.

The film’s sound design is also extraordinary. Campos does a magnificent job of creating an assaultive sonic landscape that makes Christine’s emotional disintegration

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continued from cover nel Whitaker (Forest Whitaker), to lead a team of fellow experts to do the impossible.

Joined by physicist Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner), they will journey to central Montana to hopefully communicate with visitors heretofore never seen by anyone on the Earth before now, alien spaceships landing at 12 seemingly random spots around the globe, their intentions for being here a complete and utter mystery.

Arrival is a tough film to talk about, because to dive into any number of its myriad of nuances could potentially be a death blow to the surprises and wonders director Denis Villeneuve’s latest stunner has in store for its potential audience. More akin to the filmmaker’s cerebral, mind-bending Enemy than it is to either of his more accessible mainstream successes Sicario or Prisoners, this science fiction sensation features a superb screenplay by Eric Heisserer (Lights Out) born from the pages of Ted Chiang’s sensational short fiction Story of Your Life. A saga of acceptance, forgiveness and compromise, this is a marvelously entertaining thriller that refuses to sacrifice an ounce of its intelligence at any point during Dr. Banks’ quest for answers, and in so doing so paints a timeless picture of longing, sacrifice and resilience that’s dynamic and universal.

Not that it isn’t easy to get lost. Heisserer has studied his Kubrick, Tarkovsky, Bradbury and Malick, time bending this way and that in ways that are not instantly noticeable. But Villeneuve taps into this nonlinear construct with ease, allowing Dr. Banks’ meanderings, visions and musings to have real heft, and authentic weight, the way they all blossom into an insightful bit of strong-willed fortitude and resilience

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absolutely awe-inspiring. She is the reason that truth does not give way to ignorance, that fear does not lead to violence, her ability to adapt and problem solve leading to a form of courageous catharsis that’s decidedly beyond compare.

Five-time Academy Award nominee Amy Adams is superb. Her performance as Dr. Banks is mostly of an interior nature, driven by an aching pain that is quickly understood thanks to an opening Up-like montage that had me choking back sudden tears within the film’s first ten minutes.

But what’s incredible about Adams’ overall performance is that the nature of this suffering, the events that lead to this personal trauma, they are nothing like what we assume them to be. Instead, what Dr. Banks is dealing with is far more ephemeral, vigorously nondescript, and it isn’t until the

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climax that it becomes clear what has been going on and why all of it has been so gosh darn important.

Adams navigates these murkily emotional waters with astonishing elasticity.

Her passion for the project, her longing to do what is right, not just as a scientist seeking knowledge, but as a human being grappling with the potentially catastrophic, all of it happens with registered grace, adrenalized subtly. While Adams never plays her fluctuating emotions close to the vest, she also doesn’t let them explode in melodramatic exuberance, instead walking an internalized thin line that is continuingly compelling and inherently realistic.

There are points where Villeneuve and Heisserer can’t connect all their dots in an entirely satisfying manner, however. A subplot involving a few of the more worried

feel viscerally pure and uncomfortably immersive. He has a way of constructing an atmosphere of self-destructive invention that’s effectively palpable. Yet, the film never feels oppressive, even with the foregone nature of the outcome, the director keeping things focused in a way that is magnetically compelling no matter how gruesome and uncomfortable things might unavoidably turn out to be.

All of which would be well and good, and also disappointingly moot, if the actress at the center of the things wasn’t up to the task of making Christine Chubbuck a woman worthy of getting to know and spend time with, even knowing beforehand what is going to happen to her. Rebecca Hall doesn’t just rise to the challenge, she ends up giving to my mind, not just the greatest performance I’ve seen in 2016, but one of the best ones I’ve had the pleasure to witness these past few years. Extraordinarily detailed, uneasily funny, free of artifice and willing to mine emotional territories that are as raw as they are genuine, she’s magnificent, crafting a compelling portrait of ambition and insecurity waging war one against the other, all of it played out against a workroom backdrop that unwittingly amplifies both facets of Christine’s personality.

Christine isn’t an easy movie to sit through, a statement on my part I’m sure will shock or surprise just about no one. But Campos proves himself to be a directorial titan whose stock is without question on the rise, navigating the complex terrain of Shilowich’s multilayered, incisively acidic script with confident restraint. As for Rebecca Hall, she’s flat-out astonishing, her performance alone making this riveting drama an absolute essential moviegoers of all backgrounds owe it to themselves to seek out and see.

soldiers working with the scientists and charged with guarding the alien landing site is slipped in in a rather ham-fisted manner. Also, a shadowy CIA agent portrayed by veteran character actor Michael Stuhlbarg feels too much like an afterthought; and while his introduction is intriguing, what is ultimately done with the character never rises above stereotypical genre cliché. Finally, as impressive as the outcome might be, Villeneuve still rushes his climax a bit, giant swaths of information delivered with a primitive fury that seems designed more to gin up additional tension than it does to facilitate audience understanding of what is taking place and why things are happening as they are.

Thankfully, all of these quibbles are relatively minor, Villeneuve delivering a motion picture that reaches into the heavens in an attempt to grab hold of the stars, the fact it comes close to doing just that cause for celebration. An old-fashioned marvel of science fiction storytelling, Arrival asks big questions and provides even bigger answers. A technical marvel (the work composer Jóhann Jóhannsson and cinematographer Bradford Young do here is extraordinary), Villeneuve’s driven commitment to keeping his main character’s personal transformation front and center cannot be undervalued. Time is never what it appears to be, yet always remains of the essence, no matter what transpires, this movie inhabiting that place between the seconds where the future is an imaginative possibility and hope is the improbable foundation greatness is built upon.

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Taiwan shows its true rainbow colors on Pride weekend with LGBT awards gala and large parade

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer This might surprise you, but Taiwan is one of the most open-minded countries in all of Asia. In fact, it’s arguably the safest, Gay-friendliest place in the Far East to live or visit, while playing host each year to Asia’s largest LGBT Pride festivites. The island nation is also on the brink of legalizing same-sex marriage, which would be a first for that part of the world.

On October 28 and 29, the capital city of Taipei was the location for two well-attended, highly publicized events, Taiwan LGBT Pride and the newly formed Queermosa Awards. I was privileged to attend both, as part of a group of fellow Gay journalists from North America invited to experience the culture and sites of the country, traveling to a handful of cities, including Taipei.

Here’s a summary of the festivities.

2016 Queermosa Awards The word “mosa” in Latin translates to beauty, or beautiful, so it’s befitting that the inaugural Queermosa Awards recognized those within the LGBT community and its allies who’ve made beautiful contributions – artistically, politically and financially – to promote the Gay movement forward.

Guests were greeted with a red carpet arrival and champagne reception at the chic W Taipei hotel on the evening of Friday, October 28, before being escorted into the lavishly decorated Mega Room for a sitdown dinner and the awards ceremony. Jay Lin, Queermosa Awards founder and director of the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival, and a special jury selected the nominees in ten categories and the eventual winners, who were given hand-held trophies during a two-hour gala that included musical performances and appearances

by Taiwanese celebrities, some of whom served as presenters.

Actress, singer and TV host Ella Chen, who simply goes by her first name and is currently pregnant, mentioned in a pre-event interview with ETtoday.com that if her child is Gay she will “feel lucky for them,” and she will “love her kids unconditionally regardless of sexual orientation.” Multi-talented artist Stephen Rong, who starred in Terrence McNally’s play A Perfect Ganesh last year at Taipei’s LAB Space, stated to local press that he was “Very honored to be invited to Taiwan’s very first QUEERMOSA awards.

I’m sure there will be more and more years to come! Love and equality!”

Among the recipients were Queer Icon Award winner Dee, Hsu and Pioneer Award winner Jia-Wei, Qi, who wrapped himself in a rainbow flag as he raced up to the podium. The Outstanding Journalism Award was presented to local newspaper The Reporter for the feature story “Gay Family and Their Children,” while the Asia Pacific Short Film Award was given to the Indonesian movie The Fox Exploits the Tiger’s Might, which tells the story of two preteen boys from a small town who discover their sexuality. The film’s director Lucky Kuswandi accepted the award in person, dressed in a two-piece black tuxedo.

The Queermosa Awards are expected to return next year during Taiwan LGBT Pride weekend.

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Participants of the 2016 Taiwan LGBT Pride – Photo by Albert Rodriguez

2016 Taiwan LGBT Pride – Photo by Albert Rodriguez

2016 Taiwan LGBT Pride In its fourteenth year, the Taiwan LGBT Pride parade attracted an estimated 80,000 people on the afternoon of Saturday, October 29, who assembled just outside the presidential building to march in unison through the streets of Taipei. Only 500 participants and spectators were present the first time this event was held, and thirteen years later it has become Asia’s largest Gay pride gathering. The vast majority of attendees were local, either from Taipei or another Taiwanese city, yet there were noticeably many who were from the United States, Canada, Europe and throughout Asia.

The parade, more of a march than a typical parade with floats and performers, began at 2pm under cloudy skies and a drizzle of rain, although the temperatures were mild. Drag queens in glittery gowns and colorful wigs, a clad of Japanese bears wearing matching khaki shorts with white dress shirts and red suspenders, a group of Uber employees holding signs that read “UBERLOVELGBT” and “Stay with U,” a dozen shirtless young men donning underwear with the Hornet company logo (Hornet is the Grindr equivalent in Taiwan), people in cosplay outfits, political activists holding banners asking to support same-sex marriage and acceptance of the LGBT community, plus men, women and transgender persons of all ages, as well as families with babies in strollers and Gay couples clasping hands marched the multimile course, a loop from the presidential building in and around several of Taipei’s main streets and then back to the starting point, together side-by-side. It was a beautiful celebration of unity, as people walked collectively in no particular order, yet in a very coordinated stream, through the city’s inner dwellings.

There were no protesters in sight during any part of the event and many bystanders waved from the sidewalks in support, even a cluster of schoolgirls cheered from open windows from a building along the route.

As policemen stopped traffic to allow the thousands of people to cross busy intersections, locals waited patiently and respectfully in their cars or curbside for everybody to pass through. It was a safe, festive and fun parade, however, my feet were in pain after the long walk, but I loved how we all marched together as one big happy, peaceful family. It began raining harder about an hour into the parade and it progressively got cooler, yet that didn’t discourage anyone from continuing on the route; in fact, some of them politely shared their umbrellas with complete strangers.

Afterwards, everyone flocked to Taipei’s bustling Gay district of Ximending for cocktails, dancing and a Mr. Gay Taiwan pageant, held outdoors in a small plaza packed with two levels of Gay bars. Local news stations and international outlets, such as Reuters, provided coverage of the Pride Parade on mainstream media.

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SATURDAY - November 12

Seattle Shorts Film Festival (11/11-11/13). SIFF Film Center, Seattle Center. www.seattleshort.org A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am. Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. www.agatheringofmen.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. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Yoga With Andrew Conner. 9:30-11am. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Saturday. A love offering is suggested but no one will be turned away.

“Best of the Northwest” - An Art & Fine Craft Show (11/11-11/13). Fri: noon-7pm; Sat: 10am-6pm; Sun: 10am-5pm. Magnuson Park, Hangar 30, 7400 Sandpoint Way NE. Tickets $8. nwartalliance.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 10:30am. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org.

ACLU Bill of Rights Dinner. 6-9pm. The Westin Seattle, 1900 5th Ave. Awards to Marsha Botzer for her pioneering work advocating for the rights of the Transgender community, the Community Police Commission for playing a vital role in Seattle’s ongoing police reform efforts & Veronique Harris for her work organizing her fellow students around ACLU issues. Tickets $150. aclu-wa.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.oasisyouth center.org.

(Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Q-Squared Thanksgiving Potluck. 6-9pm. Central Lutheran Church, 1710 11th Ave. Bring side dishes that celebrate the season as we gather to give thanks & share together. qsquared.org Gender*Fierce. Variety Show 7:30pm, Dance Party 9pm-midnight. The Vera Project, Seattle Center Northwest Rooms, N Warren AVe & Republican St. A variety show featuring Queer & allied youth ages 16-25. Hosted

by Aleksa Manila. 957-1665, 425-786-4242 (text), shane@lifelong.org.

“When There Were Angels” (11/10-11/13 & 11/17-20).

7:30pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. The story of a young man looking to discover himself & come to terms with his sexuality, who runs away from his life in Minneapolis to the Broadway Hostel in San Francisco’s North Beach. Tickets $12-$20. There are also a limited number of free tickets available for each performance. wherethereareangels.com Boots & Buzzcuts. 8pm-midnight. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Barbers & Bootblacks & Leather People, Oh My! It’s time again for SML’s Boots n’ Buzzcuts benefiting SASG. Come on out for a good time, a buzz, a shine & donate your “two bits” to a good cause! www. facebook.com/events/329666710723286/ “The Pride” (11/4-11/19). Thurs-Sat: 8pm, Sun: 2pm.

12th Ave Arts, 1620 12th Ave. Two explosive love stories from alternating years explore betrayal, forgiveness & fate. The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality over a period of 50 years, looking at intimacy, identity & the courage it takes to be who you are. 16+. Tickets www.theatre22.org

SUNDAY - November 13

Seattle Shorts Film Festival (11/11-11/13). SIFF Film Center, Seattle Center. www.seattleshort.org “Best of the Northwest” - An Art & Fine Craft Show (11/11-11/13). Fri: noon-7pm; Sat: 10am-6pm; Sun: 10am-5pm. Magnuson Park, Hangar 30, 7400 Sandpoint Way NE. Tickets $8. nwartalliance.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.

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

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Senior students lead the meditation, provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion. 3295908; www.LotusSisters.org; www.sasgcc.org (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com.

November 12 thru November 20 Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation. Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713 Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. 206-325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org.

PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Queers, Crackpots & Fallen Women AA. 8-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - November 15

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

Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays an almost weekly recreational scrimmage game for LGBTQ players in Seattle. www.raincitysoccer.org Reading: “Straight” & “A Guide to the Afterlife” by Nick DiMartino. 4pm. U Bookstore, 4326 University Way NE. Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club facilitator reads from his latest books.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org “The Pride” (11/4-11/19). Thurs-Sat: 8pm, Sun: 2pm.

12th Ave Arts, 1620 12th Ave. Two explosive love stories from alternating years explore betrayal, forgiveness & fate. The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality over a period of 50 years, looking at intimacy, identity & the courage it takes to be who you are. 16+. Tickets www.theatre22.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. Meets 1st or 2nd Sunday each month (Oct-Feb). Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Whether you snow board, downhill, cross-country, or telemark, there are trips & events for you. Bring a potluck dish to share. www.skibuddies.org

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Washington Supreme Court Hears Cases at Bellevue College. 3 Cases (Oral Arguments) 9am-2:15pm, Q&A 10:55-11:25am & 2:15-2:35pm, Forum 2:35-3:30pm.

Bellevue College, Carlson Theatre & N201. The court will hear oral arguments on three cases & participate in an open forum for students, faculty & the public. Of special note is the 9am-10:05 hearing on Case #91615-2: Robert Ingersoll and Curt Freed v. Arlene’s Flowers, Inc. www.bellevuecollege.edu SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting.

6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King &

Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting. 3-5pm.

Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months (schedule varies in summer). A Public-Private Partnership in Support of LGBT youth.

All are welcome at meetings; lots of volunteer opportunities are discussed. 632-0662 ext 49; CRISIS LINE: 1-877-SAFE-SAFE; www.safeschoolscoalition.org.

Amor Open Meditation. 5-6pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Tuesday.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets 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. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. All Queer females welcome. 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, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

7-8:30pm. University Congregational Church, 4515 16th Ave NE, Pilgrim Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 545-3521.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Tuesday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

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

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

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

“As One” - A Transgender Story ‑ A New Opera Experience (11/11, 11/13, 11/17-11/19). 7:30pm, Sunday matinee 4pm. Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave. A contemporary exploration of a Transgender protagonist’s journey told thru two voices. With empathy & humor we experience Hannah’s youthful challenges in a small town, her quest for knowledge & understanding, her discovery of the larger Trans community & her inspiring journey to be true to herself. 21+. Tickets $25 & $40. seattleopera.org/asone “When There Were Angels” (11/10-11/13 & 11/17-20).

7:30pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. The story of a young man looking to discover himself & come to terms with his sexuality, who runs away from his life in Minneapolis to the Broadway Hostel in San Francisco’s North Beach. Tickets $12-$20. There are also a limited number of free tickets available for each performance. wherethereareangels.com Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - November 14

polo team is open to all who want to play. Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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

WEDNESDAY - November 16

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat.

Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome.

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. http://faculty.washington.edu/ swittet/SGLBookClub/SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

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

Family Affair - Cabaret Served Up Family-Style. 7pm doors; 7:30pm show. Rendezvous/Jewel Box Theater, 2322 2nd Ave. Every 3rd Wednesday. Performers from all disciplines gather to share their stories about family.

Hosted by Jennifer Jasper. Tickets: $10 cash at the door.

Must be 21 + over. www.therendezvous.rocks/ Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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. www. ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com HIV/AIDS Newly Diagnosed or Newly Dealing. 7:309pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave, Suite 200. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. Ongoing support group for anyone who is HIV+. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. 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.

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month.

BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com

THURSDAY - November 17

Drop-In Help With Veteran Services. 11:30am-3:30pm.

Central Library, 1000 4th Ave, Level 5. A veteran specialist from Supportive Services for Veteran Families will be available to connect people who have been in the military & are experiencing homelessness or living on very low incomes with services to help them find & keep housing. www.spl.org Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

Seattle LGBTQ Employees for Equality (SEqual).

12noon. Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave, Room 4070. Meets the 3rd Thursday of every month. Open to the public.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

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Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare. FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

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

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:308:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. Meetings open to the public. 684-4514.

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. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm.

First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. See http:// community.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue. Contact us at info@bellevue-pflag.org or 425-483-6642.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

“As One” - A Transgender Story ‑ A New Opera Experience (11/11, 11/13, 11/17-11/19). 7:30pm, Sunday matinee 4pm. Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave. A contemporary exploration of a Transgender protagonist’s journey told thru two voices. With empathy & humor

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& the courage it takes to be who you are. 16+. Tickets www.theatre22.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

FRIDAY - November 18

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

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

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437.

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. 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.

“As One” - A Transgender Story ‑ A New Opera Experience (11/11, 11/13, 11/17-11/19). 7:30pm, Sunday matinee 4pm. Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave. A contemporary exploration of a Transgender protagonist’s journey told thru two voices. With empathy & humor we experience Hannah’s youthful challenges in a small town, her quest for knowledge & understanding, her discovery of the larger Trans community & her inspiring journey to be true to herself. 21+. Tickets $25 & $40. seattleopera.org/asone Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

“When There Were Angels” (11/10-11/13 & 11/17-20).

7:30pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. The story of a young man looking to discover himself & come to terms with his sexuality, who runs away from his life in Minneapolis to the Broadway Hostel in San Francisco’s North Beach. Tickets $12-$20. There are also a limited number of free tickets available for each performance. wherethereareangels.com LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm.

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. 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. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org we experience Hannah’s youthful challenges in a small “The Pride” (11/4-11/19). Thurs-Sat: 8pm, Sun: 2pm. town, her quest for knowledge & understanding, her 12th Ave Arts, 1620 12th Ave. Two explosive love stories discovery of the larger Trans community & her inspiring from alternating years explore betrayal, forgiveness & journey to be true to herself. 21+. Tickets $25 & $40. fate. The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality over a period of 50 years, looking at intimacy, identity seattleopera.org/asone & the courage it takes to be who you are. 16+. Tickets Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th www.theatre22.org Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am. group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets the 3rd & Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun.

Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. www.sasgcc.org Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married.www.

SATURDAY - November 19 gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.) com/groups/gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual top- youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org ics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Enter via 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Radical Women Organizing Meeting: “Let’s get down north parking lot where there is FREE parking. There to revolutionary feminist business.” 7:30pm. New is a $4 per person door fee to help pay for the room.

Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S. Meeting will feature Please try to bring exact change. Please bring a dish to reports on a variety of topics including: how activists serve 8 or more to share. www.seattleprimetimers.org can take post-election energy into mobilizing for what Rouge: Piaf to Zaz! 7-9:30pm. Pike Place Market women need & previewing plans for the rest of the year. Atrium, 1st Ave & Pike St. Tickets: $10 at BrownPaperDinner with vegan option available at 6:30pm for a $8.50 Tickets.com. Details at RougeMusic.com donation. 722-6057, rwseattle@mindspring.com “As One” - A Transgender Story ‑ A New Opera Ex“When There Were Angels” (11/10-11/13 & 11/17-20). perience (11/11, 11/13, 11/17-11/19). 7:30pm, Sunday 7:30pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. matinee 4pm. Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave. A conThe story of a young man looking to discover himself & temporary exploration of a Transgender protagonist’s come to terms with his sexuality, who runs away from journey told thru two voices. With empathy & humor his life in Minneapolis to the Broadway Hostel in San we experience Hannah’s youthful challenges in a small Francisco’s North Beach. Tickets $12-$20. There are town, her quest for knowledge & understanding, her also a limited number of free tickets available for each discovery of the larger Trans community & her inspiring journey to be true to herself. 21+. Tickets $25 & $40. performance. wherethereareangels.com Amor Chorale Rehearsal. 8-9pm. Amor Spiritual Cen- seattleopera.org/asone ter, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Thursday. “When There Were Angels” (11/10-11/13 & 11/17-20).

Calling all sopranos, altos, tenors & basses. The Amor 7:30pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. Spiritual Center currently has openings for singers in The story of a young man looking to discover himself & come to terms with his sexuality, who runs away from its Chorale group.

Debauchery. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours his life in Minneapolis to the Broadway Hostel in San Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Queers stripping for Queers, Francisco’s North Beach. Tickets $12-$20. There are raising money for organizations that serve the Queer also a limited number of free tickets available for each community. Tickets: $10 in advance; $15 at the door. performance. wherethereareangels.com “The Pride” (11/4-11/19). Thurs-Sat: 8pm, Sun: 2pm. www.lilydivine.com “The Pride” (11/4-11/19). Thurs-Sat: 8pm, Sun: 2pm. 12th Ave Arts, 1620 12th Ave. Two explosive love stories 12th Ave Arts, 1620 12th Ave. Two explosive love stories from alternating years explore betrayal, forgiveness & from alternating years explore betrayal, forgiveness & fate. The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality fate. The Pride examines changing attitudes to sexuality over a period of 50 years, looking at intimacy, identity over a period of 50 years, looking at intimacy, identity & the courage it takes to be who you are. 16+. Tickets www.theatre22.org

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SUNDAY - November 20

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

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

Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm.

Center for Sex Positive Culture (Main Space), 602 15th Ave W. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.

“When There Were Angels” (11/10-11/13 & 11/17-20).

7:30pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. The story of a young man looking to discover himself & come to terms with his sexuality, who runs away from his life in Minneapolis to the Broadway Hostel in San Francisco’s North Beach. Tickets $12-$20. There are also a limited number of free tickets available for each performance. wherethereareangels.com

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org.

Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 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, 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, 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 - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City: Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing.

517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 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.

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org.

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: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flyinghouse. org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.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. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 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/proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG: a national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-483-6642, info@ bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag. org; PFLAG Washington state: www.pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), 850-2070, www. aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth. org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www. macctsea.org; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 2558951; Sistah Sinema, www.sistahsinema.com, info@ sistahsinema.com; 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.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 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 - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

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

Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned.

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

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Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) 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.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhill cycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@ gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.different spokes. 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; 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.seattlefront runners.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

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range of local GLBT sports activities, 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 TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.

SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www. genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www. genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & ForeignBorn Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/ Olympia-Trans-Discussion-Group/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS): Fai, 722-0729, alissquestions@gmail.com; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-2921912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes. com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; 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 Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.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: Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493.

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; 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. 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, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.Matthews Place.com; The Mockingbird Society: 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS): 7268500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudout wonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www. safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (nonemergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): 524-7301 ext 111; www.streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; Youth in Focus: 723-1479; www. youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273TALK, www.yspp.org

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