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Issue 47, Volume 43, November 20, 2015

Arts & Entertainment

Doh! – Re – Me: The REAL story behind The Sound of Music

Drag stars Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales return to the Rep with holiday show “JINKX MONSOON & MAJOR SCALES: UPWRAPPED” SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE Nov. 25-Dec. 13

Hans Altwies and Kirsten deLohr Helland play Captain Von Trapp and Maria in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The Sound of Music at The 5th Avenue Theatre this holiday season – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer THE SOUND OF MUSIC THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE November 24-January 3

The Sound of Music is perhaps the United States’ best-loved movie (although the rest of the world, including Austria, does NOT understand our fascination). For more see maria von trapp page 7

Seattle drag artists Jinkx Monsoon (Jerick Hoffer) and Major Scales (Richard Andriessen) bring their new holiday show “Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Unwrapped” to the Seattle Repertory Theatre.

The cabaret-style holiday drag show runs Nov. 25-Dec. 13 in the Leo K. Theatre. Tickets are available now through the Seattle Rep Box Office at 206-443-2222 and online at www. seattlerep.org.

Seattle audiences loved them as “The Vaudevillians,” now they will love them as Jinkx and Major!

Drag performers Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales return to the Rep with more tunes and more laughs, Major Scales and Jinkx Monsoon in Seattle Rep’s plus mistletoe and menorahs. A holi- The Vaudevillians (2014) – Photo by Nate Watters day show like no other, “Unwrapped” see jinkx monsoon page 5 takes an unconventional approach to holi-

Iconic Etheridge has A loverly Lady waltzes one Washington stop into Village Theatre for intimate singing and storytelling “I haven’t been this excited about making music and creating in ages,” says rock icon Melissa Etheridge about her new album This is M.E. Etheridge is touring her new works, but her only stop in the state of Washington is November 23 at the historic Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham. She’s promising new, collaborative sounds, as well as the songs we already know by heart, in an intimate, solo performance.

Make no mistake, the album’s declarative title is fully fitting – not despite the collaborations, but because of them. For this vibrant collection, she teamed with some of the most inventive figures on the music scene such as Jerrod Bettis, Jon Levine, and rising hip-hop force Roccstar. “I gave it everything I could and pushed my creativity more than I ever have, by collaboration. Collaboration is not compromise. It’s a plus, bringing in people who make what I do better,” states Etheridge.

These are songs right from her heart.

“Who Are You Waiting For?” closes the album on the most intimate, emotional, personal, lump-in-the-throat note of her en-

tire career. It’s the song she wrote for and debuted at her wedding earlier this year to Linda Wallem.

“I opened a door to my inner little heart and wrote a song,” she says. “I sat down at the piano, started writing and the chorus came out, about how we were friends for years and years, and as we got closer it was ‘Who are you waiting for? I’m right here!’”

“I sang it at the wedding,” Etheridge says. “I was able to keep her from hearing it before. It was my vows.”

Longtime fans needn’t worry. The powerful lyrics, incomparable voice, indelible melodies, and blazing guitars could be from none other than the same musician of “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window.” The bottom line, she says, is simply: “I’ve made an album I love.”

Find information and tickets for her November 23 show at MountBakerTheatre. com.

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Allison Standley (Eliza Doolittle), Priscella Hake Lauris (Mrs. Higgings), and Mark Anders (Henry Higgins) in My Fair Lady – Photo by Tracy Martin / Property of Village Theatre

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer MY FAIR LADY VILLAGE THEATRE Issaquah: thru January 3 Everett: January 8-31 Allison Standley has not, until now, been cast as the lead in a local musical,

though she won a Gypsy Rose Lee Award for her Supporting Role in Wild Party by Sound Theatre Company in 2013. Now, you can see her triumphantly starring as Eliza Doolittle in Village Theatre’s My Fair Lady. Her foil is Mark Anders, who inhabits Professor Higgins indubitably, and cutely and annoyingly throws tantrums when he’s frustrated, which makes the character see my fair lady page 8

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Celebrating 41 Years!

KEXP announces World AIDS Day concert KEXP, in partnership with Lifelong, announces the 2015 KEXP World AIDS Day Concert, scheduled for Tuesday, December 1 from 6:00-10:00 p.m. at the Showbox Market. Join Ivan and Alyosha, Fly Moon Royalty, DJ Darek Mazzone and special guests, for a FREE concert to shed light on the worldwide observance of those affected

by HIV and AIDS. All ages are welcome.

The KEXP World AIDS Day Concert will follow a full day of events in the community centered on World AIDS Day, including fundraising, informational, and awareness-building events carried out by several partner organizations in the local community.

“Many people from all walks of life – for over 34 years – have been infected and affected by this disease – almost 13,100+ are living with HIV disease right here in our state,” said Scott Bertani, Lifelong’s Director of Prevention Education & Community Relations. “And regardless of a person’s sexual orientation, socioeconomic or demographic background, likes or dislikes, HIV disease doesn’t discriminate, and neither should our commitment to seeing an

end to AIDS. That’s why programs like KEXP World AIDS Day Concert are so vital to getting the message that HIV disease is still here – still in our community. And while we often see this disease targeting the most marginalized in our community, we also know it doesn’t have to happen; not these days. Not with enhanced access to treatment and testing, care and prevention services, pre-exposure and post-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP and PEP) – just to name a few.”

And until there’s a cure, there is so much work that still needs to get done, and one of the best ways to support the mission is to come together on days like World AIDS Day – to rededicate ourselves, to talk about it, to remember all those who passed, and… to dance.”

KEXP is pleased to be joined by the following organizations who will be represented at the KEXP World AIDS Day Concert: • Lifelong • Babes Network • AIDS Healthcare Foundation • defeatHIV

• Seattle Counseling Service • Madison Clinic • UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research • UW AIDS Clinical Trials Unit • End AIDS Washington • Entre Hermanos This special event is brought to you in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and United Healthcare.

About KEXP KEXP is one of the most influential listener-supported music radio stations in the country. More than 200,000 listeners from around the world tune in to the station each week over the air and online. On KEXP’s YouTube channel, videos of exclusive instudio performances garner more than 1.7 million views per week. KEXP produces over 500 live performances each year. For more information, please visit www.kexp. org.

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Paris attacks claim music journalist, record label personnel, merch vendor

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer He was a music writer, like me. He wrote CD reviews, interviewed artists, and frequently attended concerts, like me. He was around my age. He died on November 13, at a live show in Paris.

Guillaume B. Decherf was a seasoned journalist, whose work was published in a multitude of publications, including Rolling Stone (French edition), Metro, and the national newspaper Liberation. For the past seven years, he’d written countless reviews for Les Inrockuptibles, one of his most recent was a CD editorial for the Eagles of Death Metal’s new album Zipper Down, released last month.

Decherf, who hosted a heavy metal radio show on his college campus, was probably on the band or record label’s guest list for their performance at the Bataclan, a vintage concert venue in Paris’ 11th arrondissement (district). Music writers covering a show, or having previously written a review of an artist’s work, are often placed on the guest list as a courtesy. His attendance at the show was welcomed; he had been offered entry at no cost. The Eagles of Death Metal, or at least their tour manager, saw Guillaume B. Decherf’s name on the guest list; someone in management always looks at the guest list before it’s submitted to Will Call. Not that he was more important than anyone else at the Bataclan that night, but Decherf’s name was typed or handwritten on a list of expected concertgoers; he was expected to be there.

I haven’t read many details about what exactly transpired on the night of November 13, mainly because as a former Paris resident – I lived there 15 years ago – it’s too emotional for me. That city means a great deal to me; it took me in as a naive

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foreigner and taught me so many things about love, culture, and myself. That was the place where I decided to change my life entirely and become a writer; something I’d studied to become, yet never made an effort to pursue. I love covering music Guillaume B. Decherf – Liberation in Seattle. Can you imagine writing about it in Paris? Guil- programs at music festivals as a teen. He laume B. Decherf loved his job. I never met got paid to sell T-shirts, hoodies, posters, him, don’t know much about him, but I’m and headbands, but he loved it. He gladly absolutely certain that he died doing some- set up merchandise tables before and after thing he truly loved. Decherf is survived by each show while hearing the bands rock out his wife and two daughters. inside the theater. Alexander sold gear for The grisly attacks also claimed three the Eagles of Death Metal, The Black Keys, Universal Music Group personnel: Thom- and Alice in Chains, just to name a few. as Ayad, 32, Manu Perez, 40, and Marie Life ended too short for these five indiMosser, 24. They were all there to support viduals, and everyone at the Bataclan last the Eagles of Death Metal, having worked week. If there’s a section of heaven devoted to promote the artist or concert ahead of its to music lovers, it’s where you’ll likely find scheduled performance. Likely, they would all of them...still rocking on. go backstage after the show to interact with The Eagles of Death Metal issued a the band, or assist with promotional mer- statement this week, saying they have archandise, and probably hang out afterwards rived safely back home and that all further at a bar and exchange their reactions of the shows are on hold for the moment. U2 was concert to take back to the office the next to have performed and taped a live show in day. That never happened.

Paris for HBO the following night after the Also killed was 36 year-old Nick Al- attacks, but canceled it immediately. Simiexander, a merchandise manager that sold larly, the Foo Fighters and Motorhead cantour gear for numerous artists and who celed performances in Paris and elsewhere. looked the part of a rock star – slim jeans, boots, cut-off shirts, shoulder-length hair.

Music was in his veins; he began selling

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Dixie Chicks schedule July show at White River Amphitheatre, Passion Pit singer comes out solo work. Fast forward to 2016: they’re back!!! General public tickets for the Dixie Chicks go on sale November 20 (10am) at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone 1-800-745-3000.

Also coming soon to Seattle are G-Eazy on January 7 (WaMu Theater), The Cave Singers on February 20 (Neumos), Metric on February 21 (Moore Theatre), Lake Street Drive on March 3 (Neptune Theatre), Jose Gonzalez with yMusic on March 3 (Moore Theatre), Polica on March 31 (Neptune Theatre), and The Used, who will play back-to-back nights at The Showbox Market on April 5 and 6.

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer They’re back! Together! And, they’re coming this way. The Dixie Chicks have reunited for a North American summer tour that includes a White River Amphitheatre show on Friday, July 18 with other appearances scheduled for New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston, to name a few.

The country power trio catapulted to fame with a string of consistently strong albums – Wide Open Spaces, Fly, Home – between 1998 and 2002 that earned them beaucoup

industry awards and a legion of fans. But in 2003, they hit a brick wall. That wall was a backlash from conservatives across the nation who took offense to lead singer Natalie Maines’ comments during a London concert, where she said they were ashamed that the President of the United States (George W. Bush) was from Texas, which also happens to be their home state. But loyal followers and deep support from their colleagues resulted in a bold, artistically impressive new album, 2006’s Taking the Long Way, that featured the in-your-face single “Not Ready to Make Nice”; it earned them 5 Grammys, including coveted trophies for Album, Record, and Song of the Year. Since then, they took time off for personal reasons and Maines released her own

In 2009, pop group Passion Pit interviewed with Seattle Gay News. The interview was featured in our year-end “Best of Music 2009” issue. I’ve reviewed two of their concerts since, at the Moore and Paramount theaters. Though the band isn’t touring or expected to perform anytime soon in the Emerald City, they did cross my mind last week when lead vocalist Michael Angelakos publicly announced he is Gay during a podcast with Bret Easton Ellis, where he also discussed his marriage that ended a few months ago. Passion Pit did release a new album back in April entitled Kindred that received generally positive reviews. If you’re now just hearing about them, start by listening to a pair of their earlier hits, “Sleepyhead” and “Carried Away.”

The Divine Miss M, who wowed audiences on her transatlantic tour this past summer, is giving fans something special for the upcoming holidays – a greatest hits package. The Grammy and Emmy-winning entertainer has assembled an 18-track set of her most beloved songs, including the topselling ballads “Wind Beneath My Wings,” “From a Distance,” and “The Rose.” A Gift of Love features music recorded between 1976 and 2014 on both Atlantic and Warner Bros. labels, such as “Let Me Just Follow Behind” off her third album Songs for the New Depression, “Every Road Leads Back to You” from the film For the Boys, which earned Midler an Academy Award nomination, and a pair of numbers from 1995’s Bette of Roses, “It’s Too Late” and “As Dreams Go By.” The multi-faceted performer has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and became only the second female artist to score a top-ten album in five consecutive decades. Gift of Love will be available for purchase or download on December 4.

Finally, if you didn’t already know, Adele’s new album, 25, is now available on iTunes, Amazon, and physical music stores.

The record is her first in four years and contains the international smash “Hello.”

A bright bit of fluff: Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer JACQUES OFFENBACH LA BELLE HÉLÈNE PHILHARMONIKER HAMBURG BLU-RAY Once in a while you encounter a great, new voice that is lit up by a fiery temperament, good musicianship and a vibrant stage presence, and you celebrate such a discovery. Much later, you meet this voice again, this time on a Met Live in HD show at the cinema, but there’s a rough edge that has crept into that formerly perfect instrument. And it makes you wonder what’s wrong. Did she have a bad day? But along comes a new Blu-ray disc of the same singer in a starring role, and your worst fears are confirmed. All the warmth and strength have gone out of the voice. The cause in this case is a force of nature, namely age.* That fiery temperament is still there, but at 57 the singer doesn’t any longer have quite the physical means to support her big sound.

Such a singer is American mezzo Jennifer Larmore. The Blu-ray is Jacques Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène in a delightful 2015 production from Hamburg, perfectly captured in glorious sound and picture.

Larmore is Hélène, “the most beautiful woman in the world,” who is the center of action in this rather silly satire of a narrowminded society. Fortunately, she still has her considerable stagecraft and her good looks and is thus able to win an audience who perhaps don’t know what she used to

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sound like. Overlook the dry sound of her middle voice, and she’ll give you a good time.

Larmore is surrounded by excellent singers of every range, including a fine young tenor who sings Hélène’s dashing Pâris.

Jun-Sa ng Ha n is slender and handsome, wit h a stage presence that is natural and appealing.

His tenor is impressive in its warmth and beauty, able to sing both loud and soft in all ranges.

In th is show, his wig and general looks reminded me of a cute Harpo Marx. At the Staatsoper Hamburg he has recently sung many roles, including Tamino, the shepherd and steersman in Tristan, Don Ottavio, Ferrando, Cassio, and Nemorino. It remains to be

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seen whether he has all that it takes to make a great career. (See footnote.)

This “Opéra-bouffe en trois actes” is of course full of Offenbach’s delightful melodies, all performed here with great ebullience. Costumes and make-up are playful and effective, and the cast is full of skilled ent er t a i ner s as well as fine singers. The setting has been m o v e d from Off e n b a c h’s classical spoof to a cruise ship in the hippy days of the 1960s. No harm done, for the silly plot is but a frame from which to hang a long series of playful “numbers.” It does, however, become rather repetitious and even a little boring before the end. But everyone gives it their best, even if it’s all for a bright piece of fluff.

So, we say hello to a fine young tenor in Jun-Sang Han and goodbye to a once glorious mezzo, Jennifer Larmore. *Let’s pause a minute on what it takes to have a long and exciting career in opera. First, of course, there’s a good voice.

Second, good health. (You can’t be cancelling performances all the time.) Then, there’s musicianship. And a perfect technique, confidence, decent acting chops, a good work ethic (hard work!), a passion for music and performing, and on and on.

Last, but not least is the physical strength and energy to support the kind of breath control required to make the voice strong and healthy. Age inevitably takes away that strength. Very few singers get to 60 and still perform at their best. Consider what it takes, and enjoy all the more the greatest singers when they come along and manage to stay with us for a wonderful, long career.

Even Maria Callas, who many consider the greatest opera singer ever, stumbled and had to quit way too soon. The cause of her early retirement has been debated over and over: too much weight loss? too much partying? a flawed vocal technique? etc. A great singer who stays in good vocal health over the decades is indeed cause for celebration!

Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at rmp62@columbia.edu.

Celebrating 41 Years!

Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund announces 5th annual “Home for the Holidays” benefit concert line-up in NYC

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor

Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Fund (www.truecolorsfund.org) announced earlier this week the lineup for its 5th annual “Cyndi Lauper & Friends: Home for the Holidays” benefit concert December 5 at New York City’s historic Beacon Theatre to raise awareness about LGBT youth homelessness. Each year, the Emmy-Award winning artist donates 100 percent of the net proceeds from the concert to the True Colors Fund’s programs.

This year, Cyndi Lauper will be joined on stage by iconic openly Gay DJ and front man to the Grammy winning 1980’s band Culture Club, Boy George; country music sensation, Cam; weekly podcast host and award winning comedian and writer, Judy Gold; R&B and jazz recording artist, songwriter and actress, Ledisi; three-time American Grammy Award-winning blues musician, Keb’ Mo’; producer and actress Sharon Osbourne; front man of rock band New Found Glory, Jordan Pundik; Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora and his girlfriend Orianthi; one half of the beloved and legendary songwriter/producers and performers Ashford & Simpson, Valerie Simpson; multi-award winning singer from NYC, Anne Steele; Kinky Boots Broadway star Joey Taranto; musician, songwriter and gender-bending designer, Justin Tranter; singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and front man for Indie Rock band The War on Drugs, Kurt Vile; and host, fashion expert on the American television program “Queer Eye,” Carson Kressley. Additional guests will be announced shortly say officials. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com.

“For the fifth year, ‘Home for the Holidays’ will feature an incredible night of performances in support of gay, lesbian, bi-

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day classics. Audience members are encouraged to arrive early as one never knows who might be joining the pre-show fun in the lobby.

“We’re delighted to welcome Jerick and Richard back to Seattle Rep with this outrageous new show,” commented Artistic Director Braden Abraham. “This is going to be a holiday party our audiences won’t soon forget.”

The Jinkx Monsoon persona is a career endeavor that began when Hoffer was fifteen and is a manifestation of years of practice. “She is definitely a zany, off-the-wall, irreverent, gorgeous anachronism,” comments Hoffer. He adds, “She simply refuses to let her audience sit idle; she is a powerhouse of song and comedy, igniting her audiences in a frenzy of laughter and sexual tension.”

Jerick Hoffer graduated summa cum laude with a degree in theatrical performance from Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle. Hoffer has been performing since graduation in various roles throughout the Seattle theater scene, but most notably as his drag persona, Jinkx Monsoon. Jinkx Monsoon is a distinctly Seattle-styled performer, possessing what RuPaul describes as “a stage left, off-center kind of quality.”

With ten years of experience on stage, Hoffer is a seasoned Portland-born entertainer who has captured the attention of his native Northwest region. Jinkx Monsoon, however, was able to capture the hearts of viewers worldwide when she won Season 5 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

sexual, and transgender youth experiencing homelessness,” said Lauper, co-founder of the True Colors Fund. “I’m so grateful for the artists who will donate their time and talents this December in support of a cause that we can’t ignore. This concert will enable the True Colors Fund to continue our work to create a world in which all kids can be their true selves. I can’t wait.”

In America, up to 40 percent of the 1.6 million youth that are homeless each year identify as LGBT. Yet, only up to seven percent of the general youth population is LGBT. The most cited reason for this disproportionate rate is family rejection due to the young person’s sexual orientation or gender identity.

Co-founded by Cyndi Lauper, the True Colors Fund works to end homelessness among LGBT youth, creating a world in which young people can be their true selves. The True Colors Fund is focused on raising public awareness, advocating within government, conducting research, working collaboratively with young people, and organizing communities to develop solutions to prevent and end LGBT youth homelessness.

Some highlights of the True Colors Fund’s work this year include: • Launching the first #40toNoneDay, a national day to raise awareness about LGBT youth homelessness, which reached over 17 million people online.

• Partnering with The White House to conduct a Policy Briefing on Youth Homelessness to help prioritize the needs of youth experiencing homelessness within the Federal Government.

• True Colors Fund co-founder Cyndi Lauper testifying in the Senate on the need for additional resources for communities to address youth homelessness and for safe and inclusive services for LGBT youth.

Extraordinarily real, some audiences have not yet decided whether Jinkx is a woman or a drag queen. Combating humble beginnings, struggling for social status, raising a homosexual son striving for fame as a comedian, this well-developed character has attained more than acclaim, she has taken on a life of her own.

Hoffer has been fortunate enough to work with multiple theaters in Seattle; in 2012, he found his foothold in musical theater, playing Moritz in Spring Awakening (Balagan Theatre) and Angel in RENT (The 5th Avenue Theatre). In 2013, Hoffer played Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Balagan Theatre/Seattle Theatre Group), for which he won the Gregory Award for outstanding performance in a musical. His most beloved role was Velma Von Tussle in The 5th Avenue Theatre’s concert version of Hairspray. A trained singer, Hoffer is half of the musical duo The Vaudevillians, a 1920s revival act.

Richard Andriessen (aka Major Scales) is a writer, composer and performer from Seattle. He co-wrote and stars in the offBroadway sleeper hit The Vaudevillians, which was last performed at Seattle Rep. Major recently finished a three-month tour of his “The Inevitable Concert” tour with Jinkx Monsoon, featuring music of his from their The Inevitable Album, available on iTunes and Amazon. He has contributed original music to venues throughout Washington, from the Tony Award-winning Intiman Theatre to “Hump,” Seattle’s premier amateur adult film festival. Richard holds a B.F.A. in Theater from Cornish College of the Arts.

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• Continuing to provide free tools, resources, and training through its Forty to None Network to service providers and communities around the country to aid them in providing safe, inclusive, and welcoming support to LGBT youth experiencing homelessness.

• Holding the second annual sold-out Forty to None Summit, the only national annual gathering to discuss innovative solutions to ending LGBT youth homelessness in America.

• Launching the True Fellowship, which provides young LGBT leaders who have experienced homelessness and housing instability with leadership training as they conduct six-month service projects in their communities.

• In conjunction with “Home for the Holidays,” releasing its annual 40 of the

Forty list, which highlights 40 LGBT young people who have experiences with homelessness and provides them with opportunities to be engaged in the organization’s work.

“Home for the Holidays” is proud to have the support of Platinum Sponsors Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP; American Airlines; and Van Gogh Vodka, Gold Sponsors Cadillac; The Estée Lauder Companies; and Jujamcyn Theaters, and Silver Sponsors Barclays; Capital One; Johnson & Johnson; Keith Bell, Licensed Acupuncturist; Kinky Boots; The Madison Square Garden Company; Reveal; and USA Network’s Characters Unite.

WHERE: Seattle Repertory Theatre’s Leo K. Theatre, located at Seattle Center at the corner of Second Ave. and Mercer St., Seattle, Washington TICKETS: Tickets to Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Unwrapped are now on sale and start at $34. Discounted tickets for groups of 10 or more may be purchased by calling 206-443-2224. For ticket reservations, call the Seattle Repertory Theatre Box Office at 206-443-2222 or toll-free at 877-900-9285, or go online at www.seattlerep.org.

Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales – Photo by Santiago Felipe

“Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Unwrapped” WHAT: Seattle drag artists Jinkx Monsoon and Major Scales bring their new holiday show Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scales: Unwrapped to Seattle Rep.

Seattle Repertory Theatre was founded in 1963 and is currently led by Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. One of America’s premier non-profit resident theatres, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops and special presentations.

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WHEN: Nov. 25-Dec. 13, 2015. Performance times: Wednesday, Thursday and select Fridays at 8 p.m., select Friday and Saturdays at 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

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Three writers added to Seattle Rep’s Writers Group for 2015-16 Cycle First all-female roster includes Trista Baldwin, Keiko Green and Y York Seattle Repertory Theatre has announced the addition of playwrights Trista Baldwin, Keiko Green and Y York to Seattle Rep’s Writers Group. These three playwrights will join writers Josh Beerman, Karen Hartman and Courtney Meaker, all of whom will participate for a second year in 2015–16.

The Writers Group, now in its sixth year at Seattle Rep, provides a structure for playwrights to challenge, encourage and motivate each other through an extended conversation about their work. Through this program, Seattle Rep aims to foster the talent of Northwest playwrights at all stages of their careers, from emerging new voices to established professionals.

Each playwright has been awarded a one-year residency, during which they receive a modest stipend, attend bi-weekly group meetings, and have access to Seattle Rep resources. The residency culminates in spring 2016 with public staged readings of their completed works at the Rep. “Once again, it is a pleasure to welcome another talented group of playwrights to the Rep,” Artistic Director Braden Abraham commented. “This is an exciting and diverse group of writers and I know they will benefit from close collaboration with their peers.”

Annex Theatre, College of Southern Nevada Theatre, and Bainbridge Performing Arts. Keiko has written shorter pieces for Seattle companies like Horse in Motion, Theater Schmeater, Playing in Progress,

Trista Baldwin’s plays include Patty Red Pants, Sand, American Sexy, Doe and Kill Me Don’t Go, produced by companies including The Flea, The Guthrie, Women’s Project, New Georges, BPP, Circle X, Bricolage, Red Eye, Live Girls!, and internationally with Tokyo Theater Festival and the Santiago a Mil festival in Chile. Trista is the recipient of a McKnight Advancement Grant, two Jerome Fellowships, a Performing Arts Japan grant from the Japan Foundation, and is a Core Writer alumna of The Playwrights’ Center. Trista’s work has also been developed with the frequent support of The Lark New Play Development Center in New York, the Bay Area Playwrights’ Foundation, Tofte Lake Center and the Saison Foundation, in residence at Tokyo’s Morishita Studio. An alum of Seattle Children’s Theatre, Trista holds a BA from The Evergreen State College and an MFA from Arizona State. Trista has taught dramatic writing at St. Cloud State University in Minneapolis and co-founded the Workhaus Collective playwrights’ theater company in New York City. Her work is published by Heinemann and Playscripts.

Wily West Productions, Island Theatre, and the Seattle One-Minute Play Festival. She is currently working with playwright Bret Fetzer on the full-length play Puny Humans, which will be making its world premiere at Annex Theatre in spring 2016. She has previously worked with Seattle Repertory Theatre as an actor in The Comparables in March 2015. Keiko is a company member of Seattle’s new theatre company Red Stage, which focuses on emerging playwrights and new works.

Keiko Green is a Seattle-based playwright and performer. She received her BFA in Experimental Theater from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

Most recently, she wrote the book and lyrics for the musical Bunnies (Annex Theatre), which made its world premiere in Seattle in April 2015. Her one-act Operation Hibernation premiered in the 2013 Seattle Fringe Festival and was nominated for Best New Play by Broadway World Seattle. Previous full-length works include Acedia (cowriter; TinLily Productions, NYC; 2011), as well as the independently produced Freak Playground (Seattle; 2012) and Life.

Cycle (Seattle; 2013). Her 10-minute play Experience Points has been performed at

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in the early 1990s at House of Dames. Y’s plays have been featured at Provincetown Playhouse New Works Festival, Kennedy Center New Visions/New Voices, ASK Theatre Projects, San Jose Rep’s New

ton’s Buzzy for best new play for Woof. Y’s current projects include The Up Side of Down, a musical with Northwest composer Amanda Jacobs, and Thumbelina for SCT. She still lives with Mark Lutwak to whom many things are dedicated..

Seattle Rep’s New Play Program is the theatre’s formalized program dedicated to cultivating new voices and presenting world premieres by some of the country’s top playwrights. The program encompasses a robust commissioning division, a rigorous calendar of developmental readings and workshops, and a six-member Writers Group. Recent world premieres to emerge from the New Play Program include Samuel D. Hunter’s A Great Wilderness (2014), David Pichette’s and R. Hamilton Wright’s adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles (2013), Elizabeth Heffron’s Bo-Nita (2013), Cheryl L. West’s Pullman Porter Blues (2012), Bill Cain’s How to Write a New Book for the Bible (2012), and An Iliad

by Denis O’Hare and Lisa Peterson (2010).

2015-2016 Season Writers Group Members: Back row (l-r) Courtney Meaker, Karen Hartman, Trista Baldwin, Front row (l-r) Josh Beerman, Y York, Keiko Green – Photo by Angela Nickerson Courtesy of Seattle Repertory Theatre

America Plays Festival, New Harmony Project, Arena Stage’s PlayQuest, Sundance Playwrights Lab and Mark Taper Forum’s New Works Festival. She has been commissioned and/or produced by Seattle Children’s Theatre (SCT) numerous times for works such as Mask of the Unicorn Warrior, Nothing is the Same, and her adaptations of Getting Near to Baby, Crash and The Garden of Rikki Tikki Tavi. SCT opened their Charlotte Martin Theatre with Afternoon of the Elves, and Seattle Group Theatre premiered The Snowflake

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Y York moved to Seattle from New York in the late 1980s, moved away in 1999 and returned again this year. A well-known playwright in the local Seattle community, her plays have been read and work-shopped at Seattle Rep, Annex Theatre, ACT and The Empty Space and she had a regular slot

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Avalanche to inaugurate their new Center House space. Theatre Under the Influence premiered It Comes Around before she left for Hawai’i in 1999. An award-winning playwright, Y received the Smith Prize for Political Theatre (National New Play Network) for ...and LA is Burning and Hous-

Seattle Repertory Theatre is grateful to the many visionary supporters who have helped new works find their way to the page and stage in Seattle and beyond. We thank the following individuals and foundations for their leadership support of new play development over the last four years: the Edgerton Foundation, the Ford Foundation, Glenn Kawasaki, Marcella McCaffray, Theatre Forward, Valerie and David Robinson, and Janet and Doug True.

Upcoming Events: Following a midterm play development workshop, excerpts from current projects being developed by the Writers Group will be read and performed by members of the University of Washington’s MFA acting program.

Readings will take place at the Penthouse Theatre (University of Washington) on Saturday, February 13, 2016 (7:30 p.m.) and Sunday, February 14, 2016 (2 p.m.).

Readings of the full plays developed by the Writers Group will be presented at Seattle Repertory Theatre June 3-5, 2016.

More information about the Writers Group is available at www.seattlerep.org/ NewPlays.

Seattle Repertory Theatre was founded in 1963 and is currently led by Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann. One of America’s premier non-profit resident theatres, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre. With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops and special presentations.

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then four decades the film has delighted people, to the point where it is played in a 24-hour marathon during the holiday season. The acclaimed team of Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote the stage musical – which is based on an actual true story.

While the musical is frequently produced during the holiday season as well, it is wise to note there are several differences between the movie and the original musical.

Beyond any discrepancies between stage and screen are the innumerable liberties taken that have changed the original story on which both are based.

Both stage and film versions stay accurate...to each other, at least in most parts.

A young nun postulate named Maria is sent to be a Governess for Captain Georg von Trapp’s seven children. The Captain is a decorated officer, now retired from the Austrian navy. He is stern, cold, and distant since his first wife died. The children (five girls – including youngest and eldest, and two boys) are resentful of Maria, but they quickly become endeared to each other when the young nun teaches the children to sing. The Captain is at first angry, but when the children show their affection for Maria, his feelings transfer from his fiancée (Baroness Schrader) to the governess. Maria and Georg marry and return from their honeymoon to find the Nazi occupation of Austria has occurred. Georg is requested to join the Nazi party and resume his position in their navy. Using the Salzburg music festival as cover, the Captain, children and Maria hide out at Nonnberg Abbey (where Maria was postulate) and eventually, escape (in the middle of the night) over the Alps to Switzerland.

That is the version we have come to know from stage and screen. As can be expected there are slight differences when a stage musical transfers to the silver screen.

While the show was embraced, the original production was considered (by most) to be the weakest Rodgers/Hammerstein on stage. Mary Martin (who originally played Maria) kept company with Maria von Trapp to observe mannerisms of every day life. So much in fact, that on opening night Maria stood in the audience and took bows at the curtain call. Two songs were written for the movie that were NOT in the original production (and are very rarely included in any stage production). Richard Rodgers wrote both “I Have Confidence” and “Something

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Good” since Oscar Hammerstein had died nine months after the Broadway opening.

(The last song Hammerstein wrote for was “Edelweiss,” a song written for the musical and it has nothing to do with any Austrian anthem). The song “Do-Re-Me” is rather a banal scene on stage while the movie made it a huge number showing scenes of the city of Salzburg. The songs “No Way To Stop It” and “How Can Love Survive?” (both sung by Georg, Uncle Max and the Baroness) were cut from the film. The stage song “An Ordinary Couple” was cut and exchanged for “Something Good.”

The story is cherished by U.S. citizens of all ages. It is viewed as a heartfelt and inspiring tale. The problem is it is far from accurate. When it comes to The Sound of Music and the real story of the Von Trapp family, there are very few facts that the stories have in common.

THE FACTS: • Maria was a nun postulate at the Benedictine order of Nonnberg Abbey • Her Mother Superior sent Maria to the home of Captain von Trapp to teach • Maria and Georg eventually married • To avoid enlisting in the Nazi party the family leaves Austria • The Von Trapp Family Singers perform internationally Really, that’s it. The actual story of the Von Trapp family has little to do with the musical we know today. It is dramatic in its own way, with major liberties taken in every field.

Maria Augusta Kutschera was born in 1905 in Austria. She was orphaned by age seven and came to be a postulate at Nonnberg Abbey when she was 19 years old.

Because of her strict behavior and teacher’s education, Maria was chosen by her Mother Superior to become tutor to the third eldest child of Captain Georg von Trapp, a girl named Maria who was recovering from scarlet fever.

Georg von Trapp was already 51 years old when he requested help from Nonnberg Abbey. He was a gentle man, laughing often, and proud of his children’s musical abilities, himself being accomplished on the violin. In a letter written before Maria’s arrival he wrote, “the children do nothing but make music.” When his wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever, the captain stopped playing the violin but encouraged the seven children to continue with their musical interests. The children (from eldest to youngest) were: Rupert, Agathe, Maria, Werner, Hedwig, Johanna, and Martina.

The postulate Maria arrived when she was 26 years old (25 years younger than Georg) to take care of the Captain’s daughter and became close to the girl, as well as to the other children. Georg took notice. It was Georg’s fiancée Princess Yvonne (Baroness Shraeder is fictional), a cousin of his first wife, Agatha Whitehead, that revealed Georg’s feeling to Maria, and Maria ran back to the abbey. The Mother Superior heavily implied that it was God’s will to marry the Captain, and pushed the young postulate back to Salzburg instead of letting her pursue her ambitions of being a nun.

In her autobiography, Maria, My Own Story (Creation House, 1972) von Trapp writes about the Captain’s proposal: “...at that time I really and truly was not in love.

I liked him but didn’t love him. However, I loved the children, and so in a way I really married the children.” (p. 59) She continues about how she was angry with God that this was His plan for her. “I felt betrayed – betrayed by the One to whom I had vowed my life and my future, whose will I was eager to do, and whose faithfulness I was so sure.” (p. 61) The two were married in 1927 adding three more children – Rosmarie, Eleonore, and (later in 1939) Johannes. The family faced financial ruin in 1935 when the effects of the Depression swept through the banks of Austria, and to help make ends meet rented out parts of their house and sang as a family in public. (Uncle Max is fictional.) After being invited to join the Third Reich’s Navy, the von Trapp’s decided to leave Austria. They packed their belongings, and in the late morning hours, walked to the train station at the end of their property. There they comfortably (and in First Class) traveled to Italy, performing around “free-Europe” as “The Trapp Family Singers.”

The von Trapp family moved to Vermont in the early 1940s, saying it reminded them of the mountains back in Austria. Maria became a stern manager of the group, and after the Captain’s death in 1947 allegedly ruled the family with a strict fist.

(Maria has been compared more to the character “Mama Rose” than her alternative stage persona, and wouldn’t let any of the children date – for fear they’d break up the group. Allegedly, two of the eldest children ran away to elope). The family singing group disbanded in 1957 after creating several recordings and touring the world.

Maria eventually would sell the rights of her book to a German company. Not being savvy in the world of business, she inadvertently signed away all rights of her story. It would be from the German company that all other rights would be bought, allotting the actual von Trapp family little of the profits from either stage or film versions.

Captain Georg von Trapp (Hans Altwies, left) and Maria Rainer (Kirsten deLohr Helland, right) with all the von Trapp children: Liesl (Shaye Hodgins), Friedrich (Mark Jeffery James Weber), Louisa (Victoria Smith), Kurt (Coleman Hunter), Briggita (Aubrey Thomas), Marta (Isabel Menna), and Gretl (Kendall Bonham) – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

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a bit more human.

Standley does Eliza justice, most particularly in the spectacular, iconic songs she sings once she arrives at Higgins’ estate.

She could use a bit more distinct diction in the more difficult to understand beginning songs, though her acting throughout is lively and alive.

In case you don’t know the basic story, a recap. An upper class British phoneticist bumps into a cockney flower girl and bets a friend that he can turn her into a princess in six months. Through tribulation and struggle, eventually the flower girl goes to a great ball and charms everyone. In the process, do the professor and the flower girl

fall in love? Only the slippers know.

The costumes Cynthia Savage cloaks everyone in are sumptuous to behold. They are so fun that the audience’s reaction to the opening curtain is often to applaud! (The one shortcoming though is the moment when Eliza appears dressed for the ball – with swoopy embellishments that veer away from the desired bombshell look, just a bit.)

The talent in this show is so good that you just feel you’re in the right hands, relaxing into the show like a familiar pillow.

The ensemble is clearly having fun, which makes everything look loverly.

Gretchen Krich bustles about ordering the Higgins manse with dispatch as Mrs. Pearce, the housekeeper. John Patrick Lowrie lays the rascal father Alfred P. Doolittle on thick and fun. Randy Scholz sings gor-

geously as the lovesick, silly Freddie. Dan Kremers is exactly on point as Col. Pickering, with gentle manners and gusto for the bet. Andrew Eric Davison has several little roles, but his bass role in the quartet stands out.

The most delicious small-role moments were from Priscilla Hake Lauris as Mama Higgins. Her slow takes and properly gentile asides were hysterical. The only moment that fell short was her last, where it was clear that director Brian Yorkey inserted a few too many “jokey” jokes (an unfortunately long telephone cord was another).

Aside from overdoing the physical comedy a bit, Yorkey’s choices were generally sound.

Kathryn van Meter’s choreography was absolutely spot on. The stiff-upper-lip Britishism translated into the dancing with

precise movements and simultaneous head turns. Bill Forrester’s set is sometimes a bit flat, but pretty. The basic drawing room set is lovely, with a long curving staircase and plentiful doors to pop in and out of.

This is a jolly good time, though be aware it’s a jolly good long time, clocking in at just under three hours. If you really want to spend time away from home, this is just the ticket! Also, perfect for the holidays and great for all but the very youngest ages.

For more information, go to www.villagetheatre.org or call 425-392-2202.

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Katniss Everdeen’s Hunger Games come to a climax symbol and a bloodthirsty tyrant to their own personal advantage.

It will be interesting to see how mass audiences respond to all of this, because although this second half of the final story is more action-heavy than the relatively subdued and melodramatic The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I, the mood is just as dour as ever. To their credit, the filmmakers match the tone of Collins’ book more or less all the way through (save for a subtle – yet important – change during the closing seconds), attempting to craft a war-torn parable that has more in Liam Hemsworth and Jennifer Lawrence star in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part II – Lionsgate common with Platoon or thor Suzanne Collins’ best-selling series. Apocalypse Now than it does to Star Wars

by Sara Michelle Fetters Screenwriters Danny Strong (Lee Daniels’ or The Lord of the Rings trilogy. There is SGN A&E Writer The Butler) and Peter Craig (The Town) a cost to revolution, a psychological scar to pick things up right where the last film battle that lingers long after the fight has THE HUNGER GAMES: ended, director Francis Lawrence (Water come to an end, and while the outcome MOCKINGJAY – PART II Now playing for Elephants) daringly starting things on a might be what is best for a nation, what static shot of Katniss staring into the pain- securing victory does to those living and Panem is in full revolution, only the fall ful unknown as doctors treat her bruised dying to achieve it is tragically difficult to of District 2’s military stronghold remains and swollen neck. The stakes are imme- measure.

Not that the film is some massively debefore a final assault on the Capitol can diately apparent, especially after her little commence. But Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer sister Primrose (Willow Shields) is asked pressing antiwar epic devoid of levity, light Lawrence), the Mockingjay, the figurehead to check on Peeta caged like an animal in or fun. While Lawrence does go out of his and inspirational leader who through her a snow-white hospital room, his fractured way to keep the tone darker, more menacefforts in two Hunger Games helped spur mental condition a precursor to the psycho- ing this time out, he also understands exactly who is buttering his bread. He managan entire nation into civil war, is still recov- logical mind games to come.

The majority of the action during this es to craft a couple of sensational action set ering from the injuries she suffered via the troubled hands of none other than her fel- climactic chapter revolves around Katniss’ pieces, the best of which involves Katniss low District 12 tribute, Peeta Mellark (Josh overriding desire to take the battle directly and a platoon of fellow soldiers – which Hutcherson). Her worry for him is coupled to President Snow, this paralleled by the includes videographer Cressida (Natalie only with her ferocious anger directed at despot’s obsession with seeing her de- Dormer), her cameraman Pollux (Elden President Snow (Donald Sutherland), what stroyed, hopefully live and on-air for all of Henson), 75th Hunger Games ally Finnick he did to twist the mind of her closest ally Panem to see. Behind the scenes, however, (Sam Claflin) and, most ominously, Peeta – against her only a drop in the bucket as far the political machinations of the rebel lead- fighting it out against an onslaught of genetas the sins he’s committed against her and ers, most notably by District 13 President ically modified aberrations underneath the Alma Coin (Julianne Moore), are wildly streets of the Capitol. The director pushes the rest of Panem are concerned.

Thus begins The Hunger Games: Mock- raging, some plotting how best to use this the boundaries of his PG-13 rating as far as ingjay – Part II, the final chapter in au- battle of wills between a revolutionary he can, amplifying tension and augmenting

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suspense, allowing for a handful of genuine surprises even for those who’ve read Collins’ novel cover-to-cover multiple times.

Yet there is a disconnect, an inability to fully invest in what is taking place that is moderately annoying. Over the course of four pictures, while Katniss’ affections for her sister are obvious, Prim herself remains frustratingly one-dimensional, never making her mark upon the proceedings in ways that, by the time things begin to wrap themselves up, need to emotionally matter. On top of that, Alma Coin’s intentions are obvious to anyone with even an ounce of brain matter, Moore not hiding the rebel leader’s intentions or thirst for power one iota. It dilutes the emotional power of the final sequences far more than is comfortable, my attachment to what was taking place, as well as to Katniss herself, dulled a fair amount because of this.

Even so, Jennifer Lawrence is once more superb as the troubled heroine, giving herself over completely to the character and her travails in ways that utilize every ounce of her tremendous talents. There is a priceless scene between her and Shields dancing at a wedding, one with no dialogue, only the sounds of music being played and the stomping feet of the revelers surrounding them, that is stunning, the Oscar-winner running the full gamut of the human condition in the span of a precious few seconds. Lawrence manages moments like this throughout, her interior struggles as they pertain to all Katniss is experiencing glorious first scene to last.

Is this final installment as excellent as either The Hunger Games or The Hunger Games: Catching Fire? Sadly, no; the film coming up a little short in too many areas for that to be so. But it’s still a strong effort, and I respect the heck out of the filmmakers’ collective efforts to maintain thematic fidelity to the overarching ideas Collins’ novels deftly end up exploring. While the weight and poignancy of these themes are moderately diluted, the fact The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part II goes there at all is a thing to be applauded, Katniss’ fight never in vain, even if the pain it ultimately causes her will live inside the heroine for the rest of her life.

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Inspirational 33 an uneven story of survival

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE 33 Now playing The entire world knows the story of the 33 Chilean miners who, after 69 days trapped underground in a collapsed mine, emerged from out of the earth on October 13, 2010. Everyone watched in rapt fascination as, one-by-one, they came up from out of the ground, met by the cheers of their worried families and given a hero’s welcome as they were draped in their country’s flag. It was a stunning, life-affirming moment, showcasing the power of the human spirit and the depth and breadth of worldwide initiative in a way bordering on the supernatural.

Based on Hector Tobar’s best-selling book Deep Dark Down, the new inspirational drama The 33 is a big studio, internationally cast epic that attempts to tell this story both from the perspective of the miners as well as those tirelessly working on the surface trying to rescue them.

With a screen story worked out by Jose Rivera (The Motorcycle Diaries) and a script credited to three writers, Mikko Alanne (5 Days of War), Craig Borten (Dallas Buyers Club) and Michael Thomas (Ladyhawke), the movie waffles between amazing and annoying, never finding common ground between the two. As such it fails to live up to its potential, rarely becoming the celebration of grit, determination and ingenuity that it so obviously wants to be.

But it isn’t a total loss. Far from it. The stuff down within the mine is glorious, achieving a level of graceful, emotionfueled tension that’s palpable even though the outcome for the trapped miners is never in doubt. Antonio Banderas and Lou Dia-

mond Phillips are the two most identifiable faces (although many who fill up the remainder of this faction of the ensemble will be recognizable to fans of international cinema), both doing a fine job in their respective roles.

The former, in particular, gives a stupendous performance as Mario Sepúlveda, the man who for a variety reasons becomes the figurehead for the group once communication had finally been established. Same time, I do not want to shortchange Phillips, the Hollywood veteran not exactly given a lot of plum roles in the decades since La Bamba, Stand and Deliver and Young Guns made their respective marks so to say he makes the most of what is offered him here is a decided understatement.

It’s the other half of the movie where the problems lie, everything with the families, the government officials and the engineers tasked with getting the trapped men to safety a melodramatic slog that’s amazingly difficult to deal with. Some of the actors, most notably Rodrigo Santoro, as a Chilean bigwig intent on producing a miracle, and Gabriel Byrne, as a veteran engineer who slowly but surely becomes obsessed with doing the impossible, rise to the challenge.

Others, like an oddly cast Juliette Binoche, as the empanada-selling big sister of one of the miners, and Bob Gunton, as Chilean President Piñera, don’t do near as well, the script handing them contrived, horribly

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ill-conceived caricatures to play that they sadly do precious little of value with.

The screenplay is the problem. The stuff revolving around the rescue is hackneyed hokum, Hollywood cheese whiz that’s tired, impersonal and filled with false emotional beats bordering on insulting. Director Patricia Riggen (Girl in Progress) does what she can, but there’s not a lot of room for her to navigate, these conversations following such a corny, worn-out path I’m not sure they could have been saved no matter what. It’s oddly unpleasant, spending time with the families and with the rescue workers, and even actresses as talented as Adriana Barraza, Kate del Castillo, Elizabeth De Razzo and Naomi Scott can do little to make things better.

Thankfully, the stuff in the mine is wonderful. Riggen appears to be energized by these sequences. She and cinematographer Checco Varese (Prom Night) come up with visual compositions that both mirror

the deteriorating physical and mental condition of the miners while also augmenting the ethereal, otherworldly beauty of the perilous underworld they find themselves trapped within. There is suspense during these moments, there is tension, but, more than that, there is humanity, the way in which these men learn to communicate one with the other heartfelt and honest in ways the stuff above ground never is.

It is for these reasons I find myself willing to cut The 33 all kinds of slack. While the elements that do not work frustrate, the stuff revolving around those who truly deserve to be labeled as heroes, thankfully, never is. Their story has weight, it has meaning, and with everything pulsating to the delicate, emotionally pure refrains of late composer James Horner’s (Southpaw, Titanic) final score, the miners’ collective triumph ends up being a rousing celebration of all that’s good and decent in this world I could not help but be moved by.

Overwrought My All American fails to score

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer MY ALL AMERICAN Now playing Freddie Joe Steinmark was the starting safety for the University of Texas football team during the 1968 and 1969 collegiate seasons. In ’69, he helped lead his team to a National Championship, the UT Longhorns defeating the Arkansas Razorbacks 15-14 in what has since become known as the “Game of the Century,” the team going on to complete their undefeated season against Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl Classic 20 days later on New Year’s Day. This history lesson is relevant because Hoosiers and Rudy screenwriter Angelo Pizzo is making his directorial debut with My All American, a biography of the iconic college great that follows the undersized athlete (he was 5’ 9” and 150 pounds) from his time as a Colorado High School star to eventually becoming a Texas legend. But football is only a small part of the story, the big turn of events being what happened after that so-called Game of the Century, what all assumed was nothing more than a painful leg injury proving to be a cancerous tumor requiring the removal of Steinmark’s leg just below the hip.

It is an interesting story, one that by all accounts deserves to sit alongside Brian’s Song, Bang the Drum Story and The Pride of the Yankees as a saga of sports field in-

spiration born out of unspeakable tragedy.

By all accounts Pizzo seems like the right man for the job, his scripts for both Hoosiers and Rudy, the former in particular, showcasing an ability to bring to life a time and a place as if events being depicted were happening yesterday. He has a knack for channeling characters born of these bygone eras, and while he’s not above embracing the inherent melodrama coursing through all of these tales he manages to do so with a subtle elegance that’s undeniably eloquent.

But his past two successes were directed

by David Anspaugh, and his skills behind the camera and in relating to his actors, born out of his early television days captaining “Hill Street Blues” and “St. Elsewhere,” cannot be underestimated. His gift was understatement, knowing just how to utilize two magnificent Jerry Goldsmith scores while also urging the likes of Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper, Barbara Hershey, Sean Astin, Ned Beatty and Charles S. Dutton to deliver mesmerizing performances ranking up there with all of their all-time bests.

Pizzo the director, at least right now, cannot say the same. He slathers John Paesano’s (Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials) overwrought scores everywhere, augmenting every emotion with a sledgehammer when something lighter than a feather would have worked just fine. He telegraphs every twist, every turn with the subtlety of a mechanical monkey clapping its cymbals together with no apparent willingness to

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stop, while attempts to bring in socially relevant period details, most notably anything related to the Vietnam War, go over like a lead balloon.

There is some nice casting. Finn Wittrock, fresh off of an Emmy nomination for the fourth season of “American Horror Story,” is all sunny pep, enthusiasm and principled tenacity as Steinmark, slipping into the role of the driven football hero effortlessly. Even better is Sarah Bolger as devoted girlfriend Linda Wheeler. A long way from stealing our hearts as a precocious child actress in 2002’s In America, the youngster has very much started to come of age, and even if Pizzo’s script doesn’t give her a ton more to do than be the loving woman in the footballer’s life she infuses every scene with an irresistible resolve that’s sublime. The pair are an enchanting couple, making the tragedies to come all that more effective, heartbreaking and, yes, inspirational because of this.

It should also be said that the football scenes are staged with outstanding skill.

Taking a page out of what he and Anspaugh learned shooting Hoosiers, Pizzo populates the supporting cast with athletes instead of actors, turning all of them over to second unit director and veteran sports-themed film stunt coordinator Michael J. Fisher (The Blind Side, Moneyball) in order to stage reenactments of Longhorn games that are as dynamic as they are thrilling.

The national championship game against Arkansas is particularly amazing, the film-

makers achieving a level of on-the-field verisimilitude that’s undeniably impressive.

But Aaron Eckhart growls and scowls his way through things, portraying legendary Texas football coach Darrell Royal with plenty of bluster yet little else. Robin Tunney and Michael Reilly Burke get an even shorter straw, their time as Steinmark’s dedicated parents Gloria and Fred fairly worthless as far as the bigger picture is concerned. There’s also a key subplot involving best friend and fellow Longhorn player Bobby Mitchell (admittedly well-portrayed

by Rhett Terrell) that never feels as authentic as it needs to, especially considering the key role he ends up playing as far as Steinmark’s recovery from surgery is concerned.

Freddie Joe Steinmark’s story is an incredible one. I completely understand why the University of Texas continues to celebrate the man and his life four-plus decades after his death. Thing is, while Pizzo’s heart is in the right place, he just can’t seem to get inside this particularly story in the same way he did with both Hoosiers and Rudy. On top of that, he lets the melodrama driving the narrative overwhelm things, losing sight of the complexity of his characters in the process. My All American means well, and as a film it isn’t without merit; sadly there just isn’t enough of it for this inspirational sports story to ultimately emerge victorious.

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SATURDAY - November 21

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.

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary.

Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP, 309-0510 or www.longhair.shorturl.com “The Taste of GSBA - Cabaret.” 5:30pm - small plates, silent auctions, Wine District, hosted drinks; 7pm ‑ fourcourse dinner, live auction, and show-stopping Broadway musical entertainment. Sheraton Seattle Hotel, 1400 6th Ave. Special guest entertainment: Robbie Turner. Black tie or red carpet glamour attire requested.

The entire night benefits the GSBA scholarship fund.

Tickets: $250 individual. www.thegsba.org; 363-9188.

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.oasisyouthc enter.org.

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

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks.

For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Out to Dance: Dance Double Feature (11/12-11/15 & 11/19-11/22). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A Queer dance double feature including “TwoFold Pulp” ‑from Ariana Bird & “Kiss the Boys, Make Them Cry: Iteration 2 (cryinboyzclub)” from Nathan Blackwell. Includes nudity, explicit content & consumption of alcohol. Tickets: General admission $15, sponsor $20, students& seniors $12. strangertickets.com/ events/29689117/out-to-dance-doublefeature Riip & Vic Together At Last! Doors 6pm, Show 7pm.

Egan’s Ballard Jam House, 1707 NW Market St. Victor Janusz & Christine Noel Riippi deliver a one-night-only cabaret show. $12 in advance, $15 day of the show. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2444467 Transgender Day of Remembrance. 7pm. First United Methodist Church of Bellevue, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. The church choir will perform “Requiem” by Ezekiel and Claire Michelle Burgess will perform “True Colors.”

SUNDAY - November 22

For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ sgn.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. Services 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 5751 33rd Ave NE. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school;” 9:45am worship. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. 525-7988.

Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am-Sunday Services.

200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org.

Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am-Zazen Instruction, 9:30amZazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30amWorship, 11am-Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org

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November 21 thru November 29 writersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd Tuesday, 7pm.)

Rain City Jacks. 4th Sunday each month at 1pm; 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Membership required. Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www. raincityjacks.org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035.

Grace Gospel Chapel. 2pm-Worship. Gift of Grace Lutheran Church, 2102 N 40th St. Oldest independent church ministering primarily to the Gay & Lesbian community. An exciting fellowship ... a place to believe, a place to belong. 784-8495.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. 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 Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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 & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.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.

Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm-Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of LGBT Episcopalians. (425) 226-2746.

Out to Dance: Dance Double Feature (11/12-11/15 & 11/19-11/22). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A Queer dance double feature including “TwoFold Pulp” ‑from Ariana Bird & “Kiss the Boys, Make Them Cry: Iteration 2 (cryinboyzclub)” from Nathan Blackwell. Includes nudity, explicit content & consumption of alcohol. Tickets: General admission $15, sponsor $20, students& seniors $12. strangertickets.com/ events/29689117/out-to-dance-doublefeature Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - November 23

Central Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.”

All are welcome. 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am-Sunday Service.

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

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

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

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

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

All ages education 9am, Worship 10am. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. 5242322; www.universityucc.org.

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am-Worship.

2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. 547-6945 (office); 285-5077 (George).

All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am-Worship.

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

A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Living Water Fellowship. 10:30am-Worship. 7204 NE 175th St, Kenmore. All GLBT welcome. Pastor Susan George. 963-0807. www.livingwaterwa. com 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 + $2 shoe rental. (425) 785-4725.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. 935-0418, office@ wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Seattle Tennis Alliance Sunday Social Doubles.

10:45am. Tennis Center at Sand Point, 7135 Sports Field Dr NE. Cost: STA members $12, non-members $15.

Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am-Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating

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unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. www.dharmabuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

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

6512 12th Ave NW. An “open & affirming” congregation.

“We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” 783-6733; www. stpauluccseattle.com.

Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.com Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; 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. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 12:30pm. 303 17th Ave E. Subject: When is feminine behavior attractive in men? Metro routes 8, 10, 12, 43. www.seattleprime timers.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. Meets 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafeword

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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, 303 17th Ave E. 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 Bearing Witness: Performing Arts Program for Queer Youth of Color & Allies. 6:30-8:30pm. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, 104 17th Ave S at E Yesler Way. Meets Mondays thru 12/14 with performing arts professionals. FREE No experience necessary. For youth up to age 22. Snacks provided. The program ends with the Showcase on December 16. Receive a $50 stipend for performing. For information contact Randy at 883-6110; Randy.Wiger@seattle.gov.

Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org.

Parley Workshop Production of “Aliens Anonymous.” 7pm. West of Lenin, 203 N 36th St. Set in the Land of USA in 2030, when Mickey mysteriously arrives in Belltown from another world. Drawn into a secret group called Aliens Anonymous (which includes activist outsiders Patti Smith, Angela Davis, Frank Zappa, Abbie Hoffman, Dwight Eisenhower & Malcolm X), Mickey is tasked with saving us all from total domination by the evil Macrocorp. Will Mickey convince his beloved - the fearless, fey, red-headed Delores - to lead the coming revolution? “Aliens Anonymous” is Mickey’s quest to become all he’s meant to be. NOTE: Admission is paywhat-you-will. www.parleyproductions.com Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

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

Meets 4th Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 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 Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

Celebrating 41 Years!

(253) 474-8897.

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, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - November 24

Lesbian & Gay Child Care Task Force Monthly Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. The Task Force, in conjunction with Child Care Resources of King County, offers referrals to GLBT-welcoming child care centers & provides training, support & curriculum materials to child care providers. (To access this, call 329-1011 & ask for the “Gay-welcoming” child care programs in your zip code area.) The task force meets monthly to assess their progress in achieving their goals.

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, 303 17th Ave E. 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 LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-250-5002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 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. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques.

Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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 polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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

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Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm. Call for details, location & to make reservations. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months.

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, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

Check our website for this month’s book. 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.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ WEDNESDAY - November 25 FREE men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 322Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness 2437; www.sasgcc.org Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual health-related activities, followed by a walk around (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities maturefriends.org for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. Abby

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Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th (at Jackson), Tacoma.

Meets 4th Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 3832318. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

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

SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.) [summer break June 19-Sept 2]

FRIDAY - November 27

AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Friday. A drop in AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Friday. A peer support group for adult children of any addiction. www.sasgcc.org SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6:30pm-appetizers & socializing; 7:30pm-dinner. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Meets last Friday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

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

Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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. 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 GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org

322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org 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 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. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry SATURDAY - November 28 St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, SUNDAY - November 29 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity COMMUNITY RESOURCES & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship.

445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169.

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us THURSDAY - November 26 Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherThanksgiving Gay-Social-Club/ (Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, some regularly scheduled events may be cancelled or rescheduled. Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane.

Check with the sponsors of your event to confirm date, com/guide.html BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bitime & place.) sexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www.

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” binetseattle.org.

12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Con- Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org templative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14- DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fight22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every ing AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Andrew’s line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network - support

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& 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 Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 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. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

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. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

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

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 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: 888-809-5035, 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. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band.com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 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 Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 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/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; 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

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descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; 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. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

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

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 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 providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

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

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.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 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 Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.

SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born 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-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 7220729; 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; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwest seattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html 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, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.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/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; 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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