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Issue 44, Volume 45, November 3, 2017

Arts & Entertainment

ArtsWest’s The Nance Heartfelt God’s Own was a terrific, fun night Country a grounded of frivolity romantic drama

Richard Gray as Chauncey Miles in The Nance – Photo by John McLellan

by Paul Torres SGN A&E Writer ARTSWEST THE NANCE Through November 19 To say “I Am…” (ArtsWest’s theme this season) in the repressed life of 1930s America is a remarkable feat. ArtsWest’s

current production of The Nance is a dazzling display that takes the audience on a jazzy and comical jaunt.

When young and downtrodden Ned, a vibrant Drew Highlands (who was a standout as Biff in ArtsWest’s Death of a Salesman last year), arrives in New York City, within a day he is picked up at a Greenwich Village automat (cafés with coin oper-

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Josh O'Connor as Johnny and Alec Secareanu as Gheorghe in God's Own Country – Photo courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer GOD’S OWN COUNTRY Now playing In a remote corner of Yorkshire, Johnny Saxby (Josh O’Connor) works his family’s desolate sheep farm in what appears to be a constant state of disgust. Having to take

on almost all of the major duties of keeping the place up and running in the wake of his father Martin’s (Ian Hart) debilitating stroke, barely on speaking terms with his tersely direct grandmother Deidre (Gemma Jones), the young man spends much of his time in a alcohol-fueled haze, numbing any additional pain with cheap, dirty sex when the opportunity arises. He’s unhappy, and see GOD'S OWN COUNTRY page 10

November 2017 theater Latest Thor a thunderclap openings of comedic imagination

Eric Ankrim, Sarah Rose Davis, Matt Owen, and Taryn Darr in Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer You can tell it is the holiday season when theatrical productions start having a lot of holiday content in them. There is lots

of music to be had this month and a couple of very much anticipated dramas that hit the local boards.

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Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Ragnarok – Photo courtesy of Disney / Marvel

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THOR: RAGNAROK Now playing

After journeying to the far reaches of the Nine Realms in order to face down the demonic Surtur (Clancy Brown) and stop Ragnarok, the prophesized end of Asgard, the God of Thunder Thor (Chris

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Celebrating 43 Years!

Hit songwriter Teddy Geiger comes out as transgender

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer You may not be familiar with Teddy Geiger, but chances are you’ve downloaded some of his songs. For starters, he’s written or co-written four of Shawn Mendes’ big hits, “There’s Nothing Holding Me Back,” “Treat You Better,” “Mercy” and “Stitches,” along with a pair of One Direction smashes, “Where Do Broken Hearts Go” and “Little Black Dress,” plus Maroon 5’s “Who I Am,” James Blunt’s “Bartender” and Tiesto’s “Love and Run,” on which he also appears as a guest vocalist. Geiger publicly announced last week that he is transitioning from male to female, telling his fans “Love it or hate this is who i have been for a looooong time.” Although he’s released his own music, the 29 year-old New Yorker has achieved major success as a writer and producer of other people’s work. Mendes was one of the first to respond to Geiger’s social media announcement, posting a series of red hearts with the words ‘love U.” Brandi Carlile has announced an upcoming concert at the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham. The locally-based singer-songwriter, who earned her first Grammy nomination two years ago for her critically acclaimed recording The Firewatcher’s Daughter, released an all-covers album this year that featured various artists performing their versions of tracks from Carlile’s 2007 record The Story. Dolly Parton, Kris Kristofferson with Chris Stapleton, Indigo Girls, The Avett Brothers and Old Crow Medicine Show are some of the fellow musicians who contributed to the project, which is helping to raise money for children suffering in war zones; Adele had previously recorded the song “Hiding My

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Heart” back in 2011, which also appears on the album, titled Cover Stories: Brandi Carlile Celebrates 10 Years of The Story – An Album to Benefit War Child. Tickets to see Carlile on March 4, in Bellingham, go on sale November 6 (10am) at www.Tickets.com, in person at the Mt. Baker Theatre box office, or by phone at (360) 734-6080.

Heading out on a “Holiday Tour 2017” is Chris Isaak, who Brandi Carlile opened for years ago on the Seattle Pier in one of her first big shows. The NorCal-based performer, whose hit songs include “Wicked Game,” “Somebody’s Crying” and “Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing,” will be stopping in the Emerald City, as well as Portland, Cheyenne, Anaheim and Tucson, to name a few cities, on this tour. No word yet on whether he’ll be playing any holiday songs at the

Moore Theatre on December 3, despite the title of his road outing. Tickets for Chris Isaak are on sale now at www.Ticketmaster. com, in person at the Paramount Theatre box office, or by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

More shows to announce are Big Boi (of OutKast) on January 10 at The Showbox Market, Drive-By Truckers on February 3 at the Moore Theatre, MO/Cashmere Cat on February 10 at The Showbox SoDo, Dan Auerbach on February 12 at The Showbox Market and Kelsea Ballerini on April 21 at The Showbox SoDo. Finally, RIP to another music legend lost, Fats Domino. An icon who is credited for being one of rock music’s pioneers, the New Orleans native recorded several top hits including “Blueberry Hill” and “Ain’t That a Shame.” He died on October 24.

Kesha roars back to town with dynamite set at The Showbox SoDo

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer KESHA THE SHOWBOX SODO October 27 The only thing Kesha didn’t do last weekend at The Showbox SoDo was ride in on a unicorn. Otherwise, her performance was pure magic, from her sparkly outfits to her long, blonde Goldilocks hair to the way she charmed the sold out crowd the minute she went on stage. And, why not? She’s a pop princess, after all. A woman responsible for some of the catchiest hits this past decade, many of which she sang to a roomful of admirers on a busy pre-Halloween Friday night, including starry-eyed young gay boys who comprised a third to half the audience alone.

This was a comeback appearance for the 30 year-old, who hadn’t played Seattle in years, mostly due to personal issues that kept Kesha out of the recording studio and sidelined her from performing live, though it didn’t keep her away from the spotlight, as the media seized an opportunity to create a scandal around troubling events that surrounded her personal life. At several moments during the show, Kesha thanked fans for being there when she needed them most, for supporting her through a difficult time and for not abandoning her during a Kesha – Photo courtesy of The Karpel Group

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MUSIC

Pacific MusicWorks with Dark Horse Ensemble present Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer PACIFIC MUSICWORKS & DARK HORSE ENSEMBLE MONTEVERDI’S L’ORFEO ST. MARK’S CATHEDRAL October 28 A sold-out audience sat in the towering spaces of St. Mark’s Cathedral last Friday to hear the incomparable Pacific MusicWorks perform the first-ever sung-through play (a form later to become opera) – Claudio Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (1607). This concert version of the classic drama included the Dark Horse Ensemble for early brass

opera, orchestral music, theater, dance, and drama. It’s an archetypal narrative about the sudden death of the beloved, and acts out the longing of every grieving lover to turn back the clock and reclaim the one they can’t live without. In this iteration of the story, Euridice is bitten by a snake on her wedding day and dies. Orfeo, known for his beautiful voice and mastery of the lyre, swears to go into the Underworld to rescue his wife. His passion is so great that he moves Proserpina to persuade her husband, Plutone, lord of the Underworld, to give Euridice back to the world of the living. Plutone agrees with one condition: that Orpheo not look at his wife until their journey through the Underworld is over

verdi’s telling of the tale is the passion of Orfeo for his love, and his devotion that will defy any obstacle. The fact that the ultimate obstacle – self-control – is the one he can’t defeat seems touchingly human to me. If I were Apollo I’d forgive him, too (but I’d let them live their lives out together). One reason this play/opera still resonates is that everyone with a beloved, or the hope of one, can relate to the anguish of losing them.

Pacific MusicWork’s musical forces – two violins, two violas, two theorbos, a cello, a lirone, a trumpet and brass concert, a harpsichord, an organ, and a regal – create a melodic cloud upon which this mythical drama floats, sometimes bright and delighted as in Act One when the bridal

Pacific MusicWorks – Photo by Bill Mohn

instruments, such as the baroque trumpet and cornetto, and a stellar cast of singers, with the internationally known tenor Colin Blazer as Orfeo, the splendid soprano Mary Feminear as Messagiera, and Seattle’s favorite local tenor Ross Hauck as a Pastore, a Spirit, and as Apollo. Another standout of the evening was bass Matthew Treviño as Caronte, the ferryman to Hades, whose voice plunged to depths that conjured up the Underworld.

The classic love story of Orpheus and Euridice has countless manifestations in

and they are in the light again. But what’s the purpose of a condition if not to be violated? Orfeo can’t resist turning around to see if Euridice is following him, and she is spirited back to the Underworld. Orfeo is beside himself with grief – doubled now because of his own failing – but is rescued by the God Apollo who transforms the lovers into heavenly stars so that they can gaze upon each other forever.

I’ve always thought this was a lame solution – but then I’m not a Renaissance romantic. What comes across in Monte-

party of shepherds (pastore) celebrates the joy of true love realized, and sometimes grim and terrible as when Messegiera reports the unthinkable news of sudden death. One of the great pleasures of attending Pacific MusicWorks is watching the musicians play their unusual instruments – to see David Morris switch back and forth from the familiar cello to the curly-sided, fretted lirone, or to watch Henry Lebedinsky swivel among the organ that looks like a harpsichord, the harpsichord stacked on top of it, and the regal – a boxy little keyboard

KESHA

“What’s up with these motherfuckers that won’t stop talking shit about me?!” yelled Kesha, before gliding into a vibrant rendition of Let ‘Em Talk.” She then slipped out of her leather coat and performed “Take It Off” while playing an electric guitar and continued with a fired up version of “We R Who We R,” where Kesha paused in the middle of the number to tell everybody that “This song is about basic human rights.” If you didn’t know it already, she’s a respected outspoken ally of the LGBT community and as an ordained minister – yep, she’s legit – the California native has married many same-sex couples.

“Hunt You Down” and “Timber” were combined into one boot-kicking number; the latter has a country-electro vibe, like the lovechild of a rodeo and a circuit party.

Kesha introduced the ballad “Godzilla” as a song co-written by her mother that

appears on Rainbow. (Her mom helped pen another track called “Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle to You)” that features Dolly Parton as a guest vocalist.)

“This song is about love,” Kesha said looking out to the audience. “And drugs.”

She then performed “Your Love is My Drug,” as fans danced and sang along to the 2010 hit, from her album Animal. She continued with an explosive rendition of “Blow” that got everybody bouncing on the floor, while a series of confetti bombs went off at the foot of the stage. She closed out the main set with a beautiful delivery of “Praying,” the leadoff single from Rainbow, which Kesha acknowledged was a bit risky, to release a slow song after a five-year break, especially when she’s known for putting out electro-pop club tracks. Many in the crowd joined her in singing the chorus.

Of course, Kesha wouldn’t leave with-

continued from page 3 lengthy period when she hadn’t produced any new music or appeared live. Indeed, her followers stuck closely by her side for the past five years.

Aside from being devoted fans, The Showbox crowd was also quite boisterous.

“You guys are really fucking loud!” Kesha screamed during the first ten minutes of the concert. “I feel like we’re old friends.”

The 90-minute set featured songs from her three albums, the most recent being 2017’s Rainbow, which she plucked “Woman,” “Hymn” and “Spaceship” out from, all of which received an enthusiastic response from the audience that was crammed into the main floor and the bar section on the North side of the venue.

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instrument that sounds like Pan – or a party of Pans – wheezing away on reed pipes.

The theorbo – a giant stringed instrument with a bell-like bowl below and a towering stringboard above – is the foundational rhythm instrument that keeps everyone on the beat, played by John Lenti and Director Stephen Stubbs, who managed to conduct the singers and play at the same time. The Dark Horse players were equally effective, opening the event with the familiar trumpet call to attention and ending with a triumphant celebration of the triumph of love. I was especially fascinated with the cornetto players, whose curved instruments looked a little like bagpipes without the bag. One of the players, Kiri Tollaksen, showed me hers, with its long black swoop and its little mouthpiece that convinced me it was, indeed, a brass instrument and not a big, weird recorder.

How fortunate we are in Seattle to have a musical ensemble and a group of musicians as accomplished as Pacific MusicWorks, who take audiences through a brilliant repertoire of early music year after year. We know that every season we will have an opera – Gluck’s “Orphee ed Eurydice,” Handel’s “Dido and Aeneas,” Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” to name recent productions – and that throughout the year we will have music for the holidays, music that celebrates early America, and great classics that celebrate the multiple cultures that produced early music and the foundation of the orchestral works we understand as classical music. Pacific MusicWorks not only draws on the large community of early music musicians and singers here in town, but brings internationally known singers to Seattle. This is one of the amenities of our life here in Western Washington. Yes, it’s expensive to live in Seattle these days, and traffic is terrible, but there’s a reason Our Fair City is becoming one of the great cities of the U.S. We have fabulous scenes in the dance, drama, and music world, but we are especially strong in early music, due in no small part to Stephen Stubbs and Pacific MusicWorks. (And, P.S., traffic is not so terrible getting to St. Mark’s, one of the reasons they have moved from downtown venues to Capitol Hill.)

Your next chance to hear this wonderful group is in December, for “Light in the Darkness” – a series of Bach cantatas to celebrate the Advent (pre-Christmas) season. It will be performed in Lynnwood 12/8 at Trinity Lutheran, Mercer Island 12/9 at Emmanuel Episcopal, and Seattle 12/10 at St. Mark’s Cathedral. Go to www.pacificmusicworks.org for more information.

out doing “Tik Tok,” but she saved it for the encore. This raised the energy level inside The Showbox SoDo to a tipping point, as everyone on the floor danced wildly and jumped up and down with their hands in the air; it felt like we were at a big music festival. Before performing the final number, “Bastards,” Kesha wished a lucky admirer a Happy Birthday; there was more confetti and more dancing to be done before she left the stage. Two songs that didn’t get played last weekend were “Dinosaur” and “Good Old Days,” the latter is a collaboration with Macklemore.

I think I can speak for all Kesha fans in saying that we’re so glad she’s back. She was definitely missed. And last Friday night’s concert here in Seattle made up for some of that time lost, but here’s hoping she comes around again real soon.

Celebrating 43 Years!

The Government Inspector hits the funny bone and misses the commentary

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Through November 19 There was a ton of laughing by the audience at the opening night of The Government Inspector at Seattle Shakespeare Company. I laughed some myself. Just, unfortunately, not nearly enough or maybe even too much.

Nikolai Gogol wrote this now-classic play in 1836. It is an ironic and subversive play (for the powers-that-be of Imperial Russia of the time) pointing out the rampant greed, governmental abuses, political corruption, and commenting on the public’s essential stupidity.

Corrupt leaders of a small Russian town, including the Mayor (Rob Burgess) and wife (Sara Wisanen), the Judge (Imogen Love), the Postman (Jonelle Jordan), and town bigwigs (Susanna Burney, Brace Evans, Doug Fries, Kevin Kelly, Arjun Pande and Brandon J. Simmons) hear that a government inspector is coming incognito to town. All are afraid that their corruption will be easily revealed and many bad consequences might follow. However, they have no idea how to figure out who the inspector is.

But there is a new guy in town – he’s been staying at the local hotel and has only been there a week. The Mayor figures out that the letter announcing the coming of the inspector has been delayed by the Postman for a month (don’t ask), so they all decide that guy must be the inspector!

Khlestakov (R. Hamilton Wright) is a down-on-his-luck fellow who has run out of money, and we know immediately that he is no government inspector. Suddenly, though, the Mayor shows up and starts showering him with money. The Mayor’s wife starts hinting that their daughter (Shanna Allman) might be available to court. Other townspeople also present gifts of money. All bribe the “inspector” to save their positions and their power.

The production helmed by director Allison Narver, known for her talent for directing farce, has many farcical and funny elements. Aided by choreographer Crystal Dawn Munkers, Narver includes “dancing” with rolling set pieces like doorways and

The cast of The Government Inspector – Photo by John Ulman

large desks, for amusing effect. The cast members are game and ready to have fun and throw themselves (sometimes literally) into the action.

Where I think the production disappoints, however, is that no one is ever really afraid and none of the venality of bribery and greed are highlighted. If one asks “Why now?” to mount a play such as this, an obvious reason might be to highlight the current administration’s lean toward authoritarian societies and Russia’s in particular. Spoofing Putin, then, more overtly, might actually bring this old play into more current relief. Maybe the very bad wig that Wright wears (the main one of many bad wigs, part of a wig joke) is an attempt to mirror a Putin “look.” But there is nothing else indicating a contemporary comment.

In fact, Khlestakov never really seems at risk, nor does he seem very amazed or confused when people start giving him money.

As this happens, he tells the audience – this is a very early example of “breaking the fourth wall” in theater – that when he gets drunk, he starts to terribly inflate his resume. Then the town goes about getting him drunk. When he tells them all about how great a person he is, it confirms the town’s suspicions that he is the government inspector.

But Wright does not actually “act drunk” in any significant convincing way. If he did, it would reinforce the idea that the townspeople are stupid for not recognizing his inebriation and casting doubt on what he says.

The production rolls on very, very quickly. That can be appropriate in a farce.

Indeed, timing is everything in getting the jokes to land. The two best performers with timing were Jordan and Allman. Some performers, including usually articulate Burgess, speak so quickly as to be almost garbled.

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magical Maître d’, who has staffed his restaurant with mechanical waitresses, chefs that defy gravity, and an amorous busboy who has finally met his match. With an aim to impress, the crew literally bends over backwards to give this critic the experience of a lifetime. https://zinzanni.com/seattle/

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The Inappropriate Suitor, Ghost Light Theatricals, 11/3-18 Ghost Light presents a classic “us against the world” love story about a wild boarding school girl and a city boy, and the strange and oppressive world around them.

Inspired by German Expressionism, boarding school gothic, and Medieval super-science, The Inappropriate Suitor is a show that will appeal to fans of melodrama, old New York, Tim Burton, doppelgangers, and ice skating. www.ghostlighttheatricals.org

Inappropriate Suitor – Photo by Steven Sterne

Teatro Zinzanni, 11/1-4/29 (official opening 11/9) (at Marymoor Park) It’s opening night of the new Teatro ZinZanni, and the staff anxiously awaits the arrival of a world-renowned restaurant critic. They are trying to put their best foot forward, without stepping on each other’s toes! Getting swept up in the madness is the

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The production feels far more like a Marx Brothers movie, where little is at stake, than a commentary on vast governmental misdeeds and subversion of an entire society! If you would like something “entertaining and funny,” and without much social impact, then you will likely enjoy the production a lot. If you were looking for some incisive social commentary at which to be amused, this will not likely fit the bill.

For more information, go to www.seattleshakespeare.org or call 206-733-8222.

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Disney’s Newsies, The Musical, Village Theatre, Issaquah: 11/9-12/31, Everett: 1/5-28 “Seize the Day” with the paperboys of New York as they become the newspaper headlines. The Tony Award-winning and Grammy-nominated musical is full of classic Disney magic. Based on the true events of the Newsboys Strike of 1899, this cult Disney movie-musical favorite takes life on stage as a crew of underdog newsies become unlikely heroes when they stand up for what’s right in a high-energy explosion of song, dance, and theatricality. Expect epic choreography. www.villagetheatre.org

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Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Seattle Children’s Theatre, 11/9-12/31 (ages 4+) Vaudevillian song and dance numbers, imaginative storytelling, puppetry and charming music tell the story of a troupe of extraordinary Antarctic penguins who flock into Mr. and Mrs. Popper’s lives and warm the hearts of their sleepy English town. Families will adore this toe-tapping adventure. Mr. and Mrs. Popper are an ordinary couple in an ordinary English town…until some extraordinary Antarctic penguins come to stay! www.sct.org Steel, Theatre Orbis, 11/10-26 (at Erickson Theatre) (world premiere) Steel, a new play by playwright Chris Fisher, explores how a suburban New Jersey family, safe from the problems of the world, is suddenly thrust – as so many families were – into the chaos and violence of September 11, 2001. The collapse of the Twin Towers is an event that wounds so deeply, only profound silence lies in its wake as the family shields their young son, Walker, from the pain and secrets exposed on that day. But as he comes of age, Walker’s questions break the silence that has torn his family, and community, apart. https://steeltheplay.brownpapertickets. com/ The Humans, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 11/17-12/17 This was Broadway’s most-honored play of 2016. The national tour, directed

by Joe Mantello, starts in Seattle before going to The Kennedy Center and beyond, and will star Richard Thomas as Erik, Pamela Reed as Deirdre, and Daisy Eagan as Brigid. Breaking with tradition, Erik Blake has brought his Pennsylvania family to celebrate Thanksgiving at his daughter’s apartment in Lower Manhattan. As darkness falls outside the ramshackle pre-war duplex and eerie things start to go bump in the night, the Blake clan’s deepest fears and greatest follies are laid bare. Our modern age of anxiety is keenly observed with humor and compassion in this new American classic. www.seattlerep.org An Evening With Satan, David Quicksall and Rachel Glass, 11/16-19 (at 18th & Union) We think we know Satan so well but, actually, his appearance is never described in the Bible. We view Satan as the root of all evil and blame him for all the bad things that have occurred throughout the ages; but much of the harm, pain, and punishment that occurs in the Bible was perpetrated

by God. Why is Satan so feared, maligned, and misunderstood? David Quicksall goes on a humorous, historical, outrageous, sometimes irreverent and soul-searching journey to find the Devil! Live music, multiple characters, movie trivia, chills, thrills, laughs, and flying beards. www.18thandunion.org The Twilight Zone: Live!, Theater Schmeater, 11/17-12/16 Traveling through dimensions of sight and sound, The Twilight Zone: Live! combines the nostalgic comforts of cold war paranoia with a deep understanding of the human spirit. We offer three episodes of the CBS classic TV series by creator Rod Serling. www.schmee.org It Will Be Now, Wyrd Sisters Productions, 11/22-26 (at 18th & Union) A pair of evocative and powerful solo

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Matt Owen as Ted Hanover and Taryn Darr as Lila Dixon in Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

plays written and performed by Seattlebased theatre artists Meghan Dolbey and Meme García, featuring Unsex Me Here

by Dolbey, which explores the journey of power and the sacrifices women have to make in order to achieve it and House of Sueños by García, a story of the construction and deconstruction of a house of dreams. Both pieces are inspired by the plays of William Shakespeare and grapple with his text in a modern context. www.18thandunion.org Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 11/24-12/31 The exciting addition of Lorna Luft to the talented local cast of this movie favorite makes this a must-see show. Don’t bother to see the movie, just relax and enjoy the stage treat. Jim leaves the bright lights of show business to settle down on a farm in Connecticut – but he finds the simple life is not as simple as he thought. Jim meets Linda, a spirited school teacher with talent to spare.

Together, they turn the farmhouse into a fabulous inn with dazzling performances to celebrate each holiday. This magical holiday treat will feature show-stopping dance numbers, lavish sets and costumes from the recent Broadway production and 20 Irving Berlin songs including “White Christmas” and “Easter Parade.” www.5thavenue.org

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Howl’s Moving Castle, Book-It Repertory Theatre, 11/29-12/30 (world premiere) Book-It Repertory Theatre has never done a full-out musical before, so this is a special event. When Sophie (Sara Porkalob) unwittingly attracts the ire of the Witch of the Waste, she finds herself turned into an old woman. To break the enchantment, she must strike a bargain with a fire demon and seek the help of the frightening sorcerer Howl. The award-winning 1986 novel inspires each of us to trust in our own powers of transformation. www.book-it.org Building the Wall, Azeotrope, 11/29-12/23 (at 12th Avenue Arts) Set in the not-so-distant future, Building the Wall, by Robert Schenkkan, lays out in a harrowing drama the consequences of Trump’s anti-immigration campaign rhetoric turned into federal policy. Events unravel, in this dystopian future, that test every American’s strength of character: systemically racist executive actions, a declaration of martial law, and a round-up of millions of illegal aliens, with their incarceration overflowing into private prisons and camps reminiscent of another century.

Rick is a former warden awaiting sentencing for a catastrophic event that has happened at a prison facility under his command. Gloria, a Black female historian, has come to seek the truth behind what has

happened, and over the course of her interview with him, Rick gradually reveals how the unthinkable became the inevitable, and how the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.

(All seating is pay-what-you-will.) www.azotheatre.org Ham for the Holidays: The Hamchurian Candidate, Tongueinchic Productions and ACT Theatre, 11/30-12/17 Seattle comedians Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt (aka Dos Fallopia) return to ACT with their wonky, gender-bending holiday sketch revelry. The long-running cult might always be described as naughty, nutty, and nervy – nothing is sacred in this mishmash of social satire, musical parody, and campy characters. Platt and Koch deliver a devilishly loony holiday romp.

• Feisty nonagenarians The Matrons of Blues teach elders how to Resist; • Ballard’s own Polka Dots sing polka faves about waste management; • What the Heck’s a Puget? A game show pits audience members against Seattle celebrities; • The tiny Sequim Gay Men’s Chorus sing with glee; • Country duo The Spudds present their musical political-thriller, The Music Manchurian Candidate www.acttheatre.org

Celebrating 43 Years!

Theatre22 presents Lanford Wilson’s Burn This

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THEATRE22 BURN THIS (AT 12TH AVENUE ARTS) Through November 18 Lanford Wilson was a fairly prolific playwright in the 1970s and ’80s and into the ’90s who was known for a heightened realism with a touch of poetry in his dialogue.

He was an openly Gay man who included Gay characters in his plays, which for that period was considered a challenging act.

Wilson also liked to write about characters on the fringes of society. He also dug deeply into the Talley family in a series of plays about the family and its small town characters.

Some plays weather the passage of time and become classics of their time while still being relevant in message to a current audience. Some plays, many of Wendy Wasserstein’s, for instance, were well received in their time, but when you revisit them, it’s hard to feel like they have current relevance any more. I don’t expect a lot of her plays to pass the test of time.

Such is the problem with Wilson’s play, Burn This, now playing at Theatre22. Theatre22 loves Wilson and maybe Wilson was a seminal influence early on. Unfortunately, the play does not help audiences care about the characters much. The characters don’t really learn that much about themselves, and the events of the script are a bit confusing and not very compelling.

The play is set in Manhattan in 1986 and it is just after one housemate of three has died in a tragic boating accident. Roommates Anna (Carolyn Marie Monroe) and Larry (Alex Garnett) have just come back from the funeral and relate the event to Anna’s boyfriend, Burton (Jason Sanford).

The biggest take-away is that the family did not know their son was Gay, or if they did, they ignored or dismissed it.

Tim Gouran as Pale and Carolum Marie Monroe as Anna in Burn This – Photo by Margaret Toomey

Robbie and Anna and Larry were all apparently dancers. Anna has begun to try choreography as dancing has taken its toll and she’s ready to move on. Anna is distraught that Robbie’s family members took her for his girlfriend and also did not know and had never seen Robbie dance. Anna feels like she’s committed a fraud by going along with them.

A month later, Robbie’s older brother, Pale (Tim Gouran), unexpectedly appears to pick up Robbie’s things, but he is tortured about his feelings toward his little brother and somewhat incapable of dealing appropriately with his feelings. In the tumult of talking to Anna, he becomes aroused and finds a way to entice Anna into sleeping with him. Since he says he has a wife and Anna has Burton, they both consider it a small and unencumbering moment. Until later, they don’t.

The production is nicely technically supported. The apartment set (by Margaret Toomey) has great ideas in it that realisti-

cally allow for dancers to practice in it. The lighting (by Ahren Buhmann) is subtle and the music composed by Michael Owcharuk and played by Kate Olson is moody saxophone mournfulness.

Monroe provides a lot of delicate emotional resonance, and is compelling and the appropriate center of the piece. However, not all her emotions match the moments of the scripts, or they are free-floating in a way, untethered to what the script helps us understand.

Garnett gets to be the comic relief in a fairly dark script, but from the beginning of the piece, he is surprisingly lighthearted for someone whose very good friend and roommate has just been buried. There is a blitheness that seems overly jaunty for the role.

Gouran is an intense actor, and here he does his damndest to deliver a rather complex and unusual character. However, he is scary as hell in the role, which does have some sense of danger, but ultimately it’s too much danger and makes the transitions at

the end unbelievable.

Monroe and Sanford don’t have much chemistry, which seems to work for part of the script, but is never believable when Anna says she has feelings for Burton. Burton as a character is thinly written and also has a not very believable backstory, which again makes the play less relevant.

The title of the play came about because, as the program tells us, Wilson wrote the words “burn this” across the top of every page of the draft and thought it would maybe never see the light of day. While it had great success in its day, maybe it’s appropriate to consign future productions to the ash heap.

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ated vending machines with snacks made behind the scenes) by Chauncey, a “Nance” performer (an actor who plays a vaudeville character with gay stereotypes) and a selfdescribed staunch Republican. Richard Gray gives a powerful performance in his role as Chauncey Miles that commands your attention. The two quickly move in together and a week later Ned is a bit player in a burlesque/vaudeville act at the Irving Palace Theater.

Douglas Carter Beane pens a script as feisty as it is poignant. The reality of the disparities in the lives of both Chauncey and Ned are touching and then rousingly madcap. If we can’t laugh at ourselves, we’d probably just cry. Beane’s writing sure handedly succeeds in capturing these moments and Gray and Highlands have the talent to make sure these moments shine.

Despite the sexy debauchery, brazen attitude, and saucy language the 1930s was anything but a liberated society. The troupe is constantly under threat of being shut down by the Morals Commission led

by New York City Police Commissioner Lewis Joseph Valentine. The renowned Mayor LaGuardia is up for re-election and Chauncey thinks it’s just temporary political posturing that will quickly blow over.

But there are definitely winds of change coming their way and it’s going to be more challenging and trying for them – more than they expect.

Declaring who you are and to say “I Am…” takes its toll on Chauncey, but gives Ned a refreshing new lease on life.

Despite the sudsy drama, The Nance is a riot! It’s pure adult-funny playtime. Director Mathew Wright’s incomparable talent is on full display here and captures the camp, the bawdiness, and the sincere heart of the cabaret lifestyle.

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In between the story about Ned and Chauncey, is the story of The Nance (the stock character that Chauncey plays in his revue) and his crusty friend and co-performer Efram who is masterfully played by Jeff Steitzer. The Nance and Efram serve up some delicious and raunchy humor with zingers and double entendre jokes – some hilarious and some pretty endearingly stupid. The sexy burlesque dancers segue in between the scenes and add to the ’30s ambiance. The talented ladies are played

by Ann Cornelius (Sylvie), Diana Cameron McQueen (Joan), and Jasmine Jean Sim

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(Carmen) who add that wink-wink, va-vavoom sexiness in a way that is too endearingly sweet to ever be offensive.

Scenic Designer Lex Marcos has created a fabulous setting. Art Deco architectural design surrounds four large round overlapping stages, which are surrounded by 10 small cabaret tables-for-two with lamps for 20 audience members to sit at (and enjoy a bottle of wine) during the show. Costume Designer Kelsey Rogers’ (whose work appeared in ArtsWest’s Milk Like Sugar) period costumes add an authentic nuance and hip lounge life vibe.

The Nance is a definite must-see production. It leaves you with something to think about it if you measure it with the current news we are bombarded with every day. It’s a magical mix of theatre, hilarious comedy show, and burlesque all rolled into one unforgettable experience. Come and enjoy a night at the Irving Palace and enjoy the naughtiness instead of being the naughtiness. You know who you are!

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Psychologically dense Sacred Deer an emotional nightmare

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Now playing Surgeon Steven Murphy (Colin Farrell) is compelled to take care of teenager Martin (Barry Keoghan). The two share a history, a past tragedy linking them together.

Thinking it would do the boy good, Steven decides to introduce him to his family, ocular surgeon wife Anna (Nicole Kidman) and their two children, eldest Kim (Raffey Cassidy) and her younger brother Bob (Sunny Suljic). Martin, as strange as he is, ingratiates himself with the Murphys, especially Kim, the two appearing to be heading towards teenage romance as far as the normal signs are concerned.

But things are about to get strange. At first, Steven thinks Martin wants him to get involved with his lonely mother (Alicia Silverstone), forcing him to spend a night with her eating a home cooked dinner and watching old movies. Yet things proceed to get worse. First Bob becomes paralyzed from the waist down. Next he refuses to eat. Soon Kim follows suit, both children now in the hospital, a team of physicians running every test in the book, all of them stumped as to what is going on and why.

But Martin knows, and he gives Steven an ultimatum, claiming that if he doesn’t do what he asks then every single member of the doctor’s family will all succumb to the same illness, the end result of which will be a most painful and gruesome death.

Considering The Killing of a Sacred Deer is sprung from the mind of director Yorgos Lanthimos, working once again with frequent writing partner Efthymis Filippou, it should come as no surprise that this bit of bizarre comedic stylized whimsy turns out to be so much more than initial appearances would likely lead the viewer to believe. After all, we’re talking about the guy who crafted Dogtooth and The Lobster,

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so the fact this latest piece of unhinged craziness ends up descending into creepily terrific psychological horror isn’t a surprise.

Watching it get there, however? That’s filled with a number of surprising twists and turns, each one building upon the next in order to cast a terrifying spell that grows more insidious and despicable as events spiral towards their inevitably chilling conclusion. Lanthimos uses expectation and convention against the viewer, pulling the rug out from underneath his audience by having his characters act in ways that feel like they should be nonsensical and yet, in the context of the emotional and psychological whirlpool he’s built into a swirling tempest, the pieces oddly fit together perfectly. It’s comedy transformed into drama transformed into social commentary transformed into full-blown psychological horror, all of it heading down a gruesome path of vengeance, regret and tragedy guaranteed to induce sickened shudders in even the strongest of constitutions.

Farrell and Kidman kill it as Steven and Anna, the two veterans delivering performances that go well beyond the staccato dynamics of the dialogue and the rigid visual formality that Lanthimos initially imposes upon them and the rest of the cast.

Together, they manage to weave their way through things with shocking immediacy, cutting to the heart of this Sophie’s Choice scenario with heartbreaking exactitude.

Kidman, in particular, is stunning, a late scene where she debases herself with cunning meticulousness while her character attempts to manipulate Martin into revealing more of what is going on and why he’s toying with her children is absolutely phenomenal. The actress finds emotional recesses that are epic in their subtle complexity, the way she uses every muscle in her body to augment all Anna is feeling throughout this sequence sending a chill up my spine that restlessly sat there throughout the remainder of the film. Kidman cements her status as one of the great,

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(Above) Colin Farrell and (below) Barry Keoghan in The Killing of a Sacred Deer – Photos courtesy of A24

and arguably more unappreciated (even with an Oscar and three additional nominations to her name) actresses of our time, the look passing between her and Keoghan near the story’s end an ocean of emotional wreckage that brought an authentic tear to my eye.

Lanthimos’s latest does take some dissecting. It’s also exceedingly difficult to warm up to, its cold, clinical austerity purposefully keeping me at arm’s length for a good portion of the narrative. But much like Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, Barry Lyndon or The Shining, the longer I watched the more I wanted to know more. Even if I had wanted to try, I was so wrapped up inside the drama assaulting Steven and his family there was no way I was going to move from my seat. Thimios Bakatakis’s (The Lobster) uncomfortably sterile camerawork is a smooth, unfussy descent into visual madness, all of which

augments the emotions Lanthimos is stirring up to an even greater degree.

What’s the point of it all? On that question I do not have an answer. Weeks after the press screening, I find myself still pulling apart bits and pieces of this tale, trying to scour through every last grain of narrative sand in order to find the meaning to all of what Lanthimos and Filippou have composed for me to obsess over. Yet The Killing of a Sacred Deer isn’t a movie designed to be broken down into 140-character reactions. Instead, this two hours of psychosomatic carnage wants to linger in the psyche as long as it can, provoking a nightmare of uncertain dread that will last all through the night, into the next morning and well into a futuristic beyond seemingly without end.

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Julianne Moore and Oakes Fegley in Wonderstruck – Photo courtesy of Mary Cybulski / Amazon Studios and Roadside Attractions

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer WONDERSTRUCK Now playing After his librarian mother Elaine (Michelle Williams) dies in a tragic auto accident, Minnesotan Ben (Oakes Fegley) discovers a bookmark leading back to a store in New York City, the inscription on the backside leading him to believe it might have been left by the father he sadly has never met or knows a single solitary thing about. Only a single day after a freak incident during a lightning storm leaves him deaf, the precocious youngster decides he simply must know more about this strange bookmark. Taking the hidden cash his mom had stashed for a rainy day, Ben hops a bus for New York and ends up, after much hardship and running around, at the Museum of Natural History where he’s lucky enough to meet Jamie (Jaden Michael), the two kids striking up an instant friendship.

Roughly 50 years prior in 1927, defiant adolescent Rose (Millicent Simmonds), deaf since birth, runs away from tyrannical father Dr. Kincaid (James Urbaniak) and snags the ferry to New York, her brother Walter (Cory Michael Smith) sending his sister a postcard informing the child their estranged actress mother Lillian Mayhew (Julianne Moore) has returned to the city from Hollywood to star in a play on Broadway. Things do not go exactly as planned, their reunion not what she hoped

it was going to be. Finding her way to the Museum of Natural History, Rose is astonished by all she sees, outwitting a number of overzealous security guards as she attempts to experience everything the museum has to offer.

It can be taken for granted that director Todd Haynes (Carol, Velvet Goldmine) rarely, if ever, is going to repeat himself. In the case of Wonderstruck, a gloriously tender PG-rated search for the truth, family and friendship, he has crafted a heartfelt nugget of regret and awe that’s overflowing in emotional resonance. Working from a script by Brian Selznick (who adapted his own best-selling book), the movie deftly slips through time and space in order to tell a story that hits home in a number of surprising and imaginative ways. Almost a silent film, the way it tackles notions of self are truly sublime, an aura of graceful longing and a sincere thirst for knowledge permeating this adventure right from the first frame.

Haynes balances his two stories with mesmerizing exactitude. Ben’s tale is almost like something out of a Disney movie from the 1970s or ’80s. Straightforward. Spunky. Overflowing in pizzazz, but totally unafraid to plant its heart right on its sleeve and then leave it there for the audience to look at for the duration of the film. Ben meets Jamie in about the most adorable way imaginable, the manner in which they slip into instant friendship even though one of them is freshly deaf beguilingly naturalistic. Their effortless banter, the intelligence fueling it, the way they

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slip into being a pair of Hardy Boys out to solve a mystery that somehow begins at the museum and ends who knows where, all of it is sensational, watching them figure it all out an invigorating joy.

The 1927 piece of this puzzle is even more exquisite. Shot in luxurious black and white, composed and edited to appear almost like one of Lillian’s Hollywood silent films, Haynes digs into Rose’s world with an inquisitive simplicity that revels in the minutia of her unique situation. The filmmaker goes out of his way to achieve a sensory similarity between the film and the situations the girl is dealing with as a deaf child in an unforgiving world that doesn’t know how to react or deal with her particular disability. Rose’s journey through the museum is particularly sublime, everything viewed with a wide-eyed rapture that’s coupled with a hunger to learn as much as possible that’s just about perfect.

These two stories will of course join together into one, but how they will do so when they’re separated by nearly five decades is a continual whodunit I was eager to solve. Granted, what leads them to connect is hardly a surprise, and anyone who can put two plus two together (and hasn’t already read Selznick’s book) will likely have it all figured out before the big reveal can take place. Even so, Haynes finds a way to make this moment of understanding extraordinary, an empathetic catharsis occurring for all of the principal players in this whimsically magical melodrama in a way that had my heart soaring

into the stratosphere potentially never to be seen again.

Cinematographer Edward Lachman’s (Carol, Far From Heaven) camerawork is some of the finest of the veteran’s long career. Even with two distinct sides to the film, two entirely unique color palates and visual structures, there’s nothing obnoxious or pretentiously showy about any of the two-time Academy Award nominee’s compositions, and even as it flips back and forth between the eras there was never an instant where things felt insincere. Lachman’s work is incredible, and in all actuality there’s little more on the matter that needs to be said.

The children are superb, as is Moore, while Tom Noonan pops up in a key supporting role late in the film that’s absolutely priceless. The last third of this story had me sitting on the edge of my seat constantly pushing back tears, the last images a heartfelt celebration of perseverance and empathy I wanted to sit in my seat and revel in long after the screen faded to black. Wonderstruck is a goldmine of emotional purity, its cabinet of wonders one I cannot wait to open again as soon as I can.

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Josh O'Connor as Johnny and Alec Secareanu as Gheorghe in God's Own Country – Photos courtesy of Samuel Goldwyn Films

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it’s hard to say if that is going to change anytime soon.

During an especially hectic part of the farming season, Romanian migrant worker Gheorghe (Alec Secareanu) arrives to assist with the growing list of tasks Johnny isn’t capable of keeping up with all on his own.

When the two men head up to one of the furthest out paddocks up on the moors, the pair discovers they have far more in common with one another than they initially surmised. For the first time in ages, Johnny imagines it might be possible to find happiness, this blossoming relationship with Gheorghe bringing out emotions buried deep within that had been cruelly suppressed for quite some time now.

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The basic mechanics of writer/director Francis Lee’s love story, God’s Own Country, are fairly basic, calling this drama Brokeback Mountain set in the furthest outreaches of the British moors not too far off the mark. But Lee’s feature-length debut is frank about its sexuality in ways a lot of these coming out tales seldom are, reminding me in many ways of Andrew Haigh’s Weekend in that respect. It is also endearingly hopeful, and while the emotions hit pretty hard and aren’t always particularly uplifting, the idea that love can indeed conquer all and that the world is ready to embrace relationships like the one Johnny and Gheorghe end up sharing grows in captivating power as events progress to their conclusion.

I loved the lived-in nature of this story, the way Lee is able to cement his film’s time and place in ways that are palpably

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concrete. He treats all his characters with a level of respect and admiration that is laudable, understanding that their flaws and their missteps are essential to our caring about what is going to happen to them.

This level of complexity allows all the relationships in Johnny’s life, not just with Gheorghe but also with Martin and Deidre as well, to ring with an air of truth that’s thrilling. There aren’t any loose ends here, no extraneous subplots or pointless red herrings that force the attention away from the core narrative at the center of things.

Each character is directly connected to all the other ones who inhabit this tale, making Johnny’s journey all the more affecting because of this.

Not that I was ever especially surprised by anything that happened. It seemed fairly obvious to me how Johnny and Gheorghe would go about getting ensnarled into one

another’s arms, while the dynamics of the sheep farmer’s relationship with his father and grandmother aren’t exactly overflowing in anything original. But the reason all of this works is because Lee infuses things with a gentle grit and an unrefined gravitas that fits the world all of these characters inhabit perfectly. The director is content to observe and report, and as such it almost feels as if we’re eavesdropping on this family, as if we were a voyeur peaking through a hole in the tent or crouched at the window sill peeking through the glass hoping not be seen. This is human drama as shot through an unfiltered lens, God’s Own Country a strong debut hinting at future greatness to come from the undeniably talented Lee.

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THOR

continued from cover Hemsworth) returns home only to find his formerly deceased brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) very much alive. Not only that, he’s sitting on Asgard’s throne impersonating their father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins), the devious trickster trapping him back on Earth in a home for the elderly. Heading out to return him back where he belongs, turns out dear old dad isn’t quite ready to depart his new place of residence, instead choosing this moment of family reunion to warn of a new danger coming the brothers’ way.

Imprisoned for more than a millennia, Hela (Cate Blanchett), the Goddess of Death, is going to return to Asgard, and even with all they’ve both seen and the conflicts they’ve been a part of, the level of destruction she will unleash upon the Universe will be unlike anything either Thor or Loki could begin to imagine.

Thus begins Thor: Ragnarok, director Taika Waititi’s colorfully wild, imaginatively bizarre entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the creatively idiosyncratic What We Do in the Shadows and Hunt for the Wilderpeople filmmaker going all out in order to bring his vision for the God of Thunder to life. Overstuffed, filled with a plethora of subplots going off on so many different tangents keeping track of them all proving to be next to impossible, this follow-up to 2013’s underwhelming Thor: The Dark World is still rather wonderful. A full-bore comic book extravaganza that pushes things into a comedic territory well beyond even that found in the two Guardians of the Galaxy films or in 2015’s Ant-Man, Waititi reinvigorates this franchise with refreshing enthusiasm, producing a standalone piece of the MCU that’s an out-and-out delight.

The best bits take place on the planet of Sakaar, a refuse-filled wasteland where all the Universe’s garbage finds itself dumped.

Lording over things is the cartoonish Grandmaster, played with all the gusto,

Chris Hemsworth in Thor: Ragnarok – Photo courtesy of Disney / Marvel

Witch, and I mean that as a major compliment.

Then there is the arrival of Hulk (Mark Ruffalo). Having been fighting in the Grandmaster’s arena for who knows how long, the monstrous green Avenger hasn’t been Bruce Banner for quite some time, the God of Thunder’s arrival on Sakaar forcing an existential crisis for the hero that pits one side of his personality against the other.

Ruffalo is having a blast playing these two halves of the same pie, and whether

budget hit New Zealand comedies, keeping things character-driven and focused on the bigger picture for every beat of this gonzo story’s expedition towards rebellion and apocalypse. He allows production designers Dan Hennah (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) and Ra Vincent (What We Do in the Shadows) the freedom to construct worlds and environments that feel fresh and new yet also still link to the previous Thor adventures nicely.

At the same time, Waititi grants composer

Jeff Goldblum and Rachel House in Thor: Ragnarok – Photo courtesy of Disney / Marvel

enthusiasm, snark and bemusement Jeff Goldblum can muster. It’s everything fans of the actor have loved for decades only the volume is turned up well past 11, making this a scene-stealing tour de force that’s an absolute hoot to behold. Even better, however, is Creed and Dear White People star Tessa Thompson. She’s Valkyrie, an Asgardian warrior who fell to Sakaar eons ago and has eked out a drunken living selling potential gladiators to the Grandmaster ever since. Thompson is a lightning bolt of ingenious carnage as far as the MCU is concerned, this badass heroine more Snake Plissken than she is Black Widow or Scarlet

he’s talking about the eternal flame raging within as Hulk while conversing with a mystified Thor or having a panic attack while as Banner as he contemplates making what might be an ultimate sacrifice in order to save the Universe one more time, there’s little he does that isn’t wonderful. Heck, I think if Hemsworth and Ruffalo ever felt compelled to star in a remake of any of Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon’s The Trip comedies I’d watch them do it no questions asked, hoping if they do then they do so as Thor and the Incredible Hulk.

Waititi directs with the same cocksure abandon he’s brought to his string of low

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Mark Mothersbaugh (The LEGO Ninjago Movie) the opportunity to shake things up as much as possible as far as the music is concerned, the score a restless bit of electrifying melodious mayhem that suits the director’s vision for this psychedelic wonderland magnificently.

Not to say the film doesn’t still suffer from a few of the MCU’s more consistent problems, the chief of which is an underwhelming villain who never quite lives up to their more than substantial potential.

While Blanchett does her scenery-chewing best, Hela isn’t a well-developed baddie whose very presence sends chills up the

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spine. The actress looks terrific, and her first scene staring down Hemsworth and Hiddleston while her character does quite the number on Thor’s hammer Mjolnir is suitably spectacular. But overall Hela’s really never as imposing as her reputation leads the viewer to believe, and had a lesser actress not suited up to portray her I doubt there’d be any reason to care about this Goddess of Death whatsoever.

I can’t really blame Blanchett. As witty and as inspired as much of Eric Pearson, Craig Kyle and Christopher L. Yost’s script might be, it’s also so insanely convoluted there just isn’t time to explore all of the varying tangents it so merrily introduces.

Not only does this mute Hela’s effectiveness, it also produces instances where key supporting characters from the previous Thor films are relegated to nothing more than cannon fodder, a fair number of them getting killed off so unceremoniously it’s a question whether or not they picked up a paycheck for their troubles. There’s also the gigantic red herring introduced at the film’s beginning, Surtur’s confrontation with Thor so brief and inconsequential it’s almost a given things will get twisted in a way to allow him to make a not-so-surprising surprise reappearance at some point during all this ridiculously chaotic Norseinspired madness.

Even so, Thor: Ragnarok proves to be so creatively loopy, not to mention so consistently hysterical, I found it hopeless not to enjoy myself while sitting in the theatre watching things play themselves out to conclusion. From being the first part of this particular trilogy to actually utilize Idris Elba’s intergalactic gatekeeper Heimdall in a manner befitting his suitably imposing stature, to featuring a final battle where Thor, Loki, Hulk and Valkyrie pull out all the stops in attempting to stop Hela from waging war against the Universe, I found a great deal to love. As for Waititi, he acquits himself marvelously, his directorial leap into the Hollywood comic book big time as major a deal as Joss Whedon’s (The Avengers), James Gunn’s (Guardians of the Galaxy) or Patty Jenkins’s (Wonder Woman) were before him. He delivers the goods, and for fans of the MCU his arrival ends up being a breath of fresh air worth getting excited about.

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Initially fascinating You a blindly incoherent failure

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer ALL I SEE IS YOU Now playing Gina (Blake Lively) and James (Jason Clarke) currently live in Bangkok, Thailand. He works in insurance while she mostly putters around in their spacious downtown apartment, teaching guitar to bubbly next door neighbor Lucy (Kaitlin Orem). She swims at the local pool while he enjoys going out at night for drinks with his coworkers. The couple appears to have the perfect life, and even though Gina is almost completely blind that does not stop the two from longing to start a family, dreaming of a future where the pitter-patter of little feet running through the home early in the morning is the sound of their own children making mischief.

Thanks to the groundbreaking work being done by the kindly Dr. Hughes (Danny Huston), Gina has cornea surgery that restores the sight to her left eye. Having not been able to see since a devastating car accident tragically resulted in the death of her parents when she was a youngster, the influx of light and color back into her life is an emotional roller coaster that fills the young woman’s heart with oceans of joy. But as wondrous as all of this is, for James this turn of events is a double-edged sword. So used to caring for Gina, so comfortable being her protector, his wife’s newfound freedom and ability to fend for herself scares him. Their relationship has changed on a fundamental level, the love they share potentially not enough to carry them through into this brave new dawn.

There’s initially a mesmerizing grace to director Marc Forster’s All I See Is You that’s stupendous, the Monster’s Ball and World War Z filmmaker crafting an enthralling drama about a young woman being reintroduced to the world as if for the very first time once she regains her eyesight. It allows her to conquer fears, put demons to rest and discover a power and a fortitude that had been hidden deep inside, learning that just because she’s been given back her eyes doesn’t mean she has been able to see what’s been happening all around her when she was blind. As a human drama about two people re-navigating the path they thought they were on when it suddenly becomes impassible, there is a lot to love about Forster and Sean Conway’s (“Ray Donovan”) script, its early passages achieving an austere, surrealistic intimacy I was fascinated by.

But then something happens. The movie suddenly becomes obsessed with sex on a level that, while not entirely unbelievable, still feels pointlessly sensationalistic. Then there is the attention shift to James. What should have been a complex, deft examination of this husband’s early inability to adjust to his wife’s newfound ability to take care of her own needs without his aid, suddenly turns into some ham-fisted thriller about jealousy and subterfuge that’s as exhausting as it is tedious. It’s a disastrous turn of events, the film doing an absolute face-plant into mediocrity after showing such delicate, intimately humane promise during its opening passages.

I will say, from a purely visual standpoint, All I See Is You is stunning. Forster and cinematographer Matthias Koenigswieser (After the Fall) come up with a way to showcase the way Gina sees the world pre-surgery that is an imaginative sensory whirligig. Light and sound collide, everything a hazy jumble that fades into a kaleidoscopic mishmash where navigating through all the chaos to find confident serenity is pointedly difficult. As Gina begins to regain her sight, the visuals slowly introduce solid images, everything viewed through a hazy cloud where the edges are a

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(Above) Blake Lively and Jason Clarke and (below) Blake Lively in All I See Is You – Photo by Roland Neveu / Dimension Films

constantly embryonic blur. While on some level a bit pretentious, nonetheless these visual interpretations of this young woman’s situation are uniquely compelling, adding a layer of understanding and unnerving empathy I was justifiably drawn to.

None of which forgives the story’s transition from gripping to hogwash. The way the movie discards the most intriguing aspects of its narrative in order to push forth a new one revolving around distrust, paranoia, jealousy and emotional impotence is catastrophic. These new tangents are as absurd as they are silly, the introduction of a sexy fellow American (Wes Chatham) whom Gina is intrigued by and James is wary of particularly disastrous.

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30 minutes, their attempts to head into a creepy Hitchcockian netherworld similar to Marnie, Shadow of a Doubt or Suspicion absolutely disastrous.

I’ve long been a Blake Lively fan, even since her “Gossip Girl” days. She’s excellent in The Town, holds her own against that determined shark in The Shallows and is just beguilingly adorable in the time-bending romantic drama The Age of Adaline.

As Gina, the actress does some of her best work, the variety and expanse of emotions she so deftly manages to travel through impressively byzantine. One scene, in particular, a journey to a Thai flower market, blew me away, Lively’s ability to showcase pure, unabashed joy is coupled with a knowing understanding of just how fundamentally life has changed with her character, the raging melodious disharmony of

these varied feelings, all delivered nonverbally, just astonishing.

It’s a shame the movie can’t live up to her performance. By the time things shift into hackneyed thriller contrivances, it becomes increasingly difficult to maintain interest in what is happening to Gina or why James is having so much trouble converting to this brave new world where his wife can suddenly see. It’s all so pointlessly convoluted and needlessly rushed, any chance these moments could feel natural or organic to the story at hand impossible. All I See Is You had promise, massive amounts, but it can’t deliver on just about any of it, making it a blindly incoherent failure not worth opening one’s eyes to.

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Bleakly comedic Suburbicon a muddled social satire

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer SUBURBICON Now playing Somewhere in America lies the tiny community of Suburbicon. It’s been roughly a decade since WWII came to an end, and this little township is a bastion of progressive ideas the citizens like to believe are a template for where the United States is hopefully heading. But those beliefs are put to the test when the African American Mayers family takes up residence, a large portion of the Suburbicon’s all-White populace deciding this bit of liberal progressiveness is just one step further than what they’re willing to stand for. They decide to make life miserable for the Mayers, a large crowd forming to cause all kinds of cacophonous mischief that grows increasingly violent as the days begin to pass one after the other.

Next door to the Mayers lives Gardner Lodge (Matt Damon), his disabled wife Rose and her twin sister Margaret (both played by Julianne Moore). Also in the house is Gardner and Rose’s young son Nicky (Noah Jupe), the boy awoken by his father to the news a pair of intruders (Alex Hassell, Glenn Fleshler) are in the kitchen and want them all downstairs. Once the family is tied up, the pair proceeds to knock them all out with chloroform so they can rob in relative peace. When Nicky regains consciousness it’s in the hospital, Gardner tearfully having to inform his son that Rose is dead.

Working from an unproduced script originally crafted by Joel and Ethan Coen, director George Clooney and his frequent writing partner Grant Heslov join forces once again for the pitch black 1950’s set noir comedy Suburbicon. Masquerading as social commentary, presented as if it was the post-WWII second cousin of the Coen’s 1996 classic Fargo, attempting to mix horror and laughs much in the same way Alfred Hitchcock did with 1955’s The Trouble with Harry, the movie is sadly a disjointed mess that can never find a comfortable or consistent stride. Its laughs are few and far between, while the point Clooney and Heslov appear to be trying to make

Julianne Moore and Matt Damon in Suburbicon – Photo courtesy of Black Bear Pictures

in regards to issues of white privilege and racial injustice tend to get lost amidst all the Gardner family chaos. As risky as all of this initially appears in the end none of it adds up to anything substantive, making the resultant motion picture a colossal missed opportunity.

Not that there isn’t plenty to appreciate.

I like how aggressively nasty many of the characters are, especially Gardner, Clooney and Heslov going out of their way to make him as unlikable as they can. They push the noir Double Indemnity aspects to their extreme, and even when a snarling, inquisi-

tively double-talking insurance investigator (magnificently portrayed by Oscar Isaac) shows up to try and put the cryptic pieces of Rose’s mysterious death together, calling the guy “heroic” is the last thing any viewer is going to be doing. There is a level of gruesome human depravity that’s agreeably despicable, the bleakly over the top abhorrence both part of the joke as well as key in understanding the overarching point Clooney and Heslov are attempting to make.

The problem is the two sides of this tale don’t fit on the same coin. The script purposefully makes the Mayers as nondescript

as it can, Mr. Mayers (Leith M. Burke) in particular. While Mrs. Mayers (Karimah Westbrook) gets to have a terrific scene in a grocery store with oddly fluctuating prices on everyday household items, and their son Andy (Tony Espinosa) gets to develop a friendship with Nicky, the family’s patriarch basically gets to stand around and look stoic. While I get what Clooney and company are going for, it all ends up feeling much more awkward and didactic that I am sure the filmmaker intends it to.

Make no mistake, in this current social and political climate where literal Nazis get to march in the streets and run down peaceful protestors and police officers who shoot unarmed Black suspects for reasons no one can even remotely understand only to end up facing virtually no repercussions whatsoever, the film’s statements in regards to racism and white privilege are certainly valid. But they’re all made in such a way their potency is diluted to the point of insignificance, something lost in translation thanks to Clooney’s moderately heavy hand. He can’t balance extremes like the Coen’s can, his more grounded, straightforward aesthetic working perfectly for something like Good Night, and Good Luck, yet ends up feeling entirely out of place here.

It should be noted that Alexandre Desplat’s (The Grand Budapest Hotel, Godzilla) score is outstanding, as is Robert Elswit’s (There Will Be Blood) suitably austere cinematography, every image composed as if he were shooting a color-soaked Douglas Sirk melodrama like Written on the Wind only with a malicious Hitchcockian spin. Clooney also stages one dynamic sequence between Damon and Isaac that’s unquestionably sensational, everything spinning so giddily out of control the ghoulish grotesqueries that transpire are repugnantly hysterical. But a couple of great scenes here and some solid performances there unfortunately do not make up for the fact so little of Suburbicon ends up resonating. The movie doesn’t work, and while I can respect the attempt, that’s not nearly enough for me to recommend anyone out there waste their time giving Clooney’s latest a look.

Karimah Westbrook in Suburbicon – Photo courtesy of Black Bear Pictures

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SATURDAY - November 4

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Green Seattle Day - Volunteer Tree Planting Around Seattle. 9am. Coffee, snacks, tools and gloves provided. No experience necessary. Sign-up in advance at GreenSeattle.org to volunteer in these neighborhoods: Columbia City, Crown Hill, Delridge, Green Lake, Leschi, Magnolia, N. Beacon Hill, Northgate, Phinney Ridge, Queen Anne, Rainier Beach, Ravenna, S. Beacon Hill, Seward Park, South Park, West Seattle.

Northwest Orchid Society Fall Show & Sale (11/4 & 11/5). Sat: 9am-5pm; Sun: 10am-4pm. Swanson’s Nursery, 9701 15th Ave NW. This regional show features breathtaking orchid displays by orchid societies from throughout the Pacific Northwest and more. FREE admission, www.nwos.org.

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. (206) 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Positively Living Coffee Social. 9:30am-12 noon.

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

International Comic Arts Forum (11/2-11/4). University of Washington, Husky Union Building (The HUB), Rooms 340, 332 & 337. www.internationalcomicartsforum.org.

LGBTQ Allyship presents House of Queer Intergenerational Housing Justice Conference. 10am-4pm.

South Seattle College, Georgetown Campus, 6737 Corson Ave S. Join us to learn together from the past, situate ourselves in the present, and build toward a just future.

The conference will feature: 1) A panel of Queer, Trans, and POC Community Leaders from across generations; 2) Listening sessions where you get to share about housing challenges you are facing and the solutions you are dreaming toward; 3) Workshops on community land trusts, decolonizing approaches to housing justice, and more. Register at: tinyurl.com/houseofqueer. Questions? kelsen@allyship.org.

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

Reading With Pride 2017: LGBTQIA Romance Fiction Conference at the Seattle Public Library. 12 noon-5:30pm. Central Library, 1000 4th Ave. FREE. https://readwithpridenorthwest2017.brownpapertickets. com/ (For details see related article in the Local News section of today’s SGN.) NOTE: Friday Opening Night 11/3 and Saturday Night 11/4: LGBTQIA Love Stories Readings. 7-9pm at Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. 54th Annual Gay Seattle Pageant - “Space Galaxy: A Night of Peace, Love and Unity” - With Special Guest: Vicky Vox. 5-9pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway (entrance in alley between Broadway & Harvard off E Pike St.) Cost: $15 general admission; $25 VIP. Presented by the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic & Rainier Empire. www.imperialcourtofseattle.com; www.facebook.com/ISCSORE Northwest Bears Potluck and Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear admirers. www.nwbears.com.

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

Reading With Pride 2017: LGBTQIA Love Stories Readings. 7-9pm at Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See related listing at noon today.)

SUNDAY - November 5

Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

Contact Border Riders for details and rendezvous point.

Meets 1st Sunday most months. www.borderriders.com Center for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school” - 9:45am Worship. 5751 33rd Ave NE. (206) 525-7988.

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

200 8th Ave N. (206) 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org.

Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the

November 4 thru November 12 & organizations. (206) 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ kofmjetchapter/ Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. Join us for Seattle’s mostly-weekly mostly-LGBTQ pickup soccer game. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org PFLAG/Whatcom County (Bellingham) Monthly Meeting. 5pm. Community Food Co-op Bakery, 405 E Holly St, Bellingham. Meets 1st Sunday each month.

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

Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info (206) 325-6051, www. seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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

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

[EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.]

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

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

MONDAY - November 6

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

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Seattle Unity Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson Church, 200 8th Ave N. Every Monday (except holidays John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & expe- & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am rienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Way, Tacoma. (253) 627-0129, www.fumctacoma.org University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, Buddies” under Meetup.com or DharmaBuddies.org. Sunday afternoon listing.)

10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. (206) 525-7074. at www.LotusSisters.org.)

15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk St Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am Worship. with others about their experiences & concerns related universitylutheranseattle.org University Unitarian Church. 9:30am & 11:15am 6512 12th Ave NW. (206) 783-6733; www.stpaulucc- to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Sunday Services. (Late June-Aug 9:30am only.) 6556 seattle.com.

Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. St Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

35th Ave NE. www.uuchurch.org for details.

(206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Central Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 1710 11th 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. www.stpaulseattle.com Holy Covenant International Christian Community Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Ave (just north of E Pine St). (206) 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am Sunday Service. Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. holycovenantccc@ Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday. gmail.com (253) 474-8897.

12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. (425) 747-3780.

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911 Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Washington Gender Alliance Support Group MeetSuite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics ing in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, Stewart St. (206) 682-3620.

Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. www. 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday.

Northwest Orchid Society Fall Show & Sale (11/4 & sasgcc.org www.washingtongenderalliance.com 11/5). Sat: 9am-5pm; Sun: 10am-4pm. Swanson’s Nursery, 9701 15th Ave NW. www.nwos.org. (See Saturday Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm. Queers, Crackpots & Fallen Women AA. 8-9pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. Open listing at 9am for details.)

122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of women only AA group. www.sasgcc.org Workship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope TUESDAY - November 7 as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org in order to solve their common problems. We believe VOTING DAY Queen Anne United Methodist Church. 10am Wor- alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes Ballots must be postmarked today or handship. 1606 5th Ave W. (206) 282-4307. can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number delivered to drop boxes by 8pm today.

Unity Church of Kent. 10am. 218 State Ave S, Kent. (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, (253) 854-9747.

SLAA New Beginnings. 12 noon-1pm. SASG, 115 University Congregational United Church of Christ. 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily (except Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See 9am all ages education;10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave Saturday). SLAA is a 12 Step/12 Tradition-oriented Fel- Sunday afternoon listing.) lowship of men and women who share their experience, LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 NE. (206) 524-2322; www.universityucc.org.

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Wor- strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare. ship. 2115 N 42nd St. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) of addiction. www.sasgcc.org (206) 622-5555.

Comic Artists Nicole J. Georges and Julia Wertz 285-5077 (George).

All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship. Reading at Seattle Public Library. 2-4pm. Central defeatHIV Community Advisory Board (CAB). 5:30500 Broadway E. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Library, 1000 4th Ave, Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium. 7:30pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway @ E JefFREE admission. Presented in partnership with Short ferson St. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. CAB builds Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, community involvement in order to advance defeatHIV’s Run Seattle.

4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every clinical research into a potential gene therapy cure for Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ HIV infection. If you want to learn more about our efforts Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings.

Seattle University, have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Pre- to ensure that all of Seattle’s communities that are afrental. (425) 785-4729. registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are fected by HIV have a strong voice in the cure research Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation. for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. of defeatHIV, please come to one of our community 10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, dinner meetings. More info, contact Michael Louella, orcaswimteam.org office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org (206) 667-5810; mlouella@fredhutch.org Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Se1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/ GSBA Young Professionals With Pride Social/Netattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & chari- working Event. 5:30pm. Columbia Tower Club, 701 5th Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. (206) 325-2421, table organization that raises money for various causes Ave, 75th Floor. Cost: $10 GSBA members; www.mccseattle.org.

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$20 non-members; $10 students; additional cost for walk-ins $5. More info and to RSVP www.thegsba.org or 206-363-9188.

Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett. 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County.

“We will be discussing issues concerning the local Gay community & value your opinion, voice, comments, suggestions & attendance. Come join us as we build community in Snohomish County.” David, (425) 339-5238.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. .

Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. (206) 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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

WEDNESDAY - November 8

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

Roosters Restaurant, 611 Broadway E. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday. Just drop in - no RSVP required. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

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

by Lifelong.

GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com POZ Seattle Monthly Social - Thanksgiving Potluck.

6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Roast turkey will be provided. Please bring sidedishes and desserts to share. $5 suggested donation to help defray expenses; no one turned away for lack of funds. www. pozseattle.org.

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.

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

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

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

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 7pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets 2nd Wednesday most months - check website to confirm details. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com 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. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersollcenter.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org “StageFright” - Youth Open Mic - For Aspiring Writers & Performers, Ages 14-24. 7-8pm. Richard Hugo House, 1021 Columbia St. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. FREE. Everyone welcome to attend. StageFright not only features young folk, but is also MC’d by young folk & attended in great majority by young folk. Richard Hugo House is a community gathering place where writing & reading is celebrated & explored thru events, performances & programs. (206) 322-7030; www. hugohouse.org.

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

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

THURSDAY - November 9

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

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

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

Seattle Prime Timers Cards at SASG. 2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Ste 201. Meets 2nd Thursday every month.

We are trying a new location for our popular games. We play Hearts, Bridge and/or Cribbage depending on who shows up, and maybe find a place for dinner afterwards.

Beginners are welcome! Metro routes 8 & 10.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org Capitol Hill Arts Walk. 5-8pm. Participating shops & galleries in the Pike/Pine corridor. 2nd Thursday each month. Keep your eyes out for curbside A-boards that mark each participating venue. Pick up a walking map from any location. www.caphillchamber.org Queer Parent Networking Dinners. 6-8pm. NW Network Community Engagement Center - phone, email or visit website for location. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirit, Queer & Questioning families - including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child.

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

(425) 747-4937.

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

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

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“Chief Seattle and the Town That Took His Name” A Panel Discussion. 7-8:15pm. Central Library, 1000 Fourth Avenue., Level 1, Microsoft Auditorium. A panel discussion about Chief Seattle and the politics of his time. FREE. Gay City Arts presents “A Certain Type of Brilliance” (11/9-11/12). 7pm (doors at 6:30pm). Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. www.gaycity.org/arts/ (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.)

PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First United Methodist Church, 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. www.pflagtacoma.org; PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 234-9790. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

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

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

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

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

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

FRIDAY - November 10

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

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

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

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

Congregation Tikvah Chadashah. 7pm. Call/see website for location. Puget Sound’s Gay & Lesbian Jewish Congregation where all are welcome holds Shabbat services the 2nd Friday each month. An oneg Shabbat follows services. (206) 355-1414; www.tikvahchadashah. com. (This event is sometimes held on the 3rd Friday.)

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

Gay City Arts presents “A Certain Type of Brilliance” (11/9-11/12). 7pm (doors at 6:30pm). Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Femmes possess an alchemy that can’t be quantified, but which draws us together and enables us to be bold, ingenious, and capable of magic that fortifies our own hearts and the soul of the community around us. “A Certain Type of Brilliance” is a celebration of femmes’ ability to pull amazing things out of thin air, to create on a dime, to use our vulnerability and creativity as our greatest assets in resistance to oppression. “A Certain Type of Brilliance” will feature a unique cast each night, performers will create a new piece of work in the 24 hours prior to the show in response to one of a series of prompts, drawing on the themes of resistance, resilience, femme identity & power. Tickets: $15-general admission; $12-students, seniors, folks with disabilities; $20-sponsor tickets; FREE-radical hospitality. https://certaintypeofbrilliance. brownpapertickets.com www.gaycity.org/arts/ Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

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

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

(253) 474-8897.

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

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

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

SATURDAY - November 11

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

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

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. www.agatheringofmen.org Entre Hermanos - Dia de los Muertos Gala. 6pm.

ACT A Contemporary Theatre, 700 Union St. Enjoy dinner, live entertainment, speakers, no host bar. Tickets: $135. Proceeds benefit Entre Hermanos. www. brownpapertickets.com/event/3041674. 206-322-7700.

Entre Hermanos promotes the health and well-being of the Latino Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and questioning community in a culturally appropriate environment through disease prevention, education, support services, advocacy and community building.

Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. 2nd Saturday each month. www.georgetownneighborhood.com Ballard’s 2nd Sat. Artwalk. 7-10pm. visitballard.com Gay City Arts presents “A Certain Type of Brilliance” (11/9-11/12). 7pm (doors at 6:30pm). Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. www.gaycity.org/arts/ (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.)

SUNDAY - November 12

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

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

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

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

Rainbow City Band in Concert - “Midnight at the Movies.” 2pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. Happy Halloween friends! Like B horror movies, members of our LGBT community often find our places slowly by building support with one another over our common interests and transforming our alienation into strength. In this concert, we are celebrating the outcasts that weren’t immediate hits but later became beloved classics - performing musical selections from films like “28 Days Later,” “Psycho,” “Beetlejuice,” and culminating in a sing-along “Rocky Horror Show.” This concert is sure to bring smiles and set the scene of the midnight hour. www.rainbowcityband.com; www. brownpapertickets.com//event/3099296.

Dignity/Seattle. 6pm-Prayer Service. Ravenna United Methodist Church, 5751 33rd Ave NE. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Dignity/Seattle is the local chapter of the nationwide organization of GLBT Roman Catholics.

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

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

Gay City Arts presents “A Certain Type of Brilliance” (11/9-11/12). 7pm (doors at 6:30pm). Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. www.gaycity.org/arts/ (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.)

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org

Celebrating 43 Years!

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

Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, connecting, and developing innovative programs and services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of our community. (206) 495-8312; info@gapseattle.org; gapseattle.org GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse. org LGBT MS Connection - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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

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

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of Employee Resource Groups. www. outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: (206) 325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit

vides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

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

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pa-

cific 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 Diversity: www.genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: (206) 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http://psoloc.org, (253) 7773357; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www. oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www. pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle.wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www.tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http:// lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, (206) 461-4493.

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

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www. oasisyouthcenter.org; OUT There Adventures: www. outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 3257724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 7268500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, (509) 396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235.

Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; (206) 451-SAFE; (206) 451-7233.

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook.

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

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503.

Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program pro-

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