Seattle Gay News
Issue 51, Volume 46, December 21, 2018
Arts & Entertainment
The Dina Martina Christmas Show arrives at ACT Theatre
Dina Martina – Photo by David Belisle
Dina Martina is celebrating her 20th year of producing a Christmas extravaganza with her now-world-wide known persona. Off-stage, Martina-creator Grady West is likely one of those quiet types that doesn’t attract a great deal of public notice
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE DINA MARTINA CHRISTMAS SHOW ACT THEATRE Through December 24
see DINA MARTINA page 4
Roma named Best Picture of 2018 by Seattle Film Critics Society
Roma – Photo courtesy of Netflix
The Seattle Film Critics Society (“SFCS”) announced the winners in 19 categories for the 2018 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards on Monday, December 17. Winning the top prize of Best Picture of the Year was Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma, a semi-autobiographical film that follows
the life of a live-in housekeeper during a politically turbulent time in Mexico City. Roma also won three other awards, including Best Director. “In a year of far-ranging, deeply personal films made by many of the industry’s most
see SFCS AWARDS page 6
Seattle Men’s Chorus’ “Jingle All the Way” holiday concert one of their best in years
“Jingle All the Way” – Photo courtesy of Seattle Men's Chorus
by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS “JINGLE ALL THE WAY” BENAROYA HALL December 21 @ 7:30pm December 23 @ 2pm & 7:30pm
It is hard to fathom that it has been 20 years since I first attended a Seattle Men’s Chorus concert. Their current holiday concert, “Jingle All the Way,” that I attended on Dec. 9, is one of their best in years. Artistic Director
see “JINGLE” page 3
Imaginative Into the Spider-Verse an animated triumph
Into the Spider-Verse – Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures
by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Now playing
After he is bitten by a radioactive spider while painting a graffiti mural in a suspiciously unused section of subway deep underneath the streets of Brooklyn, teenager Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore)
see SPIDER-VERSE page 7