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Issue 49, Volume 46, December 7, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

Annie gets it done!

Rupaul All-Star Aja previews this year’s “A Drag Queen Christmas,” new music and the short film Femme

Aja – Photo by Santiago Felipe

Visesia Fakatoufifita alternates the title role in Annie – Photo by Tracy Martin

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer ANNIE THE 5TH AVENUE THEATRE Through December 30

Annie, the musical, may be 40 plus years old, but since it started life as a “period piece,” set in 1933, it feels as fresh as the day it was written. Sure, it elevates an oligarch to hero status, though he only

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Pacific Northwest Ballet: “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker”

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer “A DRAG QUEEN CHRISTMAS – THE NAUGHTY TOUR” THE MOORE THEATRE December 14 @ 8pm

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET “GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER” MCCAW HALL December 2 (Through 12/28)

There is no better way to kick off the best season of the year than to take yourself and your loved ones to see the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “The Nutcracker.” A visit to McCaw Hall for this feast of music, dancing, and witty charm will set you up for the demands of the holidays and launch you into the new year

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Cuarón’s memory-driven Roma an empathetic sensory feast

Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Leta Biasucci as the Sugar Plum Fairy in a scene from “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®”, choreographed by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust – Photo by Angela Sterling

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer

Murray & Peter Present and STG Presents present “A Drag Queen Christmas” at The Moore Theatre on Wednesday, December 12.

Several Queens from “Rupaul’s Drag Race” are scheduled to appear including

Roma – Photo courtesy of Netflix

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer ROMA Now playing Roma is a feast. It is a feast for the eyes.

It is a feast for the senses. Most of all, writer/ director Alfonso Cuarón’s (Gravity, Children

of Men) latest is a feast for the soul, this meditative marvel of memory, regret, friendship, family, history and love a majestic treasure trove of emotion that is stunning in its empathetically human largess. While intimate in nature and in focus the film is still epic in scope and in meaning, its overall effective-

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continued from cover host Miz Cracker, Aja, Vanjie Mateo, Farrah Moan, Monet X Change, Naomi Small, as well as Seattle faves Latrice Royale and Raja. After seeing her in the short film, Femme, that was part of this year’s Boys Shorts program at the Seattle Queer Film Festival, I had to talk to Aja about that, plus a new single and an album. We chatted via email this past week.

MK Scott: Aja, this is the third year that “A Drag Queen Christmas” has hit Seattle. What should we expect this year?

AJA: Honestly, the Christmas show is always a diverse display of talents and like Christmas itself I think it’s best to wait and see.

MK: How has being on “Drag Race” changed you?

AJA: Being on Reality TV has opened my eyes to how things work in the television world. Now with those experiences I am pursuing my music career. Being on Reality TV is so much fun and amazing exposure but you aren’t in full control of your own narrative. The best part about pursuing your own goals afterwards is knowing that you can control your entire narrative and have fun with it. The entertainment industry is all fun and predominantly a positive experience and I am lucky to have partaken in that experience.

MK: Had a chance to see you in the short film, Femme. The director, Alden Peters, is a Seattle native. What attracted you to the project?

AJA: I was actually asked by Corey, who is a friend of mine from NY. He was the lead actor in the short film. The role really isn’t anything like me, but it was a cool experience.

MK: Tell us about your new single, “Jekyll & Hyde”?

AJA: With “Jekyll and Hyde” I was trying to tell the good ol’ story of becoming a public figure. Sometimes you want to fight and argue with those who are defaming you. Other times, you’re just like “Whatever.” And other times you’re just trying to talk yourself off a ledge. In this track Shilow and I explore our inner monologue when it comes to how we are perceived by people. This year I have been very supported but also very scrutinized by haters and in the song I let those who love me know that I’m fighting the good battle with them. But I also let the haters know, “If you’re paying this much attention, it means that you love me.” I was raised to believe that hate is an indifferent form of love. Someone who truly doesn’t care for you wouldn’t be paying that much attention.

Hating that much at some point is just an obsession with someone.

MK: What can we expect from your new album project?

AJA: The process of making this album has been hectic because I have been on tour non-stop. Since I started writing the album I have been able to perform my music in places like France, Lebanon, Italy, Greece, the UK, etc. But that also meant writing on my long haul flights and having studio times that lasted 8 hours or sometimes more. I have put every piece of myself into this album. I want people to hear it and enjoy it. I want my music to get played on the radio. I want to be offered an amazing record deal. I want to world tour my album and have people who see me for the artist I am just excited to vibe with me. Regardless if any of this actually happens or not, I am very proud of myself for being able to make the album and I know that my fans and supporters who have been there will always be proud of me. I do this for them. My OGs. MK: In 2017, your boyfriend and you were kicked out of a LYFT for kissing, but they did issue an apology. Would you still pick Lyft over Uber or are they both screwed?

AJA: Honestly, whatever service gets me where I need to be is fine with me. It’s not the

Aja – Photo by Tanner Abel

service’s fault that they had a homophobic employee. It happens to the best of us. I hope nobody has to go through that. But I’m also sure it’s more common than we think.

“A Drag Queen Christmas – The Naughty Tour” will be a hilarious evening of holiday performances featuring contestants from the reality television show “RuPaul’s Drag Race” on VH1. (WARNING: Adult Comedy). All Ages Welcome.

Doors at 7pm; Show at 8pm. There will be a 20-minute intermission. Presented by Murray & Peter Present. Get tour info at www.

DragFans.com.

The show will be presented at The Moore Theatre (1932 2nd Avenue at Virginia St.). Reserved Seating on Main Floor & in First Balcony; General Admission Seating in Second Balcony. Tickets are: $20 to $50, $150.00 VIP* (not including fees). All Ages/Bar with I.D. *VIP includes a premium reserved seat in the first few rows on the main floor, plus meet all the queens and take pics (before the show), score autographs and receive an official tour poster and customized laminated lanyard.

Tickets available at STG Presents and Ticketmaster. www.stgpresents.org; 1-800982-2787. www.ticketmaster.com; 1-800745-3000.

MK Scott is a Seattle-based blogger.

Check out his site at uniteseattlemag.com.

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“A Drag Queen Christmas – The Naughty Tour” in Seattle will be hosted by Miz Cracker, Monét X Change with performances by Aja, Farrah Moan, Raja, Latrice Royale, Vanessa Vanjie Mateo, and Naomi Smalls – Photos courtesy of MP Presents

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Teatro ZinZanni celebrates 20 years, launches new show & the beloved institution’s future is looking bright Last month, on November 1, Teatro ZinZanni celebrated its twentieth year as a pioneer of its own brand of theatrical, circus arts entertainment by kicking off their latest show “Hollywood & Vine” at their new location, 14100 NE 145th St., Woodinville, WA. The show runs November 1 April 28, Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7pm; Sundays at 6pm; with select Sunday matinees at 11:30am. Tickets start at $99. For tickets, call (206) 802-0015 or visit http:// ZinZanni.com/Seattle Teatro ZinZanni was founded in 1998 launching a wholly original new form of entertainment combining a unique fusion of cirque, comedy, cabaret, spectacle, and live music while serving up a multi-course feast. The show is presented in a gorgeous, climate-controlled, antique cabaret tent (known as a Spiegeltent). Imported from Belgium, the Spiegeltent is nicknamed the Moulin Rouge. Built in 1910, it boasts stained glass, hand-carved wooden interior columns, polished crystal and mirrors, and comfortably seats 285 people.

About Teatro ZinZanni Teatro ZinZanni is a whirlwind of international cirque, comedy, and cabaret served up with a scrumptious multi-course feast and elegant libations inside a gorgeous antique, mirrored Spiegeltent. In an era of exceptional city growth and expansion that has been the catalyst for much change in the local artistic community, Teatro ZinZanni and its leadership look back on two decades of cultivating an original arts brand that eliminates the “fourth wall,” showcases international artistic talents in a way not previously seen in the United States, and despite a series of bumps in the road, perseveres and continually brings together audiences from near and far to indulge in the shared experience of love, chaos, and dinner.

The view looks good from where Teatro ZinZanni sits today. Originally established as an off-season special project of parent company One Reel in 1998, ZinZanni planned a limited run on a temporary site opposite Seattle Center for its first show starring Ann Wilson of Heart when it opened on October 29. The show went on to run for 14 sold-out months. In 2000, the company took the show to San Francisco for a limited engagement on the Embarcadero where the show became an instant hit, and ended up running year-round for eleven years. Due to popular demand, the

Teatro ZinZanni Seattle – Photo by Alan Alabastro

company returned to Seattle in 2002 now operating two tent productions simultaneously, and in 2007 returned to its original Seattle location within the Seattle Center Theatre District, a location that would become home for 13 years.

In these earlier days, the leadership team built out a robust business model for the tent that would position them to achieve their longer term goals of operating in multiple cities at once. These plans led to ZinZanni’s split from One Reel in 2011 as the operation was seeing clear growth. In 2012, Teatro ZinZanni was one of 80 businesses on the Embarcadero in San Francisco that closed to make way for the America’s Cup yacht racing in 2013. The production moved to Costa Mesa, CA and presented a limited run for five months during the holiday season. In 2015, and with the support of city, business, and neighborhood leaders, Teatro ZinZanni’s plans to return to San Francisco were solidified with a unanimous vote from the SF Board of Supervisors. The project is slated to break ground in 2020.

Timber Brown – Photo by Laurent Bugnet

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Back in Seattle the landscape was changing – literally. After a highly publicized property sale of ZinZanni’s long-term Seattle Center location, the company was left without a home by March 2017. Quick on their feet, the company partnered with King County’s Marymoor Park in Redmond, WA to present the original show that started it all, “Love, Chaos, and Dinner” from November 2017 to April 2018 before ultimately inking a deal in 2018 to bring their entire operation and headquarters to beautiful Woodinville, WA. Nearly in tandem with the announcement of the company’s new permanent home, ZinZanni also announced their longawaited third city – Chicago – now set to open “Love, Chaos, and Dinner” in the spring of 2019 at the Cambria Hotel in Chicago’s Theatre District.

“Two cities, and eventually three cities when San Francisco comes back online, has been my goal since the beginning,” Norm said. “It creates all sorts of efficiencies and opportunities to workshop ideas in all areas. The site in Woodinville allows us to continue to develop this live, intimate art form for years to come – as the virtual world closes in around us – by putting all the elements of ZinZanni creation in one place together within arm’s reach, including marketing, finance, props, costumes, musicals, and performers.”

When asked to recount the work Teatro ZinZanni is most of proud of from its 20 years to-date, Norm shared the following: • Working with Norman Durkee on the musical atmosphere of Teatro ZinZanni.

Norm was a brilliant composer and piano player. His unconscious creativity was hardwire-fused with his conscious technique. Every note and rest was beautiful and true to the moment.

• Finding and working with the first-ever cast of Kevin Kent, Ann Wilson, Maestro Voronin, Los Eccentricos, Aurilia Katz, Sergiy Krutikov, Dee Strazivich, Dolores Leonard, Natalie Tarlet, and The Castors was a total plunge into the unknown and it created the basic form of ZinZanni.

• Working with Jane Zalutsky, Sheila Hughes, and Gary Gibson to bring Teatro ZinZanni to San Francisco for a planned

one-year run, which turned into twelve years.

• Working with Joan Baez as Madame ZinZanni while in San Francisco. She is known for her music, but has an astounding range as an actress.

• Creating the Seattle World’s Fair show on its 50th anniversary in 2012 celebrating the night in September 1962 when Elvis, Bruce Lee, and Jimi Hendrix were in town.

• Accepting the challenge to build a creative home for this company in Woodinville for future artists and administrators.

About “Hollywood & Vine” After building a successful show palace on the Jersey Shore, the larger-than-life Romanelli sisters are offered an opportunity to expand their business to Hollywood!

The sisters hit the road seeking fame and fortune, but are surprised to find that the journey leads them to the Squak Saloon in the heart of the Hollywood District, in the wine country of Woodinville, Washington.

Desperate to infuse the place with the showroom with their unique brand of razzle dazzle, the Romanellis’ see their work is cut out for them when they encounter a group of skeptical locals. We meet the Woodin Brothers, country lads who will do anything to preserve the traditions of the West, a sous chef with dreams of being a daredevil, and a Baroness who spins more than just plates. The mélange of eclectic styles may prove that the way to perfecting a balanced blend of love, chaos, and dinner.

This show features performers that Seattle audiences have cherished over the years such as Christine Deaver and Domitil Aillot (formerly of Les Petit Frere) as well as four brand new acts never before seen in the ZinZanni tent and an all-new menu created by James Beard Award-winning Chef Jason Wilson. The show runs November 1 - April 28, Wednesdays - Saturdays at 7pm; Sundays at 6pm; with select Sunday matinees at 11:30am. Tickets start at $99. Tickets for “Hollywood & Vine” are available at http://ZinZanni.com/Seattle or by calling (206) 802-0015.

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Visesia Fakatoufifita as Annie and Timothy McCuen Piggee as Oliver Warbucks in Annie – Photo by Tracy Martin

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continued from cover “saves” one orphan on Christmas, but if you look past that part to the simple story of people finding those who need them, it’s warmly inviting and a bit tear-inducing.

Part of the huge success of Annie has been the music. It contains iconic songs that people have grown up with for so many years now that the whole audience can practically break out singing with the cast.

Song titles you would recognize include: “Tomorrow,” “Hard Knock Life,” “Maybe,” “N.Y.C.” and “Easy Street”!

The story, based on a long-running cartoon strip, Little Orphan Annie, focuses on a sturdy 11-year-old girl in an orphanage who was dropped off at birth with a letter from her parents saying they would be back to pick her up. Annie (played by Faith Young the night reviewed, who nails the sturdiness and has solid vocals) longs for her parents to come back, but weathers the antics of the horrid Ms. Hannigan (a comedy-turn-gem by Cynthia Jones) who takes care of the orphanage.

Coincidentally, a billionaire, Oliver Warbucks (played by an ebullient Timothy McCuen Piggee), decides to send his secretary (the lovely Jessica Skerritt) to bring an orphan back to the mansion for Christmas and she chooses Annie. Annie wins his heart and he wants to adopt her. But Hannigan’s brother, Rooster (Dane Stokinger) and his girlfriend Lily (Cheyenne Casebier) scheme to fake being Annie’s parents.

Will those dastardly Hannigans steal Annie away and get money? Will Oliver Warbucks believe them? Can you imagine these questions in Comic Sans in bubbles in a comic strip?

Of course, it’s a happy ending; it’s a Christmas show! Warbucks gets to be a Daddy and marry his lovely secretary,

and Annie gets her family and the other orphans get help, too.

The uniquely diverse casting of this show, with African-Americans as both Warbucks and Hannigan and a “mixedmarriage-and-adoption” ending lend a distinctly modern and “color-blind” feeling to the show. This kind of casting demonstrates how easy it is to produce top-drawer entertainment and to do it with an off-hand inclusion that signals a “no big deal” attitude.

This is where The 5th Avenue Theatre, as a company and organization, has been headed recently and it is to be applauded.

We can only hope that they are working on including similar diversities behind the scenes in all aspects. If so, they are positioning the company toward a great future as an example to all such large size theatrical organizations in “how it’s done.”

Directed by talented actor/director Billie Wildrick, the 5th Avenue production is full of all the right elements – heart, verve, optimism and great casting. The technical aspects of musicianship (Caryl Fantel) and choreography (Kelli Foster Warder) are top-notch. The ensemble of young girls was enthusiastic and snapped their uniform choreography out with dispatch!

I should note that these stalwart theater artists put on a sparkling show the evening after a very long week, including opening night, and a real security scare during the matinee performance where the company decided it was safest to cancel that show.

So, regardless of their personal exhaustion, they pulled together for the Sunday evening show and made us all cheer!

For more information, go to www.5thavenue.org or call (206) 625-1900.

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The cast of Annie – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

Cynthia Jones as Miss Hannigan, Cheyenne Casebier as Lily St. Regis, and Dane Stokinger as Rooster in Annie – Photo by Tracy Martin

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Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Seth Orza as Herr Drosselmeier in a scene from “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®”, choreographed by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust – Photo by Angela Sterling

Pacific Northwest Ballet company dancers in the snow scene from “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®”, choreographed by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust – Photo by Angela Sterling

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continued from cover with optimism for the future. Not only will you see one of the best ballet companies in the country dancing to one of the finest ballet orchestras in the world, but you will see 70 little kids performing with the grownups and holding their own, to a story at once edgy, weird, charming, and delightful. But you probably know all that, so here are five loftier reasons why you should give yourself the gift of PNB’s “The Nutcracker” this year: 1) It’s Made For Us: This is the fourth season of “The Nutcracker” that replaced the old Stowell/Sendak version, and I think the verdict is in: this production is truly great. PNB gives us Tchaikovsky’s musical classic using George Balanchine’s fascinating choreography and Ian Falconer’s witty designs. I’ve seen a lot of Nutcrackers in my day – American Ballet Theatre, The Royal Ballet, The Bolshoi, Mark Morris’ “A Hard Nut,” as well as our local Cornish charmer – and all are delightful in their particular ways. But the current PNB version tops them all because the company itself – the dancers, the orchestra, the costume shop, the administrators and technical crews – are capable of pulling off something both complicated and demanding without imposing alien sophistication on our Pacific Northwestern sense of simplicity. Yes, the production originates with the New York City Ballet, but the special stamp that the PNB production brings to it is ours, all ours. The vivid colors, the dancers we know so well who deserve the best choreography in the world, the kids making their debuts under the tutelage of world-class trainers – all this is the accomplishment of decades of devotion and development that make Seattle a bright star on the world map of dance companies.

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2) It Shows Us Our Best Selves: PNB’s “Nutcracker” accomplishes what all great art does – it shows us the best of human endeavor so that we can be inspired to be our highest, best selves. Whatever art thrills you – visual arts, music, poetry, sculpture, good stories – it’s all here, and at an artistic level that shows the full range of development. We see little tiny kids marching in place in time to the orchestra, tippy-toeing in angelic circles, staying in character, participating in an artistic construction much larger than they are. We see older kids executing very complex patterns and rhythms, and at the same time we see the corps de ballet and principal dancers executing steps that take years to perfect, dancing to an orchestra of dozens of players who practiced and practiced and practiced in order to create this gorgeous music. Between those poles of endeavor lie all stages of listening, taking direction, rehearsing, practicing, failing, trying again. This arc of human development may not be what’s in the front of your mind as you experience “The Nutcracker,” but it’s deeply ingrained in the process of bringing a great work of art to the stage. Why do we love it? Because it’s an analogy of ourselves – everything that goes into creating it is what we put into our own growth and development. If we practice hard we can participate in making something great together.

3) It’s the Opposite of Virtual Reality: Worried about screen time exposure for yourself and your kids? Here’s the antidote – from the time it takes to put your kids in their sparkly best and yourself into your nicer set of casuals, to stepping into the fabulous lobby of McCaw Hall, you’re in Real Reality. Come early, because there’s a “petting zoo” of musical instruments you and your kids can pick up and try; there are lifesized sets and sculptures where you can stand and strike a pose for the camera; there

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Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers Leta Biasucci and Lucien Postlewaite as the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier in a scene from “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®”, choreographed by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust – Photo by Angela Sterling

are costume displays that show you how the magic is made, and costumed dancers walking around answering your questions – not to mention a Massive Christmas Tree with about a million lights. And when you take your seats before the curtain goes up you join the “tromp l’oeil” audience members (including Olivia the Pig) who sit in a scrim of side boxes creating actual, rather than pixilated, illusions. “The Nutcracker” is tangible fantasy – real world magic. Even the marvelous video that plays during the overture ends when a video girl and boy dissolve into real live children. It’s good to be reminded that fantasy originates in reality (the actual brain – yours, Tchaikovsky’s, Falconers’, Balanchines’, the dancers’, the audiences’…) not virtual reality.

4) It Feeds The Soul Even If You Don’t Think You Have A Soul: I’ll leave the mysteries of the Sublime to theologians and philosophers, but one thing I’m sure of is that watching great dancing gives you an inkling of the Sublime/sublime (capitals are up to you). For instance, Balanchine was particularly brilliant at moving large groups of dancers around the stage without repeating patterns. Just wait until you see the Waltz of the Flowers in this production – it goes beyond the beauty of the fourteen women in their flower skirts, and the Dewdrop Fairy’s spectacular solos (the brilliant Noelini Pantastico in the cast I saw) and demonstrates the mathematics of the universe forming shapes, melting away, and forming new shapes with the military flow of nature. Your mind can’t help but enter a state of wonderment, a form of mindfulness that leaves you refreshed and energized.

For those of us who think we have souls, it lifts the veil momentarily and shows us the Sublime. For those of you who are indifferent on the subject – you’ll love it. It doesn’t matter why.

5) It Will Give You Hope For The Future: We live in dark times, that’s for sure. Valdemort has somehow found his way into the White House and the LGBTQ community along with everyone else is threatened. So is going to “The Nutcracker” a way of burying our heads in the sand and taking a break from the drumbeat of corruption around us, or is it something to offer us strength and courage in bad times?

I vote for the latter, because watching hundreds of people pull together for the pure joy of making something beautiful is like a shot of adrenaline for the human spirit.

After all, if arts institutions like PNB – supported by so many ordinary folk like you and me – can join with the best of the past to make something so heartening for the present, then our country may still have the civil intelligence to turn back the dangerous Grinches we’re coping with. The main thing is to keep hope alive for yourselves and the people and institutions you care for.

Valdemort wants to put the kibosh on the arts – as if they only matter to some snooty elite who wants to take your guns away. But then, you’d have to have a Soul to know differently, or to have some sense of the Sublime/sublime. Pacific Northwest Ballet is a source of joy that will remind you that our world of talent and beauty is worth fighting for. “The Nutcracker” tells the story of how a little girl was able to conquer a twelveheaded Rat King by throwing her slipper at him. Even the smallest gesture can have a great impact – the perfect story for our times.

Fortunately for all you busy people, PNB’s “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” is running through December 28th, so there’s plenty of time to make arrangements to see it at McCaw Hall this season. Give it to yourselves for the Holidays – you’ll form happy memories for life.

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Yalitza Aparicio and Marco Graf in Roma – Photo courtesy of Netflix

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continued from cover ness in large part due to the Oscar-winning filmmaker’s insistence to observe and report in ways that are long-lasting, viscerally personal and hauntingly pure. Make no mistake, this is one of 2018’s best pictures, and whether the viewer sees it sitting dead-center in a theatre like Seattle’s Cinerama or in the comfort of their own home streaming it via Netflix, this is as essential a piece of entertainment as anything I’ve had the pleasure to recommend this or any year.

Based on remembrances from his childhood, the story revolves around middleclass Mexico City housemaid Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a silent historical observer who takes care of the house and the children of the respected Dr. Antonio (Fernando Grediaga) and his beautiful wife Sofia (Marina de Tavira). She loves all four kids, Toño (Diego Cortina Autrey), Paco (Carlos Peralta), Pepe (Marco Graf) and Sofi (Daniela Demesa), with every ounce of her heart.

She works alongside Adela (Nancy García Garcia), a fellow descendant of indigenous Mesoamerican tribes many of whom can be found throughout Mexico engaged as domestics. She has a brief romance with seemingly kind-hearted martial arts student Fermín (Jorge Antonio Guerrero).

Things in Cleo’s life appear as if they couldn’t be going better, the happiness she feels working for Dr. Antonio and Sofia in large part due to the fact that they treat her as another member of the family.

Things subtly begin to change when Dr. Antonio is called away to Canada for an extended period ostensibly to do medical research. They get more complex when, after a moment of carnal indiscretion, Cleo becomes pregnant with Fermín’s baby. He subsequently disappears after learning about his impending fatherhood about the same time it becomes clear that Dr. Antonio isn’t actually in Canada but instead has been living with another woman somewhere in Mexico City. Nevertheless, both Cleo and Sofia manage to carry on, working together to keep this a happy home for the children while also making sure the beloved maid is getting the best medical care to monitor her pregnancy. As each day passes and one month becomes two things progress onward, a country’s socio-political chaos and envi-

ronmental uncertainties as monumental and as insignificant as the purchasing of a baby’s crib or making sure the family dog’s excrement is cleaned up out of the driveway each and every morning.

As if he is channeling Federico Fellini’s Amarcord, Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, Lucrecia Martel’s The Holy Girl or

they share going far beyond employer and the domestic who shares a home with them.

There is a riot. An earthquake shatters the quiet of what was until that point a relatively benign afternoon. Disgruntled countryside peasants set fire to a plantation forcing the bourgeois owners to break up an evening party and joyfully battle the blaze

Augmenting things considerably is the incredible sound design coupled with Cuarón’s minimalist use of music (whether played by a passing marching band, via a passing car’s radio or some other medium) that plays in the background. This only increases the riveting quality of everything that transpires, including a devastat-

Yalitza Aparicio, Marco Graf, and Daniela Demesa in Roma – Photo courtesy of Netflix

Edward Yang’s Yi Yi, there’s no denying Roma is Cuarón’s most personal film since his 2001 classic Y Tu Mamá También. It is also his most restrained. But my saying that doesn’t mean the director isn’t still taking risks. His story is as playful as it is tragic, as heart-wrenching as it is uplifting. The movie looks backward and forwards in equal measure, flipping on a dime from the comic to the absurd, to the violent to the redemptive, with a graceful certainty that’s masterful.

It’s hard to fully express just how emotionally all-encompassing all of this proves to be. Cuarón allows us to see this world directly through Cleo’s eyes. Fear?

Euphoria? Contentment? Worry? Happiness? Love? She experiences all of that and more. The connection between the maid and the children is electrifying, the bonds

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in their best holiday attire. Planes from the Mexico City airport fly to-and-fro across the skyline like a nonverbal narrator adding their own jet-fueled commentary on all that is happening.

Cuarón is working as his own cinematographer, and he also shares editing duties with Adam Gough. Both facets of the feature are immaculate, especially the former.

The black-and-white photography is eyepopping, achieving a level of immersion that takes over the screen. While this trait will undoubtedly prove to be just as true at home as it was in a theatre it is still a travesty most viewers will be watching this one via Netflix and not at their local cinema, as these images deserve to be showcased on as massive a screen as the medium has at its disposal.

ing series of events in a hospital emergency room that hit me like a sledgehammer across the side of the head.

The beauty of this achievement is undeniable. The performances from Aparicio and de Tavira are extraordinary. The level of introspective exactitude that Cuarón brings to the material is beyond reproach. This is a movie that will be discussed, debated, celebrated and treasured for decades to come. It all comes to a close with sequences of selfless humanity and familial kinship that rocked me to my core. I loved every single second of what Cuarón has done. I can’t wait for others to finally see Roma for themselves. If ever any motion picture deserved of being labeled an instant masterpiece, this one might be it.

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Playfully malevolent Favourite a joyfully feminist blast of historical deception

Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz in The Favourite – Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE FAVOURITE Now playing It is the 18th century. England is in the middle of a costly war with France. An ailing Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) sits upon the throne, her friend and confidant Lady Sarah Churchill (Rachel Weisz) for all intents and purposes governs the country in her stead. Feeling a moment of compassion, Lady Sarah brings her estranged distant relative Abigail Masham (Emma Stone), a former Lady herself, into her and the Queen’s employment as a housemaid.

She feels sorry for the downtrodden young woman, and whether purposefully or by accident she begins serendipitously teaching her tricks of the political trade.

Abigail proves to be a quick study. Soon she’s bedding the dashing Lord Masham (Joe Alwyn) and making clandestine deals with the scheming minority party leader Lord Harley (Nicholas Hoult). More, she’s charmed Queen Anne, slowly worming her way into the monarch’s heart in hopes of replacing Lady Sarah as her most trusted confidant. It’s a crazy time overflowing in palace intrigue where backstabbing isn’t so much unexpected as it is a preordained rite of passage, all three women attempting to manipulate the other two in order to obtain whatever they think it is their heart currently desires.

Not going to mince words: I’m in love with idiosyncratic director Yorgos Lanthimos’ mind-bending historical dramacomedy-thriller-satire-political commentary oddity The Favourite. The movie is an amoeba. It is constantly shifting and transforming, mutating itself as it moves towards it guttural wallop of a conclusion with a forcefully cathartic effortlessness that’s stupendous. I found myself wanting to live inside each and every frame of this marvelous achievement, this intoxicating smorgasbord of whimsy, solemnity and ridiculousness a luxurious cataclysm of low-brow high-art that’s practically unlike anything else I’ve seen in 2018.

Deborah Davis’ and Tony McNamara’s script is a revelation. It uses history as its starting point and then decides to dig even

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deeper as it pertains to the complex psychology of its trio of female characters.

This allows Colman, Weisz and Stone the freedom to mine a plethora of emotional nuances, Queen Anne, Lady Sarah and up-and-comer Abigail each the hero, villain and pawn of this story depending on the individual moment, sometimes even a melding of all three archetypes at the exact same time. Each actor appears to be relishing the opportunity that’s been gifted them, all shredding their respective performances with an electrifying spontaneity that’s a continuous surprise.

a moment’s notice but can just as quickly devolve into a puddle of depression only to suddenly snap into expressions of motherly concern that are comforting and sincere.

Weisz is equally dexterous in regards to her performance. Initially Lady Sarah shows herself to be the most devilishly manipulative character in the film. She can conspire and connive with the best of them. But she just as equally feels genuine compassion for Abigail when she hears her tale of woe.

More importantly, she also cares for Queen Anne and cherishes her friendship, refusing to sugar coat or lie to the monarch even

Emma Stone in The Favourite – Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight

I can’t say any of them are better or more memorable here than any of the others also prove to be. Colman’s work is more introspectively complicated than it initially appears. Queen Anne isn’t quite the overly eccentric flibbertigibbet she comes across as. She’s battling intense physical pain, but her mental faculties aren’t nearly as diluted or as in disrepair as some around her assume. Colman explodes into rage at

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if telling the truth might initially hurt the woman’s feelings. Weisz brings all of this to life with zestful relish, and even when Lady Sarah is knocked back mouth agape by Abigail’s growing Machiavellian aptitude the character still remains a stoic paragon of resilience and fortitude that the Oscar-winning actress embodies with lithe elasticity.

Then there is Stone. This might be some of the La La Land Academy Award-winner’s

best work yet. Abigail goes from being a free-spirited ingénue who wouldn’t pull the wings off a fly to a venomous schemer who can plot and plan alongside the best of the palace scorpions, all of whom are just sitting there waiting for the best moment to strike.

Watching Abigail give into all her darker tendencies, seeing her soul erode bit by bit as she does so, Stone infuses this transformation with a demoralizing sadness that’s hauntingly tragic. At the same time, she also brings a level of comic exuberance to events that are undeniably hysterical, the actress showcasing a rare ability to combine laughter and tears into one gigantic stew of authentic emotional excess.

After Dogtooth, The Lobster and The Killing of a Sacred Deer it’s clear that Lanthimos loves to challenge himself. It’s also just as apparent he has no wish to play things safe. He melds genres and styles with intuitive flair, confidently allowing modern dance to enter into a historical drama in the same way he brought silent movie techniques, Ealing Studios comedic principles and Kubrickian meets Hitchcockian aesthetics to his previous efforts.

While Lanthimos doesn’t go whole-hog on the modernizing of this story in the same way that someone like Sofia Coppola did with Marie Antoinette that doesn’t make what he’s done with Davis and McNamara’s screenplay any less revolutionary. It’s all incredibly directed, his level of control over all this peculiar madness sublime.

The technical facets are beyond reproach. Robbie Ryan’s (American Honey) cinematography, Yorgos Mavropsaridis’ (The Lobster) editing, Fiona Crombie’s (Macbeth) production design, Sandy Powell’s (Cinderella) costumes, makeup, art direction, Lanthimos’ canny utilization of an eclectic collection of classical music selections, all of that and more is exceptional. The film is as much a sensory explosion as it is an emotive one, every facet of the production working in tandem with its counterpart that allows the motion picture achieve maximum impact. If The Favourite isn’t the filmmaker’s best feature yet, it’s certainly in the discussion, watching it an all-encompassing blast of joyful malevolence I didn’t want to come to an end.

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Inventive Anna and the Apocalypse a bloody blast of mirth, music and mayhem

Anna and the Apocalypse – Photos courtesy of Orion Pictures

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE Now playing It begins like any other coming of age high school melodrama. Senior Anna (Ella Hunt) can’t wait to graduate. She’s planning to take a year off to travel abroad before heading to university. Her devoted single father Tony (Mark Benton), the school’s janitor, is gobsmacked by this unexpected revelation, and even though he disagrees with his daughter’s decision he still wants to find the best way to support her if he can.

Meanwhile, Anna’s best friend John (Malcolm Cumming) is hoping to let her know his feelings are less than platonic before the end of the school year even though she’s still silently crushing on bad boy Nick (Ben Wiggins). Additionally, mutual friends Lisa (Marli Siu) and Chris (Christopher Leveaux) keep flaunting their own romance to everyone in their general vicinity, while American transplant Steph (Sarah Swire) is just hoping to make it through Christmas without becoming an emotional wreck what with her parents vacationing in Mexico and her current girlfriend unable (or unwilling) to make time for her over the holiday.

Throw in a few bouncy musical numbers, some double-entendres and a handful of whimsical sight gags, and that’s the opening section of Anna and the Apocalypse in a nutshell. It’s High School Musical meets Pretty in Pink and this includes all the colorfully histrionic baggage that goes along with that sort of cross-pollination of teenage-centered genres, director John McPhail not exactly hiding his film’s roots at any point during this purposefully obnoxious and joyfully exuberant opening section. But then comes the zombie apocalypse and all bets are off, Anna and her friends’ relationships and family problems suddenly paling in significance when they’re taken in juxtaposition to the end of civilization as everyone knows it.

Based on the BAFTA-nominated short film Zombie Musical, sadly McPhail’s film isn’t without a tragic backstory. Originator Ryan McHenry, who intended to direct this feature-length adaptation, died in 2015 from cancer meaning his designs for the

material could never be realized. Thankfully, McPhail and screenwriter Alan McDonald have done a terrific job picking up the pieces. They have masterfully expanded on McHenry’s vision, gifting it with character-driven finesse while making sure to keep the focus on Anna and her cohorts no matter how ridiculous events become. Better, McPhail stages some truly

is still a horror movie at heart, if only still one that happens to be filled with a bevy of imaginative musical numbers. By keeping things focused on Anna and her friends, by making sure all of them, including Nick, Tony and the high school’s nasal-voiced pencil-pusher of an administrator Principal Savage (a sensational Paul Kaye), are threedimensional characters with their own

Anna and the Apocalypse – Photos courtesy of Orion Pictures

fantastic musical numbers, not the least of which is the energetically endearing “Hollywood Ending” and the gruesomely hysterical “Soldier of War,” these only two of the film’s winning lineup of tunes written and composed by Scottish singer-songwriters Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly.

I think what I liked most about this effort is how authentic all of the relationships feel. McPhail remembers that, no matter how silly and funny all of this is, no matter how emotional things can get, this

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wants, desires, laudable attributes and personal failings, I actually cared about what was going to happen to the members of this ragtag group of survivors. In their own individual way they either won my heart or inflamed my ire, and as such I was fully invested in seeing who was going to make it to the end without getting bitten.

The entire crop of young actors who make up this ensemble are tremendous, Siu’s magnificent rendition of one of the more salacious and innuendo-filled Christ-

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mas songs I think I’ve ever had the pleasure to hear a signature moment the actress should utilize for her highlight reel for as long as she can. But it is Hunt and Swire who have all the makings of becoming bona fide stars. They’re wonderful, each infusing their respective characters with a level of depth that caught me by surprise.

If they ever wanted to team up for a buddy comedy, hard-edged legal drama, cartoonish action extravaganza or anything else inbetween I’d be first in line to see what it is they’re up to, these two spirited performers showcasing a magnetic ease in front of the camera that’s spellbinding.

It can get pretty cutthroat, and as playful as the movie can be that does not mean McPhail skimps on the blood and guts.

The filmmaker seems to take jovial relish in unleashing as much carnage and chaos as he can, Nick’s utilization of a baseball bat and Anna’s handling of a pointy-edged candy cane both unrelentingly vicious whenever the moment calls for it. The gore effects are imaginative in their shocking intensity, and even when played for laughs a moment of dismemberment can still chill to the bone once the characters take a second to realize all that is happening around them and what they are personally going to have to do if any of them want to survive.

Comparisons to other horror-comedy hybrids like An American Werewolf in London or most likely Shaun of the Dead are probably inevitable, as are allusions to other horror-musicals like The Rocky Horror Picture Show or Repo! The Genetic Opera.

This seems unfair to me, for while McPhail’s film and McHenry’s source material can’t help but pay homage to those past titles (not to mention affectionately tipping its hat to Night of the Living Dead and Dawn of the Dead impresario George A. Romero), Anna and the Apocalypse is still its own gleefully absurdist undead animal that deserves to be judged on its own merits outside of any historical inspirations. The film is a spectacular blood-soaked blast of mirth, mayhem and music, and even if this might be the end of the world the filmmakers have still delivered a raucous celebration of high school Sturm und Drang that’s an apocalyptic delight I cannot wait to watch, and sing along with, again sometime soon.

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

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. All men are welcome. www. agatheringofmen.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

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

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily. Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous is a 12-step/12-tradition-oriented fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction.

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

Seattle Men’s Chorus: “Jingle All the Way.” 3pm & 7:30pm, Rialto Theater, 901 Broadway, Tacoma. SMC is ringing in the season with a high-spirited celebration that brings together all your favorites. Tickets and info at www.tacomaartslive.org or (253) 591-5894. (Also in Seattle Dec. 9, 16, 20, 21 & 23; in Everett Dec. 15. See www.seattlechoruses.org for times and venues.)

POCAAN’s Annual Legends Gala & Awards Dinner and Dance Party. 5:30pm-1:30am, Northwest African American Museum, 2300 S Massachusetts St. Black & white masquerade-themed, star-studded event featuring cocktail reception, dinner, awards program, live music, and dancing (11pm-1:30am). Semi-formal attire requested. RSVP deadline was Dec. 1 but some walkin tickets may be available at the door. (206) 322-7061; www.pocaan.org.

Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character of the neighborhood. For information stop into Georgetown Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www. georgetownneighborhood.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.

“Snowball!” 6-8:30pm, City Hall, Bertha Knight Landes Room, 5th Ave & Cherry St. Celebrate our Trans and gender-nonconforming communities and learn what we have in store for 2019. Program, art auction, food, drinks, community awards. Sponsored by Ingersoll Gender Center. Tickets $25 (or sliding scale) at door or in advance at http://bit.ly/2018Snowball.

Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up maps at participating shops & galleries located in the Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market St area). Meets 2nd Saturday each month. (206) 7849705; visitballard.com Market Street Singers: “More Than a Silent Night.”

7:30pm, Ballard First Lutheran Church, NW 65th St & 20th Ave NW. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the song “Silent Night” with organ, brass, and audience singalong. Also featuring Pachelbel’s “Magnificat,” three choral premieres by local composer/arrangers, and plenty of other seasonal music. Free; donations gratefully accepted. Info: www.facebook.com/ events/287964598721358/ or www.marketstreetsingers. org. (Program repeats Sun., Dec. 9 at 3pm.)

Seattle Men in Leather - “Pictures With Santa.”

8pm-midnight, The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Get a professionally printed, individual or family portrait with a hot ‘n’ hunky Santa and his naughty elves. Sit on Leather Santa’s lap and tell him what you REALLY want for Christmas! Suggested donation $10 per print, benefiting Lambert House. Presented by Seattle Men in Leather, www.seattlemeninleather.org. (Also Friday, 12/7.)

SUNDAY - December 9

Center for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org

December 8 thru December 16 Shame to Grace (SAA). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Sex Addicts Anonymous is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. See website for details, location and to RSVP. This month is Ski Buddies “Ugly Christmas Sweaters Contest” so wear yours! Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Whether you snow board, downhill, cross-country, or telemark, there are trips & events for you. Bring a potluck dish to share.

Ski Buddies is a non-profit GLBT & GLBT-friendly club which meets regularly thruout the fall & winter, offering camaraderie & deeply discounted skiing adventures for all levels of skiers & snowboarders. www.skibuddies.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

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.

Seattle Men’s Chorus: “Jingle All the Way.” 7:30pm, Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, 3rd Ave bet. University & Union Sts. SMC is ringing in the season with a high-spirited celebration that brings together all your favorites. Tickets and info at www.seattlechoruses.org or (206) 388-1400. (Additional Seattle performances Dec. 9, 20, 21 & 23; also in Everett Dec. 15. See www.seattlechoruses.org for times and venues.)

Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Capitol Lounge, 916 E Pike St. Every Sunday. Go-go dancers at 10:30pm; drag show at midnight. 21+ ID required. $10 cover. Co-sponsored by Entre Hermanos.

MONDAY - December 10

Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Worship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship.

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

A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship.

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

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

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

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. (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

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

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

LotusSisters.org.)

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progressive, Anglo-Catholic parish, renewing its people for their Christian lives in today’s world through worship, spiritual formation, engagement in the arts, and acts of compas-

Visit us online www.sgn.org

sion. www.stpaulseattle.com Black Owl Market. 12 noon-6pm, Fred Wildlife Refuge, 128 Belmont Ave E. A Dark Arts market with the finest goods for rarified tastes. Free entry; free gift for first 25 attendees. All ages (bar 21+). Info: www.blackowlmarket.com.

Just for Today (NA). 12-1:15pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step Narcotics Anonymous group open to anyone in recovery. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/ Weds/Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. See website for location. Meets 2nd & 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts.

Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org Market Street Singers: “More Than a Silent Night.”

3pm, Ballard First Lutheran Church, NW 65th St & 20th Ave NW. (See Sat., Dec. 8 listing for details.)

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 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.

December 7, 2018

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

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. (206) 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed (SOS). 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Q-Law 2018 Holiday Party. 5:30pm. Aluel Cellars, 801A E Thomas St. (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St, downstairs space (note new location). Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.

FreelySpeaking.org PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. (206) 325-7724 or info@pflagseattle.org; www.pflagseattle.org. PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality.

PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses, & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

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

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

(Also meets Fridays.)

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

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

TUESDAY - December 11

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

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

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

(206) 622-5555.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS),

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1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Every Tuesday. Confidential.

Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, (425) 271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Evening Gathering. 6:30-8pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Social Hall.

Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend.

Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: FREE. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org.

Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Home Street Bank, 7307 Greenwood Ave N. Meets 2nd Tuesday each month.

A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia.

Please contact group facilitator Mandi Gunderson, (206) 471-2352 prior to attending.

Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youth ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

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

No Man’s Land - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Drums provided.

For info & location call Dennis at (206) 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Every Tuesday.

Men’s Discussion Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Peer group for Gay & Bi men. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A vibrant drop-in workshop for those of any spiritual belief. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. 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. [NOTE: No practice Dec. 18-Jan. 1.]

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 - December 12

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 each month. Just drop in - no RSVP required. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

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

Sponsored by Lifelong.

An Evening With “Auntie Mame.” 6pm (film), AMC Pacific Place Cinema, 600 Pine St; 8:45pm (afterparty), EVEN Hotel Seattle, 527 Fairview Ave N. Don your gayest apparel for this fun fundraiser benefitting Three Dollar Bill Cinema! The beloved 1958 film, starring the incomparable Rosalind Russell, returns for one night only. Afterparty features complimentary hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer, and cider. Jello shots made with Tito’s Vodka

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for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary.

Check the website for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends.

We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP: www.longhair.shorturl.com RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and Seattle Men’s Chorus: “Jingle All the Way” - IN EVchildcare. (206) 568-7777 or qpnd@nwnetwork.org.

ERETT. 9pm. Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 Colby Ave, www.nwnetwork.org Everett. SMC is ringing in the season with a high-spirited B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Question- celebration that brings together all your favorites. Tickets ing Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for and info at www.seattlechoruses.org or (206) 388-1400. location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside (Additional Seattle performances Dec. 9, 16, 20, 21 & Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. 23. See www.seattlechoruses.org for times and venues.)

(425) 747-4937.

SUNDAY - December 16 Boys Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilita- Baha’i Prayer & Fellowship Circle. 10am. Pearl tion of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. Warren Bldg, 606 12th Ave S. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. Share prayers, readings, thoughts & music. All lamberthouse.org backgrounds, all faiths welcome. (206) 391-2188.

PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First United Methodist Church, 621 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma. Meets Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda 2nd Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as Museum of Flight). Meets 3rd Sunday each month. well as those sexual minorities. www.pflagtacoma.org; This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 234-9790. PFLAG/Puget Sound: with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all (206) 325-7724.

LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the 21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles.

39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling. ethylforever@hotmail.com Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm.

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th (contact for new location) Meets 3rd Sunday each Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and group. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org ethically non-monogamous relationships. $5 donation; Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Seattle Men’s Chorus: “Jingle All the Way.” 7:30pm, Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring 3rd Ave bet. University & Union Sts. (See Sunday, Dec. fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, 9 listing at 7:30pm for details.) community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ COMMUNITY RESOURCES gayfathersseattle Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm. for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169.

Ongoing support group open to Gay and Bisexual men.

(206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org [NOTE: Please con- American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us tact the facilitator prior to attending.]

Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherSeattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Gay-Social-Club/ Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane.

Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.) com/guide.html [NOTE: No practice Dec. 18-Jan. 1.]

BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www.

FRIDAY - December 14 binetseattle.org.

Ageless in Recovery (AA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. A drop-in AA group for Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org 55+. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount VerNew Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th non) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook.

Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily. (See Saturday COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and listing at noon for details.) caregivers into a network of peers and supports them Road to Recovery (SLAA). 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Ongoing 12-step self-confident, and just leaders in our collective comgroup for sex and love addicts. (206) 322-2437; www. munities - www.colage.org sasgcc.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, 963-1994.

Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest.

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org org Lavendar Rights Project Art Auction Fundraiser. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis 5-9pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E. Clinic, (206) 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County $25 sliding scale. Happy Hour deals. Food & bar. Live Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour entertainment. Raffles. www.lavenderrightsproject.org/ crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal art (206) 639-7955. assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network LGBTQ & Allies 18+ Free Friday Night Drop-In Vol- support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay leyball. 6-7:45pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, (206) 568-7777 Ave E. Every Friday. (206) 684-4753. (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) Redhawk Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: afternoon listing.)

Strength Over Speed (SOS). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Peer support for Gay and Unit, (206) 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Bisexual men recovering from crystal meth addiction. Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. www.strengthoverspeed.org. (206) 322-2437; www. Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - (206) 324-2570; www. sasgcc.org Game Night. 7pm-11pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite equalrightswashington.org 201. Every Friday. Card games, board games and fel- Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org lowship. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeakLambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lam- ing.org bert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for by providing health services, connecting people to reGLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. (206) 322-2515, sources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City www.lamberthouse.org Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 860-6969. dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.rain- www.gaycity.org countrydance.org.

Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEDestiny/Unity AA Meeting in Tacoma. 7:30-8:30pm. GLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT Friday. LGBTQ-friendly AA meeting. (253) 474-8897. people across the country.

(Also meets Mondays.)

Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGLGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8-9pm. BTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201 - in the O’Neill Room. connecting, and developing innovative programs and Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org; (206) 322-2437; our community - (206) 393-3400; info@gapseattle.org; gapseattle.org www.sasgcc.org GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education NetSATURDAY - December 15 work - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org (See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. Meets 363-9188; www.thegsba.org 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures

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will be available for purchase. Tickets ($25 general; $20 members) at https://threedollarbillcinema.org/anevening-with-auntie-mame.

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 and Positively Living Monthly Social.

6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Food, music, 50/50 raffle. $5 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. www.pozseattle.com.

Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Every Wednesday. This month’s title is “Dragonweed” by Nick DiMartino. https://faculty.washington. edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park, 14th Ave E & E Prospect St. Every Wednesday.

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

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

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.

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

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

“A Drag Queen Christmas - The Naughty Tour.” 8pm, Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave. Hosted by “RuPaul’s Drag Race” alumnus Miz Cracker with RuPaul alumni Aja, Monet, Naomi, Latrice, Vanjie, Farrah, and Raja.

Tickets ($21-53) at www.stgpresents.org or through Ticketmaster.

THURSDAY - December 13

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

New Beginnings (SLAA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily. (See Saturday listing at noon for details.)

Safe and Sober (AA). 12-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous.

(206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Prime Timers Cards. 2pm. Ballard NW Senior Center, 5429 32nd Ave NW. near The Locks. Meets 2nd Thursday each month in the Arts & Crafts Room on the 2nd floor to play Hearts, Cribbage or Bridge depending on who shows up. Beginners are welcome. On Metro routes 44 and 17X. 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 & you’re on your way. Enjoy refreshments & meet the featured artists as you stroll the Hill. 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.

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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 Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

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

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

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

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Pride Lives - www.facebook.com/PrideLives/ Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. (206) 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org

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

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

Sponsors Tacoma Pride Festival. (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) 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. www/ seattle.gov/lgbtq Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity:

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

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www. mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org; OKAY! LGBTQ+ Outreach for Kent Area Youth: (253) 859-0699 ext 3034. OKAY! is an open support group for youth ages 13-19 who identify as LGBTQ+. A program of Kent Youth & Family Services; OUT There Adventures: www.outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 726-8500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www. pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, (206) 326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - (360) 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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Whisker Wonderland Dec. 7-9 Picture this: it’s a cozy evening at home and you’re drinking cocoa by the fire. Right next to you, your cat watches snow flurries fall and colorful lights go up outside the window. You reach over and pet your cat; they rumble with purrs and snuggle up close to you. Cozy yet? Need a cat for this to become your purrrfect evening? Cat adoption fees are $25 off this weekend December 7-9 at Seattle Humane in Bellevue – it’s a Whisker Wonderland! See adoptable feline friends at seattlehumane.org.

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All of our dogs go home spayed or neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated. Each pet will go home with a certificate for a complimentary veterinary examination and an identification tag. PLUS, most dog adoptions include 30 days of Trupanion pet insurance and six weeks of on-campus training classes – a great way to start off on the right paw!

Teens with dog experience. No history with cats. Resident dog introductions recommended.

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