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Issue 6, Volume 45, February 10, 2017

Arts & Entertainment

Grammys 2017: Adele, Seattle Women’s Chorus Lady GaGa, The Weeknd, goes global in March Daft Punk, and more with “A Woman’s World”

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer 59TH GRAMMY AWARDS CBS – 5PM PST (8PM EST) February 12

There are two reasons I’m hatin’ on the Grammys this year. First, no major nominations for David Bowie, whose Blackstar album deserved more than a bone tossing, nabbing just a few nods in lower brow catsee GRAMMYS page 4

Seattle Women’s Chorus in Unveiled – Photo by Conrado Tapado of eQuality Images

March is Women’s History Month and on March 17-19 Seattle Women’s Chorus (SWC) goes global in “A Woman’s World.” Around the world, women are the unsung heroes of ingenuity, creativity, and social justice. New Artistic Director Paul Caldwell introduces Seattle to uplifting sto-

ries of trailblazing women who have shattered glass ceilings and transformed our world. This empowering multimedia concert features pieces about Muslim refugees, orphans in Rwanda and women protesting see SWC page 4

PNB presents a very Olivia Newton-John modern, very funny and presents two acoustic very moving “Cendrillon” concerts Feb. 16 & 17

Cinderella’s stepmother (Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Lesley Rausch) with the Pleasure Superintendents (l-r corps de ballet dancers Steven Loch and Miles Pertl) in a scene from Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Cendrillon. PNB presents this new take on the classic tale, from the creators of Roméo et Juliette, February 3 - 12, 2017. Photo © Angela Sterling.

by Sharon Cumberland SGN Contributing Writer PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET “CINDERELLA/CENDRILLON” (1999)

MCCAW HALL February 4 (through 2/12) Sergei Prokofiev’s glorious ballet score, “Cinderella,” has been set for dance by see CENDRILLION page 7

Olivia Newton-John – Photo courtesy of queerty.com

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer After a sold-out show at Snoqualmie Casino this past August, Olivia NewtonJohn returns to the Northwest next week for

a smaller acoustic-style show to promote her newest album, Liv On. Joining her for the concerts are her two dear friends, Amy Sky and Beth Nielsen Chapman, who appear on the album with her. see OLIVIA page 5

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Celebrating 41 Years!

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers coming to Safeco Field in August

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer I can’t remember if I’ve seen Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers four or five times in concert, but I can confirm that they’ve put on an excellent show each time I’ve seen them. The reason I’m bringing this up is because the legendary rock group is coming to Seattle this summer, so I’m geeking out already at the thought of it. The band will close out their “40th Anniversary Tour” at Safeco Field on August 19, after a five-month itinerary that begins April 20 in Oklahoma City. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are responsible for a string of classic rock songs that span four decades, including “Free Fallin’,” “I Won’t Back Down,” “Runnin’ Down a Dream,” “Refugee,” “The Waiting,” “Don’t Do Me Like That,” “Mary Jane’s Last Dance,” “You Got Lucky” and my personal favorite, “Learning to Fly.” This concert will be epic! Don’t miss it! Tickets go on sale February 13 (10am) at LiveNation. com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Get those cowboy boots and hat dusted off because you’ll need them for the sixth annual Watershed Music and Camping Festival, happening July 28-30 at The Gorge Amphitheatre. The 2017 lineup features Chris Stapleton, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker, Lee Brice, Lauren Alaina, High Valley, The Cadillac Three, Randy Houser and the Josh Abbott Band, to name just some of the artists converging at The Gorge Amphitheatre right smack in the middle of summer for the nationally-known festival. More acts will be announced to perform on the event’s second stage soon. Besides the music, guests can also purchase camping passes that come with such amenities as amusement park

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers – Photo courtesy of Live Nation

rides, exclusive entry to VIP sections and premiere campsites. For festival passes and further details, visit watershed.com.

You can also get updates by going to facebook.com/WatershedMusicFestival.

In case you hadn’t heard, Olivia NewtonJohn is Northwest-bound this week. But don’t expect the pop-country veteran to sing any of her big hits, like “Magic” and “Hopelessly Devoted to You, because she’s performing as a part of a trio with Beth Nielsen Chapman and Amy Sky. The three-piece is expected to play all eleven tracks from their collaborative album Liv On during the concert, which will also include storytelling.

John could surprise with a few solo numbers, though the set list will lean heavily on the trio’s music. For tickets and more information about the shows, set for February 16 at the Historic Everett Theatre and February 17 at the Broadway Center for the Perform-

ing Arts, Tacoma’s Pantages Theater, go to historiceverett.org or broadwaycenter.org Here are a few more shows that I want to tell you about: Desiigner at The Showbox Market (April 2), John Legend at Chateau St. Michelle (June 3-4) and Kings of Leon at The Gorge Amphitheatre (August 26).

Finally, R&B-jazz artist Al Jarreau has been forced to cancel all performance dates through the end of the year, including his April 4 and 5 shows at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley. He was hospitalized this week in Los Angeles due to exhaustion and is recovering; however, not only will he not be touring in the foreseeable future, he has made the tough decision to retire from touring indefinitely and thanked his fans for 50 years of traveling the world to play his music. His most popular hit was “We’re in This Love Forever” from 1981.

Refunds are available through jazzalley.com.

Lady GaGa announces world tour and Tacoma Dome show after phenomenal Super Bowl performance

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer As expected, shortly after giving a spectacular halftime performance during last weekend’s Super Bowl LI, Lady GaGa unveiled dates for her upcoming “Joanne World Tour.” The tour, stretching from mid-summer to mid-December, includes shows in North America and Europe with a Seattle concert scheduled for the Tacoma Dome on August 5, but not certain is whether she’ll extend the tour into 2018 for Asia, Australia, and/or Latin America appearances. Lady GaGa, however, is confirmed to perform at the Rock in Rio festival, in Brazil, in September.

Joanne, released four months ago, is the fifth studio album by the pop superstar and features the hit “Perfect Illusion.” To date, Lady GaGa has sold a whopping 30 million albums and 150 million copies of various singles to make her one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. Besides this, she is a social media giant with 61 million likes on Facebook, over 65.1 million followers on Twitter and over 21.3 million followers on Instagram.

Sunday afternoon’s halftime performance by Lady GaGa was flawless, from song selection to stage lighting to wardrobe design to her own vocals, often overshadowed by theatrics during Super Bowl appearances. She began her mini-set by sing-

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ing the choruses of “God Bless America” and “This Land is Your Land,” not entirely as a political statement, but perhaps as a plea for unity for our nation to band together in these intense times of transition. She then leapt from the roof, or maybe a makeshift roof, at Houston’s NRG Stadium onto a platform and ripped into an intro that combined lyrics from “The Edge of Glory” and

the opening chords of “Poker Face,” which she performed about two minutes of before moving onto “Born This Way,” leaving in the words “No matter gay, straight or bi.”

Snippets of “Telephone,” minus Beyonce, and “Just Dance” were also squeezed into the 12 to 13-minute performance, as was half of Lady GaGa’s newer ballad “Million Reasons.” She ended the show with a quick costume change, going from a metallic one-piece with matching high-heeled boots to a shoulder pad-themed top and glittery pair of bikini shorts, as she sang “Bad Romance” complete with sharp choreography, fire bombs and wailing on the chorus while dancing on an elevated platform. She looked great, sounded great and the entire production from start to finish was well conceived and executed.

Fans, or “Little Monsters” as they refer to themselves, tuned in from around the world, including Brazil, Mexico, Germany and the UK. Enter “Lady GaGa reaction” on the YouTube search engine and you’ll find dozens of videos by fans reacting to her Super Bowl performance in real time.

Next up for Lady GaGa is this weekend’s duet with Metallica on the Grammy Awards telecast and a special appearance on Season 9 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race.”

Tickets for the Seattle show on the “Joanne World Tour” go on sale February 13 (10am) at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

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Lady GaGa during her Super Bowl 51 performance – Photo courtesy of NFL

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stellar pack of nominees.

continued from cover egories. Not only is the rock icon missing from the top album category, but NARAS (National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences) voters opted to include mediocre material, such as Justin Bieber’s Purpose, instead. Second, it irks me that an awards show features performances by artists who aren’t even nominated. No disrepect to Lady GaGa, Metallica and Bruno Mars, but neither is up for any gramophones this year.

Furthermore, several of this year’s nominees are performing a medley of Bee Gees songs, to mark the 40th anniversary of the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, rather than singing their own nominated tracks.

The Grammy Awards have sadly become a three-hour concert to draw in viewers, no longer celebrating the best recordings of the past year. They’ve also become somewhat irrelevant, losing street cred for not embracing innovating styles of music, such as rap, EDM and alternative rock. In fact, Bieber, Drake, Kanye West and Frank Ocean are rumored to be skipping Sunday’s ceremony in protest of the award show’s lack of relevance. Ocean didn’t even submit his album Blonde for consideration.

Speaking of Lady GaGa and Metallica, they’re teaming up for a duet that is either going to be stellar or a trainwreck – can’t wait to find out. Adele, Demi Lovato, Carrie Underwood, John Legend, Andra Day, Little Big Town, Chance the Rapper, Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak, Keith Urban and The Weeknd with Daft Punk, yet two more artists not nominated, are some of the acts that will perform on the main telecast.

There’s still no word on whether multiple nominee Beyonce, who announced last week that she’s pregnant with twins, will perform or attend the event.

The 59th Grammy Awards will be televised on February 12 (check local listings for start time) on CBS. A pre-telecast ceremony, where the vast amount of awards in 84 categories will be given out, will be live streamed on grammy.com early in the afternoon, hosted by nominee and LGBT favorite Margaret Cho. Here’s my take on ten Grammy races this year: ALBUM OF THE YEAR nominees: 25 – Adele; Lemonade – Beyonce; Purpose – Justin Bieber; Views – Drake; A Sailer’s Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson Should/Will win: Lemonade Queen Bey’s eclectic batch of songs on Lemonade, which dared to be different and thus became her boldest record yet, clearly out-distances everybody in this field. She’s lost this award twice to Taylor Swift, and unless Adele can pull

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an upset, this is Beyonce’s to lose.

ent and superstar potential can’t be ignored.

RECORD OF THE YEAR nominees: “Hello” – Adele; “Formation” – Beyonce; “7 Years” – Lukas Graham; “Work” – Rihanna (featuring Drake); “Stressed Out” – Twenty One Pilots Should Win: “Hello” Adele’s mega hit is one of her finest, a gorgeously sung ballad that pulls heavy at the heartstrings.

Will Win: “Formation” I hope that I’m wrong in saying Graham could pull off a big surprise here, especially if Grammy voters are split between a more traditional pick (Adele) and an ultra modern choice (Beyonce). I’ll take my chances with “Formation.”

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM nominees: 25 – Adele; Purpose – Justin Beiber; Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande; Confident – Demi Lovato; This is Acting – Sia Should Win: This is Acting It’s a mystery and a shame that Sia was omitted in the Album of the Year race for her impressive seventh studio record, which featured the international smash “Cheap Thrills.”

Will Win: 25 Not even close. Adele will definitely be going home with this one.

SONG OF THE YEAR nominees: “Formation” – Khalif Brown, Asheton Hogan, Beyonce Knowles and Michael L. Williams II (songwriters); “Hello” – Adele Adkins and Greg Kurstin (songwriters); “I Took a Pill in Ibiza” – Mike Posner (songwriter); “Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber, Benjamin Levin and Ed Sheeran (songwriters); “7 Years” – Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Pilegaard and Morten Ristorp (songwriters) Should/Will win: “Hello” A Beyonce sweep is certainly possible, but I think there’s too much love for Adele to deny her a major award. Plus, “Hello” is simply a better-written song.

BEST NEW ARTIST nominees: Kelsea Ballerini; The Chainsmokers; Chance the Rapper; Maren Morris; Anderson .Paak Should/Will win: While I think Chance the Rapper put out a better album last year than everyone combined in this category, the depth of Anderson .Paak’s tal-

SWC

Tickets to the Seattle performances are $15-$58 and available online at SeattleChoruses.org or via phone at (206) 388-1400, Monday through Friday, 11am-6pm.

in Liberia. There are familiar pieces by Judy Collins, Barbra Streisand and the Eurythmics, as well as the premiere of a song suite by Eric Lane Barnes dramatizing the accomplishments of women like Susan B. Anthony, the notorious Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Billie Jean King, and NASA’s Katherine Johnson. Together the women celebrate the inspiring champions of the past and present as we march forward, together, into the future.

“A Woman’s World” will be performed at the Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center (201 Mercer St) on Friday, March 17 at 8pm, Saturday, March 18 at 2pm and 8pm, and Sunday March 19 at 2pm. Tickets range in price from $25-58 (with youth tickets at $15) and are available at SeattleChoruses. org or via phone at 206-388-1400. The Seattle area box office is open Monday through Friday 11am-6pm.

About Paul Caldwell Prior to moving to Seattle, Paul served as the artistic director for Windy City Performing Arts in Chicago. As such, he provided renewed leadership and vision for both the Windy City Gay Chorus and Windy City Treble Quire. He also served as artistic director for the Youth Choral Theater of Chicago, a community-based after-school program enrolling 200 young people in Chicago’s northern suburbs. Paul’s work with youth garnered national recognition, receiving the Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming.

Paul composes and arranges music collaboratively with Sean Ivory. Their choral works have been telecast on PBS and A&E and performed at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. Legendary guitarist Steve Vai recently collaborated with Caldwell and

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BEST DANCE RECORDING nominees: “Tearing Me Up” – Bob Moses; “Don’t Let Me Down” – The Chainsmokers (featuring Daya); “Never Be Like You” – Flume (featuring Kai); “Rinse & Repeat” – Riton (featuring Kah-lo); “Drinkee” – Sofi Tukker Should Win: “Rinse & Repeat” I love the pace and repetitive verse of this song, though it’s a longshot for the award.

Will Win: “Don’t Let Me Down” I’m a Chainsmokers fan, but I would’ve preferred “Closer” in this category instead.

The duo is guaranteed a win here, considering they’re nominated for Best New Artist.

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM nominees: 22, A Million – Bon Iver; Blackstar – David Bowie; The Hope Six Demolition Project – PJ Harvey; Post Pop Depression – Iggy Pop; A Moon Shaped Pool – Radiohead Should/Will win: There was no better album released during the eligibility period than Blackstar and in a landslide it will deservedly prevail against a

Ivory to create a choral-rock fusion song, “Book of the Seven Seals.” Paul made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 2014, leading concerts comprised entirely of music he composed. He has also been artistic director for the ¡Canta! Costa Rica festival in San Jose. Paul served two terms on the board of directors of Chorus America and his efforts on behalf of the choral field were honored in 2008, when he received the Michael J. Korn Founders Award for Philanthropic Contribution to the Arts.

About Seattle Men’s Chorus/Seattle Women’s Chorus The internationally renowned Seattle Men’s Chorus (founded 1979) and Seattle Women’s Chorus (founded 2002) comprise the largest community choral organization in North America. Both choruses stand out as the largest LGBTQ-identified men’s and women’s choruses in the world. Along with the small ensembles, Captain Smartypants and Sensible Shoes, the choruses comprise one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest, most vibrant and successful music organizations,

BEST RAP ALBUM nominees: Coloring Book – Chance the Rapper; And the Anonymous Nobody – De La Soul; Major Key – DJ Khaled; Views – Drake; Blank Face LP – Schoolboy Q; The Life of Pablo – Kanye West Should Win: The Life of Pablo I won’t complain if Chance the Rapper gets it, or Drake, but The Life of Pablo was outstanding work from West and a more creative project than the other nominated albums.

Will Win: Views This is one of the toughest categories going into Sunday evening and common sense would say to place your bet on whoever is nominated for Album of the Year, which is Drake. Although, it’s happened in recent years that albums which lost in their genres mysteriously went on to capture the top prize: The Suburbs by Arcade Fire lost the Best Alternative Music Album award to Brothers by The Black Keys in 2011, but then won AOTY, and Babel by Mumford and Sons lost to Slipstream by Bonnie Raitt for Best Americana Album, but then won AOTY. So, don’t be surprised if West takes it, or De La Soul, who is performing on the telecast.

BEST COUNTRY ALBUM nominees: Big Day in a Small Town – Brandy Clark; Full Circle – Loretta Lynn; Hero – Maren Morris; A Sailor’s Guide to Earth – Sturgill Simpson; Ripcord – Keith Urban Should Win: Full Circle At 84, Lynn is producing the kind of country music that her peers could only hope to make.

Will Win: A Sailor’s Guide to Earth Grammy voters are smitten with Urban and they often side with legends like the iconic Loretta Lynn, but I’m going with Simpson here since he’s up for Album of the Year.

BEST SONG WRITTEN FOR VISUAL MEDIA nominees: “Can’t Stop the Feeling” (from Trolls); “Heathens” (from Suicide Squad); “Just Like Fire” (from Alice Through the Looking Glass); “Purple Lamborghini” (from Suicide Squad); “Try Everything” (from Zootopia); “The Veil” (from Snowden) Should Win: “Can’t Stop the Feeling” Justin Timberlake’s fun, uptempo Oscar-nominated number gets my vote, just barely over Peter Gabriel’s mesmerizing track from the biographical film centered around Edward Snowden.

Will Win: “Purple Lamborghini” The Grammys adore Skrillex, and I’m not really sure why, but they do. So I’m predicting another win for him and his two co-songwriters, although Timberlake or Gabriel could each gather enough votes to get called to the podium.

performing in Seattle’s most prestigious venues for an annual audience of more than 30,000 patrons. Flying House Productions is the not-for-profit organization that governs and manages the Choruses. Collectively there are 650+ singing members along with staff, volunteers, and associate members who support both Choruses. They are a leading voice for the LGBTQ community and offer more than 30 outreach events and main stage concert performances annually.

Our Mission Our voices transform society through innovative and entertaining programs that build community, illuminate the experiences of LGBTQ people and their allies, expand inclusion, and inspire justice.

Our Vision A more harmonious world that celebrates the unique identities and talents of all people.

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Celebrating 41 Years!

It was a 1980s dance party with the all-new Nu Shooz and Animotion!

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer NU SHOOZ AND ANIMOTION HISTORIC EVERETT THEATRE February 4 While the 1990s was the era for Seattle music (Nirvana, Pearl Jam), it was Portland in the 1980s that was the birthplace of three incredible bands. I am talking about the legendary sound of Quarterflash (headed

by Pat Benatar-like Rindy Ross), the percussion-heavy Dan Reed Network (headed by dreamy Dan Reed, with a Jon Bon Jovilike smirk) and finally the Pop/R&B/Funk style of Nu Shooz (led by Valerie Day with husband, John Smith).

After a lengthy hiatus from the world of Pop/Funk and Soul (to raise a family and play other styles of music) Valerie and John have revived the original Nu Shooz sound.

The husband and wife team are back on the road as part of the Super Freestyle Explosion Tour with their live eight-piece band, Shoo-Horns, and are playing shows for the first time in 25 years.

This past Saturday, Portland-based, Nu Shooz traveled north to Everett to open at the Historic Everett Theatre as the first half of a double-billed show along with ’80s synth-pop sensation, Animotion.

The ageless Valerie Day, 57, looked and sounded fantastic as she entered the stage wearing a black and white shimmering jumpsuit.

Day opened the concert singing her 1986 hit (and my personal favorite) “Point of No Return” and it was like I was transported back to the fall of 1986 and no time had passed.

If you go back and view the “Return” video, you will notice Day is a cross between Belinda Carlisle and the quirkiness of Cyndi Lauper. According to Day, in my conversation with her after the show, the animation of hundreds of shoes following her in the video was done not by computer but the old fashioned way of camera stop-

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motion, one step at a time.

The Shooz also sang their 1987 hit “Should I Say Yes?” as well as some new music from their new album, Bag Town.

That was followed by a classic cover of the Supremes hit, “Someday,” before they closed with their biggest hit of all, 1985’s “I Can’t Wait,” and the audience was invited to come and dance in front of the stage.

Then, after a 1980’s costume contest was held, Animotion came out. You remember them, right?

Who could forget their 1985 hit, “Obsession”? That video was epic with lead singers, Bill Wadhams and Astrid Plane dressed as Cleopatra and Marc Antony. Wadhams, who was known for his great jaw and model good

looks, still looks great, but mature. Plane also looks and sounds great.

Wadhams then told the story of the making of the video for 1986’s “Let Him Go” when they created a large mouse wheel in the middle of the desert, from an old Ferris wheel. Astrid complained that the temp was 125 degrees when shooting.

After over a decade away, both Wadhams (now based in Portland) and Plane have been continuously performing since 2001 and joined other 1980s groups on tour that included The Motels, A Flock of Seagulls, Wang Chung and Berlin.

They have just released a new CD titled, Raise, and previewed several new songs including “Bad Review.”

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it, and we got talking about loss and grief and how these things started our music really for people going through that. She had just lost her mother and Beth, we knew, had lost her husband not so many weeks before and [Beth] had written a wonderful song called “Sand and Water” about that time, a beautiful song that I’ve also sung. So I thought it would be wonderful to create a trio of women to sing about these things that are so important about grief and how you get to the other side, how you move on, which is the name of the title, title of the album rather, and so we wrote these songs and we also re-recorded songs of ours that have been successful. Beth rerecorded “Sand and Water,” Amy re-recorded a song that was a hit called “I’ll Take Care of You” and I recorded, rerecorded “Grace and Gratitude” and the rest are all new songs and they kind of take you on a journey through grief and re-birth. Really it’s – I’m really excited about this album, I’m very proud of it.

continued from cover The shows will be held on Feb 16th (810pm) at the Historic Everett Theatre (2911 Colby Avenue, Everett – http://www.historiceveretttheatre.org/) and on Feb 17th (7:30pm) at the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts, Tacoma’s Pantages Theater (901 Broadway, Tacoma – http://www. broadwaycenter.org/) In the following excerpt of an interview I had with Olivia Newton-John last summer, Olivia talks about her newest album, Liv On. (The full interview appeared in the August 19, 2016 edition of the SGN – http:// www.sgn.org/sgnnews44_34/page21.cfm) MK Scott: Olivia, thanks for joining us! First, I wanted to congratulate you on your 50th year in show business.

Olivia Newton-John: Oh, thank you!

Yea! MK: It’s gone by so quickly!

ONJ: I’m very lucky; it has for me, I don’t know about you?!

MK: Well, especially since it’s been almost 40 years since Grease, and I remember that so well!

ONJ: Yes, yes, it’s been a long time since that as well; it’s all been a wonderful great journey!

MK: And you’re coming to Seattle.

We’re looking forward to that.

ONJ: Me, too! I love Seattle, love Seattle; it’s one of my favorite places, and the

They then performed “Obsession” to a dancing crowd in front of the stage.

For an encore, both Animotion and Nu Shooz joined together for a soulful cover of Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love,” Despite a small crowd, it was an honor to meet these icons after the show. We welcome back Nu Shooz and may we hear more from Animotion for years to come.

Get Nu Shooz’s new album, Bag Town, and Animotion’s new album, Raise – both available at Amazon.com and ITunes.

San Juan Islands.

MK: Awesome, and you also have a new album called Liv On (how appropriate!) out.

ONJ: Yes, it came out on September 30th, that I recorded with my dear friends Amy Sky and Beth Chapman, who are wonderful singer/song writers, who are

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dear longtime friends of mine. And we wrote an album. I lost my sister three years ago to cancer and it was a difficult time, and I wrote a song for her kind of as my way of expressing how I felt about losing her and I miss her. So I called my friend Amy Skye who produced my Grace and Gratitude album and asked if she would help me finish

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Catch Olivia Newton-John’s return to the Puget Sound area along with Amy Sky and Beth Nielsen Chapman for an acoustic-only show celebrating their new album, Liv On. For all things Olivia Newton-John, please visit her site at olivianewtonjohn.com MK Scott is a Seattle-based arts blogger; check out his blog at outviewonline. com.

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The Seagull Project presents Chekov’s The Cherry Orchard at ACT Theatre

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE CHERRY ORCHARD THE SEAGULL PROJECT (AT ACT THEATRE) Through February 19 Chekhov’s best-known play, The Cherry Orchard, mixes up all the levels of Russian society inside the failing estate of the Gayevs. Servants consort with their bosses in previously unheard-of cheekiness. Businessmen like Lopakhin are more wealthy than the aristocracy, yet have risen from progenitors who were serfs. Aristocracy can’t raise money, yet haven’t figured out their way of life is unsustainable. Life in Russia is in economic turmoil that results in creating a new society that few can reckon with!

The production of this play by The Seagull Project is more suited to these times, with a new U.S. administration that seems to be in love with Russia and that already has created the beginnings of what could be unknown turmoil, than anyone might have predicted when they began planning the production! There are many pleasing aspects to the play, with some wonderful actors working at the top of their game. There is also a directing choice that tilts the production over in its insistence.

Madame Ranevskaya (Julie Briskman) is returning to her indebted estate after living in Paris. She returns penniless, having no skill of understanding or keeping track of money. Her brother, Gayev (Peter Crook), is having no luck saving the estate, either, and both of them are waiting for a rich aunt to send money, though she doesn’t

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like them very much.

Her two daughters, Varya (Sydney Andrews) and Anya (Ayo Tushinde) are likewise incapable of saving the estate unless one or the other marries well. Varya could marry her love, Lopakhin (Brandon Simmons), but somehow he never brings up the subject. Yet, Lopakhin does try to save them from themselves.

Lopakhin offers an idea of building summer homes for the middle class along the river. But this idea comes with the requirement that both the famous cherry orchard and the mansion must be razed in order to build. Madame is resolutely against any thought of cutting down the orchard and settles on the notion that the aunt must

save them. The audience knows this solution is not going to turn out.

Anya, the well-loved 17 year old, is not positioning herself to be a financial savior.

She’s in love with her baby brother’s tutor Trofimov (Spencer Hamp). It’s never very clear why Trofimov is still around. The brother drowned at age 7, part of the reason that Madame ran away to Paris to escape her memories. But Trofimov espouses the “new Russia” of the proletariat, the rejection of the aristocracy and the assertion of the middle class. Anya is ready to follow him, even though as a perennial student he has few prospects of his own.

The production includes some welcome humor with the clowning of servants like

Yepikhodov (Alex Matthews), Firs (Mark Jenkins), and Charlotta (Hannah Victoria Franklin), and a geniality of atmosphere.

A wonderful addition includes three musicians occasionally on stage, and some singing of the entire cast – especially the opening moments where the cast is spread behind the audience in the dark, singing.

Briskman takes the reins of Madame with sure hands and a beautifully modulated performance. Simmons presents all sides of Lopakhin, a challenge he manages with clarity, since he is both savior and villain to the family.

Director John Langs does a solid job of emphasizing many of the roles, though Trofimov’s stance and motives don’t really get expressed the way they could have.

Then in the second act, Langs opens with a party and forces the actors to dance their way through an enormous chunk of dialogue. Certainly five or eight or ten minutes of music might work, but it seems to extend to almost half an hour here. While it at first enlivens, after a while, it just does not help anymore and confuses the longer it goes on.

There are many aspects of this show that work well. Overall, this is an enjoyable production. Technical support, particularly from Robertson Witmer for sound and gorgeous costuming from Doris Black, as usual contribute enormously.

For more information, go to www.acttheatre.org or 206-292-7676.

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Go and have fun at Taproot’s production of Room Service

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer ROOM SERVICE TAPROOT THEATRE Through March 4 If you know who the Marx Brothers were, you might also know the movie they made called Room Service. It was based on a 1937 Broadway play and then they put their own improvisational, wacky spin on it.

Room Service is a farce. Taproot director Karen Lund is one of the best directors in town for farces in particular. She has a very clear sense of comic timing. Farce is not easy to get right. The main joy in farces is the quick movements of people coming in and going out of doors! That’s right, missing each other by parts of seconds!

That is the height of silliness in farces.

This production boasts three expert practitioners of farce here in Seattle: Bill Johns, Daniel Stoltenberg and Christopher Morson. In a talented cast, they lead the way in understanding and executing farcical behavior. Part of that is knowing how to be serious while not taking yourself seriously. They all get the best laughs in this show.

Our story finds theater impresario Gordon Miller (Erwin Galan) running up a huge debt in a hotel while he tries desperately to find a backer for his latest play. He has housed all 23 actors in the hotel, since he has no money to pay them and at least this way they can sleep decently and eat at his expense.

Miller’s brother-in-law, Joe Gribble (Mike Spee), is the hotel manager in trouble

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Nikki Visel, Erwin Galán, Laura Lee Caudill, Christopher Moron, Eric Hampton and Daniel Stoltenberg in Room Service at Taproot Theatre – Photo by Erik Stuhaug

with his superior (Nikki Visel) who has aspirations for promotion if she shuts down the bleeding of the red ink on the hotel books. But Miller is on the verge of gaining a major backer if only Joe can keep her away for another day or two. Of course, Joe can’t do that, so the banging of doors and missing-by-inches begins.

It may be because the production is in its early days, but the wacky rhythm isn’t quite as urgent as it needs to be. Hopefully, the cast will settle in and speed up a bit so that the more breathless nature of farce will kick further in.

The entire play takes place in one bedroom suite in the hotel, belonging to Miller.

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with small characters, including Stoltenberg’s role as the theater director who has been evicted from his own apartment and shows up in the hotel with a very large moose head.

Morson plays the new playwright of the play Miller is producing and does a great job as a naïve young man new to the wiles of New York. In order to stay in the hotel, he is convinced he must play “sick” and we have great fun watching him keep an ice bag on his head.

The technical aspects of the play are well done with a four-door set by Mark Lund and wonderful costumes by Nanette Acosta. Some of the actors have to change characters, so the costuming needs to be

quick-change worthy.

It’s definitely a fun farce. It isn’t as wacky as you might remember the Marx Brothers to be, but it’s still a retreat from the outside world and a chance to relax and laugh. It’s also totally family friendly and likely understandable even by kids as young as about six. Go and have fun!

For more information, go to www.taproottheatre.org or call 206-781-9707.

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many choreographers, including Rostislav Zakharov – Prokofiv’s original collaborator – Frederick Ashton, Rudolph Nureyev, and Ben Stevenson (the version famous for its men-in-drag stepsisters). Increasingly popular, however, is the version now on view at McCaw Hall – French choreographer JeanChristophe Maillot’s very modern, very funny, and very moving “Cendrillon.”

We all know the Cinderella story, and many of us know the music, or would recognize it the minute we heard its haunting and tuneful melodies. This version of the fairy tale conforms more closely with Prokofiev’s own vision of the central character as a real person, whose lost mother becomes her fairy godmother. As in the original story her father is in the clutches of a selfish, grasping stepmother and her two rapacious daughters, but what’s missing here are the familiar props: mice who turn into coachmen, rags that turn into a ball gown, a pumpkin that turns into a coach, and, most of all, glass slippers that become the key to Cinderella’s transformation from a cinder-girl to a princess.

Yet in this more naturalistic, adult version of the fairy tale, we don’t miss the magic tricks at all, because the real magic is in the contrast between the worldly selfishness of the stepfamily and the heartfelt sincerity of Cinderella. The space between these two world-views is hilariously filled by two flamboyant “Pleasure Superintendents” whose over-the-top preening brings La Cage aux Folles to mind.

The wonderfully clever staging of this ballet by Ernest Pignon-Ernest is the first thing you notice – moveable panels that look like leaves of paper and transform from a house to a palace and, most cleverly, to a sailing ship as the Prince searches the world for his mystery girl. Maillot wisely withholds the raucous comedy of the stepmother-and-daughter trio, wearing weirdly erotic chin straps and corsets, until Cinderella’s love for her mother, as well as her Father’s sexual entrapment by his new wife, is established. Once we understand the emotional situation, Maillot can heap comic implausibility on us without reverting to Disney-esque sentimentality.

Shades of Maillot’s “Romeo et Juliette” from last season are conjured up when the

The Prince meets Cinderella (Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancers James Moore and Noelani Pantastico) in a scene from Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Cendrillon. PNB presents this new take on the classic tale, from the creators of Roméo et Juliette, February 3 - 12, 2017.

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Prince and his four buddies enter leaping, tumbling, and somersaulting like Romeo and his buddies did in Verona. This is not a complaint – Maillot is particularly powerful as a choreographer for young men, since he was a

young ballet dancer himself for many years, and it’s pure pleasure to see their dances – I wish there had been even more. This Prince is particularly edgy, with a foot fetish rather than the stately dignity we expect, and so we

accept as reasonable that Cinderella’s fairy godmother covers her feet with golden sparkles rather than glass slippers.

Maillot’s choreographic style is in perfect service to his modern mode of storytelling. Cinderella herself is barefoot throughout, not only to emphasize her poverty compared to her pointe-footed stepfamily, but to separate reality from fantasy, humility from selfishness, and true love from self-promotion. The duet between her and the prince, charmingly danced by Elizabeth Murphy and Jerome Tisserand, showcases Maillot’s control between the angular, muscular male choreography and the fluid, graceful movement of Cinderella, who drapes herself around the Prince as if he were in a river of love.

What I loved the most about this terrific production was the secondary characters – quite a compliment when the traditional ballet productions of “Cinderella” usually have dozens of beautifully clad corps members or supernumeraries just standing around to create a grand effect. In Maillot’s version there are extravagantly weird additions such as the Pleasure Superintendents and their team of four mannequins – four big men wrapped in muslin like Frankenstein’s Monster. They goofily model ball gowns for the stepsisters and pantomime the future for Cinderella – the bad future if she were to buy into the whole wealth-isbetter-than-love premise that motivates the stepfamily. These six secondary characters bring a whole dimension of humor and morality to the story that is missing from other productions, and that makes the story more immediate to the audience even though we are still in a fairy-tale world. Steven Loch and Miles Pertl deserve a big shout-out for their hilarious performance of the enthusiastic, endlessly optimistic Pleasure Superintendents, who bring a touch of joie de vivre to every scene in which they appear.

As always, this wonderful music is wonderfully played by the PNB orchestra. It’s worth a trip to McCaw Hall just to hear this lush score so beautifully performed; but to have Maillot’s spectacular ballet on top of that is the best deal in town. What could be a better pre-Valentine’s Day gift to your loved one than a trip to PNB’s “Cinderella/ Cendrillon”? It’s at McCaw Hall through February 12.

“RuPaul’s Drag Race” kicks off in March with 13 new contestants

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer It’s that time again. When a new batch of contestants from around the country compete for the glitteriest title in drag queendom, a chance to be crowned the winner on “RuPaul’s Drag Race.” Thirteen performers have been chosen for the ninth season, which gets underway next month, although the specific date has yet to be revealed.

There are no contestants this season from Seattle, the closest by road mileage would be 25 year-old Valentina from Los Angeles and the furthest is Charlie Hides from Boston, but originally from London, England, who at 52 becomes the oldest queen to vie for the title. Two girls each from New York City and Brooklyn were selected, Alexis Michelle, aged 33, and Peppermint, aged 37, will represent The Big Apple, while 22 year-old Aja and 29 yearold Sasha Velour are hoping to snag the crown for their side of town after NYC’s

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Bob the Drag Queen won last year.

Two competitors were also picked from Las Vegas, 23 year-old Farrah Moan and 28 year-old Kimora Blac, who I believe is the first Vietnamese contestant on the “Race.”

From the South, we have Eureka, aged 25, from Johnson City, Tennessee and Nina Bo’Nina Brown, aged 34, from Riverdale, Georgia. The Midwest is repped by 26 yearold Jaymes Mansfield from Milwaukee and 27 year-old Shea Couleé from Chicago, and rounding out the group is Orlando-based Trinity Taylor, aged 31.

Returning judges are RuPaul, who earned his first Emmy Award for hosting the popular Logo TV program, and Michelle Visage. And although we’ll have to wait to find out which guest judges will appear on the show, it has been confirmed that Lady GaGa will surprise the contestants sometime this season. For more on “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” including a video introduction of the new queens, go to logotv.com.

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John Wick’s second chapter a violent, pulpy wonder

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer JOHN WICK CHAPTER 2 Now playing After getting vengeance against those who killed his dog and stole his car, both treasured presents from his deceased wife Helen (Bridget Moynahan), legendary assassin John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is content to fade once again back into retirement. But a man from his past, powerful crime lord Santino D’Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio), won’t let this man’s myth of destruction and bloodshed disappear. More importantly, he holds this killer’s marker, John long ago needing a favor from D’Antonio in order to enter into marriage with Helen. Now he’s returned, and he’s calling in the marker, and this internationally feared hit man known everywhere as The Bogeyman has to honor it or else his own life will be forfeit.

Picking up where 2014 sensation John Wick left off, John Wick Chapter 2 proves to be a surprisingly dynamic sequel that explores and expands on the world the previous violent action-thriller introduced in increasingly fascinating fashion. While the main plot dynamics are still relatively simple – John Wick gets angry and is forced to kill an awful lot of people intent on trying to do the same to him – this time director Chad Stahelski and writer Derek Kolstad showcase all of this chaos and carnage on a much grander and more complex scale.

This underground world of assassins and cutthroats has its own hierarchy, its own set of rules, all of it rooted in ancient ideals that appear to go back countless generations.

It’s absorbing stuff, John getting advice once again from the mysterious Winston (Ian McShane) as he decides the best course of action as it pertains to D’Antonio and his bloodstained marker. There are also some splendid montages where this antihero meets up with a hotel sommelier who

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doubles as a gunsmith, as well as a visit to a helpful tailor who crafts impeccable suits perfect for evening parties as well as clandestine tactical excursions. Through it all John interacts with a variety of fellow killers (portrayed by the likes of Common, Ruby Rose and a playfully grandiose Laurence Fishburne), taking time out from the fisticuffs, gunplay and knife fights for a collegial drink when the opportunity arises.

But it’s the action itself that makes this sequel superior to its predecessor. Stahelski, working on his own this time around, David Leitch off making the upcoming Cold War spy thriller The Coldest City with Charlize Theron and James McAvoy, shows even more visual confidence, allowing many of the key set pieces to play out with minimal edits and few needless camera movements in order for the power and ferocity of the violence to speak for itself.

It’s a magnificently controlled display of ingenuity and old school directorial dexterity, the filmmaker channeling from a variety of influences including John Woo, How-

ard Hawks, Gareth Evans, Robert Clouse and Lana and Lily Wachowski. Yet he also manages to put his own idiosyncratic stamp on things, the pugilistic rage of all that transpires simply extraordinary.

Reeves was born to play this character, John Wick fitting nicely alongside Neo, Jack Traven and Johnny Utah. Additionally, Stahelski allows for a number of strong supporting turns, noticeably from McShane, Common and Italian actress Claudia Gerini, the latter having a superb scene with Reeves where her character is seemingly the only one (other than his late wife, of course) capable of putting the assassin in his place and eliciting a tender emotional response from him. There’s also a wonderful cameo from the original Django, Franco Nero, his gruff yet commanding presence adding a level of gravitas to the Italian sections of the film that’s delightful.

Does it all add up to anything substantive? No, not really, and it isn’t like Stahelski and Kolstad are trying to make any big statements about the real world or got too

far beyond the retro, neon-lit glossy pulp dynamics they established in the first film.

There’s also a blatant set up for a climactic chapter that leaves things for some of the characters in a noticeably tenuous state of limbo; and while this cliffhanger feels appropriate it also could hit some viewers as self-indulgent and unsatisfying.

Nevertheless, John Wick Chapter 2 is amazing. A full-blown action extravaganza that engages on multiple levels, gloriously shot by Dan Laustsen (Crimson Peak), ingeniously edited by Evan Schiff (Southside with You) and featuring creatively lush environments courtesy of production designer Kevin Kavanaugh (Nightcrawler), this sequel grabbed me by the throat and then joyfully refused to let go. A cacophony of character and violence, stunt coordinator turned director Stahelski cements his status as an audaciously talented newcomer worth keeping an eye on, and whatever he decides to do next rest assured I’ll be first in line to give it a look.

Fifty Shades Darker an unintentionally hysterical sequel

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer FIFTY SHADES DARKER Now playing Fifty Shades Darker might be one the greatest terrible movies I’ve ever seen. The second chapter in author E.L. James’ bestselling trilogy of adult romantic fiction, this sequel follows up the events that transpired in 2015’s smash schlock hit Fifty Shades of Grey, picking things up not too long after wannabe literary editor Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) broke up with her psychologically damaged Seattle billionaire boyfriend Christian Grey (Jamie Dornan).

What follows is an unrelenting cavalcade of poorly thought out narrative tropes, gratuitous softcore sex, bizarre melodramatic red herrings and ghastly character transformations, the whole things so beyond silly trying to keep a straight face while watching it is pretty much impossible.

Anastasia, currently working as the assistant to vaunted editor Jack Hyde (Eric Johnson), is still doing her best to mend her broken heart over Christian. But after the two reconnect at an art gallery showcasing the photos of best friend Jose (Victor Rasuk), the duo quickly agree to rekindle their romantic courtship. This time, however, Anastasia insists there will be no rules, no masters and no submissives. More, she insists Christian be completely honest with her, no matter how painful, otherwise the young woman will walk right back out of his life, this time for good.

That’s really it as far as plot is concerned. There are some side tangents, no-

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tably one involving a former submissive of Christian’s named Leila (a wasted Bella Heathcote) that builds to one of the film’s many unintentionally laughable standout sequences. There’s also much ado about nothing concerning the young billionaire’s former sexual instructor, Elena Lincoln, portrayed by L.A. Confidential Academy Award-winner Kim Basinger. She’s basically in the movie to offer up ominous

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words of concern to Anastasia, a task the talented actress performs with the requisite amount of perfunctory enthusiasm. But the real glory of her appearance is the sheer delight of watching her square off against fellow Best Supporting Actress Oscarwinner Marcia Gay Harden, reprising her role as Christian’s adopted mother Grace, the pair’s climactic catfight not “Dynasty” level awesome but still amusingly terrific all the same.

At Close Range and Glengarry Glen Ross director James Foley takes over the reins from departing filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, while James’ husband Niall Leonard (“Monarch of the Glen”) handles screenwriting duties this time instead of Kelly Marcel. While the latter is slavishly faithful to the source material, which isn’t exactly unexpected, the former certainly brings a masculine take to this so-called romance that’s as exploitive as it is unappealing. He stages the frequent sex scenes in a fashion so rudimentary even Zalman King would find them tedious, which admittedly is a rather surprising turn of events considering this is the same guy who made the legitimately steamy After Dark, My Sweet back in 1990.

Johnson is a star in the making, and while she’s contractually stuck slumming here in material well beneath her talents, her free-spirited whimsical enthusiasm is still worthy of applause. She and Dornan still display little in the way of chemistry, and considering this is a movie filled with scene after scene of the twosome snuggling up to one another, acting naughty in elevators or boldly pronouncing loud exclamations of undying love, this is a major

problem. There’s just nothing in the way of zip or energy that passes between them, and while they relate to one another moderately better than they did in Fifty Shades of Grey, they don’t do so enough to make investing emotionally in their relationship even a passing possibility.

None of which begins to describe the sheer vast wasteland of loopy lunacy that ends up happening inside the confines of this movie. The volume of hysterical moments is beyond belief, some of them so patently absurd I almost started to wonder if Foley was making a clandestine parody that James, the studio and everyone else involved might not have been aware of. While I’m certain that isn’t the case, some of this stuff truly is so stupefying in its ridiculousness I can’t even begin to put into words just how gloriously awful some moments end up proving to be, my personal favorite showcasing a happy family standing like cardboard cutouts in an elevator as if they were animatronics characters at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant.

None of which will likely matter as far as ticket sales go. Fifty Shades of Grey was a monster hit, and even though I don’t know a single person anywhere who will admit to liking the film, I’d place a sizable bet that Fifty Shades Darker will do nearly as well as far as box office receipts are concerned.

That’s not a recommendation, mind you, just a prediction, making the final joke one being played on audiences by the studio and the filmmakers, and out of all the laughs this sequel holds I’d wager it’s the only intentional one.

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Watching Rings hazardous to viewer’s entertainment health

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer RINGS Now playing A biology professor, Gabriel (Johnny Galecki), at a Pacific Northwest college, stumbles upon a working VCR at a flea market. Unbeknownst to him, inside is the cursed VHS videotape of Samara Morgan (Bonnie Morgan), and although its powers have been dormant for years, once watched it’s still as lethal as ever. After doing research, Gabriel discovers he can stave off death by making copies of the video and setting up some of his students to watch it and then do the same, getting them to do so under the guise of participating in an assignment that attempts to examine life after death and the existence of the human soul.

When one of those students, freshman Holt (Alex Roe), is unable to find another person to watch the video before the sevenday deadline comes to an end, his girlfriend Julia (Matilda Lutz) selflessly takes a look at it in order to save him. But when she tries to make a copy, the footage has suddenly changed, a second video now embedded within the frames of the first, almost as if Samara has chosen this young woman for some sort of secret task. Spurred on by the images in this new material, Julia and Holt race to a small seaside community making the acquaintance of the blind Burke (Vincent D’Onofrio), the reclusive custodian of the local cemetery who knows more about Samara and her powers than he initially

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wishes to disclose.

In 2002, director Gore Verbinski’s The Ring, itself a remake of the popular 1999 Japanese horror stunner Ringu, proved to be both a critical and popular hit, and unsurprisingly spawned a rather inept sequel, The Ring Two, in 2005. Since that time technology has quickly passed the VHS age by, and as such it makes perfect sense that the failure of the second film coupled with the advances of the digital revolution made Paramount more than a little hesitant to bring the evil and vindictive ghost Samara back to the big screen for a third supernatural killing spree.

The studio should have remained that way. Attempting to take Samara’s murder-

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ous video online, the long-in-coming Rings is terrible, and other than a suitably largerthan-life performance from D’Onofrio, there’s precious little to recommend. Director F. Javier Gutiérrez (Before the Fall) and his trio of writers David Loucka (House at the End of the Street), Jacob Estes (Mean Creek) and Akiva Goldsman (Winter’s Tale, A Beautiful Mind) strike out as far as making any of this worthwhile, precious little that transpires mattering nor is it capable of producing a single solitary scare.

It starts with a nonsensical prologue on an airplane and ends with a requisite twist that is as silly as it is unsurprising. Samara and Julia’s connection comes right out of thin air, the mythology established in

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Verbinski’s first film, and more or less carried forward in the sequel, thrown into a well alongside the wraithlike demon who enjoys making her victims suffer for seven days before doing them in. They add even more to Samara’s back story, the movie at one point turning into a subpar melding of Rosemary’s Baby, Room and 10 Cloverfield Lane, its supposed surprises so obvious they might as well be accompanied by giant blinking neon lights.

Sharone Meir’s (Whiplash) camerawork is pretty good, the veteran director of photography emulating the steely bluegrey aesthetic that the original utilized rather nicely. I’ll also say composer Matthew Margeson (Eddie the Eagle) reworks a number of Hans Zimmer’s (who is on hand to supervise) eerie, unsettling themes nicely, the film’s sonic ambiance far more uncomforting than any of the actual narrative constructs themselves prove to be. It’s pretty much all for naught, however, as the sheer stupidity of the characters and their actions are just too massive to easily get past. Add in the fact there aren’t any scares, that Samara’s presence no longer sent chills up my spine, Rings proved to be nothing short of a complete waste of time, and if this video ended up on my laptop, tablet or any other digital device I’d delete it from the hard drive without a second’s hesitation.

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ANDY’S 1401 W. 1st Ave. - (509) 747 - 0304 IRV’S (Drag Shows) 415 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 624 - 4450 NYNE BAR AND BISTRO 232 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 474 -1621 SPOTLIGHT LOUNGE 321 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 624 - 0722

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CASTLE SUPERSTORE 6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391 CLUB SILVERSTONE 739½ St. Helens Ave. - (253) 404-0273 THE FANTASY SHOP 2301 6th Ave. - (253) 272-6640 LOVER’S 7002 Tacoma Mall Blvd., #F - (253) 475-2271 THE MIX - 635 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 383-4327 RAINBOW CENTER 2215 Pacific Ave. - (253) 383-2318 SHAKABRAH JAVA CAFE 2618 6th Ave. - (253) 572-2787 TANDEM FOR GEAR, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES 3019 6th Ave, Ste. B - (253) 301-3026

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Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with visible or hidden disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities. html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - February 11

A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am. Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. www.agatheringofmen.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

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

Imperial Court of Seattle 2017 Coronation: Hospitality & Protocol. 11am-3pm. Seattle Renaissance Hotel, Garden Suite, Floor 27, 515 Madison St. Meeting Regarding the Upcoming Global Pride March. 12noon. Julia’s, 300 Broadway E. The meeting will be discussing developing information regarding the National Pride March in DC (now officially renamed the Global Pride March) and the Sister March in Seattle planned for Capitol Hill’s Cal Anderson Park from David Bruinooge of the National Pride March in DC & Interpride, an international organization of LGBTI Pride organizers overseeing Global March communications and Capital Pride Alliance in DC. Open to the public.

Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. 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 Imperial Court of Seattle 2017 Coronation Week: Coronation 2017. Door 5pm, Coronation 6pm. Seattle Renaissance Hotel, Madison Ballroom, 515 Madison St. Admission $50. Light fare available for purchase in foyer - all entrees $7. Tickets available at Hospitality, at Brown Paper Tickets thru 2/9, and at the door.

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

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

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

For more information visit www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com 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. Enjoy an evening of art as local galleries & businesses showcase artists from Ballard & beyond. 784-9705.

SUNDAY - February 12

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

Gay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Imperial Court of Seattle 2017 Coronation Week: Victory Brunch. Door 11am; Brunch 11:30pm. Seattle Renaissance Hotel, Vision Room, Floor 2B, 515 Madison St. Cost $35.

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

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

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

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

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

February 11 thru February 19 Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

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

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

TUESDAY - February 14

Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays an almost weekly recreational scrimmage game for LGBTQ players in Seattle. Perfect for individuals looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org Imperial Court of Seattle 2017 Coronation Week: Alaska Birdwater Party. 2pm. CC Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. Meets 1st or 2nd Sunday each month (Oct-Feb). Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Whether you snow board, downhill, cross-country, or telemark, there are trips & events for you. Bring a potluck dish to share. www.skibuddies.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am. More info: crystalmeth.org.

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

“F U Cupid” - A Dating Game for Alternative Lifestyles. 7-10pm. Julia’s, 300 Broadway E. Co-hosted by Jeffrey Roberts ( the Gay Uncle) & Mark “Mom” Finlay

Visit us online www.sgn.org

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting.

6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation. Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

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

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

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

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

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

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org No Safeword Writers Group. 7pm. Meets 2nd Tuesday 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. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, NSWG@ sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup. org. (Also meets 4th Sunday, 1pm.)

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

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

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

Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques.

Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian

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Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Cineoke! 6:30pm doors; 7pm show. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. It’s like Karaoke - only better! You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film and lyrics are projected onto the screen. $8 cover ($5 for Three Dollar Bill Cinema members). www.threedollarbillcinema.org.

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

MONDAY - February 13

Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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

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WEDNESDAY - February 15

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Bridging the Gap. 1:30-3pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. A group for LGBTQ & allies who are/were homeless to come together & share experiences, resources & support.

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

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

Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation New Volunteer Orientation in Tacoma. 6-8pm. Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Wednesday each month. PCAF is seeking volunteers to provide practical & emotional support services for clients, assist with administrative needs, & plan & work at special events. More info & to receive application, call Colleen at (253) 383-2565 ext 206.

The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

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

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

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

LotusSisters.org.

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

Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. More info: http:// groups.yahoo.com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Family Affair - Cabaret Served Up Family-Style. 7pm doors; 7:30pm show. Rendezvous/Jewel Box Theater, 2322 2nd Ave. Every 3rd Wednesday. Performers from all disciplines gather to share their stories and feelings about family. Presented on stage by storytellers, writers, dancers, musicians and visual artists who share their sick, hilarious, and ultimately relatable familial skeletons.

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

Must be 21 + over. www.therendezvous.rocks/ HIV/AIDS Newly Diagnosed or Newly Dealing. 7:309pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave, Suite 200. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. Ongoing support group for anyone who is HIV+. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

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

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.

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

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

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

THURSDAY - February 16

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

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BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. A peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together.

720-5566 or 888-292-1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Seattle LGBTQ Employees for Equality (SEqual).

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

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

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

36th Annual GSBA Business & Humanitarian Awards Dinner: Building Bridges. 5:30pm. Seattle Marriott Waterfront, 2100 Alaskan Way. Honoring businesses & business leaders who exemplify the highest standards of their profession, promote diversity & inclusion in the workplace, demonstrate leadership & invest time & resources in our community. Features keynote speaker Jonathan Capehart of MSNBC & The Washington Post.

363-9188; www.thegsba.org Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

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

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

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org

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

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

Pink Pistols Target Practice in Bellevue. 7pm. West Coast Armory Indoor Range, 13216 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. Monthly range meet - target shooting/practice.

Facebook: Pink Pistols Seattle. Contact us on Facebook for more information and to confirm details.

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

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

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

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Crash the Glass: An All Female Music Series. 8-11pm.

Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S. This week: Heather Thomas, Katelyn Berreth & Sabrina Littleton.

No cover.

Debauchery. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Queers stripping for Queers in a hot, anti-oppressive space, raising money for organizations that serve the Queer community. The show features stripteases, lots of audience interaction & even birthday lapdances on stage! Be sure to bring plenty of dollar bills - a portion of the proceeds goes to non-profits providing health & social services within the Queer community. Tickets: $10 in advance; $15 at the door. www.lilydivine.com

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

FRIDAY - February 17

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

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

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org All-Star Women Jam. 7pm. Spinnaker Bay Brewing, 5718 Rainier Ave S (at S Orcas St). Featuring All-Star women artists. Great food trucks & great beer. spinnakerbaybrewing.com, bluestodo.com First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

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

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

(253) 474-8897.

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

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm.

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org

SATURDAY - February 18

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck. 2pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Chruch, 1729 Harvard Ave. Enter via the north parking lot where there is FREE parking. There is a $4 per person door fee to help pay for the room.

Please try to bring exact change. Please bring a dish that will serve eight or more. www.seattleprimetimers.org Lifelong Gay Bingo. 6pm. Fremont Studios, 155 N 35th St. Flaunting all the flashy sequins, Gay Bingo is bound to bring out Seattle’s A-Listers in all of their fabulous attire. Take an awkward dance photo with our incredible backdrop, enjoy a glass of spiked punch & bask in the glory of our Winter Formal Royal Court (who you’ll help choose). Hosted by the always-dazzling Aleksa Manila.

Tickets: $50. www.llaa.org/event/gay-bingo

SUNDAY - February 19

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

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

Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com One Love Wedding Showcase. Noon-4pm. Fremont Foundry Events, 154 N 35th St. One Love is the premier West Coast wedding showcase that celebrates ALL couples in love. Grab a cocktail & make the rounds meeting the most elite & talented Northwest experts, venues, caterers & more. Couples can trust they will be treated with respect & professionalism during this exciting time. Tickets FREE with preregistration & $10 at the door. www.oneloveseattle.com Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. (contact for new location) Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically non-monogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

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

In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

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

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

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

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

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

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org 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 companie. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest:

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DIFFA/Northwest is pleased to partner with Seattle Design Center as beneficiary of the 17th Annual Northwest Design Awards Gala the evening of, Thursday, February 23.

Celebrate the winners of 16 design categories, gathered in the company of top industry professionals and enthusiasts, as NW design steps into the LIMELIGHT. This glamorous night features a cocktail reception, gourmet seated dinner, live music, keynote presentation from Seattle’s own couture designer Luly Yang, and awards show emceed by Ken Carson, halftime host for the Seattle Seahawks.

Please join us, help support the important work of DIFFA and be seated with friends and associates at DIFFA’s table(s).

Purchase tickets today and use promo code DIFFA2017.

See you on February 23 at Seattle Design Center! www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), 850-2070, www. aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai. org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@ gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 2558951; Sistah Sinema, www.sistahsinema.com, info@ sistahsinema.com; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/personal/ glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

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

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

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

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503.

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

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

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

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups. facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@ hotmail.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra. org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares. org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but

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open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo. com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www.seattletennisalliance. org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www.teamseattle.org/bowling. htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

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

SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www. genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www. genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & ForeignBorn Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/ Olympia-Trans-Discussion-Group/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS): Fai, 722-0729, alissquestions@gmail.com; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 720-5566, 1-888-2921912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes. com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc. org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www. pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www. tacomalesbianconcern.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot. com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493.

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa. org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.Matthews Place.com; The Mockingbird Society: 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS): 7268500; www.psks.org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www. facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www. safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (nonemergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): 524-7301 ext 111; www.streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; Youth in Focus: 723-1479; www. youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273TALK, www.yspp.org

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