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Seattle Gay News

Issue 8, Volume 45, February 24, 2017

Arts & Entertainment

“When We Rise” – New Century Theatre presents Tanya Barfield’s An interview with Bright Half Life Dustin Lance Black

(l) Tracy Michelle Hughes and Rhonda J. Soikowski in Bright Half Life – Photo by MJ Sieber

New Century Theatre Company (NCTC) begins its 2017 10th Anniversary Season with Tanya Barfield’s Bright Half Life, which runs February 15-March 11. Directed by Seattle favorite HATLO and presented at 12th Avenue Arts Studio Theatre (1620 12th Avenue), Bright Half Life is the

moving love story of Vicky and Erica that spans decades in an instant – from marriage, children, skydiving, and the infinite moments that make a life together.

Time stops when you meet the love of see HALF LIFE page 4

Winning the Pajama Game

(l) Hines (Greg McCormick Allen) and Mabel (Shaunyce Omar) in The Pajama Game at The 5th Avenue Theatre – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer THE PAJAMA GAME 5TH AVENUE THEATRE Through March 5

It has been said that Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre does nothing so well as presenting musicals from the “Golden Age” of Broadway. This statement continues to ring true with their new production of The Pajama see PAJAMA GAME page 3

Dustin Lance Black – Photo courtesy of latimes.com

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer On Monday, February 27, “When We Rise,” a four-night, eight-hour miniseries written and directed by Academy Awardwinning screenwriter Dustin Lance Black

(Milk, 8, J Edgar) premieres on ABC. “When We Rise” chronicles the real-life personal and political struggles, set-backs and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of see “WHEN WE RISE” page 6

2017 Academy Awards predictions

Amy Adams in Arrival – Photo courtesy of comicbookmovie.com

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer 89TH ACADEMY AWARDS ABC TV (KOMO TV – CH. 4) (Red Carpet @ 4pm PST) (Awards Ceremony @ 5:30pm PST) Sunday, February 26

When we talk the 89th annual Academy Awards, there are only two real questions as far as predictions are concerned: Pick Damien Chazelle’s La La Land to tie BenHur, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and score the all-time see OSCAR PREDICTIONS page 8

A Drag Benefit show for Mac McGregor’s campaign for City Council

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Celebrating 41 Years!

Belle and Sebastian, Chris Brown and J Cole coming to Seattle

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Ready for new shows? Good, because there’s more. A lot more.

Let’s begin with Belle and Sebastian, who are returning to the Paramount Theatre on August 8. The Scottish ensemble, which sometimes features up to 10 members, sold out their previous appearance at the Paramount two years ago. The band hasn’t announced a new album, so they’re basically hitting the road again to promote 2015’s Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance.

With a unique brand of quirky lyrics and lush pop-folk-light electro backdrops, Belle and Sebastian has attracted a significant Gay fan base. Songs like “Sleep the Clock Around,” “I’m a Cuckoo” and “Piazza, New York Catcher” have become modern day classics. Tickets for Belle and Sebastian are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com, in person at the Paramount box office, or may also be purchased by phone at 1-800-745-3000. For more information, visit STGPresents.org.

Chris Brown is making his first major headlining appearance in Seattle this spring, as part of “The Party Tour” that also features 50 Cent, Fabolous, O.T. Genasis and Kap G. The R&B superstar will perform at Key Arena on May 11, which is sure to include songs from his new album, Heartbreak on a Full Moon, that landed in record stores this weekend. Aside from fresh material, Brown is likely to fill his set list with fan favorites like “Yeah 3x,” “Forever,” “I Can Transform Ya” (with Lil Wayne and Swizz Beatz), “Don’t Wake Me Up” and “Back to Sleep.” For ticket information, go to chrisbrownworld.com.

J Cole, who played a concert last fall at the Washington State Fair in Puyallup, is now headed back to perform indoors at Key

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Game. The musical is an enjoyable production, sweetened with familiar music, presented well and done with a stellar cast.

The story takes place in the Sleep-Time Pajama Factory where tension is high due to the workers wanting a 7-½ cent raise. The new superintendent (Sid Sorokin) has a run in with Katherine “Babe” Williams as head of the grievance committee, and sparks fly between them. As the tension between them mounts, so does the tension in the workplace. The workers are getting ready to strike if they do not get their raise, and Sid and Babe find themselves on opposite sides of the Union-Workplace battle to come.

The musical is done very well with good scenery and a stellar cast of 5th Avenue favorites. The Ensemble is very good, and no one tries to draw attention from the main storyline. The supporting cast does an excellent job. Gladys Hotchkiss (Sarah Rose Davis) is the sharp-witted secretary who works for the boss and enjoys her flirtations. Ms. Davis possesses an endearing quality and plays less of a caricature and more of the character. Vernon Hines (Greg McCormick Allen) is the timekeeper of the factory. Mr. Fitzpatrick is always a joy to watch with his tap dancing skills and comical timing. The scene between Vernon and Mabel (Shaunyce Omar), the unofficial overseer of the boss’s office, are done well and the audience can tell they are having fun. Their song “I’ll Never Be Jealous Again” is a wonderful experience of how two actors “play well together.” Poopsie (Katherine Strohmaier) is one of the fac-

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Arena this summer. The rap-R&B artist will embark on a 52-city world tour that includes a Seattle date on July 17 to promote his fourth studio album, 4 Your Eyez Only.

Cole, who is half-German and graduated with honors from St. John’s University, is the man behind such hits as “Work Out,” “Power Trip” (with Kendrick Lamar) and “Déjà vu.” Cole’s tour includes performances in North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Tickets go on sale February 24 (10am) at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Young the Giant, who’ve interviewed twice with Seattle Gay News, is coming back to the Emerald City as well. The poprock group is set to perform August 11 at WaMu Theater. The concert is part of a continuation tour from last year, in which the band went on the road to introduce fans to its latest record, Home of the Strange.

The upcoming performance features two

opening acts, Cold War Kids and Joywave.

Tickets to see Young the Giant are now on sale at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Other new concerts include Midnight Oil at the Moore Theatre (May 31), Jeffrey Osborne at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley (June 8-11) and the Moody Blues at Chateau St. Michelle (June 10 and 11).

Finally, a belated 50th birthday to a true Seattle icon gone way too soon, Kurt Cobain. The Nirvana frontman would’ve turned half a century old this week, on February 20, had he not died at his home in the Madrona vicinity in 1994. His only child, Frances Bean Cobain, shared a handwritten message on her Instagram page to pay tribute to her father. “Today would have been your 50th birthday. You are loved and you are missed. Thank you for giving me the gift of life. Forever your daughter, Frances Bean,” the note said.

tory girls and adds a certain charm to the production. Her work in the breakout hit “Steam Heat” shows her dancing ability that completely compliments her well-controlled, almost cartoonish, voice.

The leads of the show definitely show chemistry between them. Josh Davis as the new superintendent Sid Sorokin has a fantastic “meaty baritone” voice that seems perfectly suited for handling these classic songs. When the song “Hey There” is sung it is a pure treat for the audience to listen Mr. Davis singing a duet with himself. When he unleashes for the energetic combination of “There Once Was a Man” the sparks explode. The romantic interest is “Babe” played by the incredible Billie Wildrick. I always look forward with anticipation to anything Ms. Wildrick does on stage, and I have yet to be disappointed. Is there anything this blond bombshell cannot do when associated with musical theatre? Her stage presence is strong and it is hard to divert eyes from her work. She has firm control of her voice and brings it to the fullest abilities with the songs she is given. Her interactions with her costars are seamless, and the kinetic energy between her and Mr. Davis crackles.

The show is family friendly with some sexual overtones, but nothing blatant.

While “Non P.C.” issues such as philandering and attempted molestation of women in the woods are minor appearances in the show, it harkens back to a time when people fell in love at first meeting, making love is the equivalent to a song over coffee, and office shenanigans are just that, harmless fun. The dancing is well-choreographed by Bob Richard. A good portion of the songs (written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) should be quite familiar even if the origi-

nal source is not instantly recalled. “Hey There” was a big hit with Rosemary Clooney, Sammy Davis Jr and Harry Connick, Jr (who also starred in the latest Broadway revival in 2006). Of course, the show’s main break out number (albeit curiously placed in the musical) “Steam Heat” became a Broadway classic, mainly due to the extraordinary original choreography by the legendary Bob Fosse.

The Pajama Game is a winner. It’s a mixture of what musical theatre should be: good acting, classic songs, fun dancing, and a good storyline with a touch of love and/or schmaltz thrown in for good measure.

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The Pajama Game opened on Broadway May 13, 1954 and ran for over 1000 performances. Based on the novel 7 ½ cents by Richard Bissell (who also wrote the script to the show) the music and lyrics were written

by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross*; the same team that would present Broadway with Damn Yankees the following year. (*NOTE: The Pajama Game’s songs ”There Once Was a Man” and “A New Town is a Blue Town” were written by the uncredited Frank Loesser.) The musical was originally nominated for three 1955 Tony Awards, winning all of them: Best Musical, Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Carol Haney) and Best Choreography for Bob Fosse.

The original production included Carol Haney, John Raitt and a relatively unknown actress named Shirley MacLaine. Ms. MacLaine filled in for the lead role when Ms. Haney broke an ankle and was signed to Paramount Pictures after Hal Wallis saw her perform.

Seattle Rep presents Well – a kooky meta-theatrical play

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer WELL SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE Through March 6 Playwright Lisa Kron wants to explore illness and recovery. Some people recover from illnesses and others can’t. Kron wants to know if a reason can be found for who does which, and maybe why. In this kooky meta-theatrical play, Well, that breaks the fourth and fifth and sixth walls, Kron – who appears in the play as herself (but is actually portrayed by talented Seattle actor Sarah Rudinoff) – explains all this to the audience at the beginning of the show.

Kron tells of her mother’s history of being sick with a mysterious disease that her mother attributes to “allergies.” And yet, even though mom has been debilitated, she’s been able to move them to a struggling integrated neighborhood and been active enough as a civic leader to help the neighborhood heal. Kron wants to link the healing of the neighborhood to the lack of healing of her mother.

“But,” Kron says, “this play is absolutely not about my mother!” Kron says she’s just using her personal life to examine the larger question.

Part of the fun of this script is that it is different from most plays. Much of the play is addressed straight at the audience in an acknowledgement that you are there. (This is the breaking of “the fourth wall” which is the pretend wall across the front of the stage that actors are supposed to pretend is there and that no one is watching.) Rudinoff, I mean Kron, explains exactly what she wants to do with the performance.

She enlists four actors (Chantal DeGroat, Reginald Andre Jackson, Adrian LaTourelle and Liz McCarthy) to help her activate the storytelling portion of the evening. They try their best to help, but sometimes they don’t quite know what should be going on and interrupt their presentation. A number of the interruptions end up being due to her mother.

Kron’s mother (played by Barbara Dirickson, whose presence we are thankful to have back on a Seattle stage) is apparently sleeping in her living room, but has been transported to Kron’s play with every case and canister in her cluttered little house.

Mom doesn’t want to be part of the play, but

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your life. Vicky and Erica are catapulted through a lifetime of love and heartbreak as they navigate an ever-shifting present.

Through courtship, children, marriage, conflict, and the whisper of mortality, this kaleidoscopic journey is a stunningly honest depiction of the fortitude and courage it takes to fight for love.

Bright Half Life stars Tracy Michelle Hughes as Vicky and Rhonda J. Soikowski as Erica. The design team features work by Catherine Cornell (Scenic Design), Christine Tschirgi (Costume Design), Jessica Trundy (Lighting Design), Evan Mosher (Sound Design), Marquicia Dominguez (Assistant Director), and Reiko Huffman (Assistant Scenic Design).

Bright Half Life is produced in collaboration with The Hansberry Project. “[Our] mission is to celebrate, support and present the work of Black theatre artists,” says Valerie Curtis-Newton, Founding Artistic Director of The Hansberry Project. “We are so excited that we have great allies and

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From left: Liz McCarthy (as herself), Barbara Dirickson (Ann Kron), and Reginald André Jackson (as himself), in Well at Seattle Repertory Theatre – Photo by Alan Alabastro

is there to support her daughter.

Still, Mom has to interrupt from time to time to help get the story straight. Kron has the actors play the story of the integrated neighborhood that her parents moved them to when she was a little girl, where she has a rainbow-painted memory of her mother heading up the neighborhood council and everyone getting along. Mom interrupts to let her know that it just wasn’t that simple.

You can’t compress years of struggle and complexity into a two-minute presentation.

While Kron is telling the story of her childhood, suddenly a young girl (Emma Blessing) stomps out to torment Kron and chase her around the stage. She is a classmate from Kron’s memory who bullied and tormented her. Young Miss Blessing takes stage like a veteran and has a great deal of

fun in the role.

While there are many funny parts of the play, the construction of it tends toward anarchy and often it intentionally falls apart.

It can be hard to figure out where the play wants to go or if it arrives at any particular destination.

While Rudinoff and Dirickson pingpong well against each other, and the other actors gamely look like they’re supporting the show, aspects of this production, as chosen by director Braden Abraham, work against it. In particular, the play seems best suited by its nature to be done in a very small space. The Leo K could have been a far better choice for mounting the production than the more cavernous main theater.

The conceit of the script is that it continues in fits and starts. The interruptions

are supposed to be “real life” and the actors are called by their real names as if they are no longer acting. None of those moments ever felt like a “real” interruption.

The script is definitely a challenge to pull off. The verdict here is that it hits most of the jokes and misses the sense of messy real life interruptions, going more for the act-y pretend-y interruptions. Even so, it’s enough fun to make it a good time.

For more information, go to www.seattlerep.org or call 206-443-2222.

partners in that work like NCTC.” “The need to tell stories from this unique and too-often untold perspective is critical to our Seattle community,” says NCTC Artistic Director Darragh Kennan.

“The theatricality of the piece and honesty it requires of the artists is perfect for NCTC and our mission to create theatre that is honest and boldly theatrical. The way we are reaching beyond our company to work with partners like The Hansberry Project and new artists such as HATLO enables us to continue taking risks in our storytelling and reaching new audiences.”

Barfield’s variegated structure complicates this simple either/or, showing the volatility in a long-term partnership, the joy and desolation, the hurt and help – all intermingled, all at once. If these women, these maybe soul mates, could somehow suddenly see what the years will bring, would they still go out on that first date?” – The New York Times

implementing the theatre we produce. We look for plays that push us to engage with the changing city we live in, and we aim to inspire other theatre artists in Seattle to produce the theatre they want to see and tell the stories that are meaningful to them.

NCTC Company Members include Emily Chisholm, Sunam Ellis, Ruth Eitemiller, Bradford Farwell, Keiko Green, Brenda Joyner, Darragh Kennan, Conner Neddersen, Peter Dylan O’Connor, Emma Pihl, Pete Rush, Betsy Schwartz, MJ Sieber, Andrew D. Smith, Jen Taylor, Victoria Thompson, Amy Thone, and Evan Whitfield.

NCTC Affiliate Artists include Hans Altwies, Colin Byrne, Ray Gonzales, Geoff Korf, John Langs, Kimberly Newton, Michael Patten, Paul Morgan Stetler, Stephanie Timm, and Rob Witmer.

NCTC Staff include Artistic Director Darragh Kennan, Interim Managing Director Danielle Franich, Production Manager Ruth Eitemiller, and Marketing Coordinator Noelle McCabe. www.wearenctc.org

“Bright Half Life, a sixty-five minute chronicle of a deeply committed lesbian relationship, is as contemporary as a play could be but the theme is classic and timeless...” – The Huffington Post “This well-written portrayal of smart women finding, losing, and finding themselves and each other again, is profound… past, present, and future are contained in each moment, and every one of them feels full.” – The New Yorker “Most relationships develop in one of two ways º they endure or they don’t. Ms.

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Bright Half Life runs through March 11 on Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays-Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 4pm, with an industry night performance on Monday, February 27 at 7:30pm. Tickets are: $40 general admission; $25 seniors (65+); $20 industry (TPS/AEA/IATSE/etc.); $15 students.

Tickets can be purchased online at www. wearenctc.org and at the door.

ABOUT NEW CENTURY THEATRE COMPANY NCTC was founded in 2008 by a group of actors who felt there were stories not being told on the Seattle stage and who wanted to reclaim the actor’s voice in the rehearsal room. Today, we are a family of actors, designers, and stage managers who all contribute to choosing, creating, and

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Celebrating 41 Years!

“Three Americans” – An excellent snapshot of modern life

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer “THREE AMERICANS: VOICES OF HOPE” WEST OF LENIN Through March 4 A trio of monologues have been mounted by the folks at West of Lenin specifically to address, in some fashion, the new administration. Director Anita Montgomery and producer AJ Epstein asked three playwrights if they had material to contribute to the effort. The evening they have produced is a stunning example of range and response in a very “now” fashion.

“Three Americans: Voices of Hope” includes pieces by Yussef El Guindi, Regina Taylor and Mashuq Mushtaq Deen. The Birds Flew In is an El Guindi monologue from an immigrant mother of a soldier.

Taylor writes about an African American

woman describing how important voting has been in her life in Déjà vu. Deen, in Draw the Circle, gives us a portrait of a woman in love with a Trans man and the challenges she’s faced with him.

Annette Toutonghi, a beloved veteran Seattle actor who keeps a very low profile, presents a grief-stricken yet raging mother who has lost her son. In vocalizations that range from a whisper to a scream, she castigates those visitors who have just come to offer platitudes about her loss and her son’s heroism. With a hint of a foreign accent, vaguely Middle Eastern, she talks to her son and tries to understand what made him enlist.

The mother circles back over and over to how she tried to help her son become a man. Now she thinks maybe she should have encouraged him to become “a sissy” and maybe she wouldn’t have lost him. In the monologue’s most poignant moment, she confesses her deepest darkest guilt – that she actually was a little proud of his choice.

Cynthia Jones becomes Pearl, a 103 yearold woman who is frustrated with her greatgranddaughter. The granddaughter thinks voting is rigged and therefore it doesn’t matter, while grandmother recalls beatings and challenges to her rights to vote and how hard she fought to do so. She reminds us of the quizzes that African Americans were forced to take to vote and how long she studied the Constitution before she arrived for her test, only to have the man ask her how many jelly beans were in the jar!

Megan Ahiers presents Molly, a wholly modern Lesbian who tells the story of her relationship with a woman who entranced her the minute she saw her. They are preparing to go visit family in a common and painful ritual of uneasy acceptance. But Molly has had to roll with her lover’s desire to transition to being a man while still loving him.

Molly is frustrated, now, that they are sometimes taken for a “normal” straight

couple, while she wants to tell everyone the whole truth. It’s a moment for the audience to grapple with their own thoughts about whether it would be better or worse for us to be taken for “normal” or not, too.

The evening is a swift one, just over 60 minutes, but the complexities of the pieces and the fervor of the delivery make it feel full and complete. While none of the pieces references this last month in any direct way, all combine to show the complexities of America and the many lives who entwine to live here.

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Stay outta the rain with March theater openings

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grows. With each person motivated to add to and nurture the garden, the world transforms – crime is thwarted, tolerance, generosity and friendship are spread. Those few small beans develop into a powerful force of change. www.sct.org

Seattle Fringe Festival has changed its annual timing to March and has a robust line-up that may cause you to binge on short shows like candy! Other offerings include glimpses into inner city friendships, the struggle of a deaf boy in a hearing world, musical delights, and local writing.

Get out your calendars. It’s time to schedule March plays!

Milk Like Sugar, ArtsWest, 3/2-25 On Annie’s sixteenth birthday, her friends have decided to help her celebrate with a brand new tattoo. While there, one offhandedly reveals she’s pregnant. This humorous yet probing script peers into teens, friendships, inner city unhappiness, and choices that can last a lifetime. www.artswest.org Ms. Pak-Man: On My Last Heart!, Scott Shoemaker, 3/2-4 and 3/9-11 (at Re-bar) This original production is the third installment of the successful Ms. Pak-Man series. Watch this world-renowned video game superstar of the 1980s pop power pills while she shares scandalous songs and stories about her life and loves – glitches and all. She sings! She dances! She drinks!

She might black out! There’s a chance she won’t remember the show, but you will! ht t p://w w w. st r a nge r t icket s. c om / events/40249902/ms-pak-man-on-mylast-heart Tribes, ACT Theatre, 3/3-26 Billy was born deaf into a hearing family and was raised inside its fiercely idiosyncratic and politically incorrect cocoon.

He has adapted brilliantly to his family’s unconventional ways, but they’ve never bothered to return the favor. It’s not until he meets Sylvia, a young woman on the brink of deafness, that he finally understands what it means to be understood. www.acttheatre.org Macbett, Ghost Light Theatricals, 3/10-25 Written shortly after World War II and sharply satirical and tragically dark, playwright Ionesco rips Shakespeare apart in Macbett. Lady Duncan tries to convince him to overthrow King Duncan. After all, isn’t the king terrible? Shouldn’t we replace him? Ambition, success, corruption and excess color the world, and as Macbett ascends to the throne, his grip on reality and his life grows looser. www.ghostlighttheatricals.org Yankee Pickney, Theater Schmeater, 3/10-4/1 (World Premiere) Local writer Jehan Osanyin performs a solo piece about a young Jamaican woman trying to assimilate into both the African

Scott Shoemaker as Ms. Pak-Man in Ms. Pak-Man: On My Last Heart – Photo by Doug McLaughlin

American and the White American cultures, spinning a tale that stretches back centuries yet is as contemporary as today’s headlines. www.theaterschmeater.org The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Showtunes Theatre Company, 3/11-12 (at Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall) The Unsinkable Molly Brown celebrates the spirit of an American woman who emerged from the backwoods of Colorado, danced her way through the ballrooms of the world’s elite, and survived the sinking of the Titanic. This unique staging features six different actors playing Molly across her long and spectacular life. www.showtunestheatre.org A Proper Place, Village Theatre, Issaquah: 3/16-4/23; Everett: 4/28-5/21 After a successful developmental presentation during Festival of New Musicals, this show is now being mounted on Village Theatre’s main stage. “Downton Abbey” meets “Gilligan’s Island” in this new musical based on J.M. Barrie’s play, The Admirable Crichton. It’s 1902, and Lord Loam’s family outing has gone horribly awry, landing the family on a deserted island. Stranded alone, their trusty system of societal hierarchy begins to slip away as their only hope for survival turns out to be the knowhow of the lowly butler. A class clash with a dash of romance. www.villagetheatre.org 26 Miles, Latino Theatre Projects, 3/16-4/8 (at West of Lenin) Pulitzer Prize winner Quiara Alegria Hudes writes about Olivia, estranged from her Cuban-American mother for eight years and involuntarily torn apart by a nasty cus-

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tody dispute. Alone, scared and violently throwing up, she calls her mother who impetuously kidnaps the 15 year old and takes her on a road trip to Yellowstone. In the process, we get to know this broken family and the ways they’ve been loved and wounded. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/2793004 Dry Powder, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 3/17-4/16 Rick, a private equity firm CEO, creates a PR nightmare when he throws himself an extravagant engagement party after forcing massive layoffs. Seth, one of Rick’s managing directors, tries to rectify the situation by pursuing a luggage company ready to be taken to the next level. But Jenny, Seth’s counterpart at the firm, suggests a countermove that relies on leveling it. The game is on in Sarah Burgess’ razor-sharp play about the price of success and the real cost of getting the deal done. www.seattlerep.org Grounded, Seattle Public Theater, 3/23-4/16 An ace fighter pilot’s career in the sky is ended early due to an unexpected pregnancy. Reassigned to operate military drones from a windowless trailer, she hunts terrorists by day and returns to her family each night. As the pressure to track a high-profile target mounts, the boundaries begin to blur between the desert in which she lives and the one she patrols half a world away. www.seattlepublictheater.org Seedfolks, Seattle Childrens’ Theatre, 3/23-4/16 (ages 8 and up) 9-year-old Kim plants a few lima beans in an abandoned lot in inner-city Cleveland from which astonishing social reform

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Seattle Fringe Festival, 3/23-4/1 (at various venues) Theatre, Dance, Improv, Burlesque, Musical, Opera, Drag Performance, Solo Performance, Experimental, Clown, and Performance Art. 2017 shows will be presented at Eclectic Theater and four Theatre Puget Sound venues (located on the 1st and 4th floors of the Seattle Center Armory).

New in 2017, they have added a special FringeProv series to bring Seattle’s robust Improv scene to Fringe audiences! All shows run 30-90 minutes. All tickets are between $10-$15. http://seattlefringefestival2017.eventbrite.com Bad Panda, Fantastic.Z, 3/23-4/8 (at Theatre Off Jackson) The Story: Gwo Gwo and Marion are the last two pandas on earth. It’s mating season. One of them falls in love with a crocodile who is Gay. Then the baby comes.

In this sweet celebration of non-traditional families, Gwo Gwo the panda must balance his new found desire for Chester the crocodile with his obligations to his prescribed panda mate, Marion. www.fantasticz.org Murder for Two, 5th Avenue Theatre in co-production with ACT Theatre, 3/25-6/11 (at ACT Theatre) Everyone is a suspect in Murder for Two – a drop-dead funny musical murder mystery with a twist: One actor investigates the crime; the other plays all the suspects – and they both play the piano! A zany blend of classic musical comedy and madcap mystery, this ninety-minute whodunit is a highly theatrical duet loaded with killer laughs.

The Seattle production stars Richard Gray and Chris DiStephano, two talents who should keep us all laughing. www.acttheatre.org Evidence of Things Unseen, Taproot Theatre, 3/29-4/29 (World Premiere) Local playwright Katie Forgette debuts this play about “faith.” If faith is the evidence of things unseen, then why are we all so certain of the truth? Unexpected circumstances find sisters Jane and Abigail taking care of their bird-watching father. As they struggle with grief, loss and their opposing beliefs, they discover that the truth sometimes finds you. www.taproottheatre.org

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then I met Ken Jones. And boy, what a you know, with ABC. But ABC was just “WHEN WE RISE” with our brothers and sisters in other so- –moving story his is – a young man from thrilled every step of the way. The cast for to march forward with our arms locked

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the last legs of the U.S. civil rights movement, from its turbulent infancy in the 20th century to the once unfathomable successes of today. “When We Rise” will be broadcast on ABC Monday, February 27, 9pm11pm, and then continues at the same time each evening Wednesday, March 1, Thursday, March 2, concluding Friday, March 3.

Any chance to chat with Academy Award winner and Gay activist, Dustin Lance Black, is always a joy. Black won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for Milk (the docudrama about Gay activist and San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk) at the 81st Academy Awards in 2009. My last conversation with Black was just before his inspiring speech at the 2013 Portland HRC Dinner. Now, Black, 42, is entering an incredible year both personally and professionally with the premiere of his new miniseries “When We Rise” this Monday, February 27. I spoke to Lance by phone last Friday, February 17, about bringing this milestone series to broadcast TV. MK Scott: Lance, I wanna talk Oscars and politics later; but first I want to ask about your new four-part series, “When We Rise” on ABC. How was the idea for “When We Rise” first conceived?

Dustin Lance Black: This started about four years ago when I heard a rumor that ABC was optioning LGBT history

cial justice movements if we’re going to make progress. And in a moment like this – a moment of backlash – if we’re going to push the pendulum forward again. And so, with that idea – these characters – I started cracking stories and writing, knowing that if this were on ABC, I had to – I had to tell stories that were emotional, that were – and that were about family. ’Cause that’s the common language between our two Americas right now. LGBT people have great family stories, tragic family stories that – the families we’ve lost when we were outed or came out, the makeshift families we had to build to survive. And now, these days, the families we’re able to build and the children we’re able to raise. And, guess what?

Those family stories of ours are absolutely relatable in that other America. And I know that, because I grew up in that other America. And so I tried to use that common language that would inspire and move both of us – all of us. And, you know, that got me into production, that got me the greenlight – that philosophy.

MK: Besides Cleve Jones [played by Guy Pearce], what other activists do you document?

DLB: The first one I knew I needed to portray was Roma Guy, and that’s because everywhere I went around the country, I kept hearing her name. How she came from the women’s movement when the National Organization for Women started kicking Lesbians out. She rose up and fought against that with many others to make sure that Lesbians were included in the Wom-

(l) Mary-Louise Parker as (r) Roma Guy in “When We Rise” – Photo of Parker by Phil Bray courtesy ABC and photo of Guy courtesy of sfsu.edu

properties like books and documentaries and that was a shock to me. Just a few years before that I had to charge the development fees for Milk on my credit card. No one had any interest in LGBT film on TV – or very little interest. And so to think that ABC, which is the network my Southern conservative military mom trusted me to watch alone as a kid, was interested in LGBT history – I just had to take a meeting. And so I went in and I looked the executives in the eye and I asked them why this was personal to them. Because it’s only if it’s personal to them that I think they would, you know, actually take the bold risk of producing and airing a show like this. And it w – and I believed them when they told me their answers. And they, in fact, financed a year of research where I went around the country and interviewed dozens upon dozens of real life LGBT folks to figure out, well, whose stories will I tell in this. And the journey started there. It was really about a year of landing on a handful of characters – real people who were unique in their eyes and were not very famous folks. We get glimpses of the famous LGBT activists, but these are the people who fought their entire lives for equality, and not just LGBT equality, but they fought for women, for racial minorities, and the peace movement and understood the interconnectedness of social justice movements. And that’s the idea that motivated me. That this needed to be “When We Rise,” not just when LGBT people rise. To understand that we have

en’s Movement. And then she opened the very first building run by women for women and she opened that in San Francisco.

And then, when a plague hit, she opened the doors of that all women building to start to take care of her dying Gay brothers. And her movement and her activism continues all the way to today where she works to make sure that immigrants are treated fairly and that there’s healthcare for all, and working to protect even prisoners in San Francisco. So her activism continues.

I then, because I was using Cleve to introduce me to people in San Francisco, ’cause I knew him – it was through this journey that I realized how special his story is. The fact that he was an activist his entire life, is incredibly unique – most activists kind of check out after three to six years – it’s difficult work, it’s not like it pays, really. And it’s exhausting. You’re surviving attacks from the outside but also from your own and Cleve has survived those. My mom has always called him the Gay Forrest Gump as he was at every critical moment – he was at every critical moment of the Gay movement – always trying his very best to do the right thing. So, it was only through the research of others that I realized how special my dear friend was – and, you know, I should take him from having been a supporting background character in Milk to being one of the leads here.

And then, once I met those two, and started asking who their group there, the group is they worked with back in the day

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the Black Civil Rights Movement in New Jersey, who served three tours in Vietnam, was cast with desegregating the military and then he was outed and forced from the

this came together in similar ways to Milk or 8 or J Edgar. If you have a script that addresses issues that are going on today, well, that’s unique – that doesn’t always happen

(l) Guy Pearce as LGBTI activist (r) Cleve Jones in “When We Rise” – Photo of Pearce courtesy of bendigoadvertiser.com.au and photo of Cleve by Henry Walker

military. And his story journeys all the way through the HIV/AIDS crisis. It hits on issues of marriage equality and race relationship recognition and the horrors that happened to LGBT people because we didn’t have those rights, and ends up in a story that I think is on the cutting edge of LGBT equality that it may be legal to keep LGBT people out your church – but it is absolutely immoral – and Ken’s story becomes one about the relationship between Gay and God, and so I included him.

And I’d always, in the back of my mind, hoped this would land in San Francisco, which it eventually did, because I wanted to portray the story of Cecilia Chung, who I knew. I had heard her speak, and Cecilia Chung is, of course, a celebrated Trans Chinese-American activist in San Francisco, who started on the streets and now helps run that city. So, I would say, that’s the core; but you have characters beyond that, so though, because these are family stories, we get to know these main characters’ families.

You know, we get to know Dionne Jones, and we watch her relationship with Roma develop throughout the series. I won’t give it all way, but Dionne Jones was well known in her own right as a nurse at San Francisco General – who when an unknown disease began taking Gay men’s lives and many wouldn’t go into the rooms to treat them, to care for them, she did. And with many others she helped create the San Francisco standard of care. So that Gay men weren’t dying in hallways of the hospital the way they were in New Yo;k City.

So there’s many more unique [individuals] throughout as supporting characters, but I would say that’s the core.

MK: You have Rachel Griffiths, Mary-

in Hollywood. And, listen, don’t get me wrong – I love a good action film or a horror film – I’m often watching those or a romantic comedy. I often watch those when I’m writing my civil rights films because it takes my mind off of them. But it’s a different kind of film and this is a different kind of series. And when you do something that is this topical, you get yesses from actors who you might not otherwise. And so we had that experience here. I mean, Mary Louise Parker was my dream to play Roma Guy and when she said “yes” my heart leapt and it started from there and it continued on.

MK: It’s amazing how much Guy resembles Cleve.

DLB: That’s a huge compliment to Cleve [laughs] ’cause I think Guy Pierce is incredibly handsome. You know, these actors all – both the younger cast – ’cause there is a young cast who plays these same characters and then halfway through it switches to the more mature cast – and so Austin McKenzie who plays young Cleve then becomes Guy Pierce, Emily Skaggs who plays young Roma then becomes Mary Louise Parker, Jonathan Majors plays young Ken Jones becomes Michael K. Williams.

And on and on and on. Each, all of these actors were able to spend time with the real life folks they’re playing, if they were still around. And many are still around. So if there’s a resemblance in performance – and look, it’s because they were able to work with the originals to try and get there.

MK: The four-part series is shown over several nights, like in the old style mini-series, instead of the current trend of a weekly limited series. Do you see that as a positive or negative?

DLB: Oh, it’s a huge compliment. It’s a

(l) Michael Kenneth Williams as (r) Ken Jones in “When We Rise” – Photo of Williams by Getty Images and photo of Ken Jones courtesy of lyssabeths.com

Louise Parker and Guy Pearce, and more.

Did you have input on casting?

DLB: Well, yes, I mean, I’m the creator of the show. So I have, some would say, ultimate input in the casting and hiring and,

huge – it’s a huge, huge, huge vote of confidence in this series. I’d be lying if I say I didn’t feel the pressure of this magnitude of a compliment and this confidence. They have not done – the last time ABC did this

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was with “Roots.” [Ed. note: ABC also presented “The Thorn Birds” and “Winds of War” as mini-series.] And it shows that they feel it is incredibly topical, that they have great faith in its quality and in its potential to connect not just with LGBT people, but with all of America. And that was our goal. And so, you know, it’s – it is, for a network to take over their entire prime time schedule for a week shows such great courage and boldness that I do hope that LGBT people turn out and watch and – and I hope they call all of their straight brothers and sisters and friends and co-workers and have them do the same ’cause this sort of courage ought to be supported.

MK: In this scary time, when we thought that our troubles were ending, I haven’t seen much activism in the LGBT community.

DLB: Well, so all – I, I think we have been – I think that we’re doing it in the right way, right now. And that is, that the – what I was so afraid of four years ago – even as we were making great progress, is that we’ve become incredibly self-centered, myopic, really focused just on our own issues. And we had absolutely lost sight of our connection to other social justice movements. We were not working locked arm in arm. And as a student of Harvey Milk, who built the coalition of yesses, in order to start winning freedom and winning political power, that coalition of yesses wasn’t just LGBT people. It was seniors, it was racial minorities, it was union workers. That’s what built – well, I couldn’t see it. You’d hear at the marches “Gay, straight, black, white, same struggle, same fight,” but it was mostly Gay people with a few straight people, or mostly African American people with a couple white people. And I kept asking myself, why aren’t we showing up for other people’s rallies? And, you know, just ask Nero – divide and conquer – and we’ve become – not out of animus, but out of self-interest – we’ve become divided. And that was dangerous. And now we’re seeing that indeed we’ve lost ground because we were divided.

And what I’m seeing now, when I’ve gone to these marches, when I’ve been to some of these rallies, is that it is now truly Gay and straight and black and white, same struggle, same fight – and that’s critical. So was it just a Gay rally? No. Should it be? No. We should be showing up for our brothers and sisters in other social justice movements as

we wanted them to show up for ours when our rights come under attack.

MK: It was amazing when I went to my very first march, which was the Womxn’s March in Seattle, and it was everybody.

DLB: Yeah, great. Were you the only Gay or Lesbian LGBT person at that march? Right. Exactly. There you go.

There you go. I believe that is more what we need to be doing – is marching alongside our brothers and sisters in other social justice movements, understanding our interconnectedness and working together.

That is the lesson – that’s one of the lessons learned in “When We Rise” – it’s why it’s called “When We Rise.” And, that we have to start doing that again.

happening right now. What’s happening right now is not unusual. It is what history does. Progress moves forward and back and it is our responsibility to work together to push that pendulum forward again. That’s the moment we’re in.

MK: On another subject, I was thrilled to see you part of the Oscars nominations video. How did that happen?

DLB: Of course. Yeah. I mean, it is a great honor. I remember the group of people who announced the Academy Awards the year I was nominated and, you know, you think about perhaps one day you’ll win, and you’ll be in a group to be called to do that for someone else, and you pay it forward. It’s a great honor!

(l) Ivory Aquino plays (r) Cecilia Chung in “When We Rise” – Photo of Aquino by Image Group LA / ABC and photo of Chung courtesy of transgenderlawcenter.org

MK: Do you hope “When We Rise” will inspire the new fight?

DLB: Yeah, absolutely! Listen, I – by design, these main characters do not come from the LGBT movement. They started in the Women’s Movement, Black Civil Rights Movement and the Peace Movement. They go on to work in things like immigration and healthcare reform and access to the freedom of religious belief. So, it’s told – it’s a very personal story to a select group of people, but I hope it helps people understand that we have to start working together again. And that is a way to beat back what’s

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MK: Do you have any predictions?

DLB: No. I have yet – I still have a few more films I have to watch before I vote – so I can’t – I haven’t fully educated myself on all of the films. So I gotta catch up!

MK: How about Moonlight?

DLB: I have seen Moonlight, yes. I thought Moonlight was fantastic and I – I particularly appreciated that an LGBT film that’s not just focused on white characters has broken through in the way it has. I think that’s significant.

MK: Have you seen La La Land?

DLB: I have not. That, if the rain con-

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tinues to fall, that will be my evening. But I have to say I’m really looking forward to it.

I loved his first film. It’s one of my favorites [Whiplash] from the past few years. I can’t wait to see La La Land.

MK: You had mentioned in our last chat in 2013 that you were working on a screenplay for the biopic on Northwest outlaw Colton Harris-Moore. What is happening with this project?

DLB: Yeah! It still – that project is still very much alive and it’s got a well-known director on it who has to finish up, I believe, one more film before he shoots The Barefoot Bandit – it’s about Colton HarrisMoore, who, I have to say, is a free man now and doing quite well and I love speaking with him.

MK: Burning Question: How are things going with [fiancé] Tom [Olympic diver, Daley]?

DLB: It is – I’m not gonna give you all the details – but, you know, we have an exciting year ahead for us! I’ll be seeing him – he’s flying out – you know, we live in London, and it was – it’s – and he is getting on a plane tomorrow to be with me at the premiere in San Francisco. So, just looking forward to seeing him then.

MK: Tying the knot in 2017?

DLB: Well, you know, it’s a rumor.

I cannot confirm – I cannot confirm nor deny. [laughs] MK: Besides having Tom around, how do you stay so youthful?

DLB: Oh, you are sweet! Aren’t you sweet?! I – okay, all right. Oh, you know what? Listen, anytime you wanna do an interview, I’m yours! Are you kidding me?

I, uh – you know, honest to God, I don’t know. I got my Mom’s genes. [laughs] I’m the luckiest person in the world for having them – both her kind heart and her, like, wrinkle-proof skin. That’s the real truth.

You know, it’s certainly not for lack of stress, I’ll tell you that. [laughs] But, thank you, that’s very kind.

Be sure to tune in to “When We Rise” premiering Monday, February 27 and continuing Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, March 1, 2 and 3 on ABC (KOMO 4), 9pm11pm. Hear this interview on MK’s podcast, at podomatic.com/podcasts/itsfab MK Scott is a Seattle-based blogger.

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Centralia Fox Theatre announces the 2017 Film Series and special events CENTRALIA, WA. – Historic Fox Theatre Restorations is proud to announce the 2017 Fox Theatre Film Series! The popular series begins a fifth year on Saturday, February 25 with two screenings of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. This year’s series includes Oscar winners like Driving Miss Daisy and The Treasure of the Sierra Madre as well as cult favorites such as Say Anything and Napoleon Dynamite. The stars shine bright on the big screen at the Fox with Robin Williams, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, Jessica Tandy, John Cusack, Meryl

Streep, Steve McQueen, Morgan Freeman, Sally Field and so many more!

The Fox will also be bringing a host of special events including the annual midnight showing of the cult classic, The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Friday, May 26.

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Tower Avenue, Centralia. As an additional treat at many of the films, Fred Beeks will be on hand to play the Fox Theatre organ before each screening. Every film has a generous sponsor who will help to make each movie day a dynamic fundraising event with special prizes and more!

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and as such the chances of this happening again are minuscule, to be certain.

As far as the other Best Picture contenders are concerned, Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Lion and Manchester by the Sea, it’s hard to say any of them are going to win many awards, if any Oscars at all. Viola Davis will walk away with Best Supporting Actress for Fences, that’s an absolute lock at this point, and it’s very likely Arrival will emerge victorious for Best Visual Effects.

But after that? It’s hard to say where any of these other films are going to come out on top, with only Manchester by the Sea looking competitive in both the Best Original Screenplay and the aforementioned Best Actor categories.

Other categories to keep an eye on?

While Germany’s Toni Erdmann is 2016’s most acclaimed import, the Best Foreign Language Film could easily fall to either Iran’s The Salesman or Sweden’s A Man Called Ove, making predicting the winner slightly more difficult than anticipated.

Best Documentary Feature is also an intriguing, politically-charged three-way race, the James Baldwin barnburner I Am Not Your Negro, Ava DuVernay’s insightful U.S. Constitution analysis 13th and the invigorating, epic length O.J.: Made in America all worthy of taking home the Oscar. As for Best Animated Feature, this feels like Zootopia’s to lose, although the fact Kubo and the Two Strings was nominated for Best Visual Effects does lead one to think there might be more love for the film out there in the Academy than most might realize.

Anyhow, here are my predictions as far as the 89th Academy Awards are concerned. Use them in your office pool at your own risk. And, for those keeping track, I’m betting La La Land doesn’t tie the record, coming up two Oscars short.

BEST ACTRESS Nominees: Isabelle Huppert (Elle), Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins), Natalie Portman (Jackie), Emma Stone (La La Land), Ruth Negga (Loving) Should Win: Portman (Jackie) Will Win: Stone (La La Land)

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Oscar record of 11 wins? Or, come close to tying the Oscar record for wins and walk away with somewhere between eight and ten statues? Sure, there are some side dramas, not the least of which is what is likely a close race between Fences actor/producer/director Denzel Washington and Manchester by the Sea star Casey Affleck for Best Actor, but in reality there’s not a ton of drama as far as winners are concerned this year. It’s a La La Land world and all of the rest of the Best Picture contenders are likely to be fortunate just being part of it, and unless there’s a major unforeseen upset of massive proportions there’s not a ton more to talk about.

Not that I can’t make a case that writer/ director Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight, last year’s most universally acclaimed and award-winning motion picture, could somehow emerge victorious. After two years of #OscarSoWhite, with the current political situation being what it is and with so many in Hollywood wanting to make a defiant statement, honoring a drama rich in racial, sexual and gender identity issues, one that deals with all of them in such a distinct, intelligently sincere manner, that would certainly be a way to do that. But is the Academy satisfied with giving the film a pair of Oscars for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali? Or do voters go further than that? Do they give Jenkins Best Director? Do they go all-in for the movie and hand it Best Picture?

Personally, I do not feel that is likely to happen. Not only is La La Land a musical love letter to Hollywood, Chazelle’s opus also checks off a number of additional boxes that historically the Academy has fallen over themselves to honor in the past. Cute, relatively young co-stars in their prime acting adorable and making everyone smile?

Check. A story celebrating the creative process and artists doing what they love and eventually finding success? Check. A solid box office hit showing that the Academy isn’t out of touch with popular taste? Check.

Granted, in many ways you could say the same thing about the even more successful Hidden Figures, the sublime Civil Rights story about three Black women working at NASA during the 1950s and ’60s who were instrumental in helping send John Glenn into orbit and getting U.S. astronauts to the moon. Thing is, with only three nominations (Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress Octavia Spencer, Best Adapted Screenplay) and no chance to win in two of them, the likelihood of director Theodore Melfi’s hit emerging victorious is beyond unlikely. In fact, the last time a film won Best Picture and only Best Picture was Mutiny on the Bounty way back in 1936,

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BEST PICTURE Nominees: Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, Moonlight Should Win: Moonlight Will Win: La La Land BEST DIRECTOR Nominees: Denis Villeneuve (Arrival), Mel Gibson (Hacksaw Ridge), Damien Chazelle (La La Land), Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea), Barry Jenkins (Moonlight) Should Win: Jenkins (Moonlight) Will Win: Chazelle (La La Land) BEST ACTOR Nominees: Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic), Denzel Washington (Fences), Andrew Garfield (Hacksaw Ridge), Ryan Gosling (La La Land), Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) Should Win: Washington (Fences) Will Win: Washington (Fences)

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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Nominees: Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water), Dev Patel (Lion), Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea), Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals) Should Win: Ali (Moonlight) Will Win: Ali (Moonlight) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Nominees: Viola Davis (Fences), Octavia Spencer (Hidden Figures), Nicole Kidman (Lion), Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea), Naomi Harris (Moonlight) Will Win: Davis (Fences) Should Win: Davis (Fences) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Nominees: Hell or High Water, La La Land, The Lobster, Manchester by the Sea, 20th Century Women Should Win: The Lobster Will Win: Manchester by the Sea BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Nominees: Arrival, Fences, Hidden Figures, Lion, Moonlight Should Win: Moonlight Will Win: Moonlight BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Nominees: Kubo and the Two Strings, Moana, My Life as a Zucchini, The Red Turtle, Zootopia Should Win: Kubo and the Two Strings Will Win: Zootopia BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Nominees: 13th, Fire at Sea, I Am Not Your Negro, Life, Animated, O.J.: Made in America Should Win: 13th Will Win: O.J.: Made in America BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Nominees: A Man Called Ove (Sweden), Land of Mine (Norway), The Salesman (Iran), Tanna (Australia), Toni Erdmann (Germany) Should Win: The Salesman Will Win: Toni Erdmann BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Nominees: Arrival, La La Land, Lion, Moonlight, Silence Should Win: Silence Will Win: La La Land BEST COSTUME DESIGN Nominees: Allied, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Florence Foster Jenkins, Jackie, La La Land

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Should Win: Jackie Will Win: La La Land BEST EDITING Nominees: Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Moonlight Should Win: Hell or High Water Will Win: La La Land BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING Nominees: A Man Called Ove, Star Trek Beyond, Suicide Squad Should Win: Star Trek Beyond Will Win: Star Trek Beyond BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Nominees: Jackie, La La Land, Lion, Moonlight, Passengers Should Win: Jackie Will Win: La La Land BEST ORIGINAL SONG Nominees: “The Empty Chair” (Jim: The James Foley Story), “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” (La La Land), “City of Stars” (La La Land), “How Far I’ll Go” (Moana), “Can’t Stop the Feeing” (Trolls) Should Win: “Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” (La La Land) Will Win: “City of Stars” (La La Land) BEST SOUND EDITING Nominees: Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, La La Land, Moonlight Should Win: Arrival Will Win: La La Land BEST SOUND MIXING Nominees: 13 Hours, Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, La La Land, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Should Win: Hacksaw Ridge Will Win: Arrival BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Nominees: Deepwater Horizon, Doctor Strange, The Jungle Book, Kubo and the Two Strings, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Should Win: The Jungle Book Will Win: The Jungle Book BEST ANIMATED SHORT Nominees: Blind Vaysha, Borrowed Time, Pear Cider and Cigarettes, Pearl, Piper Should Win: Pearl Will Win: Piper BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Nominees: 4.1 Miles, Extremis, Joe’s Violin, Watani: My Homeland, The White Helmets Should Win: Extremis Will Win: Watani: My Homeland BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM Nominees: Ennemis intérieurs, La femme et le TGV, Mindenki, Silent Nights, Timecode Should Win: Timecode Will Win: Timecode

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Academy Awards have yet to crown an LGBTthemed film as Best Picture

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer 89TH ACADEMY AWARDS ABC TV (KOMO TV – CH. 4) (Red Carpet @ 4pm PST) (Awards Ceremony @ 5:30pm PST) Sunday, February 26 When Jack Nicholson announced the Best Picture winner at the finale of the 2006 Academy Awards, it created a resounding sigh of both disappointment and sadness from LGBT film fans, many of whom had gathered at Gay bars across the country and around the world to hear two words mentioned when the envelope was opened, Brokeback Mountain. Instead, much to our dismay Nicholson uttered out a single word, Crash, which ended up with the top prize, a movie that many critics have declared one of the worst Best Picture winners of all time.

And though Ang Lee was crowned Best Director for helming Brokeback Mountain, a story about two men who begin a sexual and emotional relationship in 1960’s Wyoming, it won only a total of three statues, despite the fact it had appeared on nearly every major movie reviewer’s year-end list of best films. Furthermore, three beautifully nominated performances in Brokeback Mountain turned in by Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Williams went

unrecognized.

Minorities had every right to protest last year’s #OscarsSoWhite lack of diversity, but over its 89-year course the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) can also be accused of being #OscarsSoStraight. Occasionally, someone like Hillary Swank, a relatively unknown until the late 90s and a former Washington state resident, stuns the industry and movie aficionados with a performance such as the one given in Boys Don’t Cry, a biographical film about a Transgender man adjusting to his new identity who is violently assaulted. It earned Swank a Best Actress award; however her co-star Chloe Sevigny, also wonderful in the film, went home empty-handed.

To be fair, the Academy has rewarded a reasonable amount of actors, from Tom Hanks (Philadelphia) and Charlize Theron (Monster) to Sean Penn (Milk) and Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), with a golden statue for their incredible portrayals of LGBT characters. But there were many who didn’t even get nominated, including River Phoenix in My Own Private Idaho, Nathan Lane in The Birdcage, Julianne Moore in The Kids Are All Right, Dennis Quaid in Far From Heaven, Terence Stamp in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Adèle Exarchopoulos in Blue is the Warmest Colour and the late John Hurt in Love and Death in Long Island, to name a few.

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Mahershala Ali will likely receive Best Supporting Actor honors for his work in the movie, though Moonlight’s nominations in the directing, screenplay, original score and most importantly, Best Picture, races will be overshadowed by its competition. So, we’ll have to wait again. Until the Academy thinks it’s time to bestow an LGBT film it feels is worthy of the most coveted award.

The 89th Academy Awards are being staged on Sunday, February 26 with the ceremony beginning at 5:30pm and red carpet arrivals an hour and a half before then. Jimmy Kimmel will host the event, so expect a lot of laughs during the three-hour gala. All four of 2016’s acting winners – Leonardo DiCaprio, Bree Larson, Mark Rylance and Alicia Vikander – will present this year’s acting recipients with Oscars, plus Chris Evans, Dwayne Johnson, Scarlett Johansson, Leslie Mann, John Cho, Emma Stone, Riz Ahmed, Janelle Monae, Javier Bardem, Charlize Theron, Halle Berry, Gael Garcia Bernal, Shirley MacLaine, Samuel L. Jackson, Kate McKinnon, Dakota Smith and Hailee Steinfeld will also serve as presenters.

As mentioned last week in The Music Lounge, Justin Timberlake, Sting, John Legend and Lin-Manuel Miranda with Auli’i Cravalho will perform their nominated numbers for Best Original Song.

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This is why you shouldn’t hold your breath, or place any bets for Moonlight to be written inside the last envelope that will be opened on Sunday night. La La Land, a dazzling contemporary musical that seems to have hit all the right notes this Oscar season, is expected to claim Best Picture. It’s a wonderful piece of cinema that shouldn’t go unnoticed, and with Emma Stone the presumed Best Actress winner and Damien Chazelle on the verge of nabbing both the Best Director and Best Original Screenplay awards, it will probably dance away with the most hardware this weekend. But it would come at the expense of Moonlight, a moving coming-of-age drama about a young Gay man trapped in an unfortunate

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Step Afrika! presents brilliant reflection on Jacob Lawrence’s “The Migration Series”

by Sharon Cumberland SGN Contributing Writer STEP AFRIKA! DANCE TROUPE “THE MIGRATION: REFLECTIONS ON JACOB LAWRENCE” MEANY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS February 18 At the risk of sounding like I’m on the payroll, which I’m not, Step Afrika! was in the top 1% of everything I’ve seen at the UW World Dance/Meany Center for the Performing Arts in the last 20 years that I’ve been attending. The combination of drumming, dancing, history and visual arts was stunning.

My subscription buddy and I just stared at each other in wonder. Every time you think you’ve seen it all, you see something new that confirms your faith in humankind.

When I say “something new” I mean “new to me.” I’d heard of “stepping” or “African step dance,” but being a WPOGW (that means “white person of good will” to quote MLK), I didn’t really have the concept. I thought it was a kind of sassy strut, like the cake walk, or a “steppin’ out with my baby” kind of walk, but no….it’s something else entirely.

“Step dancing,” to quote the Wiki Brain, “is a form of percussive dance in which the participant’s entire body is used as an instrument to produce complex rhythms and sounds through a mixture of footsteps spoken word, and hand claps.”

And when ten or eleven men and women are performing complex patterns using their bodies as both music and dance – simultaneously and in domino-falling sequences – the effect is thrilling.

This particular group of dances is inspired by artist Jacob Lawrence’s 60 tempu-

Ensemble from Step Afrika! – Photo courtesy of meanycenter.org

ments depicted range from the first kidnappings from African villages, to slavery in the Deep South, to the spread of African drum and dancing traditions throughout the New World. The image of a locomotive begins to dominate as the migration moves away from Jim Crow country to the north, ending in the Chicago of the 1920s. Although the Great Migration started in 1910 and ended in 1970, Jacob Lawrence painted his masterwork in 1940, when more than 1.5 million African Americans had already migrated from the

the stage in horror, the drummers’ arms rose and fell like an army of warning and despair.

This opening scene gave me chills – first of excitement, then of dismay. Step Afrika! director Jakari Sherman was clever in starting the story during slavery times so that the courage and determination that step dancing so clearly expresses would have the necessary context. Step dancing is not just entertainment, or even entertainment with a message. It’s entertainment that encapsulates the spirit of an abused and triumphant people

New York City, and the other half belong to the Philips Collection in Washington D.C., it was no small feat to get them together for the SAM exhibit (in Seattle until April 23rd).

Though Step Afrika! has moved on in its busy calendar of nationwide performances, Michelle Witt and the Meany Center for the Performing Arts are to be applauded for cocommissioning, with four other performing arts centers, this fitting tribute to the brilliant, beloved artist who lived in Seattle until his death in 2000.

Step Afrika! – Photo courtesy of meanycenter.org

ra-on-wood panels called “The Migration Series,” which track the Great Migration of African Americans from the rural south to the industrial north. On five screens of various sizes, several of Lawrence’s images are projected in full and in detail to represent the historical moments each dance depicts.

Choreographer Jakari Sherman is responsible for four of the nine dances, but I was impressed by the shared nature of the choreography, which involves nine additional dancers. This is not a company driven by one mastermind, but a community from which music and dance arises. The historical mo-

South to the North.

The first scene of this marvelous evening began when the stage lights came up on a group of eleven men and women, each with one of several varieties of drum. They were tapping so softly that it sounded like rain, but the sound built steadily into a torrent, which morphed again in to rhythmic stepping and drumming until it sounded as though the drums were having a dramatic and important conversation. This was an African village, representing the moment when slave ships appeared to steal people from their homes. As dancers raced across

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who overcame – and continue to overcome – the worst offenses of racism.

The audience was treated again and again to the perfect integration of Jacob Lawrence – a Seattle favorite son ever since he came to the UW to teach art in 1971 – would be 100 years old this year, and both the Meany Center for the Performing Arts and the Seattle Art Museum are celebrating by coordinating Step Afrika!’s “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence” with the special exhibit of all 60 of the panels that inspired the dance. Since half of these panels belong to the Museum of Modern Art in

In these fraught days that threaten a return to extremes of prejudice, we need to be shown that our nation is not only built on the exploitation of those who suffer injustice, but on the courage of those same people who refuse to be defined by the cruelty of others. I think Step Afrika’s “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence” is so successful because it clearly demonstrates how the arts – music, dance, and visual arts together – can help us remember who we are as a people, and how to be the best people that we can be.

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SATURDAY - February 25

Northwest Flower & Garden Show (2/22-2/26). Washington State Convention Center, 8th Ave & Pike St. 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.

Emerald City Softball Association 2017 Field Day. 10am. North SeaTac Park, S 128th St & 20th Ave S. Find your team for 2017. All skill levels welcome. Just bring your mitt & cleats & be ready to play. www.emeraldcitysoftball.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.

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 Diverse Harmony “Out in Space” Concert. 7pm.

Benaroya Hall, Nordstrom Recital Hall, 3rd Ave & Union St. Bridging the story of an alien and a human, the originally-written script by the youth encompasses a message of hope with some of our favorite space tunes. Diverse Harmony is joined by our older a cappella group, Spectrum, for this one-night only concert.

Tickets: general admission $35, VIP $75, 22 & under FREE. www.seattlesymphony.org/concerttickets/calendar/2016-2017/bearoyahall/diverseharmony

SUNDAY - February 26

Northwest Flower & Garden Show (2/22-2/26). Washington State Convention Center, 8th Ave & Pike St. Center for Spiritual Living. Services 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Info 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 5751 33rd Ave NE. 8:30am Sunday school; 9:45am worship. 525-7988.

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

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

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

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30amWorship, 11am-Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. (253) 627-0129, www.fumctacoma.org Central Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am-Sunday Service.

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

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 911 Stewart St. 682-3620.

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

253-854-9747.

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

All ages education 9am, Worship 10am. 4515 16th Ave NE. 524-2322; www.universityucc.org.

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am-Worship.

2115 N 42nd St. 547-6945 (office); 285-5077 (George).

All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am-Worship. 500 Broadway E. 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Living Water Fellowship. 10:30am-Worship. 7204 NE 175th St, Kenmore. Pastor Susan George. 963-0807. www.livingwaterwa. com Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

February 25 thru March 5 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 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/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

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

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

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

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

(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 28

10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. 935-0418, office@ wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am-Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

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

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

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

6512 12th Ave NW. 783-6733; www.stpaulucc seattle. com.

Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.com Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Seattle Tennis Alliance Sunday Social Doubles.

12noon-1:15pm. Tennis Center Sand Point, 7135 Sportsfield Dr NE, in Magnuson Park. Please arrive early so we can start on time. Cost: Members $12, non-members $15.

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 No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. Meets 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing

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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 Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Subject: Awakening to the present by dying to the past. ‑Metro routes 8, 10, 12, 49 & 60.

Three Dollar Bill Cinema Academy Awards Party.

Doors open 4pm. Egyptian Theater, 805 E Pine St. Join Three Dollar Bill ‑& Gay City with comedic hosts Eiicia Sanchez & Nick Sahoya to celebrate our community, raise Money & watch the Academy Awards live. Tickets: general ‑admission $25, VIP $125. Tickets include food, cash bar, stars on the big screen & fabulous comentary by our hosts. VIP tickets include upgraded food, reserved seating & complimentary sparkling wine.

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 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.

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

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

MONDAY - February 27

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E,

February 24, 2017

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

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 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 Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBTQ MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

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

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

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

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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 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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FRIDAY - March 3

WEDNESDAY - March 1

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 True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

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

Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

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

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

Southeast Seattle Lesbian Evening Group. 6pm.

Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Meets the 1st Wednesday of every month. RSVP to Kate Hawkins 722-0317. www.sessc.org. FREE. Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. www.

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

First Wednesday Queer Film Series: GBF. 7pm.

Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave. GBF stand for “Gay best friend,” recently deemed the hottest new fad at North Gateway High School; the Queen Bees need a GBF! But there is one problem: none of the Gays at their posh suburban high school are out of the closet.

FREE for members of Three Dollar Bill Cinema, $5 for not-yet-members. www.threedollarbillcinema.org The Gay Uncle Time – Seattle’s Monthly Celebration of Pop, Camp, Gay, Underground and Trash Culture of the ’60s & ’70s and Beyond! with Fabulous Special Guests. 7pm. The Jewel Box Theatre @ The Rendezvous, 2322 2nd Ave. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. $6 cash at the door.

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.org PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Renton: 425-235-4139. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org.

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.)

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

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

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

Columbia City Theater, 4916 Rainier Ave S. This week: Shaina Rae, Chava Mirel & Annie Jantzer. No cover.

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.)

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.

Pride Skate Seattle. 8:30-11pm. Southgate Roller Rink, 9646 17th Ave SW. First Wednesday of every month. $8 admission includes skate rental. Must be 18+, with 21+ bar. Performances, roller skating, and fun! See you there! www.southgaterollerrink.com

THURSDAY - March 2

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS). 12:452:45pm. South East Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St. Meets 1st Thursday each month. Discussion and activities group for Lesbians approaching 60 and over. All Lesbians welcome. May buy lunch at 12 if desired. Contact Fai at 722-0729 or email alissquestions@gmail.com. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible.

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 of every month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

First Thursday Art Walk in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square. 5-9pm. Art galleries in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square host opening night receptions. Seattle Art Museum is free today.

Rouge at Maximilien. 5-7:30pm. 81a Pike Place Market.

A Parisian acoustic band, Rouge creates a joyously romantic old-world ambience. No cover.

Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month.

February 24, 2017

SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council, & all City of Seattle Depts in matters regarding human rights. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide.

Meetings open to the public. 684-4540.

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.

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

Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 517 E Pike St. Meets 1st Thursday each month. Monthly social meet & greet. Bus routes 2, 9, 10, 11, 43, 47, 49 & 60 and the new Capitol Hill/First Hill streetcar go within 3-4 blocks of Kaladi Bros. www. seattleprimetimers.org Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month. ECSC is a confidential crossdressing social & support organization for Transvestite & Transsexual individuals, primarily MTF, which offers confidential membership, private monthly meetings, frequent events on the town, & help in coming out. (425) 827-9494.

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

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe,

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 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

SATURDAY - March 4

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Northwest Bears Potluck and Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear admirers. www.nwbears.com.

Purple Passion Live - in Lake Forest Park. 7:309:30pm. Third Place Commons, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park. Dance the night away, grab some great food & buy some new & used books.

SUNDAY - March 5

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

Contact Border Riders for details and rendezvous point.

Meets 1st Sunday most months. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ kofmjetchapter/ PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

St Aelred’s Independent Catholic Church in Olympia.

5pm. Olympia Unitarian Church, 2200 East End St NW, Olympia. Meets 1st & 3rd Sundays each month. Fr. Bob Withrow, (360) 664-5449.

Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv

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COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

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

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

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

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

www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: 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. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 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 PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org 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 SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling

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Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.thepride league.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. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; 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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RESTAURANTS & BARS

88 KEYS - 315 2nd Ave. S. - 839-1300 BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444 THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE 2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098 C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE 1701 E. Olive Way - 726-0565

THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E. - 322-3130 CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD 2103 N. 45th - 545-8363 THE CRESCENT - 1413 E. Olive Way - 720-8188 THE CUFF COMPLEX 1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525 DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - 322-1080 GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577 GNOCCHI BAR - 1542 12th Ave - 328-4285 HOT MAMA’S PIZZA - 700 E. Pine St. - 322-6444 JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. E. - 441-9729 JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E. - 860-1818 KREMWERK - 1809 Minor Ave. #10 - 682-2935 MAE’S CAFE 6412 Phinney Ave. N. - 782-1222 MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537 NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358 OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW THE PINE BOX - 1600 Melrose Ave - 588-0375 POCO WINE ROOM 1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463

RETAIL SHOPS

CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17 1017 E. Pike St - 204-0126 DOGHOUSE LEATHERS 1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231 EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - 323-7437 NEW YORK EXCHANGE 231 Broadway Ave E - 726-7978 ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965 PANACHE - 225 Broadway E. - 726-3300 RUCKUS 1465 E Republican St. - 257-4805 STAN’S ADULT SUPERSTORE 9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299 TOYS IN BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - 328-2914 UNDER U 4 MEN 709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446 WILD AT HEART 1111 NW Leary Way - 782-5538 YOUR CHOICE VIDEO 9811 16TH AVE SW - 768-0711

BELLINGHAM

LOVER’S 193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862 RUMORS CABARET 1119 Railroad - (306) 671-1849

BAR MYX - 1212 California St. - 425-610-4071 LOVER’S - 112 SE Everett - (425) 353-3607 LOVER’S - 3402 Broadway - (425) 252-8754

KENT

LOVER’S 25801 104th Ave. S.E. - (253) 852-1720 THE FANTASY SHOP 604 Central Ave. S. - (253) 850-8428 NASHVILLE’S SPORTS BAR (Drag Shows) 114 - Railroad Ave. N. - (253) 852 - 0909

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PONY - 1221 E. Madison St. - 324-2854 PURR - 1518 11th Ave. - 325-3112 R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828 RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - 233-9873 SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591 SHORTY’S 2222 2nd Ave - 441-5449 SPINNAKER BAY BREWING 5718 Rainier Ave S - 725-BEER(2337) STOUT -1530 11th Ave - 397-3825 TOULOUSE PETIT 601 Queen Anne Ave N - 432-9069 UNICORN - 1118 E Pike - 325-6492 WILDROSE - 1021 E. Pike - 324-9210 ZIPPY’S GIANT BURGERS 5633 Airport Way S - 466-5954 9614 14th Ave SW - 763-1347

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• THE CUFF COMPLEX • GNOCCHI BAR

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LA CONNER

THE HERON INN & WATERGRASS DAY SPA 117 Maple Ave. - (877) 883-8899 info@theheron.com

OLYMPIA

DARBY’S CAFE 211 5th Ave. S.E. - (360) 357-6229 LOVER’S 3959 Martin Way E. Suite D - (360) 456-7300 JAKES - 311 4th Ave. E. - (360) 956-3247 URBAN ONION 116 Legion Way - (360) 943-9242

PORT ANGELES MAPLE ROSE INN 112 Reservoir Rd - (800) 570-2007

SPOKANE

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

TACOMA

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

TUKWILA

LOVER’S 530 Southcenter Blvd. - (206) 248-5085

WENATCHEE

THE CELLAR CAFE 240 N. Mission St. - (509) 662-1722

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