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Seattle Gay News

Issue 9, Volume 45, March 3, 2017

Arts & Entertainment

Bright Half Life is a poem in the eyes of the beholder

(l) Tracy Michelle Hughes and Rhonda J. Soikowski in New Century Theatre Company’s Bright Half Life – Photo by MJ Sieber

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer BRIGHT HALF LIFE NEW CENTURY THEATRE COMPANY AND THE HANSBERRY PROJECT (@ 12TH AVENUE ARTS) Through March 11

How does one get at the interior of a romantic relationship on stage? In the case of Bright Half Life, now presented by New Century Theatre Company and The Hansberry Project, playwright Tanya Barfield chose to throw ordinary women in ordinary moments together into a mixed-up time machine of a stew. Directed by HATLO, see BRIGHT HALF page 5

Oscars 2017: Moonlight wins three Academy Awards, including Best Picture

Barry Jenkins (foreground center) and the cast accept the award for best picture for Moonlight at the Oscars on Sunday at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles – Photo by Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Moonlight, a story about a young African-American Gay man facing the in-

ner struggles and those around him, became the first LGBT-themed film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture. And it did so intriguingly, when screen legend see OSCARS page 8

Seattle Opera’s Katya Kabanova a memorable, thrilling production

Melody Moore as Katya in Katya Kabanova – Photo by Philip Newton

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE OPERA KATYA KABANOVA

BY LEOŠ JANÁČEK’S MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL February 25 (Opening Night) (Opening Night cast also performs 3/4, 3/8 & 3/11)

Going to Leoš Janáček’s opera, Katya Kabanova, is like seeing a gripping stage play set to fabulous music. Though it’s sung through with no dialogue, the adaptation from Alexander Ostrovsky’s 1859 play The Storm is so fluid and conversational that you’re in the throes of the rising action for all of Act I and most of Act II, with the see KATYA KABANOVA page 4

Brandon Ivie, Village Theatre’s new musical whisperer

Village Theatre Associate Artistic Director Brandon Ivie – Photo by Matthew Murphy

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer To an extent, this is a “Where is he now?” interview! In 2009, Brandon Ivie

was kind of a kid wonder in theatrical circles when he was first profiled in SGN. [Seattle Gay News, December 4, 2009 – http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews37_49/mobile/ see BRANDON IVIE page 6

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Celebrating 41 Years!

Kaskade includes Seattle in six-city tour; John Mayer headed to The Gorge

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Two more big concerts have been added to the Seattle music calendar, leading off with Kaskade who’ll appear June 6 at the Paramount Theatre, as part of a six-city “Spring Fling” tour. The multiple Grammy nominee is undoubtedly one of the brightest stars on the EDM scene, having released nine full length records since 2003 with five of them landing on Billboard’s top ten dance albums chart. His latest, 2015’s Automatic, produced a whopping six hit singles, including “Disarm You” (featuring Ilsey). Kaskade routinely sells out concerts in Seattle, so tickets are likely to disappear quickly for the Paramount show. Tickets are on sale now at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Singer-songwriter John Mayer is playing Seattle this summer, kind of. He’s set to perform July 21 at The Gorge Amphitheatre as part of “The Search for Everything World Tour” that helps promote his newest release of the same title. The eight-time Grammy winner has regularly appeared at venues outside the Emerald City, most noticeably The Gorge, but that hasn’t stopped fans from making the short or long drive to see him. The Search for Everything is Mayer’s seventh studio album and will be available in record stores on April 14, although select tracks from it have already been released, including four new songs titled “Still Feel Like Your Man,” “Emoji of a Wave,” “Helpless” and “Roll It on Home.”

Tickets to see John Mayer in concert go on sale March 4 (10am) at LiveNation.com, all

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Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Other new concerts to inform you about are Taylor Bennett (brother of Chance the Rapper) on April 24 at Chop Suey, Lizz Wright on June 11 at The Triple Door and the collaborative “Rootfire in the Emerald City” with Thievery Corporation, The California Honeydrops, Stick Figure, Trevor Hall and more on July 29 at Marymoor Park.

Unfortunately, Lionel Richie has postponed his entire tour with Mariah Carey due to knee injury, which included an appearance at Key Arena on April 28. At press

time, a new date hadn’t been announced, but it looks like the tour is being rescheduled for this summer. Hang on to your tickets.

Finally, single day tickets for the Sasquatch Music Festival are now on sale via Sasquatchfestival.com, priced at $99.50 (all fees included). Dozens of artists, such as Frank Ocean, Chance the Rapper, Twenty One Pilots, Mac Miller, The Shins and Phantogram will perform during the threeday event happening over Memorial Day Weekend at The Gorge Amphitheatre. The daily lineup with specific performance times for all artists is now available on the festival’s website.

Seattle Heart’s Ann Wilson: Rock icon launching solo tour in her hometown on March 8

selling out concerts around the world.

Though she made appearances by herself here and there, including a performance with the Seattle Men’s Chorus in 2005, Ann Wilson didn’t release a solo record until 2007, titled Hope & Glory, that featured collaborations with Elton John, k.d. lang, Rufus Wainwright and Wynona Judd. She then began balancing a solo and group career, continuing to perform and record new music with Heart. In 2013, the band packed Key Arena and gave fans in attendance a mind-blowing show that included nearly all of their best-known songs and a few covers from the catalog of Led Zeppelin, an artist that has been a huge inspira-

tion for Wilson. In fact, it was the Wilson sisters who wowed the remaining members of Led Zeppelin with a powerful rendition of “Stairway to Heaven” on the 2012 Kennedy Centers Honors telecast.

On March 8, Ann Wilson will launch her solo headlining tour in her hometown with a performance at the Moore Theatre.

Newly married in 2015, to Dean Wetter, and the mother of two (daughter Marie and son Dustin), Wilson now juggles family life and dual music careers, but thankfully for us she’s still belting out all of the songs we love from Heart and some of her very own.

Her upcoming tour will take her across the country to a number of cities, including Los Angeles, Denver, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Charleston, South Carolina.

Wilson will be backed by Craig Bartock on guitar (Heart member for a dozen years), Andy Stoller on bass and Denny Fongheiser, who’ll play drums and percussion.

“The stage is a magical place where I can be beautifully in and out of control, where I can build a fire and then jump into it,” stated Wilson in a press release. “The stage is where I have always lived; where I’ve expressed my deepest emotions and supreme joys. I suppose I am addicted to it.

I’ve never been much good at talking, but I can sing, and when I sing I connect with people in a much deeper, higher way.”

For tickets to see Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee and music legend Ann Wilson, go to ticketmaster.com, and for more information on the show, visit stgpresents.org.

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer ANN WILSON MOORE THEATRE March 8 There weren’t many female rock artists around in the 1970s. In fact, there were few. The band Heart, which grew from a small club band to international act while based in Seattle, was fortunate to have two women in its lineup. Ann and Nancy Wilson and members of an already-formed group joined forces and called themselves Hocus Pocus, later changed to Heart. They were an instant success with the release of the band’s debut album, Dreamboat Annie, in 1976 that produced two big hits: “Magic Man” and “Crazy for You,” now considered rock classics.

During the ’70s and early ’80s, Heart landed several albums on the Billboard charts, including Dog and Butterfly, Little Queen and Bebe Le Strange. Combined, these recordings produced a series of FM radio hits, such as “Barracuda,” “Kick It Out,” “Straight On” and “Even It Up.” But it was 1985’s self-titled release, led by the smash singles “Never” and “If Looks Could Kill,” and 1987’s Bad Animals, featuring the mega ballad “Alone,” that propelled them to super stardom. In the years to follow, Heart would put out a series of albums that kept their name afloat, although their biggest success was enjoyed on the road,

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The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been red hot for years

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS KEY ARENA March 17 It was in college that I first listened to Red Hot Chili Peppers. Blood Sugar Sex Magik was an album that will always define those boozy, promiscuous and free-spirited years sandwiched between high school graduation and the real world. The band’s heavy guitar-riffed, funkadelic rock style and Anthony Kiedis’ rap-like vocals was the perfect sound combo for a kid with a Sony Walkman to listen to on his university campus, shuffling from one class to another, or cranking out a night’s homework in his fraternity house.

They were still a relatively new band when they got their first taste of success in 1991, selling thirteen million copies of Blood Sugar Sex Magik and earning their first of six Grammy Awards for Best Hard Rock Performance with Vocal for “Give It Away.” Soon thereafter, RHCP shot to superstardom and the albums that followed, particularly 1999’s Californication, 2002’s By the Way and 2006’s Stadium Arcadium, made them legends. In fact, the group easily racked up enough votes to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.

Neither member of the Chili Peppers,

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crisis and denouement coming in the last ten minutes of the opera. In other words, you’re on the edge of your seat for an hour and forty minutes. Thank goodness for the intermission – one needs a bracing shot of something to see this drama through.

The protagonist, Katya, is a young married woman with what must be the most domineering mother-in-law in literature.

Kabanicha, the matriarch, lives with the couple and insists that her son, Tichon, continue to put his mother before his wife.

If Katya shows affection to Tichon, Kabanicha berates her for acting like he’s her lover rather than her husband. But if Katya doesn’t go into mourning when Tichon leaves on a business trip, Kabanicha berates her for being cold-hearted and selfish. Katya can’t win for losing. She creeps around the house as though the Sword of Damocles hangs over her head – as indeed it does. She has to swear to obey her mother-in-law while Tichon is away, and Kabanicha forbids her to look out the window, to leave the house, or to look at any men.

The old woman watches Katya like a viper, ready to strike at any moment.

What makes Katya’s dilemma even more claustrophobic is the setting. Seattle Opera’s production is set in small town America in the 1950s – the most buttoneddown era in our recent history – when cozy country life was still seen as more American than loose life in the big city.

The men wear fedoras and double-breasted suits; the women wear flats and pleated skirts, with their hair in tight curls under tight little hats. Kabanicha looks like a school principal ready to rap knuckles with a wooden ruler. Only Varvara, Kabanicha’s bobby-soxer daughter, displays any sense of freedom, wearing jeans and saddle oxfords, reading movie magazines, and sneaking out through the garden gate to see her boyfriend. She provides the single source of comfort and relief for poor browbeaten Katya.

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as they’re also called, are Gay; however, lead singer Kiedis and guitarist-bassist Flea have certainly raised eyebrows over the

years for their somewhat flamboyant flair and their openness to kiss each other on the lips, or other musicians, like Eddie Vedder.

Naturally, something’s got to give, and Janáček’s gorgeous, multi-layered music bypasses the rational mind to dramatize the turmoil – the gathering storm – in Katya’s soul. As the conflict deepens and Katya becomes increasingly desperate, you almost feel like your own anxiety is part of the orchestra’s ominous percussion, its haunting, fragmented melodies, and its oppressive sense of doom. When Katya finally risks everything to break out of her cloistered life, the production makes brilliant use of projections – rivers, streams, waterfalls, woods, galaxies – to express the beauty and danger of uncharted nature, in both the great out-of-doors and in the human heart.

The singing on opening night was uniformly excellent. Melody Moore’s Katya beautifully negotiated the contradiction between the grandness and difficulty of the role and the crushed desperation of the character. Her powerful voice (she is a budding Wagnerian) was harnessed to a

liquidity that perfectly conveyed the tragedy of a woman who would never find happiness. Maya Lahyani as Varvara was the vivacious opposite of Katya – the girl who refused to be beaten and who escapes to the big city and freedom. And while there were some very fine male singers in this opera – Nicky Spence as Tichon, Joseph Dennis as Katya’s lover, Boris – this is an opera about women. Victoria Livengood, in the critical role of Kabanicha, was perfectly cast. Her voice has a slight vibrato coupled with a sharp edge that perfectly encapsulated the dangerous self-absorption of a relentless matriarch.

General Manager Aiden Lang is to be congratulated for bringing a Janáček specialist, conductor Oliver von Dohnányi, to Seattle. The Czech language and Janáček’s particular musical style, while wonderful to hear, are notoriously difficult to play, sing, and conduct. If Seattle is to learn to love Janáček’s great body of work – operas such

Former member Dave Navarro, who has admitted to sexually experimenting with other men, gave fans more reason to suspect that RHCP swung both ways when he and Kiedis made out at the finale of the music video for “Warped,” from the One Hot Minute album.

The Getaway, ushered out in June 2016, is the latest release by Red Hot Chili Peppers and their eleventh studio album altogether, which features the leadoff single, “Dark Necessities.” Though commercially it’s posted underwhelming sales numbers (1.3 million copies worldwide) in comparison to their other recordings – Californication has sold 16 million copies to date – it has drawn favorable reviews from a large number of music reviewers.

You can expect to hear some of the songs from The Getaway when RHCP plays Key Arena on March 17. But the fourpiece act – drummer Chad Smith and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer round out the roster – will likely include older favorites, from “Dosed” to “By the Way” to “Scar Tissue,” at the Seattle show. The concert features an opening performance by Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue.

Tickets to see Red Hot Chili Peppers are on sale at LiveNation.com, all Ticketmaster outlets, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

as The Cunning Little Vixen, Janûfa, and The Makropulos Affair that are performed regularly in the great companies around the world – then it has to be presented properly so that new audiences will hear it at its compelling best. Kudos to the orchestra and the singers for bringing this gripping work to the stage with such power and perfection.

And enough can’t be said about the beauty of the production itself – Patrick Nolan and Genevieve Blanchett’s staging managed to box in and break out with equal intensity.

Seattle Opera’s Katya Kabanova is a memorable, thrilling production in every way. You come away stimulated but not disturbed; dazzled but not depressed.

Well-conceived tragedy makes you think about human nature in deeper ways while enjoying the challenge of great theater.

This production achieves those high goals. Katya Kabanova is at McCaw Hall through March 11.

From left: Jennifer Cross (Glasha), Victoria Livengood (Kabanicha) and Nicky Spence (Tichon) – Photo by Philip Newton

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Katya Kabanova : A knockout!

by Alice Bloch SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE OPERA KATYA KABANOVA

BY LEOŠ JANÁČEK MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL February 26 (Sunday cast) (Sunday cast also performs 3/1 & 3/10) In the three seasons since Aidan Lang became General Director of Seattle Opera, the company has mounted productions of several operas never before performed here. Two of those – Gaetano Donizetti’s Mary Stuart and Giuseppe Verdi’s Nabucco – were among the most memorable opera performances I’ve ever attended. Both offered gripping drama, visual beauty, and musical excellence. I’m happy to report that Leoš Janáček’s Katya Kabanova now joins their ranks.

When I saw the bare black box of the stage in the moments before the opera began, my heart sank at the prospect of another bleak, minimalist production. During the overture, however, I was pleasantly surprised as characters and chorus members assembled a set, transforming the empty stage into an eastern Washington front yard, complete with white picket fence, rural mailbox, American flag, apple trees, and a wild river rushing through the landscape.

In this and later scenes, the team of stage director Patrick Nolan, production designer Genevieve Blanchett, and lighting designer Mark Howett did a superb job of combining physical set elements and video projections to create the juxtaposition of savage natural beauty and stultifying social convention that marked mid-20th-century rural America.

Katya Kabanova is based on a 19th-century Russian play (The Storm by Alexander Ostrovsky), but the update to Wenatchee in the 1950s worked extremely well, evoking Hollywood movies from that period about a

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actors Tracy Michelle Hughes and Rhonda J. Soikowski portray a Lesbian relationship that bounces (sometimes literally) from future to past to present to past in a seemingly random fashion.

The audience can’t just sit and let this play wash over them for a moment. You

Corinne Winters as Katya in Katya Kabanova – Photo by Philip Newton

lonely housewife who falls for a handsome stranger, with disastrous results.

As the dreamy, unhappily married

Katya, soprano Corinne Winters sang divinely, even though the consonant-laden Czech language presents unique difficulties

must come ready to engage. In scenes that might last two sentences before a change of time and place, you can witness the first meeting of this couple, their awkward supervisor-employee attraction, their acceptance of their connection, and all the way through having children and growing older.

If you pay attention, you learn about these characters. You learn that Vicky is very organized and an early-bird, yet loves Ferris wheels and even sky-diving. Erica is scared of heights, yet not scared of asking

Vicky out. Their relationship tangles over promotions and job offers. Their extended families interfere.

Hughes and Soikowski are both topnotch actors. They must be to manage material this complex and non-linear. They have to keep all the aspects of their relationship, from beginning to end, in mind at all times, and then inhabit the right moment with the correct emotional attitude.

Since the play rushes by non-stop for about 80 minutes, and scenes can be 30 seconds

and her part requires a large vocal range.

In fact, without exception, the singing was excellent, and with only one exception (tenor Scott Quinn as Boris, Katya’s lover), so was the acting. Mezzo-soprano Victoria Livengood tore into the role of Kabanicha, Katya’s horrific mother-in-law, with gusto; she even stayed in character through the curtain calls, encouraging the audience to boo. As the free-spirited couple Varvara and Kudrjas, mezzo-soprano Maya Lahyani and tenor Joshua Kohl practically stole the show with their delightful antics and gorgeous voices. Lahyani’s lovely duet with Winters was one of the high points of the performance.

Like most of the audience, I was quite unfamiliar with this rarely performed opera and unprepared for the intensity and beauty of the music. Except for some folk tunes sung by Lahyani and Kohl, there were few hummable melodies, but it didn’t matter: the music was the main element that created and sustained the drama, and the orchestra was the most important character in the opera. Bravissimo to conductor Oliver von Dohnányi and the large orchestra for a shiver-inducing performance that never overwhelmed the singers’ voices.

Special praise is due timpanist Michael Crusoe, who ran the full dynamic gamut from soft foreboding in the tense domestic scenes to crashing thunder during the climactic storm scene. Harpist Valerie Muzzolini Gordon, celesta player David McDade, tubist Jonathan Hill, and a strong trombone section led by Ko-Ichiro Yamamoto also contributed greatly to the moody atmosphere.

It’s a great pleasure to be able to recommend this production wholeheartedly. If you attend a performance – and I hope you will – you might not leave the theater humming, but you’ll definitely leave the theater thinking hard and feeling deeply.

long, this is a feat in itself. I appreciate them both, individually.

I have to say that they are so oddly matched that “chemistry” isn’t exactly a word that would describe what they have together. The characters in the play seem to be oddly matched, so in that way, their casting does make sense. But it was hard to buy them as a couple, and I am not sure why. Perhaps so much of the play is spent in opposition that it becomes hard to believe the good-relationship moments when they appear.

The set (by Catherine Cornell) is a mountain of interesting platforms jutting out, like a huge stairway. The actors climb around with no props or other changes. This is reminiscent of solo performances where actors change characters with a turn of a head. The lighting design by Jessica Trundy does help a great deal in focusing time and place with spotlighting or brief blackouts.

The play is certainly a way to tell the story of a fairly ordinary relationship in an extraordinary way. It may speak to individual audience members very differently depending on their life experiences. That makes it more like a poem, in the eyes of the beholder.

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(l) Tracy Michelle Hughes and Rhonda J. Soikowski in New Century Theatre Company’s Bright Half Life – Photo by MJ Sieber

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page23.cfm] He started his own theater company, Contemporary Classics, as a senior in high school, focusing on new musicals. Once graduated from UW, he landed a job as assistant to David Armstrong, Executive Producer/Artistic Director at The 5th Avenue Theatre. He calls that “the best first job out of college ever.”

Ivie has already worked on a number Broadway shows – some of which premiered at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre – like Shrek, Memphis and Catch Me If You Can, and helped launch the Broadway production of ex-Village Theatre associate Brian Yorkey’s next to normal, which won a Tony Award. He worked on multiple productions of A Christmas Story across the country. He helmed an Off-Broadway production of Jasper in Deadland and reprised it at 5th Ave. He’s been working for several years with friend and protegee Justin Huertas on Huertas’ Lizard Boy, which premiered at Seattle Repertory and has had several backing presentations in New York City to try to get it produced Off-Broadway.

In 2009, I wrote, “Ivie has his finger on the pulse on contemporary new musicals.”

That statement is true today, as well.

In 2009, when I asked Ivie what he wanted to see as his future, he pronounced, “I want to be a musical theater artistic director in Seattle, and be working on developing new musicals. That’s the big goal.”

Now, he has a regular job with that focus so he can live his dream of focusing on new musicals and nurturing them toward full productions! July 1, 2016, Ivie started working at Village Theatre as their Associate Artistic Director, and the whole focus of that job is to build their new musical pipeline from readings to developmental productions to possible Main Stage choices.

What Ivie says, Ivie manifests!

I caught up with Ivie as he worked on the second developmental musical of three in a brand new program they are calling the Beta Series. Village has done a number of developmental productions, but now they’re expanding to do three planned developmentals a year. This year, they chose three shows that had been presented as “readings” in their summer Festival of New Musicals.

The three they’ve chosen are Cubamor and Writing Kevin Taylor, which have al-

Scene from Cubamor – Photo by Sam Freeman

ready hit the stage, and String, coming in June. In fact, String has just been announced as being part of their 2017-18 Main Stage season. What that means for those who love the making of musicals is that if you attend a developmental show in June, you’ll see how it changes as they bring it to Main Stage next year!

Ivie says, “Village brought me on because they wanted to expand the original programming. One idea they had was a series of developmental productions. We talked about rehearsals and previews and tech times and logistics to figure out what that programming would look like. The Beta Series is what has come of that.

“It’s the missing link. We’ve had developmental productions but so far none has been programmed for the Main Stage (until String). This is a springboard and support system to help shows transition from a table or staged reading to a full production.

“All the shows that come to this program might go on to a future life. We’re telling other theaters and producers about the shows, we’re inviting them, we’re sending materials to them, so these shows have a life after this.

“We’re budgeting and planning for our 2018 Beta Series now. We’re in the middle of programming that. We get hundreds of

shows every year submitted to us.”

Writers’ Residency Program Since Ivie started, Village has announced another new program: Writers’ Residency Program.

Ivie describes it as, “It’s for shows that have yet to have a first draft. Very early in their development. It’s about generating material. Writing teams spend a week at the theater, are housed by the theater, and are given office support, rehearsal space, dramaturgical support and on-call professional actors.

“For the first residency we picked three teams that Village was familiar with. [Justin Huertas/Kirsten deLohr Helland/Sara Porkalob is one team, Orlando Morales is another, and Danny Larsen and Michelle Elliott are the third.] The residency is something I came up with because I have seen that it is really difficult for a show to have a clean, clear development process when they’re bouncing around (different) institutions and producers and directors.

“It’s easy to have too many cooks in the kitchen. By trying to please all these different entities, you end up not pleasing anyone and the show loses its point of view. This is an attempt at finding a way for a show to have a consistent artistic pro-

cess with one institution.

“Those residency musicals are not necessarily destined for Festival, but the most ideal process for a show to go through at Village would be residency into a reading into Beta into Main Stage and that we can support writers from the very, very beginning to the end. This way, we can be the point of view for the whole process.”

Ivie’s Bi-Coastal Life Ivie spends part of his life in New York City. Just when you hear he’s back in town, it turns out he’s flying back to NYC. He’s making a name for himself as a director of musicals and goes to readings and meetings. Now that he’s working at Village, even if the NYC work is not directly related to Village, it may well end up with a benefit to them.

About his upcoming work there, Ivie says, “I’m going to be directing at NYU with their graduate musical theater writing program. I direct a reading of these students’ thesis project. They’ll probably do 20 readings and I’ll direct a couple of them.” That’s certainly a good way to be in touch with brand new writers!

Village Subscribership Highest Ever Village Theatre just announced that they’ve enrolled 20,000 subscribers, a new record. Ivie hopes that some of the new subscribers might have been brought in because of the new musical programs. “I hope so, it means good things for me,” says Ivie.

“New musicals have been part of Village development from the very beginning. It’s part of the culture of Village. Some audience members have been here for 20 years seeing new musicals in development for all that time and they’re able to think critically about shows in ways that other audience members might not.”

The new job has aspects that are a definite stretch for Ivie. He says, “I’m a little nervous being the new guy on campus. I’ve never worked here on an administrative level. I’ve never been in meetings to choose the Festival or season or (other) planning. I was pleasantly surprised at how open and willing the theater was to try new things.

“It’s going so much faster than I ever thought it would. We’ve made a lot of programming in the last six months and that’s really exciting.”

Prognostication?

Asked to predict the next five years, Ivie says, “Five years from now? I would want Village to be the most sought after new musical incubator in the country (with me as the head of the program). I realize it will take more than my first six months to make that goal happen.”

Scene from Writing Kevin Taylor – Photo by Sam Freeman

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Celebrating 41 Years!

Intimately graceful Kingdom an exquisite romantic drama

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer A UNITED KINGDOM Now playing In 1947 London, office worker Ruth Williams (Rosamund Pike) is dragged to a church dance by her younger sister Muriel (Laura Carmichael) and meets charming university student Seretse Khama (David Oyelowo). Not intending for anything to develop, the pair quickly see their new friendship blossom into something more.

But before they can take things to a new level, Seretse reveals he is the Crown Prince of Bechuanaland, a British protectorate nestled right up against the racially turbulent South Africa. Yet Ruth knows her heart. She loves Seretse, and if he’ll have her she willing to undertake any and all challenges moving the Africa and becoming his Queen might entail.

For a variety of fairly obvious reasons, this does not go over well with the British government. They do not want to see the erstwhile Bechuanaland ruler marry a White British national. They do not want to see South Africa, on the verge of implementing the policies of Apartheid, angry and upset. As such, under the pretense that Seretse’s well respected and revered uncle Tshekedi’s (Vusi Kunene) is challenging his nephew’s suitability to rule because of the marriage, the British government, led

by African Affairs minister Sir Alistair Canning (Jack Davenport), decide to intervene. They banish the monarch from his homeland, forcing him to live abroad while his wife Ruth stays in Bechuanaland trying to prove to the country’s people she stands

Ruth (Rosamund Pike) and Sereste (David Oyelowo) in A United Kingdom – Photo courtesy of BBC Films

with them and not the British.

Based on a true story involving the democratization of Botswana (formerly Bechuanaland) and revolving around an interracial romance that had the entire world talking, acclaimed filmmaker Amma Asante’s A United Kingdom is the filmmaker’s moving, intelligently authentic follow-up to her 2013 sensation Belle. Much like that superb motion picture, this one is crafted with precision and care, the filmmaker once again allowing her core actors, in this case Oyelowo and Pike, the freedom to move and evolve their respective characters in ways that feel entirely genuine. It’s a heartfelt drama that’s epic in scope yet intimate in execution, making it spectacularly easy to walk out the theatre with a smile after just

having enjoyed one’s self immensely.

At the same time, using Susan Williams’ book Colour Bar: The Triumph of Seretse Khama and His Nation as its source of inspiration, Guy Hibbert’s (Eye in the Sky) script is remarkably straightforward, rarely bucking genre conventions or expectations as it navigates its way through Seretse and Ruth’s story. Unlike last year’s Jeff Nichols’ drama Loving which covered its own world famous 1960s interracial romance and marriage, this movie doesn’t eschew melodramatic convenience as much as I would have liked.

The sequences revolving around Canning and his Bechuanaland lieutenant Rufus Lancaster (Tom Felton), while well-acted and professionally staged, still feel obvi-

ous and overly familiar. Additionally, the ways in which Ruth wins over the women in Seretse’s family, namely his sister Naledi (Terry Pheto) follow a traditional template that’s a little underwhelming.

But Assante is an accomplished filmmaker, and the way she trusts Oyelowo and Pike more than speaks for itself. The former easily could have channeled some of the same mannerisms and character traits he utilized to such astonishing effect as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma. Instead, he crafts a completely different character, one who is just as strong, just as inspirational, yet a man who is pulling from different influences as he fights for both his country’s freedom to rule itself as well as his marriage to a White British national. As for Pike, she’s divine, finding a way to showcase Ruth’s inner strength, her emotional insecurities as well as her effervescent love for Seretse that’s subtle yet fiery, the actress showcasing a resplendent sincerity that took my breath away.

It’s all magnificently shot by Sam McCurdy (The Descent), he and Assante crafting a number of incredible visuals that are both pleasing to the eye yet also help drive the story forward. Much as she did with Belle, once again the director finds a way to tell a story that’s nowhere near as well known as it likely should be and does so with passion, precision and a level of cinematic virtuosity that’s sensational. While A United Kingdom might not rise to the same heights as that 2013 stunner did, this is still a sublime romantic drama I thoroughly enjoyed, the exquisite naturalistic grace of Seretse and Ruth’s story one I’m not likely to soon forget.

Acidic Table 19 an eloquently charming ensemble comedy

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer TABLE 19 Now playing Eloise McGarry (Anna Kendrick) is the ex-maid of honor for her best friend Francie Millner’s (Rya Meyers) wedding due to the fact she was dumped by the bride’s brother Teddy (Wyatt Russell) a few short months before the event. But to prove she’s over him, as well as that her friendship with Francie is still strong, Eloise has decided to attend, heading to her reception table at the back of the room with the other outcasts and undesirables that were invited out of kindness yet never expected to attend.

It’s here she meets Francie and Teddy’s former nanny Jo Flanagan (June Squibb), the bride’s ex-con uncle Walter Thimple (Stephen Merchant), sexually frustrated teenager Rezno Eckberg (Tony Revolori) and small town diner owners Bina (Lisa Kudrow) and Jerry Kepp (Craig Robinson).

Eloise also comes into contact with the mysterious Huck (Thomas Cocquerel), a sexy Brit she assumes is a wedding crasher based on how he keeps slinking in and out of the reception as if he’s trying not to make too big an impression. As the event progresses, everyone in this group learns something new about themselves and why they’ve been sent to the table in the far corner of the room, Francie’s wedding not exactly proving to be what they imagined when they RSVP’d they would be there.

I knew very little about writer/director Jeffrey Blitz’s (Spellbound, Rocket Science) latest comedy-drama hybrid Table

19 before I entered the theatre, least of all that he was working from a story conceived by mumblecore veterans Jay and Mark Duplass. I was not expecting the film to be so dark, so uncomfortably frank about how it looked at people, their relationships, the way they interact with one another and how each deals with pain and loss in their own unique fashion. I wasn’t ready for its quick, biting wit or for it to be so ready and willing to draw blood, cutting characters I’d grown to care for to metaphorical ribbons and then leaving me to figure out on my own whether or not they’d be able to stitch themselves back together.

Granted, considering the influence of the Duplass brothers, the minds behind gems like Baghead, Cyrus and Jeff, Who Lives at Home, none of what I’ve described should be considered a surprise. These are filmmakers who treasure keeping their audiences on their collective toes, love putting up a mirror and then asking viewers to laugh and find humor in the types of everyday failures and missteps all can relate to.

Events might get broad, and melodramatic silliness can sometimes overpower the narrative, but in the end the emotions, insights and situations are often heartbreakingly real, resulting in a narrative some will enjoy, others will scratch their heads over and a few will loathe with a passionate fury bordering on psychotic.

Blitz works confidently inside of Jay and Mark’s world, finding a way to make the scenario and story his own even if the Duplass influence can still be felt on every frame. While he isn’t always successful making the transitions between slapstick, satire, drama, tragedy and romance, more

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often than not a lot of the story beats crackle with gonzo electricity. Even somewhat silly third act declarations of love and forgiveness worked for me, everything building to a final montage that felt genuine even if getting to that point required a handful of cliché plot devices that were nothing short of clumsily contrived.

It helps considerably that the majority of the cast are excellent. Kudrow and Robinson turn in beautiful performances, and while the Kepp’s marriage is obviously troubled the way the pair react to a variety of revelations overflow in somber insights strong in their ruggedly authentic candor. Veteran funnyman and character actor Merchant steals scenes left and right, a running gag about his being mistaken for a hotel employee tasked with handling various duties at the wedding reception a wry delight. Former Nebraska Academy Award-nominee Squibb might be the best of the bunch, her ability to say so much by verbally expressing so very little put to the ultimate test, she and Kendrick sharing a number of exemplary scenes I tearfully adored.

As for the Pitch Perfect and Up in the Air starlet, while not Kendrick’s best work do not take that to mean the actress is phoning it in. Just the opposite, the talented youngster tasked with anchoring the entire picture, deftly rising to the challenge no matter how absurd the moment or artificial the emotional beat might prove to be.

There’s a spellbinding sequence between her and Squibb sitting on a log that broke my heart into a thousand little piece, the bits of misfortune, tragedy, joy and happiness that all intermingle coming to life with

melodious eloquence in large part thanks to Kendrick’s winning ability to convey any number of honest human emotions with beauteous ease.

Revolori is sadly typecast in much the same sort of role he played in Wes Anderson’s superior The Grand Budapest Hotel, many of his moments just plain painful and difficult to watch, rarely showcasing anything substantive or illuminating character traits worthy of being put under a spotlight.

And, as well as Kendrick and Russell play it (and they do play it well) their climax is both slightly underwhelming as well as laughably theatrical, a combination that sadly undercuts much of the bitter truth and acidic insights the script up to that point deftly puts front and center.

Even so, I liked Table 19. Kendrick anchors things with sensational aplomb, while the majority of the supporting cast turn in superlative performances worthy of short bursts of rapturous applause. As for the movie itself, Blitz keeps things moving at a jaunty clip, never lingering on any one scene for longer than is necessary. More importantly, he finds the heart beating inside of the Duplass brothers’ story, allowing for a warmth and a compassion to permeate through the proceedings even when the movie itself comes close to sliding into exaggerated treacle. In the end, this is a comedy I was glad I’d made the time for, and as blind dinner dates go this is one I’d go out with again a second time with few reservations whatsoever.

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Wolverine finale Logan a heroic farewell for Jackman

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer LOGAN Now playing The world is not as it was. It is 2029, and ageless mutant Logan (Hugh Jackman), known for decades as The Wolverine, the most lethal and indestructible of the X-Men, has finally seen the countless decades of violence leave their mark upon his flesh. Aided by empathetic albino outcast Caliban (Stephen Merchant), he cares for an aged Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) in a secluded hideout on the Texas-Mexico border. Dreaming of sailing away from this broken-down world, hopefully leaving pain and loss behind, Logan is in all actuality waiting for death, realizing in no uncertain terms his time on this planet might finally be coming to an end.

Charles isn’t so sure. While his mental powers are not what they used to be, bordering on being disastrously out of control if he’s not properly medicated, when the curiously primal child Laura (Dafne Keen) comes into their midst he knows instantly Logan is the one to help her. With Caliban missing and lethal mercenary Pierce (Boyd Holbrook) tracking their every step, the trio take off cross-country for North Dakota, a fabled oasis for young mutants supposedly hidden amongst the rock and sand of the desert. Along the way, Logan finds a reason to go on, if not living, at least to continue the fight, the secrets of Laura’s birth, along with that of those like her, worth protecting.

And so begins Logan, Jackman’s ninth and supposedly final outing as the Marvel mutant Wolverine, and of the three adventures featuring him and only him (X-Men Origins: Wolverine, The Wolverine and now this), this one is unquestionably the best. More, it might just be the best X-Men film that’s been produced so far, and while I’d happily debate the merits of this feature versus that of 2003’s X-Men 2 any day of the week, amongst fans of the series the fact both films can be mentioned in the same breath is certainly cause for celebration.

Better, non-comic book moviegoers can also feel the same. The actor, reuniting with director James Mangold, has crafted an astonishing, bleakly intense, brutally sincere epic that’s more darkly tragic Western than it is your average superhero spectacle. Character-driven, shockingly violent, building to a finale that purposefully echoes old school classics as varied as Shane, The Wild Bunch and The Man from Laramie, this movie packs an astonishingly gigantic emotional wallop. It is as thoughtprovoking as it is exciting, going in directions few, if any, major studio comic book superhero production ever has before.

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isn’t your average X-Men opus. If Deadpool showed you could make an R-rated, Hollywood-produced superhero flick people would flock to, for all the violence, sexual innuendo and four-letter words there was still a lightness of touch that kept things audience-friendly as far as that 2016 hit was concerned. Mangold, working closely with Jackman and his fellow screenwriters Scott Frank (The Lookout, Out of Sight) and Michael Green (Green Lantern), isn’t interested in doing the same.

He’s okay with pushing boundaries, showcasing violence for what it is, making the bloodletting feel real, potent and morally compromising. There are no easy outs, no silver linings, and while an air of hope permeates the crucible of carnage and chaos that makes up the climax, getting there is an uncomfortable compendium of emotional nuances that are rich in complexity and heartrending in execution.

Mangold is channeling instincts that helped make his remake of 3:10 to Yuma, his Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line and his police corruption thriller Cop Land so successful, and in the process manages to craft something special. By staying true to his characters, by not going the typical comic book route of showcasing these super beings battling some sort of calamity where the fate of the entire planet is in the balance, he and his team ground things in an authentic realism that’s bracing, making every spurt of blood, every severed arm and every claw through the cranium resound like a punch to the gut or a hand clasping the throat in its iron grip.

Not that the filmmakers don’t flaunt their adult rating more than necessary on

occasion. There are times where Xavier starts dropping F-bombs not so much because they fuel the story or help the character but more because Mangold and his crew have the freedom to insert them without studio executives telling them not to.

The opening sequence is also unbelievably gruesome, almost to a point of face-splitting excess, and while this makes for a solid intro to the vibe and the spirit the film is aiming for, it’s still noticeably over-the-top.

Yet Logan works. It’s a marvelously fascinating drama, the three generations of characters at the center all interacting with one another in a believably organic way.

Stewart gives his best performance ever as Professor X, a moment where he realizes the devastation he’s sadly responsible for because of his inability to control his mental powers like he once did having me reaching for tissues patting away a handful of genuinely earned tears. Newcomer Keen is also terrific. Relatively silent for the majority of the film, when she does speak up her words matter, each syllable leaving a mark no amount of violence or bloodletting ever could. As for Holbrook, he’s an excellent foil for the group, his craven southern charm concealing a streak of heartlessly single-minded intent that oozes menace.

But, as it was from the first X-Men film where he stole the screen from the likes of Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen and Halle Berry (but not so much Anna Paquin), this is Jackman’s show, his command of the character as strong and as selfassured as it has ever been. He gets to mine richer terrain here, territory hinted at briefly in The Wolverine until things devolved into another battle between a superhero and

a bad guy in a giant robotic suit, and as such appears to be invigorated by the challenge.

This time out, Logan’s weariness, his desire to see his battle come to an end, all of that Jackman is easily able to convey. More, he also taps into the character’s heart, his very soul, showcasing the stirrings of a man who has seen the heart of darkness for what it is yet still decided to head back into the battle even knowing the cost. His transformation back into the warrior who became the stuff of legends and comic book tales that inspired countless generations, including mutant children like Laura, feels earned, cathartically genuine, allowing Jackman to tap into emotions rarely put on the screen in motion pictures fitting into this particular genre.

There’s a lot I’m not going to talk about, plot twists and character beats that are better left discovered without my hinting at them. Just know that Mangold doesn’t give every character the ending you’d like them to have, staying true to the story’s temperament and personality no matter what effect that might end up having on members of the audience used to being coddled by the superhero status quo. Make no mistake, Logan is a Western, a modern one set in the near future, to be certain, but a melancholic, old school Sam Peckinpah meets George Stevens meets Anthony Mann meets Monte Hellman Western all the same. This isn’t just a great comic book movie, isn’t just a superb X-Men adventure, it’s a fantastic motion picture, period, and Mangold, Jackman and everyone else involved with its creation should be more than proud of what it is they’ve accomplished.

Despite the flub, everyone associated with Moonlight had reason to celebrate after Sunday evening’s Oscar ceremony because it also captured awards for Best Supporting Actor, Mahershala Ali, and Best Adapted Screenplay, for its writer-director Barry Jenkins and co-writer Tarell Alvin McCraney.

McCraney, who is openly Gay, led the victory party for LGBT filmmakers, who earned three Oscars all together. Byron Howard, part of a director-producer trio that helmed the Best Animated Feature Zootopia, thanked his husband at the podium just before the broadcast cut to a commercial break. Benj Pasek was also part of a three-person team that claimed a golden statue, winning Best Original Song for “City of Stars” from La La Land. He is the Gay half of the accomplished writing duo Pasek and Paul.

The City of Seattle came away with multiple Oscars as well, as Manchester by the Sea, which received awards for Best Actor (Casey Affleck) and Best Original Screenplay (Kenneth Lonergan), and The Salesman, named Best Foreign Language Film, were both produced by local online giant Amazon.com, while Clark Spencer, a producer of Zootopia, was born in the Emerald City.

Though La La Land danced away with the most Oscars, a total of five, it didn’t dominate the evening as many had expected. In fact, Academy voters spread the wealth around by showering its accolades on various feature films, including Hacksaw Ridge, Fences, Arrival, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Jungle Book and Suicide Squad.

Unlike a series of LGBT-themed movies that failed to earn the Academy’s top prize,

including Brokeback Mountain, Milk and Dallas Buyers Club, the win for Moonlight was long overdue and thus became a true moment of pride.

History was also made at the 89th Academy Awards when Viola Davis became the first black woman to win acting honors from the Oscars, Emmys and Tonys. She only needs a Grammy to complete the entertainment’s grand slam, referred to as the “EGOT.” Late night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel did an impressive job emceeing the event, especially when he jokingly asked Meryl Streep if she was wearing an Ivanka dress and also poking fun at President Trump by sending him live Tweets during the ceremony.

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Meetings Events Activities

FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. E-mail: sgn2@sgn. org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

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

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

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SATURDAY - March 4

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

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

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

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

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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 - March 6

SUNDAY - March 5

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

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 Center for Spiritual Living. Services 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 5751 33rd Ave NE. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school;” 9:45am worship. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. 525-7988.

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

200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” 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.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30amWorship, 11am-Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org Central Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” All are welcome. 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am-Sunday Service.

12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. An open & affirming congregation. (425) 747-3780.

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 911 Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. 682-3620.

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

A welcoming congregation open to people of all races, religions, creeds & lifestyles. Join us any Sunday for an inspirational message, joyful fellowship & a fresh spiritual outlook. 253-854-9747.

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

All ages education 9am, Worship 10am. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. 5242322; www.universityucc.org.

March 4 thru March 12

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am-Worship.

2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. 547-6945 (office); 285-5077 (George).

All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am-Worship.

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

A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Living Water Fellowship. 10:30am-Worship. 7204 NE 175th St, Kenmore. All GLBT welcome. 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.

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. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. 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. An “open & affirming” congregation.

“We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” 783-6733; www. stpauluccseattle.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.

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Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays an almost weekly recreational scrimmage game for LGBTQ players in Seattle. Perfect for individuals looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org Seattle Tennis Alliance Sunday Social Doubles.

1:15-2:30pm. Magnuson Park, 7135 Sportsfield Dr NE. Cost: STA Members $12, non-members $15. Register & pay online at the STA website.

Washington State Democrats Grassroots Forum Trainings - in Lakewood. 1:30-3:30pm. McGavrick Conference Center, Clover Park Technical College, 4500 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood. Choose one of three trainings: Candidate recruitment, votebuilder, or PCO training. To RSVP visit www.wa-democrats.org/ grassroots 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.

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 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 &

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

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 Open House. 7pm.

Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. All are welcome to join Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. You will also be able to add your own voice in both Table Topics & speaker evaluation. www.FreelySpeaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

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 - March 7

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

Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County.

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

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

Celebrating 41 Years!

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

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 10

WEDNESDAY - March 8

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 POZSeattle St Patty’s Social. 6-8pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Wear your best green. Best Spirit prizes will be awarded. Feast on grilled corned beef/reuben sandwiches & Bob’s homemade macaroni salad with St Patty’s-themed treats & desserts. www.pozseattle.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.

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

LotusSisters.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing.)

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

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

Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm. Call for details, location & to RSVP. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.)

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.)

Capitol Hill Arts Walk. 5-8pm. Participating shops & galleries in the Pike/Pine corridor. 2nd Thursday each month. Keep your eyes out for curbside A-boards that mark each participating venue. Pick up a walking map from any location & you’re on your way. Enjoy refreshments & meet the featured artists as you stroll the Hill. www.caphillchamber.org Queer Parent Networking Dinners (Sept-Oct, JanJune). 6-8pm. Yesler Community Center, 917 E Yesler Way. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirit, Queer & Questioning families - including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child. RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and childcare. 568-7777 or theryn@nwnetwork.org.

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 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.

THURSDAY - March 9 Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill PresUnited Way Community Resource Exchange. 9am- byterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon 2pm. CenturyLink Field Event Center. FREE services @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: for people experiencing homelessness. Metro routes 14, crystalmeth.org.

15, 18, 26, 41, 101, 124, 150, 255, E Line, Central Link Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation - ConLight Rail Stadium Station. Email exchange@uwkc.org templative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. or visit uwkc.org/exchange 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1412noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open 22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of PFLAG/Whatcom County-Bellingham Monthly Meetwomen facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; ing. 7pm. First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall www.babesnetwork.org.

Ave., Bellingham. Meets 2nd Thursday each month.

Seattle Prime Timers: Cards at Ballard NW Senior Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national Center. 2pm. 5429 32nd Ave NW. We will play hearts support organization for parents, spouses, & families and/or cribbage depending on who shows & walk to of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. 360-733dinner afterwards at Red Mill Totem House. Beginners 1500; www.whatcompflag.com; PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. welcome. www.seattleprimetimers.org

men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org POZ Seattle Monthly Social. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Food, music, 50/50 raffle. $5 suggested donation; no one turned away for lack of funds. www. pozseattle.org.

Entre Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1105 23rd Ave. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org “StageFright” - Youth Open Mic - For Aspiring Writers & Performers, Ages 14-24. 7:30pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. FREE. Everyone welcome to attend. StageFright not only features young folk, but is also MC’d by young folk & attended in great majority by young folk.

Richard Hugo House is a community gathering place where writing & reading is celebrated & explored thru events, performances & programs. 322-7030; www. hugohouse.org.

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

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

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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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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 Design Lecture Series: Jessica Walsh. 7-8pm. Central Library, 1000 4th Ave. Graphic designer, art director & illustrator Jessica Walsh is featured. Walsh’s work is a blend of photography, handcraft and painting. Her work has won major awards and has been featured in numerous books, galleries, museums and magazines worldwide. FREE but REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Visit www.designlectur.es 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 11

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

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

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. We create a safe, confidential & sacred space in which a man can speak his truth from the heart, to heal & empower himself. We are fiercely non-political, non-sectarian & non-judgmental. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.org Georgetown Art Attack. 6-9pm. 2nd Saturday each month. Reflects the industrial-strength character of the neighborhood. For information stop into Georgetown Records at Airport Way S & S Vale or visit www.georgetownneighborhood.com Ballard’s Second Saturday Artwalk. 7-10pm. Pick up maps at participating shops & galleries located in the Ballard business district (Ballard Ave NW & NW Market St area). Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Enjoy an evening of art as local galleries & businesses showcase artists from Ballard & beyond. 784-9705.

SUNDAY - March 12

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

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

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

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

All welcome. 325-7314.

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

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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 Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org.

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

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

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

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

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

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm.

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

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

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

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption: 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:

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www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proud-and-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.

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

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@ hotmail.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.rain-

citysoccer.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 Association (SUBA): magee98106@ aol.com, www.teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www. theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

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

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

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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A Drag Benefit Show for Mac McGregor’s Campaign for City Council

MARCH 10TH 7pm to 9:30pm DRAG OUT THE COMMUNITY FOR MAC MCGREGOR

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