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Seattle Gay News

Issue 15, Volume 45, April 14, 2017

Arts & Entertainment

Seattle Opera’s moving The Combat explores the collision between love and religious faith

From left: Tancredi (Thomas Segen), Clorinda (Tess Altiveros) and Testo (Eric Neuville) in The Combat – Photo by Philip Newton

by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE OPERA THE COMBAT SEATTLE OPERA STUDIOS April 1-9

Seattle Opera’s Community Engagement Project has tackled a difficult and timely subject – the confrontation between Muslim and Christian cultures, or, in modern terms, Islam and the West. In The Comsee THE COMBAT page 5

New Deep Space Lez beams audience into a universe of Lesbian sci-fi hijinks

Deep Space Lez presented by Gay City – Image courtesy of Gay City

Seattle artist amplifies material on stage with April performances of “Deep Space Lez” at Gay City DEEP SPACE LEZ CALAMUS AUDITORIUM AT GAY CITY April 13-16 & 20-23

Seattle-based performance artist, writer, and mover ilvs strauss will add a stellar location and twist to her material this month. Joining forces with local comedy trio Deep Lez, strauss will present Deep see DEEP SPACE LEZ page 4

Bob the Drag Queen, Poetry on Buses takes Sparkle Leigh and Abbey a poetic stand on water Roads shine in Peaches Launches with FREE Christ’s Legally Black!

CELEBRATION April 24

From left: Bob the Drag Queen, Peaches Christ, Abbey Roads and Sparkle Leigh – Photo by Kapchur.us Photography

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer LEGALLY BLACK SIFF EGYPTIAN THEATRE April 6

The SIFF Egyptian Theatre had a full house on Thursday, April 6 for the stage show and parody, Legally Black, written and directed by Peaches Christ and produced by Qurb Productions. As usual, see LEGALLY BLACK page 4

(l) Jourdan Keith and (center) Leija Farr – Photo by Timothy Aguero Photography

POETRY ON BUSES COMMUNITY CELEBRATION MOORE THEATRE April 24 @ 7:30pm An expanded Poetry on Buses launches on Monday, April 24, with a celebration at

Seattle’s historic Moore Theatre (1932 2nd Ave. at Virginia St.), featuring community poets, live music and dance performances.

Doors open at 6:30pm and the program begins at 7:30pm. The event is FREE and see POETRY ON BUSES page 6

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David Byrne and Perfume Genius take part in Pop Conference this week

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer What do David Byrne of the Talking Heads and local singer-songwriter Perfume Genius have in common? Both will participate in this week’s Pop Conference, an annual music summit that brings together artists, critics, scholars and fans for ideasharing here in Seattle. The conference-like event has been organized and hosted by MoPop, formerly Experience Music Project, since 2002 and has drawn a wide array of participants who engage in round-table discussions, open seminars, Q&A sessions and feature presentations during its fourday schedule. Byrne, whose musical Here Lies Love is currently being staged at the Seattle Repertory Theatre, will do an Artist Interview on Thursday, April 20 at 4:00pm, while openly Gay Seattle-based musician Mike Hadreas (aka Perfume Genius) is part of a panel discussion called “Voicing Change: The Artist and the Political Life” on Saturday, April 22 at 6:15pm. For more information, or to register for Pop Conference, go to mopop.org.

The complete lineup for the inaugural Upstream Music Fest + Summit has been revealed, and although more than 300 artists are included in the three-day event it’s an overall disappointing round-up of musicians. Dinosaur Jr., Shabazz Palaces, AlunaGeorge, Flying Lotus, Beat Connection, Mike McCready & Friends, The Maldives and The Thermals are some of the acts who’ll appear at Pioneer Square and SoDo district venues on May 11 to 13. Initially, the festival was being billed as Seattle’s equivalent to SXSW; however, the lineup is much too lackluster to compete with Austin’s annual music event, which attracts superstar artists and marquee names to play in small clubs. But if you are, by chance, interested in going to Upstream or checking out its full roster of bands, log onto upstreammusicfest.com.

By popular demand, Fleet Foxes have added a second Seattle show to their fall tour. They’ll now be performing September 15 at the Paramount Theatre, in addition to the previously announced September 14 appearance. The folk ensemble is also playing

The Showbox Market on May 19. Tickets for the Paramount performances are available online at Ticketmaster.com, in person at the Paramount box office, or by phone at 1-800-745-3000. For more information, visit STGPresents.org.

Other new shows to announce are Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals on July 21 at Pantages Theatre (Tacoma), Rooney on July 25 at Chop Suey, Sergio Mendes on June 29 through July 2 at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, Chevelle on August 7 at The Showbox SoDo, Billy Bragg on October 1 at The Neptune, Alt-J on October 12 at WaMu Theater and The Black Angels on October 23 at The Showbox Market.

Finally, a farewell to another music artist who passed away recently. John Warren “J.” Geils Jr., founder and frontman of the rock outfit J. Geils Band, died at his Massachusetts home on April 11. The group scored a short series of hit singles in the early ’80s, including “Come Back,” “Love Stinks,” “Freeze-Frame” and “Centerfold.”

Johann Johannsson, Deadmau5 bringing completely different music experiences to Seattle this week

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer There are a couple of similarities between Johann Johannson and Deadmau5, two artists headed to the Emerald City this week for live performances. They both compose music and both rely heavily on instrumentation vs. lyrics. Besides this, they’re very much from opposite worlds.

And yet living in Seattle, where there’s always something interesting to see and hear, you can experience the sounds of both men on consecutive evenings in the coming days.

JOHANN JOHANNSSON BENAROYA HALL NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL April 20 When I’m not listening to pop divas and rock bands, I gravitate towards film scores. I find them soothing and conducive to getting work done. In recent years, the name Johann Johannsson has popped up considerably, most noticeably on the Oscar ballot. The Icelandish composer earned nominations for scoring The Theory of Everything and Sicario, and had it not been deemed ineligible due to strict rules by the Academy, Johannsson would very likely have received his third nomination, and possible win, for his work on last year’s sci-fi thriller Arrival. But he’ll have two more opportunities at next year’s awards, having composed the soundtrack for a pair of upcoming theatrical releases, Darren Aronofsky’s mother! and the much-anticipated Blade Runner 2049.

From beginning to end, the score for The Theory of Everything is lush, and having heard the music before even watching the movie, I got chills just listening to it and imagined how it would intertwine with the scenes from the film based on the life and career of famed physicist Stephen Hawking. Magically and brilliantly, each of the

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songs on Johannsson’s score, like the standout numbers “A Game of Croquet” and “A Normal Family,” fit each scene of the motion picture like missing pieces of a puzzle.

In Sicario, he manages to capture the grittiness and intensity of the drama, which centers on an FBI investigation and operation to dismantle a Mexican drug cartel leader.

Composers have the task of setting the mood of the film, from joyful to tearful to fearful, and Johannsson is one of the best at doing so this very moment.

Besides scoring movies, the 47 year-old composer also collaborates with classical ensembles and fellow artists for live shows or albums, having released 10 solo recordings since 2002. If this wasn’t enough, he’s also written music for stage productions and television projects, such as the Icelandic TV series “Trapped.” What he’ll perform exactly at Benaroya Hall on Thursday evening is a mystery, and film composers have sometimes come to town and played entirely unfamiliar music than what fans want to hear – I recall an underwhelming performance by Yann Tierson (Amelie) at Neumos years ago – but here’s hoping Johann Johannsson fills our ears with the sounds that put him on the map.

For tickets, go to seattlesymphony.org.

DEADMAU5 WAMU THEATER April 21 & 22 Internationally acclaimed, as well, is Deadmau5. The Canadian DJ and producer is a superstar on the EDM circuit, drawing thousands to his live shows that usually happen inside sports arenas, or in packed nightclubs, like his part-time residency at Hakkasan in Las Vegas. He’s also a regular headliner at music festivals, from Ibiza to Miami to a recently announced appearance at Electric Zoo Festival in New York over Labor Day weekend.

Known not only for his cool progressive house music, which has earned him

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six Grammy nominations, but also for his large “mau5head” that he wears during live appearances – concerts, interviews, award show red carpets, etc. Fans often purchase, or design their own headpiece, to wear to Deadmau5’s shows.

W:/2016ALBUM/ is the newest collection of songs by the 36 year-old artist, his eighth studio album released in December 2016 featuring the singles “Snowcone” and “Let Go.” The record title is said to be a computer directory where he stored the music for the album before its release. But as a big fan of Deadmau5, I routinely find unreleased tracks, demo versions, or independent singles on the Internet that sometimes don’t even appear on his albums, like “HR 8938 Cephei”, “Contact” and a piece called “Tune 4.3 from Livestream,” circa 2014, that I just got a hold of a few weeks ago. I’m just not satisfied with what’s already out there, I want to keep digging and discovering new Deadmau5 music all the time. That futuristic, moody-landscaped electronic sound is infectious and a perfect mind escape, and having seen him in concert three times already it’s safe to say that I’m hooked for life.

Deadmau5 always gives an electrifying performance that is both a fulfilling audio and visual experience, and it’s rumored he’ll be playing his songs inside a giant, colorful cube-shaped platform when he greets Seattle fans on back-to-back nights this week, as part of his brief nine-city “Lots of Shows in a Row Tour.” I expect some of his bigger hits to make it onto the set list, including “Ghosts n’ Stuff,” “Faxing Berlin,” “Some Chords,” “Strobe” and the aforementioned “Snowcone,” but I’m crossing my fingers for my personal favorites. One thing is for sure, his concerts are high energy, so it will be an all-out party zone at WaMu Theater next weekend.

For tickets, visit aeglive.com.

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Radiohead astounds with epic performance at Key Arena

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer RADIOHEAD KEY ARENA April 8 You will meet people – a lot of them, actually – who will tell you that the best living rock band on the planet is Radiohead.

And they’re not too far off. I wouldn’t put the group at the very top of my list, but definitely somewhere near the top. This is because Radiohead is one of those artists still creating music, intertwining good stories and poetic lyrics with beautiful, dramatic and atmospheric backgrounds that nobody else is doing right now.

At a time when most everything you hear on the radio is over-produced and lacking originality, Radiohead seems to always put out new material that is entirely different than anything else out there, such as last year’s critically-acclaimed album A Moon Shaped Pool. And whenever the British four-piece goes on tour, about every 5 years, tickets for their shows sell out in a matter of minutes and fans plot road trips to see them multiple times. For the Seattle concert last weekend, all tickets were sold almost immediately, leaving some Radiohead followers with no choice but to catch them in Portland the next evening. A very limited amount of newly released tickets at the box office on Saturday, which became available just hours before the performance, were snatched up quickly. There were even people roaming about Key Arena a half hour before showtime desperately looking for tickets. If they were lucky to find some, they were in for a treat.

Radiohead went on stage at 8:30pm and finished close to 11pm, playing a long list of favorites with a rare three encores. They opened with “Daydreaming” and midway through the song a row of half-cut disco balls, like shiny little domes, that were lined up perfectly behind the drum set,

Radiohead – Photo courtesy of Nasty Little Man

were illuminated and white strobe lights flickered in all directions around the arena.

Because the band slightly changes its set list from city to city, concertgoers weren’t sure what to expect on Saturday night, but early indication from the inclusion of “Airbag” and “15 Step” pointed to signs that Radiohead would be performing some of its biggest hits. It was like Christmas for diehard fans, a few thousand who crammed onto the standing-room-only main floor and the thousands viewing from the lower level sections up to the nosebleed seats.

The only stage decor was a large, curvyshaped LED flatscreen behind the stage that looked like a giant potato chip mounted sideways, which mostly displayed live feed from the group and occasionally some colorful graphics.

A big reason why Radiohead’s music sounds so dreamy and otherworldly is frontman Thom Yorke’s mesmerizing vocals, absolutely shimmering on “Paranoid Android” and the alt rock ballad “Reckoner,” which both had a trance-like effect on the audience, some of whom closed their eyes and swayed their hands in the air. Yorke, wearing black denims, a light

blue long-sleeved shirt and neatly groomed man-bun didn’t interact much with the crowd, though sporadically he’d blurt something out, such as “Thank you, we are pleased to meet you.” At other times, he just muttered a few words that many of us didn’t understand.

Yorke, being a multi-instrumentalist, was busy throughout the show shaking a tambourine and maracas, strumming an electric and acoustic guitar, or tapping a keyboard, besides singing twenty-five songs on the set list. On a couple of numbers, he danced spastically around the stage, but for the most part he stood front and center.

The stage was bathed in blood red lighting during the intensely delivered “Burn the Witch,” as Jonny Greenwood furiously grinded a vertically-held electric guitar with a violin bow. It was only four-minutes long, but it was a glorious four minutes. I loved the arrangement on “I Might Be Wrong,” especially the cool jam session at the finale by bassist Colin Greenwood and brother Jonny on guitar, not to mention the tempo felt slightly faster and dancier than the recorded version on 2001’s Amnesiac album.

Radiohead finished the main set with “The Numbers,” as Yorke danced on stage and then laughed into the microphone before waving goodbye to the audience. A few minutes later, the group returned and squeezed five songs into the first of three encores, including a brilliant rendition of “No Surprises” and a delicate version of “Lotus Flower.” The second encore featured “You and Whose Army?” and a gorgeous take on “Everything In Its Right Place,” from the Grammy-winning Kid A album.

“Fake Plastic Trees” was performed during an amazing and surprising third encore.

The written set list, usually ripped away from the stage flooring by tour technicians at the end of the concert and thrown out to fans, didn’t include a third encore at all, so the additional song was completely unplanned.

This was one of those performances that if given the opportunity I would’ve sat in my seat and immediately watched it all over again from start to finish. It was the kind of show you can only dream about experiencing every once in five years. Sadly, that’s probably the next time we’ll get to see Radiohead again in Seattle.

a galaxy-wide Space Race intent on performances, strauss expands her reperDEEP SPACE LEZ tered nabbing First Prize: a small, untouched toire now to comedy, transporting audienc-

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Space Lez, a provocative sci-fi comedy taking place in deep space. The performance is Strauss’ first venture into comedy writing, debuting as part of Gay City Arts’ Season Four: “Uncontained.”

Deep Space Lez runs April 13-16 & April 20-23 at the Calamus Auditorium at Gay City (517 E Pike St. at Belmont Ave.).

Shows begin at 7pm except for Sunday evening shows, which begin at 5pm.

Set in the not so distant future, Deep Space Lez features a trio of Lesbians hellbent on communal living who have en-

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Peaches gave her star, RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 8 winner, Bob the Drag Queen, room to shine.

As Peaches Christ said in her March 31 interview with the Seattle Gay News, she created this show for Bob at the suggestion of the Seattle producer Jimmy Scarpello.

This production was wonderful!

Local queen Sparkle Leigh sparkled and shined in the role of Professor Stromwell made famous by Holland Taylor in the

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planet. En route, they respond to a distress call from two Lesbians stranded on Venus.

These reluctant new crew members soon become integral players as the ship finds itself in an all-out crusade to save a cluster of nearby planets from untimely destruction.

Through feminist wisdom, guidance from the goddess, and a lot of processing over loose leaf tea, the crew must bridge generational gaps and diverging galactic views, navigate interplanetary romantic relationships, and settle on whose turn it is to buy bulk nutritional yeast, with the ultimate goal of making Space into Safe Space for all.

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es to a new universe and offering a respite from the hard issues around us.

“What to do in a seemingly helpless situation when one feels helpless themselves?

I don’t know the right answer to that question. I did, however, write a play,” strauss commented. “So many human rights issues are under threat or being compromised – and so many events taking place here on Earth are out of this world. I need ion gravity baths and transporters to help wrap my brain around it all.”

“Gay City Arts is proud to host a show that addresses current issues, supports local artists and brings joy to all those involved,” Gay City Arts’ Director Tara Hardy said.

movie Legally Blonde. Several other local performers made cameo appearances, including Mahlae Balenciaga, (the delicious) Mackenzie Miller, Isabella Extynn (out of drag as the UPS man), Fraya Love, La Gaviota, Strawberry Shartcake, Kristie Champagne, and Stacey Starstruck.

Abbey Roads was picture perfect as the defendant, Anna Nicole Smith (yes, Anna Nicole) – I heard later that she borrowed Drew Paradisco’s breast plate to enhance her assets.

The story goes like this: Bob Woods (Bob the Drag Queen) is heartbroken when her boyfriend, Warner (Mackenzie Miller) dumps her before going to Har-

vard Law School, so Bob moves to make sure she gets in, too. While there, Bob meets Warner’s new girlfriend (Mahlae Balenciaga) with lots of hilarious catty moments. Later, the rivals turn into soul sisters when they have to work together to defend Anna Nicole Smith (Roads) for murdering her older, wealthy husband, Howard Marshall. Will Bob save Anna Nicole from the electric chair?

There were a few musical numbers that mostly featured Bob, Peaches Christ and Mahlae with some incredible choreography

by Chadd Behavior and Seattle Dance Captain, Isabella Extynn.

Overall Bob, Leigh and Roads shined

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in their roles. Christ once again wasn’t so prominent in this production, although Christ is hysterical playing a duel role as Bob’s fast pal, Peachette, obsessed with Mr. UPS Man (Extynn) and later as the judge at the trial.

What’s next? Peaches and Company have announced a 9 to 5 parody in the summer, which should give Peaches equal time to shine.

MK Scott is a Seattle-based arts blogger.

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Discover the Unseen at Taproot less-known works of literature. And sometimes the Bible. At the heart of their family, though, is clearly love. Even strained, that is an aspect that continues to be clear.

There is another character we meet at the top of the show, when Abigail hovers outside an AA meeting but doesn’t go in, and meets a man, Daniel (Chip Wood), who offers support and encouragement. We think, then, that we know more about Abigail and Daniel that one can’t just “see” by looking: they’re both alcoholics. But later, Forgette upends what we think by giving us much more unseen evidence that we would never guess at first. It’s quite a story.

The production is the dependably solid presentation that Taproot is known for. Director Scott Nolte sure-handedly manages the rhythms of the piece and the deepening mysteries and unfoldings. The cast are all talented and the family feeling is apparent.

The Taproot stage is what is known as a “3/4 thrust” which means the audience sits on three sides of the small stage, and they are past masters of sets that fit.

The set designer for this show is new to them. Amanda Sweger chose an abstract set design that maybe is supposed to be a “duck blind” in reference to dad Jack’s obsession with birds. However, while the outdoorsy table and benches work well, the wall of huge wood “feathers” (if that is what it is) is a distraction and overwhelms the visual presentation.

Otherwise, the play is one that feeds thought and contemplation. Forgette writes often about real life issues in a way that does not push a point of view toward the audience, but lets us explore our responses on our own. That’s a terrific writer!

For more information, call 206-7819707 or go to www.taproottheatre.org.

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer EVIDENCE OF THINGS UNSEEN TAPROOT THEATRE Through April 29 These days, a lot of attention is beginning to be paid to people with “unseen disabilities” and maybe, to some extent, that might be any one of us. We have tendencies to look at people and judge what we see, for better or ill. Have you ever seen someone use a disabled auto tag for parking and then seem to walk quickly and easily away from the vehicle? But perhaps you saw them take the only 100 comfortable (maybe pain-free) steps of their day.

We don’t know. We can’t tell.

We all carry baggage and stories around with us, most of which are unseen. The world premiere play at Taproot Theatre, Evidence of Things Unseen by local playwright Katie Forgette, cracks open the secrets of a small family for us to discover.

Sisters Abigail (Christine Marie Brown) and Jane (Jenny Vaughn Hall) have been dealing with the death of their mother in very different ways. Abigail has been pushed away from her religious background and Jane has been pushed toward it. Their relationship has become rocky from those shifts. Since this issue is one of the key issues of the play, it seems that it becomes part of the unseen “things” that we would never know by looking at these sisters.

We gather that their mother died from a car accident and at the beginning of the play they meet their father for lunch in a park (Michael Winters as a genial and sometimes befuddled-by-dementia dad anyone would love to claim as their own).

Due to his recent medical issues, they’d kept him from knowing of his wife’s death and dread telling him.

Even so, the family dynamic is allowed to unroll with a quiet energy as we get to

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bat, a new chamber opera presented last week in Seattle Opera’s South Lake Union rehearsal studios, the collision between love and religious faith is movingly probed in a pastiche of three pieces by Claudio Monteverdi and François Couperin.

“Pastiche” is a technical term for new work created from pre-existing sources – a technique employed frequently and honorably in the baroque period, and a strategy that has been used as recently as 2011 when the Metropolitan Opera produced The Enchanted Island, a new opera fashioned from the works of Handel, Vivaldi and Rameau. Though Seattle Opera has not attributed The Combat to any individual maker, the person who selected its music and fashioned its narrative framework created a twenty-first century opera from seventeenth century music based on a sixteenth century poem. I’m happy to report that this experiment has succeeded in making something beautiful while engaging in one of the most significant conversations of our time.

Monteverdi and Couperin are seventeenth century composers who wrote operatic scenes based on the sixteenth century Italian epic, Gerusalemme Liberata by Torquato Tasso. This epic, in turn, is about the First Crusade, a war initiated in the eleventh century by Catholic Europe to liberate the Holy Land from the Muslims who occupied Jerusalem. Though Tasso’s intent was to present the conquering Crusaders as heroes of the True Religion, Seattle Opera’s reinterpretation raises more complex ques-

From left: Michael Winters, Christine Marie Brown & Jenny Vaughn Hall in Evidence of Things Unseen at Taproot Theatre – Photo by Erik Stuhaug

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know these characters. The dialogue is realistic and humorous and gentle. Dad wants to feed the ducks; they bicker over

what’s for lunch.

These are all very smart characters. The sisters quote verbatim passages from now-

tions about the human qualities we sacrifice for the sake of ideals. By placing this conflict so far in the past, the audience is asked to distance itself from terrorism, endless war, politics, and hate crimes, and to look at war on the most human level of all – passionate love. The Combat deploys only five singers and a baroque ensemble of seven players, yet it tells a large-scale story of lovers set against each other by “holy war.”

The opera opens with the audience clustered around a small stage where a writer, Testo (“text” in Italian), is studying what we come to assume is Tasso’s epic. Though dressed in period clothing, he drags a young man and a young woman from the audience to perform Monteverdi’s love duet, “Tirsi e Clori.” Suddenly we see a boy and girl morph from Seattle hipsters into pastoral lovers, engaging in an explosive, cast-yourfate-to-the-winds passion that only youth can express (but that we older folks sigh to remember). Tirsi sees Clori bathing by the river and sings “How shall I adore you?”

She answers, “My name is I Love You.” We are convinced that these two have discovered the loves of their lives. This feeling is enhanced by the English-language adaptations from the Italian by Jonathan Dean that capture the delicate balance between rhyme and clarity.

In an interlude designed to part the audience into Christians and Muslims (we were given tokens with either a crescent moon or a cross and told to “follow your path”) we entered a large space with a long central stage. The small baroque orchestra sat at one end – musicians from Pacific MusicWorks, led by their brilliant conductor, Stephen Stubbs in his Seattle Opera debut. The audience of Christians sat on one side of the stage, the audience of Muslims on the other.

As the orchestra began playing Monteverdi’s famous “Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda,” we see Testo enter with his book, and begin to sing the account of Tancredi, a knight of the First Crusade, and Clorinda, a Muslim maiden who fights to defend Jerusalem from invasion. These are our young lovers from the first act, who transform again into the star-crossed subjects of Tasso’s tragedy. Tancredi discovers that the warrior he must fight in single combat is the same young woman he fell in love with in an earlier, more peaceful setting.

Stage Director Dan Wallace Miller is to be congratulated for making this battle so realistic. The armor-clad singers – Tess Altiveros as Clorinda and Thomas Segen as Tancredi – go at each other with energy and determination before their helmets come off and they recognize each other. When Testo forces Tancredi to stab his lover in accordance with Tasso’s epic, we have a metamoment in which a fictional character rebels against his creator. Tancredi flings Testo off the stage, but not in time to save Clorinda. The larger comment here is, of course, that fighting to save or liberate Jerusalem is a no-win situation. If we ever hope to overcome the destructive commands of jihad or holy war we may need to rebel against our narrow ideas about the Creator.

The final piece of the opera, Couperin’s “Leçons de Ténèbres,” is music for Holy Week, using biblical text from Lamentations that focuses on the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. Here is mourning music both for Clorinda, who is shrouded where she lies by a long white veil that covers the entire stage, and for Tancredi, the survivor who has to live in a world where war has conquered love. The beautiful, mysterious Latin sung by two sopra-

nos in contemporary dress brings the story back into the present as the audience is invited to step onto the stage and leave their tokens at Clorida’s grave. I’m getting chills as I write this – it was moving not only because of the deaths of loved ones in war, but because human beings haven’t yet found a way to make peace with one another. The irony of “defending the faith” by killing those you love is made very clear with this beautifully performed musical drama.

The Combat is the second production in Seattle Opera’s Community Engagement Project – a new program that brings chamber operas out of the opera house and into various neighborhoods in Seattle. The first effort, As One by composer Laura Kaminsky, was performed in the Central District’s historic Washington Hall and brought a whole new population to the art of opera. I applaud General Director Aidan Lang and Director of Education and Community Engagement Barbara Lynne Jamison for entering into the important conversations of our time. As One showed us a Transgender person going through the process of becoming herself, just as The Combat shows us that without religious or ideological conflict we would probably love each other – or at least like each other a lot. This is what arts should do – use all the talent available to probe the important ideas of our time, and to bring enlightenment to the viewer.

Seattle Opera’s Community Engagement Project is doing that, and doing it with consistent quality. I can hardly wait to see what’s coming next!

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Thought-provoking all-new plays by Washington playwrights engage in 2017 BILL & PEGGY HUNT PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL April 14 through May 7 – $10 tickets to see two plays!

For about the price of a matinee movie theater ticket, enjoy two award-winning and thought-provoking new plays live in April and May during the Playwrights Festival at Burien Actors Theatre.

The 2017 Bill & Peggy Hunt Playwrights Festival offers four weekends of four engaging new shows written by Washington state playwrights from April 14 through May 7.

Tickets are just $10, and each ticket includes admission to two plays – a one-act followed by a full-length.

From April 14-23, the one-act They Walk Among Us is paired with the fulllength Escorting Tom. In the comedy They Walk Among Us, written by Kirsten McCory and directed by Laura Shearer, Zeus and Hera start a whole new myth after falling into a suburban therapist’s self-serving plot.

In the comedy-drama Escorting Tom, written by Duane Kelly and directed by Calen P. Winn, to soften the blow of leaving her socially inept husband Tom, Carol hatches an audacious plan. The project promptly fails – and succeeds – in ways she did not see coming.

From April 28-May 7, the one-act Winter People is paired with the full-length The Law of the Sea. In the drama Winter People, written by Devin Rodger and directed by Tabitha Angier, two recovering addicts struggle to find the truth – and healing – in the connection they once shared. In the drama The Law of the Sea, written by D. Richard Tucker and directed

by Rochelle Flynn, Andrew Irving died in a shipwreck, and his widow can’t believe

produced as fully staged performances on BAT’s main stage.

The Festival was named to honor Bill and Peggy Hunt’s dedicated service to theater and their devotion to and involvement with BAT. Peggy Hunt joined Burien’s theater scene in 1960. Over the next 35 years both Bill and Peggy appeared in and directed plays, designed and built sets, served on BAT’s Board of Directors, and were involved in some aspect of every theater project. BAT officially launched the Bill & Peggy Hunt Playwrights Festival in 1999. This year, BAT has chosen four playwrights to be honored with awards.

the explanation given by the surviving crew. What really happened, and just what is the “Law of the Sea”?

After each play is performed, audience members are invited to participate in a talk-back with the director and playwright.

These talk-backs are an opportunity for the audience to discuss the show with its creators and for the playwrights to get an honest audience response to their work.

These shows are suggested for ages 13-plus due to some adult content and language.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. at Burien Actors Theatre, 14501 4th Ave. S.W. in Burien.

For tickets and other information, go to www.burienactorstheatre.org or call 206-

242-5180. Burien Actors Theatre is located at 14501 Fourth Ave. S.W. in Burien.

The Playwrights Festival is sponsored by 4Culture, the City of Burien and Pickled & Preserved.

ABOUT THE BILL & PEGGY HUNT PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL The mission of the Bill & Peggy Hunt Playwrights Festival is twofold: to encourage Washington state playwrights to pursue their craft and to showcase previously unproduced plays written by Washingtonians.

Playwrights are invited to submit their scripts, which are evaluated by a panel of judges who select the winners. Burien Actors Theatre (BAT) produces the winning plays in the festival. Top winners in the one-act and full-length script categories are

ABOUT BURIEN ACTORS THEATRE Exciting live theater has been a tradition in Burien since 1955. Incorporated in 1980, Burien Actors Theatre (BAT) has been a leading producer of quality live theater serving residents of the Seattle and south Puget Sound areas.

Burien Actors Theatre gives audiences an intriguing and invigorating theatre experience with unusual and fantastical productions they can’t see on film or see anywhere else. The company’s mission is to treat audiences to productions of the highest artistic integrity that excite, engage and involve both the local and expanding theatrical communities in the Puget Sound region.

BAT is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) entity and operates on revenue from ticket sales, donations, grants, sponsorships and volunteers.

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EVENTS The community liaisons worked colfor justice, a faucet slow dripping poiPOETRY ON BUSES laboratively with local poets and Poetry soned lead water into the mouths of children

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designed for all ages. This year, Poetry on Buses will feature 365 poems published online and on King County Metro Transit, Sound Transit Link light rail and Seattle Streetcar. The poems run April 2017 through April 2018.

Over 1,600 poems submitted Solicited in 2016 from King County residents, including students and immigrants, over 1,600 original poems on the theme of water were submitted for consideration.

Transit riders can look forward to four Metro Transit buses, two Sound Transit Link Light Rail trains and one Seattle Streetcar dedicated to poetry, presenting poems exclusively with no advertisements. Additional poems will be shared across Metro Transit buses.

A conversation about water in the community The theme “Your Body of Water” underscores the essential role water plays in our lives and reminds us how we are all connected. Poetry on Buses Poet Planner Jourdan Keith, together with community liaisons, organized eleven community poetry workshops to encourage the public to submit poems.

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on Buses staff to shape bilingual workshops tailored to the needs of Seattle and King County’s diverse communities. These workshops focused on Chinese, Ethiopian, Punjab, Spanish-speaking, Tlingit and African American communities.

“Since I have been involved with Poetry on Buses, water pollution has been the frame for understanding disparity in the U.S., from Flint to Standing Rock,” says Keith, Poet Planner. “The concerns about water quality cycle through our thoughts across the continent. Just like water, they move.”

Multilingual poetry Along with addressing topics of water justice and water conservation, the poems also explore themes such as rain, memory, family and discovery. The poems are written in eight languages (Chinese, Amharic, Punjabi, Spanish, Tlingit, Russian, Vietnamese and English) and create a record of local voices including youth, Indigenous and African American poets.

POEMS Poem by Renton resident Kiana Davis titled “Float” FLOAT Walking miles on land their bloodlines watered with their sweat, blood, and tears

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cries for clean water, asylum, and peace are met with contempt and death not to drown in the waves of inhumanity they walk……...

Ten-year-old Helen Zhang of Seattle shows how we are connected to animals through water in “Keep our water clean” KEEP OUR WATER CLEAN If not We won’t be able to drink, shower, swim and see sea animals We won’t be able to see pretty colors of the sea and plants and animals that need water to live Garbage kills animals and harms the sea Keep our ocean clean Poem by Seattle spoken word poet and artist Ebo Barton titled “Value” VALUE When you’re drowning, your lungs will learn water.

You will suffocate and it will take you but your lungs will learn water How can you expect me to drown?

How can I wear this gender when it was water all along?

Partnerships An expanded Poetry on Buses program is made possible through a partnership between 4Culture, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, Sound Transit, King County Metro Transit, Seattle Streetcar, Intersection, King County Department of Natural Resources and Parks: Wastewater Treatment and Water and Land Resources Divisions, and Seattle Public Utilities. Poetry on Buses is managed by the Public Art staff at 4Culture and City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture using both transit- and water-related Percent-for-Art Dollars and Equity Initiative funds allocated for the commissioning and management of art in public space. It is supported through a grant from Amazon Literary Partnership.

About Poetry on Buses Poetry on Buses is King County’s most populist public art program, featuring poems by established poets alongside firsttime poets. Poetry on Buses began in 1992 as a partnership between 4Culture and King County Metro Transit to present poetry by local community members on buses.

It was rebooted in 2014-15 with poems and workshops in five languages and an online poetry portal showcasing 365 poems – one new poem released every day of a year.

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Celebrating 41 Years!

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White Party Palm Springs May 5-9 King of the Circuit, Jeffrey Sanker talks to resident socialite “drag” queen Teriyaki Temple about: secrets, drugs, discovering Lady Gaga and White Party Palm Springs

by David Nguyen aka Teriyaki Temple SGN Contributing Writer It was Shakespeare who wrote, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

Whether you call him the Godfather of the Party Scene, the Premier Empresario of the Club Scene or the High Priest of the Circuit there is no doubt that Jeffrey Sanker has rightfully earned his titles and accolades.

TT: Correct me if I’m wrong but 2017 marks 29 years of the circuit scene’s marquee event, White Party Palm Springs (WPPS). Would you mind sharing with my readers how White Party got started?

JS: You added a year – actually we are celebrating our 28th year this year, and I couldn’t be more happy! Time truly does fly when you are having fun! White Party got started as an homage to my jaunts to Fire Island when I was younger. We used to leave the city, and just really come together as a group, having fun, creating memories, and supporting each other’s dreams. When I moved West, I missed those times, and wanted to recreated them, but this time, in a desert oasis! I really envisioned a “Summer Camp for Boys,” and little did I know how much fun it could be, or how it would grow!

TT: So much for the stereotype of Asians being good at math! I’m just too excited and wanted to get closer to 30 aka XXX (Roman numerals) (*wink*) TT: With nearly three decades of White Party Palm Springs memories, what is your all time favorite? I know there are so many to choose from, some of my favorites include: JLo, Mary J Blige, Robyn (Headliners), Carley Rae Jepson, Deborah Cox, G.R.L., and Leanne Rymes (T-Dance), Janice Dickson, Erika Jayne, Kelly Osbourne as Queen of White Party and who could forget heart throbs Jaymes Vaughan and Jai Rodiguez.

JS: You brought back so many memories with all that you have mentioned! It is so hard for me to think of just one but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention that one of my favorite memories was that of deciding to debut an amazing performer at one of my daytime pool parties, only to move her to headlining White Party the following year… then to see her flourish, bloom, and explode! Staying true to always being an ally to the Gay community, but also becoming a cultural icon, a legendary performer, and a true inspiration to all: my good friend, Lady Gaga!

TT: What I’ve come to expect each year is more and more fabulous than the previous year. In addition to Kyle Richards and Belinda Carlile, what else can attendees expect?

JS: We are bringing all of our parties back to within walking distance of our host hotel! My daytime pool parties are being rebranded as “Day Clubs,” and will be sensory overload experiences for our guests! I am bringing the DJs and performers closer to the party, having my famous go-go boys front and center, and creating truly immersive themes! And our nighttime parties are getting extra added bonuses with our Friday Night Party being co-branded with Eliad Cohen’s PAPA Party as a sexy, fetish ball, and our Closing Party being cobranded with Madrid’s WE Party in a show unlike any other as “Showboys” takes the stage… and who can forget our Military-

Jeffrey Sanker with Lady Ga Ga – Photo by Phil Lobel / Lobeline Communications © 2009

themed White Party, and our crowd-pleasing Circus T Dance. There is literally something for everyone… but I am not going to give too many surprises away!

TT: You are often referred to as the “King of the Circuit.” It’s obvious your longevity will continue to reign for at least another three decades, but have you ever considered who would take your place should you ever choose to abdicate? What qualities will it take to be the next Prince or Princess of the circuit? Till at least 2037, Long Live King Sanker!

JS: Thank you for that. I truly look at myself as a storyteller and an artist. With this party, I am able to express myself in a way that is not only visually and aurally stimulating, but also in a way that brings people together and creates memories.

If you want to look at this as a monarchy, then I am thrilled to reign over one such as this. There are so many great groups doing great circuit events all over the world, but I do think that I have always stayed true to my mission: to provide entertainment that is fresh, exciting, memorable and lifechanging. All in the vein of acceptance, celebration, and creativity. But to answer your question, I am not even close to abdicating the throne yet!

TT: One of the buzzword’s we hear on a daily basis since (cough) President Trump’s election is “diversity.“ Some critics of White Party would say that the event promotes unhealthy stereotypes of beauty and glorifies substance abuse as a social norm.

What would you say to those critics?

JS: The fantasy of beautiful people celebrating in a party-like atmosphere is definitely one facet of White Party; however, it is in no way meant to promote any sort of

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self-deprecating behavior (whether it be aesthetic or otherwise). In fact, one of the tenets of White Party is to be inclusive, and to celebrate and honor everyone, no matter their age, sex, orientation, or journey. We have early morning yoga for our fitness minded guests, and have 12-step meetings every day for those celebrating sobriety. White Party is a place for every single one of my guests to feel comfortable, valued, and included. It is meant to be a well-rounded experience, and one that celebrates people from all walks of life. I would ask my critics to come experience White Party to see all its layers and facets. All is not what it seems.

TT: As we grow and evolve we learn so many lessons along the way, what advice would 2017’s Jeffrey Sanker give to Jeffrey Sanker from the late 90’s early 2000’s?

(I’ll say that my hair was a mess for most of the 2000’s and who ever decided overalls were cute should be shot.)

JS: I would tell myself that life is short, to not stress over the little things, and to always enjoy the moment.

TT: I know that WPPS is a “working weekend” for you and your team but undoubtedly you’ve made many friends and have some routines/rituals along the way. Would you mind sharing some things you have to do while you’re in town for the weekend?

(Ours is always have brunch at Sherman’s and gathering with my besties to dance and reminisce as the fireworks light up the desert sky. Sometimes, when I’ve been single, I’ve snuck a kiss or two on the Ferris wheel.)

JS: I love that you have rituals that you do year after year! While I do work during White Party, I always find time to gather

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my closest friends and some of my team together at Trio the Thursday evening before White Party begins. We catch up, tell stories, and tie up any loose ends. I also have a fireworks ritual. I am extremely busy hosting during T Dance, but I design the fireworks to not only be choreographed to the music playing, but to also mean something personal to me, as well as to the guests attending. It is my secret message to my guests, my special thank you for being such loyal guests of White Party set to the hottest music and lighting up a gorgeous sky. This year is especially special to me, as there is also a secret message in the fireworks show to a very special someone in my life. Every year, I am backstage at this moment, celebrating with dear friends and our headliner, but this year, I will also be joined by that special someone. It is always such a sweet moment. And one that I look forward to every year.

TT: A lot has changed over the past few decades. There are so many events available to attend such as Matinee in Las Vegas, Atlantis/RSVP cruises, etc. What sets WPPS apart from these events? Why should a young Gay guy and his friends attend White Party instead of one of these other events?

JS: I think that the circuit has expanded so much that there is literally something for everyone. I am a huge fan of attending many of the other events, not only for the professional relationship I share with these promoters, but also the immense respect and friendship I have for them for what they do. I like to think that White Party is a little different than other events, because it has become a rite of passage for so many young Gay guys. White Party combines glamour, fun, sun, top notch DJs and performers, and amazing production/staging set against the backdrop of a beautiful desert oasis that is Palm Springs, all tied up in a big, gorgeous, WHITE bow! It is the ultimate escape into your wildest fantasy surrounded by people that share a singular vision: togetherness.

TT: It’s evident you have a gift for discovering talent. You are credited with discovering a lot of DJs who have amassed huge followings through the years. Is there a formula you use to figure out if someone has that “it factor” or is it purely instinctual?

JS: I have been lucky to have worked and been groomed in some of the most innovative nightspots in the world. In that, I have learned that no one person is ever what they seem, and talent is something that sometimes lies below the surface. I listen, I watch, and I try to keep my finger on the pulse of what is hot, what will be the next trend, and who has “star quality.” I scratch below the surface, and I trust my gut. I admire a performer or DJ who is driven, is not afraid to take chances, and who is able to market themselves…. all qualities I admire in myself! And luck – never underestimate or discount luck!

TT: Lastly, in one word, how would you describe White Party Palm Springs to the next generation of party-goers?

JS: Cutting-edge.

For more information about Jeffrey Sanker’s White Party Palm Springs 2017, May 5-9, visit www.jeffreysanker.com. visit: www.erikajayne.com and follow me @TeriyakiTemple on Twitter or add me at www.facebook.com/teriyakitemple

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28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards GLAAD, the world’s LGBTQ advocacy organization, honored Patricia Arquette, Troye Sivan, and outstanding LGBTQ images in film and television at the 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 1.

Cameron Esposito hosted the event that included a tribute to the lives lost in the Orlando Pulse nightclub attack by Jussie Smollett and a powerful performance of “Imagine” by Cynthia Erivo. Mary J. Blige, Paris Jackson, Josh Hutcherson, Tatiana Maslany, Victoria Justice, Carly Rae Jepsen, Trevante Rhodes, Justin Tranter, Trace Lysette, Cookie Johnson, and Stephanie Beatriz were among the special guests. The 28th Annual GLAAD Media Awards are presented by Delta Air Lines, Hilton, Ketel One Vodka, Liberty Mutual Insurance, and Wells Fargo.

The GLAAD Media Awards recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ community and the issues that affect their lives. The GLAAD Media Awards also fund GLAAD’s work to amplify stories from the LGBTQ community and issues that build support for equality and acceptance.

At the ceremony, Luke Perry and Jeffrey Tambor presented Patricia Arquette with GLAAD’s Vanguard Award, which is presented to media professionals who, through their work, have increased the visibility and understanding of the LGBTQ community.

In her acceptance speech, Patricia Arquette called out Attorney General Jeff Sessions and the Department of Justice for ignoring a letter from six Democratic members of Congress calling for a federal hate crime investigation into the pattern of murders of Transgender women. “Can you hear us, Jeff Sessions?” she said, and added, “You don’t need to have a trans family member, or a Gay friend, or a questioning kid for this to affect you. It doesn’t matter what color or gender or faith you are. So many marginalized groups are under attack. When one of us is vulnerable, all of us are vulnerable.”

Arquette also remembered her late sister Alexis as a courageous trailblazer who “challenged the movie industry at its core” by living her truth as a Trans woman. “She risked it all because she couldn’t live a lie,” Arquette stated. “Whatever mark I have made in this life in activism will always pale in the light of Alexis’s bravery. She did not knock on the door of progress. She kicked the door open.”

Also at the event, surprise guest Carly Rae Jepsen joined legendary songwriter and GLAAD Board Member Justin Tranter to present singer-songwriter Troye Sivan with the Stephen F. Kolzak Award, which honors LGBTQ media professionals who have made a significant difference in promoting equality and acceptance.

In his acceptance speech, Sivan called attention to enormous challenges faced by the LGBTQ community, including violence against Transgender women of color and rates of youth homelessness. He concluded with a message of hope of empowerment, saying, “Don’t let anyone strip you of your truth and your love, because those are the foundations of who we are as a community.” He added, “In a time where it might be tempting to retreat into the shadows, I ask you to be louder – keep holding hands, keep finding pride in your identity, keep standing up for those in our community who are most vulnerable, keep love in your heart, and share it with the world.”

Music icon Mary J. Blige presented the award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release to Moonlight. Tarell Alvin McCraney accepted the award on the film’s behalf, and was joined onstage by Trevante Rhodes and producer Jeremy Kleiner.

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Patricia Arquette (in memory of her late Trans sister, Alexis) was honored with the Vanguard Award – Photo by Getty and GLAAD

the show’s behalf.

Paris Jackson and Emmy winner Tatiana Maslany presented the award for Outstanding Comedy Series to Transparent. Alexandra Billings and Trace Lysette accepted on the show’s behalf, and were joined onstage by creator Jill Soloway, stars Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Alexandra Grey, Jay Duplass, as well as members of the creative team.

GLAAD previously announced that it was acknowledging two web series, Her Story (HerStoryShow.com) and We’ve Been Around (WeveBeenAround.com), and music video “Sin Ir Más Lejos” by Gema Corredera, with Special Recognition Awards.

Additional special guests include: Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games); recording artist Mary J. Blige; Paris Jackson (Star); Jussie Smollett (Empire); Caitlyn Jenner, Candis Cayne (I Am Cait); Erika Jayne (The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills); Chyler Leigh, Floriana Lima (Supergirl); Cynthia Erivo (The Color Purple); author Cookie Johnson; TV personality EJ Johnson; Rhea Butcher (Take My Wife); Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine); Matthew Daddario, Harry Shum Jr. (Shadowhunters); J Tichina Arnold, Erica Ash, Mike O’Malley (Survivor’s Remorse); Tig Notaro, Noah Harpster (One Mississippi); Jill Soloway, Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Alexandra Billings, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Trace Lysette, Alexandra Grey, Zackary Drucker, Rhys Ernst, Our Lady J (Transparent); Kiersey Clemons, Jacqueline Toboni (Easy); Isis King, Cassandra Cass (Strut); Ethan Embry, June Diane Raphael, Baron Vaughn (Grace and Frankie); Teri Polo, Sherri Saum, Elliot Fletcher (The Fosters); CMT host Cody Alan; Rebecca Sugar (Steven Universe); and GLAAD President & CEO Sarah Kate Ellis.

Following is a complete list of GLAAD Media Award recipients announced Saturday in Los Angeles. Additional awards will be presented at the New York GLAAD Media Awards ceremony on May 6 at the New York Hilton Midtown.

• Vanguard Award: Patricia Arquette (presented by Luke Perry and Jeffrey Tambor) • Stephen F. Kolzak Award: Troye Sivan (presented by Carly Rae Jepsen and Justin Tranter) • Outstanding Film – Wide Release: Moonlight (A24) [accepted by: Tarell Alvin McCraney and Trevante Rhodes] • Outstanding Drama Series: Shadowhunters (Freeform) [accepted by: Matthew Daddario and Harry Shum Jr.] • Outstanding Comedy Series: Transparent (Amazon) [accepted by: creator Jill Soloway with stars Alexandra Billings, Jeffrey Tambor, Judith Light, Amy Landecker, Jay Duplass, and Trace Lysette, and producers Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst] • Outstanding Film – Limited Release: Other People (Vertical Entertainment • Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series: Eyewitness (USA Network) • Outstanding Individual Episode: “San Junipero” from Black Mirror (Netflix) • Outstanding Daily Drama: The Bold and The Beautiful (CBS) • Outstanding Comic Book: The Woods, written by James Tynion IV (BOOM! Studios) About GLAAD GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance. As a dynamic media force, GLAAD tackles tough issues to shape the narrative and provoke dialogue that leads to cultural change. GLAAD protects all that has been accomplished and creates a world where everyone can live the life they love.

For more information, please visit www. glaad.org or connect with GLAAD on Facebook and Twitter.

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4/20 Pot-friendly “The Gateway Show” to include Queer comic Keith Carey “THE GATEWAY SHOW” BROADWAY PERFORMANCE HALL April 20 @ 8pm We know everything is funnier on marijuana, but when it’s four professional funny people doing their best sets, then returning for another set after getting thoroughly baked, it’s comedy (Acapulco) gold!

Local comedian Billy Anderson will be bringing this unique approach to comedy to the Broadway Performance Hall (1625 Broadway off E Pine St.) on April 20

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(of course). Among the hemp aficionados scheduled to perform is Keith Carey from Orange County, CA. “With the unique perspective of a husky, Bisexual weirdo raised in a very conservative town, Keith skewers ignorance as he playfully tap-dances on the line between offensive and hilarious.”

You can see Keith on “Comedy Central’s Roast Battle,” or as a regular on MTV’s upcoming series “High Crimes.”

His appearances have included the webseries “Burn Booth,” the podcast “Mean Boys,” and “The Comedy Central Roast of

Rob Lowe.”

Also puffing and performing will be Portland’s Joann Schinderle and Seattle’s Scott Losse.

You won’t necessarily need to be toasted yourself to enjoy “The Gateway Show,” but speaking as someone who regularly enjoyed Cheech & Chong albums back in the day, it won’t hurt.

Action-heavy Fate furiously silly

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE FATE OF THE FURIOUS Now playing It’s hard to know where to start when it comes to talking about a new entry in the Fast and the Furious franchise. Now on their eighth episode, The Fate of the Furious once again builds on the changes the series introduced in 2009’s Fast & Furious, audaciously expanded upon in 2011’s Fast Five, perfected in 2013’s Fast & Furious 6 and sent into animated cartoonish whirlybird enjoyably ludicrous crazy land with the release of 2015’s Furious 7. It shows how the minds behind this rebirth, namely screenwriter Chris Morgan (who’s been around since 2006’s The Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift and written every sequel since) and producer/star Vin Diesel, have struck upon a template that has brought them monstrous international box office success and moderately surprising critical acclaim. In short, this eighth adventure fits squarely in the if it ain’t broke don’t fix it model of Hollywood filmmaking, and I have trouble believing everyone involved won’t be pleased by the overall reaction coming from those who purchase a ticket.

That does not mean that things aren’t starting to grow a little stale. The twists aren’t as surprising as they once were, while the constant speechifying as it pertains to “family” and “teamwork” is becoming its own running gag suitable for a sorority house drinking game. The unabashed, over-exuberant machismo is getting stale, and even though all the primary women in this franchise continue to be able to hold their own against all adversaries, no one will ever confuse this series with pictures like Mad Max: Fury Road, Haywire or even an old school chestnut like The Long Kiss Goodnight anytime soon. One wonders if they aren’t even trying to make a cohesive movie at this point, just a lot of extended bits with characters jubilantly yapping at one another, everything revolving around an escalating series of car-related action set pieces that get wilder, longer and more ambitious seemingly with every sequel.

This time, former bad boy and vehicular road warrior turned Robin Hood dogooder, international terrorist hunter and clandestine American hero Dominic Torreto (Diesel), while vacationing with his new wife Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) in Cuba, is contacted by a cold-blooded cyber criminal known only as Cipher (Charlize Theron). For reasons too personal and secretive to share with anyone, she forces him to go back to his criminal roots and betray his close-knit crew, all of whom he considers family. Not only does this mean Dom is turning his back on Letty, he’s also once again made an enemy out of DSS Agent

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(l) Dominic (Vin Diesel) and Deckard (Jason Statham) stand off in The Fate of the Furious – Photo courtesy of buzzabe.com

Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson), a fact made even worse because this clandestine doublecross happened on foreign soil, thus meaning the U.S. government had to disavow their ace operative in order to maintain diplomatic relations with Germany.

Aided by the still secretive Mr. Nobody (Kurt Russell), Hobbs makes it a priority to get back his good name by nailing his former friend for the crime. To do it, not only must he utilize the core members of Dom’s team, namely Letty, Tej (Chris “Ludacris” Bridges), Roman (Tyrese Gibson) and Ramsey (Nathalie Emmanuel), but he’ll also be forced to enlist the services of former British S.A.S. operative turned bad guy Deckard (Jason Statham), the crack killer willing to put his anger towards the group on hold if it means he’s going to get a shot at Cipher. She was responsible for transforming his younger brother Owen (Luke Evans) into a crook, so for him going after her is decidedly personal. As for Dom, he’s got a few cards of his own still to play, and by the time he lays down his hand he can only hope everyone will understand his reasons for going rogue and making enemies of those he loves.

For a film as elaborate as this one, there are virtually no surprises, and even when Helen Mirren pops up in a key supporting role it takes about half-a-second for the audience to figure out who she is as well as her connection to the larger story. Morgan’s script is flimsy, the device utilized to bring Dom’s dark side to the forefront as melodramatically silly as anything this series has ever offered up for evaluation, and that includes Letty’s resurrection and bout with amnesia just two films back. It’s another opportunity for a departed character to be

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suddenly resurrected if only to be later discarded in brutal fashion, erasing a still existing love triangle in way that both solves a narrative problem created by the earlier sequels yet also feels needlessly heartless at the same time.

Even so, these characters remain a ton of fun to see in action, especially Hobbs and Deckard, the movie worth the price of a matinee ticket just to watch Johnson and Statham play whimsically belligerent verbal whack-a-mole with one another as they lob insults back and forth with virtuoso impropriety. As for Theron, she manically gobbles up the screen, gleefully gorging on Morgan’s insanely dippy dialogue as if it were a gourmet meal served up to her by a Michelin Star chef. While I might personally prefer her wicked turns as the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Huntsman and The Huntsman: Winter’s War, the Oscar-winning actress still revels in Cipher’s madness, the sheer joy she finds in portraying these types of villains proving to be nothing short of glorious.

Director F. Gary Gray, fresh off his success handling the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton, returns to his action roots, and there are moments where it feels like the filmmaker is having a heck of a time delivering a handful of inspired set pieces. Primarily two of them, one involving Hobbs and Deckard escaping from a maximum security prison during a riot, the other on the streets of New York where every vehicle fit with modern self-drive technology becomes a battering ram utilized to move a mark into a position where Dom can steal a suitcase filled with Russian military secrets. Both are extraordinary, eye-popping in their attention to detail and overflowing

in bracing, freewheeling excitement. Gray orchestrates the action with a maestro’s touch, each of these sequences so terrific I almost forgot just how dumb and comically overblown all of this brazenly is.

It all runs out of steam. The actual climax, a superb fight sequence aboard a plane involving a baby reminiscent of John Woo’s Hard-Boiled notwithstanding, isn’t nearly as awesome. Truth comes into the light. Dom makes his move. An assault on a rundown Russian military base in the frozen tundra of Siberia overrun by terrorists is put into action. A nuclear submarine is stolen. As impressive as all of that sounds, it’s hard not to feel like we’ve seen it all before. A few nicely staged explosions aside, there’s just no tension here, while the blatant loose end left at the finale that sets up the reported next two sequels is close to being downright laughable.

Not that anyone will care. The Fate of the Furious will appease longtime fans of the series, the sequel just well made enough that the fact this franchise’s tank is starting to get perilously close to empty doesn’t feel as big a problem as it honestly should. Personally, I am getting a little tired of it all, and while I appreciated and thrilled to a number of moments, and while I’d honestly love to see a spin-off adventure featuring Johnson and Statham and no one else, I just as genuinely am not so certain I’m up for two more of these films. But they’re coming, make no mistake, and I can already hear the engine revving as Diesel and company gear up for the next installment right this very second.

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Going in Style a passably harmless comedy remake

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer GOING IN STYLE Now playing After their pensions are stolen by both the multinational corporation that’s merged with their former employer as well as the bank overseeing the outsourcing of all current jobs overseas, retired steelworkers Joe (Michael Caine), Willie (Morgan Freeman) and Albert (Alan Arkin) have officially had enough. After a little back and forth about the merits of the idea, this trio has come to the conclusion they’re going to get what’s owed them, every cent of it. They’re going to rob a bank, and not just any bank, mind you, but the very one that’s conspired with their former employer’s new owner to snag their pensions, making them geriatric Robin Hoods looking to redistribute wealth to those who they feel truly need it.

Based on the fondly remembered 1979 film of the same name written and directed

by Martin Brest that starred George Burns, Art Carney and Lee Strasberg, Going in Style is about as harmless a comedy as any likely to be released in 2017. Directed by Zach Braff (Garden State) and featuring a reworked script written by recent Oscar nominee Theodore Melfi (Hidden Figures), the movie is an easygoing romp that goes through its familiar motions with confidence and energy. It’s a fun enough affair while one is in the moment sitting in the theatre,

From left: Alan Arkin (Albert), Morgan Freeman (Willie) and Michael Caine (Joe) in Going in Style – Photo courtesy of GC Images

but none of it is exactly memorable, not a single second, and unlike the original film this one is more than content to keep things on a relatively emotionally nondescript playing field that’s honestly rather dull.

Nonetheless, even though none of them are stretching their thespian muscles all that demonstrably, Caine, Freeman and Arkin still make a winning trio. Their interactions with one another are authentic

and believable, their jokey rapport having a naturalistic cadence that’s easy to fall in synch with. Ann-Margret and John Ortiz both lend able support, as does talented youngster Joey King, each having their own little moment to shine, adding their own bit of idiosyncratic spunk to the proceedings in an ineradicably charming way.

But the movie is never as clever as it felt like it wanted to be, the heist itself a rela-

tively tame and tedious exercise in sound, fury and misdirection that’s nowhere near as interesting, funny or suspenseful as it should have been. There’s a perfunctory precision to Joe, Willie and Albert’s plan that’s frankly boring, while a climactic twist and concerns about the consequences of their actions lands with a tiresomely melodramatic thud. I also despised a character portrayed by Christopher Lloyd, the comic relief he is supposed to supply neither funny nor amusing, the whole nature of the role a mean-spirited misuse of a great actor that I found slightly maddening as well as angrily insulting. It should also be noted the Matt Dillon is wasted in a thankless role as the lead FBI investigator working high profile bank robberies, but he’s not so much bad as he is given precious little of substance to do.

It’s still hard to get angry at Going in Style for any of its more obvious missteps.

Equally so, it’s also difficult to get too excited about any of its more entrancing moments or scenes. As decent as the core cast might be, as solid as some of the various character moments where we get to know the core principals in greater detail undeniably are, the simple truth is the Melfi’s script isn’t digging all that deeply and Braff’s direction doesn’t take a single risk.

It’s a nice movie, but also an exceedingly safe one, and as such spending any more time than this handful of paragraphs to review it just isn’t worth the effort it would take to compose another sentence.

Inauthentic Aftermath wastes a terrific Schwarzenegger

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer AFTERMATH Now playing Arriving at the airport to pick up his wife and daughter, who happens to be pregnant with his first grandchild, construction foreman Roman Melnyk (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is shuffled into a quiet room and told the worst news possible: Their plane has gone down. No one has likely survived.

Emergency units and airline crash scene investigators are rushing to the site. Roman is understandably devastated, his entire world shattering in an instant, and as the days, weeks and months pass and the analysis into the cause of the crash continues, his grief threatens to overwhelm him.

A seasoned aircraft controller with a wife, Christina (Maggie Grace), and a young son, Samuel (Judah Nelson), whom he loves dearly, the evening shift began like any other for Jack Bonaos (Scoot McNairy). But suddenly left in the tower on his own, facing an extra plane on his screen and a technical problem that’s making conversation between varying parties difficult, one thing compounds upon another leading to a horrifying accident. In a second Jack’s life changes forever. Right or wrong, he feels directly responsible for the loss of over 200 lives, and as such he’s having understandable difficulty moving on from his despair and putting his own psychological pieces back together into something of a cohesive whole.

The opening act of director Elliott Lester’s (Blitz) plane crash drama Aftermath is superb. Javier Gullón’s (Enemy) eccentrically structured script introduces both Roman and Jack in parallel vignettes, giving both men ample freedom to introduce their respective characters. Lester allows events

Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in Aftermath – Photo courtesy of bleedingcool.net

to play themselves out with naturalistic intimacy thus making the calamitous events the two of them become connected with all the more emotionally bruising. It’s a gorgeously heartbreaking start, setting the stage for what should be an affecting examination of grief in all its bruising guises from that point forward.

But that movie frustratingly never materializes. Instead, thanks to a ham-fisted time jump, awkward character evolutions and a couple of key plot transitions that ring agonizingly false, Lester’s film refuses to take flight, most notably as things pertain to Jake. There are few opportunities to feel a connection with the devastated aircraft controller, his life falling apart as one imagines that it would yet does so in ways that are cloying, melodramatic and rarely ring true. Additionally, the movie never allows his and Christina’s relationship to feel

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genuine, both McNairy and Grace unable to generate chemistry as they navigate the harsh emotional interiors of a loving couple who find the core components of their relationship seemingly damaged beyond repair.

Schwarzenegger fares better than his costar. Alongside his work in the somewhat disappointing zombie drama Maggie, this is one of the riskiest, more richly complex performances of the action icon’s superstar career. He’s superb as the demolished Roman, and just for that early scene where the good-humored construction worker learns of the plane crash and has his world destroyed, I’d be tempted to say the film is worth the price of admission just to watch him, its numerous missteps be damned.

The power, depth and majesty of this performance builds in aggrieved majesty as things progress, and while the script’s various twists do him no favors, and while Les-

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ter’s grows increasingly oppressive, that does not lessen a single bit the powerful majesty of Schwarzenegger’s work.

It isn’t enough. Once Roman and Jake end up on a path where collision is inevitable, the film grows less and less interesting as it moves towards an outcome that can’t help but feel like a contrived letdown. Everything revolves around the pursuit of forgiveness and the desperate search for someone to say they’re sorry, and while that’s just fine, the way those dueling quests are represented failed to keep me interested.

Lester and Gullón present a number of artificial situations for Roman and Jake to deal with, and while I do not doubt for a second airlines, insurance companies and corporations act in a similar fashion as depicted here, that doesn’t mean the filmmakers needed to make the moments when they’re front and center so malevolently cartoonish and grotesquely silly.

Aftermath means well. It’s a characterdriven drama dripping in pain, Lester’s latest presenting flawed protagonists unable to put their grief behind them as they deal with an unfathomable tragedy neither had any control over the outcome of. Yet, despite a fantastic opening act, even with Schwarzenegger delivering one of the best performances of his career, the movie proves to be a massive letdown, never crafting an atmosphere that felt authentic and pure. While I wish I felt different, I just don’t think the film is any good, the potential it hints at in its early sequences going to waste, and as such I found the finished product almost impossible not to be disappointed in.

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Colorfully imaginative Lost Village positively Smurfy

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer SMURFS: THE LOST VILLAGE Now playing Unlike its two perfectly dreadful live action/animated hybrid predecessors, 2011’s The Smurfs and 2013’s The Smurfs 2, the entirely animated Smurfs: The Lost Village is a fairly solid family-friendly entertainment, especially for younger viewers. It is devoid of any of the bathroom humor, oddly ugly violence and ghastly narrative stupidity that helped mar those previous features to the point they’re practically unwatchable, and even though both did reasonably well at the box office it’s not like either is remembered with anything approaching fondness. No, this new film, an original story disconnected from its forerunners, is fairly entertaining, and while far from being a top-flight animated effort the darn thing ends up being just smurfy enough to make watching it moderately worthwhile.

While out having fun in the forest with Brainy (voiced by Danny Pudi), Clumsy (Jack McBrayer) and Hefty (Joe Manganiello), Smurfette (Demi Lovato) spies what she believes to be a fellow Smurf running through the crack in the giant wall separating their realm from the Forbidden Forest.

Before they can return to the Smurf Village to give this amazing news to Papa (Mandy Patinkin), Smurfette is captured by Gargamel (Rainn Wilson), the evil wizard using his magic to give him an idea where this lost Smurf enclave is hidden.

After being rescued by her three friends,

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Smurfette feels that these newfound fellow Smurfs are in danger and, worse, it’s all her fault. Even though Papa orders her to stay put, the blonde adventurer heads out to the Forbidden Forest intent on finding this lost village and warning the inhabitants that Gargamel is searching for them. She’s joined

by Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty, all of whom are determined to aid Smurfette in her quest, these four Smurfs intent on going above and beyond in order to ensure they put an end to the wizard’s nefarious plans while hopefully meeting new friends who are every bit as smurfy as they are in the process.

This new movie revolves around concepts of friendship and self-discovery. The story is as simple as it sounds, the whole thing focused on Smurfette as she tries to figure out her place inside the Smurf world and discover who she is. It’s also a tale of friendship and camaraderie, these four in-

trepid explorers having to learn how to put their differences aside and use one another’s best attributes to their fullest potential if they are going to make their collective way through the Forbidden Forest and find this hidden Smurf village. That’s really it, there’s not a lot more, screenwriters Stacey Harman (“The Goldbergs”) and Pamela Ribon (Moana) keeping things straightforward and simple as they move things toward their suitably heartfelt and selflessly heroic conclusion.

If anything, this new film plays a lot like the old 1980s Saturday morning cartoon series “The Smurfs” did for nine seasons.

Director Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2) takes his talented team of animators and attempts to embrace the late Belgian artist and author Peyo’s creations in a way neither of the two live action films did. They treat the characters with heartfelt respect and admi-

ration, allowing them to stay true to their core characteristics while updating certain themes and ideas (most notably as they pertain to Smurfette and concepts of female empowerment) for today’s audiences. It’s an easygoing, happily relaxed adventure filled with some wonderful sights and sounds, the world of the Forbidden Forest a continually pleasing visual delight overflowing in imagination.

But it all does exist on a reasonably simplistic level, and as entertaining as the film can be for those older than the age of eight the chances anyone is going to remember this one after it comes to an end for anything longer than 15 or 20 minutes are extremely unlikely. The all-star voice cast, which includes the likes of Julia Roberts, Ellie Kemper, Michelle Rodriguez, Ariel Winter, Meghan Trainor, Jake Johnson, Tituss Burgess and Jeff Dunham, are all given precious little to do that’s substantive.

Only Lovato and Wilson make anything close to an indelible impression, while McBrayer does have a line or two that made me chuckle out loud with a tiny bit more volume than expected.

Still, Smurfs: The Lost Village is easy to sit through, and I know I’m repeating myself here but, once again, young children are likely going to be delighted with the film in ways they never were with either of its live action ancestors. There are also moments of colorful, eye-popping imagination and whimsy that are honestly wonderful, and while I’m not ready to “sing a happy song” or “smurf it all day long,” I might just have a few la la la-la la la’s running through my head at the moment and, shockingly, I’m perfectly okay with that.

Picturesque Queen of the Desert an emotionally barren letdown

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer QUEEN OF THE DESERT Now playing German auteur Werner Herzog is as great a working filmmaker as there is living today. Fitzcarraldo, Aguirre, the Wrath of God, Nosferatu the Vampire, Grizzly Man, Rescue Dawn, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, these are feature films and documentaries where the titles alone clearly speak for themselves. He is a master craftsman fascinated by the unfathomable idiosyncrasies of the human experience, especially as they pertain to Nature’s influence upon them, the ways in which people interact with their surrounding, and vice-versa, a core theme that runs through just about every film the director has ever made.

All of which would lead one to believe Herzog would be a brilliant choice to write and direct a biopic about famed British archaeologist, cartographer, writer, photographer, spy and explorer Gertrude Bell, the woman’s exploits throughout the deserts of Arabia before and after World War I legendary. She wrote a number of famous books, was one of the few women to hold political power in the British Empire during the early decades of the 20th century, became friends with T.E. Lawrence and traveled the deserts of the Middle East as if she had been born to them. In fact, there’s so much to the woman’s story it’s impossible any one movie could ever do it justice, the sheer volume of history she viewed, documented and helped shape before her death at the age of 57 in 1926 simply staggering.

But if there were a filmmaker up to the challenge of doing it, how could it not be Herzog? And yet, even with Nicole Kidman turning in a lovely, quietly powerful performance as Bell, even with a bevy

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Nicole Kidman plays British writer Gertrude Bell in Werner Herzog’s Queen of the Desert – Photo courtesy of IFC Films / Lena Herzog

of solid supporting performances from the likes of James Franco, Robert Pattinson, Damian Lewis, Jay Abdo, David Calder and Jenny Agutter, even with Peter Zeitlinger’s (Into the Inferno) stunning cinematography, Queen of the Desert still ends up as nothing more than a colossally head-scratching disappointment. It is a beautiful yet oddly lifeless drama, one that rarely engages the senses or provokes an emotional response. The movie is a picturesque travelogue that never reveals anything about Bell that isn’t readily apparent right there on the surface, the script never digging deep enough to reveal the myriad of nuances that drove this woman to such spectacular, world-shaping heights.

Two main plot threads that are moderately revealing are Bell’s dual romances, the first with a British Embassy official in Persia, Henry Cadogan (Franco), just

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before the turn of the century, the second with married British officer Charles Doughty-Wylie (Lewis), stationed in Arabia just before the onset of WWI. These tragic affairs, at least according to Herzog, have a profound impact upon his heroine, substantially augmenting her love affair with the desert and its various inhabitants in lieu of her inability to secure a life alongside either of these two men. It’s an interesting detail, and Kidman plays her scenes with both actors skillfully, her reactions when she learns about what has happened to them absolutely heartbreaking in their subtly shattering minutia.

Sadly, as terrific as the Oscar-winning actress is in these moments, it’s not like Herzog spends enough time on either relationship for them to be as concrete and as expansive as he obviously aims for them to be. The same could also be said in regards

to Bell’s friendship with T.E. Lawrence (Pattinson). The two pivotal moments depicted here where the two Arabian giants come into contact are abnormally perfunctory, neither revealing anything major about the ins and outs of the post-WWI Middle Eastern situation. While Kidman and Pattinson are wonderful in these scenes, the youthful giddy enthusiasm of the former coupling marvelously with the cagy, mature professionalism of the latter, like almost everything else in the film they frustratingly add up to very little, this surface-level approach revealing precious little that’s substantive.

And that’s the movie as a whole. For every amazing scene there are in turn a small handful which look wonderful, are nicely acted and yet still come across as curiously inconsequential. Incredibly fascinating moments begin like gangbusters, like one where Bell finds herself being held prisoner in a desert city under threat to become added to a tribal chieftain’s harem, only to quickly crumble into pointless nonsense, the script refusing to find the intricacies of these situations involving the British adventuress almost as if Herzog constructed things that way on purpose.

I honestly don’t get it. Films like Fitzcarraldo and Aguirre, the Wrath of God covered situations like this and did so magnificently, finding the balance between the natural world and the human one in ways that were complex, intimate and profound. The director has also done the same in his documentaries, most notably with features like Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams and Encounters at the End of the World. Here, though, the melding never holds, and as stunningly picturesque as all of this undeniably proves to be, Queen of the Desert is a barren emotional quagmire, Bell’s incredible story deserving of so much more than this movie sadly proves to be willing to offer.

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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.

SATURDAY - April 15

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.

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Black Lives Matter March on Seattle 2.0. 2-6pm.

Westlake Park, 4th Ave & Pine St. PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary.

Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP: www.longhair.shorturl.com 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 “Deep Space Lez” (April 13-16 & 20-23). 7pm (Sunday 5pm). Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Set in the not so distant future, a trio of Lesbians hell-bent on communal living have entered a galaxy-wide Space Race with the intent on nabbing First Prize: a small, untouched planet. Enroute they respond to a distress call from two Lesbians who were stranded on Venus. These reluctant crew members soon become integral players as the ship finds itself in an all out crusade to save a cluster of nearby planets from untimely destruction.

Through feminist wisdom, guidance from the goddess, and a lot of processing over loose leaf tea, the crew must bridge generational gaps and diverging galactic views, navigate interplanetary romantic relationships, and settle on whose turn it is to buy bulk nutritional yeast, with the ultimate goal of making Space into Safe Space for all. Tickets: $15-$20 general admission, $12 students & seniors. Presented by Gay City Arts. www. gaycity.org/arts-season

SUNDAY - April 16

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

This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@ hotmail.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.

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

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

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

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

April 15 thru April 23 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 - April 18

625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays an almost weekly recreational scrimmage game for LGBTQ players in Seattle. Perfect for individuals looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org Imperial Court of Seattle - “Sixth Annual Easter Bonnet Contest.” 3pm. CC Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way at Boylston Ave E. Get out your glue guns, your glitter and your Easter grass. It’s time for the “Sixth Annual Easter Bonnet Contest.” 1st place: $100; 2nd place: $50 CC gift certificate.

“Deep Space Lez” (April 13-16 & 20-23). 5pm.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. See Saturday, 4/15 listing for details or visit www.gaycity. org/arts-season Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm. (contact for new location) Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically non-monogamous relationships. $5 donation; please bring a potluck dish. This event is open to the public. Look for us on Facebook or Meetup.

Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am. More info: crystalmeth.org.

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

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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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

Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Monday each month. (253) 383-2565.

Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm.

Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave Rm 221. Meets 3rd Monday each month (except December). SWC is a 20-member volunteer advisory board that advises the Mayor, City Council, & all City of Seattle departments on matters concerning women & women’s rights. Meetings open to the public. 684-4537.

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Lotus Sisters South End/Columbia City Meditation & Dharma Discussion. 7-8:30pm. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Call 206-725-3608 or 434-5521 for details and location; www.LotusSisters.org. (Not wheelchair accessible.)

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

PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting. 3-5pm.

Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months (schedule varies in summer). A Public-Private Partnership in Support of LGBT youth.

All are welcome at meetings; lots of volunteer opportunities are discussed. 632-0662 ext 49; CRISIS LINE: 1-877-SAFE-SAFE; www.safeschoolscoalition.org.

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.

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

Trans & Genderqueer Open Mic & Transgender HIV Testing Day. 7-9pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Poet, musician & space-witch Scarlett D’Giacomo headlines the evening of performances, including spoken word, music, dance & other peformances

by Trans & Genderqueer artists. Tobi Hill-Meyer & Jax Braun host. FREE. www.gaycity.org [NOTE: Calamus Auditorium at Gay City is a fragrance-free space.]

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean 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

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slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

WEDNESDAY - April 19

LGBTQ Seniors Resource Fair. 10am-3pm. Rainier Community Center, 4600 38th Ave S. Find groups & fun social activities, get help with utility bills & housing, fitness programs & healthy eating, help changing gender markers on ID & changing military discharge status.

Light refreshments provided. FREE. www.seattle.gov/ parks/lgbtq 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 Pierce County AIDS Foundation New Volunteer Orientation in Tacoma. 6-8pm. Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Wednesday each month. PCAF is seeking volunteers to provide practical & emotional support services for clients, assist with administrative needs, & plan & work at special events. More info & to receive application, call Colleen at (253) 383-2565 ext 206.

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

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

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

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

LotusSisters.org.

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

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www. ingersollcenter.org 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.)

HIV/AIDS Newly Diagnosed or Newly Dealing. 7:309pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave, Suite 200. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. Ongoing support group for anyone who is HIV+. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

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

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

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

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

THURSDAY - April 20

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

Seattle LGBTQ Employees for Equality (SEqual).

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

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

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

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

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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 “Deep Space Lez” (April 13-16 & 20-23). 7pm (Sunday 5pm). Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. See Saturday, 4/15 listing for details or visit www.gaycity. org/arts-season First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

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

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

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

(253) 474-8897.

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

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201 - in the O’Neill Room.

Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www. seattle-al-anon.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

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

SATURDAY - April 22

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth.

(425) 747-4937.

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

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

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Contemplative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club Monthly Potluck & Meeting. 7pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Scuba diving & other outdoor activities for the GLBT community & friends at all experience levels. For info & location, www.bottomdwellers.org.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org “Deep Space Lez” (April 13-16 & 20-23). 7pm (Sunday 5pm). Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. See Saturday, 4/15 listing for details or visit www.gaycity. org/arts-season GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm.

First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Wheelchair accessible. We offer support and education in a safe, confidential, and welcoming atmosphere and serve East King County communities including Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Issaquah, Mercer Island, Sammamish, Bothell, Woodinville, Duvall, Snoqualmie, and Carnation. The first half of each meeting is dedicated to support, the second half is usually a guest speaker. See http://com-

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March for Science - www.refusefascism.org Root Out Hunger With Northwest Harvest. Reception 5:30-7pmpm, Dinner, Program & Auction 7-9:30pm, Dancing 9:30pm. Fremont Studios, 155 N 35th St. An evening of live music, inspiration & culinary delights. munity.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue. Contact us at info@ 501auctions.com/NWH bellevue-pflag.org or 425-483-6642. PFLAG Bellevue/ “Deep Space Lez” (April 13-16 & 20-23). 7pm (Sunday Eastside is a support and advocacy group, uniting mem- 5pm). Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. bers of the LGBTQ community with friends, families, and See Saturday, 4/15 listing for details or visit www.gaycity. allies. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national org/arts-season support organization for parents, spouses & families of Pink Pistols Target Shooting in Tacoma. 7:30pm.

GLBT persons, as well as those minorities.

Bull’s Eye Indoor Range, 414 Puyallup Ave, Tacoma.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Contact us on Facebook for more information.

Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

SUNDAY - April 23 Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. Meets 4th Sunday group. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. & commentary on each other’s work, information about Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, writers. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositive culture. anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, Tuesday, 7pm.) community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Subject: Transcending materialgayfathersseattle ism. Metro routes 8, 10, 12, 49 & 60.

Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A ICON 13: A Celebration of Drag, Art & Life! VIP 5pm, discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual top- General Admission 6pm. Seattle Marriott Waterfront, ics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 2100 Alaskan Way. A benefit for Seattle Counseling Service hosted by Aleksa Manila. Tickets: General 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Admission $150, VIP $200. seattlecounseling.org/icon Debauchery. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Meets 3rd Thursday every “Deep Space Lez” (April 13-16 & 20-23). 7pm (Sunday month. Queers stripping for Queers in a hot, anti-oppres- 5pm). Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. sive space, raising money for organizations that serve See Saturday, 4/15 listing for details or visit www.gaycity. the Queer community. The show features stripteases, org/arts-season lots of audience interaction & even birthday lapdances COMMUNITY RESOURCES on stage! Be sure to bring plenty of dollar bills - a portion of the proceeds goes to non-profits providing health & Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting social services within the Queer community. Tickets: for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQ Allyship. $10 in advance; $15 at the door. Pay-what-you-can also org, allyship@yahoo.com, 279-8169. available. www.lilydivine.com American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for BiEvers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every sexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www.

Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.) binetseattle.org.

Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org FRIDAY - April 21 Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) Earth Day March & Rally. 11:30am-1pm. Westlake 963-1994.

Park, 4th Ave & Pine St. With singing and speakers. We will march to the Federal Building to demand that the DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation US support the UN ban on nuclear weapons and stop Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest.org the funding of the Trident submarines. www.gzcenter.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A drop in Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis

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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 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. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

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

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

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

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

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

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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. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

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

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families. 323-1768.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - 684-4503.

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

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Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emerald citysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www. seattlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling 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

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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: ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, 722-0317; www.sessc. org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. 7205566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthe babes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www. mature friends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@ oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http:// lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493.

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

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