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Issue 20, Volume 44, May 13, 2016

Arts & Entertainment

Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival

A conversation with “Transparent’s” Alexandra Billings

Seattle International Film Festival

OPENS MAY 19

42nd annual festival to screen 421 films including 28 LGBT films (May 19-June 12)

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THREE DOLLAR BILL CINEMA TRANSLATIONS: SEATTLE TRANSGENDER FILM FESTIVAL “BEING TRANSPARENT: A CONVERSATION” SIFF EGYPTIAN THEATRE May 15 @ 1 p.m.

The 11th annual Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival kicked things off last night with the screening of Annalise Ophelian’s spectacular documentary Major!. Exploring the life and times of iconic black Transgender activist Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, commonly referred to as “Mama” by those who know her best, the movie is a rousing examination of her half-century of activism. Going from the Stonewall Riots, to her time as a sex worker, to her fight for prison reform, virtually no stone is left unturned in this vital, thoughtprovoking documentary, Ophelian doing a splendid job of telling Griffin-Gracy’s story in ways that are electric, alive and, most of all, relatable.

Running through Sunday, May 15, this is the biggest Translations Film Festival yet, featuring events and screenings at locations as varied as the SIFF Egyptian Theatre, the Northwest Film Forum, 12th Ave Arts, and even the Comet Tavern. There are numerous highlights, not the least of which are the spellbinding Deep Run from director Hillevi Loven and the fascinating Vietnamese

import Finding Phong, but the biggest event might just be a panel featuring actress Alexandra Billings, director Silas Howard and producer Rhys Ernst, all best known for the hit Amazon television series “Transparent.”

Before her arrival here in Seattle for the festival, I had the opportunity to touch base with Billings via phone. Our wide-ranging conversation covered everything from her work on the award-winning series, to her early days in Chicago theatre, to thoughts on cisgender actors playing Transgender roles, to current political debates involving the use of the gosh-darn bathroom. It was a freewheeling, anything-goes conversation, and if Sunday’s panel at the SIFF Egyptian is anything like it attendees are virtually guaranteed to enjoy themselves. Here are some of the highlights from our chat: Sara Michelle Fetters: I’d be remiss if I don’t start right out and ask about “Transparent.” Where are we going next? What’s going to happen? Any big reveals for Season 3 you can share?

Alexandra Billings: I’m trying to think how much I can actually tell you. [laughs] They keep swearing us to secrecy!

The only thing I can tell you is that this season there’s a lot more scenes this season with a lot of us in [them]. There are a lot more ensemble sequences. There’s a lot of family stuff. There’s a lot of group stuff.

The storylines are very intermingled now.

There are also some answers to some really good questions as to Moira’s life and her Transgenderism and the roots of it, the beginnings of it, but, good lord, I have to stop see ALEXANDRA page 4

The Seattle International Film Festival, the largest and most highly attended festival in the United States recently announced the complete lineup of films, guests, and events for the 42nd annual 25-day festival (May 19-June 12, 2016).

This year, SIFF will screen 421 films representing 85 countries: 181 features (plus 4 secret films), 75 documentaries, 8 archival films, and 153 shorts. The films include 54 World premieres (29 features, 25 shorts), 56 North

American premieres (42 features, 14 shorts), and 27 US premieres (15 features, 12 shorts).

Both Opening and Closing Nights include period comedies: hearkening to the golden 1930s heyday of Hollywood. Opening Night film Café Society from master filmmaker Woody Allen stars Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Steve Carell, and Blake Lively; the 1950s-set Australian revenge comedy-drama The Dressmaker closes SIFF 2016 on Sunday, see SIFF page 8

At last, an exciting Dutchman!

The Flying Dutchman – Photo by Philip Newton and Tuffer

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE OPERA RICHARD WAGNER’S THE FLYING DUTCHMAN MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL (Opening Night cast) Through May 21

I’m amazed! I cut my Wagnerian teeth on a production of The Flying Dutchman at the old Met that was so magnificent that I was sure I would never find its equal for the rest of my life. Over two seasons, I saw five performances of George London, Leonie Rysanek, and Giorgio Tozzi (with Tommy Shippers in the pit) and sobbed during the love duet every time. It was opera heaven, and it ruined me, I see DUTCHMAN page 6

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Alice in Chains playing hometown show in July

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Here’s a concert that’s going to sell out lightning quick: Alice in Chains at the Paramount Theatre on July 8. The Seattle veterans have sold over 20 million albums worldwide since they broke through during the grunge era in the early ’90s with hits such as “Would,” “Angry Chair,” “Rooster,” “Them Bones,” “No Excuses and “Man in the Box.” The last studio recording Alice in Chains put out was 2013’s The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, but it was 1992’s Dirt album that catapulted them to success. I’ve seen them twice in concert and they are excellent live. If any tickets are left, you’ll find them at stgpresents.org.

Other recently announced shows include openly Gay singer-songwriter John Grant at The Showbox Market (May 19), jazz quartet The Manhattan Transfer at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley (July 28-31), ’90s alternative rock band Belly at The Neptune (August 28), folk icon Art Garfunkel at Tacoma’s Pantages Theater (September 24) and “American Idol” finalist Crystal Bowersox at The Triple Door (October 2).

Also, if you missed Judy Collins at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley back in March – all of her shows sold out in a matter of hours – you’ll get another chance to see her when she returns to the downtown venue next year, January 12-15.

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Mysteriously, the Pet Shop Boys have announced concert dates for Vancouver BC (October 24) and Portland (October 25), though nothing for Seattle. So, you’ll have to drive, take the bus or train to see them on their upcoming “Super Tour.”

The duo released a new single and video this week, titled “Twenty-something,” from their new album Super.

and features lots of local talent, including The Moondoggies, The Maldives, Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter, Chastity Belt and Seattle Kokon Taiko. Aside from live music, festival attendees can swim or sunbathe at Tolt River Beach, join a marching band by bringing an old instrument and participate in either of REI’s sponsored sporting activities, kayaking, biking, and a 5K run. The three-day event is staged in nearby Carnation, Washington. For additional information on Timber!, including tickets and driving directions, log onto timbermusicfest.com.

The lineup for the 2016 Timber! Outdoor Music Festival has been unveiled

Radiohead officially ushered out its new album, A Moon Shaped Pool, last

weekend, featuring the leadoff single “Burn the Witch,” and also released a second music video for the track “Daydreaming,” which is averaging 1 million views per day since debuting May 5 on YouTube. There’s still no word on a full tour, but the group is expected to make an announcement soon.

Finally, be sure to put the Volunteer Park Pride Festival on your calendar, happening June 11 at Volunteer Park. The free event will include food trucks, beer garden, artist booths, lawn games and craft/vintage fair, plus live music from Hell’s Belles, Selene Vigil et Amicis, Boyfriends and Aeon Flux.

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talking. It’s possible I’ve already told you too much.

Sara Michelle Fetters: No worries. I won’t tell anyone. Well, maybe just the people reading the interview. But only them.

Alexandra Billings: [laughing] Sure.

That’s fine. But only them.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Moving on, though, when you and “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway talked about this series, talked about the character of Davina, what were those conversations like? You’d known Jill for quite some time, correct?

Alexandra Billings: I had. Jill, her sister Faith and I go all the way back to Chicago theatre of the 1990s, so we’d known one another for however long that is. So long.

She and Faith – this is actually my favorite story – we doing a play called Co-Ed Prison Sluts and I was down the street doing a play called Cannibal Cheerleaders on Crack, and one day one of the girls in Co-Ed Prison Sluts, Susan Messing, who’s a brilliant actress and a teacher over at Second City, had to leave for like a week. So, somebody over at their show, called me and said that their show started at 9 p.m. and mine didn’t start until 11 p.m., and as such wondered if I wouldn’t mind doing their show for a week or so and then run across town so I could also be in mine. And I was like, “Sure!” I mean, I was up all 24 hours, I was on cocaine, why not do this? It seemed like a great idea.

And that was how we met. It was kind of surreal, me running back and forth between two different shows like a crazy person. But we also kept running into one another solidly for years, so I can’t say it was all that shocking when she came to me with the opportunity to be in “Transparent.” What was shocking was that something like “Transparent” had the potential to become a television series in the first place.

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Sara Michelle Fetters: How weird is it to be playing a character like Davina, in a show like “Transparent,” and to see it receive so many accolades and awards? Isn’t this just a little surreal at times? I can’t help but imagine it would have to be.

Alexandra Billings: It’s absolutely bizarre. It makes no sense, and it shouldn’t be happening, especially to me. It’s so funny, but you’re the first person in the press to actually say this. I’m the one who usually has to say this. Isn’t this weird? Yes! It is weird!

I still can’t believe it sometimes.

You know, I was diagnosed with AIDS in the late 1980s, and that was a time when everyone was dying. The sense of loss was astronomical. It was like we were all being rounded up and killed by this plague. It was the utter wreckage of an entire LGBT generation. As such, when I’m diagnosed the doctor is like, I really think you should just go max out your credit cards. You should go to Hawaii. You should get a car. You should just go have fun because, realistically, even with this new AZT thing that we have, you’re so sick, you probably have six months left to live.

I was in my late 20s at the time. I remember sitting there, and I had my wife there with me at the time, and I remember thinking, if I’m going to do that, then someday I’m going to have to pay that bill. So, the fact that I’m alive? That’s extraordinary. It defies medical science and it is also mindboggling to me. But add into it Jill coming back into my life wanting me to do this particular role in this little, tiny series on Amazon of all places? Insane. Just insane. But to have the show basically be out there in the wild, wild west of television, not on NBC, not on CBS, and to see it do so well, to gain such momentum in a way that is revolutionary, not just in television but in the LGBT movement? It’s above and beyond bizarre. Without question.

But, in the course of the strange events of my life? It oddly makes sense.

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Sara Michelle Fetters: How much of yourself are you allowed to bring to Davina?

Alexandra Billings: What’s great about Jill and all of these “Transparent” guys, all of them, from the writers, to the costumers, to the producers, to the cast, to everyone, is that they listen to all of us. They were so applicable to any sort of tribal or communal dialogue from the Transgender community with such opening, if I were to ask if I didn’t have to say a line because it didn’t ring true they were always like, “Sure! What do you want to say?”

I mean, I never thought this show was going to get this kind of notoriety or acclaim, so when I came aboard I was like, listen, I’m not going to play [Davina] like some finger-snapping, hair-twirling, “Miss Thing” kind of gal. I’m Transgender. I’m 54. This is the way I look. This is the way I dress. This is the way I sound. This is how I’m going to play the character. I didn’t want to be in a hospital. I didn’t want to be a murderer. I just wanted to be who I am, and Jill and the rest of them all got and understood that. That was exactly what they wanted.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I admit, this show is brutally hard for me to watch at times. It can be so honest. There are times where it makes you look at your own life, especially for anyone who is Transgender, in ways that can be decidedly uncomfortable.

This is undoubtedly by design, I imagine.

Alexandra Billings: Absolutely. Jill wrote for “Six Feet Under” and “United States of Tara,” so this is who she is. Her great gift is that she is able to embody this sense of humor that’s a combination of darkness and light, which is true of the human condition. It’s the brilliance of shows like “Black-ish,” the ability to be really funny but also very human. To not fear making the audience uncomfortable as they laugh.

Jill understands how to do that in a way that is almost cellular. I mean, when you’re talking about our [Transgender] community, isn’t that where we came from? We were

born from chaos and misunderstanding.

From ostracization. I mean, marginalization is our [community’s] middle name. It’s pretty much who we are.

Sara Michelle Fetters: You do have to love how this show could sometimes be so ahead of the curve as far as cultural dialogues are concerned. I was rewatching a couple of episodes to prepare for this interview and stumbled right into one humorously looking at how those of us in the Transgender community have to deal with the plight of public bathrooms. And, what are we talking about right now in the middle of this ongoing Presidential primary?

Transgender people going to the freaking bathroom.

Alexandra Billings: Isn’t that unbelievable? Don’t you just want to pull all of your hair out? Not to get too philosophical, though, but isn’t this the great reflection of art? Life has reflected art and art has reflected life, this has always been true. That’s why we paint, sculpt, speak, sing and dance.

That’s why we do what we do. So it actually makes perfect sense.

As I said, I’m approaching 60. I transitioned in the 1980s. So I’ve been living this life for quite some time. I was on “Phil Donahue” back in the day. I was on Sally Jessy Raphael’s show. I was on “Jenny Jones.” I was on all of those ridiculous shows, and we were still talking about the bathrooms. Of course, back then, it was comical. It was so ridiculous. It was so outrageous that I would use the women’s bathroom; it would produce laughter.

Nowadays it induces anger. The fact people are upset and angry, that they are so viscerally angry to the point they have to write laws to protect Transgender people so they can go to the godforsaken bathroom?

That actually makes me really happy.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I have no idea if it was the show you were on, but when I was a little kid, I was watching “Sally Jessy Raphael” during one of her crossdresser/trans-

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vestite/transsexual shows and I remember my mother walking in the room and being mortified. Letting me know in no uncertain terms how happy she was that I would never be like “one of those people.” Now, I’m one of the lucky ones in that my entire family, all of them, including my mother, love and support me in every single way, but that was still her kneejerk reaction not all that very long ago. It’s crazy, then, to think how far we’ve come in some ways since then, is it not?

Alexandra Billings: And don’t you sometimes hear that voice, even just vaguely? “Thank God you’ll never be like that.”

Don’t you still hear that?

Sara Michelle Fetters: Yes. And my mother, as I said, loves me to death, so that makes it even weirder that I still have to deal with that voice in my head sometimes.

Alexandra Billings: And that is the reason I believe all of us, whether you’re Transgender or not, all of us in some way deal with that particular message. Your family owns a house painting business and you’re watching a show about lawyers because you’re dreaming about doing something in regards to law, and someone in your house painting family says, “thank goodness you’ll never be like that.” All of us in some way deal with things like this.

I really believe, especially as it pertains to our community, if we embrace the fact that other people have told us, have literally given us a prayer that we’re not like that, we can say that they’re right. That God did not make us like someone else. That God made us like ourselves.

I’m not like someone else. I’m not like any of the girls on “Sally Jessy Raphael.”

I’m not like RuPaul. I’m not like Caitlyn Jenner. All of those people are like them.

They are who they are supposed to be. This is how I am. This is me. That’s the difference. That’s the revolution. And I really think it’s because of people like Caitlyn and RuPaul, going all the way back to our forebears like Christine Jorgensen and Tula, going back and back and back, that’s the road we’ve been painting all along.

We’re not all the same. We’re all unique.

We have to individualize. We have to be who we are under the Transgender umbrella. We need to be very clear and say this is who I am. This is how I navigate this journey. This is me being me.

Sara Michelle Fetters: I think you bring up a lot of really terrific points here, and I think this moves nicely into something I wanted to touch briefly on, and that’s another ongoing conversation in regards to cisgender actors playing Transgender roles.

I took a lot of heat for saying how brilliant I

felt Jared Leto was in Dallas Buyers Club, mostly from Transgender readers. They couldn’t quite understand how I could laud his performance while still be critical of his statements, or lack thereof, in regards to the importance of the Transgender community in helping him craft it during his march to a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award.

You wrote beautifully on this subject, I think, most notably in an essay in The Advocate. Did it help that you’re an actor, that you’ve worked in the industry for so long, that you were able to eloquently talk about this? Why is it often so difficult for people

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to judge a performance outside of an actor’s public statements or actions?

Alexandra Billings: First of all, that’s a great question. I’ve been a teacher for over thirty years. The foundation for my teaching with my students has always been there is no difference between your art and your life. I tell them, if you bring your life into your art, you’ll bring art into your life. But you have to bring the whole thing. You can’t just bring the pieces that are pretty or interesting. All that stuff is usually bullshit.

It’s the stuff that hurts, that’s painful, the real joy, the time you really fell apart, you have to bring all of that into the room. Then you’ll find the gift of you, the artistic voice that can move others.

So, I’m in full agreement. It is a great performance. What I wrote, and I want to be really specific about this, was not “hooray” or “boo” as to whether Jared Leto was playing this role, what I was upset about was that when he started winning all of those awards he didn’t even mention us [the Transgender community]. He didn’t even talk about us.

He didn’t even say the word Transgender.

That’s what I was upset about. You cannot or will you tell our story and then forget about us when the accolades come. Because the character you are playing and you your-

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self are the same person. They are one in the same.

And I’m not saying there was a Transgender person inside of him. Being Transgender had nothing to do with anything. But moving through this life? Moving through the life of a person that was ill. Who had wants. Who had needs. That all obviously made sense to Jared Leto and I think he navigated all of that brilliantly. Beautifully. I was thrilled by this performance. It was very brave. It was delightful. Painful, yes, but also delightful to watch. But you can’t take on the entire tribe of a group of people and then, once the awards start piling up, take all of that on yourself. You had a little help.

Every time Jeffrey Tambor wins an award, and it happens often, as it should, because he’s brilliant, he works so hard, the man is insane and I don’t care if I’m a little biased, but every time he wins he honors us. I’ve known this man now for three years, and all of my time is with him. I’ve spent hours and hours with him. I’ve seen Jeffrey at his best and at his worst, and he’s experienced the same with me. So I know these speeches he makes comes from a place of ultimate truth and openness. He understands he’s not portraying a Transgender person, that’s impossible. He’s not Transgender. He was not born Transgender.

He will never play a Transgender person. He is a cisgender actor moving his way through this story and this character. It is coming out

of him.

It’s all very simple, but we tend to complicate stuff. What we don’t understand we put limitations on. If you’re a different race, we put you on the other side of the room. If you’re anything other than what I am, you get put on the opposite side of the room. And the same thing happens in the Transgender community. We put cisgender people across the other side of the room. I think it’s time we stopped doing that. It’s a big room. Let’s intermingle. Because, if not, let me tell you,

we’re going to be in that room alone for a long, long time.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Do you think some of what you’re talking about here is why there was such a strong reaction, on both sides of the fence, by the Transgender community to Eddie Redmayne being cast in The Danish Girl?

Alexandra Billings: I think what we’re missing right now is balance. We’re offbalance right now. What’s happening is that the more cisgender males, especially white, privileged cisgender males, take on these Transgender roles and the less you actually see us the more unfair it is. There needs to be more balance in these representations, and as such, we’re lashing out. We’re being marginalized, legally, in the United States in a way that hasn’t been seen since 1959 when African Americans had to use different water fountains. It’s just insane what is going on.

When you have artistic expression that is unbalanced right now? I can understand it. I can understand the anger.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Switching to why it is we’re actually talking, tell me more about your visit here for the Translations Film Festival? This festival is near and dear to my heart. I helped program it in its infancy. The fact we now have talented artists such as yourself coming for a visit just sends my heart soaring. Talk to me about this panel you are going to be a part of?

Alexandra Billings: This is so exciting. I love Seattle. The last time I was there I had the pleasure of singing with the Seattle Gay Chorus.

[Billings guest starred with Diverse Harmony at Broadway Performance Hall on June 2, 2007.] That was so much fun.

But, I mean, I’m from a generation that the words “Transgender Film Festival” just shouldn’t go together. Who knew? I’m like, what?

Is this true? I want to watch all of the films. All of them. And I want to meet everyone. Shake everyone’s hands. I want to be around them.

The filmmakers. The programmers.

The guests. The ticket buyers. Everyone. I just want to hang out and talk with people.

Every time I get a chance to be around our tribe in a way that is based and founded in inclusivity and in being seen? I’m excited. I’m there.

I honestly can’t wait.

Sara Michelle Fetters: What do you hope you get to talk about? Where do you think the discussion will go?

Alexandra Billings: I hope the audience asks us a whole lot of things. I hope they ask us stuff politically. I hope we talk about art. I hope we talk about art for art’s sake. I hope we have a good time. I hope we all get a chance to enjoy one another. Really.

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The Flying Dutchman : A wild ride and a feast for the senses

Rebecca Nash (Senta) and Nikolai Schukoff (Erik) – Photo by Philip Newton

by Alice Bloch SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE OPERA RICHARD WAGNER’S THE FLYING DUTCHMAN MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL (Sunday Matinee cast) May 8 (same cast on May 20) Wagner was a young man when he wrote The Flying Dutchman (Der fliegende Holländer}, and the work shows that he matured earlier as a composer than as a dramatist. In performance, this opera can become static and confusing.

The production now onstage at McCaw Hall is anything but static. It’s electrifying musically and visually, if somewhat incoherent dramatically.

Rod Parke’s opening-night review in this issue conveys the tremendous excitement and forward drive created by stage director Christopher Alden and conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing. The unified set designed by Allen Moyer makes it possible to perform the work as a single act, so that the musical and dramatic momentum can

build without interruption.

At the Sunday matinee of opening weekend, I found all performances superb – orchestra, chorus, and cast. As the Dutchman and Senta respectively, bass-baritone Alfred Walker and soprano Wendy Bryn Harmer filled the hall with their expressive, powerful voices, and their fine acting gave emotional resonance to the strange characters they played. Tenor David Danholt, winner of the 2014 Seattle Opera International Wagner Competition, made his Seattle Opera mainstage debut in the role of Erik; he too sang beautifully, though his acting was less convincing than that of Walker and Harmer.

Bass Daniel Sumegi tore into the semicomic role of Senta’s father, Daland, with gusto. Like Rod Parke, I was enchanted by the lovely voice of tenor Colin Ainsworth as the Steersman.

I can’t heap enough praise on LangLessing, who deserves much of the credit for the success of this production. His vigorous but nuanced conducting balanced the large forces of Wagnerian orchestra, chorus, and soloists, and made listening to this performance a thoroughly exhilarating

experience.

And the chorus! This production gives the always excellent Seattle Opera Chorus more to do than any other production I’ve seen, and they do it all fabulously well. The choral scenes are brilliantly staged to illustrate the rigid society of Senta’s village, in which the men are sailors and the women are weavers.

Okay, so what makes the production somewhat incoherent? First, the unified set, with all its virtues, prevents the two ships (the “normal” one with Daland as captain, and the ghostly one piloted by the Dutchman) from confronting each other. When Daland and the Dutchman sing to one another, they’re both facing the audience, and the Dutchman appears to have climbed to the crow’s nest of Daland’s ship rather than of his own ship. When the sailor choruses on the two ships are supposed to be battling, the audience sees only one chorus singing.

Second, Alden has expanded the small role of the Steersman so that he becomes something of a Greek chorus, reacting emotionally to what’s happening to the other characters. That sounds fine in principle, but in practice, he seems to be a lost character going through his own private drama, laughing maniacally at nothing and

Rebecca Nash (Senta) – Photo by Philip Newton

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Greer Grimsley (The Dutchman) – Photo by Philip Newton

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then staggering about the stage as if in pain.

I fail to see what his gesticulations add to the drama.

Third, in this production, the Dutchman and Senta never really connect. The love that is supposed to redeem the Dutchman never comes to fruition, and he appears to be as alone at the end as he was at the beginning.

The character of Senta is problematic in any production of Dutchman, for she has no ambition in life but to sacrifice herself and thus release the Dutchman from his curse.

As Wagner envisioned the ending of the opera, Senta kills herself by jumping into the ocean, and then she and the Dutchman ascend to heaven together. Unaccountably, Alden chose to make Senta’s lot even worse, by making her the unwilling victim of her ex-boyfriend (who shoots her with the gun he’s been toting through scene after scene).

Even though the set made a jump into the ocean impractical, Alden could have come up with some other way for Senta to remain an active agent rather than a passive victim.

Dude, what were you thinking?

If you attend this production of Dutchman (and I recommend that you do), expect your senses to be dazzled by its gorgeous music and amazing visual effects. Just don’t expect the drama to make much sense.

thought, for any other production of this opera.

(The recording by this cast but under conductor Antal Dorati was a big disappointment, lacking much of the passion of those live performances.)

I’ve seen a half dozen Dutchman productions since then, each leaving me sad because they just didn’t excite me. Imagine my shock at finding Seattle Opera’s current show absolutely thrilling from the first note through to the end of the 2-1/2-hour non-stop opera. (There were no intermissions.) This was the ballsiest Wagner I’ve seen since Francesca Zambello’s Tristan und Isolde at Seattle Opera with Jane Eaglen, Greer Grimsley, and Ben Heppner.

Conductor Sebastian Lang-Lessing led a fullthrottle overture that allowed the brass an assertiveness that set the tone for everything that followed. He never drowned out the singers, yet let the orchestra make the most of every opportunity. The forward thrust of the opera was quite remarkable.

Everything about the production worked to lend energy without ever feeling nervous or forced. Almost nothing was traditional.

When I heard it described at a preview lecture,

I thought, “Yeah, yeah…yet another updating for no good reason.” Actually, it was quite timeless, rather than updated, and almost never got in the way of the story or the music.

Alice Bloch (whose review of the matinee cast accompanies this review from opening night) and I agree that perhaps the most serious limitation imposed by the single-unit set and the direction (by Christopher Alden) was that Senta, instead of jumping to her death, was shot by her earth-bound boyfriend, Erik, thus robbing her of her purposeful suicide to redeem the Dutchman. (In the production at the old Met, Leonie Rysanek leapt from a high cliff into the ocean!)

The set, by Allen Moyer, was a large stagefilling box, severely tilted not towards the audience but to the right. Protruding from the raked flooring was a huge wheel, rather like a ship’s wheel but at the same time abstract.

Sometimes it was used to navigate the ship, but at others it served other purposes: a factory drive for the spinning wheels of the women working on sails, or a torture rack on which the suffering Steersman stretched?! It wasn’t clear what the greatly expanded role of the Steersman represented. Was he the only one who felt horror at the sight of the Dutchman’s

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ship and crew? At any rate, he suffers a lot, silently, in gestures that could distract us from the main action.

The tilted box set lent some real benefits, especially in how it embraced the singers’ voices, helping to project their sound. It also revealed, beneath the floor and bathed in sinister red light, some of the Dutchman’s crew at appropriate moments. (They recalled memories of the musclemen under the floor of Tristan’s ship in the aforementioned production?) The box, while perhaps suggesting the claustrophobic atmosphere of this society,

was nonetheless made attractive and effective through lighting by Anne Militello and especially some extraordinary gestures given to the great Seattle Opera Chorus. Their exact unison of movement made the storm-driven thrusts of the ship’s deck utterly convincing.

The Chorus (far better in all ways than that of the old Met back in the ’50s) was a major force in this show. Especially effective were their percussive stomps and whomps accentuating rhythmic moments in their raucous music.

That I have spent so much time on the staging should not imply that the singing was any

less glorious. Bass-baritone Greer Grimsley, no stranger to the Dutchman role or to Seattle audiences, has lost none of his power and has added yet more nuance. The amazing size of his voice, actually bigger than George London’s, was at times matched by bass Daniel Sumegi, who could have added more legato to his singing of the part of Senta’s greedy father, Daland. Australian soprano Rebecca Nash as Senta sang with power, musicality, passion, and glorious tops. Her soaring line during the love duet was stunning.

As if the above glories weren’t enough, the

tenor parts of Erik and the Steersman, sung

by Austrian tenor Nikolai Schukoff and Canadian tenor Colin Ainsworth respectively, were simply the best sung I have ever heard anywhere. Both were also dynamic actors.

If this show is an example of what we can expect from Seattle Opera’s new General Director, Aidan Lang, we’d better hold onto our hats for an exciting ride!

Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at rmp62@columbia.edu.

Where’s the passion?

Shakes’ R&J falls flat

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

ROMEO & JULIET SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Through May 22 So here are some good aspects of Seattle Shakespeare Company’s current production of Romeo and Juliet: the actors clearly know what they’re saying. This is a really good thing, because there are some unfortunate productions where the actors don’t appear to understand Shakespeare enough to know what their lines mean.

The music is wonderful. It is composed by rising star, Justin Huertas, and performed live by him and a few others. It’s kind of cool to have movie-atmosphericmusic played live in the room.

There are aspects of the set (Craig Wollam) and lighting (Tim Wratten) that work really, really well (even though the set is so spare, but there are techniques like tying a bed to a bower to move it that are really keen).

There are a few cast members that really work their roles, notably Mike Dooly as Lord Capulet, who knows how to roar in anger when called upon; Treavor Boykin as Tybalt, who sneers with the best; and much of what Trevor Young Marston does as Mercutio, though his death scene is not nearly as funny as it could be.

Unfortunately, there is not much else to celebrate about this lackluster presentation.

It is actually quite distressing to say so.

There are many other cast members that are good actors who somehow do not combine to elevate the show. For instances, Anastasia Higham is a very good young actor. The role of Juliet is one that should be comfortably in her range – yet somehow there is virtually no chemistry between her and Riley Neldam as Romeo. Neldam doesn’t do a bad job, either. It’s not quite that.

The biggest issue for the whole production is there is virtually no PASSION in it.

No one takes even a moment to feel his or her feelings. The longevity of this particular Shakespeare play is partly because everyone can still understand the thunderbolt of new love, the passion of young teens, the drama of breaking rules, and the “till death do us part.”

Director Vanessa Miller overlays a “concept” on the production that doesn’t re-

ally add, and it is almost beside the point without a solid production underneath. The play is performed on the stage at Cornish Playhouse. 280 seats are set up in two lines of 140 each, with the playing area in the middle. It is supposed to be a kind of tennis match, with ethereal beings she has inserted, called Fate (George Mount) and Dream (Justin Huertas), supposedly interfering with the humans.

That concept has some historically accurate basis in Shakespeare, both in his time, where the program notes that people believed differently about dreams than we do now, and also Shakespeare often included supernatural elements in many of his plays, though not in this one. This play does have some magic in it – magic potions that make one look dead when you aren’t; the magic of falling in love instantly.

The purpose of inserting that concept and those characters is not clear and in no way helps us understand why anything is happening. The beginning and end of the play, where the actors enter as if in some modern prison dream and then are freed, might be part of the overlay. But again, outside of a solid concept inside the play, they don’t add, only confuse.

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Seattle International Film Festival a recipient of grant from Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announces African Pictures 2016 SIFF is the recipient of a generous FilmWatch grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. For the 2016 Festival (slated for May 19-June 12), SIFF will receive $25,000 to continue its groundbreaking African Pictures program, presented annually at the Seattle International Film Festival and funded by a multi-year Academy grant from 2013 through 2015. FilmWatch grants support curated screening programs at North America-based film festivals, film societies, and other film-related organizations.

“The Academy’s grant recognizes SIFF’s tremendous initiative in fostering and presenting film from and about Africa,” says SIFF Festival Director and Chief Curator Carl Spence. “Academy funding of African Pictures has given SIFF an unprecedented opportunity as a major international film festival to showcase a substantive program of films

from and about Africa, and more importantly bringing African filmmakers to the United States to engage with the film industry, film aficionados, and students at all levels.”

Since 2013, African Pictures has presented 67 films from 37 countries, including 6 World premieres, 17 North American premieres, and 3 US premieres. Curated by SIFF programmers Dustin Kaspar and Justine Barda, the film selections include something for everyone – from ethereal and experimental to gritty and provocative – African Pictures showcases a microcosm of world cinema available only at SIFF. Additionally, the program has welcomed 41 guests from 12 countries, gathered from near and far to participate in engaging Q&As, industry networking, and educational panels on every aspect of the global film scene.

Engaging once again with critical issues of

our time, African Pictures for 2016 presents two looks at political unrest among youth with the thrilling first-hand Senegalese documentary The Revolution Won’t Be Televised, making its US Premiere at SIFF, and the touching Tunisian narrative drama As I Open My Eyes.

Film festival veteran Lamb, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and was Ethiopia’s official submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Academy Awards, explores the different ways its young characters react and rebel when they encounter tradition and social status quo, in this enchanting directorial debut set against the breathtaking backdrop of East African countryside.

SIFF alumna filmmaker Nadine Angel Cloete (short film Miseducation, SIFF 2013) will return to Seattle in person with the World Premiere of her first feature, Action Comandante, an eye-opening documentary about

South African freedom fighter Ashley Kriel.

The first African Pictures feature from Burkina Faso, multiple-award-winning Eye of the Storm, explores the issues, corruption, and damaging legacy surrounding child soldiers through the fictionalized tale of a war crimes trial.

As part of African Pictures, SIFF provides tickets to educators and their students to participate in and attend screenings at the Festival in addition to taking filmmakers into classrooms around the region as part of SIFF’s FutureWave education outreach program for K-12 and University students. To date, African Pictures filmmakers have visited twenty such classes in the Seattle area, spending time with nearly one thousand students.

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nominated “SNL” and “Broad City” writer Chris Kelly’s feature directorial debut Other People, an unflinching, emotional seriocomedy starring Shannon as well as Jesse Plemons, Maude Apatow, Zach Woods, Bradley Whitford, and June Squibb. Shannon’s latest film, Miles, will make its World premiere at SIFF 2016 on Saturday, May 21 with director Nathan Adloff, Molly Shannon, and other cast in attendance. Miles is a sweet tale of a cleverly resourceful mother and son making the best of a tough situation.

“This year’s Festival is bursting at the seams with extraordinary talent and revelatory, exciting stories from all over the world,” says Carl Spence, SIFF Festival Director and Chief Curator. “We have more World, North American, and US premieres than ever before, as always bringing Seattle audiences the first opportunity to experience cinematic discoveries and essential masterpieces from all points of view.”

Among this year’s 53 World premieres is Seattle native Megan Griffiths’ The Night Stalker, a penetrating psychological thriller centered on the spine-chilling character of Richard Ramirez, California’s most notorious

serial killer. Griffiths and star Lou Diamond Phillips will be in attendance at the June 4 screening.

SIFF is inaugurating an Official Main Competition Slate of 12 films to highlight and celebrate compelling stories made by exceptional filmmakers. In addition to SIFF’s longstanding juried competitions for New Directors, Documentary Features, the New American Cinema Competition and short films, SIFF 2016 for the first time will also feature a brand-new Ibero-American Competition, which aims to highlight the increasing power, creativity, and influence of storytelling from two continents. Juried by film professionals, the winner of each of these 5 feature film competitions will be announced at the Golden Space Needle Awards on June 12 and will split the proceeds of a $32,500 cash prize-pool ($5,000 for features and $2,500 for shorts).

Adds Spence, “SIFF strives to recognize outstanding talent and champion up-andcoming filmmakers in all genres and from nations across the globe. Our competitions provide a platform to elevate and promote excellence in the art and science of cinematic storytelling.”

SIFF will be screening 28 LGBT themed films during the festival. The titles are: Angry Indian Goddesses; Arianna; As You Are; Author: The JT Leroy Story; Being 17; Burn Burn Burn; Closet Monster; Finding Kim; First Girl I Loved; From Afar; Growing Up Gay; Holding the Man; The Lure; The Mads are Back: Glen or Glenda; Miles; One Kiss; Other People; Presenting Princess Shaw; The Pretty Ones; The Queen of Ireland; Rara; Slash; Spa Night; Summertime; Tickled; Uncle Howard; Women He’s Undressed; You’ll Never Be Alone.

The 2016 Seattle International Film Festival is presented by SIFF, the non-profit arts organization that reaches more than 350,000 annually through SIFF Cinema, SIFF Education, and the annual flagship Festival.

The Festival Box Office is now open online at siff.net, by phone at 206-324-9996, and in person at any SIFF venue box office.

For more information and a complete festival guide, visit http://www.siff.net/.

continued from cover June 12 with an acclaimed cast including Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, and Hugo Weaving. The emotionally wrenching documentary Gleason, follows Spokane-born NFL star Steve Gleason’s battle with ALS using intimate footage masterfully assembled by director Clay Tweel and will screen at the Festival’s Centerpiece Gala on Saturday, June 4.

The Northwest premiere of Matt Ross’s Captain Fantastic, filmed in Washington, will screen as part of a tribute presentation to Viggo Mortensen on Saturday, June 11, where the acclaimed actor will be presented with the Festival’s Outstanding Achievement in Acting Award and interviewed on stage at the flagship SIFF Cinema Egyptian. Selections from Mortensen’s rich and diverse career are slated during SIFF 2016 in celebration of his work, including A Walk on the Moon, Eastern Promises, and The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

On Sunday, May 22, “An Afternoon with Molly Shannon” will feature an on-stage interview and a screening of four-time Emmy-

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THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER: Eight new albums to chill out to in the coming months

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Summer sun and cool tunes are a great combination. Whether you’re barbecuing, laying by the lake, or just chilling out at home, it’s important to have good music around. Here are eight albums coming out soon to add to your summer mix.

five months later that fans could listen to all of it. The album was titled after his wife Cassidy’s maiden name, but it also reflects a “universal story of breakups, hookups, mess-ups and everything in between,” in other words, it’s a little dark.

Bentley will perform September 22 at the Washington State Fair, in Puyallup.

Manson, began recording Strange Little Birds in 2013 in LA and it’s described as more “cinematic and atmospheric” by band member Butch Vig; both Vig and Manson have interviewed separately with Seattle Gay News. The new album includes the leadoff single “Empty,” which has some pretty dark lyrics, plus ten other tracks.

Tove Lo, Danielle Mason and Ty Dolla $ign. “Close” is the album’s leadoff single. Nick Jonas will perform August 21 at Key Arena; he and Demi Lovato have already canceled their joint North Carolina shows this summer in protest of the HB2 law.

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Dangerous Woman – Ariana Grande MAY 20 Ariana Grande went from being a regional children’s theater performer in Annie and Wizard of Oz to starring in a Disney comedy to appearing in Ryan Murphy’s teen drama Scream Queens.

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Love You to Death – Tegan and Sara JUNE 3 Lesbian sister act Tegan and Sara Quinn are back in action with their latest release, Love You to Death, the followup to 2013’s very successful Heartthrob album. Produced by Greg Kurstin (Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Sia), the ten-track record includes the first official single “Boyfriend” and two promotional tracks, “UTurn” and “100x.” In an interview with DJ Matt Wilkinson, Sara said the song “Boyfriend” is about a love triangle she found herself in with another girl. “Obviously, being gay, there’s sort of a bit of a gender twist in the song, and I get that that sometimes doesn’t seem immediately relatable to everybody, whether they’re straight or whatever. But this idea, you know, that we’ve all been in that situation where we really like someone and we want to make it official, and they’re not ready, that’s what the song is about.”

Tegan and Sara will perform October 4 at the Moore Theatre.

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The Getaway – Red Hot Chili Peppers JUNE 17 Anthony Kiedis and company finally return with The Getaway, the legendary band’s first album since 2011. The boys – Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith, Josh Klinghoffer – had intended for the record to be released sooner, but a snowboarding accident sidelined Flea for several months and delayed the album from moving forward. Fortunately, it was completed late last year and is ready to hit record stores in June. The first single is “Dark Necessities.”

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Home of the Strange – Young the Giant AUGUST 12 Not much is known about Young the Giant’s forthcoming album, other than its first single “Something to Believe In” and a teaser track put out a month ago called “Amerika.” That’s pretty much it. The Southern California band, which interviewed with Seattle Gay News in-person years ago at Key Arena, [December 16, 2011] rose to fame on the strength of two big hits, “Cough Syrup” and “My Body.”

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Don’t miss A Hand of Talons

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

A HAND OF TALONS PORK FILLED PRODUCTIONS THEATRE OFF JACKSON Through May 21 The third time’s more than the charm!

Ms. Maggie Lee has written three steampunk plays all set in the same “universe” and the third installment, A Hand of Talons, is now on stage at Theatre Off Jackson, produced by Pork Filled Productions.

Lee’s world includes magic and spicy Asian women who kick things and hit things and shoot things, if they need to. In this iteration, three scions of the Yao family are being threatened with expulsion from the larger Yao clan, and must put aside their differences to save their control of their portion of the world.

In the San Francisco-style port city of New Providence (well, it could be Seattle, too, but it feels more like San Fran to me), Wilhemina Yao (Stephanie Kim-Bryan) runs a popular saloon, and her brother Anders (Sean Schroeder) won’t share his shady doings with her, while they’re both a bit wary of older sister Delphine (Mariko Kita) who is the current Yarrick (leader) of their clan.

The story is not connected to the other two plays except very tangentially, so there is no fear of not knowing something to start with. There is mystery, plotting, heroics,

Delphine, as the Yarak, the leader (Mariko Kita), Wilhemina (Stephanie Kim-Bryan) and Anders (Sean Schroeder) – Photo by Roger Tang

misdirection, betrayal, loyalty and choosing family over personal desires. It’s a big canvas writ small within a nuclear family.

Amy Poisson directs, as she has for the other plays, and with committed cast including Ben Burris, Tim Gagne, Kenna Kettrick and Abhijeet Rane, she plays up the fun, but leaves plenty of room for more sober considerations. A favorite character,

this outing, is the practical, doubting, and fiercely loyal Bernie (Bernadette) Martillo, who helps run the bar. Jenn Ruzumna sticks the landing in her characterization.

Lee is clearly gaining mastery of her dialogue and characters and part of the real enjoyment of this outing is the full-blown character of Wilhemina. Kim-Bryan exercises lots of acting technique as she ranges

from giddy young woman, carefree and sexually casual, to discovering how her family protected her and what price they have paid. The transition for her eventual need to choose to take the reins of the family dynasty is credible and clearly earned.

The other characters are well-fleshed out, even if they are small roles. The rules of the world are firm, the reasons things happen make sense. Sometimes all of that is difficult to achieve, and the fact that Lee can do this allows the audience to relax in capable hands.

Tech support here is also grand. A gorgeous scene design by Brandon Estrella gives us a beautifully rendered Asian-style back-of-the-bar living area where all the action takes place. The steampunk need to wind up the electrical lights is nicely enhanced by Tess Malone. Costumes are a delight, with a small “shrug” above corseted sleekness (by Jocelyne Fowler). Sound is understated but crucial by Joseph Swartz.

This is a really fun evening and a strong contender for awards time. It represents the best of what small theater productions can achieve. Don’t miss it!

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Esprit 2016 (5/8-5/15). Port Angeles. One of the country’s leading Transgender conferences featuring a full program of classes & activities. www.espritconf.com TRANS/lations: 11th Seattle Transgender Film Festival (5/12-5/15). For showtimes & venues visit www. translationsfilmfwst.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org 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.

May 14 thru May 22 byterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. More info: crystalmeth.org.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. 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. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724.

PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org 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 - May 17

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) 9900007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. www. dharmabuddies.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 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 8th Annual “Same Love Same Rights” LGBT Wedding Expo. 12:30-3:30pm. Crowne Plaza Seattle Airport, 17338 International Blvd, Seatac. Dozens of LGBT-friendly exhibitors will participate, eager to help you & your fiance(e) plan the ceremony of your dreams.

FREE admission, but please RSVP at www.samelovesamerights.com Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/Weds/ Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Seattle Poly Potluck & Discussion Group. 5-8pm.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Center for Sex Positive Culture (Main Space), 602 15th Ave W. Meets 3rd Sunday each month. For people interested in polyamorous, open, and ethically nonmonogamous 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.

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.

The Roast of Lady Chablis. Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Benefits United Way of Genesee County to help Flint, MI residents. Tickets $20 general admission, $50 VIP. www. brownpapertickets.com/event/2541476 Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - May 16

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 Pres-

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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.

Amor Open Meditation. 5-6pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Tuesday.

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. 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.

Rain City Jacks. 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm; 4th Sunday each month at1pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sexpositive, non-profit and private. Membership required.

Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www.raincityjacks. org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035.

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

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. 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

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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 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. Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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

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WEDNESDAY - May 18

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, plus a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

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

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

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

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

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week. Check our website for this month’s book. http:// faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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.)

HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing.

Housing is a Human Right: Frontlines of the Housing Crisis. 7-9pm. Central Library, 1000 4th Ave. Individuals who have been affected by Seattle’s housing crisis will tell their stories. FREE. www.spl.org 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 Family Affair - Cabaret Served Up Family-Style. 7pm doors; 7:30pm show. Rendezvous/Jewel Box Theater, 2322 2nd Ave. Every 3rd Wednesday. Performers from all disciplines gather to share their stories and feelings about family. Tickets: $10 cash at the door. Must be 21 + over. www.therendezvous.rocks/ 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. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. A structured support dealing 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 - May 19

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 Thurs-

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GSBA Scholars Dinner. 5:30pm. Seattle Marriott Waterfront, 2100 Alaskan Way. Meet your scholars, hear their stories. GSBA is proud to award $375,000 to 48 remarkable LGBTQ & allied students. Join us for an inspirational evening as we honor & celebrate the 2016 scholars. thegsba.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. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org All-Star Women Jam. 7pm. Spinnaker Bay Brewing, 5718 Rainier Ave S (at S. Orcas St). Featuring All-Star women artists - 1st Friday feature; 3rd Friday jam. Great food trucks & great beer. spinnakerbaybrewing.com, bluestodo.com “The Enchanted Life & Temporary Death of Sadie December” (5/5-5/8 & 5/19-5/22). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A one-woman, multi-media play by Dorothy Frances Kent. Part autobiography, part magical realism, it chronicles Sadie’s spiritual childhood in the Pacific Northwest, the harsh realities of having to live as a boy & finally rediscovering herself thru art, community & the natural world. General admission $15, sponsor $20, students & seniors $15. gaycity.org/arts.

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.

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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

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

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

SATURDAY - May 21

day. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org 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 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 works to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. 684-4514.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org “The Enchanted Life & Temporary Death of Sadie December” (5/5-5/8 & 5/19-5/22). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A one-woman, multi-media play by Dorothy Frances Kent. Part autobiography, part magical realism, it chronicles Sadie’s spiritual childhood in the Pacific Northwest, the harsh realities of having to live as a boy & finally rediscovering herself thru art, community & the natural world. General admission $15, sponsor $20, students & seniors $15. gaycity.org/arts.

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. http://community.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue.

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(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Q-Squared Men’s Q-Nite. 6:30pm. Central Lutheran Church, 1710 11th Ave. Q-Squared Men is announcing a new program focus featuring local day trips with an emphasis on leadership development. Full details of the new program will be presented tonight. Light refreshments will be served. The mission of Q-Squared Men is to improve the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health of sexual minority men by building a stronger sense of community, increasing individual responsibility, and improving self-esteem. www.qsquared.org Diverse Harmony presents “Broadway Basics.” 7pm.

Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Diverse Harmony’s small ensemble Spectrum will perform songs from your favorite Broadway shows. Suggested donation $20. diverseharmony.org “The Enchanted Life & Temporary Death of Sadie December” (5/5-5/8 & 5/19-5/22). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A one-woman, multi-media play by Dorothy Frances Kent. Part autobiography, part magical realism, it chronicles Sadie’s spiritual childhood in the Pacific Northwest, the harsh realities of having to live as a boy & finally rediscovering herself thru art, community & the natural world. General admission $15, sponsor $20, students & seniors $15. gaycity.org/arts.

Market Street Singers “Sweet ’16” (5/21 & 5/22). Sat: 7:30pm; Sun: 3pm. Ballard First Lutheran Church, NW 65th & 20th Ave NW. A concert for Spring 2016 featuring Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” a medley from South Pacific, a tribute to Queen & In Those Fields. FREE; donations accepted. www.marketstreetsingers.org Medieval Women’s Choir presents “Visions in the Cloisters.” 8pm. Trinity Parish, 609 8th Ave. Featuring music exemplifying the ecstatic inner lives of medieval nuns. Tickets: $22 advance; $25 at the door; $15 students. www.medievalwomenschoir.org.

Contact us at info@bellevue-pflag.org or 425-483-6642.

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

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

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. www. gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo. com/groups/gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

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

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Amor Chorale Rehearsal. 8-9pm. Amor Spiritual Center, 2528 Beacon Ave, Suite B. Meets every Thursday.

Calling all sopranos, altos, tenors & basses. The Amor Spiritual Center currently has openings for singers in its Chorale group.

Debauchery. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Every 3rd Thursday. Queers stripping for Queers in a hot, anti-oppressive space, raising money for organizations that serve the Queer community. Tickets: $10 in advance; $15 at the door. www.lilydivine.com SUNDAY - May 22 Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. Meets 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support FRIDAY - May 20 for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 & commentary on each other’s work, information about 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A drop in publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org writers. For info & location, NSWG@sexpositive culture.

Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. A peer Tuesday, 7pm.) support group for adult children of any addiction. www. Rain City Jacks. 4th Sunday each month at 1pm; 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm. West Queen Anne/ sasgcc.org SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Meets every Friday. Ongoing request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sex12 step group for sex & love addicts. www.sasgcc.org positive, non-profit and private. Membership required.

Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www.raincityjacks.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035.

Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1pm. SASG, 115 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Subject: How can we grow as (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thurs- we age? Metro routes 8, 10, 12, 49 & 60. seattlepri-

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metimers.org Market Street Singers “Sweet ’16” (5/21 & 5/22). Sat: 7:30pm; Sun: 3pm. Ballard First Lutheran Church, NW 65th & 20th Ave NW. A concert for Spring 2016 featuring Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” a medley from South Pacific, a tribute to Queen & In Those Fields. FREE. www.marketstreetsingers.org “Out of Darkness, an Opera of Survival.” 4pm. Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & Union St. World premiere of an opera commissioned by Music of Remembrance. Based on the true stories of two Holocaust survivors haunted by the ghosts of their past. Tickets $30-$45. www.musicofremembrance.org “The Enchanted Life & Temporary Death of Sadie December” (5/5-5/8 & 5/19-5/22). 7pm. Gay City Calamus Auditorium, 517 E Pike St. A one-woman, multi-media play by Dorothy Frances Kent. Part autobiography, part magical realism, it chronicles Sadie’s spiritual childhood in the Pacific Northwest, the harsh realities of having to live as a boy & finally rediscovering herself thru art, community & the natural world. General admission $15, sponsor $20, students & seniors $15. gaycity.org/arts.

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COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians.net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, 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. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727,

www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflag seattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425-4836642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.pflag. org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

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

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

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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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

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

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@ hotmail.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association:

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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 TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.

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

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

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