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Seattle Gay News

Issue 39, Volume 45, September 29, 2017

Arts & Entertainment

Seattle Men’s Chorus & TWIST: Seattle Queer Seattle Women’s Chorus Film Festival launches launch 2017-2018 Season October 12

Spotlights Armistead Maupin on Opening Night

The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin – Photo by courtesy of Twist Film Fest

Paul Caldwell leaps into his second season as Artistic Director for Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC) and Seattle Women’s Chorus (SWC) with SWC’s highly anticipated 15th Anniversary, followed by a brassy sassy Holiday Concert, the arrival of Randy Rainbow at April’s massive joint SMC/ SWC concert and an homage to Britain’s “queens” in all their forms at Pride.

Additionally, the Choruses will engage other communities when they take their music on tour to OLYMPIA (March 2018) and three concerts in EASTERN WASHINGTON (July 2018). Paul describes the season as “an amazing journey of music and mission.”

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Three Dollar Bill Cinema has announced the five gala film events for the 22nd Annual TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival running October 12-22. This highly anticipated 11-day festival presents over sixty shorts showcase and feature length film programs at six locations around Seattle. Record attendance is expected and celebrity guests and directors will attend multiple events. For the first time ever, the opening night gala will be at KEXP’s new

Gathering Space (472 1st Ave N) near Seattle Center. The closing night gala is at Il Fornaio inside Pacific Place (600 Pine St) and themed receptions will follow each of the three centerpiece features.

Three Dollar Bill Cinema Executive Director Jason Plourde elaborates, “This year’s gala films include an in-depth look at one of the queer community’s most beloved writers and important activists, Armistead

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October openings are Pacific Northwest Ballet full of brand-new plays opens new season with George Balanchine’s “Jewels”

The cast of ACT Theatre's The Crucible – Photo by Dawn Schaefer

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer If you’ve been bemoaning the lack of brand-spanking-new plays to see, October is YOUR MONTH. We have world pre-

mieres in spades about all sorts of topics.

If that doesn’t float your boat, there are reinterpretations of classics, and more.

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PNB company dancers in "Emeralds" from Jewels, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo by Angela Sterling.

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Upcoming Events & Happenings First Friday Art Walk (Year Round) Bier on the Pier (Oct 6 & 7) Vintage Market (Oct 20 & 21) Artists’ Studio Tour (Oct 21 & 22) Brewgrass! (Nov 3 & 4)

Celebrating 43 Years!

Janet Jackson returns to impressive form with exciting Key Arena show

Janet Jackson – Photo courtesy of BMG

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer JANET JACKSON “STATE OF THE WORLD” TOUR KEY ARENA September 27 Honestly, I wasn’t sure when I’d see Janet Jackson again on stage. When she axed last year’s Seattle concert with unexpected plans to start a family, I assumed that was it. Done, finito, adios! I seriously thought she was going into retirement.

But what a difference a year makes, as the R&B-pop legend returned not only to the stage, but to fine form as well, at Key Arena this week, singing and dancing – and looking – like the twentysomething Janet Jackson we all fell in love with.

For the record, she didn’t perform any of her songs in their entirety. All of them were condensed into medleys, or were trimmed to about a half or third of their original length. It would have been nice to hear full versions of “What Have You Done for Me Lately?” “Control” and “Escapade,” but that’s not the way she rolls anymore; the bright side is that you get to listen to all of your favorite songs by her at some point in the show; the only noticeable omission on the set list this time around was “Black Cat.” The concert opened with Jackson appearing behind one of three tall, vertical curtains that doubled as LED screens.

Dressed from head to toe in black with auburn hair pulled into a long ponytail, she strolled the stage from side to side while holding a golden stick, singing the lyrics to “The Knowledge,” “State of the World” and “Burnitup!” Then things got nasty, literally, as the five-time Grammy winner got to work on a string of mega hits that featured “Nasty,” “Miss You Much,” “Alright” and “You Want This,” all the while displaying some tricky choreography alongside a ninemember dance squad.

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“Seattle!! Seattle!!” she shouted. “Are you ready to party?! I said, are you ready to party?!” The crowd, mostly represented by straight women and gay men of all ages, responded with loud cheers.

She got busy again, performing a trio of songs that put her on the music map, starting with “Control,” “What Have You Done for Me Lately?” and “The Pleasure Principle.” All of these tracks were released in the ’80s, during Jackson’s quick rise to superstardom.

Like Madonna, vocals have never been Jackson’s strong suit, but the effort has always been there. At Key Arena, at least from what I can tell, she sang everything live with a full band and backup singers, so there was no need to rely on pre-recorded vocals, with the exception of those by guest rappers, like Missy Elliott. Jackson glided beautifully on slower material, such as “Come Back to Me” and “Where Are You Now?” sitting or standing along the perimeter of the stage, sometimes addressing fans parked in the front rows on the main floor by pointing a finger at them, or blowing them a kiss, or simply telling them that she loved them, too.

Speaking of pointing fingers, she directed her index finger to the heavens when she sang “Together Again,” surely to brother Michael, who was both a mentor and collaborator in her career.

But what many of her Seattle followers came to hear on Wednesday night were the uptempo dance hits, and she didn’t disappoint there, performing snippets of “All Nite (Don’t Stop),” “When I Think of You” and “All for You,” to name a few, with colorful stage lighting and sharp choreography, certainly better than what we saw at McCaw Hall during her last Emerald City tour stop in 2011.

Jackson went through four or five costume changes at Key Arena, the first two being all-black ensembles and then switching to a pair of track pants, wraparound plaid shirt and oversized denim jacket,

before trading that in for another black outfit and closing out with a youthful, casual look that found her in light-washed jeans tucked into powder blue high-heeled boots with a tight ivory-colored turtleneck. With a figure of a college girl, it’s nearly impossible to believe this woman gave birth to her first child just months ago.

A highlight of the two-hour concert was Jackson’s rendition of “What About,” from her 1997 album The Velvet Rope, which featured herself and several dancers acting out scenes of domestic abuse through interpretive dance; it was bold and effective, really showcasing the song’s lyrics and theme. She paused and allowed tears to flow afterwards, as concert goers cheered thunderously; the sentiment appeared genuine, although I’m not sure if Jackson is doing this at every show on the current “State of the World” tour.

She wrapped up the main set with a pair of bangers, “If” and “Rhythm Nation.” The former was performed amidst a dramatic glow of blood red lighting, while the latter included an intense, impressive dance routine that mirrored the music video for the 1989 smash single.

Following a short break, Jackson returned to the stage for an encore featuring “Dammn Baby” and “I Get Lonely” that slowed the momentum down considerably.

In fact, if there’s anything to fault the music icon for, it’s that she didn’t end this show on a high note.

“Seattle, thank you for allowing us to perform in your city!” said a beaming Jackson glancing around a nearly-filled arena.

Wednesday’s concert was more of a remixed medleys tour by Janet Jackson, but a very good one at that. Unlike the McCaw Hall performance, which was uninspiring and phoned in, the Key Arena show was memorable and exciting with all the feels we’d expect from a Janet Jackson live experience. In two words, she’s back!

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SEATTLE WOMEN’S CHORUS 15TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON KICKOFF “Fired Up” Every social movement in modern history has been accompanied by music that rouses the masses, speaks truth to power, and cements public consciousness. SWC brings heart and soul to songs of protest and social justice. Traditional pieces by Pete Seeger complement contemporary music by singer, songwriter MILCK. The sounds of new works by Mari Esabel Valverde and Abbie Betinis will fill Saint Mark’s Cathedral as well as a new song by 13-year old You Tube sensation Isolde Fair.

Collectively the concert shines a spotlight on the music that has been inspired by such movements as anti-war, human rights, and the 2017 Women’s March. Through song, SWC reminds us all of Seattle’s crucial role as a harbinger of social activism.

SEATTLE: 10/13, 10/14, 10/20, 10/21 at 8:00pm; 10/21 at 2:00pm – Saint Mark’s Cathedral (1245 10th Ave E) SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS “A Sassy Brassy Holiday” The color and warmth of brass infuses beloved holiday carols, classic seasonal anthems, and a pinch of sass. Featuring a soaring gospel arrangement of “Joy to the World,” the cheeky and cheerful “A Super Gay Christmas,” plus a down and dirty Dixie styling of “Let It Snow.”

SEATTLE: 12/10 at 7:30pm; 12/17 at 8:00pm; 12/20, 12/21 at 7:30pm; 12/23 at 2:00pm & 8:00pm – Benaroya Hall (3rd Ave & Union/University Sts) | TACOMA: 12/9 at 3:00pm & 7:00pm – Broadway Cen-

ter for the Performing Arts – Rialto Theater (310 S 9th St, Tacoma) | EVERETT: 12/16 at 7:30pm – Historic Everett Theatre (2911 Colby Ave, Everett)

SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS & SEATTLE WOMEN’S CHORUS “Not In Our Town” With Special Guest Randy Rainbow!

Standing up and singing out! The combined forces of SWC and SMC’s voices share the stage for a special unity concert that confronts the rising tide of intolerance in our country. Featuring a tour de force musical theatre piece from the creators of Ragtime about the history of civil rights in America, “Not In Our Town” is filled with inspiring stories of equality as well as songs of celebration from Katy Perry, Melissa Etheridge and Whitney Houston.

SEATTLE: 4/7 at 8:00pm & 4/8 at 2:00pm – Marion Oliver McCaw Hall (321 Mercer St.) SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS “God Save The Queens” SMC ascends the throne to present 50 years of British rock and pop royalty, from The Beatles to Sting to Adele. This invasion is so lush and flashy that it edges on revolutionary!

SEATTLE: 6/22 & 6/23 at 8:00pm – Marion Oliver McCaw Hall (321 Mercer St.) TICKETS: Subscription Packages: $49-$226 Individual Tickets: $25-$85 Box Office: (206) 388-1400 Mon-Fri, 11am-6pm www.seattlechoruses.org About Randy Rainbow Randy Rainbow (yes, real name) is a comedian, actor, writer, host and Internet sensation best known for his viral com-

edy videos. His popular series of political spoofs and musical parodies have garnered international acclaim and hundreds of millions of views. Dan Savage called him “the best thing to come from the GOP race” and his musical tribute to the first presidential debate of 2016 (“BRAGGADOCIOUS!”) received 28 million views in its first two days. He was subsequently asked by the cast of TV’s “Will & Grace” to parodize a song which they performed during a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton. Randy has originated and starred in multiple hit web series for BroadwayWorld.com, written for comedian Kathy Griffin and hosted and performed in numerous theatrical events for the Broadway, cabaret and gay communities, as well as for the Tony Awards and some of New York City’s most popular night spots including 54 Below, Birdland Jazz Club and Therapy NYC. Rainbow can be seen starring opposite Margaret Cho in a new musical ad campaign for Orbitz.

He has also been seen on VH1 and Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live, and has been heard regularly as both a guest and co-host on Sirius XM Radio.

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

Paul composes and arranges music collaboratively with Sean Ivory. Their choral works have been telecast on PBS and A&E

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Pride and Prejudice, Seattle Repertory Theatre, 10/1-29 (opens 10/4) Playwright Kate Hamill adapts this classic love story with a decidedly progressive take on the trials and travails of Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy, and the delightful Bennet clan. But empire waists and lavish Regency-era attire still abound in this familiar yet surprisingly modern West Coast premiere adaptation. www.seattlerep.org Sycorax, Snowflake Avalanche, 10/614 (at 18th & Union) (world premiere) Demene E. Hall stars in this, Y York’s newest play, inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest. A profound meditation on persecution, vengeance and forgiveness.

Betrayed by a mother, a lover, her son’s lover, society, and the vicious lies that Prospero has foisted on the world, Sycorax makes an excellent case to the gods for revenge. https://18thandunion.org/tickets

Demene E. Hall as the title character in Sycorax – Photo by Tom Chargin

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Pixie and the Grocer, Thistle Theatre, 10/7-22 (various locations) A Pixie lives comfortably with a greedy Grocer and his wife. One day he observes a poor Poet give up food in exchange for a book of poetry. The incredulous Pixie peeks into the Poet’s room and sees the beauty and excitement of poetry dance before his eyes! Now he faces a dilemma... should he switch his services from the rich Grocer to the poor Poet and live a less comfortable life? Thistle Theatre specializes in tabletop Bunraku-style of puppetry, an ancient Japanese art form. Shadow puppets bring the poetry to life. www.thistletheatre.org

and performed at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and throughout Europe, Asia and Africa. Legendary guitarist Steve Vai recently collaborated with Caldwell and Ivory to create a choral-rock fusion song, “Book of the Seven Seals.” Paul made his Carnegie Hall conducting debut in 2014, leading concerts comprised entirely of music he composed. He has also been artistic director for the ¡Canta! Costa Rica festival in San José, Costa Rica. Paul served two terms on the board of directors of Chorus America. His efforts on behalf of the choral field were honored in 2008, when he received the Michael J. Korn Founders Award for Philanthropic Contribution to the Arts.

About Seattle Men’s Chorus/ Seattle Women’s Chorus The internationally renowned Seattle Men’s Chorus (founded 1979) and Seattle Women’s Chorus (founded 2002) comprise the largest community choral organization in North America. Both choruses stand out as the largest LGBTQ-identified men’s and women’s choruses in the world. Along with the small ensembles, Captain Smartypants and Sensible Shoes, the choruses comprise one of the Pacific Northwest’s largest, most vibrant and successful music organizations, performing in Seattle’s most prestigious venues for an annual audience of more than 30,000 patrons. Flying House Productions is the not-for-profit organization that governs and manages the Choruses. Collectively there are 650+ singing members along with staff, volunteers, and associate members who support both Choruses. They are a leading voice for the LGBTQ community and offer more than 30 outreach events and main stage concert performances annually.

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Beware the Terror of Gaylord Manor, ACT Theatre w/Ben de la Creme, 10/1229 Drag artist BenDeLaCreme is joined by an all-star cast of comedy, dance, cabaret and burlesque luminaries for a tale of Halloween horror sure to leave you howling! A pair of paranormal researchers and an unwitting ingenue find themselves in a mysterious house on Halloween night and are soon terrorized by vampire vixens, well-built werewolves, mischievous mummies and witches. You never know what’s going to burst out of the closet at Gaylord Manor. http://www.acttheatre.org/Tickets/ OnStage/BenDeLaCreme Happy, Happy, Happy, Macha Theatre Works, 10/13-28 (at Erickson Theatre) (world premiere) Lauren’s Grandmother is dead. The funeral has been scheduled for today, her son Caleb’s 19th birthday, and she has to finish his 10-layer gluten free cake. Her husband is no help; all he wants to do these days is jog…for hours. And her best friend seems distracted... What could she be hiding? It’s a day for everyone’s secrets to be revealed as the characters struggle with morality, mortality and the cost of their choices. https://www.machatheatreworks.com Ragtime, The 5th Avenue Theatre, 10/13-11/5 (in collaboration with Asolo Repertory Theatre) With a significantly local cast, sublime melodies and a deeply compelling story of love at its core, Ragtime will inspire and touch the soul. It’s the turn of the century; set in the volatile melting pot of New York City, three distinct American stories are woven together – a determined Jewish immigrant, a

Celebrating 43 Years!

Forward Flux presents two new one-act plays

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer LAS MARIPOSAS Y LOS MUERTOS (world premiere)

BY BENJAMIN BENNE FORWARD FLUX PRODUCTIONS (AT WEST OF LENIN) Through October 7 Two sisters and a best friend, frustrated with the music on the indie-rock scene, decide to form a band. In this one-act, playwright Benjamin Benne shoves a boatload of subject matter and some original rock songs

by Angie Citiali Vance into a short space.

First there is the rise and dysfunction of the trio, Elena (Sophie Franco), little sister Celestina (Jordi Montes), and Molly (Grace Carmack). They spar over what to name the band, deciding on Los Mariposas (The Butterflies) because butterflies live beautiful but short lives. They spar over whether to include Spanish in their lyrics. Elena writes most of their music until Celestina wants to write one song that suddenly becomes popular.

Elena, written as a whiny, bitchy, unselfaware ass, gets more and more bent out of shape about the one popular song, which uses Latinx iconography to ironic effect.

Then it becomes Molly’s problem. Molly, after all, wanted the name, and the Spanish lyrics, and helped write the popular song, and….. Molly is WHITE! It doesn’t help that Molly speaks better Spanish than

daring Harlem musician and an upper-class mother, united by their courage, compassion and belief in a better tomorrow. Ragtime was nominated for 13 Tony Awards® and was honored with awards for Best Book and Best Score. www.5thavenue.org The Crucible, ACT Theatre, 10/1311/12 (opens 10/19) Arthur Miller’s beloved and classic play about the Salem witch trials. John Proctor is desperate to right the wrongs he has done to his wife, but his former adulterous relationship with the young Abigail Williams makes that difficult now that Abigail has started to lead the young girls in their town to call out potential witches. Tensions mount as more and more people are accused, and the frenzied hunt continues to uncover more secrets. Religion, conspiracy, witchcraft, and lust fuel this passionate play about shame and morality. www.acttheatre.org The World of Extreme Happiness, Seattle Public Theater with SiS Productions, 10/13-11/5 When Sunny is born in rural China, her parents leave her in a slop bucket to die because she’s a girl. She survives, and at 14 leaves for the city, where she works a lowpaying factory job and attends self-help classes to improve her chances at securing a coveted office position. When Sunny’s attempts to pull herself out of poverty lead to dire consequences for a fellow worker, she is forced to question the system she’s spent her life trying to master – and stand up against the powers that be. www.seattlepublictheater.org Priscilla Queen of the Desert – The Musical, Bainbridge Performing Arts, 10/13-29 Based on the smash-hit movie, this is the heartwarming adventure of three friends – Tick, Bernadette, and Adam, a glamorous Sydney-based performing trio, who take their show to the middle of the Australian outback. They hop aboard a battered old bus (nicknamed Priscilla) searching for love and friendship and end up reaching their wildest dreams. Dance-floor favorites include “It’s Raining Men,” “I Will Survive,” “Hot Stuff,” “Finally,” “Boogie Wonderland,” “Go West,” “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” and “I Love The Nightlife.”

either sister and can communicate with their grandmother (Anabel Hovig) in her language.

The play does not seem to make Elena a joke, though. We’re supposed to take her seriously.

An area Benne does make a joke, to great effect, is how the band is evaluated by press, all of whom are random white men.

The songs seem inseparable from the play. They are a rock band, after all, so they should at least play and sing once, though it could be recorded, perhaps. But the songs take up a bit too much time given how much territory the play wants to cover.

The family drama is important and doesn’t get nearly enough time. There is a dead mother and tremendous angst about that that is not exploited. Also, Hovig speaks almost entirely in Spanish and it is not translated for the audience. It almost feels like a bulk of the theme of the play is said in Spanish. Those who spoke Spanish in the audience (I understand a tiny, tiny amount) laughed a lot and I was jealous.

Hovig makes a compelling grandmother stereotype with aspects of magical realism. Franco does a good job as lead singer, but can’t overcome the nastiness of her character. Carmack does a great job as a best friend and white apologist, in an unfortunate position. Montes is a good actor and played the drums well. But there is no way she’s a younger sister in this trio.

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https://www.bainbridgeperformingarts. org/products/priscilla-queen-of-the-desertthe-musical Corialanus: Fight Like a Bitch, Rebel Kat Productions, 10/17-11/18 (at 12th Avenue Arts) Starring powerhouses Nike Imoru as Coriolanus and Wendy Robie as Volumnia.

This rarely produced Shakespearean play about politics, power, and pride, is packed with daring physical combat and deliciously vicious language, and a top notch allfemale cast drives a contemporary adaptation of Shakespeare’s dramatic thriller. http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/3046110 American Buffalo, Seattle Immersive Theatre, 10/18-11/19 (at 5601 20th Ave NW) Join Don, Bobby, and Teach at Don’s 2nd Hand Shop as they orchestrate a robbery of a rare coin collection, including a potentially valuable Buffalo nickel. The heist begins to go awry when smooth-talking and experienced hustler Teach begins planting seeds of doubt in Don’s mind about his protégé, Bobby. Their bonds will be ruthlessly tested as the play explores the capitalistic American dream, the desperation of poverty, and white male fragility. http://www.seattleimmersivetheatre. org/ Last Stop on Lilac, Annex Theatre, 10/20-11/11 (world premiere) Kelleen Conway Blanchard debuts a new play. 1960s Hollywood is a technicolor land of fever dreams. Sweet-faced Bunny Le Blanc brought her bright lights to the big city and now she’s dead. She was last seen on luxurious Lilac Lane, home to glamorous stars and faded legends. Someone on this street murdered Bunny, but who? The sexy starlet? The swinging bachelors in the pink bungalow? Something deadly happened on Lilac Lane. Something secret, likely involving sacrifices, blood cults and the devil herself. http://www.annextheatre.org/ 63 Trillion, Sandbox Radio, 10/2011/19 (at West of Lenin) A small group of financial advisors desperately attempt to survive the worst financial crisis in history. Who will win? Who will lose? Who will do the right thing?

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Sophie Franco, Grace Carmack, Jordi Montes, Anabel V. Hovig (standing) in Las Mariposas y Los Muertos – Photo by Joe Moore

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/3081294 The Government Inspector, Seattle Shakespeare Company, 10/24-11/19 When small town officials mistake an inventive clerk for an undercover inspector sent to root out corruption, the whole village flies into a tailspin. A comic web of bribery, lies, and rampaging self-delusion entangles everyone in chaos. www.seattleshakespeare.org Deers, Annex Theatre, 10/24-11/8 (Tu/W) (world premiere) Antic animals drink away their troubles with friends and foes at a mountain tavern in the Cascades, where every bunny knows your name. Share a pint as these creatures encounter love, career woes, mortality, and their own primal natures. Beginning with the pilot and ending with a very special series finale, follow animals of all shapes and sizes over four episodes of this strange and unusual fake sitcom. http://www.annextheatre.org/ The Nance, ArtsWest, 10/26-11/19 Richard Gray and Jeff Steitzer star in this Douglas Carter Beane play set in world of 1930s burlesque. It was an American era when it was easy to play Gay and dangerous to be Gay. A “nance” was a character in popular comedy acts. While most “nance” actors are straight, Chauncey is not, and – at a time when Gay communities were subject to police raids and moral outrage – Chauncey is left with no choice but to hide his identity while he mocks it onstage. www.artswest.org Anne of Green Gables, SecondStory Repertory, 10/27-11/19 SSR is proud to present the musical adaptation of L.M. Montgomery’s timeless classic. The Cuthberts, expecting to adopt a boy, receive a wide-eyed, red-haired, girl named Anne. As she explores her new surroundings, the inquisitive Anne Shirley develops a penchant for finding trouble.

With her irrepressible spirit and imagination, she works her way into the hearts of her adoptive parents as well as the residents of Prince Edward Island. It’s a heartwarming story for the whole family. www.secondstoryrep.org

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Burn This, Theatre22, 10/27-11/18 (at 12th Avenue Arts) Written by Pulitzer Prize winner Lanford Wilson (Fifth of July), Burn This explores romance, artistic expression and familial turmoil through the lens of 1980s Manhattan. Anna, who’s still reeling from the loss of her beloved artistic partner and friend Robbie, struggles to regain equilibrium with her supportive roommate, Larry, and her doting boyfriend, Burton. But when Robbie’s grieving, dangerous brother arrives unexpectedly, he challenges everything Anna thinks she wants. www.theatre22.org The Bridges Of Madison County, Showtunes!, 10/29-11/5 (at ACT Theatre) This musical is based on Robert James Waller’s 1992 novel. Francesca Johnson, a beautiful Italian woman who married an American soldier to flee war-ravaged Italy, looks forward to a rare four days alone on her Iowa farm when her family heads to the 1965 State Fair. When ruggedly handsome, National Geographic photographer, Robert Kincaid, pulls into her driveway seeking directions, though, what happens in those four days may very well alter the course of Francesca’s life. http://showtunestheatre.org/ Sings The Hits, Theatre22, 10/31-11/13 (select Tu/W/Sats at 12th Avenue Arts) (world premiere) Scotto Moore wrote last year’s Can’t Talk Right Now and introduced us to the radio show Signal Loss, a love letter to the analog era. Now its host, Amanda Bixby, is back with a new episode that faces down multi-generational sexism in the music industry. While interviewing a hot young rock singer, Amanda learns that the singer’s hit new record includes a sample from a supposedly lost jazz recording from decades earlier. As Amanda struggles to help the rock singer escape her abusive manager, she must unravel the secret story of how the jazz recording was lost and what happened to the forgotten musicians who performed on it. www.theatre22.org

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by Sharon Cumberland SGN A&E Writer PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET JEWELS MARION OLIVER MCCAW HALL Through October 1 It’s very fitting that the Pacific Northwest Ballet should open its new season with a tribute to the 50th anniversary of George Balanchine’s iconic ballet, “Jewels.” Not only is Balanchine the towering figure of classical dance in America, but his hundreds of dances created for the New York City Ballet have enriched companies all over the world.

As Picasso is to painting and Einstein is to physics, so Balanchine is to the world of dance. Anniversaries like this one offer a wonderful opportunity to be thankful for the gifts of a great artist who advanced an entire genre with the first “storyless” or abstract ballet. In 1967 Balanchine demonstrated with this bold new work that dance doesn’t need to rely on story telling for its purpose or pleasures, but can be enjoyed for the fascination of dance alone – that choreography is, in itself, an art to be studied, savored, and enjoyed. According to the PNB program notes, the 50th anniversary of “Jewels” will be observed with productions by the New York City Ballet, The Paris Opera Ballet, and the Bolshoi Ballet, but none will be as beautiful, I’m willing to bet, as the production that had its opening night last Friday at McCaw Hall. New sets, new costumes, a great company of dancers, and a timeless dance – what could be better? Answer: Nothing. It was brilliant.

As part of PNB’s homage to a great ballet by a great choreographer, Director Peter Boal hired designer Jerome Kaplan to reimagine the famous Karinska costumes that are so closely associated with each “jewel” – emeralds, rubies, and diamonds. Balanchine himself said that the theme of jewels has no metaphorical or narrative meaning – as he reported to dance critic Nancy Ryan in 1977: “The ballet had nothing to do with jewels. The dancers are just dressed like jewels.” All the more reason, then, to make sure the splendor of the costumes matched the inventive delights of the dances themselves.

Since each jewel in the program is created with a different composer’s music, the costumes need to reflect the mood of each piece. Karinska’s costumes for “Emeralds” are fluffy and floating tea-length tulle to suite Faure’s dreamy music, so Kaplan needed to introduce new insights without losing that airy quality. He solved the problem not only by having thousands of crystals sewn into the costumes, but by layering the tulle with more subtle colors. Where Karinska overlaid her green tulle with

cream colors, Kaplan overlays his green with black tulle, making a three-dimensional effect that is both deep and unexpected, as if Faure’s dreams have slight edge to them. Kaplan found similar variations for “Rubies” and “Diamonds” – all with new tiaras worthy of Czarinas – that flash and sparkle as the dancers turn. The men are just as well off, with tightly-fitted tunics that match the lines of the women’s bustiers. Dancers always look like ideal human beings, but in Kaplan’s “Jewels” they look like ideal human beings in a spectacularly ideal world.

“Emeralds” Music: Gabriel Fauré from Pelléas at Mélisande and Shylock This lovely, floating dance was made even more charming for PNB regulars because of the return of principal dancer Lucien Postlewaite from Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo and to his former dance partner Noelini Pantastico – a delightful and welcome reunion. The central dancers are surrounded by a group of ten ballerinas who form a line that waves in, out, and around the principals like flowers on the surface of a spring-fed pond. As each movement flows sweetly into the next – now a trio, now a second couple, now a solo dancer waving her arms like a mermaid, now the whole group flowing in and out together – the audience is drawn into a tranquil world of pure beauty and peace.

“Rubies” Music: Igor Stravinsky, Capriccio After a brief pause, the audience is knocked out of its “Emeralds” reverie by the dramatic, cheerfully ironic and sexy “Rubies” with its bright-red costumes and angular choreography. The central couple, danced here by Rachel Foster and Benjamin Griffiths, engage in a playful flirtation to Stravinsky’s jazzy piano followed by a gang of boys whose cat-and-mouse moves with a single woman (the dramatic Lindsi Dec) always makes me think of a dominatrix with her troop of adoring slaves. Kaplan’s costumes for the men in this sequence are particularly successful, taking away Karinska’s poofy Renaissance sleeves and giving them military-style close-fitting jackets that enhance the ambiguity of their power and submissiveness. The black backdrop was equally effective in popping the dance forward and focusing the eye. There’s a reason why this section of the ballet is the most excerpted and performed all over the world – it’s a knockout!

“Diamonds” Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 3 in D major I confess that this section has always been my favorite. Tchaikovsky’s music is gorgeous, and the dance is a tribute to the most classical elements of Russian choreography at its most inventive. Balanchine shows us his greatest skill, which is the movement across the stage of any configu-

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NO MORE SAD THINGS (world premiere)

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No plays come to mind when thinking about Native Hawaiians. So, No More Sad Things by Hansol Jung is already unusual in featuring a young Hawaiian speaking in the patois of the islands. Lance Valdez does a great job of embodying Kahekili, the surfing, carefree young Hawaiian. He is not always easy to understand, but always engaging.

Kahekili meets a 32-year-old tourist American, Jessiee (Kiki Abba), after they both have dreams of import pointing toward each other. Jessiee has so much difficulty in her life that she decides she must escape the Midwest and goes to Maui. She’s determined to try to keep the Sad Things out of her head and ends up on a quiet beach

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PNB principal dancer Lindsi Dec (center) with company dancers in "Rubies" from Jewels, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo by Angela Sterling.

PNB corps de ballet dancers Amanda Morgan & Sarah Pasch with company dancers in "Diamonds" from Jewels, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

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ration of dance force – solo dancers, couples, trios, quartets, quintets, septets – all the way up to thirty-four dancers moving in and out and around each other in combinations as complex as a Rubik’s cube. The sheer pleasure of inventiveness is intensified by the dancers’ elegance as they move like a floating army into configurations that melt into one another at a slow enough pace that you can see and appreciate them before they re-form into another shape. This is the dance, in my opinion, that really sells the idea that choreography at its best never needs a story – it’s a story in itself, just like astronomy or botany is a story. At its best it is organic and ever-evolving – and Balanchine showed this quality to the world in “Diamonds”. The central couple, danced elegantly by Lesley Rausch and Karel Cruz, form the point around which the entire company moves, like a galaxy of stars around a double sun. I only wish Kaplan had not set this wonderful dance on a gray stage with a

huge, empty frame that dwarfs the dancers and pulls the eye away from the company and up into an empty picture. Why, I wonder, would anyone put diamonds into a gray box? Go into any jewelry store – diamonds are displayed on white with bright lights to make them sparkle. I was a little frustrated that the set was so distracting and diminishing. On the You Tube preview, the model was cream colored with a gold frame – I wish it had stayed that way. But hey – it’s a small thing compared to the greatness of the dance and its execution by a brilliant group of dancers. Nothing can diminish their precision and commitment to showing Seattle audiences the best that dance has to offer.

Bravi tutti – it was a great opening night!

with only Kahekili, the sand, and the surf, and things take their course.

Only after spending several days together does Jessiee finally asks how old Kahekili is. She’s shocked to find out he’s only 15.

So are we. Valdez doesn’t look anything like 15, of course, though 15 year olds do look more grown than we think, often.

The rest of the play deals with her dilemma in falling for an under-age boy, even as they talk of marriage and explore a real connection. As they interact, Jessiee reflects back to her boyfriend when she and he were both 15, and the unresolved nature of that relationship informs the current one.

But it’s awkward. Very awkward.

It’s hard to know if the playwright wants us to reflect on the age of consent. Is this a play about pedophilia? Most of us think of a pedophile as someone who is attracted to under-age-of-consent people and deliberately lures or exploits them. Jung’s postulation supposes an accidental interaction.

Jessiee is attracted to one particular person and only belatedly realizes an age issue.

If that is not particularly the aim of the piece, then making him 17, instead, might cure some of the creep factor. But a huge

portion of the play hinges on the relationship of the two past 15 year olds, helped out by Narrator/Ukelele Player/Hostess/15 Year Old Boyfriend From the Past Nabilah Ahmed who provides context for the unresolved and complicated love of the past.

Maybe Jung got stuck on the age echo and had to make that stick to write this piece.

This trio is lovely to watch and Wesley Fruge’s direction keeps the island-time rhythm front and center. The flavor is bittersweet and Abba uses her talent for humorous delivery and a face that expresses inexpressible longing to great effect.

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Crowd-pleasing Battle of the Sexes wins in straight sets

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer BATTLE OF THE SEXES Now playing It’s hard not to watch Battle of the Sexes and not view it through the dingy, muckcovered veil of current events. The story of a smart, successful and talented woman who battles against misogyny, sexism and current social mores in order to prove she has every right to expect and to warrant equal acclaim and payment as any man would demand, if any movie was made for the here and the now it is this one. But this isn’t the tale of a presidential election or the saga of a man using every dirty trick at his disposal, including stooping to race baiting and social intolerance, to belittle and divide an unthinking base of supporters to follow his every whim no matter how absurd or idiotic they might turn out to be. No, this is a dramatic reenactment of a male-female tennis match that captured the attention of the world back in 1973, sadly proving once again that the more things change the more age-old biases and the inability of those stuck in beliefs and ideas from another day frustratingly remain the same.

Working from a sensational, intimately layered script written by Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire, The Full Monty) and directed with dexterous skill by Little Miss Sunshine impresarios Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, this empowering, exuberantly enthusiastic motion picture creates such a palpable sense of joy in the viewer it gives one hope things really will turn out for the better sooner rather than later. The story of the iconic contest of determination

Emma Stone and Steve Carell in Battle of the Sexes – Photo courtesy of Fox Searchlight

and skill between tennis players Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs that culminated in a match watched by an estimated 90-million people, the beauty of the film is its aggressive, unforced simplicity. Dayton and Faris don’t pull their punches but at the same time still strike a cheery balance between ferocity and compassion, in the process crafting a gloriously unfinished symphony of melancholic euphoria I unquestionably adored.

Emma Stone is flawless as Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes Photo by Melinda Sue Gordon / Twentieth Century Fox

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The “Tennis Battle of the Sexes” was the tagline given to the tennis match between 29-year-old women’s superstar King (Emma Stone) and 55-year-old former men’s champion Riggs (Steve Carell), but their contest wasn’t actually the first of its kind. Even though she was his second choice, Riggs managed to convince Australian champion and new women’s number one Margaret Court (Jessica McNamee) to play him first. His thorough domination of her forced King to rethink her reticence to take part in an event she considered nothing more than an uncouth three-ring circus. The athletic star and growing feminist icon understood that, while for Riggs this was nothing more than a rowdy bit of performance art engineered to put him back in the public eye, for women and their fight for equality the event was a pivotal turning point that could prove disastrous if she were to be trounced in the same way Court was.

But Beaufoy’s clever script doesn’t paint such a black and white picture. Just as King was helping engineer a place for women in professional tennis outside of the maledominated edicts of the day, she was also coming to terms with her own sexuality, an unanticipated relationship with hairdresser Marilyn Barnett (Andrea Riseborough) happening at the very moment she knew she needed to be spending as much time as possible focusing on her game. As for Riggs, he was a man who longed to return to the spotlight, a one-time household name who now felt like a forgotten tennis footnote, who wanted to make a new mark before any realistic chance to do so was lost to him forever.

It is these differences, these competing agendas, that make up the crux of the story, not the climactic tennis match. Unsurprisingly, Beaufoy’s screenplay spends a bit more time on King and her relationship with Barnett than it does on analyzing all that was taking place in Riggs’s world. Still, it’s easy to get a feel for his insecurities, the shame he feels when he can’t live up to being the man his wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue) believes he could be, all of that filtered through a lens of a changing world rushing to pass men like him by whether they want it to or not. There are some beautiful, heartfelt moments that transpire during this portion of the story, the emotional components always working on multiple character-driven levels throughout the story.

Yet it is still Stone and her depiction of

King that is the film’s undeniably flawless element. As amazing as the actress was last in year in La La Land, winning a muchdeserved Academy Award for her efforts, she is even more incredible here, delivering what to my mind is, up to now, at least, the best performance of her career. The level of interior nuance, how she is able to convey so much just by the way she moves her body, trembles a lip or reaches longingly for a caress she’s terrified she’ll never be able to publicly experience, all of it is sensational. I was fascinated by Stone, her performance building in ways that are continually surprising, all of which helps make her resilience and fortitude during the climactic tennis match all the more emotionally affecting.

There’s a subplot involving Riggs’s eldest son Larry (Lewis Pullman) that never quite comes alive, while King’s relationship with her devoted husband Larry (Austin Stowell) is almost too tender and reserved to a fault. Neither of these subplots connected with me as much as I wanted them to, and even though both have a number of strong moments, overall each is depicted with such timid restraint I found it difficult to care about anything either man was currently going through. I also wasn’t entirely taken with composer Nicholas Britell’s (Moonlight) omnipresent score, the filmmakers utilizing it in a manner I sometimes felt was unnecessary, allowing music to intrude upon scenes where to my mind silence might have been best.

Still, Battle of the Sexes is extraordinary. Carell and especially Stone are marvelous, while Dayton and Faris’s direction is consistently stellar, reminding me why it is I adore Little Miss Sunshine as much as I do, while also wishing the pair would step behind the camera more often than once every five or six years. As for Beaufoy’s script, it is one of 2017’s best, his story achieving a vivacious immediacy that’s downright spectacular. Together, they’ve all journeyed back to 1973 to tell a story no one should forget about and, in light of recent events, sure as heck should take the time to learn something from. Ignorant bullies weaponizing sexism, homophobia and racism deserve to be silenced, and whether they’re on the tennis court, inside the corporate boardroom or even, heaven forbid, in the gosh darn White House, it’s about time we all follow Billie Jean King’s example and do whatever we can to shut them up, hopefully this time for good.

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5 Gala film events, 4 dozen features, 13 shorts, 11 days, 6 Seattle locations! cameos that include Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black) as an anchorwoman, Bette Midler as Billy’s inspirational mother and John McEnroe as a screaming coach (of course). When Billy decides to run for homecoming queen, despite hordes of conservative classmates at his high school devoted to football and Jesus, nothing will stop his wardrobe and sense of style from being utterly fabulous. Billy is no stranger to bullying, but just when he feels the most deserted, star football player Flip (Ian Nelson) befriends him in an effort to ease the harassment. A reluctant alliance with Blah Blah Blah (AnnaSophia Robb, “The Carrie Diaries”) further dispels his isolation. This story reminds us that community is to be cherished, and that each and every one of us has a significant role to play in its creation.

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OPENING NIGHT GALA The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin SIFF Cinema Uptown Thursday, 10/12 at 7:15pm Jennifer Kroot & Bill Weber; 2017; USA; 91 min.

Co-directors Jennifer Kroot and Bill Weber (previous collaborators on To Be Takei) open our festival with this delightful documentary about Armistead Maupin, one of the world’s most beloved storytellers and creator of Tales of the City. Both poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, this disarmingly frank look at Maupin’s life and work follows his evolution from a conservative son of the Old South into a gay rights pioneer whose novels have inspired millions to claim their own truth. Grant Nelleson’s funky and florid graphics punctuate the gorgeous archival footage and photographs. Endearing interviews with Armistead Maupin, Neil Gaiman, Laura Linney, Olympia Dukakis, Sir Ian McKellen, Amy Tan, and Margaret Cho add to the narrative.

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Maupin. And once we realized we could bookend the festival with Trudie Styler’s star-studded film Freak Show that addresses the contemporary issues facing today’s youth – we knew we had put together one of our biggest and best festivals ever.”

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CLOSING NIGHT GALA Freak Show AMC Pacific Place Sunday, 10/22 at 7:00pm Trudie Styler; 2017; USA; 91 min.

Legendary club kid James St. James’s young adult novel Freak Show was an ode to all things Gaga, Mercury, and Wilde.

First time director Trudie Styler gives life to this delightfully amusing coming-of-age feature. Her personal connections (Styler is married to Sting) undoubtedly played a role in securing Alex Lawther (The Imitation Game) as Billy Bloom, Abigail Breslin (Scream Queens) as Lynette and a list of

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CENTERPIECE FILMS Saturday Church SIFF Cinema Egyptian Sunday, 10/15 at 7:00pm Damon Cardasis; 2017; USA; 81 min.

In this Glee-ful coming-of-age musical, Ulysses (dynamic newcomer Luka Kain) struggles to come to terms with the reality of a dismal home life with his bigoted aunt Rose (Regina Taylor). The limits placed on him by a religious upbringing only serve to heighten the vibrant, joyful queerness of his internal world, glimpses of which slowly expand as Ulysses comes to know himself and reframe his relationship with his family. Ulysses finds refuge in Saturday Church, a weekly community space run by a street-smart volunteer (Kate Bornstein).

Newfound friends and queens of the New York City piers give Ulysses a platform and welcoming environment. Voguing competitions with gender-bending outfits, bursts of rose petals, and kaleidoscopic visuals show us that the heart of the performer is what makes a powerful performance.

Apricot Groves SIFF Cinema Egyptian Wednesday, 10/18 at 7:00pm Pouria Heidary Oureh; 2016; Armenia; 80 min.; in Armenian and English with English subtitles Queer cinema so infrequently originates in Middle Eastern countries, which makes this rare feature a fortunate blessing for audiences here in the United States. This intentional and beautifully crafted feature makes a triumphant return after screening at the 2017 Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival. Aram, an Iranian-Armenian transmasculine youth who immigrated to the United States in childhood, travels to Armenia for the first time to propose to a girlfriend Aram met and lived with in America. Aram encounters many cultural, religious, and national differences on the 24-hour trip, but even harder obstacles lie ahead: finding acceptance by getting the blessing and approval of those who must transcend their culture. This is a story of family, faith, brotherhood, and love. It’s a moving reflection on the themes of secrecy and identity, as well as an intricate example of the endurance and complications that permeate conservative religious expectations.

BPM AMC Pacific Place Friday, 10/20 at 6:45pm Robin Campillo; 2017; France; 140 min.; in French with English subtitles.

A blaring air horn signals an immediate sense of urgency at the start of writer-director Robin Campillo’s epic, heart-wrenching love story of courageous, resilient people who fought for our very existence. Based on his life as an ACT UP activist in the early ’90s, Campillo draws on his personal relationships and experiences fighting pharmaceutical companies for the release of new life-saving protease inhibitor drugs against the backdrop of fear and indifference from the general public and government. Its ex-

quisitely crafted finale left journalists in stunned silence at the Cannes Film Festival and was the winner of the Grand Prix, Queer Palm, and Film Critics’ Awards.

PANEL DISCUSSION SaturGay Morning Panel: Queers & Women in Comics SIFF Cinema Egyptian Saturday, 10/14 at 12:15pm – $5 Learn about trailblazers doing amazing work to shift the climate in the superhero and online comic universe, including our own local transgender webcomic personality Jesska Nightmare! Have your media literacy lenses packed and ready to investigate the intersectionality of comics and film, particularly considering recent exciting developments of the Wonder Woman phenomena. Panelists include: Tatiana Gill (Moderator and Seattle cartoonist), Roberta Gregory (LGBT comics creator since the mid ‘70s), Isabella Price (comics creator and filmmaker) and Jessica Nightmare (writer, illustrator, and cartoonist).

WORKSHOP How to be a Trans Ally Northwest Film Forum Thursday, 10/19 at 5pm FREE: Open to All Are you new to transgender concepts?

Join us for a screening of Genderize (Audience Award winner for Best Documentary Short, Translations 2017) in which three young siblings share their thoughts on gender. Four years later, they exhibit a more developed perspective, exploring privilege, sexism, puberty, and parenting. Following the screening, join an open discussion facilitated by Aidan Key, director of Gender Diversity and founder of the Gender Odyssey conference. Bring your questions to this educational evening: gain a working vocabulary, more understanding of gendernonconforming folks, and tools for allyship ... then make your way across the hall for TRANS SHORTS! About TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival has been held annually in October since 1996.

The festival has grown into the largest event of its kind in the Pacific Northwest, gaining industry and audience recognition for showcasing the latest and greatest in queer film, from major motion picture premieres to emerging talent. An important venue in the Seattle film scene – and the social event of the season – the festival provides unique opportunities for visiting and local filmmakers to engage and entertain over 10,000 attendees.

About Three Dollar Bill Cinema Three Dollar Bill Cinema provides access to films by, for, and about lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people and their families, and a forum for LGBTQ+ filmmakers to share and discuss their work with audiences. We curate themed screenings throughout the year and produce programs in partnership with other arts, cultural, and service delivery organizations. Our biggest programs are TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival; Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival; Reel Queer Youth; and the free Three Dollar Bill Outdoor Cinema in Cal Anderson Park. For more details, visit www. threedollarbillcinema.org.

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Overeager Friend Request needs to be deleted

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

Liesl Ahlers and Alycia Debnam in Friend Request Photo by Casey Crafford / Entertainment S

FRIEND REQUEST Now playing College psychology major Laura (Alycia Debnam-Carey) is a smart, beautiful young woman whose welcoming personality draws people to her everywhere she goes. One of those is outcast Marina (Liesl Ahlers), a random fellow student who tends to spook the majority of those she comes into contact with. But not Laura, and wanting to make herself a good example to best friends and roommates Olivia (Brit Morgan) and Isabel (Brooke Markham), she accepts Marina’s Facebook friend request while also doing what she can to make nice with the strange girl.

But things get weird fast. It’s almost as if Marina is stalking her, trying to insert herself into every facet of Laura’s life even though they’ve just started getting to know one another. In a fit of fear, frustration and anger, Laura unfriends her new Facebook BFF, and in doing so sparks a supernatural

maelstrom that will rip her life to shreds.

Marina doesn’t take kindly to rejection, and even after filming herself committing suicide and posting the video online, she’s still going to make certain all of Laura’s friends and loved ones, including both her current boyfriend Tyler (William Moseley) as well as her ex, computer whiz Kobe (Connor Paolo), face her wrath.

The 2016 German-produced horror yarn Friend Request plays like an uneasy combination of Gore Verbinski’s 2002 remake of The Ring, the underwhelming 2014 modest cybernetic hit Unfriended and a more supernaturally inclined variation on Barbet Schroeder’s 1992 favorite Single White Female. Director and co-writer Simon Verhoeven’s (Men in the City) confection is a pretty standard genre yarn, one filled with many of the requisite shrieks and shocks one comes to expect from these sorts of efforts. It almost works, many elements of this little thriller far more effectively unsettling than they have any right to be, and if not for some serious instances of unparalleled stupidity there might have been something creepily fun here to talk about.

Let’s start with what’s exciting about the movie. First of all, Debnam-Carey, a relative newcomer likely best known for 2014’s Into the Storm and a featured role on AMC’s “Fear the Walking Dead,” is quite good as Laura. She grounds the story with an intense, emotionally complex performance that’s far more interesting than I felt the film itself deserved. Additionally, Verhoeven knows how to maximize the creep factor, a sense of omnipresent dread permeating things all the way through no matter how ludicrous events eventually become.

He also paces things nicely, and for the most part I can’t say I was ever squirming in my seat in boredom wishing the film would end.

But the script, as timely as it is trying desperately to be, talking about the Internet, cyberculture and how the youth and young adults of today are slowly losing their identities to an online realm where individuality, anonymity and privacy are a thing of the past, does not work very well.

These ideas are presented heavy-handedly to the point of being didactic, extended bits where Laura is coming to grips with the reality that she didn’t exactly make the best choices in regards to sharing so much of her life online tiresomely obvious.

Still, that’s not the biggest problem. The unforgivable element is just how beyond stupid every single person in authority, whether they be a college administrator, a police detective, a parent, a Facebook help desk clerk or even a run-of-the-mill taxi driver, all prove to be. Look, people doing dumb things in a horror movie is par for the course. Heck, it’s even part of the fun. But there becomes a point where things can get taken a step too far. As far as Verhoeven’s movie is concerned, that step comes almost immediately after Marina kills herself and the video she made ends up on Laura’s Facebook wall. From that point forward all the peripheral adults couldn’t act more unrealistically or unprofessionally if they actively tried. It’s unintentionally hilarious, and by the time we get to an extended bit in a hospital with one of Laura’s friend’s in a coma and the cop watching her acts like a total nincompoop my eyes had rolled so far back into my head it’s amazing they didn’t

get stuck there.

Don’t get me wrong. As promising a filmmaker as Verhoeven might be (he’s been nominated for a number of German awards, including winning Best Director from the Munich Film Festival in 2016 for his refugee comedy/drama Welcome to Germany) that doesn’t mean he’s firing on all creative cylinders for all of this film’s 92 minutes. The jump scares, while initially effective, grow tiresome, especially when they are no longer organic to the story and are presented just to generate a random shriek out of the audience. The final showdown between Laura and her ghoulish witch of an adversary, Marina, is also a major letdown, their face-off leading to a denouement that’s as shocking as an episode of “The Lawrence Welk Show” and as terrifying as a kitten pawing at a ball of string.

Look, Friend Request actually does have a lot going for it. One death near the end is something of a disquieting surprise, and there’s a terrific nightmare sequence where Laura stares into a gothic black mirror and sees horrific images of violence and insanity that sent an authentic shiver right down the center of my spine. But for a real world supernatural horror tale involving cybernetic addiction, there’s just too much about this film that’s frankly stupid and silly for any of the more insidious scares to be effective. For all its potential, Friend Request deserves to be ignored, swiping left and forgetting about this film entirely the only course of action I can in good conscience recommend.

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by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer FASHION WEEK AT THE BELLEVUE COLLECTION September 20-24 The 12th annual Bellevue Fashion Week was held this past weekend with three nights of runway shows and parties at the Hyatt Regency in Bellevue. This year, they raised over $93,000 for Special Olympics Washington and Bellevue Lifespring.

On Saturday (9/23) the big event was The Bellevue Collective runway show featuring fashions from Nordstrom, Kate Spade, Eileen Fisher, Michael Kors and more.

Representing Special Olympics Washington was Kirby Winfield, incoming board chairman. He took the stage with his daughter, Kate, who has Downs Syndrome and Autism, to share her story and to thank the audience for purchasing tickets to the event. He then announced that the money raised will go to help 200 athletes compete in the 2018 Special Olympics USA Games, which will be held in Seattle next July – https://www.specialolympicsusagames.org.

Introducing the show was Season 4 winner of “Project Runway,” Christian Siriano, who has designed iconic red carpet looks for the likes of J-Lo, Rhianna, Leslie Jones and more.

Some of the best in eye-candy wore inspired fashions mostly from Ted Baker London, Tommy Bahama and the Armani Exchange.

For more information and post-event news, visit http://fashionweekbellevue. com/ Photos by Brian Matt

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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community calendar

Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122.

SGN phone: (206) 324-4297. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org.

INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

NOTE: 10-digit dialing has come to the Seattle area.

The (206) area code must now be used to dial local calls. Location of meetings/events is in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - September 30

GeekGirlCon 2017 (9/30 & 10/1). The celebration of the female geek. The Conference Center at the Washington State Convention Center, 8th Ave & Pike St. Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. (206) 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Seattle Gem & Mineral Show. 10am-6pm. Lake City Community Center, 12531 28th Ave NE. SGMS hosts 30+ vendors from all over the world. We focus on diversity and quality, showcasing one-of-a-kind treasures.

FREE entry. No cover. www.GemShowSeattle.com Crystal Meth Anonymous. 10:30am. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sun @ 6:30pm.

Public All Gender Swim. 3-5pm (in the water time).

Medger Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave. Cost: $2 promotional rate.

Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140. Monthly potluck meets last Saturday most months, but in September it’s the 5th Saturday. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouthcenter.org.

SUNDAY - October 1

GeekGirlCon 2017 (9/30 & 10/1). The celebration of the female geek. The Conference Center at the Washington State Convention Center, 8th Ave & Pike St. Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

Contact Border Riders for details and rendezvous point.

Meets 1st Sunday most months. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Center for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. 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 University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org.

Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Workship. 1217 6th Ave. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship. 500 Broadway E. Come as you are. All are welcome. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org 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.

Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

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

Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. 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.

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 (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org SLAA New Beginnings. 12 noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily (except Saturday). SLAA is a 12 Step/12 Tradition-oriented Fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. www.sasgcc.org Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/ Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes

& organizations. (206) 329-0886.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Preregistration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org Rain City Soccer Club - Kickabout. Sunday afternoon usually at 3pm. Location varies. www.raincitysoccer.org PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets 1st Sunday each month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info (206) 325-6051, www. seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Washington Entertainer of the Year. 6-9pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Washington Entertainer of the Year is for everyone and anyone who is interested. Singers, Dancers, Comedians, Drag, etc.

Please come out and join us for a night of fun and competition. Grand Prize $300 and featured performer at Seattle Coronation 2018; $200 second prize; $100 third prize. Hosted by Gaysha Starr and Sienna Blaze (BC). $10 suggested donation benefitting YouthCare.

Presented by the Imperial Court of Seattle and producers Emperor 42 Mark Surreal and Miss Gay Seattle 53 Londyn Bradshaw.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also meets Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am.

LGBTQ Allyship’s 5th Annual Just Desserts Fall Fundraiser. 6:30-8:30pm. New Holly Gathering Hall, 7054 32nd Ave S. Tickets: $60. http://allyship.org/event/ just-desserts-2017/ Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

[EXCEPT no bowling June, July & August.]

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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

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

MONDAY - October 2

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. 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.

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

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

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

(206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

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

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

September 30 thru October 8 LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

(206) 622-5555. defeatHIV Community Advisory Board (CAB). 5:307:30pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway @ E Jefferson St. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. CAB builds community involvement in order to advance defeatHIV’s clinical research into a potential gene therapy cure for HIV infection. If you want to learn more about our efforts to ensure that all of Seattle’s communities that are affected by HIV have a strong voice in the cure research of defeatHIV, please come to one of our community dinner meetings. More info, contact Michael Louella, (206) 667-5810; mlouella@fredhutch.org Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett. 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County.

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

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

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. (206) 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org 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. (206) 545-3521.

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 (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. For info & location call Dennis at (206) 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.

Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 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. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) 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

WEDNESDAY - October 4

Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every Wednesday. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org Aging with Pride - Activities for LGBTQ Adults 50+.

1-2:30pm. Cal Anderson Shelter House, 1635 11th Ave. Join in the “Hot Topics” series to learn about the new Veterans Administration efforts to welcome LGBTQ veterans! The VA LGBTQ Liaison will answer questions about benefits, discharge upgrades, health care, social groups for LGBTQ veterans and more! More info, call Cheryl Brown at (206) 615-0619 or visit www.seattle. gov/parks/LGBTQ. TUESDAY - October 3 True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) Sunday afternoon listing.)

362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org

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GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. 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 Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Meets every Wednesday. This month’s title is __________. www.sasgcc.org Southeast Seattle Lesbian Evening Group. 6pm.

Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Meets the 1st Wednesday of every month. RSVP to Kate Hawkins (206) 722-0317. www.sessc.org. FREE. Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www.LotusSisters.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Gay Men of Wisdom’s Living Out Your Gifts. 6:308:30pm. Companis, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. $15 suggested donation or whatever you would like to offer; no one turned away for lack of funds. www.gaymenofwisdom.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

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

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersollcenter.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Renton: 425-235-4139. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org.

HIV/AIDS Newly Diagnosed or Newly Dealing. 7:309pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave, Suite 200. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. Ongoing support group for anyone who is HIV+. www.sasgcc.org Mature Friends Pinochle Group. 7:30pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

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

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

THURSDAY - October 5

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

ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Lunch Gathering. 11:30am-2:30pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Arts & Crafts Room. Meets 1st Thursday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: Free for gathering; $5 suggested donation for lunch. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of AA. 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. (206) 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

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

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

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“Femmes of Vulgarity” - A Multimedia Arts Showcase

by Kara Phoebe (10/5-10/8). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Come be immersed in the celebration of and exploration of black and brown trans/ queer artists as we embrace all the facets of sexuality, sensuality, and erotica that our souls and art have to offer. Come uplift space for your local femme magicians!

Tickets: $15 General Admission, $12 Students, Seniors, Folks with Disabilities, $20 sponsor ticket, FREE Radical Hospitality ticket. www.gaycity.org/arts/ Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

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. (206) 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.

Seattle Leather Daddy and Daddy’s Boy Contest Meet & Greet. 7-10pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Sponsored by Seattle Men in Leather.

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

(253) 474-8897.

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

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

Every Friday. (For details see related event Sunday at noon.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 6250000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

SATURDAY - October 7

QLaw Fall Mixer. 5-7pm. Still Liquor, 1524 Minor Ave. Reconnect with friends and associates and enjoy free appetizers. The first ten registrants to arrive receive a free drink. Hosted by QLaw and the LGBT Law Section of the WSBA. www.q-law.org.

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

Live Parisian music during First Thursday Art Walk.

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

Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4540.

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

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation Contemplative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. lamberthouse.org “Femmes of Vulgarity” - A Multimedia Arts Showcase

by Kara Phoebe (10/5-10/8). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.) www.gaycity.org/arts/ Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 517 E Pike St. Meets 1st Thursday each month. Monthly social meet & greet. Bus routes 2, 9, 10, 11, 43, 47, 49 & 60 and the new Capitol Hill/First Hill streetcar go within 3-4 blocks of Kaladi Bros. www. seattleprimetimers.org 21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling.

Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July, August.]

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. www.sasgcc.org

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Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month. ECSC is a confidential crossdressing social & support organization for Transvestite & Transsexual individuals, primarily MTF, which offers confidential membership, private monthly meetings, frequent events on the town, & help in coming out. (425) 827-9494.

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

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

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 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. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

FRIDAY - October 6

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

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

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth.

Cascades Rainbow Community Center - in Mount Vernon. 6:30-10:30pm. 1508 N 18th St, Mount Vernon.

Every Friday. www.cascaderainbow.org and on Facebook for complete details. (360) 840-8499.

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Emerald City Softball Association Field Day. 2-4pm.

North SeaTac Playfields. S 128th St & 20th Ave S, SeaTac. New player clinic and skills assessment. Players of all skill levels welcome. For more info email membership@emeraldcitysoftball.org. Rainout and league information at emeraldcitysoftball.org.

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

“Femmes of Vulgarity” - A Multimedia Arts Showcase

by Kara Phoebe (10/5-10/8). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.) www.gaycity.org/arts/ Seattle Leather Daddy and Daddy’s Boy Contest.

6pm Doors; 7pm Contest. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Sponsored by Seattle Men in Leather. www. seattlemeninleather.org “Divas Live” - Miss U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle 2017-2018 Pageant. 6pm doors; 8pm pageant. Highline Performing Arts Center, 401 S 152nd St, Burien. The Miss U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle Pageant is the annual fundraiser for local non-profit U.T.O.P.I.A. (United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance) Seattle which provides sacred spaces to strengthen the minds and bodies of QTPIs (Queer and Trans Pacific Islanders) through community organizing, political engagement, and other stewardship. Our mission is integrated into the pageantry system. Contestants identify culturally as Asian, Native Hawaiian, and/or Pacific Islander. We are in search of an ambassador who is able to represent the diverse cultural communities of the Pacific. Join us in celebrating the art of drag through an API cultural lens. Tickets: $20 advance; $25 at the door. Advance tickets at brownpapertickets.org.

SUNDAY - October 8

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Leather Daddy and Daddy’s Boy Contest Victory Brunch. 2-5pm. Diesel, 1413 14th Ave. Sponsored

by Seattle Men in Leather. www.seattlemeninleather.org Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-8:30pm. Check website for details and location. Meets 1st or 2nd Sunday each month (Oct-Feb). Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. www.skibuddies.org “Femmes of Vulgarity” - A Multimedia Arts Showcase

by Kara Phoebe (10/5-10/8). 7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. (See Friday listing at 7pm for details.) www.gaycity.org/arts/

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 279-8169.

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

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

DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest. org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, (206) 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, (206) 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253)

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798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, (206) 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 - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.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, (206) 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 - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org Michael C. Weidermann LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www.tacomaolderlgbt.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.org.

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County - www.RainbowCenterOly.org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: (206) 325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: (425) 483-6642, 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), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing,

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M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; 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, www.utopiaseattlewa.org Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 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. (206) 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 - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235.

Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; (206) 451-SAFE; (206) 451-7233.

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. (206) 323-1768.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503.

Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 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.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance. org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@ gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefrontrunners.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, (206) 367-4064, www.

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teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Diversity: www.genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc. org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: (206) 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 Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle. wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www. sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www. tacomaolderlgbt.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, (206) 461-4493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. (206) 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, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www.llaa.org/HEYO; www.

MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 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: (206) 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 726-8500; 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; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 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): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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