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Issue 3, Volume 42, January 17, 2014

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

Jeff Carpenter

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

Satan (Sean Nelson) and Jesus (Kevin Douglass) are Jerry's guests in Jerry Springer: The Opera

JERRY SPRINGER THE OPERA Balagan Theatre The Moore Theatre Through January 26 There is soaring singing from glorious voices! However, Jerry Springer the Opera is the most profane operatic production you could EVER conceive of. A friend claimed her head had been broken

upon experiencing this unique mashup of high art and lowest human behaviors.

Balagan Theatre is pushing against the edge of propriety here, and some will undoubtedly think they’ve gone over the edge into depravity. However, if you can hang in, you’re likely going to find yourself laughing, even a lot, at some of the dregs of society – the kind of people you find every day on see springer page 7

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American Hustle (l) and 12 Years a Slave received the most nominations

Scoring the bulk of the nominations, the pre-Civil War drama 12 Years a Slave and the ‘70sset ABSCAM-inspired satirical black comedy American Hustle were the two big winners when the 86th annual Academy Award nominees were announced Thursday morning. The two films shared nods for Best Picture, Director (Steve McQueen, David O. Russell), Actor (Chiwetel Ejiofor, Christian Bale), Supporting Actor (Michael Fassbender, Bradley Cooper), Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o, Jennifer Lawrence), Screenplay (Slave for Adapted, Hustle for Original), Editing, Costume Design and Production Design, while Amy Adams was something of a surprise Best Actress nominee giving American Hustle ten nominations to nine for 12 Years a Slave.

Other big winners included Dallas Buyers Club (Picture, Actor Matthew McConaughey, Supporting Actor Jared Leto, see oscars page 5

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer When a yellow feathery Manila Luzon bested Delta Work in a televised lip-sync battle to Donna Summer’s “MacArthur Park,” it created a timeless moment that female impersonator aficionados still revisit for sheer delight.

The Minnesota-born entertainer went on to place second in RuPaul’s Drag Race – Season Three, then reappeared on the Logo TV network’s All-Star competition, where she was knocked out in the third round. But the exposure undoubtedly made her a star on the national drag circuit, booked routinely for Pride festivities and themed cruise ship adventures across the country, and even in Canada.

Luzon is headed to Seattle, along with an ensemble of former contestants, when RuPaul’s Drag see luzon page 9

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film and Television Lone Survivor a powerful story of sacrifice, brotherhood universal pictures

(l-r) Taylor Kitsch, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, and Emile Hirsch in Lone Survivor

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer LONE SURVIVOR Now Playing

Afghanistan. 2005. A four-man Navy SEAL unit led by Lieutenant Michael Patrick “Murph” Murphy (Taylor Kitsch) is dropped into the mountains for a routine reconnaissance mission. Code named “Op-

eration Red Wings,” they are tasked with discovering the whereabouts of high level Taliban commander Ahmad Shah (Yousuf Azami), last reports placing him and a small contingent of men in a remote village far removed from prying eyes.

The team finds him, but he is not supported by a handful of soldiers, instead it’s

from the moment the bullets start to fly, my gut was in my throat and there was never a doubt it was going to stay there until the bitter, tragically complex end. Berg refuses to let the audience off the hook, doesn’t let us shy away from the violence or sacrifices being showcased, and much like Ridley Scott did with Black Hawk Down and Kathryn Bigelow managed with so many aspects of Zero Dark Thirty, he gives the audience a bird’s eye look into military darkness and despair rarely glimpsed by civilian eyes.

The core ensemble is terrific, Wahlberg, Kitsch and Hirsch digging inside their real life personas full-bore, freeing themselves from artifice in the process. There is no movie star glamour in what they are doing, no attempt to sensationalize aspects of their personas. Best of all, they refrain from making any of their characters saints devoid of flaws or frailty, instead showcasing them as they were intent on, laying it all on the line for the man next to them, giving everything for a cause greater than themselves in the hope that, if they don’t survive, the brother fighting alongside them hopefully will.

Then, there is Foster. This is the actor’s second superlative performance of 2013 (the first coming in the Midwestern crime-noir Ain’t Them Bodies Saints), and it’s either deeply disappointing or a testament to the strength of the year’s acting triumphs that his name hasn’t been bandied about in the Best Supporting Actor conversation. There is a ferocious complexity to Axelson that comes as something of a surprise, Foster deftly exploring all of the man’s idiosyncrasies in the briefest of brushstrokes. His disagreements in regards to what the unit should do with the farmers does not stop him from having acrimony towards what ultimately transpires, the actor embodying it all with stunning ease in ways that feel in-

Peter Berg refuses to let the audience off the hook, doesn’t let us shy away from the violence or sacrifices being showcased. He gives the audience a bird’s eye look into military darkness and despair rarely glimpsed by civilian eyes. a whole legion of them. Worse, Murph and his unit, Leading Petty Officer Marcus Luttrell (Mark Wahlberg), Sonar Technician Second Class Petty Officer Matthew Gene “Axe” Axelson (Ben Foster) and Gunner’s Mate Second Class Danny P. Dietz, Jr. (Emile Hirsch), have stumbled onto a trio of goat herders and are suddenly faced with a crippling moral dilemma. Kill them, even though they’re innocent, and the unit’s hiding place, as well as the mission, goes forward. Let them go, do the morally correct thing, and not only is the unit’s immediate safety jeopardized, but the task itself becomes impossible – and a known terrorist will be allowed to go free thanks to the unexpected arrival of a trio of farmers.

It’s no secret what happens next, the title of the film gives that away.

Based on Luttrell’s best-selling memoir, co-written with Patrick Robinson, Peter Berg’s Lone Survivor is easily the actorturned-director’s best effort yet. The Friday Night Lights and The Kingdom filmmaker takes things to a new level with this thoughtprovoking, emotionally complex saga of sacrifice, brotherhood and heroism. While the tragic aspects are never in doubt, while many of the central dynamics are hardly heartwarming, the movie nonetheless remains an inspiring marvel of courage and humanism speaking to the very best of who we all wish we could be.

Not that this makes any of what transpires easier to watch. Once the SEAL unit makes the decision to release their captives and

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timately vigorous.

For those unfamiliar with the mission and what happened, I’m not going to go into great detail as to how Luttrell survived to recount his and his SEAL team’s actions.

Just know that this isn’t just their heroic story, but also one that celebrates the Afghani people and culture. What could have been nothing more than a jingoistic parable of U.S. moral superiority, even in the face of unforeseen, maybe unavoidable, tragedy, becomes something far more satisfying.

Berg, while not shying away from the rahrah nature inherent to many of the film’s more basic elements, doesn’t revel in them, either. He instead looks at things with an objective lens, allowing the most important themes to come to the forefront with clarity, the bigger picture always in focus even when the cluttered, frenzied atmosphere of chaos and bloodshed threatens to overwhelm everything else.

I can’t say Berg avoids all his action filmmaker trademarks. A pair of mountainside dives are too reminiscent of The Rundown for my taste, while a couple of slo-mo shots feel like he’s still on the deck of the ill-conceived Battleship. But overall, this is a giant leap into the first tier for the director, make no mistake about that. Lone Survivor is not just a touching testament to the soldiers who fight and die for the country that they love, but also a rousing aria speaking to the better angels the world over, hoping to make it a better place to live for each and every one of us.

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a man of action and impulse second, thrust into chaos and violence reluctantly wanting to use brain before brawn whenever possible. They also keep his backstory, and while the circumstances revolving around a pivotal helicopter crash have understandably changed, how they lead him to both the C.I.A. and into the arms of future beloved pediatric eye surgeon, Cathy Muller, is more or less the same.

Chris Pine leaves the Enterprise’s command deck to tackle the role of Ryan, while former Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley picks up a paycheck between prestigious pictures to inhabit the visage of his beloved Cathy. They two have great chemistry, investing themselves with enthusiasm and relish inside their respective characters. All the same, neither is going to make one forget about Baldwin, Ford

complete with a real “ticking clock” counting down to a catastrophic kaboom. It’s standard, not particularly interesting, stuff, Ryan running through the streets of New York doing his best John McClane impersonation while he hops a motorcycle and beats down trained terrorists with relative ease. It’s pretty silly, bordering on nonsense, and, if not for the strength of Branagh’s dynamic staging and the energy propelling Pine’s performance, it’s doubtful my feelings for the movie itself would be near as positive.

It helps considerably that two central set pieces are superb – one an early confrontation between Ryan and an unforeseen attacker in his hotel room, the other a signature piece of human-meets-technological subterfuge reminding one of similar sequences in Patriot Games and Clear and

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit does a nice job of making Clancy’s hero relevant again. It brings him into the post-9/11 world with invigorating and suspenseful aplomb.

Chris Pine in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Now Playing It should be noted upfront that Paramount’s Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, a modern day reboot of the iconic Tom Clancy hero made famous by Alec Baldwin in The Hunt for Red October and Harrison Ford in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger, isn’t your typical January release. The film was originally scheduled to check into theatres on Christmas Day. But when Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street was delayed for a month to also open on that day, the studio found themselves in something of a quandary. Two big budget entertainments scheduled to open on the same day was too much for the Hollywood heavyweight, meaning something had to

continued from cover Original Screenplay, Editing, and Makeup & Hairstyling), Gravity (Best Picture, Director Alfonso Cuarón, Actress Sandra Bullock, Cinematography, Editing, Original Score, Production Design, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing and Visual Effects), The Wolf of Wall Street (Picture, Director Martin Scorsese, Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Supporting Actor Jonah Hill and Adapted Screenplay), Nebraska (Picture, Director Alexander Payne, Actor Bruce Dern, Original Screenplay and Cinematography), Captain Phillips (Picture, Supporting Actor Barkhad Abdi, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Sound Editing and Sound Mixing), Philomena (Picture, Actress Judi Dench, Adapted Screenplay and Original Score) and Her (Picture, Original Screenplay, Original Score, Original Song and Production Design). Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts each scored lead and supporting nods, respectively, for their work in August: Osage County, while Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine managed three nominations for Actress Cate Blanchett, Supporting Actress Sally Hawkins and Original Screenplay.

The two biggest losers of the morning were Disney’s Saving Mr. Banks and the Weinstein Company’s generational Civil Rights drama Lee Daniels’ The Butler, both films completely shutout save a lone Original Score nomination (Thomas Newman, Saving Mr. Banks). At one point both were presumed to be major frontrunners

in a number of categories, not the least of which was Best Picture, and the fact that neither Emma Thompson in the former or Oprah Winfrey in the latter picked up nods for their performances has to be seen as something of a moderate surprise. Robert Redford (All Is Lost), Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips, Saving Mr. Banks) and the entire creative team behind Ron Howard’s Formula 1 racing drama Rush all had to wake up at least somewhat saddened, their collective snubbing seen as a virtual impossibility less than a month ago. Critical darling Inside Llewyn Davis directed by Joel and Ethan Coen also met with disappointment, scoring nods for Cinematography and Sound Mixing but nothing else.

Animated Feature nominees were Disney’s Frozen, massively successful sequel Despicable Me 2, DreamWorks/Fox’s The Croods and imports The Wind Rises (reportedly legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki’s final film) and Ernest and Celine, Pixar’s Monsters University noticeably absent from the category. Contenders for Documentary Feature are 20 Feet from Stardom, The Act of Killing, Cutie and the Boxer, Dirty Wars and The Square, long presumed locks Blackfish and Stories We Tell snubbed entirely. Foreign Language nods went to Belgium’s The Broken Circle Breakdown, Italy’s The Great Beauty, Denmark’s The Hunt, Cambodia’s The Missing Picture and Palestine’s Omar.

As of right now, it appears the contest for Best Picture is a two-horse race between 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle with

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Present Danger. Branagh has a flair for this sort of thing (Thor more than proved that), the Shakespearean wunderkind keeping things focused and direct, never going overboard with quick cuts or unnecessary camera moves that could potentially distract. He’s old school as far as framing goes, allowing cinematographer Haris Zambarloukos (Sleuth, Venus) to use shadow and light in ways that are consistently intriguing while also making sure the central dynamics of any given scene are never in doubt.

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, clunky title aside, does a nice job of making Clancy’s hero relevant again. It brings him into the post-9/11 world with invigorating and suspenseful aplomb, and while Branagh’s effort doesn’t rise to the same heights as the two Phillip Noyce directed efforts with Ford, and is certainly light years away from the near-perfection of John McTiernan’s The Hunt for Red October, it’s still a solidly entertaining thriller that’s easy to enjoy. I liked it. More, I’d actually be curious to see what adventures this new iteration of the character could potentially be hurtling towards next. focus features

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That something was this Kenneth Branagh directed thriller, dropped by Paramount into what typically is a Hollywood studio dumping ground, where films of this sort are unceremoniously sent to die. Funny thing is, this Adam Cozad and David Koepp (Premium Rush, Jurassic Park) scripted thriller is actually pretty good, doing a fine job of bringing the titular character into a new era while staying true to Clancy’s literary origins. Not great, mind you, but certainly entertaining (and a damn sight better than 2002’s The Sum of All Fears with Ben Affleck), and considering what usually passes for January multiplex fodder “entertaining” is more than good enough for me.

It helps that Branagh and company do not attempt to transform Ryan into something he’s not. They remember that, at his core, he is an analyst and an intellectual first and

or Anne Archer, and, as good as they are, they’re only skimming the surface as far as depth and emotional nuances are concerned.

Thankfully, Branagh’s other main casting choices are perfect, the director himself choosing to portray the film’s chief villain, Russian financial mastermind Viktor Cherevin, while also bringing aboard a quietly laconic Kevin Costner to give life to Ryan’s C.I.A. mentor, Thomas Harper. Both are terrific, refusing to chew scenery even when opportunities arise; instead choosing to find the inherent complexities lurking within both of their diametrically opposed, yet patriotically inclined, characters. They bring a gravitas and a majestic quality the thriller never could have achieved otherwise, the first two-thirds a fascinating cloak and dagger affair that does Clancy proud.

If there are problems, and sadly that goes without saying, they frustratingly occur during the film’s final act. What had been a smart, honestly authentic ticking clock barnburner revolving around economic and financial terrorism suddenly transforms into a standard Bond-meets-Bourne affair

Dallas Buyers Club was nominated for best picture as well as best actor for Matthew McConaughey (pictured) and best supporting actor for Jared Leto

box office sensation Gravity hot on the pair’s heels, and Dallas Buyers Club and Captain Phillips relative long shots to sneak up and steal away the top prize. Considering just how strong 2013 turned out to be, however, it’s anyone’s guess as to which direction voters will choose to go, and with a

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couple extra weeks to turn in ballots (courtesy of the Winter Olympics) there is ample opportunity for minds to change before final decisions are made. The 86th annual Academy Awards will be announced live Sunday, March 2 on ABC.

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ish and spineless neophyte who cares little to nothing for anyone other than himself.

That’s a lot of bluster and bloviating in regards to a movie that requires very little of either, director Renny Harlin’s The Legend of Hercules featuring a ton of movement and a heck of a lot of action, all of it signifying extremely little, nothing of substance or importance happening, even though the movie itself would love to prove otherwise.

The director of Die Hard 2 and Cliffhanger, someone who had so recently seemed to be getting back into form with the foundfootage thriller Devil’s Pass, seems to be going through the motions, aping everything from television’s Spartacus, to Ray Harryhausen classics like Jason and the

dig Die Hard 2. I think the opening segment of Cliffhanger is close to magnificent (rest not so much). Deep Blue Sea isn’t so much a guilty pleasure as it is a hugely entertaining fright flick masquerading as a monster movie crossed with a disaster opus. As for The Long Kiss Goodnight, I’m head over heels for the darn thing, the film a late ‘90s hyperbolic action spectacular bordering on classic.

But he’s had a long run of failures this past decade, of that there is no doubt, and while Devil’s Pass had its merits, it wasn’t like that low budget minimalistic affair was going to suddenly put him back on the A-list.

Yet, even with the worst of his works (and, trust me, stuff like The Covenant, Driven

There is no sense of whimsy, no spirit of adventure. More, there’s nothing even close to fun.

Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE LEGEND OF HERCULES Now Playing King Amphitryon (Scott Adkins) is a tyrant ruling with an iron fist and zero compassion. His wife, the beautiful Queen Alcmene (Roxanne McKee), vaguely remembers a time when her husband’s soul was pure, a time before power and victory went to his head, those days sadly forgotten.

She prays to the Goddess Hera for guidance, her trusted and wise teacher Chiron (Rade Serbedzija) by her side feeling every

ounce of her pain as she does so. From there a baby is conceived, not due to the efforts of King Amphitryon, but by the all-powerful ruler of Olympus himself, Zeus coming down to the mortal realm to lie with the Queen for a single night.

Two decades later, that child, given the name Alcides by the King, known as Hercules (Kellan Lutz) to the Gods that helped sire him, comes into his own as a man. He discovers the person he thought was his father is really a despot, the mother who bore him a silently tragic figure who sacrificed all to see her son thrive and the man he calls brother, Iphicles (Liam Garrigan), is a self-

Argonauts, to recent sword and sandal epics like Gladiator and 300, in order to bring his mythological adventure to its foregone conclusion.

The script, credited to four writers, including Harlin, is wet behind the ears, the basic thrust a soapy melodramatic treacle revolving around Hercules’ love for the beautiful Princess Hebe (Gaia Weiss) and his rise as a leader of the downtrodden and dispossessed people of Greece. At just over 90 minutes in length, there’s never enough time to explore character developments in any detail, time passing in such haphazard fashion, pieces don’t so much fit together as they connect in some sterile, preordained cookie-cutter manner that’s frankly boring.

That’s the main rub. There is no sense of whimsy, no spirit of adventure. More, there’s nothing even close to fun, and if Harlin and company were trying to craft a modern day spin on the old chestnuts from yesteryear, all they’ve really accomplished is to manufacture a piece of cinematic claptrap that makes the 2010 misbegotten Clash of the Titans remake look like one of the 100 greatest cinematic achievements of all-time.

Look, I’ve always sort of liked Harlin. I

and Mindhunters are all pretty bad) there is a competence to the filmmaking speaking to Harlin’s confidence behind the camera.

Here, though, things just feel off, and while there are some solid moments of explosive action theatrics, they’re all so few and extremely far between, their appearance is more an annoying reminder of what could have been than anything to crow about.

I’m not going to say much in the way of more, especially as it pertains to Twilight heartthrob Lutz or newcomer Weiss, neither of whom are likely to put this title all that high on their respective resumes. Both look great, aesthetically speaking fitting their respective characters just fine, but other than that, the less we speak on the matter the better, which I’m sure is all one really needs to know as far as performances are concerned.

As for The Legend of Hercules itself, there’s a reason Summit picked it up for next to nothing to distribute, only to unceremoniously drop it into January with little fanfare.

It’s just not very good, and it doesn’t take a lightning bolt flung from the hands of Zeus himself for even the most clueless to instantly realize it.

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by Jesse Monteagudo SGN Contributing Writer The success of the FX TV series Archer proved that there is a market for an adult animated cartoon series on prime time, cable television. Chozen, FX’s new animated series, premiered on January 13, immediately after Archer. Created by Grant Dekernion, Chozen is described by FX (www. fxnetworks.com/chozen) as “an animated comedy about a gay white [and bearish] rapper fresh out of prison. Armed with a new message, Chozen is on a quest for redemption and to claim his rightful position as the world’s top rap artist. His music and lyrics take aim at the stereotypes of machismo and misogyny that is synonymous with rap music. And his new world view has been shaped by his time in prison.”

Voiced by Bobby Moynihan, of SNL fame, Chozen is not the kind of guy you would take home to Mother. He is not gay in the political sense of the word. Though not on the down low, Chozen is a MSM – a man who has sex with men – who does not identify himself as gay and who is not a part of the LGBT community. His homosexuality was shaped by his years in prison: it is

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brutal and violent; and with well-defined sex roles. Chozen is definitely a top; and he treats other dudes the same way that some straight rappers treat women. Chozen says what he means and means what he says. He is lewd, crude, and often violent. But he is a welcome change from the respectable, responsible, distinguished gay men who usually represent our kind on tee vee. He even looks different from the norm: He is big and bold and intends to stay that way.

Though billed as a comedy, Chozen is often serious and sometimes disturbing.

In the pilot episode, we learn that a decade ago a young and naive Chozen was framed for multiple crimes by Phantasm (the voice of Method Man), a former member of his group. Now out of prison, Chozen reunites with his old band mates Ricky (Michael Peña) and Crisco (Hannibal Buress) in order to resurrect his career and give Phantasm his due. Though Chozen does not face Phantasm in this pilot episode, the stage is set for an eventual confrontation. Meanwhile Chozen moves in with his sister Tracy (Kathryn Hahn) and proceeds to embarrass her with his antics. And, of course, we hear a lot of rap. Though critics who know more about hip hop than I have criticized

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Chozen’s performances, they seem to be adequate for an artist who strives for rap domination. Chozen’s flash animation is very similar to the one used in Archer, which is no surprise since it was produced by the same team, that gave us the older series. All

in all, Chozen is sure to offend viewers of all persuasions who expect political correctness, but delight those of us who know how to take a joke – and enjoy a darn good animated series.

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by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer RICHARD II SEATTLE SHAKESPEARE COMPANY Through February 2 Seattle Shakespeare Company is the place to see all things Shakespeare, at least over the course of several years attending.

There is a virtual guarantee of seeing every Shakespeare play, including ones that many people don’t do elsewhere. Such is the case with Shakespeare’s Richard II, now on stage.

Richard II is one of Shakespeare’s histories and one difficulty in producing it is that it’s hard for current audiences to care about kings and queens of English history whose stories don’t affect us much. English audiences of his time would have known the stories well, and the complicated relationships among the royalty.

The main take-away from Richard II is that he was a very poor monarch who, according to Shakespeare, was insecure about keeping his throne and launched a major war that he lost, and which led to The War of the Roses (a rivalry of royalty of York and Lancaster descent). Richard II banishes his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke, and then confiscates Henry’s inheritance after Henry’s father, John of Gaunt, dies. Henry, not surprisingly, mounts an army to get his land

continued from cover Jerry Springer’s show on TV. Originally produced in London beginning in 2003, JSTO was written by Brits Richard Thomas and Stewart Lee. It has never had a Broadway run but was performed in New York City in January 2008 at Carnegie Hall.

The cast is definitely part of the high class! Director Shawn Belyea has assembled some terrific talent, particularly the women, including Megan Chenovick, Jennifer Bromagen, and Rachel DeShon – all opera veterans (DeShon has appeared regularly with Teatro Zinzanni, as well). Chenowick was especially effective as Baby Jane.

A number of the cast are comic performers and pull out all the stops here, like Evan Woltz, Kevin Douglass and Brian Lange.

Lindsay Larson shines as a trashy pole dancer who is tired of her husband.

Then there is a large ensemble of television audience members, also with a lot of experience and talent on various Seattle stages. They act very similarly to a Greek Chorus in ancient plays. Everyone on stage takes this seriously, as they should. If you don’t commit to the performance, there is no real point in doing the work.

The plot succeeds mostly on the hype of the grotesque. Everyone is cheating with at least one person and sometimes several.

Then there is bathroom humor combined with fetishism and you are deep in the shit. (If you take offense at that, you really should not see this show.)

Every swearword in the book is sung.

Really. You might find one or two that are left out, but you’d probably have to resort to looking in some swear dictionary.

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George Mount in Seattle Shakespeare Company’s Richard II

32, Richard’s age, though his Queen is portrayed as a grown woman who loves him, not the real 10 year old Richard was married to. Brenda Joyner has the almost thankless task of portraying that Queen, but makes great use of her moment in the second act to shine.

The first act seems like it could have been more exciting, particularly with angry courtiers wanting to duel, and ending punished with banishment. The pacing is consistent, but a bit static. The second act is much more active, engaging and energetic.

Overall, the production is probably best for those who desire to see every one of Shakespeare’s plays on stage. It’s a competent production, solidly presented, though not transcendent in any particular way.

Other performances of note include David Foubert as Henry Bolingbroke and Dan Kremers in a series of small but key roles.

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Brendan Felker, does his show as he normally does until a deranged show guest shoots him. The second act takes place in Purgatory or some intermediate place, where Jerry has to figure out if he’s going to Heaven or with Satan (Sean Nelson) to Hell.

The Opera has received protests everywhere it is performed and Seattle is no exception. Usually outraged Christian groups try to get it cancelled. They don’t generally succeed. Does the production make fun of Jesus, God, and religion? Sure. Would anyone ever lose their faith by watching a production like this? Are you kidding? It is the satire-est satire. And some of it is just stupid.

In fact, it does wear out its welcome. The first act, even with the surprise tap dancing troupe, is really too long, and the second act barely justifies itself plotwise. So, it’s basically one joke stretched into a too long two-hour opera. If they edited themselves and kept it a long one-act, it probably would work better.

The technical support for this show was strong, with great sound (thankfully) from Brent Warwick (sound designer) and Dan Droz (sound engineer), given the challenges of sound bounce in the Moore Theatre, and a terrific orchestra headed by Nathan Young.

A creative television studio set by Phillip Lienau worked well, along with the operatic device of a subtitle screen above stage in case you don’t understand the swear words. Fun choreography by Kathryn Van Meter helped the silliness. Some inventive lighting by Ahren Buhmann gave some dramatic moments a punch. Costuming by Carmen Olmedo was blessedly less garish than Brandon Felker as Jerry Springer in Jerry Springer: The Opera might be expected, so we could focus on the gantheatre.org or www.stgpresents.org or with sgncritic@gmail.com or go to www. music.

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back and decides to take the throne of England as well.

Shakespeare makes it clear that if Richard had not confiscated this land, he might have continued to rule for a long time, and Bolingbroke might never have become Henry IV. But that is not the only important aspect of this play. Richard II is believed to be one of the early plays we know that Shakespeare wrote and it is the only one written almost entirely in verse.

There are two points of view about monarchy presented for Shakespeare’s audience.

Richard believes he is King by divine right, guided by God and not subject to human faults. Bolingbroke contends that a King must also be wise and savvy about ruling.

The Shakes production is spare, with an almost bare set and a massive, movable throne (designed by Carol Wolfe Clay).

There are also some distinct metal guideframes above that I wish would have been actually used in some way rather than just framing the “ceiling” of the stage. This staging makes Geoff Korf’s lighting a very important element and Dominic CodyKramers’ sound design sublime.

Directed by adroit Rosa Joshi, who has a deep familiarity with Shakespeare, a wellcast ensemble, all male but two women, present the play clearly. George Mount, artistic director of the company, takes on Richard and he clearly loves the language he speaks. He reasonably appears roughly

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Rigoletto wins again!

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Nadine Sierra as Gilda in Rigoletto

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer RIGOLETTO SEATTLE OPERA MCCAW HALL Through February 25 Sold-out audiences on opening night and at the Sunday matinee that followed gave Seattle Opera’s latest iteration of Verdi’s Rigoletto rousing ovations, and for some very good reasons.

Most outstanding was the opening night Gilda of Nadine Sierra, making her Seattle

physique coupled with effortless acting completed the villainous picture.

Saturday’s Rigoletto, baritone Marco Vratogna, however, got off to a rough start, singing Act One with the most painful pitch problems I have ever encountered at Seattle Opera. Fortunately, he became more accurate and effective in later acts. Hyung Yun, in his Seattle debut Sunday, had no such problems and was an effective Rigoletto.

Both of these singers were capable of big sounds, but neither of them employed soft singing to give contrast and a sense of great artistry to their portrayal. (Alas, one

made his Duke a thrill.

Verdi’s brilliant writing for the chorus has never sounded better than we heard from the Seattle Opera Chorus. Conductor Riccardo Frizza led a lively, coherent performance, even if sometimes allowing both the chorus and orchestra to drown out the tenor line in the ensembles. All the smaller roles were very well managed, although I prefer a mezzo with a richer low voice than that of Sarah Larsen, who sang a sexy and otherwise fine Maddalena.

Sets from the last time this opera was presented here remain perfectly serviceable

Sierra brought back memories of Roberta Peters in this role, only with more warmth in the voice. She acted well and made every note seem effortless and beautiful.

They don’t get much better than this! debut. From Palm Beach, FL, Ms. Sierra brought back memories of Roberta Peters in this role, only with more warmth in the voice. She acted well and made every note seem effortless and beautiful. They don’t get much better than this!

On Sunday, the Gilda was Jennifer Zetlan, whom I had panned for her roles as Woglinde and the Forest Bird in last summer’s Ring. Much to my surprise, her voice this time had the purity of tone that it lacked in August, and she sang and acted a superb Gilda.

If a role ever fit a singer more perfectly than Sparafucile fits basso Andrea Silvestrelli, I don’t know what it would be. His cavernous bass was perfection, including the low note with which he makes his exit after his first scene with Rigoletto. His large

is spoiled by memories of the likes of Gordon Hawkins at Seattle Opera and Leonard Warren and Robert Merrill at the old Met. Sometimes I envy those who are relatively new to opera!)

Tenor Francesco Demuro, who is now singing the Duke in both casts (after the withdrawal of Rolando Sanz), seemed a little nervous on opening night and sang with less nuance and beauty of tone than his lovely performance Sunday afternoon.

He looked, acted, and sang a fine Duke, with powerful, ringing high notes, including a spectacular high b-natural at the end of his most famous aria. His is a perfectly disciplined vocal technique, without which no tenor could so easily sing this big role twice within 18 hours. His musicianship, excellent legato, and sense of character

and attractive. The costumes were likewise serviceable, although the updating to the 1930s added nothing of special interest or effect. (Nor did I see any benefit from putting a yarmulke on Monterone’s head, thus making him a Jew.) But, as General Director Speight Jenkins has said, this opera succeeds even when the singers and production are not good.

Verdi’s genius for melody and the projection of emotion in his music win the day, even though the story is dark and unappealing.

Performances run through February 25th; tickets at www.seattleopera.org or 206 3897676.

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

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Foster the People to play show at The Crocodile

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Foster the People will play an intimate show at The Crocodile this week, January 19. The LA pop trio are releasing their sophomore album, Supermodel, on March 18, and the Seattle concert is undoubtedly going to introduce fans to new material from the record. Two years ago, they sold out

The Gorge Amphitheatre for Labor Day weekend, again. This time, they’re playing two sets on each of three nights, August 29-31, with special guests to be announced at a later date. It’s all being billed as “A Very Special Evening with Dave Matthews Band”. Tickets go on sale to the general public on February 7 (10am) at www.LiveNation.com.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis will perform on the Grammy telecast on January 26 along with Taylor Swift, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith Urban and Beatles members Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.

WaMu Theater - that concert was awesome, even better than I imagined it would be. At press time, The Crocodile performance was already sold out. But if you’re feeling lucky, go to www.thecrocodile.com in the coming days for any unclaimed tickets.

Here are more live concerts just announced. Joan Osborne is returning to the Emerald City for a four-night six-show stay at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley, May 29-June 1.

These are pre-sale performances only, no reservations accepted. Ditto for Brazilian maestro Sergio Mendes, also slated for the Jazz Alley, on March 6-9 – no reservations for any of his five sets. For admission to Osborne and Mendes, visit www.jazzalley. com.

Reunited and it feels so good. Christine McVie has rejoined the legendary Fleetwood Mac, marking the first time since 1998 that all original members – Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, and Christine McVie – are together again. The group reunited for shows in London last fall, though Christine’s full-time return to the act wasn’t made public until this week. Fleetwood Mac is expected to tour in 2014 with dates being revealed in the coming weeks.

It’s official. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis will perform on the Grammy telecast, set for January 26 in Los Angeles. The Seattle pair were formally added to the list earlier this week, along with Taylor Swift, John Legend, Kacey Musgraves, Keith UrThe Dave Matthews Band has booked ban and Beatles members Paul McCartney

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and Ringo Starr, who will be on-hand to receive the 2014 Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement Award. Double nominee Sara Bareilles will also perform during the main awards ceremony in a duet with iconic singer-songwriter Carole King. The lineup includes previously announced performers Daft Punk with RAM, Stevie Wonder and Niles Rodgers, Katy Perry, Lorde, Kendrick Lamar, Pink with Nate Ruess, Metallica with Lang Lang, Robin Thicke with Chicago, and a country collaboration of Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Merle Haggard and Blake Shelton. It’s still unclear whether 7-time nominee Justin Timberlake, heading

to Seattle this weekend, will appear on the broadcast, but my assumption is that he and Jay Z will be last-minute add-ons. Look for a Grammy preview with my picks and predictions in next week’s issue.

Finally, Bruno Mars will have company on Super Bowl Sunday. The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been squeezed into the championship game’s “Halftime Show”, rumored because of lukewarm response to Mars’ appearance. The Super Bowl, hopefully including the Seattle Seahawks, happens February 2 in chilly East Rutherford, New Jersey.

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Katy Perry’s “Prismatic World Tour” coming to Tacoma

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

of the road outing – she’s likely headed to Europe, Asia and/or Australia at the end of the year – will be donated to UNICEF. Go Katy Perry fans, get ready to hear her roar to www.KatyPerry.com for ticket-on-sale on September 13 when she lands “The Pris- dates and more concert information. Prism

Perry kicks off a 46-city itinerary in Raleigh this summer with stops in Atlanta, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Toronto, Cleveland and Denver matic World Tour” at the Tacoma Dome.

The pop star, a nominee and performer at next weekend’s Grammy Awards, previously appeared at Key Arena a few years back. Perry kicks off a 46-city itinerary in Raleigh this summer with scheduled stops in Atlanta, St. Louis, Salt Lake City, Toronto, Cleveland and Denver, just to name a few. The tour is to promote the singer-songwriter’s newest release, Prism, which has already produced the monster hit “Roar.” It’s expected that “Teenage Dream,” “I Kissed a Girl,” “Firework,” “Part of Me,” “E.T.” and other favorites will be added into her show that includes a performance by opening act Tegan and Sara. One dollar of each ticket sold during Perry’s North American leg

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Strawberry Theatre Workshop presents The Normal Heart Opening on Thursday, January 16, and running Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through February 15, at 7:30 p.m., Strawberry Theatre Workshop returns to the Erickson Theatre Off Broadway (1524 Harvard Ave.) with the ground-breaking AIDS drama, The Normal Heart.

Written by fiercely outspoken Gay and AIDS activist Larry Kramer in 1985, The Normal Heart is an intimate story of a tightknit group of friends that doubles as a reallife political thriller.

Called “a masterwork of love, rage, and pride,” the play is a fearless look at the sexual politics of New York at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.

About The Normal Heart The Normal Heart follows the journey of Gay activist Ned Weeks as he attempts to establish an AIDS awareness organization in a city with an active and thriving Gay population in 1981. The government and medical community’s refusal to acknowledge the virus as a crisis presents Ned and his colleagues with obstacles, and raises questions of ethics and human rights in these leading institutions.

The resistance from government officials and medical professionals is a reminder that the first step of an international political movement is individual action. At The Normal Heart’s core is the story of one man who refuses to let doctors, politicians, and the press bury the truth of an epidemic behind a wall of silence, but also emphasizes the need for education and compassion surrounding the life-threatening virus.

London, and appeared again Off-Broadway in 2004. A Broadway debut opened in April 2011 and won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play. An HBO movie version will be released in May 2014 Strawshop – an organization with a mission to start community conversations – is partnering with Lifelong AIDS Alliance to bring this vital history back to the stage for two constituencies: those who survived the epidemic, as well as a generation of sexually active adults too young to remember the early horror of AIDS. The performances will include talk-back sessions with caregivers and activists who will answer questions on the challenges still faced by a community living with HIV/ AIDS, our best strategies for prevention, and the hope for a cure.

Tickets for The Normal Heart are $36 general, $27 seniors, $18 students. Advance tickets: normalheart.brownpapertickets. com; 1-800-838-3006. More information: www.strawshop.org.

About the director, cast and production team Directing for Strawshop is Sheila Daniels, winner of the 2011 TPS Gregory Award for Strawshop’s Breaking the Code.

Greg Lyle-Newton is featured as Kramer’s semi-biographical alter ego, Ned Weeks. He is supported by Stranger Genius Amy Thone as Dr. Emma Brookner, Intiman Artistic Director Andrew Russell as New York Times columnist Felix Turner, Rob Burgess (Hound of the Baskervilles) as brother Ben Weeks, and Peter Crook (The After a successful 1985 Off-Broadway Seagull Project) as the closeted activist production at The Public Theater, The Nor- Bruce Niles. mal Heart was revived in Los Angeles, The cast also includes Stephen Black, Bri-

an Culbertson, Joseph Cummings, and Simon Hamlin. Designers are Reed Nakayama, Ron Erickson, Katherine Stromberger, and Strawshop Artistic Director Greg Carter. The Normal Heart is stage-managed by Claire Branch and Gabrielle Strong About Strawberry Theatre Workshop Founded in 2004 by Greg Carter, Strawberry Theatre Workshop is a professional theatre company dedicated to socially engaged work of the highest caliber. Strawshop is a Stranger Genius Award winner, a four-time Seattle Times Footlight Award winner, and the only company to be nominated for a TPS Gregory Award for Outstanding Production four years in a row.

Known for its critically acclaimed productions of Breaking the Code, Accidental Death of an Anarchist, The Elephant Man, and The Laramie Project, Strawshop is an-

chored in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. Strawshop is one of three companies selected to operate the new 12th Avenue Arts, a center for theatre slated to open in October 2014.

Mission: Strawberry Theatre Workshop is committed to the idea that the theatre is the people’s place of aspiration, and that any voice from the stage is translated exponentially into conversations at coffee shops, bus stops, classrooms, and play fields. Strawshop is dedicated to the idea of ensemble, in the broadest sense of the word. Our ensemble does not only mean a resident company of workers, but a collective that includes our work, our audience, and our neighborhood.

This is an activist stance. To be a good neighbor is to be a relevant neighbor, a responsible neighbor, and a vocal neighbor.

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Intiman Theatre’s 2014 Festival

To feature Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize winning masterpiece Angels in America Seattle, WA – Last fall, Intiman Theatre announced its plans to produce both parts of Tony Kushner’s acclaimed epic Angels In America as part of its annual Theatre Festival.

Pacific Northwest audiences will be given the rare opportunity to see Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, the two parts that make up Angels in America, in alternating repertory performances at Intiman’s longterm home, the Cornish Playhouse (201 Mercer Street), in late summer of 2014.

The planned 2014 Festival is entitled The Angels Project and will consist of Angels in America Parts 1 and 2, with a possible third play currently under consideration.

In addition, the theatre will organize readings, talkbacks, parties, panel discussions, special events and other programming that will contextualize and illuminate the many themes and situations presented in Kushner’s modern American classic.

In 1994, Artistic Director Warner Shook snagged the rights to produce the first regional theatre production after Millennium Approaches won the Tony Award on Broadway. Twenty years later, his brave and masterful production still remains in the memories of those who attended.

“Angels is like an opera without music,

one of the great American plays, and captures an American dynamic that still today is relevant and resonant,” Producing Artistic Director Andrew Russell said. “Producing both of these plays in repertory will give Seattle actors and designers a unique and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I look forward to sharing this magical and moving story with an entirely new generation of audiences.”

Additional programming for The Angels Project will be announced in the coming weeks.

Millennium Approaches won the 1993 Tony for Best Play and the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and Perestroika won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Play. Intiman’s production of Millennium Approaches closed the 1994 season, and Perestroika opened the 1995 season. In 2003, both plays were adapted into an HBO mini-series directed by Mike Nichols.

As part of its annual fundraising cycle, Intiman Theatre has launched the Take Flight fundraising campaign. The theatre is now accepting donations that will go directly towards producing The Angels Project. Since launching the fundraising campaign in late September, by the beginning of November over 150 individual donors had come for-

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Robynn Rodriguez as The Angel and Kevin Donavan as Prior Walter in Angels in America, Part Two: Perestroika

ward to donate towards the 2014 Festival.

In keeping with its deep commitment to the theatre, and to ensure necessary resources to adequately produce this important production, Intiman Theatre’s board of trustees has committed to 100 percent donor participation for the 2014 Festival.

Donations can be mailed to PO Box 19537, Seattle WA 98109, or made online at Intiman.org.

artistic directors Margaret Booker, Liz Huddle, Warner Shook, Bartlett Sher and Kate Whoriskey. Intiman is known for producing bold classical productions and epic new works, including Angels in America, The Kentucky Cycle, The Light in the Piazza, and Ruined. The theatre has presented over 200 productions to Seattle audiences and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2012 by launching the Intiman Theatre Festival, featuring a repertory company of actors in Intiman Theatre is a Tony Award winning rotating productions. regional theatre founded in 1972. Over the past 40 years the theatre has been host to Courtesy Intiman Theatre

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SATURDAY - January 18

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

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary.

Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. Please join us! For information & to RSVP, 309-0510 or www.longhair. shorturl.com Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details.

Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbow bridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com “Gender Tender: Sync or Swim” (1/16-1/19). 8pm.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Real life couple Will Courtney & Syniva Whitney & crew challenge the sincerity of family based sitcoms & romantic comedies while wondering what it means to be a family in real life. Queer to the core, “Gender Tender” syncs with the lips, body & mind, testing the fluidity of relationships & identity. www.gaycity.org

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

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

Sex, Dating & Relationships. 7-8pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets the 1st & 3rd Monday of every month. Talk about sexual health & safety, as well as different types of relationships. Ask questions and get answers from people who really know their stuff. 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday.

For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

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SUNDAY - January 19

For information on GLBT-friendly Christian churches around the world visit www.gaychurch.org.

Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 3238382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGay HikingGroup/ Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am-Zazen Instruction, 9:30amZazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. 323-1659, www.seattlesoto zen.com Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont 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 Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. 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! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515.

Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am.

Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@ gmail.com. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www. dharma buddies.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 121:30pm. 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

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& that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattleal-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.org.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/ Weds/Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Seattle PolyFidelity Discussion Group Potluck Meeting. 5-7:30pm. Meets 3rd Sunday of odd-numbered months at a poly-friendly location. PolyFidelity welcomes persons of all sexual orientations who are interested in discussing responsible alternatives to monogamy. Followed by a Poly Party. For more information & location, www.scn.org/~spg Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

Gender Tender: Sync or Swim (1/16-1/19). 8pm.

Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Real life couple Will Courtney & Syniva Whitney & crew challenge the sincerity of family based sitcoms & romantic comedies while wondering what it means to be a family in real life. Queer to the core, Gender Tender syncs with the lips, body & mind, testing the fluidity of relationships & identity. www.gaycity.org

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

MONDAY - January 20

Martin Luther King Jr Day (Because of the MLK Day holiday, some regularly scheduled events may be cancelled or rescheduled.

Check with the sponsors of your event to confirm day, time & place.)

MLK Day March & Rally: Rise Up! Restore the Dream. Workshops 9:30-11am, Rally 11am-12:30pm, March 12:30pm. Garfield High School, 23rd Ave & E Jefferson St. Seattle’s MLK Day celebration is one of the oldest & largest in the US. This year, we turn our focus to the unfinished work. Dream are necessary to point the way for activism, but dreams are merely the starting points. Those who claim to honor Dr King’s dream but impede King’s goals actually dishonor his memory. www.mlkseattle.org SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County.

Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@ yahoo. com or phone (360) 722-1664.

Healing Words. 6:30-8pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in group open to all who are healing from trauma, addiction, or just the challenges of life in general. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Gay City Health Project, 517 E. Pike St. Every Monday. A group and conversation about HIV for Gay & Bi men newly diagnosed and for Gay & Bi men facing the challenges of living with HIV longterm. www.gaycity.org.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.Freely Speaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting. 3-5pm.

Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months (schedule varies in summer).

The Safe Schools Coalition: A Public-Private Partnership in Support of LGBT youth. All are welcome at meetings; lots of volunteer opportunities are discussed.

632-0662 ext 49; CRISIS LINE: 1-877-SAFE-SAFE; www.safeschoolscoalition.org.

Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions?

Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months. An opportunity for the GLBT community to speak openly with the SPD to dialog on public safety issues, plan officer training on sexual-minority topics, suggest ways to improve communications & procedures, explore protection strategies to minimize Gay-bashing incidents, & address other related concerns. The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships & communication between the community & the SPD. Members of the GLBT community are invited to attend. kim.bogucki@ seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/ love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room).

Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction.

Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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

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

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

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday.

(360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

(See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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FRIDAY - January 24

WEDNESDAY - January 22

Kang Wen Clinic - Chinese Medicine for Chronic Viral Disease, Integrated Cancer Treatment & General Chronic Diseases. Tuesdays 2-6pm; Wednesdays 9am-5pm; Thursdays 3-7pm. 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday & Thursday - HIV treatment. Every Wednesday - Cancer treatment. Holistic care including acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine in a compassionate setting. Insurance accepted. Sliding fee scale for low-income without insurance. 322-6945. www. kangwenclinic.org Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm.

Call for details, location & to make reservations. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community.

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

Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@ hotmail.com POZSeattle Monthly Social #2. 6-8pm. C.C. Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. Meet us inside for drinks, light fare of tasty food provided by C.C.’s kitchen, socializing, and a whole lot of fun. This event is free (except for the cost of beverages), and is for all HIV-Positive men and their friends, regardless of age, shape, size, or color. (If you can afford it, a $2 suggested donation is requested to help with the group’s overhead costs, however, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.) This event is for all HIV-Positive men and their friends, regardless of age, shape, size, or color. POZSeattle is a social organiztion run for and by Seattle-area HIV-Positive guys that is committed to planning and promoting fun, social activities. www.pozseattle.org.

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm.

Columbia City Church of Hope, 3818 S Angeline St. Meets every Wednesday. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@yahoo.com; www.lotussisters.org.

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

Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1505 Broadway. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 383-2318. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm.

Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone.

For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups. yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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.)

All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome.

This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.org Rain City Jacks. 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm; 1st Sunday each month, 2pm. West Queen Anne/Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & non-profit private club. Membership required. Adult men only. Enrollment available at the door. www. raincityjacks.org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5033.

Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:30pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome.

MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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

THURSDAY - January 23

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood

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of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Kang Wen Clinic - Chinese Medicine for Chronic Viral Disease, Integrated Cancer Treatment & General Chronic Diseases. Tuesdays 2-6pm; Wednesdays 9am-5pm; Thursdays 3-7pm. 1111 Harvard Ave. (Every Thursday HIV treatments.) Holistic care including acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine in a compassionate setting. Insurance accepted. Sliding fee scale for low-income without insurance. 322-6945. www.kangwenclinic.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 Volunteer Drop-In Night at Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

4-7pm. LAA Volunteer Services Office, 1161 11th Ave. Every Thursday. Volunteer on LAA projects - assembling safer sex kits, helping with mailings, a different project every week! Get-togethers are highly social & offer “low impact” volunteer work & an opportunity to learn more about LAA. Please call before dropping in.

957-1776. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org Happy Hour Meditation. 5:30-6:40pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Every Thursday. Join us at the end of your day in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Dropins welcome. We meditate silently for 25 minutes, followed by a short open discussion. No admittance after 5:45pm to respect those who are meditating. www.healingandtransformationcenter.com Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14-22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th (at Jackson), Tacoma.

Meets 4th Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization

Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.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 Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community.

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

Seattle Espresso Cup Bowling Tournament (1/241/26). 7pm (team bowling competition). West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Close to 130 LGBT bowlers from the Pacific Northwest and around the country will compete in this tournament. Spectators welcome!

Sponsored by Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA). www.espressocup.org.

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

(253) 474-8897.

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

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

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. (See Sunday listing at noon for more details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www. sasgcc.org

SATURDAY - January 25

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Emerald City Softball Association Field Day. 10am.

North SeaTac Playfields, S 128th St & 20th Ave S, SeaTac. New player clinic & skills assessment. Players of all skill levels welcome. www.seattlegay softball.com Seattle Espresso Cup Bowling Tournament (1/241/26). 10am (singles competition) and 1pm (doubles competition). West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Close to 130 LGBT bowlers from the Pacific Northwest and around the country will compete in this tournament.

Spectators welcome! Sponsored by Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA). www.espressocup.org.

Quake Rugby New Player Orientation. 1-3pm.

Magnuson Park. www.quakerugby.org

SUNDAY - January 26

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Espresso Cup Bowling Tournament (1/241/26). 9am (optional scratch event). West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Close to 130 LGBT bowlers from the Pacific Northwest and around the country will compete in this tournament. Spectators welcome!

Sponsored by Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA). www.espressocup.org.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/ Another-Gay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html Bent Writing Institute promotes written & spoken word in our LGBTQI communities. Bent offers affordable classes & workshops for Queer-identified people.

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For more information or to sign up for a class, email bent.writing@gmail.com. Visit www.bentwriting.com or find us on Facebook. For upcoming events join our mailing list by emailing bent.news@gmail.com BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

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

DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911.

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

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

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

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nw bears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www. seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org.

MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flying house. 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, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworks seattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.

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seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@ yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ personal/glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 6826711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBT-friendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www. rosehedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

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

spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

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

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.

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org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnw gra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletown squares.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 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.thepride league.com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, 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 Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersoll center.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftm group.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc. org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern. org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http:// lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493. ‑ Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth. org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter. org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; 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, 206326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www. thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@ chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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