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Issue 5, Volume 42, January 31, 2014

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Directors Edgar Barens (l) and Jason Cohen

by Gary M. Kramer SGN Contributing Writer

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You better work it! And, well, she does. Manila Luzon is one of several RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants to break out with a career of her own as a female impersonator, performing and appearing in LGBT events across North America, releasing a single and music video (with Seattle’s Jinkx Monsoon), recording a new track with club mix wizard Caswell and starring in Orbitz commercials.

Two films – one with Queer content, the other by a Queer filmmaker – are vying for Best Short Subject Documentary at this year’s Oscars. Seattle Gay News spoke with the two filmmakers about their projects: Facing Fear, written and directed by the straight Jason Cohen, artfully chronicles the

intersecting lives of Tim Zaal, a Neo-Nazi, and Matthew Boger, a Gay man. 26 years ago, Tim and his friends beat up Matthew, and left him for dead. Yet Matthew survived. Working as a manager at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Matthew unexpectedly reunited with Tim – now a former Neo-Nazi – and forgives his attacker. see oscars page 9

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by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED ARTSWEST PLAYHOUSE Through February 16 Suppose you are a closeted actor on the verge of getting a really big film, and you and your agent are on the verge of making it to the top of the heap, instead of crawling around the pile with the rest of the grunts.

Suppose the biggest irony is that the script of the film is about two Gay men, but the idea that Gay men would actually play the roles is gross to the powers that run Hollywood, so if you come out, you could ruin the movie and your big career move.

In fact, that’s still very much a Hollywood stereotype, if you look at huge films like Brokeback Mountain, and more recently at Behind the Candelabra, the HBO giant starring Matt Damon and Michael Douglas, even now winning the top awards for not being Gay. So, the script story in The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane is not too far off, even today, though he wrote the play in 2006.

The ArtsWest production, starring the quartet of Alex Garnett, Jeff Orton, Heather Hawkins and EmilyRose Frasca, does a fine job of presenting the dilemma.

Mitchell (Garnett), the actor, hasn’t even been that interested in sex all these years, still conflicted about his sexuality, and insecure. Every once in a while, he pays for some fun, and meets Alex (Orton) after a

phone call to an “agency.” Diane (Hawkins), the agent, saw something in Mitchell and has stuck with him through thin, but when she sees his deepening relationship with the “rent boy,” she starts to get worried.

Alex, as written, is full of contradictions.

He makes his money by having sex with wealthy men, but does not consider himself homosexual. He kind of has a girlfriend, Ellen (Frasca), though she also has sex with wealthy men. Yet, when he has the chance, at the top of the show, to “roll” Mitchell and split, he doesn’t. Something in Mitchell’s vulnerability stirs something more in Alex and he finds himself wanting to stick around.

That is a piece of the buggy ride that this more-than-comedy takes you on. It feels like a romp, and Hawkins’ foul-mouthed, off-hand delivery definitely keeps that feeling alive. But there are also tender moments and some (perhaps unintentionally) awkward ones. Mitchell starts to accept himself and wants to out himself, consequences be damned. The men begin to have real emotions toward each other.

In an interesting twist, Alex’s character arc is most interesting. He has the farthest to go in finding out about himself and has the most integrity. Mitchell, at least, knows he’s homosexual and it’s more a matter of whether he will make that public or not.

While Hawkins gets most of the big laugh lines, she is occasionally a bit broad, needing a stronger hand from director Annie Lareau. But by the end of the play, her char-

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Little Dog Laughed is more than a comedy

Jeff Orton (l) and Alex Garnett in The Little Dog Laughed

acter’s smarts and calculation are fully revealed, and an appreciation for all that she does is inevitable.

Caution for children younger than mature teens: there is a brief moment of male nu-

dity, aside from regular vulgar language.

For more information, go to www.artswest. org or call (206) 938-0339. Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters.

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer AMERICAN WEE-PIE SEATTLE PUBLIC THEATER Through February 16 We’re having a terrific start to 2014 with theatrical productions this month. One of those productions you should definitely plan to see is Seattle Public Theater’s American Wee-Pie by Lisa Dillman. It is a sweet morsel of a play (couldn’t resist!) that focuses on a very identifiable human condition: what the heck do we do with ourselves once we are on this earth? Is it enough to just “have a job” or is life supposed to be more than that?

Where is the joy? The answer: the clowns bring it.

Personality-less, humorless Zed (Evan Whitfield) has come back to his boyhood home to bury his mother. The only other family he has is a sharp-tongued, impatient older sister, Pam (Alyssa Keene), who has impatiently already packed up almost everything in the house. He isn’t even certain that he has many feelings about losing his mother – none that he can access, at least.

He bumps into school friend Linz (or Lindsay) (Tracy Leigh) who gallantly says that when other kids thought he was retarded, she defended him and said he was shy.

Linz is the great heart of the play. She is full of feeling and bigger than life and readily admits that she had a shitty time in school, too, and could be very much like Zed, but had found her man, who loves her completely for herself. She takes the meeting as a sign that destiny is afoot, and Zed is to quit

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his boring, disconnected job to come work for them in their cupcake shop.

Linz’ man is Pableu (David Goldstein), a cupcake auteur who is trying to create the perfect cupcake, with ingredients like root vegetables and odd spices. Some of the funniest scenes involve elaborate tasting rituals that amp up the clowning aspect, though they don’t necessarily add too much to the story. But these small savored moments are part of the fabric of small moments that Dillman seems to want to point to and say, “Hey, these are the roses you’re supposed to be smelling.”

There is a friendly local postman who made friends with Zed’s mother (one of several roles for Stephen Grenley), and who befriends Zed, as well, over Scrabble. There is a burial plot salesman (Grenley again) who somehow brings such enthusiasm for his trade that he entices Pam into giving up her job to try it. Zed gets more and more emotionally available and alive as the play moves on.

The ensemble here is lovely and Whitfield draws the audience into applauding his successful reclamation of life. He plays mostly the straight man to the other four clowns of varying depth. This is subtle clowning, the exaggeration of human characteristics to make us laugh, but all tightly within the confines of a certain reality. Leigh has mastered her character, in particular, to be everything silly, bumbly, and yet raging with love.

Director Anita Montgomery moseyed over from ACT Theatre to create this little dream cake and gets topnotch production

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A cupcake of sweetness in every performance

Tracy Leigh and David Goldstein in American Wee-Pie

help with gorgeous sound design from Robertson Witmer, quirky character costuming from Candace Frank, and subtle lighting from Tim Wratten. A somewhat static set, mostly a cupcake looking shop, by Andrea Bryn Bush, works well for some scenes, but not quite for those in the family home. But at least scene changes are immediate.

The play was first performed in 2013, so it’s very current in understanding our recession and people getting stuck in jobs they are afraid to move away from with great

unemployment still rampant. But Dillman is there to encourage you not to be afraid and to give change a try. Who knows? You might like it a lot more than what you’ve got right now.

For more information, go to www.seattlepublictheater.org or call (206) 524-1300.

Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters.com or http://miryamstheatermusings.blogspot.com.

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by Paul Torres SGN Contributing Writer A GREAT WILDERNESS SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE Through February 16 The focus of A Great Wilderness, a world premiere by Samuel D. Hunter, is not the vast expanse of mountains and woods of its Idaho setting, but something more internal: that vast expanse of emotions and hopes of our lives. The tangible wilderness of the natural surroundings in the play presents itself as perilous and doom-laden. The woods outside are choking the characters and a forest fire does not make matters any better. It surrounds the quiet and dull cabin owned

by Walt, an addled and flustered well-worn gentleman. (Scott Bradley’s scene design deserves a nod.)

Walt runs a program in his rustic cabin that provides a safe place for young men struggling with being Gay. Walt, played by an excellent Michael Winters, is a deeply committed and spiritual man. He truly wants the best for the “boys” who come to his cabin. As the story begins, Walt is packing his belongings because he has to move to a retirement community. Packed-up boxes are strewn around the cabin as a representation of a life in major flux. He is waiting for his final client, Daniel.

Daniel, portrayed by Jack Taylor in his promising debut at Seattle Repertory, comes in timid and defensive. He is frightened and

unsure of why he is even there. Walt, in full Santa Claus/grandfather mode, tries to allay the boy’s fears. Walt’s ex-wife, Abby (Christine Estabrook), and her husband Tim (R. Hamilton Wright), are also coming over to tidy up some affairs with Walt’s move.

When they do arrive, Walt is not there and they discuss the true circumstances of the cabin’s future.

Finally, a harried and flustered Walt enters and greets his old friends. Young Daniel is not there and has been gone a few hours.

Daniel is lost in the wilderness. Much to his frustration, Walt cannot even remember Daniel’s final words to him right before he left. Fearing the worst, they all decide to search for him. The search provides the perfect time for Hunter’s story to reveal the character’s inner-lives, that primitive forest of dark and light inside of us all.

Later, Daniel’s somewhat apathetic and resigned mother, Eunice (Mari Nelson), arrives because she received a distressing text from her son. She is doubtful of her son’s survival skills. It is in these acts where the characters discuss, with the help of some alcohol, their own not so trouble-free lives.

To break the tension of impending physical and moral doom, Forest Ranger Janet, arrives at the cabin to assist with the search efforts. Janet (Gretchen Krich) provides a welcome levity to these acts. She is a woods-stomping, down- to-earth woman who is confident that Daniel will be found.

Even in the wilderness, nothing is safe Danielle Barnum

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continued from cover Eric Andrews-Katz: Where were you born?

Matt Owen: Kirkland, Washington. Oh wait. Actually, that’s a lie. Right out of the gate, now there’s a good start. I was raised in Kirkland, but I was actually born in Spokane.

Andrews-Katz: Who were your earliest influences in becoming a performer?

Owen: Actually it was my little sister.

When I was about 11 years old, she was 9 and she really wanted to get into acting. She decided to take an acting class, but was too afraid to go on her own. My mother told me to go to the first class with my sister, and that I didn’t have to go to the rest once she made friends. I’ve been attending ever since. I guess I owe my entire career to the 9-year old version of my sister.

Andrews-Katz: What was the first professional show you were connected to?

Owen: The first show I ever saw was Camelot at the Village Theatre in the ‘80s.

That’s kind of funny timing as now I’m doing Spamalot, so I’ve come full circle.

The first show I was connected with was Anything Goes at the 5th Avenue in 2000. It starred Dee Hoty and was the first show David Armstrong directed as the 5th Avenue’s Artistic Director.

Andrews-Katz: How did you first get involved with the 5th Avenue Theatre?

Owen: That was it. I was a senior in high school when I came in for the auditions of Anything Goes. I got the part and then had to figure out how to miss weeks of class at a time. My principal was great to work with and he got it managed. That year, my senior year, I did 1776, Gypsy and Anything Goes.

When I was in college I came back to audition for them again. Over the years I’ve done about 17 shows with the 5th Avenue.

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A Great Wilderness explores our vast internal landscape

Jack Taylor (l) and Michael Winters in A Great Wilderness

from the carefree comforts that we enjoy.

All is bare and ready to be attacked or burnt up any moment. Director Braden Abraham’s use of the subject of humanizing Gay conversion counselors is a breath of fresh air for all the challenges it imposes onto the audience. The tidy performances guide us into personal depths of hopelessness and then to some glimmer of survival. This is by

no means a gloomy story, but it is more like a parable told around a campfire for adults.

The complexities of Christian Gay conversion therapy are difficult enough in everyday language and A Great Wilderness offers its side of the issue in a cozy and warm rustic setting. It is within this intimacy that we see a remarkable production.

Andrews-Katz: You’ve done several “classic” musicals. What makes a musical a classic?

Owen: That’s a hard one. Let me think about that a minute before committing to anything on paper. For me, because I’m also a writer, I always say it comes down to the writing of the book. It’s wonderful if there’s a great score and lyrics, but if a musical has a really good book, a lot can be forgiven.

Gypsy, Cabaret, West Side Story, they are classics because they have such great books!

And phenomenal music and lyrics.

Andrews-Katz: You were in the cult musical Grey Gardens. What do you think is behind America’s fascination with the Beale family?

Owen: Because they are so wonderfully weird and delicious. It’s the same reason everyone became fascinated with Whitney Houston. America loves a good train wreck.

They love a fall from grace. And that [Grey Gardens] was the ultimate fall from grace.

The Beales and the Bouvier were American royalty and to see them living in squalid conditions was so disgusting. I think it’s incredibly fascinating. The documentary is just bizarre and amazing.

Andrews-Katz: As Will Parker in Oklahoma! you did a lot of tap dancing. What kind of training have you had in this field?

Owen: I started tapping pretty much when I started performing. I guess I was about 13 and now I’m 30. I’ve taken several tap classes.

Andrews-Katz: With Elf and Spamalot, you’ve done two movies-to-stage musicals.

What challenges do you find doing a role that is previously so well known?

Owen: The biggest challenge is that you want to tip your hat to what was done in the movie before you. You honor it, but make it your own. I’m not Will Farrell. For Elf I really tried to make it true to the scenes (that’s such a cliché, I know) but I want to make it my own also. With Monty Python there is such a cult following! From the scene with the sentries on the castle walls talking about swallows and coconuts, it’s all so iconic.

That’s the long-winded version of saying that an actor has to make it his or her own.

Andrews-Katz: As Sir Robin, do you have a favorite moment in Spamalot?

Owen: There are lots of favorite moments. I guess… I sh*t myself on stage, which I’ve never done in a musical before this, so that’s pretty fun and silly. I never really thought about evacuating my bowels on a stage before, but there it is. I do a lot of other things, but that one stands out.

Andrews-Katz: What is your web-series Every Other Wednesday about?

Owen: Unfortunately, we haven’t done any new episodes in a while, but they are all on YouTube. It’s about 2 straight [male] roommates who can’t get along, and go to couples therapy.

Andrews-Katz: Tell us about your play, The Girl in the Park, a 2010 New York Fringe Festival Entry.

Owen: I’m also a writer. I wrote a play that was produced and it was a blast. I was really proud of it. It was a unique experience to sit in an audience and watch others speak your words, and perform your work.

Andrews-Katz: You are going to be in the upcoming 5th Avenue debut musical, Room With a View?

Owen: Yes, and I can say with confidence, that I’ll be 100% naked. There will be three of us actually. (It’s the swimming scene in the movie). Honestly, I’m not worried about being naked. I think it will be exhilarating.

I’ve always been a little bit of an exhibitionist. I’ve streaked in college. The musical is a really good adaptation of the movie.

Andrews-Katz: If you could play any role – regardless of any limitations – what would it be and why?

Owen: I’m too young right now, but down the line I would like to play John Adams in the musical 1776. I think it is one of the greatest written roles in the musical theater.

I think that musical, in general, is one of the best written.

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Matt Owen plays Sir Robin in the 5th Avenue’s current production of Spamalot.

Filled with knights that say “Ni”, killer rabbits, flying cows, hunts for shrubbery, and songs like “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life,” Spamalot the Musical is billed as “lovingly ripped off from Monty Python and the Holy Grail,” with book, lyrics and music written by Eric Idle.

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Seattle bound: Duncan Sheik returning for Triple Door concert duncansheik.com

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer In 1996, when Duncan Sheik released his self-titled debut album with its centerpiece single “Barely Breathing,” he may have been dismissed as a one hit wonder.

But 17 years later, the New Jersey-born artist has Tony and Grammy Awards under his belt, film projects in the works, live theater productions happening overseas, and still continues to write new material for his solo career, like his forthcoming album Ledger Domain, that is scheduled to be out in a few short months. Sheik is undoubtedly a busy, busy man. Keeping him more occupied is a sliver of tour dates, in the weeks ahead, that includes an appearance at The Triple Door here in Seattle. (For show information, visit www.thetripledoor.net.) I connected with the singer-songwriter-composer, who’s spoken with Seattle Gay News on two previous occasions, by phone, and he provided insight into his upcoming performance, his new musical American Psycho and his ongoing support of the Gay community.

Here’s what Duncan Sheik shared with me inside The Music Lounge.

Albert Rodriguez: Are you going to lean heavily on your covers album (Covers 80s) for The Triple Door show?

Duncan Sheik: No, I actually won’t. I’ll do some of them, they’re fun. The shows I’ve been doing recently – the shows I did at 54 Below and the show I just played in London a couple weeks ago – it’s a set of theater songs that includes Spring Awakening and American Psycho and The Nightingale and Whisper House and some other theater stuff that Steven Sater and I have been working with that no one’s seen or heard yet.

So there’s a mini set of that material, then there’s a set of Duncan Sheik catalog stuff, and then there’s a mini set of brand new material from the new record.

Rodriguez: When you say “Duncan Sheik catalog stuff,” are you referring to all the way back to “Barely Breathing?”

Sheik: Um, yeah. I’ll throw that in there if people want me to play it. Now that I have 8

or 9 albums worth of material, it gets tricky to figure out what to play from the catalog.

I want to play the songs that are cool and sound really good live, but I don’t wanna play things that people have heard time and time again.

Rodriguez: I’ve been reading reviews for American Psycho and they’re all really, really good. So congrats on that!

Sheik: Thank you. There were a couple that weren’t that good (laughs), but they were mostly really, really good. I knew it was going to be a little bit controversial and I wanted it to be polarizing, so I learned not to be careful for what you wish for.

Rodriguez: What are the plans for it?

How long will it stay in London, and what is the possibility or future of it coming to America?

Sheik: Right now, the probability is that it will transfer to the West End in London, and then depending on how that goes, we would bring it to Broadway at some point, maybe next fall, I don’t know. But it would be a total random prediction for me to say exactly if and when it’s going to come to the States.

I think it should, I certainly want it to, but I definitely want to see how it does on the West End first.

Rodriguez: What can you tell us about Spring Awakening, the film adaptation?

Sheik: We are talking about it every week and Playtone, our producers, are very gungho and McG, the director, is very gung-ho about shooting this coming spring and summer. Again, I hesitate to say it’s definitely happening until it actually happens, you never know – Hollywood being Hollywood – but hope springs eternal and no one would be happier than me for that movie to be shot this spring.

Rodriguez: Has the cast been selected, or has it progressed that far?

Sheik: Yeah, there have been casting conversations and there have been some wellknown actors that are certainly interested, but there’s nothing I can really announce.

Rodriguez: Where do you keep your Tonys and Grammys?

Sheik: I have a country house and a recording studio in Garrison, New York and

there’s kind of a 1920s bar, like a bureau that I just have a bunch of workbooks and paintings sitting on top of it, and in the middle of all those stacks of stuff you might find them somewhere in there hiding amongst a bunch of bric-a-brac (laughs).

Rodriguez: Do you keep up with current pop trends? Do you like what’s played on the radio or YouTube?

Sheik: Some things more than others. I’m kind of an anglophile in my musical tastes, so the things I’ve been listening to lately are like James Blake and there’s a young band from the UK called Wild Beasts that I like a lot, and I like the Lorde single – I think she’s really talented and really cool, an interesting girl. And then, of course, there’s some boring commercial, over-produced nonsense and I just try to ignore it.

Rodriguez: I know you’re a huge LGBT supporter, so what’s been your reaction to this Gay marriage trend happening across the country?

Sheik: Well, I think it’s great and hope it continues. It looks like it’s going to continue. My friend James Lecesne is one of the people who started The Trevor Project, and one of the songs on my new album is called “I Wish for the Sun” and the lyric of the song repeatedly says, “Come out, come out, come out,” so I’m trying to get James to use that as a theme song for Coming Out Day, which I think already happened. But yes, I’m a huge supporter and I think it’s great.

Rodriguez: I wanted to reaffirm to our readers that you’re straight, because there’s many Gay men that probably want to date you. I feel we have to reaffirm that, so that they don’t get excited.

Sheik: (laughs) I’m really flattered and … um ... well, what can I say?, I’m flattered. And, you never know what’s going to happen. Things can change, right? (laughs again). We all live in a kind of fluid continuum of sexuality, I think.

Rodriguez: It’s not the same big straight world it was 15 years ago, around the time you launched your music career.

Sheik: It’s been an enormous cultural shift and it’s interesting how it’s in the past.

It feels like the last 3 or 4 years that the pendulum actually tipped over in a certain way.

This new generation of people doesn’t make the distinction between Gay and straight the way previous generations did, and that’s really great.

Rodriguez: Since you’re playing Seattle now on this brief tour and later this year, there’s a possibility of a broader national tour, will Seattle be excluded from that tour?

Sheik: No, no, not at all. It all depends on logistics and what the energy is like around the new album, and if people are psyched about it or not. Hopefully, I’ll be back a couple times in 2014.

Rodriguez: Do you have any fond memories, or not so fond memories, of Seattle from the times you’ve played here?

Sheik: I’ve played in Seattle since my first record came out, since ‘96, and there have been great memories. The real problem for me is that I’m always on my way to another city, so I never feel like I have enough down time to explore more parts of Seattle. But I think this time I have a day off.

Rodriguez: Seattle is one of the top 3 U.S. cities for live theater. It’d be great to launch a new musical here someday.

Sheik: I know. Bart (Bartlett) Sher is a friend, and, of course, he’s no longer at the Intiman, but I would love to do something in Seattle. It’s always an ongoing conversation, for sure.

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Grammy wrap-up

Macklemore scores four, Daft Punk gets lucky

mance when they joined forces, and, of course, Daft Punk had everyone from Katy Perry to odd duck Yoko Ono dancing (Ono was actually just poking holes in the air).

I loved the classy pairing of singer-songwriters Carole King and Sara Bareilles, and I would pay to see them do an entire show together. Musgraves’ cutesie-tootsie version of “Follow Your Arrow” with illuminated cowgirl boots and neon cactus was short and sweet, while Metallica’s collaboration with Lang Lang was tremendously cool.

BAD SHOWINGS If Beyonce and Jay Z are this horrible together on stage, I never ever wanna see what happens behind their closed door. It looked awful, sounded awful and I want my money back!

Swift’s head-banging rendition of “All Too Well” was not well at all, going for too much and ultimately turning the song into an Alanis Morissette B-side. Honey, keep it simple.

I’m a total Katy Perry fan, but her witchy run-through of “Dark Horse” was a hot mess – it was bizarre, costumey and resembled a high school production of The Crucible.

And, how many bong hits did it take for someone to decide that Robin Thicke and Chicago would be a good fit? “Blurred Lines” is a nasty song, Chicago is an easylistening pop act – it was like Disney on crack.

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FASHION NOTES While the majority of artists looked dazzling (Zedd was hot!!) at the Grammys, there were those who clearly needed to face the music.

Beyonce’s dried sponge of a hairdo was Ryan Lewis (l) and Macklemore accepting the award for Best New Artist just icky; it reminded me of dehydrated lawns during the summer months.

by Albert Rodriguez graves’ double wins for Best Country Al- champ going into Sunday’s pre-telecast.

Madonna, who I adore, had an off night SGN A&E Writer bum (Same Trailer, Different Park) and dressed in something inspired by the Amish Best Country Song (“Merry Go Round”), GREAT PEFORMANCES (???) or Quakers (???). Furthermore, 50 They did it! In what could be an historic besting Taylor Swift in both categories.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, with help year-old white women should not be wearweek for Seattle, local rap duo Macklemore Nashville’s newest sweetheart shared each and Ryan Lewis won four Grammy Awards victory with co-writer and co-producer last weekend in Los Angeles. But the pair Shane McAnally, who is openly Gay and only accepted one of the gramophones in married his husband two years ago. Musperson (for Best New Artist) during the graves’ latest single, “Follow Your Arrow,” televised broadcast at Staples Center, as the has been embraced by LGBT music fans for other three were presented at a pre-televised its supportive lyrics: “Kiss lots of boys, kiss ceremony across the street at the Nokia lots of girls, if that’s what you’re into” and Theater, while they were making final prep- “Follow your arrow, wherever it points.” arations for their performance of “Same A huge Gay ally garnered her very first Love.” Macklemore and Ryan Lewis now Grammy on Sunday afternoon, Kathy join a select group of Seattle artists who’ve Griffin. The redheaded comic took home won Grammys, including Pearl Jam, Nir- the award for Best Comedy Album (Calm vana, Quincy Jones and Soundgarden. They Down Gurrl), becoming only the third fealso won for Best Rap Album (The Heist), male in history to triumph in the male-domBest Rap Song (“Thrift Shop”) and Best inated category. Vampire Weekend nabbed Rap Performance (“Thrift Shop”). A note the coveted Best Alternative Music Album of congratulations was sent to Macklemore (thank god!) for Modern Vampires of the and Ryan Lewis, on behalf of Seattle Gay City, beating out the aging (yet still decent) News, via their manager this week. If the Nine Inch Nails and Tacoma native Neko Seahawks can manhandle the Broncos this Case. I’ve always had a crush on drummer weekend, it will climax an exciting seven Chris Tomson, but now I’ve developed a days for the Emerald City! And, in the event similar obsession with lead singer Ezra you missed the Grammys, here’s a brief run- Koenig, who’s attending this weekend’s down.

Super Bowl. FYI: Vampire Weekend keyboardist Rostam Batmanglij is Gay. THE WINNERS “Music’s Biggest Night” was very big for THE LOSERS another duo, French electronic giants Daft Poor, poor Taylor Swift. The usually pepPunk, who earned honors for Album of the py entertainer went home sadly with nothYear (Random Access Memories), Record ing, and while I sympathize with her (yes, of the Year (“Get Lucky”), Best Pop Duo/ I do like her music) I must say that it was Group Performance (“Get Lucky”) and a bad strategy submitting your album into Best Dance/Electronica Album (Random the country field when Red is much more Access Memories). Their engineering team suited for a pop audience. And, quite honaccepted the Grammy for Best Engineered estly, Musgraves also made a better album Daft Punk took home the Grammy for Album of the Year Album, Non-Classical. and song.

Lorde, coming to Seattle on March 24, Kendrick Lamar leaving Staples Center from Madonna and Queen Latifah, pro- ing grills, even if you happen to be the scooped up hardware for Song of the Year empty-handed was an even bigger shock; vided the night’s most powerful and emo- Queen of Pop. (“Royals”) with Joel Little and Best Pop the praised rapper lost 4 times to Mackl- tional moment when 33 couples (the media Drop-dead gorgeous Paula Patton slipped Solo Performance (“Royals”). She received emore and Ryan Lewis, and was edged out was told it would be 34 couples, so someone into an even sillier ensemble than what she a hero’s welcome home when she flew back by Jay Z and no-show Justin Timberlake for chickened out down the aisle) were married wore at the Golden Globes, showing up in a to Auckland earlier this week – bestowed a Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. on live TV. It was such an epic Grammy zebra-inspired gown that sincerely hurt my traditional ceremony by Air New Zealand R&B singer Tamar Braxton lost all three performance that even the Parisian robots eyes. staff and later greeted by 10,000 fans at a Grammys she was up for, and a stunning acknowledged it during their acceptance And, Paris Hilton, still famous for doing live show. The New Zealand-born teenager upset in a minor category was Pacific Mam- speech via the miniature and surprisingly nothing but having sex in a hotel room (and received congratulations from her country’s bo Orchestra’s win over Carlos Vives and alive Paul Williams. bad sex, at that) tried to look elegant and relPrime Minister and Olympic team.

Marc Anthony for Best Tropical Latin AlLamar and Imagine Dragons gave the evant in white, though as the saying goes, I was over the moon with Kacey Mus- bum – Vives was already the Latin Grammy award ceremony’s other amazing perfor- “you can’t put lipstick on a pig.”

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Chamber music flourishes in Winter Festival Benjamin Ealovega

ers, and new compositions. Every season she added a gifted young musician or two to the mix.

In the mid-1990s, she introduced the insanely talented and charming violinist James Ehnes, then barely 20 years old.

Several of Ehnes’s equally accomplished cohorts soon joined in and infused the festivals with new vitality. I remember driving home from one electrifying concert during a summer festival that featured Ehnes, violist Richard O’Neill, cellist Bion Tsang, and pianists Wendy Chen, Jeremy Denk, and Adam Neiman, and thinking, “In a few years all of them will be too famous to want to come back.” It took me a while to realize that there’s no such thing as being too famous to want to come back to an SCMS festival.

A couple of years ago, Saks turned over the artistic directorship to Ehnes, who has

mented perfectly.

Brahms’s Piano Trio Op. 87, a larger, more serious piece, was beautifully performed by Ehnes, cellist Julie Albers, and pianist Max Levinson.

Some audience members left during the intermission that followed the Brahms, and they missed the pièce de résistance: Shostakovich’s Piano Trio Op. 67.

The unforgettable performance of Palmer, Tsang, and pianist Rohan De Silva (a festival newcomer) brought out all the grief, sardonic humor, and ferocious anger of this momentous trio, which Shostakovich wrote in 1944 to commemorate the death of a close friend and, indirectly, the suffering of Russian Jews.

The works chosen by Ehnes for this concert illuminated one another, each piece preparing the listener to hear the next with greater understanding. Each includes a

The works chosen by Ehnes for this concert illuminated one another, each piece preparing the listener to hear the next with greater understanding. proved a worthy successor. The January 26 concert that I attended was a good example of his smart programming and his ability to incorporate exciting new artists into the festivals.

Violinist Ruth Palmer, a newcomer to SCMS, blazed into the winter fog with a white-hot performance of the Bach Partita No. 2. This piece’s concluding movement is the gorgeous, fiendishly difficult chaconne, which Palmer played with great skill and intensity.

Following the solo recital – have I mentioned that the pre-concert recitals are free and open to the public? – came a wonderfully satisfying concert of trios. Benjamin Beilman and Ida Levin on violin joined O’Neill for a delightful, rarely performed Terzetto by Antonín Dvořák. I hadn’t heard Beilman play before and was very much impressed with his sweet, full tone, which Levin and O’Neill’s rhythmic drive comple-

distinctive theme-and-variations movement (the final movement of the Bach and Dvořák, the second movement of the Brahms, and the third movement of the Shostakovich). Each contains dance elements and passages of exceptional rhythmic propulsion. Each demands musicians with courage, panache, and technical mastery.

Well done, Mr. Ehnes.

You can sample the remaining concerts of the current festival, which runs through February 2, on KING-FM or king.org; but for chamber music, nothing matches a live performance. The communication among the musicians and between the musicians and the audience in the intimate setting of Nordstrom Recital Hall is remarkable.

Sometimes the energy makes the walls bulge out. You have to be there.

For information about the concerts and educational events sponsored by SCMS, visit seattlechambermusic.org.

dle Verdi favorites, all the way to this final work, Falstaff. Along the way we get thrilling high notes, gorgeous phrasing, and such a compelling articulation of the words that I was uncharacteristically driven to check the printed translations to see exactly what he was saying. Villazón is a very special artist, showcased here to excellent advantage.

Despite their vastly different voices and repertoire, Villazón and Jonas Kaufmann Teatro Regio Torino, all captured in gor- share some artistic qualities. Both are sugeous, spacious sound. Perhaps the voice perb artists who have learned how to take is a little lighter than the baritonal sound he used to flaunt, but he retains plenty of power when called for.

What makes this disc special, aside from Villazón’s lovely sound, is his artistry. I can’t think of any other current tenor, other than Jonas Kaufmann, who employs more vocal magic to give expression to emotion.

Very few singers shade phrasing with the care shown here. Most sing with tone that changes very little within an aria; Villazón changes his sound to convey the emotional the vocal arts to its highest level, both techintent of every line. This used to be called nically and expressively. Both use maxi“word pointing” or words shaded to point mum dynamic range, moving from stunning at an emotion. And, like Maria Callas, he pianissimos to fortissimos in completely varies the speed of his vibrato to indicate smooth transitions. Both vary their vocal intensity of feeling. Most important, these timbre for word pointing. Both are superb vocal techniques do not seem premeditated actors on stage, and both are attractive. but rather appear to come directly from his While Villazón is a lyric tenor, Kaufmann gut feeling. is a heroic tenor, possessed of a more powerVillazón’s talent and his passion seem ful voice that allows his musical intelligence perfectly suited to the content of this disc, a vastly greater arsenal of vocal resources which is simply called Verdi. Almost half with which to express his art. On top of of the program comprises arias plus three this, Kaufmann has created (or re-created, songs (orchestrated by modern composer if you go back far enough) an utterly differLuciano Berio), all of which are not general- ent, more nuanced way of singing Wagner ly familiar, starting with Verdi’s first opera, than any tenor of my experience. Just listen Oberto. From there, we travel through mid- on this disc to how he begins “In fernem

Land” from Wagner’s Lohengrin. No other Wagnerian tenor I know of can sustain such beautiful soft singing as this. To state the obvious, it makes the crescendo to louder moments all the more powerful.

Kaufmann’s Audio-only Blu-ray disc is called simply Wagner. He starts with extended bits from Die Walküre and Siegfried, followed by the big aria from Wagner’s early opera, Rienzi. Tannhäuser, Meistersinger, and Lohengrin follow. Then comes the most daring part: he sings Wagner’s “Wes-

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by Alice Bloch SGN A&E Writer SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY WINTER FESTIVAL BENAROYA HALL January 26 If you’re a music lover and you’ve never attended a Seattle Chamber Music Society (SCMS) concert, please do something about that as soon as possible. It really doesn’t matter which concert you pick, because

they’re always splendid. I predict you’ll be hooked for life, as I was in 1991, nine years after the late, great Toby Saks founded SCMS. Saks’s recipe for establishing and maintaining the stellar reputation of the SCMS festivals was all about excellence and balance. She discovered fabulous musicians, gave them great music to play, and made their time in Seattle so enjoyable that they wanted to return. She programmed each concert with a pleasing mix of old favorites, little-known pieces by well-known compos-

Rolando Villazón and Jonas Kaufmann: The greatest tenors in the greatest sound

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer Great opera singers historically seem to come in waves. Not long ago, we suffered a drought of good operatic tenors, but today we have an amazing flood of truly fine tenors (as well as coloratura mezzos, etc.). This review covers my reactions to new releases on Blu-ray Audio-only discs by two of the greatest in the current crowd: Rolando Villazón and Jonas Kaufmann. (For technical information about Audio-only Blu-rays, search my earlier articles at www.sgn.org, clicking on the Arts and Entertainment section.)

As anyone following Villazón’s career knows, he recently went through a vocal crisis (as so many of even the greatest opera singers do). I’m happy to report that he seems in this recital not only completely recovered, but has also added a more refined discipline to his vocal technique. This lovely Audio-only Blu-ray disc shows a voice that maintains a better focus to his sound, with undiminished breath control and emotionally expressive legato line. The whole show is a delight, made especially tasteful by the sensitive accompaniment of conductor Gianandrea Noseda and the Orchestra

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What makes this disc special, aside from Villazón’s lovely sound, is his artistry. I can’t think of any other current tenor, other than Jonas Kaufmann, who employs more vocal magic to give expression to emotion.

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sendonck Lieder,” which are almost always sung by a mezzo or a soprano. (My favorites were recorded by Christa Ludwig and Kirsten Flagstad.) While I wouldn’t wish to give up those versions, Kaufmann succeeds wonderfully because of his supreme artistry.

Jonas Kaufmann is simply the most exciting vocal artist working at a time when the world is full of great singers. I’m grateful that we have both Villazón and Kaufmann in this new, nearly perfect audio medium, to be treasured for all time.

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

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer Nicknamed Adam (Aaron Eckhart) by an immortal Gargoyle named Leonore (Miranda Otto), tasked by the angels of Heaven to protect the human world from Hell’s demonic hordes, Frankenstein’s Monster has walked the Earth for over 200 years trying to survive. Tired of being hunted, he decides to take the fight to those who stalk him, hoping to find the mysterious demon Naberius (Bill Nighy) and discover once and for all why he’s so important to him.

That’s the nuts and bolts of I, Frankenstein, and while a ton more is going on, it’s safe to say the basic plot mechanics don’t go a heck of lot deeper than that. If anything, the movie basically rehashes the Underworld playbook letter for letter, Gargoyles substituting for werewolves while Demons take the place of the vampire hordes. The difference? The change comes with the addition of Mary Shelley’s creation in the middle of this mess, the supposedly soulless monster having to decide if he cares about humanity’s survival or if instead he’d be fine seeing them wiped off the face of the planet, letting hellfire and damnation be the new rules everyone remaining lives by.

The Underworld connection isn’t a surprise. The film, written and directed by Stuart Beattie (30 Days of Night, Collateral), is based on the graphic novel by Kevin Grevioux (who appears here as one of Naberius’ enforcers), one of the main cogs that helped

create that four-film franchise alongside Len Wiseman. His concept and story follow that series’ core plot dynamics pretty much down the line, sticking with the adage about not fixing unbroken things, even if not making the attempt doesn’t do this latest enterprise all that many favors.

Not that I, Frankenstein is terrible. It isn’t. The film is well cast and has a glossy, sometimes giddy, B-movie sheen to it that’s certainly intoxicating. Beattie, initially at least, makes the attempt to give the characters center stage, allowing them to develop, if not believably, close enough to being so, that the gothic comic book influences stuffing this thing to the brim don’t overwhelm the senses to the point they could potentially annoy. He keeps the pace moving, but not to the point the narrative twists into nonsensical absurdist knots, and while nothing happening is a surprise, it all develops reasonably well enough I never felt my intelligence was being belittled.

That does not make anything that takes place during the confines of the film’s brisk 93 minutes anything close to smart or profound. I, Frankenstein is dumb. Stop. Endof-story. End-of-sentence. And, most of all, end-of-discussion. Much of the scenario has about all the profundity of a SyFy Channel fantasy-adventure (sadly with special effects to match), everything climaxing with a resounding thud that kept echoing throughout the theatre long after the screen faded to black. The final battle between gargoyle and demon has all the urgency and the passion facing fear

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continued from cover Gary M. Kramer: How did you come to learn about the story of Tim and Matthew?

Jason Cohen: This was part of a larger project with the Fetzer Institute, a nonprofit that does work about promoting love and forgiveness. Tim and Matthew’s story jumped out at me; it was about exploring this process of forgiveness. In talking about how we address bullying and hate, it struck me as something I wanted to explore.

GMK: Do you think you could have forgiven Matthew if you were Tim? JC: I had to think about how I would react in that situation, but I really don’t know.

I don’t know that I could forgive. But the only way to know is to be [Matthew] and go through his experiences. Forgiveness is not

a cut and dry issue. We wanted to show that their personal experiences and societal factors were part of the process as they came back into each other’s lives.

GMK: Do you think Matthew was just in the wrong place at the wrong time?

JC: I think this attack happened in 1980, so there was no such thing as a hate crime.

It was a Gay bashing. If it happened today, it would have been looked at differently.

GMK: How has being nominated for an Oscar changed your life and/or work as a filmmaker?

JC: I’m happy to be nominated, and we’ll see what happens. It’s a huge boost and, hopefully, it will continue to blossom from there. With this recognition, we get to do this on a wider scale.

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Glossy Frankenstein an uninspired underworld clone

Aaron Eckhart in I, Frankenstein

of a pent-up yawn: whether or not I could stifle mine the most exciting thing I felt while I sat there watching it.

I liked Eckhart as Adam/Frankenstein’s Monster, and Otto is, if you’ll excuse the wording, a divine choice to be the leader of Heaven’s gargoyle warriors. There’s also a nice bit of support from former Chuck star Yvonne Strahovski as a scientist thrust into the middle of a war she can barely comprehend; even though she’s suddenly, and inadvertently, the key towards tilting the tide towards the bad guys, she and Eckhart having solid chemistry. But the rest of the secondary cast, notably Jack Reacher and A Good Day to Die Hard newcomer Jai Courtney, are left out to dry with little to do, while

Nighy more or less phones in the same performance he gave in the Underworld films.

I’ve made no secret of the fact I’ve gotten a kick out of those Underworld efforts, all of them (save maybe the third one) relatively absurd guilty pleasures I almost can’t help but enjoy. But with I, Frankenstein, whatever spell that series has upon me hasn’t been transferred into the marrow of this new motion picture, so much of the film a moderately tedious slog to nowhere that barely held my interest, until the overly frenetic finale.

For all the whiz, for all the attempts at bang, this is one franchise starter I seriously doubt is going to a sequel (raised electrified back to life from the dead) anytime soon.

Days of Private Jack Hall is a somber and fascinating short documentary film that explores a unique hospice center at the Iowa State Penitentiary. Chronicling the last two weeks in the life of Jack Hall, a decorated soldier who went to prison for 21 years for murdering a drug dealer, Barens’ film prompts a reconsideration of how end of life care issues are being handled for the incarcerated Gary M. Kramer: How did you come to learn about the story of Jack Hall and the Iowa State Prison Hospice?

these [hospice] programs work, that they don’t cost anything and they need to be expanded.

GMK: You are a Gay filmmaker. Was there a reason you chose not to tell a Gay story?

EB: I don’t shy away from Gay issues, but none of my larger films are Gay themed. My next documentary started with a Queer topic. I love doing films on criminal justice. It’s become my cause. I feel that society needs to open their eyes and we can’t lock people up and throw away the key. I guess it is my

I love doing films on criminal justice.

It’s become my cause. I feel that society needs to open their eyes and we can’t lock people up and throw away the key.

I guess it is my calling. These people have no voice.

Edgar Barens: I didn’t seek Jack out from the get go; it was a random thing. By the time Iowa State Penitentiary approved me to visit, I stationed myself in the infirmary, as I was highlighting the hospice program. I got to know the inmate volunteers, who are also orderlies. Jack was a long-term patient. Three months into my stay, I realized he was the one to focus on, and got to know his story.

GMK: What was your goal in making this film?

EB: My first goal was to humanize the prisoner. These are people who made horrible mistakes. I wanted to know the inmate who was dying, why the inmates who helped were doing it, as well as about the Edgar Barens’ Prison Terminal: The Last doctors and nurses. My goal was to show

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calling. These people have no voice.

GMK: What has been the impact of the experience of being nominated on your life and work as a filmmaker?

EB: I don’t think I prepared myself for this. I’m flabbergasted by this sudden attention the film is getting. Other folks who have been nominated or won, said that my life will or might change the way of getting funding, and people will be interested in your projects. I’m bracing myself. Nothing drastic has happened yet. It’s crazy. My friends are more flipped out than I am. But this is actually happening. When I got the cover letter from the Academy, it gave me chills. © 2014 Gary M. Kramer

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continued from cover If that isn’t enough, she’s currently booked on the “Battle of the Seasons Tour,” a live spinoff from the TV series that features many of the show’s familiar faces performing in front of audiences throughout the U.S. and Canada. The Seattle concert is scheduled for February 4 at the Moore Theatre. (For tickets, visit www.stgpresents. org or stop by either box office at the Paramount or Moore.) I was able to reach Luzon by phone before she headed out on the road, and here’s what this incredible drag star had to say:

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Albert Rodriguez: Have you ever been to Seattle before?

Manila Luzon: I went to Seattle a couple of times, actually. Once in October for a Halloween party. That’s where I met Jinkx Monsoon for the first time, before I even knew she was on the show. She was dressed like a skunk. Of course, I loved her because I had skunk hair. She was a sweetheart when I met her. But yeah, I’m looking forward to coming to Seattle again.

Rodriguez: Was that last year that you met her?

Luzon: No, it was the year before that. I think she had already

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filmed the show, but it was before it aired.

Rodriguez: Can you give us a snippet of what the Moore Theatre show is about, what’s on the program?

Luzon: There’s gonna be a bunch of drag queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race in a fairly large production of a drag show, hosted by Michelle Visage. We all perform and do this great show, and the fans have a lot of fun seeing it.

Rodriguez: Will it feature individual and ensemble performances?

Luzon: The lineup changes, and I don’t know who’s going to be performing for that one. I know Detox and Willam, when they’re there, they perform together. I know Jinkx isn’t going to be there – usually we perform “Bring It.” We do solo numbers, we have little productions, it’s going to be interesting. We’re drag queens, so you don’t know until you get there what’s going to go down.

Rodriguez: Are there any catfights that happen off stage?

Luzon: Actually, surprisingly, we all get along very well. Of course, we’re all reading each other’s pants down like you’re used to seeing on the show. But at this point, no

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one has any power. It’s not a competition any more, we’re all trying to make the show work. We each have our own numbers to do, we try to give each other enough time and space backstage to change and stuff like that, so it’s not as catty as you’d think.

Rodriguez: One of the most memorable moments from RuPaul’s Drag Race was

Luzon: I just cooked a gigantic pot of adobo yesterday because I was missing some Filipino food in my life, and I wanted to have leftovers for today. I don’t speak Tagalog. My mother never taught me when I was growing up. She tried once, but I was too old to learn a new language. I was born and raised in Minnesota. But I’m very cul-

I’m a drag queen, so I don’t have any reason to buy a $500.00 pair of shoes when I can buy a $25.00 pair of shoes and get some red nail polish with it. I think doing drag comes with a budget. when you competed against Delta Work in a lip-sync elimination to Donna Summer. Do you still have that dress?

Luzon: She is locked up in the storage!

That dress, after my season, went all over the world, and the feathers are falling off, so she needs to be refurbished before I take her on the road again. I put her in retirement, but maybe one day I’ll bring her back out.

“MacA rthur Park” was one of my most famous numbers because that’s the song I lip-sync’d to keep me on the show.

But yeah, I still have the dress with the leggings and matching headpiece and the shoes, and she’s locked up in storage in a garment bag in Jersey.

Rodriguez: Do you make your outfits, buy them or have them made for you?

Luzon: Most of my outfits, the memorable pieces like the Big Bird, I will draw them out. I like to draw, so I will sketch out the ideas, and then I will find someone to make my outfits for me. For a long time, I had Ivy Winters making all my costumes, but then she auditioned for RuPaul’s Drag Race and got on the show, and now she ain’t got no time for me! (laughs) But I do have someone make my clothes for me and I have a very specific design in mind. Sometimes I will make own costumes – I forgot that on the show I made all my own costumes – so, I know how to work a sewing machine.

Rodriguez: Do you go shopping at Nordstrom or Macy’s for women’s dresses or shoes?

Luzon: I’m a drag queen, so I don’t have any reason to buy a $500.00 pair of shoes when I can buy a $25.00 pair of shoes and get some red nail polish with it. I think doing drag comes with a budget, so I can’t see myself going into Nordstrom and buying a thousand dollar dress, and also I’m seemingly larger than you might imagine. I’m a 6-foot tall man, so I can’t really squeeze into women’s sizes that easily.

Rodriguez: You are half-Filipino. Do you eat Filipino food? How tied into the culture are you?

tured. My mom would take me and my sister to the Cultural Society of Filipinos where we were from, so I learned a bunch of folk dances. A whole half of my family is Filipino, so I’m very Filipino, FilipinoAmerican.

Rodriguez: Do you have any advice for anyone, maybe teenagers, out there, considering going into drag? How do they get started, by borrowing their sister’s clothes?

Luzon: I always went into my mother’s closet and through my sister’s laundry when I was younger. A lot of people have a hard time, because they don’t think their parents are going to be accepting of it, but every person’s different. I always tell my fans who ask me when it’s time to start doing drag, especially when their parents are not really accepting of it – I tell them that if their parents have a problem with it, to not do it while they’re in their house. But the second that you turn 18, move out and go shopping for some high heels, honey! A lot of the younger people are growing up in a more open culture, and I meet so many parents who are fans and they show me pictures of their children who are starting to do drag and they are so young. It’s nice to see how accepting parents are these days. I’m lucky that my parents are accepting of me, but it wasn’t until the show aired that they actually kind of figured it out. So, if you’re young and you want to put on dresses, do it! It’s not going to hurt anyone.

Rodriguez: Do you have a lot of straight fans, are there straight drag fans out there?

Luzon: Oh yeah, the majority of our fans are straight. A lot of women watch the show.

I think it’s the biggest demographic of RuPaul’s Drag Race. That’s what cool about this “Battle of the Seasons Tour,” that it doesn’t take place in a Gay bar. A lot of people don’t go to Gay bars, so they don’t know where to see a drag show. In our audience, we have middle-aged women who watch the show coming with their husbands. We get more of a range of people, like who watch the show, coming to see us on tour.

Rodriguez: What other projects are you working on through the remainder of 2014?

Luzon: I started 2014 with this tour, so I’m putting a lot of effort into the tour. I’m still working on videos and music, I have a rap song with Caswell. And I’m trying to get myself a fashion doll, that’s a goal of mine.

For anyone that wants to play with a drag queen doll – we’re working on it, and she’ll be manufactured in China just for you!

Rodriguez: Are there any female performers you choose not to impersonate, or whose songs you won’t perform, based on their image?

Luzon: I have a hard time finding music I like. When I first started out, I just liked to get dressed up and I couldn’t find music that I really wanted to perform. If Madonna comes out with a new song, you know I’m going to try it. I’m going to put on a blonde wig and try it out. But to answer your question, I don’t do Nicki Minaj, because she has too many damn lyrics! I love Nicki Minaj, but there’s too many damn words in her songs. I know it can be done, but I don’t have the power, I don’t have the capacity to figure it out, so I don’t touch Nicki Minaj.

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SATURDAY - February 1

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.

Knights of Mantra Beggars Feast 2014. Doors 5pm, Dinner 6pm. Russian Cultural Center, 704 19th Ave E. Seven-course dinner includes wine, entertainment & games. $35.

Northwest Bears Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6-10pm.

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

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details.

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

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridge club.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Diverse Harmony “When I Grow Up I Want to be Me” (1/31 & 2/1). 7:30pm. Broadway Performance Hall, Broadway & E Pine St. A musical journey from the family we are born into to the family we choose. Combining Broadway, pop, and classical tunes, this concert explores what family is & how everyone forms their own sense of family & community. Tickets: $20 general; $25 premium; $30 VIP. www.diverse harmony.org

SUNDAY - February 2

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/ Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. 9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www. borderriders.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.

Lotus Sisters. 11am-1:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 1st Sunday of every month. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www.sasgcc.org Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com.

Women can contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.dharmabuddies.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 & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattleal-anon.org Seattle Clinic Defense February Organizing Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 517 E Pike St. Short planning meeting for February 8 action. (See February 8 listing at 8am.)

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

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learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

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 Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. 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.

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

MONDAY - February 3

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.)

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.

TUESDAY - February 4

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 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

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February 1 thru February 9 Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett. 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County. “We will be discussing issues concerning the local Gay community & value your opinion, voice, comments, suggestions & attendance. Come join us as we build community in Snohomish County.” David, (425) 339-5238.

LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions?

Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 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 Gay/Bi Prostate Cancer Group. 6:30-8pm. Gilda’s Club, 1400 Broadway. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

For Gay & Bi men diagnosed with prostate cancer. A safe space for emotional support on issues of treatment, sexuality, relationships & topics specific to Gay/ Bi men. FREE. 709-1400, www.gildasclubseattle.org Olympic Yacht Club Meeting. 6:30pm. Northwest Yacht Brokers Association, 901 Fairview Ave N Ste A-190 (at Chandler’s Cove on South Lake Union).

Meets 1st Tuesday each month. Monthly board meeting open to all OYC members & prospective members.

709-BOAT, www.oycnw.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 Cineoke! Doors 6:30pm, Show 7pm. Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous, 2322 2nd Ave. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film & lyrics are projected onto the screen. There are hundreds of songs to choose from, or you can bring your own special request on DVD. $8 cover.

Sponsored by Three Dollar Bill Cinema. www.threedollarbill cinema.org Friends in Adoption Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Childhaven Community Center, 1345 22nd Ave NE, Auburn.

Meets 1st Tuesday each month (Sept-June) with presentations by guest speakers on adoption-related issues. Friends in Adoption is an independent, nonprofit support & educational group made up of families touched by adoption. More info & to RSVP, call 2645136; friendsinadoption@yahoo.com.

Rain City Jacks. 1st & 3rd Tuesday, 7pm; 4th Sunday, 3pm. West Queen Anne/Interbay. Location & membership details provided on request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sex-positive, non-profit & private. Membership required. Adult men only. Enroll at the door. 1-888-809-5035, infor@raincityjacks. org, www.raincityjacks.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network. 7-8:30pm check-in and open rap or topic discussion. Rock Salt, 1232 Westlake Ave. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

Meet & mingle in an engaging, feminist, Bisexualsupportive environment. Pose your most burning questions & hear the most interesting responses from a diverse group of lively self-identified women, in a relaxing and laid back environment. www.sbwn.net.

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com 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.

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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 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. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

RuPaul’s Drag Race - Battle of the Seasons.

8:30pm. The Moore Theatre, 2nd Ave & Virginia St. Hosted by Michelle Visage. Featuring Sharon Needles, Manila Luzon, Ivy Winters, Alaska Thunderfuck, Carmen Carrera, Detox, Pandora Boxx, and Willam.

Tickets: $27.50-$47.50 advance; $32.50 day of show. www.stgpresents.org; 1-877-784-4849.

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WEDNESDAY - February 5

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. www.mature friends.org Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 1-3pm.

Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. (253) 383-2565.

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.

(425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com 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.)

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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

This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www.ingersollcenter.org PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. PFLAG/Renton: 425235-4139. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www. seattle-pflag.org.

Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Sex, Dating & Healthy Relationships. 7-8pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month. For LGBTQ youth that want to learn new things & explore all sorts of ideas around sex, identity & sexual relationships. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org 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. Peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

Pride Skate Seattle. 9-11pm. Southgate Roller Rink, 9646 17th Ave SW. First Wednesday of every month. $7 admission includes skate rental. Must be 18+.

After-party at Company, 9608 16th Ave SW, with drink specials & karaoke. www.southgaterollerrink.com

THURSDAY - February 6

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 of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-

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First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm.

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

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

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

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

(253) 474-8897.

Orca Swim Team Workout. 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 related listing on Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Gay City Arts - “It Will Kill Them!” (2/6-2/9). 8pm.

Calamus Auditorium, Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Jennifer Jasper’s “It Will Kill Them!” explores the struggle she’s had with the need people have to label her. Tickets: General admission $15; student/senior $13. www. gaycity.org Seattle Women’s Chorus “We Can Swing It!” (2/62/9). Thurs 2/6 - 7:30pm; Fri 2/7 - 8pm; Sat 2/8 - 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2/9 - 2pm. Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St. Experience jazz, swing, stories & memories of the lives of Rosie the Riveters. Tickets $28, $33, $43, $53, $63. seattlewomenschorus.org

SATURDAY - February 8

1912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

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 Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm.

Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide. Meetings open to the public. 684-4540.

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

Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E. Olive Way. Meets 1st Thursday each month. www.seattleprimetimers.org Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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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. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month.

ECSC is a confidential crossdressing social & support organization for Transvestite & Transsexual individuals, primarily MTF, which offers confidential membership, private monthly meetings, frequent events on the town, & help in coming out. (425) 827-9494.

Gay 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 Women’s Chorus “We Can Swing It!” (2/62/9). Thurs 2/6 - 7:30pm; Fri 2/7 - 8pm; Sat 2/8 - 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2/9 - 2pm. Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St. Experience jazz, swing, stories & memories of the lives of Rosie the Riveters. Tickets $28, $33, $43, $53, $63. seattlewomenschorus.org Gay City Arts - “It Will Kill Them!” (2/6-2/9). 8pm.

Calamus Auditorium, Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Jennifer Jasper’s “It Will Kill Them!” explores the struggle she’s had with the need people have to label her. Tickets: General admission $15; student/senior $13. www. gaycity.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

FRIDAY - February 7

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

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

February Clinic Defense. 8-11am. Madison Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison St. Seattle Clinic Defense is a grassroots group dedicated to comprehensive, medically-accurate, shame-free and affordable reproductive care for all. www.seattleclinicdefense.org.

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

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. www.agatheringofmen.org Emerald City Softball Association Field Day. 10am.

North SeaTac Playfields, S 128th St & 20th Ave S, SeaTac. New player clinic & skills assesment. Players of all skill levels welcome. seattlegaysoftball.com Between the Covers - Gay City LGBT Library Book Club. 1pm. Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Informal group of Queer folks talking about Queer literature. Visit www.gaycity.org for monthly reading selection.

Seattle Women’s Chorus “We Can Swing It!” (2/62/9). Thurs 2/6 - 7:30pm; Fri 2/7 - 8pm; Sat 2/8 - 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2/9 - 2pm. Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St. Experience jazz, swing, stories & memories of the lives of Rosie the Riveters. Tickets $28, $33, $43, $53, $63. seattlewomenschorus.org Suzanne Westenhoefer & Alicia Healey. 7:30pm.

The Triple Door, 216 Union St. Tickets at Ticketmaster: 1-800-745-3000.

Gay City Arts - “It Will Kill Them!” (2/6-2/9). 8pm.

Calamus Auditorium, Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Jennifer Jasper’s “It Will Kill Them!” explores the struggle she’s had with the need people have to label her. Tickets: General admission $15; student/senior $13. www. gaycity.org Seattle Red Dress Party. 9pm-2am (8pm VIP entry).

Fremont Studios, 155 N 35th St. Red dress required, attitude optional. Advance tickets: general admission $40; VIP $100. At the door tickets: general admission $50; VIP $120. www.seattlereddressparty.org

SUNDAY - February 9

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Imperial Court of Seattle Coronation Week InTown Brunch & Awards. 11am. CC Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. Imperial Court of Seattle Voting Day. 1-6pm. CC Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. No Safeword Writers Group. 1-3pm. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. Provides mutual support for members’ efforts, in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers.

For info & location, NSWG@sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org.

Gay City Arts - “It Will Kill Them!” (2/6-2/9). 2pm.

Calamus Auditorium, Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Jennifer Jasper’s “It Will Kill Them!” explores the struggle she’s had with the need people have to label her. Tickets: General admission $15; student/senior $13. www. gaycity.org Seattle Women’s Chorus “We Can Swing It!” (2/62/9). Thurs 2/6 - 7:30pm; Fri 2/7 - 8pm; Sat 2/8 - 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2/9 - 2pm. Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St. Experience jazz, swing, stories & memories of the lives of Rosie the Riveters. Tickets $28, $33, $43, $53, $63. seattlewomenschorus.org Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Meets 2nd Sunday each month (Oct-Feb). Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. www.skibuddies.org

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

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

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.

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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.

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.flyinghouse. org.

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

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of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. 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) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 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.

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. 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. 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; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www. outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo

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Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: http://settlegaybasketballassociation.com; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www.quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www.seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@ aol.com, www.teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague.com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattle unitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattle volleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies. org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

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

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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Call Tony, 206-735-5639. 05/3 _______________________________

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_______________________________ DADDY BEAR Mature gentleman provides excellent bodywork. Good rates. 12 noon-8pm. 206-328-5828. 06/3 _______________________________ AMAZING BODYWORK! Deep tissue, erotic bodywork by handsome, hairy-chested, hung therapist. Reasonable rates. Photos, phone number and reviews at website: www.amazingbodywork. com. Robert. 05/6 _______________________________ ASIAN (CHINESE/THAI) Young, muscular, 5’9”, 165, 28 y/o. Sensual/erotic bodywork.

Incalls North Seattle; anywhere else outcalls. 206-713-1459; if I’m out, leave message. $100-incall; $150-outcall. 51/3 _______________________________ EROTICALLY CHARGED nude full body rubdown from playful top, stimulating the senses. Get seduced. Incalls in Renton area.

Scott, 206-355-4469. 42/3 _______________________________ GREAT MASSAGE given by highly-trained, clean-cut, handsome guy. I have a clean, private studio just north of the UW. Call Matt, 206-774-9092. In calls/out calls/ hotels. 14/12 _______________________________

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_______________________________ FREE & ANONYMOUS HIV & STD COUNSELING/TESTING Walk-In or by Appt GAY CITY HEALTH PROJECT 517 E. Pike St. MON-FRI: 3pm-8pm SAT: 12:30pm-5pm More Info & to Schedule Appt 206-860-6969 _______________________________

RAIN CITY JACKS Seattle’s own JO Club, RCJ hosts three group jack-off events every month. Hot, friendly, safe fun! Adult men only. 888-8095035. info@raincityjacks.org; www.raincityjacks.org. 11/12 _______________________________ SEATTLE PRIME TIMERS A social organization for Gay and Bisexual Men over 40 and their admirers. www.seattleprimetimers.org; info@seattleprimetimers.org SGN/ _______________________________

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_______________________________ HOUSECLEANING/JANITORIAL - Capitol Hill. Done by visual artist with an eye for detail. Experienced, References, Reliable, Licensed. Call Grego, 206-7193769. 07/6 _______________________________

_______________________________ ENERGY/BODYWORK Therapeutic massage. 29 years experience. Relaxation, major/ minor injuries, chronic muscle pain. Small Queen Anne home office/studio. Massage table or massage chair. Convenient parking. (I’m a Gay-friendly straight male graphic artist, web author.)

First session 50% off = $45/1.5 hours (travel extra). By appointment only. References available.

Chris Pringer, Reiki Master, 206-286-0899. If you get a voice message mentioning “extension #,” please hang up and call back again. Brochure, testimonials, etc. via chalicebridge.com/BMIBrochure.html. 44/21 _______________________________

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_______________________________ RELAXATION and DEEP TISSUE massage on Capitol Hill. Last minute appointments welcome until 9pm. Jeff, LMP, 206-6500542. $55. www.broadwaymassage.com. 07/3 _______________________________

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HANDSOME LATINO MASSEUR Excellent Full Body Rubdown.

Strong Hands, Awesome Relaxation!! North Seattle home studio. $55 for 1 hr & 15 min. (Inquire OutCalls). 206-992-8375. 07/3 _______________________________ NOW IN TUKWILA Professional and attractive therapist. Specializing in sensual & deep tissue. Laid back, friendly, clean and comfortable environment. Very affordable rates. 206244-6343. Marc. In/Out. 08/6 _______________________________

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