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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 06, Volume 38, February 5, 2010

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Billy Joel duel at Key Arena

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by Shaun Knittel SGN Staff Writer Elton John and Billy Joel’s Face 2 Face tour February 3 Key Arena After a six-year hiatus and rescheduled Key Arena concert dates, Elton John and Billy Joel returned to the Emerald City on their Face 2 Face tour. It’s not often that one gets the opportunity to see two legends perform on the same night, and even less common to see two of the greatest piano players of all time duel it out onstage. Well, Seattle, on February 3, I joined thousands of screaming fans and got to do just that – and it was an experience I won’t soon forget.

The Piano Man and the Rocket Man opened the three-hour concert with little fanfare. At show time, the two men simply walked onto the stage and sat at their respective pianos, facing one another, and began to play and sing each other’s songs.

Much to the audience’s delight, the show was like listening to a greatest hits album by two of the most popular singer-songwriter-pianists in pop music history – only live, which is where both Elton and Joel shine. While Elton was dressed in his trademark flashy clothes, jewelry, and colored sunglasses, Joel wore a subdued dark gray blazer and black slacks, creating the perfect contrast onstage.

What immediately impressed me was how well the two friends sang

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The reigning drag queen from last season’s RuPaul’s Drag Race follows the new season each week with a conversation with the latest eliminated contestant.

Have you missed me? I’ve missed you! It’s been nearly a year since I won the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race on Logo, and I’ve been one busy drag queen.

It’s been overwhelming, in a good way. Drag Race opened a door for me. Besides traveling all over, I’ve released a single, “I’m the Shit,” and I’m also in the process of creating a one-woman show. Best of all, I’m writing this column every week! I can’t wait to interview the girls about the second season of Drag Race, their experiences on the show and what really happened behind the scenes.

First up is Shangela Laquifa Wadley, who had been doing drag for only five months before scoring a spot on the show. In my interview with her, I asked Shangela to describe herself in three words.

She answered, “entertaining, comical and most definitely open.” One word for Shangela: nice!

From the start, Shangela knew she was up against 11 other contestants

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SOUTH PACI FIC

“One of the best productions imaginable”

by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer

year association with Intiman, and a big bash last weekend gave him a big sendoff.

The touring edition of the beloved show arrived in town last week for a three-week stay at the

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Sher has received great praise for returning South Pacific to its position as great theatre that just hapSouth Pacific pens to be a musical. While some 5th Avenue Theatre of that media praise is total hype Through February 21 – the show has always been great Rodgers & Hammerand never strayed far from stein’s classic musical its original dramatic punch South Pacific is one of – much of the glowing acthe most honored mucolades are well-deserved. sicals in Broadway The musical is based on history. The original James Michener’s Tales 1949 production won Of The South Pacific, a the Pulitzer Prize for Pulitzer Prize winner drama and a ton of Tony itself. This producAwards for production tion opens and and performances. The closes with large recent Lincoln Center reproductions of revival, still doing great Michener’s typebusiness in New York, written manuscript, also picked up a slew of paying deserved Tony Awards, including Keala Settle (center) as Bloody Mary and Ensemble tribute to its original ones for Best Musical source. The stage adapRevival and Best Director for 5th Avenue Theatre. There is no tation is a masterful one. The origiBartlett Sher, who was then ar- doubt that this South Pacific, on nal Tales are just that: unrelated tistic director of Seattle’s Intiman tour or on Broadway, is one of Theatre. Sher just ended his 10- the best productions imaginable. see south pacific page 33

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN Contributing Writer White Ribbon Now Playing In a small German village a year or so before the start of World War I, strange things are happening. The Doctor (Rainer Bock) has a not-so-accidental accident while riding which sends him to the hospital. The Farmer’s (Branko Samarovski) wife falls to her death through the weakened floorboards of one of the Baron’s (Ulrich Tukur) barns, while the Baroness’ (Ursina Lardi) beloved son is tied upside-down in the woods and subjected to unspeakable torments.

The less said about Michael Haneke’s (Cache, Funny Games) Golden Globe and Palme D’Or-winning (and Oscar-nominated) The White Ribbon, the better. The plot is thin, but it is so on purpose. The movie is a treatise on belief, fascism, religion and childhood that’s difficult to describe. It is a haunting parable with no real beginning and no set conclusion, and like life’s memories, it is the meaning behind events that lingers long after the recriminations and accusations have faded into the dark.

By now, just about everyone knows this is a film revolving around children – children potentially doing unspeakable things, children transforming a community into a dark and twisted shell of its former self, children who manage to bring to the fore the unsettling undercurrents that have silently bubbled under the surface seemingly unknown to those living within the village.

Haneke doesn’t pull punches, but he also doesn’t give answers. Are the children re-

North Face a thrilling cinematic throwback

by Scott Rice SGN Contributing Writer

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could go on and on).

The characters are fascinating, their adventure is dangerous, and the action is relentless.

While James Cameron changed filmmaking forever this year with Avatar, I believe there’s still room for real films on real celluloid with real humans and all the gravitas of a real

story in contemporary cinema.

That’s what North Face is: good old-fashioned (not a pejorative) filmmaking. There is very little in the way of digital bells and whistles, but if you’re looking for a thrilling story with interesting characters in a complicated era facing an impossible landscape, check out this flick.

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North Face Now Playing The best films, films such as Casablanca, often possess a preternatural blend of cinematic elements. Complicated characters find themselves facing extraordinary obstacles in extreme settings and still find time to fall (back) in love.

North Face, written and directed by Philipp Stölzl, ticks all those boxes and many more in this classic style film based on the true story of Toni Kurz (Benno Fürmann) and Andreas Hinterstoisser (Florian Lukas), German mountain climbers who attempted to climb the dreaded Eiger (German for “ogre”) of the Bernese Alps in Switzerland, circa 1936.

The boys set out to climb the famous mountain for the same reason humans have

been climbing mountains since we first drifted out of the Olduvai Gorge: because it’s there. However, they take on this personal challenge under the power-hungry political cloud of the Nazi propaganda machine, which was in full swing in 1936 as it geared up to illustrate Aryan superiority to the world in the Berlin Olympic games.

The Nazis wanted German mountaineer heroes to be first up the Eiger’s treacherous north face to set the stage for the games, and they’d get them there at any cost. It seems Kurz and Hinterstoisser just wanted to climb the damn mountain.

Though I’m not sure how historically correct the details are from here, within the film the Nazis give orders to a Berlin newspaper to cover the heroic ascent of the Germans even though Kurz and Hinterstoisser haven’t agreed to do the deed. Luise Fellner (Johanna Wokalek), a plucky neophyte photographer, is making coffee when she hears the

editors discussing the pending race up the mountain (teams of French, Italian, and Austrian climbers are also on their way to face the Eiger).

Fellner just happened to grow up in the same village as Kurz and Hinterstoisser (I love movie magic) and she sets out to convince them to make the climb. Without giving too much away, she just may have a romantic history with one or both of the climbers – you’ll have to pony up to find out.

The boys decide to make the attempt, a thrilling race up the mountain ensues, and a thrilling ride is had by all. Needless to say, I love this film.

The setting, the era and the geography are romantic and gorgeous. From the period-perfect costume design to the unselfconscious representation of an often overly simplified historical moment, the film captures the temporal setting perfectly and realistically. There are no flat Nazi villains, no noble victims, no shining heroes; these are just people caught living their lives (albeit extraordinary lives) within the political and cultural moment of the times.

The characters and the story feel real, which is good since things are based on real people and real events, even if a tad – a perfectly forgivable amount – of narrative license is employed.

Perhaps most importantly, this is an awesome story. The best films have one thing in common, and that is that each tells a good story. This is the center of every good film (or novel, short story, poem, song, painting, dress, building, etc., I

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Mysterious White Ribbon an unsettling masterpiece

of distrust and intolerance are unnervingly current. This is a movie that speaks volumes, and for those with the patience, intelligence, and nerves to listen Haneke’s consponsible for everything that’s going on? versation is one we all While the hints and the clues are there, other could learn from. than the death of a small bird, any proof of their guilt is hard to come by. Like the Courtesy of www. tiny harbingers of doom in Village of the moviefreak.com.

Damned, these pintsized cherubs travel in packs and leave unsolvable mystery in their wake, and while their powers are hardly supernatural, their ability to unsettle is every bit as formidable.

The film looks amazing. Christian Berger’s (The Piano Teacher) stunning blackand-white cinematography recalls the best of classic, The Seventh Seal-era Ingmar Bergman, or the wet, silvery streets of Carol Reed’s The Third Man. There is a haunting, deeply unsettling quality to the photography that is breathtaking, and even during the quieter moments there is always something going on just at the edges of the frame that made me wonder if the calm was real, or just a grayish figment of my imagination.

Haneke is not a filmmaker who makes things easy for an audience. If you look at his career, the man simply does not make motion pictures where viewers feel good about themselves or the state of the world afterwards.

This remains the same with The White Ribbon, and although his story is still set in the early stages of the 20th century, the thematic undercurrents Bianca Mey (l) and Mika Ahrens in The White Ribbon

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Local film screenings celebrates Freedom to Marry Week

by Shaun Knittel SGN Staff Writer Inlaws & Outlaws screeningS February 5, 8 PM Gay City Health Project; February 6, 2:15 PM MCC Seattle During Freedom to Marry Week, February 5-15, local places of worship, LGBT education and support service centers, and local universities will be offering free screenings of Inlaws & Outlaws, a local documentary about love and relationships, with one goal: not to preach, but to raise the quality of dialogue around marriage equality.

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Director Drew Emery

Drew Emery, the film’s creator and director, will appear at one screening per evening for a post-film question-and-answer discussion. “The film has been used for the last two years by community organizations across the country,” Emery told SGN. “Inlaws & Outlaws illustrates that love is a human thing, not a Gay or straight thing. Love is something that we have in common as opposed to something that divides us.”

Filmed in Seattle in 2004, Inlaws & Outlaws weaves together true stories of couples and singles, Gay and straight, to celebrate what Emery says we all have in common – we love.

At the top of the film, you meet real people one on one, and it is unknown who’s Gay or straight, and who is with whom.

With candor, good humor, a great soundtrack and real hearts, the documentary gets past all the rhetoric to explore commonality.

“We love. We lose. We all want to belong,” Emery told SGN. “We all start from a society where love is very segregated,” he said. “We grow up in a world where Gay relationships are not talked about, and if they are, they are talked about as an ‘other.’ But there is so much variety when you approach the subject realistically. Not everyone wants to marry, but we all do want love in our lives. Until we have marriage equality, we are living in a divided society.”

Emery says the film garners positive responses because the audience can relate to the people in the film. “It doesn’t matter if

“We love. We lose. We all want to belong.”

Love Song puts a new spin on love

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by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

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you are Gay or straight, you can find someone you identify with,” he said.

Inlaws & Outlaws covers the full ecosystem of love and relationships, according to Emery. “We have really great civil rights organizations doing the necessary work in the legislature,” he said, “but we are never going to get anywhere unless we do community education. The most vital aspect of that is our visibility. We have to tell our stories as LGBT people. That is the thrust of this film, and why I am continuing to promote it – so our stories continue to get told.”

For more information on the film, visit www.inlawsandoutlawsfilm.com.

At each of the screenings, film promoters will be on hand to sell DVD copies of the film. Emery says that half of all proceeds will go to the organizations that hold a screening or organizations that concentrate on social justice work.

Freedom to Marry Week screenings of Inlaws & Outlaws begin February 5 at 8 p.m. at Gay City Health Project, 511 E. Pike St. The following afternoon, Metropolitan Community Church Seattle will show the film at 2:15 p.m. at Temple de Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave. (between E. Union and E. Pike Sts.) For a complete list of locations and times, go to www.inlawsandoutlawsfilm.com/news/freedom_ to_marry.php.

Freedom to Marry Week, established by Freedom to Marry, a national educational and advocacy non-profit at the forefront of the fight for full marriage equality in the U.S., is now in its 13th year.

“Every year, right around Valentine’s Day, people across the country celebrate Freedom to Marry Week in order to share our stories, reflect on the values of equality and love,” the organization posted on their website, “while also engaging our neighbors in the movement for equality and fairness.”

Love Song ArtsWest Through February 20 Are there new ways to talk about love?

The ArtsWest production of Love Song by John Kolvenbach might be a new way.

Love Song seems to say that love can enliven your life – even if it’s made up. That could be one way to look at the unrequited love affairs you had as a young teen, the ones where you were sure the boy/girl at the center of your desire had never heard of you. But wasn’t it fun to desire him/her?

All that longing, all that angst, all that life.

Beane (Christopher Zinovitch) is a lonely, isolated gent, clearly socially maladapted, with only his sister and brother-in-law to look after him. His sister Joan (Heather Hawkins) and brother-in-law Harry (Nick DeSantis) are used to his unique way of looking at the world, although they periodically find new psychological doodads to try on him to see if it would do any good.

Beane comes home to his virtually empty apartment one day, and finds a woman (Cindy Bradder) has broken into it.

The thief is rather upset with him for

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living so sparely and simply, so she basically takes everything he has. However, Beane finds something very compelling about her, and starts daydreaming about her, fantasizing about her, and falling in love with her.

Beane is transformed. He tells his sister he has “found” someone. We see the thief, Molly, also becoming transformed by their relationship. Because of Beane’s transformation, Joan and Harry change their own relationship for the better. Beane’s happiness rubs off on them.

The big problem, though, is that Molly doesn’t really exist – Beane made her up.

Still, even a made-up love has the power to change his life. He becomes garrulous and interested in life in ways he never exhibited before. He watched life from outside (enigmatically describing that he took his apartment door to the park and looked at people through its peephole!) rather than engaging in life’s interactions. So, should he give up his made-up love or accept the rejuvenation of his options?

Directed by Kate Witt, this is a smart and funny and tender play. Zinovitch is marvelous as Beane, both the quiet, withdrawn part and the enthused and talkative part. Hawkins and DeSantis handle the humorous modern married couple with competence, though Hawkins could be asked to modulate her “nasty professional woman” persona a bit, especially in the beginning. Later, Hawkins’ compassion for her brother adds the right notes of support. Bradder has an appealing brashness in her role as the thief.

The stage is split into the modern married couple’s apartment and Beane’s empty little hovel. Set by Dan Schuy is consistent with his meticulous craftsmanship – although apparently some audience members initially felt afraid for the actors when one of the walls started falling (deliberately) down.

Lighting designer Josh Randall has fun with flickering lamplight and fantasy sequences.

So, is this something new to say? The ending definitely might cause post-play disagreement regarding how the story is resolved. For more information, go to www. artswest.org or call 206-938-0339.

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Sexy, sassy La Fête is dinner theater at its best

by Shaun Knittel SGN Staff Writer

SGN summarizes the glamorous Grammys

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

Two pop divas, both with hair extensions – Elton John and Lady GaGa – opened the telecast with a little of this and a little of that. That was better than this.

Song of the Year was presented to the well-deserved writing team behind “Single

Ladies (Put a Ring on It).” Meanwhile, Beyoncé was getting ready backstage.

Beyoncé was unusually boring, singing “If I Were a Boy” and a poor remake of a tired classic, Alanis Morissette’s “You Oughta Know.” Loved the outfit, loved the bling, but this was a quite forgettable appearance from Miss Knowles.

On the contrary, Pink stole the ceremony with a high-flying number. Squeezed into a peekaboo unitard, she twirled and twirled and twirled on an aerial rope and then dropped to the base of the stage, then

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If you weren’t glued to the tube like the rest of us on Wednesday night to watch the Grammy Awards, here’s a rundown of what took place.

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La Fête February 6 and 13 at 7:30 PM Century Ballroom La Fête, Century Ballroom’s newest cabaret, is a show that you do not want to miss.

Performed Saturday nights inside the historic OddFellows Hall in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, La Fête (French for “the party”) is an elegant dinner party gone wild.

The cast is as delicious as the menu. La Fête pulls no punches – this is dinner theater at its best.

For each production, Century Ballroom owner and dancer extraordinaire Hallie Kuperman turns the dancehall into a candlelit dining room with a full bar service. The scene is perfect for a date night or an intimate dinner with friends, while large dinner tables can be set for large parties looking to wine and dine before the show.

La Fête is set so that dinner and dessert precede the show, which I prefer because this eliminates the clattering of silverware and dishes and views to the stage being blocked by the serving staff. Guests have a choice between three different three-course dinners (roast pork tenderloin, seared black cod, or a vegetarian option) created by Chef Bo Maisano from Tin Table, also located inside OddFellows Hall. My first course was a roasted cauliflower puree garnished with fried shallots. For the main course, I chose the roast pork tenderloin and was very satisfied with the generous portion of meat, vegetables, and orange glaze sauce. The featured dessert was a very delicious chocolate cake with kumquat caramel sauce and hazelnut salt.

The show begins with the cast onstage in various poses around a dining room table at a dinner party (complete with an inflated turkey). La Fête features performances by Alison Cockrill, Dance Belt (Waxie Moon, Lou Henry Hoover and Inga Ingenue), Deidre Pierson, Deron Hayes, Joshua Welter, Melanie Huot-Lavoie, Katie Lake, Michelle Badion, Ricki Mason, Wladimir Pino and Hallie Kuperman. The guests, all accom-

plished dancers, arrive at the dinner party in pairs and perform different styles of dances that include salsa, tango, Lindy hop, tap and West Coast swing.

Acting as an androgynous butler and a pissed-off maid, Lou Henry Hoover and Ben DeLaCreme won the audience over on more than one occasion with their behindthe-scene antics. From an interpretive dance of the popular board game Clue to being all-around bad servants, the pair was a welcome addition to the dance numbers as comedic relief.

As is to be expected of a Century Ballroom show, the dancing was superb. Because Kuperman collected so many different dancers, each performance was completely different from all others. The show, a two-act extravaganza, never wanes in its delivery. You find yourself watching every tap, dip, and swing.

In a particularly skilled performance, salsa dancers Wladamir Pino and Deron Hayes were a delight to watch as they flawlessly showed their skills as technical dancers. Tap dancing to the sounds of Stevie Wonder, LaTwon and Arielle, two young dancers from Northwest Tap Connection – a Seattlebased urban youth rhythm dance company –wowed the audience with two up-tempo performances. Joshua Welter and Alison Cockrill dazzled the audience with some high-energy swing dance.

Delivering one standout performance after another, Dance Belt is sexy, funny, and oh-so fun. Performing Beyoncé’s hit “Single Ladies,” Dance Belt worked it out. While it may be true that watching performances of “Single Ladies” is tired, I promise you that within seconds of watching Dance Belt’s version, you will be begging for more. The truth is, aesthetically, it is comedic genius.

Waxie Moon, complete with his trademark glitter and handlebar mustache, towers over Lou Henry Hoover and Inga Ingenue as they perfectly deliver the complex choreography on a platter of sexiness and sass.

The show closes with Dance Belt returning to perform a tribute to Michael Jackson.

This is where you really get your money’s worth. Dance Belt takes the audience on a “tour de dance” of the gloved one’s “Bad,”

“Beat It,” “The Way You Make Me Feel,” and the show-stopping “Thriller,” in which the whole cast joins in the fun. Once again, the choreography is intact. This is no mere parody – this really is “Thriller.”

La Fête is as unique as it is fun. I should point out that there is not one line spoken during the performance; instead, Kuperman’s cast of eccentrics let their dance moves act as a beautiful language. If you are looking for something different to do on a Saturday night, this is it.

La Fête is performed Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m. for $25 and includes a beginning salsa lesson afterwards. I recommend buying the dinner and ticket package at $60, which also includes the dance lesson. Dinner seating begins at 6 p.m. There are only two more shows left, so buy your tickets as soon as possible. Tickets are available at www.brownpapertickets. com.

For group reservations, call (206) 3247253.

arose completely drenched. Who spilled their drink on her? Nicole Kidman? BTW, Pink pinky-swears on Twitter that she didn’t lipsync at all. I believe her.

The Best New Artist award was given to “chicken fried” country act Zac Brown Band, who I predicted would win and who are coming to the Comcast Center in Everett this spring.

Miley Cyrus, still looking like a Russian teenage bride, introduced my least-favorite recording artists, The Black Eyed Peas.

I’ll give them props for a sassy medley of “Imma Be” and “I Gotta Feeling,” though the mask worn by Will.i.am was totally uncool.

Jonas Brothers have finally grown up, and to the many Gay men who’ve been waiting for them to ripen to legal age, it’s perfectly okay now to drool over them with no guilt.

Lady Antebellum provided a subtlety to the awards telecast that was both enjoyable and appreciated. They are clearly the bestlooking trio in the biz right now.

A surprise win for Record of Year went to Kings of Leon, which allowed the high school cheerleader in me to scream at high pitch, followed by shameful thoughts that ran through my head from seeing Caleb and Jared Followill in cut suits paired with Tennessee accents – yes, there is such a thing as visual dessert.

Legendary “white-winged dove” Stevie Nicks out-performed country phenom Taylor Swift, who should’ve rehearsed better before going onstage.

Prince and Paris Jackson, in matching arm bands, accepted a Lifetime Achievement Award on behalf of their father, Michael Jackson. The acceptance speech was simple, brief, touching and not at all awkward – a terrific finale in honor of the King of Pop.

Is it me, or is Dave Matthews looking sexier with time? The daddy of two looked dapper in a pair of dress slacks and matching vest, and at 43 he’s in amazing shape.

Best Female Pop Vocal was awarded to Beyoncé for “Halo,” though I was secretly hoping Pink or Katy Perry would pull an upset.

First-time Grammy winner Maxwell and R&B icon Roberta Flack matched brilliantly on a duet of “Where Is the Love?” Maxwell should be a model with that lean figure and striking face.

Finally, John Legend (in very tight trousers) and the very aged Carlos Santana revealed the winner for Album of the Year.

Nashville sweetheart Taylor Swift claimed the night’s top award, and while it wasn’t my personal pick, I think Swift is adorable and has many great years of musicmaking ahead of her.

OTHER GRAMMY NOTES Jason Mraz, my dear young friend, won his first and second Grammy Awards. I called his manager just as they were walking onto the red carpet. I’m told Mraz and his dad went to a record label party, then wound up at Jamie Foxx’s after-show bash.

Phoenix, who interviewed with me right here in The Music Lounge two weeks ago, won their first-ever Grammy for Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix (Best Alternative Music Album). I phoned their publicist on Grammy night, and she responded the next morning to say our favorite French rockers were very excited about the win.

I also sent out congratulatory notes to management for two ladies: GaGa and Antebellum. I got a note back from Kings of Leon’s publicist, who said, “Can you believe it?” Um, yes I can!

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Itzhak Perlman’s perfection hard to describe

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer

Ericsson harnesses the glory of the Watjen Organ Organist Hans-Ola Ericsson Monday, February 1st Benaroya Hall I came home from this recital so fired up that I could have stayed up all night writing this review. To preserve domestic tranquility with my partner, I did not do so.

What got me so inspired? To answer, I must start at the end. The printed program ended with Olivier Messiaen’s “La Résurrection du Christ” from his “Livre du SaintSacrement.” In this performance by Hans-Ola Ericsson on the Watjen Concert Organ in Benaroya Hall, we were flooded with the biggest, the most complex, and the most indescribable sounds I have ever heard from an instrument. You could either recoil from the almost frightening volume of sound, or choose, as I did, to let as much sound as possible enter your ears, with a result of baffling stimulation. I let out an animal shout at its conclusion. In very clearly defined sentences, Messiaen worked profound magic, conveying his devout Catholicism in the most wildly unrestrained outpouring of ecstatic noise one never expected to hear! I fail entirely to understand how this worked.

Then, facing an audience of faces revealing a kind of ecstatic shock, Maestro Ericsson worked his own special magic by choosing the most perfect encore imaginable: Bach’s sublime chorale prelude, “O Mensch, bewein’ dein’ Sünde gross.” (The great Charles-Marie Widor once sad he would give all of his compositions to be able to say that he wrote this once piece!)

Some great artists have found the wisdom of ending a program with the evening’s most exciting piece and then following it with an effective balm, a tranquil work that brings the excitement down in a most welcome, relieving manner. The result is always that the applause loses its frantic appeal for yet

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Itzhak Perlman concert of Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn January 27 Benaroya Hall It’s harder to write a review of a perfect concert, for flaws are easier to describe than perfection. If only Itzhak Perlman were less good as a conductor than he is as a violinist, I could tell you why, and that would be that. But Perlman is a master at making music, whether with his fiddle or his baton.

Other musicians tune in immediately to his warmth and love of music, and they play their hearts out for him and for the music.

Nothing could be more obvious than this as we watched them in a concert of Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn.

Here’s an example of Perlman’s personality: During Mozart’s “Symphony No. 27 in G major,” some members of the audience clapped between the three movements.

How does an artist like Perlman correct this unfortunate behavior? Well, he came out after intermission and announced from his chair that he had “had an urgent call from Mendelssohn during the break. He said the Mozart and Beethoven were fine, but he had a problem with the applause between movements. He said the silence between movements was part of the music and should be

respected.” Then Perlman added, “I’m just the messenger.”

You’d think the audience (and the reviewer from the Seattle Times) would get the point and respect this charming request. But no, after the joyful, energetic first movement of the Mendelssohn’s “Italian” symphony, many still applauded (and the Times reviewer applauded their applause!). Arrrgh!

There are yet more reasons not to interrupt the flow of a work with applause. Some artists (Renee Fleming, among others) say it breaks their concentration or the mood they are trying to convey. Come on, guys, we are not little children. Use a little restraint until it is appropriate to express your approval at the end of a work or set of songs by one composer. End of sermon!

The evening began (contrary to the printed program, which had the Mozart symphony first) with two short Mozart works: the “Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K. 261” and the “Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C major, K. 273.” What can I say? They were perfection. The sold-out Benaroya Hall did not echo, as it had at last week’s half-empty baroque concert. A marvelous glow from the music and Perlman’s personality filled the hall. Beethoven’s lovely “Romance No. 2 in F major for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 50” followed. It could not have been more beautifully sung! Then the Mozart symphony completed the first half with charm and grace.

The Mendelssohn “Symphony No. 4 in A

major, Op. 90, ‘Italian’” is a joy from start to finish. Perlman and the reduced Seattle Symphony gave it all the inflection and bounce it deserved.

Mendelssohn and Perlman are both Jewish.

Was it just stupidity on my part that I only this time noticed how like some Jewish music the second movement sounded? (Perlman played the wonderful Jewish melodies on the soundtrack of the great movie Schindler’s List.)

The last movement whipped up more ebullient joyousness than I can ever before remember hearing in this work.

Yep, perfection is hard to describe. Best thing is to catch Itzhak Perlman if he ever comes to town again.

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works for organ of Olivier Messiaen).

In short, the Bach works were “Ricercare a 6 voci” BWV 1079, “Pièce d’orgue” BWV 572, “Contrapunctus XVIII a tre soggetti” from “Die Kunst der Fuge” BWV 1080:19, “Vor deinen Thron tret’ ich hiermit” BWV 668, and the great “Passacaglia in C minor” BWV 582. The Messiaen included “Chants d’oiseaux,” “Le Banquet Céleste,” and four pieces from “Livre du Saint-Sacrement”: “La joie de la grace,” “Prière après la communion,” and “Les tènébres.”

With his brilliant playing, Hans-Ola Ericsson showed us just how brilliant an instrument the Watjen Concert Organ can be.

Built by the Fisk Organ Company of Mas-

sachusetts, it is far more than a means to cut through a symphony orchestra, but I have heard many an organist fail to plumb its real talents. One sensed that Ericsson knew the instrument well, as demonstrated not only by the stops he chose but especially in the mixtures he found to voice Messiaen’s obsessions with birdsong. The evening was a fascinating journey through a vast forest of sounds. One can only hope this artist returns to Benaroya soon, for no recording could capture this kind of power and visceral excitement.

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more encores and allows the artist to retire in peace. In this case, the Bach allowed me to leave without screaming for more. But the balm wore off as I recollected more of the Messiaen, making it difficult for this easy sleeper to calm down for a night’s sleep.

Ericsson’s brilliance in programming showed itself in the entire slate of works for this most nourishing evening. Essentially, he alternated works of Messiaen with those of J. S. Bach. The wild and fantastic in both composers was followed by the serene and beautiful, especially in Messiaen.

At the very beginning, the first notes of Messiaen’s “Le fils, Verbe et Lumiére” whacked the walls of Benaroya with assertive notes that announced this was no timid artist at the keyboard and pedals. Indeed, at no point was Mr. Ericsson’s technique in question. Clearly a master of both musical taste and the power to project his musical choices, this organist sent me home to sign on to Amazon and order a couple of his many recordings (that include the complete

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ARIES (March 20 – April 19): Your keen vision of future possibilities and your competitive spirit can help you talk out tough issues with your boss – or as the boss. You may need to rein it in a little to keep your inspiring speeches realistic.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): Knowing better than those around you is no challenge, but does that really matter? The real trick is to excel in serenity. To do that, you have to take time alone to cultivate your cool with meditation and inner exploration.

GEMINI (May 21- June 20): Speaking in a foreign language or exploring new ideas and possibilities could make you even sexier. Your friends will play along, up to a point. They have their own agenda. Don’t take anything for granted!

CANCER (June 21- July 22): Being adept in dealing with authority is not the same as being a control queen! If you need help distinguishing the two, your partner’s insights – or any advice you receive in bed – can prove very helpful.

LEO (July 23 – August 22): A little humility would help you develop those teamwork skills. Just remember: all your brilliance is really based on effectiveness! Making others look good will reflect better on you than selfish efforts.

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): A playful attitude at work can help boost morale and productivity, but keep that playfulness squeaky clean! Responses to naughty provocation will backfire!

OK, a little double-entendre in the right places is good, but be very careful with that!

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): “Family fun” is supposed to be just that – fun. Getting too competitive can spoil it for everyone. Bringing your clan together as a team can strengthen bonds, but remember: friendship first, competition second!

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Eager to learn new things, especially at work, you could unintentionally come off as snippy or provocative. Imagine you’re hosting a party with your great-aunts present (or your colleagues), and behave accordingly.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Money’s tight, but getting out to play is necessary for mental health. You can socialize on the cheap! What you really have to offer is your strong sense of values and playfulness. Remember that, and you’ll be rich in the things that count.

CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): Before you say what seems to matter, think about what really matters. Kindness and truth are high on that list. Work harder on kindness. Being kinder to family members could prove much to your advantage.

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): Your efforts at imitating Dorothy Parker or Bette Davis could end up hurting friends’ feelings. Those old clever bitch imitations have been done to death. You have it in you to be a charming original.

PISCES (February 19 – March 19): Charity is not a competitive sport. Give what you can, but remember the airplane drill about putting on your own air mask before helping others. Focus on your own needs and take care of yourself. Then you’ll be in a better position to help others.

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Nicaragua Mercy, Cuteness and Equality made a trip to Leon, Nicaragua, to help Mercy’s sister Jubilation move back to the States. Equality’s excitement at how different everything was burst out on the way from the airport to their hotel. “No curfew,” she pointed out. Indeed, there was a lot of street life.

Mercy and Cuteness learned that school lets out from November to February. Equality also liked how much people get around on horseback.

Mercy’s style in terms of finding accommodations is to take the first hotel she sees in the guidebook that looks like it might work. She was happy that Cuteness has a more deliberate style of researching, because she came up with La Perla, which fit its Spanish meaning: “the pearl.”

The hotel uses a lion theme writ large, with a pair of hand-carved wooden statues in the lobby and two lion fountains in the palm-dotted garden room. It took Mercy a while to figure out that the animals picked up on the fact that the name of the city they were in means “lion” in Spanish. Cuteness and Equality figured this out before her.

The balcony had a nice view of a cathedral the three managed to walk to. The owners of La Perla, William and Mark, who are from the US, support local artists by making their beautiful baskets and pots available for sale. Equality looks 16, so it is not surprising that William said he could direct her to some discos. When Mercy and Cuteness explained she is only 13, he said, “I think I will just remove my foot from my mouth.”

The bedroom was furnished in densely carved colonial style. The lobby and bar had fine metalwork. Mercy and Cuteness liked the abstracts on the wall of the dining room.

William takes pride in having created a remodeled facade for their casino across the street which looks so colonial that many tourists stop to photograph it. When they ask him how old the building is, he says, “Parts of it are quite old.”

The food at the hotel restaurant was delicious, which was a good thing because there weren’t many other restaurants available.

The economy of Nicaragua is too poor for people to be able to afford to eat out. Mercy favored the mixed fajitas, Cuteness the shrimp brochette, Equality the pasta. The fried plantains with breakfast were great.

The only thing that gave Cuteness pause was that the orange juice tasted like Tang.

Jubilation explained that Nicaraguans don’t include the pulp in their juice, and that that was going to be one thing she’d be happy to have on her return to the States. The desserts were also knockouts. A high point was tres leches cake.

The three went to the Museum of Myths and Legends. Mercy enjoyed the mosaics and statues of local figures. A guide took them through the museum, explaining things in Spanish that were mostly beyond their comprehension. There were moving drawings of the tortures people had suffered under Somoza.

They took a tour of Juan Venado Island,

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where they saw an alligator and a bunch of colorful birds. Mercy enjoyed watching the playfulness of the guides as they chased a crab and hugged each other.

The group got thrillingly close to Mocambo Volcano. Mirado Catarina had beautiful views and delicious food at Carolina’s. The city of Granada had wonderful colonial architecture.

Mercy asked Mark whether it was all right to identify La Perla as Gay-friendly, and he said yes. He quoted that line from Casablanca: “I don’t care about politics. I just care about running a saloon.” Mark pointed out that Nicaragua is a Catholic country, conservative about homosexuality, which was just legalized in 2008.

Tower of Power Mercy found the band Tower of Power lived up to their names in their Jazz Alley performance. All the band members – Emilio Castillo, (tenor sax, vocals), Stephen “Doc” Kupka (baritone sax), Rocco Prestia (bass), Adolfo Acosta (trumpet), Mic Gillette (trumpet and trombone), Tom Politzer (sax), David Garibaldi (drums), Roger Smith (keyboards), Mike Harper (guitar), and Larry Braggs (vocals) – were at the top of their game. The group is touring in celebration of their new CD, Great American Soul Book.

Their opening number, “Ain’t No Joke,” rocked out with a nice sax solo. Next up was “Style,” which showed off the trumpet nicely. “You Ought to Be Having Fun” pulled out all the stops featuring the sax section.

Bandleader Larry Braggs joked that that was the end of the set, because the first three pieces were so demanding. He asked, “Who wrote this list?” This was especially impressive since it was the second set.

Braggs’ vocals on “You Go to My Head” were incredibly smooth. “Just Enough to Blow My Mind” had a dynamite trombone solo. “Surely” slowed down the pace, letting Braggs’ voice expand deliciously.

“Soul Up,” “I Didn’t Make You Happy” and “Knock Yourself Out” were also high points.

Coming Up The HD broadcast of Simon Boccanegra is coming up on February 6. It features Placido Domingo in the title role. You can get tickets at www.metopera.org/HDlive.

You can listen to local singers audition for the Met at Meany Hall, Sunday, February 7, at 2 p.m. You can get tickets at Ticketmaster, but Mercy guarantees you will be able to buy tickets at the door as long as you arrive by 1 p.m.

Shantala Shivalingappa makes her UW World Series debut and introduces Seattle audiences to “kuchipudi,” a classical dance form of South India. A style whose roots go back 2,000 years, kuchipudi combines intricate rhythmic footwork with highly expressive physical and facial gestures. The result is a blend of abstract dance and exquisite storytelling through movement. Liberation calls her “Delicate with bursting energy, a flowing, graceful, joyous dance.” Shows are February 11-13.You can get tickets at www. uwworldseries.org.

Across the Water. Elton delivered vocally and musically with the help of an amazing tour band. Crowd favorites like “Crocodile Rock” and “I’m Still Standing” got full audience participation as Key Arena turned into one giant karaoke bar. Standout performances included “Tiny Dancer,” which Elton dedicated to the “ladies in the house,” “Daniel,” dedicated to Alice in Chains, who were present at the show, and a 10-minute version of “Rocket Man.” Elton was clearly

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having fun onstage, often leaving the confines of the piano behind and walking from one end of the stage to the other, thanking fans and getting the crowd riled up.

Moments after Sir Elton left the stage, Billy Joel returned for his hour of the soldout, top-grossing tour. Joel was at his best, and really connected with fans with spirited versions of “Movin’ Out,” “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” and – at a fan’s request – a spot-on version of “Purple Haze.”

Giving the crowd everything he had, Joel donned an electric guitar and rocked “We Didn’t Start The Fire” with ease. I learned something about Joel at Wednesday night’s show: he banters with the crowd as if he knows each and every fan personally, and he is quite funny, to boot.

Elton returned to duel pianos with Joel

to end the show. While each man was at his best during the solo portions of the night, the finest moments of the show were in the duets. Playing hits like “I Guess That’s Why They Call It the Blues,” and “Uptown Girl.”

The encore was the gem of the show as Elton and Joel sang one of the Rocket Man’s monster hits, “Benny and the Jets,” and then the Piano Man’s signature song.

Billy Joel and Elton John are legends, but more than that, they are skilled showmen.

The show never sagged, and the audience got what they paid for and more. In a time when live shows are not what they used to be (with the exception of very few major productions and seasoned entertainers), Elton and Joel are in a class of their own. They play one hit after another and are happy to do it.

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poo at Billis’ bath compound. Emile enters during her shampoo and the scene ends with the two reprising “Some Enchanted Evening” and returning to a future possibility.

As a civilian, de Becque has refused to accompany Lt. Cable on a dangerous mission that could help start the defeat of the Japanese navy. Cable is determined to undertake the mission alone, but decides to visit Bali Ha’i before he leaves. There he meets the lovely Liat, a native girl he promptly falls in love with. He knows there is no future back home in Philadelphia for him and a Polynesian wife.

Nellie, also a product of racial prejudice from her upbringing in Arkansas, finds out that the two native children at Emile’s plantation are his children, not the children of the native butler. Emile had an earlier relationship with a native woman (now dead), and Ngana and Jerome are living evidence of that love affair. As Act One ends, Nellie rejects Emile, and Emile agrees to accompany Cable on the dangerous military mission.

While Act One has the highest total of the show’s classical musical numbers, Act Two centers around the “Thanksgiving Follies,” a holiday show that Nellie and Billis are staging to cheer up the men. The two reverse genders for the hilarious “Honey Bun” number. Nellie is now “Butch” Forbish in sailor drag, and Billis is now bewigged and wearing a grass skirt and coconut bra as Honey Bun Billis. “Honey Bun” is one of the few double drag numbers in theater history, and the show-stopping sequence is one of the show’s many musical highlights.

The show’s “message” song brings Cable center stage to sing “You’ve Got To Be Taught,” a musical indictment against racial prejudice. Emile, realizing Nellie’s background of racial prejudice, sings his second terrific ballad, “This Nearly Was Mine.”

The dangerous military assignment takes up most of the rest of the show, with wireless radio contact quickly summarizing Emile and Cable’s work. Nellie, realizing what she may have lost, revisits Emile’s home and learns to love his children. The show ends with a tragic end to one romantic relationship and a happy reunion to the other, leaving many audience members in tears at the understated ending.

South Pacific is, and always has been, a classic. This new staging is virtually flawless, but it does have a few missteps. Sher has returned one song that Rodgers and Hammerstein (wisely) cut from the show.

“My Girl Back Home” shows Nellie and Cable bonding over similar background prejudices, but it is a weak number that adds little to the already long, long show.

Sher also introduces brief male nudity in the nurses’ shower scene – a quick laugh to be sure, but one that makes one wonder why the sailors are paying Billis for a shower in the nurses’ area. Another quibble: Sher has Nellie smoke after she finishes washing that man right out of her hair. Nellie is a cockeyed optimist, but she does not smoke, and never has. End of quibbles, end of rant.

South Pacific continues though February 21. Tickets seem to be readily available. The theater had an earlier offer for half-priced tickets to any weekday matinee. While that discount has expired, it would be worthwhile for budget-minded musical fans to check with the box office for other last-minute discounts. Be sure to plan a quick trip to South Pacific – with Valentine’s Day in the near future, be sure to check it out. Highest recommendation.

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short stories and character sketches based on Michener’s World War II service experiences. The musical’s book, or storyline, is seamlessly adapted from the disjointed tales – Oscar Hammerstein II (who wrote the lyrics for Richard Rodgers’ incredible musical score) and Joshua Logan (who also directed the original production) co-wrote the book, one of the finest in musical theater history. It was good to see a paperback edition of Michener’s original Tales for sale at the show’s souvenir stand in the lobby.

A simple, stylized set keeps the action moving briskly. While the show at times seems cramped on the 5th Avenue’s stage, few theaters in the U.S. have the great expanse of the thrust stage at Lincoln Center.

The Lincoln Center production was widely praised for recreating the full orchestrations the show used in its 1949 premiere – a rarity in today’s economic world. The touring edition uses a few fewer musicians (and fewer cast members – there is more doubling on tour than in New York), but the show has much the same impact that it had in New York (where this scribe saw it and reviewed it for SGN shortly after its opening two years ago).

The show opens on a quiet note. Emile de Becque, a French planter living in the South Pacific, has just entertained Ensign Nellie Forbush for lunch. They met several weeks earlier at a military function. She is a Navy nurse stationed on the small island. He, much older, has lived in the islands since fleeing France as a hotheaded young man.

In the show’s first big musical number, Nellie admits that she’s a “hick” from Arkansas, a “cockeyed optimist” but still “a hick from the sticks.” One of the finest “character” songs in American musical history, “Cockeyed Optimist” defines Nellie 100 percent.

On tour, Carmen Cusack is fine as Nellie, and opera star Rod Gilfry is strong as de Becque.

In the quiet, lovely “Twin Soliloquies,” both wonder if there is really a romantic future together. Emile then sings “Some Enchanted Evening,” one of the most popular love songs in all American musicals. The afternoon ends on the possibility of a future relationship, and Nellie returns to the military base where Bloody Mary, a local native who pedals grass skirts and shrunken heads, is being taunted. The sailors’ two big numbers follow one another – “Bloody Mary (Is The Girl I Love)” and “There is Nothing Like A Dame.”

Bloody Mary, a solid Keala Settle, then takes stage center and sings of the haunting lure of “Bali Ha’i,” the nearby island that is off-limits to the sailors. Luther Billis, the comic leader of the sailors, is determined to get to Bali Ha’i but only officers can requisition a boat. At that moment, a new officer, Lt. Joseph Cable, arrives. (Matthew Saldivar is fine as Billis, and he is obviously an audience favorite – as the character has always been.)

Lt. Joseph Cable (a hunky Anderson Davis) is a Marine Corps officer assigned to the naval detail on the island. He meets Nellie and they bond as friends. Nellie decides that she and Emile have too many differences – his age, his sophistication, and his past.

She tells the other nurses, in song, that “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out Of My Hair” during her weekly shower and sham-

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“But it made for one dramatic lip sync for your life,” she said. “Both Sahara’s and my strongest strength is performance.”

It sure is! There was a cornucopia of splits, kicks and shimmies, but in the end Shangela was the one to go. Since then, the show life has been good for Shangela. Besides winning drag competitions and hosting events, Shangela’s male alter ego DJ is doing standup comedy. “It’s been a really great ride, and I’m looking forward to the climb,” she said.

The sense I get from Shangela is she’s very comfortable in her own skin. I love her honesty. I love her positive outlook and also her message that “you can do this.” There is no age limit. If you have a passion, then go ahead and do it!

If Shangela and the first week of RuPaul’s Drag Race was this inspiring and so much fun, I can’t wait to see what the second week brings. Until then, kisses and new beginnings!

with a lot more experience, but that didn’t stop her. “I’m not the kind of person who backs down from competition,” she told me.

“I was there battling for my life until the very end.” Shangela’s first challenge was the Gone with the Wind-themed photo shoot, where she endured the mother of all wardrobe malfunctions. Shangela used an adhesive to attach her “jelly-looking boobies,” but her strapless dress was losing the battle against a very big wind machine. “Those cutlets weren’t going anywhere, but the dress, it was going down south,” Shangela admitted to me. Don’t worry, honey! It’s just another experience to go in your little diary.

Shangela said she was ecstatic to see that her old college friend Sahara Davenport was on the show with her, but devastated when the two of them ended up in the bottom two.

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FRIDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Funked Up Fridays. Bartender’s Choice Specials all day.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon - Midnight. No Cover.

Century Ballroom - Gay Night 3rd & 4th Friday every month. 7:30 pm lesson $5.00 with cover; 8:30 pm dance $7.00. 21+ with ID. Changes - Prime Rib dinner, $11.75; other dinner special, $8.25.

Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

DJ Dance 9 pm - 1:30 am. Hosted by Eric. Bear Night, 2nd Friday every month.

Crescent Lounge - Confessional Fridays with Cardinal Synn. 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - Country Dance, 7:00 - 10:30 pm.

High Energy Dance, 10:30 pm - 3 am. Cover $5.00 @ 9 pm www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm -2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, $1 off call cocktails, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3.00 daily drink specials. Happy Hour, 3 - 7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun. - Thurs. 9 - 11 pm: $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3.00 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - No cover … ever!!! Start your weekend off right. Happy Hour 6 - 8 pm.Weekly beer & cocktail specials.

Martins Off Madison - Joseph Rojo, 9 pm - 1 am.

Classically inspired original works as well as poa, standards and soundtracks. No cover.

Neighbours Nightclub - House music with DJ Eric.

9 pm - 4 am 21+ * Cover charges as follows: 9 pm - 12 am, $5.00; 12 am - 2 am, $8.00; 2 am - 4 am, $10.00* **From 2 am - 4 am, 18+ with valid ID on main floor** www.neighboursnightclub.com.

Neighbours Underground - Efren's Divas Latin Night. 10 pm - 2 am. 21+ with valid ID. $5.00 cover. 206328-5198.

Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm; DJ Freddy King of Pants 9 pm - midnight.

R Place - Happy Hour with Jeff 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 drafts. Daily drink and bottle specials. Lashes Cabaret at 9 pm with Chablis & company. DJ E spins on the 3rd floor at 10pm VJ Flow spins the top Videos on the 2nd floor.

Seattle Eagle - LEATHER NIGHT (watch for events) DJs SMILLER & BunD 8 pm - 2 am.

Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour, 4 - 7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Dancing with DJ Ricki Leigh.

Twisted - Girl4GIRL Halloween Event. God-Dess and She live event @ 9 pm. $15 at door. Sell-out crowd expected. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $4 Jäger Bombs. South Side Boogie-Dancing, 9 pm - 2 am, with DJ Dirty Dan. Karaoke in the Main Room, 9 pm - 2 am. No cover.

Wildrose - www.thewildrosebar.com.

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Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

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Crescent Lounge - Wolf Pup Ro Saturday Matinee Karaoke, 3:30 - 8:30 pm. Saturday Night Karaoke with Frankie, 9 pm - 2 am.

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Happy Hour, 6 - 8 pm.Weekly beer & cocktail specials.

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Seattle Eagle - Underwear Party Night (watch for event listing) DJs HOTPLAY, KING OF PANTS, UPABOVE, KC+guests.

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The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - NW Sports first on TV. Sound with early afternoon Mariners games. Pitcher special all day with free U-shell peanuts and pool.

Martins Off Madison - Tim Kennedy, 8-11 pm. Open mike with the hip stylings by this jazz virtuoso. Jazz, standards, and more. No cover.

Neighbours - 9 pm - 2 am Entre Hermanos Noche Latina $5.00 cover 21+ with Valid ID.With DJ Luis.

February 5, 2010

Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 2 pm-midnight. Happy Hour until 7 pm.

R Place - Happy Hour with Erik 2-7 $5.75 Wells $2.50 domestic drafts. $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Mary’s newest night on the Hill! SIN SUNDAYS HOUSE MUSIC ON THE 3rd Floor. 2 NEW rotating DJ’s every week watch the SGN for the ads.

Rosebud - Industry Night, 6 pm - Closing. Bring something indicating that you work in the hospitality industry (pay stub, food handler or alcohol server permit, business card, etc.) to recieve Happy Hour drink and food prices all night!

Seattle Eagle - Beer Bust $1 Drafts from 2-10pm Dj UP-ABOVE from 10-2 Twisted - Open @ noon for Brunch. Football obn the big screen. Happy Hour all day! www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - Happy Hour All Day! FREE POOL! Wildrose - Free pool all day. www.thewildrosebar.com.

MONDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Martini Mondays: $4 Martinis all day.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon – Midnight.

Changes - Happy Hour all day and night.

Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

See us at www.clubsilverstone.com.

Crescent Lounge - Sexual Chocolate (KJ) Mondays 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” ALL DAY! Tabletop games, pool, darts, pinball. Happy Hour 2 pm - 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily, Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Pint night with Happy Hour prices 8 pm-close. Trivia contest at 6 pm for cash & prizes. 9-Ball Pool Tourney at 7 pm.

Martins Off Madison - Ruby Bishop, 8-11 pm. Classic ragtime, standards and oldies with Seattle’s classic queen of the piano. No cover.

Neighbours - “MAD MESS MONDAYS” With Neighbours hottest new DJ: DJ AARON. No cover.

Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - Happy Hour 4-7pm.

Hamburger & Draft Beer $6.00 from 4pm -10.00 Black Nail Productions Karaoke 9pm to 1am.

R Place - Happy Hour with Jeff 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special. FREE POOL ALL DAY ALL NIGHT. Rosebud - Industry Night, 6 pm - Closing. Bring something indicating that you work in the hospitality industry (pay stub, food handler or alcohol server permit, business card, etc.) to recieve Happy Hour drink and food prices all night!

Seattle Eagle - Radio Dept. $4 wells all night Dj HOTPLAY from 10 pm - 2 am.

Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts.

Twisted - Monday Madness, $3 Well, $2.50 Bud/Bud Light Pounders, Football on the big screen. Free WiFi. www. twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $1 Domestic Drafts, $2.50 all bottled beers, $3 Touch Down Shots. FREE POOL! Wildrose - Pool Tournament 7 pm w/Prizes!

TUESDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Tequila Tuesdays: $4 Tequila Shots $4.50 Margaritas All Day. C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon – Midnight.

Changes - $1.25 Domestic bottles. Hamburger $2.50, Cheeseburger $3.50, Bacon cheeseburger $4.50.

Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

Free pool all day - 2 tables.

Crescent Lounge - Johnny Cockring Tuesdays 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - Bear-aoke 8 pm-12 am with host Jonathan Jones. Peanut night with “Free Games” alll day.

Happy Hour 2 pm - 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. til 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. 8-Ball Pool Tournament starts at 6:30 pm.

Martins Off Madison - Karin Kajita, 8-11 pm. Open mike with the hip stylings by this jazz virtuoso. Jazz, standards, and more. No cover.

Neighbours Underground - “DRAG IDOL” with your host Ryan Hazey 9 pm - 2 am. $6 cover.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. Black Nail Production Karaoke 9 pm-1 am.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7 with Jeff. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special. KARAOKE with Ben 9-2 am.

Rosebud - Speakeasy Night, 8:30 pm - Closing. Listen to prohibition era music by DJ Dubonet and enjoy a libation from William's famous cocktail menu. Dapper dress from the era is encouraged.

Seattle Eagle - IN HEAT $5 Long Island Iced teas Dj KINGOFPANTS from 10-2 Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts.

Temple Billiards - (206) 682-3242. Karaoke 9 pm to 1am. A Black Nail Production.

Twisted - Happy Hour 5-7 pm. Karaoke with Keith @ 9 pm. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $10 Dizzy Pass - $1 you call it, 6pm to close.

Karaoke 9pm-2am with José.

Wildrose - Taco Tuesday. No cover.

WEDNESDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Wine-Oh! Wednesdays: $7.50 Wine Tasting. 30% Off Bottled Wines.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon – Midnight.

Changes - Happy Hour until 7 pm. Karaoke 9 pm.

A Black Nail production.

Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

8-Ball Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. Karaoke 9 pm-1:30 am hosted by Michael.

Crescent Lounge - Laura Wednesdays 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - Free pool & Pitcher Special.

Country Dancing 1st & 3rd Wednesday. POZ Social 2nd Wednesday. Dress Code Leather Social 4th Wednesday.

Happy Hour 2 pm - 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Dart Tournament starts at 7:30 pm.

Martins Off Madison - Bonnie Birch, 8-11 pm. Open mike with Seattle’s premier accordion chanteuse. No cover.

Neighbours - “PLAYGIRL MANHUNT” Contest at 11:30 pm. Club opens at 9 pm. No cover.

Neighbours Underground - Roxy's House of Dolls with DJ Trent Von in the Neighbours www.neighboursnightclub.com. 206-324-5358.

Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Gelliphish 7 pm-midnight.

Re-Bar - D.A.I.S.Y. Age with Riz! Hip Hop and R/B from the 1990’s.YO! FREE 10 pm.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7 with Jeff . $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts.WET show.All male wet underwear contest 3 rd floor. Hosted by Chablis $100.00 1st place $50.00 2nd place 3 rd place Porn. DJ E Rocks the 3rd floor top 40, R&B. Rosebud - Hump Day Singles Mixer, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Single? Come in and meet others. Not single? Join us anyway and meet some new friends.

Grren Fairy Night, 8:30 pm - Closing. Bartender William channels the Green Fairy using sinful drinks made with absinthe. Anything can happen!

Seattle Eagle - on the DOWNLOW $2 Dos Equis Dj KINGOFPANTS from 10-2 Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Karaoke - drink specials.

Twisted - Happy Hour 5-7 pm. Karaoke with Keith @ 9 pm. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $1 off all mixed drinks and shots. Karaoke 9pm-2am with José.

Wildrose - Karaoke 8 pm-12:30 am. No cover; drink specials. www.thewildrosebar.com.

THURSDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - LIT Thursdays: $5 Long Island Iced Teas.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon – Midnight.

Changes - Happy Hour from 12 noon til 8pm. Karaoke at 9pm A Black Nail Production.

Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

Dart Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. Crescent Lounge - Shaken Not Stirred Karaoke with Sabi Thursdays 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - Pool tournament 7 pm. Karaoke 8 pm-12 am with host Jonathan Jones. Happy Hour 2 pm 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. til 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Weekly beer & cocktail specials.

Martin’s Off Madison - Karin Kajita, 8-11 pm. Open mike with the hip stylings of this jazz virtuoso. Jazz, standards and more.

Neighbours - Rock Lobster 80's night with DJ Trent Von. 9 pm - 3 am. $3 cover. 21+ with valid ID; 18+ from 2-3 am. www.neighboursnightclub.com.

Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Thomas from 7 pm-midnight.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7 with Jeff. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. ASS all male amateur strip show. Hosted

by Chablis. $200.00 1st place $100.00 2nd place $50.00 3rd place DJ Flo’w Rocks the 3rd floor top 40 R&B. Seattle Eagle - BAREBACK Thursday $1 Off If You Take Your Shirt Off Dj TOAST from 10-2 Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Karaoke - drink specials.

Twisted - Happy Hour 5-7 pm. Country Dancing 2nd Thursday of the month. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $3 wells, $4 Washington Apples.

Wildrose - Cheap date night! $2 wells. Corn dogs & tater tots. www.thewildrosebar.com.

Celebrating 37 Years!

Meetings Events Activities FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization.

DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/ events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

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SUNDAY - February 7

(For a list of open & affirming religious/spiritual organizations in the area contact Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www.multifaith.org.)

Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHiking Group/ 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.

Tet Festival: Year of the Tiger (2/6 & 2/7). 10am-5pm.

Center House, Seattle Center. Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebration welcomes the return of spring & chases out evil spirits with the traditional roaring lion dance & firecrackers. www.tetinseattle.org.

Live & Let Live Make Al-Anon Family Group. 12:301:45pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets 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

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Lambert House Art Night. 7:15-8:45pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Knights of Malta Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month.

K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations, including Pennies from Heaven, Rosehedge House, & Three Cedars. 3290886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

TUESDAY - February 9

SATURDAY - February 6

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.

Tet Festival: Year of the Tiger (2/6 & 2/7). 10am-5pm.

Center House, Seattle Center. Vietnamese Lunar New Year celebration welcomes the return of spring & chases out evil spirits with the traditional roaring lion dance & firecrackers. www.tetinseattle.org.

Overeaters Anonymous. 12noon-1pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St, Room 101. Meets every Saturday. Contact Dominic at 499-2266.

Sistah 2 Sistah Social/Organizing Meeting. 2-4pm.

Call for location. Meets 1st Saturday each month. An opportunity to socialize & discuss/plan future activities.

Sistah 2 Sistah is a social/support group for Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender women of African descent.

322-7061; 255-8951.

Northwest Bears Beer/Soda Bust & Bear Meet.

6-9pm. Men’s Room, 1501 E Madison St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. A beer bust for Bears, Cubs & like-minded friends with happy hour prices. 903-9288. www.nwbears.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.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 Together We Can Make Al-Anon Family Group.

6-7:15pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Saturday. 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.

Trans & Genderqueer Support Group for Survivors.

6-8pm. Every week. For survivors of sexual assault & domestic violence. For information & location, call the SafePlace crisis line, (360) 754-6300.

Strength Over Speed. 7-8:30pm. Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 1002 E Seneca (lower entrance off parking lot).

FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strength overspeed.org

February 6 thru February 14

attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000.

Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Daring Divorced Divas. 3-5pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Sunday. A support group for Lesbian women dealing with divorce, separation & transformation. To attend this group please contact the facilitator at daringdivorceddivas@yahoo.com 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 Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Meets every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

Deaf Queer Coffee Night. 7pm. Starbucks, E Olive Way & Summit Ave E. Meets 1st Sunday each month.

Sponsored by the NW Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf. www.nwrad.org Charity Drag Bingo. 8-11pm. Cafe Metropolitain, 1701 E. Olive Way. Play bingo, win cash & prizes, benefit local GLBT charities. Hosted by Giggles Galore. $5.

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

MONDAY - February 8

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

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday.

Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. Dunshee House, 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

February 5, 2010

Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County.

Meets 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 phonr (360) 722-1664.

LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting.

6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation.

Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

Positively Mondays. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. On-going. An informal social & discussion group for men with HIV or AIDS. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org Sex, Dating & Relationships. 6-7pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Swedish Hospital, 836 Minor Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December).

Seattle’s only Gay & Lesbian speaking club. Please check website for current room information: www.toast masterspride.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently with this meeting; PFLAG/FOCUS meets concurrently with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org.

PFLAG/Skagit Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Central United Methodist Church, 1013 Polte Rd, Sedro Woolley.

Meets 2nd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

PFLAG/Wenatchee Area Weekly Meeting. 7pm.

Trinity Methodist Church, 850 N James Ave, East Wenatchee. Every Monday (including any & all holidays). PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets every Monday. A facilitated support & discussion group for Trans, Genderqueer, gender variant & gender questioning youth, ages 14-22. www. lamberthouse.org

Special Election. Seattle Public School levies, Prop 1 & Prop 2. Ballots must be postmarked no later than Feb 9.

Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Ongoing drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org.

Family of Choice. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Tuesday. Weekly drop-in group for LBTQ women to cultivate community in their lives. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org.

Hepatitis C Support Group. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. On going. ARRIVE BY 6pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for anyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender, who is living with Hepatitis C. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. Seattle Counseling Service, 1216 Pine St. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strength overspeed.org Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com Country Western Dancing Line Dance Class. 6:307:30pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. $30 for the series, or $7.50 drop-in. www.raincountry dance.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets every Tuesday.

Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBT MS Connection. 6:30-8pm. Swedish Education & Conference Center, Room E, James Tower, 550 17th Ave. Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Contact Shelly Henry at 250-5002 or lgbtms connection@ comcast.net.

Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network. 6:30pm-Social; 7pm-Open Rap. Capitol Hill Group Health, South Building, 201 16th Ave E, Room A6/7. 2nd Tuesday each month. Meet & mingle in an engaging, feminist, Bi-supportive environment. SBWN also publishes a newsletter North Bi Northwest. For information visit www.geocities.com/sbwn.

Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Madison Beach House. Every Tuesday. 3 mile flat walk & run.

Dog walkers welcome. (See Saturday at 9am.)

ASL for Beginners. 7pm. The Elite “Loft,” 1520 E Olive Way. Meets every Tuesday. FREE lessons & tutor for those interested in learning basic ASL. 860-0999.

Different Drummers. Intermediate 7-8:15pm, Beginners 8:20-9:30pm. Meets every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For information & location call Dennis, 363-4500 or differentdrummers@ mac.com Maybe Baby. 7-8:30pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 511 E Pike St. Meets the 2nd Tuesday each month. Maybe Baby is a support group for LGBTQ people who are interested in becoming parents. For information email info@maybebabyseattle.org or visit www.maybebaby seattle.org Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

7-8:30pm. Seattle Mental Health Institute, 1600 E Olive St (in Conference 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. 722-0729..

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

Rebel Reading Circle. 7-8:30pm. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S. Meets 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays. Share ideas as you study Viva la Raza: A History of Chicano Identity & Resistance by Yolanda Alaniz & Megan Cornish. FREE. Sponsored by the Freedom Socialist Party. 722-2453. www. socialism.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Tuesday. Ongoing drop-in social,

Celebrating 37 Years!

& discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org.

Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunshee house.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous. 7:30-9pm.

Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. GLBTQ supported. Meets 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 Hotline 781-4490. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Lowdown Hoedown. 8pm-12midnight. Seattle Eagle, 314 E Pike St. 2nd Tuesday each month. For anyone who wants a mid-week dose of classic country music that you simply can’t hear on the radio any more but which you love to breathe in & maybe sing along to.

Sponsored by the Seattle Eagle & the Rain Country Dance Association.

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 217-9271, ext 3. www.otterpolo.com.

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WEDNESDAY - February 10

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 Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm.

Call for details, location & to RSVP. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.mature friends.org InsideOut - A Support Group for GLBTQ Youth Ages 13-18 in Shoreline. 3:30-5pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Room 230, Shoreline. Every Wednesday. InsideOut is a group forLGBTQ Youth to develop positive self-identities in a professional & supportive environment. 362-7282 ext 242. Sponsored by the Center for Human Services.

Speed, Sex & Sanity. 5-7pm. Gay City Health Project, 511 E Pike St. Meets every Wednesday. A drop-in informational & educational night for Gay & Bi men, friends & family. Activities include social events, lecture series & brainstorming sessions. A program of Project NEON & Gay City. For more information, 323-1768, www.crystalneon.org, www.gaycity.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 POZSeattle Mardi Gras de Carnivale. 6-8pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meet us in the downstairs bar for light snacks, socializing, catching up with old friends, making new ones & a whole lot of fun - Mardi Gras beads included! This event is free (except for the cost of beverages) & is for all HIV+ men & their friends regardless of age, shape, size, or color. www. pozseattle.org Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Come & discuss the best Gay novels with us. Join other booklovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come only once or come to every meeting. For info, call 322-2437; nickdimartin@earthlink.net Gay City Queerituality. 6:30-8:30pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 511 E Pike St. Our reading & discussion group about Gay/Bi men’s spirituality. www.gaycity.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 Lambert House Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Wednesday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project Steering Committee Meeting. 7pm. Call for Capitol Hill location. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month.

New volunteers always welcome. NWLGHMP researches, interprets, & communicates the history of the GLBT community in the Pacific NW. gayhistnw@ aol.com; 903-9517.

Red Cedar Circle. 7-9pm. Interfaith Community Church, 1763 NW 62nd St. Every Wednesday. Songs, dances, teachings & ceremonies of the Pacific Northwest Coast spiritual tradition & culture called SiSiWiss (Scared Breath). Open to all people. 312-6181, www. johnnymoses.com 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. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-

Visit us online www.sgn.org

lambert house.org Sustainable Seattle Environmental Film Festival.

6-9:30pm. Good Shepherd Center Chapel, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, 4th Floor. Five compelling films by local biologist/filmmaker Shelly Solomon, panel discussion & free oyster-tasting bar. Donation $20, $5 students/unemployed. REGISTER at www.brown papertickets.com 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.

Court of Seattle Denver/Salt Lake Show. 7pm.

Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. www.imperialcourtof seattle.com Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Support/discussion group meets every Thursday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22.

322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle Support Group.

7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, meeting room varies. Meets every Thursday. Support groups for (1) Gay fathers & (2) for Gay men who are married & may or may not have children. The two groups meet on alternate Wednesdays. For schedule, check http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/gayfathers seattle or drop in regardless of parental status to make initial contact. www.gfas.org Shifting Gears. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Ongoing drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org THINK Speaker Meeting Al-Anon Family Group.

7:30-9pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Thursday. 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.

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 12

subscribe@yahoogroups.com HIV-Negative Gay & Bi Men. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. On-going. This emotional support group provides a forum for HIV- Gay & Bi men to share strategies for staying negative; to explore issues related to being HIV-; & to look at how to find meaning, purpose & lives worth living in the midst of HIV/AIDS. Please speak with the facilitator before attending. Call Scott at 725-2488. www.dunshee house.org HIV+ Support Group. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. On going. ARRIVE BY 7:30pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men.

For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.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.)

Progress - A Recovery Group. 7:30-8:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Wednesday. A new group for LGBTQ folks in recovery from substance abuse to explore themselves thru spoken & written word. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org; www.shiftrecovery.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7:30-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets every Wednesday. QYF is a confidential group for Queer & questioning women ages 22 & under to talk about dating, relationships, coming out - you name it - in a fun, laid back environment. Join your co-facilitators weekly & start making connections. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org “StageFright” - Youth Open Mic - For Aspiring Writers & Performers, Ages 14-24. 7:30pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. FREE. Everyone welcome to attend.

StageFright not only features young folk, but is also MC’d by young folk & attended in great majority by young folk. 322-7030; www.hugohouse.org.

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. First Congregational Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett.

Every Wednesday. Confidential, informal group for people of all gender identities & expressions including butch dykes, cross dressers, TV, TS & feminine men.

WGA provides educational events & meetings & support groups on issues of gender & gender identity & expression. (360) 671-3358; www.washingtongender

alliance.com.

AA Sober & Free Group. 8-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. LGBTQ friendly meeting of AA. www. dunsheehouse.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 8-9:30pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Wednesday. A 12-step group for quitting & staying off crystal meth.

THURSDAY - February 11

Alcoholics Anonymous “Sober & Safe Group.”

12noon-1pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunshee house.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 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. Harborview’s Madison Clinic, Ground Floor, West Wing, 325 9th Ave. (If people are uncertain which room, the folks up in Madison Clinic, 2 West Clinic, can give directions.) FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthover speed.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Queer Night at the Bremerton/Kitsap Health Department. 4:30-7pm. 109 Austin Dr, Bremerton. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. HIV/AIDS & STD testing in a GLBT positive environment. Call Sue or Steve at (360) 337-5235.

Spectrum Natural Health. 5:30-8:30pm. Country Doctor Community Health Clinic, 500 19th Ave E. Every Thursday. Spectrum Natural Health offers primary & naturopathic care for the LGBTQ community. Providers have been serving the LGBTQ community for years.

Sliding scale, no one turned away. For info or appointment, call 299-1600. www.cdchc.org Write Your Heart Out - A Queer Youth & Allies Writing Group. 5:30-6:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. We all have a story to tell.

What is yours? Write Your Heart Out is a safe place for queer youth & allies 22 & under to explore one’s self thru the written word. Fiction, non-fiction & poetry will be encouraged & supported. 322-2515, www.

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The Global Movement for LGBT Rights: IGLHRC’s Approach. 12:30-1:30pm. UW School of Law. IGLHRC Executive Director Cary Alan Johnson will speak about his experience as an author & activist with 20 years experience in the LGBT movement & in African social & economic development. www.q-law.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

La Movida. 6-7pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Todos los Viernes. Una junta bilingue para la comunidad GLBTQ en recuperacion de adicciones.

Para mas informacion visita entrehermanos.org o llame 322-7700.

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 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 Court of Seattle Out of Town Show. 7pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. www.imperialcourtof seattle. com An Evening of Jazz & Dancing with the Garfield High School Jazz Combo. 7-9:30pm. SE Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St. Features live jazz, hors d’oeuvres, no host bar. $15, Garfield HS students $5 with ID. www.sessc.org J’Adore! A Burlesque Valentine. 7pm & 10pm. West Hall, OddFellows Hall, 1525 10th Ave. Come show your love for Seattle’s reigning Burlesque super-troupe The Atomic Bombshells, as they deliver a gorgeous & glittering Valentine to Seattle. Tickets $20. www. brownpapertickets.com Gamblers Anonymous: Coming Out Winners!

7-8:30pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Friday. A 12-step meeting of Gamblers Anonymous. This is an open meeting, Gay & Lesbian preferred. All persons welcome. 1-888-GA HELPS. Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force Game Night. 7pm. For information & location visit www.gay snohomish.org Swing Night at Rain Country. Swing Lesson 7:158:15pm, Open Dancing 8:15-10:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Dance lesson by donation. No partner required. www.raincountrydance.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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

(253) 474-8897.

SATURDAY - February 13

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

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.

All men are welcome. www.agatheringof men.org

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Court of Seattle Coronation 2010 - The President’s Ball: A Star-Spangled Affair. 5pm. Seattle Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison St. $55. www.imperialcourtof seattle.com Seattle Sings for Haiti. 7:30pm. St Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E. Haiti orphan benefit concert featuring combined Seattle area choirs & members of the Northwest Mahler Orchestra. www. seattlesingsforhaiti.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Debaucherade.

9pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. A dance party resplendent with beads & flesh. Wear your masks & feathers but leave most of your clothes at home. In an effort to keep your life filled with decadence & healthy at the same time, proceeds from the event go to the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture & the Sisters’ Play Fair program. www.theabbey.org

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SUNDAY - February 14

Valentine’s Day (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Court of Seattle Victory Brunch. 10:30am, Seattle Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison St. www.imperial courtofseattle.com Seattle Japanese Garden 50th Anniversary Opening. 11am-3pm, Public Tours 12noon & 2pm, Shinto/ Buddhist Opening Blessing 1pm. The garden will be graced by bonsai provided by Puget Sound Bonsai Association & Ikebana from the local chapter of Ikebana International that will be on display all day.

No Safeword Writers Group. 1-3pm. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful.

For info & location, NSWG@sexpositive culture.org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org. (Also meets 4th Monday, 7-9pm.)

Imperial Court of Seattle General Membership Meeting. 2pm. C.C. Attle’s, 1501 E. Madison St. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic & Rainier Empire, Seattle’s premier drag society, is a social & charitable organization that sponsors numerous shows & balls thruout the year to provide entertainment, showcase community talent & raise money for community organizations. Meetings open to all. www. imperialcourtofseattle.com.

Love Without Boundaries 2010. Doors 6pm. Renaissance Seattle Hotel, 515 Madison St. Hosted champagne & hors d’oeuvres reception, gourmet dinner, live music, silent auction. King County Exec Dow Constantine MCs. Proceeds benefit Rosehedge House. Tickets $150. www.rosehedge.org My Romance - A Valentine Cabaret with Arnaldo!

Dinner Seating 6pm & 6:15pm, Show 7:30pm. Century Ballroom, OddFellows Hall, 915 E Pine St. A wonderful Valentine’s Day event with great entertainment & fine food in an elegant & intimate space where you can just be yourself. Tickets: Dinner & show $45, show only $15. www.centuryballroom.com American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver. us Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html Bent Arts is the nation’s only non-profit Queer writing institute. Bent promotes written & spoken word among LGBTIQ people & in our communities. 860-3035, info@bentwriting.com, info@benditbandits.org, www. bentwriting.com, www.myspace.com/bend-it.

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, 1900 E Madison St, offers a schedule of LGBTQ-supported 12-step meetings. For current schedule of meetings visit www.chacseattle. org, 860-9560 or call 587-2838 - 24/7.

Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

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

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Dunshee House (Home of SASG) offers free, facilitated & confidential support, discussion & skills groups & coordinates retreats, 1 to 1 peer mentoring & special events for those affected by HIV/AIDS & the greater LGBT communities. 322-2437; www.dunshee house.org Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi

men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 511 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.imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; lgbtms connection@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Malta: 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: 339-JACK, www.raincityjacks. org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples. org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, 329-0793; www.seattle primetimers.org.

Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www.multifaith.org MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band.com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flying house. org.

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees

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and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & 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; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@ yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; PFLAG/FOCUS (Families of Color United in Support), 325-7724; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sojourner Truth Unity Fellowship Church, 723-9395; 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.metrokc.gov/health/glbt Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 6826711; www.q-law.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition.org SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.seamec.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

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

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle. gov 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 Shanti - 324-1520; www.multifaith.org/shanti/ 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 1-5pm Monday-Friday. (425) 339-5298.

SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www. seattlewomensecsa.com; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthe babes. com; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops (Basketball): www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www. pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.iagsdc. org/puddletown; Rain Country: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; 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 Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, Seattle Chapter - www.ttca.org; bruce@ttca.org; 1122 E Pike St PMB 905, Seattle, WA 98122-3934.

Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey. com; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; Pacific Gender Support: 3232162, www.pacificgender.org; 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; www.LesBeHealthy. org; 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, http://rainshadow women. tripod.com/; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www. tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, memberdriven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo. com/group/womenofwestseattle Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention Program: 297-5922, ext 116; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. As a program of GLSEN/WA, 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 (Gay, Lesbian, Open-Minded, & Bisexual Empowerment): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, ages14-20, in Everett, David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; InsideOut: a support group for GLBTQ youth ages 13-18, in Shoreline. 362-7282 ext 242; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, ages 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; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschools coalition.org; 632-0662 ext 49 (non-emergency), 1-888-99-VOICE (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; YouthCare/ Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412.

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_______________________________ BEACON HILL NORTH 1 BR - $825. FREE UTILITIES, FREE WIFI. Mountain views, kitchen granite, parking, intercom, storage, laundry. Cats OK. 206-618-5918. 06/1 _______________________________ LESCHI HEIGHTS 3 BR, large units, 975 sq ft deck, W/S/G wireless internet included, 1 parking stall. Pets OK. $1,050. 206-720-1400. 07/3 _______________________________ MERCER ISLAND Quaint 2 BR house, fireplace, garage, yard. Right off I-90, close to Seattle, great for commuters!

Pets OK. $1,395. 206-720-1400.

07/3 _______________________________ NORTH BEACON HILL 1 BR, 450 sq ft - $675; 1 BR, 575 sq ft - $725. Secured building, near Pacific Medical Center, on bus route. Pets OK. 206-7201400. 07/3 _______________________________ RAINIER BEACH Magnificent View! 2 BR/2 BA waterfront condo. 1,288 sq ft. $1295. 206-720-1400. 07/3 _______________________________ STILL considered Daddy’s boy or bear cub. Lives alone in a large house. 1 BR for rent. Large closet, fireplace, view of downtown.

Hoping to find person in mature stage of life. Not comfortable with a lot of comings and goings.

Want someone mellowed out. A room you will be proud of. Definitely a man’s room. 206-8567395. Danny Boy. Carpentry skills a plus. 08/3 _______________________________ 13 13 housing for sale

HOUSING FOR SALE

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LAKE FOREST PARK

4621 NE 192ND ST 98155 ** OPEN SUN 1-4 ** $448,000 AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECT $41,000 price drop! Dramatic & private. A treasure, with 4 BRs/2 BAs, formal dining, 23 x 16 ft living room with vaulted ceilings & gas fireplace. 22 x 12 ft master with hardwood floors and sitting area. Large kitchen with lots of cupboards, oversized counters, bar sink and eating space. 2 decks - 1 covered for year-around BBQ. Leaf Guard gutters. Lower level can be expanded. 2,560 sq ft lot - 10,447 sq ft end of cul de sac. Many more amenities! Call Thelma White to see or for more information. 206-226-2659 Owner/ Agent. Re/Max Mutual Realty.

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14 help wanted

_______________________________ HOUSEHOLD ASSISTANT WIDOWER finally comes out of recluse. Opening up his brand new 5000 sq ft home. Home a lot because I’m disabled, but I’m extremely healthy, which I attribute to juicing. Looking for assistant/associate for minimal household chores. Want someone on disability with lots of free time - hopefully with interests in common. I want to restart non-profit I had before I became a widower.

Private BR, private bath. Lots of windows. Sleeper sofa, deck, view of Italian fountain, West Seattle lights. Totally private. Chores include making juice daily and cleaning juicer, sweep and vacuum stairs once a week. WSDL a big plus. 206-767-7777. 08/3 _______________________________ free job training FREE JOB TRAINING _______________________________ FREE COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRAINING for eligible Seattle residents interested in becoming an Office Tech, Welder, Construction Worker, Auto Tech, or CNA. Program orientation every Tues at 3pm at ACRS, 3639 Martin Luther King Jr Way S, Seattle, WA 98144, or call 206-695-7569. _______________________________

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_______________________________ MAKE MONEY NOW WITH WATKINS Do something great for yourself with a company that’s been enhancing lives since 1868. Watkins is a leader in Natural, Organic and Green Products for your home. The Watkins Opportunity can lead to financial freedom and more time with your friends and family. Call or email for more information. Email: spice-stop@ usa.net or call 877-722-1908.

Independent Associate www. thespicestop.com and GSBA Member. Ask about our Associate Special. 06/3 _______________________________

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computer tech

_______________________________ The NAKED Computer Man Business/Home. 30+ Years Experience. If it is broke, slow, or needs help, let me fix it. DATA Recovery, Internet, Networking, Hardware, and Software. Very PATIENT. Call Randy. CELL: 954-684-3829. Ask about photography. 52/52 _______________________________

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Luke, 206-323-2427. In/Out. 08/3 _______________________________ NICE LOOKING, ATHLETIC 5’10”, 165 lbs, 8”, horny. Out only.

Bodywork available. Larry, 425444-0371. 10/9 _______________________________ WELL-EQUIPPED 6’, brown, blue, 150 lbs, hung 9-1/2, college student. Josh, 253-683-1851. 06/3 _______________________________

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Steve Chang, LMP, 206-4977897. 06/3 _______________________________ EXCEPTIONAL BODYWORK Release muscle pain & tension through deep tissue, trigger point & myofascial release. Specializing in back, neck & shoulder pain.

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Incalls in Renton or North Seattle; anywhere else outcalls. 206-7131459 or leave message. $100 Incall - $150 Outcall. 05/3 _______________________________ AWESOME & AFFORDABLE Full-body deep tissue Swedish Massage for fit men only. Evenings and weekends. Ed, 206985-8491. 10/6 _______________________________ DADDY BEAR I’m known for my magic touch and intense bodywork. Bi and Gay gentlemen welcome. Sliding scale for seniors. 12noon-10pm.

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_______________________________ WWW.MASSAGEBUFF.COM South Lake Union studio. $20 off for first-time clients. Hunter, 503-550-8828. 08/3 _______________________________ 38 men

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