SGN February 19, 2010 - Section 2

Seattle Gay News

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 08, Volume 38, February 19, 2010

Stellar cast nails polished Glengarry Up close with pop-folk Glen Ross icon Suzanne Vega

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

Glengarry Glen Ross Seattle Repertory Theatre Through February 28 A stellar cast gives a standout performance of David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross at the Seattle Repertory Theatre. Whether you like Mamet’s toughtalking, foul-mouthed characters or not, this is an opportunity to have your mind changed or to reinforce your conclusions.

For real estate salesmen in the Chicago area, everything in life boils down to “the deal.” In fact, “the deal” includes whole

Suzanne Vega February 25 Moore Theatre There’s more to Suzanne Vega than “Luka,” or her other giant hit, “Tom’s Diner.” The Grammy-winning artist helped open doors to a flood of pop-folk feAlbert Romale musicians in the ‘80s with her self-titled debut that featured driguez: Can quiet, dramatic tracks like “Small you tell me a Blue Thing” and “Undertow.” little about this Over the years, Vega may have “Close Up” fallen slightly under the radar tour you’re dowith mainstream audiences, but ing?

Suzanne her fans have never abandoned her and still follow her work Vega: Well, from album to album – speak- it’s me and ing of which, she’ll soon release the guitar a collective series entitled Close and I have Up, which doubles as the title two musiof her North American tour that descends to the Moore Theatre on February 25 (visit www.stgsee presents.org for ticket availabilmusic ity). If you plan on going to the lounge show, have requests in mind bepage 29

John Aylward in Glengarry Glen Ross

mary Rozzi

Derek Sparks

see glengarry page 28

cause she might play a few of them – I’m already set with mine. I recently phoned Suzanne Vega to get the scoop on her tour and plans for 2010, so here’s what the acclaimed singersongwriter revealed when she stepped into “The Music Lounge.”

Suzanne Vega

Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence RuPaul’s Drag Race Mystique talks food, country, and the hold Fat Tuesday Debaucherade beauty of splits Mardi Gras Debaucherade February 16 The Cuff The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, Abbey of St. Joan kicked off their extended weekend of partying on Capitol Hill on February 12 with their Kiss-Off Valentine’s bash at R Place. Af-

terwards, the Sisters donned face again for Saturday’s Mardi Gras Debaucherade, which ran late into the night at the Cuff Complex. The Sisters returned to the Cuff once again on February 16 for their Fat Tuesday celebration. It was a weekend full of love, sex and porn stars designed to fundraise for Gay health programs.

“Saturday was the kiss – tonight is the fuck,” Sister Stella Standing told SGN on Fat Tuesday.

Legions of men and boys came out in their most festive Mardi Gras attire on Fat Tuesday to party with the Sisters and Jason Sechrest, the owner of DV8 Casting, and three of his biggest (pun intended) stars: Rob Romoni, Spencer Whitman, and Jason Griffin.

Fans could have their photos

by Bebe Zahara Benet SGN Contributing Writer

see debaucherade page 28

james whitely

Courtesy Q Syndicate

by James Whitely SGN Staff Writer

Revelers celebrate Mardi Gras at Debaucherade

proud to Be Different

We are conveniently located on-site at Lifelong AIDS Alliance below the Thrift Store.

Mystique

Hello, all you beautiful people!

Can you believe it is week three of RuPaul’s Drag Race already? So much is happening – let’s get right into my conversation with Mystique Summers Madison, the Texas beauty who went out with a bang!

I was impressed how well Mystique did in the third episode’s opening challenge, when she just dove right in and swallowed down all those mystery foods she had to eat. “I was like, ‘Oh no, it’s fried food,’” Mystique remembered.

“I hadn’t had fried food in four months. Oh my God, I just went for it. I was just swallowing, I wasn’t tasting.” Even though she looked like a cool cucumber, Mystique was nervous. “It was the scariest thing ever,” she revealed. “That was drag Fear Factor!”

That win made Mystique one of the group leaders for the Disco see rupaul page 29

Call us at 206.568.2486

22 Seattle Gay News

February 19, 2010

Celebrating 37 Years!

Photos by Shaun Knittel

Seattle Gay News congratulates his most Imperial Sovereign Majesty the Golden Topaz Wizard of Light, Rainier XXXVI Harry Lee and Empress Regent Madison Lane of the Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic and Rainier Empire as the new Emperor and Empress Regent of the Court of Seattle.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 23

Scorsese’s Shutter Island as beautiful as it is creepy

by Scott Rice SGN Contributing Writer

Arnaldo! Cabaret sets stage for romantic Valentine’s evening

by Shaun Knittel SGN Staff Writer

24 Seattle Gay News

Leonardo DiCaprio in Shutter Island

owner Hallie Kuperman made sure that each and every detail was in place to create the perfect Valentine’s dinner cabaret.

MY ROMANCE was a first for Arnaldo! and Kuperman. The two had yet to work with each other and Sunday’s show was Kuperman’s first attempt at showcasing a live vocal show inside the newly renovated West Hall. Arnaldo! and Janusz decided to go with West Hall after they met with Kuperman and realized West Hall provided the perfect ambiance and setting for a Valentine’s dinner show.

“West Hall was a perfect cabaret setting,” Arnaldo! told SGN. “The sound system was great, the stage provided me space to play, and the most wonderful thing about the venue? There is no ambient noise.”

Arnaldo! said “it makes my singing a more enjoyable experience” when he doesn’t have to compete with kitchen or bar noise. “Kuperman’s theater background really helped a lot,” said Arnaldo! “I would encourage anyone to work with her, she has total respect and support for the performer.”

Though romance was the main theme, the evening’s program was varied and diverse. Some notable performances included Arnaldo!’s rendition of Patsy Cline’s country classic “She’s Got You (I’ve Got Your Picture),” and a very fun audience sing-along to a Carpenters medley of “Sing,” “We’ve Only Just Begun,” and “Top of the World.”

A consummate professional, Arnaldo! knows showmanship. Throughout the evening, the drag chanteuse changed into three different gowns, each more beautiful than courtesy century ballroom

MY ROMANCE …

A Valentine’s Cabaret February 14 Century Ballroom West Hall As Seattle’s premier cabaret performer, Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse is no stranger to the occasional holiday show. In fact, the entertainer has built a loyal following based on festive occasions, which is why it should come as no surprise that Arnaldo! played to a sold-out crowd inside the Century Ballroom’s West Hall on Valentine’s Day. MY ROMANCE … A Valentine’s Cabaret was a wonderful event that featured great entertainment and fine food in an elegant and intimate space.

Arnaldo! performs each song in a New York cabaret style. For MY ROMANCE, Arnaldo performed classics like Cole Porter’s “Let’s Do It,” “The Nearness of You”

by Hoagey Carmichael, and one of my personal favorites, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s “Bewitched, Bothered and

Bewildered.”

Arnaldo!, joined by singer and pianist Victor Janusz and Troy Kendrick on bass, work well together. The genuine friendship between Arnaldo! and Janusz shined through when the two crooned a duet of Rodgers and Hart’s “My Romance.”

The old-world Seattle elegance of the

paramount pictures

Shutter Island Opening February 19 Shutter Island, the new flick from top American filmmaker Martin Scorsese, is a creepy ride into an insane landscape – literally. Scorsese + horror? Mm-mmm good.

Shutter Island is an institution for the criminally insane off the coast of Massachusetts. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner (Mark Ruffalo) go there to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a patient named Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer). The ferry leaves, a storm blows in, and things pretty much go to hell. Trapped on the island, Teddy and his partner must figure out Dr. Cawley’s (Ben Kingsley) game if they ever hope to leave.

Shutter Island is really two movies in one (if you haven’t read the book). The first time you see it, it plays out one way.

The second time you see it, and know the trick; it’s a whole new ballgame.

Shutter Island is definitely a Scorsese flick. The photography by veteran Robert Richardson is breathtaking. The camera angles are surprising without being pretentious. The POV as the Nazi guards are dismissed is chilling. The sweeping aerial shots of the landscape are dizzying. The dream sequences are lovely and listless and, as usual in a Scorsese flick, always on the verge of slipping over the top (but they never do).

The ubiquitous use of CGI serves to put the camera places it’s never gone before instead of just creating monsters and aliens.

It’s also employed to draw a subtle line of demarcation between realities. The CGI does not produce fantastic images; instead it enriches the narrative by enriching the narrative’s world.

The first-rate cast is excellent. DiCaprio has grown into a seamless leading man who makes it look easy (though I wish his head weren’t so large). Kingsley gives a softly nuanced performance that will make the second screening of Shutter Island even more fun than the first. Michelle Williams once again steals scenes from A-list male megastars, and I loved seeing Max von Sydow as a shady doctor with an odd sense of humor.

The story, adapted from the novel by Dennis Lehane and written for the screen by Laeta Kalogridis, isn’t exactly what we’ve come to expect a horror film to be. That’s unfortunate because this is what a horror film should be. Horror is not about the hack ‘n’ slash – though there is gore in Shutter Island – it’s about the possibility of something horrific that truly terrifies. Scorsese channels a little Hitchcock for this one, and rightly so.

Yes, there’s a trick ending. No, you won’t figure it all out. The last 20 minutes yank you to and fro and you won’t get it all un-

til the bitter end. Once more, rightly so.

There are a couple of niggling reservations that keep Shutter Island from being among Scoresese’s best. The preachy dialogue about the history of mental illness slows the pace and the intersection between insane asylums and concentration camps feels a bit tortured.

I was also concerned when they pushed the release date to February, but after seeing it, I really like this film. It’s creepily good fun and has a few nice surprises, too. It’s not Scorsese’s best, but it’s still Scorsese. On his worst day, he’s formidable.

Arnaldo!

Century Ballroom’s West Hall provided the perfect setting for the show. The elegant café seating arrangement and sumptuous menu

by Tin Table’s chef Bo Maisano should set the standard for intimate dining. Romantic, personal, and softly lit, Century Ballroom

February 19, 2010

the last. The wonderful thing about Arnaldo! is the illusion; from the voice to the gowns to the playful giggle, Arnaldo! is a beautiful drag artist whose voice never falters or wanes. I’ve watched a number of Arnaldo! cabaret shows, and whether the illusion is of Eartha Kitt or Judy Garland, the voice, look, and stage presence is always there.

Between costume changes, Janusz and Kendrick stayed on. Janusz entertained the audience with his versions of “Send One Your Love” by Stevie Wonder, Lorenz Hart’s “My Funny Valentine,” Chaka Kahn’s “Through The Fire,” and Consuelo Velasquez’s “Besame Mucho.”

Overall, MY ROMANCE was the perfect Valentine’s evening. The 19-song set contained music to sing along with, music that made you fall in love all over again, and just felt good.

For an encore, Arnaldo! performed a beautiful marriage of words and music with a medley of “If You Believe,” and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

“I was really thankful for such an amazing audience,” Arnaldo! told SGN. “I am an independent artist with no publicist, no agent, and no manager. I do all the legwork, write my own script, talk to venue owners, mail my own postcards, decide on the lineup, and work on the musical arrangements to make it my own. So really – what you see is what you get.”

“I feel very proud and gratified when the show is sold out,” she said. “Receiving a standing ovation at the end of MY ROMANCE made all the hard work so worth it. My music is honest and I literally put my heart into each note I sing.”

Arnaldo! told SGN that because he feels so connected with the audience and the community, “I know that my success is their success, as well.”

For more information about Arnaldo!

Drag Chanteuse, including booking information and upcoming shows, visit him online at www.dragchanteuse.com. For more information about Century Ballroom and West Hall, visit the venue’s website at www. centuryballroom.com.

Celebrating 37 Years!

by Shaun Knittel SGN Staff Writer Chinese Lunar New Year Party February 14 Café Metropolitain While most Seattleites recognize February 14 as Valentine’s Day, this year it was also the Chinese Lunar New Year. Café Metropolitain and Quyen Luu, vice president of the Lambert House Board of Directors, wasn’t about to let the event pass without a celebration. With help from the Seattle Asian and LGBT communities, Quyen produced the spectacular Lunar New Year party, “Year of the TIGER.” Now in its second year, the Lunar New Year party has grown in audience size and participation. For its 2010 party, Quyen told SGN he set out to celebrate as many of the Asian cultures as possible. To achieve this, he booked Asian-themed performances, had a free buffet of Asian cuisine, and decorated the venue to symbolize the event.

The decorations were elaborate and very well-thought-out. Quyen fastened 12 large hanging branches that were handcrafted with hundreds of cherry blossoms of pink and yellow. Each branch had a variety of paper lanterns, which, according to Quyen, symbolize the “lights that shine bright to help guide with confidence.” He told SGN the flowering branches symbolize “a fresh new year.”

“I also put up Chinese umbrellas and other decor to help enhance the Lunar New Year theme,” he said. “Traditionally, the Chinese would celebrate the Lunar New Year for as long as 15 days. In the U.S., most celebrate less than that.”

To keep in line with tradition, Quyen says he will leave the decorations up for one week.

shaun knittel

Year of the Tiger roars into Café Metropolitain

Quyen encouraged all the guests and performers to dress in red or to celebrate the Lunar New Year theme. Many in the audience picked traditional Asian dress to represent a specific culture.

Like most events at Café Metropolitain, the show’s proceeds went to benefit Lambert House. “So far, we’ve raised over $400 from Sunday night,” said Quyen. Donations were made at the door, from a raffle giveaway, and Jell-O shot sales.

“I am really grateful to have so many wonderful friends and such good supOn Febuary 14, each guest was port,” he told SGN. “There are given a “lucky red envelope” with a lot of people that care so the Chinese picture of a tiger – 2010 is much for our community. the year of the tiger. The envelopes symbolThis event wouldn’t have ize happiness and prosperity, Quyen said. been possible without “Stuffed inside the envelopes were messagthe help from Anh Tran, es about practicing safe sex, a condom, lube, and a fortune cookie,” he said. “Inside every fortune cookie was a message which read as a funny sexual joke. All the messages ended with ‘in bed.’”

The message I got in my fortune cookie was, “Soon you will find great joy with someone special in your next adventure, in bed.”

Quyen had the cookies custom-made in the International District. “I came up with this idea a few years ago,” he said. “People just love the messages, and hope it comes true for them!”

Jon Morada, Brian Beeton, Jason Lion dancers and kung fu performers from Hamilton, Pierre Bounposeuth, Anj the Jun Hong Wu Guan (Jun Hong Kung Fu Bernabe, Nhan Thai, Trent Garris, & Sports Association) opened the show. The Austin Som, and the staff of Café two lions danced to the beat of a drum while Metropolitain.” firecrackers exploded all around them. The Quyen says he didn’t expect so Chinese dance is believed to help start the many people to show up on “a Lunar New Year by “driving off negative en- rainy Sunday night,” but was ergy and bad spirits from the establishments glad that they did. “Everyone by the lions, loud drums and firecrackers,” was having a good time, and according to Quyen. the large crowd really helped Seattle drag artist Aleksa Manila, who did make this event a success.” a fabulous job entertaining the crowd and Quyen told SGN that he announcing each act, emceed the show. This hopes to continue this tradiis the second time Aleksa has hosted the Lu- tion ever year. nar New Year party at Café Metropolitain.

“She is so funny and witty,” said Quyen.

Other performances included a drag performance by Regeane, a traditional Cambodian dance by Hong Chour and Coma KC Te, a dazzling performance by Kalika Manila, a high-energy lip-sync by drag artist Sahara Dior, and a memorable performance

by Diamond.

Traditional Cambodian dance was performed

Troublemaker’s Mother is an ancient story of maternal love

by James Whitely SGN Staff Writer Troublemaker’s Mother February 26-28 Nordic Heritage Museum Nick DiMartino, the creator and host of the Seattle Gay and Lesbian Book Club at the Dunshee House, has taken a short break from his duties at the book club for a personal project: He’s written a play.

Troublemaker’s Mother, a musical adaptation from the Kalevala, isn’t necessarily a Gay play, but like most folklore from around the world, it is rich storytelling and well worth seeing if you’re a fan of theater.

“There’s not a Gay character in the lot, but I like to think that there are lots of Gay undertones and a Gay sensibility, not to mention the fact that the primary relationship is between the hero and his mother,” said DiMartino.

Although DiMartino isn’t the least bit Finnish by blood, he is wholly intrigued by the Kalevala, a book of poems from Finnish and Karelian folklore, which was compiled into a single epic poem form by Elias Lönnrot in the 19th century. It is also known as the national epic of Finland.

“The tales that comprise the national epic

of Finland have ancient roots that go right to the heart of storytelling,” said DiMartino.

DiMartino is happy to present his musical adaptation to you. There are only four scheduled performances from February 26 - 28. The show is running at the Nordic Heritage Museum (2014 NW 67th St.) Tickets are $20, discounts are available for students and seniors. Visit www.finnsnw.com/ffsc or call (206) 363-0225 to purchase tickets.

“Hopefully I’ve retained the essence of this powerful, ancient story with its universal theme: the mountain-moving love of motherhood, more powerful than death itself,” said DiMartino.

“The tales ... have ancient roots that go right to the heart of storytelling,”

Visit us online www.sgn.org

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 25

SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Chicago brings John O’Hurley to Seattle

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN Contributing Writer Chicago March 2-7 Paramount Theatre John O’Hurley is one of the most recognized faces on television today. He appeared on Seinfeld, Dancing with the Stars, General Hospital, and hosted Family Feud. His film roles include Valley of the Dolls and Race to Space, and he is allegedly working on the film version of Ahab’s Wife. But he is also the author of two books, and has composed three CDs. He even spends a great deal of time dedicated to the Red Cross, the Epilepsy Foundation, and Golfers Against Cancer. Somewhere in his busy schedule, he finds time to perform on the stage. After a short hiatus for yet another charity, Seattle marks Mr. O’Hurley’s return to the musical Chicago as the loveable lawyer Billy Flynn.

The Seattle Gay News made sure they welcomed him back.

courtesy Broadway in chicago

26 Seattle Gay News

Legendary theater team John Kander and Fred Ebb originally created Chicago in 1975. Dance master Bob Fosse directed and choreographed the musical, and it ran for over 936 performances. A revival began in 1996 which is still running, and has become one of the top 10 longest-running shows on Broadway.

John O’Hurley

Alecto Issue #1 - Super powers and a good time

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer Alecto Issue #1 Annex Theatre Through February 20 The new play at Annex Theatre has a whiz-bang concept: Alecto Issue #1 focuses on a young woman, Jessica (Maridee Slater), who has a superhuman power: she can move super fast. She is asked to join a group of superheroes, which is basically a commercial front with synthetically augmented, “enhanced” people. Jessica, now given the superhero name Alecto, reluctantly joins the Team of Heroes – Cap’n, Madame Mayhem and Shock Wave (Jason Sharp, Tracy Leigh, Nik Doner) – in a weekly TV show.

Their main adversary is Chaos Theory (Rachel Jackson). While it looks like a standard good guy vs. bad guy television show, it turns out that not all the good guys are good,

February 19, 2010

and there is mischief afoot behind the scenes – a major Lesbian love story that threatens the earth.

Written by Alexander Harris and directed

by Jaime Roberts, it’s a fun romp, though it has some interesting deeper themes. We

her superpower and is headed toward jail.

Slater does a great job as both the younger and older Jessica, making her a sympathetic and very watchable main character, and while special effects could have been cheesy, the technical feat of making her speed up and everyone else slow down is excellently done. There are many funny additions, such as an underwater sequence where each character becomes a Barbie doll figurine and is made to swim through the scene next to a porthole.

The play would definitely improve if it were made 30 or 45 minutes shorter (it’s a long two-act), but it has some great creative ideas and pokes fun at the love of superheroes and the business of television. The one story that isn’t wrapped up well is the one where Jessica is promised to find her father and resolve her childhood trauma.

It’s been a great success at Annex. There are some big laughs and fun costumes. If you’re looking for something “different,” this will definitely fit the bill. For more information, go to www. annextheatre. org or www.brownpapertickets.com or call 800-838-3006. Comments on reviews go to sgncritic@gmail.com. courtesy Annex theatre

Eric Andrews-Katz: At what age did you start learning piano?

John O’Hurley: I taught myself early on and have been playing all my life. I was playing hard during my college days. But didn’t start composing immediately. I never recorded anything until the first album in 2005.

Andrews-Katz: How did you learn vocal training?

O’Hurley: I studied opera before, back in New York, as a minor in college. I started off in 1981 to move to Broadway and never looked back.

Andrews-Katz: When did you start composing original music?

O’Hurley: I’ve been hearing melodies in my head since I was four years old; it’s a simple as that. I grew up in the late ‘50s when people still wrote great theme songs for movies: Moon River, Love Story and Exodus. The kind of music that never has lyrics, that was my early inspiration.

Andrews-Katz: Have you ever thought about writing your own Broadway musical?

O’Hurley: It always comes back to me, and I think about it, but I don’t compose music with lyrics – although I’m starting to.

I don’t know if I could do Broadway’s kind of sweeping melodies.

Andrews-Katz: How did you get involved with Seinfeld as the character J. Peterman?

O’Hurley: They were all fans of the catalogue and thought it would be a funny idea if Elaine worked for the J. Peterman company.

They wanted someone who “sounded like” the catalogue. I thought it would sound like a bad ‘40s radio drama and a bad Charles Kuralt impersonation.

Andrews-Katz: At what point did the real J. Peterman contact you for a business deal?

O’Hurley: When we first did the show, we did it without asking permission. John Peterman found out and gave us permission afterwards (thanking us for the great publicity). Consequently, we’ve become joined at the wrists and ankles. A year after Seinfeld ended, I bought the company along with John Peterman.

Andrews-Katz: What was your reaction to being asked to participate in Dancing With the Stars?

O’Hurley: They asked. I said, “I’d be very happy to host.” They asked for me to dance. I said, “I’d be very happy to host.” I was one of the first they asked, so I agreed.

I didn’t know that it was one of the most strenuous things you’d go through. It’s 90% Marine boot camp and only 10% cocktail party.

Andrews-Katz: Did you share the feelings that the 2005 finals of Dancing With

the Stars was rigged, or was that a viewer’s feud?

O’Hurley: In a way, it was rigged. Because the judges were going to give her [Kelly Monaco] a 10 because she was an ABC “soap” star, she had already won.

They took an online vote from the previous show, judging by that, no one was registered on abc.com to vote except for the fans of the soap. It wasn’t rigged per se, but more of a poorly designed voting system. They had to shut down the website to redesign it.

Andrews-Katz: How long have you been involved with the Epilepsy Foundation and the Red Cross?

O’Hurley: I worked with the Red Cross before I was even an actor. I was a director of Public Relations for four years in the late 1970s. I became a recognized face with the Epilepsy Foundation. I lost my sister to epilepsy when I was 16, and so that stays pretty close.

Andrews-Katz: What challenges are there with hosting The National Dog Show?

O’Hurley: It’s the number-one show on NBC, seen by over 20 million people. It’s been very successful for eight years. The challenges come with how to make it funny and different every year. We have the same 165 breeds, so from my standpoint, I try to make it more entertaining and less repetitive.

Andrews-Katz: You’ve performed in Spamalot, Pirates of Penzance, and now Chicago as Billy Flynn. Do you prefer stage or television work?

O’Hurley: I find that stage work is more

satisfying. It’s a single take. It’s live and organic. It’s a give/take energy relationship with the audience. I feel better on stage because I’m playing a complete character with beginning, middle and end, not a serial-driven being.

Andrews-Katz: Given the opportunity, what role would you like to play?

O’Hurley: I’d like to resurrect Man of La Mancha or Equus. I saw the original [Equus] and was influenced by what I saw. I saw the current production and wasn’t fond of it. I am looking forward to returning to Billy Flynn. After two and a half years of King Arthur, it’ll be good to put the tux on again.

Madame Mayhem

see Jessica first as a little girl who loves superheroes and has an imaginary pig (Chris Bell) who helps her survive the death of her mother at the hands of her father. After her Comments on reviews go to sgncritic@ father disappears, we’re led to believe that she survives only on her street smarts and gmail.com.

Celebrating 37 Years!

Returning the Bones a visceral history lesson

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

Returning the Bones Richard Hugo House February 12 and 13 Solo Performance Festival March 11, 19, and 20 Gin Hammond, one of Seattle’s best oneperson-play actors, has created a one-person play using a fascinating character in her own family. She performed the piece at Richard Hugo House on February 12 and 13, but you will have an additional opportunity to catch the piece during Solo Performance Festival in March, held at Theatre Off Jackson.

Based on the life and times of her aunt, Dr. Carolyn (Bebe) Hammond Montier, Returning the Bones is about Montier’s struggle as an African-American to achieve everything she has dreamed of, including a medical degree, and her extraordinary opportunity to represent Howard University at the Students’ International Clinic Congress in Europe in 1946, following World War II. Once in Europe, Montier went to the concentration camp, Auschwitz, in Poland, where she saw bones of recent camp internees and actually collected some and brought them back to the United States.

Montier grew up in rural Texas and experienced all the horrors of Jim Crow, segregation, discrimination, and the violence that bigotry brings, including lynching and beatings. Her father was a doctor, but because he was black, many white patients wouldn’t be attended to by him, unless they wanted to keep secret a case of venereal disease or something else they didn’t want town gossips to know. Her father instilled a strong Comments on reviews go to sgncritic@ sense of justice in the family, and in the play she suggests that she was taught civil rights gmail.com.

Trout Stanley a delightfully weird play

Paul Sheets

activism from the womb.

Her family tree includes Alexander Hamilton, the famed politician, and some family members who were so light-toned that they passed for white. While this situation could be useful in getting better behavior from law enforcement, for instance, it was likely a confusing situation to deal with and emphasized the absurdity of bigotry based on skin pigment.

Hammond has woven together Montier’s story from that of a young girl accompanying her father on his medical emergencies to her acceptance at Howard University Medical School and to Europe. Hammond is a consummate performer who controls audience attention with great assurance and charm. She has written in 26 different characters, many of who are related as great-aunts and uncles, and has a marvelous facility with moving subtly between all of them and still allowing you to know exactly whom she is portraying at that instant.

Woven into the personal story are educational moments that give you a taste of the discrimination Montier felt, and even brush up against Holocaust denial and other kinds of prejudice. The first act was performed some months back and taped for the Seattle Channel, though it has had some revising since that taping. While the piece might be considered in development, each moment is burnished brightly. It has powerful potential and gives you a surprisingly visceral way to experience U.S. history. For more information, go to www.ginhammond.com or www.theatreoffjackson.org and look for the March 4-April 4 Solo Performance Festival.

Hammond’s dates are March 11, 19 and 20.

Gin Hammond

I’m lost, I need help. Is Trout Stanley the killer? He says he is not, and also says he never lies. But he does admit that if he were the killer, he probably would say he did not kill anyone. Which is a little confusing.

The small cast does well with the quirky script and the lyrical passages, but DiMarco’s light shines a little brighter as she putters around the house and tries to make her sister happy. She makes a worn tracksuit and slipper socks look like riveting costuming. Sugar tells us she used to be more out in the world and even had a budding small business making figurines, though her figurines specialized in the deformed and a little macabre. She tells us that she has no problem watching things on television that are violent, like watching an arm get cut off, but she faints at “normal” things like people saying “hello.”

Trout Stanley, if he is telling the truth, has grown up without his parents, who drowned in a lake. He has been trying to get there for some sense of closure, which Sugar understands very well. The Ducharme parents are also dead. Higgins uses his scruffy looks to

good effect to portray this drifter whose parents neglected him so much that he called the television “mother.”

Grace seems content with her life, even though she talks of getting married. She appears married enough to her sister, and likes the care lavished upon her. It begins to become clear that Grace is intent on keeping Sugar from going anywhere, and certainly from going anywhere with Trout. Budge has an awkward sexiness she blends to show both a woman sure of her sexuality and also one who doesn’t really believe in it.

Maridee Slater’s set is the most intricate that Balagan has ever had. Lighting by Terra Morgan delicately focuses the action, and sound by M. Elizabeth Eller weaves in the nature sounds and Heart music deftly. Even if you’re not sure what it all adds up to, it’s an entertaining evening of theater. For more information, go to www.balagantheatre.org or www.brownpapertickets.com or call 800838-3006.

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 27

Comments on reviews go to sgncritic@ gmail.com.

Andrea Huysing

(l to r) Ryan Higgins, Angela DiMarco, and Sarah Budge in Trout Stanley

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer Trout Stanley Balagan Theatre Through March 6 David Gassner delights in directing plays that you walk out of saying something like, “That is a weird play.” Such is his delight with Trout Stanley, by Claudia Dey, now performing at Balagan Theatre. This is a truly delightful and truly weird play. Dey also writes poetic monologues for her quirky characters, painting pictures of their thoughts and surroundings with unique expression.

Sugar and Grace Ducharme are twin

sisters who live together in a small Canadian town deep in the woods. Grace (Sarah Budge) is a garbage woman who loves to tease the locals and is considered the town sex symbol. Sugar (Angela DiMarco) is the scared, isolated, servile sister who hasn’t left the house for 10 years, and who has worn her mother’s tracksuit for 10 years, also.

It’s their 30th birthday and another young woman, whose birthday is also on that day, has gone missing and is presumed dead.

Maybe a killer is loose in the area. In sneaks Trout Stanley (Ryan Higgins), a man who says he never lies, and doesn’t know why his parents named him after a fish. He talks his way into Sugar’s house using just the language Grace has told her to be wary of:

Visit us online www.sgn.org

w e e k o f F e b r ua r y 19 - F e b r ua r y 2 5

ARIES (March 20 – April 19): When everything in your love life is going wrong, take time by yourself for personal creative projects. Then reaching out for experimental collaboration can be a good way to get back on the track.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): What do you want out of life?

That big question is now especially confusing. House cleaning and community work are as basic as the Buddhist practice, “chop wood, fetch water,” and can also lead toward enlightenment.

GEMINI (May 21- June 20): Not sure what you want to be when you grow up? Talk with a close friend about what you really love doing. Figure out a way to put that into your current work, or think about changing your career direction.

CANCER (June 21- July 22): Figure out the nature of your domestic financial problems. Actual solutions will come later. Wanderlust and other distractions are not helping, but take a day or two to get away. Some fresh air and perspective will help.

LEO (July 23 – August 22): Too much fun may disturb the neighbors. If you must scream at “that moment,” fill your mouth with something to keep reasonably quiet! Not enough fun? Learning a new skill will make you a lot sexier.

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): Money is tight, but if you can stop worrying and just think constructively that will solve a good bit of your trouble. Try to see and engage your partner as part of the solution, not the problem.

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): Reality makes you re-examine long-range plans. Health and work conditions are crucial; try to get a focus on those. Setbacks there may be catalyzing new challenges, but they can also point to new opportunities.

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Work feels like you’re not keeping up on a treadmill, but take that as a challenge to focus on greater efficiency. Playful, creative inspirations are not directly effective, but can be springboards to more solid ideas.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Worries about the future exaggerate fears for your golden years or, better, dreams of your childhood. Avoid nostalgia and remember those basic lessons (wash your hands, share your toys). They can prove very important!

CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): Loose lips can sink careers. Be very careful! A confidence is likely to be betrayed.

You may be tempted to plant a false rumor where it will cause an enemy to self-destruct, but such risky moves can backfire much too easily.

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): Uncertainty over money is whipping up anxieties about your relationship. Trust your partner enough to talk about your concerns. A step backward can help you see better how and when to move forward.

PISCES (February 19 – March 19): Exploring erotic techniques is one way to explore your identity. Meditative exercise, like tai chi, yoga or swimming, is another. The fact that you’ll never know yourself fully is only one sign of your complexity and depth.

28 Seattle Gay News

February 19, 2010

Mercy enjoys exciting theater and dance

by Mercy Moosemuzzle SGN Contributing Writer The Violet Hour at Seattle Public Theater Mercy and Cuteness enjoyed Richard Greenburg’s The Violet Hour at the Bathhouse’s Seattle Public Theater. The intriguing story is about a publisher who has to make a decision between publishing a friend’s or a lover’s book. This is complicated when he receives a machine which predicts the future. Rita Giomi’s direction, Gerald Browning’s sets and K. D. Schill’s costumes capture the post-WWI era.

The acting by Eric Reidman, Shawn Law and Amber Wolfe Wollam was strong. Also pleasing was Evan Whitfeld in the very funny role of the publisher’s assistant.

Shantala Shivalingappa Mercy and Cuteness were delighted with the dancing of Shantala Shivalingappa in the UW World Series. Her choreography presented South Indian traditions beautifully.

Her accompanists – Jetty Ramesh on vocals and chant, B. P. Haribabu on nattuvangan and percussion, Neelamani Ramikrshnan on mridangam and K. S. Jayaram on flute – showed equal mastery.

Her first number, “Prayer Song to the Vani, Goddess of the Arts,” made prayer vis-

glengarry continued from cover

life philosophies and lessons in it, giving the impression that philosophies about life are just “deals” we make with ourselves.

We know from growing up with commercial television that advertising-speak permeates every aspect of our lives. Glengarry Glen Ross exemplifies what has been codified into our consumer society since the mid ‘50s. The play was written in the ‘80s, yet there is almost nothing to distinguish the play from 2010 except phone technology.

These are the guys that sell your dreams to you with soulful looks, patience, and a scientific understanding of human behavior that has yet to be debunked. Put to the highest use, these sales techniques can enhance our lives. The salesmen in Glengarry Glen Ross are the ones that sell the swampland in Florida, the you-can’t-lose real estate investments in now-bankrupt new condo developments, and the Ponzi investments.

Mamet delivers them to you with masterful – if sometimes vulgar – language. The basic plot has to do with leads, the tantalizing possibilities of real sales opportunities that are parceled out due to perceived sales value and get older and more useless the farther down the food chain you are in sales.

Dave Moss (a riveting Charles Leggett) twists sales technology into convincing poor George (Russell Hodgkinson) that he’s damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don’t just because he’s listened to Dave’s plan to burgle the leads from their office and move to the competition with them. Down-in-themouth Shelly Levene (a pitch-perfect John Aylward) tries to finagle better leads from office manager John (MJ Sieber) using any backroom dealing he can think of. Richard Roma (a scintillating R. Hamilton Wright) mesmerizes hapless James (Ian Bell) into making the investment of his life, which of course James can’t truly afford.

A scene where James tries to undo his deal with Richard and Richard tries to scam him into delay with the help of Shelly, who poses as a rich executive to help Richard out, is the classic con. “I’m trying to help you,”

ible. The second one, “Pranakavakaaram,” a poem in praise of Lord Ganesha, took flight.

“Varnam,” the third piece, had nice complexity. The rhythmic dialogue between B. P. Haribabu and Neelamani Ramikrshnan was an engaging contest. The love song “Jaavali” felt like a romantic Valentine’s gift to Cuteness and Mercy. The dynamism of “Tillana” brought the audience to their feet.

Coming Up The Triple Door is announcing a free film series which continues every Tuesday in their lounge. The idea is to combine vintage music, film and cocktails. The event is sponsored by SIFF and Remy.

Each series will have one city as its theme and will last four to six weeks. Chicago is the first city. The first film was His Girl Friday. The second will be Call Northside 777 with Jimmy Stewart.

Lisa Koch is debuting a new one-woman show at Theater Off Jackson as part of the solo performance festival. The title of the piece is Demonstrate the Place of My Abode. She will be sharing the stage with a host of other talents, including Peggy Platt (March 9). The other nights will be March 12, 17 and 30.

She is offering a discounted ticket price of $12 if you use the code word “sunscreen.”

Go to www.theatreoffjackson.org.

Richard claims over and over. “I’m thinking of you.” Of course, he’s doing nothing of the sort. This is the sort of twisting of truth that has helped our society become coarse and untrusting, afraid that the con is coming any minute toward us. We have to guard ourselves all the time, don’t we?

Assisted by a police investigator played

by Shawn Belyea, the production sets you up to think you know who stole the leads, and twists that up, too. The beautiful double set of restaurant and hole-in-the-wall office boiler room was created by set designer Eugene Lee. Lighting by Geoff Korf and sound

by Matt Starritt complete the effects. The pacing and drive of director Wilson Milam is polished and clear with great moments of punch. The one quibble would be with the missing Chicago accents.

As you might have done at ACT with The Women, go watch some of the main men of Seattle theater romp on stage. For more information, go to www.seattlerep.org or call 206-443-2222.

Comments on reviews go to sgncritic@ gmail.com.

debaucherade continued from cover

taken with the stars – all three at the same time, if they desired! Many also received autographs as well as free movies and Tshirts.

Saturday’s Mardi Gras party was certainly better attended than Tuesday’s event, but that doesn’t mean it was better. The more intimate feel of Fat Tuesday made all the difference, as did the Absolute doubles $4.75 drink special, which the Cuff offers every Tuesday.

A costume contest was scheduled for Tuesday’s party, but thanks to the showy Spencer Whitman, a “Biggest Ahem” contest went down instead. The winner will be defending his title at next year’s Fat Tuesday.

The Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday parties

Celebrating 37 Years!

Vega: Basically, it all comes down to being able to sing, play an instrument, be on a stage, play to an audience of some kind, and have something to tell them or give them that’s different than everyone else. It kind of all begins and ends with that. In spite of all the different technology and different business arrangements, it all comes down to “Can you sing, can you play, do you have a story to tell?”

Rodriguez: Do you think it’s gotten easier with the internet?

Vega: Well, easier and harder. Easier in some ways because I can reach a large number of people by Twittering or blogging or going on Facebook. But some things are harder, like getting airplay and selling records – that is much more difficult than it ever has been.

Rodriguez: When you first started out, we didn’t have the internet. Now, during your show you can probably see people uploading Tweets.

Vega: [Laughs.] Oh, probably. At least I read about them afterward. The next morning I will sometimes go on Twitter and see some of the Tweets that people have done during the show.

Rodriguez: Are there any newer artists that you really like or follow?

Vega: I like Laura Viers. I think she’s a really good writer, I like her music. It’s sort of a mish-mash of Snow Patrol and whatever Danger Mouse is working on. I’ve been curious about Laura Marling, but I haven’t delved deep into her work, and I was listening to Tegan and Sara for a while, again not overly deeply, so I’m hopping around from genre to genre. I like M.I.A., I think she’s great.

Rodriguez: Finally, what are the plans for this year?

Vega: Quite a bit of touring, then I go back in the studio and come out with volume two continued from cover of the Close Up series because I’m releasing cians with me, my guitar player and bass my whole back catalog. That’s pretty much player. Gerry Leonard is the guitar player, my year. the bass player is Michael Visceglia. And very often I’ll play solo, as well. This tour is called “Close Up” because the album that I just released is part of a Close Up series that continued from cover I’ve just put out the first volume to.

Rodriguez: Will fans have an opportunity “Extra Greasy” shortening TV commercial exercise, and I wanted to know what her to request songs?

Vega: I encourage the fans to shout things strategy was for picking which girls would out. I don’t always do all the requests. It’s be on Team Mystique. “Pandora did work not as though I’ve rehearsed the whole cata- editing TV commercials, and Jessica is a log, but whenever someone shouts some- dancer,” Mystique explained. “Everybody thing out that we know and we like, then else had pretty makeup and were people I got along with.” very often we’ll do it.

I was surprised to learn Mystique was ecRodriguez: Then you’ll hear me shout “Small Blue Thing,” which I’ve never heard static over RuPaul switching out their script with the one being used by the other team. you do in concert.

Vega: Oh, okay. Well, I will probably be “For us, it got easier because the script was easier,” she explained. “I was happy. It was doing it.

Rodriguez: Do you have any particu- actually fun.” I also wanted to know what lar favorites that you want to play at every she thought of Raven, and her sometimes very cutting comments about Mystique and show?

Vega: I always like singing “Caramel.” food. “Out of everybody on the show, RaThere’s something very sensual about it ven is the only one I have not heard from,” that I really enjoy. And very often I’m in the Mystique told me. “Haters are everywhere, mood for “Blood Makes Noise,” although but haters make my life easier, because I sometimes I do it and sometimes I don’t. It’s work harder just to make you hate on me hard for me to do that one without my bass even more.”

Mystique stands by her decision to go player.

Rodriguez: What about “Marlene on the with a very modern interpretation of country wear for her runway walk, and argues Wall”?

Vega: I generally do that one most of the what the other girls presented was more a time. It’s a really good song to open with Western look. “I don’t like making fun of because it’s got good chords and kind of an people,” she explained, noting that if she had gone for a stereotypical look it may upbeat feel to it.

Rodriguez: If you’d rather play other have offended her most dedicated fans.

When I think Mystique, I think splits and songs, do you feel like the crowd still wants more splits, which lead to additional splits. to hear “Luka” every time?

Vega: Uh, yes. I’m pretty sure any au- And then remember Mystique? She’s the dience that comes to see me pretty much one who nails the splits! I can barely lift wants to hear “Luka.” But I don’t mind, I my leg, and here is a big girl making it look don’t begrudge it, I don’t feel like, “Oh, I so easy. “My signature is my eyes and my spins,” she said. But when she really wants have to sing that again.”

Rodriguez: What’s your impression of to shock, she breaks out a split. Mystique Seattle from your previous times playing must get into the zone, because when she watched her solo on TV last week, she here?

Vega: Very interesting city, beautiful wa- didn’t even remember she did a death drop! terfront. I’ve always enjoyed the waterfront Now that’s a girl who knows how to work and there’s a certain underbelly to it, also. for a crowd.

Mystique, thank you for your inspiration, I’ve come away over the years with this beautiful topography, natural landscape, thank you for your self-integrity and thank great shops, handmade things that are sold you for being yourself.

Catch RuPaul’s Drag Race at 9 p.m. (ET/ here and there, and you can be surprised PT) every Monday night on Logo and visit with something if you look down the alley.

Rodriguez: For anyone who wants to be LOGOonline.com to find out about viewing a singer-songwriter or touring musician, do parties in your area. Until next week, kisses and splits! you have any advice on how to start out?

went to benefit the Foundation for Sex Positive Culture and The Sisters’ Play Fair Project, and were sponsored by Steamworks, Hotel Max, DV8 Casting, and Channel 1 releasing.

According to Sister Stella Standing, the Cuff Complex asked the Sisters if they’d like to host the party. The Sisters jumped at a chance to throw a Queer Mardi Gras party and provided the Cuff with only one ultimatum in return: as always, they wanted to do it for charity.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are the epitome of never being too serious to have fun, taking on immensely weighty subjects like HIV/AIDS and turning their education, outreach and prevention into faux-theological, face-painted, over-the-top glamour.

The February 12 Kiss-Off at R Place featured naughty buttons, candygrams and a “Lashes” show hosted by the always stunning Lady Chablis. The party was a novice project for one of the Sisters, and went to benefit Gay City Health Project and the Sisters’ Safer Sex Program. The novice project is one of many requirements for novice sisters before they can become fully professed.

According to Sister Stella Standing, after the post-holiday January lull, things are going to be very busy for the Sisters. Next week they’ll be at Gay Bingo, which has a “Racy and Lacy” theme this month. “Then there’s Easter, then Pride, then B.C. pride!” said Sister Stella.

For more information on the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Abbey of St. Joan (our local chapter), their events, or the process of becoming a fully professed sister, visit www.theabbey.org.

music lounge

rupaul

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Readings make good gifts!

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 29

30 Seattle Gay News

February 19, 2010

Celebrating 37 Years!

Visit us online www.sgn.org

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 31

proud to Be Different

We are conveniently located on-site at Lifelong AIDS Alliance below the Thrift Store.

32 Seattle Gay News

February 19, 2010

Call us at 206.568.2486 Celebrating 37 Years!

Visit us online www.sgn.org

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 33

34 Seattle Gay News

February 19, 2010

Celebrating 37 Years!

Visit us online www.sgn.org

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 35

Please fax weekly changes to (206) 322-7188 or email them to seattleGaynews@yahoo.com no later than 3 pm on Tuesdays!

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.

SATURDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Cheap Shot Saturdays. $4 cheap shots & DJ Skiddle Mixing.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour 11 am – 8:30 pm. Brunch 11 am – 1 pm. Food Service till Midnight. No Cover. Bear Night 7 pm 1st Saturday of every month.

Changes - Happy Hour till 7 pm. Free video games & pool all day & Night. Tacos 2 for $2.00 until sold out.

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

DJ Dance, 9 pm - 1:30 am. Hosted by Eric.

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

The Cuff Complex - High Energy Dance, 10 pm - 3 am, with DJs Stacey Cooks, MattStands, Harmonix, Funkybear.

Cover $5 @ 6 pm www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, $8 Stoli doubles, www.theeliteseattle.com

36 Seattle Gay News

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 - No cover … ever!!! But get in early to beat the line. Capacity enforced for your comfort & safety.

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

Martins Off Madison - Rotating cabaret, 9 pm - midnight. No cover.

Neighbours - Progressive House with DJ Randy Schlager from C89. 21+ with Valid ID. 9 pm - 4 am. *Cover charges as follows - 9 pm - 12 am, $5.00; 12 am - 2 am. $8.00; 2 am - 4 am, $10.00. 206-324-5358; www.neighboursnightclub.com.

Neighbours Underground - “THE ORIGINAL VOGUE NIGHT” 9 pm - 2 am, $7 cover 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 7pm. DJ Freddy King of Pants, 9 pm - midnight.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR with Erik 2-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Mary’s Lashes cabaret with Chablis and Company at 9pm DJ Flow spins on the 3rd floor at 10 pm VJ E spins the top Videos on the 2nd floor.

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

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

Twisted - Halloween Costume contest @ 11:30 with Madison Lane. Cash Prizes. DJ FLIP spinning. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - Absolut Saturdays! $5 Absolut Drinks.

South Side Boogie Dancing, 9 pm - 2 am with DJ Dirty Dan. No cover.

Wildrose - First Saturday each month, DJs & dancing. $5 cover. www.thewildrosebar.com.

Sunday

Cafe Metropolitain - Hail Mary Sundays: $1 PBR, $5 Bloody Mary Special.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour 11 am – 8:30 pm. Brunch 11 am – 1 pm. Food Service till Midnight. Free Pool. No Cover.

Changes - Brunch 11am - 3pm $7.25 All You Can Eat Buffet. Karaoke at 9pm A Black Nail Production.

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

9-Ball Pool Tourney at 6 pm - 16 players only. Hosted by RW & Co. Crescent Lounge - Julia D'Poon Sunday's 3:30 pm 8:30 pm. Danica D'Lish Sundays 9 pm - 2 am The Cuff Complex - Re Quest T-Dance DJ John England 6 pm-12 am, Beer Bust $1 domestic drafts & $4 well drinks, Cover $5 @ 6 pm. www.cuffcomplex.com.

Bottleneck Lounge - Check out ELIXER, a new “late night” Happy Hour every Sunday night from 9 - midnight.

Featuring six, old-school, classic cocktails for just $6 a piece. This is a great way to sample outstanding cocktails at a smokin’ price.

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 19, 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.

community calendar

SATURDAY - February 20

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.

Snohomish Gay Men’s Task Force Trailhead Hiking Club. 10am. Marysville Albertson’s, 4th Ave & State St. Carpool to Thomas Eddy Trailhead south of Snohomish.

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

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Q-Squared Book Group. 1pm. Capitol Hill Library, 425 Harvard Ave E. This month’s book: Like People in History by Felice Picano. www.qsquared.org 43rd District Legislators Town Hall. 1:30-3pm.

Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Sen Ed Murray, House Speaker Frank Chopp & Rep Jamie Pedersen host a local town hall meeting to update constituents on the 2010 legislative session.

Queer Youth Mutiny. 3-6pm. SCCC Room BE-1110.

Come shape & imagine Queer Youth Space in Seattle.

You need to be here with your voice, your politics, your perspective. Help us create a space/spaces for Queer youth. www.queeryouthspace.com Bi & Bi Mixed-Gender Social Group. 4-6pm. Wayward Coffee, 8570 Greenwood Ave N. Meets 3rd Saturday each month. Social get-together for Bisexual men & women, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks. www.binetseattle.org.

Northwest African American Museum Ethiopian Culture Night. 5-8pm. 2300 S Massachusetts St. Join us in the NAAM Cafe Gallery for what will be the first in a series of exhibits by contemporary Northwest based Ethiopian artists. Historian & educator Dr Alula Wasse will give a lecture on the relationship between Ethiopians & African Americans. www.naamnw.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.

Nubian Pride Pageant. Door 6pm, Show 7pm, After Party 9pm. Rainier Valley Cultural Center, 3515 S Alaska St. An all-ages event hosted by Regine Dynasty. $800 Grand Prize. Tickets $15. www.brown papertickets.com. After Party 21+. nubianpride@ gmail.com “Racy & Lacy” Gay Bingo. Door 6pm, Bingo 7pm.

Fremont Studios, 155 N 35th St. Discover Gay Bingo’s secret... Tickets $25 per guest. Benefits Lifelong AIDS Alliance. 21+. Gay Bingo Hotline 323-0069.

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. strengthoverspeed.org Black History Month. 7:30pm. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S. The Myth of a Post-Racial Society is the topic of a community conversation led by activists Jacob Greenberg, Jennell Hicks, Alton McDonald & Annaliza Torres. Door donation $3. Come early for a Louisiana Cajun-Creole Feast served at 6pm for a $9 donation. Sponsored by FSP. 722-2453, fspseattle@ mindspring.com “Who’s Your Daddy” TV Broadcast. 1st & 3rd Saturday 11pm; 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Comcast Channel 77. The longest running LGBT affirming TV program in the greater Seattle area. www.whosyour daddytv.org

38 Seattle Gay News

February 20 thru February 28 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.

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 No Safeword Writers Group. 7-9pm. Meets 4th Monday 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 2nd Sunday, 1-3pm.)

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701 14th Pl S, Kent.

Meets 4th 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 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 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 23

SUNDAY - February 21

(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/ Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515.

Ethyl Forever Car Club Monthly Meeting. Board 10:30am, Membership 11:30am. Mark Restaurant, 914 SW 152nd St, Burien. Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. ethylforever@hotmail.com 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 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 “Don’t Box Me In: Diversity in Gender & Sexuality” - The 2010 Pacific NW Reconciling Ministries Network Gathering. 1:15-8pm. Puyallup United Methodist Church, 1919 W Pioneer Ave, Puyallup.

Learn more about sex & gender as it applies to those who may consider themselves Bisexual, “gender fluid” or Intersex. 634-2444, (253) 564-6312, http://2010pnwrmn-gathering.notlong.com Imperial Court of Seattle General Membership Meeting. 2pm. C.C. Attle’s, 1501 E. Madison St. Meets

February 19, 2010

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. www.imperialcourtofseattle.com.

Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. 329-0793.

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 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 Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6-9pm. Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Whether you snow board, downhill, crosscountry, or telemark, there are trips & events for you.

Bring a potluck dish to share. www.skibuddies.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.

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 22

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 Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County.

Meets every Monday. An informal group of Gay men

Lesbian & Gay Child Care Task Force Monthly Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. The Task Force, in conjunction with Child Care Resources of King County, offers referrals to GLBT-welcoming child care centers & provides training, support & curriculum materials to child care providers. (To access this, call 329-1011 & ask for the “Gay-welcoming” child care programs in your zip code area.) The task force meets monthly to assess their progress in achieving their goals.

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.

GSBA Young Professionals with Pride. 5:307:30pm. Meza Latin Fare, 1515 14th Ave. Food drive for Lifelong AIDS Alliance. $10 GSBA members & students, $15 non-members.

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.strengthover speed.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 ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverse harmony.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. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

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

Celebrating 37 Years!

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 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.)

Ageless. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Tuesday. Ongoing drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunshee house.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.

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 217-9271, ext 3. www.otterpolo.com.

community calendar

WEDNESDAY - February 24

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm.

Call for details, location & to make reservations. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org 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 for Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual, Gay & Questioning 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 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 Snohomish Gay Men’s Task Force Dinner & Meeting. Dinner 6pm, Meeting 7pm. Twisted, 1212 California St, Everett.

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

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project Steering Committee Meeting. 7pm. Call for Capitol Hill location. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month.

New volunteers are always welcome. NWLGHMP researches, interprets, & communicates the history of the GLBT community in the Pacific Northwest. 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. See website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@yahoogroups. com HIV-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 environ-

ment. Join your co-facilitators weekly & start making connections. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.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. (360) 671-3358; www.washingtongenderalliance.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 25

FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

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. lambert house.org Gay City LGBT Library Grand Opening Party.

6-8pm. 511 E Pike St. Join us for the launch of our new Library & the LGBT Resource & Referral Line. Enjoy refreshments & meet some of our staff & volunteers. www.gaycity.org Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Arctic Bldg, 700 3rd Ave, Rm 1003. Meets 4th Thursday each month. SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council, & all City of Seattle Depts in matters regarding human rights. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide. Meetings open to the public. 684-4540.

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 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 PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th (at Jackson), Tacoma.

Meets 4th Thursday each month. PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 383-2318. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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

“Who’s Your Daddy” TV Broadcast. 1st & 3rd Saturday 11pm; 2nd & 4th Thursday 7pm. Comcast Channel 77. The longest running LGBT affirming TV program in the greater Seattle area. www.whosyour daddytv.org 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 26

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.strength overspeed.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.)

Volunteer Drop-In Night at Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

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

957-1776. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

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.)

Blind & Low-Vision Support Group. 6-7:30pm.

Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 1st & 3rd Friday each month. Open to all ages of blind & visually impaired LGBT folks. For information call Darryl at 329-2935.

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.

Snohomish Gay Men’s Task Force Friendship Meal.

6pm. St Paul’s, 2005 Colby St, Everett.

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 Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6:30pm-appetizers & socializing; 7:30pm-dinner. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Meets last Friday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org 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. Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E Olive Way. Meets the 1st & 3rd Friday

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 39

each month. Metro routes 8, 9, 14, 43, 49 & 60. 3290793; http://seattleprimetimers.usa-50.com Snohomish Gay Men’s Task Force Conversations with Queers. 7pm. For location & information email johndmarsh@mac.com Country Western Dancing Intermediate Couples.

Lesson 7:15-8:15pm, Open dancing 8:15-10:30pm.

The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. 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.)

Out Dancing. Lesson 7:30pm, Dance 8:30pm. Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St. Gay night at the Century Ballroom, meets 3rd & 4th Friday each month. Dine & dance. Dinner reservations 324-7263. $5 dance lesson, $7 cover. www.centuryballroom.com Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

Tribal Instinct. 8-10pm. The Doghouse Bunker, 1202 E Pine St (underneath the Pine St Apts). Meets the 3rd Friday most months. FREE for SML members, $5 for non-members. tribalinstinct@seattlemenin leather.org, www.seattlemeninleather.org

community calendar

SATURDAY - February 27

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Cascade Bicycle Club 14th Annual Bike Swap.

9am-2pm. Warren G Magnuson Park, Hangar #30.

Tickets $5, children under 15 free. 522-3222, www. cascade.org ACLU Washington Annual Membership Conference - “Science Not Fiction: Focusing on the Surveillance Society.” Doors 12noon, Program 1pm. MOHAI, 2700 24th Ave E. Includes a plenary session, workshops & a reception with refreshments. www.aclu-wa.org Snohomish Gay Men’s Task Force Book Discussion Group. 12:30pm. For information & location email sounder36@msn.com Night FantAsia. 9pm-1am. Nijo Sushi Bar & Grill, 83 Spring St. Join us for great entertainment, with live DJ & your host Aleksa Manila. Happy Hour menu available throughout event. www.kwanchai.net

SUNDAY - February 28

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Gay Ol’ Purim Party. 7-11pm. Pravda Studios, 1406 10th Ave. Don’t miss the biggest LGBTQ Purim Party Seattle has ever seen! Purim is often viewed as the Jewish coming out story & to honor Esther’s “coming out” as a Jew, we will be throwing a huge bash.

Features DJ Mathematix, singer-song writer Moorea Malatt & Purim burlesque by Honeysuckle. Prizes for best costume. $5 cover.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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 an extensive 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.equal rightswashington.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.

40 Seattle Gay News

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 Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www. maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears. com; The Olympians: www.The Olympians.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.flyinghouse. org.

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle

February 19, 2010

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.

Celebrating 37 Years!

THE MASSAGE GUY ©

WELL-EQUIPPED 6’, brown, blue, 150 lbs, hung 9-1/2, college student. Josh, 253-683-1851. 09/3 _______________________________

37 BODYWORK

(206) 427-2192 1605 12th Ave STE # 9 Seattle, WA 98122

Lic # MA07381

(12th & Pine)

Aetna * Regence * Premera Uniform Medical * United First Choice * L&I * PI + more

_______________________________

10 HOUSEMATES

10 housemates

_______________________________ ROOM WITH A VIEW 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 _______________________________ 11 for rent

11 FOR rent

_______________________________ COLUMBIA CITY APT Large 2 BR/1 BA, many updates, lots of storage, natural light, walk to shopping, 2 blocks to lightrail, on busline. 1 year lease. Application fee. $850/ mo. 206-285-5693; 206-2767089. 10/3 _______________________________ 13 13 housing for sale

HOUSING FOR SALE

_______________________________ ESCAPE TO CAMANO ISLAND Open Sunday, February 21: Quality meets Luxury in the Gorgeous View Townhome on Utsalady Bay. 4 absolutely stunning homes available with view over the bay and private beach below. Large 2-Bedrooms, Bonus Room & Great Room; a fully-finished 2-car garage. For more info www.windermere. com/28108506. JP DeBoer 360631-1484.

This is also a participating site for the GREAT NW GLASS QUEST. Find clue balls that will lead you to Hidden glass floats at this location and many other Stanwood and Camano Island locations. Visit www.thegreatnwglassquest.com for more information. Camano Island is located a short 55 miles from Seattle! 08/2 _______________________________

14 HELP WANTED

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. 206767-7777. 08/3 _______________________________

CAMP TEN TREES seeks Summer Camp Director for 2010 LGBTQA camp! See ad in this week’s SGN on page 6, visit www.camptentrees.org or call 206-288-9568. 08/1 _______________________________ 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. _______________________________

17

17 VOLUNTEERS volunteers wanted

WANTED

_______________________________ SHANTI VOLUNTEERS build supportive one-on-one relationships with someone living with HIV/AIDS, cancer, or other life-threatening illness. We are seeking mature, compassionate, good listeners to provide emotional support to people in their homes, in hospitals, or in jails.

Training and ongoing support provided. People of color and LGBT folks encouraged to apply.

For more info, www.multifaith.org or 206-324-1520 ext 228. _______________________________ 19 19 computer tech

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 _______________________________ 19 19 home & garden

HOME & GARDEN

_______________________________ IVAN’S NUDE CLEANING Seattle, Everett, Tacoma. 15 years experience of professional housecleaning by nude uncut Eastern European man. Very open-minded. Call Ivan at 425283-6866. 09/6 _______________________________ CERTIFIED, INSURED, REASONABLY PRICED PET & HOUSING SITTING Reliable dog walking, pet and house sitting available by certified and insured person. Your pets will feel well cared for and safe. Rates negotiable. References available. Marian, 206-769-2357. marian.michener@gmail.com. _______________________________ 19 spa

www.SeattleMassageGuy.com 20 20 health & HEALTH & well-being

WELL-BEING _______________________________

FREE & ANONYMOUS HIV & STD COUNSELING/TESTING Walk-In or by Appt Center for LGBT Health 511 E Pike St More Info & to Schedule Appt 206-860-6969 _______________________________ GAY, LESBIAN, BISEXUAL & TRANSGENDER HEALTH www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt _______________________________ I SURVIVED HIV 22 YRS Currently undetectable, asymptomatic. Free information brochure. If you want/need handson help, fee negotiable. 206-3592455. 10/3 _______________________________ NEW YOU COSTA RICA offers USA quality Medical & Dental procedures in Costa Rica for a lot less (lipo anyone?). Please contact us for a free quote: www.

NewYouCostaRica.com or 1-888660-8060. 61/54 _______________________________

QUIT SMOKING

Gay City Health Project offers “Out to Quit” smoking cessation classes to support you in your effort to stop smoking. www. gaycity.org. SGN/ _______________________________

STOP HAIR LOSS REGROW YOUR HAIR Innovative Laser Hair Restoration

27 travel

www.innovativelaser hairrestoration.com 05/3

_______________________________

21 21 licensed LICENSED massage MASSAGE non-sexual

_______________________________ 1hr-$45/1.5-$65/2hrs-$85 15yrs professional masseur.

Comfortable studio. Quality massage. Swedish/Deep Tissue bodywork techniques. Enjoy an excellent massage. JOHN LMP 206.324.0682. www.tinyurl.com/ YD2AW22. 09/3 _______________________________

27 TRAVEL

_______________________________ ALYSON ADVENTURES Shouldn’t your next vacation be unforgettable? We specialize in adventure travel for Gay men and Lesbians. Call for a free catalog!

Alyson Adventures. 1-800-8259766. Please mention you saw their ad in the SGN. SGN/ _______________________________ 36 escorts

in Bellevue 425-263-2379 425-263-1738

- NON-SEXUAL

$50/90mins, $70/120mins.

Full-body relaxaion, treatment of back, hip, neck, shoulder, extremity, and neuromuscular disorders. 10am-midnight. 7 days/ wk. Easy parking. Steve Chang, LMP, 206-497-7897. 09/3 _______________________________ EXCEPTIONAL BODYWORK Release muscle pain & tension through deep tissue, trigger point & myofascial release. Specializing in back, neck & shoulder pain.

Insurance accepted. Matt Shafer, LMP, 206-524-7766. 18/12 _______________________________ MASSAGE THERAPY. Swedish & Deep-T issue Work ~ Aromatherapy, Hydrotherapy & Reiki Treatments ~ Thai-Massage ~ Reflexology ~ Relaxation & Injury Recovery. 206-610-3271. LMP #MA6513. 09/3 _______________________________ MASSAGE ANYONE? Jesse James Massage 206-369-4598 handsonjesse.com. SGN/ _______________________________

36 ESCORTS

_______________________________ 1 HOT HUNG GUY Sean, 33, 5’10”, bl/bl, 155 lbs.

Hot, hung, horny and ready. Out only. Bodywork available. 206850-8548. www.seattlegayescort. com. 11/4 _______________________________ EUROPEAN GUY Friendly, masculine, great smile, hung, total bottom, good-looking.

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 _______________________________

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

38 MEN

37 bodywork

38 men

_______________________________ 1hr-$45/1.5-$65/2hrs-$85 15yrs professional bodyworker.

Soothing hands, quality massage. Enjoy yourself, feel good.

Awesome, unhurried Swedish/ Deep Tissue massage. JOHN 206.324.0682. www.tinyurl.com/ YD2AW22. 09/3 _______________________________

_______________________________ I SURVIVED HIV 22 YRS Currently undetectable, asymptomatic. Free information brochure. If you want/need handson help, fee negotiable. 206-3592455. 10/3 _______________________________ LONELY? DON’T BE! Call 206-424-4444. 18 plus.

FREE to try. SGN/ _______________________________ MEET GAY & BI LOCALS Listen & Respond FREE! 206-877-0877. Code 5570 visit MegaMates.com 18+ Hot Singles Ready to Date! _______________________________

* * ADORABLE STUD * *

8”, 175. BIG THICK FUN! BODYWORK. A cool $80 for 45 min.

OUTCALL ONLY. DISCOUNT FOR SENIORS. CALL REX, 206-6839175. 08/3 _______________________________ AMAZING BODYWORK! Deep tissue, erotic bodywork by handsome, hairy-chested, hung therapist. Reasonable rates. Photos, phone number and reviews at website: www.amazingbodywork. com. Robert. 11/6 _______________________________ ASIAN (CHINESE/THAI) Young, muscular, 5’9”, 165, 28 y/o. Sensual/erotic bodywork.

Incalls in Renton or North Seattle; anywhere else outcalls. 206-7131459 or leave message. $100 Incall - $150 Outcall. 08/3 _______________________________ 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.

206-328-5828. 08/6 _______________________________ EROTICALLY CHARGED nude full body rubdown from playful top, stimulating the senses. Get seduced. Incalls on Capitol Hill.

Scott, 206-355-4469. 09/3 _______________________________ EROTIC & SENSUAL BODYWORK... For relaxation and full release of tension... Very private and convenient location with ample parking. $75/hr. 206-2250524. 09/3 _______________________________ FRENCH TOUCH BODYWORK Experienced, friendly European masseur w/a table and sensual hands. In/Out. Luke, 206-3232427. 08/3 _______________________________ GET UNFORGETTABLE bodywork from Russian fitness model. Only $50. Call or text 24/7 at 206-391-5128. 08/4 _______________________________ GREAT MASSAGE given by highly-trained, clean-cut, handsome guy. I have a clean, private studio just north of the UW. Call Matt, 206-774-9092. In calls/out calls/ hotels. 18/12 _______________________________ HOT FULL BODY RUB. 9” hairy, uncut top. Anytime. $45/in - out available. 206-329-0310. 10/6 _______________________________ SENSUOUS NUDE bodywork by passionate, HWP, 35 y/o. Erotic or Tantra-style. Senior discount! In/Out/Hotel. Mike, 503-464-6038. 08/1 _______________________________ WELL-EQUIPPED 6’, brown/blue, 150 lbs, hung 9-1/2, college student. Josh, 253-683-1851. 09/3 _______________________________

QUIT SMOKING

Gay City Health Project offers “Out to Quit” smoking cessation classes to support you in your effort to stop smoking. www. gaycity.org. SGN/ _______________________________

STOP HAIR LOSS REGROW YOUR HAIR

Innovative Laser Hair Restoration in Bellevue 05/3 425-263-2379 425-263-1738 www.innovativelaser hairrestoration.com _______________________________

dress for the occasion use a condom to prevent hiv & other stds

24/7

www. bpseattle .com

19 SPA

_______________________________ 3RD HEART Men’s Spa is now open in Renton. visit www.3rdheart. com and see what’s new for men.

Call 206-979-1547 for your appointment. SGN/ _______________________________

YesJesse.com Jesse H. James, L.M.P. Lic. #7881

206.369.4598 Email: jesse@yesjesse.com

SCRUBBOY CLEANERS

Insurance Now Accepted

Professional Housecleaning

(206) 354-4187

www.scrubboycleaners.com

Visit us online www.sgn.org

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 41

42 Seattle Gay News

February 19, 2010

Celebrating 37 Years!

"NOW is the best time to be in the best health of your life."

-Digger L. Dutch Practitioner of HOLISTIC Nutrition - Fitness & Massage.

WWW.RAINYCITYBODYWORKS.COM 206.251.8804 *my services are on donation basis to persons living with A.I.D.S.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

February 19, 2010

Seattle Gay News 43