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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 09, Volume 38, February 26, 2010

RuPaul’s Drag Race SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Competition claims another drag queen Legally Blonde’s Michael Rupert on tour at 5th Avenue

by Bebe Zahara Benet SGN Contributing Writer

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All-ages pride pageant raises funds for Lambert House

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by James Whitely SGN Staff Writer

Nubian Pride Pageant February 20 Rainier Valley Cultural Center On February 20, Nubian Pride Productions, a newly formed GLTB organization, put on its first annual Nubian Pride Pageant at the Rainier Valley Cultural Center (3515 S. Alaska St.). The pageant featured a variety of experienced and wonderful drag performers, as well as some new ones trying to find their niche.

“Showing Diversity Through Ethnicity” was the motto of the pageant, put on by Regine Dynasty, aka Mother Nubia. Regine Dynasty is also the former Mr. Gay Seattle XXXI. “It went pretty well. There were a [few] kinks, but they kind of ironed themselves out,” Dynasty told SGN.

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The pageant featured a variety of talented and well-known performers. There was Dynasty herself, who appeared in many different stunning dresses throughout the evening; Sir Awesome, also known as Father Nubia; Caesar, who did a very cool and original rendition of Pitbull’s “Hotel Room Service”; Ms. Sierra DeLaRosa, an Empress of Portland; and Ryan Hazy.

The colorful pageant emcees, Ms. Ebony LaFace and Pookie, from Portland, spent a large portion of the night bickering back and forth and keeping the audience entertained between acts.

The most unique thing about the show pageant was that it was an all-ages drag show. Seeing shy small children tipping wild eccentric drag queens and kings brought a neat sense of something different to the show.

“I like the fact that it was all-ages, so it could be a more familystyle event,” Dyanasty told SGN. “I really want to incorporate the family aspect back into the com-

performing it at Seattle’s 5th Avenue Theatre.

Eric Andrews-Katz: What started you in a musical theater career?

Michael Rupert: When I was a kid, I was a natural singer. My first exposure was my parents’ cast albums of Oklahoma and South Pacific. I listened to them and loved that stuff. It was telling a story through the music. I started acting before I was a teenager.

Andrews-Katz: What was it like, at 17 years old, to receive a Tony nomination for your Broadway debut?

Rupert: Honestly, I was so young that I didn’t quite appreciate it. It wasn’t a big deal and I didn’t underMichael Rupert stand the honor of it, and After acclaim for his recent just thought it was cool. But Broadway creation of Profes- it was the first time my parents sor Callahan in Legally Blonde, thought, “My God. Maybe he’ll the Musical, Michael Rupert is recreating his role for the touring company and will be see blonde page 33

Hard Rock Café, Silversun Pickups, Lady Antebellum

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Ready to rock and chow? It’s doable at the spanking new Hard Rock Café in downtown Seattle (116 Pike Street), in a space that once upon a time was a pawn shop – and an adult entertainment center, if memory serves. The trilevel diner/bar/live music lounge opened its doors to locals and visitors on February 10, months after it was initially due to unveil.

Seattle icons are well represented with musical instruments and personal items from Pearl Jam,

Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Heart, Quincy Jones, and Jimi Hendrix, whose guitar and satchel are on display in the 477-capacity live club on the second floor. When you’re downtown and on the hunt for a cool place to sip and mingle before or after a show, add this one to your list, especially on a sunny day on the rooftop deck that overlooks Elliott Bay. Future plans for the Hard Rock include Sunday matinee live performances and Tuesday “residency” nights for local see music lounge page 32

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We l c o m e back to my column!

It’s week four of RuPaul’s Drag Race, and once again the competition has been taken up a notch.

I recently got a chance to chat with Sonique, the no-nonsense Atlanta darling who flipped her way through the fiercest lip-sync of the season.

If you were like me, then you were floored at the performances Sonique and fellow bottom-two drag queen Morgan McMichaels rolled out for the “Lip-Sync of Your Life.” Sonique may have gone home, but I told her she definitely pulled out all the stops!

“That morning when I woke up, I had a different energy going through my body than I had ever

Legally Blonde, the Musical 5th Avenue Theatre Through March 14 Michael Rupert has become a stable staple of Broadway. His career started at 17 when he received a Tony nomination for his role in Kander and Ebb’s The Happy Time.

Over the years, his path has crossed with many of the great names of musical theater – and some of the most controversial, as well.

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Ghost Writer a fitting final note for Polanski

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN Contributing Writer

The Ghost Writer Opening February 26 Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan) is in a bit of a fix. His ghostwriter, so close to completing the controversial former British prime minister’s memoirs, has recently passed away, falling over the side of a ferry in a drunken stupor and drowning in the icy waters.

Now he has a new Ghost (Ewan McGregor), and the once-powerful politician isn’t sure what to make of him.

But when a breaking scandal involving political prisoners and the American CIA puts him directly in the crosshairs of being labeled a war criminal, Lang has no choice but to leave his new writer alone and go to Washington, DC to try and sort this mess out.

Now his Ghost is curious. Why is this scandal affecting Lang so profoundly? What is it that makes the man’s long-suffering wife Ruth (Olivia Williams) willing to step aside when she never has been willing before?

Why does the politician’s top aide Amelia Bly (Kim Cattrall) want him out of the local island hotel and into the main residence? And why is there no investigation into his predecessor’s death? Why is everyone apparently eager to let the case be forgotten, even

Pierce Brosnan in The Ghost Writer

Cop Out a funny movie with a stupid title

by Scott Rice SGN Contributing Writer

but this Ghost isn’t as sharp or as clever as he imagines, and when the web starts constricting around his neck, it did the same around mine, too.

Like all of Polanski’s films, even his most odious like Pirates or The Ninth Gate, this one looks and sounds superb. Alexandre Desplat’s (Fantastic Mr. Fox) mesmerizing score is the perfect accompaniment to the onscreen action, while Albrecht Konrad’s (Aimée & Jaguar) almost antiseptic and institutionally clean production design is the ideal counterpoint to the unwieldy political chaos. As for Pawel Edelman’s (The Life Before Her Eyes) cinematography, there aren’t words to do it justice, as the man’s skills behind the camera are attuned to all of Polanski’s playfully gut-wrenching melodramas.

Best of all, however, is Hervé de Luze’s (Tell No One) crackerjack editing. In a way, I can’t help but think Polanksi’s ongoing forced home confinement while his legal troubles are sorted out affected him and de Luze. The movie’s claustrophobic feel, its unquestioned sense of unbreakable confinement, its unwavering impression of overpowering dread comes from an indescribable place, and I couldn’t help but wonder if Polanski felt himself to be the Ghost as he and his editor assembled their paranoia puzzle pieces together into a finished product.

I’m not sure everyone will feel the same about The Ghost Writer as I. Some will undoubtedly hold current affairs against Polanski and not give his film the benefit of the doubt, while others won’t have the attention span required to allow this thriller to blossom into greatness. But for fans of the auteur able to separate his personal life from his cinematic one, and for others open to old-school suspense where no one gets away clean and failure truly is an option, this political whirligig delivers the goods. It is a bona fide masterpiece from a master of the medium, and if it does end up being Polanski’s final motion picture, I can’t think of a greater high to end on.

ment and on YouTube. The boys get suspended without pay just before Jimmy’s daughter Ava (Michelle Trachtenberg) is scheduled to get married. Since Jimmy is sans income, Ava’s aging frat-boy stepdad offers to cough up the dough.

Elsewhere in Gotham, a ruthless Mexican drug dealer named Poh Boy (Guillermo Diaz, playing the exact same character he plays in Weeds) is looking to expand his empire.

Worlds collide via a stolen baseball card worth $80,000.

This sounds fairly complicated and I haven’t even mentioned Sean William Scott’s hilarious turn as a martial arts bandit with the mouth of a 12-year-old and the mind of George Carlin.

Smith takes a new direction with Cop Out, a buddy cop comedy aimed squarely at the mainstream and big, big box office. He got the stars, the screenwriters, and the money, and he made it all work.

The one-liners come fast and furious. The ad-libs are many and expertly edited using jump cuts and quick cuts. This is a cop movie with the comedic sensibility of the best Kevin Smith flicks (Clerks and Chasing Amy). The witty and inventive dialogue and expert cinematic craftsmanship make Cop Out exponentially better than your average buddy cop comedy.

Willis and Morgan are stars for a reason.

They don’t reinvent comedy in Cop Out, and the writing and direction definitely serves both of them well. However, at the end of the day it’s about the star and the camera, and the camera loves both of these guys, though in different ways.

While Sean William Scott is great as a small-time thief, it’s Adam Brody (as Officer Barry Mangold) who was the big surprise. It goes without saying that Brody is absolutely precious. That unruly mop of hair and those big doe-eyes with lashes that never end had me swooning. What doesn’t go without saying is that he’s funny as hell stealing scenes from veteran Kevin Pollack (Mangold’s partner) and even taking a couple of moments from Willis and Morgan.

Cop Out isn’t a retooling of the classic cop comedy. It’s more like a contemporary take on the genre that is much better than its title or its trailer indicate. Check it out; you will laugh out loud more than once just like I did, and just like the ASRs (Advanced Screening Regulars).

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Cop Out Opening February 26 Kevin Smith’s waistline is getting more reviews than his movie. This is never a good sign. And the title, an obvious double entendre with a tenuous relationship to the actual movie, doesn’t do much to sell the flick, either.

In addition, the trailer makes Cop Out seem like a rehash of a genre that seemed played out 20 years ago. I wasn’t sure there was anything new to do with the genre, and the trailer did nothing to convince me otherwise.

So I found myself sitting in the AMC Pacific Place 11 theater on a rainy Tuesday evening surrounded by a few other critics and a theater full of advance screening regulars (there is apparently an entire subculture of folks that take advance screenings rather seriously). I wasn’t expecting much.

I figured Bruce Willis (NYPD cop Jimmy Monroe) would be the gravelly voiced tough guy with wicked one-liners and a heart of gold. Tracy Morgan (his partner Paul Hodges) would be the clownish sidekick with savant-like detective powers and, uh, a heart of gold.

They would wisecrack their way through a narrative rife with family drama on one side of life and a really mean drug-dealing villain with an accent on the other side of life.

I was correct on all counts. But while all the above is true, Cop Out still finds a way to seem fresh. Cop Out is the first laugh-outloud comedy of the year.

Jimmy and Paul have been partners for nine years. Their unorthodox methods have earned them a reputation within the depart-

though there is strong evidence suggesting the death was hardly accidental?

If this really ends up being director Roman Polanski’s last film – and considering the state of his legal troubles, it very well could be – then I’m hard-pressed not to call The Ghost Writer the Oscar-winner’s best in over 30 years. Easily as accomplished as his justifiably lauded 2002 effort The Pianist, this thriller harkens back to the filmmaker’s landmark pictures of the 1960s and ‘70s.

This is his Chinatown for a new millennium, his Repulsion, his Rosemary’s Baby, and like 1962’s Knife in the Water, this is a masterpiece of suspense, paranoia and alleged violence that had me struggling for air in its vice-like grip and wondering what was going to happen next.

Based on the novel by Robert Harris and working from a script he co-wrote with the author, Polanski shows himself to be as much of a professional technician at generating thrills and chills as he’s ever been.

There isn’t a false move or beat, nothing that gives off an artificial sheen or calls attention to itself for being obtuse or glossily unbelievable. While a case could be made that a third-act twist settles the score a bit too cleanly in regards to Lang’s perceived and/or imagined abuses of power, the reality is that the seeds were planted at the start and then allowed to grow unhindered. Polanski keeps his eye on the ball even as he gamely misdirects viewers into looking into inconsequential keyholes.

This is done by making sure the focus is always on the Ghost. Beautifully played by McGregor (easily his best role since Big Fish, probably since Moulin Rouge), the whole movie is seen through his eyes. Much like Warren Beatty’s Joseph Frady in 1974’s The Parallax View or Robert Redford’s Joseph Turner in 1975’s 3 Days of the Condor, here is a man who believes himself to be three steps ahead when in reality he’s firmly trapped right behind the eight-ball. He thinks he’s smarter than everyone around him, more attuned to their duplicity and lies,

Bruce Willis (l) and Tracy Morgan in Cop Out

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Celebrating 37 Years!

Filmmaker David DeCoteau perfects the Gay thriller

by Gary M. Kramer SGN Contributing Writer

Fool For Love shows Shepard’s dark side

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

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Michael King from The Pit and the Pendulum

countably, though, he then turns completely cowardly when Eddie confronts him.

In the intimate environment of Stone Soup, actors Lareau and Bolang give intense and explosive performances. It’s not a production for the faint of heart. Some of the darker aspects of human relationships are revealed. If you like your theater experience “gritty” then this is a good production to see. For more information, go to stonesouptheatre.org or www.brownpapertickets. com or call 800-838-3006.

ism, so maybe the convoluted stories are part of the not-quite-true boundary breaking. Old Man is present in May’s home, watching and sometimes commenting on their relationship. Old Man tries to make excuses for himself about how hard it was Comments on reviews go to sgncritic@ to avoid loving May’s mother, even though gmail.com. he knew it was wrong. Clark does not help clarify why women would fall in love so obsessively with Old Man, nor demonstrate very well Old Man’s narcissistic need to focus only on himself.

May has begun dating, tentatively, during Eddie’s most recent absence, and Martin (Daniel Arreola) is the hapless “nice guy” that walks into the tumult. Actually, he dives in. He hears a scuffle inside the house as he arrives and bursts in to defend May. Unac-

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Fool For Love Stone Soup Theatre Through March 14 Sam Shepard’s plays don’t shy away from violence. He’s known as an in-yourface playwright who tackles dark themes and delves into uncomfortable human relationships. Fool For Love, now at Stone Soup Theatre, is one of his best-known works, and is definitely dark.

Eddie (Anders Bolang) has come back to start up the on-again, off-again relationship with May (Annie Lareau). All the typical push and pull of dysfunctional lovers is present. They can’t live with each other, they can’t live without each other, they tell each other to leave, they come back, etc. Then it’s revealed that they are half-brother and sister, and it gets even more uncomfortable. As the audience squirms, we’re told that they fell in love with each other, not knowing of their sibling status until it was “too late.”

Their father, Old Man (John Clark), had two separate families who didn’t know about each other. By the time they found out, they say, they had already formed a deeply dependent bond, which included sex. There is a huge potential script flaw here, since they later describe how they met, and if you believe that story over other dialogue, they met well before they got physically involved. So, what are we to believe?

The play combines fantasy with real-

Queer characters that are both good and evil.

DeCoteau says that evil Gay characters provide “a dilemma” – citing Sharon Stone’s “killer Lesbian” from Basic Instinct – but emphasizes that, “The characters’ being bad has nothing to do with them being Gay.” One solution he has found is to level the playing field by introducing many Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual characters in his films.

If the filmmaker’s style is not for everyone, he has amassed legions of fans. “It’s a weird subgenre,” DeCoteau admits. “There’s a niche out there that likes my films.

Otherwise I wouldn’t be making them.”

Or so many of them.

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Prolific out filmmaker David DeCoteau has two films on DVD this month: The Pit and the Pendulum, his latest Queer reimagining/adaptation of an Edgar Allan Poe’s story (after film versions of The Raven and The House of Usher) and Brotherhood V: Alumni, the newest installment of another series he helms. On the phone from his home in Los Angeles, DeCoteau spoke about his genre films, which focus less on plot and more on hot guys in their underwear.

The director’s films, for the uninitiated, are B-grade thrillers where sinister things happen to beautiful people. In Pit, seven gorgeous, athletic college students agree to allow JB (Lorielle New) to hypnotize them.

Alas, several of characters meet horrible ends. In Alumni, a handful of high school friends are reunited a year after a murder to ferret out the killer.

The filmmaker insists his genre entries are thrillers, not horror movies, because there is little blood and no gore. “They are not terrifying. I’m very squeamish and proper. I’m not into extreme violence, and gore, I’ve done vampire movies without blood and fangs. They are the opposite of true horror films – rarely are there naked women, coarse language and [graphic violence].”

Likewise, his Poe adaptations put a new twist on an old master and eschew suspense for sensuality. “We used the original text as inspiration, and [added] Gay and Bisexual characters,” DeCoteau says, joking that the scariest thing in his films are when straight guys “see two guys in their underwear … touching and not knowing what will happen next.”

The filmmaker has developed a cult following for featuring sexy studs in their

skivvies. DeCoteau started out his career making erotic films (under a female pseudonym, back when he was closeted, but that’s another story). These days, however, his skin quotient is low. “Nudity is a taboo, even rear nudity,” he exclaims, adding, “There’s nothing very erotic about a flaccid penis.”

Although he made the 1997 Gay romance Leather Jacket Love Story, which featured full frontal male nudity and sex, DeCoteau has moved away from explicit cinema, concentrating instead on homoeroticism.

And DeCoteau is all about the tease. “I push the limits, and I respect the limits, and there is a lot of negotiation – how tight and what color the underwear is,” he reveals.

“It’s in the contract! Guys want black, not white because of VPL – visible penis lines – especially if they get wet.”

Pit has a lengthy scene of two hot guys wrestling in their black briefs, while Alumni has a lengthy love scene between two underwear-clad men. The filmmaker describes these moments as “over the top” plot elements meant to change the audience’s expectations, not shock them. He admits that these scenes and his films are campy. “I don’t like to wink at the audience. They are a bit ridiculous, but I try to do something different with each one and have an outrageous moment.”

The love scene in Alumni is the first samesex kiss and cuddle scene in the Brotherhood series, and DeCoteau is proud of this, even if he claims that it is difficult to get actors to do “boy-boy intimacy” onscreen.

Likewise, getting the actors he wants to do nudity is an uphill battle he chooses not to undertake. “People are not willing to drop trou just to be in a movie. The minute the underwear comes off, 99% of the actors would run. The actors who want to be stars get paranoid [about nudity] unless Gun Van Sant asks them to do it in an important big-

budgeted project.”

As such, DeCoteau focuses his energy on casting, selecting talent by personally reviewing the 5,000-7,000 submissions he gets for a film. He recalls producers criticizing his actors for being “too pretty” and he acknowledges that some guys who come in are so striking, “the straight guys in the office are checking them out.”

DeCoteau says that the actors he discovers and casts – such as Jason Shane-Scott (One Life to Live) in Pit and Nathan Parsons (General Hospital) from Alumni – trust him because they know he will make them look beautiful, not foolish.

What is more, the filmmaker is careful about how he portrays his characters – especially the Gay and Bisexual ones. Both Pit and Alumni feature

(l to r) John Clark, Annie Lareau, and Anders Bolang in Sam Shepard’s Fool for Love

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MARCH SHORTS – Staples, Handler & Mayer

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

Rolling Stone’s “100 Greatest Singers of All Time.” Backed by a six-member band, Staples will hopefully pluck from an extensive We’re inching closer to the peak concert catalog of material, though she’s likely to season. In the meantime, March boasts lean heavily on her gospel work – amen to some terrific live concerts. Here are five to that! Phone reservations at (206) 441-9729 allow you to pick the best table available wrap your head around. and are strongly recommended.

Against Me! The Cave Singers March 1, Neumos March 6 When super-hot and tattooed Tom Gabel The Showbox Market interviewed with me two years ago, he ofThere’s a reason why Welcome Joy landed fered to play at a Gay wedding reception for the small fee of unlimited beer and transpor- inside my top 10 albums list for 2009: it’s tation – I’m not sure if he really meant it, but that good. The second recording from The the fact he was open to the idea is something Cave Singers, following the critical sucto smile about. The lead singer of punk- cess of 2007’s Invitation Songs, featured a metal act Against Me!, Gabel’s boyish looks roster of standout tracks, most importantly and badass stage persona – not to mention “Summer Light” and “At the Cut.” Much the many times he removes his shirt dur- like Fleetwood Mac in the early days, miing a live show – have earned him admirers nus Nicks and McVie, the Seattle indie folk from both sides of the sexual fence, though trio combines beautiful harmonies and bluethe group’s fiery songs like “White People grass-rock backgrounds that results in a very for Peace” and “Trash Unreal” are the big- organic sound – think campfires, mountain ger draw. I don’t know why last year’s The canyons, pine trees, and ghost stories with a Original Cowboy release didn’t get the flashlight. The Cave Singers play routinely same attention as its predecessor, 2007’s in their neck of the woods and the fans keep New Wave. One thing’s for sure, though: coming, and growing – hence the upgrade to These guys can blow the roof off any place, The Showbox Market from Neumos. Don’t any time. Expect a young, male-dominated, wait to see these men at an outdoor festival, nicely tatted crowd for this intimate perfor- catch them indoors and while they’re on the verge of explosion. Visit www.showboxonmance at Neumos (www.neumos.com). line.com for ticket information.

Mavis Staples Chelsea Handler March 4-7 March 20 Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley Paramount Theatre Legendary gospel mama Mavis Staples Truth be told, I didn’t like Chelsea Hanarrives at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley next week for a six-show run over four nights. A true dler much when her nightly talk show deoriginal, the Chicago native got her start buted on the E! Channel, yet it didn’t stop as the frontwoman of the iconic church en- every Gay friend of mine from staying up semble the Staples Singers (“I’ll Take You late to watch her. Then, she grew on me.

There,” “Respect Yourself”) and then be- The part-time stand-up comedienne was came a lauded solo act, thanks to her smooth the grand marshall at Los Angeles’ LGBT and befitting heavenly voice. Among her Pride festival last year, which accounts for career acknowledgments, Staples is a Life- her rapid rise in non-hetero households. She time Achievement Grammy Award winner, reduces misbehaved celebs to roadkill, asks National Heritage Award recipient, Rock & Mary-Louise Parker if she’s enjoying “that Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and listed on piece of meat” (boyfriend), calls pageant

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moms “jacked up, retarded parents,” and her Mexican sidekick Chuy is hysterical – and looks like my Uncle Chuy, by the way. So, it isn’t a shocker that Handler’s performance at the Paramount Theatre is entirely sold out – as in, no mas tickets. Whoever this lady decides to roast or whatever she rips from the headlines, the crowd is gonna eat it up like free mints on a downtown sidewalk.

John Mayer March 31 Key Arena Despite John Mayer’s candid interviews and downright weirdness – dressing up in a Borat unitard, anyone? – I still find different ways to love him. Ditto for his music, which varies from solid pop numbers (“Belief,” “Why Georgia”) to complete zingers (“Daughters,” “Gravity”). But, I find it dif-

Gay Christian recording artist’s tour hits Seattle

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by Shaun Knittel SGN Staff Writer

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Shawn Thomas March 6, 7PM at Grace Gospel Church March 7, 1PM at MCC Seattle Openly Gay contemporary Christian worship leader, singer, and recording artist Shawn Aaron Thomas has confirmed two Seattle shows for his latest tour, which spans 10 years of music from five CDs. Thomas will perform his unique blend of Christian music on March 6 at Grace Gospel Chapel 2052 NW 64th St. and March 7 during the Metropolitan Community Church (MCC) Seattle worship service at the Chapel of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., between E. Pike and E. Union.

“I’m very grateful for MCC because there are so many open and affirming churches throughout the country,” Thomas told SGN from a phone interview in Florida.

“I’ve known MCC Seattle lead pastor Rev. Ray Neal [who invited Thomas to Seattle] when he was a pastor in Ten-

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nessee. MCC does some very important work within the LGBT community and has always been supportive of me.”

Thomas has found great success in music.

His full-time ministry began in 2003 with the release of his first CD, Everything I Am. His debut spun two number-one singles, and the album remained on Pride Christian Music’s Top 20 for over 12 months. The four CDs that followed have seen equal success. In 2009, Thomas was presented the Ruby Slipper Award by MCC of the Palm Beaches in recognition of his work as a contemporary Christian artist. Celebrating 10 years of music, Thomas has emerged not only as a competent performer and singer, but also as a dynamic and versatile worship leader and presenter.

As the son of a preacher and musician, he grew up around the church and music.

For Thomas, music is a great way to reach people.

“Music is important in religion, especially as a form of worship,” he told SGN. “Sometimes music can reach people in ways spoken word cannot. It’s really helped me bring the message of God’s love and grace. Also, no one can deny music’s ability to allow people to relate to each other.”

Thomas says there are a lot of LGBT Christian artists out there. He told SGN that the Christian music landscape has changed

ficult to continue embracing a guy who now describes his penis as “white supremacist” – in a recent Playboy interview, the Grammy winner bluntly suggested that his … um, thing … chased solely after Caucasian women, and possibly men … he’s hinted at the possibility of being at least Bi. In that same interview, he also dished on his former relationship with celebrity trainwreck Jessica Simpson, describing her as “sexual napalm” – uh, that’s just gross. So the decision is yours, and come March 31 will you be able to sit and listen to John Mayer croon “Your Body is a Wonderland” at Key Arena without laughing or throwing up, unless you can actually separate his personal TMIs from his actual work? I’m bringing my iPod, just in case. Tickets should still be available at all Ticketmaster outlets. Michael Franti & Spearhead are the supporting act. drastically over the past 10 years. The Ministry of Aaron’s Rainbow Project, of which Thomas is the worship leader, is a ministry like MCC – open and affirming, meaning anyone is welcome. “My message is, God has created us as we are, and that creation is not a sin,” Thomas told SGN. “This will be my first trip to Seattle and I’m excited about it,” he said.

Thomas told SGN the two March shows will be different from each other. The March 6, Grace Gospel Chapel show is “just a concert.” The MCC Seattle March 7 appearance “will be part of the worship service.” Thomas says Rev. Ray Neal has been gracious enough to incorporate his music into the sermon. “Rev. Neal is great,” he said, adding, “MCC Seattle is lucky to have him.”

Thomas says both events are free and anyone is welcome to attend. “Grace Gospel Chapel and MCC Seattle have made it clear that these are open events,” he said. “Everyone is welcome, regardless if they are a member of the church or not.”

Thomas told SGN he is grateful to anyone who shows up to see him perform. His intention is to share the message of God’s love and grace through music in order to build unity, understanding and acceptance.

For more information about Shawn Thomas, including tour dates and times, to buy his music and read his bio, visit the Contemporary Christian artist’s website at www.shawn-thomas.com.

For more information about Grace Gospel Chapel, go to www.gracegospelwa.org. To find more information about MCC Seattle, including worship times and location, visit the church online at www.mccseattle.org.

Celebrating 37 Years!

Pletnev’s joyous Russian National Orchestra

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by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer

Mikhail Pletnev

Russian National Orchestra February 17 Benaroya Hall I get very excited whenever the Russian National Orchestra comes to town because their performance of Tchaikovsky’s “Pathetique” symphony under Vladimir Jurowski a couple years ago remains the very pinnacle of symphonic experience in my life.

So, what’s so special about this orchestra? Certainly not their horn section, which is very good, but not the equal of Seattle’s.

Certainly not their precision; absolute unity of attack is clearly not the top priority here.

American orchestras are generally tops in technical precision, and Seattle is no exception. The Russians aim for something more elusive and musical. Hard to describe, it is a quality of musical expression in which every player seems to be organically unanimous about what it is that they are saying.

More than the notes, they express each musical sentence as though it were their own.

The most striking quality this organic unity enables is obvious only to the careful listener, and that is repose. From the

opening notes of Tchaikovsky’s “Elegy for String Orchestra” (1884), it was apparent we were hearing something we never hear from the Seattle Symphony under Gerard Schwarz, namely an utterly relaxed musical condition in which there is nonetheless no loss of focus or concentration. This state of repose is almost a contradiction, for it takes intense concentration to play so softly while still communicating something as elusive as peaceful rest.

Just as music has a dynamic spectrum from very soft to very loud, so too should it have an expressive spectrum from utter repose to ultimate intensity. The difference between these two spectra is subtle and important. The Russians exploit the latter to a degree I have seldom heard before, and that is what makes them so special to me.

Dvorak’s “Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104” is such a successful demonstration of how to use the solo cello with orchestra that one wonders that no other composer has achieved its equal, despite worthy attempts by Bloch and a few others. A stunning young cellist, Sergey Antonov, with unbelievably beautiful golden hair, brought Review Rod Parke can be reached at complete mastery to the solo part. His gor- rmp62@columbia.edu.

always ended each section with a grounding tonic sonority. The “Requiem” consisted of relatively short parts, most often avoiding polyphony in music that flowed smoothly in transparent harmonies. Bass lines of singlenote steps descending or ascending underscored the higher voices, who often played with beautiful juxtaposition of two adjacent notes, giving an open, airy feeling that kept this solemn music from becoming heavy.

Cappella Romana sings with little or no vibrato, thus aiding the transparent clarity and gorgeous harmonies of this music to no end. This almost straight-tone approach somehow completely avoids sounding astringent or annoying (unlike some “early music” singers), but it leaves them naked with no place to hide. Their voices are so perfectly produced and so expertly blended, however, that this naked quality is a distinct plus instead of a problem.

This time the group consisted of 10 men

and eight women, singing as usual without accompaniment and directed by guest director Rev. Dr. Ivan Moody. These superb singers responded effortlessly to his every gesture, often effecting sweeping changes in dynamics that gave the music life and expression. One did not need to follow the Serbian texts in the program to be moved.

Although the “Requiem” avoided the dramatic extremes of the Latin requiems of Verdi or Berlioz, it gave no opportunity to become bored. One regrets that this work is not among the many CDs produced by Cappella Romana.

The works after intermission were hardly less satisfying. They were by unfamiliar composers that included Teodosije of Hilandar (13th-14th centuries), Aleksandra Vrebalov (b. 1970), Rajko Maksimovic (b. 1935), Stevan Mokranjac (1856-1914), and this evening’s conductor, Ivan Moody (b. 1964). Note the range from early music to contemporary, including a woman composer!

The first of two works by Maksimovic was for female voices only, and included a mezzo-soprano soloist. It was interesting for several reasons beyond its obvious beauty. First of all, the women all sang with straight tone (no vibrato), while the soloist employed a perfectly normal vibrato. Oddly

Cappella Romana brings lost music to life

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer Cappella Romana February 13 St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church Not everyone wants to attend a concert consisting entirely of unfamiliar music, but sometimes such a concert can bring discoveries of musical treasures that leave you wondering, “Where has this music been all my life?” This was certainly the case on February 13 at Seattle’s St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church in the latest visit by the Portland group Cappella Romana. Choosing this event over watching the Olympics, I felt greatly rewarded. (Tivo to the rescue here.)

The first delight was the “Requiem” (“Opelo”) by Stevan Hristic (HRIS-titch) (1885-1958). This utterly accessible, warmly embracing music played around with refreshing “modern” harmonies, but nearly

geous, rather nasal tone and impassioned attacks made one believe every word. The orchestra is no shrinking violet in this work, and the various sections made their statements with power and lyric sympathy to the soloist.

Conductor and founder Mikhail Pletnev is petite and tidy. His gestures for the most part are restrained and confined to a small space, almost as small as the great Fritz Reiner. Yet his orchestra clearly reads his wishes and produces effects both subtle and grand. Nowhere was this more apparent than in Shostakovich’s “Symphony No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 70.” The brilliant orchestration and amazing fertility of the Russian composer gave this orchestra a constant stream of opportunities to shine. The often ironic playfulness of this music could not have been more fun throughout. I ended up feeling that this is the most delightful and accessible of Shostakovich’s symphonies after his fifth. I wished they would play it again as an encore!

Instead, they played two selections of such genuinely jazzy delight that one wondered where on earth these pieces had been hiding from the world. Turns out that they were written by the conductor himself, his “Blues” and “Burlesque” from the “Jazz Suite.” Clearly, this American idiom held no secrets from either the conductor/composer or the players! The effect was joyous and absolutely irresistible.

enough, this did not clash, but rather served to clarify the differences between solo and accompanying sounds. Second, the basically tonal work explored atonal excursions, adding interest and a sense of the unexpected.

Thirdly, sudden changes in dynamics added a dramatic effect to this work, entitled “Militsa’s Weeping.”

Some use of a bass-line drone appeared both in the early work by Teodosije of Hilandar and in the contemporary “Seven Hymns to Saint Sava” by conductor Ivan Moody. (If you love really rich, warm bass voices, miss this group at your peril!) Indeed, Cappella Romana often performs modern works that have many characteristics in common with early, and especially early Greek Orthodox vocal music. It is rumored that the group is talking with contemporary composer Arvo Pärt about possibly composing a work for them. A recent concert of Pärt’s works by Cappella Romana revealed that this was a marriage made in heaven.

The next concert presented by Cappella Romana in Seattle will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 7, and will feature the Yale Russian Chorus. Info at www.cappellaromana. org.

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

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ARIES (March 20 – April 19): That light you see in the tunnel may be far off, but at least it’s not an oncoming train. It may take a while, but trust your inspirations to lead you to solutions for current problems.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): Opportunities may or may not be as precarious as they look. Discuss the possibilities with your friends, and stay clear about your own goals and values. Follow your dreams and you won’t go wrong.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 20): Grasp any chance you have to move up in the world or to settle any problem with any authority figure. New ideas may seem totally illogical, but could help you spot your chances. At least give them fair consideration.

CANCER (June 21 – July 22): Greet every new idea as an adventure. Welcome any argument as an opportunity to learn, and approach everything with a wide-open mind. You could have a dazzling epiphany. Will it change or support your deepest-held beliefs? Perhaps it’ll do both!

LEO (July 23 – August 22): You can bring your sex life much more in tune with your ideal fantasies. The trick, as always, is empathy and communication with your partner. Both are now cranked up a notch. Don’t be bashful. Say exactly what you want!

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): You can get what you want in your partnership. Open up and tell your darling exactly what you want, and offer to give as much as you get. It may take considerable work, but that’s never stopped you!

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): Mix business and pleasure! Any ideas you have to boost morale will probably boost productivity as well. If you’re one of the many looking for work, this is the time to go for the job you really want.

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Host a spontaneous party with some of your more creative friends, but keep the booze and drugs minimal or you’ll have one hell of a mess to clean up. A community art project (a mural? a show?) could be a great focus.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Look into family mysteries and confusion. As with many myths, you may find some kind of enlightenment without actually unraveling the mystery. Time spent with parents will be fun and/or illuminating.

No parents? Do some mentoring in your community.

CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): Write! Catch up and get some steam up on correspondences, a journal or any kind of paper or blog. You could also dazzle in conversation, but whatever you have to say should be set down to read later.

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): You can expect some financial good luck. Go ahead and buy a few lottery tickets. Money is likely to show up where you least expect it. Debt may also, but this is a good chance to clear up any problems there.

Winterblues and The Last Station

by Mercy Moosemuzzle SGN Contributing Writer Winterblues Mercy and Cuteness loved Winterblues at Laughing Ladies Café. Alicia Healey hosted the evening, singing with her wonderful voice and introducing the other singer/songwriters she had invited. Mercy particularly liked Healey’s new song, “You’re Mine,” and other songs she had heard Healey play, such as “Another Round.” “Cheese,” a song about breaking up, knocked Mercy and Cuteness out with its line, “By the end of tonight, you’ll beg to get out.”

Mercy found the words of Healey’s song “Hallelujah” running through her mind: “Hallelujah, that’s what you said. / You’re in my heart and in my head. / And when it’s good, you’re in my bed. / Halle, halle, hallelujah…. / I’m too old to search around, / If I haven’t found it yet, it can’t be found.”

Rebecca Cohen had the room singing along to her song “At the 24-Hour Church of Elvis.” Mercy also enjoyed her “Don’t Call My Name” and “Angels in Your Eyes.”

The lyrics of “You Hung the Moon” were compelling: “My girlfriends say my face ain’t right, / I can’t eat, I can’t sleep at night. / They say I got to stop waiting for you to change your ways. / They could be right as rain. / But they never saw the blaze, / Never heard the thunder, / Never saw the crackling air / The night you hung the moon.”

Eileen Cuba’s “The Deep End” and “It’s Not Mine” were moving. Mercy was impressed that Eileen came back from the break with a song she had just finished, “Curious.”

The extended metaphor of Cuba’s “New Math” impressed Mercy: “There’s a subtraction problem I can’t solve. / Every time there’s less of you. / I recheck my figures / And try to figure out how to get the rest of you. / No happy ending and knowing smiles / Thirty years from now. / A week or two is all I got.”

Jean Mann’s “Mosaic” also had a pleasing metaphoric quality. “The Midnight Sun” was powerful. “Pink” ended the evening on a nice light note.

The Last Station Mercy and Cuteness had been looking forward to The Last Station because they are huge Helen Mirren fans. They weren’t disappointed in her performance. Everything about her face and her body expressed the range of emotions Sofya Tolstoya experienced in dealing with confrontations with her power. Mercy agreed with Cuteness that Christopher Plummer’s acting was his best in years. Paul Giamatti was also convincing.

Mercy liked the chemistry between James McAvoy and Kerry Condon. She also felt director Michael Hoffman’s direction got all the details right. His dialogue was sharp.

marriage in Iowa, he says it “is a great, great thing.” The straight, engaged and sexy rock continued from cover star also told me that he wound up talking with Daft Punk about the upcoming Tron munity. I mean, you hear so much about Gay movie at a post-Grammy bash – supposyouth ending up out in the street – I want to edly, the French electro-dance duo got him confused with Caleb Followill from Kings bring the home back to the community.

Contestant modeled evening wear as well of Leon (hey, it happens to the best of us, as performed for a talent competition. Of Brian). Silversun Pickups will be on tour the five contestants, the absolutely fabulous for the better part of 2010 with and without Diamond St. James won the title of queen, Muse, promoting last year’s fine release and newcomer Phillip Agape won the title Swoon. But if you’re barely hearing about of king for his beautiful interpretive dance. this group, start with 2006’s Carnavas alEach winner won an $800 prize and will bum – pay considerable attention to “Well be doing a promotional tour for Nubian Thought Out Twinkles,” “Lazy Eye,” and “Rusted Wheel.” Tickets for the Key Arena Pride across the state.

“I started this [Nubian Pride Produc- show, priced between $39.64 and $60.16, tions] as an outlet for drag performers who are available now at all Ticketmaster outsaid ‘there’s not a lot to do,’ to kind of bring lets. And, Silversun Pickups will be availdrag back,” said Dynasty. “Even though it able right here in The Music Lounge in just says Nubian Pride, it’s not just mainly fo- a few weeks.

The Sasquatch Music Festival has officused on black culture. [You are welcome] no matter what your race is – Gay, straight, cially announced its indie-powered lineup for Memorial Day weekend, which includes whatever.”

Nubian Pride Productions is a charitable Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Massive Attack, organization currently working to benefit Passion Pit, Band of Horses, Simian Mobile the Lambert House and various other chari- Disco, LCD Soundsystem, Deadmau5, The ties and programs designed for GLBT youth xx, Ween, The National, and My Morning Jacket. Single-day tickets at a hefty $70 are and inner-city youth.

Nubian Pride Productions is currently on sale now at www.sasquatchfestival.com, planning their next event, the “Moonlight where you can also view the entire lineup.

Masquerade” tentatively set for June. Keep The Gorge is two hours and 30 minutes an eye on the community calendar for more from Seattle, and the painfully boring return drive at night is something to consider details. if you’re slightly interested in going. My advice? Unless you wanna slum it at a Best Western in Ellensburg – or worse, stretch out on a sleeping bag in a massive campsite continued from cover with odor-heavy kids – stay in Seattle for bands – alas, no Lady GaGa special appear- the weekend and catch most of these acts in headlining shows later this year. ances.

I have good news and great news. The Country trio Lady Antebellum is on a roll, good news is that tickets are still available winning their first Grammy last month and for the upcoming Muse concert on April 2, performing on Oprah a week ago. The Nashand the great news is that supporting act Sil- ville band has also seen impressive sales of versun Pickups are swinging by The Music its sophomore album Need You Now, featurLounge a week before on March 26. I had ing the self-titled track – it spent two weeks a recent phone date with lead singer Brian atop Billboard’s album charts. Undoubtedly, Aubert, in which he shared his thoughts on this is not only one of music’s hottest acts at the Grammy Awards (the band was up for the moment, but one of the hottest looking, Best New Artist), the upcoming tour, and as well – my stomach growls every time I Gay marriage – on the legality of same-sex see lead vocalist Charles Kelley, I kid you

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PISCES (February 19 – March 19): That lucky break you’ve been waiting for is on its way! Wealth? Advancement? It may come as a meditative insight, but that will be a lot better than it sounds and could lead to more material opportunity.

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not. Fellow members Dave Haywood and Hillary Scott are super cute, too. Lady Antebellum is now headed to Seattle, opening for Tim McGraw at Key Arena on May 21.

Tickets, priced between $49.75 and $65.75, go on sale February 27 at all Ticketmaster outlets.

Congrats to local indie rockers Minus the Bear, who signed to Dangerbird Records, home of the aforementioned Silversun Pickups. The quintet’s fourth studio album is expected this spring.

Lastly, another round of congratulations are in order, this time to Our Lady of Wacky, Lady GaGa, who scooped up three Brit Awards including Best International Female Artist, or something like that. I have a friend who was part of her overseas entourage, and I’m dying to find out if she ate fried chicken while in London. Rumor has it the pop diva is back with her ex-boyfriend, the one she rolled around in the sand with (er, dry humped) in Hawaii. Word on the street, too, is that yours truly may have caused Japanese eyes to roll during a karaoke performance of “Poker Face” in Tokyo – I was just warming up, people.

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Andrews-Katz: You were in Debbie Allen’s revival of Sweet Charity. Can you describe the feelings of winning the 1986 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical?

Rupert: It was a terrific experience, working with Debbie Allen and Bob Fosse.

When I got the nomination it surprised me.

My role wasn’t that big. I stumbled through the acceptance speech not having one written previously, because I didn’t think I was going to win. It was wonderful all around and pretty swell to win.

Andrews-Katz: You performed in Pippin against the triple threat: children, animals and a “leading player” [Northern J. Calloway] with a history of emotionally disturbed behavior. Do you remember anything odd from the show?

Rupert: The children were terrific, no problems there. The animals, well, we’ve had to clean up the messes on stage several times. In terms of Northern, sadly, he was a troubled guy. He was bipolar and had a lot of issues and demons. There were times he would be the nicest person, and then turn on me and accuse me of doing something I never did. It got to the point where I needed to step back and let him deal with his own issues.

Andrews-Katz: In 1981, you played Marvin in the groundbreaking March of the Falsettos. At the time, what challenges did you find in playing a man who leaves his wife and child for another man?

Rupert: The reason it wasn’t much of a challenge was that Jim Lapine [author of Falsettos] explained that, in his view, we were NOT doing a Gay play; we were doing a show about families and relationships where some of the characters happen to be Gay/Lesbian. It was something new and different, both words and musically, and the entire thing was groundbreaking. It wasn’t until our first audience that we received our responses and knew that we were in something very unique and special.

Andrews-Katz: What were the responses to a musical that dealt with AIDS? Rupert: People were incredibly moved by it, as we all were. There is something about the story being set in the pre-AIDS era that is very moving for the audiences. We could see [from the stage] a lot of straight, middleaged men who were dragged by their wives to the show. By the end of Act Two, I could see the same guys in tears. Again, the show emphasized that it was about family, relationships, humanity and loss.

Andrews-Katz: What inspired you to create the musical Three Guys Naked from the Waist Down?

Rupert: We first got the idea for the show when I was doing a preview at the Kennedy Center, for a show that never got to NYC. Jerry Colker [co-writer/lyrics] and I would stand backstage and say, “We could write something better than this. Why don’t we write a show?” We started exploring comedy clubs in NYC when we got back.

Andrews-Katz: What was your initial reaction when you were asked to audition for Legally Blonde, the Musical?

Rupert: The first time they asked me to audition, I initially passed, as there was a schedule conflict. I had known Jerry Mitchell [choreographer] before, but the writers didn’t know of my work very well. It got offered again and I accepted. It turned out to be one of the better experiences of my career.

Andrews-Katz: Any plans for MTV to release the Legally Blonde, the Musical DVD? Rupert: As far as I know, there are no plans. I think that it is very possible that once the tour is over, they may release the DVD. Andrews-Katz: When and where did you meet your life partner, Will Chafin?

Rupert: We met on the street. Will had seen me perform before and stopped me on the street one day by introducing himself.

That was 12 years ago. We ended up having a cup of coffee and talking and becoming friends. We didn’t start to date until a few years later.

Andrews-Katz: Any plans for marriage?

Rupert: Not really. We’ve talked about it, but we are registered as domestic partners.

It’s possible that we will marry in the future, but not at this time.

Based on the hit movie, Legally Blonde, the Musical opened on Broadway at the Palace Theater on April 29, 2009. It ran for over 595 performances and was nominated for eight Tony Awards, including Best Score and Best Book of a Musical. Originally sponsored by MTV, it was aired for only a week and has yet to be released on video or DVD. MTV also sponsored its own reality show: Legally Blonde, the Search for the Next Elle Woods on Broadway.

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continued from cover had,” Sonique told me of her last day on the show. “Something wasn’t clicking with me.

I just knew something dramatic was going to happen.”

A trained gymnast, Sonique cartwheeled and flipped her way through an amazing lipsync, which meant coming out of her tigerprint dress. “I kept going back and forth; should I lip-sync only or just perform?” she said. “You never know what the judges are going to look for. But I can’t go back and change anything.”

Sonique also told me that RuPaul was clearly moved by the intense lip-sync performances. Although it wasn’t shown in the episode, RuPaul had to walk away and take time to decide who went home that week.

Although she sashayed away, Sonique enjoyed her experience on the show and her relationship with lip-sync rival Morgan McMichaels.

“Morgan comes across as feisty, like, don’t cross her path, but she reminds me of myself in different ways,” Sonique revealed.

One of the things Sonique takes away from the show is a better understanding of her own performing. “I put so much pressure on myself,” she told me, noting that she learned she needed to enjoy the competitions. By choosing Lady Gaga to impersonate in the Snatch Game, she went with a difficult persona to parody. “I took the role a little too serious,” Sonique said. “I could have had more fun with it.”

Because Sonique is a military school dropout, I wanted to know what her conservative mother thinks of her full-time career as a drag performer. “Several times she told me, ‘You need to stop it,’” Sonique explained, “but I was just determined. You have to accept who you are and what you love about yourself no matter what. It took a couple years, but two years ago she saw me perform, and now she’s my biggest fan.”

Sonique may have seemed tough on the show, but talking to her showed me her sensitive, vulnerable side. It was so refreshing to discover the person behind the drag mask, which proves this artistry allows performers to embrace totally different alter egos!

Catch RuPaul’s Drag Race at 9 p.m. (ET/ PT) every Monday night on Logo, and visit LOGOonline to find out about viewing parties in your area. Until next week, kisses and perseverance!

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FRIDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neighbours Nightclub - House music with DJ Eric.

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

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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 27

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.

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

Snohomish Gay Men’s Task Force Book Discussion Group. 12:30pm. For information & location email sounder36@msn.com Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details.

Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org.

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridge club.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Together We Can Make Al-Anon Family Group.

6-7:15pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Saturday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000.

Trans & Genderqueer Support Group for Survivors.

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

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

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

(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!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515.

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 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

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swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Meets every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

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.

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 - March 1

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 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

February 26, 2010

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

PFLAG/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 - March 2

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 Prime Time East. 5:30-7:30pm. Grand Cru Wine Bar, 1020 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. FREE. www. thegsba.org.

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

Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett. 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County.

David, (425) 339-5238.

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

February 27 thru March 7 Country Western Dancing Line Dance Class.

6:30-7:30pm. Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. $30 for the series, $7.50 drop-in. www.raincountry dance.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets every Tuesday.

Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverse harmony.org Olympic Yacht Club Meeting. 6:30pm. Northwest Yacht Brokers Association, 901 Fairview Ave N Ste A-190 (at Chandler’s Cove on South Lake Union).

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

OYC is a Gay & Lesbian yacht club for people who own boats of any size or type & for people who enjoy boating. The club sponsors monthly outings. 709BOAT, www.oycnw.org Rebel Reading Circle. 6:30-8pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 511 E Pike St. Meets 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays.

Share ideas as you study “Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration & Criminalizes Immigrants”

by David Bacon. FREE. Sponsored by the Freedom Socialist Party. 722-2453. www.socialism.com 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 ENDA Now! Fighting for LGBT Justice in the Workplace Nationally. 7-9pm. Seattle Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, Hall 8. An interactive forum for equality. ENDA - the Employment Non-Discrimination Act - would prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation & gender identity. For information email seattleoutprotest@yahoo.com Friends in Adoption Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Childhaven Community Center, 1345 22nd Ave NE, Auburn.

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

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.

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.

WEDNESDAY - March 3

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. www.mature friends.org Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 1-3pm.

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

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 LGBTQ Youth to develop positive self-identities in a supportive environment. 362-7282 ext 242.

Celebrating 37 Years!

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. 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. David/Brenda, (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. 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 PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. PFLAG/Renton: 425235-4139. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www. seattle-pflag.org.

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 (Sacred Breath). Open to all people. 312-6181, www. johnnymoses.com Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemovie bears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Rain Country Line Dance Night. Dance Favorites 7:30-10:15pm with Lesson 8:30-9pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Lesson by donation. No partner required. www.raincountrydance.org 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.dunsheehouse.org HIV+ Support Group. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. On going. ARRIVE BY 7:30pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men.

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

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

Progress - A Recovery Group. 7:30-8:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Wednesday. A new group for LGBTQ folks in recovery from substance abuse to explore themselves thru spoken & written word. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org; www.shiftrecovery.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7:30-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets every Wednesday. QYF is a confidential group for Queer & questioning women ages 22 & under to talk about dating, relationships, coming out - you name it - in a fun, laid back environment. 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. For people of all gender identities & expressions including butch dykes, cross dressers, TV, TS & feminine men. (360) 671-3358; www.washington genderalliance.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 - March 4

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.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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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 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 of every month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

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 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.

Queer Parent Networking Dinner. 6:30-8:30pm.

6230 Beacon Ave S. Meets 3rd Thursday each month.

Join us for a monthly dinner, meet other LGBT families & talk about the parenting issues that affect your life.

Hosted by Northwest Network. Dinner & childcare is on us! RSVP to Deann at 568-7777 or deann@ nwnetwork.org

Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

FRIDAY - March 5

“Rain Festival 2010 - Forbidden Island” Square Dance Convention (3/5-3/7). Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. LGBT square dancers & clubs from around the US & Canada. Hosted by Puddletown Squares. www.iagsdc.org/puddletown 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 La Movida. 6-7pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Todos los Viernes. Una junta bilingue para la comunidad GLBTQ en recuperacion de adicciones.

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

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E Olive Way. Meets the 1st & 3rd Friday of every month. Metro routes 8, 9, 14, 43, 49 & 60.

329-0793; 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 Beginner’s Night. TwoStep & Beginning Line Dance Lessons 7:15-8:15pm, Open Dancing 8:15-11pm. 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.)

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

(253) 474-8897.

Empire of Dreams Out of Town Show in Everett.

Door 7pm, Show 8pm. Twisted, 1212 California St, Everett. $10 at the door.

An Evening With Dina Martina (Fri-Sun 3/5-4/18).

Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Re-bar, 1111 Howell St. A new evening of hilarious songs, stories, videos & audience gifts from one of the Northwest’s most beloved entertainers. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 1-800838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com Northwest Sash Bash (3/5-3/7) Meet & Greet.

9-11pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. A weekend of events for the Leather community. Proceeds benefit the Tony Deblase Scholarship. For information, nwsashbash2010@gmail.com.

SHIFT Flicks. 9pm. Gay City, 511 E Pike St. Meets the 1st Friday every month. It’s a new kind of movie screening with friends from SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network. Bring a film. We’ll vote on the movie to show.

For information email chris@gaycity.org

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/Bellingham Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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

PFLAG/Bonney Lake - Buckley Plateau. 7:05pm.

Finn Hall, 10411 234th Ave E, Buckley. Meets the 1st Thursday of every month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month.

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

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle 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

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

“Rain Festival 2010 - Forbidden Island” Square Dance Convention (3/5-3/7). Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. LGBT square dancers & clubs from around the US & Canada. Hosted by Puddletown Squares. www.iagsdc.org/puddletown Northwest Sash Bash (3/5-3/7) Brunch. 11am12noon. CSPC, 1602 15th Ave W. A weekend of events for the Leather community. Proceeds benefit the Tony Deblase Scholarship. For information nwsashbash2010@gmail.com International Women’s Day March & Rally. 12noon.

Powell Barnett Park, MLK Jr Way & E Alder St. March to Occidental Park, Occidental Ave S & S Washington St for a rally at 2pm.

Northwest Sash Bash (3/5-3/7) Workshops. 12noon3pm. CSPC, 1602 15th Ave W. A weekend of events for the Leather community. Proceeds benefit the Tony Deblase Scholarship. For information nwsashbash2010@gmail.com Sistah 2 Sistah Social/Organizing Meeting. 2-4pm.

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

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

322-7061; 255-8951.

“Dreams Come True” Imperial Prince & Princess Ball XXI in Everett. Door 5pm, Show 6pm. Sons of Norway Normanna Hall, 2705 Oak Ave, Everett. $25 at the door.

“The Power of Us” - 4th Annual Equal Rights Washington Gala & Auction. 6-7:30pm Cocktails & Silent Auction; 7:30-10pm Seated Dinner, Live Auction & Entertainment; 10pm-late After Party. W Hotel, 1112 Fourth Avenue. Join us for a celebration of the amazing work of the past year! With guest star Emmy awardwinning comedienne and actress Judy Gold. Tickets: $200. Dress: Feel free to define where fancy meets expressive. www.equalrightswashington.org.

Northwest Bears Beer/Soda Bust & Bear Meet.

6-9pm. Men’s Room, 1501 E Madison St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. A beer bust for Bears, Cubs & like-minded friends with happy hour prices. An informal get-together & a chance for prospective members to meet men already in the club. 903-9288. www. nwbears.org Northwest Sash Bash (3/5-3/7) Fantasies Leather & Lace Auction. 7-9pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave

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SATURDAY - March 6

A weekend of events for the Leather community.

Proceeds benefit the Tony Deblase Scholarship. For information nwsashbash2010@gmail.com Shawn Thomas in Concert. 7pm. Grace Gospel Chapel, 2052 NW 64th St. Aaron’s Rainbow Project present “OUT” Christian singer/songwriter Shawn Thomas. All welcome. www.shawnthomasonline.com.

(See also 3/7 listing at 1pm for MCC Seattle.)

An Evening With Dina Martina (Fri-Sun 3/5-4/18).

Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Re-bar, 1111 Howell St. (See Friday listing at 8pm for details.)

Northwest Sash Bash (3/5-3/7) Play Party. 9pm2am. CSPC, 1602 15th Ave W. A weekend of events for the Leather community. Proceeds benefit the Tony Deblase Scholarship. For information nwsashbash2010@gmail.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

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SUNDAY - March 7

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

“Rain Festival 2010 - Forbidden Island” Square Dance Convention (3/5-3/7). Miller Community Center, 330 19th Ave E. LGBT square dancers & clubs from around the US & Canada. Hosted by Puddletown Squares. www.iagsdc.org/puddletown Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. 9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www. borderriders.com Northwest Sash Bash (3/5-3/7) Farewell Brunch.

12noon-2pm. The Rosebud, 719 E Pike St. A weekend of events for the Leather community. Proceeds benefit the Tony Deblase Scholarship. For information nwsashbash2010@ gmail.com Metropolitan Community Church Seattle - Featuring Shawn Aaron Thomas. 1pm-Worship. Temple de Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave. Features Gay contemporary Christian singer/songwriter Shawn Aaron Thomas performing during worship service. 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org. www.shawnthomasonline.com.

(See also 3/6 listing at 7pm for Shawn Thomas in Concert.)

An Evening With Dina Martina (Fri-Sun 3/5-4/18).

Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Re-bar, 1111 Howell St. (See Friday listing at 8pm for details.)

PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

Gay City & Three Dollar Bill Cinema 5th Annual Academy Awards Party. 4:30pm. SoDo Park, 3200 1st Ave S. Watch the Oscars on big screens, enjoy hors d’oeuvres all evening & get an entry to win fantastic doors prizes. Advance tickets: $25 general, $40 VIP; $5 extra at the door. www.gaycity.org Deaf Queer Coffee Night. 7pm. Starbucks, E Olive Way & Summit Ave E. Meets 1st Sunday each month.

Sponsored by the NW Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf. www.nwrad.org

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. 860-3035, info@bentwriting.com, info@bend itbandits.org, www.bentwriting.com, www.myspace. com/bend-it.

BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St, offers a schedule of LGBTQ-supported 12-step recovery meetings. For 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, peer mentoring & events for those affected by HIV/AIDS & the greater LGBT communities. 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD

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testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 511 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

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

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; lgbtms connection@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of 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

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Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworks seattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@ yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; PFLAG/FOCUS (Families of Color United in Support), 325-7724; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sojourner Truth Unity Fellowship Church, 723-9395; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw. org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 6826711; www.q-law.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition.org SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.seamec.org

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

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

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle. gov Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Shanti - 324-1520; www.multifaith.org/shanti/ Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 1-5pm Monday-Friday. (425) 339-5298.

SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www. seattlewomensecsa.com; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthe babes. com; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops (Basketball): www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www. pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.iagsdc. org/puddletown; Rain Country: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, Seattle Chapter - www.ttca.org; bruce@ttca.org; 1122 E Pike St PMB 905, Seattle, WA 98122-3934.

Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey. com; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; Pacific Gender Support: 3232162, www.pacificgender.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; www.LesBeHealthy. org; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc. org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www. pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com, http://rainshadow women. tripod.com/; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www. tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, memberdriven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo. com/group/womenofwestseattle Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention Program: 297-5922, ext 116; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. As a program of GLSEN/WA, WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org; www. wagsa.org. GLOBE (Gay, Lesbian, Open-Minded, & Bisexual Empowerment): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, ages14-20, in Everett, David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; InsideOut: a support group for GLBTQ youth ages 13-18, in Shoreline. 362-7282 ext 242; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, ages 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse. org; www.MatthewsPlace.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/ Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschools coalition.org; 632-0662 ext 49 (non-emergency), 1-888-99-VOICE (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; YouthCare/ Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412.

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Celebrating 37 Years!

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