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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

by James Whitely SGN Staff Writer

A GIFT FROM GREY GARDENS Monsoon just returned from Florida, where a man came up to him after a performance and gave him an inconspicuous brown-wrapped paper parcel that he said he’d won in an auction. With no idea what the package might contain, Jinkx hesitantly opened it to find a housecoat once owned by Little Edie herself.

“What made you choose Grey Gardens?” asked one of the patrons during a short Q&A, referring to Monsoon’s impersonation of the late Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale in the “Snatch Game” competition.

The response was twofold.

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On Monday, March 11, Julia’s on Broadway was filled to capacity by RuPaul’s Drag Race fans eager to watch the new episode featuring Jinkx Monsoon, the first Seattle performer to compete for the title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.” Alongside local queen and burlesque sensation Ben DeLaCreme, Monsoon played host for screenings of Drag Race and its after-show Untucked, answering questions and providing behind-the-scenes commentary during commercial breaks.

As the repeat of the previous week’s episode was coming to a close, Monsoon stumbled down between the rows of seats to the stage, performing a mash-up number of two of his favorite comediennes, Madeline Kahn

and Deven Green. Monsoon told the audience of more than 200 that he wanted to open with a comedy number, given the nature of the night’s episode, “The RuPaul Roast.” He added that this episode was his favorite so far – after “Snatch Game,” of course, which he won.

As the new episode got underway, the two hosts ordered several lemon drops from the bar and proceeded to watch. Alaska and Monsoon seemed to be the two favorites of the Julia’s crowd.

“We’ve spent the last few weeks [at Julia’s] celebrating Miss Jinkx Monsoon,” said DeLaCreme.

Monsoon told patrons that he has been traveling extensively as of late and living out of suitcases.

“It looks like Jinkx Monsoon was brutally murdered in my apartment right now,” said Monsoon. “There’s a thick tone of setting powder all over.”

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It would be easy to mistake Dido as being as mellow as her music – but don’t.

In our chat, the British singersongwriter – promoting her first album in five years, Girl Who Got Away – didn’t just chat about her Gay fans and the Eminem song that launched her career back at the dawn of the 2000s. Indeed, we found out what turns her into an angry beast. Let’s just say this: Tequila makes Dido dangerous.

Chris Azzopardi: Welcome back, Dido.

Dido: Thank you very much. It’s nice to be back.

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DANCING QUEEN: THE MUSIC OF ABBA SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS WITH LESLIE JORDAN McCAW HALL April 6-7 Leslie Jordan can talk. A lot.

The lady can chatter like no one’s business. But what intrigued me most during our lengthy conversation was how earnest he was see jordan page 32

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theater and stage

The boylesque phenomenon (pt. 2)

by James Whitely SGN Staff Writer

on the stage. And then it goes live and I just kind of stand back and see what the audience reaction is like,” said Luminous. “And Last week, SGN’s James Whitely went it’s always in constant evolution.” behind the scenes at Boys! Bois! Boyz!, a showcase of local “boylesque” talent BEYOND SEX AND GENDER held March 1 at the Oddfellows Building Next up is Daddy Le Deviant, a femaleon Capitol Hill. We left him at intermis- bodied performer. Daddy wears a tailcoat sion. and top hat, and happens to have something The flashing of house lights beckons in his pants that he just can’t keep put away. people back to their seats. Once again, Er- After masturbating his purple dildo for nie Von Schmaltz takes the stage as emcee. a few beats, Daddy takes it off and places The first act he introduces is Man Johnson, it on a chair. The audience grows quiet. dressed like a leather daddy. He nails a dis- Daddy stands in front of the chair and faces play of masculine grace, seeming to say, away from the stage, eclipsing the violet “Who says a man with muscles can’t move member from our view. Then he begins to like this?” sit down on the chair. His tailcoat prevents What really makes the act spectacular, us from seeing the action going on between however, is just how blatantly sexual it is. Daddy’s legs, but as he rises back up, sure After his striptease, the very lovely Miss enough, the dildo is gone.

Minx comes onstage. You can’t see her “Did that just happen?” Ernie wonders face – it’s covered by a large Hello Kitty aloud after Daddy leaves the stage. “I don’t mask. She also happens to have a strap-on know – it’s theater.” strapped on. Man Johnson is whipped seLikely the first large preconception I had verely and then “takes it” from this super- shattered coming into this story was my sexy-hello-kitty dominatrix. own definition of boylesque. I simply saw it as burlesque for males, but females are THE PROCESS just as much a part of the phenomena, as is To get some insight into how a performer any body type. Both Daddy and Ernie are creates an act, I asked the Luminous Pariah examples, and Ernie himself was one of Seto guide me from start to finish – from attle’s boylesque pioneers. getting an idea to putting it onstage.

For him, it begins with getting inspired, collecting images, songs, sounds, and story ideas and then writing them all down.

Eddie’s wrestling act is full of fanfare. Not only is he in reality a serious wrestler, but he actually pulls off a stripteasing WWF-type performer. He flexes his muscles, shoots the stars, and strips off all his clothes. A stagehand brings him a box of Slim Jims, which he begins eating and throwing into the audience. He then ties one to his underwear, much like a pastie, and proceeds to shake it just like the burlesque performers do.

Sir Eddie Van Glam is a graduate of the 2011 Boylesque 101 class. According to Miss Indigo Blue, the curriculum of the Boylesque 101 class is almost identical to the Burlesque 101 class, with the exception of some historical content.

HOW IT ALL BEGAN It’s hard to pinpoint when boylesque actually started. Men have appeared as partners in Apache dances, as actors in supporting roles within burlesque reviews – even bodybuilding is relevant history. In 1950s burlesque, there were men who would do drag burlesque and then, for the final reveal, show their chests.

“The history of boylesque is a lot like the history of burlesque in that there were countless numbers of performers that we know nothing about,” said Indigo.

“I get requests all the time from all over the place, on just Facebook chats, about ‘I’m a female burlesque performer, but I wanna develop a male persona. Can we chat about that?’ And that’s been a new thing that I’ve been encountering – people [who] generally present as women wanting to take a step to the other side of the gender spectrum and try it out, even if it’s like a one-time thing,” said Ernie.

INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY “That’s an exciting thing I think about.

Well, it’s present everywhere, but it’s very present here,” added Waxie Moon. “It’s very encouraged and welcomed here at the Academy. We have a very full definition of the term ‘boylesque.’ And of course what-

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“Usu a l ly, I’m most inspired by story ideas and I say, ‘Ooh, I think I can create this really fun act where I start out as this type of character,’ and I can see myself doing (a), (b), and (c) throughout the act,” said Luminous. “Then from there, I will choose either something visual or audio that also goes on top of that, so either a song that would be absolutely perfect and fitting to it, or some sort of costume that I think, ‘That’s the one – that’s the one that I need to design.’

“From there I would go and either make a sound collage to go with it or edit the music to make it exactly how I want it. All of my songs are very tailored to the act itself – there’s always little sound effects or something that I add in,” said Luminous. “Then from there I will work on the choreography.

I do have a dance background; I also have a theater background and I’d have to say that most of my talents come out in the theater.

I can move and I’m a mover, but I’m not a professional dancer by any means like Paris Original, or Trojan Original.

“The choreography, I like to perform it for a couple of trusted friends before I put it

ever they choose to explore is welcomed, right? If they want to explore a female persona and they’re male–bodied, that’s welcome. If they are biological women and want to explore male, if they want to do a heightened male.

“How I see the burlesque community, it’s much like a house or family. I have moments where, as a male, I feel like I don’t belong. There’s this rich and vibrant history female performers have as their foundation.

Men in burlesque do have their beginnings, but I feel that Boylesk [an alternate spelling] is just starting. Since being a part of this community, I have always felt like a guest in this ‘house.’ What do you do when you’re a guest in someone’s house? You’re polite and courteous, mind your manners, and follow the house’s rules. I try and do the same by acknowledging burlesque fundamentals in my acts, all the while keeping my own sense of masculinity. In the years I’ve been doing this, I feel more a part of this ‘House of Burlesque’ than ever.

I guess I should start doing the dishes,” said Sir Eddie Van Glam, who happens to be the next performer to take the stage.

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THE CLASS OF ’09 “We had started to get enough people who were interested in participating in the Burlesque 101 class, who wanted to explore masculine-gendered striptease that it made sense to dedicate an entire course to it,” said Indigo. “As soon as we put the call out, the class filled.”

“It was the right timing,” said Waxie.

“Right before the economic plummet, and there was a lot of optimism and excitement, and a lot of sex,” added Indigo.

“A heyday,” said Ernie.

“Everyone was having so much sex,” said Indigo.

“It was like Berlin,” Waxie added.

“Exactly like Berlin,” said Ernie.

“It was fun to research a relatively unknown history,” said Waxie. “And also to contemplate what makes boylesque special and what makes it different than burlesque.”

“I got so excited,” said EmpeROAR Fabulous!!!, “but none of them stayed.”

It’s true. Most of the graduates of the initial 2009 Boylesque 101 class just don’t seem to be around anywhere.

“Many of them are already performers and continue their own performance stuff, and several moved away,” said Indigo. “And several are still involved in the community in technical roles.”

“That class did start to bring more attention and more people in. The boylesque scene has grown, along with the burlesque scene here,” said Fabulous.

A SONG IS BORN Next up is EmpeROAR Fabulous!!! performing an original song and striptease.

He’s not called the Exposing Composer for nothing – he studied music at Cornish. He wrote “Look This Good” four years ago and says the lyrics “came tumbling out of me rapidly.”

“The hook came about when I was in my second hour of putting my face on, when I took a cigarette break,” he recalled. “You gotta work so hard to look this good/I think you do and everybody should just popped into my head. I continued getting ready and

more lyrics and melodic lines were popping in my head, lining up with elements of the costume I had been designing. I was unfashionably late to the event I was primping for, as I couldn’t stop writing,” said Fabulous. “I find so much inspiring fierceness in the burlesque, drag, and club communities, and this song serves as a love letter to all those who serve up some serious look.

“I’m working on some very long-term pieces that are expressing a lot of deep emo-

New York is like putting your work to the test.”

“It really represented the male talent in the industry well and showed off not only that there are great performers but that there are a ton of people eager to see it,” said Trojan of last year’s festival.

“There were no catty, competitive vibes.

I also felt an excitement in the air surrounding the fact that we were all part of boylesque history in the making. Never bejazzy photo

“So one of the cool things is to unearth a new photograph or a story, from someone who heard from someone else. Because the art form was a little bit racy, there’s not a lot of documentation.

“Probably one of the most important contemporary boylesque performers in our community is Tiger, who is a librarian, a go-go dancer, and an irreverent boylesque performer, based in New York City,” Indigo continued. “And he’s the first male-bodied person to win the King of Boylesque or Mr. Exotic World, at our community’s annual convention. The history also includes performers like John Sex and that whole amazing super-Queer history of men onstage presenting their sexuality as women did in burlesque, with defiance, standing onstage alone.”

“Of course, Chippendales would be a part of our history too. That’s a more known history – it’s less about personality, but it’s certainly male striptease,” said Waxie. “At the time of Chippendales, like in the early ’80s, so this is like when male burlesque or boylesque is really hyper-present – you know, it’s on the Phil Donahue Show. There were shows like Peter Adonis’ Travelling Fantasy Show and there were competing shows that were smaller that kind of got eclipsed by Chippendales, [which was] building nightclubs all over the place.”

Up again is Fosse Jack in a fedora and green suit. It’s a longer performance than his last one: Seattle’s Limelight Loverboy is doing a tribute to his namesake, Bob Fosse, to “A Snake in the Grass.” His reveals are engaging and his movement is fluid. Fosse’s a pro. It’s quite clear he’s been doing this for a while. He, like many of the performers I interviewed with, was around before the initial 2009 boylesque class. So I had to ask myself, where are those Boylesque 101 pioneers?

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tions I feel that just dance, that just theater, just striptease, and just music would not be able to express on their own to my satisfaction,” said Fabulous. “To have so many mediums to express myself is a blessing.”

TO THE BIG APPLE Taking the stage again is Waxie himself, doing his purple maneater act. As the curtain rises, he is covered completely by the biggest feather boa I’ve ever seen. You can’t even see him. He plays with it, makes it walk, and up it comes – and there’s Waxie, dancing in heels and a leopard print dress.

He’s fierce, sexy, and fun. With that signa-

fore had a festival like this taken place,” said Paris of last year. “I left the festival feeling validated as an established and respected member of the boylesque community.”

THE NIGHT’S FINAL ACT I don’t want it to be over, but the last act is once again Jett Adore. He comes onstage in a large fur coat. Like before, it’s not just his outfit that makes him classy. As he glides effortlessly across the stage, any Gay girl or straight boy will swoon. He’s that good.

And he’s that sexy – a wink and a smile, and your reservations are out the window. By the end of the act, he’s just cupping himself

“As a fringe art form, it’s very important for us to have [a home], for our legitimacy and to continue to have a place for our living tradition, to thrive and be recorded.” ture wink, he casts the boa behind him and begins to strip, nibbling each finger of his long black gloves and slowly pulling them off. Once the dress is off, he humps the boa.

Finis.

Waxie, Luminous, and Paris and Trojan Original will all be attending the second annual New York Boylesque Festival next month. It’s a pretty big deal, and not just because it’s in New York.

“I think that the New York Boylesque Festival will probably drive some more ideas of where it’s going to go,” said Indigo. “Because it’s a gathering really of people who are doing related art but from totally different perspectives and when you put that stuff onstage together and everyone can see it, it starts to create all these sparks of possibility.”

It’s what happened at Teaserama in New Orleans in 2001, which Indigo sees as “the line in the sand” of when the neo-burlesque revolution began to take off.

“We got to see each other perform and got to understand what was happening in different regions, and the possibilities that the form could take, and I think a similar thing is happening now,” said Indigo.

“New York can be hard to impress and very critical,” said Paris. “So performing in

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“I would say that Seattle has one of the healthiest burlesque scenes in the world right now,” said Luminous. “Seattleites know that there is this revolution brewing and they want to celebrate eroticism, they just haven’t been shown how to do it in a way that’s safe and still exciting.”

“It’s wanted and desired,” said Eddie of boylesque in Seattle. “It’s arrived.”

GLIMPSING THE FUTURE So what’s next? Where is boylesque going?

“To Waxie’s apartment,” said Indigo.

Indigo, Waxie, and Ernie shared a laugh and Indigo looked toward Waxie.

“I don’t know, darling, where are you going to take it?” she asked.

And that’s just it. It rests in the hands of the performers. From what I’ve seen tonight in Boys! Bois! Boyz! it’s going in all sorts of different directions. There’s boylesque, boylesk, burlesque, draglesque, queerlesque, gorelesque, bearlesque, nerdlesque, and probably more, but it’s not so much the names that matter.

“We’re all just one big stripper family,” said Fabulous.

“My goal is to add more substance as

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far as story goes. I think it’s fun when the costumes are really grand and the music is perfect, but I also think that if you’re going to take between three and five minutes of someone’s time, you should give them something to think about – you should give them a story to follow,” said Luminous.

“I try to have a good community sense, especially since I was elected the Mayor of Seattle Burlesque,” said Fabulous. “It’s hard starting out. Two of the things that I’ve wanted to do with my term are to try to provide some opportunities for newer performers, and to continue to raise money and awareness for the Burlesque Hall of Fame.”

“Often, when there’s a first generation of artists, their whole vision is to perform and be artsy and do their art, not necessarily to teach,” said Indigo. “They’re consumed with creation and presentation and not necessarily conveying education. But as there are more performers, there will of course be more performers who have the skill and the inclination to share their information.”

After all of my interviews, I’ve learned a lot about the neo-burlesque revitalization, specifically in regard to boylesque, but as part of this movement, there’s a lot to look at holistically.

Boylesque is truly a frontier. It’s new territory in a sense, even though it appears already to have a history of sorts. As Indigo said, for as long as there have been women taking their clothes off in public, there have been men taking their clothes off, too (you know what I mean). While boylesque may be a new term, it indeed seems limitless as both a definition and an art form.

WANT MORE? To learn more about burlesque in general, check out the Burlesque Hall of Fame at www.burlesquehall.com. It’s the nation’s one and only burlesque museum, in Las Vegas, that began in a little house on a goat farm in the desert. Currently, it doesn’t have a home, which is why Fabulous is coordinating fundraisers for it.

“As a fringe art form, it’s very important for us to have that, for our legitimacy and to continue to have a place for our living tradition, to thrive and be recorded,” said Fabulous.

To see the Luminous Pariah, visit the schedule page of his website (www.theluminouspariah.com) and/or check him out at the Nude Midnight show at the CanCan every Saturday.

Paris Original will be performing at Disney After Dark at the Columbia City Theatre March 15, 16, 22, and 23. Visit his website at www.parisoriginalboylesque.com.

Find Trojan Original at www.trojanoriginal.com.

EmpeROAR Fabulous!!! is producing SKINema, at the Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre on March 21. Learn more at: www. emperoarfabulous.wordpress.com.

Waxie Moon will be the only local performer at Kings: A Boylesque Extravaganza, at the Triple Door on March 27.

NOW IT’S YOUR TURN Interested in taking the plunge? Whether it’s boy, bur, bear, gore, nerd, or anything else you might come up with, get in touch with Seattle’s very own Academy of Burlesque at www.academyofburlesque.com.

The next Boylesque 101 class will be scheduled when the Academy receives enough interest in the class, so e-mail them already!

After everything I’ve learned and everything I’ve seen, I still have a few unanswered questions. Could there ever be a branching off between more feminine and more masculine acts by male-bodied performers? Will one form of boylesque inevitably become more mainstream than the others? When will the revolution Luminous spoke of happen here in Seattle? Why do male burlesque performers wear pasties? To find out, I’m taking the plunge myself. I’m enrolling at the Academy of Burlesque – and you should too.

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Bhama Roget

Singles scene

The Solo Performance Festival is a solitary pleasure

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

SOLO PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL #7 THEATER OFF JACKSON Through March 23 We’re in the midst of this year’s Solo Performance Festival, a celebration of the one-person show. This year, several prominent female theater performers have been booked to perform their shows – some performances having been seen in prior

her name, and “her unique worldview that largely resulted from going from Ashram to Jesus Camp by the time she was 8,” as the festival’s press release states. She included film footage demonstrating some of her points of view.

Tina Vernon also created original songs to accompany her show, Wanted, about “how a little girl from West Texas overcomes abandonment, celebrity obsession, and the juvenile justice system to become a woman with her own song to sing.” Tina drew on her personal experiences with West

This time, five women (and one drag woman) are performing serially over several weeks, each of them with a roughly full-length (95-plus minutes) show.

months, some created for the first time for this festival.

SPF has taken many forms since its inception in 2007, with different foci. Sometimes, the shows have been imported. Sometimes they have been very short, with several performed each night. This time, five women (and one drag woman) are performing serially over several weeks, each of them with a roughly full-length (95-plus minutes) show.

‘ASHRAM TO JESUS CAMP’ Bhama Roget started things off with the funny Hippiecrit: I Want to Change the World, I Just Don’t Feel Like It. Bhama has graced many of our community’s largest theaters with her talents. Here she relates personal stories including how she got

Texas juvie justice and worked with guitarist David Ballis on the songs.

In addition, Tina is partnering with nonprofits as she performs in other cities, to empower women and girls to tell their own stories.

Jennifer Jasper performed her I Can Hear You… But I’m Not Listening, having performed the show a few times over the last year. She reports that the piece does change a bit and is now feeling more solid, as she tells the story of growing up as the middle of five sisters, unable to speak understandably until receiving intensive speech therapy in elementary school. Her performance was wry, sarcastic, funny, and un-self-reverent, as she poked as much fun at herself as at the rest of her family.

The last resort

Cliffhouse takes the audience on a mysterious vacation

Hippiecrit: I Want to Change the World, I Just Don’t Feel Like It a new solo play by Bhama Roget premiering at Solo Performance Festival

PLATT, KOCH COMING UP This weekend, comedian Peggy Platt will go back to stand-up comedy, performing some routines developed for a new touring show called Roadshow. She’ll be joined in a companion piece on the same evening bill by Brian Daniel Peters (aka Mama Tits) titled 2x2: A Duplex of Comedy, which she also contributed material for. Mama Tits will do her “drag comedy review.” You can get tickets for the March 15-17 SPF performances at www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/309336.

Then, next weekend, singer/comedian Lisa Koch reprises her acclaimed 2010 solo show in which she pays tribute to her father, as she tells of his last days and includes singing, a photo montage, and funny stories.

Show Me the Way to Go Home also touches on the issue of death with dignity. You can see this show from March 21 to 23. Tickets and information here: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/320369.

For more information on the Solo Performance Festival itself, visit www.facebook. com/SoloPerformanceFest or www.theatreoffjackson.org.

Detailing that journey would essentially ruin it for audience members, which makes it much more challenging to write about.

In essence, the experience of the play is all about that mystery. If you take that journey, you and your company may have lots to discuss afterward, debating what happens to those people – and where that Cliffhouse resort might be.

We’re introduced to Cliff, the ultra-at-

West is obsessed with rock climbing, spending all his time on what is supposedly a very high practice rock just off the Cliffhouse manor. Though every attempt is made to help the audience think he’s dangling very far off the ground, that aspect of Robin Macartney’s set design can’t quite help us out. Other set details work well, however, including a representative drawing of a lone tree on the hillside, poised to fall.

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This is the man who nurtured the careers of Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, and Kelly Clarkson, just to name a few. tentive servant of Cliffhouse, who provides each guest with instant attention, and may provide diversions and sustenance even before any is asked for. Vincent Delany plays Cliff with a detached air of bossy intrusion.

Both entertainment director and maître d’, he provides drinks before they’re requested, along with card games and croquet.

Lana (Kristina Sutherland) and Glorie (Meaghan Halverson)

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer CLIFFHOUSE MACHA MONKEY (at Richard Hugo House) Through March 30

Playwright Allison Gregory is allowing Macha Monkey to present her newest play as a world premiere. Cliffhouse is a mystery that starts out like a lighthearted comedy and gradually transitions, creating a real journey for both the audience and the characters.

Tess Malone’s lighting creates moody time shifts and Kelsey McCornack’s costumes suggest luscious beachwear. Director Meghan Arnette supports the shift from the breezy beginning to more mysterious middle and end. The inclusion of vast amounts of poetic speech, as written by Gregory, is tough to work with, but Arnette keeps the touch light and succeeds here as well.

While overall this production can be said to be successful, the character of West is problematic – both because his story is far less compelling than the others’ and because he’s not allowed to come down from that infernal rock. Also, while Lana seems turned off by Glorie for a long time, her antipathy doesn’t seem to include West and there is no real reason for her to like him at all. In fact, much of the play could be done completely without that character. When you have only four characters in total, having one of them not work well is a real issue.

For more information, go to www.machamonkey.org or http://cliffhouse.brownpapertickets.com, or call 1-800-838-3006.

AN ENIGMATIC GROUP Cliff’s guests include Lana (Kristina Sutherland), Glorie (Meaghan Halverson), and West (Troy Lund). At the beginning, they all look like they’re there for some kind of weekend getaway. Eventually, when Lana decides she’s had enough and wants to leave, it becomes clear that their “contract” says they can’t. They must stick it out.

Lana is an imperious woman who doesn’t seem eager to bond with anyone. We learn that she’s turning 40 and has been fighting cancer. She is particularly provoked by the eager, young Glorie, who embodies a joy of life and the promise of a yet-to-be-lived life ahead of her.

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An escort’s escapades

Abbas Kiarostami’s latest film is an existential mystery

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE Opens March 15 If you think you know all there is to know about Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, be prepared to learn how wrong you are.

While on the surface his latest foray into the world of international cinema, Like Someone in Love, bears similarities with 2010’s Certified Copy, in reality the films couldn’t be more different. This journey into Japanese society and mores is one part Lost in Translation, another part Vertigo, and a final smattering of the works of the legendary Yasujiro Ozu. Add in deft touches recalling everything from Chungking Express to the director’s own Close-Up and you have a cinematic experience quite unlike anything else out there at the moment, and it’s easy to see why at last year’s Cannes Film Festival many proclaimed Kiarostami’s latest a masterpiece while others sat scratching their heads wondering what all the fuss was about.

The story seems simple enough: College student Akiko (Rin Takanashi) is shy and reserved – facts that make her moonlighting as a high-priced escort surprising. She’s sent by her boss to the home of elderly sociology professor Takashi (Tadashi Okuno), and what she assumes is going to be nothing more than a night of quiet conversation and sex turns into something altogether different. The next morning at university, Ariko’s boyfriend Noriaki (Ryo Kase) mistakes Takashi for her grandfather, the pair deciding to let the deception stand instead of answering potentially embarrassing questions as to why they know one another.

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continued from cover “Edie was an anachronism,” said Monsoon, adding that he could very much identify with that quality. The second reason he gave was that he’d been working on his Edie impersonation since he was 17 and felt confident of his ability to improvise in the persona.

The audience was eager for commentary after watching Monsoon’s chat with Michelle Visage.

“It was very nerve-wracking … there’s a very, very specific kind of middle ground in the challenges involving Ru so heavily,” Monsoon told the audience. “I was very excited but very, very nervous. In our walkthrough, I can tell you I was sweating bullets.”

After the exchange between Monsoon and Andrews, the two hosts got serious for a moment and philosophized that perhaps historically, cattiness might have been a necessary survival mechanism in the earlier days of drag. There’s an expectation for a drag queen to be catty [still],” said DeLaCreme.

“The whole argument that we had really came out of left field,” said Monsoon, who considers himself a “humble September Virgo.”

“The editors [of Drag Race] make Jinkx out to be sweet and compassionate,” said DeLaCreme, lightening the mood. “She is nothing like that.”

MORE THAN IT APPEARS Simple, yes, but the movie glides in and out of this narrative in some rather startling and emotionally complicated ways. Kiarostami’s script embodies reality but never fully embraces it, the filmmaker crafting a starkly beautiful, if slightly unsettling, mirror world that shows things in a hazy halflight that mixes truth and fantasy in close to equal measure. It’s hypnotic, chilling, romantic, rapturous, and distancing, sometimes all at once, the director never allowing the viewer to gain equal footing with his main protagonists, keeping us off-balance right from the moment Akiko enters Takashi’s home.

The reserved pacing is a signature of Kiarostami, but that doesn’t mean the movie is slow. If anything, he is paying direct homage to Ozu, using his own cultural and personal esthetics to tell a story the iconic Japanese director of Late Spring and Tokyo Story might have deigned to explore himself once upon a time. But the end game is something we haven’t seen from Kiarostami before, and the place all of this is heading is a surprise, the energies and desires of the characters coming full circle in a way I honestly can admit I didn’t see coming.

BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS, SOUNDS The movie looks spectacular. Cinematographer Katsumi Yanagijima’s (Outrage) captures Tokyo in a way that can’t help but recall Christopher Doyle’s work for Wong Kar-Wai. At the same time the icy veneer is crisp, clean, and in many ways unique in and of itself. Even better is Reza Narimazadeh’s (A Separation) richly involving sound design, every piece feeding another allowing for subtle clues signifying much of the director’s true intent.

There is a moderate emotional aloofness

that is admittedly noticeable, and the journeys Akiko and Takashi find themselves on don’t always resonate as clearly as I kept hoping they would. Nonetheless, Like Someone in Love, freestyling and weaving much like the jazz standard that inspired the title, is a refreshing blend of heart, lust,

longing, desire, family, and friendship I couldn’t take my eyes off of. Kiarostami proves once again he is one of the true cinematic titans working today, and even with minor reservations his latest is a masterful excursion into existential consciousness I’ll happily drown myself in again soon.

once again. Coco Montrese’s winning performance was likewise a highlight for the crowd.

Of the mediocre performances, Monsoon compared them to a car wreck: “entertaining for the wrong reasons.”

Monsoon was quite surprised by Leslie Jordan’s final words – he hadn’t been privy to the “master comedienne” compliment

and was very gracious about it, “regardless if it was by Leslie Jordan.”

The audience seemed to expect Monsoon would do fine in the competition, but nonetheless grew very excited when their hometown hero was told he was “safe.” Conversely, they seemed not too fond of Ru’s decision to keep Roxxxy Andrews in the game as well.

Monsoon hosts the viewing parties at Julia’s on Broadway every week. Naturally, Monsoon’s presence makes Julia’s a hard place to beat for watching RuPaul’s Drag Race here in Seattle. There’s no cover, and seating is first-come, first-served. Julia’s suggests coming in around 7 p.m., because once the restaurant reaches capacity, the doors close.

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your life were you at when you recorded the song “Let Us Move On”?

Dido: You know how we all go around saying life is short? I remember saying once, “Life is actually really long, and not in a bad way but in a good way.” When things are just really dark, when you look back on it, this will be such a small moment in your life. You know when something’s so huge you can’t get past it? Actually, it’s not.

It’s just a very small part of a very big life.

Chris Azzopardi: Your debut, No Angel, obviously had such a huge impact on your career, as did your featured spot on Emi-

the Grammys?

Chris Azzopardi: Yeah, he was debunking the homophobia talk.

Dido: Yeah, exactly. I go on the person I see in front of me, and he was really not a misogynist to me at all. Quite the opposite.

Just utterly respectful – and all the people around him were utterly respectful, as well.

Chris Azzopardi: Many of your songs have been featured on television and in film.

For you, what’s a standout scene that included one of your songs?

Dido: Being played during 127 Hours was really cool. While I was watching it, I was

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“I’ve only put out three records in my life – this is only my fourth – and so this is still so fresh and exciting to me. It feels like the first time I ever put a record out.”

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continued from cover Dido: Pretty instantly, I would say. I’ve always had a very loyal Gay following, which I’m very thankful for.

Chris Azzopardi: Do you have a lot of Gay people in your own life?

Dido: Oh yeah, tons. I mean, friends, work people … everybody.

Chris Azzopardi: Everybody?

Dido: [laughs] No, not everybody, but a huge amount. I’m surrounded by very good people.

Chris Azzopardi: Two of your biggest singles, “Thank You” and “Don’t Leave Home,” are wedding favorites.

Dido: It’s funny: I think “Don’t Leave Home” at a wedding is just completely weird. It surprises me that anybody has that at their wedding. It’s a song about being incredibly claustrophobic. [laughs] People are like, “I’ve played that at my wedding,” and I’m like, “Why, if I can be honest?” I guess it’s the title. “Thank You,” though, is a perfect wedding song, and I’ve actually sung it at quite a few friends’ weddings. But if someone asked me to play “Don’t Leave Home,” I’d just be like, “Really?”

Chris Azzopardi: Have you ever sung at a Gay wedding?

Dido: I haven’t actually, no. I haven’t really sung at many weddings. It takes quite a bit of alcohol and coaxing to get me to sing at anyone’s wedding.

Chris Azzopardi: What kind of alcohol?

Dido: Back then I used to drink quite a lot of tequila, but then that all went a bit wrong and I found that’s just the one thing I cannot drink. So now I like to drink wine.

Does that mean I’m getting old? It probably does. [laughs] But tequila makes me get into fights.

Chris Azzopardi: Tequila makes you fight?

Dido: Yeah! It used to make me weirdly aggressive – and I’m like the most unaggressive person ever. [laughs] But tequila makes me quite angry.

Chris Azzopardi: But, Dido, you seem so mellow.

Dido: It takes so much to piss me off.

Someone’s gotta poke at me quite a lot to get me even remotely angry, but if I have tequila, I’ll just get angry at the next person who comes around.

Chris Azzopardi: How personal is Girl Who Got Away in relation to your other three albums?

Dido: All my albums are pretty personal.

You can’t help your life filtering into your

songs – or if you’re me you can’t. I can’t help it. I’m a very open person. I’m very honest in life and I’m very honest in my music as well. I think I’m always going to write that way.

Chris Azzopardi: Who is the “girl,” and who/what/where is she trying to get away from?

Dido: Actually, my brother [Rollo Armstrong] is the “girl who got away,” and he wrote most of those lyrics.

Chris Azzopardi: There’s some genderbending going on there.

Dido: [laughs] Definitely! I love that song.

He sent me the lyrics and I just remember reading it thinking, “I love this song.” It’s about so many things – about how I used to feel, that sort of restless feeling, that feeling of maybe there’s another life somewhere, and that feeling of wanting to be exceptional but not quite reaching it. It’s my favorite song. But then, as far as the title of the album, it’s also about everyone reaching out to me [saying] that I keep disappearing, and it was quite a good comment on that. I don’t think I was disappearing, but everyone else thought so.

Chris Azzopardi: Maybe because it’s been five years since you released an album.

What’s your life like when you’re away from music?

Dido: I’m never really away from music. I might be away from the public eye, but I’m never away from music. I’m always making it, I’m always writing it, I’m always playing it, and then obviously it builds up into an album and I put it out and I’m back in the public’s consciousness. And then I’m out of it again.

Dido: I took a bit of time between albums two and three, just because I realized I’d been on the road for nine years at that point and that it was probably time to go home and clean up the mess I left, and so I took a bit of time in making the third album. But actually, this record I put together quite quickly. Then in the middle I had a baby.

You know, a small event. [laughs] Chris Azzopardi: How do you feel just before an album drops?

Dido: Oh my God, I’m so excited. I’ve only put out three records in my life – this is only my fourth – and so this is still so fresh and exciting to me. It feels like the first time I ever put a record out. I’m really proud of this album. I feel like it’s my best record. It was such a fun record to make. Me and my brother just had such a brilliant time. I’m so lucky to have my brother as my producer.

It’s just a happy record for me.

Chris Azzopardi: What kind of place in

nem’s “Stan.” Did you worry about the possible repercussions of performing with one of the most controversial entertainers of that time?

Dido: I didn’t, because when I met him he was so respectful to me and treated me so well. I saw integrity. I think he’s one of the greatest storytellers around, and so no. As a real fan of his music, I have a lot of respect for him musically, and he treated me well.

That, for me, was enough. I just really enjoyed working with him.

Chris Azzopardi: You had mentioned to Playboy once that people kept asking you about your feelings on the misogyny and homophobia in his music. Working with him, did you feel sucked into that controversy?

Dido: I didn’t really feel sucked into it, to be quite honest. I’d heard that he was making a social commentary on things and I just thought he was a great storyteller and I didn’t get too sucked into it. Isn’t that, I guess, why he performed with Elton John at

wincing and listening to my song and thinking, “This is so wrong but so good.” That was a thrill being nominated for an Oscar.

A dream thrill. Sliding Doors was the first movie I had a song in, and that moment was most exciting for me because I had never heard myself used in a film before.

Chris Azzopardi: They used the same song, “Thank You,” during the love scene with Ellen DeGeneres and Sharon Stone in If These Walls Could Talk 2. Have you seen that?

Dido: Oh, totally!

Chris Azzopardi: What’d you think of your song being used during a Lesbian sex scene?

Dido: That was really cool! There have been so many good uses. It’s just been brilliant, and I’ve been really lucky.

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Rodriguez: Do you have any favorite places to go in Seattle, any haunts?

Jordan: What I do in Seattle is the same I do in any city – I just get up in the morning and I wander. I love that whole district with that beautiful library you have. They usually put me up at the W, or somewhere right in there, and I wander down to that fish market and do the touristy stuff. I found wonderful little restaurants here and there. I love going to a little chocolate place that makes chocolates, and a little bookstore-slash-coffee shop. People are always apologizing about the weather. Oh, I love the rain! I don’t care about the rain at all. I’ll get out and walk in it.

Rodriguez: I’ve seen My Trip Down the Pink Carpet several times. Was that just a DVD special, or did you take that show on the road?

Jordan: The way that happened was I wrote the book, My Trip Down the Pink Carpet. I had a dear friend in Dallas, Texas, who was a book agent. He ended up at Simon & Schuster in acquisition and for years had told me, “Write down 10 of those funny dinner-party stories and I’m gonna publish a book for you called Can You See My Pussy Now?” I started laughing and said, “Oh, I think that’s a terrible title.” He said, “We’ll have you on a chaise lounge with a cat.”

But anyway, I have a dear friend named Dave Morgan, who has a marketing company. He’s real good at marketing and I said, “Help me sell this book.” Well, he came up with this idea that we’d do four to five cities in a tour bus and I would tell stories from the book and then we’d sell it at Gay venues around the country.

Well, that morphed into a one-man show based on the book. I hired my dear friend David Galligan to direct and we hit the road and did more cities, and it ended up Off-

continued from cover – speaking honestly about his highs and lows, successes and disappointments as if we were best girlfriends sipping sweet tea on a porch swing. Widely recognized for his Emmy-winning role as Beverley Leslie on Will & Grace, Jordan has appeared in hundreds of film and television projects over the past 30 years, including The Help, Boston Legal, Sordid Lives, and last week’s installment of RuPaul’s Drag Race. The 4-foot-11 actor/comedian will star alongside the Seattle Men’s Chorus in Dancing Queen: The Music of Abba on back-to-back nights, April 6 and 7. (Tickets are available at www.seattlemenschorus.com.) This is what came up for discussion when I spoke with the very funny – and very Southernaccented – Leslie Jordan.

Rodriguez: When’s the last time you were in Seattle?

Jordan: I have had several appearances with the Seattle Men’s Chorus over the years, not only for their shows but I’ve been up a few times to help them raise money. I came up and we did a wonderful breakfast with some investors and they were raising money for the chorus, so it wasn’t too long ago that I was there. I adore the whole crew with the Seattle Men’s Chorus … it’s just such a beautifully run outfit. I was robbed at the fish market, which is not a good thing to say. [laughs] You know, where they throw those fish back and forth? Somebody pickpocketed me! I had my bag, my man-purse, and it’s very easy to open the flap where I keep my wallet. I went to eat down there and went to go for my wallet and it wasn’t there! I was pickpocketed at the fish market. [laughs hysterically] And I still have no grudge. I love Seattle with all my heart.

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Jordan: Here’s what happened, as I saw it. Eva Longoria and the redheaded one, Marcia Cross, are joined at the hip. They’re good friends. Teri Hatcher, I’ve known forever. I did the first season of Lois & Clark and I’ve worked with Teri many, many times over the years. I actually adore Teri.

She comes off as difficult to work with because she’s a real perfectionist. She wants it to be right, and sometimes in TV you’ve got a crew of 80 who just want to go home. Anyway, she apparently doesn’t speak to any of them. I didn’t see any interaction there. William Macy’s wife, what’s her name, Felicity Huffman. She was pleasant, but I didn’t see her speaking to any of them either. They just seemed miserable. Nine years is a long time and these hour-long shows are 12- to 14hour days. It’s hard, hard work. Even though they’re pampered in making $500,000 an episode, it’s hard work, so I saw both sides of the coin. But, oh Lord, there’s more drama backstage than on stage!

Rodriguez: What about Vanessa Williams? She a big hag.

Jordan: She wasn’t there that day. I know Vanessa. I did Ugly Betty and had a couple of scenes with her and I really like her. People think when you work on a show that you trade phone numbers. I don’t have a phone number of anyone on Will & Grace. It’s a job, you go and do your work.

I don’t have any complaints with Desperate Housewives. I just like a happy set, and it wasn’t a happy set. I recently worked on Raising Hope and that’s a happy set. I just love when people are having a good time.

I always question the transportation department. They’re responsible for taking the actors to and from the set to their homes. You can get all the good dirt from them. [laughs] They told me those four girls on Desperate Housewives wouldn’t ride in the same van.

I thought, “That is so silly that they won’t ride in the same van with each other.”

Rodriguez: You also worked on The Neighbors with Jami Gertz. I’m such a fan of hers.

Jordan: I adore her. She’s everything you think she would be. She’s had one of those careers that you forget about. She was on that Square Pegs with Sarah Jessica Parker when they were like 15 years old. She’s been around as long as me. She is lovely, as real as could be. I cannot say enough about her. I’ve always thought that if you’re going to have a TV show and people come in to work on your show, you’re the hostess.

People look up to you. Not to say anything against Miss DeGeneres, but I worked on

A Blu-ray disc with no video?

Meet the latest development in audiophile recording

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer THE VOIE TRIOMPHALE STAFF BAND OF THE NORWEGIAN ARMED FORCES 2-L (Blu-ray Audio) You most likely have never read a review of the latest contender for the hearts and ears of audiophiles, namely the audio-only Blu-ray Disc. Having just spent hours reading digital forums debating the virtues of this new format vs. the SuperAudio Disc (SACD), I can tell you that it is very unlikely that you or I could tell the difference in sound quality. (But if you want to do a comparison yourself, the disc I’m reviewing here comes with an SACD of the same program.)

Of course, the best media can only sound as good as the original recording, the quality of which will be determined by the recording venue, the equipment employed, and above all by the skills of the recording engineers and mixers. The CD of The Dark Side of the Moon (also available on both SACD and DVD-Audio) will always sound

better than a poorly recorded Blu-ray.

The Blu-ray I’m reviewing here is The Voie Triomphale, a program of music for wind band, played by The Staff Band of the Norwegian Armed Forces. It was recorded at Jar Church, an A-frame building near Oslo, Norway. The excellent enclosed booklet gives photos of the recording venue and the performers, as well as diagrams of positions of the individual instruments and the positions of each microphone. One has the choice of listening to either the 5.1 DTS HD surround track or the 2.0 LPCM stereo track. Comparison is difficult because the surround track is louder, and the louder source will almost always sound more alive.

Still, I do recommend the DTS surround, which is the default.

A SONIC MARVEL Happily, everything about this disc is first-rate. The performers and engineers cannot be faulted, the result being a recording of considerable excitement. The music is mostly French and entirely unfamiliar and appealing to these ears. Composers are Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Dukas, Milhaud, Tomasi,

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Broadway. A guy named Robert Bruce Harris brought Lily Tomlin on board and we did a long run in New York, and then we took it to London. My new show is called Fruit Fly and we are taking it apart and adding ABBA music, and that’s what you’re going to get in Seattle. My new show answers that age-old question, “Do Gay men become their mothers?” It’s going to be quite a dogand-pony show.

Rodriguez: You admitted on that DVD to having a crush on Mark Harmon. Do you still?

Jordan: [laughs] It’s so funny you said that. I was channel-hopping last night and I’ve got this young man – you know I’ve always got a young man working about. But this one’s young. Here I am at 58 courting a 24-year-old boy! And that television show that Mark Harmon is on [NCIS] flashed on and I said to my friend, “He’s aged so beautifully.” He said, “I don’t know who that is!” and I regaled him with all my Mark Harmon stories. Yes, I still have a crush on him, to answer your question. I think he’s the most handsome man.

He told me the funniest story I’ve ever heard. When he was 17 years old he was a lifeguard at Santa Monica Beach, with long hippie hair. He said the biggest fear of lifeguards was when someone drowns they don’t go to the bottom – a lot of times they’ll float midway and fill with gases and just pop out of nowhere. The first day on the job, he was sitting in his lifeguard station and a body popped. He saw it floating out there. He was freaking out and called his superiors and they said, “Get on your longboard and paddle out there and hold it in place, and we’ll send the Coast Guard to come get it.” He got out there and it was a cow! It was a great, big dead cow! [laughs] The crew in the boat started laughing at him holding onto that dead cow and said, “Pull it to shore and we’ll send a truck to come get it,” and they left him right there in the middle of the ocean with this dead cow! He pushed and it wouldn’t move and he devised this idea. At the end of his surfboard was a rope and he swam under the cow and put the rope completely around the cow and then he got on his board and started paddling, and it moved. So he’s paddling this dead cow to shore and all of the sudden it split in two. [laughs hysterically] When he told me that story, I told everybody I knew and then the last time I saw him, not many years ago, he said, “I’ve gotten more mileage out of that dead cow story.”

Rodriguez: You were on the final season of Desperate Housewives. Were there any

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the Ellen show and never got a hello from her. If you’re the hostess, you’re the one that needs to say, “Hello, welcome to our show.

Is there anything you need?” I love the way in which Jami the minute she saw me said, “We feel so honored to have you.”

Rodriguez: You’ve been in the industry a long time and back when you started there were no openly Gay actors. How you feel about the way the industry has changed for Gay actors?

Jordan: I got off the bus in ’82 and back then all the casting people were Gay, the producers were Gay, you’d see them at the bars – we all went to the bars. But during work it was all wink-wink. I have never been closeted, I think because I was a character actor and didn’t care one way or the other. I’ve had management handling me who were Gay. I’ve had the same manager for 30-some-odd years, Billy Miller, and they would tell me “Now, keep your feet on the ground with this one. Butch it up, honey.” [laughs] It was just a fiasco!

I’m at the point where the only thing they’ll cast me for is an older Gay man, pe-

riod. I’ll tell you a little secret. My 30 years in the business the only people that have ever opposed me, or anytime I have ever had trouble in this business, was from other Gay men. That’s a little-known secret that Gay men do not support other Gay men in the entertainment industry.

Rodriguez: Where do you keep your Emmy?

Jordan: I’m looking at her now. She had an accident – her ball broke. Linda Bloodworth-Thomason asked me to bring her to Poplar Bluff, Missouri, for a charity event and I said, “Absolutely not.” She begged me – you know, she’s the one who created Designing Women and I’ve worked with her over the years – and so I put it in my suitcase because they wouldn’t let me carry it on board, and then they lost my luggage. I was beside myself – my Emmy was lost!

When I got it back, it was broken. So I tried to glue the globe she holds back on, so bless her heart she’s just a mess. She’s got glue running down her arms. But it’s a nice conversation piece.

and Bozza. And the sound quality is so clear and punchy that it’s like someone ran a pipe cleaner through my head, clearing ears and brain of all accumulated debris. Set your volume level so low that you can just barely hear the softest notes, and you’ll still have fortissimos that match any concert hall, and with no loss of clarity.

Pretty much sonic heaven.

The Berlioz Opus 15, Grande Symphonie Funèbre et Triomphale, is not the composer’s most subtle work. It begins with superloud crashes of percussion set against dead silence, which is of course a perfect way to demonstrate dynamic range. Berlioz was a radically innovative orchestrator, and his choice of instrumental combinations keeps the work sonically interesting even if rather bom-

bastic. There are, to be sure, moments of real musical inspiration. Richard Wagner, Berlioz’s contemporary, said, “The symphony’s last movement includes passages of such beauty that they will never be surpassed by any composer.”

On the whole I found the remaining music on the disc even more appealing than the Berlioz.

Given the nature of a large wind band, there is lots of full-out loud music. So, if you don’t like having your brain rattled a bit by big sounds, this is not the disc for you. But for us Wagner/Bruckner fans, it is a banquet of awesome horns and piercing woodwinds.

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

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The Alternative Wedding Show will help you go way beyond the ordinary

by Joshua Ryan Special to the SGN THE ALTERNATIVE WEDDING SHOW ZAHN EVENT CENTER, EVERETT March 16 The Alternative Wedding Show takes place this Saturday, March 16, at The Zahn Event Center at The Manor, located at 13032 Admiralty Way in Everett. The show was created this year in response to the demand from brides and grooms who wanted unique, non-traditional weddings in a positive, supportive atmosphere. With the passage of Referendum 74, LGBTQ couples upped the ante for weddings that were unique and really individual. The team at The Manor found couples were seeking great venues and open-minded caterers, photographers, officiates, and venues where people of all walks could wed and be comfortable.

According to Laura Sprinkles of Zahn Event Center at the Manor, “People are not alternative, but wedding ceremonies can be. With the passage of Gay marriage in our state, we wanted to make sure that the Gay and Lesbian communities, along with nudist, swinger, Goth/fetish, and other non-traditional brides and grooms (or for that matter, brides and brides or grooms and grooms) have an opportunity to create their perfect wedding – no matter how avant-garde or unusual they could imagine. The Alternative Wedding Show is for those people,” Sprinkles said, her warm eyes twinkling in the spring sunlight.

MAKING EVERYONE WELCOME Robert Strunks, general manager of Zahn Event Center at the Manor, also emphasized that the focus of the event is on

“We wanted to make sure that the Gay and Lesbian communities, along with nudist, swinger, Goth/fetish, and other non-traditional brides and grooms have an opportunity to create their perfect wedding – no matter how avant-garde or unusual they could imagine.”

inclusivity. “We are really excited at the response to the show,” the silver-haired executive said recently. “So much of the ethos of the Pacific Northwest is to find your own authentic way of celebrating special events in life, but the question is where? How do you find ‘like-minded’ places, how do you mitigate any embarrassment or rejection? If you find a great place, what about great vendors and all the support you need for a superb, fun, unique event?” Strunks added.

“We really believe that everyone should have a great place to celebrate and that no one should ever be embarrassed about asking, and we’ve found a really vibrant niche for The Manor to fill,” he concluded.

The Alternative Wedding Show quickly sold out of vendor space, and more than 40 vendors will be present to consult brides and grooms-to-be on everything from décor and DJs to food and floral.

The show will open at 10 a.m. and close at 4 p.m. The event will include hand-passed hors d’oeuvres, and fashion models wearing cutting-edge wedding gowns, as well as traditional wedding attire throughout the day. There is ample free parking on the grounds. Additionally, shuttles will run from Capitol Hill for those who would prefer not to drive to Everett.

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SATURDAY - March 16

21st Annual Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/15-3/24). For a list of events & venues visit www. wsmlo.org 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.

Poverty Bay Wedding & Event Showcase. 10am6pm. Des Moines Beach Park Auditorium, 22030 Jordan Ave S, Des Moines. The show is primarily about weddings but it will also be great for any social/family or business event, enhanced with a view of Puget Sound. $5 entry. www.weddingwire.com Seattle Alternative Wedding Show. 10am-4pm (w/ fashion show at 1pm). Zahn Event Center at The Manor, 13032 Admiralty Way, Everett. All you need for a perfect LGBT or Alternative-Lifestyle Wedding under one roof. www.alternativeweddingsseattle.com Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details.

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

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

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Sex, Dating & Relationships. 7-8pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets the 1st & 3rd Monday of every month. Talk about sexual health & safety, as well as different types of relationships. Ask questions and get answers from people who really know their stuff. 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Women’s Liberation & Socialism. 7pm. 9525 Wallingford Ave N. Meets every Monday. Take part in discussions of Women & the Family by Russian revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky. This collection of essays shows how the Soviet transformation was a monumental victory for the second sex, though women’s gains were largely rolled back under the bureaucratic Stalinist regime. The book demonstrates how the development of a worker-controlled cooperative economy is essential to achieving true gender equality. Books can be purchased at each meeting. 722-0657, rwseattle@ mindspring.org, www.radica lwomen.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday.

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

TUESDAY - March 19

SUNDAY - March 17

St Patrick’s Day For information on GLBT-friendly Christian churches around the world visit www.gaychurch.org.

21st Annual Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/15-3/24). For a list of events & venues visit www. wsmlo.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 3238382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGay HikingGroup/ Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

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

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

Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest. ethylforever@hotmail.com Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6177, or Mike Chin (509) 990-0007. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www. dharmabuddies.org Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 121:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported.

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattleal-anon.org 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. To sign up visit www.raincity soccer.org Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca

March 16 thru March 24

St - enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. www.seattle primetimers.org.

Daring Divorced Divas. 3-5pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. 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. SASG 322-2427; www.sasgcc.org Star-Studded St Patrick’s Day Fundraiser. 4-7pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Arnie Norem, Emperor 23 of the Imperial Court of Seattle & Groupie to the Knights of Mantra hosts this fundraiser to benefit KofM charities. No cover. Every raffle ticket wins a prize!

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

Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191. SASG 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

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

MONDAY - March 18

21st Annual Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/15-3/24). For a list of events & venues visit www. wsmlo.org SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437;

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www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County.

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

Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm.

Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave Rm 221. Meets 3rd Monday each month (except December). SWC is a 20-member volunteer advisory board that advises the Mayor, City Council, & all City of Seattle departments on matters concerning women & women’s rights.

Meetings open to the public. 684-4537.

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

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

Catholic Parents Support Group. 7pm. St Benedict’s Parish Center, 1805 N 49th St. Meets 3rd Monday each month. This is a drop-in peer support group for parents, family members & friends of GLBT persons.

The group offers a safe, supportive & welcoming space where concerned persons can share their experiences, struggles, joys & resources. (425) 462-9411, 542-2549.

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

PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724.

PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

21st Annual Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/15-3/24). For a list of events & venues visit www. wsmlo.org Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

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

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

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

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

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

Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months.

The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships & communication between the community & the SPD. Members of the GLBT community are invited to attend. kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/ love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

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

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

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

Celebrating 40 Years!

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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FRIDAY - March 22

WEDNESDAY - March 20

21st Annual Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/15-3/24). For a list of events & venues visit www. wsmlo.org Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org GSBA Business Luncheon. 11:30am-1:30pm. Red Lion Hotel, 1415 5th Ave. GSBA Members $34, nonmembers $39, students $34. www.thegsba.org Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 1-3pm.

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

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community.

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

(425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation New Volunteer Orientation in Tacoma. 6-8pm. Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Wednesday each month.

PCAF is seeking volunteers to provide practical & emotional support services for clients, assist with administrative needs, & plan & work at special events.

More info & to receive application, call Colleen at (253) 383-2565 ext 206.

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

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

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

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

Daddy’s Leather Tag Sale & Community Leather Social. 7-10pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Benefits The Leather Archives & Museum.

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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

This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www.ingersollcenter.org Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Sex, Dating & Healthy Relationships. 7-8pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets the 1st & 3rd Wednesday of every month. For LGBTQ youth that want to learn new things & explore all sorts of ideas around sex, identity & sexual relationships. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:30pm.

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

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

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

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. A structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning,

Visit us online www.sgn.org

Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone.

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

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

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www. washingtongenderalliance.com.

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet.

8-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com

THURSDAY - March 21

21st Annual Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/15-3/24). For a list of events & venues visit www. wsmlo.org Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

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

FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

Happy Hour Meditation. 5:30-6:40pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Every Thursday. Join us at the end of your day in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Dropins welcome. We meditate silently for 25 minutes, followed by a short open discussion. No admittance after 5:45pm to respect those who are meditating. www.healingandtransformationcenter.com Advocating for Inclusive Health Care in the Workplace. 6pm. Ingersoll Center, 517 E Pike St, downstairs. Reschedule of the presentation originally scheduled for February 11.

Queer Parent Networking Dinners (Sept-Nov, JanJune). 6-8pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 3rd Thursdays of every month. Open to all LGBT, Two-Spirited, Queer & Questioning families including parents, co-parents & other people who have a significant role in the life of a child. RSVP requested to facilitate planning for dinner and childcare. 568-7777 or deann@nwnetwork.org

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:308:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221.

Meets 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. 684-4514.

Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club Monthly Potluck & Meeting. 7pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Bottom Dwellers promotes safe & responsible scuba diving & other outdoor activities for the GLBT community & friends at all experience levels. For info & location, www.bottomdwellers.org.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14-22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute consultations. For information and to schedule an appointment, call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays between 12noon-3pm. For information, visit www.q-law.org/legalclinic PFLAG/Bellevue Monthly Meeting. 7pm - study group meets at 6pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724. www.bellevue-pflag.org.

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

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

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

Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower

March 15, 2013

21st Annual Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/15-3/24). For a list of events & venues visit www. wsmlo.org Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday.

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org Born This Way Kafe. 5-9pm. Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse, 1635 11th Ave. Every Friday. A welcoming place where LGBTQ youth ages 13-19, friends & allies can gather, be themselves & have fun. 883-6110, randy.wiger@seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm.

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

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

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

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

BlueStreet Jazz Voices “Tribute to the Greats.”

Wine Bar 7pm, Show 8pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway E. Backed by an instrumental jazz trio, this elegant evening includes arrangements originally performed by Manhattan Transfer & New York Voices as well as classic Beatles hits sung like you’ve never heard them before. $18 in advance, $20 at the door. www.bluestreetvoices.com GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8pm.

Gay City, 517 E Pike St (temporary meeting location).

Every Friday. (See Sunday listing at noon for description.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

SATURDAY - March 23

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

21st Annual Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/15-3/24). For a list of events & venues visit www. wsmlo.org 31st Annual Washington State Mr & Ms Leather Contest. Doors 6pm, Contest 7pm. Cuff Complex (dance bar), 1533 13th Ave at E Pine St. Presented

by Washington State Mr & Ms Leather Organization. www.wsmlo.org.

The Cuff Complex 20th Anniversary Celebration.

10pm-3am. Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave at E Pine St. Limited free anniversary pins.

West Side Glory - March Madness, A Queer Variety Show. Doors 8pm, Show 9pm. Skylark Cafe & Club, 3803 Delridge Way SW. Tickets $10 in advance, $12 at the door. www.brownpapertickets.com

SUNDAY - March 24

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

21st Annual Washington State Leather Pride Week (3/15-3/24). For a list of events & venues visit www. wsmlo.org Emerald Leather Awards. Brunch 11am; Awards noon. C.C. Attle’s Bar & Grill, 1701 E Olive Way. Presented by Washington State Mr & Ms Leather Organization. www.wsmlo.org.

One Love Wedding Showcase. 12noon-5 p.m., at Hyatt at Olive 8, 1635 8th Ave. One Love presents a premier West Coast wedding showcase celebrating all couples in love. More than 80 award winning local vendors representing 25 wedding service categories will be participating. www.oneloveseattle.com Film Screening: Bob Avakian Speaks - Revolution - Nothing Less! 1-8:30pm. Revolution Books, 89 S Washington St. Tickets $5. www.revolutionbookssea. org HRC Bowling for Equality. 3-5pm & 5:30-7:30pm.

Garage, 1130 Broadway. Tickets: $40, lane for up to 8 bowlers $320. Ticket price includes HRC membership, light appetizers, bowling shoes & 2 hours of bowling.

Prizes awarded all day. www.garagebilliards.com

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/ Another-Gay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html Bent Writing Institute - www.bentwriting.com BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

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

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

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters

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

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

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

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

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

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of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families. 323-1768.

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

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Shanti - 324-1520; www.rosehedge.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

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

Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.out ventures. org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www. raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www. raincountrydance.org; Seattle Frontrunners: www. seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www. quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolley ballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org 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 Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc. org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbian concern. org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http:// lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493.

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth. org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@ llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter. org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter. org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook. com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www. safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (nonemergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject. org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273TALK, www.yspp.org

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FRIDAY

Bar Myx - in Tacoma.Weekly drink specials and dancing with DJ Matt Stands! No cover!

Changes - Happy Hour noon-8 pm; Super Happy Hour 4 pm-7 pm $1.50/$3 well drinks, $1.25 PBR drafts. Prime Rib dinner $11.75. Live DJ 9 pm-close.

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.

The Cuff Complex - Country Dancing w/ Rain Country 7 pm-11 pm, HiNRG Dancing - Alternating DJ’s 11 pmclose. Cover $5 starting at 9 pm.

Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm-7 pm, $4 wells, buck off taps & calls.“Full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3.00 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-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. Fri & Sat 10pm: Le Faux, Seattle’s most outrageous celebrity impersonation show. Tickets: $20, $30 & $45. www.brownpapertickets. com/event/287694

Madison Pub - No cover … ever!!! Start your weekend off right. Happy Hour 6 pm-8 pm.Weekly beer & cocktail specials.

Neighbours - The Ultimate Dance Party with C89.5 DJ Richard J. Dalton. Cover $5, 9 pm-12 am; $8, 12 am-2 am; $10, 2 am-4 am (18+) Poco Wine Room - 4 pm-2 am.An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm.

R Place - Happy Hour 4 pm-7 pm $5.75 wells, $2.50 drafts. Daily drink and bottle specials. Lashes Cabaret at 9 pm with Chablis & company.

Wildrose - www.thewildrosebar.com.

SATURDAY

Bar Myx - in Tacoma. Weekly drink specials and dancing with DJ Trent Von! No cover!

Changes - Happy Hour noon-8 pm; Super Happy Hour 4 pm-7 pm $1.50/$3 well drinks $1.25 PBR drafts. Free pool, free darts and free TouchScreen games all day and all night. Live DJ 9pm-close Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

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

The Cuff Complex - HiNRG Dancing - Alternating DJ’s 10 pm-3 am. Cover $5 starting at 9 pm.

Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour noon-5 pm, $4 wells, buck off taps & calls. “Full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour, 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-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. Fri & Sat 10pm: Le Faux, Seattle’s most outrageous celebrity impersonation show.

Tickets: $20, $30 & $45. www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/287694 Madison Pub - No cover … ever!!! But get in early to beat the line. Capacity enforced for your comfort & safety.

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

Neighbours - Power Mix with C89.5 DJ Randy Schlager. Cover $5, 9 pm-12 am; $8, 12am-2 am; $10, 2 am-4 am (18+) Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 12 noon-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm.

R Place - Happy Hour 2 pm-7 pm $5.75 wells, $2.50 domestic drafts, $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Marys. Lashes cabaret with Chablis and Company.

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

Sunday

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every Sunday! Dinner specials every week, $4 glasses of house wine, $1 doubles any drink! After the movie, one lucky customer will get to take the movie home…every week!

Changes - Happy Hour noon-2 am; Karaoke with Black Nail Productions 9 pm-1 am.

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

9-Ball Pool Tourney at 6 pm (16 players only). Hosted by RW & Co. The Cuff Complex - “Bottom Forty” 6 pm-close w/ DJ Nark + Riff Raff & Guests. Cover $5 starting at 8 pm.

Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour noon-5 pm $4 wells, buck off taps & calls.“Full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

The Grill on Broadway - “Mimosas with Mama” Sunday Drag Brunch with Mama Tits and friends from 1-3pm. $10 show tickets; $15 brunch buffet.

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-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.

Neighbours - Noche Latina presented by Entre Hermanos. Cover $7 10 pm-2 am. 21+ only.

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

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

R Place - Happy Hour 2 pm-7 pm $5.75 wells, $2.50 domestic drafts.

Wildrose - Free pool all day. www.thewildrosebar.com.

MONDAY

Bar Myx - in Tacoma. Bacardi Game Night! $4 Bacardi calls all night long, plus $9 Bacardi Pitchers! Mental Masturbation at 7:30 pm (with bonus questions and a bar match for the grand prize), followed by Beer Pong! Evening is hosted by our sassy bartenderess Karee Jo! Changes - Happy Hour noon-2am; Super Happy Hour 4 pm-7 pm $1.50/$3 well drinks $1.25 PBR drafts.

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

See us at www.clubsilverstone.com.

The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” All Day - Table top games, pool, darts, pinball, Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm.

Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm-7 pm $4 wells, buck off taps & calls.“Full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-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 pm-8 pm. Pint night with Happy Hour prices 8 pm-close. 9-Ball Pool Tourney at 7 pm.

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 pm-2 am.

Hamburger & Draft Beer $6.00 from 4 pm-10 pm Karaoke with Black Nail Productions 9 pm-1 am.

R Place - Happy Hour 4 pm-7 pm $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special.

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

Wildrose - Pool tournament 7 pm with prizes!

TUESDAY

Bar Myx - in Tacoma. 2 for 1 wells and $2 drafts all night long! Sliders 3 for $3, or 6 for $5! Either traditional or pulled pork!

Changes - Happy Hour 12 noon-8 pm. Domestic bottled beer $1.25 All Day and Night, Super Happy Hour 4 pm-7 pm $1.50/$3 well drinks $1.25 PBR drafts. Burger Specials $2.50 Hamburger, $3.50 Cheeseburger $4.50 Bacon Cheeseburger.

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

Free pool all day - 2 tables.

The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” all day - table top games, pool, darts, pinball. Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm. Peanut Night, Bearoke 8 pm-12 midnight with Jonathan Jones.

Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm-7 pm $4 wells, buck off taps & calls.“Full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night

Hot

Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-11 pm $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat & Sun til 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6 pm-8 pm. 8-Ball Pool Tournament starts at 6:30 pm.

Neighbours - So You Think You’ve Got Talent ... (Prove it!) $100 cash prize. Cover $5 9 pm-2 am. Hosted by Roxy Doll. 21+ only.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. Karaoke with Black Nail Productions 9 pm-1 am.

R Place - Happy Hour 4 pm-7 pm. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special.

Seattle Eagle - IN HEAT $5 Long Island Iced Teas. DJ KINGOFPANTS from 10 pm-2 am.

Wildrose - Taco Tuesday. No cover.

WEDNESDAY

Bar Myx - in Tacoma. $2 Bud & Bud Light drafts, and $4 Bud & Bud Light Mondos! $3 shots of Fireball, $5 wellmargaritas, $5 nachos (beef, chicken or veggie) and 2 beef tacos for $2, 2 chicken tacos for $3 or 2 carne asada tacos for $4!

Changes - Happy Hour noon-8 pm, Super Happy Hour 4 pm-7 pm $1.50/$3 well drinks $1.25 PBR drafts. Trivia Night at 8 pm.

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.

The Cuff Complex - Free pool & pitcher special Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm. Country lesson w/Rain Country 1st & 3rd Wednesday 7:30 pm, POZSeattle Social 2nd Wednesday 6 pm, Leather Social 4th Wednesday 7 pm.

Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm-7 pm $4 wells, buck off taps & calls.

“Full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-11 pm $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat & Sun till 4:30 pm.

Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6 pm-8 pm. Dart Tournament starts at 7:30 pm.

Neighbours - PULSE: 18 & Over Weekly Dance Party.

Cover (under 21) $5 before 10:30 pm; $10 after.

No cover (21+) with access to a 21+ mezzanine bar.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Gelliphish 7 pm-12 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 pm-7 pm. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts.

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

THURSDAY

Bar Myx - in Tacoma. $5 Long Island, Long Beach, AMF and Porn Stars! $4 with college or military ID! $8 Trashcans, and $3 Capitol Hill Dogs!

Changes - Happy Hour noon-8 pm; Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 well drinks $1.25 PBR drafts.

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

Dart Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. The Cuff Complex - Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Pool Tournament 7 pm, Karaoke 8 pm-12 midnight with Jonathan Jones.

Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm-7 pm $4 wells, buck off taps & calls.

“Full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-11 pm $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat & Sun til 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6 pm-8 pm.Weekly beer & cocktail specials. Kick off the weekend early. No DJ needed, you control the jukebox.

Neighbours - Party Night w/DJ Trent Von. 9 pm-2 am.

No cover. 21+ only.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Thomas from 7 pm-12 midnight.

R Place - Happy Hour 4 pm-7 pm. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts.

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

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