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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 12, Volume 41, March 22, 2013

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer

see gardens page 29 Patti Cohenour (l) as “Little Edie” Beale and Suzy Hunt as “Big Edie” Beale in Grey Gardens

Sarah Brightman talks about her new album – and her upcoming space mission Sarah Brightman knows what it means to shoot for the stars.

A one-of-a-kind soprano, the Phantom of the Opera singer who originated the iconic role of Christine 27 years ago, has a voice that can reach as high as the cosmos.

Soon, so will Brightman herself – as she becomes the first singer to record a song from space as part of a three-person team aboard the International Space Station, orbiting the earth 16 times daily.

(The trip is currently scheduled for 2015.) Her first album since 2008, Dreamchaser, is an extension of this adventure – a trip that shouldn’t surprise her Gay

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer fans. Brightman did, after all, once lose her heart to a starship trooper.

We chatted with the renowned singer about that campy discoera music video, being a “heavenly” diva, and getting high off those high notes. see brightman page 31

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by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer

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GREY GARDENS 5th AVENUE THEATRE (at ACT Theatre) March 16 – May 26 Patti Cohenour is no stranger to the theater. Not here in Seattle, nor in California, nor even on the Great White Way. She’s created roles on Broadway (earning both Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations) that have become iconic and she’s had her share of troubling performances.

But all in all she has triumphed and is now starring in a dual role in the highly acclaimed musical Grey Gardens, the 5th Avenue Theatre presentation of which is now running at ACT. Seattle Gay News caught up this week with this versatile and talented actress, who portrays Edith Bouvier Beale in the play’s first act and her

Global pop superstar Pink (or P!nk, if you insist) has added Seattle to her 2013 live concert itinerary. “The Truth About Love Tour” will touch down Sunday, October 20, at Key Arena, as part of a new batch of dates added to her already lengthy road outing.

Presented by Covergirl, the tour has thus far sold out in every city she’s played. The singer, whose Pink

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theater and stage

Fall guys

Next Fall raises important issues, but doesn’t really explore them

and Luke, the coma patient, has never come out to his parents.

The subject is ripe for theatrical treatment, as issues of Gay rights roil our political and personal landscapes. While all sorts of progress have been made, there are enormous swaths of our country where major barriers remain.

Nauffts has written for television and has a great ear for swinging a conversation

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In this play, religion is not just front-and-center but sideways, in back, under the subtext, and in its underwear with a microphone. through both funny and somber issues with a facile pen. However, this particular play suffers from his lack of experience with a theatrical venue. He doesn’t seem to trust his audience very much, and that trust is key to smart stage writing.

Christopher Zinovitch (l) and David Elwyn Traylor in Next Fall

is producing Geoffrey Nauffts’ play Next Fall is that it was Tony-nominated in 2010, making it very current. The main characters in the play are a Gay couple of four years, NEXT FALL the younger member of which has suffered ARTS WEST a major car accident and is in a coma. Very Through April 6 Part of the laudable reason that ArtsWest current hospital visiting issues are present,

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unshown “somehow” – these two manage to get together and stay that way for four years!

It’s not very realistic.

A solid cast of ensemble players surround the couple, including Kate Witt, Patricia Haines-Ainsworth, John Wray, and Daniel Stoltenberg. These are all fine actors, but Stoltenberg in particular is ill-used in the play in a role with little call to be onstage and much mystery behind him. Witt does a

BIBLE-THUMPING In this play, religion is not just frontand-center but sideways, in back, under the subtext, and in its underwear with a microphone. Fundamentalism hits you on the head and anywhere else it can reach. It never lets up. Luke (David Elwyn Traylor) is a born-again Christian, but not the progressive “find a church that will support you and love your Gayness” kind. He is the totally conflicted, pray-for-my-sins-after-sex, “I’m going to Heaven, I think, but only if I repent” type.

His much older partner, Adam (Christopher Zinovitch), is an atheist. Not just an unbeliever, he’s someone who didn’t grow up in any religion, so he has no concept at all of how Luke can believe what he does.

Religion and spiritual orientation is often what breaks up many couples, straight and Gay alike, and stops many more from even getting started. Somehow – an unnamed,

good job of being the stereotypical fag-hag; Haines-Ainsworth is fantastic as the blowsy, pragmatic, comedy-driving mother; and Wray maintains a blustery, forbidding father, though his character has little to reveal.

WASTED TALENT Traylor has a nice stage presence and demonstrates an ability to subtly respond to emotion. However, he and Zinovitch have almost no chemistry. Zinovitch has performed in other plays to great effect, but here he feels miscast. Or else the playwright has simply overwritten the role to the point where Zinovitch sounds like he’s whining with almost every speech.

The terrible consequences of being shut out of your loved one’s hospital room, while parents make all the important decisions affecting him or her, is never explored here with any cogency or depth. LGBT partners here in Seattle have written newspaper opeds more affecting than this two-plus-hour play. For more information, go to www.artswest.org or call (206) 938-0963.

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

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Good People is a good show

David Lindsay-Abaire’s latest work looks at class and choices

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer GOOD PEOPLE SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE Through March 31 One of the 2012 election campaign’s bestremembered phrases is “you didn’t build that,” uttered by President Obama in the course of arguing that no one’s success is

McLaughlin), and has them argue about making “choices.”

With a focus on his old stomping grounds of South Boston, a rough-and-tumble projects neighborhood, Lindsay-Abaire resurrects the salt-of-the-earth focus that poor folks used to receive in theatrical presentations. It’s a portrayal that has gotten almost completely buried in the “makers and takers” conversations of late.

The play may have you and your companion get in a vigorous conversation afterward.

There’s a lot to debate, here, in a rewarding presentation. entirely self-made. But that political divide – taking full credit for what you earn in life versus acknowledging that no man is an island and we all get help of different kinds – has existed forever.

David Lindsay-Abaire’s newest play, Good People, is chock full of demonstrations of that argument, and his point of view is on full display. He pits the nouveauriche “Southie” escapee Mike (John Bolger) against his old flame Margaret (Ellen

CONTRASTING CHOICES The character of Mike doesn’t fare very well in this play. He was able to become a doctor and now lives in a tony part of Boston, and he never visits his old neighborhood. His lifestyle is far richer than that of his old friends, and in order to convince himself he deserves it, he takes on the attitude many affluent folks do – that he has earned it entirely through his own hard

Ellen McLaughlin in Good People

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WICKED GOOD ACTING The cast is excellent, though it may take a few (unfortunately key) first minutes to get used to the thick Boston accents. McLaughlin’s may be authentic, but she’s the most difficult to understand. Tewes and Owen make a raucously funny couple of friends of Margaret’s. Tewes gives herself over to the fair-weather-only landlord who sort of takes care of the disabled 29-year-old daughter, and doesn’t take any responsibility for being late and leading to Margaret’s dismissals from needed jobs. Riedmann acquits himself well in a difficult smaller role.

Young is also a standout as an educated Black professional who balances the racial components of the script with a backstory of privilege. While her role is well-written, she also injects a boost of energy and intelligence into the second act that ameliorates the toe-to-toe arguments had by Margaret and Mike.

The play may have you and your companion get in a vigorous conversation afterward. There’s a lot to debate, here, in a rewarding presentation.

Recognizing that many people can’t afford to see his plays, Lindsay-Abaire asked the theater to make 25 tickets available per show at $1 each. The Rep has dubbed it the “Dollar Store Deal.” For more information, go to www.seattlerep.org or call (206) 4432222.

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continued from cover daughter, “Little Edie,” in the second.

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

Patti Cohenour: My mother and father, absolutely. I was born into a family of real talent. My mother was an opera singer at the Metropolitan Opera House and gave her career up in order to have a family. My father was a barber who sang like a bird. He had this gorgeous instrument without any training. They are deeply supportive.

Andrews-Katz: Your first Broadway musical was the adaptation A Doll’s Life.

What was your first thought when you read through the script?

Cohenour: It was definitely before its

time. I auditioned for Hal [Prince] at the very last minute. I was covering [the role of] Mabel in Pirates [of Penzance] for Linda Ronstadt. I called the office and was told to come in that afternoon. I remember reading from [the play] A Doll’s House, the last scene where Nora walks out, and it was a cold read. I remember thinking, “Don’t read the stage directions.” After the audition, Hal came up to me and gave me a hug saying something like, “That’s an actress!” That

writer. The audition piece was “You Oughta Be Here With Me.” I knew that if I could just find that country sound it would work.

There were just sparks – that kind of chemistry is such a remarkable gift. It was an extraordinary experience and cast. One of my favorites to this day.

Andrews-Katz: In The Mystery of Edwin Drood you were the young neophyte Rosa Bud, a role earning you a Tony nomination.

What kind of challenges did you face in a Mark Kitaoka

work and the good choices he’s made. But Margaret comes along and shows him that luck has a lot more to do with his success than he is willing to admit.

Margaret wasn’t as lucky as Mike. She didn’t have a father figure watching out for her, as she points out to him in the second act. She got pregnant as a teen, dropped out of high school, and went to work. Of course, that’s what a lot of teen mothers did (and do), and it does have some choice embedded in it (i.e., whether to abort or adopt out), but it’s a choice without any good options. Margaret’s child also turns out to have multiple birth defects, complicating her choices.

Margaret’s choices are much less exciting and liberating, though, than Mike’s – to graduate and go on to university and decide what educated career path to take. In a way, Margaret has given up hope of getting out of South Boston, accepting her lot to scratch away at an existence like many of her peers.

The production of Good People at Seattle Repertory Theatre is a co-production with George Street Playhouse and shares cast and technical crew. David Saint, artistic director of GSP, directs this production, and McLaughlin, Bolger, and an up-andcoming talented actor, Zakiya Young, come under their auspices, while local talents Cynthia Lauren Tewes, Marianne Owen, and Eric Riedmann share the stage.

Set designer James Youmans creates a modular wonder, with sliding, carpeted flats useful for amazing projections of Boston maps, a gritty kitchen in South Boston, and a graceful living room in Chestnut Hills. Expert lighting and sound by Charlie Morrison and Scott Killian, respectively, augment both the gritty and the graceful.

Patti Cohenour in Grey Gardens

is something that has stayed with me up to today.

Andrews-Katz: A Doll’s Life was nominated for three Tony Awards yet only ran for five performances. What do you think prevented a longer run?

Cohenour: Finances. At that point if you

musical where the ending was decided by the audience each night?

Cohenour: That’s the thing about this piece and what’s so exciting about the revival. You really have to stay on your game.

I never got voted as “lover.” I got voted “murderer” a lot [Rosa Bud was the most

“I think the sheer survival instinct of these two women ... among all that squalor – something keeps them going.

In spite of horrible circumstances and mental illness.” didn’t get the great reviews you didn’t run for long. It just got horrible reviews overall. It was a major Broadway flop and could not sustain. They let it go, instead of pouring more money into it, when they knew they weren’t going to recoup their investments. The music really is remarkable and there are some beautiful pieces. When you are trying to do something on the dark side (extending it from a very brilliant play), it’s hard to explain about the changes going on every day. It was just insane. I don’t read reviews anymore because of that.

Andrews-Katz: Big River is the musical version of Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn. What is the audition process like for a big Broadway musical?

Cohenour: This was back in the day when you went to a casting office and picked up your music. I was doing the Shakespeare festival at that point and I was asked to audition. I got Roger Miller’s handwritten music and knew he was a remarkable song-

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popular villain during the run]. Rupert [Holmes] makes it very clear that the show isn’t rigged, and you – as an actor – have to perform however the audience votes.

Andrews-Katz: After triumphing in the original Broadway cast of Phantom of the Opera, you continued on to the Canadian cast. What are some of the oddest Phantom experiences you’ve encountered?

Cohenour: One night during the hanging scene, the “noose” didn’t drop in. The actor playing Piangi (David Romano) flung himself on stage as if he were a dead body, and it worked! I told my husband about it that night and his comment was, “No noose is good noose.” One night I got stuck in the dressing room slats and could barely move.

It’s always something. You hope technically that everything goes smoothly, but it’s so huge. The real show is backstage and the work that goes on there. It’s pretty amazing.

Andrews-Katz: If there is one moment that stands out for you during your role in

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the original The Light in the Piazza, what would it be and why?

Cohenour: Obviously the love/hate moment of “I have to tell you what’s going on.”

It’s one of those arch moments that either works or doesn’t with an audience. People’s reactions to that moment were usually pretty cool (or not at all). I always hoped that when I hung up the phone and turned to the audience to say those lines, I hoped they got the joke.

Andrews-Katz: How did you decide to move out to the Pacific Northwest?

Cohenour: I’ve been out here almost 22 years. My husband is from out here. When I did Phantom in Canada, it gave us the opportunity to find a piece of property out in this area. It serves all my purposes for us to live near the Olympic Peninsula. It has everything you need – if you need a culture fix there’s the theater, you want the mountains or water, it’s there. It’s something we can appreciate all the time. Now, I get to go home and work in my gardens. We just needed to be out here.

Andrews-Katz: Aside from the Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis connection, what is the collective fascination of Grey Gardens?

Cohenour: I think the sheer survival instinct of these two women with finding happiness within them, and among all that squalor – something keeps them going. In spite of horrible circumstances and mental illness. You have to admire that they have no filter – they are completely bohemian and people just didn’t go there in those days.

That codependency between these two women is fascinating. The original documentary [Grey Gardens] really is reality TV before reality TV came into fashion. It was a remarkable mirror for them for two years while the original documentary was being filmed. I’m struck by their survivor instinct.

Andrews-Katz: What challenges to you face in playing the dual role in Grey Gardens, the musical?

Cohenour: Finding the spine of both women and the willpower to get through it all. My Edith in the first act just ruled with an iron fist – narcissistic and in complete survival mode. She wanted to hold everything together at all costs. In the second half, she stays creative, but she’s also aware of her schizophrenia – she talks directly about it. With this enormous amount of energy they had, to me the willpower of both these women is derived from pure survival instinct. I think that’s what the piece is about – finding your happiness somewhere within all of that. The show is more than a caricature of these women; they had theatricality with human emotions and love. I wanted that to come out in the forefront. I want the humanitarianism to come through.

Andrews-Katz: In your opinion, is Grey Gardens a comedy or tragedy, and why?

Cohenour: It’s both. It’s very much both, as it is in life. There are good and bad parts mixed together – I don’t think you can separate them. That’s why there are two masks [of drama] conjoined – they share that duality.

Andrews-Katz: If you could play any role regardless of gender, what would it be?

Cohenour: Does it count if I wanted to play a role again? I loved doing Mimi in La Bohème. I didn’t get to do any other operas, but that was a remarkable experience.

I don’t think there is any more beautiful score. We did an intimate production of the show, but I loved Mimi. She is very fragile, but a beautiful character. Outside of my realm though, I have never thought, “I have to play that part.”

Patti Cohenour has been a part of several productions on Broadway and many more around the country, including in the Seattle area. She was nominated for a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for her role in The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and she won a Theatre World Award for her role in Big River.

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BeatScience 2

Alchemy Tap Project takes an old dance form to new heights

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor ALCHEMY TAP PROJECT CENTURY BALLROOM March 29 – 30 Josh Scribner, a Seattle-based dancer and choreographer known for innovative and contemporary interpretation of tap dance, created the Alchemy Tap Project because he believes tap dancing can be more than top hats and canes, and shouldn’t be limited to just jazz or swing music.

Last year, when I first met Scribner and a few of his dancers at a local talent competition, “Century’s Got Talent,” inside Century Ballroom, he told me that the tap group had a solo show in the works.

Out of general intrigue, I agreed to see the group perform in something they called “BeatScience.”

“Could anyone really endure a whole hour or more of tap dancing?” I asked myself.

The answer is yes – if you are as good as Alchemy Tap Project, that is.

These tap dancers aren’t just good – they are amazing. Watching them perform, you get the feeling that they live and breath the dance style. They love it. There is a constant smile on the faces of the dancers, whose ages range from 12 to 31. And the show was really, really good. They choreographed-in many different kinds of music with different stylistic influences like hip-hop, ballet, and theater. I entered Century Ballroom a skeptic and exited a convert. Alchemy Tap Project won me over. And they will win you in Seattle with Teatro ZinZanni, as well as over, too. many other venues throughout the city.

Scribner has toured with Cirque du Soleil, SEE FOR YOURSELF and currently teaches at Premiere Dance Showcasing some of Seattle’s best young Center and Century Ballroom, in addition dancers, the Alchemy Tap Project presents its second annual tap dance extravaganza: “BeatScience 2,” at Century Ballroom on March 29 and 30, beginning at 7 p.m.

Directed and choreographed by Scribner, “BeatScience 2” expresses an evolution of tap dancing from its traditional roots in jazz and swing to a modern interpretation performed to electronic and hip-hop music.

Featuring a tribute to the late jazz icon to running Alchemy.

Dave Brubeck, and an epic collaboration Tickets for the show only are $25 at www. with contemporary and hip-hop dancers, brownpapertickets.com/event/346367. this show might just change the way you Or, if you want to make a night of it, $55 look at the art of tap dancing. will get you both the show and a delicious Alchemy Tap Project dancers have per- three-course meal prepared by the chef formed in New York, Las Vegas, and here at the neighboring Tin Table Restaurant, located on the second floor of the Oddfel-

lows Building, where the Grand Ballroom resides.

If you’ve never sampled the wonderful food at Tin Table, I strongly urge you to buy the dinner-and-show package. You won’t be

“For me, dance is expression. When I tap dance, I can say things with my feet that aren’t expressible through spoken words.” disappointed. For more information about Alchemy Tap Project, visit www.alchemytap.com.

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Vikas Arun, 18 Years dancing: 9 I love tap dancing because it is one of the only art forms that transcends boundaries.

We are both musicians and dancers, visual and auditory entertainers, creators and performers. It is rare to be able to create art and express yourself in such a unique way, and tap dancing provides an avenue to express unlike any other. The other beautiful thing about tap dancing is that it is both athletic and creative at the same time. It takes an athlete to tap dance but it takes an artist to be a tap dancer.

BeatScience takes tap dancing to a whole new level. Apart from incorporating incredibly impressive tap technique, Josh’s choreography emphasizes the visual aspect of tap, creating a visual spectacle as well as an auditory one, unlike most other tap-dancing shows. Josh pushes the boundaries of tap dancing by expanding his choice of music from jazz to rock, electronic, dubstep, alternative, and everything in between. Blend this with the sheer power of 15 of the best youth tap dancers in Seattle and you get a truly unforgettable show. BeatScience will keep you on the edge of your seat and will consistently change your ideas about what tap dancing really is. More than a show about tap dancing, it’s a show about rhythm, it’s a show about movement, it’s a show about entertainment. Having performed in numerous shows, including a performance for First Lady Michelle Obama, I can honestly say that BeatScience is the highest quality show I have participated in. Prepare to be amazed.

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For me, dance is expression. When I tap dance, I can say things with my feet that aren’t expressible through spoken words.

It’s this cool blending of music and dance that when you put them together is something over and above the sum of its parts.

And that’s what I love about ATP – it pushes boundaries in order to grow the art form.

Art is meant to develop and explore new ideas, and ATP strives to respect what has come before (that’s the traditional jazz and swing tap dancing with top hats and time steps), but then expanding the range and dancing to different types of music and melding in different styles of dance on top of the percussion of the taps. When I tap dance, I want my feet to say something that matters and in pushing tap dance out of the bounds of the common conception of the art – I think there is intrinsic worth there. As a tap dancer I am a musician and a dancer; you get the best of both worlds and that’s what we’ve tried to do with BeatScience – to get the old and the new, the swing and some dubstep, the expected and the completely innovative.

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Chris Azzopardi: How did you select the cover songs for this album?

Sarah Brightman: Because of the journey I’m hoping to take in a couple of years, I wanted to create a body of work that incorporated the feeling of our emotions of space. I wanted to collect pieces which really felt very expansive – some with deeper meanings and from a different perspective – and that would bring up all sorts of emotions, so a lot of the songs were pieces I’d wanted to do for a long time but couldn’t because I am an interpreter of music rather than a composer of it. These pieces kind of all fell into place when I thought of the theme of this album. It was really a journey for me, collecting them all and putting them all together.

Azzopardi: How did Sia’s “Breathe Me” fall into the vision that you had for the album?

Brightman: That song has a deeper meaning – it’s not just the voice that goes to extraordinary places, but it’s about what it’s saying. I think the same with, for example, the piece “One Day Like This,” which Elbow originally did. The song is really trying

ent places was going to be very much part of our lives, though in fact it wasn’t. So when the opportunity came up for me to be able to take a flight on [the Russian Soyuz spacecraft] I grasped it and hoped that I would get through the medicals and the training, which I did. It brought me to this moment now, of us talking.

Azzopardi: It’ll be interesting to hear your stories after you return to Earth.

Brightman: Yes, I know. That’s one of the things I really want to share. I’m not a scientist, and I’m not a doctor, and I’m not an engineer and all of those things, so I probably will see some of it from a different perspective and might be able to reach people more normally in that way.

Azzopardi: You are, however, a phenomenal singer. What’s the highest note you can sing?

Brightman: When I was younger it used to be much higher, because, of course, as you get older your high notes can still be reached but they don’t mean as much. The voice does richer things. It used to be an E flat; I think that used to be my highest note.

Now I think it’s probably a D. Generally the repertoire I do doesn’t need that note – that’s more sort of “Queen of the Night Aria.”

Azzopardi: When you’re hitting a note

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“I always feel that the [Gays] generally know what’s gonna happen before it does. They’re very “in the know” with all the arts, and so I’ve always felt when that following is strong I’m kind of doing the right things, because they have good taste and are very happy to explore.” to explain an experience – one experience we can have can last a lifetime. I think in today’s world we’re very greedy for experience, and what we sometimes forget is that the smaller experiences we have are actually the bigger ones, and we’re losing the beauty of them. I think “One Day” is similar to the Sia piece “Breathe Me,” and I also liked the idea of “Breathe Me” being about space – there is no oxygen out there – and so it has something to do with the physical feeling of breathing as well. I thought of that and what it means – it holds our life together.

Azzopardi: You will be the first professional singer to take a trip into space. Isn’t that some kind of Guinness world record?

Brightman: Yes, but that came afterwards. That wasn’t the reason for going. It’s a much deeper thing which one could either talk about or not. But yes, I do happen to be the first professional singer to go up.

Azzopardi: Has this been a lifelong dream of yours?

Brightman: It has, yes. I grew up through the ’60s, and space was very forefront at the time. I watched the first man land on the moon on my black-and-white TV screen.

It opened my eyes and my mind to what we were capable of, and that we could do things that were completely out of the box if we wished to or felt we had the force to. It gave me a force, and it gave me an energy. It was a very open time and very experimental time, and I thank that time for the career that I have because it gave me the courage, in a way, to move forward and to work really hard.

A lot of the TV dramas and movies [at the time] were very space-oriented because space exploration was all opening up, so we were very influenced at that time and really felt that space and space exploration and moving off the planet and into differ-

that high, what goes through your mind? Do you have to think about it? Does your body convulse?

Brightman: [laughs] You have a fair amount of air rushing from your lungs to your vocal cords, and then obviously the resonances open up in your head, which actually makes you feel quite sort of lightheaded and high. So they give you a … fun feeling. [laughs] Azzopardi: Like smoking pot?

Brightman: It’s much better than having a spliffy. [laughs] Azzopardi: Have you ever nearly passed out?

Brightman: You do actually feel very faint sometimes. I have often, yes. Sometimes you get a lot of those resonances when you open them and there’s air going through. Obviously air doesn’t go through the head – it’s only imaginary – but the lungs are filled and you’re using certain energies. It is a wonderful feeling when you’re getting it right. [laughs] Azzopardi: You’ll be on the road later this year. For people who’ve never experienced a Sarah Brightman show, what is that experience like?

Brightman: I like to take people somewhere else completely. I like to take them to different worlds. This time, it’s going to be definitely outer planetary. [laughs] It’s definitely a journey to the stars, but in the most romantic ways as well – in a beautiful way.

In the most jewel-like, crystalline way I can think of.

There will also be moments of huge amounts of energy in it. The beauty of technology today is that with these wonderful screens we have and what we can put on them, as well as the singer singing along, everything melts together with light, with the persona there and also the visuals behind you. You can really create stunning

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atmospherics for people to really just enjoy the music to, and that’s what I intend to do.

Azzopardi: Can we talk about the “I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper” video?

Brightman: Of course we can! [laughs] See, that proves my love of space, even though it was so tongue-in-cheek then.

Azzopardi: You really were futuristic, even in the ’70s.

Brightman: I know, and in my Mary Quant tights. Mary Quant did wonderful makeup and glittery things and tights and stuff like that. It was a very sort of “in” look at that time. And those silvery suits were by Mary Quant.

Azzopardi: Is that video the Gayest thing you’ve done in your career?

Brightman: [laughs] So I’m told! I did it a few years back for Gay Pride in England, and I was able to go on and do “I Lost My Heart” to its fullest. I had loads of dancers and everybody was going crazy out there.

It’s a really fun song to do.

Azzopardi: You’ve been around Gay people your whole life. Your brother is Gay and so is a second cousin of yours. What’s your relationship like with your brother?

Brightman: It’s the best. It’s always been wonderful since he’s been a baby. There’s been a real sort of connection there. It’s lovely with him because he’s got that female side, so he understands all points of view.

He loves theater and he loves music and he loves what I do, and he loves my mother and looks after her because I can’t always be there for her. He’s just a lovely guy.

Azzopardi: When was it that you noticed you had a Gay following? When you were performing with Hot Gossip?

Brightman: Yes, it was. And it’s very important to me, because I always feel that the Gay following – they generally know what’s

gonna happen before it does. They’re very “in the know” with all the arts, and so I’ve always felt when that following is strong I’m kind of doing the right things, because they have good taste and are very happy to explore. They love the fantastic and all of those areas where a lot of people wouldn’t necessarily go.

Azzopardi: It’s been a long time since you’ve done Broadway. Are your theater days over?

Brightman: It’s never say never with these things. I can’t imagine it at the moment, but there may be a point where I say, “You know, I really would like to be in one place and do a Broadway show or a play or something in New York or L.A. or London, wherever it may be, and really enjoy myself focusing just on that.”

Azzopardi: Women who can sing as well as you are usually recognized as divas. Is that a term you would consider yourself?

Brightman: Well, it’s funny – “diva” actually means goddess-like, and I think it’s an extremely positive term. There have been negative connotations – “diva” meaning difficult and throwing their weight around – but I never see it as something like that. I see it as something that’s heavenly.

Azzopardi: And in that way, you certainly are a diva.

Brightman: [laughs] I hope so. It does seem that I’m flying off to the heavens!

Sarah Brightman’s Dreamchaser tour comes to the Paramount Theatre in Seattle on October 26. Tickets are available now at www.stgpresents.org.

Chris Azzopardi is the editor of Q Syndicate, the international LGBT wire service.

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real name is Alecia Moore, has seven albums of material to pluck from, including the worldwide hits “Get the Party Started,” “Just Like a Pill,” “Stupid Girls,” “U + Ur Hand,” “So What,” “Raise Your Glass,” and “Blow Me (One Last Kiss).” Tickets go on sale March 30 (10 a.m.) at LiveNation. com and all Ticketmaster outlets. American Express cardholders can purchase advance tickets beginning March 25.

WE’RE SHOCKED … SHOCKED Buh-bye Michelle Shocked, and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. The Grammy-nominated folksinger-songwriter is facing major backlash from her anti-Gay remarks made at Yoshi’s nightclub in the Bay Area last weekend. Most of the audience left en masse when Shocked spat out, “I live in fear that the world will be destroyed if Gays are allowed to marry.” She then reportedly told the crowd that “God hates faggots” and to post it on Twitter. Nearly all of the concert venues that had booked the artist in the coming weeks, including Meander’s Kitchen in West Seattle, have since canceled her appearance. The Texas-born musician converted to Christianity in the mid-1990s and declared herself a homophobe as recently as 2011. Aside from the fact that her onstage rant was hurtful to the LGBT community, her behavior was also very unprofessional – an artist is hired to entertain a live audience, not to use it as an opportunity to voice controversial opinions.

THE PERFECT WEDDING GIFT Lesbian comic Wanda Sykes has scheduled two upcoming performances at Tulalip Resort Casino. The comedienne, who has starred on the TV series Curb Your Enthusiasm and The New Adventures of Old Christine, will appear May 24 and 25 at the casino’s Orca Ballroom. Sykes, who married her wife Alex in 2006, has also added several voice-over film credits to her resume, including Rio, Over the Hedge, and Ice Age: Continental Drift. She’ll next be seen in the movie Skum Rocks! with Kevin Bacon, Matthew Broderick, and Julianne Hough. Tickets for the Tulalip shows, priced at $50, are on sale at www.ticketmaster.com. Package deals, which include overnight accommodations, seats in rows 5 or 6 (center section) and breakfast buffet, start at $329 (they are sold out for May 25, but some remain for May 24). Both performances are for ages 21+ and begin at 8:30 p.m. Tulalip Resort Casino is 35 minutes from downtown Seattle. There is no public transportation to the casino, but there is a shuttle running to/from SeaTac Airport for those with room reservations. For more information, visit www.tulalipcasino.com.

NEXT SUMMER ON MARS? The announcement of more summer concerts continues with Jewel on May 30 (Moore Theatre), “Last Summer on Earth” with Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds Five, and Guster on June 29 (White River Amphitheatre), the Dave Matthews Band on August 30-September 1 (The Gorge Amphitheatre), Cee Lo Green on September 12 (Puyallup Fair), and Carrie Underwood on September 13 (also doing the Puyallup).

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YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE These shows are now sold out: Josh Ritter on March 23 (The Neptune), George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic on March 23 (The Showbox Market), Phoenix on March 29 (Paramount Theatre), Fitz & the Tantrums on April 8 (Columbia City Theater), and A Day to Remember with Of Mice & Men and Issues on April 12 (The Showbox SoDo). Also, reservations are filling quickly for Joan Osborne’s Saturday performance at Jazz Alley. She appears April 18-21 with the Holmes Brothers at the downtown sup-

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per club, and will interview with SGN on April 5.

SEE AND BE SCENE Finally, the EMP Pop Conference will take place April 20 at, guess where, EMP (Experience Music Project). The event, coinciding with similar conferences that weekend in New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and Cleveland, brings together academics, critics, performers, and the general public for collective discussions on today’s music scene. Registration is free! Visit www.empmuseum.org for details.

Salles finds cinematic life in Kerouac’s On the Road Gregory Smith

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer ON THE ROAD Opens March 22 The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones that never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn ...

– Sal Paradise, in Jack Kerouac’s On the Road It had to be daunting for The Motorcycle Diaries and Central Station director Walter Salles when he decided the time was ripe to tackle author Jack Kerouac’s landmark nov-

el On the Road. Working again with screenwriter José Rivera, the filmmaker spent years traveling the back roads and unknown highways of the United States trying to ascertain whether the world described in that Beat Generation masterpiece still existed, all the while attempting to craft some sort of character-driven, more-or-less linear narrative that could in fact be transformed into something cinematic.

While not entirely successful, Salles and Rivera have still managed something remarkable with their version of On the Road.

The characters sing out and soar, the emotions resonate, and the story stirs within the inner imagination long after the screen has

faded to black. This story captivated me, held me within its tight embrace, Kerouac’s saga of youth in revolt breathlessly searching for the new the now and the next as potent today as it ever was during its publication heyday.

It helps that they’ve cast things to perfection – not just the two main roles of storyteller Sal Paradise (Sam Riley) and reckless free-spirited westerner Dean Moriarty (Garrett Hedlund), but also the important secondary characters as well. Kristen Stewart shines as the emotionally out-of-whack yet sneakily intelligent Marylou, while Kirsten Dunst mesmerizes as her far more mature doppelganger Carolyn. Also mak-

ing indelible imprints are Viggo Mortensen, Amy Adams, Alice Braga, Tom Sturridge, Elisabeth Moss, and Danny Morgan, each of them popping up now and again as Paradise hits the road and discovers the American frontier all for himself.

A VISUAL MASTERPIECE The look of the film is aces. Working on a minimal budget and a frenzied production schedule, Salles and cinematographer Éric Gautier (A Christmas Tale, Into the Wild) have still managed to fashion a visual milieu that’s instantly captivating. They capture the spirit and essence of Kerouac’s world in a way I’d never thought possible, the rat-a-tat-tat rhythms of the dialogue coupled brilliantly with the images flying by an automobile’s windows.

I’m starting to feel bad for being so lukewarm in regards to Hedlund when TRON: Legacy came out. The guy is once again terrific – close to Oscar-worthy – his presence felt continually whether or not he’s even on the screen. The guy has machismo to spare yet at the same time colors it with a painful nondescript pathos that’s undeniably heartbreaking. His journey in many ways is the heart and soul of the piece, Paradise’s realization that he must no longer follow his friend and supplement his emotional handicaps as devastating here as it ever was in the book itself.

I will admit that my initial reaction to On the Road was nowhere near this ecstatic. I was conflicted as to what exactly my opinion of the film was, unsure how I felt about its circular journeys and the way it fearlessly flew in the face of conventional storytelling. But Salles had me in the palm of his hand right from the start, and the more I kept pondering the film the more I realized just how great it actually was. Much like Kerouac’s novel itself, the movie has kept burning inside of me, and weeks later the only thing I want is the opportunity to see it again.

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer GINGER & ROSA Opens March 22 Ginger (Elle Fanning) and Rosa (Alice Englert) are inseparable. The two teens were born in the same hospital at the same time – just as America was dropping the bomb on Hiroshima. Now, 17 years later, the latter is stuck in a broken home with a mother, Anoushka (Jodhi May), who barely speaks to her, while the former resides in a similarly dysfunctional bohemian netherworld with a mother, Natalie (Christina Hendricks), still stewing over what she sees as her lost chance to be a great artist, and a father, Roland (Alessandro Nivola), a freespirited pacifist. The two girls take solace in the fact that their friendship will always and forever remain unbreakable.

Or will it? The Cold War is heating up as the Cuban missile crisis has the world standing on the edge of a knife, Ginger worried nuclear proliferation will be the undoing of them all and eager to raise her fist in protest. Rosa, on the other hand, finds herself drawn in another direction, not sure if solace would be better found in prayer at church or in the arms of a young man eager to ravish her with kisses. The two are thus somewhat at odds, especially when Natalie and Roland separate, both teens finding it necessary to spend time in the new home of Ginger’s father even though their reasons for doing so couldn’t be more dissimilar.

There is something about the simple, raw, and melodiously uncompromising frankness of writer/director Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa that allows it to soar above similar coming-of-age dramas and instantaneously become something immediate and powerful. The woman behind Orlando and The Tango Lesson has in many ways outdone herself here, delivering a movie that both took me off-guard and ravaged me completely, seemingly at the same time.

A WELL-TOLD TALE Not that the movie offers up a ton that is new. Ginger and Rosa’s stories certainly aren’t anything we haven’t seen before, many of the travails facing these young women ones that have been encountered in numerous similar cinematic efforts. It is in the way that Potter deals with each revelation, the way she handles each lady’s evolution, how she brings things with such effortless grace to such an emotionally palpable boil, all of it coming together in a way that brought tears to my eyes and a smile to my heart, neither of which I felt were unjustly earned.

It’s Ginger’s story, if we’re being honest – Rosa is the secondary sparkplug adding to the melodrama assaulting our heroine from seemingly every direction. I loved how we see things so clearly through Ginger’s eyes, making the dialogues between Natalie and Roland, the forays into various corners of 1960s British nightlife, and Ginger’s interactions with intellectualist family friends, both named Mark (Timothy Spall, Oliver Platt), all the more poignant and pure.

I liked how honestly she reacts to Rosa’s coming evolutions (some might say betrayals) with such brittle, yet at the same time stalwart, interior authenticity, making her

ultimate boiling over all the more believable thanks in large part to Potter’s delicately balanced screenwriting.

Make no mistake, Fanning is awesome, and without question she gives a performance worthy of entering into any “best of” discussions that will come toward the end of 2013. Sadly, this debate will probably not take place, thanks to this film’s modest domestic prospects for viewership and the fact that its distributor isn’t exactly one with a ton of industry clout. Be that as it may, the young starlet is extraordinary, finding nuances and crevices within Ginger I hardly knew were there. She outshines her more established co-stars, including a winning Annette Bening, with whom she shares more than a couple of sensational scenes with, by a proverbial mile, and I highly doubt I’d be reacting as strongly to the film as I am had she not been a part of it.

SOLID SUPPORT Not that I want to slight the rest of the cast. Nivola is excellent, his final scene with Fanning having a depth and a potency that hit me in the gut. Both Platt and Spall make spirited work of their rather pedestrian, maybe even a little clichéd, characters, making their relationship far more loving and authentic than it arguably has the right to be. “Mad Men” favorite Hendricks is also very good, while Englert is as far removed from her fine work in Beautiful Creatures as anything I could have imagined, proving she’s a multifaceted talent worthy of keeping an eye on.

Potter’s eye is as immaculate as ever, and Robbie Ryan’s (Wuthering Heights) exquisite cinematography is as exacting as it is observationally chaste, never intruding while at the same time casting a hypnotic spell that suits the material perfectly. Her use of sound and music is also wonderful, all of the differing ambiances going on within Ginger’s world heightening the emotionalism of the piece in a way I could never entirely put my finger on but always knew was affecting me deeply.

I really liked Ginger & Rosa, of that there is no doubt. Along with Abbas Kiarostami’s Like Someone in Love and Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects, Sally Potter’s latest is one of the few motion pictures to hit screens in 2013 that I know I’ll still be ruminating over and contemplating come December.

While not covering new territory, it is still a glorious achievement of breadth and beauty anchored by a performance from Fanning that’s close to one of a kind. I loved it, plain and simple, and I can’t help but hope others who take the time to see it for themselves will end up feeling the same.

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Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, S te 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization.

DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

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

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

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SATURDAY - March 23

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.

Best of the Northwest (3/23 & 3/24). Sat 3/23 10am-6pm; Sun 3/24 - 10am-5pm. Smith Cove Cruise Terminal, Pier 91. A kaleidoscope of art, fine crafts, entertainment, wine, beer & hard cider. Tickets $6 online, $7 at the door, $5 all-day parking. www.nwart alliance.com Seattle French Fest. 11am-6pm. Seattle Center Armory. Features live music, theater & dance, international food & wine celebrating French culture & regional presence. www.fenpnw.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 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.

Wing Luke Museum Annual Dinner & Auction. VIP Reception 5pm, General Registration & Silent Auction 6pm, Dinner & Live Auction 7pm. Seattle Sheraton Hotel, 6th Ave & Pike St. Eat, drink & bid with friends.

Don your fanciest clothes & gain special access to a wide variety of art, wine & other must-have items.

Tickets $175, VIP $275. www.wingluke.org 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/event/343871 The Cuff Complex 20th Anniversary Celebration.

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

Bacon Bits - Best of Bacon Strip Party. 10pm. The Grill on Broadway, 314 Broadway E. Features Sylvia O’Stayformore & her macap regulars in a series of riotous scenes, songs & comedic acts. 21+. Tickets $5. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/344542

SUNDAY - March 24

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/ Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am-Zazen Instruction, 9:30amZazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. 323-1659, www.seattlesoto zen.com Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

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

Best of the Northwest (3/23 & 3/24). Sat 3/23 10am-6pm; Sun 3/24 - 10am-5pm. Smith Cove Cruise Terminal, Pier 91. A kaleidoscope of art, fine crafts, entertainment, wine, beer & hard cider. Tickets $6 online, $7 at the door, $5 all-day parking. www.nwart alliance.com

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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.

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 One Love Wedding Showcase. 12noon-5pm. Hyatt at Olive 8, 1635 8th Ave. Premier West Coast wedding showcase celebrating all couples in love, with more than 80 award-winning local vendors representing 25 wedding service categories. www.onelove seattle.com 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. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Film Screening: Bob Avakian Speaks - Revolution - Nothing Less! 1-8:30pm. Revolution Books, 89 S Washington St. Tickets $5. www.revolutionbooks sea.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

March 22, 2013

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 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 Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

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

MONDAY - March 25

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County.

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

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

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

March 23 thru March 31 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.Freel ySpeaking.org Imperial Court of Seattle General Membership Meeting. 7pm. The Cuff Complex (lower level dance floor), 1533 13th Ave. Meets 4th Monday each month.

(Board of Directors meeting follows at 8pm.) Meetings open to the public. The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic & Rainier Empire, Seattle’s premier drag society, is a social & charitable organization that sponsors numerous shows & balls thruout the year to provide entertainment, showcase community talent & raise money for community organizations. www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www.imperialcourtofseattle.com.

No Safeword Writers Group. 7-9pm. Meets 4th Monday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful.

For info & location, NSWG@sexpositive culture.org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd Sunday, 1-3pm.)

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

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

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

Meets 4th Monday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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.radical women.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday.

For 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 26

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

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

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions?

Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regard

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less of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBT MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-2505002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

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.)

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

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 29

WEDNESDAY - March 27

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

Call for details, location & to make reservations. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org 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. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@ hotmail.com Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

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

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

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

Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1505 Broadway. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org 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

Visit us online www.sgn.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 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.)

interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.org Rain City Jacks. West Queen Anne/Interbay. 1st Sunday each month, 2pm; 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & non-profit private club. Membership required. Adult men only. Enrollment available at the door. www. raincityjacks.org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5033.

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@yahoo groups.com 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. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongender alliance.com.

THURSDAY - March 28

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 (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Volunteer Drop-In Night at Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

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

957-1776. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org 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 Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS. 6pm. Grace UMC (formerly Firs United Methodist). Meets last Thursday most months. FREE. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by the Evergreen AIDS Foundation & SNOCO Gay Men’s Task Force. For information call (425) 252-7751.

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

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14-22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th (at Jackson), Tacoma.

Meets 4th Thursday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those sexual minorities. PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 383-2318. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

March 22, 2013

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 Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6:30pm-appetizers & socializing; 7:30pm-dinner. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Meets last Friday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm.

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

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

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

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

(253) 474-8897.

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

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8pm.

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

Every Friday. See Sunday listing at noon for details.

Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www. seattle-al-anon.org

SATURDAY - March 30

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Rainbow City Band Quindecennial: Celebrating 15 Years of Pride. 7pm. Edmonds Center for the Arts, 4104th Ave N, Edmonds. RCB’s favorite selections from the past 15 years, with a featured performance

by Rainbow City Orchestra. General admission $20, youth & seniors $15. www.rainbowcityband.com The Righteous Mothers. 7:30pm. Phinney Neighborhood Center Community Hall, 6532 Phinney Ave N. The Righteous Mothers, four funny, philosophical female folk-rock musicians, have been one of the Northwest’s foremost musical performing groups for the past 26 years. They whip their audience into a frenzy with zany original music, witty theatrics & mindboggling intricate vocal harmonies. Admission: $16 with Seattle Folklore Society & Phinney Neighborhood Association members and senior discount $14. www. brownpapertickets.com/event/338259

SUNDAY - March 31

Easter (See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Imperial Court of Seattle - Easter Bonnet Contest.

3-5pm; parade at 4pm. C.C. Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. The Court of Seattle invites you to participate in their second annual Easter Bonnet Contest. 1st, 2nd & 3rd place prizes = $50, $25 & $10 C.C. gift certificates.

Easter eggs will be on sale during the event with chances to win more C.C. gift certificates. Entry is FREE. Proceeds benefit The JC/Graytop Memorial Scholarship. www.facebook.com/ISCSORE

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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Bent Writing Institute promotes written & spoken word in our LGBTQI communities. Bent offers affordable classes & workshops for Queer-identified people.

For more information or to sign up for a class, email bent.writing@gmail.com. Visit www.bentwriting.com or find us on Facebook. For upcoming events join our mailing list by emailing bent.news@gmail.com BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

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

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

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.facebook.com/ISCSORE 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, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworks seattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; 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 - 682-6711; 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.safeschoolscoalition. 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 providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattlepride.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 SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic

Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures. org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnw gra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletown squares.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.seattlevolleyballclub.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.

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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.

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Bar Myx - in Tacoma.T Dance! 3 pm-7 pm with DJ Lady Char. $1.00 Rolling Rocks. Dinner and a Movie at Bar Myx! Enjoy the newest releases on our big screens from 7 pm

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.

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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.

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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

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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!

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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.

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LA CONNER

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DARBY’S CAFE - 211 5th Ave. S.E. - (360) 357-6229 DESIRE VIDEO - 3126 Pacific Ave. - (360) 352-0820 LOVER’S - 3959 Martin Way E. Suite D - (360) 456-7300 JAKES - 311 4th Ave. E. - (360) 956-3247 URBAN ONION - 116 Legion Way - (360) 943-9242

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SPOKANE

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