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by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer

pop single in over 15 years, “Sun.” Carlisle chatted recently about not wanting to do another pop album, telling her Gay son about her own “sexually adventurous” experiences, and the reason she cares about Gay rights now more than ever.

Azzopardi: Which song of yours has the most significance to you?

Carlisle: Oh, gosh. The first one that comes to mind is “Heaven Is a Place on Earth,” only because it was so huge and it really established my career – not just in this country, but all over the world.

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In the ’80s, Belinda Carlisle’s career demonstrated that, for some, heaven really is a place on earth. As the lead singer of the supremely successful girl group The Go-Go’s – they had the beat, the looks, and the talent – the now-54year-old eventually embarked on a solo venture. Four albums and numerous hit singles later, Carlisle’s newly released anthology, Icon (one of an ongoing series by that name on the Geffen label featuring various classic pop artists), is a celebration of the singer’s best that also includes her first U.S.

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

FLASHDANCE: THE MUSICAL PARAMOUNT THEATRE April 16 – 21 Flashdance is a movie from 1983 about a pretty woman named Alex, who is a steelworker by day and an exotic dancer by night. Although it opened to mixed reviews, the movie became a cult classic. Holding true to the current trend of theater, producers have taken the film and reworked it for the stage. see flashdance page 24

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by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer

The Sisters are doing it for themselves, for real. After eight long years of recording albums and touring the globe, pop-dance group Scissor Sisters is on hiatus and exploring individual projects. Lead guitarist Del Marquis, whose real name is Derek Gruen, is the first to branch off and release his debut solo album, Cosmos, under the moniker Slow Knights. The musical style itself – R&B, slower tempo, funky – is a departure from anything he’s done before, and the fact that Gruen is opting to stay under the see music lounge page 28

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The decline and fall of American royalty Pungent, poignant Grey Gardens accentuates the negative Tracy Martin

Broadway in November of 2006 and ran for just over 300 performances. Starring Christine Ebersole in the dual role, the musical was nominated for 10 Tony Awards in the 2007 season, winning three: Best Actress in a Musical (Ebersole), Best Featured Actress in a Musical (Mary Louise Wilson), and Best Costume Design. For more information, visit www.acttheatre.org.

Visit Grey Gardens with SIFF Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) is partnering with 5th Avenue Theatre/ACT Theatre to present a one-day-only film event celebrating the stage production of Grey Gardens. On Sunday, April 14, the original 1976 documentary and its follow-up, The Beales of Grey Gardens, will be screened at the Film Center. Attendees will be treated to complimentary mimosas and a continental brunch! The program begins at 11 a.m.

See www.siff.net for details.

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Flashdance: The Musical is now making its pre-Broadway premiere at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. SGN caught up with the star of the musical, Emily Padgett.

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

Emily Padgett: It was probably my parents. When I was a little girl in the ’80s, my parents went to New York a lot and saw all Suzy Hunt (l) and Patti Cohenour in Grey Gardens the [Andrew] Lloyd Webber shows. They

by Eric Andrews-Katz second act, whichever character she is play- saw Evita and Phantom of the Opera …

HUNT, COHENOUR SHINE Suzy Hunt is the practically bedridden ing (with heavy emphases on the second), Patti LuPone was definitely an early influSGN A&E Writer Big Edie of 1975. Her work as the decrepit, Cohenour owns that stage. When she sings ence on me. So was Bernadette Peters – all nagging matriarch is so believable that I the 11 o’clock number, “Another Winter in those pioneer Broadway women were. In GREY GARDENS found myself wondering how she was going a Summer Town,” Cohenour delivers not high school I had a chorus teacher who influACT THEATRE to take a bow at the curtain call. (She does only a beautifully haunting song, but we the enced me to go to New York City and try to March 16 – June 2 Grey Gardens is best described as a voy- so with a healthy jaunt.) She shows complete audience suddenly see a clarity through the make my dreams happen. euristic view into the lives of two female vulnerability in the shell of a woman, all the character’s schizophrenia and resentment, Andrews-Katz: What started your interbranches of American “royalty.” In what while letting the audience take glimpses and we get a saddened vision of the dreams est in musical theater? has become a cult phenomenon in virtu- at the strong force the character had previ- of what could have been.

Padgett: I used to act out songs in the mirally all its forms (documentary, feature film, ously been. ror and got hooked on them early on. The A CIRCULAR TALE Patti Cohenour is nothing short of briland now stage musical), audiences are fasfirst shows I remember listening to were EviThe play is at the ACT Theatre (present- ta (a lot of Evita), and then there was Phancinated by the dysfunctional relationship liant as she takes on the challenge of dual of Edith “Big Edie” Ewing Bouvier Beale roles. In Act One she plays the younger Big ed in co-operation with the 5th Avenue, tom and Into the Woods. As I got older it was (aunt of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy OnasWicked, but by then I listened to everything, sis) and her daughter, “Little Edie.” In a coas there wasn’t much I didn’t love. production between the 5th Avenue Theatre Andrews-Katz: Your first Broadway muand ACT Theatre, Grey Gardens the musisical was Grease. How did you come up for cal offers notable talent in a disturbing prethat audition? sentation, showing how far and how hard Padgett: I was non-Equity at that time the mighty can fall. and finished my first job in CATS (I played The (true) storyline follows the Beale Demeter) when I was 19. I was in the city women at the family manse, called Grey auditioning and crashed Equity auditions Gardens. Act One, which takes place in all the time just trying to be seen. A casting 1942, introduces matriarch Edith, a singer director took an interest in me. I sang eight of modest talent who gave up the stage for bars (a unique arrangement of “It Might As marriage to a wealthy, staunchly conservaWell Be Spring” in a warm, low, chesty key) tive man. Although very absent, he is ex- Edie, enjoying the rules of entitlement. Co- so don’t get confused!) and is performed and she gave me a callback, then a dance pected home that evening to announce his henour brings out the strength, with a bit of in the round. Scene changes are handled session call. I got hired as a swing and then daughter’s engagement to Joe Kennedy, Jr. scary thrown in, of this determined woman. beautifully with platforms being raised and got my Equity card. It was all very scary Big Edie rules Grey Gardens – and the lives She lets the audience see how the character lowered under the stage. There is a certain and exciting since I was very new to this. I of those who live there – with a fierce hand. turns away from the truths that hurt her and intimacy when performing in the round, thought I’d have more credits by that time, When regretful news reaches the home, Big relishes those that hurt others. In Act Two and it works well with this show due to the but that’s how it worked for me.

Edie’s selfish survival instincts kick into she is the scarf-wrapped Little Edie repre- vulnerability it represents. The drawback is Andrews-Katz: From Grease you went fearful mode, sabotaging the lives of those senting the other, completely different, side that when the actors have their backs to you, to Legally Blonde, the musical. What difof this twisted coin. Somehow Cohenour which they avoid as best they can, words ferences did you notice going from an esaround her. She truly takes no prisoners.

The second act shows us the house and summons another persona: one of contra- can be muffled and difficult to understand. tablished musical to one never performed on its occupants circa 1975, as they appear in dictory bitterness and remote optimism That’s not a good thing for a show that is so Broadway? the documentary. By now Grey Gardens who is resentful of her mother, and yet her character-driven, either in song or prose.

Padgett: When I joined the cast of LegalGrey Gardens is based on the 1975 docu- ly Blonde, it was already up and running. I is in utter ruins, overrun by cats (allegedly most devoted companion.

The play’s book is by Doug Wright (au- mentary film of the same name by Albert was part of the “new kids” there and so there more than 200) and raccoons, and regularly threatened with condemnation by the local thor of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning and David Maysles. Originally suggested wasn’t a lot of room to be creative. I was still health department. The women live in utter I Am My Own Wife) and his script does a by Lee Radziwill as a history of where she an ensemble. For Grease (the second time) it dysfunction, both with their own forms of great job of drawing in the audience to this and her sister, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was part of the revival from the reality-show mental illness and in complete co-depen- nonfictional train wreck. Unfortunately, the spent their childhood, the film took a dif- casting (“You’re the One That I Want”), aldence on each other. Big Edie depends on same can’t quite be said of the music and ferent turn when the directors met Big and though I wasn’t part of the reality show, so I her daughter to take care of her. Little Edie lyrics (by Scott Frankel and Michael Korie, Little Edie. It made its debut at the Cannes didn’t feel like it was a typical revival. Lehas developed alopecia, a disease causing respectively). The songs in the show try to Film Festival of 1976 and quickly achieved gally Blonde was more fun! all her hair to fall out, which led to her sig- set a mood but just seem to detract from the cult status, despite never being entered in Andrews-Katz: After Grease you were in nature look – a scarf wrapped around her story, breaking up the flow. In fact, this is the main competition. HBO produced a the chorus of Rock of Ages before becoming head. She has stayed, albeit resentfully, at one musical that would likely work better feature film of the two fascinating women the lead of the show. What were some of the Grey Gardens to care for her mother. What without the songs. There are a few excep- in 2007, featuring Jessica Lange and Drew most challenging aspects of this musical? follows clearly expresses the definition of tions, including pretty much anything Patti Barrymore.

Padgett: It was probably the voice stamThe musical Grey Gardens opened on ina. Figuring out how to wail your face off Cohenour sings. Whether it is in the first or truth that’s stranger than fiction.

Patti Cohenour is nothing short of brilliant as she takes on the challenge of dual roles. In Act One she plays the younger Big Edie, enjoying the rules of entitlement. In Act Two she is the scarf-wrapped Little Edie representing the other, completely different, side of this twisted coin.

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seem to have a lot of similarities to the main character, Alex.

Andrews-Katz: What major changes have been made to the stage production, as opposed to the film version?

Padgett: The storylines are bigger, including the full romance. He’s not older as in the movie version. I feel like the film is a little dark and a little “culty,” like it’s a giant music video. To try to put that on stage isn’t going to work. We focused on the storylines more, and the relationship between Alex and her friends, and Nick. Nick has more of a role, being younger than in the film, and the roles have been expanded.

Andrews-Katz: Which familiar songs get revised, and how many new songs have been added?

Padgett: There were 15 book songs written for the show, but the classics are still here. “Maniac,” “I Love Rock ’n’ Roll,” and “Gloria” have all made it into the show.

It’s everything in the movie that you loved, but more, because it’s not just the movie on stage.

Andrews-Katz: Does the infamous shower scene make its appearance? Is there a “splash zone” warning for the first few rows?

Padgett: There is no splash zone, although I thought there would be one. It’s pretty brilliant how they contain all that water. There is lots of water. We beefed it up for the stage to make it more of a spectacle.

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

Padgett: Hmm. That’s difficult. What would you do?

Andrews-Katz: Ah, no one’s ever turned that around on me. I would have to say the darker diva roles: Mama Rose, the Witch in Into the Woods, or Diana in Next to Normal.

Padgett: Those are good. I will say a role that I’m dying to play, but won’t until I’m older, is Desiree Armfeldt from A Little Night Music. That is one of my favorite

Happy Trails

Village Theatre’s new mini-musical is worth the hike to suburbia Jay Koh

(l to r) Dane Stokinger, Kirsten deLohr Helland, and Joshua Carter in Trails

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

ally recognized summer festival every year where hundreds of musicals vie for one of the six spots. Some of the more well-deTRAILS veloped draft musicals have been chosen VILLAGE THEATRE for subsequent main stage production and Through April 21 (Issaquah) the latest of those is Trails, with a book by April 26 – May 19 (Everett) Christy Hall, music by Jeff Thomson, and Village Theatre has a wonderful musical lyrics by Jordan Mann. development process that includes a nationThis is a kind of “pocket musical” with

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and still do it safely eight shows a week. I grew up signing rock and country, so that part came naturally for me, but to do it in a stage way was tricky. It was great training, though. Now I sing 14 songs in Flashdance, and that’s a pretty “rock ’n’ roll” show. I feel that after Rock of Ages, I can sing almost anything – it was good training.

Andrews-Katz: After all the stage experience you’ve had, what is the one greatest challenge that still taunts you about performing?

Padgett: It’s always a challenge for me to be on stage and go moment-to-moment with each scene and each take. Bringing what happened beforehand into the next scene with all the emotions. When you do a show eight times a week it gets exhausting. There are certain days when you find that you’re not really thinking about the show, and it can be a challenge to stay present. Musicals are such an extension of reality so they’re fun and take a lot of energy, [but they] can be really intense and exhausting also. Staying present and making the choices not to fall onto a standby performance is the real challenge – not to let it get stale. Then it’s no fun for anyone.

Andrews-Katz: How did you first come to be involved in Flashdance?

Padgett: I was doing the musical White Noise with [director] Sergio [Trujillo] – that’s how I met him – and danced a little in the show. He just kept on talking about Flashdance: The Musical with me, and I thought he was crazy because I don’t dance like that. I agreed to do a couple of readings and he wanted me to go audition with all these amazing dancers. I was terrified and freaked out, and didn’t go. Because I was scared of it, very much like the character Alex is in the show. I still dance like I’m fighting for it, like Alex does. She gives it everything she has and I do the same every night. I can’t fall back on the techniques of my dance training for this show, and I think it resonated with the powers-that-be that I

Emily Padgett (center) in Flashdance The Musical

shows and “Send in the Clowns” is one of two for Best Original Song (“Flashdance … my favorite songs. The show is so unbeliev- What a Feeling” and “Maniac”), the former ably clever. of which won the Oscar. Tom Hedley, Robert Cary, and Robbie Roth write the script, Flashdance was originally released in lyrics, and music for the stage version, with 1983, starring Jennifer Beals. It received direction and choreography by Sergio Trufour Academy Award nominations: Best jillo (Jersey Boys, Next to Normal).

Film Editing, Best Cinematography, and only six actors and an intimate, personal story. It’s different in many ways from what you might be used to. There isn’t a big dance number in sight. Three actors are ensemble and narrators, helping move the action along and becoming incidental characters who meet along a journey of the Appalachian Trail.

The main story focuses on a trio of childhood friends, growing up together from grade school until they go off to college. The script details their close feelings and experiences while bouncing backward and forward through time.

ATTENTION MUST BE PAID The audience actually has to engage and bring their attentiveness and ability to suspend disbelief, since they are called upon to help imagine that the characters are actively walking along a 2,000-mile trail for several months. The set design by Jennifer Zeyl helps immensely, as does the deft direction of Eric Ankrim and subtle lighting of Robert J. Aguilar, and projections that create shifts in visual cues, allowing us to feel we’re at a new point in the journey. Also, since the action bounces in time, audience members must work a bit to orient as to where in time the characters have landed.

That can be a plus, actively pulling us into the story and the lives of the three young friends. There is a bit of a mystery or confusion in the story and an unfolding of deeply buried personal secrets. Seth (Joshua Carter) and Mike (Dane Stokinger) begin an unexpected journey along the Appalachian Trail after Seth’s mom succumbs to cancer.

It’s a wish fulfillment that started way back in childhood. Along on the journey is their friend Amy (Kirsten deLohr Helland), who dubs Seth the “scribe,” Mike the “protector,” and herself the “Queen/Captain.”

Amy is the idea person, the joy-of-life guide, and the keeper of the flame for all of them. Naturally, they both fall in love with her. Seth, it turns out, is the big giver-upper.

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He moves aside for his friend Mike, who gains Amy’s attention first as a love interest. Seth also gives up going away to college in order to stay by his ailing mother’s side. In fact, he’s too good to be true, though when he sings a song about why he’s made these choices (“Millions of Reasons”), it just about breaks your heart. All three leads are outstanding.

When Mike comes back to town for the funeral, he convinces Seth that finally it’s time to leave town for a while. When they hike the trail, they meet a few characters along the way, played by Sarah Rose Davis, John Patrick Lowrie, and Bobbi Kotula.

SOLID SUPPORT The trio of ensemble “Greek chorus” folk works well, giving us factual information about the real Appalachian Trail and joining their terrific singing voices in some background support. Each of them gets a standout solo song, as well, though one of those songs (“Purgatory”) is strange and discomfiting. Lowrie sings the hell out of it, though.

Kotula does her usual steal-the-show delivery during her solo, “The Road Is My Home,” and Davis sings “cute” as a newly engaged life-lover. I’m not in love with those dropped-in characters, though. They seem too patly placed and clichéd as solvers of the friends’ issues.

Costumes by Chelsea Blum were terrific, with their subtle changes from flashback to current. Music director R.J. Tancioco was likewise pleasingly subtle in his musical accompaniment, allowing the singers to soar over the music so that every word of the songs was heard.

It’s new, it’s different, and it’s a worthwhile journey. For more information, go to www.villagetheatre.org or call (425) 3922202.

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Last call for Cabaret Month!

Outstanding four-week run of shows at Egan’s concludes Sunday

by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer JUDY ANN MOULTON ARNALDO! DRAG CHANTEUSE HELENE SMART EGAN’S BALLARD JAM HOUSE March 30 The “March Is Cabaret Month” series in the Emerald City ends its sixth year with three top performers (all raved about in SGN by this scribe in previous issues) on Sunday, March 30, with one of the top cabaret acts in the country: the incomparable Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse, who shares the second set with the fabulous Judy Ann Moulton.

For the first half, Judy Ann pays tribute to the music of the ’60s in From Crayons to Perfume, while in the second half, Arnaldo! sings selections from the great American songbook.

Every cabaret nut in Seattle (you know who you are) will be at Egan’s on March 30!

As they say, be there or be square. (SGN’s various editors are still uncertain just who “they” are, but what the heck – the adage is valid now and forever. Thus spake Zarathustra, or someone German.)

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Moulton is one of this self-proclaimed cabaret nut’s favorites. He plans to marry her as soon as he divorces his wife of 47 years, dumps his Stanford Ph.D. lover of 32 years, breaks up with his boy-toy, drops his founding membership in Northwest Bears, etc., etc. Moulton truly inspires that kind of loyalty.

Seattle’s premier “Drag Chanteuse” is a New York Cabaret Bistro Award winner, and SF Bay Times’ “Jazz & Cocktails” column named him a Top 10 cabaret act in 2010. His motto, “Opening hearts and minds through music, one cabaret at a time,” should be an LGBT anthem. For information on Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse, visit www.dragchanteuse.com.

Reservations are highly recommended at www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/332752. Three previous shows were total sellouts. Plan ahead and make reservations, as Egan’s – the greatest venue in the Northwest for jazz and cabaret – seats only 50, tops. You’ll never find a nicer staff or better food. (Hint: The red beans and rice is tops – add cornbread and a Caesar salad and you’ll have an incredible dinner for two.

Yes, the servings are large enough to split and still have leftovers. What a deal.)

SMART SET The early (7 p.m.) show headlines the wonderfully talented Helene Smart. She’s a graduate of the Yale Cabaret Conference, as is most of the Emerald City’s Kabaret Krowd. This writer is flying back from March Is Cabaret Month in New York City for an early Easter dinner with his real and extended family, and then a rushed rush to Egan’s. (A highlight of this scribe’s six weeks in New York was running into a mature, well-dressed, ever-so-stylish, sophisticated gentleman who taught Arnaldo! at the Yale Cabaret Conference. Talk about a small world!)

Incidentally, most of the March Is Cabaret Month in Seattle performers were part of last fall’s 25 Bucks for 25 Divas charity

Rihanna set to sparkle at Key Arena

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

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RIHANNA KEY ARENA April 3 If memory serves me correct, Rihanna hasn’t performed in Seattle since April 2008, when she opened for Kanye West at Key Arena. This time, she’s the star attraction. The Barbados-

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cabaret series at Egan’s. Co-sponsored by SGN and produced and hosted by this very writer, the benefit hoped to raise $1,250 for the American Cancer Society. It failed to do that. It raised more than $2,000 with just 50 seats. Wow! SGN is so happy that the next show in the series will raise funds for all Northwest-area AIDS related charities. Watch this space for details.

At the Seattle March Is Cabaret Month, all the Kabaret Kids plan to chip in and, hopefully, raise $100 for a joint membership in the Mabel Mercer Foundation Cabaret

Conference next October in New York. A truly demented, very poor but incredibly generous donor promises to match all donations up to a total of $50 to ensure that the Seattle Cabaret Gang gets its name on the Cabaret Conference. Bring an extra dollar.

As before, Harry and Trina will happily take donations – and, as usual, “Hey, Sailor, buy me a drink and this writer promises to tell all in an upcoming SGN.” Until then, as Sally sang, “What good is sitting alone in your room? Come hear the music play. Life is a cabaret, old chum, come to the cabaret.” Over and out.

born singer has exploded in the past five years with a consistent string of chart-topping albums and hit singles, propelling her to worldwide fame and putting her on a very short list of female artists who can play to sold-out sports arenas. She’s as big a success story as Lady Gaga.

But, as is usually the case, a superstar career also has its setbacks. The infamous altercation with on-again-off-again beau Chris Brown just before the 2009 Grammy Awards made headline news and indefinitely put RiRi under the microscope, a situation made worse when she subsequently reunited with the R&B titan. Don’t ask me to explain. Further disappointment came in the form of box-office failure, when her debut film appearance in Battleship sank along with the movie’s lousy ticket sales and even worse re-

views.

Still, she’s a survivor. And a pop queen – a very busy pop queen. She’s been going nonstop for nearly 10 years now, releasing new material faster than we can get tired of her old stuff. Her latest CD, Unapologetic, is nearing platinum status, having sold more than 806,000 copies as I write this.

The album features the international smash “Diamonds,” which gave Rihanna her 12th number-one single and which has already been certified double-platinum. The music video for the single has been viewed more than 240 million times on YouTube as of this week.

The “Diamonds World Tour,” descending to the Emerald City on April 3, is said to include 27 songs that highlight her chockfull portfolio, although a few very early hits are not expected to be on the set list. Seattle fans lost an opportunity to see Rihanna at White River Amphitheatre in 2010, when she axed the North American leg of her “Last Girl on Earth Tour” due to production issues and never rescheduled the date. She then omitted us from the “Loud Tour” two years ago. Bottom line: the girl has some making up to do.

Tickets for Rihanna at Key Arena were still available at press time. Go to www. livenation.com or stop by any Ticketmaster location. A$AP Rocky is booked as the supporting act.

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far as I can say, because it’s very sensitive at this time.

Azzopardi: Will you miss her being a part of the group?

Carlisle: Of course I will. She was a really important part of the beginning. She wasn’t a founding member, but she was there for [our debut] Beauty and the Beat, and it’s definitely going to be strange without her.

Azzopardi: If you could relive any part of the ’80s, what would it be?

Carlisle: Well, it shocked me and it didn’t shock me – I had little clues along the way.

So I was driving the car and he goes, “I like boys,” and I had to pull the car over. It was like someone socked me in the stomach, although it was totally fine. The first thing I thought about was, “How am I gonna tell your father?” I was fine with it. [James] said something really smart: “My sexuality does not define me.” For a 14-year-old to say that, that’s pretty unbelievable. For me, the hardest part was thinking, “What is the

I’ve always kind of gotten it, because from the beginning, my friends have been 90 percent Gay and Lesbian. That’s just the way it’s been for me. So I’d rather have a Gay son than a straight son. But now, I look at it differently, because I know that when my son told me, it was like, “What’s life gonna be like for him?” and not tour. It’s a good two years at least, so I don’t know. I’m just gonna wing it and see what happens. If it’s something that I really wanna do, then I’ll do it.

Azzopardi: Kathy Valentine recently left The Go-Go’s. I can’t not ask what happened there.

Carlisle: Well, it’s kind of sensitive, but I will say that for a band and a band member to go separate ways after 30-odd years, there have to be some pretty significant reasons – and it’s not all for nothing. That’s as

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Azzopardi: The song you wish you didn’t have to sing ever again?

Carlisle: Um, yes. There are a few of them. But they’re songs that people insist on hearing. [laughs] I don’t like doing “Heaven” in rehearsal. I don’t like doing “We Got the Beat” in rehearsal. There are certain songs I get lazy about in rehearsal, but when I do them live, just the reaction from the audience makes it OK. But yeah, there are some songs [where I’m] like, “Uh, next!” [laughs] Azzopardi: Hardcore fans seem to agree that Runaway Horses is your greatest solo album.

Carlisle: I think so, too.

Azzopardi: Oh yeah? You agree?

Carlisle: I love some of the songs on there. “Summer Rain” makes the whole album for me. That and “Mad About You” are my two favorite songs of my career. Voila is my other favorite, but for different reasons.

The production of Runaway Horses just kind of captured a moment.

Azzopardi: It’s been six years since your last studio album, Voila, which was in French. Is the new single, “Sun,” the beginning of a new pop album?

Carlisle: I don’t know. I don’t know what I’m doing, actually. [laughs] Honestly, I have some amazing opportunities that have come my way for some amazing projects, and I might do something in English, I might do something in French, I might do a yoga album – I don’t know.

I’m at a really good point in my career where I can kind of do what comes from the heart, and that’s the only way I can work now, so it’s whatever really feels right. I can’t make a pop album just because I can. I don’t like to work that way anymore,

so we’ll see. I’m sure I’ll do something. I just don’t know what that will be.

Azzopardi: Are you not interested in doing a pop album?

Carlisle: Not really, no. Uh-uh. [laughs] But maybe. I mean, in the past three months, people have approached me to do a pop album in English, and I have to think about it; it’s a big commitment, not just in the studio but a big commitment in the prep work and also after it’s released. There’s promoting and touring for it. You can’t just put it out

Carlisle: Oh, God, I don’t know if I’d want to relive any of the ’80s. I think I did the ’80s really well, so I think it’s time for me to move on from that. There’s not really one thing I’d like to repeat, to be perfectly honest.

Azzopardi: Especially not the clothes, right?

Carlisle: [laughs] Definitely not the fashion, that’s for sure.

Azzopardi: Do you still have any of the clothes from that era?

Carlisle: There’s one dress that I have. I used to wear it until about 15 years ago. It’s like a square-dance dress, but now I would just look like some scary bag lady if I put it on, like someone trying to be young and fresh. [laughs] It’s in my closet, and it’s still really cute, but I don’t think I could wear it again.

Azzopardi: How does being the mother of a Gay son change the way you see your Gay fans? Is it like an extended family now?

Carlisle: Actually, it kind of is.

You know, I’ve always kind of gotten it, because from the beginning, my friends have been 90 percent Gay and Lesbian. That’s just the way it’s been for me. So I’d rather have a Gay son than a straight son, let me just say that. But now, I look at it differently, because I know that when my son told me, it was like, “What’s life gonna be like for him?”

“Is he going to be treated equally wherever he goes?” I think about that for any Gay person now, and I never really thought about that before. Now I think about how the world is toward Gay people, and although it’s better, we’re still not 100-percent accepting.

Azzopardi: If you’ve been around Gay people your whole life, what about James coming out shocked you?

world going to be like for him as a Gay person?” I had to go to my therapist because I went through all those stupid things: Was it something I did? Something I said? Things I’m sure any parent kind of goes through, and I knew it wasn’t. This is just the way it is. He was born Gay. Azzopardi: I don’t think it’s uncommon for parents to be like, “Was it my fault?”

“Did we watch too much Golden Girls?”

Carlisle: It’s normal. And it’s funny – he loved I Love Lucy; he went to Phantom of the Opera and loved Andrew Lloyd Webber.

We laugh about it now. When I look back on it, there were funny little clues, but there were other things that were more telling and very peripheral that I really can’t go into, but still, I thought, “What have I done? Did I indulge him when I went to get his costume at the Disney Store for Sleeping Beauty and Snow White?”

My therapist said that I should have my son tell my husband, but I thought, “No.” Instinctively, it’s something that I need to do, because what if he had bad reaction, even though I knew he wouldn’t, but you never know. When I told him, he was like, “It’s just a phase,” and for a year afterwards they went at it back and forth, but now my husband and I can’t imagine having it any other way.

Azzopardi: You’ve hinted at being sexually adventurous back in the day, while performing with The Go-Go’s. Everyone was in the ’80s.

Carlisle: Exactly.

Azzopardi: I recall reading interviews where you didn’t want to get into details about that time because James reads your interviews. You’ve been so open about most aspects of your life, though, including your drug addiction, so why do you want to shield him from this? I think most Gay kids would think it’s cool, and might feel more accepted, if their parent had a same-sex experience.

Carlisle: I know. It’s just funny, I guess, him and I being from different generations and me being more modest with that. He does know that I was adventurous in that way and we kind of joke about it. I don’t necessarily want to go into details, because I want to keep my more conventional secrets secret, too.

My son and I butt heads about anybody’s sexuality, and he thinks that everybody who’s Gay and in the closet should come out – it’s their responsibility. And I say no.

I think if a person doesn’t want to come out, it’s their business. They have their reasons.

That’s kind of the way I feel about myself, too. But he knows. We laughed about it the other day. I think everybody does [have those experiences] and nobody likes to talk about it, that’s all.

Chris Azzopardi is the editor of Q Syndicate, the international LGBT wire service. Reach him via his website, www.chris-azzopardi.com.

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radar instead of parading on stage in sparkly outfits and appearing on international magazine covers also represents a change of persona. Cosmos is now available in record stores and features the leadoff single “Shame.” A music video for the track is expected soon.

Reached by phone in New York while helping a friend with an art installation, Gruen chatted with me about his newest work and time off from the band. We’ve spoken three previous times, and even shopped together once in downtown Seattle, so it felt like catching up with an old friend.

From one Sister to another, here’s what Derek Gruen (aka Slow Knights) revealed to me inside The Music Lounge.

Albert Rodriguez: Do you have any idea how long the Scissor Sisters hiatus will be?

Derek Gruen: It’s a judgment call. I think you get a sense if and when the time is right to come back, just like when we all decided to draw a line in the sand for when we’d stop, in the hopes that in the future if we ever wanted to do it again, and there was a reason to, we could, rather than waiting to implode or become completely sick of it.

That could be three years, it could be five years, it could be ten years. I imagine it’ll happen again, but it’s gotta feel right.

Rodriguez: But you guys are all keeping in touch, right?

Gruen: We’re not all talking on the phone every day, but we’re connected. The band is very much still a part of our lives, even though we’re not on tour or writing.

Rodriguez: How long had you been working on the solo album?

Gruen: I’d say about two and a half years.

It took me so long because I would put it down if I was on tour or promoting a Scissor Sisters record. I felt the record will be finished when it’s finished, when it feels right, or when I’m happy with it. There wasn’t a rush. I don’t think people were anticipating it or expecting it, and I was simply making a record I could be proud of.

Rodriguez: How would you describe Cosmos to the average music listener?

Gruen: It’s like a “quiet storm” R&B record, but with real stories to tell. I definitely wanted a groove record that you could move to sitting down. I didn’t want to compel people by having really amped-up, compressed, fast music, and I also didn’t want a record that was lazy. So, it bridges slow-tempo groove into mid-tempo, which is where my internal clock is now. I don’t listen to extremely fast music, but I also don’t want to

be bored to tears.

Rodriguez: How are you planning to promote it, to put it out there?

Gruen: I have no plans to tour – I won’t even lie. I don’t really enjoy it anymore. So, I’ll promote this album by doing a couple of videos, releasing a couple of singles. I’m probably going to do one or two shows in New York. If there’s a demand for something else, if there’s a reason to do something beyond that, by all means I probably will. I’m not as hungry as a young musician who’s just putting out a record. If it takes on a life of its own, it’s gonna be organic and people are gonna find out about it and embrace it. But I’m not gonna pound the globe, or try to get myself booked into some weird festival. I just want to put out a record in a very simple way.

Rodriguez: Are you trying to keep a low profile – put the album out, see where it goes, stay grounded in New York?

Gruen: I don’t want to be forcing it down people’s throats. I’ve already been in a band, where I got to be a peacock and be a showman and dress up and be really brash, and that experience is phenomenal and I would recommend it to anyone because it’s so much fun. But I lost that desire to present this project in that way. I have a different idea behind it, of how I want it to be seen, which is part of the reason I got other people to sing the songs, so that I could step back and actually enjoy the music I’ve made because I can’t listen to my own voice. In the same way, I’d rather watch a video of a single I’m putting out without myself in it.

Rodriguez: Your Seattle show last summer was great. Was it all a blur, or do you remember anything about it?

Gruen: I definitely smoked some really intense weed. I just remember the little backdoor entrance [of the Paramount Theatre] and going out and walking up Capitol Hill that day. It was a really nice, sunny day. I think I walked up and down the little streets on Capitol Hill with the little houses. You’re in such a bubble when you’re on tour, trapped in a bus. You can spend hours backstage doing nothing, or playing video games, or surfing the Internet, so I usually make sure to get outside and take a walk.

It’s hours and hours of mindless time that has to be killed. The show was amazing and I had so much fun.

Rodriguez: Do you have any fellow artist crushes? Anyone who’s so cute you can’t keep your eyes off them?

Gruen: I don’t really have a crush on any artists.

Rodriguez: Not even Andrew [VanWyngarden] from MGMT? Gruen: Oh, absolutely not. The last crush

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I had was probably on Henry Rollins, and the last time I looked he was looking a little worn [laughs].

Rodriguez: Is the future, as far as solo projects and Scissor Sisters, up in the air at this point? When it happens, it happens?

Gruen: When it happens, it happens, pretty much. I really doubt I’ll be actively pursuing putting out solo records or trying to get on a tour or joining another band.

Whatever I’ve had to say, for whatever reason I started doing this, every element of my fantasy has come true and that’s a really liberating experience just because it allows me to move on and say “What’s next?” I’ve gotten to do all those things and it’s a dream come true, so I don’t need to keep doing it.

I’d like to find gratification in something else. Once I put this record out and promote it, I’ll probably look to do something else in

my life, something that’s fulfilling in a different way.

Rodriguez: Well, you could go on a shopping spree in Tokyo.

Gruen: You know, the first two tours I can’t tell you how much money I spent in Japan, and now I have no desire to buy amazing T-shirts or toys or any of that stuff. [laughs] I’ve completely maxed myself out of buying weird shit overseas, shipping it home, and then never wearing it. I have so much stuff from Japan that I don’t ever need to buy more things from that country.

Rodriguez: We’ve spoken about this before – about being the same size, and I was in Tokyo last year and went crazy buying stuff that actually fit me.

Gruen: You can get the Larges, which don’t sell out because if you’re an averagesize American male you’re a Large there.

God, I got so much amazing clothing there!

Rodriguez: I was wondering if you’ll have a trunk sale, to get rid of some of those outfits you wore on stage?

Gruen: I have a closet on the first floor of my house that I call the “drag closet,” and it is jammed with all of my stage outfits. If I have to go in there for some reason, like if something’s lost, I’m like, “Well, it must be in the drag closet,” and I go in there and there’s this archive of all these crazy outfits. If I have a friend who’s doing a show and they need something crazy I’ll be like, “Hold on. You need a feather and rhinestone-encrusted sash,” and I’ll run into the closet and come out with a handful of wigs, a pair of heels, and some crazy custommade piece of clothing.

Rodriguez: If you ever put any of that on eBay, let me know.

Gruen: I will [laughs]. Watch me, probably next year under some fake identity. I was proud of those outfits as I am of anything.

It’s a document of having fun, it’s a document of living your fantasy. Who the hell gets to think up things like that, perform in them, and get paid? I’m so happy that I recorded, so happy I’ve got these crazy clothes that were my living embodiment of what it meant to be a pop star on stage, and I love those clothes as much as I love any music we’ve put out and any tours we’ve done.

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something as equally emotionally destructive, you’d be correct. His 2012 Cannes BEYOND THE HILLS Film Festival entry, Beyond the Hills, is not Opens March 29 exactly what anyone would ever describe as If you thought that Romanian director light entertainment. Inspired by the nonCristian Mungiu would follow up his devas- fiction novels of author Tatiana Niculescu tating 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days with Bran, novels I now feel the gigantic urge to

seek out and explore for myself, the movie is a brutally unflinching examination of faith and friendship that stripped me to the marrow. Not for the faint of heart, certainly not for anyone looking for a pleasant diversion or a happy night out at the Cineplex, Mungiu’s latest is nonetheless a fantastical stunner and, without question, is a movie I’m unlikely ever to forget.

Alina (Cristina Flutur) has returned to the small rural Romanian village of her youth to visit her childhood friend Voichita (Cosmina Stratan), now living in an isolated Orthodox convent far removed from modern conveniences. Not exactly amused by what she finds there, Alina urges her former best friend – they both grew up as orphans forming a sisterly bond – to return with her to Germany, certain that this life isn’t going to do her any good in the long run.

Voichita, however, has embraced her faith, feeling she has discovered the family she never knew as a child living with the nuns, the mother superior (Dana Tapalaga), and their priest (Valeriu Andriuta). But a bizarre series of events makes her start to question whether her feelings and desires have been misplaced, the religious authorities urging her to believe that Alina is sick, possessed, and even in need of an exorcism.

NO ‘SOUND OF MUSIC’ As films about faith revolving around female characters are concerned, it goes without saying that Beyond the Hills is never going to be uttered in the same breath as, say, The Song of Bernadette or The Nun’s Story. Mungiu looks at Alina’s unwavering faith and religious enthusiasm as more of a cross to bear than a symbol of hope or pride, making no bones about picking apart

how institutions meant for the good of all can so easily be corrupted and perverted into something uncompromising and vile.

While religion is not mocked, using it for misbegotten ill-suited ends certainly is, the director taking these corrupt aspects to task in a way that is unsparing in its naked brutality.

At the same time, he’s also crafted a narrative of free will and love that’s borderline gorgeous. The way these women feel for one another, how they look at life, what they want, what they yearn for – all of it is so pure and genuine it’s hard not to respond on a visceral, deep-rooted interior level. Both Alina and Voichita make decisions they believe are for the good, their undying affinity for each other an unbreakable bond that makes the heartrending tragedy to come all the more overwhelming.

PATIENCE REWARDED At over 150 minutes in length, Beyond the Hills isn’t an easy sit. Mungiu isn’t afraid to take his time and does tend to draw some scenes out a bit longer than I felt was necessary. His use of quiet, however, is startling, while the images he and cinematographer Oleg Mutu (The Death of Mr. Lazarescu) paint are potent and vital. The performances of his two leading ladies are also meticulous in their nuances, both Flutur and Stratan rising to the occasion in a way that held me spellbound. While the movie itself may not rise to the same emotionally crippling, instantly classic heights of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, that does not make it any less extraordinary. Mungiu proves once again he’s one of the premier cinematic talents of our time – and as such, a filmmaker to keep constant notice of.

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G.I. JOE: RETALIATION Opens March 29 The upside of going into G.I. Joe: Retaliation is the knowledge that this long-gestating sequel to the 2009 sorta-hit G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (considering the cost, I have trouble believing the $150 million or so it made domestically was anything close to a plus for Paramount) is almost certainly going to be better than its predecessor.

Granted, that Stephen Sommers-directed monstrosity was an outright mess – illogical and absurd, but also lacking in anything close to the sort of popcorn “fun” that would have at the very minimum made it close to palatable.

Granted, for a film that goes out of its way to put as much distance between itself and its predecessor as possible (the grandiose candy-coated CG is basically gone, the visual milieu much more grounded in the real, tactile world of today, while the still-cartoonish tone isn’t nearly as forced with pointed attempts at actual, goodnessto-honest emotion punctuated throughout), the fact that it is a direct sequel picking up on unfinished plot points left dangling by Sommers’ effort is something of a mild surprise. Characters played by Dennis Quaid, Sienna Miller, Marlon Wayans, Christopher Eccleston, and Rachel Nichols (among others) are altogether jettisoned with little to no explanation (Eccleston’s Destro the only one given an actual exit, even if we never see him in the flesh), while the size of the Joes themselves has decreased several times over.

PRESIDENT STILL CAPTIVE And yet, it begins with the President of

the United States (Jonathan Pryce) still being held hostage unbeknownst to the world at large, the villain Zartan (Arnold Vosloo) taking his place as a nanotech-engineered doppelganger holding the strings of power.

Using a crisis in Pakistan as his key to swing things in a new direction, he massacres the G.I. Joes, framing them for crimes against humanity while also clandestinely sending ninja assassin Storm Shadow (Byung-hun Lee), somehow surviving his supposed lethal showdown with Snake Eyes (Ray Park) from the first film, information on where the government is holding Cobra Commander (Luke Bracey) prisoner.

Unbeknownst to him, three new Joes – Roadblock (Dwayne Johnson), Lady Jaye (Adrianne Palicki), and Flint (D.J. Cotrona) – have survived the assassination attempt and are starting to put the pieces of the puzzle together, realizing their Commander in Chief might not be the same guy he was just a few precious months earlier. Meanwhile, Snake Eyes and Jinx (Elodie Yung) are sent by their sensei, The Blind Master (RZA), to fetch Storm Shadow to be put on trial for the murder of their former master, not realizing he will be the key to finding the whereabouts of the real President and saving the world itself from universal Armageddon.

Got all that? It’s as trivial as it sounds, but unlike in the previous film, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (they were responsible for Zombieland) actually get it all to make some sort of weirdly plausible sense, and even when the three lost soldiers turn up on the steps of a clearly going-throughthe-motions Bruce Willis, there is still a mildly vicarious thrill to be found in the thought of these cartoon action figure titans teaming up with none other than John “Yippee-ki-yay” McClane (the bitter taste of A Good Day to Die Hard notwithstanding).

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Dwayne Johnson in G.I. Joe: Retaliation

More, while they and director John M. Chu (Step Up 2: The Streets) take things seriously, they don’t take them overly so, keeping things just tongue-in-cheek enough to make sure we know how absurd all this hokum is.

THE NEXT GIBSON & GLOVER? The good news? This time around some of the actors get to give actual flesh-and-blood performances, Pryce in particular having a wildly energetic time playing both sides of his presidential coin. The early portions featuring Johnson and returning headliner Channing Tatum are also quite the hoot, the duo having an affably masculine chemistry hinting that they’d be a perfect match in some buddy-action-comedy hybrid along the lines of Lethal Weapon or 48HRS. The better news? Chu, his time working on two Step Up films and a Justin Bieber concert documentary was not in vain, and his ability to visualize action is rather wonderful. He knows how to keep things framed, doesn’t over-accelerate the editing to the point the images become nothing more than headache-inducing nonsense – allowing certain portions, namely face-offs between Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes

as well as a mountainside ninja assault on both that latter hero and his red-suited partner Jinx, to be every bit as eye-popping and energetic as any youthful audience member could hope them to be.

Be that as it may, we’re not talking rocket science (not that we’re supposed to be), and seeing that we’re analyzing a motion picture based entirely on the mythology surrounding a children’s action figure, it will come to no surprise that by and large the movie itself is more than a bit dumb. Worse, the way things climax – the massive genocide engineered by Cobra as incentive for world leaders to bend to his will – is borderline repulsive, and while we’ve seen epic sequences of devastation and destruction before seeing them depicted here felt to me something approaching blatant bad taste.

What does all this mean? Heck if I know.

The truth of the matter is, while G.I. Joe: Retaliation is without a doubt a far superior effort to its predecessor, while it does contain more than its fair share of fun moments and has more than a few performances worthy of a gentle tip of the hat, I don’t have the slightest wish to watch it again. Make of that what you will.

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SATURDAY - March 30

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.

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 Rainbow City Band Quindecennial: Celebrating 15 Years of Pride. 7pm. Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th 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. Admission: Seattle Folklore Society & Phinney Neighborhood Association members $14, non-members $16, seniors $14. www.brownpaper tickets.com Friends & Family ABBA Preview Performance in Renton. 8pm. Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S 2nd St, Renton. 388-1400; www.flyinghouse.org

SUNDAY - March 31

Easter For information on GLBT-friendly Christian churches around the world visit www.gaychurch.org.

Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 3238382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGay HikingGroup/ Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

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.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

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

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattleal-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Daring Divorced Divas. 3-5pm. 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

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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 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 - April 1

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.

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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.

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

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 information 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 - April 2

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

March 30 thru April 7 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 GSBA Prime Time East. 5:30pm. Let’s Do Lunch, 1471 130th Ave NE, Bellevue.

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 Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett. 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month. Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County. “We will be discussing issues concerning the local Gay community & value your opinion, voice, comments, suggestions & attendance. Come join us as we build community in Snohomish County.” David, (425) 339-5238.

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 regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Gay/Bi Prostate Cancer Group. 6:30-8pm. Gilda’s Club, 1400 Broadway. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

For Gay & Bi men diagnosed with prostate cancer. A safe space for emotional support on issues of treatment, sexuality, relationships & topics specific to Gay/ Bi men. FREE. 709-1400, www.gildasclubseattle.org Olympic Yacht Club Meeting. 6:30pm. Northwest Yacht Brokers Association, 901 Fairview Ave N Ste A-190 (at Chandler’s Cove on South Lake Union).

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

OYC is a Gay & Lesbian yacht club for people who own boats of any size or type & for people who enjoy boating. The club sponsors monthly outings. 709BOAT, www.oycnw.org 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 Friends in Adoption Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Childhaven Community Center, 1345 22nd Ave NE, Auburn.

Meets 1st Tuesday each month (Sept-June) with presentations by guest speakers on adoption-related issues. Friends in Adoption is an independent, nonprofit support & educational group made up of families touched by adoption. Created 10 years ago by local families as a way to support others just beginning the special journey of adoption, Friends in Adoption has evolved into a support group for waiting families as well as a place to provide educational meetings for parents before, during & after adoption. More info & to RSVP, call 264-5136; friendsinadoption@ yahoo.com.

Rainbow City Band Recruitment Event. 7pm. The Grill on Broadway, 314 Broadway E. Want to march in some of the best parades in the Seattle area this summer? Then come to Rainbow City Band’s recruitment event! Can’t play an instrument? Come anyway!

We can have you spinning flags & twirling rifles in no time! Completely uncoordinated? Come anyway! We’ll have you volunteer & you’ll still get to march in all the parades with us! info@rainbowcityband.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. 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

Celebrating 40 Years!

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 Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday.

(360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

(See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

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WEDNESDAY - April 3

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

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

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.)

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.org PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. PFLAG/Renton: 425235-4139. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www. seattle-pflag.org.

Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Sex, Dating & Healthy Relationships. 7-8pm.

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

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

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

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

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. A structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www. washingtongender alliance.com.

Pride Skate Seattle. 9-11pm. Southgate Roller Rink, 9646 17th Ave SW. First Wednesday of every month. $7 admission includes skate rental. Must be 18+.

After-party at Company, 9608 16th Ave SW, with drink specials & karaoke. www.southgaterollerrink.com

THURSDAY - April 4

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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 First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html 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.

Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E. Olive Way. Meets the 1st & 3rd Friday of every month. www.seattleprimetimers.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. 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. seattle-al-anon.org

SATURDAY - April 6

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! Please call before dropping in.

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

FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

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 Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month. SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council, & all City of Seattle Depts in matters regarding human rights. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide. Meetings open to the public. 684-4540.

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

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

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 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.)

FRIDAY - April 5

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

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,

March 29, 2013

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

2013 Living Pink Pageant in Tacoma. 6pm-cocktails & light hors d’oeuvres, 7pm-pageant. Greater Tacoma Convention & Trade Center, 1500 Broadway, Tacoma.

Come celebrate & commemorate those warriors & survivors of breast cancer. Tickets: $25 adults, $10 youth.

Benefits the Carol Milgard First Look Voucher Program. www.lecherproductions.com/living-pink-pageant Northwest Bears Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6-10pm.

The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear admirers. www.nwbears.com.

Bingo! Bingo! Bingo! 7-9pm. Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way SW. Hosted by Seattle’s effervescent hostess Sylvia O’Stayformore with assistance from our Queer burlesque volunteers from debauchery. Tickets $20 at the door. 786-5660.

Seattle Men’s Chorus in Concert - “Dancing Queen: The Music of ABBA” with Special Guest Leslie Jordan (4/6 & 4/7). Sat 4/6 - 8pm; Sun 4/7 - 2pm.

McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. Tickets: $28, $38, $48, $58 & $68. www.flyinghouse.org Sister Spit. 8pm. Richard Hugo House, 1614 11th Ave. Lesbian spoken word artists. $20 general public, $15 Hugo House members. www.hugohouse.org

SUNDAY - April 7

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. 9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www. borderriders.com Lotus Sisters. 11am-1:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 1st Sunday of every month. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Men’s Chorus in Concert - “Dancing Queen: The Music of ABBA” with Special Guest Leslie Jordan (4/6 & 4/7). Sat 4/6 - 8pm; Sun 4/7 - 2pm.

McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. Tickets: $28, $38, $48, $58, $68. www.flyinghouse.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.

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

Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info 325-6051, www. seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv

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/

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Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html 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.equalrightswashington.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; www.imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

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

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

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

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

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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.safeschools coalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

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

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

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

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

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

(425) 339-5298.

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

org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www. raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www. raincountrydance.org; Seattle Frontrunners: www. seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www. quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.thepride league. 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.tacomalesbianconcern. org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http:// lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493. ( Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth. org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter. org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook. com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www. safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (nonemergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject. org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273TALK, www.yspp.org

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

FRIDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3.00 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-11 pm $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3.00 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat & Sun till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Fri & Sat 10pm: Le Faux, Seattle’s most outrageous celebrity impersonation show. Tickets: $20, $30 & $45. www.brownpapertickets. com/event/287694

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

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

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

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

Wildrose - www.thewildrosebar.com.

SATURDAY

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

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

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

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

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

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour, 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-11 pm $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat & Sun till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Fri & Sat 10pm: Le Faux, Seattle’s most outrageous celebrity impersonation show.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sunday

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.

MONDAY

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

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

See us at www.clubsilverstone.com.

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

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

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3 pm-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun-Thurs 9 pm-11 pm: $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat & Sun till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6 pm-8 pm. Pint night with Happy Hour prices 8 pm-close. 9-Ball Pool Tourney at 7 pm.

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

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

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

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

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

Wildrose - Pool tournament 7 pm with prizes!

TUESDAY

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

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

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

Free pool all day - 2 tables.

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

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

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

Hot

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

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

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

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

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

Wildrose - Taco Tuesday. No cover.

WEDNESDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Neighbours - PULSE: 18 & Over Weekly Dance Party.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THURSDAY

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No cover. 21+ only.

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

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

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

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

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