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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT James Moriarty

Issue 16, Volume 41, April 19, 2013

by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer With all the due praise for Jessie Ware’s honeyed debut, Devotion, including a Mercury Prize nomination, no one’s complaining that the Londoner dropped journalism for music. Least of all Ware herself.

As she heads stateside, the charming “Wildest Moments” singer chatted about changing careers, first recognizing her Gay fan base while touring America, and the Whitney Houston album that inspired her debut. see ware page 27

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‘Family film’ r e d e f i n e d shimmers at McCaw Hall An exclusive interview with The Place Beyond the Pines director Derek Cianfrance

Must-see event holds final performances this weekend

Derek Cianfrance knew he was tackling something ambitious when he initially started fleshing out his narrative ideas for The Place Beyond the Pines. He wanted to compose a drama about fathers and sons, something that spanned generations, and as such he knew assembling all the pieces into a cohesive whole wasn’t going to be easy.

“I started working on this before I made Blue Valentine,” says the filmmaker with a smile. “For at least 20 years I’d been aspiring to make a triptych, especially after seeing Napoleon in film school and after watching that climax with the three different screens I knew I wanted to make something [similar]. I had this formalist idea but I didn’t have the story to go with it, and then my wife was suddenly pregnant with our second Derek Cianfrance

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by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer SWAN LAKE PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET Through April 21 Pacific Northwest Ballet continues its incredible 40th season with a polished, impeccable revival of its beloved Swan Lake, perhaps the finest story ballet PNB co-founder Kent Stowell has ever staged. see swan lake page 25

Carla Körbes and Karel Cruz in Swan Lake

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by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE TRIAL NEW CENTURY THEATRE COMPANY Through April 28 Wait here. Listen to audio instructions. Go here. Stand there, with your back to the wall.

Move into this slot. Follow me. Sit here.

Now watch this example of what might happen to you if you step out of line.

Those who wish to attend New Century Theatre Company’s production of Franz Kafka’s The Trial run a gauntlet of instructions designed to set the tone for a society so controlled that no one can step outside the lines without consequences. Seated in tiered seating around a small floor-level staging area, we’re introduced to Exhibit A: one Joseph K (Darragh Kennan), who awakens one morning to find himself under arrest for a crime no one will explain.

In fact, the two men who arrest him (Michael Patten and Alex Samuels) don’t produce any “papers” or identifying agency emblems; the interrogator (MJ Sieber) doesn’t say who he is interrogating for; and no one tells Joseph what he’s done or how to fix it.

The metaphor for a secretive government or a dictatorship is clear and unmistakable.

A STORY FOR OUR TIME This classy production, helmed by ubercapable director John Langs, includes a whip-smart cast headed by Kennan, with a scenery-chewing assist by Amy Thone as an attorney who knows the system by knowing who to talk to outside of it. The adaptation

by Kenneth Albers is crisp and even throws in a contemporary reference here and there.

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theater and stage The Trial will arrest your attention It feels like a very complete translation of the novel.

It also feels very current, since we know there are many governments around the world who repress their citizenry – and one can apply this mysterious lack of charges to those trapped in our own country’s Guantanamo prison as well. So, although Kafka wrote the novel in 1914-15, it will remain a contemporary story until we no longer have oppressive governments.

Strong technical support surrounds this unique production, with quixotic lighting choices by Geoff Korf (at one point, Tonya Andrews’ landlady character wears flashlights in her hairdo), eerie sound design by Rob Witmer, a Parthenon-like amphitheater effect in the set design by Jennifer Zeyl, and sexy 1950s-style costuming by Kim Newton.

COMIC RELIEF There are moments of humor here, and a terrific ensemble including a trio (Sara Mountjoy-Pepka, Greta Wilson, Sydney Andrews) of bank employees in automated chorus, Hannah Mootz as a mysterious and sexually charged assistant, David Klein as a similarly besieged “criminal,” and a supercharged one-scene appearance by Alexandra Tavares as a sculptor of busts. You’re likely to enjoy Thone’s creative use of a scooter, too.

NCTC is presenting this play at the INScape Building (815 Seattle Blvd. S.), which used to be the INS building and has been remade into small offices and art spaces for painters, sculptors, videographers, and the Satori Group, a small theatrical company whose space NCTC is using.

Highly recommended! It’s already selling

Sara Mountjoy-Pepka and Darragh Kennan in The Trial

Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ out, and with only 69 seats, tickets are going quickly. Stand by, if you have to. For more gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. information, go to www.wearenctc.org.

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The Gingerbread House is a spicy, if insubstantial, dark comedy D. Hastings

(l to r) Daniel Christensen, Tom Dewey, and Sara Coates in The Gingerbread House

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE GINGERBREAD HOUSE THEATER SCHMEATER Through April 20 It’s a comedy about two selfish parents who sell their children. At least the first act of The Gingerbread House at Theater Schmeater is somewhat comedic and tongue-in-cheek. But it darkens as it goes along.

A capable cast, directed by Julia Griffin,

takes on this uneven script by Mark Schultz and perhaps makes it better than it was written. Sara Coates and Tom Dewey are a striving duo – Stacey and Brian – who have gotten into a rut. Brian has decided that their kids are holding them back from all they looked forward to in the past and all they want in the future.

He has been lured into this kind of thinking by a co-worker, Marco, with a mysterious power of persuasion, played by Daniel Christensen. At the end of the play, Marco seems revealed as an embodiment of the

witch in the woods who lures Hansel and Gretel into the gingerbread house with the intent to kill and eat them.

verge of failing entirely. It’s probably a bit too obvious.

It is also an extreme example of selfishness as the parents make money selling the children, who are vaguely promised that they will go to a childless couple in Albania who will indulge them with a lavish lifestyle. This happens very early in the play, with very little resistance to Marco’s scheme. What really happens to the children? We never find out.

It’s also fairly stereotypical to have Stacey, as a mother, be the one with the most regrets. Again, the broad strokes don’t tell us much. But Coates is a talented actor who brings a lot of depth to this shallow role.

Another aspect that enhances the production is the set by Michael Mowery, always meticulous. The apartment design is not so unique, but 16 different framed “pictures” on the walls are actually video portals with projections allowing for complete visual changes of scenery. It’s a great effect.

Another excellent technical support is the eerie sound design with original compositions by Jesse McNeese. Atonal and sometimes rhythmic accompaniment enhances the mood of the scenes with subtle infusion.

If you like absurdity and edgy comedy with a very dark lining, you may well like this production. It won’t bring any additional understanding to any issue, but it’s got interesting moments and capable performances. For more information, go to www.schmeater.org or call (206) 324-5801.

Tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/309455 or 1-800-838-3006.

YUPPIE WANNABES Schultz’s play is broad strokes: Brian clearly wants things – expensive toys, a beautiful high-rise apartment, membership in the “club.” And the second act displays those things as hollow and not providing the happiness that Brian is seeking. While in Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ the first act the couple’s marriage is solid, gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/Seby the second it is deteriorating and on the attleTheaterWriters.

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A flash of brilliance Flashdance: The Musical surpasses all expectations

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer FLASHDANCE: THE MUSICAL PARAMOUNT THEATRE Through April 21 So what do you do if you’re a Steeltown girl on a Saturday night? The answer is obvious: you become a flash dancer. Based on the film of the same name, Flashdance is a pre-Broadway show that opened last month at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre. With several new songs added and several favorites kept, the show is fun, entertaining, and enjoyable.

The storyline follows Alex (Emily Padgett), a young woman working at the Hurley Steel factory in Pittsburgh during the 1980s. To help ends meet during hard financial times, Alex works at a dance club while dreaming of getting into Shipley Dance Academy and becoming a ballerina.

When Alex meets the new young boss of the steel factory, sparks fly.

AN EXPERT CAST The cast does a very good job, with no exceptions. They support the leads with strong expertise and their voices all match without anyone trying to steal focus. The ballet dancers are beautiful to watch as the gracefully move about the stage. Jakob Karr, Brandt Martinez, and Nick McGough all take control of their bodies whether they are doing traditional ballet or modern breakdancing. Matthew Hydzik plays the young boss, Nick Hurley. His voice is strong and he emotes well. He holds his own presence on stage even when up against a pow-

erhouse like Padgett – who, as the dancer/ welder Alex Owens, is absolutely fantastic.

Her personality is bubbly enough to hold onto her dreams while not allowing herself to fall prey in a male-dominated steelworkers’ world. Her voice is clear and she sings with a strong instrument. But, as can be expected, it is her dancing that takes center stage. She moves like a “maniac,” dancing in frenzy where every muscle on her taut body can be seen.

Fans of the 1983 film will notice some changes have been made in the transition from screen to stage. Several characters have been combined to form Gloria (Kelly Felthous), the ditzy dancer and best friend whom Alex takes under her protective wing. Hurley, the boss, is younger here to provide a love interest for Alex and to help create a new storyline. Sixteen new songs have been written for the stage production (which fit into the storyline very well) while the favorite film hits have been incorporated as well. “Maniac,” “I Love Rock And Roll,” “Manhunt,” “Gloria,” and, of course, the “What a Feeling” theme song, are all done by members of the cast to help further the plot. And for those who are fans of the infamous shower-chair scene, it is still here, with minor adaptations.

Flashdance is expected to open on BroadEmily Padgett (center) in Flashdance The Musical way later this year. Its next stop is Portland, where it will play the Keller Auditorium sidered for the role of Nick were Gene Sim- Branigan), and the theme, “Flashdance … from April 23 to 28. mons (of KISS), Robert DeNiro, and Kevin What a Feeling” (performed by Irene Cara, Costner. The film generated great contro- won the Academy Award for Best Original FLASHDANCE FILM TRIVIA versy when an unbilled actress did the “dan- Song). While a sequel was at one time beThree actresses were considered for the ceovers” for Beals. It garnered several ma- ing planned, Beals turned down the offer role of Alex in the 1983 film: Jennifer Beals, jor hits: “Maniac” (nominated for an Acad- to reprise her role and it subsequently was Demi Moore, and Leslie Wing. Actors con- emy Award), “Gloria” (by the late Laura shelved.

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still performed in the Western world – you name it, the Russians did it first).

A TRAGIC LIFE Stowell’s glorious production is based, in Swan Lake’s haunting music was obgreat part, on the iconographic choreogra- viously torn from the soul of a depressed, phy by Russia’s Marius Petipa and Lev Iva- closeted, and emotionally unstable musical nov (as is virtually every major story ballet genius named Tchaikovsky, who clearly saw

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the story of a dual personality trapped in one body as his fate. He would, tragically, take his own life after an attempt at an illfated traditional marriage, but his genius, and his anguish, live on with his immortal music.

None of this mattered as the SGN regulars arrived, but Tchaikovsky’s fate as a tormented, closeted Gay man needs to be acknowledged, respected, and honored by all.

Enough said.

This SGN scribe had literally come directly from SeaTac, returning to Seattle after a four-month stay in New York City – a trip prompted by Pacific Northwest Ballet’s triumphant return to City Center with two glorious programs over Valentine’s Day week: an all-Balanchine mixed-rep opening and the sensational revival of the French Romeo et Juliette.

physically challenged, etc.

Rob moved our dinners to the press room where The Trio politely greeted the PR staff and walked cautiously (in their tiaras and heels) to get soft drinks, juices, and the evening’s constant highlight, Dilettante chocolates.

THE ‘PRELUDE’ AT PRELUDE Making his entrance at Prelude, the wonderful restaurant inside McCaw Hall, this writer arrived just minutes before the legendary Ruby Bishop joined the SGN table.

Often the “rose” with this “thorn” at SGN music and arts events, the living legend was glowing in ... well, ruby-colored everything.

At 93, she still packs ’em in every Sunday night from 6 p.m. on at Vito’s on First Hill – thaz the Mad Men retro bar that is so so so hot hot hot.

Rob, our waiter, did a terrific job. We ordered in the restaurant, gulped our delicious hot soup, and started our main dishes. Then, the Terrific Trio (or the Terrifying Trio, as loyal readers will recall) arrived. They include Miss V, this writer’s talented and charming granddaughter, along with Miss V II, her best friend, and Miss A, her other best friend.

Armed with our Teen Tix, we swept off to the box office where the greatest staff in the entire world re-seated the five of us in the most desirable seats imaginable – way in the back for easy bathroom runs. Great sightlines, no slanted aisles to thwart the

CURTAIN TIME “On a dark and stormy night …” And the Trio were enchanted at their very first Harry Potter-like Swan Lake opening.

Three real-looking swans glided on stage and were magically transformed into three dancers who really seemed to be swans en pointe. Perfection.

Then, tragedy! The Prince is tricked by the Evil Magician. Odette is not there – it’s the Black Swan, Odile! “Oh, no,” exclaims the Trio, “the Prince is tricked. But he loves the White Swan and she is – gasp – the evil Black Swan.”

A tragic ending that illustrates a good moral: Be true to your own feelings, stay with purity (the White Swan), and avoid evil (the Black Swan). Great messages for teen girls today, bethinks this grandfather.

The production features new sets by the world’s greatest designer of 20th-century stages, Ming Cho Lee. Be sure to take an extra five minutes and bask in the special exhibit recapping the designer’s special relationship with PNB. Carla Körbes and the super-handsome Karel Cruz simply are Odette (the Swan Queen) and the Prince. Their glorious dancing was matched in its brilliance by the PNB Orchestra, conducted by Emil de Cou, which brought the sweeping, tragic themes to life. All get a 10 out of 10.

Swan Lake’s final performances, both evenings and matinees, are this Saturday and Sunday. Information and reservations: (206) 441-2424 or www pnb.org. Teen Tix are $5 and last-minute Rush tickets are halfprice, both subject to availability, of course.

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music Crystal Castles: moving on up

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

The Toronto-based duo Crystal Castles – Alice Glass and Ethan Kath – return to Seattle on April 30 for a performance at the Moore Theatre, an upgraded venue from The Showbox SoDo, site of their previous Seattle shows. The pair, who combine garage-rock sounds with electronic-synth backgrounds and distorted vocals, have been on fire since releasing their self-titled debut in 2008. They’ve put out two more albums since then, including last year’s wellreceived III. Crystal Castles will be touring much of 2013 with headlining shows, major festival appearances, and select dates with Depeche Mode. Glass is my special guest in “The Music Lounge” next week, and she’ll set up the Moore Theatre show for us and reveal what her favorite Gay bar is back home in Toronto. Grab a copy of SGN on April 26 and read all about it.

SING ONE FOR US, PHIL! The initial lineup for this summer’s Marymoor Park Concert Series has been unveiled. Damien “Jr. Gong” Marley & Stephen Marley featuring the Ghetto Youths Crew will kick things off June 19, followed

by Pink Martini with China Forbes on August 4. KNDD 107.7 The End’s “Summer Camp” (artists TBA) happens on August 10, and rounding out the schedule are Da-

ryl Hall & John Oates on August 13, Steely Dan on August 15, Willie Nelson & Family on August 23, Furthur featuring Phil Lesh and Bob Weir (of Grateful Dead fame) on September 24, and The Lumineers on a date to be determined. All shows take place outdoors in the Redmond park, about a 15-minute drive from downtown Seattle.

IS SHE STILL A BELIEBER? TV star-turned-singer Selena Gomez has scheduled a Seattle date on her upcoming tour. Honestly, I know only one song of hers, but apparently she’s big enough to play Key Arena. Perhaps more famously recognized as Justin Bieber’s former arm candy, Gomez will be here on November 12 with her band The Scene. Tickets go on sale April 20.

WELCOME BACK, VIENNA Another new show to announce is singersongwriter Vienna Teng on November 20.

The Stanford alum, who interviewed several years ago with SGN, is set to appear at The Neptune. She hasn’t released any new material since 2009’s Inland Territory, partly because she’s been busy getting her MBA at the University of Michigan. Tickets are on sale now, including a $50 pass that gets you sound-check access and a meetand-greet with the artist.

tradamus on April 26 (Neumos), Marina and the Diamonds on May 2 (The Showbox SoDo), Sara Bareilles on May 11 (The Showbox Market), Of Monsters and Men on May 14 (Paramount Theatre), MGMT on May 15 (The Showbox SoDo), and all three YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE days of the Watershed Festival on August These concerts are now sold out: Floss- 2-4 (The Gorge Amphitheatre).

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Vickers), Hauck nonetheless managed fine artistry and a sensitive rendering of each song. He showed in his concentration and fine phrasing how much he enjoys sharing his love of this music with his audience.

Seattle U concert is a lesson in what makes an artist Seattle University

Quinton Morris and Erin Chung

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer

Ethan Kath and Alice Glass of Crystal Castles

BRAHMS MUSIC SERIES SEATTLE UNIVERSITY April 13 “When faculty professionals perform alongside gifted students, there are three happy outcomes: new inspiration for the faculty, great experience for the students, and fresh perspectives for the audience.” So wrote Melinda Bargreen in a foreword to the printed program for the opening concert

of Seattle University’s Brahms Music Series. One valuable “fresh perspective” is the chance to experience what constitutes the difference between true artists and those who think they might want to be artists.

The most extreme difference showed up in the first two performances. Tenor Ross Hauck, from the voice faculty, sang six lieder by Brahms, ending with the famous “Brahms’ Lullaby,” which Hauck dedicated to his children. While this tenor’s vocal technique is, to my ears, more suited to a heldentenor (think a smaller-voiced Jon

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WHERE IS THE LOVE? By contrast, student Anne Marie Jones, perhaps because of nerves, showed no involvement in her two songs that followed.

She displayed a lovely voice, effortlessly produced but utterly lacking in energy or expression. If she loves to sing and loves to sing for an audience, she needs to learn how to express that love. Hiding behind a music stand, she seemed physically and emotionally dead. I hope she sees and learns from the video someone was shooting from the audience.

In all Brahms’ music involving the piano, that part is no mere accompaniment.

Rhonda Kline was the able partner for both Hauck and Jones.

The last piece before intermission was the Horn Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 40, which introduced us to two more faculty members, violinist Quinton Morris and pianist Erin Chung. The horn was played by Jeffrey Boersema. Even the best professional horn players have occasional notes that “split” or otherwise don’t come out right, but in this admittedly difficult work we heard dozens of flubs and a serious problem with intonation. Boersema seemed a little out of his depth.

Morris, who is faculty director of chamber and instrumental music at SU, quickly established his mastery and supreme musicianship. His whole body was engaged, while a passionate energy informed every phrase. No question here of his love for this music nor of his consummate communica-

Finally, local superstars Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, who performed brilliantly on the otherwise stupid MTV Movie Awards last week, have released the video for their new single “Can’t Hold Us,” featuring great Seattle scenery. It can be seen now on YouTube. Macklemore interviewed with SGN in December. tion skills. We understood his intent behind every line. Likewise, Chung, of the piano and music theory faculty, was more than up to every challenge of this difficult score.

Both the piano and violin sang their parts with soaring vitality.

A FINE FINISH Certainly the best was saved for last. Faculty members Lee Peterson (piano), Marcus Talley (violin I), Quinton Morris (violin II), and Kevin Krentz (cello) joined Amber Archibald (viola) for the Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34. This was a performance that would shine on any stage. One would think this ensemble had been performing together for many years. The quintet, one of Brahms’ most inspired works, swept the audience up in waves of musical intensity, warmth, and power. Everyone was totally together, with Kevin Krentz especially expressive with his gorgeous cello lines. Again, Quinton Morris impressed with his focused and intensely etched phrasing, as well as with his ready communication with his partners, often with a glancing smile, as they dug into particularly juicy bits.

Fresh perspective, indeed! Seeing the difference between not only technically competent but fully involved and communicative artists and students who have yet to find their way to that level makes one all the more aware of the complexity of musical expression. It takes far more than the world’s biggest and most beautiful voice to make a great singer. Likewise, making a musical instrument sing goes way beyond playing the notes perfectly.

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

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continued from cover Chris Azzopardi: Do you think you would’ve pursued a solo career if your mom hadn’t convinced you to?

Jessie Ware: No. Probably not. It was a joint thing – my mom and my friends put me in a session with some tracks. I felt like I was very lucky to have people who really had faith in me.

Azzopardi: Were you a good journalist?

Ware: No, I was rubbish! That’s why I didn’t do it for that long. I found it really, really competitive and it just didn’t feel completely right for me. My father is a journalist and I was under the impression that it’s very glamorous and that I’d be a hard-hitting journalist, but no. I just wasn’t very good.

Azzopardi: Isn’t music competitive, too?

Ware: Yeah, but I feel like I was extremely lucky with how I came into music, because I had people really rooting for me and so I didn’t feel quite guilty about it. I didn’t really have that struggle. I went from backing singer to solo singer, but I was so content being a backing singer. It was really my mates pushing me to get in a session on my own, which I was petrified about.

Look, I put my time in as a backing singer and I was a dance vocalist, but it felt sometimes too good to be true with how generous people were with me, giving me these opportunities.

Azzopardi: Your Twitter wallpaper is Barbra Streisand. What kind of influence has she had on you and your career?

Ware: She’s brilliant and just so charismatic. I just think she’s a great, great singer and a great performer, and you can just learn a lot from watching any performance of hers – that you must never forget to try your hardest all the time.

Azzopardi: Were you an obsessive fan as a kid?

Ware: I’ve always felt really protective of my brother. I think we all kind of knew he was Gay from quite a young age, and I felt like he was picked on at school because of maybe him being more effeminate and not being able to come out and it became an issue. He was having to defend himself and he wasn’t even sure if he was Gay yet.

You can still see it happening, and people are still so casually homophobic without even knowing it, whether it be “Oh, that’s so gay” – things like that. It really annoys me.

I feel very protective of him and I’d like to do more supporting Gay rights, absolutely, because it’s close to home for me. I don’t think he’s had an easy time being Gay, to be honest. It’s been harder for him, I think.

Azzopardi: You really demonstrate a lot of self-control on this album, and the album is better because of that.

Were you conscious of keeping your voice in check?

Ware: Absolutely. I wanted to tell stories and draw people in and not inundate them with a big powerhouse vocal. It would’ve been a bit exhausting on the ears. Don’t get me wrong, [when performing] live I go for it a bit more because I think it’s more necessary. But I definitely wanted to be able to exist in people’s homes, cars, and just in the background, and I didn’t want people to want to turn me down.

Azzopardi: Were there times while recording where you just wanted to let your voice rip?

I feel like you could’ve gone there with “Running.”

Ware: For “Running,” it’s just enough, I think. I keep that really long note, and you should see how long I keep it in the live show. It’s ridiculous. I try to test myself and see how long I can hold that note, but no, I think it’s not about me showing off on a vocal, it’s more about what’s necessary for the song.

Azzopardi: What’s been your wildest moment so far?

Ware: Probably getting the A$AP Rocky verse in the inbox [for the “Wildest Moments” remix]. That was pretty amazing and nobody really thought it was going to happen. We were just about to deliver the album, and then he popped up in everyone’s inbox with the verse.

Azzopardi: With artists like you, Adele, and Florence Welch, and several other emerging female performers who actually wear clothes, I’m reminded of the early ’90s, when Mariah, Whitney, and Celine didn’t have to look like floozies to sell records. What do you think of this new wave of women who are bringing a more sophisticated – and clothed – look back?

Ware: Oh, I love it. Whenever I dress up, it’s always gotta be something that my mother would be happy with me wearing, so I always have that in the back of my mind. But yeah, I think it’s brilliant. What’s better than a classy woman who can sing? I mean, I show my tummy a lot. But I think I can get away with a little bit of midriff.

Azzopardi: What are you wearing now?

Ware: A knitted pink crop-top with a really big roll-neck and a lovely silk jacket with high-waisted trousers and slippers.

Azzopardi: So you’re completely covered.

Ware: There is a tiny bit of midriff. I’m so sorry!

the orange vinyl where she looks very elegant.

Azzopardi: Why do you think Gay men gravitate toward big female voices like those and yours so much?

Ware: Look, I don’t know, but maybe it’s the drama. There’s always a huge passion. I don’t know if it stems from musical theater and the fabulousness of it. I don’t know. You tell me. You’re Gay! Azzopardi: I like to say we have good taste.

Ware: [laughs] It’s good taste, but also I feel like you’re always the ones who have your finger on the pulse. You’re always the first to know about people. You’re breaking me! You know what, when I came [to the U.S.] in January and I saw how many Gay people were at my gigs, I breathed a sigh of relief, I’m not gonna lie. I thought, “OK, yes, they’re on my side. Wicked. Let’s go.”

Azzopardi: Were you doing a club tour?

Ware: No, I didn’t, actually. The only club that I played was in San Francisco, which I think had quite a renowned Gay club night and that was amazing. It was the second sellout of the tour. It was just amazing.

I loved it. But I have really catered to the Gays in the new video [for “Imagine It Was Us”]. It’s got voguing and lots of beautiful men with no tops on and choreographed dancing and a disco feel to it.

Azzopardi: Thank you so much!

Ware: Pleasure!

Azzopardi: When did you become aware that you had a Gay following?

Ware: I only really realized when I came to America. You know what, I’m still working out who’s coming to see me anyway, but

“I feel like I was extremely lucky with how I came into music, because I had people really rooting for me and so I didn’t feel quite guilty about it. I didn’t really have that struggle. I went from backing singer to solo singer, but I was so content being a backing singer. It was really my mates pushing me to get in a session on my own, which I was petrified about.” when I saw all these beautiful Black men at the front [at one of the shows] I was like, “Oh, heyyy,” and they’d be like, “Gurrrrlfriend!” It was definitely America that made me realize you were on my side.

Azzopardi: What song on Devotion speaks most to your Gay fans?

Ware: I feel like quite a lot of them like “Taking In Water,” and I don’t know if that’s because it’s about my brother and they know that. It was written when he was having a really tough time, which could’ve been partly to do with sexuality and the struggle of that.

Azzopardi: Did you write it about him and his struggle with his sexuality?

Ware: It’s not just about that. It’s kind of the aftermath of coming out. I don’t know.

It’s about a few things. I was very protective of him but I wasn’t very good at expressing it, and then I kind of wrote this song.

I’m not saying the song made us closer at all, but we definitely are much tighter now. I make sure everyone knows he’s in the audience when he is and I make sure everyone knows it’s about my little brother.

Azzopardi: How has having a Gay brother influenced the way you feel about Gay rights?

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Ware: No, not at all. My grandma made me watch concerts of hers when I was younger and she was just obsessed. My mom took my grandma to a concert and I remember it very vividly. But no, it was more a later love and find when I started watching Yentl and Funny Girl and things like that, and actually getting so madly into the stuff that she did with Robin Gibb.

Azzopardi: Are there other singers you idolize that we do as well? Bette Midler?

Ware: Uh, hello! I’m calling my unborn child – my daughter that I hopefully will have – C.C., partly because of C.C. Bloom from Beaches, and also because my grandma is named Cecilia, so I’m calling her that.

Yeah, there’s a definite Bette Midler love in there. I just love strong Jewish women.

Azzopardi: Who’s your favorite, Mariah or Whitney?

Ware: Whitney was my one, my love. In fact, I had Whitney and Barbra Streisand vinyls in the recording booth when I made my album just so if ever I wasn’t trying hard enough, I’d just look at them and be like, “Oh no, try harder. Babs wouldn’t do that.

Whitney wouldn’t do that.”

Azzopardi: Which Whitney album?

Ware: I had the Whitney Houston one –

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE COMPANY YOU KEEP Opens April 19 Sharon Solarz (Susan Sarandon) has been arrested. Thirty years after her involvement in the robbery of a Michigan bank that led to the death of a guard, the former Weather Underground operative, now living as a suburban wife and mother, has found herself in handcuffs, FBI Special Agent Cornelius (Terrence Howard) showcasing intense pride in taking her into custody.

to be forced to make a major sacrifice. Calling the brother (Chris Cooper) he promised never to embroil in his complicated past mistakes, he leaves the girl in his care as he races into the wilderness to right a wrong he had long hoped would be forgotten. With time running out, and with Ben doggedly on his tail, Jim is on a collision course to discover the whereabouts of his ex, Mimi Lurie (Julie Christie), the truths about their complicated relationship the key to discovering just what happened at the Michigan bank three decades prior.

The Company You Keep’s Ben Shepard is an energetic lost, if smart, lamb trapped in a barren pasture of his own design, his eagerness to be popular inadvertently subverting his intellectual drive for the truth.

Thing is, she was on her way to turn herself in, having decided it was time to meet with the authorities and discuss just how involved she was in the actual robbery. What she did not expect was that young journalist Ben Shepard (Shia LaBeouf), at the urging of his beleaguered editor, Ray Fuller (Stanley Tucci), would be drawn to her story like a dog in heat. Understanding the value of what the chronicling of her capture could mean for his career, knowing how it could skyrocket him into the national consciousness if he could somehow ascertain the whereabouts of her supposed co-conspirators, the reporter starts digging like mad, discovering half-truths he hurriedly fleshes out into complete stories long before full understanding is gained.

Enter public-interest lawyer Jim Grant (Robert Redford). His younger wife recently deceased, the single father of 12-year-old Isabel (Jackie Evancho) knows he is about

MEDIA MATTERS Based on the novel by Neil Gordon and with a screenplay by Lem Dobbs (Haywire, The Limey), Redford’s latest directorial enterprise is a very ’70s-style political thriller that goes out of its way to comment on the current state of American journalism. On that front, the filmmaker eviscerates what he sees as too much corporate interference coupled with youthful malaise engineered by social media and the pressure to be first to report a story no matter what (even if the story is inaccurate). If the protagonists of All the President’s Men are the pinnacle of journalistic ethics, The Company You Keep’s Ben Shepard is an energetic lost, if smart, lamb trapped in a barren pasture of his own design, his eagerness to be popular inadvertently subverting his intellectual drive for the truth.

As for the other story, similarities to the Redford-starring Sneakers aside, it’s pretty

Shia LaBeouf in The Company You Keep

straightforward, and for all the star cameos (Nick Nolte, Sam Elliott, Richard Jenkins, Brit Marling, Brendan Gleeson, Anna Kendrick, and Stephen Root filling key supporting roles) it isn’t exactly a surprise where any of this is headed. Grant’s journey is a familiar one, and while his ultimate reasons for seeking out Mimi are a bit interesting, it’s not exactly a shock if the viewer has put the pieces together long before their climactic conversation ever takes place.

While the portion of the film commenting

on today’s standards of journalism can be on the heavy-handed side, and while the actual suspense-thriller-mystery sections are too familiar, all the same I found myself enjoying The Company You Keep. Redford’s confident, effortless handling of this material is moderately impressive, and where some of his recent efforts haven’t exactly made the grade (The Conspirator, The Legend of Bagger Vance) or lived up to expectations (Lions for Lambs), this one comes remarkably close to doing so even with a few important elements working decidedly against it.

AWESOME CASTING It helps that the cast is aces across the board. Better, Dobbs has given them all something interesting to play, and even if their screen time is brief all of them manage to give their respective characters a memorable trait giving them dimensionality easy to respond to – and, in most cases, relate to. On top of that, both Grant and Shepard are worthy protagonists, each of them not what they initially appear with both Redford and LaBeouf diving in making them come to life with a complex electric vitality I couldn’t resist.

The Company You Keep is far from perfect, and I think with maybe one more rewrite Dobbs could have crafted something that rose to the same heights as his work for Stephen Soderbergh has in the past. Still, thanks to expert craftsmanship (as always, the director/star has assembled a crackerjack technical team, the movie looking and sounding terrific) and solid performances by all involved, I enjoyed the film. While not as prescient as it thinks it is, or as twisty as the filmmakers hoped, the tale intelligently being spun remains a solid one, and, as old-school political thrillers go, Redford has done a reasonably good job that many will happily be satisfied with.

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Playing catch-up with the Oscars 2012’s most celebrated films are now out on Blu-ray

by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer

best Bond themes ever, by you know who: Adele.

WRECK-IT RALPH/PAPERMAN So, how many of the big winners at the Wins: Short Film (Animated) 2013 Academy Awards have you actually People adored seen? It’s time to sit down and get up to speed, now that many of them are available Sarah Silverman as on home video. Here are several to get you the squawking tyke.

They loved her rainstarted. bow-colored world.

All the “joyful” nosLES MISÉRABLES Wins: Actress in a Supporting Role (Anne talgia and turd jokes?

Hathaway), Sound Mixing, Makeup and They loved those, too. Not me. WreckHairstyling Boasting of its eight Academy Award It Ralph, with Jane nominations, three Golden Globe wins Lynch essentially and “perfect” picture and sound, the Les doing an animated Misérables Blu-ray – all right, you got me Sue Sylvester, is a with that velvet-soft slipcase, Universal – is genius concept that as showy as director Tom Hooper’s stuffy, goes “Game Over” up-the-nose shots of his live “singers.” And after a promising if you want to hang out in Hugh Jackman’s start – where the nostril cavities, then be my guest. Other bad boys of arcade, reasons for seeing Hooper’s version of the including ransacker Broadway hit: You like overwrought musi- Ralph, sit in group cals where people sing about suffering, and therapy and discuss then sing about suffering some more. For their aggressiveness almost three hours. You are curious to hear – left-right-lefts into just how bad Russell Crowe sounds. You an obnoxiously gratwant to see Anne Hathaway own that Os- ing ADHD nuisance. car win as a prostitute in need of a shower, I kept wanting Ralph who sings better than Susan Boyle. That to wreck this and reperformance, and also Jackman as Jean start. That’s not to Valjean, elevates one of the greatest misses say Ralph doesn’t of last year, but only so much. And not enough. If you want to see Anne (pretend to) get emotional discussing her character – and ogle a shirtless Hugh at the gym – the extras are for you, too.

SKYFALL Wins: Original Song, Sound Editing For a half century, the James Bond franchise – 23 films, including this one – has built a wildly heteronormative world based on chases and girls and beating the bad guys. So, of course madness and mayhem and machismo endure in Skyfall, but this exhilarating joyride doesn’t stop there: A bad call in the beginning puts Bond’s life in danger, things get complicated between 007 and M (Judi Dench, chewing up every scene) and a deranged arch-nemesis (maniacal marvel Javier Bardem) puts the moves on his foe. Bond himself, played by Daniel Craig at his best, even suggests he’s maybe a little Gay (uh-oh).

With a team of shrewd writers, and director Sam Mendes’ stylistic influence (he won an Oscar for American Beauty), Bond is more grounded – more human – than ever: He’s aging and he knows his days are numbered.

Mortality and loss are at the film’s rich, gritty center, but Skyfall – a major comeback after Quantum of Solace – soars with life.

The hour-long doc “Shooting Bond” looks at the dashing stunts and psychedelic title sequence, which accompanies one of the

ryn Bigelow says she wouldn’t do her Osama bin Laden docudrama – an unnerving and exceptional retelling of the arduous manhunt – without Jessica Chastain. And good for her. Chastain is an actress of im-

mense versatility with an already impressive resume, and her Maya (which nabbed the star a Best Actress Golden Globe) is portrayed with feminist fierceness, strident determination, confidence, and ultra-badassery. She knows it, too. “I’m the motherfucker who found this place,” she tells an inquiring CIA agent. They believe her, at least enough to crash into and shoot up Bin’s compound, because she believes in herself. The tense, gripping search, with its false leads, suicide bombings, torture interrogations, and eventual raid (spectacularly and realistically shot, by the way), becomes just as much about the man behind the 9/11 attacks as it does the woman – that’s right: the woman – who nailed him. With all the supplemental possibilities, it’s a shame only four featurettes – the best being the one on Chastain – round out the set.

make clever gaming-culture cracks, but not nearly enough to justify spending almost all its time in the acid-trippy “Sugar Rush” game, run by the stereotypical “Nelly wafer” King Candy. If you wanna spend an hour in Candyland, call your Gayest friend and get the board game out. Extras aren’t so great either, though it does include Disney’s enchanting Oscar-winning short Paperman, which is better than the feature film.

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ZERO DARK THIRTY Wins: Sound Editing During a short featurette, director Kath-

LINCOLN Wins: Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Production De-

that deceptive opening war scene – before delegates group for the big climactic vote.

Day-Lewis makes a riveting Abe that, like Lincoln himself, will go down in history.

Not only is the resemblance uncanny, he emancipates every scene with gravitas. Sally Field also does career-best work as wife Mary Todd. She gets to cry. Enough said.

Special features are scant, but they decently skim all aspects of Lincoln, from the artistic production design to casting.

LIFE OF PI Wins: Directing, Cinematography, Visual Effects, Original Score It’s perfectly normal to have Ang Lee envy. Aside from winning the coveted statue at this year’s Oscars for his soul-awakening masterpiece, the filmmaker (who’s luckier than you) also directed Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal’s spit-and-stick tent scene in Brokeback Mountain.

Then Ang went ahead and made Life of Pi (the nerve!), an aesthetic dazzler that’s also a spiritually rich thinker, based on the bestselling book, about a boy who survives a shipwreck and fights for survival in the middle of the ocean on a raft with a gaggle of animals. Lee immerses you in an extraordinarily breathtaking CGI-enhanced outat-sea adventure, with all the majestic wonder of a dream. At dawn, it’s rich and lucid; nighttime is celestial and shimmery. No film in 2012 looked better than Life of Pi (both 2D and 3D formats are available on Blu-ray). So, even if the allegory doesn’t click, you won’t be at all bored trying to figure it out. Extras include an hour-long doc covering the story’s novel-toscreen evolution and an entire feature dedicated to Richard Parker, the tiger.

ARGO Wins: Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing Nobody’s feeling sorry for Ben Affleck anymore – probably not even Affleck himself. Though wrongfully snubbed of even a nomination for Best Director, Affleck’s historical account took home the Big One – as it should have – for his life-or-death dramatization of 1979’s Iranian hostage crisis, when six U.S. Embassy escapees hide in the home of Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor (out actor Victor Garber). You might already know how it all shakes out when CIA staffer Tony Mendez leads the rescue mission, but Affleck’s effective no-nonsense direction moves every scene along with nail-biting intensity – and, in the peripheral film-withina-film, welcome comic relief – that no history book could possibly replicate. Besides an Affleck commentary, “Picture in Picture: Eyewitness Account” headlines an impressive bunch of historically informative extras on the actual crisis.

sign Set during the Civil War just as Honest Abe enters his second presidential term, Steven Spielberg’s inspiring biopic spotlights the landmark amendment to abolish slavery and the knuckle-clenching courtroom drama that ensued. As the Supreme Court hears arguments for Gay marriage, Lincoln is both timely and hopeful (we know what happened then: equality preChris Azzopardi is the editor of Q Syndivailed). The first half of out scribe Tony cate, the international LGBT wire service.

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child and I knew it was going to be a boy.

“My first child was a boy. My second child was now going to be a boy. I started thinking about legacy. I started thinking about the things I was going to pass on to him and to his older brother. I started thinking about the things that were passed down to me. I felt like I wanted my son to make his own life, to come into this world clean and not have any of my sins or bad choices to deal with. I started writing the first initial draft of the script in 2007. After that, the movie came to me pretty quickly.”

The resulting motion picture debuted at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival to almost universal acclaim. It is the epic story of two wildly disparate fathers – motorcycle carnival daredevil turned fearless bank robber Luke (Ryan Gosling) and upright rookie police officer Avery Cross (Bradley Cooper), and their two sons, Jason (Dane DeHaan) and AJ (Emory Cohen), forced to live in their shadow. It attempts to show how sins and regrets can inadvertently be passed down generation to generation, the chances of digging out from underneath the familial tumult and turmoil not particularly big.

“I had this idea of legacy, and I knew it was going to be a triptych, so I met [coscreenwriter] Ben Coccio at the Donut Pub in Manhattan and I laid out my ideas,” explains Cianfrance. “He latched onto it right away. We had similar reference points – Goodfellas is our favorite movie; he was from Schenectady, New York, same as my wife; and he could relate to the ideas and themes I was talking about. We decided right then we were going to work together.

“We made a few concrete decisions. We knew the movie would be about legacy. We knew we would tell the story in linear order even though the narrative was going to span multiple generations. We decided we were going to set it in Schenectady. And, finally, with Goodfellas being our favorite film we decided we were going to write a key supporting role exclusively for Ray Liotta.”

With Coccio now working on the nuts and bolts of the screenplay, Cianfrance went off to make Blue Valentine, and it was during his conversations with Gosling, that film’s male lead, that he knew The Place Beyond the Pines was destined to become a reality.

“We were just chatting,” muses the director, “nothing more than that. I asked [Ryan] about his fantasies, about crazy things he wanted to do in life but was never able to do because doing so would either be impossible, wrong or both.

“He confided in me he’d always wanted to rob a bank but that he would never do it because he was scared of jail and of the repercussions his actions would have for his loved ones. His saying this was of course funny, because here I was writing a movie about a guy who ends up robbing banks, which got me curious as to how he would do it in order not to get caught. Ryan immediately responded that he’d do it on a motorcycle, wearing the helmet to cover his face, and that then he’d drive off as fast as he could and then hide in a U-Haul truck parked maybe four blocks away. He mentioned he’d drive off in the U-Haul because people would be looking for a guy on a motorcycle, not a guy in a truck.”

“I kid you not, this was what Coccio and I had written, and here [Gosling] laid it all out in almost the exact same fashion as the two of us were just sitting on the set of Blue Valentine chatting about fantasies. I told him I could make his fantasies come true, [Ryan] essentially coming on board the production during that random conversation. It was that moment when I knew we were destined to make this movie.”

The commonalities between all of Cianfrance’s first three motion pictures are undeniable. His debut Brother Tied was about a pair of siblings dealing with new friendships and their own estrangement. Blue Val-

entine concerned both the beginning and the ending of a marriage, the non-linear approach documenting its birth and death in equal measure. And, as already stated, The Place Beyond the Pines revolves around fathers and their sons, the sins of the former making lives for the latter close to unbearable.

“I’ve been making films about family for a long time now,” admits the director. “But while all my films have been personal, this one has been the most personal, even more so than Blue Valentine, a movie I poured a great deal of myself into. Writing with Ben, having my good friend Darius Marder join us as the script progressed, I have to admit the difficulty level was as high as it possibly could have been. Balancing the three stories, making [them] into one movie, this was very challenging. The canvas is so large on this film. Blue Valentine was two people under a microscope. This is 56 people on an extremely large canvas. It was thrilling to work on that scale.”

That excitement was accentuated by the realization the filmmaker and his co-writers were going to being doing some major rugpulling in regard to the audience’s expectations, the plot containing a giant Psycholike twist that could potentially alienate a large swath of viewers. While this was a worry, Cianfrance was fairly sure he could not only pull off this turn of events, but do so in a way that would challenge viewers while making them want to stay emotionally engaged with the sprawling story unwinding in front of them.

“That was the thrill,” he happily admits.

“Psycho was such a huge influence on us.

When I saw that 20 years ago I’d always known there was the shower scene – what I didn’t know was that I got to spend 45 minutes with Janet Leigh before she even got into the shower. When I first saw that it floored me and I couldn’t stop thinking about it, that baton pass, and the way that works [there] is that you pass that baton from one intricately written fascinating character who’s performed by a great actress into the hands of another intricately written fascinating character, played by Tony Perkins.

“I felt we needed to do something similar here. The baton pass has to be exact. It has to be perfect. It just raised the level of our writing and of what it was we were asking our actors to do. With Bradley, I had to find someone who had a charisma that could match Ryan’s charisma, which is extremely difficult to do. I had to find someone who was as good as an actor as him, who was as good a collaborator as him. I had to find someone who could take the second act of the movie and run with it. Thankfully, in Bradley, I found that.”

“Bradley, he didn’t know at first after he read the script if he could do the movie. He thought he was going to not do it. I had a four-hour dinner with him one night in Montreal five weeks out of production from midnight to four in the morning. For three hours and 45 minutes of that dinner he was not going to do the movie – he just wasn’t sure he could play the character. Suddenly, in the last 15 minutes of our dinner a light went on or something, and he changed his mind and decided to make the movie. I don’t know if I just wore him down or what, but I convinced him to play the role. Subsequently, I think the results speak for themselves because he’s terrific in the film.”

But one pass wasn’t enough for the filmmaker. No, he had to structure his film in such a way that the entire climactic stretch would suddenly be anchored by entirely different actor. Making it even more difficult?

This time the character would be filled by a relative unknown, his lauded performances in pictures as diverse as Chronicle and Lawless notwithstanding.

“We didn’t make it easy on ourselves, that’s very true,” says Cianfrance with a laugh. “Casting that was a whole enterprise in and of itself. I saw maybe 500 kids for those roles. I’d always admired a film like

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Bradley Cooper (l) and Derek Cianfrance on the set of The Place Beyond the Pines

Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank where you cast just a really wrong talent, like the girl there.

But here, I had actors of such high caliber in these other roles that I felt I needed some trained actors to play these kids in order to keep pace with them.”

“Thankfully I found Dane DeHaan, and I just couldn’t stop watching his tape. He’s just so good, so talented. The first thing he did when he arrived to the set was he wanted to build his own bike, he wanted to craft his own motorcycle like the one he imagined [his character] would ride. I would never forget the day that Dane called me from the emergency room – his chin was bleeding because he tried to pop a wheelie and crashed, his chin having a gaping hole in it.

He was so excited that Jason was going to have a scar now. I knew right then he was in it for the right reasons. He was in it to embody this person.”

Yet, all of these baton paces, the evershifting emotional landscape of the narrative, all of this makes the movie something of an intellectual challenge even for the sharpest of filmgoers. At the same time, Cianfrance did not waver from the task he set for himself, attempting to find the perfect balance between all of the stories being told within the film while doing so in a way that would keep the audience engaged while asking a great deal of them at the same time.

“Every part of filmmaking is a challenge,” he explains. “I want to communicate to people. I want to tell stories, I want audiences to follow them but I don’t want to pander to them. It’s a fine line maintaining objectivity.

As a filmmaker, I’m trying to do something very personal. To me my journey so far is to make myself as vulnerable as possible as a storyteller and as an artist. I want to put it on the screen as openly as I can.”

“People will love things, people will not like things, and that’s fine – making movies isn’t Burger King. It’s not ‘have it your way.’ There’s plenty of Burger King movies out there and they don’t interest me. When you try to please everyone you end up not pleasing anyone. I just try to retain objectivity as myself – making movies is the only thing I’ve ever wanted to do, so I trust my-

self as both an audience member and as a filmmaker.”

It’s an interesting perspective, especially for a movie as potentially divisive and alienating as The Place Beyond the Pines could end up being. But Cianfrance doesn’t shy away, instead choosing to embrace both his stylistic choices as well as the harsher emotional nuances that could make his latest something of a challenging sit. “It’s a very ambitious movie,” he admits, “and what I try to remember and think about is that, before I made films, I watched films; I’m an audience member before anything else.

I don’t think my taste in movies or things I want to see as an audience member are that different than anyone else. I think I have common tastes.”

“At the same time, I want to be challenged as an audience member. I don’t want to be talked down to. I don’t want to be preached to. There are certain things I have an allergy to. I like to sit in the audience and be respected by filmmakers; I like it when they remember I have a brain in my head. All I’m doing as a filmmaker is making the movies I dream about seeing as a member of the audience. It’s as simple as that.”

As the interview came to an end, I could help asking the filmmaker once more about his passion for telling stories about families. Brothers? Check. Husbands and wives?

Check. Fathers and sons? Check. With those three out of the way, could that mean a saga about mothers and daughters might at some point be forthcoming?

“I have a script,” says Cianfrance with a bright twinkle in his eye. “I do. I have one I wrote with my wife that we began work on before my first son was even born – that’s how long I’ve been thinking of this particularly story. It’s in the cooker.”

“But it takes a long time to get these projects going,” he continues with a laugh. “My favorite cook is the [late] Cajun chef Justin Wilson, the one who wears the belt and the suspenders. I love his line, ‘The longer it cooks, the better it tastes.’ So everything I do takes a long time. To my mind that’s a good thing.”

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Langston Hughes African American Film Festival 4/13-4/21). For a list of films and times visit www. langstonhughesinstitute.org/film-festival/ Northwest Bears Spring Thaw XIX (4/18-4/21). For events & venues visit www.springthaw.org Emerald City Softball Association Games. 9am5:30pm. North SeaTac Park, 13725 24th Ave S, SeaTac. www.emeraldcitysoftball.org Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

OUT For Sustainability. 1st Shift 9:30am-12noon; 2nd Shift 12noon-2:30pm. Cheshiahud Loop Trail, 2734 Westlake Ave N. We’ll be working toward completion of a public water access along Lake Union & neighboring trail beautification & restoration. www.out4s.org Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Sistah Sinema presents “Bumming Cigarettes.”

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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 Soromundi’s “Be the Change” Tour. 7:30pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. A joint concert featuring Soromundi Lesbian Chorus of Eugene with Seattle Women’s Chorus and Diverse Harmony Youth Chorus. Tickets: $15-general admission; $10-students/ seniors. Proceeds benefit Diverse Harmony. www. soromundi.org

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Langston Hughes African American Film Festival 4/13-4/21). For a list of films and times visit www. langstonhughesinstitute.org/film-festival/ Northwest Bears Spring Thaw XIX (4/18-4/21). For events & venues visit www.springthaw.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/ Emerald City Softball Association Games. 9am5:30pm. North SeaTac Park, 13725 24th Ave S, SeaTac; Mosher Park, 430 S 156th Pl, Burien, www. emeraldcitysoftball.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

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Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com People Who Love Too Much Meeting of CoDA. 10-11:30am. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Saturday. Join us and free yourself from the mire and the misery of unsatisfactory relationships.

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

Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Broadway Farmers Market Opening Day. 11am3pm. Broadway E & E Pine St. www.seattlefarmers markets.org Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6177, or Mike Chin (509) 990-0007. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

dharmabuddies.org Seattle Men in Leather Monthly Brunch. 11am. CC Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. Meets 3rd Sunday most months. All members of the leather community are invited to attend. SML is a Gay men’s social organization, promoting with power & pride the Seattle Men’s Leather Community. www.seattlemeninleather.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 Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.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 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.

Pride Idol 2013 (4/7-6/9, except 5/19 & 5/26). Doors 6pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Each week’s winner moves on to the finals on 6/9 & each week’s runner-up moves on to the wild-card on 6/2. Winner performs at the Pride Parade Pre-Show & on the Pride Idol Float in the parade. $20 registration.

10 contestants per week maximum, first come, first served. www.seattlepride.org Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

April 20 thru April 28 Imperial Court of Seattle General Membership Meeting. 7pm. The Cuff Complex (lower level dance floor), 1533 13th Ave. Meets 4th Monday each month.

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

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

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

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

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

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

Meets 4th Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Women’s Liberation & Socialism. 7pm. 9525 Wallingford Ave N. Meets every Monday. Take part in discussions of Women & the Family by Russian revolutionary leader Leon Trotsky. This collection of essays shows how the Soviet transformation was a monumental victory for the second sex, though women’s gains were largely rolled back under the bureaucratic Stalinist regime. The book demonstrates how the development of a worker-controlled cooperative economy is essential to achieving true gender equality. Books can be purchased at each meeting. 722-0657, rwseattle@ mindspring.org, www.radical women.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

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

For 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 23

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

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

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

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org

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

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

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

Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBT MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide

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support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-2505002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/ love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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.

community calendar

WEDNESDAY - April 24

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

Call for details, location & to make reservations. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community.

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

(425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

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

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

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

Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group. 7pm. Entre Hermanos, 1505 Broadway. Bilingual (Spanish/English) Transsexual support group meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. For more information contact Abby 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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

This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www.ingersollcenter.org

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Rain City Jacks. West Queen Anne/Interbay. 1st Sunday each month, 2pm; 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & non-profit private club. Membership required. Adult men only. Enrollment available at the door. www. raincityjacks.org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5033.

Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies.

More info: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@ yahoogroups.com HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:30pm.

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

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

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

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

THURSDAY - April 25

Dining Out for Life. Dine out, fight HIV. For a list of participating restaurants visit www.diningoutforlife.com National Film Festival for Talented Youth (4/254/28). Largest youth film festival in the world. For a list of films & venues visit www.nffty.org Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-

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1912; 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.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone.

For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups. yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle

Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

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

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

FRIDAY - April 26

National Film Festival for Talented Youth (4/254/28). Largest youth film festival in the world. For a list of films & venues visit www.nffty.org Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (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, randy.wiger@seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6:30pm-appetizers & socializing; 7:30pm-dinner. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Meets last Friday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm.

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

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

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

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

(253) 474-8897.

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

GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

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

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

Every Friday. 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 You Are Loved! A Big Gay Cabaret. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm. Meander’s Kitchen, 9635 16th Ave SW. Burlesque! Comedy! Drag! Music! 21+. A benefit for Camp Ten Trees. $15 in advance, $20 at the door. www.brownpapertickets.com Capitol Hill Talent Show. Thru May 24 at 9pm; Grand Finale May 31 at 8pm. The Grill on Broadway, 314 Broadway E. Every Friday thru May 31. In the preliminary rounds, contestants are judged by audience response to determine if they advance to the Grand Finale on May 31. To REGISTER visit www. thegrillonbroadway.com

SATURDAY - April 27

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

National Film Festival for Talented Youth (4/254/28). Largest youth film festival in the world. For a list of films & venues visit www.nffty.org Youth in Focus: Double Exposure 2013. 5:30pm.

Seattle Design center, 5701 6th Ave S. Youth in Focus seeks to empower urban youth thru photography. www.youthinfocus.org General admission $100. www. brownpapertickets.com/event/306745.

SUNDAY - April 28

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

National Film Festival for Talented Youth (4/254/28). Largest youth film festival in the world. For a list of films & venues visit www.nffty.org Pride Idol 2013 (4/7-6/9, except 5/19 & 5/26). Doors 6pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Each week’s winner moves on to the finals on 6/9 & each week’s runner-up moves on to the wild-card on 6/2. Winner performs at the Pride Parade Pre-Show & on the Pride Idol Float in the parade. $20 registration.

10 contestants per week maximum, first come, first served. www.seattlepride.org

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/ Another-Gay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html

Celebrating 40 Years!

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

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

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

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

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

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

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

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; 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 gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworks seattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National

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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 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 SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

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

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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.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org 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.ingersoll center. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympia ftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

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

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth. org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, 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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