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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 21, Volume 41, May 24, 2013

by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer BEHIND THE CANDELABRA HBO Premieres May 26 Steven Soderbergh knows who’s significantly responsible for the major success of his malestripper romp Magic Mike: Gay men eager to ogle the barely covered bits of Channing Tatum and his hunky posse. The Oscar-winning director’s upcoming feature will obviously court the same audience – and not just because Matt Damon lets it all hang out, too.

Behind the Candelabra is so Gay that major Hollywood studios would have nothing to do with it. The revealing biopic of groundbreaking entertainer Liberace stars Michael Douglas as the shiny showman who died of AIDS-related pneumonia Michael Douglas (l) and Matt Damon in Behind the Candelabra

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Some hot Gossip on tap for Sunday

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SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL VARIOUS LOCATIONS Through June 9 The 39th annual Seattle International Film Festival continues this week, providing a fantastic opportuniuty to view films from all over the world of all genres and subjects.

Here are some more upcoming features that were available for preview.

(For detailed venue information, see the official SIFF Guide.)

FUREVER Rating: Very Good Genre: Documentary USA Sun., June 9, 6:30 p.m., Egyptian A profile of the pet death-care industry and how we grieve for our beloved animals in America. This interesting documentary, which inFurever

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Ernst Umhauer (l) and Fabrice Luchini in In the House

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer IN THE HOUSE Now showing How do we construct the stories that make up our lives? What are the fictions driving us? Which truths do we dare embrace and which ones terrify us so completely we can’t help but keep them at arm’s length? What is fantasy? What is reality? How do we educate our young and what impact do we feel

A PRODIGY DISCOVERED Things begin easily enough. To start off the new school year, Prof. Germain asks his students to write a paper chronicling their weekend. Most are jejune platitudes involving cell phones and dinner plans, leading the educator to believe his latest class of 16-year-olds might be his worst yet. But one essay catches his eye, young Garcia chronicling a weekend spent inside the middleclass abode of fellow classmate Rapha Artole, Jr. (Bastien Ughetto) and the observa-

François Ozon’s spellbinding In the House, his ambitious yet carefully refined adaptation of Juan Mayorga’s play is as glorious an achievement as anything I could have hoped for. we are having on the intellectual and social development of our children?

These are only a few of the myriad of questions lurking at the dexterous, rapturously complex metaphorical heart of director François Ozon’s spellbinding In the House, his ambitious yet carefully refined adaptation of Juan Mayorga’s play as glorious an achievement as anything I could have hoped for. The man behind strong French sensations like Swimming Pool, 8 Women, and Under the Sand has outdone himself, this seemingly simple saga of a bored, disillusioned literary professor, Germain (Fabrice Luchini), whose passions are reignited by the appearance of a talented if strange new student, Claude Garcia (Ernst Umhauer), far more than its initially familiar parts.

tions he records therein ending his tale with an alluring promise, “To be continued.”

Germain is both intrigued and horrified, reading portions of this saga to his art-dealer wife Jeanne (Kristin Scott Thomas) with a barely restrained glee she hasn’t seen him display in ages. Soon, the professor is urging his student to keep digging, to keep immersing himself into the lives of Rapha and his parents, helping him spin images and stories out of these reality-based incursions that boldly blur the line between truth and fiction.

It gets more intense and crazy from there – a stolen math test becomes a key plot point – but never in ways that feel unnatural or too bizarre for their own good. Everything moves with a naturalism that’s blissfully compelling, the dramatics taking place comedic and affecting both at the same time.

I kept waiting for Claude to be proven to be

some sort of teenage psycho, or Germain to lose all sense of himself and do something angrily aggressive. But nothing of the sort happens, and while the threat is always there the simple truth is both men hunger in many ways for the very same thing: to read/ hear/write/create/craft a story that keeps them interested and builds to a satisfactory conclusion that those who one day read it

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continued from cover at age 67 and Damon as his much younger beau, Scott Thorson.

In our interview, Soderbergh spoke in depth about the pair’s real-life relationship, the “flamboyancy scale” used to guide the actors’ Gayness on set, and what Damon wanted to flaunt.

Chris Azzopardi: Steven, you’ve made the Gayest movie of your career.

Steven Soderbergh: That was my intent.

Azzopardi: Was it?

Soderbergh: In a way. It was an opportunity to make use of all the hours that I’ve spent watching melodramas like Sunset Boulevard – anything connected to a certain aesthetic that we associate with camp or just glamour.

I had spoken to Michael about it conceptually when we were doing Traffic, but when I started researching Liberace, I was really having trouble figuring out what the angle should be. I didn’t want it to be a traditional biopic.

It was a friend of mine in New York who made me aware of Thorson’s book (Behind the Candelabra: My Life with Liberace).

Once I read that, it solved all my problems.

That was six years ago. So we’re sort of experiencing everything through his eyes.

He’s Alice going down the rabbit hole.

Azzopardi: What did you know about Liberace before reading Thorson’s book?

Soderbergh: I’m old enough to have seen him on TV when he was still performing.

THE PROCESS OF BECOMING What Ozon is talking about, what I think he is trying to dissect, is just how much the world around us affects and influences the art that is created both by us (whether we even know we’re doing it) and by those seen to be doing it professionally. The way these constructs interact with our daily lives, how we choose to interpret them, is how we slowly evolve and become the people we eventually transform into. It is this mirror that Germain looks into when he confronts the truth-based fiction Claude keeps handing him, the reverse image peering back at the student a construction he’s not entirely sure he wants to age into.

Masterful performances abound, not just from Thomas (that almost goes without saying) but also from Ughetto, Emmanuelle Seigner, and Denis Ménochet, the latter two portraying Rapha’s not-so-perfect-asthey-might-initially-appear parents. But the standouts are Luchini and Umhauer, the pair navigating complicated grey areas of human understanding and emotional conflict that are poignantly staggering. At the same time, as tough and as potentially unsettling the interpersonal minefields they navigate appear to be, both find levity in the chaos, humor inside the pain, achieving a bravura state of humane luminosity speaking volumes.

Ozon has made quite a few good movies and more than his fair share of great ones, his track record speaking for itself, but I’m not certain he’s ever made one that’s made me feel as instantly euphoric as this. The moment it ended I knew I’d just watched something I felt like I could treasure and hold dear for the rest of my life, that in some ways the director had manufactured a story engineered in some small part just for me.

In the House is a staggering work of art that remembers the greatest stories start from the most blasé of scenarios, and that even when the ending to the tale borders on perfection the ultimate destination a masterpiece is headed for is for future generations to ascertain for themselves. In other words … to be continued.

I was, however, young enough to not really be able to articulate what was distinctive about him. [laughs] But I remember my parents always made a point of turning on that channel if they knew he was going to be on somebody’s show or if he had a special.

I had this vague sense of him being a very flamboyant entertainer.

In 2000, as I started to learn more about him and gather material, what was great was discovering that he was an amazing technical musician – an incredible keyboardist. I found it fascinating that somebody with that sort of skill set was very happy to hide it behind a real genuine desire to put on a very popular and entertaining show. He wouldn’t have been as interesting to me if it turned out that he was a so-so keyboardist.

Azzopardi: How did Michael pull off the piano-playing parts?

Soderbergh: Oh, lots of tricks.

Azzopardi: Then you fooled me, because at one point he’s playing 16 beats-to-the-bar for “Boogie Woogie” and you can clearly see Michael’s hands on the piano.

Soderbergh: In my mind, that was a very important scene. Because if we don’t sell that, then we have a problem. There was a lot of effort expended on that particular scene. Michael had to spend a lot of time making sure that he was doing the right thing so that the effects would work properly. He couldn’t just sit there. He had video of the pieces and he had to make sure his hands were very close to being perfectly placed so that we could make it work.

Azzopardi: Did you discuss with Michael how flamboyant he could go with Lib-

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Azzopardi: Did you know going in that a movie about Liberace would be a tough sell?

Soderbergh: Yeah, I knew it would be tough, but I didn’t think it would be impossible. If it wasn’t for HBO, I don’t think we would’ve been able to get it made.

Azzopardi: How did you perceive their relationship?

Soderbergh: I took the relationship at face value, and I believed that it was a real relationship and that they did love each other. It’s a very weird environment in which to maintain any relationship, but I felt that it was a sincere relationship and that they were both broken but in different ways, and so there was a kindred feeling somehow.

Azzopardi: And that last scene really brings authenticity to the relationship.

Soderbergh: When I read the book, it convinced me that this was worth doing, because it really surprised me. The way the movie lands emotionally is really unexpect-

go?

Soderbergh: We actually just had a meeting about it the other day. It’s getting pretty far along. They’ve got a good idea. There were some stories and events that Channing lived through that we just couldn’t fit in the first one. One of them is a really hilarious and very cinematic idea that we reluctantly didn’t put in the first film, because it was such a big idea you could build a whole film out of it – but we didn’t want to build that film out of it. It’s perfect for this, though.

Azzopardi: How involved will you be?

Soderbergh: I want to help. I have some proprietary feelings about it, obviously.

I want to make sure it gets done and done well, so we meet every couple of weeks to talk about where it’s going. But it’s gonna be good. It’s a good idea. It’s not a retread.

And there will be more time spent with the characters – all of them.

Azzopardi: You’re not gonna tell me the idea, are you?

“It’s not like, ‘We don’t like Gay people.’

[Studios] had concerns about how to sell it. And when you’re just looking at it on paper, and then when you see what Michael and Matt did, I get why they couldn’t see it. I was just frustrated that they didn’t believe that we could see it.”

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erace?

Soderbergh: Sometimes I’d use a number. I’d go, “Oh, I think he should be at a seven here.”

Azzopardi: A seven on the flamboyancy scale?

Soderbergh: Yeah. But more often than not, he and Matt would both tell you that once you put on the outfit and the hair and everything, you’re kind of there. I don’t remember having to really talk about how Gay I wanted them to be. [Douglas] would just show up in that outfit with that hair, and it was happening.

Azzopardi: Was there a scene where you told them to take it up to a 10?

Soderbergh: The first meeting where Lee (the name close friends called Liberace) first meets Scott backstage, I would’ve said to Michael, “OK, this is about as far as I want you to go. Take it as far as you feel comfortable.”

Azzopardi: The sexual tension was so palpable my screen was sweating.

Soderbergh: [laughs] One of the things I liked about it is this sort of Sunset Boulevard dynamic in terms of the age difference and the fact that Scott shows up and Lee’s giving him elevator eyes.

Azzopardi: Matt had said that it’s a challenge creating chemistry with someone you wouldn’t normally be attracted to. As the director, was it a challenge to make this relationship seem real?

Soderbergh: The key, which they understood intuitively, was that the chemistry was going to come from the comfort level, and the more comfortable they felt with each other and the more that it seemed, “Oh, this is how people act when there isn’t a camera around,” that’s what would sell it. Just being totally inside of it and never stepping out of it and looking back at it. You have to just jump into the hot tub, and that’s what I think really sells it when I see the movie. They seem so comfortable with each other.

Azzopardi: And only one take for the sex scene where Matt is on top of Michael – really?

Soderbergh: [laughs] I said, “OK, Mike, you’ve gotta be able to reach the amyl nitrates, so you should be here. Matt, you’re gonna be on top of him here. I’m gonna drop

the camera down here.” We did a take, there was a long pause, and I was just, “I don’t have any notes. That’s that.”

Azzopardi: Not that I was counting, but there were three Matt Damon ass shots.

When is an ass shot necessary and when is it gratuitous?

Soderbergh: In this case, it would’ve been more awkward and distracting if you somehow didn’t show it. But none of that was planned. Matt’s in his robe and he gets into bed, and in another scene he’s getting out of the hot tub. It’s all stuff that was motivated – I guess that’s really what it comes down to.

“Gratuitous” means they’re doing something they wouldn’t normally do to create an ass shot, and that’s not how we were thinking. Though I certainly had it in mind when Matt came to the set and said, “You’re not gonna believe the Brazilian tan line I got from the spray guy. The world has to see this.” [laughs] Azzopardi: Studios turned down the film because they said it was “too Gay.” What exactly is “too Gay”?

Soderbergh: They weren’t convinced that anybody who’s not Gay is going to want to see it. That was really their attitude. It’s not like, “We don’t like Gay people.” They had concerns about how to sell it. And when you’re just looking at it on paper, and then when you see what Michael and Matt did, I get why they couldn’t see it. I was just frustrated that they didn’t believe that we could see it.

Azzopardi: What do you think it says about Hollywood and society when a movie about two Gay men won’t get picked up by a major studio but a movie that exploits violence does?

Soderbergh: That’s more about the culture at large than it is about the studios.

They don’t give a shit. If movies like this were making a lot of money, that’s all they’d be making. The reason you don’t see more movies made with nonwhite protagonists as leads is because, in our culture, nonwhite audiences go in significant numbers to see movies with white protagonists, but white audiences do not return the favor. It’s not reciprocal, and that’s the only reason that movies lack so much diversity.

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ed – and in the book, I just found that scene incredibly moving and sad.

Azzopardi: Do you see this film and Liberace’s life as a cautionary tale at all?

Soderbergh: No. I guess when I look at it, there’s just more of a frustration that there was this added pressure because of the time period – the pressure of hiding the relationship and then, of course, the threat of mortality that was circulating amongst the Gay community during that period. I lived for nine months with my sister in San Francisco during the summer of 1980 through the spring of ’81, on Market Street. If I [had been] Gay, I’d be dead. That was ground zero.

Azzopardi: What was that experience like for you?

Soderbergh: It was interesting to be 17 and walk down the street and have somebody look at me in the way that I’d be looking at girls. [laughs] That was the first time being exposed to that, but it wasn’t a problem. The friends I did have that were Gay and sexually active were really, really paranoid and being super-safe. They were scared.

It’s a classic case of everybody realizing everything too late. I always wish we could think 50 years in the future when we look at what’s going on right now in terms of equal rights. I’m just sitting here going, “Fifty years from now, we’re going to be wondering why we were even arguing about this.”

Why can’t we just pretend that it’s 50 years later and just end it now?

Azzopardi: On behalf of the Gay community, I would like to thank you for Magic Mike.

Soderbergh: [laughs] It’s so funny, because that was such a huge part of the success of the film – the attention it was given from that community from the minute it was announced. It was such a chatter magnet and, honestly, that was part of the reason why Warner Bros. came in while we were shooting and picked the movie up. This is not something they typically do.

This was an independently financed movie that they came and bought while it was shooting. I can’t even tell you the last time they did that, and that was because they had a feeling that this thing was going to have some cultural traction because of all the Internet attention it was getting.

Azzopardi: With Magic Mike 2, have you thought about where you want the story to

Soderbergh: Yeah, I don’t want to share the details.

Azzopardi: Is the original cast returning?

Soderbergh: Oh yeah!

Azzopardi: What did you make of the flack you received for the Lesbian killer character in Side Effects?

Soderbergh: I knew that was coming. I thought, “Look, these kind of things swing in both directions.” You get people who are so on guard that it’s hard for them – especially, when they’re looking at a piece of art – to drop the ideology and look at the macro of it. They’re just reacting with their amygdala instead of their prefrontal cortex and they’re crying foul and you go, “No, actually, if you break this down, you only got halfway there before you started yelling.”

Yeah, there was a bit of a flash mob about it initially. I was trying to explain that actually, she’s not a Lesbian. She’s just a fucking opportunist! [laughs] Azzopardi: Side Effects was supposed to be your last film. What made you put retirement on hold for Behind the Candelabra?

Soderbergh: The movie was supposed to happen earlier and it didn’t. I decided that, actually, this would be great if this were – and I’m not saying it will be – the last movie I ever made. I would be very happy. I feel like it’s connected in a lot of ways to the first film I ever made, and it’s also a progression.

Azzopardi: Can you talk about the connection between this film and Sex, Lies, and Videotape?

Soderbergh: The connection is that it’s completely relationship-driven, and most of it is about two people in a room ... except the room is now a hot tub. [laughs] It’s a progression in the sense that it’s a much more mature piece of work than my first film – obviously, it ought to be – but I’m able to do things, having done it for 24 years, that I wasn’t able to do back then.

Azzopardi: Are you still retiring?

Soderbergh: In terms of movies, it’s going to be a break. I don’t know how extended. I’m just taking a break from that specific kind of work for a while to see if I can tear everything down and rebuild it. See if I can come back different.

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

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Mama Tits at her final Grill on Broadway performance

The weekly drag brunch returns Sunday at a new location

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor There are many reasons why people hated seeing The Grill on Broadway close its doors. One big reason was that shows like “Mimosas With Mama,” Seattle’s longestrunning weekly drag brunch starring Mama Tits and cast, had to find a new home.

At the time, Tits and crew had just debuted, with great success, a 30-minute version of Hairspray, the musical by John Waters. Mama Tits was on vacation when news broke of The Grill’s closure, but she was quick to tell fans of the show that they would, in fact, find a new place as quickly as possible.

Well, she has now done just that. Skyscraper Entertainment announced last week that The Unicorn/Narwhal (1118 E. Pike St.) is the new home of “Mimosas With Mama.”

According to Tits, the show will cost $12 a person in advance or $15 at the door. Food and drinks are available for purchase from the Unicorn/Narwhal staff but are separate from the price of a ticket. You can catch the show Sundays starting May 26 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. (doors at 12:30 with the show starting at 1:30 sharp). Tickets are available at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/388136.

After learning that The Grill was closing, Mama Tits said in a media release, “Needless to say, we packed up our drag, grabbed our wigs, and hit the road to find a new home!”

STILL ON THE HILL “After many meetings, long discussions

and searching high and low,” they found The Unicorn/Narwhal, “keeping us in the heart of the Capitol Hill neighborhood we know and love!”

There will be a breakfast buffet, the Unicorn/Narwhal brunch menu, a full bar, JellO shots, and, of course, drag queens. “What more could you ask for on a Sunday?” asks Mama Tits.

“Let the cast of “Mimosas with Mama” take you on a crazy, wild, fun journey you never knew you wanted to go on. It’s comedy, lip-syncing, live singing, performance art, audience participation, great food, fabulous drinks, and fierce queens all rolled up into one fabulous show! Plus ‘Mimosas With Mama’ has gone over the top with the recent addition of “30-min. Hairspray”!

According to Mama Tits, “the first act of ‘Mimosas With Mama’ is a fabulous cabaret variety show, and then we move into our signature Game Show (“This Deal Is a Drag”) for our halftime fun. Act Two we will transport you to Baltimore and bring you “30-min. Hairspray”! How did we do it, you ask? Our team has taken the original John Waters film, the movie musical, and the Broadway production of Hairspray and deconstructed all three shows to then weave together our own 30(ish)-minute version.

There are 14 characters in our production and only five cast members – you have to see it to believe it!”

Mama Tits invites SGN readers to come out to “Mimosas With Mama” and celebrate your birthday, anniversary, wedding, or other special occasion at The Unicorn/Narwhal this Sunday!

Village Theatre’s Chicago needs more dazzle CHICAGO VILLAGE THEATRE Through June 29 (Issaquah) July 5 – 28 (Everett) Sometimes, one really wants to like a production, but there’s something amiss. And then there’s the fishing expedition to figure out just what it is. This is the feeling one gets about what looks like a generally outstanding production of Chicago at the Village Theatre.

The usual great technical elements are here: the versatile stairs and flying iron bars set and the flashy lighting of Tom Sturge; beautiful, shiny costuming by Karen Ann Ledger; a tight little orchestra headed by Tim Symons. The choreography by Kristin Holland, while not exactly Bob Fosseesque, is generally sophisticated and fun to watch.

Several outstanding cast members include the suave, sophisticated Timothy McCuen Piggee as Billy Flynn (a great casting choice by director Steve Tomkins), the sassy sounds of Shaunyce Omar as Matron Mama, the dulcet tones of Ryan McCabe as Mary Sunshine, and an Energizer bunny of an ensemble man, John David Scott, who tapped beautifully, became every hysterical member of the jury, and stole off with the show. Not to leave out the most pathetic cheated-upon hubby ever, the never-to-beignored Richard Gray!

FLIRTING FOR FREEDOM Chicago’s basic story focuses on Roxie

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Hart, who kills a lover because he threatens to dump her. She then figures out that publicity is the key, vying with other female jailhouse inhabitants to get publicity to garner sympathetic jurors, coached by a jaded lawyer to get free by claiming self-defense, and employing tactics such as fake crying, sexy courtroom moves, and, finally, claiming to be pregnant. It’s all a game: from manipulating the gullible press to lying on the stand to planning a vaudeville show after release that takes advantage of all that free publicity.

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Taryn Darr, as Roxie, starts off well, especially in the physical comedy timing, and is suited generally to the role, but somehow isn’t quite cheeky enough. Desiree Davar, new to Village’s stage, a great dancer with a killer body and a lot of obvious talent, has a mellifluous voice for Velma, the other flashy man-killer. But she seems too cold and calculating, somehow removed from emoting over the stage threshold. You might say there isn’t enough jazz in her Jazz.

Usually, a show exceeds the sum of its parts, but in this case, while the parts

seemed appropriate and even terrific in their ways, they didn’t quite add up. If this was due to it being opening night, or to too many changes (rumor had it) right before opening night, then all will be well soon, as the cast settles in. Otherwise, this is a production in which the usually “excellent” Village is only “pretty good.” For more information, go to www.villagetheatre.org or call (425) 392-2202.

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Back to Bach

Taproot’s latest explores an obscure religious dispute

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer BACH AT LEIPZIG TAPROOT THEATRE Through June 15 Taproot Theatre can be relied upon to produce solidly acted theater with often excellent technical accompaniment. Some of their choices are lighthearted fare, enjoyable for the evening though not meant to be enormously thought-provoking, and they usually do a fun summer musical of that sort.

Some of their choices are more serious, such as this spring’s The Whipping Man, about the period immediately after the Civil War. Some probe aspects of religion, such as the play Doubt.

Their current production, Itamar Moses’ Bach at Leipzig, seems like an attempt at both a lighthearted, enjoyable evening and a dip into religious thought. Unfortunately, this particular hybrid doesn’t end up being all that funny, nor does it really make one want to think much about the theological divisions of Lutheranism in 1722 in Leipzig, Germany.

The cast are all solid talents, many known to Taproot patrons, and include – as either a Johann or Georg – Kevin McKeon, Aaron Lamb, Matt Shimkus, Riley Neldam, Nolan Palmer, Nathan Jeffrey, and Bill Johns (who has exactly zero lines, though it’s not clear if he’s another organist or Bach). Director Karen Lund is accustomed to presenting comedies, so her abilities are also up to the task. However, perhaps it is a timing issue with this play.

SLOW-PACED DIALOGUE Lund seems so concerned that the audience understand a somewhat complicated text that she slows down the delivery for clipped clarity. However, much of the dialogue is ponderous, and thus it suffers from the slow speed. Moses’ intention might be for it to clip along in the manner of the fugue he seems to be composing.

The second act brings a moment of clarity missing in the first act, when a recap makes it clear that Moses is writing a sixvoice fugue into the play, similar to how a musician writes multiple voices sounding together in music. The actors recapitulate the first-act movements with a narration by McKeon. In the same way that audiences can’t make out every note of every voice in a fugue, the first act makes too much of each actor’s dialogue and might better have picked out particular phrases that should stand out to allow an audience to follow the action.

In a sense, the action itself is slight: a renowned church (organ) music director is dying and several aspirants for his job show up to audition for his position. They are all jealous of each other and have varying points of view on each other’s talent and credibility for the job. They jockey to either undercut or support each other with deals or trickery.

The sound design by Mark Lund is particularly fun, as organ music pours through a central doorway only when it’s opened, and the courtyard set (also by Lund) and period costumes by Nanette Acosta are apt. All the essential elements for a good show are present, so it devolves to either the script or the director.

Matt Shimkus, Bill Johns, Nathan Jeffrey, and Aaron Lamb in Bach at Leipzig

Taproot enjoys bringing up religious content for discussion, and it seems likely that this play’s exposition about Calvinists and Pietists appealed to them. But the script sheds no light on the conflict and seems more designed to be a conceit of composition (the fugue in six voices, remember?).

It’s clever, but fundamentally boring. For more information, go to www.taproottheatre.org or call (206) 781-9707.

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Speaking in tongues The Language Archive shows how love depends on words

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer THE LANGUAGE ARCHIVE SEATTLE PUBLIC THEATER Through June 9 Great emotion can sometimes render one mute. That is especially ironic in The Language Archive, by Julia Cho and presented

by Seattle Public Theater, since George (Mike Dooly) is a linguist and speaks multiple languages, yet he can’t find the words to tell his wife, Mary (Candace Vance), he loves her.

Muteness in the face of strong emotion is a running theme throughout the play, when George’s assistant (Heather Persinger) also wants to tell him she’s in love with him, and an elderly couple who are the last surviving speakers of a language (Julie Jamieson and John Murray) speak English when they are mad at each other, rather than allow a recording to be made of their language of origin.

This description may give the impression that the play is one long downer, but it’s not.

The clearly failing relationship of George and Mary begins the play on a melancholic note, but there is a lot of gentle humor and the elderly couple inject energy and fun, as well. The play muses on missed opportunities and shows that sometimes people are simply mismatched, not evil toward each other.

In a particular poetic moment, George tells Mary that their marriage has created its own language, and the phrase “Will you take out the garbage?” can mean many different things, including “Don’t leave me.”

That’s an entrancing idea, and one any couple can mull on afterward.

A LOSS FOR WORDS Each actor is perfectly cast and eminently watchable. Dooly becomes frustratingly mute as his wife pleads for reassurance that he finds a way of providing far, far too late.

Vance comes alive after leaving George, fulfilling herself as a baker – in a series of moments perfectly executed with real dough, real kneading, and real bread. Persinger is heartbreakingly sweet as the unfulfilled assistant who learns Esperanto just to tell George she loves him.

Most of the comic relief comes from Jamieson and Murray as multiple characters, most funny as the arguing Eastern Bloc couple, but also Jamieson’s white-blond Lesbian German language instructor who practically bullies Emma (Persinger) to tell George she loves him in order to unlock her block to learning Esperanto.

A simple set of bookshelves is designed

by Craig Wollam, mood lighting is offered

by Tim Wratten, Evan Mosher helps provide recordings of languages, and Pete Rush creates versatile costumes, especially for Jamieson’s quick change needs.

It’s another solid plus to one of the best seasons Seattle Public Theater has presented.

COMING ATTRACTIONS Seattle Public’s next season has been announced, with four productions: Nathan Louis Jackson’s Broke-ology (in partnership with the Hansberry Project) focuses on a man’s desire for his sons to have a better life than he. American Wee-Pie, a comedy by Lisa Dillman, brings a middleaged textbook editor to his hometown for a funeral where he finds himself pulled along on an unexpected journey of self-reinvention. Gidion’s Knot, a 2013 Steinberg award-finalist play by Johnna Adams, pres-

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ents a modern-day dilemma – a child’s depictions of violence in his schoolwork and whether it should be looked at as a sign of pathology or a response to possibly being bullied. He can’t tell his teacher or parent because he committed suicide. Finally, Arcadia is an acclaimed play by Tom Stoppard that has figures time-shift into the same room of the same house. It is a complicated work that has been staged before at SPT – artistic director Shana Bestock clearly

adores it.

To see the Bestock-directed production The Language Archive, go to www.seattlepublictheater.org or call (206) 524-1300. A special post-show discussion is scheduled for June 1, featuring a panel of language experts.

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Horror and hope MOR presents thrilling premieres by Heggie and Scheer Jon LaFollette

Craig Sheppard on piano, Mikhail Shmidt on violin, Walter Gray on cello, Morgan Smith, baritone; Zart Dombourian-Eby on flute, and Laura DeLuca on clarinet

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The song cycle condenses the work into five songs for baritone and chamber ensemble. Paradoxically, this spare arrangement increases the impact of the songs, which contrast the heady freedom of preNazi Berlin with the suffering of Gay men in Auschwitz, where Lewin was murdered.

Baritone Morgan Smith, who has been the solo singer in all versions of For a Look or a Touch, used his gorgeous voice and impressive acting ability to convey every nuance of the piece. The tango-infused song “Golden Years,” about “topsy-turvy, joyful Berlin,” featured a jazzy clarinet introduction played to perfection by Laura DeLuca. At the other extreme of the emotional spectrum, the wordless song “Silence” was a sad, beautiful duet for Smith and cellist Walter Gray.

SONGS OF FREEDOM The second world premiere of the evening was Farewell, Auschwitz. Written for a trio of singers and a quintet of instruments, this cycle is based on poems and song lyrics written at Auschwitz by Krystyna Zywulska, who concealed her Jewish identity and was imprisoned as a member of the Polish resistance. The lyrics, set to popular and classical music familiar to Poles of the time, circulated through the camp and gave the prisoners hope. The surviving fragments of Zywulska’s lyrics portray the reality of day-to-day life in the camp with exceptional vividness.

The original melodies of Zywulska’s songs were never written down, so Heggie composed music to match Scheer’s poetic translation of her words. With Farewell,

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received worldwide acclaim for his recording, Queen of Denmark, which British music mag Mojo named the best album of 2010. His follow-up effort, this year’s Pale Green Ghosts, is also earning considerable buzz and he’s introducing fans to it with a headlining tour that includes a Seattle date on June 20. Grant will interview with me here in The Music Lounge very soon; look for the issue date announcement on SGN’s Facebook page. Ticket information for his show, at Barboza on Capitol Hill, is at www. neumos.com.

MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE BENAROYA HALL May 14 Two new works by composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer made last week’s Music of Remembrance (MOR) concert an unforgettable evening of musical theater.

Heggie and Scheer are a creative team of rare skill and dramatic instinct, and their abundant gifts have been put to good use by MOR artistic director Mina Miller, who has commissioned them repeatedly.

The first Heggie-Scheer world premiere on the program was a song cycle version of For a Look or a Touch, familiar to many in the Gay community as a dramatic choral work debuted by Seattle Men’s Chorus in 2011. For a Look or a Touch is based on the diary Manfred Lewin wrote for his lover, continued from cover Gad Beck, in 1941 Berlin, when both men fore and day of show. To find out where you were 19 years old. might be able to scoop up a free ducat, log onto to either facebook.com/yahooontheroad or www.ontheroad.yahoo.com. Blilie, the trio’s drummer, interviewed with me last year. I anticipate Gossip’s song roster to include “Standing in the Way of Control,” “Move in the Right Direction,” and “Heavy Cross.”

HOLE LOTTA LOVE Hold onto your children, here comes Courtney Love! The former Hole frontwoman will make an appearance at the Moore on July 23, performing songs from throughout her career, including “Miss World,” “Malibu,” “Violet,” “Celebrity Skin,” and “Skinny Little Bitch.” This is the first solo tour that I can recall for the ex-Seattleite, and it’ll either be amazing or a train wreck – maybe both – but regardless, it begs to be seen. Tickets are on sale now at LiveNation.com, at the Moore and Paramount box offices, or by calling 1-877-784-4849.

DEAL ME IN Melissa Etheridge has announced a summer concert at Tulalip Amphitheatre, at Tulalip Resort Casino. The Grammy winner performs August 18 at the same outdoor venue that will host the Go-Gos and the B-52’s on July 6. Ticket information for both concerts is available at www.tulalipresort. com. Other new shows to tell you about are James Blake on November 20 (The Showbox SoDo), Boyce Avenue on October 19 (The Showbox Market), and former pop twink Aaron Carter, who brings “The After Party Tour” to El Corazon on November 22.

(Um, what? Yep, this has “hot mess” written FIT FOR A QUEEN Openly Gay singer-songwriter John Grant all over it.)

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Auschwitz, Heggie and Scheer show the extent of their virtuosity and subtlety, for the light, playful touch of most of the songs makes them all the more moving.

For the premiere of Farewell, Auschwitz, Smith was joined by soprano Caitlin Lynch and mezzo-soprano Sarah Larsen. Alumni of the Seattle Opera Young Artists Program, all three sang with power and beauty.

In the superb chamber ensemble that accompanied them, pianist Craig Sheppard and violinist Mikhail Shmidt stood out.

The final song, “Farewell, Auschwitz,” is a rousing anthem of freedom and resistance. It seems impossible that these lyrics were written by a prisoner at the camp, but they were: Stand with me/Hold your shaved head high/The song of freedom upon our lips/Will never, never die. It also seems impossible that three singers and five musicians could make this song sound as big as any Broadway production number, but they did. The cast repeated “Farewell, Auschwitz” as an encore, and the enraptured audience hummed it while exiting the hall.

By the next day, though, the song that kept haunting me was a smaller one, “Irenka,” a devastating commentary on daily life at Auschwitz, set to a charming, delicate Chopin waltz and sung with sensitive phrasing

by Lynch: Irenka, why are you crying?/ Is it because somebody took your chair?/ Irenka, are you crying because it isn’t fair?

Heggie’s score cleverly paused the music before the word fair, driving home the irony of the lyrics.

SILENCED VOICES The remaining two pieces on the program exemplified the European musical world destroyed by the Holocaust. A suite from Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera was played expertly by violinist Leonid Keylin, with able piano accompaniment by Miller.

And a fine 1938 string trio by László Weiner showed how much was lost when this promising composer was killed by the Nazis at age 28.

If you missed the spring concert, you’ll have another chance next month to hear a Heggie-Scheer work commissioned by MOR. Another Sunrise, a solo opera for soprano and chamber ensemble, will be performed free to the public at the Seattle Art Museum, June 15, at 2 p.m. Another Sunrise portrays an older Zywulska (to be sung by Corinna Quilliam) struggling to record her memories of Auschwitz. For more information about MOR, visit www.musicofremembrance.org.

SOLID GOLD HEIST Check it: Macklemore just got bigger. The Seattle rapper, who interviewed with SGN in December, reached a huge milestone when his album The Heist (with Ryan Lewis) was recently certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, signifying 500,000 copies sold. Meanwhile, the single “Thrift Shop” was certified quintuple-platinum with sales of 5 million.

Macklemore also scooped up his first major accolade in the past week – a Billboard Music Award for “Best Rap Song of the Year.” We have about two months before the MTV Music Awards nominations are announced, and Macklemore is expected to nab at least three to four nods. Then, in December, we’ll learn if he’s headed to the 2014 Grammys. For now, he continues to roll. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis perform this weekend at the Sasquatch Music Festival.

SASQUATCH IN OUR SIGHTS Finally, safe travels to everyone headed this weekend to The Gorge for Sasquatch.

SGN writer Jessica Price is attending the festival and will sum up the experience in next week’s edition.

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A taste of tradición Spanish Harlem Orchestra keeps the salsa simmering

by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer

Tropical Latin Album in 2011. A mix of fiery salsa and a few moments of melodic balladry, the album’s 12 tracks hearken back to a time of Latin big-band recordings popuSPANISH HARLEM ORCHESTRA lated by seasoned musicians who assembled DIMITRIOU’S JAZZ ALLEY in the same room at the same time, brought May 30 – June 2 The Grammy-winning Spanish Harlem their best to the table, and generated a sponOrchestra, appearing next weekend at Dimi- taneous, natural energy all their own. triou’s Jazz Alley, is one of the most incredSTIRRING THE POT ible and totally authentic Latin jazz com“I’ve played and recorded with a lot of bos of the present day. For all of its appeal and success with contemporary audiences, great artists from different eras,” said piaSHO’s success is actually rooted in the past. nist, bandleader, producer and SHO founder The 13-piece collective owes its frontline Oscar Hernández, who began his career status to an unwavering respect for the mu- as an arranger and musical director in the sic’s rich history and a tenacious adherence 1970s for artists like Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Celia Cruz, and many others. to the music’s enduring traditions.

“And Spanish Harlem Orchestra, since its Spanish Harlem Orchestra celebrates that musical and cultural legacy with Viva earliest days 10 years ago, has accompanied La Tradición (2010), its fourth and most recent release, which won a Grammy for Best

many great artists as well. So the title of the album is a statement about a group of musicians who understand firsthand the tradition of this music and all the great artists who were responsible for the tradition,” he continued.

Viva la Tradición stirs the pot of mid-20th century influences, keeping the salsa simmering for current and future generations. It hasn’t left this writer’s car CD player since it was overnighted.

“When people tell me we should do it this way or that way in order to make it more commercially successful, I just don’t think that way,” said Hernandez.

“I don’t function on that level. That’s not to say I don’t want to be commercially successful. Of course that’s very important, but it’s not the primary driving force behind what we do. These musicians are all people who care very much about what we’re doing as a group.”

‘WE’RE THE REAL DEAL’ What’s more, the band members under-

stand what it means to play under the banner of “Spanish Harlem Orchestra.”

“Spanish Harlem is kind of a microcosm of Latinos in New York,” said Hernandez.

“It’s an important place culturally for our people and our music. Just like Harlem was extremely important culturally for African Americans, so was Spanish Harlem for Latinos. We’re not a bunch of flyweights who took the name as some kind of ethnic gimmick. We’re the real deal, and we earned the right to take that name.” Tickets are available at www.jazzalley.com. More information about SHO can be found at www.spanishharlemorchestra.net.

This writer, once dubbed “The Cha Cha King of Spanaway, WA” (because he was the only male member of his high school class who could actually dance the cha cha!) has fond memories of Perez Prado’s “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White.”

Here’s hoping the Spanish Harlem Orchestra includes that Latin classic in its repertoire. See you there. And remember, tell ’em SGN sent ya. Jazz Alley loves to hear that.

Really. ¡Ole!

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Once again, Valencia tops the Met

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer TCHAIKOVSKY: EUGENE ONEGIN ORQUESTRA DE LA COMUNITAT VALENCIANA (Kultur Blu-ray) After seeing a couple of so-so performances in a row, I begin seriously to feel my passion for opera slipping away. Am I getting too old? Have I seen too many greats in the past to appreciate what’s in front of me now? Then along comes a Parsifal with Jonas Kaufmann and I’m jumping up and down with excitement. So, too, am I re-energized by this new Blu-ray of Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin from Valencia, Spain. (Yes, yes, I know: this is the second rave review in two weeks for opera productions from Spain. And I also gave a rave to Valencia’s Blu-rays of Wagner’s Ring. What’s going on in that little country across the puddle?!)

This series of “lyric scenes” (Tchaikovsky didn’t call it an “opera”) begins with a usually rather boring ensemble of two older women and the two daughters they care for.

Not this time! All four voices are so appealing, and the orchestra is so poetically lovely, that one realizes perhaps for the first time that this is really inspired music of a special quality that only Tchaikovsky could create.

Making it especially exciting is the discovery of mezzo-soprano Margarita Nekrasova, singing the small role of the nurse (Filipyevna). Hers is one of the juiciest voices ever to sing an operatic nurse!

All right, so the Valencians have accomplished the minor miracle of making this scene umpteen times better than the Met’s

recent production (as seen live in HD at the cinema). But there’s more, as one begins to realize that the two daughters are not only superb singers but also physically attractive in ways that exactly suit their roles. (I’m almost relieved that the nurse is too corpulent to be part of this beauty contest.)

Next, in come Lensky (tenor Dmitry Korchak) and Onegin (baritone Artur Ruciński), also stunningly appropriate to their roles, both vocally and visually. Korchak is handsome but not very interesting looking, whereas Ruciński has a look and manner that, while not Hollywood gorgeous, immediately fascinates both Tatyana and us. One understands his power over her and her utter loss of control as she pours out her passion in the famous letter scene.

To top it off, Ruciński’s legato line is sheer perfection, shaping his beautifully masculine sound into lovely phrases that leave no doubt as to their meaning. His Onegin easily rivals the great Russian baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. (I keep referencing the Met’s show because it was, I thought at the time, about as good as it gets for this opera.)

As Tatyana, much as I admire Renée Fleming’s studied Met performance, Latvian soprano Krístīne Opolaís leaves nothing to be desired. She moves us like no other, despite the almost total absence of props or scenery (in the letter scene, she has a piece of paper but no pen, chair, or desk). Vocally, she has a perfectly lovely sound with no flaws and tons of expression. Lovely to look at, she is always totally in the part and committed to the rather abstract form of expression this production employs.

Yes, this production from Poland is ab-

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stract and avant-garde, but it is one that reinforces the music at every turn. There is an enigmatic mime who works with the lead singers; I can’t explain his part except to say that it somehow aids the emotion of each moment.

And this is a very emotional performance, thanks in no small part to the conducting of general music director Omer Meir Wellber, a handsome young Israeli of great discipline and talent. The big moments are indeed big,

but the all-important inner moments are poetic and true. Wellber is a very busy man these days, and Valencia is lucky to have him.

As usual with recent Kultur discs, the sound and picture of this live performance are state-of-the-art.

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continued from cover cludes several apparent LGBT pet owners, says a lot about who we are as a people and the critical role that animals play in our lives. The film explores the history of this subject but focuses more contemporarily on the various options chosen by the subjects for handling their pets’ remains. This is an interesting and heartfelt examination of a subject seldom discussed – and often harshly judged.

GEOGRAPHY CLUB Rating: Very good Genre: Coming-of-age USA Sat., May 25, 11 a.m., Harvard Exit The plot involves the story of a highschool-aged young man who is struggling with his sexual identity, as are several of his schoolmates. The film begins with an attempt to hook up with another guy at a nearby park that doesn’t quite pan out. This is a profile of the dilemma faced by nearly everyone growing up as a Gay or Lesbian kid in such a predicament – peer pressure, isolation, alienation, exploration of love, and the desire to be “normal” are all part of the internal conflict. The film is a fairly realistic portrayal of these issues by the performers; the screenplay is sound as are the characters. It has strong production values, a solid script, and a believable plot with just one glaring exception: the main characters’ parents are completely invisible throughout. This is a solidly created film that demonstrates the skills and ability of the filmmakers. While there is nothing particularly groundbreaking in this picture, its modernistic approach redeems the forward evolution of quality Gay cinema.

OUT IN THE DARK Rating: Very good Genre: Romantic drama Israel (mostly subtitled) Sat., May 25, 9:30 p.m., Harvard Exit Sun., May 26, 2 p.m., SIFF Uptown Nimr is a closeted Palestinian psychology student who has been given permission to study at a university in Tel Aviv, while Roy is an out, young, up-and-coming Israeli attorney from a prominent family. Their paths cross one night at a Gay club and of course they fall in love. This is a tale of star-crossed lovers trying to overcome the obstacles of the border between their territories, rampant heterosexism, religiousbased bigotry, and outright hatred and suspicion from their respective cultures. It is a dark tale filmed in very dark settings, so the title reflects both the plot and the cinematography. The film accurately portrays the near-insurmountable obstacles and serious risks facing same-sex couples whose love crosses political, religious, and ethnic lines.

While there have been other recent films on this topic, this production is particularly engrossing in its style, technique, and plot.

The tension as the suspense builds is palpable, making this an absorbing drama with strong, realistic performances.

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INEQUALITY FOR ALL Rating: Outstanding Genre: Documentary USA Sun., June 2, 6:30 p.m., Egyptian Mon., June 3, 4:30 p.m., Egyptian An in-depth analysis of how American economic policy has gradually evolved to the point today where the income disparity between the wealthy and everyone else has become greater than at any time in the modern era – and worse than in many Third World countries. Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich is the instructor in this economic history lesson, explained in a way that everyone can clearly see and understand what is occurring, and why it is so detrimental to our national interest and our future. This is arguably the most significant film of SIFF 2013 and a must-see for all Americans. Don’t miss it.

boy from the Tacoma area who was investigated by the Secret Service for a completely misinterpreted remark he posted. Some individuals have even been pre-emptively arrested before they even protested publicly.

Who reads the pages and pages of fine print in these agreements we commonly consent to on the Internet? The filmmakers provide some of the details of typical “terms and conditions.” Another “must-see” film, it will make you think twice before clicking “I Accept” next time you are online.

MORE FILMS OF LGBT INTEREST (Refer to the official SIFF Guide for details) BIG JOY: THE ADVENTURES OF JAMES BROUGHTON USA Fri., May 31, 6 p.m., SIFF Uptown Sat., June 1, 1:30 p.m., Pacific Place

TERMS AND CONDITIONS MAY APPLY THE BLING RING Rating: Excellent USA Genre: Documentary Sun., June 9, 6:30 p.m., Cinerama USA (Closing Night Gala: Party at MOHAI Thurs., May 30, 6:30 p.m., follows) AMC Pacific Place Fri., May 31, 3:30 p.m., SIFF Uptown C.O.G. This critical film examines the privacy USA implications and the acceptance of terms Sun., May 26, 7 p.m., Egyptian we make on a routine basis when we agree Mon., May 27, 6 p.m., Renton to provisions on “free” websites. The privacy rights we are giving away to corporaFREE FALL tions and the government are astounding, Germany yet even more shocking is how this informaFri., June 7, 4 p.m., Egyptian tion has been misused to encroach and vioSat., June 8, 9:30 p.m., Egyptian late the rights of citizens to freely express Sun., June 9, 1:30 p.m., Egyptian themselves. Among the examples given is a G.B.F. Wed., June 5, 7 p.m., Egyptian (Gay-La: Party at Q Capitol Hill follows this screening) Thurs., June 6, 4 p.m., Egyptian GAY BY ANY MEANS (SHORTS) Sun., May 26, 6:30 p.m., SIFF Uptown Program includes: Burger It’s Not a Cowboy Movie Spooners Taboule The Naturalist Win or Lose Y2Gay

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IN THE NAME OF Poland Fri., May 24, 4:30 p.m., Harvard Exit IT’S ALL SO QUIET Netherlands Thurs., May 30, 9:30 p.m., SIFF Uptown Fri., May 31, 1 p.m., SIFF Uptown KINK USA Sat., June 1, 9 p.m., Egyptian Sun., June 2, 9:30 p.m., Egyptian LAST I HEARD USA Sat., June 8, 6 p.m., SIFF Uptown Sun., June 9, 2:30 p.m., SIFF Uptown LAURENCE ANYWAYS Canada (Quebec) Fri., May 24, 8:30 p.m., Egyptian Sun., May 26, 1 p.m., Egyptian LUDWIG II Germany/Austria Thurs., May 30, 9 p.m., SIFF Uptown Fri., May 31, 9 p.m., SIFF Uptown Sat., June 1, noon, Kirkland PEACHES DOES HERSELF Germany Sat., May 25, 9:30 p.m., Egyptian Mon., May 27, 9 p.m., Egyptian SING ME THE SONGS THAT SAY I LOVE YOU: A CONCERT FOR KATE McGARRIGLE USA Sat., May 25, 4:30 p.m., Egyptian Sun., May 27, 6 p.m., SIFF Uptown TEST USA Fri., June 7, 7 p.m., Harvard Exit Sun., June 9, 1:30 p.m., Harvard Exit TWO WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL South Korea Mon., May 27, 1 p.m., Renton Tues., May 28, 4:30 p.m., Pacific Place Wed., May 29, 9:30 p.m., Harvard Exit VALENTINE ROAD USA Sat., June 1, 2:30 p.m., SIFF Uptown Sun., June 2, 6 p.m., Harvard Exit

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SATURDAY - May 25

8th Annual Emerald City Hoedown (5/23-5/27).

Presented by Rain Country Dance Association. Over 50 hours of dance workshops, dance competition & 4 nights of dancing. For information & to REGISTER visit www.emeraldcityhoedown.com Magnitude 15s 2013 Rugby Tournament (5/23-5/27).

Tournament 5/25 & 5/26 at Magnuson Park Athletic Fields. Round robin play to determine seeding for elimination matches and the championship match. FREE admission. Light social at Madison Pub, 1315 E Madison St. For information visit www.magnitude15.org Triangle Recreation Camp Military Party Weekend.

(5/24-5/27). Gay camping at its finest. For information & directions, visit www.camptrc.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.

Northwest Folk Life Festival (5/24-5/27). 5/24-5/26 - 11am-10pm; 5/27 - 11am-8pm. www.nwfolklife.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details.

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

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridge club.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Captain Smartypants “Tales from the Pants” (5/24 & 5/25). 5/24 - 8pm; 5/25 - 7:30pm & 10pm. Erickson Theatre, 1524 Harvard Ave. Talking ravens! Drag queens from beyond the grave! A diabolical invocation to find the perfect boyfriend! Singing! Dancing!

Wigs! The laughter, the laughter! Tickets $25. www. flyinghouse.org “Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (5/17-5/19, 5/24-5/26). Fri & Sat - 7:30pm; Sun - 3pm. Shoreline Community College Theater, 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline. Tickets: $18 with student/senior discounts. www.brownpapertickets. com/event/280701 The Temperamentals (5/10-5/25). 7:30pm. The Ballard Underground, 2220 NW Market St. Chronicles the early days of the Gay rights movement almost 20 years before Stonewall told thru the love affair between Communist Harry Hay - who co-founded the Mattachine Society & later founded Radical Fairies - & Viennese fashion designer Rudi Gernreich. Tickets $16 in advance, $20 at the door. www.arouet.us, 425-298-3852.

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

8th Annual Emerald City Hoedown (5/23-5/27).

Presented by Rain Country Dance Association. Over 50 hours of dance workshops, dance competition & 4 nights of dancing. For information & to REGISTER visit www.emeraldcityhoedown.com Magnitude 15s 2013 Rugby Tournament (5/23-5/27).

Tournament 5/25 & 5/26 at Magnuson Park Athletic Fields. Elimination Matches and Championship Match.

FREE admission. Post-tournament hosted drink-up at The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave at E Pine St. followed by a very special Kangaroo Court. AfterShock closing dance party follows Kangaroo Court. For information visit www.magnitude15.org Triangle Recreation Camp Military Party Weekend.

(5/24-5/27). Gay camping at its finest. For information & directions, visit www.camptrc.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 3238382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGay HikingGroup/ Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

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

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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

May 25 thru June 2 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. Books can be purchased at each meeting. 722-6057, rwseattle@mindspring. org, www.radicalwomen.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday.

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

TUESDAY - May 28

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6177, or Mike Chin (509) 990-0007. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www. dharmabuddies.org Northwest Folk Life Festival (5/24-5/27). 5/24-5/26 - 11am-10pm; 5/27 - 11am-8pm. www.nwfolklife.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 “Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street” (5/17-5/19, 5/24-5/26). Fri & Sat - 7:30pm; Sun - 3pm. Shoreline Community College Theater, 16101 Greenwood Ave N, Shoreline. Tickets: $18 with student/senior discounts. www.brownpapertickets. com/event/280701 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

Memorial Day (Because of the Memorial Day holiday, some regularly scheduled events may be cancelled or rescheduled.

Please check with the sponsors of your event to confirm day, time & place.)

Magnitude 15s 2013 Rugby Tournament (5/23-5/27).

Tournament 5/25 & 5/26. Close out the weekend on Monday, May 27, with $5 all-you-can-eat brunch at CC Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. www.magnitude15.org.

Triangle Recreation Camp Military Party Weekend.

(5/24-5/27). Gay camping at its finest. For information & directions, visit www.camptrc.org SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; 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.

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.

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.

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 Queer Youth Space - Trans Youth Space. 5-7pm.

911 E Pike (buzz #202 at the door). Meets every Tuesday till June 11. This week’s them is relationships: friends, family & dating. Please don’t wear fragrances.

Wheelchair accesible. Always FREE. www.queeryouth space.com 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 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 Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm.

Meadowbrook Playfield, 10533 35th Ave NE (tennis courts at 32nd Ave NE). Every Tuesday & Thursday thru Sept. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $3 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com.

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. 545-3521.

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summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

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

MONDAY - May 27

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 Queer Youth Space Presents Queer Poetry Night.

7:30pm. 911 E Pike (buzz #202 at the door). Join us for a chatbook debut by poet Raven Lachell Taylor.

Please don’t wear fragrances. Wheelchair accesible.

Always FREE. www.queeryouthspace.com Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

community calendar

SATURDAY - June 1

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Capitol Hill Clean Sweep. 10am-12noon. Cal Anderson Park Shelter House. Volunteers help clean Broadway between Roy St & Union St and the Pike/ Pine corridor between15th Ave & Melrose. www. caphillchamber.org “Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton.”

1:30pm. AMC Pacific Place, 600 Pine St. Desire is a ferociously sweet revolutionary force. This film portrait follows poet and filmmaker James Broughton’s creative evolution, from his early days as an experimental filmmaker, to his later embrace of all things desirous and poetic. A glorious celebration of art as liberation, “Big Joy” is brimming with the sheer giddy pleasure of being alive in this world. Or as the poet himself state, “I believe in ecstasy for everyone.”

Benefit Party for a Scrappy Independent Press.

7:30pm. 5236 S Fontanelle Pl. A birthday celebration for Andrea Bauer, managing editor of the Freedom Socialist newspaper. Bauer is a long time journalist, Queer feminist organizer & muckraker. An appetizer buffet will compliment the affair at a wooded home near Seward Park. Buffet donation $8. Proceeds to benefit the $100K Freedom Socialist Fund Drive. 722-2453, fspseattle@mindspring.com, www.socialism.com Northwest Bears Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6-10pm.

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

WEDNESDAY - May 29

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 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.)

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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

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

SUNDAY - June 2

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org

Happy Hour Meditation. 5:30-6:40pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Every Thursday. Join us at the end of your day in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Dropins welcome. We meditate silently for 25 minutes, followed by a short open discussion. No admittance after 5:45pm to respect those who are meditating. www.healingandtransformationcenter.com Everett-Snohomish County Friendship Dinner for Persons Living with HIV/AIDS. 6pm. Grace UMC (formerly Firs United Methodist). Meets last Thursday most months. FREE. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by the Evergreen AIDS Foundation & SNOCO Gay Men’s Task Force. For information call (425) 252-7751.

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

Seattle Tennis Alliance Social Doubles. 6:30-8pm.

Lower Woodland Park Courts 5, 6, 7 & 8. Every Tuesday & Thursday. STA is Seattle’s premier Gay & Lesbian tennis club. $2 for members & first-time guests, $5 for returning guests. http://sta.clubexpress.com.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14-22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

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

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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. 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 discus-

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THURSDAY - May 30

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org Boost: Poetry to Uplift Your Spirits - A Benefit for Tara Hardy. Doors 7pm, Show 7:30pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Friends of local poet & founder of Bent Writing Institute Tara Hardy host this benefit to help her cover $18,000 in medical expenses not paid by her insurance. Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/38462 Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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

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

Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

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

sion 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 - May 31

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

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

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org Born This Way Kafe. 5-9pm. Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse, 1635 11th Ave. Every Friday. A welcoming place where LGBTQ youth ages 13-19, friends & allies can gather, be themselves & have fun. 883-6110, randy.wiger@seattle.gov “Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton.”

6pm. SIFF Cinema Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave N. Desire is a ferociously sweet revolutionary force.

This film portrait follows poet and filmmaker James Broughton’s creative evolution, from his early days as an experimental filmmaker, to his later embrace of all things desirous and poetic. A glorious celebration of art as liberation, “Big Joy” is brimming with the sheer giddy pleasure of being alive in this world. Or as the poet himself state, “I believe in ecstasy for everyone.”

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.

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. 9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www. borderriders.com Emerald City Softball Association Games. 9am4:30pm. North SeaTac Park, S 128th St & 20th Ave S, SeaTac; Mosher Park, 430 S 156th Pl, Burien. www. emeraldcitysoftball.org Lotus Sisters. 11am-1:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 1st Sunday of every month. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www.sasgcc.org Rain City Jacks. 1st Sunday each month, 2pm; 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & non-profit private club. Membership required. Adult men only. www.raincityjacks.org, email info@raincity jacks.org or call 1-888-809-5033.

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works 25th Anniversary Celebration. 2pm. Temple de Hirsch Sinai, 1511 E Pike St. Honoring 25 years of service, community, and hope in the fight against HIV/AIDS with an afternoon of tapas, live music and a silent auction featuring art work, adventures and airline tickets to support their work. Tickets: $50. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/380827; 206-324-1520 ext 221; www.rosehedge.org PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info 325-6051, www. seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv The Vaudevillians with Jinkx Monsoon: The Big Seattle Sendoff Show! 7:30pm & 9:30pm. The Playhouse at Seattle Center, 201 Mercer St. Hot off her stunning victory on RuPaul’s Drag Race, Jinkx Monsoon & Major Scale (both Cornish alums) hit the stage for two performances of their musical comedy, The Vaudevillians, which will then open in New York for a limited engagement. Tickets $10 general admission, $25 VIP. www.cornish.edu/calendar Pride Idol Wild Card. Doors 6pm, Show 8pm.

Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Each week’s runner-up from the Pride Idol competition that ran April 7-May 12 will compete in this week’s Pride Idol Wild Card round. Wild Card winner will then compete in the Pride Idol Final round on June 9. The 2013 Pride Idol winner will perform at the Pride Parade’s Pre-Show event & on the Pride Idol Float in the parade. www. seattlepride.org

Celebrating 40 Years!

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 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. [NOTE: See SBWN’s first Tuesday listing for correct meeting date/time.]

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 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;

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Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@ yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ personal/glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

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

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www. rosehedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.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. 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 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 SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan. l.simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcity softball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures. org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association:

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

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

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

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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