Seattle Gay News
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 21, Volume 39, May 27, 2011
U2’s mega June e m m e F concert descends La e u q i f i on Seattle n ag 200 9 U2 Lim
M
ite d
nate gowdy
U2
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer U2 360-degree Tour June 4 Qwest Field Rain or shine, rock royalty is coming to Seattle. Get ready for traffic, mayhem, and 60,000
(l to r) Jada Starr, Lady Chablis, Athena Kiss, and Celys St. James. Over 150 people celebrated the 30-year anniversary of the La Femme Magnifique Washington Pageant last Sunday at Neighbours Nightclub. Gaysha Starr, 1994 La Femme Magnifique International and Pageant producer, hosted the event, which reunited 16 former La Femme winners, including pageant founder Darcelle XV and Roxy of Portland, OR. Seattle’s own International 2010 winner Lily Armani and La Femme Magnifique WA Plus 2010 Katrina Duall crowned Seattle’s Lady Chablis as La Femme Magnifique WA 2011 and Athena Kiss as La Femme Magnifique WA Plus 2011. Jada Starr and Celys St. James came in as first runners-up for La Femme Magnifique WA and WA Plus, respectively. All four will represent Washington at the International Pageant Labor Day Weekend at the Oregon State Convention Center. Other entertainers who performed included Empress Precious Cargo, Penelope Diaz, Miss Neighbours Dolly Madison, and from Julia’s Le Faux Show, Isaac Scott and Robbie Turner.
people downtown next weekend. Let’s face it: U2 is the biggest band in the world. You can make a case for the Rolling Stones, Metallica, Radiohead, even our own Pearl Jam, since each is capable of filling a soccer stadium, see U2 page 32
The Gay films of SIFF 2011 cour tesy SIFF
the SIFF box office (located on the second floor of Pacific Place) and SIFF Cinema at the Seattle Center (321 Mercer Street).
sony
Weekend Rating: Average Genre: Romance U.K. Friday, June 3, 7 p.m., Harvard Exit Sunday, June 5, 4:30 p.m., SIFF Cinema Two guys meet, converse, and date (if you want to call it that) over a weekend and forever change one other’s lives. While not very complex, not very deep, and nothing unique or new, it nonetheless is a mildly entertaining film. At 96 minutes, it may be a bit too long and does tend to drag. Yet it all takes place over a weekend. It does explore deep topics as the two characters converse about their lives, but it doesn’t really satisfy the potential that it could have had as a film. Worthwhile, but don’t expect to be too impressed. It seems to be Weekend a valid effort in Gay-oriented cinema even if it doesn’t really hook by Herb Krohn tival’s prominent LGBT-oriented the audience on any emotional level, as it is more of a “been SGN Contributing Writer films. For more film reviews as well as there, done that” film plot. The Seattle International Film a schedule of upcoming films of Festival is now underway, and Gay interest, go to www.sgn.org. will continue through June 12. Information and tickets can be see SIFF page 30 Here is SGN’s look at the fes- found at www.siff.net as well as
Adele, Mars, Van Dyk lead busy June
Adele
by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer The coolest spot to show off that summer tan is indoors in the month of June. Yes, this is the month that Bono and the gang finally take over Qwest Field with their giant claw, after last year’s
disappointing cancellation (for more info, check out our U2 article in this week’s SGN). Another U.K. export, Adele, also returns to Seattle for a sold-out performance at the Paramount Theatre. From the many choices of live see where it’s at page 33