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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 23, Volume 40, June 8, 2012

Pride Idol: Kyle and Jason ace Wild Card round

The singer on her Gay following, Adele comparisons, and going from medicine to music

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor

Local talent competitions – be they drag, singing, or just “show up and show us what you’ve got” – are always entertaining, with little effort required on the organizers’ part.

Audiences love to watch the busboy by day sing his heart out at night or the starving art student nail the perfect dance routine.

Seattle Pride Idol is no exception. Week after week, members of the local and surrounding community show up and give it their all to a grateful audience.

But something special happened this season: 2012 Pride

The rebirth of the big voice continues, and its newest star is Emeli Sandé, a Scottish import who, naturally, is already adored by legions of Gays. Sandé’s debut CD, Our Version of Events, featuring the breakout hits “Heaven” and “Next to Me,” is a throwback to the days of the mere voice. No flash; definitely no meat dress.

Touring with Coldplay over the summer, Sandé caught up with SGN to chat about connecting with her Gay fans, the inevitable comparisons to Adele (with whom she shares a name), and performing at a Gay club the night Whitney Houston

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Dallas returns Desperate Housewives alums Jesse Metcalfe and Brenda Strong talk about their new roles

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by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer In this crazy, uncertain age, it’s nice to know that there is sometimes truth in advertising.

Pacific Northwest Ballet notes in its appealing ad campaign that George Balanchine’s Coppélia is “The Happiest Ballet on Earth!” The highly regarded company summarizes the story thus: “A silly tale of a doll, her maker, and a pair of young sweethearts.” It could easily add: “The perfect ‘first’ ballet for the whole family.”

Coppélia premiered in 1870 in France at the Paris Opera Ballet. In 1884, the famous St. Petersburg production at Russia’s Imperial Ballet used choreography by Marius Petipa, based on the Paris original.

His famous work was revised in 1894 and adapted by many other companies over the years.

Jonathan Porretta and Kaori Nakamura in Coppélia

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer It’s not your imagination. J.R. Ewing, his wife Sue Ellen, and his brother Bobby are indeed back, the Texas clan reigniting their oil-rich feud this Tuesday night on cable’s TNT network.

That’s right, after a 21-year hiatus, Dallas is returning with a new generation of colorful char-

acters and with timely subplots galore, hoping to stir the same type of interest the classic original series did from 1978 to 1991.

The new series doesn’t just bring Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, and Linda Gray back into the fold, but also throws former Desperate Housewives regulars Jesse Metcalfe, Josh Henderson, see dallas page 30

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Spellbinding Kingdom a land of inspired plenty

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

almost Kubrick-like efficiency, weaving all of Lindelof and Spaihts’ nebulous plot strings together with ease. Subtle homage is paid to both Alien and Aliens, and the first foray into the mysterious complex that once housed gigantic beings similar to humans, yet far more advanced, is an astonishing feat of technical, visual, and storytelling After an ominous and unsettling opening wizardry. The movie drew me in and had title sequence, the story begins in 2089 with me right where it wanted me, every fiber of two archeologists, Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi my being intimately interested in learning Rapace) and Charlie Holmore. loway (Logan MarshallGreen), making an otherworldly discovery in Scotland’s Isle of Skye. Fastforward a couple of years, and the pair find themselves aboard the spaceship Prometheus (named after the Greek god), heading to an unexplored planet in a far corner of the galaxy. Their expedition has been financed by elderly billionaire industrialist Peter Weyland (Guy Pearce), who shares their interest in discovering mankind’s origins.

From there things follow a relatively familiar playbook. Headstrong Charlize Theron and Idris Elba in Prometheus captain Janek (Idris Elba) is skeptical their excursion to this planet will meet with success, So what’s the problem? Well, while child-like humanoid robot David first off, while the majority of the cast is (Michael Fassbender) might not be near excellent – Rapace, Theron, and Elba in as innocent as he first appears, and icy ex- particular – none of them play particularly ecutive Meredith Vickers (Charlize Theron) interesting characters. On top of that, some hides an agenda she’s loath to share with of what they do and how others respond to Shaw and Holloway. The group of scientists these actions doesn’t make a lick of sense, and astronauts explore the planet, make and the final third is so overly rushed and shocking discoveries, and uncover a secret frenetic that much of the dialogue is lost in that could very well lead to Earth’s demise. the sound and fury. Marshall-Green’s charWhat I didn’t expect is just how hypnotic acter in particular is a whiny wet noodle I the first two-thirds of this adventure proved couldn’t wait to be done with. His sullen reto be. Scott orchestrates the action with sponse to his and his beloved’s monumental

breakthrough on this heretofore unexplored world is extraordinarily bizarre.

Yet Prometheus can’t be written off. Despite my dissatisfaction with the last 20 minutes I can’t wait to see the film again, to let what Scott is talking about and hinting at sink in more thoroughly. I’m also beyond taken with Fassbender’s David, easily the movie’s most important and intriguing character, his evolutionary process in many ways the key ingredient around which all else revolves. Once again, the actor is a revelation, his performance another in a long line of divine balancing acts.

Forget about the monsters, forget about the Machiavellian corporate tinkering, forget about Shaw’s handling of an invasive abuse of her privacy and body which literally caused one member of my preview audience to faint from shock – none of that matters in the grand scheme of things. It is David who matters the most, his journey the one I tend to think will have the most long-lasting impact and the one where the majority of the answers to many of the drama’s humanistic riddles can be found.

It is easy to see why, after 30 years, Scott chose Prometheus as his return to science fiction. It’s chock full of ideas, gives him a massive canvas to work upon, and allows him to directly tackle questions he’s tinkered around with in one way or another since 1977’s The Duelists. If the movie ends up leaving something to be desired it isn’t for lack of trying on his part. Scott has gone all-out in regard to this particular opus, and as far as evolutions go, his own – into Stanley Kubrick or Terrence Malick – isn’t as ungainly or as farfetched as one might initially believe.

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mood and a sensation that is as immediate as it is universal.

I’m not entirely sure how much more to say. Like most Anderson products, the style of the piece is immediately identifiable. It’s

There’s not much alien about Prometheus

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer Prometheus Now Playing Prometheus is not a prequel to Alien – let’s get that out of the way up front. Ridley Scott stated in numerous interviews that the movie had “Alien DNA” but was otherwise unconnected to his 1979 opus or the three sequels that followed it. As dubious as that claim sounded at the time, after watching the film it is clear he was being honest – the director’s return to the world of science fiction for the first time since 1982’s Blade Runner is more than your average intergalactic creature-feature.

So what is Prometheus? A week later I’m still trying to figure that out. At its core, the intricate and complicated screenplay by Damon Lindelof (Cowboys & Aliens) and Jon Spaihts (The Darkest Hour) wants to be about the origins of man, i.e., a theoretical discussion about Darwinism and religion and how both relate to evolutionary theory.

Who are we? Where do we come from?

Where do we go from here? Are we alone in the universe? These are just a few of the questions the film purports to ask, the end product interested not so much in answers as it is in reigniting an age-old debate.

At the same time, the movie is also a bigbudget Hollywood thriller filled with stock characters, familiar story beats, and a series of scares – most of which can be seen coming millions of light years away. It doesn’t quite know what to do with itself when all is said and done, the final product reaching for the stars while frustratingly coming up short.

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Adam Stockhausen’s (Scream 4) production design and Gerald Sullivan’s (Youth in Revolt) art direction, all of it works in sensational tandem, Anderson again crafting an esoteric milieu fitting the era and the time he’s working in, yet also feeling as if it were

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MOONRISE KINGDOM Opens June 8 On a tiny island off the New England coast, 12-year-olds Sam (Jared Gilman) and Suzy (Kara Hayward) have decided to run away into the wilderness. It is the summer of 1965, and Khaki Scout leader Scout Master Ward (Edward Norton) is beside himself that one of his charges has disappeared, while on the flip side of things parents Walt (Bill Murray) and Laura Bishop (Frances McDormand) cannot believe their beautiful, if slightly odd, daughter would do such a crazy thing. It is up to local police chief Captain Sharp (Bruce Willis) to round up the two wayward youngsters and bring them back to those purportedly in charge – no small task considering a major storm is heading for the island and help from the Khaki Scout troop or from the Bishops themselves isn’t proving fruitful.

There’s more, of course, including Bob Balaban narrating the proceedings, Harvey Keitel as the militaristic titular head of the Khaki Scouts, Jason Schwartzman as conniving Uncle Ben, and Tilda Swinton as the frigid embodiment of Social Services – all of which is fully to be expected in a wildly flippant frolic sprung from the mind of director Wes Anderson.

What isn’t as anticipated is just how jovial his latest, Moonrise Kingdom, is, how fully it embraces the nature and rapturous aura of

sprung from a particularly inventive picture book.

Which in many ways is exactly the point.

As things progress, Suzy slowly finds herself transforming into an erstwhile Wendy Darling, telling stories to a gaggle of fellow youngsters, all of them looking up at her in mesmerized bliss. As for Sam, in many ways he is Peter Pan, refusing to grow up but learning vital life lessons as he treads down a path of responsibility and maturation he’s not remotely ready for. It’s like they’ve all stepped through to the other side of the Looking Glass while heading to Neverland, and found themselves stranded in a Hundred Acre Wood of their own feverish imagination, with all the adults looking on trying to figure out what’s happened.

It was pretty risky to anchor an entire film upon two newcomers in Gilman and Hayward, neither of whom had any cinematic experience before Anderson cast them here. Yet it is a risk that pays off, the director’s camera lingering over the pair in a way that is blissfully relatable. Both showcase shocking chemistry, not just with each other but with the other actors as well. Hayward, in particular, has the ability to mesmerize like a newly pubescent Cheshire Cat, her lingering gaze so bewitching she almost doesn’t need a single line of dialogue to amaze.

Moonrise Kingdom has the potential to be a movie I’ll be pondering, mulling over, and thinking about for the remainder of 2012. Heck, it might even enter into the upper echelon of the Wes Anderson canon, joining Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Fantastic Mr. Fox – films I already consider modern classics. This movie is a haunting paean to who we were as youngsters, who we wanted to be as adolescents, and who we imagine we might still become as adults. For that reason alone, I’m ready to declare it a masterwork.

evident in the very first frames that this is the same man who brought forth Rushmore, who handled The Royal Tenenbaums, who put so much energy in effort into the wildly uneven The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and soared to new heights with The Fantastic Mr. Fox. The European New Wave leanings of Robert D. Yeoman’s (Bridesmaids) young love. The filmmaker, working once cinematography, the slightly off-center pebagain with The Darjeeling Limited co-writ- bledashes of er Roman Coppola, captures a

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and remixing in various rooms, you’ll have the opportunity to chat a bit and get to know each other before recombining at large Ushaped tables for the rest of the meal.

The performers – Mark Siano, Opal Peachey, Sachie Mikawa, Evan Mosher, Aimee Bruneau, Maximillian Davis, Keira McDonald, Carter Rodriquez, Devin Bannon, and Samantha Mead – double as servers, a (probably unintended) pun on the menial outside employment so many actors are forced into. They do a good job at both.

If you’re not a foodie, you need not fear going too far into exotic territory, though you might try a bite of rabbit for the first time. The meal is tasty and mostly familiar, with vegetables like radish, kohlrabi, and potato, and dishes such as celeriac soup and mushroom tart. You can avoid foods you don’t like and still probably feel full at the end.

The mysterious Chef Nordo never appears, though he is referred to throughout.

The masters of the idea are former Circus Contraption leaders Erin Brindley and Terry Podgorski. Given the tragic loss of two of the band’s musicians (Drew Keriakedes and Joe “Vito” Albanese) in the Café Racer shooting last week, it’s a credit to Brindley and Podgorski that the show went on in the days following.

Café Nordo’s Cabinet of Curiosities has been extended an extra weekend through June 23rd. You can go to www.cafenordo. com or www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/240189 for more information or tickets, or call 800-838-3006.

CAFÉ NORDO’S CABINET OF CURIOSITIES WASHINGTON HALL Through June 23 A noble older building on Capitol Hill beckons you and, once inside, the outer world seems to disappear. You climb stairs to a dimly lit landing and are assigned to a group using a card deck. Your group is called by a guide, who cautions you against some of the dangers you might face in entering various rooms from the inhabitants, who are not used to a lot of people anymore.

The inhabitants might be ancient plants, or a couple caught in a time vortex in a café in Paris. Indeed, you will visit the Invasive Species Lounge, the French Salon, and the Crone Parlor, where the Crone will educate you about herbal medicine and medicinal uses for food. In each location you will be fed and provided with artful information.

Eventually, all the groups will converge on the Grand Ballroom for a delightful banquet.

Be warned: even on a Sunday evening, the lengthy, languid pace of the meal will extend to three-plus hours. Ours lasted for three and a half. Yet, the price of entry is reasonable for the quality of the food and the many performers. And the seductive presentation encourages you to relax and enjoy and forget about clocks.

While some of the theatricality is forced and/or unnecessary, the performers are enthusiastic and committed. When you enter, you will likely be grouped with people you Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ have never talked to, but through mixing gmail.com.

and Brenda Strong into the mix, along with The Fast and the Furious heartbreaker Jordana Brewster. Set in the present, the story’s main thrust involves the battle of wills between J.R.’s son John Ross (Henderson) and Bobby’s adopted boy Christopher (Metcalfe), both young men looking to take control of the Ewing legacy. Strong joins the cast as Bobby’s wife and Christopher’s independent-minded mother Ann, while Brewster adds more fuel to the fire as Christopher’s fiancée – and John Ross’ former flame – Elena Ramos.

I had the chance to speak with both Metcalfe and Strong about the new show, their characters, and some of the more interesting plot elements during their recent visit to Seattle. Here are some highlights from that conversation.

Sara Michelle Fetters: So, silly question to start with, but I just have to ask, was it some sort of prerequisite that you be a part of Desperate Housewives to join the cast of Dallas?

Brenda Strong: Certainly! We beat out all those other desperate housewives to join Dallas. Beat them down!

Seriously, no, not at all. It was just one of those random coincidences. [The producers] just chose the best actors for the respective roles, and it just so happened that three of us were from the same show. Whenever you have a long-running series you’re going to employ a lot of really good actors. Chances are new projects are going to overlap.

That’s what happened here.

Fetters: Honestly, though, when you get approached to be in a new Dallas, a version that isn’t really a remake but also isn’t really a strict by-the-numbers continuation of what came before, but something sort of in the middle, what goes through your mind?

What do you think about that?

Jesse Metcalfe: We weren’t sure, really.

At the very beginning, we didn’t know if it was a remake or a continuation – it was still evolving at that point. I think we were all a little skeptical at first. We’d have been remiss if we weren’t.

Strong: And rightfully so. You’re dealing with an iconic piece of television history with Dallas. A little skepticism is healthy.

Metcalfe: But I think after we read the pilot episode we all felt a lot more confident. It was good. It was really good. Well-written.

Great storytelling. The characters are extremely well-defined. In many ways it was an actor’s dream.

Strong: And what we discovered is that it is a continuation of the original series, a modernization of the same family picking up where they left off here in 2012 instead of in 1991.

Fetters: But is there a place in the hereand-now for a show like Dallas?

Metcalfe: We hope so. I hope so. We’re looking to make Dallas “appointment” television once again. We feel like TNT is spearheading this movement to bring scripted drama back to television and we’re so thankful to now be a part of that.

Strong: I also think Larry [Hagman] brought up a really salient point. He said that economically and politically we’re very much at the same point we were back in the 1970s when Dallas first aired. We’re dealing with an oil crisis of sorts. We’re in the midst of a recession. We’re having these complex political discussions about where we want the country to go. So it’s extremely topical.

Fetters: I’m glad you brought that up because the juxtaposition of when this show started in 1978 and where we are at now is not at all dissimilar. It’s just the potential for the material to go in new directions that’s intriguing as far as I’m concerned – the idea that it can take on topics now that showrunners never could have dreamed of back dur-

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ing the 1980s. I imagine, as actors, that potential was very exciting on some level.

Strong: Most definitely. I love the fact that Christopher, Jesse’s character, is a proponent of alternative energy, and is the one who brings that conversation to the forefront. My hope in being a green-centric consumer myself is that this conversation will have the potential to wake people up to asking themselves a litany of questions – asking themselves if we’re being good stewards of the planet. Are we heading to a point of no return? Can we cultivate these other energies safely, and before it is too late?

Metcalfe: That plot point and a few others in the new series are what make it current.

This is a contemporary series featuring a few characters a lot of people already know and love. I think there are so many different places you can go story-wise because of that. I’m very excited.

Fetters: With that in mind, what do people need to know about your respective characters going in?

Metcalfe: I’m not sure I want them to know anything. Why spoil it? Watch the show. Discover Christopher for yourself.

I honestly think that the pilot episode is so brilliantly written and shifts so seamlessly from the original series, it’s almost as if the cameras are still there but just weren’t running for 20 years.

I guess what they should know is that Christopher Ewing is sort of the anti-Ewing, the black sheep of the family. He’s adopted.

Not a Ewing by blood. Spent the last few years abroad studying his ideas for alternative energy. Most of all, he’s coming back to the family after having run away from something. That’s maybe all people need to know.

Strong: I actually don’t think people need to know a lot about my character [Ann Ewing] going in. When writer Cynthia Cidre conceived this character she wanted a contemporary for Bobby – she wanted a mar-

riage that actually worked. This was not a marriage of convenience or a woman who married for money. This was a woman who had her own life, had her own history and her own money, and fell in love with somebody who happened to be both a Ewing and her equal.

This is a modern-day couple of equals, which I think is something new for Dallas.

Women didn’t have power in the original Dallas. Now my [character], and Sue Ellen, and Elena Ramos, we’re all educated women who have rightful lives [of our] own. It’s exciting for me to play a partnership that’s actually emblematic of a modern working marriage. Marriage is hard, and I think Bobby and Ann represent the moral center of the Ewing family and they’re very much the anchor or the hub of all the machinations that go on around them. They’re the ones who hold the ground when everything else is spinning out of control, and let me tell you that’s a tough job.

Fetters: At the same time, it had to be pretty great to be there that first day when Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, and Linda Gray all strolled onto the set in character.

Strong: It carries weight, let me tell you.

Larry really set the tone. He set the tone at the table read before we even walked onto the set. He let us all know we were going to work hard and we were going to have fun. It was exciting. He’s a really complex and interesting man, and I don’t think we could do it without him. He, Patrick, and Linda anchor the show. That’s just the way it is.

Before we even walked in, that first day on the set Patrick told me he just knew who [Bobby] was. He hadn’t missed a beat. He put on those boots and he was him. It’s exciting to be a part of that sort of television history.

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by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer AMERICAN IDIOT PARAMOUNT THEATRE Through June 10 American Idiot is the musical written by the American punk-rock band Green Day. Originally composed in 2004 as a rock opera and released as a CD, it was adapted in 2010 for the Broadway stage. Now playing at the Paramount Theatre, American Idiot brings its loud, thunderous message of 21stcentury discontentment to Seattle.

The story line is expanded (slightly) from the original concept album. It concerns three friends – Johnny, Will, and Tunny, from suburban Jingletown, U.S.A. – who become fed up with their going-nowhere lives and decide to leave for the city life they have long dreamed of. But on the eve of their departure, Will’s girlfriend Heather tells him she’s pregnant and he chooses to stay and face his responsibilities while his friends run off. Each man finds a separate and disappointing reality: Will is trapped in a domestic world he can’t quite fit into; Tunny becomes entranced by TV ads for the Army and enlists; and Johnny discovers the seedy underbelly of drugs in an impersonal city. Eventually, each man realizes his failures and frustrations, and the three find the only comfort they can – with each other.

This show is completely about rage against … whatever. The anger and frustrations of society and of trying to find one’s place in the world becomes clear with each character and is very evident in the music of Green Day. Even the set is cold and impersonal, consisting of at least two dozen television screens, all blaring out videos depicting whatever the characters happen to be raging against. While the stage is mostly bare, the band is subtly distributed across

the background, bringing the music directly to the audience without barriers. It’s not only highly effective but definitely helps to set the mood.

The casting of the show gathers a highly talented group of young artists who explode onto the stage without apologies.

Van Hughes (reprising his Broadway role) is Johnny, the unofficial narrator. He brings the pure essence of punk rage to the stage with every move he makes. From the heavy eyeliner to the way he holds his body pinched with angst, his persona can’t help but evoke Iggy Pop (or a male Siouxsie Sioux). And for a man who has maybe 10 minutes (collectively) offstage, his energy amazingly never seems to falter.

Jake Epstein is Will, the man who stays home in Jingletown with his girlfriend.

His life (along with that of Heather, played

by Leslie McDonel) both parallels and sharply contrasts with those of his friends as he faces the trials of too-young parenthood. Will’s internal conflicts (despite his devotion to Heather, he still wants to hang with the guys) are as strongly represented as Heather’s outward struggle to become a mother while dealing with a party-happy boyfriend.

Scott J. Campbell is Tunny, the friend who enlists in the Army, goes to war, and loses a limb. He definitely emotes the frustrations and fears of military life and his experience illustrates the heavy consequences, physical and otherwise, of combat. His struggles and rage are palpable as he is at first seduced by and then disenchanted with the armed forces.

One of the great assets of this musical is the staging and dancing arrangements by associate choreographer Lorin Latarro.

In both individual and group staging, the angst, rage, and frustration are clearly evident in the rolling movements of the danc-

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer SHEAR MADNESS MOORE THEATRE Through June 24 Shear Madness is a comedy production whose name explains it all. The show combines elements of campy comedy mystery and improv performance with a heavy emphasis on audience participation. Using localized humor that is written into the script specifically for each city’s run, this show is fun for all ages and tastes.

The setting is a hair salon called, yes, Shear Madness, located on Seattle’s Capitol Hill. Run by Tony Whitcomb (Michael Kevin Baldwin) and his assistant, Barbara DeMarco (Mary Ann Conk), the shop’s patrons include Eddie Lawrence (Joe Ditmyer), a dealer of “used antiques” who is a walk-in client of the salon, and one of the shop’s more regular clientele, the socialite Mrs. Shubert (Lisa McMillan). It’s a small shop situated under the apartment of former chanteuse Isabel Czerny. When Isabel is found stabbed to death with a pair of haircutting scissors, detective Nick O’Brien (Patrick Noonan) steps in and quickly discovers that everyone had a reason for want-

ing the upstairs neighbor dead. He puts the shop under lockdown and then turns to the audience for help in solving the murder.

The audience-participation section is almost as much fun as the play itself. The police turn up the house lights and ask the audience for information on what they observed, relying on their memories for clues in finding the killer(s). Questions are asked and theories are shared, making the amateur sleuths the heroes of the show. But this is not a one-sided endeavor, as the audience directly asks questions of the characters on stage, as well as the police. And the ‘shear’ beauty of it is that no two shows are alike.

Since the ending depends on the audience’s view and vote, the situation allows a different conclusion each time.

The entire cast is very adept at improvisation. Baldwin as the flamboyant stylist Whitcomb is very funny with each exaggerated movement, and is sharp on the commentary when ad-libbing dialogue with the audience. His tough-demeanor assistant is played by Conk as a combination of Rhea Perlman, Nancy Walker, and Peg Bundy.

Practically every move she makes garners laughs, whether it’s related to her flighty behavior or her unique fashion sense.

But it’s not just the acting that makes this

Gabrielle McClinton and Van Hughes in American Idiot

ers. The number “Give Me Novacaine,” set in a war zone, has the dancers leaping into the air from explosions of landmines and gunfire. It is extremely effective.

Be warned: American Idiot is definitely not for the traditional Rodgers & Hammerstein theater fan. It’s loud, in your face, (dropping the F-bomb frequently), and most of all, unapologetic. Although presented in rock opera form (with little added dialogue), the story is easy to follow, and we the audience not only share in the rage of the characters but are awakened to the many frustrations and injustices, large and small, of 21st-century American life. After seeing this show, you will find it a lot more difficult to be just a passive observer of the social en-

vironment around you.

American Idiot opened on Broadway on March 24, 2010, and ran for more than 420 performances. The music is taken from the concept album of the same name, with some “B-side” songs added and a few from the subsequent Green Day album, 21st Century Breakdown. The finale features the entire cast with guitars, singing “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life).” Produced by Tom Hulce, the book was written by Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong (who performed during the original run) with music orchestrations and arrangements by Tom Kitt (Next to Normal). The musical was nominated for two Drama Desk Awards (winning one) and three Tony Awards (winning two) in 2010.

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show highly enjoyable. The research team for the tour has done its homework and there are lots of jokes relating to local humor and situations. Comments about the Sonics, the Seattle Police Department, Capitol Hill, and Tukwila are just a few of the targets lampooned by the cast. The comments fly easily and help make the entire production fun every time you see it.

Shear Madness is billed as “the longestrunning non-musical play in the world.” It opened in January 1980 at the Charles Playhouse in Boston, where it is still playing.

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Another production has been running since 1987 at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The play has also run continuously in Seoul and Athens since 1998.

In celebration of Seattle Pride Month, a special “Shear Pride Happy Hour” wine reception will precede the Friday, June 15, performance of Shear Madness. For special discounted tickets, enter the promo code SHEARPRIDE when ordering at www.stgpresents.org.

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continued from cover As with all famous Russian ballets, the major dances for the principals were handed down from one dancer to another for generations. That precedent continues today: Balanchine’s 1974 version for the New York City Ballet retained many of these major moments with new input for minor roles and the corps de ballet. An earlier PNB version of Coppélia was based on the Petipa work, but the world-acclaimed Balanchine version premiered at PNB in June of 2010. It makes a most welcome return with this revival.

It is hard to imagine a more perfect night of classical ballet. Coppélia manages to treat formal, classical ballet with the highest respect while filling the stage with imaginative costumes and scenery, and to keep a straight face while tongue-in-cheek shenanigans delight the crowd. Creativity and skill rule the evening.

Just one example: late in Act Two there is a famous, challenging “Waltz of the Golden Hours” as part of the “Dedication of the Bells” wedding sequence. The dance was designed for 24 women who appear only in this scene. Since it is expensive to hire 24 dancers for just a few moments onstage, many companies “cheat” by using

12 dancers, each of whom appears twice – e.g., “Miss 1 A.M.” dances again as “Miss 1 P.M.” Not at PNB. In a brilliant, witty decision, PNB uses 24 students from its highly regarded ballet school. These “baby ballerinas” dance with polish beyond their years, delight the audience members with their charm (and almost synchronized work), and, not incidentally, sell zillions of tickets to proud parents, grandparents, other relatives, and friends of same. What a great solution. And what fun.

Coppélia tells the tale of the mysterious Dr. Coppelius, who creates mechanical figures – a Chinese doll, a juggler doll, an astrologer doll, an acrobat doll, and, most importantly, a beautiful doll – the title character – who is so lifelike that mortal men fall in love with her. All of Dr. Coppelius’ creations are kept under lock and key in his creepy old house. Coppélia, though, is so beautiful that our hero, the handsome Franz, sees her “reading” on her balcony and immediately falls in love with her. His betrothed, Swanilda, is not amused that Franz seems infatuated by the new girl in town. She finds a key to the doctor’s laboratory home and slips in, en pointe, with eight of her girlfriends, also on their toes. (Well, it is a ballet.) When she discovers that her

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ARIES (March 20 – April 19): Avoid any games of verbal one-upmanship. You’ll just hurt feelings and have to eat your words. If you’re really so clever, you can figure out what needs work in your relationship. Listening to your partner will help.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): Arguments over money arise too easily, especially over silly details like splitting a lunch check. Don’t fuss over pennies. There are more important things than money. Think long and hard about what really matters. You may surprise yourself.

GEMINI (May 21- June 20): Try a new look – go shopping for clothes. If money is tight, hit the thrift shops. Your imagination and an open mind are better than any amount of money. Good as your own Queer eye is, a friend’s perspective and encouragement will help.

CANCER (June 21- July 22): New insights can be a little scary, but best to look deeper and find out what they’re really about. Irritation with other people, awful and annoying though they are, is more about you than them.

LEO (July 23 – August 22): You need some private down time. Plans with friends may need canceling, but that’s OK. Your real friends will understand, and the rest don’t matter. New creative efforts can cure social ennui, but the real answers are deep inside you.

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): Stay calm, measure your words carefully, and just keep putting one foot in front of the other. Read the myth of Cassandra. Let people take or leave what you have to tell them. They’ll eventually realize you were right.

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): Your efforts to smooth out problems at home will only backfire. If you really want things to be nice, be a good listener and get a sense of how you can improve your own self and your actions.

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Being responsible for a problem does not mean being at fault, and solution is more important than blame. How much responsibility you should take is hard to judge. Take on what you can, but overdoing it is selfsabotage. Gauge your capacities carefully.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Eagerness to explore new sexual techniques can improve your relationship, or your chances of getting into one. If your sweetheart balks, let it be “just a suggestion.” Even without pursuing new pleasures, the suggestion can open up conversations that build greater intimacy.

CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): Your ability to shut up and listen to job critiques determines your ability to profit from them. There’s always room for improvement. You don’t have to agree with every criticism, but listen and think carefully before responding.

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): Efforts to have fun are likely to get you into trouble. Unless you’re considering skydiving, that doesn’t have to stop you. How much trouble can you handle? You might find arguments fun, but your opponent is probably not amused.

PISCES (February 19 – March 19): “Family fun” doesn’t have to be an oxymoron, although efforts may seem easily muddled and misunderstood. Listening rather than pushing can help. Or leave them alone and try out some new recipes or restaurants with adventurous friends.

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“rival” is only a windup doll, Swanilda is delighted and exposes the fraud to Franz.

And they dance. In Act Three, they get married. They dance, the village lads dance, the village lasses dance, the lads and lasses dance, and the 24 “Hours” dance. And what incredible dancing it is.

On opening night last week, two of PNB’s most exciting principals headed this glorious revival – Kaori Nakamura and Jonathan Porretta. Both were perfectly matched and perfectly cast. Both are incredible dancers, fulfilling every technical demand the work made on them, seemingly effortlessly.

“Soaring” is the right word for both performances. As is traditional, PNB rotates all major roles, often casting three or four dancers in each one. Because of the depth of PNB’s talent roster, audiences can be assured of a top performance every time.

As usual, Nakamura and Porretta were both extraordinary dancers and incredible actors. Porretta’s silly Jerry Lewis-style rubber-faced mugging – perfectly in character for Franz – delighted the crowd in every appearance. Nakamura’s bright smile, fauxpetulant stance in her jealous mode, and athletic skills in her high jumps matched Porretta’s polished work. They are a joy to watch, together or apart. Jeffrey Stanton, returning to PNB after his recent retirement from dance character roles, was an appealing Dr. Coppelius. The four mechanical dolls in Act Two were all tops, especially Christian Poppe as the Acrobat Doll (dressed in a colorful harlequin costume) and Andy Garcia as the Chinese Doll.

Coppélia continues this weekend, with four more performances through the Sunday matinee. It’s a perfect choice for a family outing, an unquestioned perfect “first ballet” for new audiences of any age, and a thoroughly delightful experience for any ballet fan. Be prepared to smile a lot and laugh out loud many times. Be prepared to be delighted. Ticket information is available at (206) 441-2424 or www.pnb.org. Highest recommendation.

Coppélia is just one of several important PNB events in June. Sunday night is the Season Encore Performance, with excerpts from this season’s various highlights. The annual School Performance, showcasing students of the Pacific Northwest Ballet School (including the 24 dancers who appear in “Waltz of the Golden Hours”), and the Seattle Youth Symphony is scheduled for next Sunday, June 16, at 1:30 p.m. Next Step follows later the same day with a 7 p.m. performance. Next Step features new works choreographed by PNB company dancers for the PNB School’s Professional Division students. What a day that will be.

Four major events from PNB in June.

What a month. What a treat. What a company. SGN can’t wait.

And, don’t forget to check out PNB’s 2012-13 season, which includes Swan Lake, Cinderella, Romeo et Juliette, the annual Nutcracker, and three mixed-repertoire programs.

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Chris Azzopardi: Are you feeling the Gay love?

Emeli Sandé: Yeah, it’s been amazing to see so many people from the Gay community coming to the shows.

Azzopardi: Why do you think they’re in love with you?

Sandé: I’m not sure. What I do is a wee bit different. I want to speak for everybody.

I come from a place where I was so different, and maybe people can relate to that in some way.

Azzopardi: Why did you feel like an outsider?

Sandé: I grew up in a small village in Scotland and we were the only mixedrace family, and I felt very different. I really found a community within music, and I found my voice through music, so I definitely know how it feels to be the odd one out or to be the underdog. I needed to sing.

It was more than just a hobby for me.

Azzopardi: What do you remember most from your performance at Heaven, a Gay club in London?

Sandé: I remember a lot from it. Whitney

Houston just died five minutes before I went on stage, so it was a bizarre feeling because the club was called Heaven and I was singing “Heaven” and Whitney Houston had just died. It was such a bizarre night for me, but I really felt a real connection to the crowd there. I want to go back and enjoy it a bit more this time.

Azzopardi: What’s been your relationship with Gay men throughout your life?

Did you know many in Scotland?

Sandé: I knew quite a few Gay people.

I used to study medicine in Glasgow, and there are a lot of Gay people in the [City of Glasgow Chorus]. I had a good time with them! (laughs) We used to speak about Mariah Carey together. There’s also a really great art school in Glasgow. I love fashion and I love meeting new designers, and a lot of the students were Gay. I always find them part of a creative community.

Azzopardi: Do you have a Gay best friend?

Sandé: I do, actually. He’s a doctor. We studied together, so he was my Mariah buddy and I speak to him about Leona Lewis and all the big singers. We would just speak forever about singing, and he comes to all my shows. He made T-shirts one time with my name and face on it. He’s a big fan.

Azzopardi: How do you feel about comparisons to other artists, like Whitney, Beyoncé, and Adele?

Sandé: All those artists are incredible and they’re all so successful, so it feels nice that people are putting me in the same kind of census as these people. But everyone is so different. If you really listen to people’s music separately, we’re all coming from different places and we write differently and our careers are going in different paths. For me, it’s just really flattering – being a newcomer and having people draw those comparisons is fantastic.

Azzopardi: You chose your middle name, Emeli, as your stage name, because your real first name is actually Adele. Two Adeles can’t be a bad thing, though … right?

Sandé: It would have been hard to distinguish myself as an artist. It was three years ago, before I’d released anything promotionally, and then I heard her name and thought, “Oh, we can both have the same name.” And then she won Critics’ Choice at the BRIT Awards and she did bigger and bigger things – she’s humongous. I think [the name change] is a good thing in retrospect.

Azzopardi: Is there pressure to be the next big thing?

Sandé: Yeah, a wee bit. I feel pressure because no one’s done what Adele’s done in the past 20, 30 years. That level of success is a bit mind-blowing to me, but I love that people believe in me and in the music. I can really only take that as a positive. I never want to set a benchmark for myself against another artist. I’m on my own journey and I’ll see what happens.

Azzopardi: What music did you grow up listening to?

Sandé: I loved the voices: Whitney, Mariah, Anita Baker – people who had these incredible voices. As I got a bit older, when I was 8 or 9, my dad introduced me to people like Nina Simone and Tracy Chapman, where it was more about the tone of the voice. I fell in love with Nina Simone as soon as I heard her, and she really inspired me to play an instrument and to write and to speak about what’s going on in the world around you.

Azzopardi: When did you decide to make music your career?

Sandé: Really young. I definitely knew I wanted to be a singer, but I knew that I wanted an education before I went into the music world, so I studied medicine, always knowing I wanted to do music eventually.

Azzopardi: How did you come up with the title Our Version of Events?

Sandé: I was staying with the producer I worked with, we were having breakfast, and people were asking me what the title of the album is. Then we were being told you have to play by these rules in the industry, you have to do this, that, and the other. He said, “Well, this is our version of events, so we’re gonna do it how we do it.” I loved that defiance. These were stories I wanted to tell – they were stories we thought maybe other people would want told for them, to give a

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voice to people who might not feel represented on radio. It just sounded like the perfect title of the album. This is our version of events, and maybe I can speak for other people through my stories.

Azzopardi: What inspired the album?

Sandé: Definitely, relationships. Romantic relationships as well as just how people love one another. I really wanted to write songs like “Breaking the Law” because we’re in a society right now where there are a lot of rules, and I would hate for people to lose that human instinct, that courage, to just love somebody or really be there for somebody despite everything that tells them not to.

Azzopardi: Favorite song from the album?

Sandé: “Clown.” For me, as I get older, it means something more. You have to try and risk being the clown if you want to be anything. If you play everything safe you’re never going to get there. I love “Clown” because it reminds me to really go for it.

Azzopardi: What are your songwriting must-haves?

Sandé: I need some red wine – that’s definitely something I need. And it has to be after 10 o’clock at night. Those are the two conditions. I need to be around people I can trust, people I can just talk about stupid stuff with or get really deep, and there will be no judgment.

Azzopardi: Think back to the first song you wrote. What was it about?

Sandé: That was when I was 8, and I don’t think you could call it songwriting, but it was about this alien that came from space and spread love and joy around the world. (laughs) It was quite good.

Azzopardi: What can we expect from your set when you open for Coldplay? And what do you think of the band?

Sandé: I’m a big fan of them. I did a lot of studying to their music, and lyrically and melodically they’re just amazing – it’s no surprise they’re so successful. I’m really honored to be opening up for them and working with them. But my set is going to be a lot fuller than the gigs we’re doing here at the moment, which are just really stripped-back and acoustic. We’ll have the full band on stage. It’s introducing my music to people – stadiums full of Coldplay fans. I’m looking forward to it.

Azzopardi: What’s your idea of heaven?

Sandé: There’d be a lot of music, but also everything would be very fair. There wouldn’t be the inequality we see in the world. Very fair and lots of melodies. And wine!

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

Reach him via his website at www.chrisazzopardi.com.

performances. While some fell victim to a bad song or wardrobe choice, most of the contestants brought their “A” game, making smart decisions and entertaining the nearly 300-person audience throughout the evening.

Taking on the tough burden of judging the Wild Card Round were Yuriko Lomein of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Abby of St. Joan, along with Kitty Kitty Bang Bang, 2010 Pride Idol winner Karolina Longoria, and me. In addition to her judging duties, Karolina sang two songs to show us all why she won the competition two years ago.

A newcomer to Pride Idol and to Seattle (via Wisconsin), Jason Carrion was advanced to the Finale after performing “Uprising” by Muse – which fit the mood of the night as the community is locked in a marriage equality battle. Jason is the most unassuming of stars, but you can’t take your eyes off of him. His voice rises with little effort and although he isn’t the most dynamic of entertainers, he’s got that something that keeps you interested and longing for more. Will his third time performing be the charm? We’ll see this weekend when Jason returns to compete for the number-one slot and the chance to be called 2012 Pride Idol.

Also advancing, with 69 points out of a possible 70, was the outrageously funny, unapologetically LGBTQ Kyle Bain. Kyle embodies the words “Wild Card.” Judging a book by its cover (when will we learn?!), one would assume that this out-and-proud white rapper was well on his way to embarrassing himself in front of the most unforgiving kind of audience – a liquored-up LGBTQ audience. But Kyle did what Kyle does (there truly are no words to describe his act) and performed an original rap – this week it was “Meat Tooth” – and the whole place went haywire. There was cheering, stomping, hollering, and a whole lot of laughter.

Kyle has developed an act that could appear on almost any stage anywhere and the audience would demand an encore of his LGBTQ-infused rhymes and cheap computergenerated beats. Make no mistake, Kyle is not the best vocalist of the bunch but he is the one to beat this year. Kyle Bain is star power personified, and that’s hard to go up against.

This year’s Grand Finale prize package is very attractive: $200 will go to third place, $500 to second place, and first prize is $1,000 and a chance to perform aboard the Seattle Out and Proud float during the Seattle Pride Parade June 24. Seattle Out and Proud (SO&P) produces Seattle’s annual Pride Parade.

Neighbours is the place to be this Sunday night at 8, as the 10 finalists compete to be named Seattle Pride Idol for 2012. This is a show you do not want to miss.

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Idol has exceeded all expectations, as the most talented group of competitors yet has put it all on the line to deliver one powerful performance after another. On June 3 it all came down to the Wild Card Round, where each contestant got a chance to secure one of two remaining slots in the June 10 Grand Finale. There were cheers and jeers aplenty, but in the end, eight talented hopefuls came to the end of the road.

Smirnoff, Seattle’s Best Karaoke, Neighbours Seattle, Seattle Gay News, and MOViN 92.5 present Seattle Pride Idol, a citywide singing contest hosted by Seattle Out and Proud (SO&P), running every Sunday night at Neighbours leading up to Pride.

Making not one, not two, but three glamorous gown changes throughout the night, the fabulous Gaysha Starr returned to host the Wild Card Round. Trading light banter for questions of how each contestant would serve the community as Pride Idol, Gaysha got answers such as HIV/AIDS awareness, marriage equality, and animal rescue. Remember, the judges are looking for more than just a voice – we are looking for a star, and for a community advocate.

In order of appearance, Jessica Swenson, Roy Brinson, Zoe Dixon, Jason Quisenberry, Janson Halloway, Christina Brewer, Jason Carrion, Michael Allen, Kyle Bain, and Leighton Grampp all delivered solid

just so gracious. They’re gracious people and they’re gracious actors. Meeting them, working with them, it hasn’t been an awkward or nerve-wracking experience. It’s been incredibly positive, and I think they’re responsible for creating the atmosphere we have on the new series. And I definitely look up to them, just as much as I look up to Brenda. We really are working with some accomplished, seasoned actors; they’re all just incredible.

Fetters: What’s the challenge in regards to attracting new viewers to the show? Not the ones who grew up watching the original Dallas – they’re going to tune in no matter what, just to see what you’ve accomplished – but younger viewers who may not be familiar with the show. What do you have to do to get them to watch?

Metcalfe: Compelling storytelling. We feel like we have a quality product. We feel like word of mouth is going to help us out a lot. Obviously, TNT is behind us and has given the show this massive advertising campaign that should at least bring a lot of eyeballs to the premiere. Hopefully my fan base and Jordana’s fan base will also help in that regard. But I think the bottom line is that this is just good television. It speaks for itself.

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what this show is. But I have great confidence that once people do watch [the premiere] they’re going to want to see more.

They’re going to see that the subjects we’re talking about and the dramas we’ve created are all rooted in the here-and-now. More than that, it’s just plain good TV. Nothing matters more than that.

Fetters: With that in mind, what would be your thoughts if, 13 years from now, we’re back here in a room like this one, still talking about the show?

Strong: Wouldn’t that just be incredible?

My goodness. I hope I can hold out that long.

Metcalfe: Wow. Yeah. Incredible. Seriously, I’m just hoping for a fraction of the success that the original series had. I haven’t set my sights that far ahead or that high, but at the same time who’s to say what could happen? I truly believe we are going to have a nice little run here. The show is too good not to.

Strong: I’m just going to hang on to Patrick Duffy’s coattails. He’s the king of the long-running series, after all. I’m married to that one. But in all honesty, Jesse is right.

Dallas is a good show, and there’s plenty of fertile ground for all of us involved to play upon.

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by Mercy Moosemuzzle SGN A&E Writer

Pearl Django Reality joined Mercy for Pearl Django at Jazz Alley, May 29, because Cuteness was with Equality. Reality pointed out that the group’s fan base was clearly there, and how good the service was. Mercy liked the evening of upbeat Gypsy jazz, celebrating Pearl Django’s new CD, Eleven. She was also struck with the fact that the band members are such talented composers.

David Lange’s accordion was phenomenal. Michael Gray’s violin was fantastic.

Troy Chapman’s lead guitar was hot. Rick Leppanen’s bass was funky.

They opened with “Smile” by Charlie Chaplin, which happens to have been Michael Jackson’s favorite song. It featured accordion, violin, and guitar. Reality whispered, “The violin and accordion have clearly been playing together a long time, they play off each other so well. They have fun and make it fun for the rest of us.”

“Swing 48,” a Django Reinhardt tune, followed, with solos by Chapman, Gray, Lange, and Leppanen. “Eleventh Hour” was written by Rick and featured him, David, and Michael. Reality said, “Excellent.”

Chapman wrote “Endless Fields of Green,” featuring guitar, violin, and accordion. Ryan Hoffman, who played rhythm guitar, wrote “Prozac Waltz” with Lange.

It had solos by Lange, Gray, and Chapman.

“Avalon” featured Troy, David, and Mi-

chael. Chapman wrote “Bella Deluxe,” which had guitar, violin, and accordion solos. “Django’s Castle” featured Chapman, Gray, and Lange, and was a ballad and a change of pace. “Jeanine” had solos by Michael and David.

Chapman wrote “Sonara,” which featured guitar, violin, and accordion. “System D Swing” was written by Leppanen and included solos by Chapman, Gray, and Lange.

“Under Paris Skies” featured violin and accordion.

Leppanen also wrote “Rhumbatism” from the new CD. It, too, had solos by Chapman, Gray, and Lange. There were loud shouts of “Encore.” The band responded with Cole Porter’s “Begin the Beguine,” featuring Troy, Michael, and David.

Storm vs. Shock Mercy and Cuteness went to see the Seattle Storm play the Tulsa Shock at Key Arena, June 1. Going into the game, Seattle was 0-3 on the season while Tulsa was 0-4.

The first quarter was close: Storm 17, Shock 14. At halftime, Seattle was ahead 36-35. In the third quarter, the Storm increased their lead to 57-46. They kept it in the fourth, winning the game 76-58. Mercy was happy we broke our losing streak and that the win made Brian Agler the winningest coach in WNBA history with 212 career victories.

Cuteness said, “I thought Sue Bird was on fire. Tina Thompson was having foul problems. Ann Wauters was off. She only made 2 points. Last game, she made 17. She

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didn’t get that much playing time. Tulsa was playing pretty rough. The Storm lost to the Shock in a pre-season game. The Storm did a better job of not having a lot of turnovers.

Sue Bird, Katie Smith, Tanisha Wright, and Camille Little played a lot of the game.

They are more used to playing together.

Ann Wauters and Shekinna Stricklen traded off being the fifth player. There was a big difference in the results. Stricklen had 6 points. I liked how she played. She was aggressive – had some great defensive plays.

Sue Bird was the MVP of the game, however, with 27 points.”

Karen Bryant, the Storm CEO, was inducted into the Snohomish County Sports

Bill Frisell Mercy is looking forward to seeing Bill Frisell at Jazz Alley. Band members are Tony Scherr (bass), Greg Leisz (steel guitar) and Kenny Wollesen (drums). The band will be there June 14-17. They are touring in support of his new CD, All We Are Saying…, a collection of songs by John Lennon.

Frisell is a Bainbridge Island jazz guitarist, composer, and arranger, with an international reputation. He plays a variety of music including country, classical, and progressive folk.

You can get tickets at www.jazzalley.com.

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Copeland works her magic at Jazz Alley

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

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Hall of Fame. The Shock coach, Gary Kloppenburg, is a former Storm assistant coach.

SHEMEKIA COPELAND DIMITRIOU’S JAZZ ALLEY June 2 Seattle folks do get the blues. In fact, a roomful of us got a good dose of them last weekend when Shemekia Copeland performed at Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley.

In the first of two sets on Saturday night, Copeland got off to a fiery start with a rocktinged version of “Dirty Water.” Wearing black pants and a matching thigh-length blouse with glittery bling on her right wrist, the Harlem native shook a mean shiny tambourine during that song. Further on, she went to town on a cow bell.

“I’ve got 987 songs about ex-boyfriends,” she joked with the audience. “And nobody gets to leave here until I do all of them.”

With that, Copeland segued directly into “Givin’ Up You,” though a notch better was a run-through of “Circumstances” that featured terrific guitar playing from Willie Scandlyn and Arthur Neilson.

It was the artist’s slow, simmering rendition of “Married to the Blues” that stood out in her 90-minute set, proving that hearing Copeland in concert and listening to her CDs are two completely different experiences. On the subject of CDs, the acclaimed performer, who has opened for the Rolling Stones among others, announced to the Jazz Alley crowd that a new album is scheduled

for September release.

“Put those chicken wings down and put your hands together!” shouted Copeland, as she reeled off several jumpy numbers, including “Rise Up,” “Pie in the Sky,” and “Never Going Back to Memphis,” which she humorously described as a song all about how she’d never be going back to Memphis.

I loved the spunk and the glee that radiated from Copeland – she was unabashed and comical yet naturally comfortable on stage, which allowed the entire performance to go smoothly. The daughter of noted bluesroots musician Johnny Copeland, she told everyone that growing up in Harlem during the ’80s and ’90s almost got her into a career in hip-hop. “Luckily, I sucked at that,” she said.

Copeland closed out the main set with “Ghetto Child,” walking away from the microphone midway through while still belting out the chorus. She then stepped off the stage and weaved around the entire venue, still singing without a mic. Copeland even told a couple having dinner in a booth to “scoot over, baby.”

A well-earned standing ovation capped the evening and sent Copeland to her dressing room, only to return a few minutes later to wail on the gospel-inspired number “Big Brand New Religion.”

Just 33 years old, Shemekia Copeland is far from over. This bad mama has only just begun.

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SATURDAY - June 9

A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am.

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. www.agatheringofmen.org Capitol Hill Garage Sale Day. 9am-4pm. For locations visit www.capitolhillgaragesale.com 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.

Capital City Pride in Olympia (6/9 & 6/10). 10am5pm. Sylvester Park, Capitol Way S & Legion Way SW, Olympia. Parade Sunday 6/10 at 12noon. www. capitalcitypride.net Get Engaged to Defend Marriage Equality! 6pm.

Washington State Trade & Convention Center, 800 Pike St. Gala fundraiser for the Approve Referendum 74 campaign. Tickets $174 or $1.740 for a table of 10.

For RESERVATIONS email nicole@washingtonunited. org or visit www.washingtonunitedformarriage.org/gala 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 Diverse Harmony: “Human Nature” (6/8 & 6/9).

7:30pm. Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center, 104 17th Ave S. We will celebrate the beautiful surroundings of the Pacific Northwest with a show dedicated to nature & the many experiences we all have with our surroundings. Tickets $15 at the door.

Sistah Sinema Film Showing: “A Litany for Survival: the Life & Work of Audre Lorde.” Doors 8pm, Film 9pm. Chao Bistro, 1200 E Pike St. An epic portrait of Lorde, whose work spanned five decades, from her childhood roots in Harlem to her battle with breast cancer. Screening will be followed by a panel discussion. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. www. sistahcinema.com

SUNDAY - June 10

For a directory of GLBT-friendly religious organizations in Washington state, visit www.sgn.org and scroll down the first page of either section to see Multifaith Works’ 2007-2008 Directory of Inclusive Faith Communities (some information may not be current). For information on GLBT-friendly Christian churches around the world visit www.gaychurch.org.

Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHiking Group/ Capital City Pride in Olympia (6/9 & 6/10). 10am5pm. Sylvester Park, Capitol Way S & Legion Way SW, Olympia. Parade Sunday 6/10 at 12noon. www. capitalcitypride.net 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.

Rainbow City Band - “Gay Paris!” Sunday Brunch Gala Fundraiser. 10:30am-2pm. Renaissance Hotel, 515 Madison Ave. Help fund the future of community music in Seattle and enjoy brunch, silent & live auctions, signature brunch cocktails, and musical entertainment from many of RCVs ensembles, including their orchestra and swing band. Tickets: $65. www. brownpapertickets.com/event/239544.

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6177, or Mike Chin (509) 990-0007.

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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

June 9 thru June 17 PFLAG/Skagit County Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Skagit Valley Food Co-op Bldg, Room 309, 202 South 1st St., Mt. Vernon. Meets 2nd Monday each month. PFLAG/ Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month.

K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations, including Pennies from Heaven, Rosehedge House, & Three Cedars. 3290886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com 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 Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - June 12

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. To sign up visit www.raincity soccer.org Gay Pride Picnic in South Park. 1-4 p.m. Duwamish Waterway Park, 7900 10th Ave S at S Elmgrove St (on the river). Food, fun, music. Family friendly.

Donna Summer tribute. DJ Luis V from Noche Latina!

Gnarlene & the Frisky Pigs live. Drag performers.

Everyone welcome. FREE! For more info: gaypridesouthpark@hotmail.com.

Daring Divorced Divas. 3-5pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. A support group for Lesbian women dealing with divorce, separation & transformation. To attend this group please contact the facilitator at daringdivorceddivas@yahoo.com. SASG 322-2427; www.sasgcc.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/ Weds/Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Simply Sundays. 5:30-7pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Peer support for recovery from substance abuse. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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

Pride Idol 2012 GRAND FINALE. 8pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Contestants for the Grand Finale are winners of the last 9 weeks of the karaoke competition.

Grand Prize $1000. Pride Idol 2011 Victor Cruz will give special performance. Hosted by Gaysha Starr.

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

MONDAY - June 11

Women Facing HIV. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Drop-in peer support group for women living with HIV/AIDS. 322-2437. www.sasgcc.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.

LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting.

6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation.

Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

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.

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.Freely Speaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/Seattle Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently with this meeting; PFLAG/FOCUS meets concurrently with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www.seattle-pflag.org.

June 8, 2012

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

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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 Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com 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 Bisexual Women’s Network. 6:30pm-Social; 7pm-Open Rap. Capitol Hill Group Health, South Building, 201 16th Ave E, Room A6/7. 2nd Tuesday each month. Meet & mingle in an engaging, feminist, Bi-supportive environment. For information visit www. geocities.com/sbwn.

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.

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For info & location c363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Maybe Baby. 7-8:30pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 511 E Pike St. Meets the 2nd Tuesday each month. Maybe Baby is a support group for LGBTQ people who are interested in becoming parents. For information email info@maybebabyseattle.org or visit www.maybebaby seattle.org Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

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

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

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

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& women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. LGBTQI supported. Seattle SAA infoline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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

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WEDNESDAY - June 13

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 GSBA Business Luncheon. 11am-1:30pm. Sheraton Seattle Hotel, 1400 6th Ave. GSBA members $34, non-members $39, students $34. www.thegsba.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm.

Call for details, location & to RSVP. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. 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 POZSeattle Social. 6-8pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meet us on the back patio for some summer grillin’, socializing, catching up with old friends, making new ones & a whole lot of fun. Bring your appetite for burgers, chicken breasts, beef hot dogs, Boca burgers, chips, salads & desserts with all the fixins. The event is offered at no cost but we ask a $2 donation to help with overhead costs. www.pozseattle.org Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

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

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

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

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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

This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www.ingersollcenter.org Make It Better Now! 7-8pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets the 2nd & 4th Wednesday of every month. Lots of adults say “It will get better,” but what about right now? The goal of Make It Better Now! is to help you develop & practice the skills necessary to do better now. This skills-based group is no cost. www. lamberthouse.org Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project Steering Committee Meeting. 7pm. Call for Capitol Hill location. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month.

New volunteers always welcome. NWLGHMP researches, interprets, & communicates the history of the GLBT community in the Pacific NW by collecting oral histories, preserving historical materials, & presenting public programs such as exhibits, walking tours, & slide shows. gayhistnw@aol.com; 903-9517.

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

Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com

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Divas Take The Hill - Pride Kick-Off Party. 7:30-social; 8:30-show. Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave. Local libations, tasty treats and a fabulous drag and variety show to raise money to defend marriage equality. Tickets: $10-advance, $15 at the door, $5 drinks, $5 raffle tickets for local goodies. www.divastakethehill.com.

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. Visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

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

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

FRIDAY - June 15

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.)

“StageFright” - Youth Open Mic - For Aspiring Writers & Performers, Ages 14-24. 7:30pm. Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. FREE. Everyone welcome to attend.

StageFright not only features young folk, but is also MC’d by young folk & attended in great majority by young folk. 322-7030; www.hugohouse.org.

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

THURSDAY - June 14

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Thursday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Queer Night at the Bremerton/Kitsap Health Department. 4:30-7pm. 109 Austin Dr, Bremerton. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. HIV/AIDS & STD testing in a GLBT positive environment. Call Sue or Steve at (360) 337-5235.

Come Out For Yourself (COFY). 6-7:30pm. SASG,

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303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Peer support for people dealing with issues of sexual orientation. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org 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.

Pozitively Me! 6:30-8pm. Seattle Counseling Service, 1216 Pine St, 3rd Floor. Meets every Thursday. A conversation about HIV with other men. Gay & Bi men facing challenges living with HIV longterm now have a new way to meet others facing similar challenges.

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 Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm.

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is an activities & resource center for LGBTQ youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/Whatcom County-Bellingham Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. 360-733-1500; www.whatcompflag.com; PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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

Unicorns vs. Uniforms Pride Launch Party. 7-10pm.

Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Features performances

by Ruby Rouge, Luscious LadyPop, Max Pride, Violet deVille & more! MC Toby Noon. Tickets $20, $15 with donation of a bath towel. Proceeds benefit Seattle girls of Leather.

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

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

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

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

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org Born This Way Kafe. 5-9pm. Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse, 1635 11th Ave. Every Friday. A welcoming place where LGBTQ youth ages 13-19, friends & allies can gather, be themselves & have fun. 883-6110, randy.wiger@seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Arts on the Waterfront: Romeo & Juliet (6/15-6/17, 6/22-6/24, 6/30 & 7/1). 7pm. 1300 Alaskan Way. FREE but donations will benefit the Trevor Project. www. artsonthewaterfront.com First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community.

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E Olive Way. Meets the 1st & 3rd Friday each month. 329-0793; http://seattleprimetimers.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Pioneers & Warriors TM. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Friday. Peer support group for Gay & Bi men over 40 - honoring the past, accepting the present & embracing the future. Group attendance requires facilitator approval. Please contact Joel Davis at 261-6616. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

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

Gay City, 511 E Pike St (temporary meeting location).

Every Friday. (See related event Sunday, 6/10, for complete description.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

SATURDAY - June 16

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Erotic Art Festival (6/16 & 6/17, 6/22-6/24).

Fremont Studios, 155 N 35th St. For a schedule of events visit www.seattleerotic.org Fremont Fair (6/16 & 6/17). 11am-6pm. Features the Fremont Solstice Parade on Sunday, 6/17.

Seattle Pride Picnic. 11am-4om. Volunteer Park, 14th Ave E & E Galer St. Come out & declare with pride “We Are Family” at SO&P’s annual Pride Picnic catered by Spud.com. Buffet with hamburgers, veggie burgers, hot dogs, fruit, salads & beverages for just $1 per person. www.seattlepride.org/official-events.html Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Bi & Bi Mixed-Gender Social Group. 4-6pm. Wayward Coffee, 8570 Greenwood Ave N. Meets 3rd Saturday each month. Social get-together for Bisexual men & women, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks. www.binetseattle.org.

Arts on the Waterfront: Romeo & Juliet (6/15-6/17, 6/22-6/24, 6/30 & 7/1). 7pm. 1300 Alaskan Way. FREE but donations will benefit the Trevor Project. www. artsonthewaterfront.com

SUNDAY - June 17

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Erotic Art Festival (6/16 & 6/17, 6/22-6/24).

Fremont Studios, 155 N 35th St. For a schedule of events visit www.seattleerotic.org 2012 Run & Walk With Pride. 10am. Seward Park.

Features a 4K walk, a 4K run & a 10K run. Benefits the It Gets Better Project. To REGISTER or DONATE visit www.seattlefrontrunners.org

Celebrating 39 Years!

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

Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest. ethyl forever@hotmail.com Fremont Fair (6/16 & 6/17). 11am-6pm. Features the Fremont Solstice Parade on Sunday, 6/17.

Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. 329-0793.

Arts on the Waterfront: Romeo & Juliet (6/15-6/17, 6/22-6/24, 6/30 & 7/1). 7pm. 1300 Alaskan Way. FREE but donations will benefit the Trevor Project. www. artsonthewaterfront.com

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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 Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html Bent Writing Institute promotes written & spoken word in our LGBT communities. Bent offers affordable classes & workshops for Queer-identified people. For more information or to sign up for a class, email bent. writing@gmail.com. Visit www.bentwriting.com or find us on Facebook. For upcoming events join our mailing list by emailing bent.news@gmail.com BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club is an umbrella organizing sponsoring LGBTQ-supported recovery meetings.

CHAC is currently looking for a new home. www. chacseattle.org, 860-9560 or call 587-2838. (Groups formerly meeting at CHAC are currently meeting at SASG (Seattle Area Support Groups) and other locations. Check out the SGN’s Community Calendar listings to find these groups.)

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 Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 511 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.imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 511 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.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. 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 Project at the API Safety Center, April, 4679976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 3227061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw. org; TwoSpirit 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 meth-

amphetamine 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 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 Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Shanti - 324-1520; www.rosehedge.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

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@

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groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures. org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnw gra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletown squares.org; Rain City Soccer: www. raincitysoccer. org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www. raincountrydance.org; Seattle Frontrunners: www. seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www. quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacky Tourist Clubs of America, Seattle Chapter - www.ttca.org; bruce@ttca.org; 1122 E Pike St PMB 905, Seattle, WA 98122-3934.

Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey. com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; 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, 436-8671.

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; 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) 6712838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 632-0662 ext 49 (non-emergency), 1-888-99-VOICE (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; 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, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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

FRIDAY

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

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Prime Rib Dinner $11.75 Live DJ 9pm-close Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

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

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

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

The Elite - No cover! 12pm -2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, $1 off call cocktails, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3.00 daily drink specials. Happy Hour, 3 - 7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun. - Thurs. 9 - 11 pm: $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3.00 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - No cover … ever!!! Start your weekend off right. Happy Hour 6 - 8 pm.Weekly beer & cocktail specials.

Neighbours Nightclub - House music with DJ Eric.

9 pm - 4 am 21+ * Cover charges as follows: 9 pm - 12 am, $5.00; 12 am - 2 am, $8.00; 2 am - 4 am, $10.00* **From 2 am - 4 am, 18+ with valid ID on main floor** www.neighboursnightclub.com.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm.

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

Vibe - in Kent - $4 Jäger Bombs. South Side Boogie-Dancing, 9 pm - 2 am, with DJ Dirty Dan. Karaoke in the Main Room, 9 pm - 2 am. No cover.

Wildrose - www.thewildrosebar.com.

SATURDAY

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

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Free Pool, Free Darts and Free TouchScreen games all day and all night. Live DJ 9pm-close Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

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

The Cuff Complex - 1st Saturday Country Dancing w/ Rain Country 7 pm -10 pm, HiNRG Dancing - Alternating DJ’s 10 pm-3 am. Cover $5 @ 9 pm.

Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime.

Happy Hour Noon - 5 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls. “full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, $8 Stoli doubles, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour, 3 - 7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour, Sun.-Thurs. 9 - 11 pm: $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - No cover … ever!!! But get in early to beat the line. Capacity enforced for your comfort & safety.

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

Neighbours - Power Mix with DJ Randy Schlager from C89. 21+ with Valid ID. 9 pm - 4 am. *Cover charges as follows - 9 pm - 12 am, $5.00; 12 am - 2 am. $8.00; 2 am - 4 am, $10.00. 206-324-5358; www.neighboursnightclub.com.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7pm.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 2-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Mary’s Lashes cabaret with Chablis and Company.

Vibe - in Kent - Absolut Saturdays! $5 Absolut Drinks.

South Side Boogie Dancing, 9 pm - 2 am with DJ Dirty Dan. No cover.

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

Sunday

Bar Myx - T Dance! 3-7pm with DJ Lady Char, $1.00 Rolling Rocks. Dinner and a Movie at Bar Myx! Enjoy the newest releases on our big screens from 7 pm every Sunday! Dinner specials every week, $4 glasses of house wine, $1 doubles any drink! After the movie, one lucky customer will get to take the movie home…every week!

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-2am Karaoke with Black Nail Productions 9pm-1am Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

9-Ball Pool Tourney at 6 pm - 16 players only. Hosted by RW & Co. The Cuff Complex - “Bottom forty” 6 pm-close w/ DJ Nark + Riff Raff & Guests. Cover $5 @ 8 pm Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour Noon - 5 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - NW Sports first on TV. Sound with early afternoon Mariners games. Pitcher special all day with free U-shell peanuts and pool.

Neighbours - 9 pm - 2 am Entre Hermanos Noche Latina $5.00 cover 21+ with Valid ID.With DJ Luis.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 2 pm-midnight. Happy Hour until 7 pm.

R Place - Happy Hour 2-7 $5.75 Wells $2.50 domestic drafts.

Twisted - Happy Hour all night! www.twistedineverett. com Vibe - in Kent - Happy Hour All Day! FREE POOL! Wildrose - Free pool all day. www.thewildrosebar.com.

MONDAY

Bar Myx - Bacardi Game Night! $4 Bacardi calls all night long, plus $9 Bacardi Pitchers! Mental Masturbation at 7:30 (with bonus questions and a bar match for the grand prize), followed by Beer Pong! Evening is hosted by our sassy bartenderess Karee Jo! Changes - Happy Hour all day 12 pm-2am Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts.

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

See us at www.clubsilverstone.com.

The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” All Day - Table top games, pool, darts, pinball, Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily, Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Pint night with Happy Hour prices 8 pm-close. 9-Ball Pool Tourney at 7 pm.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - Happy Hour 4-7pm. Hamburger & Draft Beer $6.00 from 4pm -10.00 Black Nail Productions Karaoke 9pm to 1am.

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

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

Vibe - in Kent - $1 Domestic Drafts, $2.50 all bottled beers, $3 Touch Down Shots. FREE POOL! Wildrose - Pool Tournament 7 pm w/Prizes!

TUESDAY

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

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm- 8pm. Domestic Bottled Beer $1.25 All Day and Night, Super Happy Hour 4pm7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Burger Specials $2.50 Hamburger, $3.50 Cheeseburger $4.50 Bacon Cheeseburger.

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

Free pool all day - 2 tables.

The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” All Day - Table top games, pool, darts, pinball, Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Peanut Night, Bearoke 8 pm- 12 am w/Jonathan Jones Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

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The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. til 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. 8-Ball Pool Tournament starts at 6:30 pm.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. Black Nail Production Karaoke 9 pm-1 am.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special.

Seattle Eagle - IN HEAT $5 Long Island Iced teas Dj KINGOFPANTS from 10-2 Vibe - in Kent - $10 Dizzy Pass - $1 you call it, 6pm to close.

Karaoke 9pm-2am with José.

Wildrose - Taco Tuesday. No cover.

WEDNESDAY

Bar Myx - $2 Bud and Bud Light drafts, and $4 Bud and Bud Light Mondos! $3 shots of Fireball, $5 well margaritas, $5 Nachos (beef, chicken or veggie) and 2 beef tacos for $2, 2 chicken tacos for $3 or 2 carne asada tacos for $4!

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts Trivia Night 8pm Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

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

The Cuff Complex - Free pool & Pitcher special , Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Country lesson w/Rain Country 1st & 3rd Wednesday 7:30 pm, Poz Seattle social 2nd Wednesday 6 pm, Leather social 4th Wednesday 7 pm Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Dart Tournament starts at 7:30 pm.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Gelliphish 7 pm-midnight.

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

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts.

Vibe - in Kent - $1 off all mixed drinks and shots. Karaoke 9pm-2am with José.

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

THURSDAY

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

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

Dart Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. The Cuff Complex - Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Pool Tournament 7 pm, Karaoke 8 pm-12 am w/Jonathan Jones Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. til 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Weekly beer & cocktail specials. Kick off the weekend early. No DJ needed, you control the jukebox.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Thomas from 7 pm-midnight.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts.

Vibe - in Kent - $3 wells, $4 Washington Apples.

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CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17 - 206 Broadway Ave. E. - 204-0126 DOGHOUSE LEATHERS - 1312 E. Pike St. - 257-0231 EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - 323-7437 MAIL BOXES ETC. - Above QFC at Broadway & Pike - 324-5600 THE CRYPT - 1516 11th Ave. 325-3882 ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965 SALON DEWI/RED DRAWERS - 1525 14th. - 381-DIVA(3482) STAN’S ADULT SUPERSTORE - 9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299 UNDER U 4 MEN - 709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446 TABOO VIDEO - 1012 1st Ave. - 622-SEXY TOYS IN BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - 328-2914

LOVER’S - 193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862 RUMORS CABARET - 1119 Railroad - (306) 671-1849

BAR MYX - 1212 California St. - 425-610-4071 LOVER’S - 112 SE Everett - (425) 353-3607 LOVER’S - 3402 Broadway - (425) 252-8754

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LOVER’S - 25801 104th Ave. S.E. - (253) 852-1720 SWANK - 24437 Russell Rd. - (253) 854-2110 THE VIBE - 226 1st Ave. S., 98032 - (253) 852-0815 THE VOYEUR - 604 Central Ave. S. - (253) 850-8428

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

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AIRPORT TAVERN - 5406 S. Tacoma Way - (253) 475-9730 CASTLE SUPERSTORE - 6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391 CLUB SILVERSTONE - 739 - 1/2 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 404-0273 THE FANTASY SHOP - 2301 6th Ave. - (253) 272-6640 LOVER’S - 7002 Tacoma Mall Blvd., #F - (253) 475-2271 RAINBOW CENTER - 741 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 383-2318 SHAKABRAH JAVA CAFE - 2618 6th Ave. - (253) 572-2787

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