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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 40, Volume 40, October 5, 2012

by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer

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PITCH PERFECT Opens October 5 Everyone’s talking about Rebel Wilson, the scene-stealer in Bridesmaids who played Kristen Wiig’s trashy roommate and mistook her live-in’s diary for a “very sad, handwritten book.”

The Australian breakout star has already had two other roles earlier this year – What to Expect When You’re Expecting and Bachelorette. Her pilot for the ABC series Super Fun Night also just got the green light. Now she’s Fat Amy, the I-am-who-I-am collegiate

mermaid dancer in Pitch Perfect who gets all the boys and belts her ass off as part of an all-girl acappella group.

Sprawled on a couch all cozy-looking in a track jacket and hand bling that spells out her name, Wilson – along with out director Jason Moore, for whom Pitch Perfect is his first feature film – chatted in her dry-wit way about stealing the role from Adele, why the Gay community will find Fat Amy empowering, and her tips for killing an acappella audition (hint: Lady Gaga).

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WICKED: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE WITCHES OF OZ PARAMOUNT THEATRE October 10 – November 17 (Special Washington United for Marriage benefit performance October 18) Wicked is one of the most successful productions in musical theater history. The characters created over a century ago by L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its sequels, have made their way from printed word to stage and

screen in many different forms, but this musical is the only serious rival to the beloved 1939 film as the definitive Oz-related work.

As Wicked returns to the Emerald City’s Paramount Theatre, SGN caught up with Fiyero, the love interest of the two witches at the center of the story – and with Cliffton Hall, the actor who portrays him.

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

Hall: When I started in musical theater I studied as a dancer, and then took private voice lessons. I trained through Bel Canto School of Singing, and [Luciano]

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MADONNA KEY ARENA October 2 Madonna is, and will always be, Madonna – no matter what anyone else wants her to be. It should come as no surprise to anyone who has followed her career that she never, ever repeats herself and will invariably do whatever she damn well see madonna page 29

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Garbage out, Garbage in Shirley Manson and company return triumphantly (and apologetically) to Seattle

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer GARBAGE THE SHOWBOX SODO September 26 It had been at least five years since Garbage last came through Seattle, their previous gig a truncated Bumbershoot set at Memorial Stadium. This wasn’t exactly what loyal followers of the group were hoping for, after the American-Scottish act canceled a Paramount Theatre show the year before. But it would have to do for a while.

Last week at the Showbox SoDo, however, Seattle-area Garbage fans finally got their wish – a full-length set in an indoor venue, with no indifferent festival-goers getting in the way.

Garbage opened with an oldie but a goodie, “Supervixen.” Vocalist and frontwoman Shirley Manson, who drew the loudest cheers when the band stepped on stage, looked viciously radiant in a one-piece short black dress with thigh-high boots, her reddish hair in a tight bun. She growled on the next song, “I Think I’m Paranoid,” from the Grammy-nominated album Version 2.0 as some folks jumped up and down, clenching their fists.

ALL APOLOGIES Before launching into “Why Do You Love Me,” Manson told everyone that the night needed to start with an apology for the canceled Paramount concert. “Do y o u forgive me?” asked the rock star sweetly. The audience replied with strong applause, but not before someone shouted “Make up for it!” To that, Manson defended herself by saying that in all her many years of performing live, she’d only been responsible for that single cancellation.

Not Your Kind of People, the newest release from Garbage, was well-represented by six entries on the set list. Among them were “Control,” “Battle in Me,” and “Blood for Poppies.” Another track from the CD, “I Hate Love,” was picked by the crowd after Manson asked us to choose between it and “Felt” (if I heard correctly). The song had never been played live before and was offered to Seattle fans for being “shortchanged.”

But what everybody mostly came to hear were the hits,

and Garbage didn’t disappoint. Manson held out her microphone during “Queer,” and of course we all sang along. “Stupid Girl” was given a disco-style intro and had a cool electronic vibe throughout, while “Special” featured some exceptional vocals

by Manson primarily during the chorus.

The rest of the band shouldn’t be overlooked. Butch Vig, Steve Marker, and Duke Erikson each contributed brilliantly to a performance that had bite and vibrant energy. It was like watching and hearing Garbage in its early days.

A SPECIAL DEDICATION “Hammering in My Head,” though not being performed elsewhere on this tour, was added to the set list and dedicated to “Albert at Seattle Gay Times,” said Manson. Yes, she meant me (although my employer was slightly misidentified). I had been informed just before the concert that the song would be played, and it was terrifically executed at the Showbox.

The main portion of the concert ended with two beloved favorites, “Push It” and “Only Happy When It Rains.” Welcomed back enthusiastically for an encore, Garbage ripped into “Automatic Systematic Habit,” the aforementioned “I Hate Love” (which was pure ear candy), “The Trick Is to Keep Breathing,” and “Vow.” Garbage was clearly in their element at the Showbox SoDo. They’ve aged a bit, obviously, and they’ve taken long breaks between albums and songs, at times to focus on solo projects (Vig won a Grammy earlier this year for co-producing the Foo Fighters’ Wasting Light), yet they’re on a roll again with a noticeable second wind.

Hanging out backstage with Garbage

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer I often turn down backstage opportunities because I don’t like playing the part of a groupie. But when Shirley Manson extended an invite before going on stage at The Showbox SoDo last week, I just couldn’t refuse. As a thank-you, I gifted her a six-pack of Cupcake Royale signature treats, which she promised to share with her fellow band members. Besides the band, there were about 10 of us in the upstairs dressing room. Shirley and her bandmate Duke Erikson offered my friend and me beverages – I chose a beer, my companion some wine. After snapping photos, Shirley asked if I wanted to check out her wardrobe (yes, please!). While the other band members each have one rollaway case, she has two – one with slide-out drawers that carry everything from tights to hair accessories, and another for her dresses, coats, and other stage threads. She also had a three-mirror vanity with the set list for the concert taped to the top.

Shirley and I spoke about Gwen Stefani, whom she calls a “real fashion icon.” We discussed Kings of Leon, with whom she has performed in the past. She unsurprisingly described them as “hot,” but she also said they’re really cool guys and that she likes them a lot. She’s got a wicked sense of humor and is very down to earth. At one point I almost choked on a sip of beer, prompting me to say, “Normally, I swallow,” and she quickly replied, “That’s what she said.” Butch Vig, who interviewed with SGN several years ago, was very kind and accommodating as well, and invited us to come back following the show.

So we did. About as many people were backstage after the show as before, and we drank while listening to good tunes. I glanced at the band’s pre-performance dinner sheet and noticed that Shirley had eight pieces of sushi

and miso soup that evening. She spent most of the time in her dressing room afterward, although she did come out and speak to my friend and me for just a bit. She also gave hugs to a couple of guys (possibly Gay) from Olympia, both of them beaming with joy.

Shirley’s rollaway cases were the final ones to be loaded out of the dressing room. We hugged, exchanged pleasant farewells and then excused ourselves to allow Garbage to depart for their next stop, Portland. Outside the stage door, about three dozen fans were awaiting the group’s exit. I’m pretty sure they got their wish for photos and autographs, as the band seemed incredibly friendly and approachable.

GIBBARD ADDS A SECOND SHOW Ben Gibbard, who is scheduled to perform a benefit concert October 9 at Seattle’s Smith Tower for the marriage equality campaign, has announced another area performance – this one isn’t a benefit – at the historic Washington Hall on November 17.

The Death Cab for Cutie lead singer/guitarist releases his sophomore solo album, Former Lives, on October 16. For all tour information, visit www.facebook.com/bengibbardofficial.

STEVIE NICKS DOC PREMIERES Rock goddess Stevie Nicks, who interviewed with me last year, will soon release a feature documentary about the making of her latest album. In Your Dreams – Stevie Nicks will premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival on October 7 and the Mill Valley Film Festival on October 12 (the latter screening has already sold out). The film focuses on the collaboration between Nicks and producer Dave Stewart, as well as neverbefore-seen scrapbook stills from her childhood, plus backstage and performance shots from the past 35 years.

A nationwide theatrical release has not been announced, but if a Seattle showing materializes I’ll let you know. Nicks is set to appear October 15 at an Elton John AIDS Foundation benefit concert in New York.

SGN IN A FINE FRENZY Finally, don’t miss our interview with Seattle-born artist A Fine Frenzy in The Music Lounge next week. She opens for Joshua Radin on October 18 at the Moore Theatre.

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SHIFTING PERSONAS Madonna tore the roof off a sold-out Key Arena Tuesday night with what could only be described as a full-frontal (and posterior) assault on the senses via a mind-bending variety show.

One of her most enduring qualities is the ability to slip into and out of a persona in a smart and calculated way. This time, she shifted from dark diva to majorette to torch-song stripper to peace-loving karma chameleon and back again, in a tightly run and precisely choreographed set that ran just over two hours.

The opening suite began with a typically bombastic Madonna intro: cloaked monks began a Gregorian chant, swinging a giant, incense-filled censer over the stage. A backlit confessional chamber was lowered to the stage, revealing a veiled, machine-guntoting Madonna inside.

As she stormed the stage with guns blazing, it was clear that the evening wasn’t going to be just a feel-good dance party.

The first three songs, “Girl Gone Wild,” “Revolver,” and “Gang Bang” were a fantasy playground for a deeply angry, aggressive diva, pissed off and not afraid to let you know it (MDNA, her latest album, is full of blatant references to her failed marriage to Guy Ritchie, among other provocations). She brandished fake weapons and raised hell in a hotel room set-within-a-set, finally relenting and being “captured” during “Papa Don’t Preach” and “Hung Up.” Ending the suite of ultra-violence was “I Don’t Give A,” not one of the strongest tracks on MDNA but a song that found new life with Madonna on guitar and Nicki Minaj’s towering video image rapping along behind her.

THE TRUE ORIGINAL Suddenly leaving the darkness behind, Madonna reappeared in full majorette getup, complete with a baton and a troupe of similarly clad dancers and colorful, humorous Roy Lichtenstein-style visuals flashing in the background. (I spotted a few boy-boy and girl-girl kisses as well as Rosie the Riveter giving the finger.) A victorious “Express Yourself” suddenly became “Born This Way” for a few bars, proving how uncoincidentally close those two melodies happen to be and delivering a slight jab at Lady Gaga. A snippet of Madonna’s “She’s Not Me” segued into the mix, driving the

were followed by a euphoric “Like a Prayer” (yes, the choir wore the robes made famous at the Super Bowl, only with white sashes added to form crosses instead of the G-rated white vertical stripe you may recall).

TAKING SIDES The MDNA era has not been without controversy. Nip slips, swastikas, guns – you

way,” she announced. “And that’s not some cheap political promise.” Images of LGBT youth who committed suicide and disturbing images of anti-Gay marriage protesters were haunting reminders of how much work is still to be done in the fight for true equality. Madonna knows her audience, and the Gay community knows and loves her in return.

Just as ferociously as she appeared, Madonna went out in a blaze of glory with a joyous dance-floor throw-down of the club hit “Celebration.” Madonna knows how to make an exit that leaves you in a state of otherworldly disco bliss for days afterward.

Key Arena erupted with cheers as the entire floor became a bouncing, jumping sea of fans and the swell of music reached a fever pitch, indicating the party was over. “Almost 30 years ago today I did my first show in Seattle,” she said at one point. “I just wanted to thank all my fans that have supported me over the years … I do not take your love for granted.”

Though the sets and mood changes seemed a bit disjointed and her current point of view might be jarring for those expecting to hear the likes of “Holiday” or “Lucky Star” all night long (“Holiday” actually was performed as a special treat midway through the show), it’s hard to process anything when seeing a Madonna show other than the single most obvious attraction of all – the lady herself. We continue to shell out cash for the exorbitant cost of holding court with Madonna because watching her live and in person, doing what she was born to do, right in front of you, is the real joy. It’s not the message, or the controversy, or whether you care more or less for her music – it’s her. The reason we love Madonna is exactly why she can be equal parts confounding and liberating all at once: she doesn’t live by anyone’s rules but her own, and she never has. Madonna does what she wants when she wants to, artistically speaking, and she will continue to do so until the end, whenever that may be (hopefully, never). Her rebellious refusal to stagnate or fade away is the most poignant reminder of just why we fell in love with her in the first place. She won’t give you an easy show, but she will take you on one hell of a ride. photos by nate gowdy / seattle gay news

pleases, pushing as many hot buttons as she can along the way. She’s unpredictable – at times infuriatingly so – but we continue to adore her and live vicariously through her sheer force of will and fiery independence.

She also delivers a spectacular live show so thrilling that all others pale in comparison, every single time.

Truly, nobody does it better than the Queen of Pop.

point home that Madonna wrote the anthem from which the latter song was born. “Give Me All Your Luvin’” and “Turn Up the Radio” finished the lighter portion of the set and led into a stripped-down version of “Open Your Heart” and “Masterpiece,” accompanied by Basque trio Kalakan (not to mention the appearance of son Rocco dancing with the cast).

Next, Madonna returned to the conjoined twins of sexual ecstasy and holy redemption that she can always be counted on to bring to the foreground. A “Justify My Love” interlude ushered in references to the Erotica era, including “Candy Shop” mixed with “Erotica” and one of Madonna’s live favorites, “Human Nature.” Notable here was the Jean Paul Gaultier-designed black cone-bra caged corset worn over a crisp white shirt and pin-striped trousers, reminiscent of the famous golden cone-bra she wore on the 1990 Blond Ambition tour. Madonna prostrated herself atop a piano for a solemn, ego-stripped version of “Like a Virgin,” leading into a heartfelt “Love Spent” and a “Nobody Knows Me” interlude indicating yet another shift in tone. “I’m Addicted” and the psychedelic “I’m a Sinner”

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name it, she will take you there. Provocative imagery and pointed references to current events are nothing new for Madonna – some may recall her biting Bush-era jabs during the Reinvention and Confessions tours.

Anti-bullying and pro-Obama messages are clearly on her mind these days. At one point, she stripped down to reveal a faux tattoo proclaiming “OBAMA” on her lower back.

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movies and film ‘We have re-closeted ourselves’ Ira Sachs’ latest film is a much-needed corrective to current Queer cinema

by Gary M. Kramer Special to the SGN

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KEEP THE LIGHTS ON SIFF CINEMA UPTOWN Opens October 5 In an empty hotel bar on a summer Sunday morning, openly Gay filmmaker Ira Sachs spoke – in hushed, almost confessional tones that revealed his thoughtfulness – about his award-winning new film, Keep the Lights On. This searing drama about Eric (Thure Lindhardt), a filmmaker whose lover Paul (Zachary Booth) is a drug addict, is based on the Sachs’ own experiences in a toxic, co-dependent relationship.

Sachs demurred at any suggestion that he made this film to exorcise his own demons.

“I don’t begin to write a film until I have both the intimacy of the experience but also the distance to view the story as a storyteller – the analytic distance is as important as the emotional intimacy for me,” he said. “I feel this film is a rebirth for me. I think that in the wake of the experiences on which this film is based, I’ve become more comfortable with myself, and that’s shifted my work and the openness of my filmmaking. I think this is my freest film.”

ample of a psychologist in his 80s who said it is “not a film about love, or addiction, but about obsession.”

“That was very clarifying to me,” the filmmaker observed. “I think what happens, for a lot of people – and this can be through other individuals, it can be through sex, it

do in our lives. I attempted to make a film about shame, but to do so shamelessly. I wanted to look without judgment at the behavior and the actions of these characters.”

Viewers surely will connect with – and understand – Eric’s struggle as he tries to help Paul during his downward spiral. His efforts to try to maintain hope for their relationship are evident even when that relationship is at the apex of its crisis.

Keep the Lights On unfolds over 10 years, with some episodes happening on one particular day and others over an indeterminate period. This oblique narrative approach is forceful because it shows how Eric and Paul relate to one another over various jumps in time – in ways that range from warm and caring to cold and fighting, but with always some element of love.

DESPERATION AND DESIRE Keep the Lights On is certainly Sachs’ most personal project since his extraordinary first feature, The Delta, back in 1996.

That film concerned a closeted 18-year-old white man in Memphis who begins a clandestine affair with a half-Vietnamese, halfAfrican-American man. Keep the Lights On is not only Sachs’ first Queer-themed feature since then, but it is also his most passionate – not just for its considerable eroticism, but also for its heartfelt emotional resonance. The characters’ despair and desire are palpable.

“As a filmmaker, I’m always mining my own experience – because it is what I know best. I try to make films about things I know more about than anyone else,” he continued, quickly adding, “But I never sense that privileges my story over others.”

Keep the Lights On is a strong, extremely well-crafted story that has universal appeal.

While it will resonate with anyone who has ever loved an addict, it will also speak to those who want to understand the intricacies of human nature and behavior. Eric and Paul each keep secrets as they find ways of coping with the corrosive nature of their relationship. How they each fare by the end of the film is revealing.

Sachs, who described his drama as a “tabula rasa,” said many people who see it talk to him afterward about their own relationships. He also indicated that some folks don’t consider it a “Gay film,” citing the ex-

“The script is like a diary,” Sachs comcan be through drugs – is that by narrowing the range of what compels you to another mented. “If you think about diaries and person, you kind of silence the loud noises journals, they are made up of events and ellipses. You write in your journal when that are surrounding you. something bothers you. So the film is, like, all the high points.”

A SHAMELESS LOOK AT SHAME These include an incredibly tense mo“Obsession is a very comfortable place to be,” he added, smiling noticeably. He ment when Eric places a call to see if he’s paused, and quoted Emmylou Harris’ song, contracted HIV, and a seductive scene in “Where Will I Be,” which includes the lyric, which Eric is offered a drug and warily tries it, perhaps in an effort to understand what “Addiction stays on tight like a glove.”

Sachs reframed that idea, saying, “I Paul finds so alluring about crack and crysthought about that often in my life. I think tal meth. addiction can be to a person as much as a ‘THE BRAVEST ACTOR drug.”

IN DENMARK’ The filmmaker revealed that he was inKeep the Lights On benefits immensely volved with Al-Anon and had learned what he could from the experience. He described from Lindhardt’s revelatory performance this “research” as a way of formulating the as Eric. Sachs, a nice Jewish Gay man from content of his film – “how my behavior was Memphis, said it was liberating to cast the cyclical and unenlightened in terms of the Danish actor as his alter ego. “I was free role that I played within the dynamic of this from any attachment from the past,” he explained. relationship.”

He then effused about Lindhardt, “I didn’t Sachs added that he worked through his own guilt and pain about his relationship set up to cast a Danish guy. I heard Thure in therapy. He then referenced Goodfel- was the bravest actor in Denmark and one of las, of all films, to explain that his goal in the best. I sent him the script, and he audimaking Keep the Lights On was to “depict tioned by doing a few scenes from the film bad behavior, but not judge that behavior or on his cell phone. He chose all the scenes he shy away from the consequence of what we could do alone, which meant a lot of mas-

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turbation scenes. There was a fearlessness – even in the audition – that was apparent, as well as an extraordinarily vibrant energy to have as an actor.”

Sachs added that he could not easily cast this film in America because of its Queer sexuality and explicit nature. “Believe it or not,” he said, “I sent the material to an agency in Los Angeles that I always send new work to, and I got the response, ‘No one in our agency will be available for this film.’”

This led to a discussion of the current state of Queer filmmaking. Sachs remarked that his latest work is part of a “new Queer cinema” that focuses more on relationships and less on coming-out stories. Keep the Lights On considers what Sachs called “the nocturnal world of Gay life.”

“I think we have to recognize that there are still so few images of what Gay life looks like, particularly around sex and drugs,” he said. “We as individuals and as a community have re-closeted ourselves.

We’ve created a safe space where we can have certain kinds of experiences, and then we’ve stopped talking about them and stopped looking at them. There’s very, very little about Gay life as I know it on film.”

Sachs continued on this rant, as he insisted that even his film’s title is a call to arms for the audience. “It’s a direct address for people in the cinema to not live in the darkness,” he said. “I think as Gay people, we have learned out of need to live with secrets.

This film, in a way, is a testament to the destruction those secrets can create. The film is very, very open about two men who keep everything closed.”

RAISING THE DRUG ISSUE Sachs insisted that Keep the Lights On is not an “anti-drug” film, but he asserted that people need to talk about drugs. He expressed hope that his film will spark conversations about the place of drugs, particularly meth, in the Gay community.

The filmmaker likened the current crystal-meth epidemic among Gays to the invasion of the African-American community by crack cocaine in the early 1980s. “It was a fuel that set off a huge fire, and I think we are in the middle of that,” he said. “But there is a way of ending it, and that’s to admit it. I think it’s another closet. We’re very used to creating closets and staying in them.”

As angry as Sachs gets, his calm demeanor reinforces the very happy place he is in now. Sachs and his partner, Ecuadorian artist Boris Torres – whose beautiful and sexy artwork is seen under the film’s opening credits – have been together for five years.

“I feel like I came out at 40 in a lot of ways,” Sachs, who is now in his mid-40s, said sunnily. “I live a very different way now. This relationship I’m in now is the first honest relationship I’ve been in.”

The couple recently became parents of twins – a boy and a girl – and the proud father displayed cute photos of two adorable, smiling babies who surely have had a transformative effect of their own on both him and Torres.

“I tried to start keeping a journal when we had kids,” he said. “Because I found it complex to be a parent – and fascinating and wonderful. Maybe it’s too wonderful to write about.”

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“Whatever. I’m loving it. I’m just gonna be proud and be myself.” Whenever I was on stage performing in the movie, I had to really keep that in mind the whole time, so that’s why I think she’s such a lovable character.

Moore: I think a lot of Gay people will find her role empowering. That’s the point.

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movie star. I thought I looked more like a normal girl, but then, weirdly, I’ve just stuck to what I am and Hollywood has found that quite refreshing – that I just was different.

Then I marched through the doors of my agency and was like, “Heyyy, I’m Rebel!

I’m an actress!” They thought I was really different from all the other girls out there.

I’m never the alpha one – I always feel like the underdog trying to achieve something.

Moore: The underdog story, the outsider story – all humans are drawn to it, but certainly being a Gay man, there’s a Gay sensibility about being an outsider: “Do people understand me, and if I express myself, will people love me?” And Fat Amy is a great character. She says, “This is who I am, and I own it, and fuck all y’all if you don’t like it.”

There’s a great message for anybody who feels like an outsider – which, as we know, is everybody.

I grew up in the South and I knew fewer Gay people than if I might’ve lived in an urban area. I’m definitely drawn to people who are looking for their place in the world.

Avenue Q is about a kid looking for his place in the world. It’s also about puppets – monsters – that are prejudiced, which is an outsider message [Moore directed the original Broadway version]. And Shrek is about an ogre who is ostracized because no one understands him [Moore directed Shrek: The Musical on Broadway]. So I am drawn to those stories.

Azzopardi: Tell me about your role in the Chris Colfer movie, Struck by Lightning.

Wilson: I play his best friend. That character is totally different than mine in Pitch Perfect because it’s based on Chris’ real friend, who I met on the first day of filming.

She’s a real interesting character. In high school, she tried to pass off classic novels as her own work. [laughs] It was so great to work with Chris. He wrote that movie as well as starred in it, and I, of course, love his character on Glee and thought he was great. Just to work with him – he’s such a great young guy, and super-talented. I think he’s got a future in directing and writing.

Azzopardi: How do you think the Gay community will find Fat Amy empowering?

Wilson: Because even though she might be flawed, Fat Amy just exudes confidence – and she doesn’t really care what other people think of her. Some people might say she’s not the best singer, she’s not the best dancer – but she just comes out and is like,

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questions will be very Gay. Wilson: Oh, cool. It’s a pretty Gay movie.

You’ve got a Lesbian character, and I think most of the Treblemakers, the boy band, are Gay. What about that scene where there’s, like, nine dudes in a hot tub … naked?

That’s totally Gay. Azzopardi: The Gay community can be fickle about Gay characters. Did you worry about portraying the Lesbian character a certain way so it wouldn’t come off as stereotypical?

Moore: I don’t know what you’re talking about. [laughs] In a way, we were looking at all stereotypes. So yes, she’s a Lesbian and they mistake her for a man at the beginning – but also she’s got this beautiful shock of hair, and she is quite fun and feminine in the way she moves. She’s got an amazing voice and she’s not afraid to be herself in the world. Are Lesbians going to take offense to that character? I don’t think so, but we’ll ask them.

Azzopardi: You’ve really got the belting down, Rebel. Are you ready for the Adele comparisons?

Wilson: You know, interestingly, when they were casting this, they were looking at Adele to play Fat Amy, because obviously she’s an amazing singer and this is a musical film. They were going to make a decision on whether they should go with a comedy person like me or a “singer” singer.

I was so glad they went with me.

Azzopardi: Well, you hit that one really high note.

Wilson: Yeah. That’s really hard. That’s higher than a lot of the Wicked notes. [laughs] Azzopardi: What are your tips for Gay men who want to pursue a career in acappella?

Wilson: You just gotta be committed, even if you’re not the best singer. Then they’ll see your confidence and they’ll be like, “That dude is pretty fly. He’s such a great dresser as well, so he would be a great asset to our group.” Also, choose your audition song wisely. I chose Lady Gaga’s “The Edge of Glory” when I auditioned for this movie. And I did my own body percussion.

Azzopardi: Why no Lady Gaga song in the movie?

Wilson: That’s a good question. I won’t lie: Glee had already done a Lady Gaga show and had done it really well, so how do we choose songs that maybe could be unique to our movie?

Azzopardi: What are your Gay roots, Rebel?

Wilson: I started out in the theater, and obviously, in Australia, we say it’s run by the “Gay mafia” because all of the supertalented actors and directors are Gay, and so I have a lot of Gay guy friends. Just in real life, generally. And I live with a superfamous Gay man, Matt Lucas, who is just a comedy genius. We’ve been having so much fun. He’s friends, also, with a lot of Gay men who come around to the house. [laughs] Azzopardi: In the movie, you have really great Gaydar.

Wilson: Because there are 10 of us girls in the group, and so odds are at least one of us has to be Gay. Yeah, I just improvised that scene – it wasn’t even in the script. I picked Ester Dean’s character. Turned out I was correct. [laughs] Azzopardi: Is your Gaydar that good in real life?

Wilson: Gay guys are easier to spot. It’s harder to spot Lesbians for some reason, unless they’re super-obvious.

Azzopardi: Like, in a flannel shirt?

Wilson: Yeah, real butchy. Then you’re like, “Oh yeah, definite.” [laughs] Lipstick Lesbians, it’s hard. You wouldn’t know.

Azzopardi: Jason, what drew you to this story?

Moore: I love Sister Act, I love Mean Girls, I love Heathers, and I love Bring It On. Those movies are all about people who are obsessed with things, whether it’s popularity or cheerleading or becoming the best choir they can be. You get these underdogs and weirdos that come together to form a group and make music, and they become rock stars for a minute.

Azzopardi: Why are you drawn to the outsider role?

Wilson: I always think of myself as an underdog. I’ve had to prove myself and be, in some cases, twice or triple as talented as other people, purely because I think I came from a lower-class background in Australia and no one from where I lived was a huge

director and then he just let me have so much freedom and do whatever I wanted.

He’s just got such class, and this is his first movie and it’s frickin’ funny. He gave me these words to describe my character and I wrote them down on a piece of paper and had them in my jeans when I was filming every day: cocksure, confident, the instigator, loyal – that was a good one. So I would just look at those if ever I was stuck. And I did a lot of improvising in the movie. If I was stuck, I would look at those words and think, “I’m going to be really cocksure in this take.”

Azzopardi: Are you aware how much Gay men love you?

Wilson: Aww, that’s awesome. I do live in West Hollywood and I do feel very safe on the streets. [laughs] It’s so nice, though. I love playing all sorts of characters, but Gay guys in particular seem to like my characters, and my writing.

Azzopardi: As a Gay man, Jason, did any of your Gayness rub off on the movie?

Moore: How could it not? Everything I touch turns to unicorns. [laughs] I always worry about the Gay sensibility. In the end, there was one Lesbian character in the movie and I love the message that sends. Everybody else is trying to negotiate that fact that she’s Gay and she’s like, “Yeah, that’s my girlfriend.” Again, she owns it. As they discover who they are and become more empowered through singing, that’s part of the message. And, you know, to keep it interesting we put some guys in a pool.

Azzopardi: Did you feel like one of the girls on set?

Moore: There were times when I kind of wanted to be one of the girls. I love women, I feel comfortable around them, and it’s fun to make them look beautiful. As a group of women in this story, they have such heart and they form a bond in such a special way.

At the same time, I was also very aware that I wasn’t a woman. I don’t know what it’s like to walk in high heels.

Well, not really. I sort of do.

She was always called Fat Amy – she owns her body, she’s beautiful, she has lots of boyfriends – she’s a take-no-prisoners, fearless type of woman, and Rebel embodies that.

Azzopardi: What was it like working Chris Azzopardi is the editor of Q Syndiwith Jason? cate, the international LGBT wire service.

Wilson: I was quite nervous to meet Reach him via his website, www.chris-azhim, because he’s the real-deal Broadway zopardi.com.

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V/H/S a descent into found-footage madness

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin in “10/31/98” in V/H/S

Dead) bit entitled “Tuesday the 17th” – and obviously inspired by every summer-camp slasher film ever made (along with a gentle nod to A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Ring) – start out promisingly enough but don’t go anywhere of merit, descending into chaos and madness leading to unsatisfying conclusions. Still, overall, each of the six shorts (including Wingard’s) manages to create just the right mood of fear and despair to keep me interested. I wanted to know what was going to happen next, which story would get to me, each director show-

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casing their particular set of skills within the found-footage confines with remarkable confidence.

V/H/S isn’t for everyone. It’s dark and nasty to the extreme, pushing its R rating to the absolute breaking point. But for genre fans, even with the uneven nature inherent to most anthology films, this 116-minute horror opus fits the bill nicely, the thrills and chills in parts certain to stick long after the last VHS cassette runs out of tape.

For an exclusive interview with Ti West, director of one of the horror shorts in V/H/S, go to www.sgn.org.

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New City offers a big dose of the playwright’s shorter works

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer TINY KUSHNER NEW CITY THEATER Through October 6 Tony Kushner is having a bit of a Seattle appreciation period with a recent production of The Illusion at Sound Theatre Company and now a mounting of Tiny Kushner, a collection of five of his plays produced in one evening at New City Theater. It’s an opportunity to experience his work beyond the seminal Angels in America.

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A group of hooligans (Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Kentucker Audley, and director Adam Wingard) who get off on recording themselves doing all sorts of mayhem are hired to break into the home of an elderly gentleman (Frank Stack) and steal on old VHS tape an undisclosed benefactor sees as valuable. Inside the dilapidated abode they discover a treasure trove of recorded material, all of it despicable in nature and featuring a collection of tales of various people – knowingly and unknowingly – attempting to evade death.

Thus begins the found-footage anthology horror film V/H/S. Sprung from the minds of six up-and-coming genre directors (including the aforementioned Wingard, who previously helmed festival favorite A Horrible Way to Die), the film is a sporadically terrifying journey into the unknown, filled with chaos and carnage of all shapes and sizes. Inspiration for each short runs the gamut from The Shining to Friday the 13th to The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, all of it told in first-person fashion with the requisite amount of shaky-cam required for seemingly every film that takes up the found-footage battle cry.

It’s as hit-and-miss as you’d expect, some of the shorts working far better than others – Wingard’s umbrella piece is sadly the chief misstep. But when the movie con-

nects, when it slaps the center of the bull’s eye, this little piece of anthology fear is seriously gruesome fun. I jumped out of my seat on a number of occasions, grabbing my chair’s armrests a time or two more, and by the time the film was over my knuckles were just as white as I hoped they’d be before the film began. It’s a wildly uneven ride, to be sure, but for those willing to take the ride the hypnotic horrors found within are certainly worthy of discovery.

The best shorts come from directors Ti West (The Innkeepers) and Joe Swanberg (Hannah Takes the Stairs). West’s revolves around a pair of lovebirds (Swanberg, Sophia Takal) who go on a road trip through the Midwest videotaping as the go, and encounter a strange young woman (Kate Lyn Sheil) who may or may not be stalking them. Swanberg’s, written by Simon Barrett (A Horrible Way to Die), involves a woman (Helen Rogers) who enjoys video chatting with a male admirer (Daniel Kaufman) and comes to believe abnormal paranormal occurrences are taking place within her seemingly quiet apartment.

Both manage to create of a feel of uneasy dread that had me on the edge of my seat.

Better, each short builds to a spellbinding conclusion I more or less didn’t see coming, West’s particularly so, and like the best freaky-deeky Twilight Zone-inspired anthology pieces of pop entertainment they’re as thought-provoking as they are unsettling.

Others, like Glenn McQuaid’s (I Sell the

of 1926, Lucia Pamela, who has been a radio and television personality, and Queen Geraldine of Albania, deposed and exiled in 1939 by Mussolini, meet on the moon.

Ewald and Josephson have fun with this absurd situation, in which the Queen grows more and more dismayed that she might have to spend eternity there with this overly optimistic accordionist.

Next is an ambivalent piece called, variously, Terminating or Sonnet LXXV or Lass Meine Schmerzen Nicht Verloren Sein or, finally, Ambivalence. An ex-patient (Walsh) comes back to his therapist – apparently not

If you are intrigued by Kushner and want to “hear” his mind working, this is a great way to sample what he has to offer.

The evening is a longish one – close to two and a half hours – but you get two short intermissions, and a scenic change between each play, to take a breath. Production values are simple in New City’s small storefront space, but that doesn’t detract from the performances there. The ensemble of actors – Mary Ewald, Seanjohn Walsh, Amber Flame, Cozy Josephson, and Michael Stock – ably move from one play to the next with a jaunty air under the direction of John Kazanjian.

However, Kushner’s plays end up being a bit much to take all at once, in this format. They were written between 2002 and 2009 and did not initially “belong” together.

Now, he’s decided that they have enough resonance to link them. Most of them include a real-life person and a bit of his or her history, and all reflect a political aspect that fascinated Kushner. You may or may not be as fascinated with his choices.

First up was Flip Flop Fly. Miss St. Louis

for therapy, but for sex. It seems to matter very little that he’s Gay and he thinks she is Lesbian. There is a very interesting exchange within the play that equates learning to live with the results of anal sex with embracing love. The rest of this one-act is so dismissible that one wishes the male partners just had the floor to themselves. There’s enough ambivalence in that relationship to fill the whole concept.

East Coast Ode to Howard Jarvis focuses on a 1992 episode involving some lowlevel NYPD employees who heard about a tax-evasion scheme that was supposed to be both legal and foolproof. It turned out to be neither, but they didn’t find that out for several years, and by then there was literally a huge price to pay. Flame, a woman who confidently performs spoken word, does a mini-solo act, here, playing 23 different characters. She does a great job, though this play seems even less connected to the rest of the evening than the others.

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Dr. Arnold A. Hutschnecker in Paradise is another therapy session, in which Dr. Hutschnecker, the psychotherapist of Richard Milhous Nixon, is receiving therapy himself from an angel because Nixon has followed him to the afterlife. Walsh shows his versatility here versus play #2.

Only We Who Guard the Mystery Shall Be Unhappy is the clearest expression of Kushner’s politics. It is February 2003, one month from the invasion of Iraq, and First Lady Laura Bush is reading from her favorite novel, The Brothers Karamazov, to schoolchildren, as we know she often did.

Josephson portrays the teacher whose students, three puppets, turn out to be three dead Iraqi children. Kushner was prescient

in writing this, and the concept is the strongest of the evening. However, its sheer length cannot be overcome, even with the skill that Ewald brings to the role. The point is made quickly, and then most of the monologue becomes superfluous.

If you are intrigued by Kushner and want to “hear” his mind working, this is a great way to sample what he has to offer. You just need to bring your patience, and maybe an extra pillow for the hard chairs. For more information, go to http://newcitytheater.org or www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/272623, or call 1-800-838-3006.

Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters.

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things Lynch (Twin Peaks was set in a fictional Washington town with exteriors filmed in Snoqualmie and North Bend).

Expect to see appearances by the Log Lady, Laura Palmer, and the Elephant Man – and maybe, just maybe, Baby Le’Strange will break out her gender-bending transformation from Blue Velvet’s Dorothy to the inhalant-crazed Frank Booth.

with your partner? small or big they may be.” How do you apHall: Here’s the thing – we didn’t meet in ply that theory to your life?

Wicked, we met in 1995 while doing Miss Hall: It’s so funny that that quote is on Saigon. We had been together awhile when Wikipedia. I do remember saying that in she got hired as Nessarose [the Wicked Hawaii. There are moments in your life Witch of the that you want East]. We’re to set goals and both actors and sometimes we know it’s just a set goals that job, so there are are so high we no issues when want to give our characters up on them befall in love on fore achieving stage. During them. But there Miss Saigon, are moments in she fell in love life that if you with her leadset the smaller ing man every goals, and are night, but we able to achieve knew who was those, then that going home helps in makwith whom ing it easier at the end. In to achieve the Wicked, our larger ones. characters never Andrewsreally interact Katz: You on stage, but have left and during the large returned to the dance scenes role of Fiyero I may shoot a several times. glance or a look What is about her way. this role that atCliffton Hall as Fiyero in Wicked Andrewstracts you?

Katz: At what Hall: I love point does Fiyero change his attitude from advancing my career and there are moments playboy to someone more serious? in my life that I question, what have I done?

Hall: I think that on my own personal We all get to that point where we question findings with the character, there is a mo- our lives and sometimes people have to rement with the lion cub where he tries to help mind me of the roles I’ve played. A lot of Elphaba [the Wicked Witch of the West]. In those roles are very sought-after, and I’m that scene, he says something that makes lucky to have played them. Fiyero gets to her realize that he has potential. It’s a mo- sing and dance and act, so for an actor it’s ment no one has ever called him out on. It a fun role to be able to go out there and do affects me as an actor. And when she grabs what he does every night. his hand [for the first time] he starts to realAndrews-Katz: You have worked with a ize he doesn’t have to put on the facade. variety of Elphabas and Glindas. Have you Andrews-Katz: You once said the secret ever had an instance of personalities clashof life is “living a happy life and achieving ing, and then having to go on stage? the goals you set for yourself, no matter how Hall: What a question! I have to say yes.

We are all human, and we all have our moments when this or that happens, and where we disagree from time to time. There are definitely moments of that. But we all get along. Whomever is in the cast we all work it out in the end. Especially when you are on tour, you’re a family. You want to get along with the people you work with.

Andrews-Katz: Wicked is very technical, so what is the biggest mishap you’ve had with any of the shows you’ve worked on?

Hall: Forgetting lyrics. There are so many little things that can happen, but the biggest – oh my gosh, knock on wood – there haven’t been missed scenes and that’s good.

I guess nothing huge aside from forgetting lyrics and mumbling the lines. When I first went on for Fiyero, when I first started singing “Dancing Through Life,” Fiyero starts out singing to Bok and the first line I accidentally spat in Bok’s eyes. You can imagine our reactions and I couldn’t apologize because I was singing my lines. I was distracted by what happened so I couldn’t focus on what I had to do. The next line went something like “hazzaa haaa mumble mumble.” Those moments are uncomfortable, but they happen.

Andrews-Katz: Regardless of gender, what role would you like to play?

Hall: That’s a crazy question because I wish it were an easy one to answer. For me, I would like to play Che in Evita. I’d like to seek out any role on Broadway.

The dark underbelly of sex Portland’s David Lynchthemed burlesque show comes to Seattle

by Jessica Price SGN A&E Writer

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continued from cover Pavarotti and [Plácido] Domingo were huge influences as far as my singing went. I got back into musical theater about 1993-’94, back when Les Misérables was kind of newish. Back then I thought, and still do, that Anthony Warlow was a good person and I wanted to emulate him.

Andrews-Katz: You were cast in Miss Saigon right out of school. What was your audition like?

Hall: I was born in Oakland, California, but grew up in Hawaii and spent most of my time there. My father was in the military and so we moved around the West Coast.

A lot of shows came through Hawaii to get auditions. The first show that I auditioned for was Les Misérables, when I was 16 and was obviously too young. Then Miss Saigon came to Hawaii for auditions for its second national tour. I was 18 by then and studied the material for the lead, Chris. They called and I went to an L.A. audition. I flew out and sang for them, but just wasn’t experienced enough to play the lead eight times a week. I received a call in October ’94 asking if I wanted to be in the ensemble.

Andrews-Katz: Had you read the original by L. Frank Baum, or the re-telling of the Oz series by Gregory Maguire, before or during your performances in Wicked?

Hall: No, I hadn’t. I only knew of the show Wicked but didn’t even know the music. A friend of mine in L.A. mentioned the show [in 2005] and I started to listen to it when I got cast in the ensemble. I didn’t get into the books until I got bumped up to the Fiyero role in 2006. I listened to the Gregory Maguire books on audio when we were driving across the country. I had my wife and son with me on the road and that’s how I heard the book.

Andrews-Katz: You met your wife, Deedee Magno Hall, when she played Nessarose during the tour of Wicked. Do you find it easier or more difficult to perform

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BLACK LODGE BURLESQUE RE-BAR October 12 and 13 Whether you worship or despise his nonlinear, often-surreal narratives, no one ever forgets seeing a David Lynch movie.

Perhaps Diane Ladd drunk-dialing while smearing fire-engine-red lipstick all over her face in Wild at Heart gave you chills. Or you fell for a young, pre-meltdown Nicolas Cage being visited by the Good Witch in the same film, or the cruel romance between Naomi Watts and Laura Harring in Mulholland Drive broke your heart. In all of his films (as well as in the short-lived, mindbending television show Twin Peaks), David Lynch’s bizarre characters and dreamlike realities leave you with a fractured view of normal life for at least a few hours afterward.

Two Portland burlesque producers wellversed in the unconventional are bringing their successful “Black Lodge Burlesque: A Night of Cabaret Inspired by David Lynch” to Seattle’s Re-Bar next weekend. Vera Mysteria, who produces shows regularly as Sign of the Beast Burlesque, and co-producer Rocket (GoGoRocket Productions), met while working as a DJ and a dancer, respectively, in Portland.

“I was surprised to see a woman DJ at a strip club – that’s uncommon,” says Rocket. “She was hilarious. She’d say stuff like, ‘Next up on stage, it’s Rocket! She loves chocolate and kittens and brushing her hair.

She’s gonna take us back to 1985 right now with this next song. Do you like kittens too?

Go give Rocket your money right now!’”

A fast friendship was born, and it wasn’t long before the two began performing in each other’s left-of-center burlesque and variety shows, and organizing joint productions. “Black Lodge” is the first of these to come to Seattle, and it’s no surprise – the Northwest already has a soft spot for all

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WHY DAVID LYNCH? I asked Mysteria what makes Lynch’s characters so ripe for reinterpretation through burlesque and cabaret. “Cinema and burlesque often have very similar archetypes for women,” she said. “Both offer the chance to present a character in any number of the classic molds. Many of Lynch’s women appear to fit one of those molds on a surface level, but he sort of flips them over and reveals their dark, bizarre underbellies. More and more I’m seeing burlesque performances that aren’t centering on the bright and shiny side of sexuality.

It seems like we’re becoming increasingly interested in that seamier side of sex, because it feels more relatable.”

Added Rocket, “The characters are often so bizarre, creepy, or sad, and that’s a mood that burlesque doesn’t usually play upon. I like that the audience doesn’t know how they are going to feel from one act to the next. David Lynch’s work has such a cult following, and I think that the people who come to see the show are already fans – they already love the characters. We even work in some call-and-response with the audience using classic lines from the shows and movies – so be prepared!”

Sign of the Beast Burlesque and GoGoRocket present “Black Lodge Burlesque” at Re-Bar on Friday, October 12, and Saturday, October 13. Both shows start at 7 p.m. (doors at 6). Tickets are available only at the door.

Following a trial run in San Francisco, Wicked opened on Broadway on October 30, 2003, and still plays to packed houses after more than 3,700 performances. It originally starred Robert Morse as the Wizard, with Joel Grey taking over the role when it reached New York. The show was nominated for 10 Tony Awards (winning three) in 2004, including Best Musical and Best Actress for its two leading ladies at the time, Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel (who won the award). Wicked currently holds the title of 12th longest-running Broadway musical in history.

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This year our guest preacher will be the Revd. Stan Fowler, who will preach on "Marriage Equality is the Gospel mandate for our time .” Bring any of your friends and family who may be undecided: our message is that Christians can and should support marriage equality.

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Meetings Events Activities

FOR A CALENDAR LISTING: Send details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization.

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NOTE: Phone numbers accompanying listings are within area code (206) & locations of meetings/events are in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

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SATURDAY - October 6

Seattle Latino Film Festival (10/5-10/14). SLFF celebrates the art & entertainment of Latin American cinema, as part of Hispanic culture globally. For films & venues visit www.slff.org Women in Salsa: A Festival of Female Salsa DJs & Instructors (10/3-10/7). Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St. Tickets $7-$52. www.centuryballroom.com March for Marriage. 12noon. Cal Anderson Park, 11th Ave & Howell St. Gather at Cal Anderson Park & march to Westlake for a closing rally.

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. www.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Many Voices One Song. 7pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Features Total Experience Gospel Choir, Soul Jelly, Captain Smartypants & Chava Mirel. benefits Rosehedge/Multifaith Works. $10 in advance, $15 at the door. www.rosehedge.org Arouet Presents “Lawfully Wedded” - Plays About Marriage. Or Not. 7:30pm. King’s Book, 218 Helen’s Ave, Tacoma. Inspired by true stories & social research and propelled by R-74 for marriage equality, Arouet explores what marriage is or is not. FREE.

SUNDAY - October 7

Seattle Latino Film Festival (10/5-10/14). SLFF celebrates the art & entertainment of Latin American cinema, as part of Hispanic culture globally. For films & venues visit www.slff.org Women in Salsa: A Festival of Female Salsa DJs & Instructors (10/3-10/7). Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St. Tickets $7-$52. www.centuryballroom.com Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 3238382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGay HikingGroup/ Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. 9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. www. border riders.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday. $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515.

Lotus Sisters. 11am-1:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 1st Sunday of every month. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www.sasgcc.org 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 Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 121:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported.

Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www. seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Rain City Jacks. West Queen Anne/Interbay. 1st Sunday each month, 2pm; 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & nonprofit private club. Membership required. Adult men only. www.raincityjacks.org, email info@raincityjacks. org or call 1-888-809-5033.

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

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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.

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

MONDAY - October 8

Columbus Day - Indigenous Peoples Day Seattle Latino Film Festival (10/5-10/14). SLFF celebrates the art & entertainment of Latin American cinema, as part of Hispanic culture globally. For films & venues visit www.slff.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. Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

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

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). www.

FreelySpeaking.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.

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.

Reform or Revolution Book Group. 7-8:30pm. 1903 NE 82nd St. Every Monday 10/1-12/3. Discover one of the classics of Marxist thought, written by Rosa Luxemburg, a heroine of European socialism. Weekly discussions will explore her famous pamphlet on whether capitalism can evolve or must be replaced by a worker-run economy. FREE. Sponsored by Radical Women. 722-6057, www.radicalwomen.org 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. 329-0886, 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.

October 6 thru October 14 TUESDAY - October 9

Seattle Latino Film Festival (10/5-10/14). SLFF celebrates the art & entertainment of Latin American cinema, as part of Hispanic culture globally. For films & venues visit www.slff.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 Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions?

Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org 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. 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. 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. Contact Shelly at 206-250-5002 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.

Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

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. info@maybebaby seattle.org, www.maybebabyseattle.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.)

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 call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday.

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

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

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed

Celebrating 39 Years!

water polo team is open to all who want to play. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

WEDNESDAY - October 10

Seattle Latino Film Festival (10/5-10/14). SLFF celebrates the art & entertainment of Latin American cinema, as part of Hispanic culture globally. For films & venues visit www.slff.org Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. www.mature friends.org 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 in the downstairs bar for some home cookin’, socializing, catching up with old friends, making new ones & a whole lot of fun. This event is offered at no cost, but to help with overhead we ask a $3 voluntary donation. This event is for all HIV+ men & their friends, regardless of age, shape, size or color. 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 Film Showing - “Love Free or Die.” 6:30pm. Queen Anne UMC, 1606 5th Ave W. Prize winning documentary about Bishop Gene Robinson, whose election as Episcopal bishop strained relations throughout the Anglican communion. Includes discussion with filmmaker Macky Alston. www.qaumc.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.

Queerituality. 6:30pm. Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. Reading and discussion group for Gay, Bi, and Trans men focused on exploring our distinct spiritual experience, heritage, and gifts as Queer men. Visit www.gaycity.org for monthly reading selection.

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). Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month to provide information, counseling, healthcare, sisterhood & social activities for Latino & foreign-born people in their transition. 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.

No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersollcenter.org Rain City Jacks. West Queen Anne/Interbay. 1st Sunday each month, 2pm; 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & nonprofit private club. Membership required. Adult men only. www.raincityjacks.org, email info@¥raincityjacks. org or call 1-888-809-5033.

Arouet Presents “Lawfully Wedded” - Plays About Marriage. Or Not. 7:30pm. Theater 47 at Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE. Inspired by true stories & social research & propelled by R-74 for marriage equality, Arouet explores what marriage is or is not. FREE. 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 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. 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. 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.washingtongenderalliance.com.

A Night at Q for Marriage Equality. 7:30-10pm. Q Nightclub, 1426 Broadway. Join Q Nightclub in support of R-74. For tickets visit www.approve74.org/ Qnightclub or $74 at the door.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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

Born This Way Kafe. 5-9pm. Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse, 1635 11th Ave. Every Friday. A welcoming place where LGBTQ youth ages 13-19, friends & allies can gather, be themselves & have fun. 883-6110, randy.wiger@seattle.gov Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm.

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

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

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

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

Every Friday. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Men in Dance (10/12-14 & 10/19-21). Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 2pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. Features a selection of dance genres in which male dancers can excel. Major dance organizations such as Cornish, Pacific Northwest Ballet & UW will be represented as well as local community choreographers. www.brownpapertickets.com Seattle Woman’s Chorus - “How Sweet the Sound” (10/12 & 10/13, 10/19 & 10/20). 8pm. St Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E. Tickets $27, $37 & $47. www. flyinghouse.org

SATURDAY - October 13

THURSDAY - October 11

National Coming Out Day Seattle Latino Film Festival (10/5-10/14). SLFF celebrates the art & entertainment of Latin American cinema, as part of Hispanic culture globally. For films & venues visit www.slff.org Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/11-10/21).

For films & venues visit www.threedollarbillcinema.org Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

Happy Hour Meditation. 5:30-6:35pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Every Thursday. Come unwind at the end of your day in a relaxed & welcoming environment.

No admittance after 5:45pm to avoid disrupting the meditation. www.gaycity.org Come Out For Yourself (COFY). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 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.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14-22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk

about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/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.)

Arouet Presents “Lawfully Wedded” - Plays About Marriage. Or Not. 7:30pm. Kenyon Hall, 7904 35th Ave SW. Inspired by true stories & social research & propelled by R-74 for marriage equality, Arouet explores what marriage is or is not. FREE. Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

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

Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. 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.)

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Latino Film Festival (10/5-10/14). SLFF celebrates the art & entertainment of Latin American cinema, as part of Hispanic culture globally. For films & venues visit www.slff.org Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/11-10/21).

For films & venues visit www.threedollarbillcinema.org 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 Mujeres Diversas. 10am-2pm. Highline UMC, 13015 1st Ave S. Te invita a su 3ra conferencia LGBTQ Latina. Estaremos hablando de temas que nos interesan a todas. Que es y quienes califican para la accion differida de los Dreamers. Como mantener sana y feliz a nuestra vagina. La violencia domestica en la communidad LGBTQ y las visas de immigacion. www. entrehermanos.org Between the Covers - Gay City LGBT Library Book Club. 1pm. Gay City, 517 E. Pike St. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Informal group of Queer folks talking about Queer literature. Visit www.gaycity.org for monthly reading selection.

Miss UTOPIA Seattle 2012-2013 - “Love is a Battlefield.” Door 6pm, Show 7pm. Ikea Performing Arts Center, 400 S 2nd St, Renton. Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door. www.brownpapertickets. com/event/269505 Men in Dance (10/12-14 & 10/19-21). Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 2pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. Features a selection of dance genres in which male dancers can excel. Major dance organizations such as Cornish, Pacific Northwest Ballet & UW will be represented as well as local community choreographers. www.brownpapertickets.com Seattle Woman’s Chorus - “How Sweet the Sound” (10/12 & 10/13, 10/19 & 10/20). 8pm. St Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave E. Tickets $27, $37 & $47. www. flyinghouse.org

SUNDAY - October 14

Dia de la Raza Seattle Latino Film Festival (10/5-10/14). SLFF celebrates the art & entertainment of Latin American cinema, as part of Hispanic culture globally. For films & venues visit www.slff.org Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/11-10/21).

For films & venues visit www.threedollarbillcinema.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

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Latino Film Festival (10/5-10/14). SLFF celebrates the art & entertainment of Latin American cinema, as part of Hispanic culture globally. For films & venues visit www.slff.org Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/11-10/21).

For films & venues visit www.threedollarbillcinema.org Men in Dance (10/12-14 & 10/19-21). Fridays & Saturdays 8pm, Sundays 2pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. Features a selection of dance genres in which male dancers can excel. Major dance organizations such as Cornish, Pacific Northwest ballet & UW will be represented as well as local community choreographers. www.brownpapertickets.com My Big Fabulous Jewish Gay Wedding. 5-7pm.

Sorrento Hotel, 900 Madison St. Open to all LGBTQ couples who plan to have a Jewish wedding. We will

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explore the traditional ceremony & creative ways to adapt it just for you. Light dinner will be served. To RSVP email rabbikinberg@templebnaitorah.org Icon. VIP Reception 5:30pm, General Admission 6pm, Dinner & Show 7pm. The Grand Hyatt Hotel, 721 Pine St. A celebration of drag, art & life hosted by Aleksa Manila. Features Seattle’s best entertainers. VIP $125, general admission $100. benefits Seattle Counseling Service. www.seattlecounseling.org/icon A Gospel Concert for Marriage Equality. 6:30pm.

Seattle First Baptist, 1111 Harvard Ave. Six choirs representing different faith communities around Puget Sound sing for marriage equality. A free-will offering will be taken to support Washington United for Marriage.

For information visit tinyurl.com/gospelconcert

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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 LGBTQI communities. Bent offers affordable classes & workshops for Queer-identified people. 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 sponsors LGBTQ-supported recovery meetings. CHAC is currently looking for a new home. www.chacseattle.org, 860-9560 or call 5872838. Groups formerly meeting at CHAC are currently meeting at SASG (Seattle Area Support Groups) and other locations.

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 LGBT Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www. nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911. Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info & 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 - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers.

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

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

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org

Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a 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; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 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 methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ personal/glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

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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.

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www. rosehedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) builds community & 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.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.

SouthSoundQCal.com SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.em-

eraldcitysoftball. 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.pacific nwgra.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 Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs. com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc. org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern. org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenof westseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealthywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 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, 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Plus One Queer Youth: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Bam Mendiola, 206-957-1665, bamm@llaa.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 1218 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@ rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschools coalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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Seattle Gay News 43

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!

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 - 4 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.

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!

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 - Noon - 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.

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!

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 - Noon-midnight. Happy Hour until 7 pm.

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

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!

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 pm-2 am.

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.

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

Hot

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!

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 - 4 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 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!

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. Black Nail Productions Karaoke 9pm to 1am. 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 - 4 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.

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!

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 - 4 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.

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

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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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LA CONNER

THE HERON INN & WATERGRASS DAY SPA 117 Maple Ave. - (877) 883-8899 - info@theheron.com

OLYMPIA

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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MAPLE ROSE INN - 112 Reservoir Rd - (800) 570-2007

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Celebrating 39 Years!

Art that you wouldn’t want your mother to see!

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Models- you ARE the body beautiful- show us!

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence®, the Abbey of St. Joan are looking for local artists to create and donate pieces of art of an “Erotic” nature, and models to pose nude at a fundraising event coming up Nov. 10.

ART:

Pieces can be of any medium, up to 40” X 40” large and must be submitted by November 1st, 2012. The art will be auctioned of in a silent and Live auction and the proceeds from that auction will go to The Foundation for Sex Positive Culture, a 501c3 Non-profit here in the Seattle area. Any pieces not sold can either be donated to the charity itself, or given back to the artist.

MODELS:

Nude for sketch modeling and “food modeling” at Nov. 10 event (6:30pm at 1402 E. St, Seattle). We are looking for all body shapes, all body sizes and all genders (including Trans). For both Sketch and food models, the model must be willing to pose nude, In a jockstrap (if not nude, preferred for male or male identified models) or a thong, If you are interested or for more information please email dwanna@theabbey.org or katie@theabbey.org

Visit us online www.sgn.org

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