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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 40, Volume 39, October 7, 2011

Gloria reaches out Open singer-songwriter to the Gays Melissa Ferrick is back Queen of Latin pop talks upbringing, Gay and happy conservative marriage, and controversial

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

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Melissa Ferrick hasn’t had the career of k.d. lang or Melissa Etheridge – the notoriety, awards, and acclaim. But she ought to. Her songs and guitar chops are strong, and she’s worked tirelessly in the studio and out on the road. All that’s needed is for her day to come. see music lounge page 28

Gloria Estefan isn’t called the Queen of Latin pop for nothing. Over three decades – and counting – she’s earned it.

Since needing a “Dr. Beat” to control her feet in the ’80s, then part of Miami Sound Machine, Estefan has amassed seven Grammy awards and released 25 albums (selling over 90 million copies of them worldwide), spawning hits like “Conga,” “Reach,” and “Rhythm is Gonna Get You” – which it did, many times over. And it will yet again with Miss Little Havana, her first English-language release since 2003 that returns to her Latin-dance roots with producer Pharrell Williams’ urban flair. see estefan page 32

Gloria Estefan

Coco Peru back in Seattle

Footloose: So much Gayer than you thought

Director and star on updating a classic, its subliminal Gayness, and the making of a new heartthrob

Footloose is known just as much for its dancing as it is for the guy who did most of it – Kevin Bacon, who played Ren McCormack in the cult classic.

But there’s a new heartthrob cutting loose on the dance floor in director Craig Brewer’s remake of the 1984 film.

Meet Kenny Wormald, a pro-

fessional dancer out of Los Angeles who knows what he’s in for with his first film: lots of Gay fans. The 27-year-old, who stars alongside Burlesque actress/Dancing with the Stars winner Julianne Hough, takes on the star-making lead role, about a big-city boy moving to a small town where the local community believes that the root of so many problems is dancing, so they ban it.

How could something so harm-

less be illegal? There’s more to it than you think, Brewer tells us, discussing how the point of Footloose may have more to do with Gay rights.

Sitting down in a Detroit hotel suite, the Hustle & Flow director – along with Wormald, who said he’s ready for all the Gay adoration (if you saw him face-to-face, you’d know he has no choice) – see footloose page 31

Coco Peru

by Joshua Michael Rumley SGN Contributing Writer The incomparable Coco Peru will be returning to Seattle with her brand new show Coco Peru: There Comes a Time for a full weekend of shows at Rebar on Friday, October 14 and Saturday, October 15.

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the 20 years she has been working in the entertainment industry: films (Trick, Girls Will Be Girls), television (Will & Grace, Arrested Development, Detroit 187), and hosting the 20th GLAAD Awards in Los Angeles, in addition to touring with her award-winning shows. Coco see coco peru page 29

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN Contributing Writer Real Steel Opening October 7 Sometime in the very near future, physical human boxing has made way for the robotic kind. Mechanical pugilists fight it out in the ring like Roman gladiators hacking and pounding one another to the death. A former prizefighter whose talents never got the opportunity to be realized, Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is an industry bottomfeeder searching for a robot who can take a punch and help him settle some of his outstanding debts. He’s struggling, barely getting by, and he knows he’s not a very good man, even if once upon a time he might have been. He’s fairly positive his future isn’t going to be a bright one.

Enter Max (Dakota Goyo). He’s Charlie’s 11-year-old son, a child he’s done his best to forget after leaving him in the care of his mother a decade earlier. One thing leads to another and he’s got custody of the kid for the remainder of the summer.

But something strange happens, and soon the estranged father-son duo is making a name for themselves on the boxing circuit. Thanks to a dilapidated sparring robot nicknamed Atom, Max and Charlie are climbing the ranks, transforming from pretenders to contenders in the blink of an eye. The Grinch-like former boxer re-growing a heart, and his son, dealing with an unspeakable tragedy, discovers a dad he never dreamt he’d get the opportunity to know.

What, in all reality, am I supposed to say about Shawn Levy’s (Date Night, Night at the Museum) family-friendly coming-ofage morality tale Real Steel? This is, after all, a movie about robot fighting. It’s a liveaction version of Rock’em Sock’em Robots, nothing more (and certainly nothing less).

Any pretense of trying to describe the movie as some sort of father-son sports-driven

melodrama or an adolescent coming-of-age piece is stretching things far beyond their breaking point.

I guess what I can say is that this dopey piece of sci-fi pop entertainment, for all its faults, for all its drippy sentimentality, even at a far too long 126 minutes, isn’t entirely a waste. Jackman is as likeable as ever, newcomer Goyo is surprisingly good, and Levy somehow manages to make the film’s central robotic figure, Atom, a far more emotionally transfixing presence than it has any right to be. This movie knows what it is, knows what story beats it has to hit, knows which ones (more or less) to avoid, and becomes something easy to cheer along with (for those under the age of 12, anyway). It isn’t a chore to sit through, and considering my expectations going in (as well as the rather dreary nature of the subject matter), this was a nice surprise.

None of which means I’m giving Real Steel a recommendation. Costars Hope Davis, Evangeline Lilly (playing Charlie’s former flame and the daughter of his deceased boxing trainer), and Anthony Mackie (as a bizarrely scrupulous underground boxing promoter who likes Charlie but isn’t about to bet on him) are flat-out wasted in nondescript supporting roles, and the fact that screenwriter John Gatins (Coach Carter) and story writers Dan Gilroy (The Fall) and Jeremy Leven (My Sister’s Keeper) follow the Rocky template (think parts one, four, and five combined into a single narrative) is borderline inexcusable. The whole thing is both entirely too routine as well as instantly forgettable, a tandem not exactly high on my list of cinematic virtues to extol.

Not that any of this should come as a surprise (as one could tell from the film’s melodramatic trailers). Stellar visual effects and smoothly charismatic lead performance from Jackman aside, there is little about Levy’s latest to make it worthwhile. Yes, the youngsters will like it, and sure, adults

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further, it was a bona fide smash at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Seriously, it’s been a hit at every single festival it has played, it has been a modest hit theatrically abroad, and, to my knowledge, I haven’t met a single Tucker and Dale vs. Evil person who has seen it – critic or regular Now Playing Tucker and Dale vs. Evil was one of the festivalgoer – who didn’t at least moderately runaway hits of the 2010 Seattle Interna- enjoy it.

So why is this rollicking, genre-bending, tional Film Festival. Heck, going back even

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN Contributing Writer

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Dopey Real Steel a mechanical melodrama

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aren’t going to want to shoot themselves in the head if they’re forced to sit through it, tral pugilistic figures are. The whole thing but neither of those things makes the movie is a soggy, overly familiar familial drama I good. Real Steel is as mechanical as its cen- honestly couldn’t care less about. blood-spurting glory of a black comedy only now getting a release? Your guess is as good as mine. While I would have preferred a wider debut than the limited number of theaters Magnet Releasing is ultimately going to give it (it’s also available OnDemand), I’m happy it’s finally getting out there for general audiences to see. This deliriously exuberant and malevolently inspired treat is an instant cult classic that people are going to be doing backflips over.

Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine) are two regular Southern guys who can’t wait to get to their dilapidated mountain cabin (“It’s a fixer-upper!”) to spend a little quiet time fishing and drinking beer.

But their tranquility is shattered when sexy college kid Allison (Katrina Bowden) literally falls into their laps, the young woman suffering a calamitous accident while swimming leaving the two dimwitted but caring everymen to try and take care of her.

But Allison’s friends don’t see it that way.

Led by the closed-minded Chad (Jesse Moss), they become convinced that these two hillbillies are refugees straight out of Deliverance, and that it is up to them to save Allison from their pig-squealing clutches.

The next thing Tucker and Dale know, they’ve got a gaggle of college kids accidentally dying all around them in the bloodiest ways possible, and for the life of them, they haven’t a clue what is going on and why all these clean-cut, nice-looking youngsters would suddenly start impaling themselves on tree branches and diving into wood chippers.

This movie is certifiably insane – that’s a given – but it’s also extremely witty, has far more intelligence than you might originally expect, and has a grand time exploding clichés and playing with an audience’s expectations. Things never quite work out the way you think they are going to, and as soon as the blood and guts start to fly, all bets are off as to who is going to live, who is going to die, and what, exactly, the eventual outcome

is going to be.

Director and co-writer Eli Craig, along with fellow screenwriter Morgan Jurgenson, have a done a glorious job of subverting convention and playing with the B-grade splatter horror film genre in a way that feels refreshing and new. Much like what Peter Jackson did with both Bad Taste and Dead Alive or what Jonathan King managed (to an admittedly somewhat lesser extent) to do with Black Sheep, the duo have crafted an ingenious bit of grotesque satire that’s boldly unconventional and yet supremely entertaining. Limbs may be severed, viscera might get thrown at the screen by the bucketload, yet there is a warmth and subtly whimsical honesty that pervades the picture from start to finish. Tucker and Dale are nice guys stuck in a bad situation, and as absurd and as disgusting as things might get, nothing that happens changes that.

Tudyk and Labine never overplay their respective hands, never take their performances too far over the top. Yes, what is going on is ridiculous, and sure, they’re playing a couple of not particularly sharp yokels, but that doesn’t mean either allows their performance to lapse into caricature or stereotype.

While they have fun, they don’t make fun – a difference sure to be lost on some, but noticeable to me, and I found myself caring and relating to both men far more intimately than I probably would have otherwise.

I’m not sure what happened here. Tucker and Dale vs. Evil is a wonderfully entertaining bit of splatter comedy that just gets better and better the more I think about it. It plays beautifully, and much like Attack the Block, it is supremely entertaining popcornmunching fluff I could watch again and again without much trouble at all. I love this movie – I ranked it as my second favorite film to come out of last year’s Seattle festival, right behind Winter’s Bone – so as far as 2011 is concerned, there’s a good chance you could see me talking about it again come the end of December.

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Seattle Women’s Chorus opens with True Country

appreciative audience.

“Tragic Country,” one of the three strongest segments of the show, followed. SWC tackled four “tragic” tales – “He Thinks I Still Care,” “I Fall To Pieces” (with a strong solo by Dana Payne, SWC’s on-target version of Patsy Cline), “Stand By Your Man,” and “D-I-V-O-R-C-E.” The last three, of first of several guest stars or SWC groups. course, ranked among audience highlights As a “mother-and-daughter” team, The of the afternoon. Another guest star, Vance Spudds, Platt

George, followed, and then Sensible Shoes, a sub-group of SWC, got its spotlight moment.

“Loretta Remembered,” the second of the special sequences, followed – another highlight. “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” with a great solo from Frances Merenda, “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man),”

Albert Rodriguez: Do you have any fond memories of performing in Seattle?

Melissa Ferrick: Yes, sure. Certainly playing The Crocodile with Tegan and Sara just before they really hit the indie scene was awesome. As well as my years starting out at the Tractor [Tavern] and my accomplishment of selling out The Triple Door.

Rodriguez: Tell us about your new album, Still Right Here. What was the inspiration behind it?

Ferrick: The inspiration is mostly that I was in a place where I didn’t think I was going to be making records anymore and touring all over the U.S. I was in a good place in my heart and head with staying closer to home, and playing in the Northeast and teaching part-time at Berklee College of Music. Then all these songs started coming out and I thought … OK, well, I’d better call

someone for help with these because I knew instinctually that this was a good batch of material and it deserved to be really given some attention and care.

Rodriguez: Do the lyrics or music come first when writing a song?

Ferrick: Lyrics come first, mostly. On “Weightless and Slow,” however, I had the guitar melody first and I wrote it on electric guitar, which is really only the second time that has ever happened. I sat around with that guitar melody for like three months, then one day all the words came out and I could hear them fitting on the guitar part.

That was a good day.

Rodriguez: There are many identifiable Gay musicians in music these days. Do you personally feel it’s become a better environment for LGBT artists to work in?

Ferrick: Sure, some things have definitely gotten easier for us Queers, but [basically the industry in general] has become smaller and harder to break through, but then we also have great new ways of creeping in too, like YouTube, satellite radio, and certainly the one-on-one ability to connect with fans via Twitter and Facebook is pretty amazing.

Rodriguez: What advice do you have for anyone wanting to pursue a music career right now? Where should they start?

Ferrick: I believe in the heart of the artist. I think if you are a young, gifted writer/ musician/singer, you know it inside yourself. I think it’s important for all artists these days to at least try to become aware of the business end. I suggest to lots of singersongwriters at Berklee to think about pur-

suing the business education degree that Berklee offers, and/or knowledge of law specifically in the areas of copyright and intellectual property. These are all becoming more and more important aspects of the industry to have a handle on. But all of this knowledge as an artist is meaningless unless you can write the song, carry the song, and/ or handle the weight of the public persona you may become.

Rodriguez: Gay marriage is legal in your home state of Massachusetts, and now in New York. Did you celebrate any of these historic victories?

Ferrick: I was playing the Rubin Museum of Art in New York the night Gay marriage became legal – that was amazing. And I wasn’t home in Massachusetts when we made it law, but I am certainly proud to be a resident of the first state that passed this law.

Rodriguez: What are your feelings about the ongoing bullying of Gay teens in schools?

Ferrick: I am sickened by it. It is a horrific representation of the state of parenting in this country, and the distorted view we as human beings have toward each other. It seems this increasingly intangible world we live in has almost completely broken down personal responsibility and accountability.

What we do and say actually affects others, we are not sitting behind a screen, we are all alive. The need for simple teachings like live and let live, do unto others, stand up for your friends, speak up, speak up, speak up, seems needed more than ever.

Rodriguez: What are some of your favor-

ite recordings of 2011 thus far?

Ferrick: Loving what I’ve heard of Ryan Adams’ new CD [Ashes & Fire] and Wilco’s new CD [The Whole Love], and Mumford and Sons [Sigh No More]. Loving the new Feist [Metals]. Certainly, Adele’s 21 came out this year, I think in February – amazing album!

Rodriguez: Will you play a varied set list from city to city on this tour?

Ferrick: Somewhat. This tour is definitely geared toward the new CD, as it is a record release tour. I will play the entire new album, and at every show I play a four- to eight-song solo set (depending on the venue and my set-length limit). This solo set is compiled after every sound check from what I feel like playing, and the requests I receive from fans via my Facebook page.

Rodriguez: What does the rest of 2011 look like for Melissa Ferrick?

Ferrick: Ha! … Pretty busy, really good.

I’m headed out West for a month-long tour including the Southwest, then back east for a two-week stint with Ani DiFranco. A show in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on December 8, and of course, my yearly holiday shows at Passim in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 26 and 27. I am hoping this new record still has legs in 2012 to propel my touring into the spring, and we are discussing the possibilities of releasing this record overseas next year as well. So, 2012 is looking good, too. I am really thrilled to be back on the road and happy about it. I always said I wouldn’t do this anymore if it didn’t make me happy, and I am sure glad to say I am happier than ever these days.

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Still Right Here, the Massachusetts-bred artist’s latest album, could heighten her star status on the playing field – it’s already being touted as her best recording yet. Ferrick, openly Gay for pretty much her entire career, will introduce the new record to Seattle fans when she performs October 13 at the Tractor Tavern (www.tractortavern. com). I caught up with this singer-songwriter via email just before she headed out on tour, and here’s what we discussed inside The Music Lounge.

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The Seattle Women’s Chorus opened the 2011 season for both itself and the Seattle Men’s Chorus with a salute to country/ western music, the audience-pleasing True Country. The three-hour program played two matinees last Saturday and Sunday at Benaroya Hall, where an enthusiastic crowd cheered SWC and guest star Chely Wright.

The concerts were the official start of SWC’s ninth year.

Wright, a major country/western star for nearly 20 years, recently came out as a Lesbian – and more recently married her female partner. Her heartfelt dialog with the audience was a highlight for many in the approving crowd. For others, it was a strange mixture of personal reflections that sometimes seemed longer than the following song. Her biggest hit, “Single White Female,” closed the long program and had the audience almost dancing in the aisles.

True Country started as a salute to the Grand Ole Opry, where Wright often appeared until she came out. Interestingly, she has not been asked to return since her public disclosure of her personal life. The simple elements of the stage set established that we were at the Opry. The 200 members of the SWC entered down the two center aisles of Benaroya Hall – a surefire, audience-grabbing start. As the group settled in on stage, a Seattle version of Minnie Pearl, complete with price tag on her hat, sat at stage right.

(A colleague from SGN sat at stage left, making an immediate connection for this scribe on his first SWC visit.)

“This One’s for the Girls” was the ideal opening number for the SWC, all dressed in Opry finery. The song traces the stages of a woman’s life, from age 13 to the mature years. Favorite lyric: At 25, “living on dreams and Spaghetti-Os.” “Wide Open Spaces” followed with much audience approval.

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and Koch (as usual) literally stopped the show. Mama Spudd’s misunderstanding of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Yell” (“because you girls can be so loud …”) and a rewrite of “Mama, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” (“cowboys” becoming first “drag queens” and then “bull dykes”) brought gales of laughter from the

and “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind),” with a standout solo from Emily Carmichael, completed the set. Chely Wright ended Act One with several spotlight numbers (more on her later).

After intermission, the audience returned to its seats to find the set changed. From Grand Ole Opry to Seattle and a recreation of the late and lamented Timberline, Seattle’s first major country/western bar and dance hall. The chorus, now dressed for line dancing at Timberline, flowed down the side aisles. Women Who Clog Too Much took a dance spotlight as the chorus tackled “You Belong With Me.” A Dolly Parton segment followed – another highlight. “Jolene,” “Coat of Many Colors” (in a haunting version by a trio of SWC members: Jill Evans, Kathy Letgers, and Jennie Rhoads), and “Why’d You Come In Here” all delighted the audience.

Chely Wright, who closed Act One and returned for an extended set to close the concert, is an accomplished performer. Her personal stories, especially the family tale of her brother, a career Marine Corps member, and how he inspired one of her biggest hits, “The Bumper of My SUV,” were especially memorable. To her many fans, her songs – “Like Me” (an important song in her coming-out process, she said), “It Was,” “Heavenly Days,” and the rompin’, stompin’ “Single White Female” – were highlights of the afternoon, unforgettable moments of the concert. Her recent autobiography and an upcoming documentary film will undoubtedly please her loyal (and new) Emerald City fans.

The concert was conducted by Dennis Coleman, artistic director of both SMC and SWC, and Rhonda Juliano, SWC’s assistant conductor. Coleman took the baton for the first act and Juliano tackled most of the second. Both brought out the best in the chorus.

SWC and SMC continue an ambitious 2011 season with upcoming holiday shows, out-of-town special concerts, spring and Pride programs. Complete information on all Flying House (the overall group which produces events for both choruses) productions is available at (206) 388-1400 or www.

FlyingHouse.org.

True Country was this scribe’s first visit to the Seattle Women’s Chorus. It won’t be the last.

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Ladytron creates shimmering wall of sound at The Showbox

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by Jessica Price SGN A&E Writer Ladytron September 29 The Showbox at the Market (Decibel Festival) Seattle’s Decibel Festival has just completed its eighth year, arguably the biggest and most ambitious yet. Focused on the most innovative in electronica, dance, experimental, and audio/visual arts, last year’s festival brought a remarkable 18,000 music

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by Depressed Buttons at the The Showbox at the Market.

Many dance floor junkies will recall that pivotal part of the very early ‘00s when Ladytron first started pricking up ears with debut album 604’s undeniably catchy, deliberately analog melodies “Playgirl” and “Paco!” (a singsong recital of the contents of a department store). However novel those songs were, Ladytron’s real breakthrough came in 2005 with Witching Hour, the album that subsequently proved them to be a shockingly robust live force. It’s nice to

Rumley: Well, don’t I feel silly now. I kept seeing that term used throughout the internet.

Peru: Usually I hear them called Cocopuffs.

Rumley: [laughs] Is there an initiation or hazing ritual to become an official Coco-puff?

Peru: [laughs] Well, it’s a simple initiation: basically, you just get totally naked and kneel down before me. Or better yet, let me kneel down before you.

Rumley: [laughs] What can Coco-puffs expect from your new show Coco Peru: There Comes a Time?

Peru: There Comes a Time is my brand new show, I wrote it early last spring. Right before I started writing the show I felt like I had nothing else to say. I’ve been performing my shows for about 20 years now and was terrified that I had nothing else to say. When you put yourself on the line like I have for 20 years you really just have to plow through that fear. I realized that everything I talk about in the show is something I really have to say and get off my chest. I want the audience to be receptive to what I have to say and I want them to be able to relate to it. I’ve been doing Coco for 20 years. Through the years

it’s really been about embracing change. I know on paper what I’m going to talk about may seem boring, but that is where the comedy lies.

Rumley: How has Coco Peru evolved over the last 20 years?

Peru: I guess my makeup is better - well, slightly better! Makeup is something that has never come naturally to me. I defiantly think my writing has gotten better. When I first started performing as Coco I wanted to be part social activist and part entertainer. I feel like I have obtained that throughout the last 20 years, a balance b e t we e n the two.

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Peru is excited to return to Seattle where she believes she has experienced some of the best audiences throughout her career.

Joshua Michael Rumley: First off, I just want to tell you that you have such a delightful voice, it’s so soothing. I almost want to have you call me tonight to read me a bedtime story.

Coco Peru: [laughs] Well, why thank you, but try telling my partner that. He has to listen to me 24 hours a day.

Rumley: When was the last time you were in Seattle?

Peru: You know, I was just trying to think about that. I think it was a year and a half ago or maybe two years ago. I really don’t know, time gets kind of lost on me. Well, until I look in the mirror.

Rumley: I know there are legions of Coco-philes awaiting your grand return to Seattle at Rebar.

Peru: [laughs] Legions? Well, I sure hope so.

Rumley: Have you had a chance to explore Seattle on previous trips?

Peru: Well I’ve gone for walks around the first Starbucks and the market and I have to say, my god the seagulls are huge down there. I don’t know what you are feeding them, but stop!

Rumley: I’m surprised they can even take flight, actually. Did you walk around as Coco?

Peru: I haven’t in Seattle, but that’s not to say I won’t. Whenever I feel the need to beautify my neighborhood I get dressed up and go out into the community. I like to do that because it allows me to step outside the box of my comfortable world and it gives you a new perspective. I know what people are thinking when they see me out but I feel like I understand myself more because of the perspective I get when stepping out.

Rumley: Where did the term “Cocophiles” come from?

Peru: [laughs] You know, dear, I thought you just made that up.

lovers, and with the addition of several new host venues this year (including Paramount Theatre, The Showbox at the Market, The Crocodile, and Fred Wildlife Refuge), the general feeling was definitely that this year broke records for attendance.

For those with a mild to passionate taste for electronic music, the festival runs the gamut from obscure to well- known. Moby, Designer Drugs, Green Velvet, and Amon Tobin were just a handful of the major headliners this year; another phenomenal showcase was Ladytron with an opening DJ set

know that the essence of some artists doesn’t change, even when the current album’s atmospherics do.

Touring with a live drummer in support of new release Gravity the Seducer and recent greatest-hits collection Best of 00-10, Ladytron headlined the Decibel Festival’s Thursday night Showbox showcase to a full room, despite the post-midnight start time.

Vocalists Helen Marnie and Mira Aroyo remain as nonplussed as ever in person, pretty little ice princesses alongside bandmates Daniel Hunt and Reuben Wu. Starting off with the coolly menacing “Soft Power,” a pyramid of white lights and strobes framed the stage as Ladytron’s expansive sound swept the room. “International Dateline” layered their trademark pristine high vocals over a shimmering wall of sound. “Ghosts” and “High Rise” nodded to Velocifero and Witching Hour again (they saved their best, “Destroy Everything You Touch,” for the encore), but the five mixed it up with a handful of softer, more downbeat new material.

“Ace of Hz” and “White Elephant” held up well next to modern classics like 604’s “Discotraxx.” Ladytron’s strong suit is bringing life to what sounds cool and impenetrable on their records, complete with a light show and live instrumentation to sweeten the pot.

It was apparent throughout the set just how many memorable songs Ladytron has written since their formation in Liverpool in 1999. They’ve ignored outside trends and updated their sound as they see fit with each release – like Ladytron through a different lens with each record. They show no signs of stopping, and their cult following both stateside and overseas remains eager as ever. The energetic “greatest hits”-like set satisfied and left fans happy to go to work a bit light on sleep the next morning, even with eardrums still slightly buzzing. attle is one of my favorite places to perform.

Rumley: That’s interesting you say that because a number of different comedians I’ve interviewed recently have said the same thing.

Peru: The audiences in Seattle are always very receptive. There is never that attitude of “well, girl, you better come on out and prove it.” My experiences in Seattle have always been very refreshing. The audience really comes out to have a good time and I feel like they truly appreciate what I have to say in my show. It really gets me excited. In my 20 years in the business I have always been appreciative and grateful. I feel like it has it paid off and come back to me. That isn’t always the case with the Gay magazines.

Rumley: Really!? But you’re such a positive and entertaining person within the community.

Peru: Unless you’re a naked boy, don’t expect to make the covers of most of the Gay publications. They don’t put drag queens on the covers.

Rumley: I have to admit you popped my drag cherry with the film Girls Will Be Girls.

Peru: [laughs] Oh my god you’re young.

Rumley: Well, I grew up in a pretty conservative area.

Peru: You know, we filmed the sequel to the film last year and it’s going to be released in 2012. The first film wasn’t a success theatrically - it was one of those things that, like you, the Gays discovered on DVD. People started throwing Girls Will Be Girls parties. Then the Gays started to invite their straight friends and that’s when the movie really caught on. I started telling Richard Day, who directed and wrote the first film, that we should do a sequel. He put all of his own money into the first film, and he couldn’t see any reason to make a second one at first. It wasn’t ‘til I got on the road and started hearing all of the feedback did we realize just how see music lounge page 32

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he sold inside information about the building of the Suez Canal. Now, 20 years later and married, successful, well-liked, and politically promising, the past comes back to haunt him. Threatened with blackmail if he does not support a questionable new canal project in South America – a scheme he does not believe will be successful – he

by Milton W. Hamlin is torn between keeping his past a SGN Contributing Writer secret or confessing that his whole fortune and career are built on a An Ideal Husband single dishonest event.

Taproot Theatre His wife, a wide-eyed innocent, Through October 22 truly believes Sir Robert to be In January of 1895, Oscar Wilde – an ideal man, an ideal husband, a poet, playwright, and man-about-town perfectly honorable man with no – was seemingly an ideal husband. He feet of clay. While contemporary was happily married and the father of overtones in the banking world two charming young sons. Two earlier and modern politics are obvious, social comedies – serious plays with a Taproot and director Lund wisely polished veneer of epigrams and conkeep the Victorian period firmly in temporary wit – had been amazing place. The timelessness of the play’s successes, and his latest, An Ideal Husthemes are obvious and the lavish band, would open as a third smash hit.

Victorian costumes and the period Wilde was busily at work on his fourth settings work beautifully. The aucomedy, his farcical masterpiece The dience is gently reminded that “evImportance Of Being Earnest, which erything old is new again” without would open mid-summer. But by fall, betraying the historical aspect of the his reputation would be in tatters, his original play. Candace Vance, like marriage all but destroyed. His scanChilders, is truly believable, she as dalous affair with Lord Alfred Dougthe innocent wife who cannot fathom las would send him to prison for two disgrace in her husband’s past. years of hard labor for “gross indeA stage full of wonderfully quirky cencies.” Rarely has anyone – in the characters surround this happily literary arts, in politics, in the public married couple. Sir Robert’s father, eye – fallen so far so fast. While a the brusque Lord Caversham, is deGay martyr was born, a major playlightfully played by Nolan Palmer. wright and author was silenced.

His sister, the sprightly Mabel, is vivRyan Childers and Nikki Vise l in An Ideal Husband While Earnest remains his masteridly brought to life by Anne Kennedy work – and his best-known play – his Brady. His best friend, Lord Goring (a first three comedies are well worth a look. cast working smoothly toward a common wisely cast Aaron Lamb), is clearly a standTaproot Theatre – with its artistic mission goal. Rarely does a Taproot staging allow in for Wilde – he is the source of the play’s to tackle philosophically challenging works grandstanding by a single actor. Once again, most famous epigrams and witticisms. Ofthat reflect on modern-day values – has a the polished ensemble performance is well ten, Goring is cast to physically resemble solid hit with Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. worth the effort. Seattle is unlikely to see a the rotund Wilde, but here, as it should be, The polished production, playing through better Ideal Husband in the next decade. he is a contemporary of Sir Robert – and, October 22 at the Greenwood Theatre where Ryan Childers anchors the production as thus, a suitable (of sorts) suitor to Mabel.

Taproot makes its home, is well-directed by the title character, Sir Robert Chiltern. He While this Lord Goring is still clearly WilKaren Lund and well-performed by a cast is thoroughly believable and likeable as a de’s onstage reflection (“he changes clothes of Taproot regulars. Taproot is often praised successful businessman and politician with five times a day and goes to the opera three for its ensemble performances – a whole one major flaw in his past. As a young man, times a week”), Lamb makes him a youth-

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer Take Me America Village Theatre Issaquah: Through October 23 Everett: October 28-November 20 You can’t beat the talent onstage in this small-cast world-premiere musical, Take Me America, at Village Theatre. The voices are gorgeous and the acting is heartfelt. Everyone seems to truly believe in what the musical has to say.

I guess that can be summed up as “America is still the place people come for freedom.” The musical is billed as being about immigration. It more properly is about asylum. It’s about refugees, not average folks who want to change countries for averagefolk reasons, but people who are actively afraid of living in their country and often need to move somewhere safe.

However, the 90-minute show doesn’t do a great job of helping tell any one of the six stories of despair in any fully comprehensive way. This is not a typical musical with one arc, one story, one resolution. The opening song, which is very moving (though somewhat repetitive), has a theme of “Take me, America. I’m the one you want, I’m the one who wants you the most!” And these people are desperate.

We meet Isabella (Heather Apellanes Gonio) from El Salvador, who has had family members killed and has heard vicious

stories of throats getting cut and rivers turning red with blood. She is asked by somewhat clueless American official Michael (Dennis Bateman) why she wants asylum, since she has not been directly threatened.

She sings a song about being “next” after asking him if threats to his family don’t affect him, as well.

Asif (Eric Polani Jensen) has had his wife murdered by fellow Gazan Arabs, but is berated by newbie American official Gary (Aaron C. Finley) about whether he wants to take revenge and whether he is Hezbollah or Fatah. Perhaps he is only wounded emotionally, and is not in danger of being killed; he just wants to move away from the pain of his wife’s death.

Wu (Ben Gonio) and Fan (Diana Huey) have to leave China because he is a persecuted Chinese poet. Do we learn how China persecutes poets? Not really. Wu has a speech in Chinese where he acts out being tortured in prison, and the actions look clearly tortuous, and he collapses on stage.

It’s never translated and we don’t learn the details. Gary wonders if somehow he’s being played. Is immigration really important enough to cause Fan to offer herself sexually to him?

J. Reese, a wonderful actor/singer who has newly transplanted to our area, plays the most ironic role and sings the most ironic song. His character, Jean from Haiti, has been bullied and targeted for being Gay. He is truly in danger, yet when he has tried to apply for asylum before, he says, they don’t think he’s Gay enough! He sings a song

aren’t candidates under the law.

Gary is the only character who changes. There’s a beginning, middle, and end to his learning, and he ends up being the lead. Finley does a fine job with what he’s given, yet inherently he is not the lead, and shouldn’t be. None of the American officials are portrayed in any way that supports the idea that they are good at their jobs or deserve to be the gatekeepers. It’s unfortunate.

Director Jerry Dixon cast the lees other asy Ben Gonio, Diana Huey, and show brilliantly, of course, and techniasking how he is supposed to look to be cal support is also great. The visual aspects believed as being Gay, suggesting that next of the show (by Scott Fyfe) are typically top-notch, with a simple file-cabinet motif time he should appear in drag.

Malith (Ekello Harrid, Jr., whose wonder- that implies the hundreds or thousands of ful mellow voice can move one to tears) is files representing all the people who want a tormented minority in his native Sudan. to come here. Sometimes, projections on the Zara (Iris Elton) is a confused pregnant surface of the cabinets transform the locamother from Algeria, ready to give birth to tion for a magical moment.

In fact, the 90 minutes pass in a beguiltwins, who implies that she killed her other 6-year-old daughter rather than have her go ing way, and it is only on reflection that one fully realizes how little content there was, through female circumcision.

The three American officials are supposed and how meager a light was shone on this to be the gamut that the asylum-seekers run large issue. In this case, earnestness of purthrough. Michael is the law and order guy, pose does not produce desired results.

For more information, go to www.villagusing a rulebook with a rigid interpretation of the law. Gary is the new kid getting men- etheatre.org or call 425-392-2202. toring from Michael, and Marsha (Leslie Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ Law) advocates leading with the heart, even occasionally letting people in who maybe gmail.com.

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Take Me America a meager look at an interesting issue

ful playboy type instead of an overweight middle-aged dandy.

Nikki Visel is beautiful and wonderfully evil as the mysterious Mrs. Cheveley, the much-married, much-gossiped-about woman with a past who seems to have a strange hold over Sir Robert. She is the one who has the incriminating letter from his youthful indiscretion and she is the one behind the blackmail scheme. She doesn’t want money – her many marriages have given her that – but she does want his support in the upcoming vote on the South American canal that is clearly not in England’s best interest. One of the play’s best, wittiest lines describes her impact in the opening scene. As one sharp-tongued woman notes: “she wore far too much rouge and not enough clothing.”

Visel has often played the innocent at Taproot. Not here – she is a sleek version of sinon-a-stick in her clinging heliotrope velvet evening gown in Act One. Pam Nolte is another delight in the large supporting cast. Her Lady Markby – a woman “who talks more and says less than anyone” – is a polished characterization.

The rest of the cast is simply perfect. Lund cleverly costumes the stagehands as servants in the Victorian homes of the script, making set changes flow smoothly and visually interesting. While all of the technical work is fine, special attention must go to the costume designs of Nanette Acosta. Her evening gowns in Act One are beautiful and correctly reflect character. Lady Chiltern’s graceful tea gown in the last scene is especially notable – it sums up her delicate character and her understated position in the play and in her husband’s life. As one character notes of their school years, “she always got the good conduct prize.” While it is meant as a put-down in the scene’s context, it does describe Lady Chiltern perfectly.

An Ideal Husband continues with evening and Saturday matinee performances through October 22. Senior and student discounts are available, and Taproot is an active participant in the Arts Crush program that runs through the month. Check with the box office at (206) 781-9707 for ticket details.

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by Mercy Moosemuzzle SGN Contributing Writer John Patrick Lowrie reading Mercy and Cuteness enjoyed John Patrick Lowrie’s reading of his new novel, Dancing with Eternity, September 26 at University Book Store. Fantasy Book Critic named it one of the top 10 novels of the year. Lowrie says the book asks the question: What happens if no one dies any more?

John is also an actor, which made for a lively reading. His wife, Ellen McLain, also an actress and singer, read as well, since Lowrie said the voice of the main female character was inspired by hers. Mercy is happy the two hope to create an audio version. At the reading, fans of McLain for her portrayal of GLaDOS in the Portal video games were in evidence. Cuteness liked the fact that John was frank about a period of depression after the death of a colleague that slowed down his progress writing the novel.

Here is an excerpt from the beginning: “Ignorance covers humanity like a thick wool blanket, with tiny pinpricks of knowledge peeking through here and there. Whenever we manage to connect a few to form a picture we think we’re pretty hot stuff, and I guess we are. I mean we’ve never met anyone who can do it better, but I can’t decide if that means we’re good at it – or if it’s just a very slow track.

“I’ve been around a long time; you’d think I would have learned something. I don’t know. A man starts acting funny when he’s run out of options. Thinking becomes a strangely bloated yet pointless exercise. I

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continued from the cover also chatted about the missing shower scene, what was so Gay about the ’80s, and how you don’t have to be Gay to get footloose.

Chris Azzopardi: Craig, what were the important updates to make to a film that’s over 25 years old?

Craig Brewer: The biggest update was the thing that initially bumped with me about doing a remake, because I’m sure there are plenty of people who are angry and asking why we’re doing this – I was one of those people.

The head of the studio called me to say, “I just refuse that you’re not going to do Footloose. You have the story, you have the music, you have complete creative control over this. What’s your Footloose?” That made me stop and think. Footloose was the most important movie to me in my young adult life; it really made me who I was. I was a kid in community theater, a singin’ and dancin’ kid, and seeing that movie was an important seminal moment for me when I was 13.

I thought to myself, “If I did Footloose, I needed to make it less about god-damning kids to hell for dancing.” It wasn’t so much about the ban on dancing as much as – what’s kind of our new American pastime – overreacting. So if something happens, we make a bunch of laws. But sometimes those laws cause more harm than good, and it usually takes somebody outside of the tragedy, outside of the whole town trauma, to say, “This is actually not right. This should be

hadn’t worked in 10 months. I hadn’t paid my rent in two. The woman I’d been shacked with up had gotten tired of my scales before I did and by the time I was tired of them, I was too broke to have my genome reworked.

“Actually, the scales were probably the start of this current decline. I’d tried to deduct them as a professional expense. I’m an actor, among other things, and I figured, if full body scales didn’t constitute a costume, what does? The SRS has disagreed and popped me for four thousand DCU, blocked my net access when I didn’t pay, and told Shaughnessy that if she tried to lift with me aboard they’d impound her ship and arrest her for cultural pollution.

“I guess they didn’t like the show.”

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Rainbow City Band Mercy and Cuteness found watching the Rainbow City Band rehearse fun. They are preparing for a mass band of 253 performers as part of the Lesbian Gay Band Association conference on Oct. 16 at 3 p.m. at McCaw Hall (a new big venue). Mercy found watching the music come together delicious. Cuteness appreciated director Michael Clark’s sense of humor and the vivid way he expressed what he wanted from the band.

The concert is titled Lights, Camera, Action, and consists of music from movies.

Clark said Ben Hur is one of the most epic scores ever written. It is a blend of Roman, Egyptian, and Christian influences. Michael suggested band members read the book Celluloid Closet and then watch Ben Hur for the Gay subtext, like gladiators making eyes at each other.

Clark said On the Waterfront was the only film score Leonard Bernstein ever wrote.

They will also be performing a suite from The Lord of the Rings, a collection from Jurassic Park, a medley from the composer Danny Elfman called Music for a Darkened Theatre, and even an LGBT-themed black and white silent movie called A Belch Can Ruin a Wedding.

They will have an ensemble comprised of conference members that will be performing movie-theme music, include Dizzy Gillespie’s “Manteca,” Glenn Miller’s “Little Brown Jug,” The Brubeck Quartet’s “Take Five,” and a piece Clark thinks is going to be one of the highlights of the program: the theme from Shaft.

Cuteness said, “They should play with the Seattle Men’s or Women’s Chorus.”

You can get your tickets at rainbowcityband.com.

my right – I should be able to dance any way I want.”

Azzopardi: It’s another way of looking at the Gay rights struggle.

Brewer: There’s a good argument that that may have been part of the intention all along. Dean Pitchford wrote the original movie and the lyrics of the song, and I think there was something there – that you could be a guy who wore a skinny tie and spiky hair and go to a school that does not dress this way, that you know is going to make fun of you for being really into gymnastics.

There is a defiance that Ren McCormack represented. As a kid who grew up in the ’80s with Gay friends, Ren McCormack was a hero.

People refer to it as a Gay movie at times because of the dancing and the cheese factor, to some extent, and I understand that and I get it – but there’s a bigger theme there, which is, are you respectful and mature and confident enough in your own self that you can stand up in front of people and say, “Hello, my name is Ren McCormack”?

Azzopardi: After giving us so much Justin Timberlake skin in Black Snake Moan, I was very sad to see the notorious shower scene cut out of this Footloose.

Brewer: I am so glad you brought that up! So glad! [To Kenny] I don’t know if you know what he’s talking about, but let’s just say if the camera went down just an inch you’d see some junk.

Azzopardi: It wouldn’t be a family movie.

Brewer: [laughs] It wouldn’t be! And they’re all talking about how to go up against the city council and they’re all drip-

ping wet, fresh out of the shower – Chris Penn, Kevin Bacon, that big beefy dude.

You can totally see pubes!

My assistant always gave me shit, like, “What, you’re not going to do the shower scene?!” But yeah, it’s pretty erotic … for the right people.

Azzopardi: Kenny, do you think most people still consider dance a “Gay” thing?

Kenny Wormald: When I was getting made fun of, I saw Footloose and the dance scene, and Ren was masculine and cool and it validated what I did. I was like, “Screw you!” Look at this guy – he’s awesome, he’s cool, he’s masculine. It definitely made me feel better about myself as a dancer.

Nowadays with all the television shows, So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing with the Stars, it shows that dance isn’t just for girls. Boys are doing hip-hop in the schoolyard and it’s cool; they’re not getting made fun of. It’s amazing how it’s changed in a matter of a decade or two.

Azzopardi: When did you see the original Footloose?

Wormald: I was probably 10, sometime in the ’90s. I was born in 1984. Me and Footloose came out together. [laughs] Azzopardi: Footloose made Kevin Bacon a heartthrob – but not just for the girls. Gay guys fell for him, too. Are you prepared for the same kind of attention, Kenny?

Wormald: Absolutely. It’s funny, I did a show called Dancelife on MTV and the majority of people who came up to me to say hey would be Gay guys. I was flattered by that. But I embrace it. I love it. If it keeps happening and continues and they follow me in my career, it’s beautiful.

Brewer: I’ve read some comments on Twitter. I think my favorite was, “I’m going to have to see Footloose because that guy’s kind of hunky hella hot.” I’m like, Kenny’s going to be huge in this community!

It’s also, though, a testament to the role. I know a lot of people say it’s Kevin’s role and I understand that. Kevin did a lot for that role but, really, that role did a lot for Kevin.

Back in ’84, I didn’t know who Kevin was, no one knew who Sarah Jessica Parker was, and that’s the great thing that actually doing a remake affords a filmmaker like myself – that the title of the movie is actually the biggest star.

So how do I make people, especially young people, feel that same feeling that I felt when I saw it? Part of that is a fresh cast. When you have stars who’ve been in a bunch of movies now being the character that Kevin Bacon used to play, it just didn’t feel right to me. It felt like what people were assuming would be the worst of our intentions, which was we’re just doing this for a money grab. The biggest risk was that we took Footloose seriously.

Azzopardi: When you look up Footloose and “Gay” in Google, one of the links that comes up is, “Why does watching Footloose make me feel Gay?” Did you ever feel that way watching it?

Brewer: You know, per that comment, what’s funny about growing up in the ’80s is there are a lot of things that were kind of Gay in the ’80s, but we didn’t completely know it. So yes, I was wearing fat-laced Pumas with neon shoelaces. Mousse was

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Manhattan Transfer Mercy and Cuteness are looking forward to seeing Manhattan Transfer at Jazz Alley.

They will be there October 13 to 16. Band members include Tim Hauser (vocals), Janis Siegel (vocals), Alan Paul (vocals), Cheryl Bentyne (vocals), Yaron Gershovsky (musical director/piano), Adam Hawley (guitar), Gary Wicks (bass), and Steve Hass (drums).

This is the group’s 40th anniversary tour.

They have gotten very tight in those four decades. Their 1985 album Vocalese received 12 Grammy nominations. The group won in two categories: Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group; and Best Arrangement for Voices.

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continued from page 29 much people loved the film and how much they wanted to see a sequel. The great thing was we raised a ton of money from our fans.

I’ll have it be known that I raised more then Varla and Evie. Don’t let those other ho’s tell you otherwise!

Rumley: What was life like growing up in the Bronx for little Coco Peru?

Peru: It was a love-hate relationship but I absolutely loved the area that I grew up in. The area was made up of working-class people and sometimes they are not always the most educated when it comes to social things. Being Gay wasn’t something that they were cool with, especially the kids. I went to Catholic school and let me tell you what that was, a complete fiasco. I learned how to survive and being funny was my ticket. If I could attack people with my mouth and imitate them I was good. I go back now and again and people are always excited to see me, even some of the people who made fun of me back in school. Once I became comfortable with myself and stepped out as Coco people no longer had power over me.

Rumley: They were attacking your insecurities, it sounds like, the classic bully.

Peru: Oh yes, but I found out later that

all of the boys who were making fun of me were blowing each other in the building next to the school. I was upset that I was never invited! My god, just imagine all of those Italian boys with gold chains.

Rumley: When did Coco Peru first make her debut?

Peru: In college I would lip sync at parties. If a song came on that I liked I would run for paper towels and I would create a headpiece. “The quicker picker upper” … that was me.

Rumley: Who or what was your inspiration besides paper towels?

Peru: [laughs] I didn’t want to be a drag queen who looked like a clown, not that there is anything wrong with that. I just realized that it just wasn’t me. One some level I wanted to do something that was opposite of that, I didn’t want the different-colored hair. I thought less would be more. That’s kind of where the comedy came from. I was watching Desperate Housewives and the Bree character is a total Coco Peru-inspired character. I’m a classically trained actor and I’ve heard my mom say countless times, “I can’t believe you paid all that money to go to college just to become a drag queen.”

Rumley: Let’s say you’re at a speed dating event and the next person is Rick Perry, you have three minutes, what do you say or do?

Peru: Oh god … well I’d start off with

a “Rick … really … why … why … why.”

Where do you even start with people like that? I mean the most recent story about the name of his hunting grounds, what the hell is that about? I look at the whole lot of them and think how the hell did these people make it so far, how did they make it to this point. They sit around and bash Hollywood but we’re not trying to become politicians.

Oh my god and Michele Bachmann. Her husband is Gayer then me and I’m a drag queen. Makes you wonder why he stays with her, he must have at least an 8-inch cock.

Rumley: [laughs] Oh my god, you just made my morning.

Peru: They are just over the top and insane in a bad way. Rick … Rick … really but why … really but why!

Rumley: What message would you like your audience to walk away with after your show at Rebar?

Peru: I want the audience to leave feeling entertained and motivated to go out and change the world. At a recent show in Dallas I had people of all ages coming up to me after the show and each one of them were inspired by a different part of my show.

I want people to be inspired in their lives.

Plus, I want them to watch out for those giant seagulls!

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ARIES (March 20 - April 19): Playing too hard could lead to injuries and/or fights.

Do you really want to annihilate your opponent or are you there to have some fun together? Lighten up! You’re taking yourself way too seriously.

TAURUS (April 20 - May 20): Flirtations can lead to something more serious, but take it one step at a time and even if it is a passing fancy, enjoy it while it lasts. Renegotiating loans and debts can work in your favor if you can stand your ground.

GEMINI (May 21- June 20): Concern about your health or your work could make you defensive. Be diplomatic if you must tell others to mind their own business. What you really need is a new view to your problem, but one that’s based in traditional wisdom.

CANCER (June 21- July 22): The need to take care of domestic issues can feel overwhelming and constrictive. You may be putting too much pressure on yourself. Structure and discipline slow you down, but are still more effective than panic.

LEO (July 23 - August 22): Expressing romantic notions is good for any relationship whether you’ve just met or lived together for decades. Just don’t take any sudden whimsies seriously enough to make significant changes. Enjoy the moment while it lasts.

VIRGO (August 23 - September 22): Conversations with a sister – or a “sister” – can prove very healing if you’re willing to dig up and deal with long buried challenges. Excavating an ugly past can help clear the road for a brighter future.

LIBRA (September 23 - October 22): A creative partnership can become more enduring than you’d expected. Romantic commitment is also possible but demands more work. Serious, heartfelt discussions can help to clarify illusions and help you find your way in good company.

SCORPIO (October 23 - November 21): Some innovation is necessary, but getting too clever at work will only exacerbate existing problems. Keep communications open and if you can’t be friendly be tactful. Charm works well for you, but don’t exploit it at the expense of substance.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 - December 20): Getting too comfortable with the wrong people can tempt you to spill secrets. In better company that could be called “therapy.” Focus on where you want to be in five years with the one you love. Follow that inspiration.

CAPRICORN (December 21 - January 19): Have a safe, appropriate outlet for your playful energy. The more you can sublimate it into your work the better, but be mindful of behavior and boundaries. Maybe a hard choice, but what really is more important – your partnership or your career?

AQUARIUS (January 20 - February 18): Roleplay or reversal with your partner can open up some insights. Confusion in other relationships requires a more intuitive approach. Defending your turf at work may be necessary; don’t overdo it! Kind words are more effective than usual.

PISCES (February 19 – March 19): Don’t prolong arguments. The sooner they’re done the sooner you can learn from them and move on. Fantasy play is one way to be more intimate with your partner. Sharing long held secrets can also prove liberating.

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in my hair every day. And then, you’re even in a more difficult position because you’re a big Michael Jackson fan and you transition into being a Prince fan.

But with Footloose, you can’t help it – you’re watching the angry dance scene and here’s a guy dancing with Jerome Robbins’ choreography. It’s like West Side Story.

When I go to the angry dance scene and I’m seeing these guys in tight jeans and tight wife-beaters and they’re flipping their head around and dancing, yeah, it may look Gay, but boy, I loved it. And my dad loved it. And all the beefy Marines that were working down in Mare Island in Vallejo, California, they loved it too. [laughs] Azzopardi: The language in the scene where Ren confronts his bully, Chuck Cranston, with a powerful comeback is changed from “pansy” to “fag.” Why that switch?

Brewer: We actually said “pansy” and I was worried. I didn’t know if preteens were going to understand. We shot both pansy and fag. I was a little nervous about using the word fag – needless to say a lot of collaborators on this movie, even from the original, are Gay, and I remember saying to them, “I really want to make sure this comes off right. I need Chuck to say this but Ren’s reaction needs to show that he thinks it’s unacceptable, but it needs to be in a cool way.” So I played Footloose in Memphis, Tennessee, and the line gets applause and I remember turning to my wife with a grin on my face going, “Could we be changing things with Footloose?” Like, I can’t believe I’m sitting here in a red state and the whole audience just reacted that way.

Azzopardi: As a dancer yourself, how did you relate to Ren McCormack? And what did that line mean to you?

Wormald: I used to get it pretty bad in school. They knew I danced and they were kind of cool with it because I was on the baseball team, but all the new kids found out and it was hell, man. I’m at the water fountain and it’s like, “fag,” “ballet boy,” or “pussy.” It was pretty rough, specifically in junior high.

I’m a dancer in L.A. and I’ve been there for eight, nine years now, so I’ve become friends with literally some of the most flamboyant humans on the planet, and I love them and we’re like brothers. They would – pardon my French – fuck someone up for me and have my back. My dancer teacher growing up is a Gay guy, and he’s like my second dad. He’s probably going to get a little choked up at that part. To have their back and to get to say that line in the film is very powerful.

Azzopardi: You’ve also danced in videos for some major Gay icons like Mariah and Madonna.

Wormald: I love what they’ve done for the community, so if I can get a little credit

in that community, too – how great.

Brewer: You got a good start with Footloose. [laughs] Wormald: Even without the shower scene! That’ll be in the next one.

Brewer: The European version.

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continued from cover The album, though, isn’t just getting buzz for being her long-awaited comeback – but for the way it’s being released. Estefan partnered with Target, known for its recent support of anti-gay politics, for the release of Miss Little Havana (it’s also available through iTunes). In this exclusive chat, the 54-year-old performer opened up about the deal, why she hopes you’ll give the corporation another chance, and just how deep her everlasting love for the Gay community goes.

Chris Azzopardi: Have you done an interview with Gay press before?

Gloria Estefan: Oh yes, many times.

[Laughs.] That’s my core audience. These are the people who broke me in a lot of clubs. My Gay following has always been cutting-edge in music and discovered my stuff before it ever became big on radio.

The very first remix we did of “Dr. Beat” was done by a guy named Pablo Flores who became huge in the dance market after that, but he used to spin at a Gay club in Puerto Rico and we found out he was a big fan. So they’ve always been a big part of my career.

Azzopardi: Ever got down and done the conga in a Gay club?

Estefan: Not the “Conga,” because in that Gay club we were unknown at that time, but I did a lot of dancing there in Puerto Rico.

Unfortunately, for me, I haven’t been able to go to any clubs, period – Gay or straight – because I’ve been working since I was 17 in a band, so usually I was the one performing when everyone else was having a good time.

But I would love that – they’re the most fun clubs, I’m sure.

Azzopardi: Who does a better conga, Gay or straight men?

Estefan: [Laughs.] Are you kidding me?

You’re actually asking that question? I mean, who dances better, period?

Azzopardi: When you look back at your career – the hair, the fashion, all of that – why do you think you make such a great drag queen?

Estefan: I don’t know, but I got to tell you: I love it! Every time I see them, I say, “They do me much better than I do,” because I’m the reluctant diva. I didn’t like being the center of attention, but I had different looks that they were able to reenact – the one in the chaps and the “Mi Tierra” dress – and “Everlasting Love” celebrated all those different looks. I just feel fortunate that somebody would want to do me. [laughs] Azzopardi: It’s been eight years since your last English-language studio album, Unwrapped. Why did you decide to step back from music and showbiz, and what prompted your return?

Estefan: Well, stepping back was easy – I had [my daughter] Emily and I know how quickly time goes by. That’s why my last English album was in 2003 – then in 2007 we did 90 Millas – and I purposefully only went out promoting in the summer when she was available to go with me, because she really loves school. My son wasn’t too fond of it, so I dragged him all over the world and he didn’t care. [laughs] I don’t like to just go into the studio to just go into the studio. I really want to have a musical idea, some creative spark that makes me excited about doing what I’m doing. Pharrell called me – he had written a song for me called “Miss Little Havana” – and he wanted to delve into that Hispanic world and even go further than he already has. It was really a very interesting idea. We clicked so well in the studio that I think this album is a real example of how much we clicked – creatively and on many levels.

After we had done the nine tracks with Pharrell, we took it to the club in the last four tracks with different remixers and producers who are on the cutting edge of the clubland side. I wanted to give fans not just the nine concept-y tracks that we did with Pharrell – although they didn’t start that

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way, there was a storyline I discovered after we finished the songs – and really take it to hardcore dance.

Azzopardi: Zumba fanatics will love it.

Estefan: [laughs] While we were doing “Wepa,” Pharrell said, “You have to take it to all those Zumba clubs!” It’s so fast. It’s like a nuclear merengue with the urban sensibility from Pharrell and the drunk guy on trombone in the street festival, so we kept thinking, “They’re going to sweat to this one!”

Azzopardi: You said your 2004 world tour would be your last. Have you changed your mind? Are you going to pull a Cher on us?

Estefan: I don’t have a tour planned.

What I’ve been doing is just going to places worldwide, little by little. And I’ll always do something. I never ever said that I was retiring. I said I was just going to stop doing those world tours and that was going to be the last one, and it did end up being that.

You never say never, but I really don’t foresee doing that kind of thing again. I will do different, interesting and unique stuff, but it’s like boot camp for me. It’s hard on me.

Azzopardi: Your song “Always Tomorrow” was a lifeline for so many people, especially your Gay fans – including myself.

How does it feel knowing that?

Estefan: I love that. That’s one of my favorite songs I’ve ever written, so that makes me happy. You know, that was the idea.

When I wrote that tune it was like a message of hope. I wanted to celebrate the hero in each of us and the fact that we can survive and be stronger. I’ve had fans tell me they were going to do themselves in and this song came on the radio and they felt better; they actually got through some really tough moments, so that to me is the best reason to do what I do – that I can somehow get into people’s brains and hearts that I may never meet, and get them through.

That’s what music was for me. I had a really tough time growing up and other people’s music got me through those moments, so it means a lot to me that that was good for you, as well.

Azzopardi: It’s a song that so many Gay kids who were bullied into suicide should’ve heard before they took their own life.

Estefan: I know. I did a video message for the It Gets Better campaign and I talked about that – that when I was 15 I felt so overwhelmed and everything was so heavy on me that, believe me, I thought about it. Kids think that problems are going to last forever and they need to realize that life changes in a second. I can understand where they get overwhelmed, but we have a short enough time as it is on this earth without having to end it early.

Azzopardi: Considering how Target has supported anti-Gay candidates and indirectly anti-Gay causes, there’s been much controversy in the Gay community surrounding your partnership with them for the release of Miss Little Havana. What do you have to say to Gay fans who might question your support for them?

Estefan: To my Gay fans, I would say this: Always go with your heart and do what you need to do, because I think that every human being needs to stand on principle.

But I’ve got to tell you: I would never work with someone who is anti-Gay. I know that they donated to a third party who then donated to this candidate and – I did my homework – since then they donated $150,000 to that candidate. They apologized profusely for having done so, and they have established an actual committee that oversees all political donations to make sure that this doesn’t happen again. They’ve also donated a half-million dollars to LGBT organizations. They’re part of the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. They give domestic partner benefits. They have 300,000 employees who are from all walks of life, and it’s very important for them to be supportive. They’ve extended family medical leave benefits and adoption benefits to their Gay employees. They’ve really supported very much their Gay peeps.

Believe me, in my own life I’ve gone through a lot of these things. When I had Obama at my house, I got nailed by the Cuban community – even though I’m not affiliated politically. Sometimes the information you want to get out there doesn’t, because

the first thing that blows up is what people hear.

So I will always respect what [my Gay fans] want to do, but I have a long history with Target. I’ve put out my children’s book, we’ve done programs for the troops – they really have been very supportive, so I would say: Do some more research, check out what Target has done to make up for its gaffe – and they know it was a gaffe. It was a lack of information, not knowing everything about everybody that your money goes to. I was actually very surprised when that whole Target thing happened, but I know how these things happen. I’ve been on other side of that. So give them another shot and if not, I respect very much whatever they may want to do or need to do to stand up for whatever principles they’re upholding.

I just want them to know that I’m so supportive of the LGBT community. They’ve been a big part of my success and they’ve always been there for me. I would not want to do anything that hurts them.

Azzopardi: Your birthplace of Cuba has evolved a lot in the way it treats Gay people.

In the ’70s, many LGBT people were imprisoned simply for being Gay. What do you remember it being like for Gay people?

Estefan: Well, I was a baby. I came over here when I was 18 months old, so I really have no real memories of Cuba. But I always stay on top of the news from Cuba and I know that Raúl Castro’s daughter is Gay and she’s trying to do a lot for that community, but Cuba in general – just that macho mentality – was tough even though it was one of the wildest places in the world.

They’ve come a long way, but they did horrendous things when the AIDS epidemic came out. And since nobody has rights in Cuba, imagine the Gays in Cuba – just regular schmoes have no rights and can be jailed at a moment’s notice, so they were very, very rough.

Azzopardi: Do you think it’s harder for a Latino artist – Ricky Martin for instance – to be Gay and out?

Estefan: I think it’s harder for anyone, to be honest. Even though fortunately we are definitely moving forward – you see all these states where it’s becoming legal to marry your same-sex partner, as it should be everywhere – and we’re heading in the right direction. But you have to realize that even the Equal Rights Amendment only happened in 1972 [the amendment was never ratified], so we’re still trying to grow rights for everyone. I think it’s still tough because there are still judgmental people, there’s still racism, there’s still homophobia. It’s a human condition. So as we become more and more educated and people become more open, it’s going to go in a positive direction.

Azzopardi: So you’re a Gay marriage supporter?

Estefan: Of course I am. I think everyone should be able to marry who they love, and it just should be.

Azzopardi: Do you think you would’ve had that mentality years ago, considering you grew up in a very Catholic-conservative home?

Estefan: I did, and I don’t know if my mom – I think nowadays she would, because my mom has grown a lot, but my mom was also raised in a very restrictive atmosphere in Cuba. She has a lot of hardcore ideas.

I’ve never talked to her about this, but she’s very supportive of all her gay friends, and sometimes I go into her house and I tell her it’s like La Cage Aux Folles – all her best friends are Gay guys! [laughs] They’re over there always taking care of her and being really sweet with her.

Azzopardi: We’re very nurturing.

Estefan: Hey, listen, the best son a mom could have is a Gay son. They’re not going to leave you high and dry, and they always watch their mothers and take care of them very much.

Azzopardi: Does that mean you’re going to have more kids until you get a Gay one?

Estefan: Me?! I can’t! Are you kidding me? I would love a grandkid. Listen, the president of my corporation is Gay and I see how he is with his mom, and I have a lot of friends who are just fantastic sons.

Azzopardi: Very nice to speak with you, Gloria.

Estefan: Thank you so much. A pleasure as well. Tell all my Gay fans I love them.

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FRIDAY

Century Ballroom - Gay Night 3rd & 4th Friday every month. 7:30 pm lesson $5.00 with cover; 8:30 pm dance $7.00. 21+ with ID. Changes - Prime Rib dinner, $11.75; other dinner special, $8.25.

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 Dance, 7:00 - 10:30 pm.

High Energy Dance, 10:30 pm - 3 am. Cover $5.00 @ 9 pm www.cuffcomplex.com.

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

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

Neighbours Nightclub - House music with DJ Eric.

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

Neighbours Underground - Efren's Divas Latin Night. 10 pm - 2 am. 21+ with valid ID. $5.00 cover. 206328-5198.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm; DJ Freddy King of Pants 9 pm - midnight.

R Place - Happy Hour with Jeff 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 drafts. Daily drink and bottle specials. Lashes Cabaret at 9 pm with Chablis & company. DJ E spins on the 3rd floor at 10pm VJ Flow spins the top Videos on the 2nd floor.

Seattle Eagle - LEATHER NIGHT (watch for events) DJs SMILLER & BunD 8 pm - 2 am.

Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour, 4 - 7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Dancing with DJ Ricki Leigh.

Twisted - Dancing with DJ Matt Stands, 1st Friday of the month: DJ Trent Von and wet t-shirt contest, 2nd Friday of the month: Fetish Night www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $4 Jäger Bombs. South Side Boogie-Dancing, 9 pm - 2 am, with DJ Dirty Dan. Karaoke in the Main Room, 9 pm - 2 am. No cover.

Wildrose - www.thewildrosebar.com.

SATURDAY

Changes - Happy Hour till 7 pm. Free video games & pool all day & Night. Tacos 2 for $2.00 until sold out.

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

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

The Cuff Complex - High Energy Dance, 10 pm - 3 am, with DJs Stacey Cooks, MattStands, Harmonix, Funkybear.

Cover $5 @ 6 pm www.cuffcomplex.com.

Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour Noon - 5 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

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

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

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Neighbours - Progressive House 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.

Neighbours Underground - “THE ORIGINAL VOGUE NIGHT” 9 pm - 2 am, $7 cover Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7pm. DJ Freddy King of Pants, 9 pm - midnight.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR with Erik 2-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Mary’s Lashes cabaret with Chablis and Company at 9pm DJ Flow spins on the 3rd floor at 10 pm VJ E spins the top Videos on the 2nd floor.

Seattle Eagle - Underwear Party Night (watch for event listing) DJs HOTPLAY, KING OF PANTS, UPABOVE, KC+guests.

Steamworks - 11:30 pm - 4:30 am DJ Chavez Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour, 4 - 7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Dancing with DJ Ricki Leigh.

Twisted - Dancing with DJ Trent Von, 3rd Saturday of the month: Boys Night Out with wet underwear contest, Last Saturday of the month: “Diva-Licious” hosted by Madison Lane with Prime Rib dinner special. www.twistedineverett. com Vibe - in Kent - Absolut Saturdays! $5 Absolut Drinks.

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

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

Sunday

Changes - Open at Noon, Happy hour ALL DAY / NIGHT. Karaoke at 9 pm with Black Nail Productions.

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 - Re Quest T-Dance DJ John England 6 pm-12 am, Beer Bust $1 domestic drafts & $4 well drinks, Cover $5 @ 6 pm. www.cuffcomplex.com.

Bottleneck Lounge - Check out ELIXER, a new “late night” Happy Hour every Sunday night from 9 - midnight.

Featuring six, old-school, classic cocktails for just $6 a piece. This is a great way to sample outstanding cocktails at a smokin’ price.

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

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

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

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

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

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

R Place - Happy Hour with Erik 2-7 $5.75 Wells $2.50 domestic drafts. $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Mary’s newest night on the Hill! SIN SUNDAYS HOUSE MUSIC ON THE 3rd Floor. 2 NEW rotating DJ’s every week watch the SGN for the ads.

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Rosebud - Industry Night, 6 pm - Closing. Bring something indicating that you work in the hospitality industry (pay stub, food handler or alcohol server permit, business card, etc.) to recieve Happy Hour drink and food prices all night!

Seattle Eagle - Beer Bust $1 Drafts from 2-10pm Dj UP-ABOVE from 10-2 Twisted - Happy Hour all night! www.twistedineverett. com Vibe - in Kent - Happy Hour All Day! FREE POOL! Wildrose - Free pool all day. www.thewildrosebar.com.

MONDAY

Changes - Happy Hour all day and night.

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

See us at www.clubsilverstone.com.

The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” ALL DAY! Tabletop games, pool, darts, pinball. Happy Hour 2 pm - 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

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

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

Neighbours - “MAD MESS MONDAYS” With Neighbours hottest new DJ: DJ AARON. No cover.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - Happy Hour 4-7pm.

Hamburger & Draft Beer $6.00 from 4pm -10.00 Black Nail Productions Karaoke 9pm to 1am.

R Place - Happy Hour with Jeff 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special. FREE POOL ALL DAY ALL NIGHT. Rosebud - Industry Night, 6 pm - Closing. Bring something indicating that you work in the hospitality industry (pay stub, food handler or alcohol server permit, business card, etc.) to recieve Happy Hour drink and food prices all night!

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

Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts.

Twisted - Game Night featuring Pool Tournaments and Wii Bowling. Happy Hour all night! www.twistedineverett. com Vibe - in Kent - $1 Domestic Drafts, $2.50 all bottled beers, $3 Touch Down Shots. FREE POOL! Wildrose - Pool Tournament 7 pm w/Prizes!

TUESDAY

Changes - $1.25 Domestic bottles. Hamburger $2.50, Cheeseburger $3.50, Bacon cheeseburger $4.50.

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

Free pool all day - 2 tables.

The Cuff Complex - Bear-aoke 8 pm-12 am with host Jonathan Jones. Peanut night with “Free Games” alll day.

Happy Hour 2 pm - 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

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

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

Neighbours Underground - “DRAG IDOL” with your host Ryan Hazey 9 pm - 2 am. $6 cover.

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

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7 with Jeff. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special. KARAOKE with Ben 9-2 am.

Rosebud - Speakeasy Night, 8:30 pm - Closing. Listen to prohibition era music by DJ Dubonet and enjoy a libation from William's famous cocktail menu. Dapper dress from the era is encouraged.

Seattle Eagle - IN HEAT $5 Long Island Iced teas Dj KINGOFPANTS from 10-2 Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts.

Twisted - $2 Tuesday featuring “Are You Smarter Than A Drag Queen?” trivia contest for $2, $2 tacos, well drinks and drafts all night! www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $10 Dizzy Pass - $1 you call it, 6pm to close.

Karaoke 9pm-2am with José.

Wildrose - Taco Tuesday. No cover.

WEDNESDAY

Changes - Happy Hour until 7 pm. Karaoke 9 pm.

A Black Nail production.

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.

Country Dancing 1st & 3rd Wednesday. POZ Social 2nd Wednesday. Dress Code Leather Social 4th Wednesday.

Happy Hour 2 pm - 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

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

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

Neighbours Underground - Roxy's House of Dolls with DJ Trent Von in the Neighbours www.neighboursnightclub.com. 206-324-5358.

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

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

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

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7 with Jeff . $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts.WET show.All male wet underwear contest 3 rd floor. Hosted by Chablis $100.00 1st place $50.00 2nd place 3 rd place Porn. DJ E Rocks the 3rd floor top 40, R&B. Rosebud - Hump Day Singles Mixer, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Single? Come in and meet others. Not single? Join us anyway and meet some new friends.

Grren Fairy Night, 8:30 pm - Closing. Bartender William channels the Green Fairy using sinful drinks made with absinthe. Anything can happen!

Seattle Eagle - on the DOWNLOW $2 Dos Equis Dj KINGOFPANTS from 10-2 Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Karaoke - drink specials.

Twisted - Karaoke Idol with Robin. All you can eat spaghetti for $5.50 and $6 Long Island Teas. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $1 off all mixed drinks and shots. Karaoke 9pm-2am with José.

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

THURSDAY

Changes - Happy Hour from 12 noon til 8pm. Karaoke at 9pm A Black Nail Production.

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

Dart Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. The Cuff Complex - Pool tournament 7 pm. Karaoke 8 pm-12 am with host Jonathan Jones. Happy Hour 2 pm 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

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

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

Neighbours - Rock Lobster 80's night with DJ Trent Von. 9 pm - 3 am. $3 cover. 21+ with valid ID; 18+ from 2-3 am. www.neighboursnightclub.com.

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

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

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7 with Jeff. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. ASS all male amateur strip show. Hosted

by Chablis. $200.00 1st place $100.00 2nd place $50.00 3rd place DJ Flo’w Rocks the 3rd floor top 40 R&B. Seattle Eagle - BAREBACK Thursday $1 Off If You Take Your Shirt Off Dj TOAST from 10-2 Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Karaoke - drink specials.

Twisted - Disco Delight! Dance music of the 70s and 80s. BOGO burgers and $2 Bud and Bud Light drafts. www. twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $3 wells, $4 Washington Apples.

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

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BASIC PLUMBING - (men) 1505 10th Ave. - 322-2799 CLUB Z - (men) 1117 Pike near Boren - 622-9958 HOT HOUSE SPA & SAUNA - (women) SW corner of Pike & 11th (stairs behind Wildrose) - 568-3240 STEAM WORKS - (men) 1520 Summit - 388-4818

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ANIMALS ESPRESSO - 550 12th Ave. - 329-3914 BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444 BEACON PUB - 3057 Beacon Ave. S. - 726-0238 THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE - 2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098 THE BROADWAY GRILL - 314 Broadway E. - 328-7000 C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE - 1701 E. Olive Way THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E. - 322-3130 CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD - 2103 N. 45th - 545-8363 THE CRESCENT - 1413 E. Olive Way - 720-8188 THE CUFF COMPLEX - 1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525 DIESEL BAR - 1413 14th Ave. - 322-1080 DOUBLE HEADER - 407 2nd Ave. S. - 464-9918 ELITE - 1520 E. Olive Way - 860-0999 GALERIAS - 611 Broadway E. - 322-5757 GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577 INSOMNIAX - 102 15th Ave. E. - 322-6477 JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. E. - 441-9729 JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E. - 860-1818 KURRENT - 600 E. Pine St. - 323-1923 THE LOBBY - 916 E. Pike St. - 328-6703 MAE’S CAFE - 6412 Phinney Ave. N. - 782-1222 MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537 NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358 OUT WEST - 5401California Ave. SW, West Seattle POCO WINE ROOM - 1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463 PONY - 1221 E. Madison St. - 324-2854 PURR - 1518 11th Ave. - 325-3112 R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828 RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - 233-9873 ROSEBUD RESTAURANT & BAR - 719 E. Pike - 323-6636 SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591 TIDBIT - 1401 Broadway - 323-0840 TOMMY GUN - 1703 E. Olive Way WILDROSE - 1021 E. Pike - 324-9210

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

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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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DEMPSEY’S BRASS RAIL - 909 W 1st Ave. - (509) 747-5362 THE LOFT - 410 W. Sprague Ave. - (509) 455-7260

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LOVER’S - 530 Southcenter Blvd. - (206) 248-5085

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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.

DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with disabilities? See Jean’s List webpage www.scn.org/activism/calendar/disabilities.html for Marla Nonken’s disabilities accommodations lists.

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 8

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 Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 9am. Greenlake (outside Evans Pool). Every Saturday. GLBT running & walking club sponsors weekly runs, monthly potlucks, track & field activity, annual Run With Pride. 448-8518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

“Queer It Yourself, Be It, Do It, Make It.” Registration 9:30am, Conference 10am-5pm. Seattle University, Pigott Hall, Room 202, 203 & 204, 12th Ave & E Marion St. An all-day conference for Queer artists. Cost: $10, SU students, staff & faculty FREE. www.brownpaper tickets.com/event/20047 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 Together We Can Make Al-Anon Family Group.

6-7:15pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Saturday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000.

“Beebo Brinker Chronicles” (Thurs-Sun, 9/15-10/9).

7:30pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Award-winning play based on the iconic Lesbian pulp fiction by Ann Bannon. wwww.brownpapertickets.com/event/184155 Dustbowl Queer Dance Night. 7:30pm-lesson; 8pm-11pm-dance. Century Ballroom, East Hall, 915 E Pine St, 2nd Fl. Meets 2nd & 4th Saturdays most months; check calendar on website to confirm. Featuring two-step, swing and waltz. Before 8:30pm-$5; after 8:30pm-$7. 21+. 206-324-7263; www.centuryballroom.com.

SUNDAY - October 9

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

Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHiking Group/ Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515.

Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 12noon1:30pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000.

Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org Daring Divorced Divas. 3-5pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets 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

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October 8 thru October 16 talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lambert house.org Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Monday. Ongoing drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages.

For info, call 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org.

Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month.

K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations, including Pennies from Heaven, Rosehedge House, & Three Cedars. 3290886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

TUESDAY - October 11

Hep C. 5-6:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. NEW GROUP. Meets every Sunday. A support group for individuals coming to terms with the challenges of Hepatitis C. 322-2437.

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. www.sasgcc.org “Icon: A Celebration of Drag.” VIP admission 5:30pm, general admission 6pm. The Grand Hyatt Hotel, 721 Pine St. General admission $100, includes dinner & show. VIP admission $125, includes “early bird” reception with hors d’oeuvres & live entertainment. Benefits Seattle Counseling Service. 323-1738, www.seattlecounseling.org Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets 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 2378828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800477-8191.

Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Meets 2nd Sunday each month (Oct-Feb). Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Whether you snow board, downhill, crosscountry, or telemark, there are trips & events for you.

Bring a potluck dish to share. www.skibuddies.org Uncle Samantha’s Group. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Sunday. LGBTQ veterans group, for vets who served during peace time or conflict.

All are welcome, uniforms optional. 322-2437, www. sasgcc.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Meets every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

“Beebo Brinker Chronicles” (Thurs-Sun, 9/15-10/9).

7:30pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Award-winning play based on the iconic Lesbian pulp fiction by Ann Bannon. wwww.brownpapertickets.com/event/184155 Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

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MONDAY - October 10

Women Facing HIV. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Monday. Women Facing HIV is a drop-in peer support group for women living with HIV/ AIDS. 322-2437. www.sasgcc.org SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Monday. Ongoing 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen.

322-2584, 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 Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County.

Meets every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. 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 does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation. Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

Cineoke. Doors 6;30pm, Cineoke 7-9:30pm. Jewelbox Theater at the Rendezvous, 2322 2nd Ave. It’s like karaoke only better. You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film & lyrics are projected onto the screen. There are hundreds of songs to choose from! $5 cover. www. threedollarbillcinema.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.Freely Speaking.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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

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

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets every Monday. A chance for youth to

National Coming Out Day 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. Ongoing drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. For info, call 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 3222437. www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets every Tuesday.

Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths 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. 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. Meets 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.

Different Drummers. Intermediate 7-8:15pm, Beginners 8:20-9:30pm. Meets 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, 363-4500 or differentdrummers@ mac.com Maybe Baby. 7-8:30pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 511 E Pike St. Meets the 2nd Tuesday each month. Maybe Baby is a support group for LGBTQ people who are interested in becoming parents. info@maybebaby seattle.org or visit www.maybebabyseattle.org Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

7-8:30pm. Seattle Mental Health Institute, 1600 E Olive St (in Conference 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. 722-0729..

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

Positive Outlook. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Tuesday. A confidential support group for Gay & Bi men who have been living long-term with HIV. We come together to share our journeys both in the uccess we have had living with HIV as well as the challenges HIV presents to us. 32-2437.

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. For info, call 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7:30-9pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E. GLBTQ supported. Meets every Tuesday. Focus ob GLBTQI. 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.

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Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

WEDNESDAY - October 12

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 GSBA Prime Time “Pink $ Expo.” 4-8pm. Herban Feast - Sodo Park, 3200 1st Ave S. Enjoy refreshments, good conversation & browse the tables of GSBA exhibitors at this beautiful venue. Cost: GSBA members $10, non-members $15, students $10. RSVP to 363-9188, www.thegsba.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Meets 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 Grief & Loss. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. LGBTQ peer support group for issues surrounding grief & loss. 322-2437. www.sasgcc.org POZSeattle “Coming Out” Social. 6-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Meet us in the downstairs bar for socializing to catch up with old friends, to make new ones & a whole lot of fun. There will be light finger foods to share. This event is free of charge (except for the cost of beverages) & is for all HIV+ men & their friends & family regardles of age, shape, size, gender 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/ Courage to Thrive. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Peer support for survivors of childhood sexual assault. thrivortrees@gmail.com Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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

No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersollcenter.org Lambert House Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Wednesday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project Steering Committee Meeting. 7pm. Call for Capitol Hill location. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month.

New volunteers always welcome. NWLGHMP researches, interprets, & communicates the history of the GLBT community in the Pacific NW. gayhistnw@ aol.com; 903-9517.

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

Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com Brothers of Prometheus. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday This is a group for Gay & Bi men overcoming religious wounding. www. sasgcc.org HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. On going. ARRIVE BY 7:30pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. For info, call 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Imperial Court of Seattle General Membership Meeting. 7:30pm. Neighbours Nightclub (Underground), 1509 Broadway. Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic & Rainier Empire is Seattle’s premier drag society. www.imperialcourtofseattle.com.

Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome.

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

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

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

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender idnetity & expression. (360) 445-2411; www. washingtongenderalliance.com.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 8-9:30pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Wednesday. A 12-step group for quitting & staying off crystal meth.

THURSDAY - October 13

Alcoholics Anonymous “Sober & Safe Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. For info, call 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 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.

“Coming Out Local” - Dinner, Discussion & Auction for OUT for Sustainability. 5:30-10pm.

415 Westlake Ave. Features keynote speaker Sally Clark. Tickets $65. www.brownpapertickets. com/ event/194o58 Write Your Heart Out - A Queer Youth & Allies Writing Group. 5:30-6:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. We all have a story to tell. What is yours? Write Your Heart Out is a safe place for Queer

FRIDAY - October 14

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/14-10/23). www.threedollarbillcinema.org Columbia City Bakery 6th Anniversary Party & Community Fundraising Bake Sale. 7am-7pm. 4865 Rainier Ave S. 100% of sales will be donated to three local community organizations: ERW, Seward Park Audubon Center & Homeward Pet Adoption Center. www.columbiacitybakery.com Homeless Services for Youth, Ages 14-22. 1-4pm.

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

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org Born This Way Kafe. 5-9pm. Cal Anderson Park Shelterhouse, 1635 11th Ave. Every Friday. A welcoming place where LGBTQ youth ages 13-19, friends & allies can gather, be themselves & have fun. 883-6110, randy.wiger@seattle.gov La Movida. 6-7pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Todos los Viernes. Una junta bilingue para la comunidad GLBTQ en recuperacion de adicciones. Para mas informacion visita entrehermanos.org o llame 322-7700.

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 Al-anon Meeting. 7-9pm. CHAC, 1900 E Madison St. LGBTQ-supported. 625-0000, ais@seattle-alanon.org Gamblers Anonymous: Coming Out Winners!

7-8:30pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Friday. A 12-step meeting of Gamblers Anonymous. This is an open meeting, Gay & Lesbian preferred. All persons welcome. 1-888-GA HELPS. Chamber Dance Company (10/13-10/16). 10/1310/15 - 7:30pm; 10/16 - 2pm. Meany Theater, UW. Choreography by Wade Madsen, Bebe Miller, Danial Shapiro & Joanie Smith. General admission: $18 in advance, $20 at the door. UW community: $16 in advance, $18 at the door. Students & seniors: $10 in advance, $12 at the door. www.artsuw.org, www. meany.org Dustbowl Queer Dance Night. 7:30pm-lesson; 8pm11pm-dance. Century Ballroom, East Hall, 915 E Pine St, 2nd Fl. Meets 2nd & 4th Saturdays most months.

Before 8:30pm-$5; after 8:30pm-$7. 21+. 206-3247263; www.centuryballroom.com.

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. Peer support group for Gay & Bi men over 40: honoring the past, accepting the present & embracing the future. Group attendance requires facilitator approval. Please contact Joel Davis at 261-6616. www.sasgcc.org GaYme Night 4 Gay & Bi Men. 8pm-1am. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun for Gay & Bi men. www.sasgcc.org

youth & allies 22 & under to explore one’s self thru the written word. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Come Out For Yourself (COFY). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Thursday. Peer support for people dealing with issues of sexual orientation. 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 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives. 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.)

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. www.sasgcc.org Chamber Dance Company (10/13-10/16). 10/1310/15 - 7:30pm; 10/16 - 2pm. Meany Theater, UW. Choreography by Wade Madsen, Bebe Miller, Danial Shapiro & Joanie Smith. General admission: $18 in advance, $20 at the door. UW community: $16 in advance, $18 at the door. Students & seniors: $10 in advance, $12 at the door. www.artsuw.org, www. meany.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm.

Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Meets every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle Shifting Gears. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Ongoing drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. For info, call 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 Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/14-10/23). www.threedollarbillcinema.org 2da Conferencia De Salud Para La Comunidad Femenina. 10am-3pm. High Point Center, 6400 Sylvan Way SW. En busqueda de la igualdad y justicia social. Mujeres Diversas busca a traves del dialogo interactivo, abordar los temas de: violencia domestica y sus efectos, depresion en la mujer, secretos en la familia, cancer de seno y cervico uterino. 322-7700, 856-8267, laura@entrehermanos.org, martha@ entrehermanos.org Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month.

Starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest.

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SATURDAY - October 15

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/14-10/23). www.threedollarbillcinema.org Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Bi & Bi Mixed-Gender Social Group. 4-6pm. Wayward Coffee, 8570 Greenwood Ave N. Meets 3rd Saturday each month. Social get-together for Bisexual men & women, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks. www.binetseattle.org.

Chamber Dance Company (10/13-10/16). 10/1310/15 - 7:30pm; 10/16 - 2pm. Meany Theater, UW. Choreography by Wade Madsen, Bebe Miller, Danial Shapiro & Joanie Smith. General admission: $18 in advance, $20 at the door. UW community: $16 in advance, $18 at the door. Students & seniors: $10 in advance, $12 at the door. www.artsuw.org, www. meany.org OUTDancing Gay Night. 7:30pm-lesson; 8-11pmdance. Century Ballroom, East Hall, 915 E Pine St, 2nd Fl. Meets 3rd Saturday most months. Featuring salsa, swing and dance favorites. Before 8:30pm-$5; after 8:30pm-$7. 21+. 206-324-7263; www.centuryball room.com.

SUNDAY - October 16

ethylforever@hotmail.com Fall Maple Viewing at Seattle Japanese Garden.

11am-3pm. (Featuring Butoh Performance/Presence from noon-1pm). Washington Park Arboretum, just off south entrance, Lake Washington Blvd. E. & E. Madison St. Five roving rogue ronin (Japanese samurai) will be moving through the garden from noon-1pm during the Fall Maple Viewing afternoon at the Seattle Japanese Garden. Admission: $6-adults; $4-seniors, students.

Chamber Dance Company (10/13-10/16). 10/1310/15 - 7:30pm; 10/16 - 2pm. Meany Theater, UW. Choreography by Wade Madsen, Bebe Miller, Danial Shapiro & Joanie Smith. General admission: $18 in advance, $20 at the door. UW community: $16 in advance, $18 at the door. Students & seniors: $10 in advance, $12 at the door. www.artsuw.org, www. meany.org Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. 329-0793.

“Lights, Camera, Action!” - 2011 Lesbian & Gay Band Association Concert. 3pm. McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. Features music from the cinema performed by a 200 member symphonic band comprised of band members from around the country. Tickets $25-$45.

SGN readers get a 25% discount thru www.lgba2011. org - promotional code RCBLCA.

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COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St, offers an extensive schedule of LGBTQ-supported recovery meetings. www.chacseattle.org, 860-9560 or call 587-2838 - 24/7.

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 Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 511 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

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

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 511 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; LGBTMS Connection@gmail.com. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights

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of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 and over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nw bears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www. seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, www.seattle primetimers.org.

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

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Project at the API Safety Center, April, 4679976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; People of

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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 - 6826711; www.q-law.org Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBT-friendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www. rosehedge.org Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschools coalition.org SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (formerly Dunshee House and Seattle AIDS Support Group) offers free, facilitated & confidential support, discussion & skills groups, retreats, 1 to 1 peer mentoring & special events for those affected by HIV/ AIDS & the greater LGBT communities. 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 providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768.

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle. gov Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org

Shanti - 324-1520; www.rosehedge.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: 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.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacific nwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.iagsdc.org/puddletown; Rain City Soccer: www.raincity soccer.org; Rain Country: 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): magee 98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyball club.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

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

Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey. com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc. org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol. com; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacoma lesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. http://lbtqhealthywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 436-8671.

YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 6712838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 632-0662 ext 49 (non-emergency), 1-888-99-VOICE (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; YouthCare/ Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

Celebrating 38 Years!

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Naked touch, downtown, easy parking. Call 206-292-4TED. See slide show at —

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_______________________________ EXCEPTIONAL BODYWORK Release muscle pain & tension through deep tissue, trigger point & myofascial release. Specializing in back, neck & shoulder pain.

Insurance accepted. Matt Shafer, LMP, 206-524-7766. 50/12 _______________________________

JESSE JAMES MASSAGE

Call for fall specials.

Lic. # MA7881 206-369-4598 YesJesse.com SGN/ _______________________________ MASSAGE ON EASTLAKE 14 years experience, Deep Tissue, treatment to relaxation, licensed and professional. Private office with parking. $50 per hour, $85 per 90 minutes when you mention this ad. Terry Hunt, LMP - www.terryhuntlmp.com. 206651-5751. MA#10481. 39/3 _______________________________

HOME & GARDEN

21 21 licensed LICENSED massage MASSAGE non-sexual - NON-SEXUAL

_______________________________ 1hr-$45/1.5-$65/2hrs-$85 16yrs professionally trained, talented masseur. Enjoyable, blissful, unhurried relaxation.

Swedish/Deep Tissue bodywork for tightness, tension, pain.

JOHN LMP. 206.324.0682. www. bodyworkman.com. 40/3 _______________________________

DREAMSCAPE MASSAGE

Enjoy your First Massage at Dreamscape with $10 OFF! We are located at 619 Broadway E. 206-568-3771. DreamscapeMassage.com. SGN/ _______________________________

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17 VOLUNTEERS volunteers wanted

WANTED

_______________________________ LAMBERT HOUSE seeks volunteers to staff LGBT youth center. Email volunteer@ lamberthouse.org or call 206322-2515 ext *817 for more information. SGN/ _______________________________

(NOTE: New phone & email) Unforgetable bodywork from Russian fitness model. $50/hr.

In and outcalls. Text or call 206430-8692 or email 3377alexmassage@gmail.com. 40/1 _______________________________

PROFICIENT MASSAGE. Price negotiable for people with HIV and previous clients. South King County only. Michael, 253-5291599; 206-499-1767 (cell #). Lic. #8709-3DC. Since 1986. SGN/ _______________________________ 27 travel

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_______________________________ OLD PUERTO VALLARTA RENTAL. Guest BR in condo. Convenient to beach. Attractions day/ nite. 1-2 men. $25.00. austrl@ hotmail.com. 41/3 _______________________________ 36 escorts

36 ESCORTS

_______________________________ BROWN SUGAR color, 5’11”, smooth body and chest, 142 lbs, brown eyes, black hair, very openminded and also do body work.

Tony, 622-9585. Anytime. 40/7 _______________________________

TILE ARTISAN mosaic design layout details consultation available call or text 206-371-2032

Visit us online www.sgn.org

EUROPEAN GUY Friendly, masculine, great smile, hung, total bottom, good-looking.

Luke, 206-323-2427. In/Out. 42/3 _______________________________ MATURE, EXPERIENCED LEATHERMAN offers everything from massage to bondage and leathersex and everything in between! Call 206-326-0104 for appointment. 10/25 _______________________________

38 MEN

_______________________________ 56 YO GWM, 6’4”, large frame, enjoys the ocean, antiques, clocks, casino and new things to enjoy. Seek GWM who knows and wants LTR. No games. Must love Levis and T-shirts. I have a lot to offer. Older men, please reply.

Write Arne N., PO Box 671, Ocean Shores, WA 98569. 42/3 _______________________________ Man-Scapes Assessing Proper Trims for Gentlemen. Why wait long? when you can Properly Trim, Accentuate, and Celebrate the View! 206-3694598. SGN/ _______________________________

PERFECT SHAVE

in the comfort of my home. Ass & ball shave & pubic trim. All three parts only $35. I also do chest, back & legs. Safe & sanitary.

Shave & bodywork combos available. 206-310-3491. 42/3 _______________________________ RAIN CITY JACKS Seattle’s own JO Club, RCJ hosts three group masturbation events every month. Safe, hot, friendly and fun. Adult men only. 888809-5035. info@raincityjacks.org; www.raincityjacks.org. 47/12 _______________________________

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37 bodywork

_______________________________ 1hr-$45/1.5-$65/2hrs-$85 16yrs professionally trained, talented masseur. Enjoyable, blissful, unhurried relaxation.

Swedish/Deep Tissue bodywork for tightness, tension, pain.

JOHN LMP. 206.324.0682. www. bodyworkman.com. 40/3 _______________________________ AMAZING BODYWORK! Deep tissue, erotic bodywork by handsome, hairy-chested, hung therapist. Reasonable rates. Photos, phone number and reviews at website: www.amazingbodywork. com. Robert. 42/6 _______________________________ ASIAN (CHINESE/THAI) Young, muscular, 5’9”, 165, 28 y/o. Sensual/erotic bodywork.

Incalls North Seattle; anywhere else outcalls. 206-713-1459; if I’m out, leave message. $100-incall; $150-outcall. 41/3 _______________________________ DADDY Full body complete massage.

Tender to the touch. Clean and sober only. By appointment only.

206-328-5828 before 10pm. Serious only. daddymaster66@gmail. com. 42/6 _______________________________ FRENCH TOUCH BODYWORK Experienced, friendly European masseur w/a table and sensual hands. In/Out. Luke, 206-3232427. 42/3 _______________________________ QINERGY-BODY-WORK Non-Erotic Therapeutic Massage, men or women. 25 yrs exp, massage table or massage chair, no shower, convenient parking, small Queen Anne home office/studio, straight male (graphic artist, web author). 50% off 1st session ($45 for 1-1/2 hrs), travel extra. By appt only. Chris Pringer, Reiki Master, 206-286-0899. Add’l info via chalicebridge.com/ BMI-Brochure.html. 08/27 _______________________________ GREAT MASSAGE given by highly-trained, clean-cut, handsome guy. I have a clean, private studio just north of the UW. Call Matt, 206-774-9092. In calls/out calls/ hotels. 50/12 _______________________________ HEAD-TO-TOE - hot sensual interaction. Handsome, hairy 9” uncut top. 206-329-0310. Anytime. 41/6 _______________________________

INCALL/OUTCALL

or at your hotel. Experienced bodyworker, good-looking, nice body, nice manners. Guaranteed to make you feel better. Day or night. Call 206-310-3491. 42/3 _______________________________

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