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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 44, Volume 39, November 4, 2011

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Cyndi shines through

Cirque du Soleil’s Immortals, Nov. 9-10

After all these years, singer/activist isn’t so unusual – she’s just human

by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer Twenty-five years ago, Cyndi Lauper’s “True Colors” shined through on the radio and in the hearts of many. It was in the midst of the horrifying AIDS epidemic when she lost her dear Gay friend, came across the song, and made it into a hit that comforted millions.

“I was very much in mourning,” the 58-year-old icon recalls of the chart-topper, the title track from her 1986 album, in our recent chat. “I was sad and I wanted to be able to do something. He wanted me to sing a song for him, and I had written one [“Boy Blue”]. That didn’t work out too good, because I wrote about my feelings – which were big.”

But “True Colors,” originally written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly for Anne Murray, spoke to her. Years later, it’s not just a song; it’s an anthem for everything that Lauper – a selfless, admirable activist

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High-energy acrobatics, elaborate costumes, thoughtful choreography, and whimsical skits.

Now throw in music from the King of Pop, and what you have is Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour. Conceived by Jamie King, a well-respected show creator and video director who’s worked with Madonna, Rihanna, Prince, Ricky Martin, and Pink,

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Coming home the SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Sean Durkin and Elizabeth best Christmas Olsen of Martha Marcy present for May Marlene Megan Hilty Megan Hilty and the Seattle Men’s Chorus’ Cool Yule Holiday Concert November 26-27 Benaroya Hall Megan Hilty is getting to do something that she usually doesn’t get to do: she’s coming home for the holidays. Her performance schedule – whether it’s performing on Broadway or in concerts – usually keeps her away from her home of Bellevue, but not this year. Her return has a (Santa) clause: she’s singing with the Seattle Men’s Chorus in their traditional yearly Cool Yule concert. With such credits as Glinda from Wicked and Doralee Rhodes, the Dolly Parton clone in the stage musical of 9 to 5, Hilty has all of the SMC looking forward, making their lists, and Megan Hilty

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN Contributing Writer Sean Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene is not an easy movie. It’s the story of a young woman, Martha (brilliantly portrayed by Elizabeth Olsen), who after three mysterious years away comes home to her sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) and her new husband Ted (Hugh Dancy) and refuses to talk about where she’s been or what she’s expe-

rienced. It’s an emotionally complex drama filled with numerous questions and very few answers, as the newbie writer/ director forces the audience to come up with the answers for themselves.

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made everybody happy. Thomas said the music stands for justice and freedom. Both Mercy and Cuteness liked Thomas’ brother Lancelot, who played hot congas and melodious xylophone. The group earned a standing ovation. His most recent release is Rise Up. Mercy liked the hostess, who was very helpful with finding seating that worked with her disability.

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Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited at the Triple Door on October 24. Cuteness said she wished Mapfumo had told more stories Thomas Mapfumo about the songs, but that it was a fabulous Cuteness turned Mercy on to Thomas show with a Zimbawean dance band that

Kate Clinton Reality joined Mercy for Kate Clinton at Benaroya Hall on October 28, because Mercy had a conflict. He said Clinton is “really out there.”

Clinton told many great jokes: “This is the home of the Seattle Storm.

The NBA isn’t going to have a season this year, but the WNBA will. I’d like to come back as Sue Bird or Sue Bird’s basketball.”

“I have Bush Tourette’s syndrome: I have to swear whenever I see him.”

“People asked me why I call this ‘The Glee Tour.’ We love Glee because problems are solved in 46 minutes and people break into song and dance for no reason. When I was in high school, they didn’t have the ‘It Gets Better’ videos. They handed out a pamphlet titled, ‘It Doesn’t Look Good.’”

“Google has ruined our fighting. Now we talk about our feelings. I was raised Irish Catholic. If I had a feeling, I went to my room.”

“My girlfriend says I’m jealous of the Tea Party. They are ruining the Republican party. I wanted to do that.”

“I’ve been crazy since they demoted Pluto. Speaking of stars dying: Oprah. Also Weight Watchers changed the point system and the one-point fudgesicle has been changed to three points.”

“BP says the spill has been absorbed, but its raining oil in Detroit. Mother Nature is pissed. We had an earthquake in New York.

People were saying, ‘Did you feel that?’ A Lesbian doesn’t want to hear that.”

“In the airport, I went through the X-ray machine. I have them send it to my doctor.”

“George Bush thought Arab Spring was a

deodorant. You’ll know it is an Arab Spring when Saudi women can drive and vote. You can tell it has been so busy Hillary Clinton hasn’t had time to get a haircut.”

“I’ve become a lazy top. I’m still in charge.

I want to lie down. That’s our foreign policy: leading from behind.”

“We aren’t supposed to talk about taxes.

Let’s call it ‘fees for service.’ If you want to raise money, tax the church. The pope is trying to get his predecessor, John Paul George Ringo, canonized. He has to have three miracles. The first one was healing a woman of Parkinson’s by phone. The second one was making the pedophilia scandal disappear.”

“Obama said his attitude toward Gay marriage was evolving. New York State got marriage equality. They had to have an exception for fundamentalist churches. They wouldn’t have to do Gay weddings. At issue is the use of those ugly multi-purpose rooms. No Gay decorator could do anything with those.”

“There is an election coming. The debates look like American Idol in reverse. They keep adding people. If candidates are going to accept contributions from corporations, they should wear their logos.”

An enthusiastic standing ovation followed.

Rickie Lee Jones Mercy is looking forward to seeing Rickie Lee Jones at Jazz Alley. Band members are Reggie McBride (bass), Johnny Friday (drums), and Carlos Murguia (keys). She will be there November 8 and 9 celebrating her new record Balm in Gilead.

Jones is a singer, songwriter, musician, and producer. She has been performing for 30 years. She has recorded jazz standards, pop, blues, R&B, and soul. She has had five Grammy Award nominations (Record of the Year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, Best Female Rock Vocal Performance, Song of the Year, and Best New Artist, which she won in 1980). She is best known for “Chuck E’s in Love,” “The Moon is Made of Gold,” and “Easy Money.”

You can get your tickets at jazzalley.com.

Kate Clinton October 28 Benaroya Hall There were laughs aplenty at Kate Clinton’s standup event last Friday at Benaroya Hall, and lots of familiar faces were on hand, including our own local funny lady, Lisa Koch.

Kate Clinton’s delivery is a colloquial ramble full of silliness, audience interactions (people feel very free to yell stuff at the stage), and her take on all sorts of issues of the day. Her current tour is called the “Glee-party tour” which she said stands for the show Glee (she adds how afraid the character Sue Sylvester makes her) and the Tea Party.

She then went on to refer to the “teabaggers,” especially noting how her girlfriend, Urvashi, didn’t like her to use the term.

She loves to do what her girlfriend says she oughtn’t. Kate said her girlfriend thinks Kate is jealous of the tea party. Why? Because the Tea Party is destroying the Republican Party, and that’s what Kate wanted to do!

Referencing the current penchant for Republicans to balance the budget “just as households have to,” Kate said that she and Urvashi never really manage to balance their budget. They do, however, pretend to be Republicans who can’t balance the budget, and give up and say “I know, let’s ban

abortion.”

In talking about how our U.S. financial rating went from AAA to AA, she referenced Alcoholics Anonymous and that we need to acknowledge we are powerless over our finances and they have become unmanageable.

Kate referred to the GOP as both “Republican’ts” and “the obstinace-only party” and said their debates are a reverse American Idol contest; they keep adding people instead of voting them off. She listed Rick “Santmoron,” who talks about man-ondog sex and says that Gay marriage is their firewall between people and pets. Herman Cain is the pizza guy. She commented on how Rick Perry now doesn’t want to debate because he’d have to use complete sentences and say something. Michelle Bachmann is “the Skymall of useless ideas,” and there is Mitt “corporations are people” Romney.

Kate made fun of Paul Ryan wanting to give Social Security vouchers. She asked, “Has he met seniors?” Seniors, she said, would just misplace them.

Kate suggested that Arizonans have been sucking their air conditioners too long, and the Freon is going to their brains, and that’s what’s made them crazy enough to pass those anti-immigration laws. She made fun of the anchor-baby concept as she demonstrated pregnant women in labor backing up against the border (to deliver their babies backward over the border).

Another fun thread had to do with Kate becoming an app-maker, though she is ad-

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Kate Clinton brings plenty of laughs

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mittedly very low tech. She created a “Rapture” app: it tells you where to go for goingaway parties when others get Raptured and promises that “we’ll take care of your stuff for you.” She says the Vatican has gotten into the app-making arena, also. They have an app for confession – “Think Outside the Box.” Kate also says that Pope Benedict

now uses Twitter. His first tweet: “OMG.” This is just some of the fun in her 90-minute gig, which earned her a standing ovation and an encore. You might want to go to kateclinton.com or explore her nine books and three CDs, and watch for a return engagement in 2012 for the next opportunity to hear her in person.

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Tense Martha Marcy May Marlene a character-driven marvel

Elizabeth Olsen (l) and Sarah Paulson in Martha

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN Contributing Writer Martha Marcy May Marlene Now Playing Martha (Elizabeth Olsen) has come home.

She called her sister Lucy (Sarah Paulson) from out of the blue, unsure of what to tell her, more unsure of what to ask. But they are together now, and the younger sibling feels safely ensconced in Lucy and her husband Ted’s (Hugh Dancy) New England lakeside country home. Whatever transpired, whatever happened, that’s all in the past, and the two young women are now in a position to reconnect like they haven’t in years.

If only it were that simple. Martha is haunted by her time away, incapable of putting into words what transpired between her and the strange, even-tempered man she knew as Patrick (John Hawkes). She

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continued from cover that a role was meant to be mine; that I was born to play it. I don’t if that’s because of fear or lack of confidence or the fact this was only my second movie, but when I read [Sean’s] script I knew immediately this was something I wanted to do and I felt like I was capable of inhabiting this character.”

Both Olsen and Durkin were here in Seattle for a couple of days to promote their film, and after sitting down with them in a small round-table situation at the downtown Fairmont Olympic Hotel, I knew immediately these were two artists passionate and proud about what they’d accomplished.

Their eagerness to talk about the film sent our discussion into a variety of places. Like the movie itself, I was never quite sure what was going to happen next.

“I was so lucky [Sean] wanted an unknown for the part,” continued the actress.

“It’s really hard when you first start working and the fact he was open to a newcomer at least gave me a shot. … What’s fun about [the audition] is it’s the only time the charac-

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can’t talk about being renamed Marcy May, about making friends with the other women working and living upon Patrick’s farm, or about what it was like to be a part of this male-dominated atmosphere. There are moments she wants to return to that world, brokenhearted that she chose to run away.

But other times her thoughts are not so pristine, not so ebullient about her experiences, and the fear that spreads throughout her bones is so all-encompassing her shrieks sound like daggers diving straight into the very center of Lucy’s heart.

Martha Marcy May Marlene is an emotional knockout. Written and directed by newcomer Sean Durkin, this movie is an immersive, utterly mesmerizing marvel intensely focused upon the inner workings of its main character and how events have conspired to transform her into a shell-shocked survivor, unsure of which way is up and ter is completely your own. Everything you do is yours. And in this case I tried to bring as much as I thought was necessary for the character – I wore no makeup, my hair was a mess, I made a point to try and look like I’d just rolled out of bed – and thankfully when I met Sean he seemed to respond to my approach.”

While an entirely original idea, Durkin was struck when he first fleshed out his scenario on paper to discover one of his closest friends was actually the survivor of a cult much like the one he was intent on depicting. Much like Martha, it took ages for her to be able to speak about her experiences, and even when she was finally able to, doing so was at times far more painful than cathartic, a fact the director couldn’t help but take note of.

“It was crazy,” he admitted. “I had just started working on the film and I was writing and I felt like it was going pretty well and, I don’t know, suddenly she just decided to share her story with me. We talked a lot, actually, over the course of a couple of years in fact. It was interesting because I’d read a lot about manipulation and what living within a cult is like and the things she said

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how deep the rabbit hole into which she descended goes. It is a film about pain, about sacrifice, about family and forgiveness. But most of all, it is a film about the choices we make and how they define us, in the end asking questions about trust and togetherness difficult to grapple with and even harder to find a comfortable answer to.

The movie is dominated by Olsen’s starmaking performance. Closed, closeted, played as close to the vest as anything you can imagine, the gifted youngster makes every ounce of Martha’s pain visible in a way that cuts to the quick and severs the jugular.

She doesn’t say a lot and yet everything is right there within her eye, within her body movements, within the way she curls herself upon the bed, holds a beer, or asks a question of her sister’s curiously effete husband. Her transformation from jovial, almost fearless

upstart into something timid, at times even feral, is astonishing. Olsen makes every syllable and gesture resonate in a way that is as immediate as it is devastating.

It helps that Durkin has surrounded her with an accomplished supporting cast that makes this story sing even more profoundly.

Hawkes isn’t a picture of cultish evil or backwoods smarm, instead choosing to portray Patrick as a mildly benign everyman who moves with a confident slowness that belies his ultimate intent. He’s every bit as incredible here as he was in his Oscar-nominated turn in Winter’s Bone, giving this movie a startlingly sinister center that’s as beguiling as it is tragic.

As for Paulson and Dancy, both do exquisite work, and even though their characters are rather sketchily written they give them a three-dimensional authenticity impossible to ignore. Also quite good are Julia Garner, Louisa Krause, Brady Corbet, and Christopher Abbott portraying fellow residents of Patrick’s commune, each in their own way responsible for facets of Martha’s journey.

The movie slips between the past and present sometimes jarringly, Durkin shuffling between Martha’s current situation to the events that molded her into the state she is now in with a herky-jerky energy fitting his protagonist. Some will find this unnerving, but for me, this tact works close to brilliantly, allowing the climactic moments to reverberate through me in a way they might not have otherwise. The film builds to a conclusion that is as shocking as it is stunning, the last moments forcing me to hold my breath to such an extent I almost thought I’d pass out from the tension.

A case, I guess, could be made that Martha Marcy May Marlene is such an insular story, so relatively simplistic that it isn’t quite deserving of its fractured, almost painfully nondescript finale. I would happily disagree with that sentiment, the film not only earning its critical, tragically obtuse (and even somewhat horrifying) final scene, but also deserving of all the acclaim I can throw its way. Durkin has delivered a fascinating, character-driven marvel, a sensational drama I can foresee myself debating the merits of for many years to come.

matched all of that almost down the line. It was like I was already going down the right path and she just confirmed that, was able to talk about things she had seen and had experienced that made what I was writing about even more real and human.”

At the same time, calling the commune run by actor John Hawkes’ character Patrick a “cult” might be slightly disingenuous.

The director made it a point to leave what was going on at the farm – the way people were behaving, why they were falling under this man’s spell – as nondescript as he could. For both Durkin and Olsen, this was an extremely important element that made the main character’s journey all the more emotionally complex and fascinating.

“We never called it a cult while we were shooting,” stated the filmmaker. “We never used the word. It’s a dysfunctional family, a very dysfunctional family, and through Patrick it is one that is full of manipulative power that has quite a crushing effect upon some of its members, Martha in particular.

Each instance is intimate and distinct within itself, the members of this family not thinking, maybe even refusing to think, about the larger ideas.”

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The Bangles’ Debbi Peterson talks about band’s resurgence

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Did you get the memo? The one about the ’80s being back? Not only are denim jackets and penny loafers getting a second wind, musical acts from the Go-Go’s to The Cars to OMD have resurfaced with new albums and tours in the past year. Add another band to the list: The Bangles. The all-female quartet, recently name-dropped on an episode of Glee, had a long string of hits that included “Walk Like an Egyptian,” “Manic Monday,” “Eternal Flame,” “Be With You,” and “Hazy Shade of Winter.” Three of its original members – Susanna Hoffs, Vicki Peterson, and Debbi Peterson – have released a new album, Sweetheart of the Sun, and are supporting it with a nationwide tour with a Seattle appearance on November 5 at The Showbox Market – visit www. showboxonline.com for ticket information.

Before hitting the road, I managed to get Debbi Peterson – the youngest of the Peterson sisters – on the phone for a brief chat.

Here’s what this Bangle had to say when she stepped into The Music Lounge.

Albert Rodriguez: When was the last time you were in Seattle?

Debbi Peterson: It was probably a year ago last August. We stopped in Seattle up to Alaska to go fishing. It was a little family trip. I really like Seattle. I think it’s a beautiful place. In fact, me and my husband have discussed moving up there for quite a while.

Rodriguez: Do you remember the last time The Bangles played in Seattle?

Peterson: Oh god, it’s been a long time.

I can’t remember offhand, but it’s been a

while.

Rodriguez: Is it safe to say The Bangles have just taken breaks and not really disbanded?

Peterson: It was 1999 when we got back together after our 10-year hiatus from 1989 to 1999. We recorded “Get the Girl” for Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. That was the first time we recorded for 10 years together, all of us, so that was exciting! And we realized, “This is really good, being back together again.” We wrote songs together and got the record Doll Revolution out, and I know it’s been a long time between Doll Revolution and Sweetheart of the Sun but we were still writing, touring, and playing a lot. Of course, we all have kids, so that’s a lot of our time, too. And people want to do their own thing, too, and we respect that. We’ve all kind of done our separate things, but now we’ve gotten to the point – and we’ve communicated this with each other – that it’s not breaking up, it’s just pursuing different interests.

Rodriguez: Did you get to work with Prince in the process of recording “Manic Monday”?

Peterson: He came and played guitar on stage with us a couple of times, which was awesome. We also got to jam with him one time at a studio, like at two in the morning, so that was fun. But we didn’t actually work with him on that song. He basically gave Susanna a cassette tape of it and said, “I want you to do this song,” and then he said, “You can use the backing track that’s on the tape.”

And we said, “No, no, no, we want to do it all ourselves.”

Rodriguez: A Bangles favorite is the band’s cover of [Simon and Garfunkel’s] “Hazy Shade of Winter,” and the first time

Updated music brings Pirates of Penzance into 2011 Dan Dav idso n

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Through November 19 Making operettas from Gilbert and Sullivan relevant to a new generation is a laudable effort, and director Brendan Mack’s little band of players (STAGEright) takes a

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I heard it was in the film Less Than Zero.

Did you guys know the song was going to be placed in that movie and soundtrack?

Peterson: Definitely. We were very aware of that. We actually did that song years before at The Roxy in Los Angeles and other shows we did. When we were just starting out, we were playing that song. So it wasn’t like a new experience, it’s one we’d been doing for a while. We do that a lot, we take these sort of slightly more obscure songs and kind of Bangle-fy them.

Rodriguez: Was there ever a rivalry between The Bangles and the Go-Go’s?

Peterson: No, no. We all joked about it.

Susanna works with Charlotte [Caffey] a lot, writes songs with her. I worked with Gina Schock for a little bit. There’s never been a rivalry. It just makes us laugh when people get us confused.

Rodriguez: A lot of bands from the ’70s and ’80s have reunited for tours, and they’re drawing sold-out crowds. Do you think fans are hungry for that music again?

Peterson: I think they are. Things usually go in cycles anyway, musically. So I think the ’80s are still quite popular now. You see some of the clothes that people are designing that are very ’80s-esque, which is slightly scary. But I guess things come around in circles, so I think people wanna hear that again.

Rodriguez: Does the new generation of The Bangles, The Bangles kids, prefer lis-

tening to your band or do they prefer other kinds of music?

Peterson: My kids, personally, we’re like their second favorite band. I think the Beatles is their first favorite band, so at least we’re No. 2.

Rodriguez: Do you keep up with pop music trends, maybe by way of your kids? Do you have any favorite artists that have come along in the last five years?

Peterson: I’m a big fan of Death Cab for Cutie. I like the Adele record, I really like her. She’s good. But as far as other new acts, my kids are so funny because they like older music, and my son, who’s 14, loves Japanese video game music.

Rodriguez: What does the near future look like for The Bangles?

Peterson: Hopefully, we’re gonna get our new record out across the world and hopefully do some touring overseas. I don’t know yet right now what the plan is, but we’re also going to keep writing and keep creating new music.

Rodriguez: How many songs from the new album and how many Bangles hits might we hear in Seattle?

Peterson: You’ll probably hear about five new songs, but you’ll hear a lot of the older ones, too. We won’t disappoint.

Rodriguez: Are you open to crowd singalongs for “Eternal Flame”?

Peterson: Yes, we love it! We get a kick out of that.

dive into parodying G&S’s classic Pirates of Penzance with some diabolically clever cultural updates. However, they often skirt the edge of the “aren’t we clever,” wink at the audience, and dive off.

If they had walked that scary edge with a bit more assurance, their madcap zaniness would have been sublime. It’s certainly fun, but ends up feeling more like “Let’s put on a play in a garage!” than it needs to be.

Thank goodness for lead actor Jordan Melin as Frederic, a young man who tries to leave indentured piracy on his 21st birthday.

Melin not only knows where the aforementioned edge is and stays on it, but he’s also a darn good singer! Also generally hitting her notes well (in a difficult singing role) is Arwen Dewey as his love interest. Ashley Coates also sings well as Ruth, the hard-ofhearing nurse who wants to marry Frederic.

Not everyone can sing in the uneven cast, but many in the ensemble make up for it with verve and silliness. Colton (Cozy) Josephsen, Sophia Federighi, Tracy Lewis, Britt Boyd, Evan Thomas, Katherine Kuntz, and Ben Cournoyer play multiple roles, cross-dress, and zip from costume change to costume change, along with music director Paul Linnes doubling as the (modern) Major General.

Mack ingeniously entwines Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, and other contemporary musical icons into choreography and music mixes.

Wait for the intermission music, including the theme song to The Andy Griffith Show seamlessly mixed with current pop!

The program helpfully details the entire

plot of the improbable operetta, describing how Frederic got indentured to pirates (his nurse misheard the command to indenture him to a ship’s pilot) and how his sense of duty convinces him he has to return to the pirates rather than kill them. All the music is there if you know it. Songs include “Poor Wand’ring One” and “Modern Major General,” which have seeped into wide cultural awareness.

An aspect of additional fun and flavor is the pre-show. Before the cast take on specific G&S characters, they entertain with some current melodies and campy, enthusiastic jokiness setting the tone for the rest of the event.

Linnes is a real prize since he accompanies them only on piano and has an extensive resume of music direction for companies around town. He’s a wonderful musician. He gets a little frenetic, though, when he has to dive in as a character, losing some of his musical gravitas in the process.

Overall, the lightheartedness and the wicked sense of humor win out, and most of the general sloppiness is forgivable. With the help of the synopsis, no one should be confused about the plot. You might want to bring a pillow, though – those folding chairs are not charitable to the backside.

For more information, go to www.seattlestageright.org or www.brownpapertickets. com/event/200752, or call 800-838-3006.

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keep the level of performance at the top.

John Bogar, a Seattle-based actor making his ACT debut, and Carrie Paff, a Bay Area actress who is also making her ACT debut, tackle the main roles: Phyllis, the seductive second wife with plans to kill her husband for a double indemnity insurance payoff, and Walter Huff, the not-very-bright insurance salesman. (In co-productions, it is often customary to cast actors from both theatrical and geographical areas – thus Seattle’s Bogar and San Francisco’s Paff.

Same with the supporting trio – two from Seattle, one from San Jose.) While each has some interesting moments, there is very little chemistry between Bogar and Paff. No scenes approaches the level of sexiness the sordid tale requires. The fault could be in the script, which obviously needs work before moving to San Jose. The fault could be in the direction – both actors are new to ACT, and, presumably, new to director Beattie.

The fault could be in the casting – perhaps it is just impossible for the two to project the needed level of sensual statement the show requires. There’s nothing really wrong with their performances; the two simply fail to deliver and, therefore, there is an emotional hole at the middle of the show.

Audiences who see the show later in the run could easily find that a sizzling relationship has developed between the characters.

On opening night, it was simply a cipher. Serious Seattle theatergoers will be anxious to read San Jose reviews in the future and see if the show develops an overall smoothness that it obviously needs. Interestingly, the opening-night ACT crowd did not give the show a standing ovation – in clap-happy Seattle where opening-night standing ovations are the norm, that alone says something.

ACT’s original mission as A Contemporary Theatre is fulfilled by a new stage mounting of a classic novel and beloved film. Season subscribers will find much to enjoy. The show should have and could have been better.

ACT offers various discounts for seniors and students as well as pay-what-you-will tickets (based on availability) every day.

Complete details and ticket reservations at (206) 292-7676 or www.acttheatre.org. Various special events – post-play discussions, tastings, an audio-described performance on November 19 – add interest to the November performance schedule of evening and matinee shows. Ask for details.

But that doesn’t translate when showing it to an audience unless the audience already knows the point of it.

Even so, each of the many short scenes do successfully make many tiny story points, allowing us to get more insight into the characters over the six weeks of class. that translate beautifully in the smaller Leo Marty and James look like a great couple, K. Theater space. Andrea Allen directs the but cracks appear as a beguiling student, actors and surely brings each story to the Theresa, an actress who gives up New York, casts a tempting spell on the two male stusurface.

rift, but apparently can do nothing about it.

Schultz is a newly divorced man looking for something different to do with himself, figuring out how to manage his new life.

Patten excels at the subtle everyman throwaway lines, becoming the regular guy who knows little about theater – a feat from a fantastically talented actor.

Higham recently graduated both from Whitman College’s theater department and from Seattle’s Center School, a public school that includes arts in the curriculum.

She does a great job as the shy, uncomfortable Lauren, who wants very much to act but isn’t quite sure whether what they’re doing in class is really going to get her anywhere near a stage. The only note she doesn’t quite hit is at the very end, where she’s supposed to be 10 years older.

Many parts of the play work very well: the confinement in this one rec room, the device of weeks going by for character change, even the device of dozens of short scenes.

To help connect better with those who have never taken theater classes, very short expositions about what the exercises are supposed to accomplish might keep the rest of the audience engaged. However, some of the failings also focus on too many exercises, since once established as the device, watching them gets old pretty quickly. They’re for participating in, not looking at.

For more information, go to www.seattlerep.org or call 206-443-2222.

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The ACT set seems to be a green malachite mausoleum with numerous trap doors and special openings. In itself, it is simply stunning. It opens, it closes, it revolves, it disappears. While using an imposing tomb of marble or malachite seems fitting on paper, in reality, it calls attention to itself and simply overwhelms the action. One friend at intermission had only one question about the play: “How much do you think that cost?”

He was, alas, not involved in the highly charged plot complications, just stunned by the physical realization of the set designer.

Most of the costumes, the overall lighting, and the sound design are full successes.

Costume quibbles: The women’s stockings have no seams – a basic element of period costuming for the 1930s and ’40s. In the bedroom seduction scenes, the leading lady’s “underpinnings” seem to anticipate the 1950s bullet bras more than the show’s softer era. Several of the supporting roles have such perfect costumes – a real strength of this show – so it seems strange that the leading lady is in a time warp.

The stage adaptation seems to want to play it both ways: to make fun of the arch dialog of the over-the-top melodrama and also to play it straight. The opening-night audience roared with laughter at many of the most serious lines. Wright and Pichette keep the novel’s first-person narrative, from the duped insurance salesman’s point of view, and that works well most of the time.

The show’s opening line, “The bleeding has started again,” hooks the viewer and allows the flashback frame of the sordid tale to make theatrical sense. The play’s final moment, though, is almost impossible to narrate and visually it moves so quickly that some first-night audience members – especially, it seems, those seated at the far sides of the thrust stage – were uncertain as to what had happened.

The ACT cast of five is, strangely, anchored by the three supporting actors who play diverse types – and “types” they are.

Director Kurt Beattie, ACT’s artistic director, makes sure that the actors create specific characters. They use different walks, different voices, different wigs, and different costumes, of course. Jessica Martin (a knockout as the sexy, suspicious stepdaughter and even better as the stuffy secretary), Mark Anderson Phillips, and Richard Ziman provide solid support in all scenes and

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by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer Double Indemnity ACT Theatre Through November 20 Expectations have been high all season for ACT’s stage adaptation of James M. Cain’s classic tale of double dealing and double crossing. The world premiere of Double Indemnity ends ACT’s mainstage 2011 season with performances through November 20, opening in time for Halloween and ending just before Thanksgiving. The show – disappointing overall, but not a real turkey – is a co-production with the San Jose Repertory Theatre, where it will move after its Seattle run.

The stage adaptation of the 1930s novel, based on a true crime story from the 1920s, was written by two of Seattle’s favorite actors: David Pichette and R. Hamilton Wright. Interestingly, neither appear in the

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stage version. The novel is best known from the film-noir classic of the same name directed with stylish 1940s sleekness by Billy Wilder, whose screen adaptation changes many major plot points, including the novel’s original ending. The show had “hit” written all over it from the beginning, but, alas, the final results are only so-so.

First the good news: There’s an old adage in stage criticism that “the sets alone are worth the price of admission,” or “the costumes,” or “the performances.” Here the technical work is first-class but all of those elements – sets, costumes, lighting, sound – often seem designed for a different show. It’s hard to stage a death from a train on stage – all the king’s horses and all the king’s lighting effects don’t always add up to the realism, or stylized realism, needed to make that really work. The imagination of the reader is a plus for the novel, the visuals of cinema a necessary element for the film

Circle Mirror Transformation is theater for theater-lovers

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer Circle Mirror Transformation Seattle Repertory Theatre Through November 20 “Theater exercises” are probably pretty familiar to anyone who has ever taken a theater class, but if you have never taken one, you might not understand what they are. So, the new play at Seattle Rep – Circle Mirror Transformation, based entirely on a theater class with theater exercises – might be too insider-ish for some.

Clearly, the opening-night crowd loved it, being composed of virtually all theater insiders. And if you have experienced theater classes, the jokes, the sweetness of the group of participants, and the way the story unfolds over great numbers of very short scenes is a subtle and interesting journey. The five actors comprising the teacher (Marty, played by Gretchen Krich) and students (Marty’s husband, James, played by Peter A. Jacobs; Schultz, played by Michael Patten; Theresa, played by Elizabeth Raetz; and 16-year-old Lauren, played by Anastasia Higham) are uniformly lovely to watch, each in their specific character identity.

There are many quiet and subtle moments

If you have experienced theater classes, the jokes, the sweetness of the group of participants, and the way the story unfolds over great numbers of very short scenes is a subtle and interesting journey.

Annie Baker’s script is a unique way to tell these individual stories, but aspects of the gimmick cause some dragging and preciousness when too many exercises slow down the pacing of the stories without forwarding effect. A funny beginning – all the participants are lying on the floor and trying to count without doing so at the same time as anyone else – doesn’t get explained for almost two-thirds of the script. The exercise is to bring awareness of each other to the surface. It depends on a kind of mystical connection created inside the classroom.

dents. Raetz is absolutely believable as the adorable and quirky Theresa, both in an acty way and in being physically appealing.

Krich also inhabits teacher Marty with an amalgamation of the all the theater teachers you’ve ever known – enthusiastic, yet making the students take it on faith that what they’re doing is “really acting.” We’re left to guess about her failing relationship with James, though Jacobs’ acting makes it very clear that something is missing, enough to Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ allow for a fantasy-crush on Theresa. We gmail.com. understand that they feel badly about the

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continued from cover for the community – stands for. As part of her True Colors Fund, she launched a project last year, the Give a Damn Campaign, to create awareness of LGBT discrimination with the help of high-profile celebrities, many of them heterosexual.

“In any civil rights movement, you need everybody,” Lauper says with heartfelt indignation. “That’s how you win. You need your straight allies.”

She had them on the tour, also named after the song, which ran for two years and featured Debbie Harry, Margaret Cho, The B-52s, and Erasure. Now, Lauper’s showing her support with a shelter, recently opened in central Harlem, to offer supportive housing for LGBT youth without any place to go, who may have been thrown out of their own homes. A mother herself, Lauper can’t fathom a parent disowning their child.

“Parental love should be unconditional,” she says. “Love your kid for who they are or who they aren’t. The parent/child bond should never be broken.”

But if it is, they have a place that loves them: the True Colors Residence. Lauper’s quick not to take all the credit, though; she names off a list of important key players who made this – a six-story, 30-bed facility, the first permanent establishment of its kind in New York – happen. Her manager, Lisa Barbaris, is one of them, along with the West End Intergenerational Residence, a non-profit focused on providing housing for homeless families and the elderly.

“I was the famous person there, but a lot of people did a lot of work,” she says of the shelter’s official opening in September. “I was just the one who cut the ribbon. It’s an interesting project because it’s a low-income housing project, which makes it work on so many other levels. It’s kind of fabulous.”

The same could be said for Lauper’s career, officially launching in the early ’80s – during an out-of-control house party that had the singer persuading her parents to whoop it up, all for a little single called “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” off her 1983 debut She’s So Unusual – as the New Yorker shot to superstardom instantly with funkypunky sunburst hair (one of many colors

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ARIES (March 20 – April 19): If you ask for a raise you’ll get what you’re worth.

Are you willing to risk it? Quiet time alone can help you get insight into early traumas.

Helping those less fortunate can help you to heal them.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): Sex can be healing, but like any medicine one can overdose. Feelings of satiation can open new insights. Even in hard times life can be good and you have the resourceful creative instincts to make the most of it.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 20): Advice from mom about getting ahead is useful, not taken directly, but more as a springboard to clearer ideas. Although others may trigger your anxieties those worries are your own, likely from childhood shames. Still, choose your company carefully.

CANCER (June 21 – July 22): Showing off will lead to criticism, perhaps constructive. In any event, the trick is to consider the source, see what you might learn from it and don’t let it bother you. Stay strong and focused to take charge and deal with family problems.

LEO (July 23 – August 22): Try not to start arguments at home, and if they come your way listen and learn. An older sibling or neighbor has good advice even – or especially – if you don’t like it. Hard work and efficiency at work will be rewarded with greater challenges.

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): Your energy is picking up, liable to go off in different directions. Getting busy around the house is a pleasant diversion – or a distraction. Focus on learning about practical issues. What do you need to learn to be truly successful?

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): Keeping up with the Joneses quickly becomes more jonesing than keeping it up. Challenge yourself to be thrifty. Bitchy, campy discussions can be fun, but easy to overdo. Improve on your own flaws; never mind those of others.

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Efforts to befriend colleagues can backfire.

Constructive criticism should always be offered very carefully. Do your best to receive it graciously. Friends’ insights can help your partnership, even if they challenge your friendship. You love a challenge. Work it out!

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Your eagerness to get ahead could be overdone. Credit and support to your colleagues will help you keep proportion. You don’t need to oversell yourself. Humility – knowing what you’re worth, no more or less – is your key to greatness.

CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): Your own creative visions and hopes are likely to be too extravagant. Share them anyway. Invite your friends to critique your goals. They will help you to develop a keener focus. You have to face domestic discord in order to heal it.

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): Think before responding to any challenge.

You’re feistier than usual and a snap back is likely to make things worse. On the other hand, taking criticism to heart could provide a lot of material for self-improvement.

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we’d see throughout the decade) and her outrageous fashion sense. She, like Madonna, was Gaga before Gaga existed. Lauper had the eccentricity, and she certainly had the hits.

There was the sweet charm of the gotyour-back ballad “Time After Time,” a song still in heavy rotation nearly 30 years later.

“A magical time,” she calls it now. “She Bop” blasted myths of masturbation, promoting it as just as routine as brushing your teeth. The video – and “all my friends and family that showed up in the video with me” – is what she remembers most.

There was also “We Are the World,” the all-star charity single – a monster one, at that – featuring Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, and Lauper. Her fondest memory: “That I walked in with almost the same jacket that Michael had on, and I changed it really quick. But I was upset anyway because I had the flakes in my hair, because I was doing that performance-art piece for the American Music Awards and didn’t have time to clean up. I was having a moment.”

In the next three decades, Lauper would have many more moments. She would win Grammys. Have a son. Sing to a disgruntled group of flyers at an airline terminal. Flub the “Star-Spangled Banner,” and gracefully recover from it, as she did recently before the U.S. Open just this past September.

Looking back, what would she have told her younger, more “unusual” self? “I know I said all the wrong things to the right people,” she laughs, “but probably not listen all the time to everything everybody told me.

That there was a bigger world out there.”

A world she’s still happy to be a part of.

“I’ve been told, ‘No, it’ll never work.’ It’s always the same. But I’m still working.”

Something she was told she could never do – by Sony, her label at the time – was the blues. She sure showed them. To Memphis, With Love is Lauper’s latest release, a live CD/DVD combo that captures one night of her most recent, and one of the more extensive, tours in her career. The songs performed are off last year’s Memphis Blues, her baby she’d been working toward her whole career. Her 11th studio album, the project scored the top spot of the Billboard Blues chart for 14 consecutive weeks.

“It’s the spirit of the blues that propels you into an otherworldly state,” she says. “Basically, that’s what you would hope for from music.”

While editing the docu-style DVD, filmed at The Warehouse in Memphis and featuring special guests Jonny Lang and Tracy Nelson, Lauper had to do the unthinkable for anyone who can’t stand mirrors: look at herself for hours on end.

“Once you get over the fact that you thought you looked different but this is what you really look like, it’s fine,” Lauper laughs. “It’s always that way. You can’t ever take yourself seriously.”

Next up for Lauper? New original music, which she’s currently working on; writing for the Broadway show Kinky Boots; and a memoir that’s still in the early stages. A reality show, set to air early next year, is also in the works.

Lauper’s also determined to get the True Colors Tour – on hold because of the economy – back off the ground.

“It’s going to take a minute to figure out how to do it right but I’ll get it back,” she says. “I always wanted it to be a little party, a real festival in one place – different stages, food and music. But I don’t know really how to do that. I’m not a businessperson; I’m an artist that wanted an inclusive tour with straight people and Gay people and Transgender people – everybody mixed together.

That was my big dream.”

And her true colors, shining through.

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Eric Andrews-Katz: Who were your earliest musical influences?

Megan Hilty: My mom read an article when she was pregnant with me that tonedeaf parents should not sing to their unborn children. Mom thought she was tone-deaf so she played recordings for me instead. I remember hearing Manhattan Transfer or

The Music Man. Those were my earliest influences.

Andrews-Katz: You were in the hit Wicked almost immediately upon graduation from Carnegie Mellon University.

What was your audition like for the show?

Hilty: I actually auditioned before I graduated. I didn’t start until afterwards, though.

It was terrifying. The casting director called me and said “Come in for Wicked!” I’ve been hearing about the show but never saw it before the audition. I was sitting in the audience with my jaw on the floor. I thought it was crazy, that nobody could do it after Kristin [Chenoweth] created Glinda. I had a panic attack. But I looked over the scenes and my goal was to make them laugh. If I could make them laugh once, then I didn’t waste anyone’s time or money. I went in, not knowing that it was the final callbacks, with Joe Mantello and Stephen Schwartz there, and they had me do my stuff. I was there for eight minutes, and they laughed! My agent called and said, “I don’t know what you did for eight minutes, but they want to put you in the show!”

Andrews-Katz: As Glinda, you glide across the stage in mid-air. Were there any hesitations or mishaps about traveling by bubble?

Hilty: Sometimes the bubble would get stuck mid-air, and that’s embarrassing.

There’s nothing you can do until they bring down the curtain. I do my lines from up in the bubble. It didn’t happen often – they are very on top of things like that.

Andrews-Katz: You starred in Vanities, the Musical at its premiere. Vanities had a workshop here, as well. Which role did you play, and in what ways did you identify with the character?

Hilty: Mary, the slut. That’s all I seem to play! I loved working on the music and am a huge fan of the [non-musical] play. It was great to work with those guys. I loved singing “Fly into the Future” – it was my favorite part of the show.

Andrews-Katz: What are the advantages and disadvantages in doing an animated character’s singing voice – like you did for Snow White in Shrek the Third – or performing a role on stage?

Hilty: The thing I really love about voiceovers is that you can do no wrong. You can be as crazy as you want to be and try as many different things as you’d like. The worst that can happen is that they delete it.

It’s so artistically fulfilling to go and play like that with no limits. Where on the stage, you get to try it once in front of an audience.

Thank God you can try it again with a different audience the next day if it doesn’t work. There’s a particular freedom with voiceovers more than other media.

Andrews-Katz: You were involved in the workshops of 9 to 5, originating the role of Doralee Rhodes for the stage production.

How did you come to be involved with the musical?

Hilty: I was up in Toronto doing Wicked. My boyfriend looked at me and said, “They’re doing 9 to 5 as a musical. Joe Mantello is directing. You should totally call and say you are interested in the show.” Literally the next day I got a call and was asked if I wanted to do the show. There were complications, as rehearsals would be in L.A. and there would be a six-week overlay while I was doing Wicked there. Joe Mantello told me, “I’m doing double duty. You can too!”

I said, “Yes please!” Luckily, I didn’t piss anyone off, and everyone in both casts is amazing.

Andrews-Katz: Do you think it’s easier or more difficult to reimagine a character for the stage who is so beloved in a previous film?

Hilty: I think, for me, it’s always incredibly daunting to reimagine something so iconic [as Glinda]. On one hand, the track has been laid for you – it’s established, but you can’t copy what someone else did. It’s not real or honest, so it’s not going to be touching or funny or believable to the audience. You have to figure out how to make it yours, step away from what’s already been established so it can resonate with you. Just accept it. It was terrifying to tell myself that it was OK to do what I was going to do with it, my interpretations, instead of trying to replicate someone else’s work.

Andrews-Katz: You’ve done film, televi-

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Hilty: I just prefer to be working. Period.

I don’t care what it is, I just prefer to be really busy and working on several different things at the same time. The projects I love are different, so I would prefer to keep a good, healthy mix for the rest of my life.

Andrews-Katz: Your new project is entitled Smash, and is called a “musical television series.” What is it going to be about?

Hilty: It’s about the making of a Broadway musical and the drama behind the drama. A group of people are brought together while they are mounting a Broadway show.

It’s awesome! For me, it’s 15 dreams coming true at the same time. I get to sing, dance, and play a fantastic character with so many flaws – and so beautiful at the same time! It’s great. The musical itself is about the life of Marilyn Monroe, so the themes of the show mirror her life if you look hard enough. It’s funny at times, tragic at times, and there are some spectacular musical performances.

It’s original music. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman have written so many of the songs.

Each one is a showstopper!

Andrews-Katz: Do you think with Glee and now Smash, there might be a renaissance with televised musicals?

Hilty: Perhaps. We’ve been called the “adult Glee” and have been compared to them since we announced Smash. The only thing we have in common is that there are musical elements and songs in the show.

Thank God for Glee, though, for without them, shows like ours wouldn’t exist. It made it acceptable and cool to burst out into song. Smash is about theater, not about teenagers and show choirs. It’s about real adult dramas.

Andrews-Katz: Given the option to play any role, regardless of gender or limitations, what role would you love to do on stage?

Hilty: The true role I always wanted to do was Mrs. Lovett [from Sweeney Todd] and the Witch [from Into the Woods]. I’ve idolized Bernadette Peters since I was old enough to speak. She’s going to be playing my mother in Smash! She’s coming in on Thursday, and I’m peeing in my pants over it! I don’t know what I’m going to do. This is my life now, and I’m not sure how I will deal with it.

riously, playing Martha was a fun thing to do. When women give birth, they have this release of biochemicals of something that makes them forget the pain. I feel like that happened with me in regard to this film. I don’t remember all the difficult days I had, I just remember the good.”

Now that the movie has finally left the festival circuit and has entered the multiplex, both Durkin and Olsen are still taken a little aback by just how much buzz and acclaim their tiny independent production has managed to garner. “It’s surreal,” she candidly admitted. “You’re acting alongside people like John Hawkes and Sarah Paulson, and yet everyone keeps focusing on you. … It’s exciting, and if I’d asked myself a year ago if I’d be sitting here right now, I’d have said I was crazy. But as cool as it all is, I still have to live my life and remain who I am. That’s the most important thing.”

As for the director, the excitement generated from the film’s Sundance debut last January and the buzz surrounding its slow platform release is something he doesn’t take for granted. “It’s incredible,” he said with an exuberant smile. “Making movies is a huge fight, just dealing with yourself to stay disciplined and focused is such a great challenge all on its own. It’s so much work. It’s just really rewarding when there’s such a positive response, and while you don’t do it for that, this doesn’t make it any less wonderful. If you believe in what you’re doing, if you put your heart and soul into it, good things will undoubtedly happen.”

its feet and starts dancing.

Rodriguez: Do you have an all-time favorite Michael Jackson song?

Harrison: Too many! It depends on my mood! Michael has done so much, we can’t mention only one. My favorite video is “Smooth Criminal.”

Rodriguez: What do you think audiences will remember most about Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour?

Harrison: One song that stands out very often is “Human Nature.” I hope people will leave the show with a better understanding of who Michael Jackson really was as a

man, an artist, an engaging human being.

Rodriguez: What comes to mind when you hear the word “Seattle”?

Harrison: The Supersonics – I used to do halftime shows at basketball games with my previous troupe – the movie Sleepless in Seattle, and also some dance talents I genuinely respect.

Rodriguez: Will you have any free time to explore Seattle while you are here?

Harrison: I always find time to explore the cities I’m visiting. I will have at least one full day off in Seattle, so we will see what the city has to offer.

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the production brings to life the genius elements that made Jackson an unprecedented superstar - his music, dance, fairy-tale imagination, innovative skills, and lyrical messages for peace and a better world are the centerpoint for this unique performance. Seattle audiences will be among the first to experience the tour when it arrives at Key Arena on November 9 and 10. Tickets, priced between $50 and $250, are available at www.ticketmaster.com or by calling 1-800-745-3000. One of the show’s prominent performers, Terrance Harrison, spoke with Seattle Gay News via email to give us Meg Hilty was born in Bellevue, Wash- a little insight on this latest Cirque du Soleil ington. After attending Sammamish High offering.

School, and the Washington Academy of Performing Arts Conservatory High School Albert Rodriguez: What is your role (in Redmond), she graduated Carnegie Mel- in Michael Jackson The Immortal World lon School of Drama. She will be returning Tour? to Washington to perform with the Seattle Terrance Harrison: I am a jack of all Men’s Chorus for their annual Cool Yule trades – an acrobat, a dancer, and also Bubconcert. bles. Yes, I play Michael Jackson’s famous chimpanzee Bubbles in the show. It is a lot of hard work, a lot of squatting! I truly enjoy this role, it allows me to connect with the continued from page 29 crowd.

Rodriguez: What can you tell us about eyed-women-with-shaved-heads thing go- the show? The music, costumes, lighting, ing on. That’s now how it ever looks or starts choreography? at the beginning. That’s not the world I disHarrison: The show is intense in differcovered in my research and talking with my ent ways. It brings joy to people. Everybody friend. We needed to have a place that was has their own memories of Michael Jackappealing, a place where the audience could son. The show highlights moments of Miunderstand why someone as smart and as chael Jackson’s life. Through his music, we confident and Martha could allow herself discover the fun-loving man – the iconic MJ to fall under Patrick’s spell. There are some – and also the emotional man he was. I don’t good, wholesome values there that a person want to reveal too much about the show, but could be drawn to. They just get manipu- it is driven by his voice, original recordings lated.” of Michael’s voice. It is a massive, impres“You know what’s funny?” asked Olsen. sive production.

“I feel like because I had just finished my Rodriguez: How much rehearsal has third year of acting conservatory, all you do gone into this production? is run the gamut of human emotions from Harrison: Six long months of rehearsals class to class. I think when your instrument prior to the opening night in Montreal. Ten is used to it, when it has been exercised so hours per day, sometimes six days a week. I well, you’re able to access certain things don’t miss that regime at all. you’d never imagine you could have otherRodriguez: What is your favorite part of wise.” the show?

“The hard part is crafting the story. GivHarrison: I would say I have two favoring things specificity. Making sure there ite parts: The “They Don’t Care About Us” is a clear journey. So what was so exciting song/number is just so powerful. I also reabout this script and then about the way we ally enjoy listening to Michael’s voice durshot the movie itself is that Martha was like ing “I’ll Be There.” This is a very emotional this large playground that [I] got to play on, moment. and it wasn’t like I could just hang on the Rodriguez: Is there any part of the permonkey bars as you could in, say, a genre- formance where the audience is asked to specific film. It was being able to access as participate? much of yourself as you could, to be able to Harrison: When Bubbles is the DJ, he explore. It was this fun thing to do. Maybe wants the audience to get up on their feet. that makes me a bit of a masochist but, se- We really enjoy when the audience gets on

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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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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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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.

community calendar

November 5 thru November 13 A roundtable discussion of Frederick Engels’ classic work on the persistent problem of women’s inequality & how it can be overcome. Suggested donation $2 per session. Everyone welcome. Sponsored by Radical Women. 722-6057, rwseattle@mindspring.com

TUESDAY - November 8

SATURDAY - November 5

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.

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

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridge club.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com “Red, White & Proud” - 2011/2012 Mr & Miss Gay Seattle Pageant. Doors 5pm, Pageant ^pm.

Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Join the Imperial Court of Seattle & Miss Gay Seattle XLVI Jetta Mae & Mr Gay Seattle XXXV David for an evening of fine drag entertainment & celebration. $10 suggested donation. www.imperialcourtofseattle.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.

Queer Milonga Dance Night. 8pm-lesson; 9pm12am-dance. Century Ballroom, East Hall, 915 E Pine St, 2nd Fl. Meets 1st Saturday most months; check calendar on website to confirm. Lesson & dance, $10; dance only before 9:30pm-$5; after 9:30pm-$7. Must be 21+. 206-324-7263; www.centuryballroom.com.

SUNDAY - November 6

Daylight Saving Time Ends 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/ Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. 9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www. borderriders.com Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

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

Lotus Sisters. 11am-1:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 1st Sunday of every month. Drop-in Buddhist meditation Sangha for LBTQ women. Lotus.sisters@ yahoo.com; www.sasgcc.org Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6177, or Mike Chin (509) 990-0007. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www. dharmabuddies.org 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. To sign up visit www.raincity soccer.org Rain City Jacks. West Queen Anne/Interbay. 1st Sunday each month, 2pm; 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & non-profit private club. Membership required. Adult men only. Enrollment available at the door. www. raincity jacks.org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5033.

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

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 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.

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.

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

MONDAY - November 7

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. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@ yahoo. com or phone (360) 722-1664.

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.)

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

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 Music of Remembrance “What a Life!” 7:30pm.

Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & Union St. Hans Gal’s satiric camp performances written & performed while he was held in a British detention camp. Tickets $35. www. musicofremembrance.org Weekly Feminist Reading Circle: Origin of the Family, Private Property & the State. 7:30-9pm. 3314 Wallingford Ave N, #2. Meets every Monday thru 12/12.

Last Day to Vote (Ballots must be postmarked by midnight tonight. If you want to vote in person visit www.kingcounty.gov/elections/voting/ballotdropboxes.aspx for locations.)

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. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-2505002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. 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 information & 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. For information email info@maybebabyseattle.org or visit www.maybebaby seattle.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.

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian

Celebrating 38 Years!

Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday.

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

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

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com.

WEDNESDAY - November 9

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm.

Call for details, location & to RSVP. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.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 Courage to Thrive. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Peer support for survivors of childhood sexual assault. thrivortrees@gmail.com 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 Traditional (US) Thanksgiving Holiday Social. 6-8:30pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Meet us in the downstairs bar for a fully catered “Traditional Thanksgiving Holiday Meal” generously provided by some of our wonderful volunteers & members of POZSeattle. Turkey, dressing, homemade cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes & gravy, veggies & holiday dessert. This event is free (except for the cost of beverages) & is for all HIV+ men & their friends, regardless of age, shape, size, or color. Donations always welcome. 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/ When Your Path to Pregnancy Requires Donor Sperm. 6-7:30pm. 1505 Westlake Ave N. Increasingly single women & Lesbian couples are looking to achieve pregnancy requiring the use of donor sperm. This free seminar covers the process of using donor sperm & answers the most commonly asked questions. www. seattlefertilitylgbt.com Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Volunteer Park (in front of Black Sun across for museum). Every Wednesday. (See Saturday at 9am.)

For a Wicked Good Time - Reading & Book Signing with Gregory Maguire. 7pm. University Temple UMC, NE 43rd St & 15th Ave NE. Maguire’s immensely popular The Wicked Years series reaches its conclusion with Out of Oz. Amidst the chaos of a Land of Oz in turmoil, a little green baby has come of age & taken up her broom.

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.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 by collecting oral histories, preserving historical materials, & presenting public programs such as exhibits, walking tours, & slide shows. gayhistnw@aol.com; 903-9517.

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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

community calendar The Rise N’ Shine Charity Drag Event

listing at 6pm.)

Sisters Organize for Survival Meeting. 7pm. New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave S. Light snacks available for a donation. For more information call 722-6057. www.sistersorganizeforsurvival.org Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. www.sasgcc.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. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone.

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.)

FRIDAY - November 11

Carmen Sense will be hosting the event.

Guest performers include: Miss Gay Washington, Taylor Couture!, Xandria Cox, Brook Lynn Bradshaw, Drew Paridisco, and Lexi Lasso, plus other special guests!

November 10 at 9pm The Lobby Bar 916 E. Pike St. $5 Suggested Donation Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemovie bears-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 (entrance in alley between Broadway and Harvard off E. Pike St). Meets 2nd Wednesday each month. The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic & Rainier Empire, Seattle’s premier drag society, is a social & charitable organization that sponsors numerous shows & balls thruout the year. www.imperialcourtofseattle.com.

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

MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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

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

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

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 - November 10

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

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

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 (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

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. 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; check schedule 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.

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

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 (Also Fridays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

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

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 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 14-22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/Whatcom County-Bellingham Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. 360-733-1500; www.whatcompflag.com; PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

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

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

No Safeword Writers Group. 1-3pm. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. For info & location, NSWG@ sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup. org. (Also meets 4th Monday, 7-9pm.)

Generic Leather Productions of Washington Community Meeting. 1:15pm. Capitol Hill Library, 425 Harvard Ave E. GLPW invites everyone who wants to build a greater Queer Kink Community to come out

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SATURDAY - November 12

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

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.

All men are welcome. www.agatheringof men.org “OMG! Who Arted?” Art Contest Judging. 6-10pm.

Vermillion, 1508 11th Ave. All ages art contest sponsored by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. No cover, donations gladly accepted. Proceeds benefit the Sisters’ “Play Fair!” program.

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 - November 13

& join them. Three vacant board seats will be filled. www.glpw.org 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

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver. us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/ Another-Gay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html Bent Writing Institute promotes written & spoken word in our 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 Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911.

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 511 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

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

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.imperialcourtofseattle.com In The Life - www.inthelifetv.org 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. (The Library is located at Gay City’s offices, on the ground floor behind Kaladi Brothers Coffee - just follow the signs.)

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

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

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.

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Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Project at the API Safety Center, April, 4679976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 3227061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw. org; TwoSpirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with 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

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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 Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html 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.

Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthe babes.com; 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. raincitysoccer. 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): magee98106@ aol.com, www.teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.thepride league.com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org 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. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 4368671. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. As a program of GLSEN/ WA, 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.

Matthews Place.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safe schoolscoalition.org; 632-0662 ext 49 (non-emergency), 1-888-99-VOICE (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; YouthCare/ Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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