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Issue 47, Volume 41, November 22, 2013

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

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by Ron Anders SGN A&E Writer JOHN WATERS NEPTUNE THEATRE December 5 When two storied cultural institutions – Christmas and John Waters – collide, you can be sure that the fallout will be joyously toxic. The esteemed Pope of Trash returns to Seattle in all his pencil-mustached glory to regale us with his one-man show, “A John Waters Christmas.” Since his emergence in the early 1970s as a film director-

screenwriter-terrorist, his multi-hyphenate status has expanded to include film actor, stage star, awards show host, author, and visual artist. I caught up with Waters by phone in Baltimore, his home town and the setting for many of his films.

Ron Anders: You’re a very busy man!

How many of these back-to-back interviews do you have?

John Waters: It’s fine. I just think about Christmas earlier, that’s all. I’ve already bought lots of Christmas presents. I already have my Christmas cards ordered, my parties planned, approved the caterer.

So I’m ahead of the game. Because I’m not see waters page 5

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR Opens November 22 “How do you understand that the heart is missing something?”

So asks a teacher early on in the sprawling coming-of-age romance Blue Is the Warmest Color (La Vie d’Adèle – Chapitre 1 et 2), and it is the pivotal question that runs

through virtually every frame of director Abdellatif Kechiche’s (The Secret of the Grain) prize-winning epic. It is the central query around which everything else will revolve, and while finding a definitive answer is impossible, trying to do so still proves to be an adventure well worth taking for heroine

Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos).

She is 15, with dreams of romance, love, and more drifting through her mind at any given moment. When she meets blue-haired art student Emma (Léa Seydoux), those fantasies begin to become reality, the slightly older girl taking her on a journey of passion, sex, and longing she never could have imagined beforehand. Theirs is a connection neither expected nor see blue page 16

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer MICHAEL BUBLÉ KEY ARENA November 15 This guy knows how to party.

With about 15,000 in attendance, Michael Bublé turned Key Arena into a festive, jazzy night of good music, laughs, and trips down memory lane.

Bublé, a three-time Grammy winner, appeared to the eager crowd from behind a halfdrawn curtain, then slid down a ramp in a tuxedo and opened his two-hour concert with “Fever” as firebombs erupted on stage. The drapes were pulled up for the next number, “Haven’t Met You Yet,” a song written for his wife when she was pregnant with their first child. She and the three monthold newborn, plus family members and close friends from see bublé page 6

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theater and stage

Blast from the past

Buckshot explores the choice between fighting childhood demons and letting them go Shane Regan

Daniel Wood and Katie Driscoll in Buckshot

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

couple of years have included Gay characters without their sexual orientation being at all remarkable in its inclusion. A case BUCKSHOT in point is the newest Macha Monkey play, MACHA MONKEY PRODUCTIONS Buckshot, which features two Lesbian cou(at Cornish Playhouse) ples whose sexuality is all but incidental to Through November 23 the story.

We are beginning to move into a postLocal playwright Courtney Meaker’s sexual-orientation world in theater. Several brand-new play focuses on an angry young new plays that have taken stage in the last woman, Alana (Katie Driscoll), who is try-

ing hard to live an ordinary life doing regular things, like holding down a crappy job and trying to have a decent relationship. She has found Mel (Megan Ahiers), and finally, after two years, they are planning to move in together.

In a phone call from her brother, she learns her uncle Hal has suddenly returned to their childhood home, though he now suffers from Alzheimer’s and doesn’t remember anything about the past. This event throws her life into chaos.

We learn fairly quickly in this unfolding story that Alana doesn’t talk about much, not even to Mel. She knows that her brother Saul (Daniel Wood) is coming to visit, but doesn’t even want to tell Mel that. She practically promises Mel that she won’t quit her job, and then does so with such violence (she throws a stapler at someone) that it’s clear she can never go back. Then she tries to rope best friends Jax and Jalyn (Jordi Montes and Narea Kang) into concealing that fact from Mel so they can have a nice evening.

HAUNTING MEMORIES That Alana has great friends, and a great woman to have a relationship with, speaks to a fundamentally appealing character.

But she has deep flaws. Something terrible happened with Uncle Hal when she and her brother were children. It’s something that neither he nor she has ever spoken about with anyone else. It has forever after changed her personality and she is stuck in bitterness.

The play demonstrates Alana’s attempts to re-create, through flashback, moments of import in her past, including a failed attempt as a teenager to have a straight relationship. Randall Brammer plays the hapless young man, Booker, who tries to have a real romance with her and who ends up the brunt of her anger. Uncle Hal shows up, too, as a great guy whom the kids love, except for hunting expeditions that included mys-

terious extra games that should never have been played.

Alana and Saul try mightily to resolve and get past their childhood injuries, but can’t let go of the pact they made back then to kill Uncle Hal if he ever shows up again after disappearing years before. Alana finds that until she has resolved this issue, she can’t move forward with Mel, who has no real understanding of why their relationship is disintegrating.

Driscoll manages the difficult task of being charismatic enough to allow us to like her and yet show dangerous flashes of anger. Ahiers is engaging, long-suffering, and reasonable. Montes and Kang make a loving couple, though Jax shows an almost unreasonable loyalty to the angry Alana.

Wood creates a believable and supportive brother, and is also able to demonstrate his own pain as the older sibling who could not protect his little sister. Gianni Truzzi has the tricky role of Uncle Hal, who seems normal and unthreatening with just a hint of creepiness.

Director Peggy Gannon moves the action fluidly around a multi-location set (by Brandon Estrella) where actors sit in darkness at times, waiting for their scenes. Lighting is thus extremely important, and Tess Malone’s design also moves fluidly, creating both indoor and outdoor scenes. And the sound of buckshot periodically blasts in sound designer Joseph Swartz’s soundscape.

This is an enjoyable evening, even with a difficult topic, and Meaker’s script does a great job of inserting regular life and doses of humor throughout Alana’s struggle to find a way to manage her past. For more information, go to www.machamonkey.org or call (206) 860-2970.

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Spreadin’ the honey

Honey Bucket and company live up to the hype with ‘Ghetto Trailer’

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor Mizz Honey Bucket, the drag queen rapper of “Bacon Strip” fame, headlined “Mizz Honey’s Ghetto Trailer” November 15 at Re-bar (1114 Howell St.). As with any Honey Bucket show, one would come to expect

employees, bears (lots of them), straights, Gays, you name ’em – they were there. And they knew her lyrics, too. On more than one occasion Mizz Honey Bucket turned the mic around to the audience and they sang back in near-perfect form.

One of the things I thought was most interesting is Mizz Honey Bucket’s wardrobe.

It would seem that Mizz Honey has been spreadin’ her, uhmmm … honey around, and Seattle audiences can’t get enough. raunchy humor, skilled raps, and some gogo bears. While “Ghetto Trailer” had all of those things, there was something more to Friday’s show that did not go unnoticed: A diverse audience of adoring fans.

It would seem that Mizz Honey has been spreadin’ her, uhmmm … honey around, and Seattle audiences can’t get enough.

In the audience were Re-bar elite (you know, the ones who attend anything that happens at Seattle’s lovely come-as-youare establishment), bloggers, city of Seattle

That’s right, drag rap fans, I said “wardrobe.” That is because she wore more than one piece and had at least three costume changes. Now, this is something that made me smile because I have seen (and I know you have, too) many a drag show where the host or headliner didn’t bother to do even one costume change – let alone three! In this category, Mizz “no class” Honey exuded plenty of it! Now, granted, Honey’s wardrobe isn’t exactly the finest of the season – in fact, it probably wasn’t ever the finest of

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Anders: And it’s about your hitchhiking adventures.

Waters: Yes. It’s part fiction in the beginning. I imagined the best 15 rides I could ever get and the worst rides I could get. And then I did it for real, which was 21 rides. It was a good experience. It’s an optimistic book.

Anders: I really loved Role Models. In fact, I sent the book to many friends.

Waters: That book is still doing well. It’s actually become a bestseller.

for all of them – the Directors Guild, the Writers Guild, the Screen Actors Guild. I even vote for the Razzies – the worst movies. That’s plenty! The screeners are already coming. I do my 10-best list every year for Artforum, which comes out in December.

Anders: You’re covering all the bases!

Waters: I try to.

Anders: So you’re off to Australia soon?

Waters: Yes, in March. I just got back from Liverpool. And I go to Key West. And then San Francisco to do the “This Filthy

“A John Waters Christmas” is about how to get through the holiday season – no matter what you think of it, love it or hate it – it’s aimed at you like a steamroller.

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any season, but it works. And that isn’t easy.

To look as ridiculous as Mizz Honey does, and make it as believable as she does, takes continued from cover talent. The “Connie” is always on display (which is where dollar bills go, apparently). here all December – I’m touring with the ALL THE CLASSICS show.

Mizz Honey Bucket performed a lot of Anders: Where are you now? songs from her 2013 release American Ho. Waters: Baltimore.

She rapped “Nice Gut, Big Package” and Anders: I just read an article on the Interother well-known “hits” such as “Tranny” net that said Baltimore was one of the cit(set to the tune of the 1960s hit “Windy”) ies where it’s hardest for straight women to and the song that she told the audience meet straight men. “made it possible for Mizz Honey Bucket to Waters: I actually think it’s easy to find a be on this stage” – “My Connie.” straight man here. Gay people find straight In addition, Mizz Honey Bucket per- men here! formed other songs that the crowd seemed Anders: Baltimore was at the top of the to adore, like “Drunk On” and others that list! seemed to fit the bill nicely.

Waters: Well, we’ll take any title we can Although Mizz Honey’s “connie” and get. As long as we’re not in the middle. As afro are more than enough to fill a two- long as we’re the best or the worst, I’m fine hour show, she brought along some friends with that! for the evening. DJ Lu Ying was on sound Anders: What should unsuspecting Sewhile DJ Ricki Leigh played the beats. attleites expect at “A John Waters ChristThe evening was billed as a night of live mas”? hip-hop, R&B, and soul performances Waters: Well, I don’t think unsuspectwith the emphasis on the word “live.” Lo- ing people wander into “A John Waters cal recording artist and Latino heartthrob Christmas.” I’ve met a few who haven’t seen VELO performed two songs including “We the movies, but generally my shows aren’t Like to Party,” a hit on YouTube with nearly about my movies anymore. It’s more about 16,000 views, and drag queen vocalist Sa- how to get through the holiday season – no shay Supernova did an amazing job with matter what you think of it, love it or hate Etta James’ “All I Could Do Was Cry.” Also it – it’s aimed at you like a steamroller. along for the ghetto-themed trailer-park va- I understand people who can’t stand it. I riety show was the always entertaining and understand religious objections. I underself-described “lunatic drag artist” Cherry stand political objections. But I had great Sur Bête.

Christmases with my family – and continue All in all, I would recommend any Mizz to – so I talk about sex at Christmas, I talk Honey Bucket show for anyone looking for about Christmas movies, Christmas crime, fun without all the pretention of a normal Christmas fashion, Christmas music – evdrag affair. (Not to say that Seattle’s drag ery possible thing. It’s a Christmas fanatic’s scene is pretentious, mind you, but you get advice on how to get through it. my drift.) Mizz Honey Bucket, like Dina Anders: As far as I know, the show is sold Martina, is something to behold. They are out, so you’ll have many people to talk to. characters you just have to see to believe Waters: Good. That’s always nice to hear. and when they leave the stage, you find Anders: You are working on a book. I yourself wanting more and you don’t even read that there is a tentative title of Carsick. know why. Like Dina, it is so very fitting Waters: That’s the title. It comes out June that Mizz Honey graces the Re-bar stage. 3rd. I saw the cover this week, the title page.

Where would we be without that venue?

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Anders: The book gave me the inspiration to come up with my own list of role models.

Waters: Well, everyone has them. It’s usually people you met younger in life – people who gave you an example that anything is possible. I wrote about those people – people who have recovered from something. Everyone in Role Models is more extreme. I’m always incredibly interested in the extreme – good or bad. Or even extremely mediocre. As long as they’re extremely mediocre!

Anders: Actually, you are one of my role models.

Waters: I was on the cover of one of the early Gay magazines. It was called Gay Scene or something like that. Nobody else would put me on the cover! Even the Gay magazines would never ask me if I was Gay. They were afraid that the answer would be worse! It was odd that they wouldn’t ask me if I was Gay! They would go around the subject. But not any more. Now I think, why would they ask me? Isn’t it obvious? I joke around that maybe we have enough Gay people now. Everyone’s Gay now! There should be a panel of extreme perverts who decide if you’re allowed to be Gay. They’d give you a Gay I.D. Anders: What else do we have to look forward to from you?

Waters: I have two big projects that are coming up. But they haven’t been announced yet, so I can’t talk about them.

I’m doing my lecture tour, which has been updated. I’m doing an Australian tour, I’m doing a German tour. I have two art shows opening. I have jobs, so I’m fine.

Anders: When are you going to host the Oscars?

Waters: Well, they haven’t asked me. But I’m a voting academy member and I’ve been on the Independent Spirit Awards for many years. I’ve hosted many things, but not the Oscars. I’m friends with the people who run it now. I’m a paying Oscar member. I vote

World” show.

Anders: What do you think of the new documentary I Am Divine?

Waters: I didn’t make it, but I’m certainly in it. I think Jeffrey Schwarz did a great job.

It really shows a true picture of what Divine was really like, which is probably very different from what many people thought.

Many people thought he lived in drag as that character, but it couldn’t have been further from the truth. Once he established that character, he did the opposite and got good reviews for playing a housewife. He played men in movies too. That’s the direction he was hoping to go in. He said that drag was too hot – with wigs – he was sweating all the time. And all the high heels would break under his weight.

Anders: I also loved the ’Til Death Do Us Part TV show. I wish you were continuing that.

Waters: That was on Court TV, and when it changed to TruTV they couldn’t have reenactments. I had fun doing that. There’s still a certain type of person who recognizes me from that show on the subway. People who don’t know anything else I’ve done.

But they know me from that and the Chucky movie.

Anders: Which Chucky movie were you in?

Waters: Bride of Chucky. I just watched the new Chucky movie [Curse of Chucky] last night. It just came out on DVD. Anders: Polyester is one of my favorite movies.

Waters: I put Tab Hunter in that. He added something to that movie. It added a new realm – a real Hollywood movie star! Jeffrey Schwarz is making a movie about him right now called Tab Hunter Confidential.

Anders: You know, what really sold me on Polyester was that Divine and Tab Hunter went to a drive-in on a date, and the program was a Marguerite Duras triple bill.

Waters: You’re one of the few people who got that joke!

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music

Delta gets jazzy with Michael Bublé VIP appearance

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

A FORTUITOUS OCCASION “I didn’t want to be a wedding singer,” said Bublé, dressed in a two-piece dark suit, retelling the story of being asked to perform at the reception of a prime minister’s daugh-

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continued from cover Bublé’s hometown of Vancouver, B.C., were in the front rows. “It’s almost like a hometown gig,” Bublé remarked.

He acknowledged a couple of diehard fans with handwritten signs, greeting one of them and posing with her for a photo, and then picked up a baby onesie that was tossed on stage. He talked joyfully about being a father, and joked about being surprised when spouse Luisana announced she was expecting, “’cause my wife gets around.”

SONG AND DANCE He dazzled on a cover of Frank Sinatra’s “Try a Little Tenderness” and delivered a romantic yet swingy rendition of Van Morrison’s “Moondance” that allowed him to display some classy dance moves. The stage was big enough to hold a full band plus a local string ensemble, and a second stage was positioned at the opposite end of the arena for VIP guests – each stage had glossy,

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I can honestly say that I was in the same room with Michael Bublé.

Thanks to Delta Air Lines, about 150 Elite SkyMiles members were extended the privilege to watch and hear the threetime Grammy winner be interviewed by Billboard magazine writer Bill Werde. The event took place at Seattle Pavilion, footsteps from Key Arena, where Bublé sang his heart out to 15,000 fans later that night.

Guests were given a commemorative badge upon checking in for the private appearance, and were then allowed into an event space that was transformed into a chic lounge, complete with loveseats, ottomans, circular tables, and chairs in red, white, and blue (Delta’s colors). Two open bars treated guests to wine, IPAs, Pilsners, mixed cocktails, and non-alcoholic beverages.

As he was being introduced, Bublé was visible off to the side of the platform.

Though he didn’t sing, the Canadian singersongwriter answered close to 30 minutes of questions, ranging from his career to his family to his early days in the business, while sitting in a white leather, squareshaped armchair.

Asked about his neat appearance and wardrobe, Bublé simply credited his team of “two Gay guys and a stylist.” A few minutes later, he jokingly admitted to being “a big fan of softcore films.” Come to think of it, he was probably telling the truth. The words “porn video” also slipped out, and I’m not sure why.

More interesting was Bublé’s sincere responses to questions about the launch of his career. Growing up, he idolized fellow countryman Bryan Adams, who collaborates with him on the track “After All,” found on this year’s release, To Be Loved. It was Adams’s album Reckless that inspired Bublé to pursue music, starting out by performing in clubs around Vancouver while a journalism student at the University of British Columbia.

ter’s nuptials. But when he found out that superstar producer David Foster would be in attendance, he leaped at the offer. As the saying goes, the rest is history.

What impressed me most during this Q&A session was Bublé’s openness about prioritizing his personal and professional life, stating that although he’s recently become a husband and father, “I’m married to my career.” He wanted to spend a week with wife Luisana Lopilato and three month-old son Noah in Argentina while she filmed a movie there, but a TV show appearance in Germany derailed his plans. “There goes the war,” he said bluntly, with a frustrated smile.

But making sacrifices does factor into the end result, which is success, something that Bublé acknowledged, aside from the fact that he gets to do what he loves. “For me, it’s bliss,” he noted as the interviewed wrapped up. He neither fielded questions from VIP

guests nor greeted any of them in person, though Bublé did autograph copies of To Be Loved that were part of Delta’s swag bag, which also included a commemorative tour T-shirt and complimentary tickets to the Key Arena concert. SkyMiles guests were given seats to the show inside a special enclosed section, where an alternate stage was set up for Bublé to perform several songs.

The VIP reception with Michael Bublé was presented by Delta Air Lines as both a payback to their Elite SkyMiles members for their customer loyalty and to promote an aggressive expansion with new nonstop flights this year to Shanghai and Los Angeles, and next year to London, Seoul, Hong Kong, and Las Vegas. Currently, Delta flies nonstop from Seattle to Tokyo, Beijing, Shanghai, Paris, Amsterdam, Atlanta, New York, Honolulu, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles.

For information, go to www.delta.com.

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As Bublé sang “Feeling Good,” a series of panel boards sprung up and down behind him and the background LED screen flashed smoke clouds to give it a James Bond-esque vibe. When introducing “Crazy Love,” he naughtily quipped to all the single people in the audience, “This is a wonderful opportunity to get yourself into a threesome.”

He performed a soothing version of “Home,” but I was slightly disappointed with his backdrop imagery. The accompanying video showed various couples, families, and pets, including interracial pairs, sitting and laughing on a sofa, yet no LGBT couples were included. Two men who might have been Gay appeared at the start of the video, though we only saw them for a few seconds and never again. For someone as LGBT-friendly as Bublé is, I felt he played it too safe.

Two surprise entries were slipped onto the set list: the first verse and chorus of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” and a laid-back run-through of Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky.” A medley performed at the alternate stage in-

cluded the Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back,” the Bee Gees’ “To Love Somebody,” and The Beatles’ “All You Need Is Love.” Confetti was sprayed throughout the venue during the latter number.

‘I DON’T WANNA GO’ An encore, with covers of the 1950s torch song “Cry Me a River” and The Drifters’ pop classic “Save the Last Dance for Me,” pushed the show past the two-hour mark.

“I’m supposed to be finished, but I don’t wanna go,” muttered Bublé. He then did an unusual song request for his 11 year-old nephew, O’Shae, the rather saucy “Me and Mrs. Jones.” He closed out the performance with “It’s a Beautiful Day” from his latest album, To Be Loved, backed by animated pictures of rainbows and hot-air balloons.

The bad news for Michael Bublé fans is that he’s outgrown intimate theaters, where his live music sounds 10 times better than inside a large sports arena. The good news, however, is that he hasn’t even turned 40 yet. So we can expect plenty more where this show came from.

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Here come the Scots!

Franz Ferdinand road-tripping to Seattle on spring tour

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

Franz Ferdinand

Celebrating life

EMG’s International Series presents traditional Jewish ‘party music’

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ary 14. Tickets priced at $29.50 ($32 day of show) are now on sale at www.stgpresents. org. Group drummer François Comtois interviewed with SGN two years ago.

Elsewhere, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are coming back for another Seattle performance, slated to play The Paramount Theatre on July 2. The John Butler Trio slides into the Moore Theatre on February 14, Glasvegas performs at Columbia City Theater on February 28, En Vogue returns to Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley on February 27 through March 2, and The Milk Carton Kids are booked at the Neptune Theatre on June 11.

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Glasgow rockers Franz Ferdinand are headed to Seattle next spring, a concert that will indeed sell out faster than you can name the title of their latest single. (It’s “Bullet,” by the way.) The 2004 Mercury Music Prize winners will perform April 24 at The Showbox SoDo, a bigger space than when they slipped through the Emerald City late in 2012 at The Showbox Market. Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action is the fourth studio album from Franz Ferdinand, who exploded onto the music scene nearly 10 years ago with the international hit “Take Me Out.” That song will most definitely be on the set list, as will “Ulysses,” “The Dark of the Matinee,” and “No You Girls.” I’m crossing my fingers for “Love Illumination,” “Outsiders,” and “You’re the Reason I’m Leaving.” Tickets, priced at $34, are now on sale. Get them quick! More on Franz Ferdinand in the coming months – stay glued.

Arcade Fire are so damn good. They’ve never made a bad album, and their newest release, Reflektor, is a jewel. The Canadian-American band will embark on a major North American jaunt in March that runs all the way to late August, including a date at The Gorge Amphitheatre on August 8. The multi-person act will introduce fans to material from Reflektor, but you know they’re gonna pull out “Rebellion (Lies),” “Ready to Start,” “No Cars Go,” and “Sprawl II

(Mountains Beyond Mountains).” Arcade Fire performed on the season premiere of Saturday Night Live and followed that with the half-hour special Here Comes the Night Time, directed by Roman Coppola with cameos from Ben Stiller, Bill Hader, and Seattle native Rainn Wilson. The Montreal-based group won the Album of the Year

Grammy a few years back for The Suburbs.

Tickets for all dates of “The Reflektor Tour” are now on sale via Live Nation (www.livenation.com).

Young the Giant returns for back-to-back concerts on April 5 and 6 at The Showbox Market. If the band name doesn’t sound familiar, perhaps their single “Cough Syrup” rings a bell, sung by Darren Criss in Season 3 of Glee when a football player tries to commit suicide after being outed. The California five-piece scored a previous hit with the track “My Body,” also from their self-titled album. After much anticipation, Young the Giant will release their sophomore effort, Mind Over Matter, on Janu-

by the Early Music Guild at Town Hall – but it might have helped. Music from Jewish celebrations of the Middle Ages and UNA FESTA EBRAICA the Renaissance, most of it vocal, filled the ENSEMBLE LUCIDARIUM/ program and left most of the audience obviEARLY MUSIC GUILD ously very satisfied.

TOWN HALL But a couple things got in my way as I November 16 tried to enjoy this event. First of all, I could You didn’t have to be Jewish to enjoy this not hear the words at all well because of the concert by Ensemble Lucidarium, presented seat I was in and the poor acoustics of Town Hall. I could scarcely tell which language was being sung. There were, truth be told, good translations of the texts in the program, but I cannot truly listen to music and read at the same time. Thus, I had almost no

understanding of what was going on.

Second, as I concentrated on the nature of the music itself, I found it rather unsophisticated in general, having a limited harmonic palette and being of a very repetitive nature.

(The lecture before the concert explained that much of this music was designed to entertain at events characterized by mounting states of drunkenness! Sophistication, in other words, was not the goal.) Only the playful rhythms and the often-syncopated beat held much interest.

There were some interesting period instruments, expertly played, to entertain my ears. Of particular interest was seeing someone employ “circular breathing” to play two recorders at once without ever appearing to breathe! By inhaling through his nose and using his cheeks as bellows, Marco Ferrari played a lengthy piece without the slightest pause for breath.

But the three vocalists were a mixed bag.

One of the women had a beautiful, clear, well-produced soprano, while the other had poor breath control and an unsupported sound that lacked richness. The baritone

was expressive but sang with a style and vocal production that went more for sobs and vocal cracks than beauty of sound. (It would have helped if I could have better heard his words.) His was instead an ethnic style of singing that can be fascinating. I remember being engrossed in hearing the same singer five years ago vocalizing verses from the Koran. But his sound, mixed up in the hall reverberations, washed over me this time without effect.

I hate writing such a negative review, and I stress that I am writing more about my experience than about the performers. I’m sure that if I had had a better seat, and if there had been supratitles to give the gist of what was being sung, that experience would have been a different story altogether.

(Glancing at supratitles disturbs the musical experience much less than burying one’s head in a printed translation in one’s lap.)

Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at rmp62@columbia.edu.

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An exclusive interview with Frances Ha star Greta Gerwig

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer FRANCES HA (Criterion Collection; 2013) After making its debut back in January at the Sundance Film Festival, Noah Baumbach’s (The Squid and the Whale) latest minimalist dramatic-comedy hybrid Frances Ha toured the festival circuit (including a stop here in Seattle) before starting its limited theatrical run at the end of May. Meeting with mostly ecstatic reviews, the film is without question one of 2013’s best, and as such is expected to be on countless critical top-10 lists come the end of December.

Now available on Blu-ray courtesy of the Criterion Collection, the movie revolves

around 27-year-old wannabe dancer Frances, beautifully portrayed by actress and co-writer Greta Gerwig, a young woman in the midst of transition as she begins to realize that her life’s dreams aren’t panning out entirely as expected. It is a melodious motion picture, calling to mind the very best of Woody Allen, François Truffaut, and Eric Rohmer, moving at its own delicate rhythms and presenting its emotional nuances at its unique idiosyncratic beat.

Back in early June I had the pleasure of sitting down for a brief chat with Gerwig about the film. Here are some of the highlights from that interview.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Congratulations on the movie. Seems like it’s been winning awards and getting ecstatic notices everywhere it’s been. That has to mean a lot.

Greta Gerwig: I loved making it. It’s been so fun to share it with people.

Fetters: It’s one of those movies that, when you come out, it’s almost like a contact high. You realize you’ve seen something truly great.

Gerwig: Thank you. That means a lot.

This truly was a labor of love for all of us, I believe. To have people responding to it so strongly and with such passion is just terrific.

Fetters: Talk about the genus of this movie. I seem to remember reading somewhere that you and Noah came up with

all of this over e-mail. Is that correct? Did you ever think in your wildest dreams the two of you would not only be able to craft these thoughts into a cohesive script, but actually get the darn thing made into a feature film?

Gerwig: It’s surprising, right? These things don’t happen. At least, I didn’t believe it would happen. Noah always did.

He never lost faith that we could pull it off, even when we were just sending e-mail back and forth. When we were writing, it just really felt like writing, not filmmaking. The financing was apparently coming together while we were writing the script, but I never really knew anything about that. I’m just inherently sort of a doubter and don’t believe anything until it’s actually out. I could be cast in something but don’t believe I’m going to actually make it until I’m there on the set that first day.

So many things can go wrong with film, so I never count my chickens.

With [Frances Ha], it took a long time to write – about a year. The initial writing was about generat-

ing themes. We needed to find out who these characters were and we wrote a lot of dialogue, trying to allow them to tell us who they were. After we had a lot of stuff we started reading through it all and then pounding it into shape, and while that was a long process, it was also incredibly educational for me because while I’d written plays in college I’d never written a screenplay before. I’d collaborated on outlines of screenplays, but I’d never been responsible for one like I was with this. Over the course of this year of writing I really felt like I learned how to make something work.

Fetters: One of the things that impressed me was just how little fat there was, if there is any at all. How hard is it to streamline things in such a matter? When did you two know when to cut and when to leave well enough alone? I’d imagine there’s some great stuff you both come up with that, for one reason or another, needed to be excised.

Gerwig: That was the most painful thing.

It’s cliché, “kill your darlings,” but I really did have to kill so many darlings that it was really difficult to keep going at times.

You’re so happy that you’ve created something and then to have to cut it, it’s just so painful. But, again, Noah has had so much experience with this and he’s always right about it. Something can be great, but if it doesn’t tighten the story you’re telling it doesn’t matter how great it is, it needs to be cut. I mean, you miss it, that scene or that moment, but you realize the audience will never miss it. Even if it is well-shot and all the [facets] are great, if it isn’t helping tell the story in the most elegant, economical way, then the audience doesn’t want it to be there. see gerwig page 16

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE Opens November 22 Middle films in a trilogy are always a tricky proposition (and, yes, I realize the final book in author Suzanne Collins’s series, Mockingjay, is being split into two parts making this film the second of four, but the axiom still applies). History tells us second chapters are either a series’ high-water mark (The Godfather Part II, The Empire Strikes Back, X2, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers) or an overly cluttered nadir searching for a reason to exist other than to give 15 minutes of exposition setting up the last part of the triptych (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest being arguably the

the process. But President Snow (Donald Sutherland) sees through their ruse and understands the unintended consequences of Katniss’s machinations as far the country’s 12 outlying districts are concerned. Murmurs of uprising are in the wind, and before they have a chance to blossom he knows he needs to make an example of her, as well as the other victors of the Games, to see them abated before they have the opportunity to bloom.

The “Quarter Quell” gives him the opportunity for just this, the 75th anniversary of the Hunger Games allowing for a few new wrinkles – wrinkles he exploits to put Katniss and 23 of her fellow competitors back into the gladiatorial arena for a second time.

For the teenager, a year older and a year wiser but just as emotionally fragile, all she wants to do is find a way for Peeta, not her,

Director Francis Lawrence has managed to craft a brutally exciting adventure, he and screenwriters Simon Beaufoy and Michael Arndt delicately planting the seeds of a rebellion while never losing sight of the bigger picture. most egregious example). Part Twos have to balance giving fans what they want with setting up climactic events while also trying to work as a stand-alone enterprise – character development, story, narrative, and emotion having to work together in ways that the first part of a franchise doesn’t have to worry about.

I can’t say I liked Catching Fire, the sequel to last year’s monster smash The Hunger Games, more than I did its predecessor.

Much like Collins’s book, there are times it covers a lot of familiar ground, the premise itself – victors Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) and Peeta Mellark (Josh Hutcherson) are forced back inside the arena to fight for their lives, this time up against former Hunger Games victors, all trained killers who know a thing or two about bloodletting – more or less an amplified version of what happened the last time around. At the same time, director Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend), taking over for the departed Gary Ross, has managed to craft a brutally exciting adventure, he and screenwriters Simon Beaufoy (127 Hours) and Michael Arndt (Toy Story 3) delicately planting the seeds of a rebellion never losing sight of the bigger picture while at the same time making sure this story in and of itself remains worthy of an emotional investment.

BREWING DISCONTENT When we last left Katniss and Peeta, the pair had found a way to circumvent the rules allowing them both to survive Panem’s 74th annual Hunger Games and become romantically entangled darlings of the Capital in

to survive, the young woman not wanting to be a role model let alone be put forth as some sort of leader or hero. As long as her family is protected and her district is safe, then what’s going on in the outside world is of no concern to her. Pity said outside world doesn’t feel the same.

Francis Lawrence has always been a visual artist of the first degree – it’s his narrative and dramatic chops I’ve always taken issue with. He likes to hammer points home, subtlety, up to now, never a part of his vocabulary. While action sequences in Constantine and I Am Legend looked terrific, while Water for Elephants contained sequences of undeniable hypnotic eloquence, those films all had significant problems as far as their emotional components were concerned. They hit you over the head more often than not, the sheer stupidity of the melodramatics at the heart of all three more than I could bear.

Here, he follows Ross’s lead gloriously, allowing silence to speak volumes completely unafraid to not punch sequences up just for the sake of giving them more visually didactic razzle-dazzle. Additionally, Beaufoy and Arndt, freed from having to engage in any expository excess because audiences are now, or at least should be, relatively accustomed to Collins’s world thanks to the first film, get to move freely from scene to scene and sequence to sequence with few handicaps. Together, these three manage to keep things focused and centered, never overplaying their collective hands, while at the same time cannily foreshadowing many of the perilous events to come.

Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

ALL-STAR REUNION As for the cast, along with Lawrence and Hutcherson the survivors are all back including Sutherland, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Lenny Kravitz, Paula Malcomson, Willow Shields, and Liam Hemsworth. Newcomers include the great Philip Seymour Hoffman as mysterious, close-to-the-vest gamemaker Plutarch Heavensbee, as well as Jeffrey Wright, Amanda Plummer, Jena Malone, Sam Claflin, and 80-year-old legend Lynn Cohen as a handful of the returning Hunger Games veterans forced back into the ring to square off against Katniss. All are pretty terrific, Sutherland, Banks, Kravitz, and Wright making the most indelible impacts, while at the same time all of them are given a moment or two to stand out as far as Beaufoy and Arndt’s relatively complex and intricately designed script is concerned.

But, much like the last time out, this is Jennifer Lawrence’s show, and she’s front and center right from the start exactly as she should be. The young Oscar winner does some dynamic work, mining emotional territories the first film hinted at and which the sequel now makes horrifically explicit.

There is heart, passion, fear, longing, anger, and compassion filtering throughout this performance, all of it coming to the forefront at any one moment depending on the situation. Thing is, Lawrence doesn’t allow herself to go over the top into cartoonish histrionics, holding her own in every scene

no matter what’s going on or who it is she’s sharing the frame with. The last image is all about her, the film closing on a fantastic transformative sight that showcases all who Katniss has been with all she is about to become.

Still, even though facets are different, even though the contenders are no longer children, it almost can’t be helped that essential components carry a staggering level of unavoidable déjà vu. On top of that, director Lawrence seems so intent on keeping himself in check, keeping his tendencies towards melodrama in control, some of the deaths happening inside the Games themselves do not have the impact I felt they should, central players meeting their doom – whether heroically or by happenstance – without the terror or the tragedy connecting as viscerally as they did in the first film.

Thankfully, however, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire doesn’t remotely fail as far as sequels go. Better, as the bridge chapter taking viewers from the initial setup to the cataclysmic, world-in-revolt finale it does a grand job both as a precursor showing how things evolve but also as a standalone entertainment worth watching more than once in its own right. While at this moment I think I enjoyed the first film more, that doesn’t make this second effort any less wonderful, and for my part November 2014 can’t get here fast enough, as I’m excited to see the Girl on Fire’s journey into revolutionary fury continue unabated.

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continued from cover prepared for, their embraces having an influence on their young lives that will be felt for many years to come.

Based (or inspired, for as far as I can tell this is as loose an adaptation of any piece of source material in all of 2013 this side of World War Z) on the Gallic graphic novel by Julie Maroh, director and co-screenwriter Kechiche, working again with Black Venus collaborator Ghalia Lacroix, isn’t interested in genre tropes or melodrama staples. His film eschews easy categorization, playing with stereotypes and clichés in bold, vibrant ways making even the most routine of coming-of-age redundancies feel fresh and new.

His film spirits around Adèle and Emma’s relationship with a spry, imaginative ingenuity that’s constantly intoxicating, passion and pain handled with unflinching specificity making all that’s taking place come home to roost in bracingly authentic fashion.

In many ways, I felt like was watching an amalgam of early John Cassavetes melded with the unflinching European sensibilities of, say, Erick Zonca or brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Kechiche’s bold attention to detail and documentary-like nuance almost without equal. Even at nearly three hours in length, his film isn’t out of sorts or unfocused, and while at times certain tangents have the aura of being off-track or inconsequential the filmmaker continually connects the dots giving them a hardened eloquence difficult to describe and even harder to dismiss.

Adèle Exarchopoulos (l) and Léa Seydoux in Blue Is the Warmest Color

tress), and that’s just a handful of triumphs.

But she goes way beyond anything we’ve seen before portraying Emma, her passionate creature of happenstance and chance never what she appears. This is a full-bodied depiction of carnal longing and festering physical need that is as explosive as it is bewitching, Seydoux neither hero Nor villain, just a fellow traveler on life’s ever-winding road seeking love and togetherness like everyone else.

As magnificent as she is – and she is close to brilliant – Seydoux is nothing in comparison to 19-year-old relative newcomer Exarchopoulos. It’s hard to put into writing just how glorious the actress is, how deep she travels down Adèle’s labyrinthine path, and to call her work the performance of the year would still not quite speak to the heart of just how mind-blowing she is. This is her journey, her enlightenment – the pitfalls

and perils, the triumphs and jubilations, the mundane and the sedentary – all of it and more coming into play as our young principal experiences her sexual awakening. Not a moment feels artificial, not a look is out of place or false, each beat of her performance a carefully calibrated waltz of growth and illumination that’s as profound as it is monumental.

Much has been made of the sex scenes and it’s easy to see why. They are as explicit as advertised, and while their length can border on excessive, at the same time there is nothing puerile or exploitive about what is going on or how it is being depicted.

Yes, some while be titillated, finding voyeuristic excitement in watching Seydoux and Exarchopoulos physically express their desires. But in doing so they may not notice how deftly the actresses, as well as Kechiche, keep these sequences focused upon

the characters and their emotional growth above all else, showing in stunning fashion how sex and love can blossom into one and the same thing, oftentimes at the most unexpected of moments.

I’m not classifying Blue Is the Warmest Color as some sort of “coming out” movie.

It isn’t a “Lesbian melodrama” in the strictest sense. Kechiche’s film is interested in so much more with regard to the human condition that trying to pigeonhole it one way or another does both it and the audience watching it a disservice. Everything, start to finish, constantly and with propulsive magnetism, keeps leading back to that initial question, the heart and its mysterious, virtually unfathomable longings a tale of growth, desire, understanding, lust, and, yes, love that can be intimately understood – orientation, gender, and all the rest notwithstanding.

Fetters: Comparisons to the French New Wave – to Truffaut, Rohmer, or Godard – are somewhat inevitable, I imagine. You’ve probably heard people comment on that 27 billion times at this point.

Gerwig: Yes, true, but I don’t get tired of hearing those comparisons because I really love those filmmakers and their films. I look at it as those directors made some of the best films ever made, I think they were geniuses, so for us to be mentioned in the same breath is amazing. We never talked about points of inspiration, about the French New Wave or Woody Allen, it’s just so baked-in into the way we think that we don’t need to discuss it because those [influences] are just there.

Fetters: Did you find it easier to slip into Frances then maybe other roles because you were so familiar with her through the writing, or was it even more difficult because you were so familiar with her through the writing?

Gerwig: In a funny way, I think it was more of the second. I was scared. While I was proud of [the script] as a piece of writing, thought it was pretty good, I worried I wasn’t the right actress or that I wasn’t a good enough actress to pull it off. I didn’t want to win [the part] by default just because I’d written it. I flirted with not doing it. My agent called me out on that, very astutely asking me if I was stupid, telling me I’d be a fool not to do it.

Truthfully, I think the style of the writing, the kind of writing, it’s the kind of thing I believe I know how to act, and that helps, but that would have been true whether or not I had a part in the writing of it. If I can hear it in my head, then I can usually act it. If I can’t hear it, then I usually have trouble acting it. I thought when I was working with Whit Stillman [on Damsels in Distress] I could really hear it, could hear the rhythm of what it was supposed to be like.

Same was true with Greenberg, which was with Noah, and the same was true with the Woody Allen film [To Rome With Love]. It’s just the kind of thing I understand and relate to. It was also true with this Hollywood film I did, No Strings Attached, where I just knew how to say [my character’s] jokes, I understood the rhythm. That’s always helpful as an actor.

Fetters: You and [Frances Ha co-star] Mickey Sumner have glorious chemistry.

Your relationship felt so lived-in and true, the pain and the happiness all mixed together.

Gerwig: I feel like this is a testament to Mickey’s acting. We didn’t know one another beforehand but since have become very close. She just instantly understood how to play [the role]. She created a kind of intimacy that wasn’t indicated but was just felt.

The way she treated me, all of it just sort of fell into place.

Fetters: For a movie that is so dialoguedriven, the silences are kind of wonderful here. How hard were those moments to convey?

Gerwig: We did a lot of takes. We spent a lot of time trying to produce these layered performances, and it was through a lot of repetition that we were able to get everything that we wanted. Noah and I both had this sense of wanting it to be, both within the scenes and within the movie, that there would be a lot of little moments and then a really long scene, more little moments, then another long scene. We wanted the talkiness and the silences to be of equal parts.

For me, the lynchpin was that Noah started from far enough away [with the camera] that I could act with my whole body and not just with my face. There weren’t any limitations. There are close-ups, yes, but a lot of the time I had the whole frame in which to work within. You could really see the way her [Frances’] whole body was experiencing something instead of just her face, and I think that was a gift to me and allowed me

to make Frances more of a larger-than-life character.

Fetters: You’ve managed to work with some pretty incredible directors – Stillman, Allen, Baumbach, the Duplass brothers, Joe Swanberg, Ti West – at this point. As you get more and more experience, do you long to keep doing more of these smaller, independent projects, or do you find yourself being drawn to bigger-budgeted studio productions?

Gerwig: I love the big studio films as much as I enjoy working on the tiny indies. It’s more for me about the story and the filmmaker than it is about the budget or anything else. It’s a tough time, though.

There was this story last year about how speaking parts for women in features are at an all-time low. That’s pretty depressing. There’s a lot of opportunities on television, whether it be Nurse Jackie or Homeland or Girls or Scandal, both network and non-network, but I love movies and I love cinema and I want to make movies and I want to act in them. It’s more about when these parts come my way, whether studio or tiny film, and if I’m available I can’t wait to jump at them because a lot of times they just feel so rare. Sometimes it can feel like a bit of a wasteland, though, as it comes to studio-backed films. I don’t know why that is.

Fetters: As to that list of directors you’ve had the chance to work with, this is going to be a bit of a softball, but where does Noah rank?

Gerwig: Ho! Well, I guess Noah would have to rank number one, otherwise I might find myself suddenly without a collaborator. No, seriously, I’ve been tremendously lucky. I’ve worked with some amazing filmmakers in my career. With Noah, I feel like we understand things in a similar way.

It’s not like having a twin. It’s like having a collaborator. We’re on the same wavelength but we don’t always agree. There’s just enough irritation, enough pressure, that

we can make the pearl, but no so much that our collaboration doesn’t feel natural. I love working with him.

Fetters: What does Frances say about who we are and where we are at? Does she say something larger about her generation, people around her own age, or is just something confined to the film and nothing broader?

Gerwig: Because it’s the story of a 27-year-old, I really thought of [Frances Ha] as the first time in your life when you start realizing what is your real life [as opposed to] the fantasy you wanted when you were younger. You keep going through this process of accepting the life that you’re living, instead of wishing for the idea of the life you [fantasized] about. I think this is something that happens again and again, and your late 20s is that point where you feel it more acutely then you ever have before, because you’re an adult. To me, the film is about accepting your life and really not allowing other people to dictate what they think you should be doing with it. It’s about being happy with who you are. It’s like Frances needs everyone else’s permission to be happy, but by the end she decides to start living the life that she has and makes the decision for herself that she is going to be happy and not let anyone else decide that for her.

Fetters: In the end, what do you want audiences to take away from watching Frances Ha? What do you hope they feel?

Gerwig: For me, what’s been most gratifying is watching people who are my parents’ age watching the film, people in their 50s and 60s, and seeing them empathize with it and relating to what is going on. I think that’s great. But overall, I think people respond to the fact that this film takes care of its characters. There’s something about this that really touches me, makes me feel really happy and part of something bigger seeing people react like that. It’s gratifying, to say the least.

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ASTOUNDING PERFORMANCES None of which would matter if the actors in charge of bringing all of these numerous layers and emotional gradations to life weren’t up to the challenge presented them, and to say both the every-luminous Seydoux and the astonishing Exarchopoulos rise to the occasion belittles they’re collective achievements. For the former, she’s managed to make an indelible imprint on a number of features ranging from a Hollywood action sequel (Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol) to a Woody Allen treasure (Midnight in Paris) to immaculate French period pieces (Farewell, My Queen; The Last Mis-

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SATURDAY - November 23

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.

Yulefest (11/23 & 11/24). 10am-5pm. Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St. Enjoy the food, music & craft holiday traditions of the Nordic countries. Admission: adults $3, kids 6-12 $1, under 6 free. Parking: suggested donation $2. www.nordicmuseum.org 2013 Taste of GSBA. 5:30pm: Small plates, silent auctions, wine tasting, hosted drinks; 7pm: Dinner & live auction. A fabulous cast of auction items, small plates from GSBA caterers & restaurants, hosted beer, wine & the Svedka vodka signature cocktail, a four-course dinner & show-stopping Broadway musical entertainment. Tickets: GSBA members $225, non-members $250. www.thegsba.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

SUNDAY - November 24

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Center for Spiritual Living. Services 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www. cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 5751 33rd Ave NE. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school;” 9:45am worship. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons.

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Wallingford United Methodist Church. 8:30am & 11am-Worship (10am during summer). 2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. 547-6945 (office); 285-5077 (George).

Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 3238382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGay HikingGroup/ Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am-Sunday Services.

200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org.

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

All ages education 9am, Worship 10am. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation.

524-2322; www.universityucc.org.

Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am-Zazen Instruction, 9:30amZazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. 323-1659, www.seattlesoto zen.com Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30amWorship, 11am-Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www.fumctacoma.org Central Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.” All are welcome. 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am-Sunday Service.

12700 SE 32nd St, Bellevue. An open & affirming congregation. (425) 747-3780.

Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

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Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am-Worship. 911 Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. 682-3620.

Rainier Valley Unitarian Congregation. 10am. 835 Yesler Way. 722-4880, www.rvuuc.org

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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.

Yulefest (11/23 & 11/24). 10am-5pm. Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St. Enjoy the food, music & craft holiday traditions of the Nordic countries. Admission: adults $3, kids 6-12 $1, under 6 free. Parking: suggested donation $2. www.nordicmuseum.org All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am-Worship.

500 Broadway E. Come as you are. All are welcome.

A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org Living Water Fellowship. 10:30am-Worship. 7204 NE 175th St, Kenmore. All GLBT welcome. Pastor Susan George. 963-0807. www.livingwaterwa. com Grace Gospel Chapel. 11am-Worship. 2052 NW 64th St. Oldest independent church ministering primarily to the Gay & Lesbian community. An exciting fellowship ... a place to believe, a place to belong. 784-8495.

Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am-Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies. Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@ gmail.com. Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group via lotus.sisters@yahoo.com. www. dharma buddies.org St Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am-Worship.

6512 12th Ave NW. An “open & affirming” congregation.

“We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” 783-6733; www.stpauluccseattle.com.

Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.com Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org

Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 121:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported.

The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattleal-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. www.raincitysoccer.org Discussion Series - One Hemisphere, Indivisible: Permanent Revolution & Neoliberalism in the Americas. 3-4:30pm. 4710 University Way NE, Suite 100. Meets every Sunday. This timely book by Guerry Hoddersen, journalist & feminist organizer, examines the roots of the US economic crisis & its relationship to the upheavals across Latin America, with special emphasis on the role of women, immigrants & US labor in building cross-border solidarity. FREE. Sponsored

by Freedom Socialist Party. 713-8056, fspseattle@ mindspring.com, www.socialism.com 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 Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women who share their experience, strength & hope with each other so they may overcome their sexual addiction & help others recover from sexual addiction or dependency. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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

Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm-Worship & Fellowship.

St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

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

November 22, 2013

November 23 thru December 1 MONDAY - November 25

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County.

Every Monday. An informal group of Gay men living in Snohomish County meet for dinner at Snohomish County restaurants. For information, location & to RSVP contact Ricardo at socialdinnerclub@yahoo. com or phone (360) 722-1664.

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

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Imperial Court of Seattle General Membership Meeting. 7pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 4th Monday each month. (Board of Directors meeting follows at 8pm.) Meetings open to the public.

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 to provide entertainment, showcase community talent & raise money for community organizations. www.facebook. com/ISCSORE; www.imperialcourtofseattle.com.

No Safeword Writers Group. 7-9pm. Meets 4th Monday 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. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful.

For info & location, NSWG@sexpositive culture.org; www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org (Also meets 2nd Sunday, 1-3pm.)

Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

PFLAG/South King County Monthly Meeting. 7pm.

Unitarian Universalist Church, 25701 14th Pl S, Kent.

Meets 4th Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org 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 Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday.

For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - November 26

Lesbian & Gay Child Care Task Force Monthly Meeting. 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Meets 4th Tuesday each month. The Task Force, in conjunction with Child Care Resources of King County, offers referrals to GLBT-welcoming child care centers & provides training, support & curriculum materials to child care providers. (To access this, call 329-1011 & ask for the “Gay-welcoming” child care programs in your zip code area.) The task force meets monthly to assess their progress in achieving their goals.

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

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBT Smokers Forum. 5:30-7pm. Calamus Auditorium at Gay City, 517 E Pike St. LGBT people who smoke or used to smoke can get a $25 gift card just for giving Gay City your opinions about LGBT smoking in King County. Participants will receive a $25 gift card for participating in a 90-minute focus group. RSVP required. 388-1710, emily@gaycity.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visual

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ize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions?

Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBT MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-2505002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/ love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

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

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

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com Ageless. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

7:30pm. Christ Episcopal Church, 310 N “K” St, Tacoma. Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday.

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

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

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

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SATURDAY - November 30

Hannukah Begins at Sundown Mature Friends Dining Out Luncheon. 12:30pm.

Call for details, location & to make reservations. Meets 2nd & 4th Wednesday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community.

For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett chapter.

(425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com 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. http://faculty.washington.edu/ swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pm-Service. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm.

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

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

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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

This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www.ingersollcenter.org Rain City Jacks. 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm; 1st Sunday each month, 2pm. West Queen Anne/Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & non-profit private club. Membership required. Adult men only. Enrollment available at the door. www. raincityjacks.org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5033.

Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemovie bears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:30pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome.

MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org

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WEDNESDAY - November 27

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.)

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm.

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

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

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

Seattle Men in Leather 25th Annual Leather Daddy & Daddy’s boy Contest Meet & Greet. 7-9pm. Doghouse Leathers, 1312 E Pike St. Meet the contests & judges, enjoy camaraderie & refreshments. www. seattlemeninleather.org Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

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

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm.

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org “Cabaret” - Set in Russia with All-Male Cast (Preview 11/28; Opening 11/29). 8pm. Cornish Playhouse, 201 Mercer St. A groundbreaking modern production of “Cabaret” set in Russia, featuring an all-male cast. www.artsonthewaterfront.com

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

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

THURSDAY - November 28

Thanksgiving Day (Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, some regularly scheduled events may be canceled or rescheduled.

Check with the sponsors of your event to confirm day, time & place.)

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

PFLAG/Tacoma Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 7410 S 12th (at Jackson), Tacoma.

Meets 4th Thursday each month. PFLAG/Tacoma: (253) 383-2318. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

“Cabaret” - Set in Russia with All-Male Cast (Preview 11/28; Opening 11/29). 8pm. Cornish Playhouse, 201 Mercer St. A groundbreaking modern production of “Cabaret” set in Russia, featuring an all-male cast. www.artsonthewaterfront.com Spanksgiving. 9pm-1am. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Join us after dinner. Features Gene Romaine of Generic Leather Productions of Washington & Danelle, Washington State Ms Leather 2013.

FRIDAY - November 29

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

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Magic in the Market. 1-5pm. Pike Place Market, 1st Ave & Pike St. Tree lighting, photos with Santa and his favorite elf under The Clock, Figgy carolers, original stocking stuffers, specialty foods & handcrafted gifts for everyone. Free parking 10am-2pm.

Seattle Men in Leather 25th Annual Leather Daddy & Daddy’s boy Contest. 6-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. www.seattlemeninleather.org “Cabaret” - Set in Russia with All-Male Cast. 8pm.

Cornish Playhouse, 201 Mercer St. A groundbreaking modern production of “Cabaret” set in Russia, featuring an all-male cast. www.artsonthewaterfront.com Seattle Men’s Chorus “Play it Again, Santa” (11/3012/22). 8pm. Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & Union St. Relive musical moments from holidays past & hear brand new versions of festive favorites. Tickets $28-$78.

388-1400; seattlemenschorus.org

SUNDAY - December 1

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

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 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 Seattle Men in Leather 25th Annual Leather Daddy & Daddy’s boy Victory Brunch. 11am-2pm. CC Attle’s, 1701 E Olive Way. Brunch to congratulate the newest Seattle Leather Daddy & Daddy’s boy. www. seattlemeninleather.org Menorahs & Mtizvahs. 2-3:30pm. Jewish Family Services, 1601 16th Ave. Interfaith & Jewish-by-choice families welcome. Join us for snacks, story, songs & lighting the fifth candle of Chanukah.

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

Seattle Men’s Chorus “Play it Again, Santa” (11/3012/22). 2pm. Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & Union St. Relive musical moments from holidays past & hear brand new versions of festive favorites. Tickets $28-$78.

388-1400, seattlemenschorus.org PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. 1st Sunday of every month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info 325-6051, www. seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv “Cabaret” - Set in Russia with All-Male Cast. 8pm.

Cornish Playhouse, 201 Mercer St. A groundbreaking modern production of “Cabaret” set in Russia, featuring an all-male cast. www.artsonthewaterfront.com

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COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us 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 LGBTQI communities. 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 - www.chacseattle.org 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 Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info 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.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www.imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

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

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

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com 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 gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption, 4417602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’

Visit us online www.sgn.org

community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families. 323-1768.

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.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.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com 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: capitolhillcycling@groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby.com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball. org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/EthylForever CarClub/; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www. oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recre-

ation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra. org; Puddletown Squares: www.puddletownsquares. org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@gmail. com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www. seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orca swimteam.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 Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Alliance of the South Sound: www.SouthSoundGender.com; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter. org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup. webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www. facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-DiscussionGroup/262449878114; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www.washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc. org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern. org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenof westseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealthywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 461-4493.

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth. org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206-957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter. org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch. org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook. com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206326-9112, www.facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space.org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 - Sarah Hardin, 425271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www. thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@ chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/ Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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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 Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@ yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ personal/glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 682-6711; www.q-law.org; Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - 235-7235.

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 - your call will be returned.

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

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