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Issue 52, Volume 41, December 27, 2013

Mike Ruiz

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

an who graduated from Cornish College of the Arts a short time ago.

If 2013 belonged to MacklLambert now embarks on her emore and Ryan Lewis, maybe own musical journey, releasing a 2014 will be the year of Mary Lambert.

The Seattle-born si nge rsong w r it er gained international attention when she penned and sang the chorus of the mega brand new four-song EP entitled hit “Same Love,” earning a Welcome to the Age of My Body, Grammy nomination for Song which hit record stores last of the Year and an MTV VMA week. She’ll perform February 1 statue for Best Video with a So- at The Showbox Market. cial Message.

Having just returned home, Not shabby for a young wom- I spoke with the musician by

phone at her home in Belltown.

Here’s what the talented, Grammy-nominated Mary Lambert had to say inside The Music Lounge.

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Albert Rodri“When we did Ellen I thought, guez: Do you ‘This is just crazy!’ When [‘Same Love’] know yet if you’re on the hit radio, that was double crazy, and performing Grammy telecast?

Mary Lamwhen it hit hip-hop radio it was way, bert: We’re not totally sure yet. way beyond anything that anyone But I hope so; it would be unbethought it would be.” lievable, if we could. I’m just thankful to be nominated.

Rodriguez: Have you picked out an outfit for the Grammys?

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by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor Quick Change!: A Two-Woman Burlesque Show About Life, And Other Hard Things Bella Bijoux and Flirty Sanchez Theatre Off Jackson December 28 After a sold out run in July, Quick Change! is back for one night only!

“Seattle’s favorite grannies are ready to bring the heat – and it’s not just the hot flashes,” the production team says in a media release announcing the onenight-only show. “Please join Flirty Sanchez and Bella Bijoux as they strip back the years in this two-woman multimedia burlesque show.”

Setting the stage from their first collegiate encounter to their Friday night bridge games at the

(l-r) Joaquin Phoenix in Her, Chiwetel Ejiofor in ‪12 Years a Slave, and Julie Delphy and Ethan Hawke in Before Midnight

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer I’m astonished at just how great a year, cinematically speaking, 2013 somehow morphed itself into. Back at the end of June, while I was struck at how solid things had been for independent and foreign titles, there were only

two studio produced efforts, Steven Soderbergh’s Side Effects and Paul Fieg’s The Heat, that were even part of the conversation.

Now, six months later, the sheer volume of superlative film that has been on display this year is staggering and trying to compile any sort of “best-of” list is a surprisingly difficult struggle.

Why? There’s just too much good stuff! And, while I’m not complaining, I feel horrible that plenty of outstanding pieces of entertainment are undoubtedly going to be left out of the conversation, if only because it’s impossible to list them all. Movies that see movies page 6

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Now Playing Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) isn’t inherently a bad man. A working class kid with stars in his eyes and dollar signs clouding his thinking, after his first job as a New York stockbroker doesn’t go to plan, the whip-smart salesman finds himself sitting on the bottom of despair unsure the best path forward. Hatching onto a plan involving low-priced stocks and big commissions, he rounds up a group of friends and teaches them how to sell everything and anything, quickly building up a portfolio and a company the envy of all of Wall Street.

But what begins as an attempt to make a better life for himself and his family soon spirals out of control into unimaginable excess. Fueled by drugs, booze and women more than willing to debase themselves at his feet for a handful of cash, Belfort skirts the rules and bends every law he can in the pursuit of more, catching the eye of straightlaced FBI Agent Patrick Denham (Kyle Chandler) in the process.

Based on Belfort’s memoir, Martin Scorsese’s Quaalude-fueled bleakly comic New York financial industry free-for-all The Wolf of Wall Street is a coal black evisceration that’s so in-your-face, watching it is akin to a bodily assault. The movie slapped me around, stepped on my hands, kicked me in the stomach and spit in my face, doing so with a kinetic ferocity that was so allencompassing, the cumulative effect was staggering. At just shy of three hours, the movie isn’t for the faint of heart or spirit, the legendary director playing at such a fevered pace and with such surrealistic brio, calling the picture a 180 minute meat grinder wouldn’t be too far off the mark.

Is it entertaining? Yes and no, the full impact of just how heinous the main players

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are and the real lack of any sort of meaty comeuppance – the point of it all, after all – rightly disconcerting. But the movie is so filled with energy, so enthusiastically crafted and so brilliantly acted by its key players, it’s difficult not to be impressed. More than that, though, Scorsese and screenwriter Terrence Winter (Get Rich or Die Tryin’) do a magnificent job of placing the viewer right into the middle of the maelstrom, allowing

ing the kind of all-encompassing showcase sure to be dissected, debated and, in some corners, excoriated for many years to come.

As per usual, the rest of the cast Scorsese has assembled is up to the challenge. Jonah Hill has never been better, and that includes his Oscar-nominated turn in Moneyball.

He’s Belfort’s best friend, business partner and, in all of the worst ways, his enabler Donnie Azoff, helping him achieve his suc-

scene-stealer Jon Bernthal makes a major imprint every time he steps into the frame.

But the real surprise is newcomer Margot Robbie, the young Australian actress crafting a complex and marvelously nuanced performance as Belfort’s second wife, Naomi. She’s the only truly sympathetic figure present in this entire saga, and what on the surface appears to be nothing more than a superficial gold-digger turns out to be a humane and caring figure of regret and sadness who sees the good in everyone only to have them let her down time and time again.

The film is long, there’s no getting around that, and there are portions that, while in and of themselves are exceptionally delivered and exceedingly well made, repeat themes and ideas in Winter’s script that are already readily apparent. It can also be said that Scorsese, for all his flash and his flair, isn’t digging as deeply into this morass has he possibly could have, allowing Belfort and his cronies somewhat off the hook in ways that come close to celebrating their more odious character defects (of which there are too many to recount).

But that might just be the point. Showing the zest, flair and abilities of a much younger filmmaker, Scorsese’s willingness to throw convention out with the bathwater isn’t just laudable, it’s worthy of celebration. It’s as if he’s managed to combine the best attributes of Goodfellas, Casino, After Hours and The King of Comedy into one odd-duck of a cinematic character study, the film treading the line between melodramatic tragedy and pitch black comedic prodigality with superlative ease. His statements about the one percent and their seeming indifference to the rest of the world isn’t revelatory, but that doesn’t make them any

Martin Scorsese’s Quaalude-fueled bleakly comic New York financial industry free-for-all The Wolf of Wall Street is a coal black evisceration that’s so in-your-face, watching it is akin to a bodily assault. The movie slapped me around, stepped on my hands, kicked me in the stomach and spit in my face, doing so with a kinetic ferocity that was so all-encompassing, the cumulative effect was staggering. us to feel what Belfort does, making this particular merry-go-round shockingly easy to ride.

DiCaprio throws himself into this with everything he’s got. This is a freewheeling, uninhibited performance freed from constraint. He’s a madman living in the moment, doing everything he can to feed an overwhelming need for celebrity and materialistic intemperance, falling over the line of decency into nihilistic psychosis. But what makes him magnificent isn’t the fact he’s willing to go wherever Scorsese chooses to lead him, but that he’s doing it in total servitude to the story. In lesser hands this could have just been an over-the-top scenery chomping showcase of bluster and bile but in his, it is extraordinary, DiCaprio deliver-

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cess just at the same time he unintentionally undermines it with bad decision making skills and a yen for anything he can snort up his nose. Matthew McConaughey, who apparently is no longer capable of choosing a bad role, shows up early on, making an indelible imprint as a Wall Street titan who inadvertently sets Belfort on his narcissistic path, stealing every second he appears on screen with an arrogant swagger that’s mesmeric.

The remainder of the supporting players, including Chandler, Jean Dujardin, Joanna Lumley, Shea Whigham, P.J. Byrne, Cristin Milioti and directors Rob Reiner and Jon Favreau all have signature moments that justifiably standout, while former “The Walking Dead” and current Grudge Match

less necessary, Scorsese keeping his eye on the prize no matter how unwieldy or absurd what’s going on inside the story he’s telling might in fact become.

The Wolf of Wall Street is the kind of movie I feel like I need to watch multiple times in order to get a proper hold of it. It’s disgusting central figures and the way it looks at them with such dispassionate clarity is as off-putting and as ugly as it should be, the bad taste building in my mouth as indispensable as it is unexpected. Scorsese’s zestfully anarchic approach is exactly as it should be, the Oscar-winning director proving once again he’s still America’s reigning cinematic poet laureate willing to go places and do things others wouldn’t dream of let alone attempt.

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letters of affirmation, thanks and love for others. But as good as he is at doing this, getting into the mindset of those seeking his services with ease, his own personal life is a mess, the thirty-something writer dealing with the repercussions of a failed marriage he refuses to put behind him.

Enter Samantha (Scarlett Johansson).

She’s the voice of a brand new operating system Theodore has recently purchased

stands. Phoenix is raw, totally unvarnished, his smile capable of lighting up a room while his misery produces a bucket of tears just with the quivering of a lip or the trembling of an eyebrow.

Then, there is Johansson. I almost don’t know what to say, as this is one of the best vocal performances I’ve ever come into contact with. This goes so far beyond the reading of lines, putting what she accomplishes in some sort of hardened, tactile perspective almost impossible. Safe to say, with nothing more than the timber of her voice or the enunciation of certain syllables, she crafts a living, breathing character out of a machine, developing a believable chemistry with her co-star capable of snapping a per-

Set in a Los Angeles of the very near future, this is as perfect and as precise an examination of our current obsession with technology and with living our lives online as anything that I’ve ever seen.

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer HER Now Playing Spike Jonze is as singular and as original a filmmaker as there is working today. The man behind such iridescent achievements as Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, this idiosyncratic filmmaker has outdone himself with the beguiling, multifaceted science fiction influenced love story, Her. Set in a Los Angeles of the very near future, this is as perfect and as precise an examination of our current obsession with technology and with living our lives online as anything that I’ve ever seen, it’s that prescient and innovative.

More than that, though, it is an honestly constructed romance that enlivens the soul, understanding the delicate intricacies of the human heart with startling perceptiveness.

It’s relatable in ways difficult to describe, a fact made more impressive when you consider that the central love affair revolves around a human being of flesh, blood and bone and a programmed computer operating system made of software, code and unfathomable bits of digitized circuitry.

Yes, you read that right. Her revolves around the romance between a man and, not a computer, not a machine, but an operating system (O.S. for short). What’s more, it’s believable. Better, it’s authentic, traversing the heart’s most mysterious pathways with remarkable ease. Jonze’s script is an incredible one-of-a-kind-journey of self-discovery and experimentation that is universal in its humanistic underpinnings, making relating to all that’s taking place a far easier thing than one might initially surmise.

The central protagonist is Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix), a sensitive creative sort who makes his living composing handwritten

to run his personal systems. She’s smart, funny, insightful and amazingly intuitive, showcasing a zest for learning and a passion for life he hasn’t allowed himself to experience since his marriage dissolved.

Theodore is smitten, the pair evolving onewith-the-other as the man learns to open his heart back to others, while the O.S. evolves into a self-aware consciousness eager to experience all of the emotions the world has to offer.

Jonze allows the futuristic aspects of his scenario to augment all that it is he’s talking about, the filmmaker looking at our online digital world and how we’re slowly allowing ourselves to disconnect from human contact in shocking detail. At the same time he uses Theodore and Samantha’s story to showcase how love can bloom and blossom in the most unique and unexpected of places, each bringing out the best in the other as they both progress into something vibrant, alive and, most of all, new.

Phoenix gives a performance that’s as superb as anything he’s ever given, at the very least equaling last year’s turn in The Master, but still catching me continually by surprise. This is as nakedly open and as emotionally pure an acting job as any this year, every facet of Theodore’s being coming to light in incremental stages, depending on where his relationship with Samantha

son’s heart in two.

Splendid supporting work is turned in by Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Chris Pratt, Kristen Wiig, Olivia Wilde, Portia Doubleday and Laura Kai Chen, each making the most of their respective appearances, adding insights and gradations to the story that could not have existed without them. Arcade Fire provides the stirring, delicately balanced score, while Hoyte Van Hoytema’s (Let the Right One In) cinematography impresses with its naturalistic visual evolutions. As for K.K. Barrett’s (Where the Wild Things Are) production design, it’s incredible, making the dichotomy between Jonze’s futuristic ideas and the inherent modernisms of our 2013 society sublime.

In a year that’s been filled with some magnificent cinematic entertainments, Her might just be the best of the bunch.

Jonze has managed to do something that will catch many off-guard, the way this romance evolves and who the central players end up being not at all what most are going to expect. It is a beautiful, life-affirming achievement, building to a beguiling bit of perceptive understatement, that took my breath away. And while the world might be moving in increasingly robotized circles, that doesn’t make the human connections we make any less essential.

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer MANDELA: LONG WALK TO FREEDOM Now playing In some ways, it is surprising that it has taken someone so long to adapt Nelson Mandela’s 1994 autobiography for the big screen. In other ways, with recent events being what they have been, it just seems right that the movie version, directed by Justin Chadwick (The Other Boleyn Girl), with a screenplay by William Nicholson (Shadowlands, Gladiator), is hitting screens now. With the passing of the South African leader, looking back on the events that transformed him into one of the 20th century’s most indelible and important icons, feels akin to essential, a complex man of this magnitude deserving every bit of examination and appreciation we can bestow on him.

With that being so, reviewing Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is something of a difficult proposition.

It’s impossible to look at the film outside of recent events, hard to let it work on its own and not have reactions colored by what has transpired. Watching it, I admit to hav-

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What conclusions have I come to in regards to the subsequent motion picture?

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a good movie. It is not, sad to say, a great one.

And that’s okay, Chadwick and Nicholson putting together a fetching bio pic that goes from points A to B to C with relative ease.

Better, it’s extremely well-acted by stars Idris Elba and Naomie Harris, the former, in particular, dominating the proceedings with a suitably commanding performance that is as complex as it is larger than life.

The central crux follows Mandela’s (Elba) path from small-time lawyer, to leader in the African National Congress, to prisoner on Robben Island, to his release 26 years later to see Apartheid end and his own election as South Africa’s Prime Minister.

It depicts his first marriage as it comes apart at the seams, his striving for peaceful resistance but his refusal to rule out violence, and his romance and marriage

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continued from page 5 to Winnie Madikizela (Harris), leading to their eventual disagreements on how best to proceed with their political efforts after his release from prison. The film covers as many events in Mandela’s life as it can cram into 140 or so minutes, giving many of them as much emphasis as they can, while others get noticeably shorter shrift that can undeniably perplex.

The film is extremely professionally composed and put together, the filmmakers following a relatively old school template, echoing in many ways Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi, which isn’t even close to being a bad thing in and of itself. But there comes a point where this can feel more like historical Cliff’s Notes than it does an actual in-depth discussion and dissection of an extremely complicated man’s life in the public eye. Everything just seems to happen a lot of the time, things moving from one event to the next with relative matter-of-fact simplicity, trying so hard to maintain an observational distance so that the inherent dramatics of each situation are sadly muted in the process.

But Elba is so dang good, delivering an intricate, effectively nuanced portrait of Mandela that’s continually compelling. He fearlessly doesn’t allow him to become a saint, making sure to portray his flaws and positive attributes in equal light, allowing him

to become more of a titanic heroic figure in the process. There are points where I felt I was really getting to know Mandela in ways I never could have dreamt of beforehand, while certain scenes struck me silent with their powerful emotional content. Elba handles everything thrown his way with ease, slipping into the well-known world leader’s visage with fascinating ease.

The sequences in Robben Island arguably work the best, and I loved how Chadwick and Nicholson augment things of apparently little import only to subtly allow them to grow and blossom into moments of great power and magnitude. The sense of isolation, a feeling of being ripped out of the world and placed in the middle of a corrosive, inhuman desert, is omnipresent at every turn during this part of the film, so by the time Mandela’s daughter visits for the first time as a teenager, the effect it had upon me was shattering.

I’m not sure what to add. Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom is a handsome picture, made with obvious passion and care by those both behind and in front of the camera. But it never comes alive with the same fiery, charismatic intensity of the man whose story it is attempting to tell, keeping me at something of an emotional distance for most of its running time. Yet Elba is magnificent, and the inherent power of Mandela’s story is undeniable, so while this biography is never all it could have been, what it actually is ends up being thankfully enough.

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continued from cover in any other year would be a part of my top ten list barely scratch the “honorable mention” category this time around, forcing me to rethink entirely how I compile these sort of recap articles in the first place.

Let’s be honest, however. It isn’t like any of us know for certain how time is going to judge a number of these motion pictures many of us in the critical establishment are heralding as masterworks. There’s no guarantee we have another 1999 or 2007 on our hands, recent years widely considered to be magnificent. Additionally, I seriously doubt the 2013 lineup comes even close to equal-

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ing that of 1939, the year widely regarded as the greatest in cinema history. (Look it up and you’ll instantly see why.) But that doesn’t make these past 12 months at the multiplex any less stunning, and I for one am quite curious to see how history is going to judge a fair number of titles released this year.

Things to know before we get to the meat and potatoes of this recap: While Hollywood has much to be proud of as far as 2013 goes, it took until September before any real substantive risks were being taken, and for two-thirds of the year the volume of unadventurous sequels, reboots and lowercommon-denominator also-rans was flabbergasting. More, it is in the world of the independents where true risk taking and in-

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novation was found, a large volume of them hitting benchmarks the major studios could only dream of achieving.

There’s more. This was a fantastic year for female characters in many ways: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Gravity and The Heat (those latter two featuring a 49-yearold Sandra Bullock) proving you could put a heroine front and center and still make major hay at the box office. Other hits included Identity Thief, The Conjuring, Blue Jasmine, We’re the Millers, Mama and The Call, and while not all of those were exclusively female-driven, they’re all close enough to being so, one would hope Hollywood will be smart enough to take notice all the same.

I could keep going on and on as far as over analyzing demographic and genre specifics of 2013’s releases are concerned, but I should probably end things there and move on to announcing my picks for the year’s best films. Instead of a top ten, I’m instead going to present a listing of 20 motion pictures I feel are without question the finest I had the pleasure to view this year, topped by two others I feel are 2013’s best. We’ll follow that with a slew of honorable mentions as well as the ten flicks I felt lurked at the bottom of the barrel.

Without further ado…here’s my look back at a 2013 to remember: BEST OF THE BEST 1. Her – Spike Jonze’s character-driven, somewhat science fiction oriented romantic drama is a prescient, emotionally electric look at companionship, humanity, friendship and love, the likes of which boggles the imagination and enraptures the soul.

Anchored with a performance from Joaquin Phoenix that’s as multifaceted and as pure as anything I’ve seen this year, coupled with career-best work from Scarlett Johansson (in a vocal-only performance), Her is the type of blissful romance that stirs the heart while it also engages the mind. A smartly perceptive dissection of modern reliance upon technology and societal disconnect as we progress more and more online, Jonze also manages to construct a vibrant and involving human story easy to relate to and to fall in rapture with. As close to perfect as a movie can get.

2. Before Midnight – It shouldn’t have been possible. Nine years since the last sequel, Before Sunset, and eighteen years since the release of Before Sunrise, director/ writer Richard Linklater and co-writers and stars Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy pick up the story of Jesse and Celine, with the pair on the cusp of 40 looking back at an almost decade of life spent together. Perceptive, insightful, moving and authentic, it’s hard to imagine there has ever been a more exact and penetrating look at relationships and love over time than these three films. There is unrefined eloquence to what Linklater, Hawke and Delpy have delivered that enraptures the soul, the truths they’re all trafficking in ones every viewer everywhere can easily relate to.

THE REST OF 2013’s BEST (alphabetic order) • 12 Years a Slave – Director Steve McQueen’s exacting portrait of a man thrust into the pits of slavery hell is as unflinching as it is necessary. In many ways, this is the year’s most important motion picture. Lost in all the hyperbole, it’s also one of its best, a movingly emotional drama acted to perfection by its incredible ensemble cast.

• Ain’t Them Bodies Saints – Writer/ director David Lowery’s 1970s Texas-set small town criminal noir is a haunting tale of longing, forgiveness, friendship and love that echoes into the recesses of the soul.

Rooney Mara, Casey Affleck and Ben Foster give three of 2013’s best performances sadly few are talking about.

• All Is Lost – Robert Redford is “Our Man,” a lone sailor trapped in the middle of the Indian Ocean on a sinking vessel with no way to call for help. Filmmaker J.C. Chandor’s epic tale of resilience and survival is a one of a kind action experience filled with delicate beats of emotion and nuance, transcending the simple nature of the narrative to become something universally timeless.

• American Hustle – David O. Russell’s fictional take on the New York/New Jersey ABSCAM scandal of the 1970s is a freewheeling bleakly satirical con job that’s as ribald and as uncouth as the story it is tell-

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ing. Without a doubt, the best ensemble of the entire year, Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jeremy Renner and Jennifer Lawrence giving award-worthy performances certain to stand the test of time.

• Blue is the Warmest Color – A tale of longing, growth, maturation and sexual exploration that bends like a reed and floats across the skin like a brisk winter’s breeze rolling in off a stormy coastline, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Cannes prize-winner is an intimate human drama for the ages. A strong case could be made that newcomer Adèle Exarchopolous gives the performance – male or female – of the entire year.

• Captain Phillips – Director Paul Greengrass’ involving and emotionally complex procedural is not so much a saga of heroism as it is a human story of a man willing to give everything he’s got, including his own life, to ensure his crew makes it home to their own families alive. Tom Hanks and newcomer Barkhad Abdi are exceptional.

• The Counselor – Director Ridley Scott and author Cormac McCarthy’s unjustly maligned and frustratingly ignored bleakly acidic character study of complicated people doing very bad things and meeting abhorrent ends is a malignantly fascinating morality play commenting on the here and now with pinpoint precision. A movie certain to stay with me for years and one I cannot wait to return to again.

• Dallas Buyers Club – Stars Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto are superb in director Jean-Marc Vallée’s true (well, trueish) account of a homophobic Texas redneck who suddenly finds himself at the forefront of the AIDS crisis fighting for the lives and the rights of those who at one-time he abhorred. The glory of the film is that it never asks the viewer to forgive its hero (antihero?) for his numerous character flaws, showing him as he is and nothing more.

• Frances Ha – Director Noah Baumbach and star Greta Gerwig team up to deliver a sensational French New Wave-style character study of a twenty-something New Yorker coming to grips with the fact her life isn’t turning out as she dreamt it would. Smart, funny, sad, emotional, but most of all authentic, this bubbly slice of a life coming into focus is a joyous exercise in pure cinema that can’t help but make me smile.

• Frozen – Disney’s stunning animated musical, based on a story by Hans Christian Andersen, is a superlative saga of sisterly love and devotion filled with sensational moments, winning comedy and incredible songs. The studio’s best non-Pixar effort since Tangled, maybe even since 1991’s hand-drawn Beauty and the Beast.

• Gravity – Sandra Bullock soars, in many ways quite literally, in director Alfonso Cuarón’s jaw-dropping survival adventure.

This photo-realistic story of a rookie astronaut pushed to the very limits of human endurance is a visceral and visual spectacle unlike anything else released in 2013. Unforgettable.

• Inside Llewyn Davis – Joel and Ethan Coen return with a drama of a Greenwich Village folk singer circa 1961 selfishly short circuiting every opportunity he gets for happiness at seemingly every turn. At the same time, he’s a shockingly tender soul prone to random acts of blind kindness one doesn’t see coming, making him a complicated drifter impossible to forget.

• Prisoners – A claustrophobically intense psychological thriller of two families torn to shreds when their little girls are abducted and the driven detective who finds maintaining emotional detachment from the intricacies of the case difficult as

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the chances of finding either alive dwindle nius and passion it took to get it off of the away to nothing. Hugh Jackman and Jake ground.

Gyllenhaal give two of the best performances of their respective careers.

• The Wolf of Wall Street – Martin Scorsese’s fevered drug-addled dissection of Wall • Rush – Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Street during the 1990s is an electrically Brühl are electrifying as 1970’s Formula charged curveball that’s as audacious as it One superstars James Hunt and Niki Lau- is eye-popping, its directorial excesses all da in director Ron Howard’s crackerjack part of a larger tale showing how unfettered adrenaline-filled drama of two athletes resources bring out the worst in just about locked in fierce interpersonal battles yet do- everyone. Leonardo DiCaprio is unhinged ing so by still maintaining mutual respect brilliance in the title role, his unfiltered for one for another. The movie gets inside stream-of-consciousness intemperance a the heads of its respective protagonists with sight to behold. mesmerizing efficiency, showcasing an ability to get the viewer’s pulse racing with • You’re Next – Director Adam Wingard primeval ease. and writer Simon Barrett take their talents to the next level, coming up with a nifty • Short Term 12 – Writer/director Destin home invasion horror opus that has more Cretton’s feature debut borders on perfec- tricks up its sleeve than a magician worktion, its story of driven twenty-somethings ing the floor at a Las Vegas casino. The less working at a Los Angeles short-term foster known about this going in the better, just care facility one that feels immediate and rest assured Aussie actress Sharni Vinson alive in ways most films can only dream is on the road to becoming her generation’s of coming close to, let alone equaling. The Sigourney Weaver, a very good thing inmovie features a star-making turn by Brie deed.

Larson that’s without question one of the year’s finest.

AN ADDITIONAL FIFTEEN (alphabetic order) • Side Effects – Steven Soderbergh’s supA Hijacking, Berberian Sound Studio, posedly final theatrical effort (he claims Byzantium, Fruitvale Station, Ginger & to be retiring) is a suitably twisty – and Rosa, Grabbers, The Heat, The Hunt, In twisted – Hitchcockian thriller that starts a World…, It’s a Disaster, Laurence Anyout looking like it is going to be telling one ways, Mud, The Past, Prince Avalanche, kind of story only to pull the rug out from Simon Killer underneath the viewer and actually be about something else entirely. Rooney Mara and GREAT 2012 TITLES RELEASED Jude Law are in top-notch form, while the DOMESTICALLY IN 2013 final third is a suitably fascinating bit of (alphabetic order) narrative sleight of hand that’s positively Beyond the Hills, Blancanieves, In the ingenious.

House, Like Someone in Love, Yossi • Upstream Color – Shane Carruth’s marvelous dreamscape of inspiration, fantasy, science fiction, drama and romance is a beguiling mélange that morphs into multiple directions at once, its cryptic narrative devices fascinating and involving every step of the way. At the very least, I’ll never look at a litter of piglets the same way ever again.

• The Wind Rises – Legendary animator Hayao Miyazaki’s final motion picture is a superlative effort chronicling, of all things, the birth of Zero Fighter, the Japanese airplane put to such devastating use during WWII. Miyazaki’s genius is that he presents this human story with love, compassion and heartfelt understanding, never flinching from what this weapon will be used for, while at the same time celebrating the ge-

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4. Baggage Claim – Unwatchable romantic comedy that paints its main character as an absolute idiot whose worth is only ascertained if she happens to be married. Shameful.

5. After Earth – Smith family propaganda that potentially ruins one career (Jaden Smith), casts doubt on another (Will Smith), while attempting to nail the coffin lid shut on a third (director M. Night Shyamalan) … an impressive trifecta indeed.

6. Argento’s Dracula – Dario Argento used to be one of the most celebrated figures in Italian horror cinema. Sadly, those days are no more. This loose adaptation of the Bram Stoker classic is a cheap, badly acted and poorly constructed mess that should never have seen the light of day.

7. Romeo & Juliet – Misbegotten adaptation of the timeless Shakespeare play that is an astonishing disaster right from the jump, the whole thing a head-scratching mess that’s more tragic than the doomed central lovers spiraling towards an unforgiving destiny.

8. Epic – An animated failure of, um, epic (sorry, couldn’t help myself) proportions, this saga of a human girl shrunken down into a fantastical forest world of magic and imagination is equally devoid of both.

9. The Hangover Part III – The Hangover Part III is better than The Hangover Part II. Sadly, that’s not saying all that much as this trilogy capper still ends up being nothing more than one of the worst films of the year.

TEN WORST 1. A Good Day to Die Hard – By all ac10. Texas Chainsaw 3D – There was pocounts, a Die Hard movie made by people tential here; sadly, it was just never realized; who has never actually watched a Die Hard and the final half of this direct sequel to the movie in their entire lives. Unforgivable.

Tobe Hooper cult masterpiece is a silly, unbelievably stupid waste of time that repeat2. Identity Thief – Shockingly unfunny edly saws its own limbs at virtually every and borderline insulting road trip “comedy” turn. with Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy going through the motions doing everything DISHONORABLE MENTIONS they can to get the audience to despise them. (alphabetic order) Austenland, The Best Man Holiday, The 3. The Mortal Instruments: City of Big Wedding, The Call, Free Birds, G.I. Bones – Nonsensical potential franchise Joe: Retaliation, The Host, Kick-Ass 2, Kill starter that’s as stupid as it is unintention- Your Darlings, The Last Exorcism Part II, ally hysterical. Also makes the point that in- The Lone Ranger, Machete Kills, Olymcest is just fine as long as you choose not to pus Has Fallen, Paranoia, Parker, Planes, believe you’re actually related. Fun! R.I.P.D., Runner Runner, Spiders 3D, The Sweeney, Walking with Dinosaurs.

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Ben Stiller in The Secret life of Walter Mitty

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY Now Playing It feels as if a new version of James Thurber’s classic short story, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, has been percolating around Hollywood for ages. I seem to remember Jim Carrey being involved with a remake at one point or another in the recent past, while a whole cavalcade of directors both big and small have had their hand in the ring as far as shepherding it into theatres was concerned.

But it took director/star Ben Stiller and screenwriter Steve Conrad (The Weather Man) to ultimately fashion a new version a Hollywood studio would be willing to get behind, trying their mutual best to stay true to the inherent themes of Thurber’s story while also separating themselves from the popular 1947 production starring Danny Kaye. They attempt to make the fanciful tale a product of the here and now and not an artifact of its time, fashioning a fantasy speaking to the best aspects of the human experience the whole family can in some part relate to.

While not meeting with total success, I must admit I enjoyed this new take on Thurber’s memorable tale more than I anticipated. Stiller and Conrad have managed to make a movie about grabbing life by the horns, about how it’s never too late to reach for greatness, and while dreams and aspirations do, and should, change over time, the ability to find new ones to struggle and aspire towards is a gift worth being thankful for. I could relate to many of the more whimsical elements of the film with striking clarity, and as such my heart was soaring by the time our hero’s journey reached its readily expected end.

That doesn’t make watching the film a completely smooth ride. There is a herkyjerkiness to the first third that’s disconcerting – the fanciful, the farcical and the fictional uneasily sharing screen time with hardened real world emotional peaks and valleys that don’t always feel like being worthy of wandering around. As comforting and pleasing as the truths Stiller and Conrad come to are, they are unabashedly obvious, making what ultimately happens something far less than surprising.

While the basic bones of Thurber’s original prose remain, Conrad takes daydreamer Walter Mitty (Stiller) into the 21st century by making him a photographic imager,

also known as a “negative asset manager,” for LIFE magazine, currently dealing with the institution’s transition from print media to a new existence on the World Wide Web. When the latest photo from renowned journalist Sean O’Connell (Sean Penn), intended to be the cover for the final issue, goes missing, inspired by editorial assistant Cheryl Melhoff (Kristen Wiig) Walter steps out of his own fantasies and into hardened reality as he sets out into the unknowable in order to find the missing negative.

Some of Mitty’s daydreams are remarkably effective. An early one, showing him fantasizing bursting into a burning building to save a woman’s cat, while also leading the remainder of the residents to safety, is suitably, unapologetically silly. Others, though, are less effective. A ghastly aerial battle between the magazine’s sheltered employee and incoming vice president Ted Hindricks (Adam Scott), in charge of both the magazine’s dismantling as well as the transition to becoming an online publication, is a hyperbolic catastrophe that takes forever to

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senior center, these two octogenarian beasties will make you laugh, cry, and squeal, “What the wha-?!” as they recount the ups and downs of life, one mammary at a time.

“It’s like Golden Girls but with much less clothing.” – said Someone. Somewhere.

(Maybe.)

Bella and Flirty’s longstanding creative partnership has cultivated unconventional and thought-provoking theatre for a variety of audiences. They have been seen on stage together in “That’s Fucked Up 3!” (2012), Stripped Screw Burlesque’s “Undressed to Kill” (2012 & May 2013), and advocating for equality in “Burlesque for Barack” (2012). Independently, they do some pretty neat stuff, too!

Bella Bijoux is a performer and producer in the Seattle burlesque scene, working the sparkly stage with her smoldering stare since 2008. She is thrilled to be a new instructor at Miss Indigo Blue’s Academy of Burlesque. Bella has been a returning cast member of Stripped Screw Burlesque’s “Disney After Dark” for all three sold-out runs in Seattle, as well as the show’s tour in Olympia and Portland. She has undressed her more philanthropic side in “reProduction!,” a benefit for NARAL (2011), Planned Parenthood’s fundraiser “Burlesque Off Broadway” (2012), and Sinner Saint Bur-

come to an end. There is an uneasy balance between the two sides of Mitty’s world that doesn’t always connect, and it isn’t until he steps off the plane in Greenland that the movie truly finds its footing and begins to matter.

I have to say, those sequences starting in Greenland are easily the film’s best, Stiller balancing all the aspects of the tale with blissful ebullience. A musical sequence combining Wiig and David Bowie into one is remarkable, while a sequence of our hero skateboarding through an apparently secluded mountaintop village on the eve of an unanticipated volcanic eruption is emotionally sublime. It is during these sequences I could really feel Walter come alive and take charge in ways he’d always been fearful to do beforehand, making his ultimate third act transformations all the more believable in the process. My heart leapt during these passages, and had the film been a short, it could have ended with his somewhat triumphant arrival back in New York, instead of going on for another hour, and I wouldn’t have minded one single bit.

But it does go on, and while there are numerous moments of magic remaining (the anticipated meeting up of Mitty and O’Connell is worth the wait), certain aspects (not the least of which is a running gag involving matchmaking website eHarmony and the wasting of both Shirley MacLaine and Kathryn Hahn in underwritten roles) leave a lot to be desired. It is during these portions that Stiller and Conrad’s handling begins to lack the same inspiration and ingenuity of the preceeding portions. And, while the movie remains continually worthwhile, there’s still a little something lacking that’s impossible to completely ignore.

Be that as it may, I’m more than willing to give The Secret Life of Walter Mitty a pass for a great majority of its missteps, if only because its heart remains true throughout, even if elements hidden inside of it are less than so. While Stiller has made better films as a director (Tropic Thunder comes to mind), this in many ways is his most ambitious, and I admit the smile he put on my face as it came to an end was one I felt was justifiably earned. Thurber’s story is still the only classic element, but that doesn’t make the film itself less worthwhile. While fantasy and reality don’t always inhabit the same plane with comforting ease, the fact the conversation they’re having remains worth having, no matter what, is a superlative daydream I didn’t want to see come to an end. lesque’s “Very Special Feelings Show” (2013). When she’s not stripteasing, Bella likes to put her sweet organizational skills to use in a behind-the-scenes fashion. She was co-producer of the Academy of Burlesque Alumni Spectaculars from 20092010, and was a member of the BurlyCon Programming Committee in 2011 & 2012.

As a burlesque performer and emcee, Flirty Sanchez combines her background in improv, musical comedy, and clowning with her desire to use burlesque as a means of pushing social change to create art that is as provocative as it is entertaining. From the moment she stumbled upon the burlesque stage in December 2010, Flirty has been winning over audiences across the country with her quick wit, striking vulnerability and incessant need to take chances. Notable credits include “Burlesque Behind The Pink Door,” “The Naked Show,” “Bechdel Test Burlesque,” “That’s Fucked Up!,” Windy City Burlesque Festival, “reProduction!,” guest host for Sinner Saint Burlesque, coproducer of Bootleg Burlesque, and member of the BurlyCon Programming Committee (2011 & 2012).

Quick Change!: A Two-Woman Burlesque Show About Life, And Other Hard Things, December 28, doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. at Theatre Off Jackson (409 7th Ave. S). Tickets are $25 at the door, $20 advance, available at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/508317.

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Magical medieval holiday music at St. James Cathedral Liz Linder

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by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer BLUE HERON EARLY MUSIC GUILD ST. JAMES CATHEDRAL December 7 As I settled into my front-row seat at St. James Cathedral for this concert by Blue Heron, I noticed the pre-teen African American girl sitting next to me. While her grandmotherly companion sought out the rest room, I began a conversation with this lively girl. I asked her if she was aware of how the Cathedral’s acoustics would color

continued from cover an incredible designer, someone from Seattle, and she’s making me the most amazing dress. It’s amazing!

Rodriguez: Who’s making the trip to Los Angeles for the awards ceremony?

Lambert: My mom is my plus one. My mom’s partner will be there, and my girlfriend.

Rodriguez: Your new EP was just released. Does this lead into the release of a full-length that will come out later?

Lambert: This is sort of like a sneak peek of what I do. The full-length – hopefully, we’ll have it wrapped up by May or June. I am feeling really, really good about the project and I’m really proud of what we came up with.

Rodriguez: How did the collabora-

tion with Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on “Same Love” happen?

Lambert: We have a mutual friend, Hollis Wong-Wear, and she’s a really good friend of mine and helped them on their record. They were sort of stuck on the chorus.

They had a completed song, except for the chorus, and they had tried a bunch of people and asked a bunch of people, and no one wanted to touch it.

So, my friend Hollis called and asked if I wanted to take a shot and I said “definitely.” They sent me the track that day. I had about three hours with it and I just reflected on what I wanted to say, and what I wanted to say is that all love is incredibly fulfilling and I wanted to invoke that certain emotion into the song.

Rodriguez: “Same Love” was widely embraced by the LGBT community. But, were you surprised with its acceptance by straight mainstream America?

Lambert: Totally, it was honestly unexpected. My vision was that it would take off in Washington state, that it would be a big local hit and then be really popular in the LGBT community and maybe on college or university radio. That’s what I had planned on. And then it just snowballed, and when we did Ellen I thought, “This is just crazy!”

When it hit radio, that was double crazy, and when it hit hip-hop radio it was way, way beyond anything that anyone thought it would be.

Rodriguez: For The Showbox performance, will you have a full band, a trio, or will it just be you on stage?

Lambert: I’m still sorting it out in my head, but it won’t just be me solo, and whatever it is, it’ll be magnificent.

Rodriguez: You’re a Seattle girl, born and raised. When you’re away from home, what do you miss the most besides family and friends?

Lambert: Yeah, family and friends is number one. But number two is really good coffee. It’s not an exaggeration. The Pacific Northwest in general, Seattle and Portland, you can get some really good coffee when you’re home. But when you’re away, it sucks when you’ve only got Dunkin’ Donuts or places like that, it’s so sad.

I miss the coffee and I miss the climate, too. Being on tour you go through so much extreme climate change – like we were in Miami, which might have been around 80

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from the 13th-15th centuries, all sung by various combinations of two women and eight men. They used lighting and various placements around the Cathedral to add impact, making full use of the magical acoustic of the stone walls and floors. The only instrument, used just a few times, was a medieval harp, played by Scott Metcalfe, Blue Heron’s director.

A most telling moment saw the whole group singing while facing our seats, so that we got a lot of direct sound, followed immediately by the group facing a different direction, giving us mostly reflected sound. The effect of this change was thrilling: the little

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everything we were going to hear; to my amazement, she was! In overhearing subsequent talk between her and the much older woman, I was astounded by the tutoring that was taking place, all relevant to the imminent program. How I wish my Seattle childhood had included such exposure!

Neither the little girl nor I were disappointed by either the sounds of the Cathedral or the music of Blue Heron. We began with darkness, out of which arose a single male voice intoning the ancient carol, “Veni, veni, Emanuel,” with other voices joining in the following verses. What followed was a program of seasonal music

girl and I exchanged knowing glances!

All the singers were wonderful, among which was one male alto and one or two (?) male sopranos. One of these, a large, though not overweight man, had such reserves of power in the upper registers that I was reminded of the great Wagnerian soprano, Birgit Nilsson! Needless to say, the blending of these voices, aided in no small part by those stone walls, was flawless.

No home sound system can yet reproduce the glories of cathedral resonance. Even with a full orchestra playing Debussy in Salisbury Cathedral, I heard every detail despite the incredibly submersive effects of all those reverberations. There’s simply no place for any sound to escape or get swallowed in carpets or upholstery. Hard, wooden chairs are indeed required to preserve this sound. With only a few voices, the effect of this acoustic is all the more amazing.

(Once the music began, I didn’t notice that I had forgotten to bring padding!)

Lest I appear more interested in St. James Cathedral than in the music of this program, let me mention that this music was so glorious in itself that, despite not being able to understand some of the mostly Latin texts, I was never less than enchanted by the flow of both plainsong and polyphonic harmonies.

Although full translations were indeed provided in the printed program, the music by itself provided a very full and satisfying meal, without trying to read the text while listening.

The large Cathedral was sold out for this Early Music Guild program of “Advent and Christmas in Medieval England.” I’m sure no one left disappointed.

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

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degrees, and then we were in Columbus, Ohio, which was about 40 degrees. We went through those temperatures within a matter of 1 to 2 days; that’s rough. We have such a mild temperate climate here, so I love that.

Rodriguez: What’s the blueprint for 2014, now that you’re embarking on a new chapter of your solo career?

Lambert: We’re gonna push the EP and the single and start working on the fulllength. I’m gonna be touring, as much as I can, hopefully do a full national tour, maybe international; and I would like to have my book published this year. I have a lot of things that I want to do [laughs], so it’ll just

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be a matter of how much time I really have.

Rodriguez: What are your plans for New Year’s Eve? Lambert: I’m dating a new girl and I’m going to be with her on the East Coast.

I’m excited! It’s the first New Year’s that I haven’t worked since I was 16.

Rodriguez: Do you have a special holiday greeting for Seattle Gay News readers?

Lambert: I hope that everybody has a Happy New Year! I wish everyone the best beautiful Christmas, holiday wishes in the world and I hope everybody gets to spend it with someone they like and that everybody has the best year!

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by Albert Rodriguez, Jessica Price and Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writers

10. The Westin Phoenix Downtown Phoenix, Arizona USA A retrofit concept – a hotel within a corporate building – this Westin is unlike any We traveled thousands of miles on vari- other; a stylish and cool property in the ous airlines, slept in many foreign (but nice) heart of downtown Phoenix with amazing beds, dined at dozens of restaurants, drank city views. –A. Rodriguez at lots of bars, and took in the sights and sounds of historical landmarks, tourist atRESTAURANTS / tractions and national treasures. From what BARS & LOUNGES we saw, ate and drank and where we slept, here’s what we chose for the Best of Travel 1. 37 Dawson Street – Dublin, Ireland 2013.

A polished restaurant-lounge in a bustling Dublin neighborhood that categorizes HOTELS its menu with theater themes – curtain call, 1. Andaz Maui at Wailea Resort & Spa opening acts, encore, etc. The ambiance is Wailea, Hawai’i USA (Island of Maui) energetic, food is delicious and setting is The brand new Andaz Maui at Wailea Re- welcoming to everyone. –A. Rodriguez sort & Spa, which opened in September, is a huge hit with travelers and foodies alike.

2. Andrea’s – Las Vegas, Nevada USA Top-notch style and service, all rolled into This popular Encore-Wynn restaurant one. –J. Price serves some of the best Asian food I’ve had in recent years, surprisingly, in a sleek din2. Arizona Biltmore ing space. –A. Rodriguez Phoenix, Arizona USA This stately Phoenix property was one of 3. The Barking Dog Restaurant Marilyn Monroe’s favorite retreats. With Belfast, Northern Ireland UK updated renovations, pristine courtyard and A terrific neighborhood eatery in Bela hotel within a hotel, the Biltmore is simply fast’s Queen’s Quarter with flavorful dishes, fabulous. –A. Rodriguez great local beer, a surrounding of cheery locals and warm ambiance. –A. Rodriguez 3. Cedarbrook Lodge Seattle, Washington USA 4. Browns in Town Five minutes from the airport is this hidDerry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland den gem, a wonderful alternative to brand Familiar favorites executed wonderfully. name Sea-Tac hotels, providing guests with My roasted quartered chicken with sweet cozy accommodations, acclaimed restau- corn risotto and steamed rice pudding earns rant and 24-hour self-serve snacks. –A. Ro- an A+ across the board at this upscale, yet driguez comfortable, Derry restaurant. –A. Rodriguez 4. Conrad Seoul – Seoul, South Korea In a city that raises the standards of mo5. The Chandelier dernity and sophistication, the Conrad Las Vegas, Nevada USA Seoul is impeccable on all levels. Its luxuriA multi-level lounge with live music stage ous rooms, stunning views and 30-foot high on the main floor, plus an innovative cockceiling lobby are unforgettable. –A. Rodri- tail menu and sexy mixed crowd, makes this guez Vegas hotspot really sinful. –A. Rodriguez

5. Le Saint James – Bouliac, France 6. Copperleaf Restaurant & Bar Overlooking the city of Bordeaux, this Seattle, Washington USA contemporary and artsy hotel has its own Ambitious meals under the helm of James private vineyard, outdoor pool and patio, Beard-nominated Executive Chef Mark and it offers cooking classes with the hand- Bodinet and an intimate dining room with somest, wittiest chef. –A. Rodriguez friendly, conversational staff won me over easily. –A. Rodriguez 6. The Marker Hotel – Dublin, Ireland Located in the redeveloped and now-hip 7. Drink & Drag Docklands district, this Dublin hotel boasts Las Vegas, Nevada USA a chic interior and gorgeous rooftop lounge.

A bowling alley, bar and dance floor –A. Rodriguez run by drag queens ... in Las Vegas. If that doesn’t spell a good time, tell me what does!

7. RiverPlace Hotel, a Kimpton Hotel –A. Rodriguez Portland, Oregon USA Situated on Portland’s waterfront, this riv8. The Exchange Restaurant erside property is the newest Northwest adand Wine Bar – Derry/Londonderry, dition to the LGBT-friendly Kimpton brand Northern Ireland UK of hotels and features trendy rooms, renoBig portions of everything is what to exvated banquet halls and central location. pect at this central Derry dining attraction –A. Rodriguez that suits both locals and visitors alike. The sauteed garlic mushrooms with cream sauce 8. Rockwater Secret Cove Resort was almost too indulgent, and I’m not comHalfmoon Bay, British Columbia plaining. –A. Rodriguez Nestled deep in the forests of the Sunshine Coast, the Rockwater’s tent suites 9. The Gladly – Phoenix, Arizona USA with luxury furnishings are a breathtaking Every item I ordered – the original chop way to bond with nature. – A. Rodriguez salad, roasted Brussels sprouts, meatloaf, buttermilk bread pudding – was absolutely 9. The Talbott Hotel divine. –A. Rodriguez Chicago, Illinois USA Old world charm, beautifully laid out, 10. The Handlebar Tempe comfortable and centrally located in downTempe, Arizona USA town Chicago. What else could you ask for?

A bike-themed pub on Tempe’s main – E. Andrews-Katz street with 48 beers on tap, savory snacks and enthusiastic atmosphere. An outdoor

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beer garden and unique decor completes the edgeable docent gives information about the incredible architecture that contributes to fun experience. –A. Rodriguez Chicago’s skyline. –E. Andrews-Katz TOURIST ATTRACTIONS/ 7. Cycle City Tours RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES “Art Wheelers – Public Art Tour” AND SPAS Vancouver, British Columbia Canada Knowledgeable tour guides escort you 1. Ali’i Kula Lavender Farm through various parts of Vancouver, pointKula, Hawai’i USA (Island of Maui) This incredible ten-acre farm and garden ing out art installations along the way. Not is home to protea plants as big as your arm only is it a cultural excursion, but it gives and 55,000 lavender plants in over 45 vari- your legs a workout while inhaling the eties. It’s the blissed-out happy place where clean, fresh air. –A. Rodriguez you’ll return in your head again and again 8. The Giant’s Causeway after your vacation is over. –J. Price and Causeway Coast County Antrim, Northern Ireland UK 2. Art Institute of Chicago A UNESCO World Heritage Site, this natChicago, Illinois USA World class collection of Impressionists. ural wonder is worth the drive from Belfast The best collection outside of France. –E. or Dublin. I admittedly don’t understand the history behind it – urban legend says it was Andrews-Katz created by an Irish giant – but, nonetheless, it was marvelous to take in. –A. Rodriguez 3. BATHHOUSE (at THEhotel) Las Vegas, Nevada USA 9. Guinness Storehouse/ An excellent Sin City spa with super high The Connoisseur Bar Experience ceilings, tiled floors, large hot tubs, reading/ Dublin, Ireland TV nook and spacious men’s restooms and The tour of Guinness’ main facility, and relaxation area all tucked inside THEhotel, tucked inside Mandalay Bay. –A. Rodriguez particularly The VIP Connoisseur Bar Experience that allows visitors to sample many of their just-brewed lagers in a private room, 4. Book of Kells – Dublin, Ireland Although half of this ancient manuscript, is incredible. Even more exhilarating is the said to contain the actual four gospels, is on panoramic view at the Gravity Bar, accomdisplay at all times it’s still a piece of history panied with a complimentary pint after the that ought to be seen when visiting the Irish tour. –A. Rodriguez capital. –A. Rodriguez 10. Heard Museum Phoenix, Arizona USA 5. Butchart Gardens With over 40,000 items on display, the Victoria, British Columbia Canada These gardens are yearly tended to show Heard Museum is a valuable resource for off the best Mother Nature can offer. Ca- guests to absorb Native American culture tered to fit the seasons, the grounds are ex- and traditions. An immaculate courtyard pertly kept and invite those wishing to lose and a gift shop stocked with locally made jewelry and crafts are not to be missed, eithemselves in nature. –E. Andrews-Katz ther. –A. Rodriguez 6. Chicago Architecture Foundation To read our complete list of the Best of River Cruise – Chicago, Illinois USA It’s an incredible way to see the city. Enjoy Travel 2013, visit SGN.org a 90-minute tour along the river as a knowl-

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Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1605 12th Ave, Ste 31, Seattle, WA 98122. SGN phone: 324-4297. Fax: 3227188. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org. INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization.

DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

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

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

MONDAY - December 30

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

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. 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 info 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.

SATURDAY - December 28

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

Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details.

Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center.org. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridg eclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com The Rocky Horror Show. Doors 8pm, Show 9pm.

Showbox at the Market, 1426 1st Ave. Come dressed as your favorite character, but remember audience participation in the form of water pistols, rice & fire is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. Tickets: $20-$28 in advance, $30 day of show. Benefits Gay City Health Project. www.gaycity.org

SUNDAY - December 29

For information on GLBT-friendly Christian churches around the world visit www.gaychurch.org.

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.

525-7988.

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. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. 323-1659, www.seattle sotozen.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.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com 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

December 28 thru January 5

TUESDAY - December 31

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.

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 experi-

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ence, 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. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org 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.

December 27, 2013

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 Kang Wen Clinic - Chinese Medicine for Chronic Viral Disease, Integrated Cancer Treatment & General Chronic Diseases. Tuesdays 2-6pm; Wednesdays 9am-5pm; Thursdays 3-7pm. 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday & Thursday - HIV treatment. Every Wednesday - Cancer treatment. Holistic care including acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine in a compassionate setting. Insurance accepted. Sliding fee scale for low-income without insurance. 322-6945. www. kangwenclinic.org Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions?

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

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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.

Radical Women’s New Year’s Eve Party. 8:30pm.

New Freeway Hall, 5018 Rainier Ave. S. Ring in the new year with socialist cheer! Launch 2014 with Northwest rabble-rousers at Radical Women’s annual New Year’s Eve Party. Festivities include a glorious Greek buffet, dancing, a satirical year in review, party favors and a no-host bar. Door donation $5; dinner donation $15. 206-722-6057; www.RadicalWomen.org/seattle

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SATURDAY - January 4

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Northwest Bears Meet & Greet Beer Bust. 6-10pm.

The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear admirers. www.nwbears.com.

WEDNESDAY - January 1

Happy New Year!

Final Day of Kwanzaa (Because of the New Year’s Day holiday, some regularly scheduled events may be cancelled or rescheduled. Check with the sponsors of your event to confirm date, time & place.)

Kang Wen Clinic - Chinese Medicine for Chronic Viral Disease, Integrated Cancer Treatment & General Chronic Diseases. Tuesdays 2-6pm; Wednesdays 9am-5pm; Thursdays 3-7pm. 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday & Thursday - HIV treatment. Every Wednesday - Cancer treatment. Holistic care including acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine in a compassionate setting. Insurance accepted. Sliding fee scale for low-income without insurance. 322-6945. www. kangwenclinic.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. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@ hotmail.com 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.

PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. PFLAG/Renton: 425235-4139. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www. seattle-pflag.org.

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

THURSDAY - January 2

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

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activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

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 First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html 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.

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

SUNDAY - January 5

Kang Wen Clinic - Chinese Medicine for Chronic Viral Disease, Integrated Cancer Treatment & General Chronic Diseases. Tuesdays 2-6pm; Wednesdays 9am-5pm; Thursdays 3-7pm. 1111 Harvard Ave. (Every Thursday HIV treatments.) Holistic care including acupuncture & Chinese herbal medicine in a compassionate setting. Insurance accepted. Sliding fee scale for low-income without insurance. 322-6945. www.kangwenclinic.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.)

Volunteer Drop-In Night at Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

4-7pm. LAA Volunteer Services Office, 1161 11th Ave. Every Thursday. Volunteer on LAA projects - assembling safer sex kits, helping with mailings, a different project every week! Get-togethers are highly social & offer “low impact” volunteer work & an opportunity to learn more about LAA. Please call before dropping in.

957-1776. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday of every month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

First Thursday Art Walk in Downtown Seattle/ Pioneer Square. 5-9pm. Art galleries in Downtown Seattle/Pioneer Square host opening night receptions.

Seattle Art Museum is free today.

Happy Hour Meditation. 5:30-6:40pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Every Thursday. Join us at the end of your day in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Dropins welcome. We meditate silently for 25 minutes, followed by a short open discussion. No admittance after 5:45pm to respect those who are meditating. www.healingandtransformationcenter.com Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month. SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council, & all City of Seattle Depts in matters regarding human rights. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide. Meetings open to the public. 684-4540.

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org

December 27, 2013

B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 14-22. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E. Olive Way. Meets 1st Thursday each month. www.seattleprimetimers.org Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month.

ECSC is a confidential crossdressing social & support organization for Transvestite & Transsexual individuals, primarily MTF, which offers confidential membership, private monthly meetings, frequent events on the town, & help in coming out. (425) 827-9494.

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm.

Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium. Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone.

For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups. yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

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

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

FRIDAY - January 3

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

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized

(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 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.

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.

St Aelred’s Independent Catholic Church in Olympia. 5pm. Olympia Unitarian Church, 2200 East End St NW, Olympia. Meets 1st & 3rd Sundays each month. Worship for the GLBT community & friends in the Roman Catholic, Anglican & other liturgical faiths tradition. Fr. Bob Withrow, (360) 664-5449.

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

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. Bent offers affordable classes & workshops for Queer-identified people.

For more information or to sign up for a class, email bent.writing@gmail.com. Visit www.bentwriting.com or find us on Facebook. For upcoming events join our mailing list by emailing bent.news@gmail.com BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

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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. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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

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, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familywork sseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/ proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network 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.

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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 and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

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

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) 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. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons & their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768.

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

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org 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: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcity softball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/ EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops: www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures. org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.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 - Ska-

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teSeaDawgs@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.tacomalesbian concern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http://lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, 4614493. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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