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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

by Daniel Hanks SGN Contributing Writer

DeLouRue's yummy yuletide treat returns (now with VIP tables!)

in celebrating our favorite wintry holiday of all, Homo for the Holidays!”

THE OLD AND THE NEW This year’s show features an all-star cast of burlesque, cabaret, dance, drag, and musical local luminaries including host BenDeLaCreme, Kitten LaRue, The Cherdonna and Lou Show, Jinkx Monsoon, Major Scales, Fuchsia FoXXX , Faggedy Randy, ilvs strauss, and the newest cast member, lil’ Brace!

Homo for the Holidays is see homo page 30

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to make even the most stubborn yuletides Gay,” promises DeLouRue in a press release. “An unforgettable all-star cast of burlesque, cabaret, dance, drag, and musical local luminaries come together in a display of glittering grandeur.

“Homo for the Holidays is a hearty holiday fruitcake packed with rollicksome reindeer, enticing elves, ghostly guests, sexy snowstorms, agile angels, musical Maccabees, and new ways to define ‘coming home,’” continued DeLouRue. “It’s not Christmas in July, it’s Pride in December! Light your menorah, stuff your stockings, and join our chosen family

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The air is cooler, the leaves have turned in color, and the holiday season is upon us. In recent years one show has set itself apart to become a Seattle tradition: Homo for the Holidays.

Building on the success of last year’s sold-out run, DeLouRue Presents (the trio that brings you Freedom Fantasia and Party Schmarty) is thrilled to offer up 12 chances to see Homo for the Holidays – now in its fifth year!

Homo for the Holidays is a seasonal spectacle guaranteed

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by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE SEATTLE MEN’S CHORUS Through December 22 The Seattle Men’s Chorus opened the holiday season for 2012 with an incredible concert, titled Baby, It’s Cold Outside, which literally heated up Emerald City music fans of all ages, all tastes, all backgrounds. Diversity ruled as the zillion members of the Chorus filed onto the stage.

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Katy Perry honored as a Trevor Hero

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor The Trevor Project honored international superstar Katy Perry with the Trevor Hero Award at a December 2 ceremony, held at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.

Audi of America also was recognized at the “Trevor Live” benefit gala, with the Trevor 2020 Award.

This high-profile annual event benefits the work of The Trevor Project, which provides crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to LGBTQ teens and young adults.

“I am so proud to be honored

by The Trevor Project as a Trevor Hero,” said Perry. “I hope all LGsee perry page 33

Honoree Katy Perry speaks onstage at “Trevor Live” held at The Hollywood Palladium on December 2, 2012 in Los Angeles, California

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movies and film

Overly earnest Playing for Keeps fails to score

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Jessica Biel and Gerard Butler in Playing For Keeps

his ex-wife Stacie (Jessica Biel) and reestablish a relationship with his young son Lewis (Noah Lomax), whom he hardly knows. Low on funds and hoping to get a PLAYING FOR KEEPS broadcasting job with ESPN, George is Opens December 7 gently coerced into coaching Lewis’ soccer Retired Scottish soccer sensation George team, discovering true joy in the smiles on Dryer (Gerard Butler) isn’t at his best. He’s the faces of his charges as they learn to play moved to a Virginia suburb to be close to the game.

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

North Sea Texas has its charms but ultimately disappoints

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

NORTH SEA TEXAS Opens December 7 Pim (Jelle Florizoone) isn’t happy. Lonely and introverted, the teen feels neglected by his gadabout single mother, Yvette (Eva van der Gucht), while also harboring a secret crush on his slightly older next-door neighbor, Gino (Mathias Vergels). Circumstances evolve, relationships change, and soon Pim realizes he must be open about his feelings no matter the cost, unsure whether doing so will alienate him further from him mom and ruin any chance for a future with his outgoing and athletic friend. But that’s part of growing up, and if the young boy is go-

ing to live an honest life and have the future he dreams about, the truth must come out – and, sometime soon, so must he.

I can’t say I’m quite as taken with the Belgian import North Sea Texas as so many others seem to be. After watching it during last spring’s Seattle International Film Festival, I felt no need to write in-depth about it one way or the other, the only notes I took singling out Florizoone for an impassioned, gently magnetic performance. But the movie itself? As handsomely produced as it was, as nicely understated as Bavo Defurne’s direction proved to be, I couldn’t help but feel like I’d watched this film before, the final product delivering little, if anything, I hadn’t already seen numerous times.

Revisiting the movie several months later,

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Jelle Florizoone in North Sea Texas

many of my thoughts and feelings toward it remain unchanged. Defurne, working from a script he co-wrote with Yves Verbraeken and adapted from André Sollie’s novel, does handle the proceedings with a delicately dexterous touch, never overplaying the inherent melodrama of the piece and allowing Pim’s journey to more often than not eloquently speak for itself. Additionally, the film has a visual aesthetic that’s colorfully intoxicating, director of photography Anton Mertens delivering images that feel lived-in and suitably rusticated.

A STELLAR PERFORMANCE Then there is Florizoone. As stated, he is the end-all, be-all of this film, and much like Quvenzhané Wallis (who I realize is almost a decade his junior) in Beasts of the Southern Wild he cuts a magnetic and emotionally complex swath virtually impossible to resist. There are layers to his performance that are oftentimes surprising, and for much of the narrative I was never quite sure what he was going to do or say next, making his ultimate destination a somewhat startling

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doling out puerile platitudes. It wastes the majority of its talented female supporting cast – especially Thurman – in thankless roles well beneath their respective talent levels, and for each time it manages to get something right there are countless more where it runs pointlessly in circles desperately searching for a reason to exist.

At the same time, the movie somewhat shockingly goes down pretty easy and isn’t as difficult a sit as that description of the script might imply. Butler is at his roguishly charming best as George, while Biel walks through the film with a quiet confidence I found moderately entrancing. The scenes between father and son have kick to them, an emotional heft the remainder of the movie sadly lacks, and while the ultimate solution to our hero’s problem is as clichéd as they come, there’s something about the way that Muccino delivers this syrupy pap that didn’t cause me to gag. There are laughs to be found, a couple tears that potentially could be shed, and moments of warmth and heart that break through the melodramatic tedium, all of which helped make the movie palatable.

This is not to say that Playing for Keeps scores. It misses the net by a wide margin, going over the goal post and sailing into the crowd. This is one instance where a talented cast and a strong director are let down by a screenplay whose inherent shortcomings they just can’t compensate for. The movie earns a red card for wasting its oodles of potential, and it’s easy to see why distributor FilmDistrict is releasing it into theaters with little fanfare and almost nonexistent backing.

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What he isn’t prepared for are the advances made on him by the team members’ parents. One kid’s wealthy dad, Carl (Dennis Quaid), looks at him and sees dollar signs, using the former professional athlete to schmooze business clients. Others, like single moms Denise (Catherine Zeta-Jones) and Barb (Judy Greer), look at George and see a cure for their bedroom loneliness – George a bit unprepared for, but not unreceptive to, this sudden carnal attention. But it’s Lewis he wants to impress and Stacy he longs to get close to, and if he’s ever going to do one, let alone both, of those things he’s going to have to finally grow up and become the mature adult he’s always refused to be.

Playing for Keeps has all the potential in the world. It features an outstanding cast of character actors (including the unmentioned Uma Thurman, Iqbal Theba, and James Tupper) and a solid director in Gabriele Muccino (The Pursuit of Happyness, The Last Kiss). The behind-the-scenes crew includes crackerjack cinematographer Peter Menzies (Die Hard With a Vengeance, The Incredible Hulk), production designer Daniel T. Dorrance (The Paperboy), and veteran composer Andrea Guerra (Letters to Juliet, Nine), while the scenario itself is ripe with dramatic and comedic possibility bordering on the infinite.

So what’s the problem? The issue is that Robbie Fox’s (So I Married an Axe Murderer) screenplay runs rampant with cliché and never meets a melodramatic plot point it doesn’t want to slovenly embrace. It isn’t interested in going into the complicated emotional nuances continually hinted at throughout, instead contenting itself with

one filled with internal nuances and emotional truisms.

Yet my reservations remain. The subplot concerning Yvette is a little ham-fisted and obvious, and if Defurne does ever ratchet up the melodrama it is directly related to the moments and scenes involving her. I also couldn’t help but wish that Gino had been fleshed out more, and as good as Vergels is in the part (he’s close to wonderful), as a character he frustratingly maintains a onedimensionality that drove me nuts.

I do get why international and domestic festival audiences have fallen in love with the film. There are numerous superlatives that can be thrown the picture’s way, and in the end the climactic dramatics do hit home in a way that is potent and pure. I just can’t help but feel like with a little more effort – maybe an additional rewrite – Defurne and company could have avoided many of the inherent clichés of the story and gone on to craft something magical. As it is, North Sea Texas isn’t without its merits. I just don’t know if there are enough of them to make up for its more obvious shortcomings.

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in real life to have to go through that, so I think part of that added to the fun of making that scene. It’s totally awkward but doable.

[The shoot] was pretty casual. Jonny is one of those directors where I didn’t feel like I was under his control too much. It felt a lot looser than that. I guess for the physical stuff it would depend on the shot, like if they needed the shot of me jerking off under the sheet and Jenn’s face in the background, there was definitely a specificity to that – the angle of the camera and how high my hands could jerk upward. That sort of thing. [laughs]

Stars of acclaimed indie film talk about Gay-straight sex

IN DEFENSE OF SEX WORK Jenn: People who say that sex scenes – at least with the gorgeous gentleman I’ve been given the pleasure to be cast opposite of – are awkward, hard, and weird are lying.

They’re lying because they want to be artsycrafty. It’s bullshit. There is nothing weird about it. People were watching! People were filming! Come on, that’s great. I was given my best friend and three gorgeous men who are wonderful gentlemen. Going to work to make out with someone? Not difficult. I can see the allure of the porn industry.

by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer There are lots of ways to have a baby if you’re a Gay man with a platonic girlfriend.

Surrogacy is one option. You could adopt.

Maybe even go the donor insemination route.

Or … you could just get naked and stick it in.

Gayby, an acclaimed indie film from writer/director Jonathan Lisecki (recently nominated for Best First Screenplay by the esteemed Spirit Awards), now available on DVD, is the story of two besties, Jenn and Matt (real-life friends Jenn Harris and Matthew Wilkas), who decide to fulfill a lifelong promise to have a kid … by having sex together. Here, the two stars talk about how they differ from – and resemble – their onscreen personas, and how a Gay man can (believe it or not) conceive a child the “natural” way.

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Jenn Harris and Matthew Wilkas in Gayby

relationship like she is in the film.

able to handle it. I mean, it’s very strange.

It’s obviously more an excuse to write a reHAVING BABIES ally funny scene than something that hapMatthew: I have no desire to have a baby. pens in reality. [laughs] Jenn wants to have a baby. She always says that I’m gonna be involved in the child’s THE FIRST SEX SCENE life, and I’m sure I will be.

Jenn: That was actually our favorite Jenn: If Gay-couple friends of mine scene to shoot. It was really hard not to wanted me to have their baby or something break. We had actually shot that scene in – I’m not in the market to do that right now. the short a couple of years ago [Gayby was I’m not ready to mother at this moment, but originally a short]. It’s longer in the film, obI’m not against it. I’m not even against hav- viously, but it’s pretty much what we did in ing sex with a Gay man! the short. I think we were just so comfortable. Matt and I travel. We’re always sleepDOES THIS EVER HAPPEN? ing in the same bed. It was really easy. Like, Matthew: I would say maybe, like, less “Oh, this is a familiar moment.” than one percent of the time. But maybe Matthew: It was a blast. There’s a comit’s more. I don’t know anyone who’s done fort there that I wouldn’t have had if it were it this way. I feel like people are more apt to with someone I didn’t know. A lot of the go the turkey-baster method. awkwardness was authentic in that it was so If sex were the only option, I think I’d be easy to imagine how awkward it would be

ADVICE TO GAY MEN Matthew: My character, Matt, has it right: He suggests that he gets off outside of her and then rolls over and sticks it in when it’s just about to happen. That’s the best way for a Gay man to go about having sex with a woman. It saves you from actually having to go through with it for too long.

IT’S ABOUT FAMILY Jenn: The film is very much about the family that we create. We have our biological family and then we grow up and move to big cities, or we move away from our family of origin and we build our own little family with our friends, coworkers, and neighbors. We get to choose who we want in our family when we get older. We have the gift of choice. Just like I chose Matt, and Matt chose me. He’s definitely my Gay husband.

Matthew: The definition of family isn’t exclusive to just blood relatives. It’s really beyond that. I am not very close to my family, and I moved to N.Y. and I had to create my own family, essentially. That’s what the film is about. It’s about creating your own family when you don’t necessarily have one.

Chris Azzopardi is the editor of Q Syndicate, the international LGBT wire service.

Reach him via his website, www.chris-azzopardi.com.

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT Jenn: We met during our freshman orientation at Boston University, and it was literally and completely love at first sight. I don’t mean love like, “Oh my God, I want to marry that guy” – it was like, “You’re coming with me.” He’s just one of those soul-mate people who knows you. We go together really well – he’s very much my brother. So I can’t even think of him having sex. It totally creeps me out. But neither of us really can.

We get grossed out.

Matthew: Yeah, we’re never going to have sex. That’s never gonna happen.

‘WE’RE BOTH NEUROTIC’ Jenn: I remember reading, “Jenn’s walking around the city depressed and she falls into a bush” and thinking, “I can’t wait to fall into a bush!” I thought it was this big moment, like I’m gonna fall from a cliff into a bush, and it wasn’t. I have as much fun as my character does and I work hard like she does, but it’s obviously high comedy – I’m not walking around falling into bushes. I was also a spinning instructor for years, and that is my motorbike.

Matthew: We’re both really neurotic. I think we both share that quality, so I don’t think Jenn is the only neurotic one in this

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Tina Fey, Fortune Feimster star in new work

by Romeo San Vicente SGN Contributing Writer

ADMISSION Every smarty-pants Lesbian we know loves Tina Fey, even though she plays for the other team. And when Admission, her latest film, opens next spring, that audience will get the added bonus of actual Lesbian Lily Tomlin as a co-star. The story revolves around Fey as a college admissions director who both falls for Paul Rudd and learns that the baby she gave up for adoption might well be a maladjusted genius applying for admission to her school. It’s always good news when Tomlin decides to do a film, but it’s always just as interesting to see how Fey carries a movie she didn’t write. The star didn’t call her book Bossypants for no reason: As former head writer for Saturday Night Live, screenwriter of Mean Girls, and creator of 30 Rock, she is, more often than not, seemingly in charge of her own destiny.

But she’s had pretty good luck so far, appearing comfortably at home in the come-

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deep inside hollywood taken notice of this dynamic, green-lighting a half-hour sitcom written, produced, and starring Feimster and co-executive produced by Handler. Discounted is a rural, blue-collar comedy about two sisters (Feimster will play one of them) trying to keep their Charlotte, North Carolina, furniture store open in the face of overwhelming competition from an IKEA-like chain of cheap imports. Like all pilots, it’ll have to jump through the usual network hoops, but if the TV-viewing world is lucky, there’ll soon be a fitting primetime successor to Roseanne – one that doesn’t have to import any guest Lesbians for its storylines.

TWO NEW GAY DOCS Jeffrey Schwarz, the documentary filmmaker whose most recent movie, the highly acclaimed Vito (about the life of The Celluloid Closet’s groundbreaking writer and historian, Vito Russo), received a coveted HBO premiere, is hard at work on his next film. Shining deserved light on another Gay icon, I Am Divine will pay loving tribute file photo

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Is Burning brought the world of late 1980s drag balls to moviegoers’ attention. Be on the lookout for both films to turn up at festivals sometime in 2013.

FROM DREAMGIRLS TO TWILIGHT TO … WIKILEAKS? Gay filmmaker Bill Condon translated his slowly growing career success direct-

received few thank-you notes. Negotiations are currently underway to cast James McAvoy opposite Benedict Cumberbatch (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy), who’ll play the embattled Assange, a man still facing prosecution by the United States. If McAvoy signs on he’ll star as Daniel DomscheitBerg, whose book Inside WikiLeaks: My Time With Julian Assange at the World’s

Regular viewers of the extremely loose late-night talk show Chelsea Lately know Fortune Feimster very well. ing movies like Gods and Monsters and Kinsey into a spot helming the big-budget Dreamgirls and both parts of the global smash franchise The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn. What this means now is that he can do pretty much whatever he wants, so he’s going to tackle an entirely different sort of challenge: WikiLeaks and the fate of its head whistleblower, Julian Assange. You may remember that Assange started the Fortune Feimster website as a source for leaked diplomatic cables and messages to expose corruption dies Baby Mama and Date Night. And if she to the equally groundbreaking film star, a in world governments, a job for which he can do warm-hearted romance-and-family man who did for insane drag what his close comedy without turning it all inside out friend, director John Waters, did for insane with Liz Lemon-style self-deprecation and cinema. The film will feature interviews continued from cover absurdity, she’ll be inching closer to, well, a with Waters, Ricki Lake, Bruce Vilanch, persona her fans don’t quite recognize. But Tab Hunter, Mink Stole, and Holly Wood- scheduled for December 14, 15, 21, 22, 23, and 24, two shows per night, 7 p.m. and 10 you’ll have to wait until March 2013 to find lawn, and is currently in post-production.

Meanwhile, Continental, the latest from p.m., at West Hall in the Oddfellows Buildout. documentary filmmaker Malcolm Ingram ing (915 E. Pine St., 2nd floor). Call (206) (Small Town Gay Bar) will explore the hey- 320-8458 for dinner reservations at The Tin DISCOUNTED Regular viewers of the extremely loose day of New York City’s famed Continental Table, where your ticket gets you half-off a late-night talk show Chelsea Lately know Baths. A gay bathhouse that became a non- specialty cocktail when you dine before or Fortune Feimster very well. She’s the brash, Gay entertainment venue as it launched the after the show.

And, this year Homo for the Holidays plus-size, go-to Lesbian comic on staff who musical careers of Bette Midler and Barry can play both Honey Boo Boo and Honey Manilow, drawing crowds of celebrities goes VIP! Four tables are available for Boo Boo’s mother, and who regularly en- and regular Gay guys in towels looking each show at $150 per table (each seats up gages in whatever sexually frank discus- for anonymous sex, Continental is sure to to four). The price includes a special Homo sions host Chelsea Handler initiates with open younger Gay eyes to the subculture of for the Holidays gift bag for your party. the rotating comic panel. And ABC has 1970s hedonism in the same way that Paris Regular tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at

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Most Dangerous Website will serve as one screenplay source for the DreamWorks project. No timeline has been set just yet, but it will have to wait until Condon is finished promoting those sparkly vampires all over the globe. Think 2014.

Romeo San Vicente could leak all sorts of information, but it would only embarrass some A-list male celebrities whose hearts he broke back in the day. He can be reached at DeepInsideHollywood@qsyndicate. com. the door. So what are you waiting for? Go to www.brownpapertickets.com/event/290222 right now.

About DeLouRue Presents: What happens when three of Seattle’s theatrical and literal BIG-WIGS put their hairsprayed heads together in a magical moment of scintillating synergy? “DeLouRue Presents” is birthed! Take one part Ben DeLaCreme (Capitol Hill Creepshow, Tuck), two shakes Kitten LaRue (The Atomic Bombshells, TRAINWRECK!), and a dollop of Lou Henry Hoover (The Cherdonna and Lou Show, Dance Belt USA). Add a dash of blah blah blah and VOILA! ... the most MUY ELEGANZA showbiz parfait you’ve ever tasted!

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by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer SCROOGE: THE MUSICAL SEATTLE MUSICAL THEATRE Through December 9 Scrooge: The Musical, now playing at Seattle Musical Theatre, is a sweet and completely unchallenging musical version of A Christmas Carol. Leslie Bricusse wrote the entire thing – book, music, and lyrics – and he hews to the story, to the letter. Still, this sort of fare seems exactly what people want to see this time of year, if we are to judge by the packed theaters offering A Christmas Carol. (ACT’s version is in its 37th year!)

The production at SMT is a creditable one, with a strong performance by J. Stegar Thompson as Scrooge, though it’s a bit on the kitschy side. The style that director Steven Fogell seems to prefer is a bit stagey – a “let’s all run to the front of the stage, set ourselves, and then start a song” style. But there are some strong singers in the cast, particularly Kate Sumpter and Rebecca Maiten as the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present, respectively, and adorable little trouper Kitana Turnbull as Tiny Tim. And though you likely know the story all too well, by the end even this most predictable of musicals might cause a moist eye or two. The songs render the subject nicely, including “Happiness” and “The Milk of Human Kindness,” reminding us that we can and should treat each other better.

SCROOGE LIVES A scene where Scrooge forgives every

debt owed him led to “what if” ruminations: What if U.S. banks, holding hundreds of thousands of underwater mortgages, practiced debt forgiveness for Christmas this year? Wouldn’t that instantly change millions of lives for the better? What if practicing debt forgiveness re-levels the economic inequities of our current society? It was an unexpected mental detour.

The set, also designed by Fogell, is a nicely bleak grey, black, and white town square, which allows the cast to stand out in lovely costumes by DodiRose Zooropa. The choreography by Joanna Hardie is suitably sweet. Spooky lighting by Richard Schaefer and spooky sound by Kevin Heard rounded out the technical support.

An important, and sometimes missing of late, ingredient to the atmosphere – a strongly performing small orchestra – is led by music director Josh Anderson. The wind section was note-perfect and the sounds melded very professionally.

The production is totally family-friendly, allowing for the youngest tykes able to sit still for a longish first act (roughly 75 minutes). There’s no swearing and a couple of chaste stage kisses are as adult as it gets.

If you like your Christmas Carol musicalized, this is the version for you. And you’ll know exactly what you’re getting. For more information, go to www.seattlemusicaltheatre.org or call (206) 363-2809.

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An ‘old-fashioned’ holiday SRT mainstay Inspecting Carol is still funny but showing its age

INSPECTING CAROL SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE Through December 23 The current production of Seattle Rep’s

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Gretchen Krich (bottom left) and Ian Bell (r) in Inspecting Carol

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A Christmas Carol for musical theater fans

Inspecting Carol still has a lot of laughs, which is great. It’s a remount of an original piece first created in 1991, when the Rep was more of a true repertory company. Daniel Sullivan and those resident cast members created a mashup of a farce

by Nikolai Gogol, The Inspector General,

J. Stegar Thompson in the titular role in Scrooge: The Musical

with a down-at-the-mouth theater company doing their annual Christmas Carol to boost their budget into the black.

The play has a lot of inside theater jokes, which can be fun, but as hard as this talented cast works, and however much director Jerry Manning wants it to succeed, it’s probably time to think about retiring this work.

It would help if the audience were better informed as to when it takes place, since the play has Stephen Hando hauling around a huge anachronistic “laptop” and other older technology is employed. The fact that the play is set in 1991 isn’t even noted in the program.

The economics of theater are still the same or even more uncertain today – and this 1991 theater is failing to make budget, as managing director Kevin (Burton Curtis) informs artistic director Zorah (Gretchen Krich). It’s losing subscribers and even its annual $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts is in jeopardy. Zorah, meanwhile, is in the midst of a four-day rehearsal process. (Really? Who rehearses just four days on a show that is essential to keeping the theater going the rest of the year?)

Hando’s character, Wayne, is a forlorn would-be actor who thinks he scheduled an audition just by sending in a postcard.

When Zorah and Kevin get a letter that says an NEA observer is coming to evaluate the fate of their grant, they decide that Wayne is that observer, only incognito. It helps explain why he is such a bad actor, they decide.

To encourage/bribe him into giving them a good report, they cast him – in the tiniest role they can. But they also allow him to weigh in on their artistic vision, thinking they have to go along with whatever he suggests.

Krich’s character makes a big to-do over how she has worked to diversify the theater

by bringing in an African American (Walter, played by Reginald André Jackson). In 1991, that might have registered as funny, but in 2012, it just seems sad. Veteran cast members include Ian Bell as Larry, a kibitzing Scrooge who wants to rewrite the play into some kind of humanitarian crusade; Chris Ensweiler as Phil, who has the hots for the director and fakes a back injury for sympathy; Peggy Gannon as MJ, the competent stage manager turned less-competent actor by vacancy; and Kimberly King and Michael Winters playing a loving acting couple who genially do whatever is called for.

NOT-SO-TINY TIM Hank Fialkow and Nathaniel Kelderman alternate as the Tiny Tim-like character who has grown too big to carry and is now a cheeky tween. And Kathy Hsieh has a very brief moment as the real NEA observer, who shows up just in time to see the trainwreck of the dress rehearsal.

To repeat, the cast is full of talent and watching them is fun. Each does what their role calls for, though some of what is called for becomes odder as the play goes on. MJ, unaccountably, is unable to stop laughing through the entire dress; Walter has learned zero lines in the previous days of rehearsal and stands mute, unable even to improvise.

One has to suppose that this is what passes for farce.

If you’re looking for Christmas Lite, this is for you. You don’t have to sit through A Christmas Carol itself, you can laugh, and it still might make you feel good afterward.

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

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music Frank Ocean nabs six Grammy nominations

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

A big year for Frank Ocean climaxed December 5 with six Grammy Award nominations, including nods for Album and Record of the Year (artist and producer), Best New Artist, Best Urban Contemporary Album, and Best Rap/Sung Collaboration. The R&B breakout star, who earlier this year admitted to an affair with another man, opened his tour at The Showbox Market this summer. Ocean’s Channel Orange will battle The Black Keys’ El Camino, Mumford & Sons’ Babel, fun.’s Some Nights, and Jack White’s Blunderbuss in the Album category. “Thinkin Bout You” by Ocean goes up against The Black Keys’ “Lonely Boy,” fun.’s “We Are Young” (featuring Janelle Monae), Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” (featuring Kimbra), Taylor Swift’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together,” and Kelly Clarkson’s “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” in the Record field. His competitors for Best New Artist are fun., The Lumineers, Hunter Hayes, and Alabama Shakes.

There were big names missing from the Grammy nominees list, including Madonna, Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry, and Nicki Minaj. The biggest disappointment from an otherwise impressive roster of nominations was a Song of the Year nod

for Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe,” which also earned her kudos for Best Pop Solo Performance. Newer acts with tremendous buzz, such as Lana Del Rey, Ellie Goulding, Emeli Sande, and Gary Clark Jr., were completely shut out of the 81 categories. The 55th Annual Grammy Awards will be broadcast February 10.

THE MAC IS BACK Legendary pop-rock band Fleetwood Mac will celebrate the 35th anniversary of their pinnacle work, Rumours, with a reissue of the album and a nationwide tour in 2013. The re-release of Rumours, which has sold more than 40 million copies to date, is said to include studio and live tracks that have never been featured on any of the group’s previous recordings. Fleetwood Mac will perform May 20 at the Tacoma Dome. Tickets, priced between $58.59 and $164.10, go on sale December 17 at all Ticketmaster locations. Stevie Nicks (who interviewed with Seattle Gay News last year), Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie have committed to all dates of the 34-city U.S. tour.

Did you miss En Vogue this summer, when they jazzed up Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley with a sassy performance that featured their biggest hits? Fret no more, the Funky Divas are returning. The Grammy-nominated vocal unit will appear at Jazz Alley once again

Bayreuth in Blu-ray A Ring cycle from 1992 gets a marvelous video update

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer WAGNER: DER RING DES NIBELUNGEN BAYREUTH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Kultur Video Back in the early ’90s, a group of friends and I rented LaserDiscs (the predecessor of DVDs) from Scarecrow Video to watch Wagner’s Ring cycle of four operas. It was a production at Bayreuth by Harry Kupfer, conducted by Daniel Barenboim. The cast

was uniformly excellent for the period, and there was much buzz about the extensive use of lasers to create lighting effects. (I later saw the same team of Kupfer/Barenboim, minus the lasers, live in Berlin when all ten of Wagner’s mature operas were presented at the Staatsoper.) But those discs were far from high-definition as we know it today, and the laser beams in particular did not come across well at all.

But the re-release of that same 1992 Ring production, updated to true HD video and sound, sheds an entirely new light on this show. These Blu-ray discs, seen and heard

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February 14 through 17 with a somewhat similar lineup. Original members Terry Ellis and Cindy Herron-Braggs will perform with the newly added Rhona Bennett and a three-piece backup band. Reservations can be made now online at www.jazzalley.com, or by calling (206) 441-9729.

Alabama Shakes, a Grammy nominee for Best New Artist and Best Rock Performance, have announced a live performance on March 3, at the Paramount Theatre.

Finally, Seattle’s The Cave Singers have announced the release of their new album, Naomi, for March 5.

on a state-of-the-art home theater system, allow one to see at last what all the fuss was about. In Das Rheingold in particular, sheets of slime-green laser light cover the floor of the whole stage, thus hiding holes and stairways in and under that floor. Thus, when a singer pops his/her head up through the sheet of light, it does indeed look like something emerging from water – effective visual magic as the Rheinmaidens tease Alberich.

Somehow the exaggerated motions seemed more natural and integrated in Jerusalem’s acting. The one place where it fit perfectly was in the portrayal of Mime by Graham Clark, who almost always overacts, no matter what role he’s singing. He made Mime a tour de force, lacking any depth but irresistibly fun to watch.

MUSIC, SINGING EXCELLENT Overall, the production has much to recommend it. The sound of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (mainly members of the Vienna Philharmonic) is glorious, even if it does lack the ultimate dynamic range of, say, the Valencia Ring Blu-rays. The singing is generally outstanding, with top praises to John Tomlinson as Wotan, Siegfried Jerusalem in his prime as Siegfried, and vocally spectacular Philip Kang as Hagen. Indeed, the forging scene in Siegfried is the best overall that I have ever seen or heard. Anne Evans as Brünnhilde is more than adequate but lacks the power in the middle range to be truly effective. She visibly prepares for almost every high note, often taking a breath just before hitting it.

Visually, the highlight was the second act of Siegfried with the most interesting set and a decent dragon, even if the camera was too close in to give a real sense of its total effect. Otherwise, the sets tended to dark metal and black stone – grim, and a little boring. Lasers were used effectively in Gotterdämmerung and whenever the Rhein River returned.

The biggest drawback of this video is the acting. Perhaps the audience in the Festspielhaus was far enough away to lessen the effect, but to us watching the hi-def video, it was so overdone that it provoked laughter.

TOO MANY GIMMICKS Modern “concept” Rings almost always have some elements that don’t seem to make sense. Here were the Norms in a forest of TV antennas, dressed like Death in Bergman’s The Seventh Seal complete with white-face makeup. At first they seemed to be nuns in black habits, counting beads on the “rope of destiny”! Kupfer is not above changing the story, despite what the libretto says. (In Berlin he changed the ending of Lohengrin so Eva’s brother never returns and the swan is dead and bloody.) Here, the glory of the music that closes the four-night Ring cycle is totally robbed of any exaltation by modern-dress members of a cocktail party carrying onto the stage many TV sets, which they watch with blasé expressions as they drink their champagne. If there is any meaning to Brünnhilde’s immolation, they certainly don’t get it.

The other main drawback, to my tastes, is the complete lack of any sense of what it’s like to actually attend a live Ring cycle.

These performances were apparently not filmed live. You never see or hear the audience or the conductor. There are no curtain calls. I’ve been to many Rings; it’s always a big occasion. Most more recent Ring videos (such as at Valencia and the Met Opera) are recorded live and convey an added excitement as a direct result. I missed that here.

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

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continued from cover from the guys down the aisle. And they were right.

Next to this SGN scribe and his “annual Chorus guest,” a well-dressed woman in a bright holiday sweater whispered to everyone within 13 feet, “That’s my boy!” as the men in snappy multicolored ties marched in.

“And that’s his husband.”

Her husband might have shuddered a little at that public disclosure, but he was obviously beaming that his “two sons” looked so great. And so obviously happy. (“They met at AA – they’re just right for each other.”)

This writer is notoriously mathematically challenged. So, dear reader, this is a “You Do the Math” review.

Add up SGN’s scores, compare with your own total, mail to SGN and win a free holiday prize, yet to be determined.

Title of concert: 10 out of 10 Decor, dress of Chorus men: 10/10 Well-chosen music for the season: 10/10 Musical preparation: 10/10 Each Chorus man wearing an AIDS ribbon: 12/10 (those boyz know how to dress – many wore two!)

Beauty of the serious music: 10/10 Enunciation of difficult Latin selections: 10/10 Charm of holiday selections: 10/10 Obligatory inclusion of music from Jewish and other holiday traditions (also known as “Diversity Honors Diversity): 10/10 Energy of Chorus: 22/10 Infectious enthusiasm of Chorus: 14/10 Obvious delight of capacity matinee crowd: 15/10 Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse singing the show’s title song for finale (glitz/ glitter/”bling” factor included): 56/10 (“How does he walk in those heels?”

“Where does he get those ‘diamonds’?”

“Hear he has a husband!” “The SGN guy always raves about him …”)

Charm, sincerity, talent of guest star Ana Gasteyer: 22/10 Difficulty of spelling her name correctly: 210/10 Said guest star’s devastating send-up of Barbra S.’s simple idea of decorating – as in, “Build an authentic mill house near your smaller swimming pool for a rustic feeling”: 567/10 Extra points for SMC “finding” a superstar singer/comedian/all-around Great Gal at Seattle budget price: 338/10

For more about Ana, visit www.sgn.org Sign-language artist: 14/10 Until December 22, 2012. So, dear reader: and read Miryam Gordon’s delightful interJoy of Hawaiian-themed second act: 45/10 You do the math. view with the former SNL star. Ana brought Happiness of crowd departing: 66/10 One word of advice: Go. Ticket info at her husband, their two children, and other Obvious love of families, friends, lovers, www.flyinghouse.org. As usual, tell ’em family members to the show. The tiny tots ex-lovers, and future lovers in the lobby: SGN sent ya. loved it! At a reception/celebration after- 22/10 Happy Holidays from MWH and SGN. ward in the stylish Benaroya Hall Founder’s The list, like the Chorus, goes on and on.

Lounge, she happened to ask this SGN writer, “What should I order tonight at Dahlia Lounge? I hear it’s great.” said, “Audi is grateful to be able to help Sixteen Chorus men and guests spontaneencourage LGBTQ youth to take pride in ously chimed together: “Crab cakes and co- continued from cover themselves and the communities that supconut pie!” In perfect harmony. Yes, it was port them. Today’s youth are tomorrow’s BTQ youth know that they are as valuable leaders, and being a true leader means being that kind of a party.

Number of people who told Ana that as anyone else, that they are amazing and unique and being authentic.”

Dahlia Lounge was “the” local restaurant unique, and make the world a more vibrant The Trevor Project is the leading national in Sleepless in Seattle “in case you didn’t place. Trevor’s life-saving, life-affirming organization providing crisis intervention work helps youth find the future they de- and suicide prevention services to Lesbian, know”: 354, to be exact. serve. I want every young person to choose Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and questionScore for tourist info: 354/10 Quality of food and beverage at reception: to have a tomorrow and to dream for the fu- ing young people under 24. Every day, The ture.

22/10 Trevor Project saves young lives through “And if they don’t get to hear it enough, its free and confidential lifeline, in-school Appropriateness of Chorus gift to loyal donors: 10/10 (“Tiny, red, sharp, tasteful – I hope they know that they can pick up the workshops, educational materials, online phone to call the Trevor Lifeline, or log on resources, and advocacy. Honored by the like your buddy’s d**k.”)

Memorable moment to always be remem- and talk to someone on TrevorChat,” Perry White House as a Champion of Change, bered: The annual greeting of a former stu- continued. “It’s OK to ask for help. You are The Trevor Project is a leader and innovator dent to a former teacher: “How are you ... worth it. Make a pledge to yourself to get in suicide prevention. and him?” “He’s now my husband, at least help if you need it, because we need you in Learn more at www.thetrevorproject.org. our lives.” he will be on December XX.” “How’s your partner, the retired Stanford A BRIGHT FUTURE guy?” the younger one asked with “that” “The Trevor Project is proud to have knowing look.

“We’re getting hitched in June, on his honored Katy Perry with the Trevor Hero Award and Audi with the Trevor 2020 birthday.”

“Will your ex-wife and all the three know Award,” said Abbe Land, executive director and CEO of The Trevor Project. “Trevor about this?”

“Well, they might notice ... they’re hosting Live is where entertainment and cultural change align to send a message to young our reception at The Ruins.”

(Thanks, guys, for decades of friendship. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and And to M&M for support from “the girls in questioning youth that they deserve a bright future, and it starts the moment you reach English 9.”) out to The Trevor Project.”

About the concert: Michael Patrick, media and entertainQuality: 19/10 ment communications manager at Audi, Fun of funny skits: 16/10 This year’s sing-along: 12/10 (“Thank God – whoever she is,” the man behind me camped it up, “we didn’t have to jangle our silly keys for ‘Jingle Bells’ …”)

“12 Days of Christmas” sing-along, standand-cheer sequence: 7/10 (“Those guys don’t know how much it hurts to stand up 12 times in three minutes,” the man with the cane next to me grumbled, not unreasonably.)

About the auction: Overall: 7/20 (“Just what I need – a hot tub for my tiny condo! Or another car to park in Belltown. Or free tickets to the Men’s and Women’s concerts – we already have four for every one.”)

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

DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

ACCESSIBILITY: Is your event accessible to LGBTQ people with 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.

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SATURDAY - December 8

A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am.

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. www.agatheringofmen.org Free Mammogram Screeing. 9am-3pm. Wildrose, 1021 E Pike St. YWCA Health Outreach & Swedish Hospital moblie mammogram coach conduct no-cost mammogram & pap tests. You are eligible if you are 40+, have limited income, are uninsured or underinsured, have not had a mammogram in 2 years or more, are high risk, or are new to the Breast Cervical & Colon Health Porgram. For appointment call 461-4493.

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.

Ski Buddies on the Slope. 10am. The Clock at Stevens Pass. For more info visit www.skibuddies.org Community Drop-In Relationship Q&A. 11am2pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 517 E Pike St. Feeling confused about what R-74 means for your domestic partnership? Have questions? Find out the latest info about marriage plus links to realted community resources. www.nwnetwork.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details.

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

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridge club.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com “Snowball 2012: Rise!” - Seattle’s Trans Community Holiday Celebration. 7-11pm. Seattle City Hall, Bertha Knight Landes Room. 600 4th Ave. Hosted by Seattle City Council President Sally Clark & featuring special guest slam poet Kit Yan. Friends, fun, food. $20 at the door or www.brownpapertickets. com/event/295919 Sistah Sinema - “The Journey.” Door 7pm, Film 7:30pm, Discussion 9pm. Roy St Coffee & Tea, Broadway E & E Roy St. A film about Lesbian relationships in India involving young women expected to marry according to family customs. $10 at the door. sistahsinema.webs.com Dina Martina Christmas Show (12/6-12/9, 12/1312/17, 12/19-12/24, 12/26-12/31). 8pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. All new holiday show featuring truly legendary songs, stories, costumes & audience gifts.

(Matinees at 2pm, 12/15-16, 12/22-23.) Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door. www.brownpapertickets. com/events/271829 “Holidays with Isis.” Door 7pm, Show 8pm. The Grill on Broadway, 314 Broadway E. Raising money & awareness for LGBT homeless youth. Suggested donation $8.

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.)

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

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

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month.

K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations, including Pennies from Heaven, Rosehedge House, & Three Cedars. 3290886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - December 11

Griffin’s Chapel. 12:01am. R Place, 619 E Pine St. Weddings performed, Rev John Griffin officiating. Bring your marriage license & let us all celebrate your love!

722-1644, www.grffinschapel.com, ten-seven@att.net 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 City Hall Wedding Ceremonies. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. (The City has reached capacity for same-sex couples wanting to get married at this event, but the community is welcome to join in the celebration. The Paramount Theatre, 911 Pine St, is hosting a FREE public reception this evening from 6-10pm.)

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.

Meditation for GBT Men. 11am-1pm. Cal Anderson House, 400 Broadway. Suitable for beginning & experienced meditators. Sponsored by Dharma Buddies.

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6177, or Mike Chin (509) 990-0007.

Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous)

group open to anyone in recovery. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org Paths to Recovery Al-Anon Family Group. 121:30pm. Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. 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. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-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. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1-3pm. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. For info & location, NSWG@ sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafewordwriters group. org. (Also meets 4th Monday, 7-9pm.)

Free Group Church Wedding. 2pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Want a church wedding, choir & all on the first day that same-sex marriage is legal? Bring your marriage license and contact the church to reserve your spot. 325-6051.

Daring Divorced Divas. 3-5pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. A support group for Lesbian women dealing with divorce, separation & transformation. To attend this group please contact the facilitator at daringdivorceddivas@yahoo.com. SASG 322-2427; www.sasgcc.org Debut Book Launch: “The Jesus Injection” by Eric Andrews-Katz. Door 4pm, Reading 5-7pm. Vermillion Gallery & Bar, 1508 11th Ave. Reading & Q&A with author. www.ericandrewskatz.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 Simply Sundays. 5:30-7pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Peer support for recovery from substance abuse. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org “Love Wins” Wedding Reception for All. 6-10pm.

Paramount Theatre, 9th Ave & Pine St. Celebrate this momentous & historic occasion - marriage for all! immediately following marriages at City Hall. Enjoy

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champagne, desserts, live entertainment. FREE & open to the public.

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 Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6pm. OutWest Bar, 5401 California Ave SW. Meets 2nd Sunday each month (Oct-Feb). Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Bring a potluck dish to share. www.skibuddies.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.

Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert: “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (12/9, 12/16 & 12/20, 12/22). 12/9, 12/16 & 12/20 - 7:30pm; 12/21 - 8pm; 12/22 - 2pm & 8pm. Features Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse! Tickets $27-$77. www.flyinghouse.org (Tonight’s concert will also include the wedding ceremonies of 2 couples who are members of the Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus.)

Dina Martina Christmas Show (12/6-12/9, 12/1312/17, 12/19-12/24, 12/26-12/31). (See Saturday listing at 8pm.)

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

MONDAY - December 10

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 LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting.

6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

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

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

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions?

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

6-8pm. The Lobby Bar, 916 E Pike St. Enjoy tasty latkes, colorful dreidels, music & a beautiful candlelighting symbolizing both the miracle of Hannukah & the idea that great leadership & community action will prevail against oppression. 21+. FREE. Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org LGBT MS Connection/National MS Society. 6:308pm. Swedish Conference Center, Cherry Hill Campus, James Tower, 550 17th Avenue, Room E, 1st Floor.

Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. A support group with the goal of providing a safe environment for the LGBT community to express their experiences and the impact of MS on their lives and the lives of their loved ones, as well as provide support for one another. Contact Shelly at 206-250-5002 or LGBTMSConnection@gmail.com.

Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/ love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network. 6:30pm-Social; 7pm-Open Rap. Capitol Hill Group Health, South Building, 201 16th Ave E, Room A6/7. 2nd Tuesday each month. Meet & mingle in an engaging, feminist, Bi-supportive environment. For information visit www. geocities.com/sbwn.

Maybe Baby. 7-8:30pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 511 E Pike St. Meets the 2nd Tuesday each month. Maybe Baby is a support group for LGBTQ people who are interested in becoming parents. info@maybebaby seattle.org or visit www.maybebabyseattle.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 4148797. www.otterpolo.com.

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FRIDAY - December 14

WEDNESDAY - December 12

Toasting Equality ERW Breakfast. Registration 7am, Program 7:30am. Seattle Westin Hotel, 1900 5th Ave. Celebrate our community’s historic win of marriage equality. For tickets call 324-2570 or visit www.equalrightswashington.org GSBA Holiday Luncheon & Annual Meeting.

11:30am-1:30pm. Four Seasons Hotel, 99 Union St. GSBA members $34, non-members $39, students $34.

206-363-9188; www.thegsba.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community.

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

(425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com POZSeattle Holiday Chili Feed. 6-8pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meet us at the downstairs bar for drinks, home-made chili - vegetarian or meat - cornbread & holiday desserts, socializing & a whole lot of fun.

Optional white elephant gift exchange. If you’d like to participate, bring a fun, funny, or naughty wrapped gift for Santa POZ to deliver & you will get a gift in exchange. This event is free (except for the cost of beverages) & is for all HIV+ men & their friends regardless of age, shape, size, or color. www.pozseattle.org Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:15pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Discuss the best LGBT novels with other book-lovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come once or come every week.

Check our website for this month’s book. http://faculty. washington.edu/swittet/sglbookclub/ SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Lotus Sisters with Arinna Weisman. 6:30pm.

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

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

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

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

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

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

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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

ment 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 Dina Martina Christmas Show (12/6-12/9, 12/1312/17, 12/19-12/24, 12/26-12/31). 8pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. (See Saturday listing at 8pm.)

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.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. A structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed. (360) 445-2411; www.washington genderalliance.com.

THURSDAY - December 13

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

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

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

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

Queer Night at the Bremerton/Kitsap Health Department. 4:30-7pm. 109 Austin Dr, Bremerton. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. HIV/AIDS & STD testing

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

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday & Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday. (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

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

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

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

FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

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

Pioneers & Warriors TM. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Friday. Peer support group for Gay & Bi men over 40 - honoring the past, accepting the present & embracing the future. Group attendance requires facilitator approval. Please contact Joel Davis at 261-6616. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Dina Martina Christmas Show (12/6-12/9, 12/1312/17, 12/19-12/24, 12/26-12/31). 8pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. (See Saturday listing at 8pm.)

GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8pm.

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

Every Friday. 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. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

in a GLBT positive environment. Call Sue or Steve at (360) 337-5235.

Happy Hour Meditation. 5:30-6:35pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Every Thursday. Come unwind at the end of your day in a relaxed & welcoming environment. We will meditate for the first half hour followed by 20 minutes of open discussion. No admittance after 5:45pm to avoid disrupting the meditation. www.gaycity.org Come Out For Yourself (COFY). 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Peer support for people dealing with issues of sexual orientation. 3222437; www.sasgcc.org Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

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

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

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group.

322-2437; www.sasgcc.org An Evening with Auntie Mame. 7:30pm. AMC Pacific Place Cinema, 600 Pine St, 4th Floor. The beloved 1958 film starring the incomparable Rosalind Russell returns for one night of festive revelry - a “homo for the holidays” tradition. General admission $12.50, Three Dollar Bill Cinema members $10.50.

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 environ-

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am.

Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. This monthly informal auto enthusiasts event starts with breakfast at this location with a show & tell and continues to a chosen point of interest. ethylforever@hotmail.com Dina Martina Christmas Show. 2pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. (See today’s listing at 8pm.)

Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people.

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SATURDAY - December 15

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Dina Martina Christmas Show. 2pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. (See today’s listing at 8pm.)

The Big Gay Wedding. 2pm. Center for Spiritual Living, 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Be one of 100 samesex couples who take their sacred vows in a beautiful group marriage ceremony. Bring a valid marriage license. FREE, love offerings accepted. REGISTER

by December 5 at www.spiritualliving.org Bi & Bi Mixed-Gender Social Group. 4-6pm. Wayward Coffee, 8570 Greenwood Ave N. Meets 3rd Saturday each month. Social get-together for Bisexual men & women, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks. www.binetseattle.org.

Dina Martina Christmas Show (12/6-12/9, 12/1312/17, 12/19-12/24, 12/26-12/31). 8pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. All new holiday show featuring truly legendary songs, stories, costumes & audience gifts.

(Matinees at 2pm, 12/15-16, 12/22-23.) Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door. www.brownpapertickets. com/events/271829

SUNDAY - December 16

$4 door fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.org.

Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert: “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (12/9, 12/16 & 12/20-12/22). 12/9, 12/16 & 12/20 - 7:30pm; 12/21 - 8pm; 12/22 - 2pm & 8pm. Features Arnaldo! Drag Chanteuse! Tickets $27-$77. www.flyinghouse.org Dina Martina Christmas Show (12/6-12/9, 12/1312/17, 12/19-12/24, 12/26-12/31). 8pm. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. All new holiday show featuring truly legendary songs, stories, costumes & audience gifts.

(Matinees at 2pm, 12/15-16, 12/22-23.) Tickets $20 in advance, $25 at the door. www.brownpapertickets. com/events/271829

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COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

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

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

DIFFA/Seattle (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). 763-8885; www.diffaseattle.org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, 461-3222 (24 hour line); King County Sexual Assault Resource Center (KCSARC) - 24-hour crisis line for information, support, & medical & legal assistance: 1-888-99-VOICE; Northwest Network support & advocacy for Bisexual, Trans, Lesbian & Gay Survivors of Abuse & Dating Violence, 568-7777 (voice), 517-9670 (tty), www.nwnetwork.org; Pierce County Domestic Violence Helpline: Teresa, (253) 798-4166; Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities - offers on-going support groups for men: 323-1768; Seattle Police Dept Domestic Violence Unit, 684-0330; State Wide Domestic Violence Hot Line, 1-800-562-6025. In an emergency call 911.

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equal rightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freely speaking.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

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

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

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

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

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

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle

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

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ personal/glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 6826711; 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. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

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

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/ AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

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

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Shanti - 324-1520; www.rosehedge.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

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 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/; 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; Seattle Frontrunners: www. seattlefrontrunners.org; Seattle Orca Swim Team: www.orcaswimteam.org; Seattle Otters Water Polo: www.otterpolo.com; Seattle Quake Rugby: www. quakerugby.com; Seattle Tennis Alliance: www. seattletennisalliance.org; Seattle Unified Bowling Association (SUBA): magee98106@aol.com, www. teamseattle.org/bowling.htm, www.thepride league. com, Century 21 League; Seattle United Soccer League: www.seattleunitedsl.com; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

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

Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender 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, 461-4493.

Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 6712838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Plus One Queer Youth: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Bam Mendiola, 206-957-1665, bamm@llaa.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, ages 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 1218 - Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@ rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschools coalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; Vista Youth Center: for LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth, ages 14-21, in Kennewick, 509-396-5198, www.vistayouthcenter.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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FRIDAY

Bar Myx - Weekly drink specials and dancing with DJ Matt Stands! No cover!

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Prime Rib Dinner $11.75 Live DJ 9pm-close Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

DJ Dance 9 pm - 1:30 am. Hosted by Eric. Bear Night, 2nd Friday every month.

The Cuff Complex - Country Dancing w/ Rain Country 7 pm -11 pm, HiNRG Dancing - Alternating DJ’s 11pmclose. Cover $5 @ 9 pm.

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

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

Neighbours Nightclub - House music with DJ Eric.

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

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm.

R Place - Happy Hour 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 drafts. Daily drink and bottle specials. Lashes Cabaret at 9 pm with Chablis & company.

Wildrose - www.thewildrosebar.com.

SATURDAY

Bar Myx - Weekly drink specials and dancing with DJ Trent Von! No cover!

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Free Pool, Free Darts and Free TouchScreen games all day and all night. Live DJ 9pm-close Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

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

The Cuff Complex - 1st Saturday Country Dancing w/ Rain Country 7 pm -10 pm, HiNRG Dancing - Alternating DJ’s 10 pm-3 am. Cover $5 @ 9 pm.

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

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

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

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

Neighbours - Power Mix with DJ Randy Schlager from C89. 21+ with Valid ID. 9 pm - 4 am. *Cover charges as follows - 9 pm - 12 am, $5.00; 12 am - 2 am. $8.00; 2 am - 4 am, $10.00. 206-324-5358; www.neighboursnightclub.com.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - Noon - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7pm.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 2-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Mary’s Lashes cabaret with Chablis and Company.

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

Sunday

Bar Myx - T Dance! 3-7pm with DJ Lady Char, $1.00 Rolling Rocks. Dinner and a Movie at Bar Myx! Enjoy the newest releases on our big screens from 7 pm every Sunday! Dinner specials every week, $4 glasses of house wine, $1 doubles any drink! After the movie, one lucky customer will get to take the movie home…every week!

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-2am Karaoke with Black Nail Productions 9pm-1am Club Silverstone - in Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

9-Ball Pool Tourney at 6 pm - 16 players only. Hosted by RW & Co. The Cuff Complex - “Bottom forty” 6 pm-close w/ DJ Nark + Riff Raff & Guests. Cover $5 @ 8 pm Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour Noon - 5 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - NW Sports first on TV. Sound with early afternoon Mariners games. Pitcher special all day with free U-shell peanuts and pool.

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

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

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

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

Wildrose - Free pool all day. www.thewildrosebar.com.

MONDAY

Bar Myx - Bacardi Game Night! $4 Bacardi calls all night long, plus $9 Bacardi Pitchers! Mental Masturbation at 7:30 (with bonus questions and a bar match for the grand prize), followed by Beer Pong! Evening is hosted by our sassy bartenderess Karee Jo! Changes - Happy Hour all day 12 pm-2am Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts.

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

See us at www.clubsilverstone.com.

The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” All Day - Table top games, pool, darts, pinball, Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily, Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Pint night with Happy Hour prices 8 pm-close. 9-Ball Pool Tourney at 7 pm.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - Happy Hour 4 pm-2 am.

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

R Place - Happy Hour 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special.

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

Wildrose - Pool Tournament 7 pm w/Prizes!

TUESDAY

Bar Myx - 2 for 1 wells and $2 drafts all night long! Sliders 3 for $3, or 6 for $5! Either traditional or pulled pork!

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm- 8pm. Domestic Bottled Beer $1.25 All Day and Night, Super Happy Hour 4pm7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts. Burger Specials $2.50 Hamburger, $3.50 Cheeseburger $4.50 Bacon Cheeseburger.

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

Free pool all day - 2 tables.

Hot

The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” All Day - Table top games, pool, darts, pinball, Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Peanut Night, Bearoke 8 pm- 12 am w/Jonathan Jones Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. til 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. 8-Ball Pool Tournament starts at 6:30 pm.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. Black Nail Production Karaoke 9 pm-1 am.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special.

Seattle Eagle - IN HEAT $5 Long Island Iced teas Dj KINGOFPANTS from 10-2 Wildrose - Taco Tuesday. No cover.

WEDNESDAY

Bar Myx - $2 Bud and Bud Light drafts, and $4 Bud and Bud Light Mondos! $3 shots of Fireball, $5 well margaritas, $5 Nachos (beef, chicken or veggie) and 2 beef tacos for $2, 2 chicken tacos for $3 or 2 carne asada tacos for $4!

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts Trivia Night 8pm Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

8-Ball Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. Karaoke 9 pm-1:30 am hosted by Michael.

The Cuff Complex - Free pool & Pitcher special , Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Country lesson w/Rain Country 1st & 3rd Wednesday 7:30 pm, Poz Seattle social 2nd Wednesday 6 pm, Leather social 4th Wednesday 7 pm Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30pm.

Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Dart Tournament starts at 7:30 pm.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Gelliphish 7 pm-midnight.

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

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts.

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

THURSDAY

Bar Myx - $5 Long Island, Long Beach, AMF and Porn Stars! $4 with college or military ID! $8 Trashcans, and $3 Capitol Hill Dogs!

Changes - Happy Hour 12pm-8pm Super Happy Hour 4pm-7pm $1.50/$3 Well Drinks $1.25 PBR Drafts Club Silverstone - In Tacoma. Happy Hour till 7 pm.

Dart Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. The Cuff Complex - Happy Hour 2 pm-8 pm, Pool Tournament 7 pm, Karaoke 8 pm-12 am w/Jonathan Jones Diesel - Size does matter! All drinks are doubles anytime. Happy Hour 2 pm - 7 pm, $4 wells, Buck off taps & calls.“full service” food menu. Get your grub on!

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

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 4 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Thomas from 7 pm-midnight.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts.

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

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