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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 24, Volume 43, June 12, 2015

LungFish Productions Seattle Rep presents presents the Trial of the Writers Group Century Showcase June 12–21 Eight new works by regional playwrights receive FREE public readings From June 12–21, Seattle Rep will present a showcase of eight works-in-progress by the theatre’s resident Writers Group, comprised of playwrights Holly Arsenault, Josh Beerman, Lisa Halpern, Karen Hartman, Brendan Healy, Arlitia Jones, Courtney Meaker and Bryan Willis. The readings are free and open to the public; seating is general admission, and no tickets are required. All readings will take place in Seattle Rep’s PONCHO Forum.

WRITERS GROUP SHOWCAS DATES & DETAILS Lungfish’s production of Never the Sinner at TPS4 – photo by Shannon Miller

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer NEVER THE SINNER LUNGFISH PRODUCTIONS AT TPS4 Through June 20

The trial of Leopold and Loeb, in Chicago in 1924, was referred to as the Trial of the Century, at that time. The famed lawyer, Clarence Darrow was their defense attorney. So, Chicago was breathless at that time to hear every tiny detail from the trial.

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SIFF 2015 recap / John Portanova interview

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer After 25 days and 450 films (features, documentaries and shorts), which included 49 world premieres, from a record 92 countries, the 41st annual Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) has come to an end.

New Zealand sensation The Dark Horse picked up Golden Space Needle audience awards for both Best Film and Best Actor for veteran Cliff Curtis, while Inside Out, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Shaun the Sheep Movie and Good Ol’ Boy rounded out the top five picks by the audience for the prestigious award.

Other Golden Space Needle winners

included Romeo is Bleeding for Best Documentary, Alfonso Gomez-Rejon (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl) for Best Director, veteran German character actor Nina Hoss (Phoenix) for Best Actress and the sensational Even the Walls for Best Short Film.

Grand Jury winners – handed out by collection of critics – included Hungary’s Károly Ujj-Mészáros for Best New Director (Liza, the Fox-Fairy) and The Great Alone for Best Documentary, while the idiosyncratically bizarre, and in many ways intoxicatingly wonderful, Chattie Catties picked up the Best New American Cinema prize in something of a minor upset.

Personally, I saw plenty of sensational motion pictures, including Pixar’s Inside Out, Mr. Holmes featuring an Oscarworthy Ian McKellan, the superb Gemma Bovary, the pitch black noir comedy-thriller Cop Car with Kevin Bacon, the devastating documentary 3½ Minutes, 10 Bullets, what might be Studio Ghibli’s final masterpiece When Marnie Was There, the rollicking comedy Sleeping with Other People and Noah Baumbach’s latest collaboration with muse Greta Gerwig Mistress America.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl lived up to the hype, as did Shaun the Sheep Movie, The Overnight, Cartel Land, Heaven Knows What and opening night sensation

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Friday, June 12, 7:30 p.m. – Margarita Stands

by Lisa Halpern, directed by Victor Pappas Margarita is a successful inventor and kitchen table activist, but something lurks under the surface of her excellent life that threatens her from living fully. Try as she might, she just can’t face her fears and open the door to her desired future.

Saturday, June 13, 4:00 p.m. –

Front (l to r): Karen Hartman and Courtney Meaker. Back (l to r): Brendan Healy, Holly Arsenault, Bryan Willis, Arlitia Jones, Lisa Halpern, and Josh Beerman – courtesy of SRT

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Theater Schmeater delivers a solidly acted and funny production of Four Dogs and a Bone

Theatre Schmeater’s Four Dogs and a Bone – photo by Dave Hastings

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

FOUR DOGS AND A BONE THEATRE SCHMEATER Through June 27

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Fame and money in the movies are the bones fought over by in John Patrick Shanley’s play, Four Dogs and a Bone. Theater Schmeater is presenting a solidly acted and see four dogs page 7

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Florence + the Machine, Chris Cornell plot Seattle shows

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer I can’t honestly remember Florence + the Machine’s last performance in, or around, Seattle. But I do recall a show at the White River Amphitheatre in July 2012, in support of the band’s sophomore album Ceremonials. The British act, led by eclectic frontwoman Florence Welch, just released its third studio effort, How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful a week ago, already topping the UK charts and producing two hit singles, “What Kind of Man” and “Ship to Wreck.” And with a new album comes another tour that includes a stop at Key Arena on October 27, as well as concerts in Austin, Phoenix, Boston, Los Angeles, San Diego, and Portland. Tickets, priced between $26.50 and $66.50, are now on sale through livenation.com.

Chris Cornell has also announced a performance date for the Emerald City, his former hometown. The Soundgarden member and solo singer-songwriter will appear September 29 at Benaroya Hall, as part of an acoustic tour to boost his latest recording, Higher Truth. Cornell sold out the symphony hall last October, and prior to that he performed with Soundgarden on the CenturyLink Field parking lot when the Seattle Seahawks opened their 2014-15 season against the Green Bay Packers. There are currently no tickets for this concert, but log

Florence and the Machine will be at Key Arena Oct. 27 – photo by Sebastian Kim

onto seattlesymphony.org between now and September 29 for any last-minute possibilities; you’re also welcome to go in-person to the box office on the day of show.

Wait, there’s more. Grammy winner Lucinda Williams is headed to Bellingham, set to appear July 22 at Mt. Baker Theatre to promote her 11th studio album, Down Where the Spirits Meets the Bone. Meanwhile, another Grammy winner, Steve Earle & The Dukes, are slated to perform August 29 at The Neptune here in Seattle. Tickets for both concerts are available at Tickets. com. And The Strokes’ frontman Julian Casablancas is headlining a gig with The

Voidz on September 16 at The Showbox Market; tickets are available at axs.com.

Janet Jackson is expected to drop a new album, her first in seven years, this fall with the leadoff single rumored to be “No SL333P,” or “Plush.” Whatever it is, let’s hope it’s something better than the string of duds she’s delivered for nearly a decade. A world tour is also in the works. I love a good comeback, so I’m all in for Ms. Jackson.

Finally, don’t forget I’m featuring an interview with Rob Thomas here in The Music Lounge on June 22. He’ll play the Paramount Theatre on June 29; go to livenation. com for concert details.

with a cast that can’t be beat. The great tenor Jonas Kaufmann converts the usually pathetic story of obsessive “love” into a fascinating steep slope into mental illness. His “Flower Song” makes me join him in tears at the end! Anna Caterina Antonacci sings the sexiest Carmen I ever hope to see.

4. Rossini’s Barbiere di Siviglia, conducted by Antonio Pappano – who is the reason this performance beats the great Bartlett Sher production at the Met with the same perfect pair of singers, Joyce DiDonato and Juan Diego Flórez. The “Overture” alone is worth the price. DiDonato had broken her leg in the opening night performance and here brings off a miracle, singing and acting in and WITH her wheelchair!

It’s heaven all the way.

5. Wagner’s RING, conducted by Levine (The Met) and Mehta (Valencia), both on Blu-ray. Of the seven complete RINGs on my shelves, these two are tied for interest and thrills. Both are creative productions (Valencia takes #1) and both have superb casts (Met downgraded for an embarrassingly bad Waltraute in Waltraute Meir, way past her prime). Both shows are superbly captured in stunning sound, especially Valencia. (The gory Copenhagen RING on DVD gets honorable mention for its daring and its excellent cast.)

6. Bellini’s I Puritani, conducted by Patrick Summers at the Met, with Anna Netrebko. She does not have the greatest coloratura, but oh my, does she ever deliver in beauty (vocal and physical) and acting.

Show her mad scene to anyone who thinks they don’t like opera! One of the Met’s first “live in HD” series, shown in cinemas, this is very well filmed.

7. Verdi’s (French version) Don Carlos, conducted by Antonio Pappano on DVD from the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, with Alagna, Hampson, Mattila, van Dam,

and Meier. Despite a weak van Dam and miscast Meier (okay “O don fatale” but disastrous fan aria), this cast makes clear why the French version of this opera is so superior to the Italian. A fabulous opera!

8. Mozart’s Mitridate, rè di Ponto, conducted by Paul Daniel from The Royal Opera, London, on DVD. The miracle of the 14-year-old Mozart’s music, a super cast, and a fascinating production make this rarity a must-see, again and again!

9. Massenet’s Werther, conducted slowly but with love and wisdom by Michel Plasson from l’Opera national de Paris on DVD. It took me years to appreciate this special opera. Then came this disc with the incomparable tenor Jonas Kaufmann and the fine mezzo Sophie Koch. Interestingly filmed, with some off-stage shots, this lovely production is a feast of romanticism.

10. While we’re on about Kaufmann, let me add this Blu-ray audio-only disc with the tenor singing Wagner excerpts from The RING, “Rienzi,” “Meistersinger,” “Lohengrin,” and the complete “Wesendonck-Lieder.” The dts-HD sound is exceptional, as are the sensitive interpretations by Kaufmann. Well worth repeated auditions.

Two of my favorite operas, Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde and Verdi’s Macbeth, are missing here because I have not found videos to equal my expectations after seeing the “Ben and Jane Show” (Ben Heppner and Jane Eaglen) in Seattle Opera’s Tristan and a great Macbeth at the old Met with Leonie Rysanek and Leonard Warren. Am I ruined forever for these operas?

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Opera video treasures

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer A friend of mine “collects” CD’s. Although he doesn’t especially care for Bruckner, he has all ten Bruckner symphonies on CD because a “collector” has to have complete sets. I am not a “collector.” Operas on DVD or Blu-ray have to “deserve” to be on my shelves; those obtained but not loved get given away. The list that follows are those particularly “deserving” by virtue of being pulled down more than a couple times for repeated viewing. They make the list because they continue to give me thrills.

1. Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, conducted by young Israeli Omer Meir Wellber on Blu-ray – the most astounding disc on this list for the passion, power and beauty of Wellber’s conducting. So fabulous in every detail that it makes the otherwise great Met performance with Fleming and Hvorostovsky seem nervous and superficial because of Gergiev’s spotty leadership. This show from the Polish National Opera, Warsaw, not only sports a superb cast but also a daringly stylized production that works for me, supporting every emotion in ways I don’t pretend to understand. It makes me think this just might be my favorite opera!

2. Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, with Levine in the Met’s pit and an unparalleled cast headed by Ben Heppner in his prime (2004). The sound on this DVD is very good despite its age, and the period production is excellent, if old-fashioned.

3. Bizet’s Carmen, conducted by Antonio Pappano at the Royal Opera House, London, on Blu-ray. Carmen is an opera I love to hear and hate to see; the story usually bores me. But here director Francesca Zambello makes every scene compelling

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Weavers singer Ronnie Gilbert dies at 88

Ronnie Gilbert in 1953 – photograph Bettmann/Corbis

by Mike Andrew SGN Staff Writer Ronnie Gilbert, singer for the seminal political folk group The Weavers, died at her home in Mill Valley, California, on June 6. She was 88.

She is survived by her longtime partner Donna Korones, a daughter from a previous marriage, and a grand daughter.

With a voice the New York Times described as “crystalline,” Gilbert was the only woman in the group. The other founding members were Pete Seeger (1919-2014), Lee Hays (1914-1981), and Fred Hellerman.

Hellerman, born in 1927, is the last living member of the group.

Gilbert was born Ruth Alice Gilbert in Brooklyn on September 7, 1926, and grew up in and around New York City.

Her immigrant parents separated when she was 11, but they had already given her piano and dance lessons. Her father, Charles, from the Ukraine, worked as a milliner.

Her mother, Sarah, from Poland, was the more influential parent. A garment worker, union activist, and member of the Communist Party, she was also keenly interested in the arts. She brought her daughter, about 10 at the time, to a union rally at which Paul Robeson sang, an event Ronnie Gilbert would later recall as “transforma-

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For the employees and owners of the Monuments Motel in Rapid City, South Dakota, the off-season has lasted years.

Friendships, marriages and bank accounts feel the strain in this dark comedy featuring the motel employees, their guests, and of course the four presidents on Mt. Rushmore.

Saturday, June 13, 7:30 p.m. – Bicycle Noir: a love story on wheels

by Bryan Willis, directed by David Nail Claims Adjuster Lou Perkins and her Guy Wednesday have a murder to solve and claims to adjust. All clues lead to homme fatale, the Fabulous Harold Ash…who just happens to be the love of Lou’s life. Bryan Willis’ new play is full of film noir flavor with a local twist.

Sunday, June 14, 4:00 p.m. – Roz and Ray*

by Karen Hartman, directed by Rosa Joshi San Diego, 1980s. Ray is a single dad of two hemophiliac boys. Their doctor, Roz, is saving his sons – until she’s not. Karen Hartman pens a love story about the healers

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tive.”

“That was the beginning of my life as a singer and a – I wouldn’t call myself an activist, but a singer – a singer with social conscience, let’s say,” she said in a 2004 interview for Voices of Feminism, an oral history project at Smith College.

At 16, Gilbert met other musicians and sang in a folk group called the Priority Ramblers. Later, she and Fred Hellerman met as counselors at a New Jersey summer camp. Afterwards they became part of a close-knit circle of folk singers and musicians that coalesced around Pete Seeger.

Gilbert, Seeger, Hellerman, and another friend, Lee Hays, formed The Weavers in the aftermath of World War II. “We sang songs of hope in that strange time after World War II, when already the world was preparing for Cold War,” Gilbert recalled in The Weavers: Wasn’t That a Time, a 1982 documentary about the group.

“We still had the feeling that if we could sing loud enough and strong enough, and hopefully enough, it would make a difference.”

In 1949 Max Gordon, owner of the Village Vanguard in Manhattan, booked them to play for two weeks during the Christmas holidays. They were an instant hit.

The Weavers stayed at the Vanguard for six months and were signed by Decca Records. For the next two years, touring, reand the healed. *Roz and Ray was commissioned and developed with support from The Playwrights’ Center’s McKnight Commission and Residency Program, Minneapolis, MN, and a Hedgebrook residency.

Friday, June 19, 7:30 p.m. – Made of These

by Courtney Meaker, directed by Emily Penick Even Mo and Nadya can’t escape the seven year itch. With Mo’s birthday approaching, Nadya concocts a magical dreamscape of a party to celebrate, but when dreams and reality collide it just might signal the end of their longtime partnership.

Saturday, June 20, 4:00 p.m. – Wolf in the Winter Palace

by Arlitia Jones, directed by Braden Abraham War and winter are at the door, and the world’s greatest museum stands empty. It’s up to one extraordinary hero to protect its treasures and save humanity.

Saturday, June 20, 7:30 p.m. – Mosquito

by Josh Beerman, directed by Sheila Daniels

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cording, and appearing on radio and televi- voice. She was able to be very gentle, too; sion, they were among the biggest musical she did wonderful ballads and lullabies and stars in the country. things; but there was that trumpet sound But in June 1950, the influential pam- she had that I found very encouraging, bephlet “Red Channels,” purportedly an ex- cause it said, oh, you too! You’re not a misposé of Communist infiltration in the en- fit, there’s somebody else out there with a tertainment industry, was published, and it big voice!” named Pete Seeger as a Communist agent.

The Weavers performed a last reunion Seeger had in fact been a member of the concert in 1980, and Gilbert occasionally Communist Party earlier in his life, but was appeared with Holly Near or Arlo Guthrie, no longer a party member by 1950. Never- but more and more she turned her creative theless, The Weavers were blacklisted. attention to the theater. Throughout the Bookings dried up, their records were ‘90s, Gilbert appeared in regional theaters removed from store shelves, and the group performing her own one-woman show disbanded. With her husband, Martin Weg, about Mary Harris, the labor organizer Gilbert moved to California, where they known as Mother Jones. started a family.

She divorced her husband, and marThen, in 1955, the Weavers’ manager, ried her longtime partner Donna Korones Harold Leventhal, arranged a concert at in 2004 in San Francisco during the brief Carnegie Hall. The show sold out. Many period when Mayor Gavin Newsom opened ticket buyers saw the concert as an act of City Hall to same-sex weddings. The mardefiance against McCarthyism. riages were later declared invalid by the Although Seeger left the act soon after- California Supreme Court, but Gilbert and wards, The Weavers continued to perform, Korones continued to live in Mill Valley till and influenced a new generation of folk Gilbert’s death. groups.

“I was at the 1955 concert at Carnegie Hall,” Mary Travers of Peter, Paul, and Mary wrote in a companion booklet to a set of recordings

by The Weavers. “And surely for me part of the reason that I could sing folk songs was because of Ronnie Gilbert.

“When I first began to sing, most of the betterknown people who were singing folk songs had those sort of Kentucky mountain sopranos. I, of course, was anything but a soprano! So when I heard the Weavers I found another voice, one that was definitely the voice of a strong woman, someone able to stand on her own two feet and face adversity.

“And she had a courageous voice: There was a tremendous sense of joy and Ronnie Gilbert – happening–hereblogspot.com energy and courage in her Summer in the city and the living isn’t easy. Can Penelope and Owen survive another sleepless night confronted with secrets, half-truths and a restless daughter?

Writer Josh Beerman’s dialogue explores the questions we ask ourselves when we have no place to turn.

Sunday, June 21, 4:00 p.m. – The Manor

by Holly Arsenault, directed by Erin Kraft At Pleasant Springs Manor Nursing Home, Gil Fleischman, the only male resident, stays busy keeping the beds of his female co-residents warm. But questions of consent become tricky with the arrival of a new aide, and trickier still when Gil begins to lose his memory.

Seattle Rep’s New Play Program is the theatre’s formalized program dedicated to cultivating new voices and presenting world premieres by some of the country’s top playwrights. The program encompasses a robust commissioning division, a rigorous calendar of developmental readings and workshops, and an eight-member Writers Group, a collective of regional playwrights who are awarded a two-year residency with access to Seattle Rep resources.

Recent world premieres to emerge from

the New Play Program include Robert Schenkkan’s The Great Society (2014), Samuel D. Hunter’s A Great Wilderness (2014), David Pichette’s and R. Hamilton Wright’s adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles (2013), Elizabeth Heffron’s Bo-Nita (2013), Cheryl L. West’s Pullman Porter Blues (2012) and Bill Cain’s How to Write a New Book for the Bible (2012).

More information about the Writers Group is available at www.seattlerep.org/ NewPlays.

Seattle Repertory Theatre was founded in 1963 and is currently led by Acting Artistic Director Braden Abraham and Managing Director Jeffrey Herrmann.

One of America’s premier non-profit resident theatres, Seattle Repertory Theatre has achieved international renown for its consistently high production and artistic standards, and was awarded the 1990 Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre.

With an emphasis on entertaining plays of true dramatic and literary worth, Seattle Rep produces a season of plays along with educational programs, new play workshops and special presentations. www.seattlerep. org.

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Nathan Leopold, Jr. (with an anomalous name – Jews were expressly forbidden the habit of naming “Juniors”), age 19, and Richard Loeb, age 18, were wealthy young men. Loeb was the charismatic, mercurial one, who was bored with life and obsessed with crime – one might say he would have been diagnosed in later years as a sociopath.

Leopold was the constrained and clearly homosexual of the two, an obsessively intelligent young man with a voracious appetite for detail. He knew at least some of 15 languages and was already, at his young age, a noted ornithologist!

Leopold also became somewhat obsessed with crime, though it appeared more abstract than Loeb’s. He wrote about the idea, at that time, of an Übermensch – a superman, thought to be far superior to other humans. The two began to relate themselves to the superbeing idea and, beginning with smaller crimes and then bigger ones, began to plot the perfect murder.

Much of what was written and said about the two was that Loeb manipulated Leopold into the crime wave by doling out sexual favors to Leopold, who was in love with Loeb. Initially uneasy with committing the perfect murder, Leopold was convinced that they could pull it off because they were so fucking smart.

They chose Robert (Bobby) Franks, Loeb’s 14 year-old second cousin. Despite meticulous planning, they bungled sev-

eral aspects of the crime immediately. Police were able to conclude that they did it within weeks of the murder, especially easily from finding Leopold’s glasses near the partially destroyed body.

Clarence Darrow surprised everyone at the trial by beginning it with a change in plea: to guilty! By Lungfish’s production of Never the Sinner at TPS4 – photo by Shannon Miller doing so, they avoided a jury trial and went straight into a sen- Leopold, and portrays well a lot of the me- tion being in the heat, because the trial took tencing phase. Darrow famously pleaded ticulousness of the man, he doesn’t display place at the height of Chicago summer, in a for life in prison, partly by arguing what are the passion Leopold had for Loeb or the sweltering July. So, this atmospheric addinow familiar tropes against the government anxiety or longing that Loeb exploited in tion makes the audience feel more like they death penalty, and emphasizing the “boys’” him to keep Leopold hanging on and want- are “there.” age. No one in Illinois under 21 had ever ing more.

For more information, go to www.lungpleaded guilty and then been punished by The rest of the cast does a nice job of be- fishproductions.net or http://www.browndeath. He succeeded in gaining the judge’s ing a lot of different people, though some papertickets.com/event/1252591 or call sentence of life. of their portrayals are over-the-top and un- 800-838-3006.

All of this is contained in John Logan’s even. However, Robin Hallsmith has a great play, Never the Sinner, presented by Lung- moment as the prosecutor, equating the Discuss your opinions with sgncritic@ Fish Productions. It’s a history play, which death of these 18-19 year olds with the dead gmail.com or go to www.facebook.com/ makes it great for history buffs and perhaps of World War I, and advocating that a death SeattleTheaterWriters. More articles are not as compelling for others. Alan E. Gar- sentence for Leopold and Loeb is entirely available at miryamstheatermusings. cia, a newcomer to Seattle stages, does an appropriate. Jessica Askew, as a psycholo- blogspot.com. outstanding job of portraying the charis- gist, has a nice moment dropping the bomb matic Loeb. He is the best part of the pro- that they were in a homosexual relationship. duction.

Warning: TPS4 is not air-conditioned.

While Joshua Valencia works hard at LungFish likes the aspect of the produc-

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funny production of this scathing, behindthe-scenes slugfest.

It’s not Shanley’s finest play, and he is said to have written it “in a white hot fury in six days,” which doesn’t bode that well for great writing. But he is a master of fun dialogue and character development. This play is about watching four people with competing interests tear each other up to see who is standing less scathed at the end!

On a bare, flexible set (thankfully, most scene changes are short) by Kasia Rozanska, the play introduces producer Bradley (Paul Custodio), first-time movie actress Brenda (Brenda Joyner), six-time movie actress Collette (Elinor Gunn) and first-time screenplay writer Victor (Ray Tagavilla).

Bradley doesn’t know anything about movies or art, but says he knows money. Brenda doesn’t know anything about acting (!) but knows how to act like she’s acting. Collette knows enough to be wary of Brenda, and they both know enough to try to get each other’s role reduced screen time. Victor doesn’t know about screenplay development, but he knows to watch out for scheming, sex-using actresses.

Don’t expect to like any character on stage. But the acting and over-acting (on purpose) are fun to laugh at. Director Julie Beckman does her best to give the characters a frame to work in, and rein in the excessive vitriol so it dribbles out instead of screams – otherwise the entire thing would be unwatchable. Custodio does the least well in delivering the differentiated levels of dialogue. He stays more on one note than he should.

Gunn, Joyner and Tagavilla make good

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use of their experience and talent in many shows and theaters around Seattle, and are quite fun to watch. Joyner gets to make quick changes of emotional expression, and wear a terrible wig that she has to take seriously.

Gunn plays the more experienced film actor who has learned that everyone around her is always playing some kind of backstabbing game, so she waxes wise and skeptical, even as she tries to do her share of seducing men to get her role enlarged.

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Tagavilla seems like the guy who is going to get really shafted – the naïf, the lamb to the slaughter, but Shanley gives Victor just enough smarts to avoid getting killed in Shanley’s kill-or-be-killed movie business.

Tagavilla’s drunk scene is a lot of laughs.

The movie business is an easy one to lampoon, hurting no one, with lots of bad guys in suits around to skewer. You won’t learn anything about it from this play, nor find any great revelation of understanding of the business or people or anything

else. But if you’re looking for something to laugh at, this is your evening.

For more information, go to www. schmeater.org or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1140447 or call 800-8383006.

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Spy. Best of all might just have been Mark Christopher’s 54: The Director’s Cut, the filmmaker finding redemption 17 years after Miramax bastardized his version which debuted to empty theaters back in the summer of 1998.

All of this is fine. Fun, even, especially for cinephiles who spent the majority of SIFF’s 25-day onslaught digging into everything from archival prints of Satyajit Ray’s magnificent Apu trilogy (Pather Panchali, Aparajito, The World of Apu) to New Zealand’s gore-filled Heavy Metalcentered youth gross-out horror-comedy Deathgasm. But what about the filmmakers themselves? What’s it like for a local moviemaker who finds himself in the middle of all this chaos for the very first time? What is his SIFF experience like?

Enter John Portanova, the talented writer/director of the giddily entertaining Valley of the Sasquatch. His fun, frantic, devilishly creative low budget debut was a father-son story gone horribly wrong, a somewhat estranged pair heading into the woods to repair their relationship only to discover Big Foot isn’t as big a myth as everyone thought. Not so much original as it is just exceedingly well put together and conceived, the film is a gleefully gruesome B-movie that delivers the goods on what was an obviously minimal budget, the director delivering the type of genre calling card worth taking note of.

Portanova didn’t just make an appearance at SIFF as part of his own film’s screenings. No, he made an entire month of it, running between venues going to as many events as he could while making sure all his fans and friends on Facebook and Twitter knew exactly where he was every step of the way. He made the most of his SIFF adventure, and as such I thought it would be interesting to touch base with him about his experiences. Here are some of the highlights from our conversation.

Sara Michelle Fetters: What was it like? Finding out your film, Valley of the Sasquatch, had been accepted into SIFF? John Portanova: It was very exciting.

I’ve lived my whole life in Washington and this film is one that is set here, we shot it here and it was partially inspired by a true story of a Sasquatch attack on Mount St. Helens. Having such strong local ties made it great to be accepted into the biggest festival in the state.

Sara Michelle Fetters: As a local filmmaker, did you ever allow yourself to dream that you could have one of your films play in the festival?

John Portanova: This was my first feature as a director, but the third for my production company The October People. We had submitted, I think, a short and one of the features to SIFF in the past and not gotten in, so we knew how hard it was to get in even for local filmmakers. I try to have a more realistic view of what any given project will do, so I don’t get caught up in the what ifs of festival acceptances or distribution. I thought it’d be a great fit for a movie about a local legend to play at SIFF and was very happy when we were accepted.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Why Valley of the Sasquatch? Why this story? What was it about this idea, this concept, that sparked your imagination and made you realize this

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was a film you just had to make?

John Portanova: I’ve loved Bigfoot, UFOs and the paranormal my entire life.

I grew up reading books about them and watching investigative shows such as “Unsolved Mysteries” and “Sightings.” As soon as I knew I wanted to become a filmmaker I started jotting down stories I thought I would like to turn into scripts. One of the first things I did was think back to that true story of the Sasquatch attack on the mining cabin on Mount St. Helens. Inspired by that story I wrote down one sentence on a piece of paper, “Night of the Living Dead with Bigfoot.” That was really the main spark of inspiration for the whole thing. Luckily the budget point of making a siege movie in a cabin in the woods with minimal characters was low enough that I was able to accomplish it after producing and writing just a couple of features.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Talk to me about that first screening over at the SIFF Cinema Uptown. What was going through your mind? What were you thinking?

John Portanova: It was great. We had a sold out show even though we were playing the same weekend as the Sasquatch Music Festival and Folklife. I think that shows how supportive the local film community is and how much people love Bigfoot.

in panels. Chatting up with fellow filmmakers, craftspeople and attendees. Why? What made you want to do that?

John Portanova: Honestly, I just wanted to take advantage of the filmmaker pass that was given to me by SIFF. Like I said before, I don’t get my expectations up for future events that I have no control over. So I thought, I might never have a filmmaker pass again I better go and see everything I can! I love movies, which is why I make them, and so I wanted to see everything that looked interesting and meet as many people as I could at parties and events. Taking part in panels is something I love to do; I like to try and share whatever I’ve learned in my eight years as a Seattle filmmaker with whoever is interested enough to listen.

Sara Michelle Fetters: You also took part in Crypticon, doing events there during the day and then rushing to two, sometimes three SIFF screenings at a variety of venues immediately afterwards. Are you a glutton for punishment?

John Portanova: As a horror fan, Crypticon is one of my favorite events of the year. Unfortunately, it happened smack dab in the middle of SIFF and on the same weekend we were having our Seattle Premiere. So while I was trying to attend screenings and do press for Sasquatch,

John Portanova on the set of Valley of the Sasquatch – media-inc.com

I don’t get nervous during screenings, I like to just sit there and hear how the audience is reacting to various parts of the film.

We had a very vocal crowd. They were cracking up during the banter between Will (played by local actor D’Angelo Midili) and Sergio (David Saucedo) and jumping and screaming in all the right spots. There’s one particular death scene near the end of the film that got the loudest mix of laughs, applause and groans that I’ve ever heard at one of our films. That was pretty amazing.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Then, a few days later, they had to move the second screening of your film into the large auditorium at the Uptown. That had to be a pretty amazing feeling.

John Portanova: Yeah, it was very cool. That’s my favorite auditorium at the theater and I loved hearing the sound design and score on that great sound system.

But the best part of that second screening was a dude, who was not associated with the film, showing up in a homemade Sasquatch costume. I took pictures with him on the red carpet and he sat and watched the movie in what I imagine was a very hot fur suit.

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I was taking part in multiple panels and hanging out with my horror family at Crypticon. I made it through, but just barely.

Sara Michelle Fetters: On top of that, you made sure everyone knew what you were doing and when, charting your SIFF and Crypticon journeys via Facebook and Twitter. Why? John Portanova: I don’t mind watching movies by myself, but I thought if I shared my schedule each day maybe some friends would see it and think “that sounds cool…

I’ll go too.” There ended up being a few people, yourself included, that became my festival buddies. We would watch multiple films together and were catching each other up on what the other missed. But besides wanting to hang out with people, I also liked to post the movies each day because SIFF is such a long festival that it’s easy for people to forget what plays when. So I thought my daily posts would be a reminder of things that, in my opinion at least, looked good.

Sara Michelle Fetters: Why does SIFF matter? Is it too large? Or is it exactly what Seattle needs?

John Portanova: SIFF is important because Seattle is a city of film fans. We have the largest video store in the world in Scarecrow Video, we have multiple independent cinemas and, for the time being,

we have this great bookstore in Cinema Books. We also have a very large film community. With these factors in mind it makes sense that we should have the biggest film festival in the world, which SIFF is, lengthwise. The only downside to having such a long festival is the extended lack of sleep and parking fees that accrue over the 25 days of SIFF. Sara Michelle Fetters: Talk about being a local filmmaker. How hard is to get a film made in Washington state right now?

What’s the climate like for independent filmmakers such as yourself?

John Portanova: I think it’s just as hard here as it is anywhere else to get a film made. You have to hustle, sometimes for years, to get a project off the ground. I have a little different vantage point because currently The October People make films at budget levels that things like the tax incentive don’t affect us. We aren’t going to go to another state because their incentive is better because our budgets are too low to even qualify. Plus, we just like it here!

I will say that if Washington state wants to create a thriving artistic community they should focus on supporting more of these smaller scale projects (micro-budget features, webseries, shorts) instead of focusing all of the incentive dollars on the latest big star who comes into town for a month once in their career. These smaller projects are what makes it so local artists can continue to have a filmmaking career and will keep them in Washington, so supporting that just makes sense to me.

Sara Michelle Fetters: What happens next with Valley of the Sasquatch?

John Portanova: We’re going to continue traveling around on the festival circuit. We have our Canadian Premiere in a few weeks and we’ve gotten into a few fests that we aren’t able to announce yet later in the year.

We’ve also submitted or been invited to submit to many festivals that we haven’t heard back from yet. We’re also talking with distributors and trying to get our release squared away, hopefully for the fall or early 2016.

Sara Michelle Fetters: What happens next with you? A second film in the works?

John Portanova: The next film from The October People, which I will be producing, is called Ayla and we’re aiming to shoot it here in Washington in the fall.

We’re currently raising some funds on Kickstarter for that. You can check out the campaign at https://www.kickstarter.com/ projects/eliasganster/ayla-a-feature-filmabout-life-from-death-reborn?ref=nav_ search.

For my next film as a director, I’m adapting a book by a local author. It’s my first adaptation, which has been interesting, but also exciting as the book is full of ideas that I never would of thought of myself. I’d describe it as a dark domestic drama melded with a ghost story. Valley of the Sasquatch was made to be a fun siege/creature feature, but with this one I want to make something very scary and full of nightmare imagery.

Sara Michelle Fetters: If you could encapsulate your entire SIFF experience into one short, succinct sentence, what would it be?

John Portanova: SIFF means popcorn for dinner and never getting enough sleep.

(Laughs.)

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French Connection an aggressively masculine thriller

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer THE CONNECTION Now playing Marseilles magistrate Pierre Michel (Jean Dujardin) is upset. He’s tired of watching as notorious drug kingpin Gatean “Tany” Zampa (Gilles Lellouche) continues to grow his empire, recently moving into transporting lucrative shipments of heroin into the United States, right into the heart of New York City. Assembling a crackerjack taskforce, he’s going to use any and all means necessary to bring the man down, blurring the line between law enforcement and criminal activity in the process.

Director Cédric Jimenez’s The Connection is the French flipside to William Friedkin’s Academy Award-winning 1971 classic The French Connection. It tells the story from the Gallic perspective, a true crime procedural that attempts to showcase all its various twists and turns in as intimate detail as it can in the context of a 135-minute running time. It moves decently, but not quickly, and there are moments where it runs a little bit in circles. But thanks to an electrifying performance from Dujardin and a kinetic vibe that got my nerves jangling every which way, the fact the movie is a little on the longish side ends up being mostly okay.

While Michel is an obvious badass straight out of a Warner Bros. gangster flick from the 1930s, I like the fact that Jimenez and his co-writer Audrey Diwan go out of their way to make sure the magistrate knows the value of building a cohesive team in order to bring someone as smart, yet still lethal, as Tany proves to be to justice. They emphasize the fact this lone wolf acknowledges he needs to be a member of a pack if he’s going to win, and as such it allows those who come and go throughout to make a greater imprint on events than they otherwise would have.

At the same time, trying to emulate Friedkin (I’m guessing as I can’t really be sure) Jimenez attempts to make Tany – known as “The French” to you and I who’ve watched The French Connection – an ephemeral evil, someone we watch mostly from afar, allowing his brilliance, depravity and psychological gamesmanship to materialize bit by bit. But the filmmaker backs off too much, keeps things too distanced, and while Lellouche does what he can, there’s so little for him to work with it’s not altogether shocking he can’t make his character anything more than an intriguing figurehead and little else. The tension that needs to exist between Tany and Michel never materializes as completely as it should, making their grudge match moderately underwhelming as things progress.

Still, I like the aggressive machismo fu-

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eling the film, a trait Dujardin isn’t afraid of embracing. He’s a tornado tearing through the proceedings with fearless ferocity, becoming some sort of carnivorous, chain-smoking combination of Humphrey Bogart, Gene Hackman and Jean-Paul Belmondo all rolled into one. Jimenez also manages to stage a couple of electrifying set pieces, using motion, subterfuge and misdirection as allies in a driven quest to ratchet up tension. He’s assisted considerably by Laurent Tangy’s marvelous cinematography, the film’s visual esthetic having a retro cool ‘70s-style vitality that’s

stunning throughout.

It doesn’t come close to reaching the same heights as The French Connection, which, while not unexpected, doesn’t help the film or its cause as it is essentially telling a purposefully similar story making comparisons unavoidable. None of which, however, makes The Connection less enjoyable. Even with its flaws it’s still a terrifically entertaining procedural, and while the destination is never in doubt, getting there is hardly the challenge that in lesser hands than Jimenez’s it potentially could have been.

Perceptive Results an energetic comedic workout

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer RESULTS Now playing Danny (Kevin Corrigan) should have had it all. But even inheriting a fortune the likes of which will set him up for the rest of his life, he’s still mired in a deep, overpowering depression he’s beginning to think he’ll never overcome. Taking up residence in Austin in order to escape bitter New York memories he can’t forget, he joins a fitness club run by health nut Trevor (Guy Pearce), claiming he’d like to get in shape, but in reality he’s doing so because he’s just plain tired of being alone.

After a bit of arguing with her boss, personal trainer Kat (Cobie Smulders) scores the gig of getting Danny into shape. She’s got a history with Trevor, one that’s nearly as complicated as her new client’s past life back on the East Coast. For a variety of reasons the trio discover their lives intertwining in the most unusually of complex ways, little ending up as expected as mental and romantic fitness becomes even harder to obtain than its more body-centered counterpart.

Andrew Bujalski’s (Computer Chess) Sundance Film Festival favorite Results isn’t so much a romantic comedy as it is a perfect mumblecore counterpart to Joe Swanberg’s Drinking Buddies in that it fits distinctly inside its filmmaker’s low budget independent world yet does so featuring a bevy of high-profile movie stars. Yet where that 2013 crowd pleaser revolved

Cobie Smulders and Guy Pearce in Results – www.rogerebert.com

around craft beer brewing, Bujalski’s opus takes on the CrossFit craze and does so with somewhat surprising ferocity. As light and as frothy as it might be, it takes no prisoners as far as Trevor and his ambitions are concerned while also twisting fitness freak Kat’s world upside down as she gets to know Danny. There’s more going on than meets the eye, the breezy atmosphere concealing an emotional complexity that sneaks up on the viewer biting them right on their freshly toned behind.

The film is beautifully cast, Pearce delivering a delightful performance as the fitness-obsessed Trevor who has no idea about all that’s happening around him as he puts all his efforts into trying to perfect his brand and make his club the go-to place or those looking to turn their lives around.

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His clueless narcissism is endearing, making his complicated history with Kat all the more intriguing, Danny’s place in the middle bewildering especially as it becomes blatantly clear he’s not as interested in obtaining muscular perfection as his two new friends are.

Smulders is equally wonderful, unafraid to take her character to some potentially unappealing places as she tries to use the new man in her life to goad the other to take more notice of her. As for Corrigan, he could play a guy like Danny in his sleep but that doesn’t mean he’s not going for broke, and I love the fact that his evolution never goes according to the stereotypical plan Bujalski cagily tricks the audience into thinking will transpire back at the start of the film. Supporting players include

Giovanni Ribisi, Brooklyn Decker, Constance Zimmer and an absolutely hysterical Anthony Michael Hall, all of whom make an indelible imprint even if their collective overall screen time is relatively brief.

As perceptive as all of this might be it’s just as equally slight, Bujalski playing it somewhat safe as things reach their conclusion. But the movie is constantly entertaining nonetheless, Corrigan, Smulders and Pearce all working in sensational tandem allowing the filmmaker’s themes and ideas to come to life with delightful enthusiasm.

Results isn’t in tip-top shape, but it’s certainly fit, its comedic athleticism never in doubt at any stage of the cinematic workout it zealously asks the audience to participates in.

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Visually assertive Laurent uncomfortably incomplete

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer SAINT LAURENT Now playing From 1967 to 1976 fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent (Gaspard Ulliel) was at the peak of his creative prowess. He was in the process of changing the world of haute couture, asking more out of himself, his models, his assistants and his collaborators than many dreamt possible. He embraced the freedoms of the era, giving into his hedonistic impulses as he strived to innovate in ways other Parisian houses were afraid to emulate, by doing so taking his name to an iconic state he’d have trouble living up to for the remainder of his influential life.

Bertrand Bonello’s (The Pornographer) non-linear, unorthodox biopic Saint Laurent is an eccentrically odd animal. At the same time, its idiosyncratic approach feels somewhat apropos considering the legend slinking to and fro up on the screen, and as such the film manufactures an intoxicating allure that’s difficult to resist. Anchored by a strong, lithely serpentine performance from Ulliel (the young Hannibal Lector in the otherwise forgettable Hannibal Rising)

and featuring a spectacular supporting turn

by Jérémie Renier as the designer’s partner Pierre Bergé, the movie has numerous charms, and as such is impossible to dismiss.

Even so, Bonello and co-writer Thomas Bidegain’s (Rust and Bone) opus can be a bit of a chore to sit through, the pair’s screenplay so ungainly and unfocused it’s oftentimes hard to discern what is going on and why. The film jumps all over the map, and playing things so close to the vest peeling away Laurent’s many layers can be more trouble than it is ultimately worth, the place they eventually take things not so much preordained as it is uninspired in its depiction.

Yet there is still much to adore, not the least of which is Josée Deshaies’ (House of Tolerance) colorfully electrifying, eccentrically vibrant cinematography. The dreamy images he composes fit things beautifully, crafting a tactile allure that wrapped me up within its embrace like a brand new, exquisitely tailored evening gown designed specifically for me and me alone. Deshaies has an uncanny ability to give the viewer the feeling they are watching things transpire in the confines of their own psyche, things visually taking on the

look of an ethereal dream-like screening room that’s as imaginative as it is confidently refined.

But the structure is an odd one, and I can’t say Bonello managed to hold my interest for Saint Laurent – www.consulfrance-losangeles.org every second of his film’s epic 150 minute running time. Saint Laurent, not the least of which is UlHe shortchanges actresses Aymeline Va- liel’s superlative work as the titular charlade and Lea Seydoux (as important YSL acter, I’m just not sure there are enough of models Betty Catroux and Loulou), their them. Bonello’s movie looks terrific, and appearances more random and brief than it certainly goes out of its way to craft an they are essential or informative. Bonello intoxicating ambience that’s beguiling, and Bidegain also seem to feel like there’s but it’s so ungainly, unfocused and flat-out something important to be found in Lau- long, sticking with it beginning to end is rent’s dalliances with Karl Lagerfeld model frustratingly difficult. It all feels uncomJacques de Bauscher (an inert, almost life- fortably unfinished, the resulting motion less Louis Garrel), the pair spending more picture just not ready to walk down the time on the designer’s relationship with runway with anything approaching confihim than they do with his complicated, dence. far more intriguing lifetime spent sleeping next to Bergé.

There are certainly reasons to watch

Jurassic World opens Crichton’s park to dinosized adventure

Bryce Dallas Howard and Chris Pratt in Jurassic World – www.huffingtonpost.com

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer

It’s safe to say few, if anyone, knew what to expect from Jurassic World. As sequels are concerned, this felt particularly unnecessary. More than that, the premise – 20 years after the historic failure of the original park the company behind the cloning of dinosaurs has “fixed” their mistakes and now have their Costa Rican island paradise up, running and full of 20,000-plus guests – felt like nothing terribly inspiring.

The film had the smell of being more of a larger scale remake than a continuation of the story begun in Michael Crichton’s bestselling novel and brought to life in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning 1993 film, and as such my interest in seeing what was going to happen and why was understandably muted going into the promo screening.

My bad. Director Colin Trevorrow, who allegedly rewrote the script with his fellow Safety Not Guaranteed scribe Derek Connolly, throwing out a great deal of what original writers Rick Jaffa and Amanda

Silver (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) initially came up with and in the process makes the leap from micro-budgeted indies to large-scale Hollywood productions with smashing success. Fast-paced, characterdriven, filled with spectacle and heart, the film is a surprisingly intimate coming of age saga for both its adult and adolescent characters alike, building to a suitably heart-pounding bit of creature-based carnage that is almost certain to elicit cheers from most in the audience.

There is nothing new; that should be pointed out right from the get-go. What we have is your basic saga of both science and corporatization run amok, the film rarely, if ever, treading into territory that could remotely pass as original. Ingen, the company John Hammond (the dearly departed Richard Attenborough) fronted and controlled in the first film, is still looking to make its mark in the world of dinosaurs. They’ve finally opened their theme park, aptly branded Jurassic World, and people from all over the world have descended upon the island to see creatures gone for 65-million years up close and personal as if they never went extinct.

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But after 20 years of dinosaurs making headlines the public is growing tired of the antics provided by your random Tyrannosaurus Rex or Triceratops. They want more.

Bigger. Better. More menacing. Something to scare the living daylights out of them.

Problem is the cliché still applies, Ingen listening to the pleas of the public giving them, as well as their corporate sponsors, exactly what they want, proving once and for all its best to be careful what you wish for because in the end you might very well get it.

Mixed into this are a variety of subplots.

The key one revolves around Claire (Bryce Dallas Howard), Jurassic World’s head of operations, her two nephews Zach (Nick Robinson) and Gray (Ty Simpkins) at the park for the week while her estranged older sister Karen (Judy Greer) finalizes her divorce from husband Scott (Andy Buckley).

The timing couldn’t be worse, as this is the week they’re supposed to be debuting their newest creation to investors, a new dinosaur, a genetically modified hybrid smarter than a Raptor and more vicious than a TRex. Claire passes the kids off to an underling as she’s forced to deal with billionaire park benefactor Simon Masrani (Irrfan Khan) and animal behavioral expert Owen (Chris Pratt), the former wanting the latter to inspect the new dinosaur’s paddock in order to see if there are any flaws in the enclosure’s design.

What happens next shouldn’t come as a surprise, the beastie breaking lose causing all sorts of havoc, Zach and Gray managing to plant themselves right in the middle of things as the dino, dubbed the Indominus Rex, goes on a park-wide killing spree.

Claire ropes Owen into helping her save her nephews, while mysterious military man Hoskins (Vincent D’Onofrio) has a plan of action involving Velociraptors that only a deranged lunatic could ever have thought

was a good idea. All of it goes pretty much as expected hitting most of the requisite beats, paying homage to Spielberg’s film while also planting seeds of where the series could go in the future if (i.e., when) more sequels are made.

Thing is, Trevorrow and Connolly have actually done a pretty terrific job of manufacturing characters worth caring about, Owen and Claire extremely flawed, threedimensional heroes whose transitions happen with invigorating clarity. Also, Zach and Gray are nowhere near the obnoxious nincompoops they could have been, their respective journeys, as well as their evolving, heartfelt sibling relationship, rooted in authentic emotions, the script parceling out the nuances of their situation with remarkable ease and even more impressive brevity.

Additionally, the director stages magnificent sequences of carnage and destruction, doing so with a keen eye to geography and location, allowing all that’s happening to make physical and practical sense.

Impressively edited by Kevin Stitt (Jack Reacher), Trevorrow allows the spectacle to amaze while just as importantly keeping it from overwhelming the delicate, if admittedly melodramatic, human story at the center of things, the characters staying in focus throughout no matter how crazy things might ultimately become.

The film does play quite a bit on one’s affinity and appreciation for Jurassic Park, the sense of awe that Spielberg manufactured so easily sadly absent. But Trevorrow manages to make Jurassic World entirely its own distinct animal, unleashing a gleefully exuberant bit of climactic mayhem that’s utterly delightful. It’s a fitting continuation of the story begun 22 years ago, taking things in an intriguing direction I for one am eager to see where it all goes next.

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CASTLE SUPERSTORE 6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391 CLUB SILVERSTONE 739½ St. Helens Ave. - (253) 404-0273 THE FANTASY SHOP 2301 6th Ave. - (253) 272-6640 LOVER’S 7002 Tacoma Mall Blvd., #F - (253) 475-2271 THE MIX - 635 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 383-4327 RAINBOW CENTER 2215 Pacific Ave. - (253) 383-2318 SHAKABRAH JAVA CAFE 2618 6th Ave. - (253) 572-2787 TANDEM FOR GEAR, CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES 3019 6th Ave, Ste. B - (253) 301-3026

TUKWILA

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

WENATCHEE

THE CELLAR CAFE 240 N. Mission St. - (509) 662-1722

Celebrating 41 Years!

community calendar

Meetings Events Activities

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

DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

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

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

2015 PRIDE EVENTS: For a complete list of Pride events in Seattle and throughout the Pacific Northwest, see SGN’s Pride Events Calendar in Section 1.

SATURDAY - June 13

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR IN THIS WEEK’S SGN A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am.

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. All men are welcome. www.agatheringofmen.org Seattle Pride Picnic. 11am. Volunteer Park. $1 picnic meal includes hot dog, delicious side dishes, refreshments & dessert. Benefits YouthCare. www.seattle pride.org Family: An Asian Pacific Islander LGBTQ Gathering. 9:30am-5pm. North Seattle College, 9600 College Way N. All are welcome. Lunch will be provided. FREE. 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.

Lifelong’s Gayest Bingo EVER. 5-10pm. Fremont Studio, 155 N 35th St. An evening of unbridled fun complete with ridiculous musical numbers, hilarious drag queen antics, chances to win wonderful prizes & much more! Tickets: $50 general admission, $69 Queen for a Day. www.llaa.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.rainbowbridgeclub.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Seattle Men’s Chorus Preview Performance: Music of Queen. 8pm. IKEA Performing Arts Center, 400 S 2nd St, Renton. A preview of SMC’s “Music of Queen” show later this month. The audience will be asked for comments following the performance. Admission $10 at the door. www.flyinghouse.org

SUNDAY - June 14

For information on GLBT-friendly religious/spiritual organizations in the Greater Seattle area, call or email Rick at the SGN office: 206-324-4297; sgn2@ sgn.org.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR IN THIS WEEK’S SGN Gay Men’s Bowling in Lynnwood. 9:30am. Brunswick Majestics Lane, Lynnwood. 9:30am Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Furry 5K Fun Run & Walk. 10am, followed by Pet-aPalooza. Seward Park. Furry 5K is one of the few races in the Puget Sound area that encourages perticipants to run or walk with their dogs. Pet-a-Palooza features entertainment, festive music, awards & an interactive vendor area. To REGISTER visit www.furry5k.com Seattle Sunday Bowling. 10:30am. 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! $6.50 + $2 shoe rental. (425) 785-4725.

Lotus Sisters Guided Meditation. 11am-1:30pm.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets 2nd Sunday each month.

Senior students lead the meditation, provide dharma talks or reflections & lead discussion. 329-5908; www.

LotusSisters.org; www.sasgcc.org (Meets in 2nd floor meeting room; no elevator.)

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

Contact Forrest Rode, 920-6117, Mike Chin (509) 990-0007, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. www.dharmabuddies.org. (Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

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. 12-1:30pm.

Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Room 122. Every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon

June 13 thru June 21 PFLAG/Everett Monthly Meeting. 7pm. First Congregational Church of Everett, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. A chance for youth to talk with others about their experiences & concerns related to identifying as Transgender. www.lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:30-9:30pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

Washington Gender Alliance Support Group Meeting in Shoreline. 7:30pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Shoreline. Meets every Monday. For information email info@washingtongender alliance.com Les Be Honest. 8-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org.

TUESDAY - June 16

Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www. raincitysoccer.org South Park Gay Pride Picnic. 1-4pm. Duwamish Waterway Park, 7900 10th Ave S. FREE beef hot dogs & veggie dogs for the first 200 people plus chips & bottled water. The Queen of the River amateur drag contest takes place at 2:30pm.

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 The D-Factor. 6:30pm. Julia’s on Broadway, 300 Broadway E. Every Sunday May 3-June 27. This is the Northwest’s best Drag talent show. All levels of Drag are eligible to compete. Winner will receive a prize package worth $500. www.lefauxshow.com Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Cineoke! 6:30pm doors; 7pm show. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. It’s like Karaoke - only better! You’re the star of your favorite movie musical. Pick any scene to sing along to, while the film and lyrics are projected onto the screen. There are hundreds of songs to choose from, or you can bring your own special request (on DVD). $8 cover ($5 for Three Dollar Bill Cinema members). www. threedollarbillcinema.org.

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

K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. 329-0886, mailbox@jetchapter kofm.com Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

Visit us online www.sgn.org

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR IN THIS WEEK’S SGN 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 Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 2-3:30pm.

Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Monday each month. (253) 383-2565.

Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm.

Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave Rm 221. Meets 3rd Monday each month (except December). SWC is a 20-member volunteer advisory board that advises the Mayor, City Council, & all City of Seattle departments on matters concerning women & women’s rights. Meetings open to the public. 684-4537.

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

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

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. FredLind Manor, 1802 17th Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org Lotus Sisters South End/Columbia City Meditation & Dharma Discussion. 7-8:30pm. Meets 3rd Monday each month. Call 206-725-3608 or 434-5521 for details and location; www.LotusSisters.org. (Not wheelchair accessible.)

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

PFLAG/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724.

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR IN THIS WEEK’S SGN 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 Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting. 3-5pm.

Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months (schedule varies in summer). The Safe Schools Coalition: A Public-Private Partnership in Support of LGBT youth. All are welcome at meetings; lots of volunteer opportunities are discussed. 632-0662 ext 49; CRISIS LINE: 1-877-SAFE-SAFE; www.safeschools coalition.org.

Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437; www. sasgcc.org LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. Meets every Tuesday. Confidential. Snacks provided. Bring friends or come alone - anyone 12-18 is welcome. Questions? Call Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600 ext 155, or email sarahh@ rays.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org. SASG 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Every Tuesday. Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 6:30-7:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Tuesday. Topics range from family issues to school happenings to like/lust/love relationships. All Queer females welcome. Come discuss how smart. strong Queer women live their lives. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous (GLBTQI).

7-8:30pm. All Pilgrims Christian Church, 500 Broadway E (enter at 509 10th Ave E; buzz in, Dickson room). Every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA helpline 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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

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

Rain City Jacks. 1st & 3rd Tuesday each month at 7pm; 4th Sunday each month at1pm. West Queen Anne/ Interbay. Location & membership details provided upon request. RCJ is a traditional jack-off club. Friendly, sexpositive, non-profit and private. Membership required.

Adult men only. Enroll at the door. www.raincityjacks. org, email info@raincityjacks.org or call 1-888-809-5035.

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 What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Every Tuesday.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Poetry Slam. Doors 8pm, Show 8:30pm. Rebar, 1114 Howell St. Every Tuesday. A spoken word poetry event that features a weekly open mic, feature poet, and

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slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

WEDNESDAY - June 17

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR IN THIS WEEK’S SGN Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org GSBA Luncheon: Travel & Tourism. 11am, program at 12noon. Marriott Waterfront, 2100 Alaskan Way. $45 GSBA members, $50 non-members. Walk-ins add $5 at the door. 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. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. Meets every Wednesday. This peer recovery group provides a safe & supportive faith community to share your recovery journey with, God answers our prayers & sends us a boat.

Sometimes rowing furiously for yourself & sometimes for others. All are welcome.

Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6-7:30pm. 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 Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Meets every Wednesday. Call 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

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

The Gay Uncle Time – A Celebration of Pop, Underground, Camp, Gay & Trash Culture of the ‘60s & ‘70s and Beyond! With Fabulous Special Guests. 7pm.

The Rendezvous Grotto, 2322 2nd Ave. 3rd Wednesday each month. A combination salon, cabaret, classroom, story time visit with your favorite relative you never knew you had & a few of his fabulous friends. Picture John Waters subbing for Garrison Keillor on a $13 budget in a friend’s living room with special guests. $5 at the door. www.facebook.com/thegayuncletime.

HIV/AIDS Support Group. 7-8:30pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Please arrive by 7:00pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. 3222437; www.sasgcc.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 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: seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

Trained peer facilitators lead a structured support meeting helping people deal with issues of gender identity & expression. All adults are welcomed, including those who are questioning, allies, or identify as FTM, MTF, Transgender, Queer, or Intersex, among others. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet. 8-9pm.

The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month.

BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com

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SATURDAY - June 20

Seattle LGBTQ Employees for Equality (SEqual).

12noon. Seattle Municipal Tower, 700 5th Ave, Room 4070. Meets the 3rd Thursday of every month. Open to the public.

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 Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare. FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

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.

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:308:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. Meetings open to the public. 684-4514.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Contemplative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club Monthly Potluck & Meeting. 7pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Bottom Dwellers promotes safe & responsible scuba diving & other outdoor activities for the GLBT community & friends at all experience levels. www.bottomdwellers.org.

Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every THURSDAY - June 18 Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR IN THIS WEEK’S SGN male volunteer. 322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.” GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday 12noon-1pm. SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal AA. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org. clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting. couples. Volunteer attorneys provide FREE 30-minute 12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The consultations. For info and to schedule an appointment, BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of call 235-7235. Clinic volunteers return calls on Tuesdays women facing HIV together. 720-5566 or 888-292-1912; between 12noon-3pm. www.q-law.org/legalclinic www.babesnetwork.org.

PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside Monthly Meeting. 7-9pm.

First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Wheelchair

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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 Seattle Women’s Pride. 6-10pm. Q Nightclub, 1426 Broadway. For Seattle Lesbians & their friends. Features Bravo’s Julie Goldman. For tickets visit www.starngertickets.com/events/2355956.

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 Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6:30pm-appetizers & socializing; 7:30pm-dinner. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Meets last Friday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html Lambert House Queer Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Friday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Rain Country Dance Night. 7-11pm, lessons at 7:15pm.

The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. An evening of country-western dancing for the LGBTQ community. FREE. www.raincountrydance.org.

Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

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

Pride Comedy Series: Gena Yashere and Heather McDonald (6/18-6/20). Thurs 6/18 - 7:30pm; Fri 6/19 - 7:30pm & 10pm; Sat 6/20 - 7:30pm & 10pm. Tickets: $30 general admission, $35 VIP. www.parlorlive.com LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 7:45pm.

Seattle Counseling Service, Rainbow Room, 1216 Pine St at Melrose Ave. Every Friday. (See related listing Sunday at noon for details.) Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org GaYme Night 4 the LGBT Community. 8pm-1am.

SASG, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun. www.sasgcc.org

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accessible. http://community.pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue.

Contact us at info@bellevue-pflag.org or 425-483-6642.

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 Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, Lower Atrium.

Every Thursday. Support meetings for Gay fathers & Gay men who are currently or previously married. Safe, anonymous, non-judgmental environment of caring fathers & friends. You are not alone. For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/ gayfathersseattle Gay Male Sexuality & Relationships. 7:30-9pm.

SASG, 303 17th Ave. E. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Debauchery. Doors 7:30pm, Show 8pm. Neighbours Nightclub, 1509 Broadway. Queers stripping for Queers in a hot, anti-oppressive space, raising money for organizations that serve the Queer community. The show features stripteases, lots of audience interaction & even birthday lapdances on stage! Be sure to bring plenty of dollar bills - a portion of the proceeds goes to non-profits providing health & social services within the Queer community. Tickets: $10 in advance; $15 at the door. www.lilydivine.com Pride Comedy Series: Gena Yashere (6/18-6/20).

Thurs 6/18 - 7:30pm; Fri 6/19 - 7:30pm & 10pm; Sat 6/20 - 7:30pm & 10pm. Parlor Live! Comedy Club, 1522 6th Ave. Featuring Gena Yashere from “Live at the Apollo,” “Mock the Week,” and NBC’s “Last Comic Standing.” Tickets: $30 general admission, $35 VIP. www.parlorlive.com Queer Vision 20/20: “Black Lizard” (1968). Happy Hour 7pm, Film 8pm. Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave. Adaptation by Mishima Yukio & starring Mishima’s lover, celebrated female impersonator Maruyama Akihiro. Tickets: general admission $11, youth & senior $8, members $6. www.threedollarbillcinema.org

FRIDAY - June 19

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR IN THIS WEEK’S SGN

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR IN THIS WEEK’S SGN Pride ASIA. 12noon-4pm. Hing Hay Park, 423 Maynard Ave S. FREE all ages event. www.prideasia.org Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Pride Comedy Series: Gena Yashere and Heather McDonald (6/18-6/20). Thurs 6/18 - 7:30pm; Fri 6/19 - 7:30pm & 10pm; Sat 6/20 - 7:30pm & 10pm. Parlor Live! Comedy Club, 1522 6th Ave. Tickets: $30 general admission, $35 VIP. www.parlorlive.com

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FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SEE PRIDE EVENTS CALENDAR IN THIS WEEK’S SGN Seattle Frontrunners Run & Walk with Pride. Register 8am, Run/Walk 9am. Seward Park, 5895 Lake Washington Blvd S. www.seattlefrontrunners.org Ethyl Forever Car Club, Pacific NW Region Lambda Car Club Monthly Tire Kick/Social. 10:30am. Randy’s Restaurant, 10016 E Marginal Way S (south of the Museum of Flight). Meets the 3rd Sunday each month.

Open to all LGBTQ persons & friends who have an interest in the automobile, not just collector or performance vehicles. ethylforever@hotmail.com Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St - enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. www.seattleprimetimers.org.

Seattle Men in Leather’s Annual Father’s Day Chili Feed. 4-8pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. Hosted by Seattle Leather Daddy, Steven Griffith.

“All-you-can-eat” chili & cornbread for only $5. Burgers and dogs are also on the menu. Every year The Cuff Complex donates the food for this event so that all the monies raised can go to charity. This year SML has chosen to raise money for Seattle Area Support Groups and Community Center (SASG). SASG is a nonprofit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected

by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Their work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences.

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

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

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver.us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/AnotherGay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bi-

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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) - 3639188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

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

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

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.mature friends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nwbears.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; Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force: www.gaysnohomish.org. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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

Northwest Lesbian & Gay History Museum Project - gayhistnw@aol.com Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies, including Alaska Airlines, Amazon.com, Amgen, AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, Macy’s, Microsoft, Russell Investments, Safeco Insurance, Starbucks Coffee, Xerox. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/proudand-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: 568-7777, info@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org PFLAG is the national organization for parents, families, allies, and LGBTQ people united for equality with chapters in Seattle, Bellevue/Eastside, the Puget Sound region and across Washington state. PFLAG Seattle: 206-325-7724, info@pflagseattle.org, and www.pflagseattle.org; PFLAG Bellevue/Eastside: 425483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community.

and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 684-4503.

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

Seattle Out & Proud - 206-322-9561; www.seattle pride.org Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle.gov Seattle PrideFest - www.seattlepridefest.org Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea) - www.facebook. com/socialoutreachseattle South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.South SoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhill cycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l. simonson@gmail. com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascade flyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes. org; Emerald City Mudhen Rugby: www.mudhenrugby. com; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www.eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: ethylforever@hotmail.com; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures:

outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www.pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www. puddletownsquares.org; Rain City Soccer: www.raincitysoccer.org; Rain Country Dance Association: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance. org; Sea Dawgs: LGBT ice hockey - SkateSeaDawgs@ gmail.com and on Facebook; Seattle Frontrunners: www.seattlefront runners.org; Seattle Gay Basketball Association: www.seattlegaybasketballassociation. com; 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. theprideleague. com, Century 21 League; Seattle Volleyball Club: www.seattlevolleyballclub.com; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

Strength Over Speed - www.strengthoverspeed.org Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, 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 Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersoll center.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: 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc.org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www.pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwest seattle; 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. (See also listings under Bisexual, Parenthood, People of Color, Transgender.)

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

WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools.

330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; Health Education Youth Outreach: for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24 - Jessica Hatlo, 206957-1665, jessicah@llaa.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 3222515, www.lamberthouse.org; www.MatthewsPlace. com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag. org; Pizza Klatch: weekly lunchtime support groups for LGBTQ youth in Thurston County, www.pizzaklatch.org; Prism: for LGBTQ youth, 14-21, in Puyallup - Cherise.

Alexander@ multicare.org; www.facebook.com/PuyallupPrism; Proud Out Wonderful (POW!): for LGBTQ youth, 13-21, in South King County, 206-326-9112, www. facebook.com/proudoutwonderful; Q Youth Resources: in Kitsap County - 360-698-3335; www.kchaf.org; Queer Youth Space: 206-495-9963; www.queeryouth space. org; Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS): LGBTQ, questioning and allied youth drop-in group, ages 12-18 Sarah Hardin, 425-271-5600, ext 155; sarahh@rays.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 451-SAFE (451-7233) (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFESAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888431-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): 5228412; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoudGLBTQ): 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www. yspp.org

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pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington state: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 7813565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo. com, www.macctsea.org; Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sistah Sinema, www. sistahsinema.com, info@sistahsinema.com; TrikoneNorthwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www. trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-6850164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle.

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

Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond.

Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

Safe Schools Coalition - www.safeschoolscoalition. org; 451-SAFE (451-7233).

SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. 905-9941, www.seamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities,

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