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Seattle Gay News

Issue 4, Volume 46, January 26, 2018

Arts & Entertainment

Top-notch Frost / Nixon at Strawshop

Amy Thone in Frost / Nixon – Photo by John Ulman

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer STRAWBERRY THEATRE WORKSHOP FROST / NIXON (AT 12TH AVENUE ARTS) Through February 17

One of the most famous quotes of all time is ex-President Nixon’s, “when the President does it, that means that it’s not illegal.” That ridiculous statement, which Nixon took back almost immediately, echoes in the attempts of the current

Eugene Lee as Memphis, Reginald Andre Jackson as Wolf, and David Emerson Toney as Holloway in Two Trains Running – Photo by Nate Watters

SEATTLE REPERTORY THEATRE TWO TRAINS RUNNING Through February 11

(l-r) Corinne Magin as M and Maile Wong as L in Peerless – Photo by John McLellan

by Paul Torres SGN Contributing Writer ARTSWEST PEERLESS Through February 11

Part two of ArtsWest’s “I Am” themed season takes a darker turn with the staging of Jiehae Park’s Peerless. On its surface, it’s seemingly the goddaughter of the classic film Heathers with its deadly high-school jealousy tones. Where as that film is driven

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ArtsWest’s Peerless is fiercely startling and shockingly real

It is a satisfying feeling to know that Seattle Repertory Theatre is doing an August Wilson play and that you can depend on them doing Wilson proud! Their current production of Two Trains Running, a co-

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Grammys 2018:

Kesha, Lady GaGa, Elton John with Miley Cyrus, Patti LuPone with Ben Platt, Pink, Sam Smith, and more set to perform; plus predictions and picks for “Music’s Biggest Night”

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer 60TH ANNIVERSARY GRAMMY AWARDS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN (NYC) CBS/KIRO (Channel 7) January 28 at 4:30pm PST

Two weeks ago, Hollywood’s elite used the Golden Globes telecast to address the hot button topic of sexual harassment and discrimination within the film industry, and outside of it as well. From Oprah Winfrey to Natalie Portman to Salma Hayek,

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Pearl Jam to combat homelessness with two Safeco Field shows; Erasure headed to Seattle this summer

Pearl Jam – Photo by Danny Clinch

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Though the Emerald City is their home, Pearl Jam doesn’t perform here that often.

Instead, they randomly appear in concerts around the world, as their global popularity is even greater now than when they broke through in the early ’90s. While the Seattle band continues to amaze its core base of fans, who discovered them during the famous grunge movement, they’ve also drawn a generation of new followers, some who were introduced to the group’s music by their parents. Billed as “The Home Shows,” Pearl Jam will perform two concerts at Safeco Field, on August 8 and 10, to help raise money for local homeless initiatives; they’ve already committed to donating $1 million to help battle the homeless issue in Seattle and will select local beneficiaries closer to the performance dates. The Grammy-winning act is asking fans to also donate to the cause, in hopes of raising $10 million. The Home Shows are expected to attract 100,000 attendees combined with Pearl Jam inviting fans from all corners of the universe to converge in Seattle for this special event.

In response to the announcement of the Safeco concerts, newly elected Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan issued the following statement in a press release, “We must have everyone in the fight to solve homelessness including our local government, caring philanthropists, community organizations, individuals, and artists – all are dedicated to finding innovative long-term solutions to homelessness. I can’t wait to join this iconic Seattle band in August.”

Tickets for "The Home Shows" in Seattle will be made available through a Ticketmaster Verified Fan® registration and ticket presale, a Ten Club presale for eligible members and a general public ticket sale. Ticketmaster Verified Fan registration closes on February 6 at 4pm PT. To register, please visit: https://pearljam. tmverifiedfan.com.

Erasure is headed back to Seattle this summer, as part of a North American tour that kicks off in Miami on July 6; the popelectronic duo will perform a series of dates in Europe before hopping across the Atlantic. The legendary act, comprised of keyboardist Vince Clark and openly gay vocalist-songwriter Andy Bell, who interviewed with Seattle Gay News a few years ago [in 2011 http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews39_39/page38.cfm and in 2013 http:// www.sgn.org/sgnnews41_45/page21.cfm], have released about a dozen big hits in its 32-year career, including “Chains of Love,” “Oh L’amour,” “A Little Respect,” “Love to Hate You,” “Sometimes,” “Victim of Love” and “Always.” The English pair will release a new album, titled World Beyond, on

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March 9 and features members of the classical ensemble Echo Collective. Erasure is scheduled to appear at the Moore Theatre on August 14; tickets are on sale now at www.LiveNation.com, or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

Also coming to the Emerald City this summer are Hall & Oates with Train on a co-headlining tour that includes a stop at Key Arena on August 11. The latter is responsible for the smash singles “Hey, Soul Sister,” “Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me),” “Meet Virginia” and “Drive By,” while the former is behind a series of Top 10 hits from the ’70s and ’80s, such as “Maneater,” “Out of Touch,” “You Make My Dreams,” “Rich Girl,” “Private Eyes,” “Kiss on My List,”

“I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do)” and a popular remake of the Righteous Brothers’ classic “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’.”

Tickets to see Hall & Oates with Train go on sale January 29 (10am) at www.LiveNation.com, or charge by at phone 1-800-7453000.

An upcoming show to put on your calendar, if you haven’t already, is Michael Feinstein at Broadway Center for the Performing Arts’ Pantages Theater (Tacoma) on February 23 and the Edmonds Center for the Arts on February 24. The concert is “Celebrating the Crooners – Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Bing Crosby, & Others.” The traditional pop singer, who moonlights as a live music nightclub owner (Feinstein’s/54 Below in NYC) and Artistic Director for The Center for the Performing Arts in Carmel, Indiana, has released nearly 40 albums since 1985, many of them filled with sparkling renditions of Broadway tunes and nostalgic pop numbers; his most recent is 2014’s A Michael Feinstein Christmas. Tickets, ranging between $39 to $95 at the Pantages Theater (Tacoma) and $59 to $94 at the Edmonds Center for the Arts, are on sale now at www.broadwaycenter.org and www.edmondscenterforthearts.org.

We’re not done yet. In addition to the concerts listed above, hip hop giant Kendrick Lamar will perform at White River Amphitheatre on May 5, electronic-pop duo MGMT will play The Showbox SoDo on May 12, rock bands Def Leppard and Journey will appear jointly at The Gorge Amphitheatre on May 21 and alternative rock standout Jack White is set to jam at WaMu Theater on August 13.

Finally, a sad farewell to Delores O’Riordan, the lead singer of Irish band The Cranberries, who passed away unexpectedly on January 15. The group is known for a short string of transcontinental singles, including “Zombie,” “Linger” and “Salvation.” Riordan was 46 years old.

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Diverse Harmony presents “Pale Blue Dot” concert February 3

Diverse Harmony – Photo courtesy of Benaroya Hall

DIVERSE HARMONY “PALE BLUE DOT” NORDSTROM RECITAL HALL BENAROYA HALL February 3 Diverse Harmony, Seattle’s LGBTQ youth chorus, continues its legacy of community engagement with the theme of home in our late winter concert “Pale Blue Dot” on February 3.

The earth is our one home, and it connects us all, a worldly family with unlimited potential, no matter where we spend our days. Pale Blue Dot focuses on the natural aspects of humanity as we know it, ranging from love of the earth to earthly love. Join us, as we celebrate humanity and the stories that sustain us!

Please join us at the beautiful Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall (3rd & Union) at Benaroya Hall for the next Diverse Har-

mony Concert, featuring both the youth of Diverse Harmony and our a cappella choir, Spectrum. You will hear both groups perform individually and together. Several of our youth will also perform individually, showcasing their talent, and some will also share their stories about what it means to be a member of Diverse Harmony.

It will be a great show!

Tickets are $25 and are available in advance through the Seattle Symphony/

Benaroya Hall box office https://www. seattlesymphony.org/BenaroyaHall or 206215-4747 and at the door.

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women representing the cinematic world boldly stated that #timesup; they’re not going to put up with the piggish behavior of their male colleagues any longer.

This weekend, it’s the music biz’s turn to respond to sexual misconduct allegations that have also affected some of its artists, most notably Kesha. The pop star and devoted LGBT ally will perform her nominated single “Praying” on the awards ceremony, a song written after her very public legal battle against former producer Dr. Luke, in which she claimed that he sexually, physically, emotionally and verbally abused her during their professional relationship. The song, a powerfully written ballad that proved to be a successful detour from Kesha’s usual brand of kitschy electro-pop, became her first #1 hit following a five-year break. The singer-songwriter’s performance of “Praying” will be a highlight of the three-hour Grammy telecast, which will also feature performances by Lady GaGa, Elton John with Miley Cyrus, Tony Award winners Patti LuPone and Ben Platt, Pink, Sam Smith, U2, Rihanna with Bryson Tiller and DJ Khaled, Bruno Mars with Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar, Little Big Town, Luis Fonsi with Daddy Yankee, Childish Gambino and a special tribute to the victims of the Route 91 Harvest Festival by Eric Church, Maren Morris, and the Brothers Osborne.

Also slated to collaborate on stage at Madison Square Garden, marking the return of the Grammys to New York City in fifteen years, are Logic, Alessia Cara and Khalid, who will jointly perform the Song of the Year nominee “1-800-273-8255,” which encourages anyone contemplating suicide to call the titular number for help, connecting them to the National Suicide Prevention hotline. The dramatic music video for the song featured a teenage boy

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Odesza – Photo courtesy of Foreign Family Collective Records

wanting to end his life when those around him disapproved of his sexuality, but ultimately he phones the hotline instead and years later marries his high school boyfriend in a ceremony attended by his father.

In total, there are nearly 20 performances on the docket for Sunday evening’s gala with only about 10 gramophone statues being handed out; the other 74 categories will be presented in a pre-telecast ceremony held a few hours before the main telecast. The broadcast and live stream begins at 4:30pm PST on January 28 on CBS/KIRO. Here are my picks and predictions in 10 key races.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR nominees: Awaken, My Love! – Childish Gambino | 4:44 – Jay-Z | DAMN. – Kendrick Lamar | Melodrama – Lorde | 24K Magic – Bruno Mars Will/Should win: DAMN. Lamar is owed, and I mean owed BIG TIME. But Jay-Z is considered a hip hop trailblazer and Grammy voters might lean in his favor. If voters play it safe, and they usually do (case in point: Adele over Beyonce a year ago), then look for Mars to take it.

RECORD OF THE YEAR nominees: “Redbone” – Childish Gambino | “Despacito” – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee featuring Justin Bieber | “The Story of O.J.” – Jay-Z | “HUMBLE.” – Kendrick Lamar | “24K Magic” – Bruno Mars Will win: “24K Magic” Something tells me that all three rap entries will cancel each other out, leaving the gimmicky “Despacito” and the universally loved “24K Magic” left to duke it out.

I’ll give Mars the edge.

Should win: “Redbone” The slick, stylish hit single from Childish Gambino’s latest, and perhaps his very last, album Awaken, My Love! is on a different playing field than its fellow nominees. Not to mention, I always think of Get Out when I hear it.

SONG OF THE YEAR nominees: “Despacito,” “4:44,” “Issues,” “1-800273-8255,” “That’s What I Like” Will/Should win: “1-800-273-8255” I’m not picking the Logic tune for sentimental reasons; it’s just a really good song that happens to contain a strong, inspiring message.

BEST NEW ARTIST nominees: Alessia Cara, Khalid, Lil Uze Vert, Julia Michaels, SZA Will win: SZA More often than not, Grammy voters give this award to a female artist and of the three nominated here SZA created the loudest buzz.

Should win: Khalid At the young age of 19, this kid has already proved he’s a force to be reckoned with.

BEST POP SOLO PERFORMANCE nominees: “Love So Soft” – Kelly Clarkson | “Praying” – Kesha | “Million Reasons” – Lady GaGa | “What About Us” – Pink | “Shape of You” – Ed Sheeran Will win: “Praying” I’m being ballsy and picking Kesha over beloved Grammy darling Sheeran. But I think voters might be swayed by the current #metoo and #timesup campaigns.

Should win: “Million Reasons” This category used to be called “Pop Vocal Performance” and I would then have chosen Kesha, simply for crushing that super high note at the end of the song. But since it extends beyond the vocals, I prefer GaGa’s ballad overall, one of her very best singles.

BEST POP VOCAL ALBUM nominees: Kaleidoscope EP – Coldplay | Lust for Life – Lana Del Rey | Evolve – Imagine Dragons | Rainbow – Kesha | Joanne – Lady GaGa | Divide – Ed Sheeran Will win: Divide Sheeran was surprisingly shut out of the major categories, where he was seen as a shoo-in going into the nominations. But he has enough support from fellow colleagues to pull out a win here.

Should win: Lust for Life I loved Rainbow and am silently cheering for it to win. But I gotta give credit where it’s due and Del Rey made the best album of the year, in my opinion.

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Will win: 3-D The Catalogue Kraftwerk are electronic legends, nominated against a crop of relatively new EDM artists. They’re probably the only familiar name on the ballot that voters will recognize.

Should win: A Moment Apart Here’s hoping Seattle’s own Odesza can bring this award home!

BEST ALTERNATIVE MUSIC ALBUM nominees: Everything Now – Arcade Fire | Humanz – Gorillaz | American Dream – LCD Soundsystem | Pure Comedy – Father John Misty | Sleep Well Beast – The National Will win: Everything Now It isn’t their best work, but Arcade Fire is a Grammy favorite and should muster enough votes to capture another gramophone.

Should win: Sleep Well Beast A better-crafted album by The National will probably not result in them earning the award, but it ought to.

BEST URBAN CONTEMPORARY ALBUM nominees: Free 6LACK – 6LACK | Awaken My Love! – Childish Gambino | American Teen – Khalid | Ctrl – SZA | Starboy – The Weeknd Will win: Awaken, My Love!

A consolation prize for Childish Gambino for not getting the Album of the Year award.

Should win: American Teen Khalid’s debut album is better constructed, from the writing to the production. Plus, he really shouldn’t be sent home empty handed.

BEST DANCE/ELECTRONIC ALBUM nominees: Migration – Bonobo | 3-D The Catalogue – Kraftwerk | Mura Masa – Mura Masa | A Moment Apart – Odesza | What Now – Sylvan Esso

BEST MUSICAL THEATER ALBUM nominees: Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Hello, Dolly!

Will/Should win: Dear Evan Hansen Three worthy nominees, but the race is actually between last summer’s Tony Award winners for Best Musical (Dear Evan Hansen) and Best Revival of a Musical (Hello, Dolly!), which gets a boost from Bette Midler. Still, it’ll be tough to beat the great collection of modern numbers from Pasek and Paul, who earned another Academy Award nod this week – they won in 2017 for “City of Stars.”

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Washington Ensemble Theatre presents Young Jean Lee’s Straight White Men

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer WASHINGTON ENSEMBLE THEATRE STRAIGHT WHITE MEN (AT 12TH AVENUE ARTS) Through February 2 Washington Ensemble Theatre just had something fairly unprecedented happen to them: their first show of 2018 was completely sold out for the entire run as of opening weekend! Straight White Men,

by Young Jean Lee, had a couple of extra performances added but with that kind of demand, the only way you might see the production is if you choose to go and get on a wait-list for a performance.

Young Jean Lee is a genre-breaking playwright/performer who has come to Seattle on occasion with riveting shows hosted by On the Boards. Her pieces are exactly what On the Boards is famous for around here – like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Perhaps the sales are a reflection of her fame and draw. Perhaps it’s the topic – a hot one of white privilege.

I was interested in whether a YJL piece is “translatable” from her crack company that understands her esthetic exactly to “someone else” – really anyone not Young Jean Lee and her team. I have my doubts.

It’s not easy to see something brand new and try to imagine it “as if.” In this case, I do not doubt that WET and the cast and crew are extremely invested in creating an edgy and forward experience that mirrors the experience of having Lee here.

The upshot of the evening is mixed.

Most of the play is a very boring portrayal of a dad and three sons all together for

David S. Klein as Ed, Sam Turner as Drew, Frank Boyd as Matt and Andy Buffelen as Jake in Straight White Men – Photo Credit Chris Bennion

Christmas. To a significant extent, it seems intentional that it’s boring. The difficulty here is that I wonder how boring it would be if it were done by YJL’s company itself.

Why is it intentionally boring? Well, we watch some purported cis-white men interact about little or nothing in very “bro” ways – the brothers tease each other unmercifully, they reminisce about their past, they bring up embarrassing memories, they call each other terrible childhood names. Those of us who are not cis-white males, which is most of the audience, have to “tolerate” their story, hoping to get something out of it.

The family itself does not set off to be boring – each character tries to be his own self. They talk about their wife/mother dying, struggle to figure out how to be adults,

and even talk about “privilege” a bit! One of the more interesting bits is a blast-fromthe-past where the oldest son supposedly wrote a protest lyric to the song “Oklahoma” because his high school cast an all-white version of the musical, at that time. Those lyrics are quite great.

However, the embedded notion is that when white men tell their tales, which is almost all the time, most of the rest of us are supposed to identify anyway, as if the story is “universal.” But the production envelops this “usual” play with rap music, and with two guides who are Persons in Charge and who are not straight white men. To some extent, that setting creates an opportunity for the audience to ask different questions than usual and to explore their reactions to

that usual, boring story.

A central characterization is that the oldest son, who has a Harvard education and is expected to be prodigal, has returned home to keep house for Dad and become a clerical worker in a non-profit. While his family tries to psychoanalyze him, their expectations are that the investment in his education and his innate capabilities mean that he is “wasted” at those activities, even as he maintains that he is satisfied and feels like he has a purpose. It’s obvious, then, that what he does is done by millions of women, often, who find purpose in being “useful” in very similar ways and who are expected and accepted in those roles.

Some audience members will find themselves “sorry for” this character – and it may even take a talk-back for them to recognize that if they feel sorry for him, they might then also feel “sorry for” the millions of women whose lives are “used” this way. In fact, it harkens back to the idea that women, some 40 or 50 years ago, should not aspire to Harvard educations if they would subsequently “waste it” on staying home and making babies.

I just wish YJL would have made all the same points in an hour instead of an hour and a half. Or maybe that her company would have done the show, too, so I could experience whether the company production itself makes any difference.

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production with Arena Stage, is exactly that satisfying, soul-comforting excellence that you would hope to experience.

The cast delivers Wilson’s real-life-withpoetry dialogue beautifully, led by director Juliette Carrillo’s impeccable precision.

The scenic design by Misha Kachman of the once-vibrant restaurant with the oddly flickering jukebox creates the ambience to sink into. Composer David R. Molina helps the scene changes become added bonus moments instead of dead silence. Period costuming by Ivania Stack effortlessly evokes the 1960s. Lighting by Sherrice Mojgani helps determine the times of day and evening as the slice of life clock runs through their Pittsburgh days.

We are in Memphis Lee’s restaurant, played by a cantankerous and defiant Eugene Lee, where the City of Pittsburgh is threatening to take his land by eminent domain. Still Memphis is determined he is going to see his price met. And while he’s still owner, he bullies his one waitress, Risa (Nicole Lewis), demands the numbers-runner Wolf (Reginald Andre’ Jackson) quit using his pay phone like it’s personal, tells stories with regular Holloway (David Emerson Toney) and tries to chase homeless Hambone (Frank Riley III) away from getting free food and drink. He jousts with undertaker West (William Hall Jr.), who owns a lot of property and wants to buy the restaurant, too.

A stranger shows up who turns out not to be a stranger. Sterling (Carlton Byrd) grew up in the neighborhood but had gotten into trouble and is now broke and newly released from prison. He wants better for himself and is willing to try anything to get a job. He recognizes Risa and decides that if he can make some money, they are going to get married.

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Nicole Lewis as Risa, Carlton Byrd as Sterling, Eugene Lee as Memphis in Two Trains Running – Photo by Nate Watters

Wilson’s characters are flawed and hopeful humans and their lives are “regular folk” lives. The events in his plays are often small, but loom large to those he writes about.

There is a pleasure in simply immersing oneself in their lives and leaving behind your particular time and your particular troubles.

This three-hours long play keeps you immersed throughout and there are no dull moments, even though there are a few where little happens except stories and conversation. It’s not suggested as “family” viewing because the characters are adults and swearing is always present. The individual complexities of the characters, too, and their choices, could be perplexing to a

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younger person who hasn’t yet lived a lot of life in the gray area of not-quite-right and not-really-all-that-wrong.

The politics of the civil rights movement are right outside that bell-hung door, but they are not front and center inside. The lone woman is treated like an uncomfortable living prop, but she’s learned to live with the discomfort and has built a hard wall around her. One can only wonder how Wilson would write his female characters now, if he had had a chance to live longer and write more.

There is no moral to learn or lesson to be told here. We know that when these characters speak about the hope, change and dis-

ruptive challenges brought by Malcolm X, we know when we come out of the theater, that that same hope, change and disruption has yet to penetrate enough worldwide to make the differences it should.

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administration to shield its occupant.

Frost / Nixon, a play by Peter Morgan, which was the basis for the movie of the same name, is being mounted by Strawberry Theatre Workshop with an all-female cast! Stalwart veterans Amy Thone (Nixon) and Alexandra Tavares (Frost) go toe to toe in a fascinating portrayal.

and apologize? This tension is also a known quantity, since Nixon was led to finally make that historic declaration. But on stage, the theatrical quality of that struggle between the two men becomes an epic emotional battle. Creating that tension on a living stage has arguably more impact on an audience than watching a film, no matter how tautly directed. The energy released by the actors can be felt, rather than just watched.

That imbalance of power is what most of the play is about. We see Frost, depressed

does lob softballs, though he tries to ask the “tough” questions. Nixon is wily enough to manage them. Nixon’s people are elated; Frost’s are devastated. There is a supporting cast here, all solid actors, though totally eclipsed by the focus on these two.

The play is performed here as an hour and three-quarters program without intermission. There are lots of short scenes so it is a little baffling that director Greg Carter chooses not to let people get up. It may be to heighten tension, but it works just fine with an intermission, too.

A weakness of the script is the narration

by James Reston, a noted Nixon author and analyzer (played by Sarah Harlett), used as a character to propel the action forward.

Harlett almost brings off the character with her talent, but monologues from Reston restate things that are so obvious that

“common” stock and both know the struggle to scrape themselves up the ladder of success. This aspect of the play is its most successful moment. Especially so when it seems to propel Frost to change his tactics and gain the upper hand and ultimately those incredible admissions from Nixon.

The talent onstage, including Ina Chang, Amy Fleetwood, Meme Garcia, Anastasia Higham, Mayme O’Toole and Rhonda J. Soikowski, make this a must-see production. K.D. Shill’s costuming fits these “men” beautifully and the video-screen heavy set by Catherine Cornell, lights by Reed Nakayama, and sound by Brendan Patrick Hogan bring it all seamlessly together.

For tickets or more information, go to www.strawshop.org or https://strawshop. brownpapertickets.com/ or call 800-8383006.

Sarah Harlett and Meme García in Frost / Nixon – Photo by John Ulman

The play brings to the stage a historic moment in television, when David Frost, noted talk show host, and Richard Nixon, ex-President, having resigned in disgrace, sat down together in 1977 for a television interview series retrospectively examining Nixon’s presidency. Morgan’s play suggests that this seminal interview series might never have happened if financing and advertisers passed on participation.

The tension in the play resides in two places: will the show actually happen? – a non-tension, since we know it did; will Frost win the struggle with Nixon to “get” Nixon to admit culpability in the Watergate scandal

at losing his American audiences, limited “only” to British and Australian television, wanting to do something big to regain the notice of the American television networks.

His idea is to get an interview with Nixon, hoping Nixon is hungry to rehabilitate his reputation. While the idea gets no traction in 1974, it gains in subsequent years while Nixon sits in isolation. Nixon’s people think Frost will lob “softballs” and be an easy interview to manage. Frost thinks that he might be able to pull off the ultimate coup and get admissions from Nixon that no others have yet managed to elicit.

The play allows for both to be right. Frost

they are unneeded. Monologues similar to, “Nixon’s people are elated, Frost’s are devastated.”

A fascinating fictionalized moment occurs near the end, when a supposedly drunk Nixon calls Frost on the phone and philosophizes that both of them came from

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is silly, yet there is something very sinister going on. It’s a highly competitive high school for the elite where college admission packets fall out of the sky and land with a plop like dead birds.

As M, a marvelous Corinne Magin portrays the alpha sister who is intent on setting her future right. She is dying to get into the college of her dreams, but there is only one problem; her boyfriend of convenience, D (Christopher Quilici), has taken her spot. She is intent on changing that by whatever means possible. Her twin sister, L, as played by an excellent Maile Wong, is her accomplice and in a way her spirit guide, an evil spirit guide, but nonetheless she is there for her. Both Magin and Wong are well cast as the sisters and convincingly portray look-alike twins hellbent on getting what they want.

Poor D is awkward and nerdy. He dances like a chubby drunk uncle at a wedding, offbeat and out of time, wearing an EpiPen necklace due to his tree nut allergy.

Unbeknownst to him, he has a target on his back as well as some tasty cookies coming his way. As the twins see it, “he takes up space that doesn’t belong to him” and everything evil that this implies.

Along the way L and M intertwine with BF (Jonathan Keyes) and the mystical Dirty Girl (Erin Bednarz). The BF character provides some grounding to the theme of blind ambition while Dirty Girl sneaks in, vaporizes in and out, or just plops down with mystic prophecies as if she can see through the twins.

Peerless is fiercely startling and shockingly real because we know young girls like

this exist in today’s competitive society. The ultimate goal is acceptance into an elite college once they get over the unnecessary burden of a more talented candidate stealing a spot, but it’s an illusion. This makes Peerless frightening and ultimately a piece of, well, peerless entertainment, all the way to its big reveal in the chilling final scene, a twist that is although not surprising is still shocking in its nerviness as played on this stage.

For more information and tickets, go to www.artswest.org or call (206) 938-0339.

ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery is located at 4711 California Ave. SW (just south of SW Alaska St.) at the West Seattle Junction.

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continued from cover by teen angst, this play is driven by twin teen ambition, which is exhilarating performed here. Park’s voice is breathtaking in this tale of millennial chastisement.

Director Sara Porkalob masterfully crafts a seductively twisted tale of two conniving and sinister twin sisters. Peerless is a frightening and frenetic production. It’s a tale of morals gone awry. Porkalob is one of Seattle’s finest theater directors and this one can be added to that resume.

The chatty opening monologue or duologue in this case overlaps and comes as quick as text message exchanges between two friends or frenemies even. The patter

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Alexandra Tavares and Rhonda J Soikowski in Frost / Nixon – Photo by John Ulman

Marxiano Productions’ Bohemia brings a beautiful classical work of erotic art to The Triple Door

by MK Scott SGN Contributing Writer THE TRIPLE DOOR BOHEMIA January 21 (continues through January 27) It was two years ago when the dynamic writing team of Mark Siano and Opal Peachey brought their epic production of Seattle Vice to The Triple Door, a little show that started as part of ACTLab and became larger than life at this spacious venue with incredible dance numbers, glamorous costumes and an intriguing story.

Now we have their Bohemia, a new musical set in 1890s Prague that combines stories of historic artists like Sarah Bernhardt, Frédéric Chopin and George Sand interwoven with beautiful green fairies, aerial numbers, dance, burlesque, classical piano battles, comedy, and original songs

by Siano, Peachey and Dayton Allemann.

The story centers around the famous Czech composer, Antonín Dvorák (Siano), who has hit a wall prior to composing his magnum opus. In a move of desperation he turns to a bottle of absinthe for inspiration. In this macabre and mystical dream cabaret, Dvorák is visited by the ghost of late composer Frédéric Chopin (Peachey) and a host of scantily clad green fairies. Chopin and many other famous Bohemians guide Dvorák as they search for the true source of inspiration and grasp at artistic immortality.

Bravo to the gender-bending performance of Peachey’s Chopin dancing with his lover George (Rianna Hidalgo). Bravo as well to the closeness of the dancing between the two male fairies as performed

by Hisam Goueli and Bo Mellinger.

From the staging to the classical music this production is pure art. While the sexiness of burlesque stars Goueli and Pamela Turpin (as Sarah Bernhardt) is appropri-

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Bohemia – Photos by Marcia Davis

ately chaste on the main stage, their dance behind the curtain allowed them to reveal themselves more explicitly and the audience was teased with erotic beauty.

Goueli also portrays Dvorák’s artistic rival, Alphonse Mucha, which clearly demonstrates Goueli is also a great actor as well as a dancer.

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This classic production is everything that dinner theater is meant to be. I hope to see more shows like this at the The Triple Door.

MK Scott is a Seattle-based blogger.

Check out his site at outview.online.

Bohemia continues at The Triple Door (216 Union St.) through this Saturday, January 27 at 7pm and 10pm. Visit tripledoor. net for more information.

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And the award goes to...

The winners of the 2017 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards

Samie Spring Detzer and Rachel Guyer-Mafune in Teh Internet Is Serious Business (Washington Ensemble Theatre) – Photo by Jeff Carpenter

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer The Seattle Theater Writers, a Seattle theater critics’ circle, have announced the winners of the 2017 Gypsy Rose Lee Awards.

This year, several productions were clear critical favorites, with multiple nominations and multiple wins. Among musicals, 5th Avenue Theatre’s Ragtime was a standout, and in the Large Theaters division, Lydia, produced by Strawberry Theatre Workshop, also produced significant winners. In the Small Theaters division, the two favorites were Teh Internet Is Serious Business by Washington Ensemble Theatre, with six wins, and Sound Theatre Company’s Hoodoo Love (taking top acting awards in three categories).

This year we also have a Special Recognition for Donald Byrd and Spectrum Dance Theater for their Excellent Production of (IM)Pulse!

A complete list of nominees was published in last week’s Seattle Gay News on 1/19/18 and are also in the SGN’s online edition at http://www.sgn.org/sgnnews46_03/ page23.cfm The 2017 Gypsy Rose Lee Award Winners are: EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION OF A PLAY: (Large Theaters): Lydia - Strawberry Theatre Workshop (Small Theaters): Teh Internet Is Serious Business – Washington Ensemble Theatre

EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY AS A LEAD ACTOR (MALE): (Large Theaters): Craig MacArthur – (IM)Pulse (Spectrum Dance Theater) (Small Theaters): TIE! Richard Gray – The Nance (ArtsWest) Brandon Ryan – Downstairs (Theatre22) EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL AS A LEAD ACTOR (MALE): Douglas Lyons – Ragtime (5th Avenue Theatre) EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY AS A LEAD ACTOR (FEMALE): (Large Theaters): Sofía Raquel Sánchez – Lydia (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) (Small Theaters): Porscha Shaw – Hoodoo Love (Sound Theatre Company/The Hansberry Project) EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL AS A LEAD ACTOR (FEMALE): Mari Nelson – Into the Woods (Village Theatre)

Porscha Shaw and Eva Abram in Hoodoo Love (Sound Theatre Company / The Hansberry Project) – Photo by Margaret Toomey

EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE OF A PLAY AS A SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE) – ANY NON-LEAD: (Large Theaters): Andrew Pryor-Ramírez – Lydia (Strawberry Theatre Workshop)

EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION OF A PLAY: (Large Theaters): Sheila Daniels – Lydia (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) (Small Theaters): Wayne Rawley – Teh Internet Is Serious Business (Washington Ensemble Theatre)

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EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE OF A MUSICAL AS A SUPPORTING ACTOR (MALE) – ANY NON-LEAD: Nathaniel Tenenbaum – Dreamgirls (Village Theatre) EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE OF A PLAY AS A SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE) – ANY NON-LEAD: (Large Theaters): Kamaria Harris – Barbecue (Intiman Theatre) (Small Theaters): Eva Abram – Hoodoo Love (Sound Theatre Company/The Hansberry Project)

EXCELLENCE IN PRODUCTION OF A MUSICAL: Ragtime – 5th Avenue Theatre

EXCELLENCE IN DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL: Peter Rothstein – Ragtime (5th Avenue Theatre)

(Small Theaters): André G. Brown – Hoodoo Love (Sound Theatre Company/The Hansberry Project)

EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE OF A MUSICAL AS A SUPPORTING ACTOR (FEMALE) – ANY NON-LEAD: Kate Jaeger – Howl’s Moving Castle (Book-It Repertory Theatre) Sofia Raquel Sanchez in Lydia (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) – Photo by John Ulman

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(l to r) Lena Silverman, Nia-Amina Minor, Jaclyn Wheatley, Emily Pihlaja, and Craig MacArthur in (IM)pulse (Spectrum Dance Theater) – Photo by Nate Watters

GYPSY WINNERS continued from page 9

EXCELLENCE IN PERFORMANCE AS AN ENSEMBLE: (Large Theaters): Blues for Mister Charlie – The Williams Project (Grant Chapman, Ryan Williams French, Alexis Green, Rafael Jordan, Brenda Joyner, Leicester Landon, Elise LeBreton, Nancy Moricette, Max Rosenak, Reggie D. White)

(Small Theaters): Teh Internet Is Serious Business – Washington Ensemble Theatre (Megan Ahiers, Jeffrey Azevedo, Ian Bond, Stanley Dang, Samie Spring Detzer, Nick Edwards, Rachel Guyer-Mafune, Kevin Kelly, Arjun Pande, Ryan Sanders, Zenaida Smith, Jessie Underhill, Lisa Viertel, Jordan-Michael Whidbey) EXCELLENCE IN SET DESIGN: (Large Theaters): Andrea Bryn Bush – The Realistic Joneses (New Century Theatre Company)

(Small Theaters): Tristan Roberson – Teh Internet Is Serious Business (Washington Ensemble Theatre)

EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL COMPOSING: Chris Jeffries – Persuasion (Taproot Theatre)

EXCELLENCE IN COSTUME DESIGN: (Large Theaters): Pete Rush – The Legend of Georgia McBride (ACT Theatre) (Small Theaters): Fantasia Oslund & Sydney Tucker – Scary Mary and the Nightmare Nine (Annex Theatre)

EXCELLENCE IN VIDEO DESIGN: Travis Mouffe – (IM)Pulse (Spectrum Dance Theater)

EXCELLENCE IN LIGHTING DESIGN: (Large Theaters): Reed Nakayama – Lydia (Strawberry Theatre Workshop) (Small Theaters): Tristan Roberson – Teh Internet Is Serious Business (Washington Ensemble Theatre) EXCELLENCE IN SOUND DESIGN: (Large Theaters): Robertson Witmer – Bring Down The House Parts 1 & 2 (Seattle Shakespeare Company/upstart crow collective) (Small Theaters): Mariah Brougher – Teh Internet Is Serious Business (Washington Ensemble Theatre) EXCELLENCE IN MUSICAL DIRECTION: Ben Whiteley – Ragtime (5th Avenue Theatre) EXCELLENCE IN CHOREOGRAPHY OR MOVEMENT: Alice Gosti (Movement) & Peter Dylan O’Connor (Fight Choreography) – Bring Down The House Parts 1 & 2 (Seattle Shakespeare Company/upstart crow collective) EXCELLENCE IN LOCAL PLAYWRITING: Rosa Joshi & Kate Wisniewski – Bring Down The House Parts 1 & 2 – Adapting Shakespeare’s Henry VI Part I, II, III (Seattle Shakespeare Company/upstart crow collective) Coleman Hunter as The Little Boy and company in Ragtime (5th Avenue Theatre) – Photo by Mark Kitaoka

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About Seattle Theater Writers: Founded in 2010 by Miryam Gordon and comprised of local writers and reviewers, Seattle Theater Writers is a group of critic/ reviewers dedicated to raising public awareness of theater practitioners and the work produced by professional theater organizations in the Seattle area. Seattle Theater Writers’ hope is that these awards might encourage theater attendance and enjoyment of our rich cultural offerings. Born from this mission are the annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, recognizing excellence in Seattle theater across 33 categories.

The participants in this year’s award process were Candace Brown (goodlifenw. blogspot.com), Miryam Gordon (Seattle Gay News and miryamstheatermusings. blogspot.com), Rosemary Jones (www.seattletheateranddance.com/), Dusty Somers (guest writer for Seattle Times), and Michael Strangeways (www.seattlegayscene.com/).

A growing (years’ long) reality regarding reviewing and reviewers has reduced the number of reliable and credible critics writing today. Fewer and fewer reviewers are paid anything for their work, and fewer reviews are being published in every kind of publication. It is harder than ever to establish oneself as a critic since companies are reducing the numbers of seats they can or will provide for that kind of effort.

To support the reviewers’ nominations, STW has established an Auxiliary of theater-going members, some of whom are also theater practitioners and all of whom are ardent fans of theater. All members go to multiple dozens of productions per year, many over 100. The Auxiliary supports our Round Two in the selection process where points are given to the dozens of nominees and individuals select their top five in each category. The Auxiliary points are used to support STW members’ choices as we pick our nominees and winners.

For more information, go to www. facebook.com/SeattleTheaterWriters. The Notes section of the Facebook page shows the evolution of the awards.

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HELP WANTED The Seattle AIDS Legacy Memorial (SALM) Project seeks an individual or organization to direct its Inreach Initiative, which will engage African Americans and its diaspora and other communities of color to tell the history of Seattle/King County’s AIDS crisis by creating stories for The Seattle AIDS Legacy Memorial’s HIV/AIDS Story Bank.

Applicants for this contract position should visit http://bit.ly/2CVo1ng to learn more and apply no later than January 31, 2018.

NOTE: THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS BEEN EXTENDED (FROM JANUARY 25 TO JANUARY 31) AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED AS RECEIVED BEGINNING ON JANUARY 31, 2018.

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Explosive 12 Strong a well-intentioned missed opportunity

Chris Hemsworth in 12 Strong – Photo courtesy of Warner Bros.

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer 12 STRONG Now playing After the events of September 11, 2001, Army Special Forces Captain Mitch Nelson (Chris Hemsworth) leaves his desk job to rejoin his elite military unit knowing they’ll be sent out to retaliate against those that attacked New York the second the Pentagon and United States intelligence services determine who was responsible.

Once it is ascertained that Al Qaeda hiding in Afghanistan played the primary role in this terrorist assault, Nelson and his team are immediately on their way to the country as the tip of the proverbial spear.

But historically Afghanistan has never been anything close to a picnic for invading armies. Brutal winters. Impenetrable mountainous terrain filled with caves enemies can hide in undetected for months at a time. Centuries of tribal anger that has led to warlords battling other warlords leaving the country in the hands of the Taliban, a collection of cutthroats perfectly content to let Al Qaeda do their own thing just as long as they continue to militarily support their own fundamentalist ambitions. Into this human minefield Nelson and his men are dropped, and with less than a month to do it they have to ease tensions between the tribes, make friends with respected Afghan General Abdul Rashid Dostum (Navid Negahban) and cut off all key support and supply routes for Al Qaeda and the Taliban before winter begins making doing so next to impossible.

Based on the declassified true story of the first 12 U.S. soldiers dropped into Afghanistan, all of whom are forced to fight on horseback like a wild west Cavalry unit circa 1890, 12 Strong is a well made, moderately overwrought military drama almost certain to play well with those who helped make efforts like Lone Survivor and American Sniper box office hits. With the likes of Hemsworth, Michael Shannon, Michael Peña, Trevante Rhodes, Austin Stowell, William Fichtner and Rob Riggle (the veteran

comedian a retired Marine Corps Reserve Lieutenant Colonel who served in Liberia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan) filling primary roles, the film also proves to be remarkably easy to watch even for those who aren’t normally drawn to this sort of tale, director Nicolai Fuglsig utilizing his talented ensemble with captivating authority.

But the movie itself is a vexing narrative conundrum. Writers Ted Tally (The

ingly genuine, forcing the audience to look at what is going on in the country in a way maybe they’d never thought to do so before.

What Fuglsig and his creative team get right is the dynamic between Nelson and his unit. The way these men bond together, what they are willing to do in order to see their mission accomplished, all of that rings true.

I loved the way in which Nelson interacts with his confidant and friend Chief War-

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Silence of the Lambs) and Peter Craig (Blood Father) adapt Doug Stanton’s bestselling book Horse Soldiers in a way that feels oddly mannered yet also infuriatingly unfocused, almost as if they couldn’t figure out the best way to approach the story. It often plays like second-rate militaristic propaganda, the jingoistic heights some of the more melodramatically onerous elements rise to coming perilously close to being loathsome. At the same time, there are also some shockingly honest and nakedly raw insights looking at the early days of the Afghan War that are refresh-

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rant Officer Hal Spencer (Shannon). The pair share a camaraderie that’s explored in a way where what is unspoken says more than a single word uttered out loud does, and if Hemsworth and Shannon wanted to team up for an old school Western revolving around two longtime friends riding the range in search of their next shot of whiskey I’d be first in line to see it I kid you not.

Fuglsig also shows a magnetic ability to stage rousing action sequences, the director working with cinematographer Rasmus Videbæk (The Dark Tower) to craft images bursting in tension and suspense while edi-

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tor Lisa Lassek (Avengers: Age of Ultron) fits it all together in a way that’s satisfying in its crisp unfussiness. The sequence depicting Nelson and members of his team calling in their first airstrike against a Taliban stronghold is particularly noteworthy, the way it showcases the size and scope of what it is the U.S. military is up against while at the same time keeping things intimate and personal allows for a human element to develop between the Special Forces Captain and the Afghan General I hadn’t anticipated yet also wholly responded to.

Yet other facets of the movie are so selfimportant, so belligerently didactic, my emotional investment in what was going on could sadly only last for so long. While not as outrageously xenophobic as Michael Bay’s 13 Hours might have been, there are still instances where Fuglsig goes out of his way to make Taliban leaders look like Rambo: First Blood Part II or Missing in Action villains, adding a level of cartoonish exploitation that honestly wasn’t necessary. It’s like the director couldn’t decide if he was making an honest examination of the Afghan conflict or instead some B-grade actioner where the bad guys can’t hit the broadside of the mountain and good guys never miss even when they’re firing automatic machine guns while riding a horse racing across the frigid tundra at a full gallop.

With the war in Afghanistan ongoing and no immediate end to the conflict in sight, the fact 12 Strong plays like nationalistic propaganda shouldn’t be surprising. There are too many complex layers to this story, too many uncomfortable truths that are difficult to stand in front of a mirror and look at with any sort of clarity at this moment in history. While the story of these dozen soldiers deserves to be told, while their actions were unquestionably selfless in their heroic resolve, that doesn’t mean the movie chronicling their deeds isn’t without its faults. There’s just as much to like here as there is to be frustrated with, the final product a mixed bag of good intentions, decent ideas and missed opportunities I honestly don’t know entirely what to make of.

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Oscars 2018 nominations announced:

Call Me By Your Name nets 4, Chilean trans movie A Fantastic Woman up for Best Foreign Language Film; Screen Actors Guild awards given out last weekend

Timothée Chalamet in Call Me by Your Name – Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Few surprises were unveiled when nominations for the 90th Academy Awards were announced in the early morning hours of January 23. Many of the major nominees mirrored those who contended for Golden Globes, SAGs and Critics Choice Awards in the past weeks with a few exceptions.

The gay coming-of-age film Call Me

by Your Name earned four nods, including Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay (James Ivory) and Best Original Song (“Mystery of Love”, written by Sufjan Stevens). Additionally, Timothée Chalamet will contend for Best Actor, receiving his first Oscar nomination for portraying precocious teenager Elio, who falls for an older graduate student while vacationing with his family in Italy. Stiff competition from a overflowing pool of fine performances prevented Armie Hammer from squeezing into the Best Supporting Actor category, besides the fact that co-star Michael Stulbarg may have siphoned votes from him.

The transgender-themed movie A Fantastic Woman is in the running for Best Foreign Language Film. The Chilean drama features Daniela Vega in the role of trans woman Marina Vidal, who is mistreated by the family of her lover when he passes away suddenly. It went through an extensive process to garner a nomination, first having to be selected by the South American country (only one entry is allowed per nation); a record number of 92 entries were submitted this year. Then, a special committee narrowed the list to 9 semi-finalists and finally the last five are chosen. On Body and Soul from Hungary, The Insult from Lebanon, Loveless from Russia and The Square from Sweden are also in the race.

Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele became the fifth woman and fifth black person in history to be nominated for Best Direc-

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tor, respectively. For Gerwig, it ended an eight year-streak by the Academy’s director branch of nominating all men; the only female to ever win the award is Kathryn Bigelow, who accepted the Best Director prize in 2010 for The Hurt Locker. For Peele, he scored a rare triple by also collecting nods for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay for his critically acclaimed thriller Get Out.

tor, Gerwig and Peele are going up against Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), Guillermo Del Toro (The Shape of Water) and Paul Thomas Anderson (Phantom Thread).

Meryl Streep landed her 21st nomination for playing newspaper heiress Katherine Graham in The Post, but the Best Actress frontrunner is Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. The category also includes Sally

Daniela Vega in A Fantastic Woman – Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics

The nine films selected for Best Picture, besides Call Me by Your Name and Get Out, are The Shape of Water, The Post, Lady Bird, Phantom Thread, Dunkirk, Darkest Hour and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

For Best Actor, Chalamet will face off with Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Daniel Day Lewis (Phantom Thread), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Denzel Washington (Roman J. Israel, Esq.). For Best Direc-

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Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Margot Robbie (I, Tonya).

Lesley Manville, who hadn’t been nominated in any other major awards leading up to the Oscars, was a surprise pick for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Phantom Thread. But the battle is between Allison Janney in I, Tonya and Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird, two multiple Emmy winners who each received their first Oscar nod

on Tuesday morning; Metcalf also has a Tony Award to her credit.

Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson, who both appear in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, are up for Best Supporting Actor together, marking the first time since 1992 that the Academy has double-dipped for this category; Harvey Keitel and Ben Kingsley competed for this award nearly three decades ago for the movie Bugsy. Rockwell and Harrelson are joined by Christopher Plummer (All the Money in the World), Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) and Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water).

Openly gay songwriter Benj Pasek and his professional partner Justin Paul are nominated for the second consecutive year for Best Original Song. They won in 2017 for “City of Stars” from La La Land; they’re in the running this time for “This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman. The talented duo are also Grammy nominees for scoring the Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen.

The Academy Awards will be presented on March 4, delayed this year because of the upcoming Winter Olympics.

Last weekend, the Screen Actors Guild Awards were given out to recipients from film and television. Oldman, McDormand, Rockwell and Janney repeated their acting wins from the Golden Globes earlier this month, while Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri captured the all-important statue for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, considered the equivalent of the Best Picture Oscar award.

On the TV side, Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgard won more hardware for their roles in Big Little Lies, David Harbour emerged as Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for Stranger Things and Claire Foy (The Crown) scored a rare upset over The Handmaid’s Tale’s Elisabeth Moss for Best Actress in a Drama Series.

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2018 Academy Award nominations

The Shape of Water swims its way to 13 nominations while Peele, Gerwig make history

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN A&E Writer Guillermo del Toro’s romantic horror fairy tale The Shape of Water was the undeniable big winner when the nominations for the 90th annual Academy Awards were revealed early Tuesday morning, the filmmaker’s haunting labor of love picking up 13 noms including nods for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor Richard Jenkins.

But the bigger news involved Jordan Peele’s satiric horror commentary Get Out, Greta Gerwig’s touching teenage coming of age comedy-drama Lady Bird and Dee Rees’s Netflix-released period drama Mudbound, each film breaking new historical ground with the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences as they garnered four, five and four nominations respectively.

Also making waves was Paul Thomas Anderson’s Hitchcockian drama Phantom Thread. Reportedly the final film of Best Actor nominee Daniel Day-Lewis’s career, Anderson’s latest ended up grabbing six overall noms including somewhat surprising notices for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Supporting Actress Lesley Manville, making it an instant Oscar frontrunner. Not so surprisingly joining it there is Martin McDonagh’s visceral drama Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri, the critical and awards group favorite taking home five nominations including ones for Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actors Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell.

Other surprises included Denzel Washington cracking the Best Actor field for his turn in the drama Roman J. Israel, Esq., joining Day-Lewis, Timothée Chalamet (Call Me by Your Name), Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) in the category. This left James Franco out in the cold, his award-winning performance in The Disaster Artist somewhat shockingly snubbed, leading some to believe the reaction to his wearing a “Time’s Up!” pin to the Golden Globes when he is dealing with his own abuse allegations didn’t sit well in the minds of a number of Oscar voters. It should also be noted that Washington’s nomination here is his eighth for acting, a record for an African American actor.

On the flipside of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, Christopher Plummer became the oldest acting nominee in Academy history at 88, the veteran icon picking up a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his turn in Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World. As some will remember, Scott took the unprecedented step of reshooting all of the scenes involving the character Plummer portrayed less than two months before the picture’s theatrical release, the actor replacing Kevin Spacey in the role after sexual abuse allegations against Spacey suddenly came to light.

Plummer is joined by Harrelson, Rockwell, Jenkins and Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) in the category.

Gerwig becomes only the fifth woman in Academy history to be nominated for Best Director, joining Lina Wertmüller (Seven Beauties), Jane Campion (The Piano), Sofia Coppola (Lost in Translation) and Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker), the only one to win the Oscar, on that frustratingly short list. As for Peele, he is only the third filmmaker to receive Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay nominations for his debut motion picture, Warren Beatty (Heaven Can Wait) and James L. Brooks (Terms of Endearment) the only other two to do the same. Additionally, it’s worth noting his script nomination comes for an original work while both Beatty and Brooks adapted existing properties, an intriguing extra bit of information certain to become a Trivial Pursuit or Jeopardy question sometime in the near future.

In regards to Mudbound, while the film didn’t crack the proverbial glass ceil-

ing and nab a Best Picture nomination, the fact this Netflix-released drama received any notices from the Academy at all has to be construed as something of a major shift as to the minds of many Oscar voters. Up to now, voters have been loath to grant the streaming behemoth recognition as far as their releases are concerned, treating them more like television movies and not as bona fide theatrical releases. This time out, however, Rees’s masterful opus proved impossible to ignore, the film garnering noms for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress Mary J. Blige, Best Original Song and Best Cinematography. Additionally, Blige’s double nomination for acting and for co-writing the song “Mighty River” is an Oscar first, while Rachel Morrison becomes the first woman to be nominated for cinematography in Academy history.

Meryl Streep snagged her 21st nomination for her turn in Steven Spielberg’s The Post breaking her own record. She’s joined in the Best Actress field by Frances McDormand (Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Margot Robbie (I, Tonya). Joining Blige and Manville in the Supporting Actress category are Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird) and Octavia Spencer (The Shape of Water), the latter tying Viola Davis with her third acting nomination, the most ever for an African American actress.

Other items of note in regards to this year’s slate of Academy Award nominees: • Christopher Nolan’s nomination for Best Director is the veteran filmmaker’s first. Meanwhile, his hit WWII epic Dunkirk managed eight overall nods including notices for Best Picture, Best Film Editing and Best Cinematography.

• While Call Me by Your Name managed four nominations (Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor and Best Original Song), and even though he delivered notable supporting performances in three Best Picture nominated films (The Post and The Shape of Water being the other two), somewhat surprisingly Michael Stuhlbarg failed to grab a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Here’s hoping at some point in the future he’ll get recognized by the Academy for consistently delivering superlative performances.

• Roger Deakins picked up his 14th nomination for Best Cinematography for his exquisite work shooting Blade Runner 2049, and while he’s the frontrunner to finally win (Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, Mudbound and The Shape of Water round out the category), it won’t shock anyone if he ends up going home empty-handed one more time.

• Chile’s A Fantastic Woman is the first Oscar-nominated feature with a Transgender actress (Daniela Vega) in the lead role.

Joining the drama in the Best Foreign Language Film category are The Insult (Lebanon), Loveless (Russia), Of Body and Soul (Hungary) and The Square (Sweden).

• John Williams received his 51st Academy Award nomination (he’s won five times) for composing the score for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, building on his own record of most nods to any single individual.

• In the same year she is taking home an Honorary Oscar, the legendary Belgian filmmaker Agnès Varda scored her first ever Academy Award nomination for directing the documentary Faces Places, an award she is widely expected to win.

• Coco becomes the eleventh Pixar production to be nominated for Best Animated Feature. It is also nominated for Best Original Song.

• As far as I can tell, Kobe Bryant becomes the first one-time professional basketball player to be up for an Academy Award, the former Los Angeles Laker nominated alongside Glen Keane for their Best Animated Short Dear Basketball.

• Logan became the first superhero comic book movie to be nominated for a

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writing Oscar, Scott Frank, James Mangold and Michael Green picking up nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay.

• On the flipside of the equation, Wonder Woman went home empty-handed, the box office smash failing to get a single nomination, even in any of the technical categories where singling it out for recognition would have been considered more than worthwhile.

The 90th annual Academy Awards will be awarded on Sunday, March 5 and will be telecast live on ABC at 8pm (EST)/5pm (PST).

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES BEST PICTURE Call Me by Your Name Darkest Hour Dunkirk Get Out Lady Bird Phantom Thread The Post The Shape of Water Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq. ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri Margot Robbie, I, Tonya Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird Meryl Streep, The Post ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Mary J. Blige, Mudbound Allison Janney, I, Tonya Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water DIRECTING Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk Jordan Peele, Get Out Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Call Me by Your Name The Disaster Artist Logan Molly’s Game Mudbound ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Big Sick Get Out Lady Bird The Shape of Water Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri ANIMATED FEATURE FILM The Boss Baby The Breadwinner Coco Ferdinand Loving Vincent CINEMATOGRAPHY Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk Mudbound The Shape of Water

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COSTUME DESIGN Beauty and the Beast Darkest Hour Phantom Thread The Shape of Water Victoria & Abdul DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Abacus: Small Enough to Jail Faces Places Icarus Last Men in Aleppo Strong Island DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT Edith+Eddie Heaven Is a Traffic Jam on the 405 Heroin(e) Knife Skills Traffic Stop FILM EDITING Baby Driver Dunkirk I, Tonya The Shape of Water Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM A Fantastic Woman The Insult Loveless On Body and Soul The Square MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING Darkest Hour Victoria & Abdul Wonder ORIGINAL SCORE Dunkirk Phantom Thread The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri ORIGINAL SONG “Mighty River,” Mudbound “Mystery Of Love,” Call Me by Your Name “Remember Me,” Coco “Stand Up For Something,” Marshall “This Is Me,” The Greatest Showman PRODUCTION DESIGN Beauty and the Beast Blade Runner 2049 Darkest Hour Dunkirk The Shape of Water ANIMATED SHORT FILM Dear Basketball Garden Party Lou Negative Space Revolting Rhymes LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM DeKalb Elementary The Eleven O’Clock My Nephew Emmett The Silent Child Watu Wote/All of Us SOUND EDITING Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi SOUND MIXING Baby Driver Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Star Wars: The Last Jedi VISUAL EFFECTS Blade Runner 2049 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Kong: Skull Island Star Wars: The Last Jedi War for the Planet of the Apes

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Celebrating 44 Years!

community calendar

Meetings Events Activities

TO GET A CALENDAR LISTING: To have your meeting or event considered for the Community Calendar, please mail, fax, or drop off details to: SGN, Attn: Community Calendar, 1707 23rd Ave., Seattle, WA 98122.

SGN phone: (206) 324-4297. E-mail: sgn2@sgn.org.

INCLUDE: Date, time, location, contact phone # for publication (if possible), brief description of event & sponsoring organization. DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

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

NOTE: 10-digit dialing has come to the Seattle area.

The (206) area code must now be used to dial local calls. Location of meetings/events is in Seattle unless otherwise noted.

SATURDAY - January 27

Seattle Espresso Cup Bowling Tournament (1/251/28) at West Seattle Bowl (4505 39th Ave SW) (1/2 block walk from the Metro transit C-Line bus stop at SW Alaska St & Fauntleroy Way SW). More info and complete tournament schedule at espressocup.org.

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. (206) 4488518. www.seattlefrontrunners.org.

Positively Living Coffee Social. 9:30am-12 noon.

Cupcake Royale, 1111 E Pike St. Every Saturday. Casual social get-together for the HIV community. Anthony, 206-957-1600. Sponsored by LIfelong.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 10:30am. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sun @ 6:30pm. crystalmeth. org.

No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. See website for location. Meets 2nd & 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts.

Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E Ste 201 (MacKintosh Room). Subject: What does it take to connect with people? (NOTE: The subject is only the starting point for our discussion.) Metro routes 8 & 10. www.seattleprimetimers.org Mature Friends Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Suite 140. Monthly potluck meets last Saturday most months. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.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.oasisyouthcenter.org.

(Also Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

SUNDAY - January 28

Seattle Espresso Cup Bowling Tournament (1/251/28) at West Seattle Bowl (4505 39th Ave SW) (1/2 block walk from the Metro transit C-Line bus stop at SW Alaska St & Fauntleroy Way SW). More info and complete tournament schedule at espressocup.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 8:25, 9:45, 11:30am. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Ravenna United Methodist Church. 8:30am “Seattle’s most dangerous Sunday school” - 9:45am Worship. 5751 33rd Ave NE. A reconciling congregation, fully inclusive and affirming of LGBTQ persons. (206) 525-7988.

Seattle Unity Church. 9am & 11am Sunday Services.

200 8th Ave N. “Come join our Gay & Lesbian-friendly, spiritual family at Seattle Unity Church. Our mission is to bring love, miracles & spiritual awakening into everyday life!” (206) 622-8475; www.seattleunity.org.

Seattle Soto Zen. 9:15am Zazen Instruction, 9:30am Zazen. 101 Nickerson St, Lower Level. Follow the traditional forms of the Soto school of Zen in a spirit of warmth & inclusion. Anyone interested in meditation, whether new or experienced in Zen practice or other traditions, is welcome. (206) 323-1659, www.seattlesotozen.org Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 9:30am. Glacier Lanes, 9630 Evergreen Way, Everett. Every Sunday. Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards! Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com; www.gaysnohomish.org Tacoma First United Methodist Church. 9:30am Worship, 11am Adult Education. 423 Martin Luther King Way, Tacoma. This reconciling congregation welcomes with warm hands, warm hearts & open minds GLBT persons seeking a spiritual home. (253) 627-0129, www. fumctacoma.org University Lutheran Church. 9:30am Worship, 10:30am Coffee Fellowship, 11am Adult Forum & Education Hour. 1604 NE 50th St. All are welcome. We choose love. (206) 525-7074. universitylutheranseattle.org University Unitarian Church. 9:30am & 11:15am Sunday Services. (Late June-Aug 9:30am only.) 6556 35th Ave NE. Interweave is the official name for LGBTQ

groups in the Unitarian-Universalist family as a common thread of identification. UUC’s Interweave group meets the first Friday every other month (Oct, Dec, Feb, April & June) usually at UUC for a potluck, a summer picnic or whatever else we might dream up. Drop in & join us. www.uuchurch.org for details.

Central Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 1710 11th Ave (just north of E Pine St). An open & affirming church, which in Lutheran churches is called “Reconciled in Christ.” “We seek to share God’s love with all people regardless of race, age, gender or sexual orientation.”

All are welcome. (206) 322-7500.

East Shore Unitarian Church. 10am Sunday Service.

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

Gethsemane Lutheran Church. 10am Worship. 911 Stewart St. A downtown faith community centered in justice. An open & affirming congregation. (206) 682-3620.

Plymouth Church United Church of Christ. 10am Workship. 1217 6th Ave. Love your (LGBTQ) neighbor as yourself. (206) 622-4865, plymouthchurchseattle.org Queen Anne United Methodist Church. 10am Worship. 1606 5th Ave W. (206) 282-4307.

Unity Church of Kent. 10am. 218 State Ave S, Kent.

A welcoming congregation open to people of all races, religions, creeds & lifestyles. Join us any Sunday for an inspirational message, joyful fellowship & a fresh spiritual outlook. (253) 854-9747.

University Congregational United Church of Christ.

9am all ages education; 10am Worship. 4515 16th Ave NE. UCUCC is an open & affirming congregation. (206) 524-2322; www.universityucc.org.

Wallingford United Methodist Church. 10am Worship.

2115 N 42nd St. A progressive congregation. In 1984 Wallingford UMC became the 9th reconciling Methodist church in the U.S. (206) 547-6945 (office); (206) 2855077 (George).

All Pilgrims Christian Church. 10:30am Worship.

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

A congregation of the Disciples of Christ & the United Church of Christ. (206) 322-0487, www.allpilgrims.org St. Clement’s Episcopal Church. 10:30am Worship.

1501 32nd Ave S. Great music. Dynamic preaching.

Holy communion. Encountering the transformative and unconditional love of God in Christ. Join us! www. stclementseattle.org 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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

have to worry about how you bowl! $6.50 + $3 shoe rental. (425) 785-4729.

Welcome Table Christian Church. 9:45am Meditation; 10:30am Worship; Labyrinth 2nd Sundays 1-4pm. 1322 S Bayview St. Where people of all genders and sexualities, and families of all shapes & sizes are welcome and celebrated. A welcoming and affirming community since 1987. welcometablecc.org Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation.

10:30am. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Emerald City Metropolitan Community Church Seattle. 11am Worship. Chapel at University Temple United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St. MCC is a progressive Christ-centered faith community committed to providing a nurturing environment for individual & community growth thru Jesus Christ while celebrating unity in diversity. MCC is Seattle’s oldest Gay-friendly church. (206) 325-2421, www.mccseattle.org.

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

Contact Forrest Rode, (206) 920-6117, or Doug Allison, doug.l.allison@gmail.com. Find us under “Dharma Buddies” under Meetup.com or DharmaBuddies.org.

(Women may wish to contact our sister meditation group at www.LotusSisters.org.)

St Paul’s United Church of Christ. 11am Worship.

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

“We celebrate our diversity in religious background, sexual orientation, race, age & abilities.” (206) 783-6733; www.stpauluccseattle.com.

St Paul’s Episcopal Church. 11:15am (also 7:30am, 9am, 5pm). 15 W Roy St. We are an accepting, progressive, Anglo-Catholic parish, renewing its people for their Christian lives in today’s world through worship, spiritual formation, engagement in the arts, and acts of compassion. www.stpaulseattle.com Holy Covenant International Christian Community Church. 12pm. 4525 19th Ave NE. Outreach to the LGBT community. holycovenantccc@gmail.com Just for Today. 12-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Sunday. Drop-in 12-step (Narcotics Anonymous) group open to anyone in recovery. 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 Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope

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January 27 thru February 4 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 (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org SLAA New Beginnings. 12 noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E #201, O’Neil Room. Meets daily (except Saturday). SLAA is a 12 Step/12 Tradition-oriented Fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope to overcome sex and love patterns of addiction. www.sasgcc.org No Safeword Writers Group. 1pm. See website for location. Meets 2nd & 4th Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts.

Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. NSWG’s primary focus is erotic writing - but they welcome anyone who writes. The only requirements are to write, to attend, & to be respectful. For info & location, www.nosafewordwritersgroup.org Seattle Prime Timers Rap Group. 1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E Ste 201 (MacKintosh Room). Subject: What does it take to connect with people? (NOTE: The subject is only the starting point for our discussion.) Metro routes 8 & 10. www.seattleprimetimers.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: Afternoon; Mon/Weds/ Fri: Evenings; Tues/Thurs: Mornings. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Preregistration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www. orcaswimteam.org QTPOC in Sci-Fi & Fantasy Bookclub. 2pm. Gay City, 517 E Pike St. Every 4th Sunday. This month: BINTI by Nnedi Okorafor. Join us online at Facebook.com/groups/ QTPOCbookclub. Members receive 20% off book of the month at Elliott Bay Book Co. (Next month 2/25: The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers.)

Shame to Grace Sunday SAA. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. 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 (206) 237-8828, SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also Mon @ 6:30pm, Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am. crystalmeth.org.

Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Sunday. Regular league bowling. Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com.

[EXCEPT no bowling June, July, August.]

Integrity/Puget Sound. 7pm Worship & Fellowship. St. Mark’s Cathedral, Thomson Chapel, 1245 10th Ave E. Integrity is an international ministry of Gay & Lesbian Episcopalians, their friends & families, dedicated to education, support & service within the Church & the GLBT community. (425) 226-2746.

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

MONDAY - January 29

SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. www.sasgcc.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthoverspeed.org.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also Thurs @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. crystalmeth.org.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December). Seattle’s only LGBT speaking club. www.FreelySpeaking.org 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.

(206) 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. Every Monday. www. washingtongenderalliance.com Queers, Crackpots & Fallen Women AA. 8-9pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Monday. Open women only AA group. www.sasgcc.org

TUESDAY - January 30

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

LGBTQ+ Group. 1:15-2:15pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. Every Tuesday. A group for LGBTQ youth ages 13-24 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

(206) 622-5555.

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LGBTQ Questioning & Allied Youth Drop-in Group in Renton. 6-8pm. Renton Area Youth Services (RAYS), 1025 S 3rd St, Renton. 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, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthoverspeed.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. (206) 3222515, 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 (206) 237-8828. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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

Hand drumming classes for Gay men. It’s easy, it’s fun & anyone can do it! Learn traditional African & AfroCaribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques.

Experience connection, community & spirituality. Drums are provided. For info & location call Dennis at (206) 363-4500 or www.outdrum.com What About Me? 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Tuesday. Drop-in social, support & discussion group for Gay & Bi men of all ages. 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, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. www.sasgcc.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday. (360) 445-2411; www.washingtongenderalliance.com. (See Wednesday listing at 7:30pm for details.)

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline (206) 414-8797. www.otterpolo.com. [EXCEPT no water polo mid-June through Labor Day.] 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 slam (poetry competition). Come out and express yourself. LGBTQ- & QTPOC-friendly; all genders welcome. $5. 21+. seattlepoetryslam.org

WEDNESDAY - January 31

Mature Friends Walk Around Greenlake. 11am. Meet up at 10:50am with a group of older men gathered at the north end of the parking lot that is next to the boathouse along the southwest side of Greenlake. Every Wednesday. Walk around Greenlake followed by lunch at a local restaurant. www.maturefriends.org True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline.

4-5pm. Every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley (206) 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@chs-nw.org Positively Living. 5-7pm. Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St., 3rd Fl. Every Wednesday. Social and support group for the HIV community with various topics for discussion and conversation. Anthony, 206-957-1600. Sponsored

by Lifelong.

GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group for GLBTQ+Youth (14-20) serving Snohomish County & surrounding communities. 6-8pm. Phone or email for location. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG Everett. Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com Queer Seattle Book Club. 6pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E (upstairs). Every Wednesday. This month’s title is “What Belongs to You” by Garth Greenwell. https:// faculty.washington.edu/swittet/SGLBookClub/ [February & March title: “Necessary Errors” by Caleb Crain.]

The Rowing Team Peer Recovery Group. 6-7:30pm.

All Pilgrims Church, 500 Broadway E. 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.

Lotus Sisters Meditation & Dharma Discussion North. 6:15-8pm. Ravenna Bryant neighborhood. Every Wednesday. Call (206) 525-7295 for location. www.

LotusSisters.org.

Center for Spiritual Living. 6:30pm-Meditation, 7pmService. 5801 Sand Point Way NE. Blessings & we hope to see you soon! Info (206) 527-8801 ext 203, www.cslseattle.org Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See

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

Ingersoll All-Trans Drop-In Support Group. 7-9pm.

Seattle Counseling Services, 1216 Pine St, Suite 300.

Every Wednesday. All Transgender, Gender Variant, Gender Queer, Gender Questioning, allies, family & friends are welcome. This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www. ingersollcenter.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7pm. Wallingford Community Senior Center, lower level of Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnywide Ave N. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome. MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. Everett United Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday.

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

THURSDAY - February 1

Orca Swim Team Workout. Morning. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

ALISS - Aging Lesbians in South Seattle Lunch Gathering. 11:30am-2:30pm. Southeast Seattle Senior Center, 4655 S Holly St, Rainier Ave S & S Holly St., Arts & Crafts Room. Meets 1st Thursday each month. This is a group primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Facilitator: Fai Coffin; Cost: Free for gathering; $5 suggested donation for lunch. Metro route 7. Wheelchair accessible. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org.

Alcoholics Anonymous “Safe & Sober Group.”

12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Open meeting of AA. www.sasgcc.org BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

12 noon-2pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. The BABES Network is a peer led agency; a sisterhood of women facing HIV together. (206) 720-5566 or 888-2921912; www.babesnetwork.org.

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

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

Rouge at Maximilien. 5-7pm. 81a Pike Place Market.

Live Parisian music during First Thursday Art Walk.

Seattle Human Rights Commission. 6-8pm. Seattle City Hall, 600 4th Ave. Meets 1st Thursday each month. SHRC is made up of 15 citizen representatives who advise the Mayor, the City Council, & all City of Seattle Depts in matters regarding human rights. The commission advocates for justice & equal opportunity & collaborates with & educates the public & private sectors about how to prevent & eliminate discrimination city-wide. Meetings open to the public. (206) 684-4540.

Shifting Gears. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. Drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. 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.

Crystal Meth Anonymous. 6:30pm. Capitol Hill Presbyterian Church, 1729 Harvard Ave. Also Mon @ 6:30pm, Sat @ 10:30am, Sun @ 6:30pm. crystalmeth.org.

Westside Unitarian Universalist Congregation Contemplative Service. 6:30pm. 7141 California Ave SW. (206) 935-0418, office@wsuu.org, www.wsuu.org Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. Youth take the opportunity to talk about issues that relate to their everyday lives, with the facilitation of a male volunteer. (206) 322-2515 ext 16. www. lamberthouse.org ***DOUBLE CHECK LOCATION - Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 517 E Pike St. Meets 1st Thursday each month. Monthly social meet & greet. Bus routes 2, 9, 10, 11, 43, 47, 49 & 60 and the new Capitol Hill/First Hill streetcar go within 3-4 blocks of Kaladi Bros. www.seattleprimetimers.org 21st Century Bowling. 7pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Every Thursday. Regular league bowling.

Jeff, (206) 932-3731; leagues@wsbowl.com. [EXCEPT no bowling June, July, August.]

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. www.sasgcc.org Emerald City Social Club. 7:30pm. Call for details & location - phone staffed most Tuesday evenings or leave message. Meets 1st Thursday each month. ECSC is a confidential crossdressing social & support organiza-

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tion for Transvestite & Transsexual individuals, primarily MTF, which offers confidential membership, private monthly meetings, frequent events on the town, & help in coming out. (425) 827-9494.

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

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

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Thursday. A discussion group that is strictly focused on sexual topics and relationship issues related to being a Gay male. www.sasgcc.org Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. (See Tuesday listing at 8pm.)

[EXCEPT no water polo mid-June through Labor Day.]

FRIDAY - February 2

SUNDAY - February 4

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride.

Contact Border Riders for details and rendezvous point.

Meets 1st Sunday most months. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 3pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month. K of M/ Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations. (206) 329-0886. www.facebook.com/ kofmjetchapter/ PFLAG/Whatcom County (Bellingham) Monthly Meeting. 5pm. Community Food Co-op Bakery, 405 E Holly St, Bellingham. Meets 1st Sunday each month.

Parents & Friends of Lesbians & Gays is a national support organization for parents, spouses, & families of GLBT persons, as well as those minorities. www.whatcompflag.org; PFLAG/Puget Sound: (206) 325-7724.

Seattle Jazz Vespers. 6-8pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, Seneca St & Harvard Ave. Meets 1st Sunday each month (October-June). The historic Gothic sanctuary of Seattle First Baptist Church is offered to the best jazz groups in the city to perform 100 minutes of their own popular music. FREE. For info (206) 325-6051, www.seattlefirstbaptist.org/sjv

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

Allyship - an organization of LGBTQ individuals fighting for economic and social justice. www.LGBTQAllyship. org, allyship@yahoo.com, (206) 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 Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club - www.chacseattle.org Cascade Rainbow Community Center (Mount Vernon) - (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook.

COLAGE unites people with LGBTQ parents and caregivers into a network of peers and supports them as they nurture and empower each other to be skilled, self-confident, and just leaders in our collective communities - www.colage.org Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

DIFFA/Northwest (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). (206) 763-8885; www.diffanorthwest. org DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL ASSAULT: Crisis Clinic, (206) 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, (206) 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, (206) 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 - (206) 324-2570; www. equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters - www.freelyspeaking.org Gay City promotes wellness in LGBTQ communities by providing health services, connecting people to resources, fostering arts, and building community. Gay City Health Project’s Wellness Center provides anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing. 517 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, (206) 860-6969.

SATURDAY - February 3 www.gaycity.org (See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THENorthwest Bears Potluck and Meet & Greet Beer GLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, Bust. 6pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave at E. Pine St. information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT Meets 1st Saturday each month. Northwest Bears is a people across the country.

Gay men’s social and service organization providing a focal point within the Gay community for Bears and Bear Generations Aging With Pride empowers elder LGBTQ adults to live with pride and dignity by promoting, admirers. www.nwbears.com. connecting, and developing innovative programs and “A Slice of the Good Life” - Pizza Klatch Gayla services that enhance belonging and support, eliminate Benefit Concert with Special Guest Performer Mary discrimination, and honor the lives of older members of Lambert. 5:30pm-VIP reception; 6pm-auction; 7:30pm our community - (206) 495-8312; info@gapseattle.org; mainstage performance. Washington Center for the gapseattle.org Performing Arts, 512 Washington St. SE, Olympia WA. Pizza Klatch is a support program for LGBTQ+ youth GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Netin Olympia/Thurston County. Pizza Klatch fosters work - (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org resiliency in LGBTQ+ youth and creates a safe and Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) - (206) positive school environment through support, education 363-9188; www.thegsba.org and empowerment. Tickets: $25-$130. 360-753-8586; HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous information washingtoncenter.org “Pale Blue Dot” - Diverse Harmony in Concert. about & testing for HIV/AIDS. (206) 205-7837. For a 7:30pm. Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall, 3rd & comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations Union. The Earth is our one home, and it connects us see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call all, a worldly family with unlimited potential, no matter Lifelong AIDS Alliance, (206) 328-8979. where we spend our days. “Pale Blue Dot” focuses on Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & the natural aspects of humanity as we know it, ranging Rainier Empire - www.facebook.com/ISCSORE; www. from love of the earth to earthly love. Join us as we imperialcourtofseattle.com celebrate humanity and the stories that sustain us. Lambert House - (206) 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.

Featuring Diverse Harmony, the nation’s first LGBTQ org youth choir and Spectrum, its young adult a cappella LGBT Library - 517 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; ensemble. Tickets: $25. 206-215-4747 or www.seattle- Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for symphony.org/BenaroyaHall and at the door. the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

AA Ageless in Recovery. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. A drop in AA group for older & wiser people 55+. www.sasgcc.org Re-Parenting Ourselves. 12noon-1pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. A peer support group for adult children of any addiction. www.sasgcc.org SLAA Road to Recovery. 12noon-1:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. Every Friday. Ongoing 12 step group for sex & love addicts. www.sasgcc.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 4-10pm. Call for location & details. Every Friday.

(253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcenter.org (Also Thursdays 4-10pm & Saturdays 6pm-12 midnight.)

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthoverspeed.org.

Cascades Rainbow Community Center - in Mount Vernon. 6:30-10:30pm. 1508 N 18th St, Mount Vernon.

Every Friday. Weekly social get-togethers including potlucks and movie nights for LGBTQAI folks in Skagit County and beyond. The Center has the largest LGBTQAI library in Skagit County with an online catalog of their collection. (360) 840-8499 and on Facebook.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Evening. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday afternoon listing.)

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. (206) 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.

LGBT Friday Night Al-Anon Family Group. 8pm.

SASG, 115 15th Ave E, Suite 201 - in the O’Neill Room.

Every Friday. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery.

Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number (206) 625-0000; www.seattle-al-anon.org

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LGBT MS Connection - (206) 250-5002; LGBTMSConnection@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 - (206) 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org Lion’s Main Art Collective - www.lionsmain.org MEN: Gay City: (206) 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: (206) 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 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; Tacoma Older LGBT: www.tacomaolderlgbt.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: (206) 388-1408, (206) 323-0750. www.seattlechoruses.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 Out & Proud Grays Harbor Coalition - http://outandproudgh.org PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: (206) 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: (206) 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: (206) 568-7777, qpnd@nwnetwork.org, www.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: (425) 483-6642, info@bellevue-pflag.org, http://community. pflag.org/PFLAGBellevue; PFLAG Pacific Northwest: www.pnwpflag.org; PFLAG Washington State: www. pflagwsc.org.

PEOPLE OF COLOR: AARTH (African American Reach & Teach Health Ministry), (206) 850-2070, www.aarth.org; Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Program at API Chaya, (206) 467-9976; Center for MultiCultural Health, (206) 461-6910, www.multiculturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, (206) 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, (206) 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), (206) 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; Northwest Two Spirit Society, https://www.facebook.com/ groups/nw2spiritsociety/, Nubian Pride Productions, nubianpride@gmail.com; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN) offers rapid HIV testing, M-F, 10am-5pm, (206) 322-7061, www.pocaan.org and on Facebook; QBASS - Queer Black Alliance of the South Sound, (253) 256-1846, weareqbass@gmail. com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, (206) 322-7061, (206) 255-8951; Somos Seattle, somosseattle.org; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164; U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle, www.utopiaseattlewa.org; VietQ Greater Seattle, vietqorganization@gmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation - (253) 383-2565; www.piercecountyaids.org Pride Foundation - (206) 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. (206) 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 - (206) 682-6711; www.q-law.org Q Law GLBT Legal Clinic - (206) 235-7235.

Queer Geek! - queergeekseattle.org Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBTfriendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond.

Call (206) 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; (206) 451-SAFE; (206) 451-7233.

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SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.voteseamec.org Seattle Area Support Groups & Community Center (SASG) is a non-profit organization that builds community and cultivates powerful, healthy lives by providing emotional support and personal development services to those affected by HIV/AIDS, the Queer communities, and those who love them. Our work is done in a spirit of safety, trust, inclusiveness, and celebration of individual differences. (206) 322-2437; www.sasgcc.org Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - BiSeattle.wixsite. com/SBWN and on Facebook.

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. (206) 323-1768.

Seattle LGBTQ Commission - (206) 684-4503.

Seattle Out & Proud - (206) 322-9561; www.seattlepride.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, (206) 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - (206) 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.

South Sound Q Calendar - LGBTQ events in Tacoma, Olympia & Sound Puget Sound area; www.SouthSoundQCal.com Spokane/Inland Northwest - www.outspokane.com; www.stonewallnews.net SPORTS & RECREATION: Bent Car Guys: www. bentcarguys.org; Border Riders Motorcycle Club: www.borderriders.com; Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club: www.bottomdwellers.org; Capitol Hill Cyclers: join their Facebook group or email capitolhillcycling@ groups.facebook.com or jordan.l.simonson@gmail.com; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different

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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.seattlefrontrunners.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, (206) 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 Diversity: www.genderdiversity.org; Gender Justice League: www.genderjusticeleague.org; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey.com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: (206) 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: (206) 329-6651, www. ingersollcenter.org; Lion’s Main Art Collective: www. lionsmain.org; The New BoyZ Club: www.olympiaftmgroup.webs.com; Olympia Trans Discussion Group: www.facebook.com/pages/Olympia-Trans-Discussion-

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Group/262449878114; [trans] ACTION: Trans* & Gender Non-Conforming Sex Workers’ Support Group - a safe, peer-led space. mail@utopiaseattle.org; TRANSform Washington: transformwashington.com; Trans Resource & Referral Guide: kctransguide.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: Aging Ballard Lesbian Exchange (A.B.L.E.): We are Lesbians 60 years (generally) and up, living (mostly) in the north half of Seattle. The purpose of the group is to connect, socialize and support each other. ruthemilyvogel@gmail.com; Aging Lesbians in South Seattle (ALISS) - Lesbian Group at the Southeast Seattle Senior Center. This is a gathering primarily for Lesbians but all are welcome to attend. Kate, (206) 722-0317; www.sessc.org; BABES: support groups for HIV+ women. (206) 720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Coming Out Women Support Group of Tacoma: www. comingoutwomen.org; Festival of the Babes: www. festivalofthebabes.com; Lesbians Over 40: (206) 7220729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Puget Sound Old Lesbian Organizing for Change: http://psoloc.org, (253) 7773357; 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 Bisexual Women’s Network: BiSeattle.wixsite.com/SBWN; Seattle Girls of Leather: www.sgol.org; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www.tacomalesbianconcern.org; Tacoma Older LGBT: www.tacomaolderlgbt.org; Women of West Seattle (WOWS): a fun, member-driven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/womenofwestseattle; YWCA Women’s Health Outreach: providing low or no-cost mammograms for income eligible 40+ LBTQ individuals. Follow us at http:// lbtqhealth-ywca.blogspot.com, twitter.com/ingridWHO or email lbthealth@ywcaworks.org, (206) 461-4493.

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

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; Coyote Central: www.coyotecentral.org; 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. (206) 330-2099; www.glsenwa. org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www. globeyouth.org; It Gets Better Project: www.itgetsbetter.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 1818 15th Ave @ E Denny Way; (206) 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org; Lifelong HEYO (Health Education Youth Outreach): for LGBTQ youth, ages 16-24: (206) 957-1665; www. llaa.org/HEYO; www.MatthewsPlace.com; The Mockingbird Society: (206) 323-KIDS (5437), www.mockingbirdsociety.org; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www. oasisyouthcenter.org; OUT There Adventures: www. outthereadventures.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: (206) 3257724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) Drop-In Center & Young Adult Shelter: 1609 19th Ave @ E Pine St., (206) 7268500; www.psks.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; 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; Roots Young Adult Shelter: 1415 NE 43rd St., (206) 632-1635; www.rootsinfo.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; (206) 451-SAFE, (206) 451-7233 (non-emergency), 1-877-SAFE-SAFE (1-877-723-3723) (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): (206) 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Street Youth Ministries (SYM): (206) 524-7301 ext 111; www. streetyouthministries.org; Teen Link: (206) 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; The Trevor Project: 866-4-U-Trevor; www.thetrevorproject.org; True Colors - Connecting LGBTQ Teens: in Shoreline, (206) 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/ Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): (206) 522-8412; YouthCare/ Orion Center Young Adult Shelter: 1828 Yale Ave @ Stewart St. (206) 622-5555; Youth in Focus: (206) 723-1479; www.youthinfocus.org; Youth Suicide Prevention Program (OUTLoud-GLBTQ): (206) 297-5922, ext 116, 1-800-273-TALK, www.yspp.org

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14 [HELP WANTED] CLUB Z

Help wanted, various shifts. Apply within at Club Z, 1117 Pike St. or email application request to info@thezclub. com with "request application" in the subject line. 04/3

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The Seattle AIDS Legacy Memorial Project is seeking an individual or organization to direct its Inreach Initiative, which will engage African Americans and its diaspora and other communities of color to tell the history of Seattle/King County's AIDS crisis by creating stories for Seattle AIDS Legacy Memorial Project's HIV/ AIDS Story Bank. Applicants for this contract position should visit http://bit.ly/2CVo1ng to learn more and apply no later than January 31, 2018. NOTE: THE APPLICATION PERIOD HAS BEEN EXTENDED (FROM JANUARY 25 TO JANUARY 31) AND APPLICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED AS RECEIVED BEGINNING ON JANUARY 31, 2018. 03/2

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PETS OF THE WEEK Adoption Center

Ludo

Sunday – Wednesday | 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Thursday – Saturday | 11 a.m. – 8 p.m.

13212 SE Eastgate Wy, Bellevue, WA 98005 (425) 649-7563 | adoption@seattlehumane.org

Is your life missing a furry friend? Now is the perfect time to open your world to a pet in need. Coldwell Banker’s Homes for Dogs program with Adopt-a-pet. com has helped place 20,000 dogs into homes across the country. Could your place be the next happy ending for a pet in need? Make your house a home by visiting the shelter and bringing back the pet of your dreams.

Meet Ludo, a handsome 5-year-old Pit Bull Terrier with a sleek silver coat, adorable floppy ears, and a waggly tail. Ludo loves a good chin scratch, or belly scratch, or ear scratch (you get the idea!) and he'll happily trade kisses for scratches! If you stop scratching too soon, Ludo will nose his head under your hands to remind you to carry on! He also enjoys daily play time with our volunteers, when his inner goofball is allowed to shine!

This smart boy already knows his basic commands such as "sit," "stay," and "down" and is eager to learn more. If you have room in your heart for this sweet boy, then meet him today at Seattle Humane – Ludo can't wait to meet you!

As with all of our dogs, Ludo has been neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and behavior-tested. He will go home with a certificate for a veterinary examination and an identification tag. PLUS, most dog adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion and a training rebate when you complete a dog behavior course - a great way to start off on the right paw!''

Shelter Events: Puppies in Probate: Caring for your pets in your estate plan Feb. 6 Two times available: 1:30p.m.or 5p.m.

Friday Furball Flicks Feb.9, 6-9pm (Ages 6+) $35 per child / Siblings are an additional $25

Give yourself and your pet the comfort of knowing they’ll always be cared for.

Attend Seattle Humane’s Puppies in Probate session to learn about designating a pet caretaker, establishing a pet trust and Seattle Humane’s Pet Guardian Program.

Learn more: http://bit.ly/2Fw6noQ

Join us for a fun night of games, pizza, animals and a movie! Seattle Humane will provide the following: animal visits, games, popcorn, pizza and drinks, and G or PG rated movies.

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Introduce to children 14 years and older. Resident dogs are required to visit Ludo prior to adoption. Introduce to dogsavvy cats.

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Jean-Luc Meet Jean-Luc, a 3-year-old black and white kitty. Jean-Luc is a curious guy who is very diplomatic in his greetings. He will politely rub your ankles when you enter the room and loves to receive head and chin scratches. He likes to receive kisses of affection, when you lean over, he will reach up for a kiss and start kneading with happiness. Jean-Luc is a no-nonsense man, who likes to chill out with his human friends; if you are not giving him attention, he will sit quietly by your side and just relax. Jean-Luc likes to take life easy, and will be waiting patiently to meet you at Seattle Humane!

As with all of our cats, Jean-Luc has been neutered, microchipped, vaccinated and behavior tested. He will go home with a certificate for a veterinary examination and an identification tag. Plus, most cat adoptions include 30 days of pet insurance from Trupanion - a great way to start off on the right paw!

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