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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Issue 14, Volume 38, April 2, 2010

Three Dollar Bill Film SGN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Series: Innocence Lost Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Spring Film Series: Innocence Lost April 3-22 Northwest Film Forum There are certain films you should see if you’re part of the Queer community. These films are part of our history, they are intrinsic to our civil rights struggle, and they are cultural artifacts. Three Dollar Bill Cinema’s Spring Film Series brings a couple of these artifacts to the Northwest Film Forum’s big screen this month. Innocence Lost also includes a couple of campy toss-offs that may be less historically significant, but should still be full of lascivious good fun.

Innocence Lost consists of four films made between 1958 and 1974. All four are unavailable on DVD and tough to find. Getting to see them on the big screen will be a real treat. see innocence lost page 33

Talking with dream girl Moya Angela

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN Contributing Writer Dreamgirls April 6-11 Paramount Theatre When Dreamgirls first opened, it took the 1981 Broadway theater world by storm. Telling the rags-toriches story of an all-girl singing trio, it made stars of its leading ladies, Loretta Divine, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Jennifer Holiday. The smash hit number “(And I Am Telling You) I’m Not Going” not only brought Holiday a signature song, but also a rocket ride to international fame. When the movie was released in 2006, it was Jennifer Hudson’s turn to shine in the heartbreaking role. see dreamgirls page 32

Cher in Chastity

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by Scott Rice SGN Contributing Writer

Moya Angela in Dreamgirls

RuPaul’s Drag Race

by Bebe Zahara Benet open Miss Pandora Boxx.

When I sat down to interview SGN Contributing Writer her, I asked Pandora where she Respect your elders and got her wonderful name. “At the your history! That was time I started drag I was really into one of the themes of this Greek mythology,” she told me, week’s episode of Ru- explaining the myth of Pandora.

Paul’s Drag Race, and “She was the first woman ever no one did that bet- created.” The original Pandora ter than the very opened up a forbidden box that let funny, very out all the world’s evils. Ms. Boxx thought it would be a good name because it plays up the idea that you don’t know what to expect.

An approach I think is amazing!

It turns out Pandora auditioned for the first season, but was turned down. “I was kind of devastated,” she admitted, noting she wanted to hate the show but got hooked.

As soon as she heard there was a second season she reapplied and got the gig, which was a huge moment. “If something didn’t change in my drag career, I was going to quit,” she revealed to me. “Well, it changed in a big way.”

I love how funny and approachable Pandora was on the show – a trait that definitely helped her see rupaul page 33 Miss Pandora Boxx

Buble, Spoon and La Roux warm up April

cherry tree records

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Intergenerational challenge sends another queen home

La Roux

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Blustery evenings aren’t an excuse to not get out and see a live show, and in April, there are lots of good ones to choose from. Here are 10 concerts definitely worth seeing this month.

Michael Buble April 3, Key Arena It’s no secret why Michael Buble has a big Gay following: He’s irre-

sistibly handsome and sings jazzpop love songs. This winning mix has also earned the young Canadian – and two-time Grammy recipient – a large female fan base around the world – some have even helped themselves to an assgrab during his live shows when he regularly steps down from the stage to the main floor. A few brave men have also pinched his see where it’s at page 32

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Celebrating 37 Years!

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Prickly Greenberg strikes close to home

by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN Contributing Writer

Stars of Big Gay Musical dish on DVD release

by Gary M. Kramer SGN Contributing Writer

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In The Big Gay Musical, now out on DVD, Paul (Daniel Robinson) and Eddie (Joey Dudding), two Gay theater actors, star in the Off-Broadway musical Adam and Steve: Just as God Made Them. The film depicts the characters’ lives on stage and off as they grapple with issues of love and sex – and in Eddie’s case, coming out. It is an auspicious big-screen debut for the Queer actors who

have until now performed mostly on stage.

Robinson appeared in Hairspray, while Dudding was cast in revivals for A Chorus Line and La Cage aux Folles.

If the story is typical backstage drama, and the musical within the film is an odd piece of theater – imagine a revival meeting featuring semi-naked Gay angels – The Big Gay Musical offers its leads an excellent showcase for their talents. The men perform a pas de deux in one of the film’s highlights, and Robinson is sure to be remembered for his show-stopper of a tune entitled, “I Want to Be a Slut.”

Paul, depressed after a breakup, gets liquored up and performs this number with gusto to an audience. “I am not a boozy guy, but I love show tunes – I play them at the gym,” exclaims Robinson in a recent phone interviews, adding that he had real qualms about this sequence.

“That was the hardest day, my drunk scene,” he recalls. “I’ve [acted drunk] on stage a lot, but to do it on film is completely different. On stage, you play to an audience that’s farther away, and there’s a comedic element to it. In the film, it was sad, and I had to sing a song drunk.”

After the actor rose to this challenge, however, he was soon faced with another. “Filming simu-

Daniel Robinson in Big Gay Musical

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honestly brought me to tears.

I’m not going to say I loved Greenberg.

While I laughed and cried, so much of it struck nerve endings that hurt far more than I care to admit. The anguish Baumbach inflicts is both palpable and timely, and everything infuriating about it is grounded and agonizingly familiar.

But even though that’s so, I have a feeling that, much like the director’s equally prickly Margot at the Wedding, this one has the chance to grow on me. Once you get past the upsetting bits, there is an honest realism that profoundly resonates. Greenberg’s story isn’t uplifting and it isn’t for the faint

of heart, but it is one that’s full of deeply funny insights which many – for better and for worse – will undeniably relate to.

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Greenberg Now Playing Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) is not the kind of guy people usually like to be around. He’s purposely “doing nothing” at the moment, spending a few weeks at his brother Phillip’s (Chris Messina) palatial Los Angeles estate while he and his family are on vacation in Vietnam. While an excellent carpenter, the single 40-something uses his quick wit and acid tongue to bring those around him down, deflecting comments about himself with a vindictively offhanded hubris that’s often startling.

So it’s a little odd when he strikes up an uneasy romance with Phillip’s personal assistant Florence Marr (Greta Gerwig) as the two bond over the family dog’s health troubles. Florence finds Philip’s many vulnerabilities endearing, while he discovers himself drawn to her oddly withdrawn downbeat beauty. But “doing nothing” is not a recipe for success, and the more Greenberg tries to remain an aloof curmudgeon, the more he puts in jeopardy the few friendships he still has. Soon, not even Florence is finding his act amusing, and unless he works to embrace the life he has and not remain disappointed in pissing away the one he hoped for, his last chance for happiness might walk out of his life forever.

Noah Baumbach’s Greenberg is a rough one for me. Without a doubt, this is a return to form for the filmmaker, the movie almost achieving the same level of acerbic genius of 2005’s The Squid and the Whale. But like all his pictures (save maybe his 1995 debut Kicking and Screaming), this one is again

populated with people difficult to embrace and not exactly fun to be around. The movie is almost too realistic in tone, idea and narrative for its own good, and much of it speaks to the ethereal cruelty of life and aging, which hits too close to home.

For my part, I’m perfectly okay with that.

I’m all for movies that make me uncomfortable, ones that try to look at unpleasant situations with truthfulness and honesty refusing to shy away from the harsher realities that surround us. There just has to be a point to all the pathos, a reason behind the pain, and if there is and if it ends up moving me in some way that feels genuine, then I’m more than happy to leave the theatre with my heart wounded and my emotions a tiny bit frayed.

That is exactly what Baumbach does.

Working from a story conceived by himself and co-star Jennifer Jason Leigh (playing one of Greenberg’s past loves), his screenplay doesn’t pull its punches and doesn’t ask for everyone sitting in the multiplex to fall in love with it. Its main character is lost in a wilderness of his own design, and if the things he’s going through sometimes mirror some of things many in their 30s and 40s often feel about their own lives, then that’s all well and good.

Yet there is heart here, and there is a reason for hope. Greenberg’s interactions with his friends, most notably a superbly cast Rhys Ifans, have a twinkle behind them that’s ultimately touching. Sure, it takes some time for the film to work its way to that point, and yes, there is a lot of disturbing stuff you have to slog through to get there, but what would life be without the work of self-discovery?

Things don’t come easy, and finding your way is sometimes like trying to find a needle

buried in 10,000 haystacks.

Baumbach and company are unafraid to let viewers decide for themselves whether or not Greenberg’s journey ends for the better.

His relationship with Florence is as up and down as they come, as the young woman is willing to give the grieving man her heart even though she knows he’s probably only going to break it. But whether or not the pair finds happiness isn’t the question the filmmaker wants to answer, since getting the two in the same room to stare at one another and ponder their potential is more to his liking then traditional Hollywood romantic platitudes.

Stiller has never been better. While I’m a huge fan of Tropic Thunder and firmly believe it to be the actor’s best film, his work as Roger Greenberg is the finest acting of his career. Without his presence, I seriously doubt this movie would be worth enduring, as the character comes so close to being insufferable that it takes a singular talent to make him worth the effort of getting to know. Stiller inhabits Greenberg with ease, and even when the man is at his worst, there is something about what the actor is able to do with him that made me willing to hang on his every word and wonder about each next move.

Stiller is matched by Gerwig. Last making a memorable impression in the otherwise uneven House of the Devil, her performance as the jittery and unconfident Florence is one that had me mesmerized right from the start.

Watching her grow as her relationship with Greenberg ebbs and flows is something else, and I silently cheered as the backbone slowly starting to rise within her.

There is an openness, a naked gentility yet cloistered insecurity to Gerwig that had me spellbound, and her climatic last look

Ben Stiller as Roger Greenberg in Greenberg

lated sex and pretending that you are enjoying it is hard,” he says adamantly. He wondered aloud about what facial expressions he should make during his love scene with adult film actor Brent Corrigan.

Robinson admits that when he first read The Big Gay Musical, he turned the film down. “It was a little too over-the-top for me. I wasn’t comfortable with the sex scene[s] and the nudity. It was too nude and Gay for me.” Robinson, who has stripped on stage for Broadway Bares has never done a Gay show before, and this worried him.

“A huge reason why I didn’t take the film in the first place was that I didn’t want to be seen as a Gay actor. Big Gay Musical was like putting a tattoo on my body. I’m committing to this.” Eventually, he decided the film was a good opportunity. Looking back on it now, he acknowledges that the sex scene “was harder to read than to do.” He adds that the editing eased some of his fears about having his naked body exposed on film forever.

What is more, Robinson found playing two characters was also complicated. He demurs, “The stage [scenes] were more difficult than I thought because you had to pretend you were acting. It was easier for me to play the real world of Paul.”

Dudding concurs, claiming he had difficulty creating simultaneous character arcs for Eddie and Adam, too. “I tried to portray [Eddie] as honestly as possible. I’m familiar with learning songs and choreography in a short period,” Dudding says in a separate interview, “but the off-stage scenes were new territory.” The actor thanks co-director Casper Andreas for keeping on him on track and helping him make the right choices in approaching his performance during the 17day shoot.

Eddie is a naïve character – a Gay virgin, and not out to his parents. He is far removed from Dudding’s personal experiences, and the actor liked being able to tap into his experiences growing up in Lynchburg, VA, where religious zealots shamed Gays with negativity. That said, the actor concedes, “I do not come from a very religious background, like Eddie does. My parents are very accepting of my life. No major drama

when I came out. I can’t relate to his virginity. I never had any reservations about sexuality.”

Yet the performer did have concerns about his character’s sexual activities on screen. In a dramatic moment, Eddie has unprotected sex with a man he meets in a bar. The way this scene is played caused Dudding some anxiety. “It’s a serious scene, and that was a big thing for me to [play] – being overcome in the heat of the moment.” He was relieved the scene didn’t feature gratuitous nudity. Like Robinson, Dudding has also performed in Broadway Bares.

“It indulges your inner stripper,” he jokes about the charity event.

If the actors were nervous about making the leap from stage to screen, they both handled it with considerable aplomb. They depended on each other and boosted each other’s confidence during rehearsals.

“We were constantly coaching each other on set. We watched each other and flagged things like the overuse of arms,” Robinson explains.

“There is no rivalry between us. We have a real friendship off screen,” Dudding says with pride.

Now with the release of The Big Gay Musical, both actors are hoping to launch film careers.

For all the challenges, Robinson says making the film had an interesting benefit.

“I didn’t want to do it at first, but I’m happy I did it because it put me as an actor and an artist at a completely different level. It made me want to do more. I’m more confident, and [willing] to try more things. I put my balls to the wall. I danced, I sang, I did drama and comedy. This movie helped me find my passion and drive.”

Dudding is equally motivated. “My ideal life would be to continue to do theatre and more film,” he says, adding that his goals include working in Hollywood. “I’d like to do a romantic comedy and play someone funny. I keep getting cast as serious. I’m not that serious!” Except, perhaps, about acting. © 2009 Gary M. Kramer

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Clumsy Titans – bad acting & special effects “suck”

by Scott Rice SGN Contributing Writer

Arundhati Roy, Hamlet, Men’s Chorus upcoming

by Mercy Moosemuzzle SGN Contributing Writer Arundhati Roy Mercy ate up Arundhati Roy’s sold-out reading at Seattle Arts and Lectures, even though there had been a glitch about her ticket. The Booker Prize-winning novelist had a beautiful face, voice and presence.

She was reading from her new non-fiction book, Field Notes for Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers, which she describes as a meditation about what democracy has become. Mercy liked Roy raising the question, “Is there life after democracy?” The author also said, “What we need today for the survival of the planet is long-term vision.”

Roy also read from a new article, Walking with the Comrades, about spending time with a movement resisting the forced displacement of indigenous people in India.

She comments that the field they had been camping in was left with only a few ashes to mark how many people had been there. This led her to remark that the Maoists are “more Ghandian than any Ghandian. I’d write a play about them, “Ghandi Get Your Gun,” but I’d probably be lynched.”

The audience agreed with Mercy’s excitement. They gave her two standing ovations.

Discussing Men’s Chorus at Met broadcast of Hamlet The gang gathered for the Met broadcast of Hamlet. Kapacity said she has found a new delicious soprano, Marlis Peterson, who sang Ophelia on very short notice. Deliberation said he thinks this composer had better source material to work with than the composer of Turandot, with its unlikely twists. He has fallen in love with Simon Keenlyside, who sang Hamlet. Mercy and Cuteness agreed he was pretty hunky for a guy, and had a great voice. Mercy thinks it is cool that he is also singing Emile DeBec in Bartlett Sher’s South Pacific.

Cuteness wasn’t crazy about how reductive the set was. Assonance decided the forgettable-ness of the music must explain why the opera is only done once in a hundred years.

Loyalty, who sings with the Men’s Chorus, was very excited about their concert of salsa coming up next week. He says the music is joyful and upbeat, and the band is great.

Mercy found some more details. The name of the concert is Olé! Olé! Olé! It will be at McCaw Hall on April 10 and 11. Artistic Director Dennis Coleman and Assistant Artistic Director Eric Lane Barnes have teamed

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Clash of the Titans Opening April 2 I’m a big fan of Ray Harryhousen, the special effects guru best known for his amazing claymation work in the ‘50s and ‘60s.

As a kid, I remember watching Jason and the Argonauts and The 7th Voyage of Sinbad on Sunday afternoons at my grandparents’ house (they had cable).

I was totally enthralled by the monsters and the heroes who battled them. Those images sparked my young imagination, triggering hours of energetic fantasizing and role-play.

Fast-forward to 1981. I’m in the middle of the hormone storm known as puberty, and what should gallop into movie theaters?

Bare-chested, mop-topped, loin-clothed Harry Hamlin astride a black stallion, that’s what.

Though I still loved Harryhousen’s special effects in the ‘81 version of Clash of the Titans, it was Hamlin’s half-naked take on Perseus, the most heroic of Greek heroes, that sparked my imagination this time around. There was still plenty of fantasizing and role-play, but with a slightly different focus.

This is why I was totally jazzed about a brand new Clash of the Titans, a 21st-century version of a very old Greek tale complete with cutting-edge animation, 3D effects, beautiful young stars, and a bevy of Hollywood A-listers adding copious cachet to the whole affair. What could go wrong?

Unfortunately, everything.

Hamlin’s Perseus was dark, elegant, and lusty. Sam Worthington’s Perseus reads more like an Aussie jarhead. He was fine as a seven-foot blue Pandoran in Avatar, but I like my demigods a bit more elegant. Also, Worthington doesn’t seem to know what type of flick he’s in. One minute he’s in an old-school costume drama, and the next he’s

wisecracking like Han Solo.

The other actors seem lost, too. Liam Neeson (Zeus) and Ralph Fiennes (Hades) sport acting styles better suited to The 7th Voyage of Sinbad than a 21st-century FX action fest. Nicholas Hoult, who shined so brightly in the Brit TV series Skins and stole scenes from Colin Firth in A Single Man, looks utterly befuddled during his screen time. Gemma Arterton (Io), best known as a Bond girl in Quantum of Solace, is the only actor that seems comfy in her role, and she looks the part, too.

I think the acting problem is a case of Lucas Syndrome (I discovered and named this particular disease myself). Lucas Syndrome is an affliction of otherwise excellent actors which causes them to turn in terrible performances. Its cause is poor acting advice by a hapless and often overrated director (in this case, Louis Leterrier). FYI, Lucas Syndrome is named after George Lucas, who seems to be able to drag the absolute worst performances out of the best actors every time.

I also miss the pretty Greek pantheon.

Leterrier’s clumsy re-envisioning of Zeus and Hades leaves them looking a lot like the Christian version of God and the fallen angel Lucifer. The rest of the Greek gods are subordinates to the omniscient Zeus, which whittles away at the opportunity for the drama and intrigue that makes the classical myths so much fun.

And why does Zeus have to turn into an all-American bald eagle when he swoops down to earth? The entire mess reeks of cultural imperialism. It’s no wonder they burn McDonalds restaurants in France.

I’ve been writing for the SGN for nearly two years, and I’ve never used the word “sucks” in a film review. Here I go: The special effects suck. We, in 2010, are spoiled, spoiled cineastes. Technology allows all manner of stories to be told and images created that wouldn’t have been thought possible a scant 20 years ago. But spoiled or not, I

expect more from a big-budget remake of an iconic film about classic Greek mythology.

The monsters look fake, the water flows off the Kraken all wrong, Argos looks like a bad painting, and Pegasus flies like he’s constipated. It’s 2010; go find a nerdy college freshman with a Mac Pro and some time on his hands and let him give you some FX tips.

The 3D is an utter failure. The actors look like they have two heads half the time and the other half just made me queasy. If you must see Clash of the Titans, save a couple of bucks and see it in 2D. Better yet, the 1981 version is an instant play on Netflix. Grab your lover, a nice bottle of vino, and watch Harry Hamlin prance around in the comfort of your own home.

Sam Worthington as Perseus in Clash of the Titans

up with Eduardo Khawam, one of Seattle’s leading local Latin LGBT directors and producers, to bring a colorful and authentic flair to the performances. This show has it all, and presents a vivid portrait of some of the best-loved Latin songs and dances with guest performances by some of the best Latin artists in the Pacific Northwest.

Bailadores de Bronce will join Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC) on stage to accent select pieces, like the haunting song “La Llorona,” with the intricate footwork that often defines traditional Mexican folkloric dance.

La Gorda, the glamorous host from Latino Night at Neighbours and Gallerias, will accent the concerts with her own form of Latin spice, often described as “Cher mixed with a little Divine.” Longtime chorus member/ choreographer Christopher J. Anderson will infuse Latin movement and “sabor” into both large-scale production numbers that involve the full 260+ chorus members and some sexy sassy smaller numbers that involve fewer than a dozen chorus members.

With songs by everyone from Selena to Santana, and titles that include “Besame Mucho” and “Livin’ La Vida Loca,” this concert is accessible and appealing to all audiences. Some songs are sung in Spanish, some in Portuguese, but most are performed in English – and ALL the songs will leave you shouting “más más más!”

Don’t miss this hot retrospective of the sounds and flavors of Latin America and Spain. With this musical travelogue, the Men’s Chorus will visit countries like Spain, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba, serenading you with zarzuelas, tangos, and salsas. Dance in the aisles to hits by contemporary Latin vocal artists like Ricky Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Selena, Julio Iglesias, and Gloria Estefan. Enjoy performances by talented local folkloric dance and performance ensembles as we ignite McCaw Hall with the passion and emotion of Latin culture.

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Loyalty also said the men’s and women’s choruses will be singing together to celebrate the 30th anniversary of SMC in June. He is a little nervous that the women are already working on music he may find challenging.

Mercy said, “Women always mature faster than men.” Loyalty said, “That’s a generous thought, expecting maturity at all. Will we get there in time?”

Koch and Platt celebrate 20 years with “Flashback!”

In celebration of 20 years together, Seattle sketch-comedy mavens Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt (Dos Fallopia) have unearthed some rare early sketches and songs for four nights only, April 15-18 at the Theatre Off Jackson.

Koch and Platt have mined material from some of their first Seattle shows together (Cabaret de Paris, Theatre Off Jackson), including “The Ballad of Tonya and Nancy,” “Martina! The Musical,” “The Mamas and the Peter,” “The Polka Dots,” and more.

Pianist/composer and longtime collaborator Bruce Hurlbut will join the duo.

Voted “Local Treasures” (Seattle Times, 2009), Koch and Platt have collaborated as sketch-comedy partners since 1990, and have toured extensively as Dos Fallopia.

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Satiric Chinaman carries universal message

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

Sprawling Paradise Lost draws economic parallels

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

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Ching Chong Chinaman

tory can repeat itself, and how the same “frills” (art and music) can be considered unnecessary when you don’t have money to pay basic bills. The Gordon family (a deliberately un-Jewlike Jewish family, per Odets’ desire to have the play apply to “everyone”) has been hanging on during the Depression, but the business is finally just about broke and they are losing their home and financial stability. The daughter who excels at piano can’t make a living, nor can the son who brought glory to the neighborhood as an Olympic runner.

The play is not considered Odets’ most artistic work, with its sprawling cast, semipoetic monologues, and sheer length (be prepared for three acts and two intermissions), but Intiman’s production clips along and displays interesting characters, cantankerous politics, and recreates the bustle of the New York neighborhood. It is the whirl of life, both the temptations and realities.

Should you abandon your values to save yourself by criminal means? Do failures to achieve greatness and make a living through talent (running, piano) mean that you are failures at life?

The generally strong cast is supported by Mama Lori Larsen as the matriarch who stands by, feeds everyone, and offers her advice as a personal favor. Her advice might have made a difference if it were heeded.

Michael Mantell as the patriarch is elegant but passive, though that might befit his last speech for utopia, showing just how out of

touch he is with reality. Erin Bennett in the small role of the daughter shows the bitterness of giving up even love when finances don’t allow. Matt Gottlieb is the mouthpiece of acceptance and adjustment as the neighbor/in-law who moves in when his own finances fail. Hershel Sparber is the voice of past regret and bitterness. Bradley Goodwill is the backstabbing long-time employee who embezzles and justifies. His wife, in a small but heartbreaking role by Marty Mukhalian, shows unexpected grace and forgiveness in her understanding of her husband’s frailties, even as he abuses her.

The younger, restless generation is represented by the runner son, Shawn Law, who succumbs to his friend’s importunities (Tim Gouran) to become a criminal at the same time his friend is destabilizing his marriage.

Elise Karolina Hunt, the wife, does a nice job in a thinly fleshed out role of disdainful, self-centered and confused Libby.

Set design by Tom Buderwitz allows for a comfortable home to give way to see through walls of a skeletonized house. Sound designer Joseph Swartz blends interior piano music beautifully into scene changes. Dialect coach Judith Shahn helps everyone get well located in the sound of the language.

For more information, go to www.intiman. org or call 206-269-1900.

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Paradise Lost Intiman Theatre Through April 25 “Paradise Lost” is a good title. It was good enough for the poet Milton and his 10,000 lines of verse describing Adam and Eve’s fall from grace. Clifford Odets liked it enough to use as the title of one of his plays, now at Intiman Theatre in a rare presentation. Odets’ fall from grace is set during the years subsequent to the crash of 1929, which propelled the United States into the Great Depression. Intiman thinks the parallels to the Great Recession (as we are now apparently calling these years) are close enough to get us thinking of the similarities and differences between these eras.

As we know, one of the biggest differences between the Great Depression and the Great Recession is the “safety net,” composed of aid to dependent children (welfare), unemployment insurance, and retirement (social security). In 1933, the year the play is set, people had not yet conceived of

these government programs, so poverty was pretty dangerous. If you were hungry, you could starve to death, and if you were homeless, you might never regain housing again.

Though this wasn’t so very long ago, it’s long enough so that it can seem like the dark ages. It’s one of the reasons that the economic model of communism sparked such a passionate, utopian ideal: Each would get what he/she needed (no more poverty, starvation, death from want), and each would give what he/she had available (strong people could labor, intelligent people could organize), and no one would prosper at anyone else’s expense.

At the end of Paradise Lost, Odets has the patriarch who has lost everything spout a rousing speech about how people will know a time when there is no such thing as bankruptcy, and will sing while they work! If you don’t ascribe that speech to the ideal engendered by communism, and Odets’ fealty to the concept, you’d probably think the character was just totally nuts. No bankruptcies?

When? Here we are in 2010, and we have plenty of bankruptcies – just like then.

The rest of the play is a study in how his-

That’s a pretty universal sentiment.

Well-directed by Desdemona Chiang and with great assistance from the crew – particularly from sound engineer Roger Tang – this is a fun evening, with some food for thought to chew on.

For more information, go to www.sis-productions.org or call 206-323-9443.

Rick Wong

Ching Chong Chinaman SiS Productions Through April 24 It’s a play with a name that shall not be named – that is, if you are of Chinese descent and aware of the singsong aspersions cast your way by the phrase “ching chong Chinaman.” SiS Productions thought they would get barraged with criticism for even choosing a play with that name, but they felt strongly that Lauren Yee’s message and her satire were worth producing. Yee chose to write about a family that is so strongly associated with “Americanism” that they don’t know how to be Chinese at all.

This funny, sharply pointed satire stars Stan Asis as dad Ed, Kathy Hsieh as mom Grace, Elizabeth Daruthayan as daughter Desdemona, and Christian T. Ver as son Upton. They are so assimilated that they have no clue how to eat with chopsticks, have no idea where their family came from, and look with suspicion at “those Chinese” people.

Upton is obsessed with winning a computer gaming contest and daughter Desdemona is desperate to win a spot at Princeton. Upton wants to devote more hours to game playing, so he imports an indentured servant

from China to do his homework. The servant, J (his Chinese name sounds like “ching chong,” but no one can say it correctly in the play), played by Jose Abaoag, wants to become an internationally known dancer, and isn’t very good at math!

Somehow, Upton gets J adopted into his household by bamboozling his clueless parents. J begins to be introduced into American life, including finding a way to send an audition tape to “America’s Next Top Dancing Star.” His unlikely American supporter is Grace, who begins a torrid affair with him as she rediscovers her passionate love of tap-dance. While that sounds like a terrible betrayal of Ed, in this fanciful situation, it represents Grace’s need to get out of the “wife” trap she has boxed herself into, rather than any hatred of Ed. Ed’s job is, as he describes, “to make everyone happy. That’s the job of the dad.” He undertakes that mission with vigor, but clearly isn’t up to that challenge.

A multi-character player, Kay Nahm, is a particularly funny and adept actor who assumes an ethnic Chinese character, a Korean gamer fan, a poor Korean orphan supported

by American charity, and others. Look forward to seeing more of her in major roles in the near future.

Lauren Yee was reluctant, she says, to

write an “ethnic” play, thinking it wouldn’t get looked at by mainstream theaters if it was an all-ethnic cast. She faces a daily struggle as an Asian-American writer, and wonders how much of that should seep into her writing. She wants an audience to feel that the theme is universal. In reflection, the play mainly shows how each individual dreams of big achievements and takes his/ her family connections for granted. Then Desdemona finds out that not only is she adopted, but she was born in Korea, not China – and it turns out that Upton is also adopted and was possibly born Japanese (they aren’t sure).

When Desdemona achieves her dream of Princeton and Upton achieves winning the game tournament, they have no one to share the good news with besides this family they have neglected.

(l to r) Michael Mantell, Lori Larsen, Eric Pargac, Elise Karolina Hunt, Shawn Law, and Matt Gottlieb in Paradise Lost

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Kokua Festival, partial summer concert lineup

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer The entire planet gasped in utter shock this week when Latin music star Ricky Martin announced he’s Gay. No one could believe it – not! Instead, we yawned and said, “What took you so long?” After years of speculation, going back to his days with Mexican bubblegum outfit Menudo, the Grammy winner revealed he’ll now be “livin’ la vida open,” and the timing couldn’t be more perfect – the release of his book (about Lord knows what) is just around the corner. Don’t get me wrong; I’m happy Martin finally outed himself to his fans, but I’m slightly disappointed he did it to financially boost his forthcoming tell-all memoir. On the bright side, will he disclose the identity of his beefcake friend – the one with chiseled pecs – in those candid beach photos?

And don’t tell me it’s the nanny, cuz’ nannies don’t wear Speedos.

Due to the frosty temperatures here in Se-

attle, I’m retreating to my other home next month for a good dose of sunshine and refreshingly cool tunes. Honolulu, Hawaii is my former home, and the host of the already sold-out Kokua Festival featuring Jack Johnson, Ziggy Marley, Taj Mahal, and Jake Shimabukuro. The two-day event takes place at the Waikiki Shell, a block from the world-famous Waikiki Beach. If, by chance, you happen to be in Honolulu on the evenings of April 23 and 24, simply grab a blanket and some take-out food and lay out at Kapiolani Park, which surrounds the Shell and the music is free to anyone who wants to listen without going in.

Next week – providing I can hear what she’s saying in a very soft voice – I’ll have an interview with British chanteuse Corinne Bailey Rae. I haven’t played back the recording tape, but my fingers are crossed that it sounds okay.

Finally, as promised, here’s a partial list of the outdoor summer shows that have been announced. I’ll update this list in May, when

Woodland Park Zoo and Marymoor Park are Badu, Sheryl Crow, Colbie Caillat, Sugarexpected to post their lineups. land, and more (July 3), Kings of Leon (July 17), Vans Warped Tour w/ Andrew W.K., TULALIP AMPHITHEATRE Anti-Flag, Never Shout Never, Mayday PaTravel time from Seattle: 35 minutes rade, Of Mice and Men, and more (August Standout show: The rocker in me says 14), Dave Matthews Band w/ Ben Harper Billy Idol is not to be missed, if only to see (September 3-4), Brad Paisley (September him wear leather pants under a roasting sun. 11), Jack Johnson (October 2) But the best of this pack is the double-bill of Guy and Cray, two masters of traditional WHITE RIVER AMPHITHEATRE blues. Note to Tulalip: have smoked ribs at Travel time from Seattle: 40 minutes the ready.

Standout show: Something tells me Complete lineup: The Temptations & The Sting’s music will come off overly fluffy Four Tops (July 11), Blake Shelton (July with the backing of a full orchestra, so un26), Spike & The Impalers (July 30), Billy til more concerts are added to the roster, the Idol (August 5), Buddy Guy & Robert Cray ones to beat are legendary metalheads Iron (August 17), Chicago (August 25), Lynyrd Maiden. The video for “Run to the Hills” Skynyrd (September 2) freaks me out to this day.

Partial lineup: Sting w/ Royal PhilharTHE GORGE AMPHITHEATRE monic Concert Orchestra (June 6), Iron Travel time from Seattle: 2 hours Maiden (June 22), Rockstar Energy MayStandout show: Are you ready to see Kings hem Festival w/ Rob Zombie, Korn, Lamb of Leon headline on an outdoor stage? Yeah, of God, Chimaira, and more (July 13) I’m also giving it more thought. Regardless, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are CHATEAU ST. MICHELLE the highlight of this summer’s Gorge lineup, Travel time from Seattle: 30 minutes hands down. I’ve seen them twice on this Standout show: The Chateau St. Michelle, very stage, and it’s a party zone more than the most gorgeous outdoor music setting in an actual concert – beach balls, sing-alongs the Seattle area, has become predictable and to every song, shirtless men in baseball caps, sleepy over the years with its summer lineup and believe it or not, Petty can still crank out – Chris Isaak again? That said, definitely those hits with ease. Who can resist? catch the magnificent CSN – minus the Y Partial lineup: Sasquatch Festival w/ this time – before they officially retire.

Pavement, Massive Attack, LCD SoundPartial lineup: Crosby, Stills & Nash system, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, The xx, (June 12), Jackson Browne (July 30), Ringo and more (May 29-30), Tom Petty and the Starr & His All-Star Band (July 31), KWJZ Heartbreakers w/ Joe Cocker (June 11-12), Smooth Jazz Festival (August 7-8), Chris Lilith Fair w/ Sarah McLachlan, Erykah Isaak (August 13)

Modern Verona offers fun, Dausgaard brings excitement, accessible Shakespeare disappointment to symphony Erik Stuhaug

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer

Daniel Brockley as Proteus, Michael Patten as The Duke, and Sean Martin as Thurio

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer

finally finds Silvia (Emily Grogan) and tells Proteus he understands why Proteus can think of nothing else. The problem is, when Proteus sees Silvia, he decides to transfer his affections – so much for undying love.

Julia disguises herself as a boy to travel to find Proteus, where he has gone to be with Valentine, and finds him mooning over Silvia. It’s early “midsummer” madness.

What helps this production surmount typical resistance to quick Shakespearean plot twists (“You betrayed me!” “Please forgive me.” “OK, you’re forgiven.”) is the fun application of modern mores. Needing a ring to exchange, Proteus grabs the one he has on him – on his nipple. People text each other and delete each other from their phones.

Julia insecurely looks at her suitors’ photos on her phone, discussing them with her servant.

Rogues and sidekicks do fun work as David Goldstein supports Valentine and Chris Ensweiler, the great clown, comments on Proteus (“What a knave my master is!”).

Another group of comedic entertainment is the outlaws, played by Kelly Ehlert, Derek Petropolis, and Matt Shimkus.

This is a totally accessible version of the play. Those high school teachers who try to force their teens to choke down Julius Caesar and Hamlet can just bring ‘em to this version in the O.C. and sit back and watch the understanding dawn. Anyone who has ever felt that trying to understand Shakespeare and what he’s talking about is fruitless should give this one a try. You might miss a word here or there, but there’s no missing the fun. Spread the word. For more information, go to www.seattleshakespeare. org or call 206-733-8222.

Two Gentlemen of Verona Seattle Shakespeare Company Through April 11 Two Gentlemen of Verona is one of the earliest – perhaps the earliest – of Shakespeare’s plays. In a “talk back” at Seattle Shakespeare Company, where the play is being presented, someone suggested that the reason there is a dog in this play and not in any of Shakespeare’s others might be because Shakespeare figured out the “dogs and children” rule of theater (don’t put ‘em in) relatively early. A lovely old dog, Russ, plays a major distractive role as Crab. He definitely adds to the fun.

This production, directed by Marcus Goodwin, is set in Orange County, California, home of the shallow, texting, phonephoto-clicking reality television folks of stereotype. The actors forgo the hoity-toity Shakespearean accents that are often affected, giving way to “normal” American speech. It’s a fun way to experience Shakespeare – more like the contemporary feeling his plays might have had when he was alive.

Costuming, by Doris Black, is fashionable business-wear and high-heeled primping.

Sound designer Robertson Witmer uses tongue-in-cheek music transition, including the audience inside someone’s headphones.

The set, by Jason Phillips, allows for disco clubbing and office meetings, with ingenious slide projections to illuminate locations and show cell phone photos.

Connor Toms and Daniel Brockley play best friends Valentine and Proteus. They really love each other, but “real” love is reserved for women. Proteus has found his Comments on reviews go to sgncritic@ true love, Julia (Hana Lass), and Valentine gmail.com.

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spired, leaving me wondering why this work is so poorly regarded and so seldom played.

Pianist Arnoldo Cohen and our conductor Thomas Dausgaard worked perfectly together, with the piano at Seattle Symphony and orchestra as equal partners in passion.

Friday, March 26th Cohen’s immense hands and perfect techBenaroya Hall nique combined with his supreme musical Music is a language that speaks differently sense to bring this music vividly to life. His to different people. That’s why the most im- tone was big, masculine, and sublimely muportant understanding of our group of pas- sical. The balances between orchestra and sionate opera-loving friends is that we can piano were perfect. In short, Rachmaninov always agree to disagree, whether it’s about seemed to be playing with the imaginative, a singer, a composer, or a “concept” for passionate Stokowski in the old Acadpresenting Wagner’s RING emy of Music – with intensity cycle. Critics, too, can dis“My problem with and emotion, the music was agree, and no one is more wildly effective without “correct” than another. this performance was that, ever threatening to get We hear music dif- while there was much one out of control. ferently based on our Then, after interemotional makeup, could praise ... it lacked the mission, came the the age of our ears, great Sibelius “Symatmospheric evocations our experience with the phony No. 5,” one of I look for and love music, and even what we my all-time favorite in this work.” had for dinner. works. While I’m not one Thus it was with amusement to look for visual images in that I read the Seattle Times review music, Sibelius often breaks through about this concert. What the reviewer loved that reluctance, painting gorgeous pictures most (the Sibelius) was the most disappoint- in my head of atmospheric murky mists and ing to me, and the parts I found terrifically majestic mountains, never more intensely exciting, he hardly mentioned. than in the finale of this symphony. SibelGuest conductor Thomas Dausgaard be- ius was a passionate patriot, and his music gan with Witold Lutosławski’s “Symphony seems always closely associated with his No. 4.” Written just two years before the native Finland, even if it lacks majestic composer’s death in 1994, this unfamiliar mountains. work fascinated me from the first measures.

My problem with this performance was First of all, I have never heard the Seattle that, while there was much one could praise Symphony sound better. The orchestral (as did the Times critic), it lacked the atmomagic of the composer allowed Dausgaard spheric evocations I look for and love in this and the players to create some of the most work. It was, like a recent “Pathetique” at exciting, muscular, and musical sounds Seattle Symphony, too energetic, lacking I can remember. The technical complex- any repose. Too windy for any mists to form ity and challenges never got in the way of here! Andre Previn and the Pittsburgh Symclarity, and often wrought moments of great phony worked wonders in this regard when beauty. The single-movement form seemed they played it here a couple years ago. To coherent on first hearing and left me more experience the kind of atmospheric Sibelius than a little excited at its conclusion.

I’m talking about, audition any of Herbert So spectacular was the cohesive articu- von Karajan’s recordings. lation of the players that I thought that this After the Lutosławski and Rachmaninov, work must have occupied most of the re- I wanted to see Thomas Dausgaard as our hearsal time allotted to our guest conductor. next music director at Seattle Symphony.

Yet the Rachmaninov “Piano Concerto No. The Sibelius left me not so sure. Repose can 4” that followed was equally nuanced and be as important in musical interpretation as expressive. Indeed, I have never enjoyed energetic dynamism. Not sure he has it. any performance of any of Rachmaninov’s concerti more! Never has this composer’s Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at orchestration sounded more skilled and in- rmp62@columbia.edu.

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ARIES (March 20 – April 19: Think twice before acting on playful urges. You’re in a stubborn mood, not likely to stop what you’ve started. Thoughtless advances are likely to offend others and can also leave you very open and vulnerable to embarrassment.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): You can stand out now in community politics, but whatever you get into, you are likely to bite off more than you can chew. Keep your vision focused and clear.

Offer ideas and suggestions freely, but commit time and energy very carefully.

GEMINI (May 21– June 20): Whatever you say and how well you keep secrets will influence your reputation. Keeping secrets is the hard part, and yours are especially open to exposure. Try to look wise and spiritual with patient ears and a very discreet mouth.

CANCER (June 21– July 22): Arguments are hard to avoid.

Try to keep them on a loftier plane. It’s too easy to squabble over money; better to debate about the economy. But about money.…

Any accounts that aren’t clear and honest are likely to be troublesome.

LEO (July 23 – August 22): Be skeptical of any encouragement to push your already strong stardom, especially as a sexual idol, warrior or shaman. Good as you are, there’s a strong push to overreach. Remember Icarus, and be aware of your own tendency to hubris.

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): If you’re looking for love, look wise and a little aloof. If you have love, address problems in a clean, factual way without arguing. It’s usually quite all right to say “Can we discuss this later?” and bring it back up next week.

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): You could look a little too sexy with friends egging you on to turn up the heat. Especially while working with others, whether on the job or in volunteer work, your erotic charge could make trouble.

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): “Playing well with others” is good, but can be overdone. Creative efforts at moralebuilding with colleagues can easily be seen as disruptive, painting you as an instigator. Advance your ideas a bit more carefully.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Of course you have more important things to argue about than housework. For domestic tranquility – and really to save more energy in the long run – just be agreeable and go along with whatever your housemates ask. This can also be a learning experience!

CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): Usually the soul of discretion, you’re being more open about your erotic games – or someone else’s. You may want to slow down and think about what will get back to whom, or what rumors will fly.

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): Domestic arguments could prove very costly. Not dealing with problems can get even more expensive. Be creative (but not too creative!) and openminded. Finding common ground and solutions is more important than being right.

PISCES (February 19 – March 19): A recent run of good luck could make you cocky, especially in your work. Humility and attention to detail will serve you better than active self-promotion.

Let your work speak for itself! It’s a great time to start a plan to get fit and trim.

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tush, and Buble seems unfazed by it. The charming vocalist has more seats to fill at Key Arena than on his previous trip to Seattle, in which he sold out McCaw Hall. If you see a straight guy in the audience, be very surprised.

Spoon April 9-10 moore Theatre You’re either a Spoon fan or you’re not, and those of us who are can’t get enough of them. The quartet, now relocated to Portland, hasn’t lost that special touch of producing two songs from the same album which sound completely different – case in point: “Got Nuffin’” and “Written in Reverse” from 2010’s Transference CD. You can classify most of Spoon’s material under “geek rock,” yet they manage to bring a unique artistic quality to the table each and every time (which many bands never possess an ounce of). Seattle gets Spoon for two nights, and here’s hoping they pull out “I Summon You” or “The Ghost of You Lingers” for either – heck, I’ll be happy just to hear “Don’t You Evah” again.

Jonsi April 9-10 The Showbox SoDo Sigur Ros vocalist Jonsi ventures out on his first solo tour, following the release of his album Go, an experimental and wildly imaginative project featuring the up-tempo “Boy Lilikoi.” It takes a special kind of music fan to appreciate Jonsi’s out-there sound, but fans of Sigur Ros and fellow Icelandic export Bjork have been amazingly supportive of the singer-songwriter’s new work and will likely be on hand for his back-to-back performances here in early April.

Norah Jones April 18 Paramount Theatre Despite the success of her debut album, 2002’s Come Away With Me, pop chanteuse Norah Jones has kept herself under the radar – though this hasn’t prevented her from churning out more of the terrific music that put her on the map, such as the adorable and quirky single “Chasing Pirates.” Her latest full-length recording, The Fall, finds her cowriting tunes with indie oddball Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, resulting in more mid-tempo fare instead of the polished, feather-like pop numbers we’ve come to expect from her. At the Paramount Theatre, Jones is guaranteed to thrill.

La Roux April 19 The Showbox Market Lesbian dance newbie La Roux took the club scene by storm with the single “Bulletproof,” her first U.S.-certified hit and third overall in her native U.K., following the success of “Quicksand” and “In for the Kill” – the fourth released track is “I’m Not Your Toy.” She sold out Chop Suey on her last swing through Seattle, which earns her a venue upgrade to The Showbox Market on her forthcoming tour stop, and she’ll probably draw another packed, Chuck Taylorwearing crowd.

Josh Rouse April 20 The Triple Door Have you ever listened to “Winter in the Hamptons” or “Quiet Town” by Josh Rouse? They’re guaranteed to make you skip down the street with a bundle of dandelions – well, possibly not to that extreme, but they will definitely put you in a good mood. The interesting thing is I have no idea whether these songs are actually uplifting because the Omaha-bred artist, who now resides in coastal Spain, has a way of writing music that appears delightful on the Corinne Bailey Rae surface, yet is very melancholy beneath the April 12 cheery tones. Rouse’s newest work is called Moore Theatre El Turista and he’ll introduce Seattle fans to Let’s get the elephant in the room out of it at his favorite local spot, The Triple Door, the way: Yes, Corinne Bailey Rae’s husband in late April. He’s not to be missed. was found dead two years ago in Leeds and it’s suspected he suffered from a drug Shelby Lynne overdose. Fast-forward to 2010. The British April 27 guitarist-vocalist has resurfaced with a new The Triple Door album titled The Sea and appears to have Here’s one Best New Artist Grammy winmoved beyond the tragedy. Rae emerged on ner you rarely hear about these days, and the scene with her smash single “Put Your yet she’s still cranking out credible materiRecords On,” which received Grammy al. While Nashville maverick Shelby Lynne nominations for Record and Song of the has never peaked commercially, she’s outYear. A smooth singer and at times a little done herself with modern classics like I sugary, she returns to Seattle this month for Am Shelby Lynne and Identity Crisis. Her a headlining show at the Moore. Look for newest CD, titled Tears, Lies, and Alibis, an interview with Rae next week in “The is set for an April 20 release, allowing SeMusic Lounge.” attle fans to congregate at The Triple Door a week later to be some of the first to hear The xx it performed live. And if she happens to do April 12 “Leavin,’” disregard the sniffles of joy comThe Showbox SoDo ing from my table.

Among the latest crop of up-and-coming bands from the U.K. is The xx, who landed on my list of 2009’s best albums with their self-titled debut. On the track “Crystalised,” they sound quietly cryptic and like a blast continued from cover from the past – think early Yaz on a downer.

The alternative four-piece has lots of Seattle folks interested in seeing them, hence their The most recent resurrection stars Broadupcoming performance at the not-too-intimate Showbox SoDo. I predict huge things way veteran Adrienne Warren as Lorrell Robinson and American Idol finalist Syesha this year for The xx!

Mercado as Deena Jones. In preparation for the upcoming Seattle stop on the national Madeleine Peyroux tour, the Seattle Gay News interviewed April 15-18 Moya Angela on her role as the tragic and Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley The first and only time I’ve seen Made- triumphant Effie White. leine Peyroux in concert was at the Jazz AlEric Andrews-Katz: When did you first ley, and I stood in a long line in the parking lot across from the club awaiting the first of become interested in musical theater?

Moya Angela: I’ve always liked theater two sold-out audiences to exit before taking my seat for the second show that night. Se- and was in “show choir” in high school. We riously, it was well worth the wait and early performed in competitions.

Andrews-Katz: Do you think of yourself winter chill. It’s hard to categorize Peyroux as a jazz singer because she’s not, and nei- as more of a singer or an actress?

Angela: At the beginning I considered ther is she pop; she’s a blend of genres who comes closer to sounding like Billie Holi- myself more of a singer, just because I alday than anyone else I’ve listened to, and if ways had my instrument. I didn’t go to you don’t believe me, listen to “Dance Me school for musical theater, I went for musito the End of Love.” You’ll be sorry if you cal education [vocal music]. I just knew that miss her at Dimitriou’s, so reserve your seat I had a lot more work to do as far as acting was concerned and singing always came ASAP at www.jazzalley.com.

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naturally. I think they are running more neck-and-neck now.

Andrews-Katz: What challenges does playing Effie present for you?

Angela: At first I had the challenge of going to that place that you really don’t want to go to emotionally. Then it was learning how to pace myself throughout the show. It was hard for me to come back [emotionally] for Act II. In Act I, from “Family” to “Dreamgirls,” I have to be sad, with my feelings all hurt, and then I have to try to be contented with being in the background. There’s the conclusion of Act I, and then all of Act II on top of that. I had to find a happy medium.

Andrews-Katz: How have you made the role of Effie White your own?

Angela: I started by not even listening to any other version of the show. I’ve always been an artist that knows myself and I try to implement myself into whatever I do. I focus on my own take on what a character can be, especially during the rehearsal process. I think in terms of not only what my character would do, but also what Moya would do in this situation and that’s worked for me.

Andrews-Katz: The song “(And I Am Telling You) I’m Not Going,” is a difficult song to emote night after night. How do you recover for Act II? Angela: I actually get under a blanket and take a little nap in my dressing room. That’s my secret for rejuvenating myself for Act II. Even if I have to go and cry and get it all out of my system (which has happened), then I do it and let it go. I have only 15 minutes to do all that. So, usually I wrap myself up, sit in my dressing room in the dark, and try to detach myself from it for Act II. Andrews-Katz: Have you ever had your heart shattered like Effie does?

Angela: Yes. I find it absolutely useful, although I don’t recommend it to anyone.

When life issues take you there, you have no other choice but to use it. Most of the things that Effie has gone through, I have been through. I find it really helps me go there and bring the audience.

Andrews-Katz: How many times did you receive callbacks for the film role of Effie White?

Angela: Just a few times, and I wasn’t even discouraged by not getting it because there were so many wonderful people who could have played that role. I was just happy to be called back and considered.

Andrews-Katz: Do you find it helpful or a hindrance that Dreamgirls has become so widely known?

Angela: I think it’s a little bit of both. It’s helpful because people know Dreamgirls and they want to experience it on stage. But they come with certain previous expectations from the film. The good thing with this production is it has been changed so we can give them a little bit of both. It’s an entirely new version. Personally, I base myself off of the Broadway stage production.

Andrews-Katz: Will this production be going to Broadway?

Angela: I don’t know. I’m feeling that they are pushing it towards that direction, but nothing is written in stone. I’m hopeful.

Andrews-Katz: The film’s song “Listen” was added to this stage production. What differences are done with the song and what kind of impact does it have on the characters?

Angela: In the movie, “Listen” was Beyoncé’s [Deena’s] breakthrough with her husband. In this production, it’s a duet reconciling the friendship between Deena and Effie. It’s sort of our 11 o’clock number for Act II and it’s what the audience needs to see. It takes them [Deena and Effie] back to where their friendship is by the end of the song – like a breath of fresh air.

Andrews-Katz: Would you like to continue with stage or break into more of solo singing career?

Angela: I love it all. I love the raw take of live theater – the one chance to make it happen – and I’ll never leave that. I want to do my own album and movies, etc. … I have big aspirations for my career.

Dreamgirls opened on Broadway at the end of 1981 and ran for over 1,520 performances. It earned over 12 Tony nominations and won seven, including Best Actress in a Musical (Jennifer Holiday). The 2006 film was nominated for eight Academy Awards winning two including Best Actress in a

Supporting Role (Jennifer Hudson). Both Berry Gordy (Motown records) and Diana Ross (The Supremes) have previously threatened lawsuits saying the material was not original and stolen from their lives.

Original Supreme co-founder and member Mary Wilson entitled her autobiography as Dreamgirl: My Life as a Supreme, while Ms. Ross performed the song “Family” in her now historic Central Park concert of 1983.

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can flag bikini. Pandora was surprised by the judges’ comments that her mom outshined her on the stage. That was her strategy. “I planned everything,” Pandora explained, telling me the upstaging showbiz mom was the whole idea of the gag. “If it was funny and you liked it, I should be getting credit for it.”

One of the wonderful things Pandora takes away from Race is sharing her own struggle with depression and suicide. She wasn’t sure about saying something on TV, but

since Race ended, she has gotten thank-you letters from people struggling with the same challenges. “I’m starting to tear up now,” she marveled. “That’s an amazing thing for a reality show that’s supposed to be about a drag queen competition.”

What a funny queen! And what an inspiration! Catch RuPaul’s Drag Race at 9 p.m.

(ET/PT) every Monday night on Logo and go to LOGOonline.com to find out about viewing parties in your area. Until next week, kisses and laughter!

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The series kicks off Saturday, April 3 with Fortune and Men’s Eyes. Fortune and Men’s Eyes (1970) is a hard look at life (and sex) behind bars. Smitty (Wendell Burton) is the angel-faced new guy. Rocky (Zooey Hall) is the old-hand bully looking for a bitch. Queer icon Michael Greer of The Gay Deceivers fame gives a courageous, if a bit un-modulated, performance as Queenie, the self-described politician of the cellblock.

After watching another inmate get gangraped, Smitty slowly comes to understand that Rocky’s friendly gestures come with a serious price tag.

The other must-see flick in the series is Mädchen in Uniform (1958). This surprising post-war German film details the recently orphaned Manuela (legend of international cinema Romy Schneider) and her budding infatuation with compassionate boarding school teacher Fräulein Elisabeth von Bernburg (Lilli Palmer). Jealousy and scheming on the part of teachers and students leads to questions about the nature of the relationship.

Mädchen in Uniform is one of the earliest films to deal with same-sex love without slipping too far into stereotype and hyperbole (though keep in mind it was still 1958).

It’s a remake of an even earlier award-winning film, and an even tougher film to actually see, which was made in 1931. Both movies are based on Gestern und Heute (Yesterday and Today), a play and novel by Christa Winsloe.

Mädchen in Uniform is beautifully shot in full color. The screening of the newly restored version on April 17 is the first in the U.S. in over 20 years. Jason Plourde, program director for Three Dollar Bill Cinema, says, “For out-of-circulation titles like Mädchen in Uniform and Fortune and Men’s Eyes – neither of which are available on DVD – we offer what could be the only chance for local audiences to ever see these films.”

The other films in the Innocence Lost series are Chastity (1969) and Score (1974).

Chastity is a vanity project written by Sonny Bono as a vehicle for Cher. Score, about swinging ‘70s couples, came out at the height of the sexual revolution when suburbia was supposedly rampant with “key parties” and cocaine. While both have small moments of cultural lucidity, neither should be taken too seriously. However, if you’re into bad dialogue and absurd characters, they should both be good for a laugh or two.

Individual tickets are $9 for Three Dollar Bill Cinema members, $10 for non-members. All screenings are at 7 p.m. at Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave. For more infrotmation, visit www.threedollarbillcinema.org.

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One of my favorite Pandora moments was her Carol Channing impersonation during the “Snatch Game” competition. I was shocked to find out Ms. Channing was not her first choice – she almost became Jan Brady instead! “It was only the fourth time I’d done Carol,” she revealed. You fooled me, honey!

Pandora did admit her biggest frustration on Race was the judges’ reaction to her style, particularly her green leopard-print dress. “It’s like telling a joke that flopped … and flopped and flopped,” she explained.

“Yeah, I know the dress didn’t work, can we drop it and move on?”

When it came to the drag mother competition, Pandora enjoyed working with her unconventional partner, even with his Ameri-

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FRIDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Funked Up Fridays. Bartender’s Choice Specials all day.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon - Midnight. No Cover.

Century Ballroom - Gay Night 3rd & 4th Friday every month. 7:30 pm lesson $5.00 with cover; 8:30 pm dance $7.00. 21+ with ID. Changes - Prime Rib dinner, $11.75; other dinner special, $8.25.

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

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

Crescent Lounge - Confessional Fridays with Cardinal Synn. 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - Country Dance, 7:00 - 10:30 pm.

High Energy Dance, 10:30 pm - 3 am. Cover $5.00 @ 9 pm www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm -2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, $1 off call cocktails, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3.00 daily drink specials. Happy Hour, 3 - 7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun. - Thurs. 9 - 11 pm: $1.50 Miller drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3.00 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - No cover … ever!!! Start your weekend off right. Happy Hour 6 - 8 pm.Weekly beer & cocktail specials.

Martins Off Madison - Joseph Rojo, 9 pm - 1 am.

Classically inspired original works as well as poa, standards and soundtracks. No cover.

Neighbours Nightclub - House music with DJ Eric.

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

Neighbours Underground - Efren's Divas Latin Night. 10 pm - 2 am. 21+ with valid ID. $5.00 cover. 206328-5198.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm; DJ Freddy King of Pants 9 pm - midnight.

R Place - Happy Hour with Jeff 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 drafts. Daily drink and bottle specials. Lashes Cabaret at 9 pm with Chablis & company. DJ E spins on the 3rd floor at 10pm VJ Flow spins the top Videos on the 2nd floor.

Seattle Eagle - LEATHER NIGHT (watch for events) DJs SMILLER & BunD 8 pm - 2 am.

Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour, 4 - 7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Dancing with DJ Ricki Leigh.

Twisted - Girl4GIRL Halloween Event. God-Dess and She live event @ 9 pm. $15 at door. Sell-out crowd expected. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $4 Jäger Bombs. South Side Boogie-Dancing, 9 pm - 2 am, with DJ Dirty Dan. Karaoke in the Main Room, 9 pm - 2 am. No cover.

Wildrose - www.thewildrosebar.com.

SATURDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Cheap Shot Saturdays. $4 cheap shots & DJ Skiddle Mixing.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour 11 am – 8:30 pm. Brunch 11 am – 1 pm. Food Service till Midnight. No Cover. Bear Night 7 pm 1st Saturday of every month.

Changes - Happy Hour till 7 pm. Free video games & pool all day & Night. Tacos 2 for $2.00 until sold out.

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

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

Crescent Lounge - Wolf Pup Ro Saturday Matinee Karaoke, 3:30 - 8:30 pm. Saturday Night Karaoke with Frankie, 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - High Energy Dance, 10 pm - 3 am, with DJs Stacey Cooks, MattStands, Harmonix, Funkybear.

Cover $5 @ 6 pm www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, $8 Stoli doubles, www.theeliteseattle.com

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

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

Martins Off Madison - Rotating cabaret, 9 pm - midnight. No cover.

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

Neighbours Underground - “THE ORIGINAL VOGUE NIGHT” 9 pm - 2 am, $7 cover Poco Wine Room - An intimate, cozy Capitol Hill wine bar featuring many NW wines by the glass. www.pocowineroom.com.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm - 2 am. Happy Hour until 7pm. DJ Freddy King of Pants, 9 pm - midnight.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR with Erik 2-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Mary’s Lashes cabaret with Chablis and Company at 9pm DJ Flow spins on the 3rd floor at 10 pm VJ E spins the top Videos on the 2nd floor.

Seattle Eagle - Underwear Party Night (watch for event listing) DJs HOTPLAY, KING OF PANTS, UPABOVE, KC+guests.

Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour, 4 - 7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Dancing with DJ Ricki Leigh.

Twisted - Halloween Costume contest @ 11:30 with Madison Lane. Cash Prizes. DJ FLIP spinning. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - Absolut Saturdays! $5 Absolut Drinks.

South Side Boogie Dancing, 9 pm - 2 am with DJ Dirty Dan. No cover.

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

Sunday

Cafe Metropolitain - Hail Mary Sundays: $1 PBR, $5 Bloody Mary Special.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour 11 am – 8:30 pm. Brunch 11 am – 1 pm. Food Service till Midnight. Free Pool. No Cover.

Changes - Brunch 11am - 3pm $7.25 All You Can Eat Buffet. Karaoke at 9pm A Black Nail Production.

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

9-Ball Pool Tourney at 6 pm - 16 players only. Hosted by RW & Co. Crescent Lounge - Julia D'Poon Sunday's 3:30 pm 8:30 pm. Danica D'Lish Sundays 9 pm - 2 am The Cuff Complex - Re Quest T-Dance DJ John England 6 pm-12 am, Beer Bust $1 domestic drafts & $4 well drinks, Cover $5 @ 6 pm. www.cuffcomplex.com.

Bottleneck Lounge - Check out ELIXER, a new “late night” Happy Hour every Sunday night from 9 - midnight.

Featuring six, old-school, classic cocktails for just $6 a piece. This is a great way to sample outstanding cocktails at a smokin’ price.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - NW Sports first on TV. Sound with early afternoon Mariners games. Pitcher special all day with free U-shell peanuts and pool.

Martins Off Madison - Tim Kennedy, 8-11 pm. Open mike with the hip stylings by this jazz virtuoso. Jazz, standards, and more. No cover.

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

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 2 pm-midnight. Happy Hour until 7 pm.

R Place - Happy Hour with Erik 2-7 $5.75 Wells $2.50 domestic drafts. $6.50 Gourmet Bloody Mary’s newest night on the Hill! SIN SUNDAYS HOUSE MUSIC ON THE 3rd Floor. 2 NEW rotating DJ’s every week watch the SGN for the ads.

Rosebud - Industry Night, 6 pm - Closing. Bring something indicating that you work in the hospitality industry (pay stub, food handler or alcohol server permit, business card, etc.) to recieve Happy Hour drink and food prices all night!

Seattle Eagle - Beer Bust $1 Drafts from 2-10pm Dj UP-ABOVE from 10-2 Twisted - Open @ noon for Brunch. Football obn the big screen. Happy Hour all day! www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - Happy Hour All Day! FREE POOL! Wildrose - Free pool all day. www.thewildrosebar.com.

MONDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Martini Mondays: $4 Martinis all day.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon – Midnight.

Changes - Happy Hour all day and night.

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

See us at www.clubsilverstone.com.

Crescent Lounge - Sexual Chocolate (KJ) Mondays 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - “Free Games” ALL DAY! Tabletop games, pool, darts, pinball. Happy Hour 2 pm - 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily, Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30 pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Pint night with Happy Hour prices 8 pm-close. Trivia contest at 6 pm for cash & prizes. 9-Ball Pool Tourney at 7 pm.

Martins Off Madison - Ruby Bishop, 8-11 pm. Classic ragtime, standards and oldies with Seattle’s classic queen of the piano. No cover.

Neighbours - “MAD MESS MONDAYS” With Neighbours hottest new DJ: DJ AARON. No cover.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - Happy Hour 4-7pm.

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

R Place - Happy Hour with Jeff 4-7 $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special. FREE POOL ALL DAY ALL NIGHT. Rosebud - Industry Night, 6 pm - Closing. Bring something indicating that you work in the hospitality industry (pay stub, food handler or alcohol server permit, business card, etc.) to recieve Happy Hour drink and food prices all night!

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

Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts.

Twisted - Monday Madness, $3 Well, $2.50 Bud/Bud Light Pounders, Football on the big screen. Free WiFi. www. twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $1 Domestic Drafts, $2.50 all bottled beers, $3 Touch Down Shots. FREE POOL! Wildrose - Pool Tournament 7 pm w/Prizes!

TUESDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Tequila Tuesdays: $4 Tequila Shots $4.50 Margaritas All Day. C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon – Midnight.

Changes - $1.25 Domestic bottles. Hamburger $2.50, Cheeseburger $3.50, Bacon cheeseburger $4.50.

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

Free pool all day - 2 tables.

Crescent Lounge - Johnny Cockring Tuesdays 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - Bear-aoke 8 pm-12 am with host Jonathan Jones. Peanut night with “Free Games” alll day.

Happy Hour 2 pm - 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. Daily drink specials at $3, Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. til 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. 8-Ball Pool Tournament starts at 6:30 pm.

Martins Off Madison - Karin Kajita, 8-11 pm. Open mike with the hip stylings by this jazz virtuoso. Jazz, standards, and more. No cover.

Neighbours Underground - “DRAG IDOL” with your host Ryan Hazey 9 pm - 2 am. $6 cover.

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. Black Nail Production Karaoke 9 pm-1 am.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7 with Jeff. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. Daily drink and bottle special. KARAOKE with Ben 9-2 am.

Rosebud - Speakeasy Night, 8:30 pm - Closing. Listen to prohibition era music by DJ Dubonet and enjoy a libation from William's famous cocktail menu. Dapper dress from the era is encouraged.

Seattle Eagle - IN HEAT $5 Long Island Iced teas Dj KINGOFPANTS from 10-2 Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts.

Temple Billiards - (206) 682-3242. Karaoke 9 pm to 1am. A Black Nail Production.

Twisted - Happy Hour 5-7 pm. Karaoke with Keith @ 9 pm. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $10 Dizzy Pass - $1 you call it, 6pm to close.

Karaoke 9pm-2am with José.

Wildrose - Taco Tuesday. No cover.

WEDNESDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - Wine-Oh! Wednesdays: $7.50 Wine Tasting. 30% Off Bottled Wines.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon – Midnight.

Changes - Happy Hour until 7 pm. Karaoke 9 pm.

A Black Nail production.

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

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

Crescent Lounge - Laura Wednesdays 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - Free pool & Pitcher Special.

Country Dancing 1st & 3rd Wednesday. POZ Social 2nd Wednesday. Dress Code Leather Social 4th Wednesday.

Happy Hour 2 pm - 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. till 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Dart Tournament starts at 7:30 pm.

Martins Off Madison - Bonnie Birch, 8-11 pm. Open mike with Seattle’s premier accordion chanteuse. No cover.

Neighbours - “PLAYGIRL MANHUNT” Contest at 11:30 pm. Club opens at 9 pm. No cover.

Neighbours Underground - Roxy's House of Dolls with DJ Trent Von in the Neighbours www.neighboursnightclub.com. 206-324-5358.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Gelliphish 7 pm-midnight.

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

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7 with Jeff . $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts.WET show.All male wet underwear contest 3 rd floor. Hosted by Chablis $100.00 1st place $50.00 2nd place 3 rd place Porn. DJ E Rocks the 3rd floor top 40, R&B. Rosebud - Hump Day Singles Mixer, 5:30 - 8:30 pm, Single? Come in and meet others. Not single? Join us anyway and meet some new friends.

Grren Fairy Night, 8:30 pm - Closing. Bartender William channels the Green Fairy using sinful drinks made with absinthe. Anything can happen!

Seattle Eagle - on the DOWNLOW $2 Dos Equis Dj KINGOFPANTS from 10-2 Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Karaoke - drink specials.

Twisted - Happy Hour 5-7 pm. Karaoke with Keith @ 9 pm. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $1 off all mixed drinks and shots. Karaoke 9pm-2am with José.

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

THURSDAY

Cafe Metropolitain - LIT Thursdays: $5 Long Island Iced Teas.

C.C. Attle’s - Happy Hour Noon – 8:30 pm. Food Service Noon – Midnight.

Changes - Happy Hour from 12 noon til 8pm. Karaoke at 9pm A Black Nail Production.

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

Dart Tourney 7:30 pm. Hosted by RW & Co. Crescent Lounge - Shaken Not Stirred Karaoke with Sabi Thursdays 9 pm - 2 am.

The Cuff Complex - Pool tournament 7 pm. Karaoke 8 pm-12 am with host Jonathan Jones. Happy Hour 2 pm 8 pm half price appetizers. www.cuffcomplex.com.

The Elite - No cover! 12pm-2am Happy Hour 5pm8pm, www.theeliteseattle.com Julia’s - www.juliasrestaurantseattle.com. $3 daily drink specials. Happy Hour 3-7 pm daily; Late Night Happy Hour Sun.-Thurs. 9-11 pm: $1.50 Miller Drafts, $2.50 micro brews, $3 well cocktails. Breakfast/brunch served Sat. & Sun. til 4:30pm. Free Wi-Fi. Madison Pub - Happy Hour 6-8 pm. Weekly beer & cocktail specials.

Martin’s Off Madison - Karin Kajita, 8-11 pm. Open mike with the hip stylings of this jazz virtuoso. Jazz, standards and more.

Neighbours - Rock Lobster 80's night with DJ Trent Von. 9 pm - 3 am. $3 cover. 21+ with valid ID; 18+ from 2-3 am. www.neighboursnightclub.com.

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 3 pm-2 am. Happy Hour until 7 pm. DJ Thomas from 7 pm-midnight.

R Place - HAPPY HOUR 4-7 with Jeff. $5.75 wells $2.50 domestic drafts. ASS all male amateur strip show. Hosted

by Chablis. $200.00 1st place $100.00 2nd place $50.00 3rd place DJ Flo’w Rocks the 3rd floor top 40 R&B. Seattle Eagle - BAREBACK Thursday $1 Off If You Take Your Shirt Off Dj TOAST from 10-2 Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour 4-7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Karaoke - drink specials.

Twisted - Happy Hour 5-7 pm. Country Dancing 2nd Thursday of the month. www.twistedineverett.com Vibe - in Kent - $3 wells, $4 Washington Apples.

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

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ANIMALS ESPRESSO - 550 12th Ave. - 329-3914 BALTIC ROOM - 1207 Pine St. - 625-4444 BAR MYX - 2810 Western Ave. - 588-1834 BEACON PUB - 3057 Beacon Ave. S. - 726-0238 THE BOTTLENECK LOUNGE - 2328 E. Madison St. - 323-1098 THE BROADWAY GRILL - 314 Broadway E. - 328-7000 CAFE METROPOLITAIN - 1701 E. Olive Way - 324-0771 THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E. - 322-3130 C.C. ATTLE’S BAR & GRILLE - 1501 E. Madison - 726-0565 CHANGES IN WALLINGFORD - 2103 N. 45th - 545-8363 THE CRESCENT - 1413 E. Olive Way - 720-8188 THE CUFF COMPLEX - 1533 13th Ave. - 323-1525 DOUBLE HEADER - 407 2nd Ave. S. - 464-9918 ELITE - 1520 E. Olive Way - 860-0999 GALERIAS - 611 Broadway E. - 322-5757 GLO’S - 1621 E. Olive Way - 324-2577 INSOMNIAX - 102 15th Ave. E. - 3230CAFE JAZZ ALLEY - 2033 6th Ave. E. - 441-9729 JULIA’S - 300 Broadway Ave. E. - 860-1818 KURRENT - 600 E. Pine St. - 323-1923 THE LOBBY - 916 E. Pike St. - 328-6703 MAE’S CAFE - 6412 Phinney Ave. N. - 782-1222 MADISON PUB - 1315 E. Madison - 325-6537 MARTINS OFF MADISON - 1413 14th Ave. - 325-7000 NEIGHBOURS - 1509 Broadway - 324-5358 POCO WINE ROOM - 1408 E. Pine St. - 322-9463 PURR - 1518 11th Ave. - 325-3112 R PLACE - 619 E. Pine - 322-8828 RE-BAR - 1114 Howell at Boren - 233-9873 ROSEBUD RESTAURANT & BAR - 719 E. Pike - 323-6636 SEATTLE EAGLE - 314 E. Pike - 621-7591 TIDBIT - 2359 10th Ave. E. - 323-0840 WILDROSE - 1021 E. Pike - 324-9210

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CASTLE SUPERSTORE #17 - 206 Broadway Ave. E. - 204-0126 EMERSON SALON - 909 E. Pike St. - 323-7437 MAIL BOXES ETC. - Above QFC at Broadway & Pike - 324-5600 THE CRYPT - 1516 11th Ave. 325-3882 ONYX LEATHER - 1605 12th Ave. #8 - 328-1965 SALONDEWI/RED DRAWERS - 1525 14th. - 381-DIVA(3482) STAN’S ADULT SUPERSTORE - 9630 16th Ave. SW - 762-3299 UNDER U 4 MEN - 709 Broadway Ave. E. - 324-6446 TABOO VIDEO - 1012 1st Ave. - 622-SEXY TIEMPO - 1511 14th Ave. - 726-8551 TOYS IN BABELAND - 707 E. Pike St. - 328-2914

LOVER’S - 193 Telegraph Road - (360) 752-1862 RUMORS CABARET - 1119 Railroad - (306) 671-1849

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LOVER’S - 112 SE Everett - (425) 353-3607 LOVER’S - 3402 Broadway - (425) 252-8754 TWISTED - 1212 California St. - (425) 438-4111

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LOVER’S - 25801 104th Ave. S.E. - (253) 852-1720 SWANK - 24437 Russell Rd. - (253) 854-2110 THE VIBE - 226 1st Ave. S., 98032 - (253) 852-0815 THE VOYEUR - 604 Central Ave. S. - (253) 850-8428

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THE HERON INN & WATERGRASS DAY SPA 117 Maple Ave. - (877) 883-8899 - info@theheron.com

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DARBY’S CAFE - 211 5th Ave. S.E. - (360) 357-6229 DESIRE VIDEO - 3126 Pacific Ave. - (360) 352-0820 LOVER’S - 3959 Martin Way E. Suite D - (360) 456-7300 JAKES - 311 4th Ave. E. - (360) 956-3247 URBAN ONION - 116 Legion Way - (360) 943-9242

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AIRPORT TAVERN - 5406 S. Tacoma Way - (253) 475-9730 CASTLE SUPERSTORE - 6015 Tacoma Mall Blvd. - (253) 471-0391 CLUB SILVERSTONE - 739 - 1/2 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 404-0273 THE FANTASY SHOP - 2301 6th Ave. - (253) 272-6640 LOVER’S - 7002 Tacoma Mall Blvd., #F - (253) 475-2271 RAINBOW CENTER - 741 St. Helens Ave. - (253) 383-2318 SHAKABRAH JAVA CAFE - 2618 6th Ave. - (253) 572-2787

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

DEADLINE: Tuesday 5pm.

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

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

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PFLAG/Wenatchee Area Weekly Meeting. 7pm.

Trinity Methodist Church, 850 N James Ave, East Wenatchee. Every Monday (including any & all holidays). PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724.

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets every Monday. A facilitated support & discussion group for Trans, Genderqueer, gender variant & gender questioning youth, ages 14-22. www. lamberthouse.org Lambert House Art Night. 7:15-8:45pm. 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Bring your ideas & let’s have some fun. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org

TUESDAY - April 6

SATURDAY - April 3

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

Overeaters Anonymous. 12noon-1pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St, Room 101. Meets every Saturday. Contact Dominic at 499-2266.

Sistah 2 Sistah Social/Organizing Meeting. 2-4pm.

Call for location. Meets 1st Saturday each month. An opportunity to socialize & discuss/plan future activities.

Sistah 2 Sistah is a social/support group for Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgender women of African descent.

322-7061; 255-8951.

Seattle Gay Flag Football League. 3pm. Georgetown Playfield, S Homer St and Corson Ave S. For information email atlasrich@hotmail.com Northwest Bears Beer/Soda Bust & Bear Meet.

6-9pm. Men’s Room, 1501 E Madison St. Meets 1st Saturday each month. A beer bust for Bears, Cubs & like-minded friends with happy hour prices. An informal get-together & a chance for prospective members to meet men already in the club. 903-9288. www. nwbears.org Oasis Youth Center in Tacoma - For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Ages 14-25. 6pm-12 midnight. Call for location & details. Every Saturday. (253) 671-2838. www.oasisyouth center. org. (Also meets Thursdays & Fridays 4-10pm.)

Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 6pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Saturday. Games also on Tuesdays & Thursdays. $4 fee includes coffee & snacks. For more information visit www.rainbowbridge club.org or email rainbowbridgeclub@gmail.com Together We Can Make Al-Anon Family Group.

6-7:15pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Saturday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000.

Trans & Genderqueer Support Group for Survivors.

6-8pm. Every week. For survivors of sexual assault & domestic violence. For information & location, call the SafePlace crisis line, (360) 754-6300.

“Innocence Lost” Film Series - Hard Lessons, Soft Lighting & Wild Times (4/3, 4/8, 4/17 & 4/22).

7pm. Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave. Four nights of Queer classic films. This evening: Fortune & Men’s Eyes. In the isolated world of a men’s prison, sex is currency, power & the only escape. Features a must-see performance by Michael Greer as “Queenie.”

Tickets $9 for Three Dollar Bill members, $9.99 for non-members.

Knights of Mantra Sir Guy Contest 2010. Door 6pm, Contest 7pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Includes a silent auction & 50/50 raffle. Donation $5. www.jet chapterkofm.com Strength Over Speed. 7-8:30pm. Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 1002 E Seneca (lower entrance off parking lot).

FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strength overspeed.org An Evening With Dina Martina (Fri-Sun 3/5-4/18).

Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Re-bar, 1111 Howell St. A new evening of hilarious songs, stories, videos & audience gifts from one of the Northwest’s most beloved entertainers. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 1-800838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com Easter (For a list of open & affirming religious/spiritual organizations in the area contact Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www.multifaith.org.)

Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHiking Group/ Border Riders Motorcycle Club First Sunday Ride. 9am-rendezvous; 9:30am. Broadway Grill, 314 Broadway E. Meets 1st Sunday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www. borderriders.com Gay Men’s Bowling in Everett. 10am. Evergreen Lanes, 5111 Claremont Way, Everett. Every Sunday.

Spectators welcome. Join us for lunch afterwards!

Sponsored by the Snohomish County Gay Men’s Task Force. For info email John at johndmarsh@mac.com Seattle Sunday Bowlers. 10am. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW (at SW Oregon St). Open bowl every Sunday for the GLBT community & friends. You don’t have to worry about how you bowl! $4.25 + $1 shoe rental. 329-1515.

Live & Let Live Make Al-Anon Family Group. 12:301:45pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Sunday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000.

Rain City Soccer Club - Ripple Effect. Every Sunday afternoon. Location varies. Ripple Effect soccer team plays a weekly recreational scrimmage game for Gay guys in Seattle. Perfect for guys looking for more relaxed play, who are just getting back into soccer, just learning the game and/or want to supplement their competitive play with a recreational team. To sign up visit www.raincitysoccer.org An Evening With Dina Martina (Fri-Sun 3/5-4/18).

Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Re-bar, 1111 Howell St. A new evening of hilarious songs, stories, videos & audience gifts from one of the Northwest’s most beloved entertainers. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 1-800838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com Daring Divorced Divas. 3-5pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Sunday. A support group for Lesbian women dealing with divorce, separation & transformation. To attend this group please contact the facilitator at daringdivorceddivas@yahoo.com Rain City Jacks. 1st Sunday each month, 3pm; 2nd & 4th Wednesday each month, 7pm. Event location available by email or phone. RCJ is a friendly, sex-positive & non-profit private club for adult men only. Membership is required to attend club events. 888-809-5035, info@ raincityjacks.org, www.raincit yjacks.org PFLAG/Kittitas County. 4-5:30pm. First United Methodist Church, 3rd & Ruby Sts, Ellensburg. Meets the first Sunday of every month. For information, (509) 925-7937.

Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/ Weds/Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim

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SUNDAY - April 4

April 3 thru April 11

Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Meets every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

Deaf Queer Coffee Night. 7pm. Starbucks, E Olive Way & Summit Ave E. Meets 1st Sunday each month.

Sponsored by the NW Rainbow Alliance of the Deaf. www.nwrad.org Charity Drag Bingo. 8-11pm. Cafe Metropolitain, 1701 E. Olive Way. Play bingo, win cash & prizes, benefit local GLBT charities. Hosted by Giggles Galore. $5.

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

MONDAY - April 5

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

Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday.

Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth.

For information visit www.strengthoverspeed.org Gay Social Dinner Club of Snohomish County.

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

Positively Mondays. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. On-going. An informal social & discussion group for men with HIV or AIDS. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org Sex, Dating & Relationships. 6-7pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Monday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Swedish Hospital, 836 Minor Ave. Every Monday (except holidays & the last Mondays in August & December).

Seattle’s only Gay & Lesbian speaking club. Please check website for current room information: www.toast masterspride.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Simply Positive. 2:30-4pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Ongoing drop-in support & social group for anyone HIV/AIDS positive. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org.

GSBA Prime Time East in Bellevue. 5:30-7:30pm.

Grand Cru Wine Bar, 1020 108th Ave NE, Bellevue.

FREE. Family of Choice. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Tuesday. Weekly drop-in group for LBTQ women to cultivate community in their lives. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org.

Gay Men’s Task Force of Snohomish County in Everett. 6-8pm. Snohomish Health District, 3020 Rucker Ave Ste 309A, Everett. Meets 1st Tuesday each month.

Open to all Gay & Bisexual men in Snohomish County.

David, (425) 339-5238.

Hepatitis C Support Group. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. On going. ARRIVE BY 6pm.

FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for anyone, regardless of sexual orientation or gender, who is living with Hepatitis C. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. Seattle Counseling Service, 1216 Pine St. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. For information visit www.strengthover speed.org Diverse Harmony. 6:30-9pm. Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Ave. Meets every Tuesday.

Diverse Harmony is the nation’s first Gay/Straight Alliance Youth Chorus. Youths 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverseharmony.org Olympic Yacht Club Meeting. 6:30pm. Northwest Yacht Brokers Association, 901 Fairview Ave N Ste A-190 (at Chandler’s Cove on South Lake Union).

Meets 1st Tuesday each month. Monthly board meeting open to all OYC members & prospective members.

709-BOAT, www.oycnw.org Rebel Reading Circle. 6:30-8pm. Kaladi Brothers Coffee, 511 E Pike St. Meets 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 5th Tuesdays. Share ideas as you study Illegal People: How Globalization Creates Migration & Criminalizes Immigrants by David Bacon. FREE. Sponsored by the Freedom Socialist Party. 722-2453. www. socialism.com Seattle Frontrunners Fun Run. 6:30pm. Madison Beach House. Every Tuesday. 3 mile flat walk & run.

Dog walkers welcome. (See Saturday at 9am.)

ASL for Beginners. 7pm. The Elite “Loft,” 1520 E Olive Way. Meets every Tuesday. FREE lessons & tutor for those interested in learning basic ASL. 860-0999.

Different Drummers. Intermediate 7-8:15pm, Beginners 8:20-9:30pm. Meets every Tuesday. Hand drumming classes for Gay men. Learn traditional African & Afro-Caribbean rhythms & basic hand drumming techniques. Drums are provided. For information & location call Dennis, 363-4500 or differentdrummers@ mac.com Friends in Adoption Monthly Meeting. 7pm. Childhaven Community Center, 1345 22nd Ave NE, Auburn.

Meets 1st Tuesday each month (Sept-June) with presentations by guest speakers on adoption-related issues. Friends in Adoption is an independent, nonprofit support & educational group made up of families touched by adoption. More info & to RSVP, call 2645136; friendsinadoption@yahoo.com.

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

7-8:30pm. Seattle Mental Health Institute, 1600 E Olive St (in Conference Room. Every Tuesday. Open group for Lesbian women, 40 & older, in every stage of coming out or being out. Lots of social activities in addition to Tuesday meetings. 722-0729..

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

Ageless. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Tuesday. Ongoing drop-in social, support & discussion group for maturing Gay & Bi men of all ages. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunshee house.org.

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. A group for all LGBT & friends of any spiritual belief to explore how spiritual practice can enrich their life. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunshee house.org Tuesday Night Sex Addicts Anonymous. 7:30-9pm.

Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. GLBTQ supported. Meets every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from

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Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St. 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 217-9271, ext 3. www.otterpolo.com.

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WEDNESDAY - April 7

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org Women’s HIV+ Support Group in Tacoma. 1-3pm.

Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 1st & 3rd Wednesday each month. (253) 383-2565.

InsideOut - A Support Group for GLBTQ Youth Ages 13-18 in Shoreline. 3:30-5pm. Center for Human Services, 17018 15th Ave NE, Room 230, Shoreline. Every Wednesday. InsideOut is a group for LGBTQ Youth to develop positive self-identities in a professional & supportive environment. 362-7282 ext 242. Sponsored by the Center for Human Services.

5th Annual Qolors Reception. 5-7pm. UW, Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room. The Q Center & the Ethnic Cultural Center invite you to celebrate Queer People of Color & Queer of color contributions to UW & Queer communities at large. Everyone is welcome! RSVP to 897-1430.

Speed, Sex & Sanity. 5-7pm. Gay City Health Project, 511 E Pike St. Meets every Wednesday. A drop-in informational & educational night for Gay & Bi men, friends & family. Activities include social events, lecture series & brainstorming sessions. A program of Project NEON & Gay City. For more information, 323-1768, www.crystalneon.org, www.gaycity.org GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): A Support Group & HIV/STD Prevention for Youth (14-20) in Everett. 6-8pm. CCA Building, 3331 Broadway - Bottom Floor, Everett. Every Wednesday. Sponsored by PFLAG - Everett Chapter.

(425) 263-2908. globeleaders@hotmail.com Seattle Gay & Lesbian Book Club. 6pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Every Wednesday. Come & discuss the best Gay novels with us. Join other booklovers in a safe, comfortable conversation. Come only once or come to every meeting. For info, call 322-2437; nickdimartin@earthlink.net 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.

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

This is a drop in group to get & give support, social interaction & information for the whole Gender community. www.ingersollcenter.org Lambert House Movie Night. 7-9:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Wednesday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org PFLAG/Renton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 99 Wells Ave S, Renton. Meets 1st Wednesday each month. PFLAG/Renton: 425235-4139. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 325-7724. www. seattle-pflag.org.

Red Cedar Circle. 7-9pm. Interfaith Community Church, 1763 NW 62nd St. Every Wednesday. Songs, dances, teachings & ceremonies of the Pacific Northwest Coast spiritual tradition & culture called SiSiWiss (Sacred Breath). Open to all people. 312-6181, www. johnnymoses.com Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemovie bears-subscribe@yahoogroups.com 2010: A Burlesque Odyssey (4/7-4/9). Weds 4/7 7:30pm; Thurs 4/8 & Fri 4/9 - 7pm & 10pm. The Triple Door, 216 Union St. Internationally acclaimed burlesque supergroup Atomic Bombshells present an allnew outer space extravaganza! Tickets: $22 advance, $26 day of show. 838-4333, www.tripledoor.net HIV-Negative Gay & Bi Men. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. On-going. This emotional support group provides a forum for HIV- Gay & Bi men to share strategies for staying negative; to explore issues related to being HIV-; & to look at how to find meaning, purpose & lives worth living in the midst of HIV/AIDS. Please speak with the facilitator before attending. Call Scott at 725-2488. www.dunsheehouse.org HIV+ Support Group. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. On going. ARRIVE BY 7:30pm. FREE peer-facilitated emotional support group for HIV+ men.

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

MF is a social organization for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www.maturefriends.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle

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Long before she became an Academy Award-wining actress, Cher starred in this campy road movie as a lost & lonely girl looking for love in all the wrong places.

Tickets $9 for Three Dollar Bill members, $9.99 for non-members.

Labor’s Stake in Ending the Wars. 7pm. Seattle Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, Hall 6. An evening with Michael Eisenscher, co-founder of US Labor Against the War. Q&A follows presentation. www.uslaw.org Rainbow Duplicate Bridge. 7pm. Bus-accessible Central Area location. Every Thursday. (See Saturday listing at 6pm.)

Gay Fathers Association of Seattle Support Group.

7:30-9pm. Group Health, 201 16th Ave E, Central Bldg, meeting room varies. Meets every Thursday. Support groups for Gay fathers & for Gay men who are married & may or may not have children. The two groups meet on alternate Wednesdays. For schedule, check http://groups.yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle or drop in regardless of parental status to make initial contact. www.gfas.org Shifting Gears. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Ongoing drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org THINK Speaker Meeting Al-Anon Family Group.

7:30-9pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Thursday. LGBTQ supported. The Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives & friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength & hope in order to solve their common problems. We believe alcoholism is a family illness & that changed attitudes can aid recovery. Greater Seattle AIS 24-hour number 625-0000.

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

FRIDAY - April 9

University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

Progress - A Recovery Group. 7:30-8:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Wednesday. A new group for LGBTQ folks in recovery from substance abuse to explore themselves thru spoken & written word. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org; www.shiftrecovery.org Queer Young Females Group - For Female-Identified Youth, Ages 22 & Under. 7:30-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets every Wednesday. QYF is a confidential group for Queer & questioning women ages 22 & under to talk about dating, relationships, coming out - you name it - in a fun, laid back environment. Join your co-facilitators weekly & start making connections. 322-2515, www. lamberthouse.org Rain Country Line Dance Night. Line Dance Favorites 7:30-10:15pm, Lesson 8:30-9pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Lesson by donation. No partner required. www.raincountrydance.org Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Everett. 7:30-9pm. First Congregational Church of Christ, 2624 Rockefeller Ave, Everett. Every Wednesday. Confidential, informal group for people of all gender identities & expressions including butch dykes, cross dressers, TV, TS & feminine men. (360) 671-3358; www.washingtongenderalliance.com.

AA Sober & Free Group. 8-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. LGBTQ friendly meeting of AA. www. dunsheehouse.org Crystal Meth Anonymous. 8-9:30pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Wednesday. A 12-step group for quitting & staying off crystal meth.

THURSDAY - April 8

Alcoholics Anonymous “Sober & Safe Group.”

12noon-1pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Open meeting of AA. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunshee house.org.

BABES Women’s Support Group/Lunch Meeting.

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

Strength Over Speed. 2-3:30pm. Harborview’s Madison Clinic, Ground Floor, West Wing, 325 9th Ave. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strength overspeed.org

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

Volunteer Drop-In Night at Lifelong AIDS Alliance.

4-7pm. LAA Volunteer Services Office, 1161 11th Ave. Every Thursday. Volunteer on LAA projects - assembling safer sex kits, helping with mailings, a different project every week! Please call before dropping in.

957-1776. www.lifelongaidsalliance.org Queer Night at the Bremerton/Kitsap Health Department. 4:30-7pm. 109 Austin Dr, Bremerton. Meets 2nd Thursday each month. HIV/AIDS & STD testing in a GLBT positive environment. Call Sue or Steve at (360) 337-5235.

Spectrum Natural Health. 5:30-8:30pm. Country Doctor Community Health Clinic, 500 19th Ave E. Every Thursday. Spectrum Natural Health offers primary & naturopathic care for the LGBTQ community. Providers have been serving the LGBTQ community for years.

Sliding scale, no one turned away. For info or appointment, call 299-1600. www.cdchc.org Write Your Heart Out - A Queer Youth & Allies Writing Group. 5:30-6:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Every Thursday. We all have a story to tell. What is yours? Write Your Heart Out is a safe place for queer youth & allies 22 & under to explore one’s self thru the written word. 322-2515, www.lamberthouse.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.

2010: A Burlesque Odyssey (4/7-4/9). Weds 4/7 7:30pm; Thurs 4/8 & Fri 4/9 - 7pm & 10pm. The Triple Door, 216 Union St. Internationally acclaimed burlesque supergroup Atomic Bombshells present an allnew outer space extravaganza! Tickets: $22 advance, $26 day of show. 838-4333, www.tripledoor.net Boys’ Group - For Male-Identified Youth, Ages 1422. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Support/discussion group meets every Thursday. Lambert House is a nationally-recognized activities & resource center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22.

322-2515 ext 16. www.lamberthouse.org “Innocence Lost” Film Series - Hard Lessons, Soft Lighting & Wild Times (4/3, 4/8, 4/17 & 4/22).

7pm. Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave. Four nights of Queer classic films. This evening: Chastity.

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

La Movida. 6-7pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Todos los Viernes. Una junta bilingue para la comunidad GLBTQ en recuperacion de adicciones.

Para mas informacion visita entrehermanos.org o llame 322-7700.

Strength Over Speed. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. FREE drop-in support group (not a 12-step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www.strengthoverspeed.org 2010: A Burlesque Odyssey (4/7-4/9). Weds 4/7 7:30pm; Thurs 4/8 & Fri 4/9 - 7pm & 10pm. The Triple Door, 216 Union St. Internationally acclaimed burlesque supergroup Atomic Bombshells present an allnew outer space extravaganza! Tickets: $22 advance, $26 day of show. 838-4333, www.tripledoor.net Gamblers Anonymous: Coming Out Winners!

7-8:30pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. Meets every Friday. A 12-step meeting of Gamblers Anonymous. This is an open meeting, Gay & Lesbian preferred. All persons welcome. 1-888-GA HELPS. Swing Night at Rain Country. Swing Lesson 7:158:15pm, Open Dancing 8:15-10:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Lesson by donation. No partner required. www.raincountrydance.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

An Evening With Dina Martina (Fri-Sun 3/5-4/18).

Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Re-bar, 1111 Howell St. A new evening of hilarious songs, stories, videos & audience gifts from one of the Northwest’s most beloved entertainers. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 1-800838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com Mr, Miss & Ms Gay Washington Last Show & Awards in Tacoma. Door 7pm, Show 8pm. LaQuinta Inn, 1425 E 27th St, Tacoma. Cover $20. For information contact Gary Gunnell, empress22iscee@ yahoo.com

SATURDAY - April 10

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

A Gathering of Men in Edmonds. 8:15-11:30am. Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience.

All men are welcome. www.agatheringof men.org Immigration Reform Rally: We Can’t Afford to Wait.

12noon. Occidental Park, Occidental Ave S & S Main St. Communities across the country will participate in a day of action to ensure our representatives know we want comprehensive immigration reform. www. nwirp.org Double Exposure Dinner & Auction. Refreshments & Silent Auction 5:30pm, Dinner & Live Auction 7pm.

Seattle Design Center, 5701 6th Ave S. Benefits Youth in Focus - a project to engage & empower urban teens thru the use of photography, to experience their worlds in new ways & make positive changes in their lives.

Tickets $95 per person.

10th Annual Camp Ten Trees Dinner & Auction: We’ve Got Friends ‘Round Here. 6pm. The Westin Cascade Ballroom, 1900 5th Ave. For tickets visit www. camptentrees.org Mr, Miss & Ms Gay Washington Pageant in Tacoma.

Door 5pm, Show 6pm. LaQuinta Inn, 1425 E 27th St, Tacoma. Cover $40, includes elaborate buffet. For information contact Gary Gunnell, empress22iscee@ yahoo.com

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Film Screening: Precious. 6:30pm. Revolution Books, 89 S Washington St. Film followed by discussion & refreshments. Suggested donation $5-$10.

An Evening With Dina Martina (Fri-Sun 3/5-4/18).

Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Re-bar, 1111 Howell St. A new evening of hilarious songs, stories, videos & audience gifts from one of the Northwest’s most beloved entertainers. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 1-800838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com Seattle Men’s Chorus: Ole’! Ole’! Ole’! (4/10 & 4/11). Sat 4/10 - 8pm, Sun 4/11 - 2pm. Seattle Center McCaw Hall. A vivid portrait of some of the best-loved Latin songs & dances with guest performances by some of the best Latino artists in the Pacific Northwest. For tickets call 388-1400 or visit www.seattle menschorus.org

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SUNDAY - April 11

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Mr, Miss & Ms Gay Washington Victory Brunch in Tacoma. 11am-2pm. LaQuinta Inn, 1425 E 27th St, Tacoma. Cover $26. For information contact Gary Gunnell, empress22iscee@yahoo.com No Safeword Writers Group. 1-3pm. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. NSWG exists to provide mutual support for members’ efforts. Support is in the form of critique & commentary on each other’s work, information about publishing opportunities, & discussion of issues facing writers. For info & location, NSWG@ sexpositiveculture.org; www.nosafewordwriters group. org. (Also meets 4th Monday, 7-9pm.)

An Evening With Dina Martina (Fri-Sun 3/5-4/18).

Fri & Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm. Re-bar, 1111 Howell St. A new evening of hilarious songs, stories, videos & audience gifts from one of the Northwest’s most beloved entertainers. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. 1-800838-3006, www.brownpapertickets.com Imperial Court of Seattle General Membership Meeting. 2pm. C.C. Attle’s, 1501 E. Madison St. Meets 2nd Sunday each month. The Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle and the Olympic & Rainier Empire, Seattle’s premier drag society, is a social & charitable organization that sponsors numerous shows & balls thruout the year. www.imperialcourtofseattle.com.

Seattle Men’s Chorus: Ole’! Ole’! Ole’! (4/10 & 4/11). Sat 4/10 - 8pm, Sun 4/11 - 2pm. Seattle Center McCaw Hall. A vivid portrait of some of the best-loved Latin songs & dances with guest performances by some of the best Latino artists in the Pacific Northwest. For tickets call 388-1400 or visit www.seattle menschorus.org

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver. us Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html Bent Arts is the nation’s only non-profit Queer writing institute. 860-3035, info@bentwriting.com, info@ benditbandits.org, www.bentwriting.com, www.my space.com/bend-it.

BiNet Seattle is a mixed gender, social group for Bisexuals, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks - www. binetseattle.org. Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network - www.sbwn.net.

Bremerton/Kitsap County - www.outwestsound.org Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St, offers an extensive schedule of LGBTQ-supported 12-step meetings. For current schedule visit www.chacseattle. org, 860-9560 or call 587-2838 - 24/7.

Central Washington University GALA Hotline: (509) 963-1994.

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

Report domestic violence and sexual assault.

Dunshee House (Home of SASG) offers free, facilitated & confidential support, discussion & skills groups & coordinates retreats, 1 to 1 peer mentoring & special events for those affected by HIV/AIDS & the greater LGBT communities. 322-2437; www.dunshee house.org Equal Rights Washington - 324-2570; www.equalrightswashington.org Everett/Snohomish Cty - www.gaysnohomish.org Gay City organizes events & activities for Gay & Bi men & offers anonymous & confidential HIV/STD testing at the Center for LGBT Health, 511 E Pike St. More info or to schedule an appointment, 860-6969. www.gaycity.org Gay & Lesbian National Hotline (GLNH): 1-888-THEGLNH (1-888-843-4564). Non-profit, peer-counseling, information & local resources telephone hotline for GLBT people across the country.

GLSEN/WA - Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network - 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org Greater Seattle Business Association (GSBA) 363-9188; www.thegsba.org HIV/AIDS Program, Seattle/King County Dept of Public Health, provides confidential/anonymous infor-

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mation about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.imperialcourtofseattle.com Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 511 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 3-7pm; Sat 3-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; lgbtms connection@comcast.net. Support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Lifelong AIDS Alliance - 328-8979, www.lifelongaids alliance.org MEN: Gay City: 860-6969, www.gaycity.org; Knights of Mantra: 329-0886, www.jetchapterkofm.com; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Northwest Bears: www.nw bears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, 329-0793; www.seattle primetimers.org.

Multifaith Works - 324-1520; www.multifaith.org MUSIC: Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony.org; Rainbow City Band: 1-866-841-9139 ext 2126; rainbowcityband@onebox.com; www.rainbowcity band. com; Seattle Men’s Chorus and Seattle Women’s Chorus: 388-1408, 323-0750. www.flyinghouse. org.

Northwest Rainbow Alliance for the Deaf - www. nwrad.org Olympia/Thurston County: www.RainbowCenterOly. org Out & Equal Workplace Advocates/Seattle Regional Affiliate supports the work of LGBT employees and the growing number of ERGs (Employee Resource Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle.

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org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@ nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Center for MultiCultural Health, www.multi-culturalhealth.org, 461-6910; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www. entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 322-7061, 255-8951; Sojourner Truth Unity Fellowship Church, 723-9395; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 9854376, www.trikone nw.org; Two-Spirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.metrokc.gov/health/glbt Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 6826711; www.q-law.org Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBT-friendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 3-7pm; Sat 3-5pm. 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.safeschools coalition.org SEAMEC interviews, researches & rates candidates for public office on issues of concern to the LGBT community. www.seamec.org Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities - 6844503.

Seattle Counseling Service for Sexual Minorities is a community mental health service for GLBT persons

& their families providing comprehensive mental health services on a sliding scale. 323-1768.

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle. gov Seattle Treatment Education Project (STEP) E-zine is an electronic resource distributed to people affected

by HIV/AIDS, case managers, front line workers & other health professionals. Now a part of Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979, www.thebody.com/step/ steppage.html Servicemembers Legal Defense Network - (202) 328-3244; www.sldn.org Shanti - 324-1520; www.multifaith.org/shanti/ Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 1-5pm Monday-Friday. (425) 339-5298.

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; Cascade Flyers: www.cascadeflyers.org; Different Spokes Bicycling Club: www.differentspokes.org; Emerald City Softball Association: www.emeraldcitysoftball.org, www. eteamz.com/womensecsa; Ethyl Forever Car Club: http://Clubs.Hemmings.com/EthylForever CarClub/; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthe babes. com; Hiking Group: 323-8382; Jet City Hoops (Basketball): www.jetcityhoops.org; Olympic Yacht Club: www.oycnw.org; OutVentures: outdoor education & recreation activities, www.outventures.org; Pacific Northwest Gay Rodeo Association: www. pacificnwgra.org; Puddletown Squares: www.iagsdc. org/puddletown; Rain Country: a country-western dance organization catering to the LGBTQ community but open to all, www.raincountrydance.org; Ski Buddies: www. skibuddies.org; Team Seattle Gay Sports Network is an umbrella organization for a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www. teamseattle.org (see website for comprehensive list of sports clubs); Triangle Recreation Camp at Bender Creek: recreational camping for GLBT folks. Must be 21; ID required. trc@camptrc.org, www.camptrc.org, 1122 E Pike St #1069, Seattle 98122-3934.

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

Tacoma/Pierce County - Rainbow Center, 741 St Helens Ave, a resource center for the LGBTIQA community of Pierce County, (253) 383-2318, www. rainbowcntr.org TRANSGENDER: Emerald City Social Club: (425) 827-9494; Gender Odyssey: www.genderodyssey. com; Hermanos Trans Latino & Foreign-Born Support Group: 322-7700; Ingersoll Gender Center: 329-6651, www.ingersollcenter.org; Pacific Gender Support: 323-2162, www.pacificgender.org; Washington Gender Alliance: (360) 445-2411, www. washington genderalliance.com WOMEN: BABES: support groups for HIV+ women.

720-5566, 1-888-292-1912; Festival of the Babes: www.festivalofthebabes.com; www.LesBeHealthy. org; Lesbians Over 40: 722-0729; Mature Friends: Gay men & women 40 & over, www.maturefriends.org; Older Lesbians Organizing for Change/WA State Chapter: gloria@oloc.org, mary@oloc.org, www.oloc. org; Pacific Northwest Lesbian Archives: www. pnwlesbianarchives.org; RainshadowWomen: RainshadowWomen@aol.com, http://rainshadow women. tripod.com/; Tacoma Lesbian Concern (TLC): www. tacomalesbianconcern.org; WOWS: a fun, memberdriven social group for Lesbians, http://groups.yahoo. com/group/womenofwestseattle Yakima: First Fridays - (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention Program: 297-5922, ext 116; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. As a program of GLSEN/WA, WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org; www. wagsa.org. GLOBE (Gay, Lesbian, Open-Minded, & Bisexual Empowerment): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, ages14-20, in Everett, David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; InsideOut: a support group for GLBTQ youth ages 13-18, in Shoreline. 362-7282 ext 242; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, ages 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lamberthouse. org; www.MatthewsPlace.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/ Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschools coalition.org; 632-0662 ext 49 (non-emergency), 1-888-99-VOICE (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; YouthCare/ Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412.

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