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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Natalie Portman and Black Swan cast on the ballet thriller and girl-on-girl sex Niko Tave rnis e

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by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer Natalie Portman flaps her arms and moves as gracefully as a bird in the twisted psychosexual thriller Black Swan, but the comparisons don’t stop there. The actress ate like one, too.

To transform into mentally unstable ballet dancer Nina Sayers, a darkly disturbing role that’s al-

ready giving Portman major Oscar pull, the 29-year-old had to train intensely – for nearly eight hours a day she exercised, toned, and practiced – and eat lots of carrots and almonds. Then, as soon as production wrapped, she stuffed her face with pasta for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

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The Infection Monologues challenges our perception of HIV/AIDS

James Whitely

Dirty dancing

Issue 50, Volume 38, December 10, 2010

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor This is difficult. The discussion around HIV/AIDS is controversial at best. The infection – which has been with us for nearly 30 sobering years – changed the world and the Gay movement forever. Regardless of how or why we discuss HIV, the fact remains that we need to do just that – discuss, discuss, discuss. The open and honest dialogue must never end.

On December 6, Gay City, Pride Foundation, and the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs presented the Seattle premiere of The Infection Monologues … because the story’s not over.

The inspirational piece breaks news ground on the way we understand HIV infections among Gay men, HIV stigma, and living with HIV. Performed at the Erickson

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The Infection Monologues

ArtsWest visits Tuna, Texas, Abigail shines at for spirited Christmas show Seattle holiday show Desir ea Rodg ers

by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer

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A Tuna Christmas ArtsWest Through December 24 Tuna, Texas, is famous in little theater venues throughout the U.S. – and, amazingly, on Broadway in The Big Apple itself, New York City. The current A Tuna Christmas, playing at ArtsWest in West Seattle though December 24, shows why. The now famous trilogy – Tuna, Texas came first, then Red, White, & Tuna to celebrate July 4 and then A Tuna Christmas – zeroes in on the inhabitants of Tuna, one of the smallest towns in all of Texas. A total of 22 characters are brought vividly to life by just two actors, traditionally two male actors. This reviewer has loved Tuna and all of its crazy population since his very first visit. This return visit to A Tuna Christmas was just as much fun as hoped for. see tuna page 32 A Tuna Christmas

appear at the Baltic Room on December 3 for a holiday showcase, I knew there was no way I would miss the opportunity to hear strippeddown versions of “If It Don’t Fit” and other hits from the extraordinarily talented vocalist. But I was wrong about the songs she planned to sing for the evening, and I wasn’t sorry.

Abigail, always personable and stunningly beautiful, simply walked onto the stage and with the first few guitar chords, instantly connected with the audience. She performed the bulk of her acoustic album Home …again, a stunning collection of songs which express her deepest thoughts, feelings, and observations. She delivered songs from a breathtaking journey of love, loss, and triumph that surveyed a range of emotions and experiences.

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by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor Abigail Zsiga has been making my “Joy Rise” since she burst onto the American dance music scene over 10 years ago. When I’d heard that the dance floor diva – featured more than once at Seattle Pridefest – had gone acoustic, I was intrigued. When I heard that she was scheduled to

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by Sara Michelle Fetters SGN Contributing Writer Black Swan Opening December 10 Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky’s trippy, hallucinatory, intensely sexual and eerily psychological foray into ballet, obsession, and the state of self, is a bizarre sojourn I don’t feel entirely equipped to handle. It moves to its own intense rhythm, pulses to its own inner Kafkaesque beats. It defies expectation and busts convention while also embracing levels of Douglas Sirk-like melodrama I haven’t seen since Todd Haynes made Far From Heaven.

As far as I’m concerned, this is all for the good. Working from a complex and multilayered script written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz (who also came up with the story), and John McLaughlin, Aronofsky continues to dive into the world of the human psyche in ways that are different and engaging. Whether he’s dealing with genius (Pi), drug abuse (Requiem for a Dream), love lost and potentially found (The Fountain), or aging dreams of athletic glory long gone (The Wrestler), everything does come from a place of deep commitment and internal strife. In short, no matter what the subject matter, no matter what the setting, character comes first, and for all his visual flourish and flamboyance, job one is making his protagonists pop off the screen in a way that resonates and emotionally connects.

Which is exactly the case here. As ferociously and fearlessly portrayed by Natalie Portman, dancer Nina Sayers is just the kind of driven, idiosyncratic individual perfectly suited to the Aronofsky canon. This is a woman whose own determination and drive, coupled by her own insecurities and inability to release her emotional and sexual frustrations thanks to a smothering mother (a superb Barbara Hershey), is leading her dangerously close to psychosis and ruin. It is a character that is at once instantly recognizable while at the same time distant and toxic. She is a human chameleon walking along a psychological precipice of her own making, and whether or not she’ll ultimately lose her balance and fall is completely dependent upon whether she allows herself to shed inhibitions and give herself

completely over to the music and to the ballet.

The plot itself is fairly basic. Nina is given the opportunity to portray the lead in her company’s season-opening production of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake when artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) decides prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre (Winona Ryder) is too old far the part. While he knows Nina is perfect for the White Swan, he is worried she will be unable to give into the inherently sexual nature of the Black Swan, leaving the production unbalanced. Hedging his bets, he appoints company newcomer Lily (Mila Kunis) as her alternate, creating a sort of unintentional friction which will have profound implications.

But that’s only the half of it. Nina is obsessed with perfection, but thanks to an oppressive home life and an inability to relax or to let herself go, she’s having trouble getting to where she needs to be to make the role a success. She pushes herself harder and harder. She goes deeper than she ever knew possible, coming dangerously close to transforming herself into the tragic doppelganger figures at the heart of Tchaikovsky’s ballet.

The whole thing plays a little bit like The Red Shoes on acid, mixed with a healthy dose of Fight Club. It takes the art of performance for public consumption to a whole new level, asking whether or not artists (dancers here, but we could be talking about just about anything) must risk psychological torment and death in order to achieve perfection. It takes a character who a viewer instantly understands and relates to and slowly transforms her into something dark, dangerous, and devastating, going to a place of Freudian pathos that had me shivering in cold desolation by the time it was over.

Portman is extraordinary. She takes on this challenging role and does wonders with it. She enters an emotional minefield so complex and intricately layered I almost started to wonder how she came through the filming intact. The way she builds this character – the way she finds every one of Nina’s nooks and crannies and fills them with something honest and real – held me spellbound. From start to finish, she owns the screen, doing things I never thought her capable of (this from someone who considers themselves a big Portman fan), her final moments onscreen containing glances, looks, and ut-

ally helped for the emotional side of the character,” Portman says, a sweet laugh escaping her as she discusses the film during a press day at Los Angeles’ Pantages Theatre.

“That’s a ballet dancer’s life – you don’t drink, you don’t go out with your friends, you don’t have much food. You are constantly putting your body through extreme pain, and you get that understanding of the self-flagellation of a ballet dancer.”

But simply twirling around in pointe shoes, in Nina’s case anyway, is only the half of it. Pressure to be the best, to succeed in every way for everyone – herself, her mother (Barbara Hershey) and her instructor (Vincent Cassel) – mounts in mental madness, as Black Swan becomes less about dance than the psychosis of performing it. New dancer Lily (Mila Kunis), who impresses with her dark Black Swan personification, only adds to the fire burning inside Nina, throwing her into a charged competition that’s as destructive as the dance form itself.

“It’s really just a retelling of Swan Lake,” says director Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler), “but it definitely shows the challenges and the darkness and the reality of how hard it is to be a ballet dancer.”

Hype, however, isn’t over how much

weight Portman and co-star Kunis (That ’70s Show) shed to play rivals – about 20 pounds each – or that it took a grueling year for Portman to move as skillfully as she does onscreen. All anyone’s talked about is how they get it on (intensely), how far they go (pretty far), and how much of Portman you see (sorry, zilch). Recently, Portman told V Magazine, “It’s not raunchy – it’s extreme.”

At the November premiere in New York, she also insisted that shooting sex is hard, whomever it’s with: “It doesn’t matter if it’s a friend, a male, a female,” she told The Huffington Post from the red carpet. “You’re with 100-something crew members, they’re lighting you, repositioning you; there’s no comfort whatsoever.”

It was just as awkward for Kunis, who spoke about the scene at the Pantages Theatre: “Whether you have a same-sex scene or a scene with the opposite sex, it’s a sex scene nonetheless,” says the actress, who suggestively bedded another woman – but not so graphically – in 2007’s After Sex. “Doing something like this with Darren was very safe and as comfortable as it could be. I never had a fear of being exploited.”

The steamy scene, a switch from Portman’s usually prim-and-proper image (there’s a reason we fell madly in love with her in Garden State), is pivotal in creating Nina, whose newfound liberation after years of repression leads to a raging sexual

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Ethereal Black Swan a hallucinatory enigma

terances I’ll be thinking about and mulling over for many years to come.

The genius behind much of what Aronofsky has accomplished is undeniable.

From the way the film is shot to how it is scored to the way that it is edited to how the costumes are designed to the staging of the ballet itself, everything borders on brilliance. And yet, part of me still feels distant from this. There is a slight visceral disconnect, something keeping me at arm’s length and stopping me from embracing the picture as fully as I’d like.

Do not misunderstand.

This is a sensational piece of work, containing what I think is – male or female – the performance of the year. It is a movie I cannot wait to see again, and the longer I ruminate on it, the more positive I am this is some sort of psycho-sexual new-age ballerina masterpiece, close to being on par with The Red Shoes itself. It took me somewhere different and new, yet did so by using cinematic constructs that are as old as the art form itself.

Aronofsky has challenged me, moved me, and, yes, perplexed me, making Black Swan an ethereal and dreamlike enigma I can’t wait to take a look at and devour again.

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awakening.

She masturbates, vomits, hallucinates, and anxiously scratches herself until she bleeds. The Harvard-educated actress – who says, “This was actually a case where something I learned in school did turn into something practical” – has a name for it: “religious obsession-compulsion.” And then there’s Nina’s smother-mother. Think Mommie Dearest, but with Hershey in Faye Dunaway’s place.

“It was really exciting to come in and do this insular, claustrophobic, intense relationship,” says the Beaches actress. “[Portman and I] got to a feeling of ritual. And I tried to copy her eyebrows as much as I could. We were very aware of the symbiotic everydayness of living together forever, and that was fun. We didn’t talk about it too much, but we knew it.”

How they reached that unique bond was the product of Aronofsky’s genius suggestion: Exchange letters in character, as mother and daughter.

Portman starts, “Barbara wrote gorgeous letters that were really in character that really gave a sense –” “Of our history,” Barbara adds. “To suggest that was just amazing preparation and it gave me the door to my character, which was great.”

Singularly, as Nina, Portman was made for this role. Until age 12, she was a dancer

and dreamed of growing up to be one.

“I always idealized it, as most young girls do, as the most beautiful art,” Portman says.

“I always wanted to do a film related to that.

So when Darren had this incredible idea that wasn’t just related to the dance world but also had this really complicated character – two characters, really – it was just something completely exciting.”

Really tough, too. Training aside, it’s one of the actress’ most complicated characters, a role that summons an extensive out-ofbody performance that only someone with Portman’s range could pull off – as she has before, effortlessly slipping into the erratic seductress role in Closer, as a stripper, and in period pieces like The Other Boleyn Girl. In January, she’ll star alongside Ashton Kutcher in the sex farce No Strings Attached. Aronofsky was sold far sooner, though, with one of the actress’ first films, starring a then-13-year-old Portman as a precocious sidekick to a hit man in The Professional.

“One of the reasons I think Darren and I had such telepathy during this was because he’s as disciplined and focused as could possibly be, and that’s what I try to be,” Portman muses, mulling over her Black Swan character. “And I’m not a perfectionist but I’m definitely … I think I like discipline.”

Laughing, she insists: “I’m obedient!”

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by Mercy Moozemuzzle SGN Contributing Writer Ham for the Holidays Mercy and Cuteness love their long tradition of going to see Ham for the Holidays.

They always get a lot of laughs from their evening at Theatre Off Jackson. The December 3 performance attracted them. Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt were well-supported by the wonderful pianist, D.J. Gommels, and actor Michael Oaks.

This year’s show had a lot of new material. Mercy liked the group, Mud’s goose poop car. The game show “Deck the Paul’s,” involving Ru Paul, Rand Paul, and Paula Abdul, was fun. Koch’s song “Pink Slip for Christmas” was timely. Cuteness loved Peggy Platt’s costume for Spuddacus, including a red wiener dog purse. She also liked the chariots, complete with horse’s heads and paper plate wheels. Her favorite line was the satirical, “And the real L-word represents all Lesbians.”

Seattle Men’s Chorus Seattle Men’s Chorus Christmas concert at Benaroya Hall is another satisfying tradition. Mercy and Cuteness saw it on December 5. Cuteness found parts of it slow-paced and not well-lit. One high point was “Las Posadas Navidenas,” complete with dance.

Another was “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” performed by Captain Smartypants.

Mercy liked the lecture on bullying as part of Holiday Glee. Another high point was “Toy Shop,” written by Eric Lane Barnes and performed by Captain Smartypants.

“Joy to the World” ended the concert well

with a delicious solo by Ritchie Wooley. The topical encore, “The Marriage Dance,” took the chorus over the top, which is their gift.

Seattle Rainbow Contra Dance Come to Seattle Rainbow Contra’s gender-free dance on Sunday, December 19, at Washington Hall (153 14th Avenue). There is a free lesson at 3 p.m. The dance runs from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. Admission is $8.

This will be Rainbow Contra’s last dance at Washington Hall. They will be dancing at the Oddfellows Hall in historic Ballard in 2011.

They suggest folks bring a water bottle.

They also ask that folks do not wear perfumes or colognes as some folks in the community have severe allergic reactions to scented products.

Seattle Rainbow Contra Dance is on Facebook. E-mail judylaub@juno.com for more information Beggar of Love Mercy enjoyed Lee Lynch’s new novel Beggar of Love very much. Lynch has been writing Lesbian fiction for 50 years and has seasoned delightfully. The book starts with the end of a 30-year relationship, then goes back to the beginning of it. It also includes some childhood scenes, in which the child’s eye views is accurate.

Settings in New York and New Hampshire are well-drawn. Mercy found the theme of an alcoholic and sex-addicted dyke getting sober appealing. Mercy and Cuteness have an argument going whether a person who identifies as butch can be attracted to anoth-

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er butch. Mercy says no. Cuteness says yes.

There is an example in Lynch’s book that ple Door a most fun variation on another Christmas tradition last year. They plan supports Cuteness. to go again next year. One of their favorite drag queens, Waxie Moon, will be part of Land of the Sweets: it again. It runs from December 11 through Burlesque Nutcracker Mercy and Cuteness found Land of the December 24. You can get your tickets at Sweets: Burlesque Nutcracker at the Tri- www.thetripledoor.net.

Free movie tickets for Oscar GLAAD celebrates contender Black Swan 25th anniversary

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) celebrated its 25th anniversary on December 3 with a cocktail party at the Harmony Gold Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

The event drew such celebrity attendees as Chaz Bono, Jean Smart, Amber Heard, and Ed Begley, Jr., who toasted the group – which focuses on how the LGBT community is presented in the media.

GLAAD was formed in 1985 in New York to protest the New York Post’s coverage of the AIDS epidemic. Since its inception, the organization has gone on to push for several changes throughout the media, most recently with the inclusion of a same-sex couple on the viewer-voted wedding contest on NBC’s Today show as well as modifications to how LGBT persons are referred to in the Associated Press Stylebook.

“We’ve made great progress in these media capitals,” said Jarrett Barrios, president of GLAAD. “Beyond Hollywood, beyond New York, between these blue states, right at this nation’s red center, we have miles to go. How far do we still have to go to ensure that an environment of respect exists for all LGBT people?”

The organization annually holds the GLAAD Media Awards and releases the “Where We Are on TV” report, which

tracks LGBT characters on network shows.

The 2010 report found that there were 23 Gay and Bisexual characters on scripted network TV out of a total of 600 – up 3% from last season.

“The steady stream of negative portrayals and censorship of Gay and Lesbian lives on film and television has given way to much more realistic and life-affirming depictions, such as this year’s The Kids Are All Right and TV’s Glee,” said Richard Jennings, a former president of GLAAD who received the firstever Founder’s Award at the event.

Throughout the ceremony, attendees heard from former GLAAD board members, watched video montages of hallmark moments from the organization’s past 25 years – such as when Ellen DeGeneres’ character revealed she was a Lesbian on her ABC sitcom in 1997 – and hissed at mentions of Anita Bryant, Laura Schlessinger, John McCain, and Mel Gibson.

Jonathan Murray, co-creator of MTV’s The Real World, the long-running reality TV series that regularly includes Gay and Lesbian cast members, was bestowed with the Pioneer Award, given to a person or organization who significantly contributes to raising LGBT visibility in the media. Murray admitted the series never received much criticism.

“I think it’s because it was real,” he said.

“How can you argue with something that’s real?”

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GLAAD was formed in 1985 in New York to protest the New York Post’s coverage of the AIDS epidemic.

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Natalie Portman vs. Annette Bening. This appears to be the best actress race for the Academy Award, at least until the major precursors – Golden Globes, SAGs – weigh in. Portman is receiving strong buzz for her performance in the film Black Swan, also starring Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder, and should probably start

picking out her dress for the Kodak Theatre red carpet. The movie opens locally this weekend, and Seattle Gay News will be giving away free tickets to see Black Swan during its theatrical run – these are tickets you can exchange at the box office for free admission. We’ll give them away on Sunday, December 12 at Purr (1518 11th Ave.) during brunch hours, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., while supplies last. One per person limit.

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At the risk of slighting equally excellent performers, let me take as an example the fascinating contrast between the two principal tenors, Ross Hauck and Jason McStoots. Hauck, who performed in a leg brace from a soccer injury, had a masculine, gritty quality, with lots of body in his sound. McStoots, on the other hand, produced tones of such lovely purity that he combined the best qualities of a tenor with those of a boy soprano, without ever becoming “white” or lacking in warmth. When the two of them sang a duet, with McStoots echoing Hauck’s phrases from high up in the distant choir loft, this contrast produced a heavenly effect, not soon to be forgotten.

Stephen Stubbs, director of the new Pacific Musicworks, has returned to his native Seattle after 30 years in Europe. He brought the forces of this performance together, made the choices of which music to include and of nine soloists instead of a larger choir, and realized that St. James Cathedral had “an acoustic and architectural equivalent of Monteverdi’s San Marco right here in the home town” he left long ago! We are privileged to have such a dynamic force in our midst, serving to further stimulate the already lively early music scene in Seattle.

This two-night performance of the Monteverdi “1610 Vespers” was the first in the Pacific Northwest in 30 years. It rivaled putting on operas in complexity. Only Stubbs could have gathered the two cornetto and three sackbut players of Concerto Palatino, the members of Seattle Baroque Orchestra and St. James Cathedral’s artists-in-residence, along with the nine vocalists for such a monumental work. The near-capacity audiences were, I’m sure, aware they were experiencing a once-in-a-lifetime thrill.

Monteverdi’s “1610 Vespers” December 3 St. James Cathedral It’s easy to critique a bad concert; the flaws are usually all too evident. But it’s much harder to describe the magic combination of elements that make for a wondrous concert like that at St. James Cathedral, where we heard Monteverdi’s “1610 Vespers,” presented by the Early Music Guild.

Let me start by congratulating the EMG on choosing St. James instead of Town Hall, where most EMG concerts are given. The acoustics of the cathedral immediately wrapped singers and the instrumentalists into a resonant, perfectly blended wall of sound. It didn’t much matter where one sat; those stone walls and floors let no vibrations escape. Even though I sat behind the performers, I could not have asked for better sound. Recorded music can’t even approach this effect. Of course, Monteverdi wrote this music for exactly this special acoustical environment.

The wise choices behind Stephen Stubbs’ empathetic and energetic conducting made this 400-year-old masterpiece a delight from beginning to end. The smaller, chamber-scaled pieces beautifully contrasted the larger numbers. Stubbs’ excitement permeated every note and every performer. It’s boring to say that neither the singers nor the instrumentalists could be faulted. How can I detail so many particular beauties that kept this two-hour program exciting?

First, the piercing trumpet-like notes from the smallish cornets, contrasted against the mellow trombone-like choir of sackbuts, kept refreshing our ears with their unique noise. They were the fireworks in the blazReviewer Rod Parke can be reached at ing sound of the whole ensemble. rmp62@columbia.edu.

by Rod Parke SGN A&E Writer Recital by pianist Lara Downes December 1 Meany Hall I don’t envy young pianists in today’s competitive market; there are just too many brilliant young artists, each with amazing techniques and each with something special to offer. Unfortunately, Lara Downes has neither, and is in no way a contender for a place among the top pianists before the public today.

Negative reviews are not fun; it is all too easy to tick off the many deficiencies of her playing. Like so many young opera singers, she showed very limited dynamic range, with almost everything played at a mediumloud (mezzo forte) or above. She also used a very limited tonal palette; most of the music was sweet, with all the rough edges smoothed over. The sound became boring because so much the same. Her technical facility did not appear easy, causing her on a couple occasions to either slow down in order to negotiate all the notes or to fumble and slur the notes, covering the confusion with overuse of the pedal. In fact, when I watched her feet, the pedal was being used full on more often than off. Crystal clarity was certainly not her strong point.

While her tone was always pleasant, her artistry never seemed to get inside the music and came across as superficial and unaware of what the music might be saying. The most obvious example was in her lackluster performance of the “Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo.” This is gutsy, witty music, full of wild abandon and raucous exhilaration. All

of these qualities were missing. Her playing lacked bite, attack, wit, and charm.

What Lara Downes did have in her favor was a pleasant manner of addressing the audience and a program of considerable interest. It consisted entirely of American composers. Roy Harris’ “American Ballads” opened the evening, followed in the first half by Samuel Barber’s “Excursions, Op. 20” and the Copland “Rodeo” Dance Episodes. After intermission, we got “Fantasie Negre” by Florence Price, Copland’s “Four Piano Blues” and Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue.”

Unfortunately, the last item was a near-disaster. It lacked any sensuous, jazzy swagger, as well as the New York raucous energy so essential to this piece. At one point, Downes’ fingers seemed to get tangled up in a technically challenging passage; it was hard to hear exactly what went wrong because her heavy use of the pedal made it a confused mess.

I don’t know how an artist so clearly not ready for the major circuit was engaged in the prestigious President’s Piano Series at Meany Hall. If you want to experience the best of today’s crop of young pianists, be sure to catch Simon Trpceski, who returns to Meany on Wednesday, February 16, or Yevgeny Sudbin, Wednesday, April 20.

On a positive note, the new projection system for giving the entire audience a good view of the pianist’s hands on the keyboard worked very well. (Those sitting in the first couple rows, however, would find it a difficult stretch to glance at the screen high above their heads.) Previously, anybody sitting in the right half of the auditorium could not see what the pianist was doing with the keyboard. The screen was

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clear and accomplished its purpose without opera!” in any way distracting from our experience.

Reviewer Rod Parke can be reached at My friend, Gordon Grant, said, “It’s a little like the introduction of the supratitles at the rmp62@columbia.edu.

Celebrating 37 Years!

The Torchbearers Richard Hugo House Through December 18 The Torchbearers by George Kelly is a 1922 send-up of community theater. The kind of community envisioned in the play is the high-society kind, where people are acclaimed for the very worst kind of acting, simply for showing up and saying something on stage. It’s clearly meant for the audience to mock those who valiantly ache to bring culture to our everyday lives and laugh at those who don’t understand their limitations – similar to the horrid train-wrecks of auditions for American Idol when people can’t really sing, but think they can. We laugh almost in spite of ourselves.

As presented here by Woman Seeking… a theater company, the cast individually has some wonderful actors, including Eleanor Moseley as Mrs. Pampinelli, the “directress” who is trying to start a community theater. Moseley has great expression as she demonstrates the required gestures, and throws directions like “more pacing” out to her cast (which to them means “speed up” and is entirely mechanical). Director Christine Mosere plays up the old style of acting that basically was a dumb show of emotions, like frowning and lowering your head when sad and throwing your arms up in the air when happy.

The first act has the would-be performers meeting in a society woman’s home to rehearse as her husband unexpectedly comes home from out of town. We meet all the characters, including a sympathetic turn by Kate Szyperski as the society woman who

has never acted before, but is told she is a marvelous replacement when another woman’s husband drops dead and the woman has to hold a funeral that day rather than act in a play. The best “actors” are Rebecca Olson and Larry Albert, and Laurie Bialik, with an uncanny resemblance to Gracie Allen, plays a not-very-good script prompter but funny character.

The second act is supposed to be the night of the performance and the entire set is struck and reconstructed for a backstage spoof of doors getting stuck either open or closed, people tripping, lines being forgotten, etc. This staging means that the audience doesn’t see what is happening “on stage” – only behind the scenes. The audience has a new program passed around with information on this presentation of “The Winged Arms of Treachery” by Kelly George, presented at the fictional Philadelphia Horticulture Club.

Though we are not actually going to see this play, we can see through a mesh wall to what looks (and sounds) like a well-received and terribly acted play. As dysfunctional as it gets backstage, the magic of theater appears to win over the Seamen’s Institute. However, the backstage antics we really see have not jelled in timing, so many of the jokes didn’t work very well. The effect is rather too realistic and messy, as if we are seeing these real actors backstage, rather than the characters that are unsteady.

So, while there are individual moments and actors to enjoy, the whole has not found its footing. Having seen other excellent shows from this company, it’s a stumble. But everyone is entitled to a miss now and again, and we can look forward to their 2011 show

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For more information, go to www.womanseeking.org or http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/132682 or call 800-838-

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by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer Jacob Marley’s Christmas Carol Seattle Public Theater Through December 24 How ‘bout that poor Marley fellow, who comes back from the dead to warn Scrooge about how awful the afterlife could be?

What did he do to deserve such a fate? How

come nobody bothered to come and warn him, first?

Tom Mula looked at Dickens’ A Christmas Carol from a different perspective and created a one-man show in 1988 that was a retelling of the famous story from Marley’s point of view. Mula’s presentation feels very “Book-It” in style, since it’s a literary translation with lots of book-style descriptions: “Marley’s face was the kind of face that looked like a prune” of that sort of narrative.

Mula’s one-man show was adapted in 2001

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Fortunately, the four strong actors are generally up to the challenge. James Lapan is Marley, who starts out hateful and dour and has one chance to redeem himself from a horrible fate by changing Scrooge’s heart.

He is accosted by a Record Keeper, played with gusto by Alyssa Keene, who plays other assorted parts as well, who relishes Marley’s failure to complete his life-contract.

Patrick Lennon plays an imp or “bogle” sent to assist Marley in his transition, and provides the rest of the fun (Keene providing what other fun is to be had), sort of like Jiminy Cricket in Scroogeworld. Vincent Delany plays Scrooge, who has to make the expected transformation.

Marley is given this opportunity to change Scrooge’s heart and thinks he’ll scare Scrooge by showing up as a ghost. He finds out that this afterworld allows him to stop or reverse time and that he can don disguises.

So, he becomes the other three ghosts that appear to Scrooge.

Marley’s discoveries make a logical connection to the Dickens story to allow Marley to do all the work necessary to bring Scrooge to his past and his future. In doing so, Marley finds his own past – clearly a lonely, neglected, and teased little boy – and realizes how he had decided to make sure that he would triumph over others rather than let them triumph over him. When Marley succeeds in changing Scrooge’s heart for the better, Marley, too, finds the redemption and good purpose he needs for himself.

The play does seem to cry out for some creative puppetry or props to pop in, at least a little. But the spare production succeeds if you attend closely to the words, as if being read a story. The actors are particularly good at the varieties of British accents they employ. For more information, go to www. seattlepublictheater.org or call 206-5241300.

into a four-person staging that is being done at Seattle Public Theater this winter season.

It’s a dark version of the tale, and SPT, as directed by Keith Dahlgren, does it darkly.

There is very little light on the stage, which may be on purpose, but it may be too literal. Still, let’s stipulate that the dark subject should be taken to be a bit spooky. It deals with a murky afterlife. There is also little creative effort to populate the stage with any of the creepy and decrepit descriptions as Comments on reviews go to sgncritic@ they are uttered. It’s almost anti-theatrical, depending heavily on the actors and their gmail.com.

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The Black Keys blow away the pack at DTHB nones uch

w e e k o f D e c e m b e r 10 - D e c e m b e r 16

ARIES (March 20 – April 19): Assertions of authority can go overboard too easily. No matter who’s at fault, you may need to back off. Think ahead very carefully. Giving up a battle may be necessary to win your long-range struggle.

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): Once you accept that your partner is always right, life will be much easier. Yeah. OK…. Reasonably nobody is always right, but being open to new ideas and rethinking old ones will help you to be much more correct in the long run.

GEMINI (May 21 – June 20): New sexual directions can help motivate you to exercise more (or more intelligently) or attend to health matters. Long simmering problems with colleagues are likely to explode. Focus on listening and laying the groundwork for future solutions.

CANCER (June 21 – July 22): The bedroom is as good a place as any to resolve partnership trouble. Talk about anything you’ve been frustrated with, starting with sex. Just getting out together and having some fun will also help get you back into sync.

LEO (July 23 – August 22): Awareness of your physical limitations is important for knowing how best to shape up and stay healthy. Dig into the family history to see what strengths and problems you may have inherited.

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): Welcome criticism to help you solve creative blocks. Even a good argument can open terrific new ideas and perspective. You’re coming off a bit sexier and more challenging than usual. Be careful where you aim that!

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): Challenges that put you up against the wall will bring out inherited strengths that you have yet to acknowledge. It may be painful, but admitting your parents were right about something could save your ass!

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Take up a new study to challenge your brain. It may take something as deep and complex as archaeology or surgery to keep you out of trouble. If you can’t get out of your obsessions, at least take a good hard look at them.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): If you must argue over money, at least keep it inside your own head. Any problems you have with other people is a reflection of your own internal conflicts over values. Some introspection will save you trouble and embarrassment.

CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19):Daring outspokenness could be polarizing, but it will also win more friends than enemies. Sitting quietly on problems will only be worse, promoting resentments and continued tension. Better to have it out in the open at least.

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): Finding out what people have been saying behind your back can help you strengthen your own reputation. Fighting some lies might make them seem truer. Be careful what rumors you fight – and how.

PISCES (February 19 – March 19): Explore some dark, scary or erotic art – maybe a film by Pier Paolo Pasolini or Takashi Miike – to challenge your imagination. Be willing to be shocked or scared. Let new images open new ideas. It’s time to break out from unconsciously held dogmas and prejudices.

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer Deck the Hall Ball w/ Broken Bells, The Black Keys, Jimmy Eat World, and more December 8 WaMu Theater The night belonged to The Black Keys, and by a wide margin. No one came close to matching the electricity of the Akron, Ohio-based duo, who last week earned a whopping four Grammy nominations. The blues-rock fusion group proved their worth at WaMu Theater, smoking out five other bands with a blistering performance that garnered the biggest cheers at the Deck the Hall Ball.

Interestingly, The Black Keys weren’t the headliners of this year’s wintery gala, hosted by alternative radio station 107.7 The End. Broken Bells, the Danger MouseJames Mercer project that also scooped up a Grammy nod a week ago, was the final act to go onstage, but their set was lackluster compared to The Black Keys – in fact, concertgoers began filing out steadily throughout their set. Mercer, well-groomed and wearing a bright plaid shirt with dark blue jeans, sounded fine on the opening number “October” and on the Bells’ summer hit “The Ghost Inside,” yet overall they weren’t all that exciting to listen to live.

In contrast, The Black Keys overflowed with amazement. Lead singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach sang as if he’d been plucked out of the ‘60s, with a voice that wailed beautifully and nostalgically on “Strange Times” and “I’ll Be Your Man” as if tie-dyes were just being introduced. But the pair’s sound is soaked heavily in Southern rock and blues, not quite psychedelic, with some dazzling guitar work by Auerbach, who squeezed himself nicely into a very form-fitting pair of jeans and a leather coat-shirt. Mean-

tuna

continued from the cover First of all, full disclosure: none of the Tuna trilogy is great theater. Each play is aimed at the lowest common denominator possible – just plain folks out for a good time at their local little theater. That’s how the show was created – by two actors and a director, all from Texas, all with an open love for the poor white trailer trash that populates Tuna. (This writer was born in Texas but left at age 4 and-a-half – which may account for the love of Tuna and its crazies.)

Tuna, Texas became a cult hit in Texas and then throughout the southwest. To the total surprise of its creators, the show was an immense hit in other regional theaters.

Red, White, & Tuna followed. Then A Tuna

while, the super-tall Patrick Carney beat so intensely on his drum kit that you could actually count the lines on his forehead by viewing two flatscreen monitors mounted on either side of the stage. “Tighten Up” and “Your Touch” were two more songs The Black Keys included in their booming set.

Jimmy Eat World was good, but they’ve been better. The Arizona-based unit performed crowd favorites like “The Middle,” “Pain,” and “Get It Faster,” as well as their newer singles “My Best Theory” and “Coffee & Cigarettes,” though their performance didn’t have the same bite as when they played at The Showbox SoDo a couple years back. However, the group’s cover of Wham!’s “Last Christmas” was a knockout, even if it was depressing. Lead singer Jim Adkins and the other members gave what they could, and if you’d never seen Jimmy Eat World before, you would’ve been floored – but trust me, they’re capable of being more explosive.

Cake, despite not performing two of its biggest hits – “The Distance” and “I Will Survive” – were surprisingly solid. The veteran band, which plays a multitude of instruments including trumpet and vibra-slap, were upbeat and musically interesting on selections like “Frank Sinatra,” “Sick of You,” and an upcoming release, which appears to be called “It’s Been a Long Time.”

Sleigh Bells kicked off the Deck the Hall Ball and were boisterous and fun to take in.

Alexis Krauss, dressed sexily in black-silver tight pants and black tank top, whipped her hair in circles and from side to side during a set that included “Crown on the Ground,” “Treats,” and a searing version of “Kids,” which showcased Derek E. Miller cranking on electric guitar. Temper Trap from Melbourne, Australia had scattered good moments, but didn’t have a unique sound or style and were thus forgetful.

An interview with Sleigh Bells prints in next week’s issue.

Christmas. The daring duo of actors/comedians and their co-creator and director amazingly raised enough money to take the show to Broadway for a limited holiday run in 1995. To the amazement of everyone – in Texas, in New York, in regional theaters – the show was nominated for a Best Play Tony Award and Joe Sears, one of Tuna’s two actors, was nominated for Best Actor.

Granted, it was a slow year for new shows and many laughed at both nominations, but nominations they were. And, remember, that only nominated shows and actors could win.

Neither did, but regional groups throughout the U.S. cheered the very possibilities.

ArtsWest’s production, with two Seattle actors making their ArtsWest debuts, is directed by MaryBeth Dagg, making her return to ArtsWest after directing Ruthless – The Musical in 2003. She obviously loves the zanies of Tuna.

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The wisp of a plot finds Tuna on the eve of Christmas. Family problems – kids in rehab, kids in revolt, husbands in the bars too much, wives with no focus – are played for comedy. The citywide Tuna yard-decorating contest is one major (therefore, minor) plot thread. Will the winning family of the past nine years win again? Will the upstarts dethrone the rulers?

The names of the characters in themselves are a starting point for fun. Jay Jenkins plays half of the characters – in and out of drag. He’s Thustron Wheelis of Radio Station KKOK. A split second later, he might be Aunt Pearl Burras or Sheriff Givens or Inita Goodwin. Buddy Mahoney, who recently nailed the flamboyant Gay director Roger DeBtris in Seattle Musical Theatre’s The Producers, is Arles Stuvie one minute and Didi Snavely the next. Didi is one of the show’s most popular characters. She runs Didi Snavely’s Used Gun and Ammunition Emporium – “If we can’t kill it, it’s immortal” is the store’s slogan. SGN readers might recognize Mahoney as a regular with the Seattle Men’s Chorus. Two of the strongest characters find Jenkins and Mahoney as waitresses in Tuna’s version of the Double Kupp Diner. No joke is too old, no vaudeville routine too familiar not to mine for A Tuna Christmas. Even two midgets appear at the diner’s drive-in window for a politically incorrect moment.

As usual, the very sight of men in drag causes much hilarity. “A cock in a frock” is always great fun, but as this very writer was reminded when using that phrase in a review of Taproot’s jolly Charlie’s Aunt recently, “a jock in a frock” might be more socially acceptable. Whatever – “two cocks in two frocks” (or “two jocks in two frocks”) is funny enough. Enough of being politically correct – happy holidaze and bah, humbug!

In a season of traditional theater – ACT’s A Christmas Carol, Taproot’s Sherlock Holmes version of same, PNB’s elegant Nutcracker, Intiman’s Black Nativity – it’s fun to just kick back and laugh with (not at) the loonies of Tuna.

A Tuna Christmas continues until December 24 when a 5 p.m. early evening curtain time ends the run. Incidentally, that early curtain would be a wonderful way to start Christmas Eve with family or friends. Out of the show by 7, into a nearby restaurant for a wonderfully relaxed Christmas Eve dinner. Think about it. Ticket and performance information is available at (206) 938-0339 or at www.ArtsWest.org.

infection

continued from the cover Theatre off Broadway, Michael D. Bowers, Gerald Smith, Collin McCabe, Lark Ballinger, Alex Garner, Andrew Murray, and Gavin Reub took the audience on an hourlong journey through the lives of seven men from when they first learned of their HIVpositive status, through their pain and anger, and their eventual self-discovery and understanding of what it means to live and love as a poz man.

First written and performed in San Francisco in 2005, the Seattle version of The Infection Monologues expands the narrative of living with HIV nearly 30 years into the epidemic. The original script was significantly modified and expanded, adding new characters written by local Queer artists, including Vincent Kovar, who teaches writing, literature, and communications and film at Antioch and Phoenix universities; Chad Goller-Sojourner, a Seattle-based poet and spoken-word performance artist; and Cole Arden Peake, a Queer-identified spoken-word performer living and working in Seattle.

Manual R. Cawaling, executive director of Youth Theatre Northwest, directed The Infection Monologues. The principal writers were Eric Rofes, a longtime educator and activist who died in 2006, and Alex Garner, an actor, writer, and activist living in Los Angeles.

Throughout the presentation, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry – don’t misread; I mean that in a good way. I knew that I wanted to see the performance – even if

I walked away feeling depressed, I thought, I’ll still feel good about having seen it.

Well, through the talented acting, thoughtful writing, and little fanfare, I am happy to say I walked away enlightened and, well, shocked.

I appreciated that The Infection Monologues was penned by Gay writers and intended for all audiences. Little to no time was spent on explaining why or how Gay men hook up in public bathrooms or at bathhouses or even why we randomly take a stranger home after a night of clubbing. As far as sex was concerned, they approached it as “it happens because it does.” That’s not to say that they didn’t discuss why some Gay men, regardless of how educated we may or may not be about HIV/AIDS, engage in unsafe sex. Through characters that are as deep as an ocean (body image issues, sexual addiction, alcohol and drug abuse, etc.) the audience could see a little – or a lot – of themselves in each character. I was glad to have invited a friend to watch The Infection Monologues … this was the kind of performance where you needed to hold someone’s hand.

The Infection Monologues is not intended to be a vehicle for prevention messaging or political action; its purpose is to present a range of experiences of what it’s like to live with HIV in 2010. Funny and thoughtprovoking, The Infection Monologues challenges the way we think about the contemporary HIV experience.

abigail

continued from the cover We’ve all heard Abigail, but I’d never really heard her until Friday night. Sure, her strong – yet angelic – voice over the thumpa-thumpa music is a Gay dance dream; but hearing her vocals over the soft sound of an acoustic guitar sent chills through my body and formed tears in my eyes.

I was absolutely impressed with the depth of material on Home …again. Specific stand-out performances included the hauntingly beautiful “Songbird” and the introspective “Better With You” in which Abigail proclaims, “I’m good on my own/ but I’m better with you.”

There are two songs, however, that just melt me. In “It’s Not Me” she tells us a story of a relationship where one partner truly realizes that what the other partner needs they cannot be. It is beautiful and sad all at once. “It’s Not Me” is honest. “Pity the Fool” is an affirmation. “Pity the Fool” is one of the best breakup songs I’ve heard in a while. The song is deep, inspirational, and less “you-go-girl” and more “moving on.”

She delivered the song beautifully onstage, and although she is not the best guitar player – which was cute – I felt I was witnessing something very special. And the audience got it. The room was silent as all eyes were onstage, and you could just feel the love coming from the audience. Fantastic.

Abigail performed a number of traditional Christmas songs, which was nice. She told the audience that she wasn’t too keen on a lot of the “new” Christmas material, so she stuck to more Christmas carols – which fit the format of the show perfectly.

After her set, Abigail took time to meet fans and sign autographs.

Abigail recently released her first hymnal album, Be Still My Soul, and continues to tour the Gay club and dance circuit as well as play acoustic engagements. For more information, including tour dates and where to buy her music, visit www.abigailzsiga.com.

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FRIDAY

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

C.C. Attle’s - Food Service 8am - Midnight. Happy Hour 8am to 8:30pm. Never a 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.

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.

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 - Dancing with DJ Matt Stands, 1st Friday of the month: DJ Trent Von and wet t-shirt contest, 2nd Friday of the month: Fetish Night 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 - Food Service 8am - Midnight. Happy Hour 8am to 8:30pm. Never a Cover. First Saturday of every month is Bear Night 7pm.

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.

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 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.

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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.

Steamworks - 11:30 pm - 4:30 am DJ Chavez Swank - in Kent - Happy Hour, 4 - 7 pm. $2.50 wells, $2 drafts. Dancing with DJ Ricki Leigh.

Twisted - Dancing with DJ Trent Von, 3rd Saturday of the month: Boys Night Out with wet underwear contest, Last Saturday of the month: “Diva-Licious” hosted by Madison Lane with Prime Rib dinner special. 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 - Food Service 8am - Midnight. Happy Hour 8am to 8:30pm. Free Pool. Never a 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. 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.

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

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

PURR Cocktail Lounge - 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!

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Seattle Eagle - Beer Bust $1 Drafts from 2-10pm Dj UP-ABOVE from 10-2 Twisted - Happy Hour all night! 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 - Food Service 8am - Midnight. Happy Hour 8am to 8:30pm. Never a Cover.

Changes - Happy Hour all day and night.

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

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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. 9-Ball Pool Tourney at 7 pm.

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 - Game Night featuring Pool Tournaments and Wii Bowling. Happy Hour all night! 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 - Food Service 8am - Midnight. Happy Hour 8am to 8:30pm. Never a Cover.

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.

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.

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 - $2 Tuesday featuring “Are You Smarter Than A Drag Queen?” trivia contest for $2, $2 tacos, well drinks and drafts all night! 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 - Food Service 8am - Midnight. Happy Hour 8am to 8:30pm. Never a Cover.

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.

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.

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 - Karaoke Idol with Robin. All you can eat spaghetti for $5.50 and $6 Long Island Teas. 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 - Food Service 8am - Midnight. Happy Hour 8am to 8:30pm. Never a Cover.

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. 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. Kick off the weekend early. No DJ needed, you control the jukebox.

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 - Disco Delight! Dance music of the 70s and 80s. BOGO burgers and $2 Bud and Bud Light drafts. 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 THE CANTERBURY - 534 15th Ave. E. - 322-3130 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 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 - 1401 Broadway Ave. - 323-0840 WILDROSE - 1021 E. Pike - 324-9210

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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.

community calendar

SATURDAY - December 11

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

Edmonds UUC, 8109 224th St SW, Edmonds. Meets 2nd Saturday each month. Men gather monthly for drumming, singing, storytelling & sharing of life experience. www.agatheringofmen.org 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.

Arboretum Foundation Gifts & Greens Galore (12/11 & 12/12). 10am-2pm. Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Dr E. www.arboretumfoundation.org Mature Friends Christmas Lunch. No-host bar, 11:30am, Lunch 1:15pm. Robb’s 125th St Grill, 12255 Aurora Ave N. Cost: $22 including tax & gratuity. There will be an exchange of white elephant gifts or a gift not to exceed $10.

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.

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 in December...A Holiday Cabaret with Arnaldo! (12/10-12/12, 12/17 & 12/18). 7:30pm. Julia’s On Broadway, 300 Broadway Ave E. $15 advance, $20 at the door (+ 2 drink minimum). www.brownpaper tickets.com. For dinner reservations call 334-0513.

Celebrating Our Diversity: An Evening for Queer Youth of Color - Friends + Allies Ages 15-19.

8-11pm. Yesler Community Center, 917 E Yesler Way. Food, fun, drop in, chill, relax, plenty of room to be who you are. FREE. Drag & fashion runway at 8:30pm, THEESatusfaction at 9pm, live DJ at 10pm. 423-3457, randy@seattleparks Pictures With Santa (12/10 & 12/11). 8pm-12midnight. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave. $5 per photo. Features Santa Jay on Friday & Santa Billy on Saturday. Presented by Seattle Men in Leather.

Benefits Lambert House.

Cris Williamson & Friends Holiday Concert with Seattle Women’s Chorus. 8pm. Seattle Unity Church, 200 8th Ave N. A portion of the proceeds benefit Chorus Cares, to serve the needs of women in the chorus community who suffer from debilitating illness or other economically & emotionally challenging conditions. www.brownpapertickets.com, www.choruscares.com

Freely Speaking Toastmasters. 7pm. Virginia Mason Hospital, 1100 9th 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. toastmasterspride.org Orca Swim Team Workout. 7-8:15pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. (See Sunday listing at 5pm.)

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

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

Trans Youth Group. 7-8:30pm. Lambert House, 1818 15th Ave. Meets every Monday. A facilitated support & discussion group for Trans, Genderqueer, gender variant & gender questioning youth 14-22. www. lambert house.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 Knights of Mantra Monthly Meeting. 7:30pm. The Cuff, 1533 13th Ave. Meets 2nd Monday each month.

K of M/Jet Chapter is a fun-loving leather/Levi social & charitable organization that raises money for various causes & organizations, including Pennies from Heaven, Rosehedge House, & Three Cedars. 3290886, mailbox@jetchapterkofm.com Unity Gay Men’s AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St. Tacoma. Every Monday.

(253) 474-8897.

Writing Through Change. 7:30-9:30pm. Gay City, 511 E Pike St. Every Monday. Thru this six-week Queerfriendly, writing-intensive workshop, we’ll explore the way change manifests in our own writing & the writing of others. The workshop is open to women & men & you don’t have to be a “writer” to participate. Cost: $25 for the entire series. www.gaycity.org

TUESDAY - December 14

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/ Arboretum Foundation Gifts & Greens Galore (12/11 & 12/12). 10am-2pm. Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Dr E. www.arboretumfoundation.org 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 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.nosafeword writersgroup. org. (Also meets 4th Monday, 7-9pm.)

Lake City Concert Series Free Christmas Concert.

2pm. 13th Church of Christ, Scientist, 3500 NE 125th St. 362-7646, 13thcschurch@questoffice.net 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 Rainbow City Band “Joy!” in Edmonds. 3pm. Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave N, Edmonds.

For details & tickets visit www.rainbowcityband.com Orca Swim Team Workout. Sun: 5-6:15pm; Mon/ Weds/Fri: 7:30-8:45pm. Seattle University, Connolly Athletic Center, 14th Ave & E Cherry St. Every Sun, Mon, Wed & Fri. Pre-registration required. Orca Swim Team workouts are for both competitive & recreational swimmers. www.orcaswimteam.org Simply Sundays. 5:30-7pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Every Sunday. Peer support for recovery from substance abuse. www.dunsheehouse.org Ski Buddies Monthly Potluck. 6pm. Meets 2nd Sunday each month (Oct-Feb). Come & hear about all the great ski trips & winter activities Ski Buddies has planned. Bring a potluck dish to share. www. skibuddies.org Pride League Bowling. 6:30pm. West Seattle Bowl, 4505 39th Ave SW. Meets every Sunday (except during the summer). Regular league bowling. Jeff, 932-3731.

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SUNDAY - December 12

December 11 thru December 19

An Evening in December...A Holiday Cabaret with Arnaldo! (12/10-12/12, 12/17 & 12/18). 7:30pm. Julia’s On Broadway, 300 Broadway Ave E. $15 advance, $20 at the door (+ 2 drink minimum). www.brownpapertickets.com. For dinner reservations call 334-0513.

Seattle Men’s Chorus “Holiday Glee” (12/5 & 12/12).

7:30pm. Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. Tickets $25-$65. 388-1400, www.flyinghouse.org Noche Latina - Latino Night. 10pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. Every Sunday.

MONDAY - December 13

Women Facing HIV. 12noon-1:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Monday. Women Facing HIV is a drop-in peer support group for women living with HIV/AIDS. 322-2437. www.dunshee house. org 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 SOBER - On Meds. 1-2pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Monday. Ongoing 12-step group open to anyone in recovery & living on a medicine regimen. 322-2584, www.dunsheehouse.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 phone (360) 722-1664.

LCS Foster Care Monthly Information Meeting.

6-8pm. 433 Minor Ave N. Meets 2nd Monday each month. LCS is a non-profit foster care program in King & Snohomish counties. LCS does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion or sexual orientation.

Couples & singles encouraged to apply. RSVP to April at 694-5713.

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

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.

Artful Expression. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Tuesday. This is an ongoing art group to visualize the journey thru creative expression. 322-2437. www.dunsheehouse.org 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. 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 Alzheimer’s Association’s LGBT Caregivers’ Support Group. 6:30-8pm. Elderhealth Northwest, 6555 Ravenna Ave NE (entrance on NE 68th St). Meets 2nd Tuesday each month. A free information and support group for care partners, family members and friends of individuals with dementia. For more information, contact group facilitator Caila Nickerson, 781-248-3524 (cell) or email: cailanickerson@gmail.com 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 LGBT MS Connection. 6:30-8pm. Swedish Education & Conference Center, Room E, James Tower, 550 17th Ave. Meets the 2nd & 4th Tuesday each month. MS Connection is a support group for LGBT persons with MS and their partners and their caregivers. Contact Shelly Henry at 250-5002 or lgbtmsconnection@ comcast.net. Sponsored by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Seattle Bisexual Women’s Network. 6:30pm-Social; 7pm-Open Rap. Capitol Hill Group Health, South Building, 201 16th Ave E, Room A6/7. 2nd Tuesday each month. Meet & mingle in an engaging, feminist, Bi-supportive environment. For information visit www. geocities.com/sbwn.

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

Celebrating 37 Years!

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.

Here & Now Gay & Lesbian AA Meeting in Tacoma.

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

Spiritual Empowerment. 7:30-9pm. 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 sexual addiction. Seattle SAA Hotline 781-4490. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

Washington Gender Alliance Open Support Meeting in Bellingham. 7:30-9pm. St James Presbyterian Church, 910 14th St., Bellingham. Every Tuesday.

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

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

Seattle Otters Water Polo Team. 8-9:30pm. Medgar Evers Pool, 500 23rd Ave E (at E Cherry St). Every Tuesday & Thursday. GLBT & GLBT-friendly co-ed water polo team is open to all who want to play. Beginners & experienced players welcome. Check our website for up to the minute details, or call the Otter Hotline 217-9271, ext 3. www.otterpolo.com.

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WEDNESDAY - December 15

Mature Friends Morning Exercise/Health & Fitness Get-Together. 10am. Ballard Odd Fellows Hall Bldg, 1706 NW Market St. Every Wednesday. An hour of health-related activities, followed by a walk around Greenlake & lunch at a local restaurant. MF is a social group for Gay men & women, 40 years & over. www. maturefriends.org GSBA Holiday Luncheon & Annual Meeting.

11:30am-1:30pm. Renaissance Hotel, 1515 Madison St. Acknowledgement of outgoing Board members & presentation of 2011 Board members. Features entertainment by Victor Janusz. To REGISTER visit www.thegsba.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.

True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens in Shoreline. 4-5pm. Meets every Wednesday. Discussing your important issues, building a supportive community. For information, location & to REGISTER call Lindsay Bagley 362-7282 x 8018 or email lbagley@ chs-nw.org Gay City Bulk Mail Party. 5-9pm. 511 E Pike St. Meets 3rd Wednesday each month. Free pizza, beverages & great company. Drop in whenever you can for as long as you can & help Gay City get out the monthly newsletter. 860-6969; www.gaycity.org.

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. David/Brenda, (425) 263-2908. globeleaders@ hotmail.com Pierce County AIDS Foundation New Volunteer Orientation in Tacoma. 6-8pm. Pierce County AIDS Foundation, 3520 S Pine St, Tacoma - 3 blocks east of Tacoma Mall. Meets 3rd Wednesday each month.

PCAF is seeking volunteers to provide practical & emotional support services for clients, assist with administrative needs, & plan & work at special events.

More info & to receive application, call Colleen at (253) 383-2565 ext 206.

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.)

Gay Skate Party in Bellevue. 7-10pm. Skate King Bellevue, 2301 140th Ave NE, Bellevue. 3rd Wednesday most months. A community social event for friends & family. $8 at the door, $5 under 18. Regular skate rentals FREE! Inline skate rental $4. www.gayskate seattle.com 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

Visit us online www.sgn.org

interaction & information for the whole Gender community. No fee, donations welcome. www.ingersoll center.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 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; seattlemoviebearssubscribe@yahoogroups.com 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.dunshee house.org HIV/AIDS 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 who are newly diagnosed or newly dealing. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunshee house.org Mature Friends Weekly Bridge Group. 7:30pm. Call for location. Every Wednesday. All levels welcome.

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

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 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.

Border Riders Motorcycle Club Meet & Greet.

8-9pm. The Cuff Complex, 1533 13th Ave (at E Pine St). Meets the Wednesday before the 3rd Saturday each month. BRMC provides a social & educational fraternity for individuals interested in recreational motorcycle touring. www.borderriders.com 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.

Come Out For Yourself (COFY). 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Thursday. Peer support for people dealing with issues of sexual orientation. www.dunsheehouse.org Thrivor Trees. 6-7:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. Peer support for survivors of childhood sexual assault. thrivortrees@gmail.com B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group). 6:30-8pm. Call for location. Every Thursday. Sponsored by Youth Eastside Services, which offers many programs for GLBT youth. (425) 747-4937.

Seattle Commission for Sexual Minorities. 6:308:30pm. Municipal Bldg, 600 4th Ave, Room 221.

Meets 3rd Thursday each month. SCSM is made up of 15 volunteer members who work to ensure that the City of Seattle fairly & equitably addresses sexual minority concerns. Meetings open to the public. 684-4514.

Bottom Dwellers Scuba Club Monthly Potluck & Meeting. 7pm. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. Bottom Dwellers promotes safe & responsible scuba diving & other outdoor activities for the GLBT community & friends at all experience levels. For info & location, www.bottomdwellers.org.

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 GLBT Legal Clinic. 7-9pm. Meets the 3rd Thursday each month. QLaw Foundation holds a monthly legal clinic addressing the legal needs of LGBT individuals & couples. Volunteer attorneys provide 30-minute consultations. FREE. For APPOINTMENT call Tuesdays 12noon-3pm, 235-7235. For information visit www.qlaw.org/legalclinic PFLAG/Bellevue Monthly Meeting. 7pm - study group meets at 6pm. First United Methodist Church, 1934 108th Ave NE, Bellevue. Meets 3rd Thursday each month. (A spouse’s support group runs concurrently with this meeting.) PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724. www.bellevue-pflag.org.

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

Buddhism & Recovery. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Every Thursday. A meditation/recovery group. www.dunsheehouse.org Gay Fathers Association of Seattle. 7:30-9pm.

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

For information, community events & “questioning” visit www.gfas.org or our message board at http://groups. yahoo.com/groups/gayfathersseattle 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 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 - December 17

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. (If people are uncertain which room, the folks up in Madison Clinic, 2 West Clinic, can give directions.) FREE drop-in support group (not a 12 step) for Gay & Bi men who desire recovery from meth. www. strengthover speed.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 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 Q Hour. 4:30-5:30pm. Orion Center, 1828 Yale Ave. 1st & 3rd Thursday each month. A group for LGBTQ youth 13-21 & their allies. Sponsored by Youthcare.

FREE. 622-5555 x 212.

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. Fiction, non-fiction & poetry will be encouraged & supported. 322-2515, www. lambert house.org

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

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 Al-anon Meeting. 7-9pm. CHAC, 1900 E Madison St. LGBTQ-supported. 625-0000, ais@seattle-alanon.org First Fridays in Yakima. 7-9pm. 223 N 1st St, Yakima.

Meets 1st & 3rd Fridays. Social, support, education & advocacy group for the Yakima area GLBTQ community & their allies. All are welcomed & invited. (509) 576-0276. www.gayakima.com/1stfridays.html 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. Seattle Prime Timers Coffee Reunion. 7pm. Starbucks, 1600 E Olive Way. Meets the 1st & 3rd Friday each month. Metro routes 8, 9, 14, 43, 49 & 60. 3290793; http://seattleprimetimers.usa-50.com Destiny Gay AA Group in Tacoma. 7:30pm. New Heart MCC, 759 S 45th St, Tacoma. Every Friday.

(253) 474-8897.

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

Out Dancing. Lesson 7:30pm, Dance 8:30pm. Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St. Gay night at the Century Ballroom, meets 3rd & 4th Friday each month. Dine & dance. Dinner reservations 324-7263. $5 dance lesson, $7 cover. www.centuryballroom.com Pioneers & Warriors TM. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Peer support group for Gay & Bi men over 40: honoring the past, accepting the present

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THURSDAY - December 16

& embracing the future. Group attendance requires facilitator approval. Please contact Joel Davis at 2616616. www.dunsheehouse.org GaYme Night 4 Gay & Bi Men. 8pm-1am. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets the 2nd, 3rd & 4th Friday of every month. Board games, cards & fun for Gay & Bi men. www.dunsheehouse.org

SATURDAY - December 18

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(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

SYPP Bowl-A-Thon - “Town-Folk Tales, Beyond the Lanes.” 12noon-6pm. Imperial Lanes, 2101 22nd Ave S. A youth-organized grassroots fundraising event bringing together youth, allies & community members dedicated to supporting youth power & youth activism. There will be delicious food, fantastic prizes, free t-shirts & a rich parade of costumes & stories. 8606606, www.sypp.org Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org PNW G/B/Q Longhaired Men. 2pm. Locations vary.

Check the website or call for details. An informal social group for longhairs, growers, longhair admirers & their friends. We gather for brunch on the 3rd Saturday each month to socialize, chat & often go out afterwards for coffee or some activity. For information & to RSVP, 309-0510 or www.longhair.shorturl.com Bi & Bi Mixed-Gender Social Group. 4-6pm. Wayward Coffee, 8570 Greenwood Ave N. Meets 3rd Saturday each month. Social get-together for Bisexual men & women, their partners & other Bi-friendly folks.

Sponsored by BiNet Seattle, a multi-gender, multicultural, pro-feminist group dedicated to providing information about Bisexuality, promoting Bisexual visibility & developing community. www.binetseattle.org.

SUNDAY - December 19

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Ethyl Forever Car Club Monthly Meeting. Board 10:30am, Membership 11:30am. Mark Restaurant, 914 SW 152nd St, Burien. Meets the 3rd Sunday each month. ethylforever@hotmail.com

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

American Veterans for Equal Rights - www.aver. us Another Gay Social Club! - www.meetup.com/ Another-Gay-Social-Club/ Bellingham/Whatcom County - www.theslowlane. com/guide.html Bent 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 recovery meetings. 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 information about & testing for HIV/AIDS. 205-7837. For a comprehensive list of HIV/AIDS service organizations see the GSBA Guide or visit www.thegsba.org or call Lifelong AIDS Alliance, 328-8979.

Imperial Sovereign Court of Seattle & the Olympic & Rainier Empire - www.imperialcourtofseattle.com

In The Life - www.inthelifetv.org Lambert House - 322-2515; www.lamberthouse.org LGBT Library - 511 E Pike St. Open Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. A wide range of fiction and non-fiction for the LGBT community and allies can be borrowed free of charge.

LGBT MS Connection - 250-5002; lgbtms connection@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. nwbears.com; The Olympians: www.The Olympians. 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.flying house. 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 gateway for LGBT families interested in adoption & provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworks seattle. org; Gay Fathers’ Association of Seattle offers support groups & social activities: www.gfas. org; Maybe Baby, info@maybebabyseattle.org; Proud & Loud Families - Northwest, www.meetup.com/

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proud-and-loud-families-northwest, plfnorthwest@ aol.com; Queer Parent Networking Dinners: Deann, 568-7777, deann@nwnetwork.org; Rainbow Families of Puget Sound: www.rainbowfamiliesps.org Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Washington State: 325-7724, www. seattle-pflag.org, with directory of PFLAG chapters in Washington State; www.pnwpflag.org; National PFLAG, www.pflag.org PEOPLE OF COLOR: Asian/Pacific Islander Queer Network Project at the API Safety Center, April, 4679976; Center for MultiCultural Health, 461-6910, www.multi-culturalhealth.org; Entre Hermanos, GLBT Latinos/as, 322-7700, www.entrehermanos.org; Ile LaiLai, 781-3565, iya@ilelailai.org; Men of All Colors & Cultures Together (MACCT), 923-8313, macctseattle@yahoo.com, www.macctsea.org; People of Color Against AIDS Network (POCAAN), 322-7061; Seattle Two Spirit, SeattleTwoSpirit@ hotmail.com; Sistah 2 Sistah, LBT women of African descent, 3227061, 255-8951; Trikone-Northwest, GLBT South Asians, (425) 985-4376, www.trikonenw. org; TwoSpirit Honor Project, 1-866-685-0164.

Pride Foundation - 323-3318; www.pridefoundation. org Project NEON is a program of Seattle Counseling Service providing FREE information & services to Gay & Bi men to reduce health risks associated with methamphetamine use. 323-1768. www.crystalneon.org Public Health-Seattle & King County Online Comprehensive Health Information for Sexual Minorities: www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ personal/glbt.aspx Q Law: The GLBT Bar Association of WA - 6826711; www.q-law.org Resource & Referral Line can connect you to LGBT-friendly resources throughout Puget Sound and beyond. Call 323-LGBT Mon-Fri 2-8pm; Sat 2-5pm. At other times leave voice mail and your call will be returned. Or visit www.gaycity.org to view list of resources online or through Facebook.

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/ SHIFT: A Peer Recovery Network - www.shift recovery.org Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, The Abbey of St. Joan - 860-3666; www.theabbey.org Snohomish Health District HIV/AIDS Program provides free confidential/anonymous HIV counseling & testing 9am-5pm Monday-Friday, until 7pm Tuesdays.

(425) 339-5298.

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/; 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 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; 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. WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (GLBTQ Loving Ourselves, Becoming Empowered): a support group & HIV/STD prevention program for GLBTQ youth, 14-20, in Everett, (425) 263-2908, www.globeyouth.org; Lambert House: an activities & resource center for LGBT youth, 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lambert house.org; www.Matthews Place.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattlepflag.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, 1-888-431TEEN; True Colors: Connecting LGBTQ Teens, in Shoreline, 362-7282 x 8018, lbagley@chs-nw.org; YouthCare/Orion Center: 622-5555; YouthCare/Isis Program (Transitional Living Home for LGBTQ Young Adults, 18-22): 522-8412.

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