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Issue 48, Volume 38, November 26, 2010

2010 Holiday Gift Guide

Dina Martina

Comedian delights, disturbs this season

by Shaun Knittel SGN Associate Editor She’s baaaaaack! Everyone’s favorite Christmas turkey, Dina Martina, returns to Re-bar, and I couldn’t be happier! Year after laugh-out-loud year, Dina Martina raises the bar even higher with each holiday extravaganza and 2010 promises to be her best Christmas show yet!

I got the rare opportunity to interview Dina just days before her November 26 opening night at her home away from home – “Rebar’s place,” as she calls it. And if the hilarious and outlandish way she answered even the most serious of questions is any barometer of just how ridiculously delicious The Dina Martina Christmas Show is going to be, then my advice is for you to hold on to your seats, ladies and gentlemen, because Dina is going to send us all on a rip-roaring sleigh ride to happy land!

Dina, who just recently returned to Seattle, the city she describes as “a real melting pot of white people,” told me she is ready to pass out jokes like ribbon candy.

“I’m a woman of the ‘90s with a ballpark figure who loves to sing, dance, and act,” Dina told Seattle Gay News. “You know what they call that in show business? They see martina page 11

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Annie Lennox speaks out

Gay icon releases new Christmas album and opens up about AIDS pandemic, Perez Hilton’s “vicious diatribes,” and her own sweet dreams for the world

by Chris Azzopardi SGN Contributing Writer

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And so it is, as Lennox gets heated over issues dear to her heart: her opinion on the current state of HIV/AIDS, feelings about Legendary status – earned through the bullying-prompted suicides, and why over three decades in the music busi- sexuality labels shouldn’t exist. ness – hasn’t changed Annie Lennox.

Chris Azzopardi: Why release a Despite being a global superstar, Christmas album now, after all this time first making an impression as part of in the business? the Eurythmics in the ’80s before goAnnie Lennox: It was just the optimum ing solo, she’s genuinely concerned moment. It’s something I’ve been longing about the human condition, as her tire- to do for many years, and when you do less work toward promoting HIV/AIDS anything in music it takes time. So every awareness – with her SING campaign, album that I’ve ever made has taken up established in 2007 – demonstrates. She’s most of the year that I’ve made it in. Then, inspired the world finally, it came to the point where I was through dialogue and out of contract and I was like, “What’s travel and music, a my next step?” And then it just occurred platform Lennox uses to me very obviously, “Ah, this is when to fervently convey I do what I’ve wanted to do for years.” her feelings on soci- [Laughs.] So it’s just perfect. It’s a labor ety with her sterling of love, this whole thing. voice.

Azzopardi: It sounds like it, too, and “ U n i v e r s a l it has some extra significance: Your 56th Child,” which birthday is on Christmas Day. Lennox originally Lennox: That is correct. performed on Idol Azzopardi: Did you ever get gypped Gives Back earlier on gifts? this year wearing Lennox: When I was a kid, it was fine a shirt that said – I used to get double, and I felt very good “HIV-Positive” about that. But I’m at a point where re(even though she ceiving presents is not really the most imisn’t), is yet an- portant thing to me. [Laughs.] other passionate Azzopardi: Well, of course: You’re plea – this time, more about giving, right? to help heal the Lennox: I prefer to. It’s very nice to get world. It takes a present, but I like to give. I do. on new life as Azzopardi: I’m not surprised. How it rounds out does “Universal Child” fit on A Christmas Lennox’s new, Cornucopia? first-ever holiday album, Lennox: You know, it was a very interA Christmas Cornucopia, which also esting thing. Basically, Island Records, or includes traditional songs and uncon- Universal, who I’m signed to, just loved ventional carols. Its heart, however, is the song so much; they just kind of said, still intact.

“You have got to put it on the album. We On the phone, as Lennox speaks to really, really want you to put it on the us from her Scotland home about the album.” So it was almost like their inlong-gestating collection, she’s com- sistence, because I wasn’t sure; I’d been pletely grounded, initiating the conver- doing traditional Christmas carols [and sation by mocking how much time her thought], “I wonder if this fits in.” But people have given us: “This is your 15 minutes with Annie Lennox,” she opens with a laugh. see lennox page 17

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Holiday albums hit the shelves alongside Elton and Liza

anced number; “Gone to Shiloh,” a moving Civil War narrative, with Neil Young bringing an added ache; and quiet gospel closer “In the Hands of Angels,” a song that Elton lets his idol have at alone. It’s a testimony to the brotherhood felt throughout, where both artists extract each other’s individual best and together, as

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for, you know, singing, but it’s the only real coal in this collection Mariah Carey – one sure to make the Merry Christmas II You yuletide Gayer.

Sequels usually suck, but Mariah Carey’s Grade: B not going down with that sleigh on her cleverly titled offshoot to her Merry Christmas Elton John behemoth. That 16-year-old album spawned and Leon Rus“All I Want for Christmas is You,” a mod- sell ern-day classic, whose new “Extra Festive” The Union version is, well, extra-noisy or something.

In his illustrious More obviously, the diva’s “Auld Lang four-decade career, Syne” sounds ready to ring in the New Elton John’s done Year on a Gay disco ball, as its slow pref- it all: cut classics, ace surges into an arms-up thumper. Beats inspired generapercolate on first single “Oh Santa!” too, tions of performers with its old-school bounce and school-yard and been one of the chant, but this wouldn’t be a Mariah album without big, goopy ballads – and Merry Christmas II You is padded with them: “One Child,” one of two new tracks produced by Hairspray composer Marc Shaiman, builds to a belting climax; there’s also operasinger mom, Patricia Carey, on “O Come All Ye Faithful” and a live, chill-propelling “O Holy Night.”

But part two is no classic, especially with the awkward Michael Jacksonborrowed “Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane).” The spirit’s there, though – and that goes a long way.

Grade: BIndigo Girls Holly Happy Days That the Indigo Girls recorded their first holiday album in Nashville is only appropriate – they’ve never sounded this downright country. “I Feel the Christmas Spirit,” a bluegrass sing-along, is a toe-tappin’ good time. What follows is similar in style but stripped to their much-adored acoustic sound: “It Really Is (A Wonderful Life),” written by Chely Wright, adds a jazz twist, while “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” is simple and understated, intertwining Emily Saliers and Amy Ray’s voices like holiday magic (Janis Ian, Brandi Carlile and Mary Gauthier add harmonies to the album, too). But what’s really special about the refreshing Holly Happy Days (besides the cool packaging with lyrics of the three new tunes written on ornament cut-outs) has more to do with the duo’s rarely recorded song selection. One of those, Beth Nielsen Chapman’s “There’s Still My Joy,” is stunningly bittersweet – just how we like our Girls.

Grade: B+ Glee: The Music The Christmas Album Before Glee conquers the world (because it will), it’s conquering Christmas – the Gay way, with a dude duo doing “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” together (aw, cute!). On the holiday-themed release from the cast of TV’s biggest, Queerest drug, Kurt (Chris Colfer) and possible-new-loverboy Blaine (Darren Criss) charm in a refreshingly Gay take on the classic. Otherwise, Glee plugs carols into the show’s formula for frothy bouncers and over-the-top ballads: a jazzy, dancemade “Jingle Bells”; pop fave “Last Christmas” and a soaring “O Holy Night,” sung by pipe queen Lea Michele (duh). Even the show’s knack for mash-ups gets play on this disc with “Deck the Rooftop,” a groovy romp. “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” is an odd fit, especially since Glee is known

greatest Gay icons ever. For so long, though, the legend’s admiration for Leon Russell, a roots-country crooner, went untouched – until now, as the two marry their musical geniuses into a masterfully written, produced (cut live by tunesmith T Bone Burnett, no less) and performed duets LP. Trademark Elton sneaks in on the boisterous kiss-off “Monkey Suit,” heartfelt ballad “The Best Part of the Day” and snarling, piano-licked “Hey Ahab,” perhaps due in part to longtime co-writer Bernie Taupin’s contributions. But the Rocket Man is still far removed from his signature classic-rock d a y s , falling closer in line with Russell’s ’70s Americana records. On The Union, craft ranks over mainstream consumption, and it pays off remarkably with the sarcastic lead single “If It Wasn’t for Bad,” a jaunty, nu-

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her personality, but even with better-known favorites like Frank Sinatra’s “All the Way” and Etta James’ “At Last,” she holds her own, reaching more for the song’s soul and less for its vocal cartwheels. The soft-sounding ease of it all could use more oomph, even with the zing of “You Fascinate Me So,” and is sometimes tediously muddied, but Confessions is still a mature and dignified way to keep Liza’s 60-year career rolling. Hell, we’d put a ring on it.

Grade: B ALSO OUT The Superions, Destination... Christmas!

Something weird’s to be expected from B52s’ Fred Schneider, whose side project with two other musicians – known collectively as the Superions – is one strange, creepy, horny, electro-fused spin. The perverted “Santa Je T’aime” answers the question, “Why did ol’ Saint Nick favor Rudolph?”

And other novelty songs are just as wacky.

If Christmas got punk’d, this would be it.

Elton smoothes out the ruggedness of Russell’s drawl, sound like each other’s yin and yang. Their Union isn’t simply a great story of enduring friendship, but one of the best albums of the year.

Grade: ALiza Minnelli Confessions Even Liza Minnelli knew her decision to embarrass herself, and her legendary career, with a “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” remake earlier this year was a bad move – she sounded grossly awful, like she was hobbling to the finish line. Instead of pushing the idea of older-divadoes-younger-diva through to this studio album, her first since 1996’s Gently, she embraces every day of her 64 years of age with a classy covers collection that plays to her strengths and avoids emphasizing her weaknesses. Her voice – more jeans than spandex these days – doesn’t go for flash, but is understated and expertly suited for the quiet intimacy that producer and longtime collab-

Katharine McPhee Christmas Is the Time … (To Say I Love You) Back to basics, and out from the trendy trench, is where the American Idol loser lands on her simple 10-tracker. The songs on her third album, mostly made of classic carols, are structured to conjure pre-fadfollowing McPhee, who sings her little heart out and, with sole original “It’s Not Christmas Without You,” pulls at ours.

The Puppini Sisters Christmas with the Puppini Sisters What did Christmas sound like in the ’40s?

Like the Puppini Sisters third disc, with 10 tracks as fresh as new snow. The British trio (who aren’t really sisters) rework them with a retro twist, jazzing up “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” and putting the breaks on 1980s Wham! hit “Last Christmas.” Even Mariah’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” is revived – in boogie-woogie style.

Wilson Phillips Christmas in Harmony If you held on for one more day, then payoff’s finally here: Wilson Phillips, the allgirl group who ruled the early ’90s, are getting into the spirit with their first holiday LP. The title couldn’t be truer – harmonies are their thing, especially on songs like opener “I Wish It Could be Christmas Every Day” – but the album’s as safe as giving a gift card.

Lizz Wright Fellowship Lizz Wright’s got some voice – a supple, rich contralto that, on her new “secular gospel” offering, could trigger chills through non-believers. After submerging it into jazz and blues, Wright honors her Georgia roots with emotionally stirring results – impressing with the glorious “God Specializes,” Eric Clapton’s “Presence of the Lord” and “Amazing Grace,” made into a minimalistic mover. With help from Sweet Honey in the Rock’s Bernice Reagon, and daughter Toshi, Wright’s fourth album is a transcendent journey of life, spirituality and deeply felt feeling.

Shontelle No Gravity Whoever Shontelle is seems irrelevant on much of her sophomore set, where she’s a pop singer left to imitate rather than initiate. Rihanna comparisons – especially on the dancefloor punch of “Take Ova” – are inevitable, but the Barbadian 23-year-old’s also doing her best Estelle impression on “DJ Made Me Do It.” Even then, and even with a talented production team, she can’t find a way to make it her own.

Shontelle sounds mostly outdated, cheap and lyrically shallow, but the lead single, “Impossible,” shows she may still have a shot at defying Gravity.

orator Bruce Roberts is fetching. The 14 standards are scaled back, never giving Liza’s now-husky alto more than it can handle – no orchestras, no showstoppers – with its jazzy, dinner party arrangements. “ConReach Chris Azzopardi at chris@pridesfession,” originally from The Band Wagon and opening the set, perfectly complements ource.com.

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Seattle favorite Anne Allgood sings with holiday cheer in

by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN Contributing Writer A Christmas Story: The Musical!

5th Avenue Theatre November 26 – December 30 Anne Allgood is a familiar face to the Seattle theater scene. Even before moving to the Pacific Northwest, Ms. Allgood had graced the Seattle stage in national touring companies. Last seen at the 5th Avenue Theatre’s highly acclaimed production of Candide, Ms. Allgood stole every scene she was in as The Old Woman, the lady with one buttock. The Seattle Gay News interviewed this talented and versatile actress, currently appearing as Mother in the premier production of A Christmas Story: The Musical!

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Allgood: She was fun! I had done a production of Candide before, and was in the chorus.

The thing I figured out was that nothing ever surprised her. She’d seen it all, and so if Eric Andrews-Katz: What was it that got something shocking happened, she’d be like, edies of life, and the rich banquet it offers.

Andrews-Katz: You’ve performed in a “Oh, great.” I wanted to use an accent that you interested in musical theater?

Anne Allgood: I come from a musical was Slavic and give an Old World European wide range of musicals from Candide and the Park with George family. My grandmother was the church or- feel. David Armstrong suggested a Yiddish Sunday in to Urinetown. Do you ganist in her town and taught piano, so pia- a c c e n t prefer the classical no lessons were a given musicals or the more in my family. I first sang modern? in church when I was 4.

Allgood: I don’t I did a play in the 7th want to paint with a grade (not a musical), broad brush, but just but I was always a showbecause of where I off kind of kid and made am with my trainmy neighbors friends ing, I tend to prefer dress up and perform. the classical musiAndrews-Katz: After cal in general (and performing several times this is a sweeping on Broadway, how did generalization). you end up in Seattle?

Composers before Allgood: Usually I the era of elecneed a couple of hours tronic music tendand a bottle of wine for ed to write more that story! I wanted a betfor singers that ter quality of life. I wanted don’t need mipersonal balance. I was crophones. I like getting known as a really using my body good understudy in New as an instrument, York, and never got to audibut the more tion for non-musical roles. modern shows That was frustrating. I was are written for really attracted to the Semics. Some of attle theater vibe. I had been the modern muon tour with a show at the sicals are really Civic Opera and I thought, “I funny, though. could live here.”

I loved doing Andrews-Katz: What was Urinetown. your first production with the Andrews5th Avenue Theatre?

Katz: When Allgood: The first thing I was the first did was Beauty and the Beast time you saw on tour. I was living in New the movie A York and it was during the big Christmas musicians’ strike. Since we e Hallum, Story? ne Allgood, Clark An n, lto didn’t do shows for a week or Bo hn Jo t) The Musical! y: kwise from top lef or loc St (C as Allgood: I tm ris two, we just hung out. I ended s in A Ch and Matthew Lewi didn’t see it until I up spending three months here because of her Old was an adult. I was on tour with Beauty and and I got to know the city betWorld sense. It basically became a Polish/ the Beast [in 1996] and I met my family for ter.

Andrews-Katz: How did you develop Jewish accent with a touch of Norwegian. a skiing trip. We got snowed in and were your character, The Old Woman, from Can- She embraces the absurdity, joys, and trag- stuck in a hotel in Reno. They were playing

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A Christmas Story marathon, so we got to watch it.

Andrews-Katz: When you heard the film was being made into a musical, what was your reaction?

Allgood: I thought, ‘What a fantastic idea! Why haven’t they done it before!’

Then I heard the music and thought, “Oh my gosh! This is fantastic!” It was a great match – the music and songs are really a wonderful pastiche of the ‘40s, and yet they have this modern synchronization, a jazzy, splashy part that gives it a contemporary sound.

Andrews-Katz: What is your favorite part about playing Mother in A Christmas Story?

Allgood: That’s a hard one, too. I love the family. I love the fact that John Bolton is my husband (I have a showbiz crush). I love that the mother just never stops trying to have some calm in her home and her life. On one hand she is the calm heart of the home, and on the other hand she’s as wacky as the rest.

They holler and don’t listen well, but they love each other.

Andrews-Katz: What is it about A Christmas Story that you think the audience will connect with the most?

Allgood: The appeal of the story is not that it’s from the past, but that we are reliving and watching it now. All the characters in the play are freaking out that it’s going to be Christmastime. They are counting down the minutes and everyone is thinking, “How am I going to get everything done?” and being panicky. But they love Christmastime with all the wrapping, and cookies, and all the aspects. I think the audience will have a blast with seeing something that most of them have seen, but in a different form. It’s not like the movie; it’s something different.

Before settling in Seattle, Ms. Allgood lived and performed in New York. Her Broadway career includes The Most Happy Fella (1992) and Carousel (1994). She’s performed with Audra McDonald and Michael Berresse, among other Tony Awardwinners. Her performances in Seattle include The Women, Das Barbecü, and Candide, among many other fine performances.

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Holiday EVENTS

CALENDAR Compiled by Nick Ardizzone SGN Staff Writer

“South Park Arts Sixth Annual Art Under $100 Sale” 12/4, 4-10pm. South Park’s Old Fire Station, 8201 10th Ave. S. South Park artists will knock your socks off with original, edgy works not seen at a typical holiday sale. What’s more, everything is affordable, with nothing priced over $100. The event will showcase a diverse array of art including painting, sculpture, neon, jewelry, clothing, photography, glass, letterpress, and more. FREE entry; art raffle every 30 minutes - raffle tickets at $2 each or 3 for $5; enjoy an ever-changing atmospheric sound-scape throughout the event; sip wine, feast on appetizers, enjoy holiday shopping. All proceeds benefit South Park Art. www. southparkarts.org.

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attle. Admission is $2 for PNA members, $4 for nonmembers, plus a can of food for local food banks.

Children 12 & under free. See website for list of artists & entertainment schedule. 206-783-2244; www. phinneycenter.org GINGERBREAD VILLAGE “Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays” Sheraton Seattle Hotel, 6th Ave & Pike St, presents their 18th Annual Gingerbread Village, a benefit for the Northwest Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Seattle’s top architectural firms will team up with Sheraton Seattle’s culinary staff to design, bake and build elaborate gingerbread displays and holiday creations reflecting this year’s theme. The display is free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted. These gingerbread houses are a delight to look at! On display through 1/2.

FREMONT LENIN LIGHTING “Fremont Lenin Lighting and Fremont Art Walk” 12/3, 5pm-9pm. Celebrate the lighting of Fremont’s Lenin statue at Red Triangle, Evanston Ave N & N 36th St. Santa arrives in Fremont, free Peet’s coffee and tea, MightyO Donuts, and live bluegrass music by Rabbit Stew String Band. Grab your friends, family, and neighbors and check out our festive annual event! Fremont First Friday Art Walk runs from 6-9pm.

GREEN LAKE PATHWAY OF LIGHT

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“Green Lake Pathway of Lights” 12/11, 4:30-7:30pm. Join thousands of families, friends, and neighbors in this beloved Seattle tradition and travel the 2.8 mile path around the lake, taking in the warm glow of the luminaria. People are encouraged to bring their own lights and candles to add to the ambiance. Local musicians will perform at four sites around the lake: the Green Lake Community Center on the east side, the Green Lake Small Craft Center (the Aqua Theater) on the south side, the Bathhouse Theater (Seattle Public Theatre) on the north side, and The Arch on the east of side of the community center/ pool. Warm drinks and treats will be available at those locations, as will donation bins for non-perishable food items for Northwest Harvest.

Admission is free. http://parkways.seattle.gov/2010/10/29/ green-lake-pathwayof-lights-is-december-11/ ttle times

“Pratt Holiday Art Sale & Opening Night Parties” Don’t miss this chance to find unique holiday gifts for all of your friends and family. Featuring the works of local artists in glass, jewelry, painting and sculpture, you are sure to find something for everyone on your list! 12/1 Opening Night Party, 6-9pm - $50; 12/212/11 Holiday Sale, 10am-7pm - free admission. 155 S Main St. www.pratt.org

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bers from the 5th Avenue Theatre’s production of The Christmas Story: The Musical!

6-7:15pm, caroling competition – vote for your favorite team. 7:15-7:30pm, Seahawks Blue Thunder Drumline. 7:30-8:30pm, mainstage show & awards presentation. All donations benefit the Pike Market Senior Center and Downtown Food Bank. www. figgypuddingpmsc.org.

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“Bastyr Holiday Bazaar” Looking to get all of your holiday shopping done in one place? Come to Bastyr University’s annual Holiday Bazaar craft fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on 12/1 at the Bastyr University Campus (14500 Juanita Drive N.E., Kenmore).

Participating vendors will sell such items as paper-bead jewelry handcrafted in Uganda, locally crafted bead and silver jewelry, embroidered towels, locally produced honey, quilted jackets, flower essences, shawls and wraps, organic skincare, photographic art, magic tricks, and much more. Bastyr’s whole foods cafeteria will be open during this time as well. A portion of the proceeds from this event go toward funding scholarships for Bastyr University students. Vendors interested in hosting a table at this event, contact crafts@bastyr. edu. http://www.bastyr.edu/news/ news.asp?NewsID=2150.

“Magic in the Market” 11/27, 1-5pm. Pike Place Market, 1st Ave & Pike St, becomes a winter wonderland when the Market’s 20-foot holiday tree and thousands of lights on the Market’s buildings are turned on at 5pm. Starting at 1pm, Santa poses by the Market’s vintage farmtruck under the Market clock. Bring your camera and take a family photo! The Dickens Carolers roam the market, singing traditional holiday erg david fosb

“Winter Festival” 12/4 & 12/5, 10am-5pm. This is the neighborhood’s biggest holiday event! The Winter Festival features two buildings filled with ARTS & CRAFTS 120 high quality, juried crafts booths, live entertainment on two stages, a quilt raffle, “Arboretum Foundation’s a huge bake sale and lunch items. Phinney Gifts & Greens Galore Sale” 12/11 and 12/12 10am-2pm. Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Along with a great selection of Ave N, Sefresh-cut greens, wreaths and swags, the Arboretum Gift Shop will be offering an expanded selection of gifts, plus gift wrapping, seasonal refreshments, live music and more! Washington Park Arboretum’s Graham Visitors Center, 2300 Arboretum Drive E, Seattle.

206-325-4510; www.arboretumfoundation.org. To donate fresh cut greens for the sale, visit the Arboretum Foundation website for details.

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“Seattle Center Winterfest” 11/26-12/31. Connect to the sights, sounds and spirit of the season at Seattle Center Winterfest presented by KOMO 4 TV: five weeks of FREE The Great Figg and affordable fun-filled MACY’S HOLIDAY y Pudding Stre et Corner Caro activities and entertainPARADE & ling Contest ment. Visit Center House STAR LIGHTING WITH – displaying its winter fintunes dressed WESTLAKE TREE – or explore the enchanting in beautiful Victorian attire. From 4-5pm, e s t LIGHTING enjoy a holiday concert of classical music Winter Train and Village. The Ice Rink reCEREMONY from the Seattle Chamber Brass Quintet on turns, along with music and comedy, jazz and dance, cultural celebrations, ice sculptthe stage set up near the Market clock.

Macy’s Holiday Parade & ing, fireside singing, student showcases and Star Lighting” more. Seattle Center Winterfest is part of GREAT FIGGY PUDDING 11/26, 8:45am parade, 5pm star lighting Holidays in the City, and is sponsored by the STREET CORNER and fireworks program, weather permitting, City of Seattle, Seattle Center Foundation, CAROLING CONTEST XXIII with tree lighting ceremony at Downtown Seattle Weekly and KOMO 4 TV. With exMacy’s and Westlake Center, 4th Ave & Pine tended dates for the Winterfest Ice Rink and “The Great Figgy Pudding St. Considered Seattle’s official kick-off for Classic Carousel from through 1/2. Visit Caroling Competition” the holiday season, The Macy’s Holiday 12/3, 5-8:30pm. It’s Seattle’s most heart- www.seattlecenter.com/winterfest for comParade will feature some 20 balloon floats and inflatables, local high school marching warming holiday tradition, attracting nearly plete details and schedule. bands, 500 costumed characters, and com- 10,000 people every year. Immerse yourself MUSIC munity drill teams. It concludes with San- in the holiday spirit as 40+ caroling teams ta’s arrival at Macy’s on a balloon float un- sing their hearts out on downtown Seattle November 27 der a festive confetti snowstorm. Later that street corners in and around Westlake Cenday, the star lighting and fireworks program ter, 4th Ave & Pine St, on the sidewalks “Bach and Friends” presented in concert with the Westlake Tree along Pine St between 3rd Ave & 7th Ave, Four members of the Seattle Baroque OrLighting Ceremony will cap a day of holi- and along 5th Ave near Pine St. 5-6pm, day festivities and Black Friday shopping pre-Figgy entertainment at the Figgy Main chestra will present an intimate program that Stage by Captain Babypants and cast memevents.

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celebrates the musical camaraderie between December 4 J. S. Bach and his favorite contemporaries.

Ingrid Matthews (violin), Byron Schen“A Cathedral Christmas: kman (harpsichord), Nathan Whittaker Through a Child’s Eyes” (cello), Jason Fisher (viola). 11/27, 8pm, at The Seattle Choral Company’s 29th seaTown Hall, 1119 8th Ave. Tickets $40, $35 son begins with the third annual “A Catheseniors, $25 side sections, $15 under 25. dral Christmas.” The concert theme this www.earlymusicguild.org. year is “Through a Child’s Eyes,” and is geared toward the young and the young at “Christmas in England: heart. The renowned Seattle Girls Choir will A Ceremony of Carols” appear with us in John Rutter’s “Mass of the Back by popular demand, the Renaissance Children” along Singers will kick off the Christmas season with their annual Christmas program in the intimate acoustical setting of Trinity Episcopal Church (609 8th Ave.) on 11/27 at 7:30pm and 11/28 at 3pm. The program will feature various types of English Christmas carols and motets, including music

by John Rutter and selections from Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols.

Suggested donation $17, students and seniors $12. www. therenaissancesingers.com.

“Holiday Glee” Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert - 11/27 at 8pm with special guest Kelli O’Hara at the 11/27 & 11/28 concerts only. Gleeks and nonGleeks alike will flock to Benaroya Hall for SMC’s homage to Glee. The show’s unofficial anthem, “Don’t Stop Believin’,” has been re-worked as a parody, with holiday-themed lyrics. In- dividual Chorus members will represent several of the main characters. Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. Tickets: $25-$65.

206-388-1400; www.flyinghouse.org.

from 1930 features the Chorus with a chamber ensemble of woodwinds, soloists, and four-hand piano. Three outstanding soloists join: soprano Christina Kowalski, mezzosoprano Kathryn Weld, and tenor Stephen Rumph. Other pieces on the program retell the story in the voice of composers from many ages. Music of Michael Praetorius, Gustav Holst, Benjamin Britten, and Moses Hogan are included, as well as another audience favorite – the carol singalong. 12/4 7:30pm at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church (7500 Greenwood Ave. N.) and 12/5 3pm at Plymouth Congregational Church (1218 6th Avenue). www.northwestchamberchorus.org.

December 5 “Holiday Glee” Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert. 12/5 at 7:30pm.

(See 11/27 listing for details.)

Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. Tickets: $25$65. 206-388-1400; www. flyinghouse.org.

“Handel’s Messiah” Presented by Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers. 12/5 at 3pm. First Free Methodist Church, 3200 3rd Ave. W. Tickets: $20 general; $18 senior; $10-student; FREE-youth (7-17 with accompanying adult). 1-800-838-3006; www.osscs.org; www.

November 28 “Christmas in England: A Ceremony of Carols” (See 11/27 listing for details.) 11/28 at 3pm. Trinity Episcopal Church (609 8th Ave.). Suggested donation $17, students and seniors $12. www.therenaissancesingers.com.

“Holiday Glee” Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert - 11/28 at 2pm, with special guest Kelli O’Hara at the 11/27 & 11/28 concerts only. (See 11/27 listing for details.)

Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. with soloists JenTickets: $25-$65. 206-388-1400; www.fly- nifer Ceresa and Jason Brittsan. Eric inghouse.org.

Whitacre’s evocative snowscape, “Winter,” will be performed for the first time in Seattle December 3 with guest sitar soloist, Josh Feinberg. Presented this year at Bastyr University Chapel “Claudio Monteverdi: (14500 Juanita Drive, Kenmore) on 12/4 at 1610 Vespers” 2pm, and at Saint Mark’s Cathedral (1245 In celebration of the 400th anniversary 10th Ave. E.) on 12/10 and 12/11 at 8pm, of Monteverdi’s immortal masterpiece, and on 12/11 at 2pm. The 12/11 matinee is a Early Music Guild and Seattle Baroque Family Concert especially for families with Orchestra will present Seattle’s first period children. At the 12/11 matinee performance, performance of the “1610 Vespers” in over each ticket for a child 5 to 12 will be free 30 years. Presented in partnership with St. when purchased with a general admission James Cathedral, Stephen Stubbs directs ticket. These tickets must be purchased in Pacific Musicworks, an all-star ensemble advance. Tickets $27, $22 seniors, $12 unof vocal soloists and instrumentalists, with der 25, $2 off all tickets purchased in adspecial guests, Europe’s premiere cornett vance. www.seattlechoralcompany.org and sackbut ensemble, Concerto Palatino.

The vocal soloists for this performance “Claudio Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers” include sopranos Terri Richter and Yulia 12/4 at 8pm. (See 12/3 listing for details.)

Van Doren and tenors Ross Hauck and Ja- Saint James Cathedral (804 9th Ave.). Tickson McStoots. 12/3 and 12/4 at 8pm. Saint ets $40, $35 seniors, $25 side sections, $15 James Cathedral (804 9th Ave.). Tickets youth under 25. www.earlymusicguild.org. $40, $35 seniors, $25 side sections, $15 youth under 25. www.earlymusicguild.org.

“Holiday Glee” Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert “Holiday Glee” in Everett. 12/4 at 8pm. (See 11/27 listing Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert - for details.) Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 in Tacoma. 12/3 at 8pm. (See 11/27 listing Colby, Everett. Tickets: $18-$38. 206-388for details.) Pantages Theatre, 901 Broad- 1400; www.flyinghouse.org way, Tacoma. Tickets: $39 & $52. 253-5915894; 800-291-7593; www.broadwaycen“Northwest Chamber Chorus: ter.org.

Laud to the Nativity” This Christmas season, Northwest Chamber Chorus presents the radiant “Laud to the Nativity” by Ottorino Respighi. This cantata

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“Medieval Women’s Choir’s Noel, Noel” Medieval music that enriched Christmas celebrations at the magnificent cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris can now be heard in Seattle’s beloved Saint James Cathedral (804 9th Ave.) 12/11 at 8pm. Notre Dame is known as the birthplace of Western Polyphony, a sumptuous new sound introduced by French composers Leonin and Perotin. The cathedral square would also have been alive with dancers and carolers singing popular songs of the season, such as the foot-tapping “Noel nouvelet.” Baritone David Stutz performs some of Perotin’s most beautiful solo songs, as well as a Cantiga set in Clairvaux, the Burgundian monastery made famous by its brilliant founder, Bernard of Clairvaux. Tickets $22, $17 seniors, $13 for those under 25. www.medievalwomenschoir.org “Seattle Mandolin Orchestra’s Annual Holiday Concert” 12/11, 2-3pm. Ballard Branch, Seattle Public Library (5614 22nd Ave. NW), Seattle. Greetings! It’s time for the Seattle Mandolin Orchestra’s annual FREE holiday concert at the Ballard branch of the Seattle Public Library. The library’s performance space is one of our favorite places to play.

We’ll present Christmas and Hanukkah favorites from here at home and around the world. We may even invite the audience to sing along on a few selections. Bring the kids! We look forward to seeing you there. www.seattlemandolin.org.

December 12 “Holiday Glee” Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert. 12/12 at 7:30 pm. (See 11/27 listing for details.) Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. Tickets: $25-$65. 206-388-1400; www. flyinghouse.org.

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“Northwest Chamber Chorus: Laud to the Nativity” 12/5 at 3pm. (See 12/4 listing for full details.) Plymouth Congregational Church (1218 6th Avenue). www.northwestchamberchorus.org.

December 10 “A Cathedral Christmas: Through a Child’s Eyes” 12/10 at 8pm. (See 12/4 listing for details.)

Saint Mark’s Cathedral (1245 10th Ave. E.).

Tickets $27, $22 seniors, $12 under 25, $2 off all tickets purchased in advance. www. seattlechoralcompany.org December 11 “A Cathedral Christmas: Through a Child’s Eyes” 12/11 at 2pm and 8pm. (See 12/4 listing for details.) Saint Mark’s Cathedral (1245 10th Ave. E.). The 12/11 matinee is a Family Concert especially for families with children. At the 12/11 matinee performance, each ticket for a child 5 to 12 will be free when purchased with a general admission ticket. These tickets must be purchased in advance. Tickets $27, $22 seniors, $12 under 25, $2 off all tickets purchased in advance. www.seattlechoralcompany.org

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“Joy!” Join the Rainbow City Band for a holiday celebration the whole family will enjoy, as they lift spirits and make merry with the classics from your childhood and new music sure to delight at 12/12 at 3pm at the Edmonds Center for the Arts (410 4th Ave. N., Edmonds). There’ll be something for everyone as they fill ECA with such timeless works as Leroy Anderson’s “A Christmas Festival,” and energize the hall with the contemporary sounds of Mannheim Steamroller. At the heart of the holiday concert will be a brand-new piece for the band sure to make your heart sing, “Today’s the Gift,” a celebration of the life and work of Rosa Parks. Tickets $10-$25. www.ec4arts.org.

December 18 “Christmas With Seattle Pro Musica” Enjoy traditional carols, holiday favorites, and an audience sing-along for children and families in this one-hour performance.

Bring the whole family! 12/18 at 3pm. Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church (7500 Greenwood Ave. N.). http://www.seattlepromusica.org/concerts-and-tickets/ see holiday calEndAr page 14

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Music makes a hip holiday gift

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer

blues-tinged ballad “I Should Have Sent Roses.”

Let them buy their own sweaters. Instead, Sigh No More fill their stockings and entertainment shelves Mumford & Sons with new CDs, DVDs, and books this holiIf there is such a thing, UK hillbilly muday season. Here are 15 music-related sug- sic is doing just fine thanks to English folk gestions, including a jewelry item currently quartet Mumford & Sons. Appearing out being sported by a famous pop star, to shop of nowhere, the Londonfor or to add to your personal wish list.

Most of these are already released, but a few will appear on store shelves in the coming days.

Glee: The Complete First Season (The Gleek Edition) TV’s runaway hit of the 2009-10 season is captured in its entirety, including the “Power of Madonna” episode that finds McKinley High’s glee club covering “Like A Virgin,” “4 Minutes,” and “Vogue.” The Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild-winning series, helmed by Nip/Tuck creator Ryan Murphy, is more than weekly ear/ eye candy; centering on issues like homophobia, teen pregnancy, discrimination and promiscuity, it’s an entertaining, at times emotional glimpse into the lives of young people with lots of great music performed by the actors themselves. “The Gleek Edition” includes all 22 episodes of season one, plus two full hours of neverbefore-seen extras. Emmy-winner Jane Lynch and Emmy-nominated Chris Colfer are two publicly out actors who star on Glee.

Burlesque (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Christina Aguilera and Cher We don’t yet know if Christina Aguilera can act, but there’s no doubt she can sing – actually, she belts it out quite wonderfully on this soundtrack from her cinematic debut, Burlesque. The disc includes new material and approving remakes, like a sultry version of Etta James’ “Something’s Got a Hold On Me” and a strutting rendition of Mae West’s “A Guy What Takes His Time.” Meanwhile, Gay icon Cher offers her first released single in seven years, “You Haven’t Seen the Last of Me” written by movie theme queen Diane Warren. Take a loved one to see the movie, opening this weekend, and then surprise them with a copy of the soundtrack.

formed group burst onto European and American charts with their proper debut, Sigh No More. Songs like “The Cave” and “Little Lion Man” have an organic ring, as if they were plucked from an open meadow in the Bible Belt – a fantastic mix of string instruments and heartfelt vocals makes each track sound timeless. With an almost Celtic twist, this collection of smooth folk-rock tunes

Fight for Equality pendants Be cool, be supportive. The most important bling this holiday season is Fight for Equality pendants (www.fightforequality.net), designed by jewelry artisan Carlos Antonio and worn religiously by pop star Jason Mraz – he was spotted with them earlier this year at Staples Center, the night he won two Grammy Awards. Proceeds from the sterling silver, hand-polished pieces – available as a necklace or lapel pin – will be given to will Cyndi Lauper’s “Give a Damn Campaign” surely delight the indie fan on your gift list. and also to help raise the overall awareness to have equal rights for same-sex couples.

Coal Miner’s Daughter: Forget about Tiffany’s; this year, Fight for A Tribute to Loretta Lynn Equality!

Various Artists Country music trailblazer Loretta Lynn is The Union feted fittingly by a group of today’s A-list Elton John and Leon Russell musicians on a tribute album with some of A friendship that began 40 years ago gave the most noted material from her catalog. way to the teaming of two music greats, El- The White Stripes turn in a fantastic cover ton John and Leon Russell. Long admirers of “Rated X,” not surprising since Jack of each other’s work, the men finally shared White has always been a Lynn fan. Lee Ann their talent – and piano benches – on an ex- Womack submits a sumptuous cover of “I’m traordinary 14-track disc appropriately titled a Honky Tonk Girl,” Steve Earle and Alison The Union. Produced by T Bone Burnett Moorer duet on “After the Fire is Gone,” and featuring guest vocalists Neil Young while another pair of industry heavyweights and Brian Wilson, the CD is full of savory – Alan Jackson and Martina McBride – join pop-rock fare like “A Dream Come True,” forces on “Louisiana Woman,” “Mississippi “If It Wasn’t For Bad,” and “When Love is Man.” Interesting is Paramore’s rendition Dying,” though nothing comes close to the of “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My 10

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son. The Take That alum, a superstar in his native England and several European countries, releases a greatest hits package spanning his 20-year career. In total, 39 tracks are offered to fans on three discs, including a brand new single titled “Shame” co-written by another UK hotshot Gary Barlow, plus a Greatest Hits...So Far! grouping of B-sides and rarities, all bound Pink If anyone has the right to put out a great- in a 20-page book package. est hits CD, it’s Pink. The pop singer has Love Me Back produced smash single after smash single Jazmine Sullivan in her 10-year run, including “There You She’s back, and thank goodness! R&B Go,” “Get the Party Started,” “Just Like a Pill,” “So What,” “Trouble,” and “Glitter in sensation Jazmine Sullivan, a Best New the Air,” all included on this disc. Although, Artist-Grammy nominee two years ago, rethere are some noticeable omissions, such as turns with her sophomore album Love Me “Most Girls” from her first album Back. The collaborators on this CD are topand “Lady Marmalade,” a joint notch – Missy Elliott, Ne-Yo, Salaam Remi, effort with Christina Aguilera, and Ryan Leslie. “10 Seconds” appears to Mya, and Lil Kim that won Pink be the leadoff single, although the singerher lone Grammy. Still, you get songwriter’s website is currently allowing 15 solid hits on this baby, and fans to download another track, “Holding there’s more where those came You Down.” Selected to receive Billboard’s 2010 Rising Star Award in early December from. is further evidence of Sullivan’s musical The Sound of Music - climb, and that she’s here to stay.

45th Anniversary Olympia Edition Bryan Ferry (Collector’s Set) 20 years have gone by since Bryan Ferry Julie Andrews released his first solo hit “Kiss and Tell,” and cast The hills are very alive with off 1990’s respected Bete Noir album. The the sound of this treasured Roxy Music ex-frontman is at it again with musical film, celebrating its his newest CD Olympia, featuring the ini45th anniversary. The combo tial single “You Can Dance.” There are betset includes a Blu-Ray/DVD ter tracks, however, like the club-infused copy of the classic presented “Shameless,” the mysteriously sounding in HD quality, a gorgeous “Alphaville,” and the slow-paced “Me Oh restoration even from its My,” where his shivering vocals purr against previous makeover. Com- a dramatic background. mentary by director Robert Revolution Wise, and also by co-stars Miranda Lambert Julie Andrews and Aside from Lady Antebellum, no one had a better 2010 in country music than Miranda Lambert. The Texas native won Album of the Year and Top Female Vocalist/Artist of the Year at both industry awards that honor the genre’s top brass, ACMs and CMAs. Her third album, Revolution, is her best yet – “White Liar” is a spunky, vengeful number with a modern, strong woman in mind, while “The House That Built Me” is a beautifully written song that could become Lambert’s signature hit. Expect this CD to notch several Grammy nominations in December – deservingly so.

Man),” but it actually works, Carrie Underwood gets the coveted opportunity to sing “You’re Lookin’ at Country,” and Lynn herself collaborates with Miranda Lambert and Sheryl Crow on the title number.

Christopher Plummer, and sing-along tracks for those who want to release their inner Maria, are just a few of the special features included in this limited-edition package.

But it’s the sweeping numbers, like “My Favorite Things” and “Do-Re-Mi” – set against an Austrian countryside – that ensure The Sound of Music will outlive any modern musical (are you listening, Burlesque?)

Look at What the Light Did Now Indie darling Feist did the next logical thing following the success of her debut solo album; she made a documentary about said debut solo album. The result is Look at What the Light Did Now, a rare peek into the Grammy-nominated artist’s thoughts during the recording process and preparations for her live performances. Much like her music, Feist appears soft-spoken and unhurried in this bio-doc, allowing the camera and her songs to do the talking. Commentary is provided by video director Patrick Daughters, collaborator Chilly Gonzalez, and several other cohorts who contributed to her rise, circa The Reminder. Look at What the Light Did Now will soon be released on DVD, and anyone familiar with Feist’s work – even those who know her from Broken Social Scene – will adore it.

Q on Producing Quincy Jones He’s a musical legend, largely responsible for the biggest album of all-time, Michael Jackson’s Thriller. He’s worked with countless musicians, from jazz to hip-hop, assembling many of them on his Grammy-winning The Suburbs project Back on the Block, not to mention Arcade Fire co-helming the ‘80s mega hit “We Are the We expect great things from Arcade Fire, World.” Seattle native Quincy Jones shares his production skills and musical teachings and they always go way beyond the call of in the book Q on Producing, a vital tool for duty. On this year’s gem, The Suburbs, the Montreal ensemble uses its everything-butaspiring artists of every genre. the-kitchen sink style on a marvelous set of In and Out of Consciousness - tracks, highlighted by the punkish “Ready to Start” and the danceable “Sprawl II (MounThe Greatest Hits 1990-2010 tains Beyond Mountains),” the latter featurRobbie Williams Former boy band member Robbie Wil- ing the sassy vocals of Regine Chassagne. liams has never caught the attention of U.S. If your list includes young colleagues for an audiences, unless you count the warped ver- office gift exchange or nephews who listen sion of “Angels” gargled by Jessica Simp- to KEXP, Arcade Fire is sure to please.

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When I first saw the advertisements for her 2010 Christmas show, I must admit (as with most Dina promotions) I was a bit confused, yet intrigued as to why she would use the styling of the Rocky Horror Picture Show – complete with Dina Martina lips – as a poster for a holiday show. What is with the Rocky Horror theme?

“There isn’t one. Isn’t that neat? I just liked the way it looked on the posters and flyers,” she said. “I try to avoid themes, because they encourage the audience to cultivate expectations. But isn’t it wonderful that all the shows on TV are doing Rocky Horror episodes? Glee and … wasn’t there another one? I think Hoarders is doing one. The Rocky Hoarder Picture Show!”

Oh, come, all ye faithful! Dina says she absolutely loves the fact that each holiday season, her legions of loyal fans return to Re-bar to see her show. When asked about her fans, she quickly answered, “OK, now you’re gonna make me cry – I love those guys. There are two “F” words that are so important to me, and one of them is ‘fans’ – the other is ‘Funyuns.’”

Always one for nostalgia, Dina told me, “I started doing Christmas shows in Las Vegas in the early ‘70s – I think 1971. Then a number of years in rural Las Vegas, then a couple of years in outer rural Las Vegas, then a short stint on Easter Island, then I started here in Seattle at Re-bar’s place in ’97.”

Have you been to a Dina Martina show?

Confusion and laughter is the recipe of the night. I’ve had the pleasure of watching Dina on more than one occasion and found myself wondering how she comes up with this shit. Don’t lie – so have you!

“Well, I used to write a bunch of random words on little pieces of paper and then pull them out of a hat and then go from there, but a friend showed me how to eliminate

the ‘hat’ stage, so now the process is a little more streamlined,” joked Dina.

At a Dina show, the comedian sings, dances, and shares stories with the audience about anything and everything imaginable.

Joining Dina onstage is accompanist Chris Jeffries. Re-bar has been home to Dina and her fans for years.

“Re-bar’s place is like a big, welcoming mud room,” she said. “It’s loaded with free radicals, which coat your skin and save it for a later date, and just walking in the door is like getting your own personal beer batter facial. It’s also the only place I can think of where you don’t feel too bad if you spill your drink.”

So what is Dina Martina’s idea of a perfect Christmas? “Every year, my daughter Phoebe and I prepare a gorgeous feast at home – just the two of us,” she explained.

“Phoebe’s adopted, so we usually start with Top Ramen, but I’m a foodie, so it gets pretty wild from there – graham crackers, cocktail onions, you name it. I try to eat a diet rich in sodium to give my face that ‘bigger than life’ look, and I think it’s working. I’ve been tryin’ to eat more brie, too, but it’s hard with my schedule. Then, to make room for dessert we put on bigger clothes.”

The song content is always a treat because you never know what holiday tune Dina is going to butcher. “Asking me what my favorite Christmas song is is like asking me which of my children is my favorite! It’s hard to choose one over the others,” she explained. “Did you see Sophie’s Choice? It’s like that. I’ll just say that two of my favorite artists are Anna Maria Alberghetti and Vangelis.”

This year, Dina said she has some very important news to share with Seattle Gay News readers: “I’d like the ladies to know that depilatory creams eradicate protein, which is not only the main ingredient in hair and skin, but also meat. So they should really store their Nair away from any lunchmeats they may have. And I’d like the men to know that I’m single.”

Oh jeez. How I love Dina Martina!

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fine dining establishment - great location, excellent ambience, highly skilled staff, a fancy French name. Only one thing seems to be missing: the chef! How long can the maitre d’ and wait staff keep the patrons entertained in the absence of a delectable meal? A Feast of the Senseless is a joyous “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” Stone Soup Theatre presents their adapta- celebration featuring acrobatics, tightwire, tion of Dylan Thomas’ exquisite and magi- unicycle, aerial art, and juggling. 12/11 at cal memoir of his childhood Christmas. 3 and 7pm and 12/12 at 3pm. School of Acrobatics & New Circus Acts (674 Runs 12/3-12/24. Stone S. Orcas St.). Tickets $19, $14 for 12 and under. www.brownpapertickets. com/event/138053

in association with Theatre Off Jackson.

Funds raised will go directly to support our mission to produce and develop new works by women. Tickets $10, $7 in advance. http://lgtheater.org/2010/11/space/

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“Illumni Men’s Chorale” The Illumni Men’s Chorale will premier two new works by Edwin Wendler and Neil Anderson-Himmelspach, as well as three new arrangements of old Christmas standards by members of Illumni itself.

They will once again be joined by regular guest artists resident soprano soloist Jennifer Ceresa and the Region 13 Award-winning LiveWire Quartet. They will also be joined by Cora Reuter Foster on violin, Christopher Spencer on string bass, and Tealah Hill on harp. 12/18 at 7:30pm.

Emmanuel Episcopal church, 4400 86th Ave SE, Mercer Island. This year, Illumni is working on a very special project.

They are giving away 8% of the tickets to both houses to injured U.S. veterans and their families. When you purchase your ticket, you can choose to sponsor a set of tickets for an injured U.S. soldier and his/ her family. Tickets at http:// www.illumnimenschorale. com/tickets.html

baritone vocalist Everett Green of the Count Basie Orchestra plus alto vocalist Nichol Eskridge, tap-dancer Alex Dugdale, and the Northwest Chamber Chorus presented by Earshot Jazz Sunday This concert sold out all 900 seats in 2009, so early ticket purchase is recommended! This special concert honors Ellington and what he called “the most important music he’d ever written.”

12/26-7:30pm. Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. Tickets: $15-$34. www.brownpapertickets. com/event/121675; www.earshotjazz. org.

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“An Improvised Christmas Carol” Unexpected Productions takes the Charles Dickens classic and replays it based on suggestions given by the audience throughout the play.

A holiday favorite for over 20 years. Runs 11/2612/3. Market Theater, Pike Place Market, 1428 Post Alley. Tickets: $10. 206587-2414; www.unexpectedproductions.org

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December 20 “Holiday Glee” Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert. 12/20 at 7:30pm. (See 11/27 listing for details.) Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. Tickets: $25-$65. 206-388-1400; www.flyinghouse.org.

December 26 “Sacred Music

by Duke Ellington” Inspired by the civil-rights movement of the 1960s, Ellington’s wonderful “Sacred Music” is both serious and swinging, a reverent and hip body of jazz composition for jazz big band, vocal and instrumental soloists, gospel choir, and tap dancers. The 23rd annual Duke Ellington Sacred Music concert, featuring the SRJO with guest 14

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Soup Theatre, 4035 Stone Way N. Tickets: $18 “Vivaldi Folia” general; $16 per person for groups of four or Violinists Ingrid Matthews and Tekla more people). 206-633-1883. www.stoneCunningham, cellist Nathan Whittaker, souptheatre.com. lutenist John Lenti, and harpsichordist Byron Schenkman celebrate Vivaldi and his “A Christmas Carol” Venetian heritage with evocative works by ACT Theatre’s annual presentation of Salamone Rossi, Biagio Marini, Francesco Charles Dickens’ classic, adapted by GregoCavalli, and of course Vivaldi himself, in- ry A. Falls. Gather your loved ones and join cluding the scorching “Folia” for two vio- us for the 35th Anniversary production of a lins and continuo. Venice was the birthplace true Seattle holiday tradition: a ripping good of virtuoso violin playing, and this is Vene- telling of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, tian virtuosity at its fiery best! 1/2 at 3pm at the miserly businessman who requires the Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. Tickets $40, $35 intervention of a few ghosts (and a bit of seniors, $25 side sections, $15 under 25. time-travel) to understand the true meaning www.earlymusicguild.org. of Christmas. Well over a century after its writing, Dickens’ classic tale of hope and THEATRE redemption continues to remind us what’s & DANCE really worth celebrating – at the holidays, or any time. Starring Sean G. Griffin and Mark “2010: A Space Holiday” Chamberlin as Ebenezer Scrooge. Runs Join Live Girls! Theater for their an- 11/26-12/26. ACT Theatre, 700 Union St. nual holiday fundraiser cabaret on 12/6 at Tickets: $22 to $47. 206-292-7676; www.

7:30pm at the Theatre Off Jackson (409 acttheatre.org 7th Ave. S.). Come out for a night of music, comedy and outta-this-world fun as we rock “A Feast of the Senseless” in the holidays, future style. Live auction Presented by the School of Acrobatics & includes dozens of irresistible items. Don’t New Circus Arts (SANCA). The tale begins miss the chance to do your holiday shopping with the opening of a restaurant. L’assiette all while supporting a great cause. Presented Vide has all the elements necessary for a

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“Black Nativity” Directed by Jacqueline Moscou and choreographed

by Donald Byrd of Spectrum Dance Theater, “Black Nativity” is a celebration of faith, expressed through exuberant performances of song, story and dance, reaching audiences of all ages, backgrounds and beliefs. The first act of “Black Nativity” retells the Christmas story through the words of the great American poet Langston Hughes. This year’s production will feature actors Earley Dean, Josephine Howell, Pastor Alphonso Meadows, and Pastor Patrinell Wright in the leading roles. The production features gospel performances by the Total Experience Gospel Choir and the Black Nativity Choir and modern and traditional choreography performed by an ensemble of dancers. Runs 12/9-12/26. Moore Theatre, 1932 2nd Ave. Tickets: $35-$55. 877-7844849; www.stgpresents.org chris bennion

“Magical Strings Celtic Yuletide” The Celtic Yuletide concerts are an enduring favorite among holiday events each year. For the 2010 Celtic Yuletide concerts, Magical Strings will be joined by the Raney Irish Dancers and the Tara Academy of Irish Dance, vocalists Mark Colleen Raney, Irish fiddler extraordinaire Dale Russ, percussionist Matt Jerrell, and more.

12/18, 7:30pm at Town Hall (1119 8th Ave.). http://www. brownpapertickets.com/ event/132172

“Holiday Glee” Seattle Men’s Chorus Holiday Concert. 12/19 at 7:30pm. (See 11/27 listing for details.) Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & University St. Tickets: $25-$65. 206-388-1400; www.flyinghouse.org.

“A Tuna Christmas” Spend the holidays with your favorite citizens of Tuna, Texas and make some new friends while you’re there. Two fabulous performers, along with some split-second costume changes, portray all 22 citizens of Texas’ third-smallest town, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies.

It’s the day before Christmas and all comic hell is breaking loose as the delightfully eccentric characters attempt to cope with seasonal traumas such as a disaster prone little theater production of A Christmas Carol and a yard decorating contest that is being sabotaged by a mysterious Christmas phantom! Bring the family and join in the holiday fun! Runs 12/1-12/24.

ArtsWest, 4711 California Ave. SW. Tickets $32. www.artswest.org

“The Dina Martina Christmas Show” O Come, all ye faithful! It’s that time, once again, to see if the ever-girthful Dina Martina can actually raise the bar even higher than she has in past holiday extravaganzas.

A tall order to fill, no doubt, but when considering the fact that Miss Martina’s already talent-stuffed presence will be once again augmented by the otherworldly talents of accompanist Chris Jeffries (first-ever winner of The Stranger’s Genius Award for Theater), you have quite the recipe. “Recipe for what?” you ask? Just ask any of Miss Martina’s ardent fans, the likes of which include John Waters, Matt Stone, Jennifer Coolidge, and Margaret Cho, and you’ll find that it’s a

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recipe for a hilarious and smart evening of holiday entertainment you’ll never forget.

Runs 11/26-12/31. Doors open one hour before show time. Re-bar, 1114 Howell St. Tickets: $20. Must be 21 or over. 800-8383006; http://www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/130957 “Ham for the Holidays: Wham Bam, Thank You Ham” Seattle favorites Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt (aka Dos Fallopia) celebrate 20 years of comic togetherness with “Ham for the Holidays: Wham Bam, Thank You Ham.” “Wham,” the 10th incarnation of the everpopular “Ham” series, is a daffy concoction of dysfunctional, screwball characters: country superstars The Spudds perform “Spuddacus”; the game show “Deck the Pauls” features Ru Paul, Rand Paul, and Paula Abdul, with host Sir Paul McCartney; choral music meets the undead in “Night of the Living Glee”; granola duo Mud share their ecofriendly invitation; and the tiny Sequim Gay Men’s Chorus sing with Pride.

Runs 11/26-12/24 with pay-what-you-can on 12/2.

Theatre Off-Jackson, 409 7th Ave S. Tickets: $15 to $23. 800-838-3006; www. brownpapertickets.com.

contemplates ending his life, he finally realizes what a difference he makes in the lives of others. Runs 12/3-12/12 at 7:30pm. Kenyon Hall, 7904 35th Ave. SW. http://www. twelfthnightproductions.org/ “The Judy Garland Christmas Special” Open Circle Theater is pleased to announce the return of the hilarious holiday disaster The Judy Garland Christmas Special. It’s 1963 and the producers of Judy Garland’s TV show have decided she needs a nice Christmas special with the whole family; lovely Liza, cutie Lorna and little flamboyant Joey.

“Land of the Sweets” The Burlesque Nutcracker A spectacle of ecdysiastic pageantry, “Land of the Sweets” sets the Nutcracker to a swing-era soundtrack and gives the ballet a bawdy makeover. The perfect mix of singing, acrobatics, glamour and smutty jokes, featuring an all-star cast from Seattle’s burlesque A-list. Runs 12/9-12/24. The Triple Door, 216 Union St. Tickets: $25-$40. 206838-4333; www.tripledoor.com “Nutcracker” The Pacific Northwest Ballet’s “Nutcracker” has been dazzling the young and the young-at-heart each holiday season for 27 years. Treat your family and friends to the memories and magic of PNB’s inimitable “Nutcracker.” Created by PNB Founding Artistic Director Kent Stowell and world-famous children’s author and illustrator Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are), “Nutcracker’s” brilliant blend of costumes, sets and choreography creates a magical storybook world enjoyed by children and adults alike. PNB’s masterful holiday production is the highlight of the holidays.

Runs 11/26-12/27.

Marion Oliver McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St. Tickets: Call or check

“It’s a Wonderful Life – A Live Radio Play” Twelfth Night Productions presents the classic 1946 Frank Capra film comes to life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. The ensemble of characters bring the town of Bedford Falls to the stage, and George Bailey to the fateful Christmas Eve when, as he

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“Irving Berlin’s White Christmas” Based on the beloved film, this heartwarming stage adaptation features seventeen Irving Berlin songs and a book by David Ives and Paul Blake. Veterans Bob Wallace and Phil Davis have a successful song-and-dance act after World War II. With romance in mind, the two follow a duo of beautiful singing sisters en route to their Christmas show at a Vermont lodge, which just happens to be owned by Bob and Phil’s former Army commander. The dazzling score features well-known standards including Blue Skies, I Love A Piano, How Deep Is the Ocean and the perennial favorite, White Christmas. Runs 11/2612/19. Tacoma Musical Playhouse, (7116 6th Ave.). Tickets $27, $25 senior/student/ military, $20 children 12 and under. http:// tmp.org/mainstage.aspx#show2

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“Homo for the Holidays” An unforgettable all-star cast brings you innovative burlesque and cabaret performances to help you beat the holiday blues. “Homo for the Holidays” is a hearty holiday fruitcake packed with dancing reindeer, sexy sugar cookies, ghostly visitations, a Hanukkah pageant for dummies, and new ways to define coming home. It’s not Christmas in July, it’s Pride in December!

Light your menorah, stuff your stockings, and join your chosen family in celebrating our favorite wintry holiday. Featuring local sensations: Ben DeLaCreme, Ms. Honeysuckle Hype (via satellite), Fuchsia FoXXX, ilvs strauss, Paris Original, and Cherdonna & Lou, with special guests.

Runs 11/25-11/17, 12/2-12/4, and 12/24 at 8pm. Tickets: $15-advance; $20-at the door. West Hall, Odd Fellows Building, 915 E Pine St, 2nd Floor. www.brownpapertickets.com/event/90561.

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But where the hell is Judy? When she finally shows up, can the producers keep her on the set and off the booze? Based on the actual, infamous 1963 TV special and including a “special feature” after the main show, Judy promises to put the fun in dysfunctional. Come make the yuletide Gay with the most hysterical comedy this Christmas. Runs 11/26-12/18, Fri-Sat at 7:30pm, Sun at 4pm. Tickets: $14, except opening night, which is FREE. Open Circle Theater, 2222 Second Ave, 2nd Fl. 382-4250; www.

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website for ticket prices. 206-4412424; www.pnb.org.; in person at the PNB Box Office, 301 Mercer St; 206-292-ARTS; www.ticketmaster.com “Plaid Tidings” The Plaids are back! Forever Plaid: Plaid Tidings is the best of Forever Plaid’ tied up in a nifty package with a big Christmas bow on top! Filled with Christmas standards that have been “Plaid-erized,” our boys are back to do their Christmas Special. A phone call from the heavenly Rosemary Clooney lets them know they’re needed to put a little harmony into a discordant world. Runs 12/312/18. Renton Civic Theater (507 S. 3rd St., Renton). Tickets: $25, $20 for students/seniors. 425-226-5529; www.rentoncivictheater.org.

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“Red Ranger Came Calling” Book-It’s musical holiday favorite, Red Ranger Came Calling,

by Berkeley Breathed, is based on the true stoy of the author’s father who, at age nine, insisted on being addressed as the “Red Ranger of Mars.” Christmas 1939, the Red Ranger was sent to Vashon Island to spend the holiday with Aunt Vy, where his encounter with an ancient man named Saunder Ciös left an indelible mark on the landscape still visible today.

Runs 11/23-12/23. Book-It Repertory Theatre (Eve Alvord Theatre at Seattle Children’s Theatre, Seattle Center). Tickets: $20-$42.

206-216-0877; www.book-it.org.

“Scrooge reading with Ishbel Dickens and Todd Moore” This event is the Displacement Coalition’s most important fundraiser, and they depend on it to make it through the year. The reading will be held on 12/12 at 8pm, with a social hour beginning at 7pm, at the Madrona home of Ishbel Dickens and Marcus Krueger (3306 E. John St.) If you cannot attend, please consider a tax-deductible donation of $25, $50, or $100. Check can be mailed to the Seattle Displacement Coalition, 5031 University Way NE, Seattle, WA, 98105.

The Displacement Coalition is dedicated to providing housing opportunities to low-income and homeless people. http://zipcon.net/~jvf4119/ “Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Christmas Carol” The year: 1894. The date: Christmas Eve. The location: 221B Baker Street. Can three unexpected callers save Holmes and his world from a dire end? Runs 11/26-12/30. Taproot Theatre, 204 N. 85th St. Tickets: $20-$35.

781-9707; www.taproottheatre. org.

“Short Stories Live: Christmas Classics” In a holiday celebration of literature and theater, professional actors from ACT Theatre will read excerpts from Christmas classics.

An afternoon of delightfully unconventional Christmas stories, poems, and musical cheer, including Grace Paley’s lovely “The Loudest Voice” in which a Jewish girl’s vocal stamina makes her the ideal narrator of the school Christmas play; Ron Carlson’s hilarious and moving “The H Street Sledding Record” - about a father who tosses horse manure on the roof every Christmas Eve to keep the spirit of Santa alive; and Grace Paley’s delirious “The Seraph and the Zambesi” - in which an argumentative angel visits a misbegotten colonial Christmas pageant. Featuring actors Frank Corrado, Julie Briskman, and Jean Sherrard, with special guests Paul Dorpat and steel guitar master John Owen. 12/19 at 4pm. Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave. at Seneca St. Tickets: $13-advance general/$10-Town Hall members, seniors & students; $15/$13 at the door. 800-838-3006; www. brownpapertickets.com.

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actually now, on reflection, I think it really does fit in.

It really belongs because the focus of all of the songs goes to the nativity. It goes to the birth of a child into the world – even if you’re not Christian, which I am not a Christian – in a way that I was able to identify with it in a metaphorical way, because I was thinking, “Well, this is a symbol. This is a child. It’s all of us. It’s about humanity.”

So there was a thread of connection that ran through all the songs, you see.

Azzopardi: How did the song come about?

Lennox: I hadn’t intended to write a song for the album, but one day I had this idea for “Universal Child” and I just started playing around with it while we were recording something. And basically, I was like, “Ohhh, wow, there’s a really interesting thing happening here.” So we stopped recording what we were recording and we carried on with “Universal Child” and finished it in the same evening. Sometimes it’s so strange like that: You write a song and it all comes at once. So that was one of those.

Azzopardi: You merge a lot of your passion for activism into your music, particularly as it pertains to children and AIDS. Why do you think music is such a good platform for these issues?

Lennox: Music is a great vehicle of communication; everybody loves music – I never really met anybody who didn’t like music. And music tells stories and communicates ideas, and people are interested in music and musicians.

Sadly, in our culture we’re obsessed with celebrity – celebrity is the thing – and we spend so much money on magazines; we’re so interested in other people’s lives, socalled celebrities, and it’s a bit disheartening because we’re a big world and there’s so many things we could change and put right.

But we’re so consumed by our own consumerist culture that very often we don’t see it.

I had a bit of a turning point when I had an opportunity to go to places that I wouldn’t have had a chance to visit before, and it blew my mind. I thought I knew what poverty was about. I thought I knew, and actually I didn’t know until I saw it for myself.

Azzopardi: Right – back in 2003 when you participated in the launch of Nelson Mandela’s HIV/AIDS foundation. How has seeing the devastation caused by poverty and AIDS affected you as a person?

Lennox: I don’t think anybody could grasp the scale of the HIV/AIDS pandemic as it is played out, especially in Sub-Saha-

ran Africa where you have 22 million who are infected with the virus. Twenty-two million! And when you have so many deaths – I think it’s 27 million – it’s a figure that you cannot get your head around.

Recently, I was in Berlin and I went to visit the Jewish Holocaust memorial right in the center of former East Berlin, and it’s very, very powerful – all kinds of people who perished in this Holocaust. The figures are staggering. And then you look at the HIV issue and it’s even more.

We were all celebrating the Chilean miners, including myself, and I was so happy to see these men emerge one by one – 33 men, out of the earth – and yet I know the price of human life in many places is worthless.

Azzopardi: What does being a Gay icon mean to you?

Lennox: [Laughs.] It means lots of Gay men and women like me! It’s a funny thing: I don’t wake up in the morning and think, “Oh my goodness, I’m a Gay icon!” Not at all. But you see, I’m not part of the Gay community myself, so it’s not part of my direct experience. But I’m certainly a liberalminded person, and I actually really almost resent all these labels.

I was watching on YouTube the other day a man – or a woman, I should say, now – who was saying, “Please don’t label me as Transgender. I don’t want to be labeled. I’m sick of all these labels.” And I’m thinking, “I’m with you.” I mean, OK, you’re sexually oriented one way, this way or that way or another way, but I want to get rid of labels.

I think we want to get to the point of evolution, where it makes no difference if you’re straight, Gay, Transgender, whatever – just be inclusive. We need to see ourselves as absolutely human beings, first and foremost.

In the ’70s, when I was a teenager, it was the first time I discovered that anybody was Gay. I had never met a Gay person before I came down from Scotland, and the changes that have happened so far are huge. I think there have just been huge steps. Gay people have come out, and they’re powerful and working in banks, in clinics, as doctors, teachers, everywhere. It’s just a natural evolution, in a way.

It does worry me very much when I hear about very extreme homophobia arising in places. I think of my friends who, if they went to certain countries, would be ostracized or – it’s unbelievable to think that these extremes do exist, but this is the world we live in. We’re living in a time where you have fundamentalists who are so extreme – either the Catholic Church or in the Muslim areas – and I just think, “Where’s the tolerance?”

Azzopardi: How do you feel about the recent string of Gay youth suicides, then?

Lennox: In this day and age, how come a young teenage boy or girl is feeling so con-

flicted about their sexual orientation that they feel suicidal? This bullying on cyberspace, uncontrolled, and this horrible result of nasty, vicious celebrity bullshit that you get on the internet – an individual like Perez Hilton coming out on The Ellen DeGeneres Show and saying, “I’m sorry, I’ve seen the light,” let’s make sure that he walks his talk and now that he apparently has seen the light, stop all this bullying – stop it!

It’s disgraceful. It always was disgraceful.

It should never be, and he of all people who have benefited so much from his vicious diatribes and his vicious putting down of so many individuals, he now needs to take responsibility and go forward and say, “I will now take responsibility and work for the other side.”

Azzopardi: You’ve said that wanting to resist being perceived as a girly-girl prompted your androgynous phase in the ’80s. Why didn’t you want to be seen as ultra-feminine?

Lennox: I wanted to be perceived as a person with my own rights who is not going to be simply understood through my gender, through a certain limitation. Nowadays, women are so sexually explicit and they use this as a tool to get popular, and I find it very one-dimensional. When I see, like, with the rap music, hip-hop girls just being overtly sexual, it bores me. I just think, “Oh, the same old gag.” Surely we could’ve evolved further than that.

I’m all for sexuality being free and liberal, but I feel so sad that it’s like a one-trick pony. That’s all I see are bum, ass, and tits – and it’s sad. It’s a sad thing because people fought so hard to liberate us and to give us the vote and to give us more equal opportunities, and it looks sometimes to me like we’re really going backward.

Azzopardi: So you’re still very much a feminist.

Lennox: I am feminist. I’m utterly feminist, and I’m very disappointed when people are afraid of the word and step away from the word. I told you I don’t like labels, but this is an important label. This is very important, and the fact that people are step-

ping away from it is a travesty. What we need to do is to take ownership of the word “feminist” and we need to reinvent it so that people embrace it again. It’s a travesty that feminism is looked on as something that they should recoil from.

Azzopardi: If you had a genie in a bottle, what would be your three wishes for the world?

Lennox: Healing. The genie would have to take all the extremists in the world that leaped immediately to arms and to warfare and get the opposing forces to get their mindset changed so that their priority should be only about finding solutions, only peaceful solutions. Unfortunately, we’re stuck in places like the Middle East, into the perpetual catch-22 of someone being killed, someone killing someone else – and then it goes on and on and on and the bloodletting goes on and on and on, and there seems to be no solution.

I don’t ever know if it’s going to be possible because we’re human beings and we’re incredibly odd, but it would be wonderful to see peace. All these divisions that occur ironically between religious beliefs – Christians, Muslims, whomever – are the biggest tragedy on the planet. And then, of course, the sustainability of the planet – who knows where we’re at; we talk about global warming, about pollution, and we do a lot of talking. But I’d like to see the government really taking more responsibility on a global scale.

And then I’d like to see a real sort of development in preventable disease: Access to medicine that can prevent the deaths of millions of people, I’d like to see that. I’d like to see healthcare systems fully staffed.

I’d like to see access to treatment. I’d like to see healthcare systems that are on their knees, in some way becoming effective. I’d like to see the end of corrupt governments.

I’d like to see transparency of governments.

I’d like to see all of these corrupt systems that are functioning, and all of these people who have scooped up so much money, taking accountability. It’s things like this that I think a lot about.

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