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The Fifteenth Annual Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival gets started this evening with BearCity, a Sex and the City knockoff made for those who like their men with a bit of hair on their chests. From there, our friends at Three Dollar Bill Cinema offer up a typically diverse lineup of fea-

Mart Crowley’s enduring classic The Boys in the Band. There’s plenty to choose from, and movie lovers of all shapes, sizes, colors, orientations, and genders will undoubtedly find something that strikes their fancy.

The following is my take on a few of this opening week’s slate of films. For a full program list, head over to www.threedollarbillcinema.org/10/ for more information on showtimes, descriptive capsules and to pre-buy tickets.

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tures, documentaries and shorts from all over the globe, each of them touching on subjects sure to be near and dear to the LGBT filmgoer.

Highlights include the return of Seattle International Film Festival favorite The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls, the fascinating Brazilian import Paulista, Peru’s 2011 submission for Best Foreign Language Film Undertow, and the wonderful documentary Making the Boys, chronicling the ins and outs behind

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Manu Chao’s Seattle debut ecstatically brilliant The Maine’s John

by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer per formance. Chao marched onstage promptly at 8 p.m. with no opening act, ready to begin the festivities. Although there were no intermissions, there was a contrast between the first portion of the show and the second, as the top half filled with up-tempo folk songs strummed beautifully by acoustic guitar and the bottom half loaded with rowdy, fast rock numbers complimented mostly by electric guitar.

“Rumba de Barcelona,” despite missing a horn section, was bursting with energy and showcased Chao, in a red-orange shirt with matching bandana, as the masterful guitarist who mixes various styles together in

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Manu Chao October 12 Paramount Theatre “I’ve never seen the Paramount like this before,” said the woman behind me. She was right. All the party people in Seattle got the memo that Latin music’s alternative music groundbreaker, the award-winning Manu Chao, was in town Wednesday night, and the scene was a twohour nonstop celebration of dancing, singing, cheering, clapping, and spinning around in circles.

Hard to believe, but this was actually the first time Chao – a much-saluted artist in all of Latin America – had ever played in the Emerald City. And for fans who’d waited this long to see him – 10 years since his major breakthrough – he certainly poured everything he had into this

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of You” and “Growing Up,” hail from diagonally across the country – Tempe, Arizona, to be exDon’t let the band name fool act. You could dismiss these guys you, The Maine isn’t from any- as studio-only artists by their where near the New England tousled hair and narrow-legged area. The new pop-rock outfit, on the verge of a breakthrough with back-to-back hit singles “Inside see music lounge page 44

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BearCity : What if Kim Cattrall had a hairy back?

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BearCity October 15, 7:30 PM Egyptian Theatre Blame it on the cartoon bears.

Yogi, Boo Boo, Pooh, and Baloo.

Brer Bear, the Three Bears, and the Berenstain Bears. Paddington Bear, Smokey Bear, and Gentle Ben. They have instilled in us the notion that bears are cuddly buffoons who don’t learn from their mistakes. In the language of stage and screen, we call these characters “flat.” The bears of BearCity aren’t those kind of bears.

Tyler (Joe Conti) is a fresh-faced 21-year-old aspiring actor living in New York City (imagine that). He is out as Gay but closeted as a bear cub – that’s ursine parlance for a pretty young thing who likes his men large, older, and hairy. He moves out of his sublet rather than admit his proclivities to his twink roommate Simon (Alex Di Dio). Tyler moves in with Fred (Brian Keane), a hairy camera guy he meets at an audition, and Fred’s partner Brent (Stephen Guarino). Suddenly, the bear world opens up to him and he falls for mus-

fall in love, and who make mistakes. Think Sex and the City without the Jimmy Choo shoes and boobs (I retract that last part as there are, in fact, boobs in BearCity – big, hairy boobs). Regardless of my digression, these bears are real, and absolutely threedimensional.

Sure, the dialogue is often silly. The acting is uneven. The production values feel cheap. The blocking feels staged.

You know what? I couldn’t care less.

What makes BearCity awesome is its unique take on a subculture that is usually painted with a broad brush, even by members of that subculture.

The cartoon bear analogy isn’t completely bogus. Bear identity is tied up with specific codes, involving clothing (or lack thereof), language, and behavior. The bear community is all about blue-collar hyper-masculinity and lots and lots of hair – hair on the face, the crack, the chest, the balls, and, yes, the back. Thus, the bear can easily fall prey to becoming a bit of a cartoon within the narrow confines of bear identity. BearCity takes this rather flat identity and reminds us that bears are people, too.

BearCity will not change your worldview. It won’t turn you into a bear if you aren’t one already, and it won’t make you grow hair in funny places. However, it is a great way to blow a couple of hours and get to know one of the less ostentatious subcultures that exist within the beautiful and varied Queer universe.

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los (James Martinez, who looks splendid in his tighty-whities). Michael has been jobless for months and blames it on his weight. He decides to have gastric-band surgery to lose the weight, which pisses Carlos off. Oh, the drama.

BearCity, despite the decidedly porno-riffic title, is not a porno movie. It barely even cle bear asshole Roger (Gerald McCullouch). counts as soft-core with, Fred and Brent are toying

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with opening up their relationship. Fred has a crush on Tyler. The final two ingredients in this beef stew are Michael (Gregory Hunter) and his red-hot chubby chaser bear cub Car-

nary a penis to be seen on screen (though there are plenty of big hairy bods to ogle).

BearCity is a romantic comedy with a sweet heart that insists the bear subculture is actually filled with people who have jobs, who

Female leads burn the If you have to pick just screen in Four-Faced Liar one, see Undertow

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narrative turns.

The story could have spun out of control or ended up trite, but Fuentes-León keeps a Undertow steady hand. The scenes where the two men October 23, 7 PM can finally walk through the streets holding Pacific Place Cinema hands have meaning far beyond the simple Twisting Occam’s Razor to my own de- images (again due in part to those extraordivices, I’d say the nary narrative turns). In a sophisticated narsimplest, most elrative trick, egant, love story as Santiago is is often the best. finally able to Javier Fuentesshare joyfully León has created in Miguel’s just that in this life: his familovely little love ly, his wife, his story set in a child; the limiPeruvian fishing tations of the village. circumstances Miguel (Crisbecome overtian Mercado) whelm ingly is happily marsad at the same ried to Mariela time.

(Tatiana AsThe actors are tengo). He is perfect. Mercaa pillar of his do and Cardona community, a capture the furhard working tive spirit of the fisherman, romance while and soon to allowing the loss be a proud faand frustration ther. Miguel felt for hidden is also having love to bubble up. hot man-sex Astengo’s subtle Undertow with Santiaperformance may go (Manolo get lost under the Cardona). I mean really hot. Santiago is a passionate roles of painter who’s been coming to the village her handsome co-stars, but if you can take since he was a kid. your eyes off the men for a moment you disNothing can replace a good story, and I cover a dramatic turn that is restrained and can’t write too much without giving away elegant. some sweet plot twists, but trust me, UnderThe cinematography by Mauricio Vidal tow is a well-written film. The three prin- is beautiful. The Peruvian seashore is stark cipal characters are good people who live and unforgiving. The sinuous waves look conflicted lives. They have difficult choices like no other waves I’ve ever seen. The sunto make in a fishbowl as their community light is severe without seeming purposely becomes a character within the movie. The blown-out. The actors look gorgeous and small seaside village is teeming with gos- the interiors are rife with colors that reflect sipy women and macho men with little to do. the sea. Vidal is a master.

At the center of everything is the church.

This is one of my favorite films of the Santiago paints a picture of Miguel that year. It’s arrestingly beautiful visually, and is discovered by the community. Miguel the unexpected story is surprisingly full of struggles to decide whether he wants San- affirmation and sadness. If you have to pick tiago to leave or stay, a decision made more one film to see at the film fest this year, this complicated by a couple of extraordinary is the one. l cin em a

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believed that Bridget was falling in love with Molly even as she knew it meant her lifestyle would change dramatically and The Four-Faced Liar that Molly’s insecurity might mean the risk October 16, 7:30 PM wouldn’t be worth it. Molly knows where Egyptian Theatre her heart (and her libido) lies, but she can’t Sometimes good people tell lies. More of- shake the feeling that Greg is what everyone ten, bad people tell lies. Bad people tell lies always told her because they she was waiting want to. Good for. Both women people tell turn in unsentilies because mental and honthey can’t help est performancit. The Foures that blew me Faced Liar is away. mostly about Kubrak seems the good peomiscast as the ple. loutish serial Br i d g e t cheater. Carlisle (Marja Lewis is better suited Ryan, who to his role as wrote the play the buttonedand adapted it down control for the screen) freak with a is best friends wandering with Trip (Todd eye that may Kubrak). They or may not be are both womanwandering afLiar izing oafs who ter dudes, but The Four-Faced compare notes I get the feelon trysts while ing his best scenes may be on the cutting brushing their teeth and scratching their room floor as the filmmakers wisely decidasses together in a morning bathroom ritual ed to tone down the character’s Queerness. that is unique in the annals of cinema.

You may disagree and the indicators are few Molly (Emily Peck) is in a relationship and subtle, but that’s my read of the characwith Greg (Daniel Carlisle), the perfect hus- ter’s motivation. Kubrak and Carlisle would band material every girl dreams of. Still, probably seem fine if not for the whiz-bang Greg is a Post-It note addict who may have work of their female counterparts. a bit of the Gay about him. The 20-someAll four lead actors get producing credit thing quartet meet in a dive bar in New York and all four attended New York University’s City and soon the intrigues and plots begin. Tisch School of the Arts together. Lewis It’s like the sitcom Friends went gritty and Ryan wrote the play after a Q&A session in Queer – these are two things the sitcom which a young female student asked playcould have used back in the ‘90s. wright David Mamet why he didn’t write The story about 20-something friends more roles for women. Mamet replied, swapping partners and lying about it to “Why don’t you?” So Lewis Ryan did. each other and to themselves isn’t groundThe Four-Faced Liar is a nicely turned breaking material. However, in the hands of out contemporary take on the sophisticatdirector Jacob Chase, the story gets a nice ed 20-something drama. The dialogue is update with cleverly drawn characters and a crisp, the characters are flawed and interestwelcome Queer streak. ing, and the story keeps you guessing. The Lewis Ryan and Peck totally eclipse the best elements of the film are definitely the boys. It’s not just that their roles are juicier, lead actors; those two women burn up the but they are simply better actors. I totally screen.

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Director Marco Berger on Plan B

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attractive leads audiences will want to see end up together.

On the phone from Argentina, writer/director Marco Berger talked about how he Plan B came up with the plan to make Plan B. October 21, 9:45 PM “It’s not from an experience I had. I’ve Egyptian Theatre Plan B is writer/director Marco Berger’s been Gay since I was 18, I never tried to semeditative Argentine drama that has Bruno duce anyone!” he said. “But the film is about (Manuel Vignau) seduce his ex-girlfriend me.”

Laura’s (Mercedes Quinteros) current boyfriend Pablo (Lucas Ferraro) in an attempt to win her back.

(A rumor about Pablo having past Queer experience makes this plan credible.)

The plan, which has the men meeting at the gym and bonding over a TV show, eventually gets them into bed together and sharing some kisses.

These intimate moments ultimately bring them closer together, and cause them to question how to handle the strong feelings they have developed for each other. Berger, however, is cocksure. He Marco Berger films Plan B in long, unflinching takes that The filmmaker discussed focus on the characters the fact that people are often surprised to as they think about their feelings, unable, or learn he is Gay because he doesn’t conform afraid to express their real desires.

This slow, quiet, contemplative film truly to a stereotype. When they do discover this, allows the men time and space to develop they use Berger’s sexuality as a way of extheir sexual attraction, and grapple with how ploring their own curiosity by getting drunk difficult it is for them to accept their Bisexu- and trying to kiss him. This is what Bruno ality or homosexuality. Sure, some viewers does in Plan B in his efforts to woo Pablo.

The idea of seducing another guy to win will find this leisurely approach boring, but back a girlfriend may be strange, but despite give it a chance – Plan B really sneaks up on viewers ending with an emotionally power- being in their late 20s, Bruno and Pablo’s relationship is more along the lines of those ful and satisfying climax.

There is no denying that the growing sex- innocent bonds adolescents have as they ual tension between the men is made palpa- come of age. Bruno talks with Pablo about ble by the film’s seductive and naturalistic the joy of being 12, and relating their friendstyle and the engaging performances by the ship to that age of (sexual) innocence.

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Berger justifies his character’s strategy: “If Bruno wanted to seduce him in an ‘adult in his late 20s’ kind of way, he would have taken Pablo to a dark place, and kissed him, like a grown-up. But Pablo would have run away. That’s why he puts the relationship in the context of a youth. At that age you connect deeply. You sleep over, your friend’s house, you talk all night, you are very close and becoming independent.” Any parallels to coming out are intentional.

Pablo and Bruno’s sleepovers are very erotic, with the men often lying together in bed, wearing nothing but their underwear.

Such scenes would never exist in a Hollywood film, but Latin culture allows for such homosocial behavior, and Berger deliberately plays on this idea in his film.

He explained, “We are a very macho culture in Argentina.

But there is an open mind that even if guys are not Gay, they are used to going to a friend’s house and taking a nap in boxers together. They show they are secure about their masculinity because they are not afraid of anything happening.”

However, as comfortable as two straight men can be sharing a bed, the Latin culture is very clear on how Gay men are treated. Berger explains, “It’s bad to be Gay. If you want to scream something bad at someone, you call them a ‘fag.’

It’s very strange if you are Gay and your friends do this.”

At the mention of the use of the word “fag,” Berger addresses how this word is used in Argentina. “I think in our country, we have these two kinds of ideas about being Gay. One is very afraid of being Gay – like Pablo – he doesn’t want to mention the idea. He doesn’t want to use the word, or be suspected. He’s escaping it.

The other is like Bruno, a heterosexual, who doesn’t care, or is not afraid of being Gay. He never considers the idea, which is why he uses the word ‘fag,’ like it’s not important. He never had a real experience with another man, so he jokes with it and never questioned it.”

Given how the characters use the word, is Berger using it in Plan B to “reclaim” it?

He responds, “I show how the world works.

Everyone in Buenos Aires uses the word

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Violet Tendencies October 22, 9:45 PM Admiral Theater Violet Tendencies is a sweet film about women who love men who love men – and the men one of these women loves. Violet (Mindy Cohn) is a 40-year-old “fruit fly” who is supportive of her Gay male friends, but wants a relationship of her own. She has a series of standard rom-com dating disasters, until she meets Vern (Armand Anthony), an architect who encourages her heterosexuality.

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Gary Kramer: Is this interview going to turn into one of Violet’s “Frisky Friend” phone sex calls?

Mindy Cohn: I don’t think so….

Kramer: How close are you to Violet?

Are you a fruit fly?

Cohn: I’m vastly different from Violet.

I’m not that girl. Jesse [Archer, the screenwriter] and I had this conversation. I’m definitely a fag hag, not a fruit fly. I earned my fag hag-dom. In L.A., fag hags are different than the ones Jesse knows in N.Y. I

don’t want to be a Gay man, or have sex with Gay men, but I do identify with the relationship between a straight woman and Gay man. It’s quite dear and quite precious.

Kramer: What’s the distinction between a fag hag and a fruit fly?

Cohn: It’s more politically correct to be a fruit fly than a fag hag. But [to me] fag hag is a term of endearment, like “diva.” If Liza can be a fag hag, then I can, too.

Kramer: Had you ever heard of fag stags – straight men who hang out with Gays – before? Do these mythical unicorns exist?

Cohn: I think Jesse coined the term. I think there is such a thing.

I’m madly in love with a guy in Toronto who’s a total fag stag. Onehundred-percent straight, no proclivity to be with guys, and totally secure with Gays. Like Hugh Jackman!

Kramer: Violet has some horrible dates.

What is your worst dating disaster?

Cohn: Oh, there are so many! My worst is that I turn into a pathological liar. I’m a chameleon on a plaid carpet. It’s my go-to default when I’m uncomfortable or nervous.

When I haven’t been myself, it’s not a match, and I know it and I try to get a free meal by

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comfortable in my skin, but having said that, I don’t want to be running down Central Park South in a slip. That made me uncomfortable, but that was the challenge. Violet has no inhibitions, and that was liberating.

Kramer: You are pretty outrageous in the film. You talk dirty, and wear some wild outfits. How challenging was the role?

Cohn: It was hard for me, but what I realized is that Violet is Jesse’s fag hag, and I was hired to play the role. I really wanted to honor that. I embraced it. It was an opportunity to become unencumbered and not selfconscious. She makes no apologies, so I dove in.

Kramer: Did you do your own stunts, like wrestling with your hot co-star Samuel Whitten?

Cohn: I came home and it looked like I came home from a tour of duty! I was fucking black and blue! Another scene that annihilated me was flailing on the steps by the TH REE do ll

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‘fag.’ I’m Gay, and I don’t care if you use that word, it doesn’t hurt me. I’m a faggot and I am happy. I don’t care. I used that in the film. Because life is like this! There is always someone to attack you. I use it to attack Bruno. None of this [fag stuff] has to do with love.”

How Bruno and Pablo deal with their sexual feelings that develop over the course of the film is critical because Plan B deals with issues of love, not sex. Berger deliberately did not give the characters a sex scene because the relationship between Pablo and Bruno doesn’t hinge on the physical. Instead, it focuses on how the characters interact mentally and emotionally – and this is the strength of the film.

Plan B unfolds in many long takes that allow viewers to understand how Pablo and Bruno respond to each other. Berger cuts some shots of buildings in between the dramatic scenes to give audiences a moment to adjust to how the characters relate to one another. It also increases the audience’s desire to see the men possibly end up together.

The performances by both Vignau and Ferraro are fantastic, and viewers see exactly how every step of their developing friendship transforms each man. The director specifically cast the performers because they were straight. That said, Berger was amused when Lucas Ferraro (who plays Pablo) told him after casting that he thought Berger hired him because a lot of people think he’s Gay. Berger did not rehearse his actors prior to shooting, but instead talked with the actors about where their characters were in a given scenes. “Like I’m the therapist,” he says with a laugh. “I sit with them and talk to them and explain what is going to happen so they are relaxed. They need to think about what is going on in the moment, and so I tell them to take their time. I don’t care if it takes a week! I have them concentrate very carefully before the shot – like a coach training an athlete for sports.”

The efforts paid off handsomely. The beauty of Plan B is how it shows Pablo and Bruno’s relationship develops naturally, regardless of sexual orientation. Berger appreciates this assessment of his work, stating, “When you shoot a film, you have to want to change something about your society. I know Gay people and my friends will like the film, but I want people who don’t understand being Gay – an old person, or a homophobic guy – to like it. The grandfather of one of the producers said the film explained this love to him that he never understood. I’ve always been Gay, and I want to be understood.”

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Kramer: How did you “create” Violet?

Cohn: I have to tell you that I was nervous. One reason I wanted to be Violet is that I was just scared enough to do it. There were things in the film that were really hard for me. I can say “pussy,” but being uninhibited and free can be hard for me. I’m

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Bethesda fountain. I learned to tuck and roll.

I came home in such agony I needed stunt pay. I was crankypants for two afternoons!

Kramer: I have to ask you about The Facts of Life. Can you dish about the show?

Cohn: I’m not really a disher. The stories are all from 25 years ago, and hold such little relevance now. I knew George Clooney 25 years ago. It’s like asking what you remember about someone in second grade. What I see today is who they are. There wasn’t re-

ally drama or gossip on the negative front.

Kramer: Given that most of us know you from TV, what should we know about Mindy?

Cohn: There’s always been that belief that people do know me, and I’ve grown up with that. I have one of those faces and personalities. I’m interested in people, and people do think they know me. They don’t. They may think they do. I think what people don’t know about me is everything!

The Topp Twins conquer the world di va fil ms

Golden Space Needle Award for Best Documentary. If you missed this charming documentary about these unlikely superstars the first time around, now is your chance to see it. If you did see it, now is your chance to see it again.

The story takes you from a small dairy farm in Huntley, New Zealand, where the twins started busking the streets as teenagers playing country songs on an old guitar and singing for change, to the pinnacle of international stardom.

Besides the country music success, these remarkable women created a cadre of hilarious characters, including the Camp Mother and Camp Leader, Ken and Ken, and the Gingham Sisters. The characters are fully realized comedic wonders in their own right, but you can’t help feeling they are shades of the twins’ personalities. More importantly, they are affectionately drawn and fall-down funny.

Along the way, they have fought nuclear proliferation, stereotypes, and cancer. They are members of the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame and have somehow managed to bridge the gap between fringe audiences and the mainstream to build a loyal fan base around the globe. They are supremely talented performers as comfortable doing razor-sharp comedy bits as singing their own catchy country-style tunes.

Conventional wisdom says if you make a documentary about two amazingly talented and fearless women, it should be amazing. This time, conventional wisdom gets it right.

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by Scott Rice SGN Contributing Writer The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls October 21, 7:30 PM Admiral Theater Conventional wisdom says it shouldn’t have happened. Lynda and Jools Topp, average-looking twin dairy farmers from New Zealand who are partial to yodeling, cross dressing, and women, become beloved international stars, activists, award-winning musicians, stars of their own television show, and the subject of New Zealand’s topgrossing documentary of all time. Conventional wisdom was wrong.

The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls played earlier this year at the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), winning the Lena Sharpe Award for Persistence of Vision, and was the first runner-up for the

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ARIES (March 20 – April 19): Sex doesn’t solve all the problems in a relationship, but now it offers an interesting perspective on whatever the real problems are. Any secrets, resentments, unfulfilled wishes? Share yours and invite your partner to open up!

TAURUS (April 20 – May 20): Your partner and colleagues are obstructing whatever you want to do. Or is that really it? Be responsible for your own accomplishments. While your partner’s feedback won’t make you happy, it will help you find answers.

GEMINI (May 21– June 20): Trying too hard to promote your own plans can provoke problems with colleagues. If you’re sensing hidden agendas, it may be due to your own pushiness. Have a good talk. Listen between the lines, but double-check any suspicions.

CANCER (June 21– July 22): Keep the wicked fun at home where it belongs. Your creative challenge at work is to keep it clean, or at least appropriate. One step out of line will put you into somebody’s firing range.

LEO (July 23 – August 22): Rude remarks about your family may be just thoughtless, not meant to offend. Don’t let them lure you into senseless arguments. Simple straightforward pride in who you are and where you come from doesn’t depend on what others think. Consider the source!

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22): Can you keep a secret?

Please do! While it may seem that openness can save you some money or get you a romantic adventure, letting kitty out of the bag can cost you a lot on both counts.

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22): Be completely honest with your partner about finances. It will create some challenges, but those little problems are just necessary steps to solving big ones. Keeping up with the Joneses is just another jones. Take pride in your values, not your belongings.

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21): Worrying about your health is the biggest danger to your health, but getting a check-up “won’t hurt a bit.” (Oh, just spread ’em and breathe!) Your colleagues should be teammates, not competitors. Still, being alert for skullduggery isn’t necessarily paranoiac.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 20): Worries and doubts inhibit your efforts at self-expression. Take that as a creative challenge to articulate the problems and dig deeper at what’s behind them. Friends’ insights are helpful. Even when they’re wrong, use the input as a springboard.

CAPRICORN (December 21 – January 19): Friends getting on your nerves are hitting buttons about frustrated ambitions, perhaps echoing parental expectations that have long jarred against your own real aims. Discuss that with your annoying pals to get clearer about what you really want to do.

AQUARIUS (January 20 – February 18): Wanting to show off your brilliance, or prove that you’re right, is the surest way to get into trouble. Any argument should be an invitation to investigate the facts. That is ultimately the best way to get it right!

PISCES (February 19 – March 19): Everybody wants a taste of you, but what and who do you really want? Think that one through, and don’t accept the first offer too quickly. Better yet, why wait to be asked? Have an open conversation with the one you desire.

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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.

See us at www.clubsilverstone.com.

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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continued from the cover Arias with a Twist: The Docufantasy October 16, 5 p.m., Egyptian Theatre Sensational “docufantasy” chronicling legendary performance artist and Drag Queen Joey Arias and internationally renowned puppeteer Basil Twist’s 2008 offBroadway collaboration Aria with a Twist.

The level of unabashed and highly imaginative talent on display is mind-blowing, director Bobby Sheehan managing to throw together an entertaining stew that’s positively delicious. How this hasn’t found theatrical distribution is way beyond me.

Rating: 3.5 (out of 4)

no relation to real life. A sad waste of time if you ask me, this opening-night attraction nonetheless will find itself plenty of fans eager to lap up its swill of sub-par fantasy.

Rating: 2 (out of 4)

Bloomington October 18, 7:30 p.m., Northwest Film Forum A surprisingly strong and (slightly) comedic melodrama about a former child star, Jackie (Sarah Stouffer), who heads to college and finds herself in the middle of a fiery romance with psychology professor Catherine (Allison McAtee). Writer and director Fernanda Cardoso keeps things interesting, and even when the more silly and familiar aspects of the story begin to kick in, somehow he manages to keep everything on track. Glossy and someBearCity what superficial, yes, but October 15, 7:30 p.m., still very entertaining and Egyptian Theatre Slapdash feature-length sitcom about a buoyed strong performances group of New York men exploring the bar by both of the leads.

Rating: 3 (out of 4) scene, director Douglas Langway’s BearCity offers up the occasional good idea only to Children of God do nothing of interest with it. When it focusOctober 21, 7:30 p.m., es specifically on how society, both Gay and Egyptian Theatre straight, attempts to marginalize the overA strong, if sometimes overbearing, weight and very hair “bears” at the center of the story, the movie offers up plenty of in- drama about faith, friendship, family, hoteresting and semi-touching insights worthy mophobia, and racism set in the Bahamas of exploration. Unfortunately, the majority with two strong, sometimes explosive perof the picture is a Sex and the City bitchfest formances by Johnny Ferro and Stephen Tyfilled with cliché dialogue, uninteresting rone Williams. Writer and director Kareem characters, and situations bearing little to Mortimer can wield an extremely heavy

hand, but the story manages to remain weren’t enough of them to keep my attenstrong throughout, everything building to tion, and the final scenes had a sort of hoan emotionally scintillating climax that ad- hum quality that left me cold. mittedly caught me off-guard.

Rating: 2.5 (out of 4) Rating: 3 (out of 4) Florent: Queen of Eyes Wide Open the Meat Market October 17, Noon, October 18, 7:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre Egyptian Theatre A movie I wanted to like a whole lot more Julianne Moore, Isaac Mizrahi, Michael than I actually did, Eyes Wide Musto, Diane von Furste, and Joey Arias Open chron- (just to name a scant few) offer up a journey to the historic Florent’s Diner located in New York’s meat packing district, offering up insights and tidbits as to why this was the place to go for everyone Gay, straight, and happily inbetween. Fun, fresh, and very entertaining, this documentary is a history lesson full of laughs and tears and is an all-around good time.

Rating: 3 (out of 4)

icles the love affair between Jewish Orthodox father of four Aaron (Zohar Shtrauss) and the young man, Ezri (Ran Danker), whom he welcomes into his home and butcher shop as his apprentice. As good as the actors are and as subtle as Merav Doster’s script tries to be, I was just never drawn into the film the way I thought I would be. While there are plenty of emotionally effective moments, there just

Forever’s Gonna Start Tonight October 20, 6 p.m., Northwest Film Forum Enjoyable documentary about Vicki Marlane, a San Francisco stalwart who at 74 is still strutting her stuff on the stage lipsynching away to enthusiastic audiences of all ages. The film chronicles her entire life story from a young cross-dresser to her time working in carnival “hoochie-coochie” sideshows to her final transition to womanhood. It’s a loving biography that also offers up a fascinating lesson in LGBT history.

(Originally played at the 2010 Translations Film Festival.)

Rating: 3 (out of 4) The Four-Faced Liar October 16, 7:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre A pleasing romantic comedy about five friends – Greg (Daniel Carlisle), Molly (Emily Peck), Trip (Todd Kubrak), Chloe (Liz Osborn), and Bridget (Marja-Lewis Ryan) – who meet, frolic, romance, cheat, and play at their local Greenwich Village hangout, The Four-Faced Liar. The movie, scripted by Ryan, offers up familiar scenarios but lovingly plays with them by adding a Bisexual twist, everything coming together in a sweet if familiar way that left me almost entirely satisfied.

Rating: 2.5 (out of 4) Is It Just Me? October 17, 9:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre A perfectly dreadful romantic comedy from writer/director J.C. Calciano that plays like a series of badly written television sitcom skits instead of a feature-length motion picture. This movie is sort of like the Gayfriendly version of Catfish, only without that picture’s insights or keen sense of humor. It’s a mistaken identity comedy where Blaine (Nicholas Downs) meets Xander (David Loren) online, only to realize he’s been using the profile of his ultra-sexy roommate Cameron (Adam Huss) to chat the guy up.

It’s a cybernetic boy-meets-boy take on The Truth About Cats and Dogs or Cyrano de Bergerac, only without anything resembling a laugh (or for that matter a pulse) and ultimately proves a colossal waste of time.

Rating: 1.5 (out of 4) L.A. Zombie October 16, 11:59 p.m., Egyptian Theatre Cult writer and director Bruce La Bruce (Otto; or, Up with Dead People) comes through with a truly horrific midnight splatter film that’s an utter chore to try and watch.

I’m usually pretty kind to these kinds of pictures, as I have a soft spot in my heart for them, but this one – where porn star François Sagat rises from the Pacific Ocean to, um, well, use his massive member to ejaculate the dead back to life – just didn’t do it for me. More sickening than sick, this tasteless exercise in gory sexual mayhem turned my stomach for all the wrong reasons. If you ask me, this isn’t so much an exploitation film as it is an outright disaster.

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touches and clinches. Yet Aaron is warned by members of his religious community that “nothing good can come of this [relationship].” This point is driven home in a subplot involving an engaged woman having an affair with another man. Given the community’s reaction to this inappropriate behavior – and Aaron’s participation in admonishing her for this – he understands that their response to his dalliance with Ezri will be seen as much worse. Furthermore, as various students threaten Aaron and his business, Rivka suspects her husband is up to something improper.

Director Haim Tabakman has crafted a striking drama about sin and desire, and he is well served by his talented cast. Strauss makes his internal conflict tangible, and

Danker is terrific as the irresistible Ezri. The way these men communicate their love in a look, a touch, or a gesture, is as freighted with meaning as the symbolic water imagery – rain, the immersion spring, and a broken pipe – that define their relationship. In support, Tinkerbell makes Rivka sympathetic, and her unspoken tensions with her husband are best presented in a scene where she buys some meat from Ezri.

Tabakman also features some stylish touches – from the reflection of Aaron’s detractors in the panel of a passing van, to his expression as seen in the blade of his butcher’s knife – that give Eyes Wide Open an emotional punch. What is more, the film’s appropriate, provocative, and ambiguous ending does this, as well.

Making the Boys

by Gary M. Kramer SGN Contributing Writer

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Robey also shows the effect the play/ film had on the actors (some of whom were straight) who took an enormous risk to apMaking the Boys pear in a Gay production. Interviews with October 16, 9:30 PM cast members Laurence Luckinbill and PeEgyptian Theatre ter White are illuminating and empowering, The boys in Making the Boys are those but more fascinating – and perhaps more boys from Mart moving – are the stories of what happened Crowley’s 1968 to some of landmark playthe other acturned 1970 film, tors, several The Boys in the of whom died Band. And diof AIDS. rector Crayton If Robey Robey’s affeccelebrates the tionate docuauthor and this mentary traces play with roseCrowley’s life colored glasses, and work behe still marks a fore, during, groundbreakand after his ing moment in astonishing Queer culture. success.

As Making the The film Boys documents, shows how contempora r y Crowley was Queer men like f lou nd e r i ng Project Runin Hollywood way’s Christian Making the Boys before he Siriano are un“wrote what familiar with the he knew” and became a play – and shame voice for many Gay men. Making the Boys on them! Crowley and his boys paved the deftly incorporates footage from the play way for Gay liberation; it’s worth acknowl(and film) giving viewers a sense of excite- edging – as this entertaining, nostalgic film ment about the production. does quite well.

by Gary M. Kramer SGN Contributing Writer Eyes Wide Open October 17, Noon Egyptian Theatre A thoughtful and at times potent melodrama, Eyes Wide Open is distinguished for addressing the emotional and moral responses towards homosexuality within Jerusalem’s ultra-Orthodox community. Aaron (Zohar Strauss) is a kosher butcher and father of four who is married to Rivka (Tinkerbell).

During a rainstorm, Ezri (Ran Danker), a yeshiva student, enters his shop to use the

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continued from page 34 Leading Ladies October 20, 7:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre A slight if entertaining comedy about a family of successful competitive dancers that’s light on its feet even if it’s a bit heavyhanded on the clichés. The main focus here is on sisters Tasi (Shannon Lea Smith) and Toni (Laurel Vail), the former the darling of the local ballroom circuit with her Gay dance partner and best friend Cedric (So You Think You Can Dance winner Benji Schwimmer). But when she’s injured, it’s up to her big sis to step in and save the day. But she’ll only do so if she can dance with her girlfriend Mona (Nicole Dionne), much to the consternation of her overbearing stage mother Shari (Melanie LaPatin). Nothing happens that is unexpected, but the acting by all is excellent and the dancing is sensational, with directors Daniel and Erika Randall Beahm doing a great job of keeping things visually and emotionally interesting.

Rating: 2.5 (out of 4) Making the Boys October 16, 9:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre) Documentary chronicling Mart Crowley’s landmark off-Broadway play The Boys in the Band which would later be adapted by The French Connection and The Exorcist director William Friedkin for Hollywood in 1970. More than just your typical behindthe-scenes piece that you find on DVDs and Blu-rays, this extensive retrospective gets right down to the heart of the matter dis36 Seattle Gay News

phone. Soon, Aaron offers the handsome Ezri a job and a place to live.

Ezri, it is revealed, is grappling with a lover rejecting him for his studies. Meanwhile, Aaron is silently struggling with his sexual identity. When Ezri coaxes Aaron to join him in bathing at an immersion spring, however, Aaron’s same-sex desires are awakened. And although the butcher insists that resisting lust will bring them closer to God, a few scenes later, the men are kissing and embracing passionately in the shop’s freezer.

Eyes Wide Open shrewdly focuses its attention more on faith than sex; the men discuss sin and righteousness between erotic secting the controversies, troubles, highlights and legacy of this enduring piece of American fiction. Interview subjects include Friedkin, Robert Wagner, Edward Albee, Cheyenne Jackson and Seattle’s own Dan Savage.

Rating: 3.5 (out of 4) A Marine Story October 16, 2:30 p.m., Northwest Film Forum A frustrating, extremely well-acted drama about a recently discharged Marine (superbly played by Dreya Weber) returning to her California hometown hoping to restart her life and trying to decide if she’s ready to step outside of the closet. The movie starts well and has many strong moments, but then crashes and burns during the final third in a thunderous cacophony of nonsensical silliness that boggled my mind. Trading on coincidence is one thing, but writer/ director Ned Farr’s film positively drowns in them, ruining a potentially – and timely – story from having any chance of connecting with the audience.

Rating: 2 (out of 4)

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people looking for love in São Paulo. Marina (Sílvia Lourenço) is an aspiring actress unsure of whether she’s ready to open up her heart to another. Justine (Danni Carlos) is a fiery Bisexual musician who will test her resolve, while Jay (Paulo Miklos) is a writer who has fallen in love with beautiful, if icecold, prostitute Michelle (Leilah Moreno).

Great performances, especially from Transgender actress Maria Clara Spinelli, and solid direction by Roberto Moreira help overcome the plot’s more obnoxious and tiresome shor tcomings, keeping things emotionally grounded all the way to the emotionally captivating finale.

Rating: 3 (out of 4)

Plan B October 21, 9:45 p.m., Egyptian Theatre An interesting Argentinean romantic comedy that starts out strongly before finally losing its way a bit near the end. This film follows Bruno (Manuel Vignau) as he befriends and attempts to seduce supposedly straight Pablo (Lucas Ferraro) in an attempt to prove he’s Gay and get back at his former girlfriend Laura (Mercedes Quinteros), who is currently dating Pablo. The movie gets way too silly and full of slapstick during its Paulista second half, building to a conclusion that’s October 16, 2:30 p.m., nowhere near as satisfying as it should be.

Northwest Film Forum A solid Brazilian import about three young The movie is well-acted by the leads and has

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plenty of great moments, but sadly, not quite enough of them.

Rating: 2.5 (out of 4) The Sons of Tennessee Williams October 16, 7:30 p.m., Northwest Film Forum Gay rights documentary about the ultraflamboyant and extremely popular “drag balls” that took place in New Orleans starting in the 1950s. Working with the traditions of Mardi Gras, by 1969 a group of men were able to legally charter four openly Gay Mardi Gras clubs and bring down draconian laws that targeted Gay men during this period. Visually resplendent and full of interesting tidbits, this highly entertaining historical document offers up plenty of insights and facts I admittedly knew nothing about before watching the film.

Rating: 3 (out of 4) The Topp Twins: Untouchable Girls October 21, 7:30 p.m., Admiral Theatre A simply awesome musical documentary that’s quite frankly one of the best motion pictures I’ve seen this year. The film lovingly chronicles the careers of New Zealand Lesbian sweethearts Jools and Lynda Topp, two sisters who have been performing, protesting, and standing up for human rights together for over three decades. Part musical, part performance art, part call to action, this engaging feature is a true delight in just about every sense of the word. (Originally played at the 2010 Seattle International Film Festival.)

Rating: 3.5 (out of 4)

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The Full Monty takes it all off for fun

by Milton W. Hamlin SGN A&E Writer

One of the Village Theatre’s greatest appeals to many theater fans is that all of its productions run for more than two months in the two cities. That gives audiences many, The Full Monty many chances to find the perfect time to Village Theatre catch the show. This writer, living in North Through November 21 The Village Theatre is correctly Seattle, finds a trip to either Issaquah or Evbilling its spirited erett about equal distance – and the Saturday p r o - and Sunday matinee and evening schedule keeps the car out of commuter traffic to either site.

on, a New York-based stage director who staged the Village’s Show Boat two seasons ago. He clearly loves the characters and the show. Solid choreography, by Dixon and Village regular Bojohn Diciple, adds to the show’s zest and fun production numbers.

Sets, costumes, and lighting all contribute to the show’s appeal.

The cast is a mixture of Village regulars and actors making their VT debut. It’s a solid mix of character types. VT regular Dane Stokinger takes the major role of Jerry, the divorced father who’s far, far behind in child support. It’s his drive to catch up financially and continue custody access to his young son that motivates him and his merry band of would-be male strippers to stage the “one night only” strip routine. When their more than obvious lack of talent stalls ticket sales, the offer of “going the full monty” (British slang for full frontal nudity) packs the house. “Not even T he

an import from Los Angeles, is clearly an audience favorite as the overweight worker who cannot imagine taking his clothes off in public. His marriage is on the rocks as a result of his layoff and his torment – both comical and touching – is one emotional highlight of the show. Terence Kelley, a VT regular, returns as Noah, aka Horse. The African American actor is, like many of the six men, both affecting and humorous about his “attributes.” He acknowledges the implications of his nickname, Horse, but worries that a full monty exposure might find him not measuring up.

Troy Wageman, a VT returnee, is Ethan – no dancing skills, no singing skills, but a full crotch might be his key to onstage success. Michael Nicholas, making his VT debut, displays a fine Irish tenor as Malcolm MacGregor. He is especially touching in an Irish-inspired ballad he sings as his mother’s funeral. Ellen McLain overplays the comic relief role of Jeanette, the not-very-talented pianist who accompanies the troupe in its strip routine reJay Koh

(l to r) Kevin High, Terence Kelley, Troy Wageman, Michael Nicholas, and Bob De Dea in The Full Monty

duction of Broadway’s The Full Monty as a “feel-good musical comedy,” and for once, there is truth in advertizing. While the depressing themes of unemployment and financial meltdown motivate the plot, the final results are wonderfully uplifting. As the small crowd of actors represent the cheering audience at a Buffalo, New York, nightclub, the whole audience joins them with cheers of “Take It Off” and the show’s rousing finale, “Let It Go.” The snappy production continues through October 24 at its home theater in downtown Issaquah. The production then shifts to downtown Everett for an October 29-November 21 run.

The Broadway musical shares the same name as the quirky, hit British film that delighted international audiences. For the Broadway musical adaptation, the creative team moved the setting from a financially distressed English blue-collar town to Buffalo, New York, where the closing of the steel mills crippled the local economy. The Americanization of the plot and characters makes little difference – audiences clearly adore the ragtag group of unemployed men whether they are British or U.S. workers. As they team up to create a men’s strip group – a la The Chippendales – the audience obviously falls in love with the group and each individual.

The show is solidly directed by Jerry Dix-

Strong actors play with shallow script in God of Carnage

by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer God of Carnage Seattle Repertory Theatre Through October 24 Scratch a human’s civilized surface just a little and see the savage beneath. That’s an obvious conclusion when viewing Seattle Repertory’s new production of God of Carnage by Yazmina Reza. Continuing a run on Broadway and winning a 2009 Tony Award, the dark comedy continues to draw audience laughter and talented actors.

Here, Wilson Milam returns to direct a quartet of acting powerhouses: Denis Arndt, Bhama Roget, Hans Altweis, and Amy Thone, who all chomp down mightily on the meaty roles. Seattle audiences are treated to Altweis and Thone as a married couple (the two are married in real life, as well), bringing their comfort in relationship to the characters of Michael and Veronica Novak.

The Novaks are a self-made middle-class

couple, with Michael working as an appliance salesman and Veronica writing about art antiquities and a book about Darfur.

Their 11-year-old son was hit with a stick during a playground argument by Alan and Annette Raleigh’s son. The injured boy now has to have dental surgery and may lose at least one permanent tooth. The Novaks invite the Raleighs over to discuss the situation and try to solve it “civilly.” The premise sounds like a difficult one to solve easily, in any case. And within a few minutes, it’s clear that the evening is going to be anything but easy.

Alan, a corporate lawyer, and Annette, a “wealth manager,” are played by Arndt and Roget. Arndt plays the role as an immediately identifiable bombastic, self-centered ass who never says “off” to his cell phone. Roget is beautifully coifed and self-contained at first, but within a few minutes of any sign of conflict, she develops an incredibly weak stomach.

Much of the dialogue is funny and fun to

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Chippendales dare do that,” one female character enthuses.

The Broadway production, nominated for nine Tony Awards, was written by the openly Gay author Terrance McNally with music and lyrics by David Yazbek. The show’s music is great fun, but only serviceable outside the show. It’s not a CD listeners would return to often, but it works non-stop on stage to keep the spirited show afloat.

Amazingly, the show’s “book” (or script) has passing tinges of homophobia, racism, and sexual stereotypes – but these are all fleeting and do no serious damage to the uplifting tone of the whole.

The large supporting cast is uniformly strong. Local favorite Bob De Dea is great as the former factory executive who fired the other men in the strip line. Kevin High,

hearsals. The whole cast is fine, with individual moments giving most a brief scene center stage.

For a GLBT audience, the show even has a pair of closeted men who find happiness in each other’s arms. That, and the show’s “take it off” premise, are added bonuses to the show’s GLBT appeal.

The Full Monty is certainly not the greatest musical of the last 20 years, and it hits few milestones. But, it is almost nonstop fun, and the show’s message is certainly timely and life-affirming. This writer loved it in New York, and loved it at Village Theatre.

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watch. One particularly interesting aspect is the shifting allegiances that develop: men against women, class differences, husband and wife against the other, guest versus host. There are constant shifts. Some of that produces revelatory moments that help describe and disclose parts of these characters lives or thoughts or experiences.

The weakness here is that all that arguing and shifting doesn’t end up going deep enough to make the whole thing worthwhile.

Ultimately, the script is shallow and dissatisfying. In fact, compared to the deep and interesting ideas in Reza’s earlier play, Art, this play doesn’t make any real contribution to understanding ourselves at all. If it were a shorter play, the “play for laughs” might be easier to accept at face value. But at 90 minutes, it takes long enough so that some kind of character shift might be pos-

sible, and valued.

In fact, within the first 20 minutes, such devolution occurs between them that it’s hard to believe (even when suspending belief) that the Novaks would even want the Raleighs to stay and talk.

Particularly when Annette has vomited all over Veronica’s antique art books!

After someone throws up all over your living room, don’t you think maybe they should leave? Even if you’re trying to solve a problem?

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Matt Costa on his new album, tour essentials, and underwear

this multi-instrumentalist and occasional surfer – the last time in his dressing room just before he played to a sold-out crowd at LA’s El Rey Theatre – so a catch-up session was in order. While driving on a California highway, here’s what I got out of Matt Costa when he re-entered “The Music Lounge.”

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by Albert Rodriguez SGN A&E Writer At 6 foot 3, you can’t miss Matt Costa.

Once a skateboarding enthusiast with his sights set on turning pro before his tragic accident, he’s now an accomplished singersongwriter with the ability to change his

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denims, but The Maine is an experienced live act. From the Vans Warped Tour to The Bamboozle music festival, plus opening slots on Good Charlotte and Metro Station tours, they’ve invested the majority of their time on concert stages instead of posing for teen mags. The Maine embarks on another tour with NeverShoutNever, kicking off October 19 at The Showbox Market – visit www.showboxonline.com for ticket information. Lead singer John O’Callaghan checked in with me via e-mail as the group wrapped up a UK tour last week, and here’s what this newbie rock star had to say when he stepped into “The Music Lounge.”

Albert Rodriguez: Your band name is The Maine and you guys are from Arizona.

Am I missing something here?

John O’Callaghan: We’re trying to confuse people. Maine is really beautiful, though.

Rodriguez: Will you drink, sleep or watch movies on your flight home from the UK? O’Callaghan: I will sleep all flight. The drinking will happen after the show!

Rodriguez: Tell us about your live performances. What kind of show does The

style from album to album – his latest, Mobile Chateau, is an unintended ode to fellow SoCal music pioneers The Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas. After a two-year absence, Costa returns to Seattle for a single performance on October 20 – visit www.elcorazonseattle.com for ticket information. It has been over two years since I spoke with Maine put on?

O’Callaghan: We try to put on a solid show. We’re not trying to be anything we’re not out there. It’s all about the music.

Rodriguez: You’ll be spending Thanksgiving on the road. If we were to send you a care package, what would you like to see inside?

O’Callaghan: We have spent the past two Thanksgivings on the road so it’s nothing new. As long as I have my homeboys and dinner, I don’t need anything else. (Thanks for the thought, though!)

Rodriguez: Which band member loses the most items on the road?

O’Callaghan: Kennedy [Brock, guitarist]. He has earned the nickname “sidetrack Scott” because of that exact reason.

Rodriguez: You played in Hawaii and Indonesia earlier this year. What was that like?

O’Callaghan: Incredible, shocking, humbling, surreal. Not in a million years would I have guessed we’d get to experience those places.

Rodriguez: Have any of the band members ever been hit on by male fans?

O’Callaghan: I believe Kennedy and I are the only two who have been hit on by our guy fans. It’s rather flattering.

Rodriguez: How much would The Maine charge to play at a Gay wedding reception?

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Albert Rodriguez: How long did it take to record Mobile Chateau?

Matt Costa: About a year or so, off and on. I rented a studio from one of my friends, and I was there just doing some recordings and things. I collected the ones that I felt fit into a group of songs and turned those into the record.

Rodriguez: How many of the new songs will make it onto the set list?

Costa: There will probably be some shows where I do them all. There might be one excluded just to fit in more old songs, depending on who’s screaming out what – like if you’re screaming out “Behind the Moon,” I might scratch one of the other ones and throw that one in there.

Rodriguez: Will it be a varied set list, city to city?

Costa: I think so. One thing I’ve been doing, too, is working out different versions of the older songs, like down-tempo versions of the fast songs or more up-tempo versions of the slower songs.

Rodriguez: Are we talking a club remix of “Mr. Pitiful”?

Costa: Exactly. Yeah, exactly. Just me, the piano, and my drum machine.

Rodriguez: Right before you go on tour, do you have a packing ritual – stuff that has to go into the suitcase?

Costa: Definitely gotta get one good suit in, at least. A lot of times I bring random things I don’t need sitting on my dresser, so I’ll just kind of dump those into my suitcase to feel a little at home with me wherever I’m at – which is funny because some of the stuff I have on my dresser I collected while being on the road. I bring them home and they make me feel at home, and then I take them on the road to feel like I’m at home again.

Rodriguez: That’s a reality show, right there. Do you keep anything given to you by fans?

O’Callaghan: We don’t talk prices, our booking agent deals with all that. I doubt the shirts would be sufficient enough, even though I do love me some Madonna.

Rodriguez: What does the rest of 2010 and early 2011 look like for The Maine?

O’Callaghan: We will be on tour back in the states with NeverShoutNever until the end of November, then off for the holidays.

We head to Australia in February for the Soundwave Festival, then back to the UK in March. That’s really all we have planned out now, but we won’t be sitting on our asses I can assure you that.

Rodriguez: What’s your pick for the best album of 2010, thus far?

O’Callaghan: The Black Keys, Brothers.

Rodriguez: What’s the last great movie you saw?

O’Callaghan: I just watched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2. I forgot how much I loved that movie.

Rodriguez: Are there any TV shows you’re currently addicted to?

O’Callaghan: Sons of Anarchy and Dexter.

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the same song, from flamenco to reggae to meringue. In concert, Chao’s music isn’t as contained as on his records, and on Wednesday night several of them were brushed with upbeat makeovers, like a flavorful and quite danceable version of “Desaparecido.”

With just two fellow musicians accompanying him – one on guitar, the other on drums – a minor complaint of the concert was the omission of a brass section and accordion, staples in Chao’s world music tunes. But to his credit, thanks to the fact that three men could produce such gorgeous sounds – much like the backdrop of any

Costa: Actually, I hold onto all the stuff that any fans ever gave me. I have an orange stuffed octopus that somebody had given me a while back. I have this little dragon thing this guy gave me in Japan; it’s also a flute. I keep them hidden around the house and then I’ll open a drawer, and I’ll find it in the back of the drawer and it’ll be like this little reminder that there’s someone out there who cares.

Rodriguez: Do you pack every pair of underwear and socks that you own, or do you restock along the way?

Costa: No, I actually don’t wear underwear and I normally have one pair of socks that I wear, and once those get bad I buy another pair of socks. Right now, I’ve been buying gold socks.

Rodriguez: Do you have any absolute must-haves on the tour bus?

Costa: The bus is a luxury itself. When we toured a while back in the winter we had a van and it rolled over, there were like nine of us in the van and it rolled off the road like crazy. We’ve just gotten the opportunity to afford a bus after that, so even if I have to do the whole thing by cutting the meat in half on a slice of bread, that’s what I’ll do because that’s the luxury of a bus.

Rodriguez: Will you be touring through the end of 2010 and early into the New Year?

Costa: Definitely touring through the end of the year, and I think at the end of the year or beginning of next year I’ll spend a bit of time down in Guatemala with some friends. I did the same kind of trip to the French countryside – we were at different places there for about a month – one of the influences on this last record. Maybe the trip down there will be inspiration for the next record.

Rodriguez: Are you one of those people who can eat anything and never gain a pound?

Costa: Maybe. I definitely try to eat healthy, but I go on my binges of unhealthy food and it seemingly goes unnoticed.

Rodriguez: Binges, like a McNuggets run?

Costa: I don’t do a McNuggets run, but I’ll go for a pizza. I could kill a whole pizza. great movie set in a dusty Central American town – this performance was ear candy from beginning to end.

The main floor was packed, and unlike most Paramount shows where balcony ticketholders stay in their seats, people in the mezzanine level were standing the entire length of the concert, bouncing up and down, waving flags and banners, and striking their fists in the air. I expected a full turnout by local fans of Central and South American descent, but I was surprised and impressed with the strong percentage of Caucasian 20- and 30-somethings who came to the performance. For an artist like Manu Chao, who struggled early to find US support, this was a definite sign of eventual success.

“Clandestino” played a pivotal part in the show, in that it turned the crowd from responsive to near reckless – suddenly, people began to bounce frantically and swing their arms more freely, while shouting bits of the chorus, “marijuana illegal!” Chao also removed his shirt, revealing a very healthy and almost 50-year-old body. “Bongo Bong” tipped the energy level higher, as did a wild rendition of “Welcome to Tijuana.” I loved how the audience knew the words and exactly when to echo Chao’s vocals, such as on “El Hoyo.”

“La Primavera/Me Gustas Tu,” a conjoined hit on Chao’s 2001 album Proxima Estacion: Esperanza, began with a simple guitar plucking and the opening lyrics, “Que hora son?” and then gradually slid into a punk-meets-ska number. It was hard to separate an encore from the Latin Grammy winner’s main set because he kept running off the stage, then reappearing again and again and again – this went on for about a half-hour until the theater lights fully illuminated.

This was Manu Chao’s inaugural Seattle performance, and it was exactly what we’d been hoping and waiting for. I speak for all fans when I say that his second visit is immediately warranted.

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by Mercy Moosemuzzle SGN Contributing Writer

heard from her friend Reality that it was well-attended, with 80 people there. He said it was somewhat of a reunion. The music by Anita Anderson on keyboards, Marni RaJazz Crusaders Cuteness turned Mercy on to the Jazz chmiel on saxophone and flute, and Susan Crusaders at Jazz Alley because of her long Burke on fiddle was great. love affair with them. Joe Sample’s piano Toshi Reagon playing was elegant. Wayne Henderson’s and Meklit Hadero trumpet and trombone were delicious. EvIn a captivating double bill, the Ethiopianerett Harp, who replaced Wilton Felder on saxophone as he was absent due to illness, born singer, songwriter, and social activplayed lusciously. Reggie Sullivan’s bass ist Meklit Hadero opens. Then infectious singer/guitarist/drummer/songwriter Toshi playing was exciting.

“Sunset and Mountains,” “The Thing,” Reagon draws inspiration from folk, funk, and “Night Theme” – all three originals – blues, and rock. The Triple Door, October were high points. The group’s cover “Near- 19, 7:30 p.m. www.thetripledoor.net. ness of You” slowed things down nicely.

Met Broadcast of Cuteness’ favorite was “Snowflake.” MerDas Rheingold cy’s was “The Freedom Sound,” which Joe Mercy and Cuteness saw the HD Met Sample had written to inspire the Selma marchers, and which made it to #17 on the broadcast of Das Rheingold. They have switched to Thornton Place, which they find pop charts, more comfortable and roomier than Pacific Place. They found Bryn Terfel and StephaContra Though Mercy missed the Rainbow Con- nie Blythe a pleasing pairing in the lead tra dance because of childcare issues, she roles. Cuteness thought Stephanie Blythe’s

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Fricka was a bit less bitchy than others she has seen They liked the singing of Eric Owens as Alberich, too. Cuteness wants to know what’s with the Liberace hair. In fact, she hated all the hair. Wotan’s looked like it would be hard to see through.

Carl Fillion’s sets, which involved a 45ton set of independent planks, were fun, but

at points seemed to be a new toy used too often. What were supposed to be bubbles in the Rhine seemed a bit like golf balls to Mercy. Cuteness thought they might have worked better if we weren’t so close up. The same was true of the sweat on the performers. But she loves being able to see these singers.

is the performer’s job merely to transmit the introverted, internal music on the page, or to put his or her own stamp on the music?

Listening to Bach’s solo cello works in performance, then, becomes a form of eavesdropping on the part of the listener and a challenge for the performer to balance the classicism of the music on the page with the urge to create something entirely new and personal out of it. Finally, can one truly give an honest assessment of a performer who has graciously offered to fill in for a missing performer at the last minute? To be overly critical seems potentially churlish.

Tanya Tomkins was a last-minute replacement for an ailing Jaap ter Linden, who was unable to travel from the Netherlands for his scheduled concert for the Early Music Guild’s opening concert for its International Series. Linden presented three of Bach’s suites two years ago, and this performance of Suites 1, 4 and 5 would have completed his survey of all six suites. His replacement, Tomkins, is an accomplished period cellist in her own right: Now based in Berkeley, CA, she received her training with Anner Bylsma in the Netherlands, and now serves as co-principal cellist Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra in the Bay area and for the Portland Baroque Orchestra.

With her short-cut hair and functional purple top with sheer sleeves and black slacks, Tomkins gave a no-nonsense West Coast vibe right from the start. In some ways, this straightforward presentation came out in her

playing as well. The famous prelude which opens the first suite in G Major is often a good barometer of a cellist’s approach to these pieces, and other than some flexibility with the tempo, Tomkins played the music on its own terms. Her playing was inward, though not without muscle and depth, and unafraid to make some harsh sounds that sometimes jarred the ear of this reviewer.

I missed the quiet thoughtfulness I remember from Linden’s traversal of the suites he presented two seasons ago, and looked for a thread of a musical personality in Tomkin’s playing.

In general, I found her playing in the slower movements to be the most successful; the highlights were the sarabandes of both the G Major and the C Minor, as her playing contained the most ravishing individual moments of the night. Tomkin’s insistent and direct playing of the latter sarabande, perhaps Bach’s most harmonically austere movement in all of his music, brought questing, questioning playing from Tomkins, which completely drew me into her private sound world. This bridged the gap between performance as private dialogue and listening as eavesdropping, and “solved” the performance problem of these pieces. That breathtaking moments like this in Tomkins’ playing were more the exception than the rule was a bit of a disappointment, yet Tomkins more than held her own to present a concert on short notice that was warmly received by the appreciative audience.

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Fall Crafts Fair. 12noon-4pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Features all hand-made items crafted by local artists. All proceeds go to Dunshee House. www. dunsheehouse.org Overeaters Anonymous. 12noon-1pm. Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St, Room 101. Meets every Saturday. Contact Dominic at 499-2266.

Lambert House Queer Rec. 1pm. 1818 15th Ave. 3rd Saturday each month. Outdoor & indoor adventures for youth ages 22 & under. www.lamberthouse.org Public Forum: Fund Health & Schools - Tax the Rich! 1pm. Douglass-Truth Library, 2300 E Yesler Way. Come to an open discussion on I-1098. If passed I-1098 will tax individuals who make over $200,000 and couples who make over $400,000 annually to fund health care & education. Sponsored by Sisters Organize for Survival, a campaign of Radical Women.

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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. strengthoverspeed.org Benefit Concert for Lifelong AIDS Alliance. Showbox at the Market, 1426 1st Ave. Features the Murder City Devils, with Past Lives & Cold Lake. Tickets $30. www.ticketmaster.com Men in Dance - The 8th Festival of Against the Grain (10/15-10/17). Fri & Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. Information at www.menindance.org, tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com Rainbow City Band “The Magic of Disney Music” in Edmonds. 8pm. Edmonds Center for the Arts, 410 4th Ave N, Edmonds. An evening of princes, dalmatians, beauties & beasts celebrates 80 years of Disney music.

Tickets: $15 or $25, children under 12 $10. (425) 2759595, www.ec4arts.org Seattle Red Dress Party. 8pm-2am. Fremont Studios, 155 N 35th St. Red dress required, attitude optional.

Featuring Gaysha Starr, DJ Brian Gorr & special performance by Shakra. Tickets: $40 advance; $50 at the door; $80/$100 VIP. 21+. Proceeds go to local non-profits serving people with HIV/AIDS. www.seattlereddressparty.org

SUNDAY - October 17

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/15-10/24).

For schedule visit www.threedollarbillcinema.org Hiking Group. 8:45am. Uptown Espresso, 500 Westlake Ave N. Every Sunday year-round, rain or

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shine for moderate to strenuous day hikes. 323-8382. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheSeattleGayHiking Group/ 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.

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 Coming Out to Your Friends & Family. 12:30-4pm.

UW Wesley Club, 1414 NE 42nd St, George Russell Hall Suite 202. A free workshop for youth & young adults. For information call Rev Ray Neal 325-2421 or eamil revray@comcast.net 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 Men in Dance - The 8th Festival of Against the Grain (10/15-10/17). Fri & Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. Information at www.menindance.org, tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com Seattle Prime Timers Monthly Potluck Social & General Meeting. 2-4pm. Seattle First Baptist Church Recreation Hall, 1111 Harvard Ave (at E Seneca St enter thru glass doors on Harvard Ave.) Meets 3rd Sunday most months. Bring a dish to serve 6-8 people. $4 door fee covers hall rental. SPT is a social club for Gay men & their friends. 329-0793.

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 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 Seattle’s Women’s Chorus “We Are Family” (10/16 & 10/17). Benaroya Hall, 3rd Ave & Union St. Sat: 2pm, Sun: 7:30pm. Songs will include Broadway selections

by Sondheim and Rodgers & Hammerstein, original compositions, ballads, classical anthems & upbeat pop numbers. Tickets: $25-$65. 388-1400, www. seattlemenschorus.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.

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

MONDAY - October 18

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/15-10/24).

For schedule visit www.threedollarbillcinema.org Women Facing HIV. 12noon-1:30pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Meets every Monday. Women A drop-in peer support group for women living with HIV/ AIDS. 322-2437. www.dunsheehouse.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 Prostitution, Exploitation & Sex Work: Navigating Multiple Frameworks with Queer & Trans Youth.

1-5pm. 2100 Bldg, 2100 24th Ave S. This training is for anyone interested in learning more about support for LGBTQ youth who exchange sex for money, clothing, drugs, a place to stay, or other survival needs. Sponsored by NW Network. www.nwnetwork.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

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October 16 thru October 24 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 Seattle Women’s Commission Meeting. 5:30-8pm.

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

Meetings open to the public. 684-4537.

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.

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 Catholic Parents Support Group. 7pm. St Benedict’s Parish Center, 1805 N 49th St. Meets 3rd Monday each month. This is a drop-in peer support group for parents, family members & friends of GLBT persons.

The group offers a safe, supportive & welcoming space where concerned persons can share their experiences, struggles, joys & resources. (425) 4629411, 542-2549.

Discussion Series - “Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor & A New Path Toward Social Justice” (8/23-11/15). 7-9pm. Cafe Allegro, 1408 NE 42nd St. Every Monday. This timely book by authoractivists Bill Fletcher & Fernando Gapasin provides food for thought about why labor has declined & poses action proposals for reviving the union movement.

Co-sponsored by Radical Women & the Freedom Socialist Discussion Series. 722-2453, fspseattle@ mindspring.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/Bremerton Monthly Meeting. 7pm. St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 700 Callahan Dr, Bremerton. Meets 3rd Monday each month. PFLAG/Puget Sound: 3257724.

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

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

TUESDAY - October 19

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/15-10/24).

For schedule visit www.threedollarbillcinema.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.

Safe Schools Coalition Monthly Meeting. 3-5pm.

Planned Parenthood, 2001 E Madison. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months (schedule varies in summer).

The Safe Schools Coalition: A Public-Private Partnership in Support of LGBT youth. All are welcome at meetings; lots of volunteer opportunities are discussed.

632-0662 ext 49; CRISIS LINE: 1-877-SAFE-SAFE; www.safeschoolscoalition.org.

“I Know a Woman Like That” - An Evening to Celebrate the Vitality of Older Women. 5:30-9pm.

Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway. Exclusive showing of a documentary film by Elaine Madsen, followed by a discussion with the filmmaker & awardwinning novelist Maxine Hong Kingston. Benefits Kawabe Memorial House & Senior Services. www. celebrateagingfilm.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 Seattle Police Department LGBTQ Advisory Council Monthly Meeting. 6-8pm. Seattle Police Department East Precinct Community Meeting Room, 12th Ave & E Pine St. Meets 3rd Tuesday most months. The Sexual Minority Community Advisory Council has been established by the SPD to increase relationships

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& communication between the community & the SPD. Members of the GLBT community are invited to attend. kim.bogucki@seattle.gov 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 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 ages 13-22 are welcome regardless of sexual orientation. www.diverse harmony.org 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 Over 40’s Group - For Lesbian Women 40 & Older.

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

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

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

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

Capitol Hill Alano Club, 1900 E Madison St. GLBTQ supported. Meets every Tuesday. SAA is a fellowship of men & women whose primary purpose is to stop addictive sexual behavior & help others recover from sexual addiction. Seattle SAA Hotline 781-4490. SAA International Service Organization 1-800-477-8191.

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 - October 20

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/15-10/24).

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

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

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 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 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.gayskateseattle.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 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

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center for GLBT & questioning youth, ages 14-22.

322-2515, www.lamberthouse.org Marxist Economics 101 (10/6-11/17). 7-9pm. Old Firehouse, 402 15th Ave E. Meets every Wednesday.

A 7-week discussion series using Karl Marx’s WageLabor & Capital to determine what makes wages & profits rise or fall. $10 for the entire series or $2 per session. Sponored by Freedom Socialist Discussion Series. 240-6463, fspseattle@mindspring.com Seattle Movie Bears Movie Night. Check website for details. Every Wednesday night. Gay & Bi men enjoy a movie at a local theater with opportunity to socialize before & after movies. More info: http://groups.yahoo. com/group/seattlemoviebears; or e-mail: seattlemoviebears-subscribe@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.

October 15, 2010

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.

THURSDAY - October 21

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/15-10/24).

For schedule visit www.threedollarbillcinema.org 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 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 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

Queer Parent Networking Dinner. 6-8pm. El Centro de la Raza, 2524 16th Ave S. A monthly dinner to meet other LGBTQ families & parents & talk about parenting & other issues that are affecting your lives. Hosted by NW Netwrok. www.nwnetwork.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.

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 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 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.

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 Pat Graney Company’s “Faith Triptych” (10/2110/24). 7:30pm. On the Boards, 100 W Roy St. Tickets: $20. 217-9888; www.ontheboards.org.

Shifting Gears. 7:30-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Ongoing drop-in support group (non 12-step) for anyone of any orientation or gender who desires recovery from drugs or alcohol. For info, call 322-2437; www.dunsheehouse.org 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 - October 22

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/15-10/24).

For schedule visit www.threedollarbillcinema.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 National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression & the Criminalization of a Generation.

Gather 5pm, Rally 5:30pm. SCCC, Broadway & E Pine St. Rally & march downtown to sites of police brutality & murder. Wear black to remember the stolen lives from police brutality & to support the families who have lost loved ones to police brutality. 264-5527, www.october22.org Low Income Housing Institute 8th Annual Dinner & Auction. 5:30pm. Hyatt at Olive 8, 1635 8th Ave. Proceeds benefit LIHI’s Homeless Supportive Housing Programs & the Urban Rest Stop. Tickets $100 per person. www.lihi.org 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 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. Speak the Speech Readers Theatre. 7-9pm. Dunshee House, 303 17th Ave E. Every Friday. A group experiencing wonderful plays being read aloud & what they mean in our lives. www.dunsheehouse.org 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 Al-Anon Meeting. 7-9pm. CHAC, 1900 E Madison St. LGBTQ-supported. 625-0000, ais@seattle-alanon.prg

Celebrating 37 Years!

Pat Graney Company’s “Faith Triptych” (10/2110/24). 7:30pm. On the Boards, 100 W Roy St. Tickets: $20. 217-9888; www.ontheboards.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 Guys & Dolls: A Musical Roulette. 8pm. Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St. 20 multidisciplinary artists & local personalities reveal their secret love of musical theatre in an eclectic showcase put together especially for the first annual City Arts Festival. Tickets $17. www. cityartsfest.com

Groups) making a difference within local companies. www.outandequal.org/affiliates/seattle PARENTHOOD: Families Like Ours provides a network of safe placement agencies, training, support & resources: 441-7602, www.familieslikeours. org; Family Works offers support, information & activities for LGBT families: 694-6727, www.familyworksseattle. 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/ 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. 323-1768.

Seattle Police Department Sexual Minorities Community Advisory Council: kim.bogucki@seattle. gov 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.

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 a wide range of local GLBT sports activities, 367-4064, www.teamseattle.org; 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 YOUTH: B-GLAD (Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Trans & Questioning Adolescent Drop-In Group): Youth Eastside Services offers many programs for GLBT youth, including B-GLAD, (425) 747-4937; Diverse Harmony: www.diverseharmony. org; GLBTQ Youth Suicide Prevention Program: 297-5922, ext 116; GLSEN/Washington State (Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network) & Washington State GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) Network: GLSEN works to create safe schools for LGBT students. As a program of GLSEN/WA, WA GSA Network supports youth-led GSA’s to fight harassment & homophobia in Washington state schools. 330-2099; www.glsenwa.org; www.wagsa.org. GLOBE (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, ages 14-22, in Seattle, 322-2515, www.lambert house.org; www.MatthewsPlace.com; Oasis Youth Center: for GLBTQ youth, ages 14-25, in Tacoma, (253) 671-2838, www.oasisyouthcen ter.org; Parents, Family & Friends of Lesbians & Gays (PFLAG)/ Puget Sound: 325-7724, www.seattle-pflag.org; Safe Schools Coalition: www.safeschoolscoalition.org; 632-0662 ext 49 (non-emergency), 1-888-99-VOICE (crisis line); Seattle Young People’s Project (Queer Youth Resource Board): 860-9606, www.sypp.org; Teen Link: 461-4922, 1-888-431-TEEN; 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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SATURDAY - October 23

(See previous Saturday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/15-10/24).

For schedule visit www.threedollarbillcinema.org Parenting Your Queer Child. 9:30am-2pm. University Temple UMC, 1415 NE 43rd St. A workshop for parents of LGBT youth presented by Emerald City MCC pastors Ray Neal & Michelle Carmody. Features screening of the documentary film “Put This on the (Map),” plus continental breakfast & luncheon. $5 donation requested.

To REGISTER call 325-2421 or (425) 350-7077.

Pennies from Heaven: Last Dance. Door 6pm, Show 6:45pm. Neighbours, 1509 Broadway. 18th annual show remembering Olympia 18 Kristin Dior.

Performances by special guests from throughout the Northwest. Silent & live auctions & raffle. Proceeds benefit Bailey-Boushay House Day Health Program.

Suggested donation $10.

Turnabout in Everett. Door 6pm, Show 7pm. Twisted, 1212 California St, Everett. Emperors from Imperial Courts of Seattle, Tacoma, Everett and Bellingham dress up in drag. Portion of the proceeds benefits the Harvey Milk Foundation. $5 cover.

Pat Graney Company’s “Faith Triptych” (10/2110/24). 7:30pm. On the Boards, 100 W Roy St. Tickets: $20. 217-9888; www.ontheboards.org.

SUNDAY - October 24

(See previous Sunday for ongoing activities.)

Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival (10/15-10/24).

For schedule visit www.threedollarbillcinema.org Dr Jallen Rix at Emerald City MCC. 11am. University Temple UMC, 1415 NE 43rd St. Dr Rix is author of “Ex-Gay No Way: Survival & Recovery from Religious Abuse.” He will speak during the 11am worship service. www.mccseattle.org Pat Graney Company’s “Faith Triptych” (10/2110/24). 7:30pm. On the Boards, 100 W Roy St. Tickets: $20. 217-9888; www.ontheboards.org.

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.myspace. 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 LGBTQ-supported recovery meetings. For current schedule of meetings visit www.chacseattle.org, 8609560 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 LGBT 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.equal rightswashington.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.

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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 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.nw bears.com; The Olympians: www.TheOlympians. net; POZSeattle: www.pozseattle.org; Q-Squared: www.qsquared.org; Rain City Jacks: 888-809-5035, www.raincityjacks.org; Seattle Gay Couples: www. seattlegaycouples.org; Seattle Men in Leather: www.seattlemeninleather. org; Seattle Prime Timers: Gay & Bi men 40 & over, 329-0793; www.seattle primetimers.org.

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

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