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Café metropolitain presents Pride Asia
by James Whitely -
SGN Staff Writer
Pride Asia
June 25
Café Metropolitain
On Friday, June 25, over 200 people gathered at Café Metropolitain for the first annual Pride Asia. Hosted by Aleksa Manila, Pride Asia featured various drag performances from the Northwest Asian LGBT community.
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Bend-It Extravaganza a Pride weekend highlight
by James Whitely -
SGN Staff Writer
The Bend-It Extravaganza, the all-ages Queer Pride celebration, took place from June 24 to June 27.
Bend-It began in 2003 as a way to create an all-ages radical Queer youth space during Pride weekend. Although it still maintains its "anti-assimilationist" and "anti-ageist" root more
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Suzy Hunt shines as Female of the Species
by Miryam Gordon -
SGN A&E Writer
The Female of the Species
ACT Theatre
Through July 18
There are more and more juicy parts for women in theater, thanks to more female playwrights and more open attitudes throughout the theatrical community. One such juicy role is being inhabited by talente more
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Gay Emmy noms, from Glee to True Blood
by Albert Rodriguez -
SGN A&E Writer
It used to be that if you watched too much television, you were a loser. These days, it's the reverse. With so many great shows on network and cable TV combined, some with central Gay characters, and with storylines ranging from vampire rights to polygamy, same-sex parenting to meth labs, a more
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Mary Wilson brings fashion to Seattle's EMP
by Scott Rice -
SGN Contributing Writer
Reflections:
The Mary Wilson
Supreme Legacy Collection
Experience Music Project
Through September 6
Mary Wilson visited Seattle last month to introduce Reflections: The Mary Wilson Supreme Legacy Collection, an exhibition of the fabulou more
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Bits and Bytes: Showtunes scores with Follies, G&S readies HMS Pinafore
by Milton W. Hamlin -
SGN A&E Writer
Two major musical theater groups in Seattle have a loyal subscription and single ticket buying audience, but their output is limited to two or three productions a year - often for a short, one-weekend performance run. Both deserve full support of the Emerald City's strong musical theater fa more
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Bernstein and William Schuman, contemporary contrasts
by Rod Parke -
SGN A&E Writer
Seattle Symphony with Misha Dichter
June 25
Benaroya Hall
Music Director Gerard Schwarz didn't do Leonard Bernstein any favors by programming William Schuman's masterful 'Symphony No. 3' on a program celebrating Lenny.
The Schuman, composed in 1941, is more
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A Dyke About Town: Raleigh Durham sights and Carly's Sound
by Mercy Moosemuzzle -
SGN Contributing Writer
Raleigh Durham Sights
Mercy, Cuteness and Equality spent Pride weekend in the Raleigh Durham area. Unfortunately, that community's Pride celebration takes place in September because of the 100-degree weather in June.
They loved the Morehead Manor B&B, more
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